[00:00:00] Kicking off with a closet confession

Speaker 2: I have every stitch of clothing I’ve ever owned in my closet. Clap, if that’s you. Yes. Yeah, every single one.

Because I’m like, I’m gonna get back into my tens, twelves, fourteens. I’m gonna get back into ’em. So I wondered the other day if when I wasn’t in my closet like masturbating or crying, are we good?

I don’t know. I don’t know where I’m at right now. So I wondered when I shut the door, if like, it was weird and it was like Toy Story, you know, and all my clothes come to life and talk to each other. I just wondering, can you imagine, you know, like all my little tees are telling my extra large hoodies, like live it up while she eats her feelings. We used to be her favorite too.

Speaker: We are Moms Unhinged, a nationally touring standup comedy show. Join us in our podcast as we explore everything from motherhood, midlife, crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating, menopause, and other things that irritate us.

Andrea Marie: Hello everyone and welcome to Moms Unhinged.

Magen King: Love it.

Andrea Marie: I think it’s sometimes just, I like to embody the brand, you know.

Magen King: Doing it. Well, we all are that. Yes.

Andrea Marie: I know, right? I know, right. You guys, I’m super excited to be talking to today, Magen King, who’s amazing. She is one of our Dallas based comedians. She books comedy at the Dallas Comedy Club. She performs all over and we met at the World Series of Comedy.

Many years ago, I don’t even remember how long it was. And now you’re performing with Moms Unhinged all over the place, and I know. So welcome Magen.

Magen King: Thank you. I love it, I love here. I love Moms Unhinged. It’s been a blessing in my life, so I’m so happy to be on the podcast now.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, that’s so great. So great. So, we were just having such a fun discussion.

Magen King: I know.

Andrea Marie: I was like oh my God, we gotta hit record. What are we doing? Tell us a little bit about how you got into comedy, and that’s so amazing. You got into comedy and now you’re working at a comedy club.

It’s just like all baked in there so.

Magen King: So I acted when I was little younger, like high school baby, you know, the baby age. And I was always in the comedies. I always got cast in those. And then, I started doing different plays and I got a theater scholarship, I got pregnant, blah, blah, blah. I stayed at home with my kids for a while and then I decided I was gonna get back into acting.

And I’d always loved standup comedy. Like I listened to Bill Cosby, nonstop. Richard Pryor, Cheech and Chong. Like I had all of my dad’s albums.

Andrea Marie: Uh huh.

[00:02:56] The Kevin Hart acting audition gone wrong

Magen King: Then I did this audition. My kids were all really little. And it was 2007 ish maybe, and it was with Kevin Hart, and it was for a movie. It was supposed to be a spoof on Training Day.

And the writer and the director with the same guy. And so I go to this thing, the script has, you know, your dialogue. And in my dialogue it said LOL. And so I was like, oh, she’s an airhead. Okay. So every time I was reading it, I was like LOL, like I just kept doing it and they were laughing their ass off.

I was like, I’m killing this, you know? The director stops and goes, you’re just supposed to laugh. And I was like, and I was the only white person in the room. Not that that’s like weird for me ’cause I grew up with diversity, but still like to be embarrassed in front of and you’re the only white chick.

You’re like, oh God, I’m lame. I’m so lame. So I just started roasting myself and roasting the situation and like, “Hey, I know I’m fat right now. I just had three babies. I will be losing weight.” Like I was just saying crazy shit. And they were all dying. And then Kevin stopped me, Kevin Hart. He goes, “do you do stand up?”

And I go, no. And he goes, you need to do stand up. And I was like, shut up. Thank you for saying that.

Andrea Marie: Kevin Hart, when Kevin Hart tells you to do standup, you go do it.

Magen King: I did like a decade later, but I just, I had babies and I was all, and then I ended up getting a divorced, like something about in the damn anyway. I was just saying, I mean shit. And then yeah, I’m so sorry. I’m probably not supposed to cuss. I’m so sorry. But then, um, yeah, I had to wait because I had ba like little babies at home and I didn’t understand how you would do standup with babies at home. And then when I see moms doing it now, I’m like oh, God bless you.

I had no a clue how to do that. I waited until they were old enough to kind of take care of themselves.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, it’s definitely, I mean, that’s, that’s kind of how I felt too. It is harder. It is harder and, harder for women to do it. I don’t know why.

Magen King: I mean.

Andrea Marie: Not to get into that, but.

Magen King: Wives.

Andrea Marie: Yes, right. Could I just have one to two wives? That’s what I need.

Magen King: I am Mormon now. And, just switching it up.

Andrea Marie: I’m a Mormon lesbian.

Magen King: Yeah, exactly. I don’t, that’s a thing, right? I watch Sister Wives, I have some really bad, I like things that I like to, it’s not good. I should not be watching Sister Wives like that is, you know that it’s a shit show and I watch it and I’m like ooh. And then it comes up on my Facebook. It’s so bad you guys, when your phone knows too much about you. Anyway.

Andrea Marie: So funny. Well, it is, I mean, and you were going through so much if you’re going through a divorce, trying to like, you know, make that all work. It’s definitely like adding, you know, adding some creative outlet is not your first thought, when you’re going through all of that.

