While the internet is still obsessing over that all-female Blue Origin flight to space–and not always in the nicest of ways – I'm personally obsessing over Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein. Why? Because he's doing his first HBO stand-up special called The Second Best Night of Your Life (premieres April 26) and I can't get over how great my chat with him was. You can listen to that chat on the Parting Shot podcast.
I really shouldn't be surprised it was so great. As a comic, my chats with fellow comics are always the best. What many might find surprising is that Goldstein even does stand-up. To U.S. audiences, he's Roy Kent on Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso, but he's actually been doing stand-up for 17 years.
"One of the upsides is that I think people's expectations are so low, because I think they think I'm an actor trying it. So, I think they come to the show and then they're like, 'Oh, he sort of seems to know what he's doing,'" Goldstein told me. "And I also always love coming in [with] low expectations. So, I think that's been actually a helpful thing, but definitely at the beginning of this big tour I did, before I started it, I did wonder what it was people were thinking they're coming to. I'm sure they probably thought they're coming to see a f****** Roy Kent Q&A or something."
You're definitely going to want to listen to my full chat with Goldstein. That's it for me today. Keep scrolling for more entertainment news. See you Friday!
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