[00:05:47] Why it took a decade to finally get on stage

Magen King: Yeah, exactly. But I will say it’s been a learning experience and anyway, so yeah, I jumped in a decade later when they were older and, the moment when my first show I actually got to do, I took a class and then I did it. Like most people, when you hit in your thirties and forties age, I teach now, so I see so many of us.

But my first show was like amazing and it was so much better. I had taken improv before ’cause I’m an actor and so I was like, oh no, that feels like more my speed, I guess I’m not a team player.

Andrea Marie: I’m not a team player. I’m not a team player, and you guys can all just die on the vine out there. I’m gonna.

Magen King: I don’t get what you’re doing. I’m not. So I’m much better by myself. It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous, I hate that because I was like, no, I love people. And I’m like, I really don’t though.

Andrea Marie: I don’t love people. I just love me.

Magen King: I don’t wanna be sitting here pretending like you’re not pretending what I’m pretending. That’s what usually was the thing anyway. I promise freaking hard. Like when people are good at it, you’re like, you know.

Andrea Marie: I know I did improv for eight years and it is definitely a skillset. And I did that before standup and I always thought, oh my God, standup comedy, that’s too hard ’cause you’re by yourself. And then I was like, oh yeah, I like it.

Magen King: Exactly, exactly. You die or you succeed alone. And so I guess I’m, that’s just how I’m wired better. I don’t know. That’s not good though. I feel like that says a lot about my not a good trait. Anyway, so yeah, that’s my story.

[00:07:26] Life as a Dallas Comedy Club booker and comic

Andrea Marie: So funny. So, and now you’ve been opening for like some really names, Tim Meadows and doing shows all over. And how did you then, and then you started working for the comedy club too, so.

Yeah, Dallas Comedy Club, I highly recommend. We have like 10 comedy clubs in Dallas. It’s a little bit crazy, but I started just going to different shows there. And then they were like, Hey, they were talking about how they were gonna start a standup curriculum and they were like, they needed teacher.

And so I was a teacher for, and made the curriculum for them and all this, I really have a passion for this. Like I love standup. And then I, got offered the booking gig when the booker at the time decided to quit. They were, they waited about a month or two and was like, Hey Magen, you are always already at these other clubs.

‘Cause I was traveling already at that point and I could see how other clubs do it. I also had connections with other headliners and we could have maybe brought them into the fold. So I think that’s why, I got the gig and I really do like that ’cause it’s like the business side is so different than the performance side.

Yeah, yeah. I wanna get into that a little bit because it’s so curious because I kinda came at this comedy thing from a whole different angle, just like, you know, whatever. So I never did like a lot of clubs. All of a sudden I just started producing shows. So like what is it like from the other side of things like.

Magen King: It is hard as a club person because a, I don’t get to, I don’t know. I’m like, should I put this on in the world? But it’s true. Unfortunately, right now we cannot book based on the talent because clubs are not destinations anymore. There are some clubs, Comedy Cellar, Comedy Store, like Zanies, they’ll just have people show up.

It doesn’t matter on stage. That is not the case for almost every comedy club else in America. Really? Unless you’re like at your a club in a small city, that is the club that everyone’s going to then.

Andrea Marie: Yeah. They just go.

Magen King: Exactly. But because of that, then we have to only book people who will sell tickets.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

[00:09:40] How comedy booking really works

Magen King: The difference between someone who will sell tickets and the different and the most talented comic is not always like the same person. And it hurts my heart as a comic to see that. It took me, I was clunky for a minute of like doing this job.

There are exceptions to the rule. We got Jerrod Carmichael, I don’t know if you’re familiar with him, I love him. He wasn’t on any social media. He’s been, he’s had his own TV show. He’s won Emmys, like he’s done all this stuff, but he didn’t have any social media, so he just now got on Instagram. I’m sure he’s like, huge following now. But the first time we booked him, we were like, how is it gonna sell tickets out?

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: How are we gonna, we just have to push it. And he sold out in like two days. But that’s a very rare acceptance of someone who’s already famous.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, he was, he had notoriety. People knew who he was, but they just, he just didn’t have the following. But like, that is interesting because it is so different now for comedians. They have to have their own following. They have to grow their own following. They have to be putting all the content out there and yeah, just very different.

Magen King: Yeah. I mean, I’ve got a guy I love working with. He’s very sweet. His name’s Eric Cahill. He is huge on Instagram. He’s huge on Facebook. And TikTok. We gave him a one night or he sold it out. We had to give him a second show and sold that one out and now he’s touring and headlining all over.

Now he’s an exception to a lot of the TikToks because he was a standup prior to doing TikToks but if you are wanting to jump into comedy, what I’m teaching right now and what, I would recommend is get on to, I’m not doing it by the way.

Andrea Marie: Do what I say.

Magen King: What I say, yes, be I’m a mom. Be on TikTok and just start talking at the camera.

Start sharing your life. Start sharing your thoughts. You will find your audience. There are so many people who don’t want to do that, but they do wanna consume it ’cause I don’t understand that mentality. I’m always like, who’s gonna wanna watch me? They probably have their own, but it’s like, no,

Andrea Marie: yeah.

[00:11:47] Why social media now decides who gets the mic

Magen King: There are a lot of people who don’t wanna record themselves, but they definitely wanna enjoy other people who are willing to do.

Andrea Marie: Yeah. I know it is funny. There are a lot of lurkers and I’m always like, because I don’t, I’m not doing that as much. You know, I’m just kinda like, Hey, you know, there’s, I think there’s people.

Magen King: You know what I mean.

Andrea Marie: Yeah and I think there’s also people who, this was a analogy. There’s bakers and then there’s consumers, you know, there’s people who are creating things and then people who just like, you know, eating all the things.

things

Magen King: I’m both. I love. But no, I find it really, I found it really interesting, when I’ve seen so many now as a booker of like, oh, there’s one girl. She literally, I watched her do her first 10 minutes and then 30 days later she was headlining a club because she had a million followers, or I can’t even remember what it’s, and she did it.

Was it something that I? She did it, and the people who came to see her loved her. That’s the other thought too. You know what I

Andrea Marie: You know I mean, that’s the thing too, is that they know, I think they’re probably willing to forgive a lot.

Magen King: They’re not watching it. Like her LPMs are pretty low, you know? And she’s per minute, you know, I mean, like.

Andrea Marie: I know,

Magen King: They’re not doing that. They just love her and whatever she said they were on board for, and we have got to find our people like that. That’s what you have to do. Which inspirational.

Come on guys, let’s all get on TikTok.

Andrea Marie: Let’s get on the TikTok. I keep hoping they’ll cancel it.

Magen King: I thought they were.

Andrea Marie: One more thing, you know?

Magen King: Then they didn’t.

Andrea Marie: So you have kids. How many? like three. That’s right. I’m always.

Magen King: It’s okay… There’s a lot of us, I dunno how you keep track of.

[00:13:57] Parenting teens while chasing a comedy career

Andrea Marie: I know, I know. So three kids. So when did you get into comedy? What age were your kids at that ring?

Magen King: Ok so 2016 do math. My kid this morning, so she was 16, my oldest was 16, and then the others were like 11 and 12.

Andrea Marie: Okay, yeah. So yeah, they were a little more self sufficient.

Yes. I know as good, as good as you can expect.

Magen King: Exactly. At 16. And she was a boy at the time. So it was like, you don’t, you know, you don’t let your boys babysit early. But we, I also was divorced, so there was like weekends where I didn’t have the kids. And so that is always helpful, you know, it’s like, okay.

Andrea Marie: Yeah yeah.

Magen King: I can do it that weekend.

Andrea Marie: Right, that does, yeah. The joint custody something. Now you just alluded to what we were also gonna talk about a little bit was your oldest is trans.

Magen King: Yes, yes. And she came out as an adult. And three years ago, I think at this point, maybe longer. I was clueless.

Uh, I always was very like, I’m a hippie dippy mom, and I was like, it’s okay if you guys are gay, like, it’s okay to be gay. I would tell them growing up and they, my youngest one had said some things a couple times where I was like, I was like, oh, and he was like, “I’m not gay!”

But I was always very like, you know, supportive of it and none of them were doing anything. This is a bit of my bed, but then I had two of them tell me they were bisexual and I was like, okay, because it didn’t feel real because none of them had dated somebody of the same sex.

I was like, okay. Yeah. Oh, you’re bisexual? You just say you’re just, I feel like that age is just saying it like, we can’t be straight.

Andrea Marie: Yeah right. That’s so, so boring. That’s so, yeah.

Magen King: But right. You know what I mean? That generation, it’s like, oh, that’s boring. So they all, they, two of them were saying it, they weren’t doing anything about it, but then she came out his trans and I was like, okay, wow..

Andrea Marie: Yeah, right.

Magen King: Want to try being gay first? No, I’m just kidding.

Andrea Marie: So what was that like for you when she made the announcement to you?

Magen King: The truth is, I started crying immediately because I couldn’t, I sometimes I can’t contain my emotions. I was just in shock and I was heartbroken to know that, oh, you have been dealing with something so big and so heavy your whole life, and I was completely unaware. And I felt just like, I felt like a bad mom.

You know? Like, how did I not see this or see you for you? But I was trying to maintain myself. And there is a funny part of it. We were in public, of course, and we were sitting at a restaurant and the waiter, she was autistic or something. I swear to God. She came over like every minute and I’m like this, you can see I’m crying.

Give me a moment. Give me a get you guys drinks. We had just sat down. I was like, we need a minute or two. I swear, 30 seconds came and I was like, so after the third or fourth time, I just stop and I go, everybody just, I’m having a live conversation lady. But yes, let’s sure we, our iced teas get table. Okay. I swear to God.

Andrea Marie: This is really important, deep thing, I’ve gotta have my iced tea.

Magen King: Yes, please. And I like a fucking soup or whatever, like I was, so you tell I was so irritated I was like, ah, this is so very much this generation. Clueless, okay.

Yeah. So that is interesting though that you felt like a bad mom because of, you know, that struggle.

And not seeing it like.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: Because it, there was, I mean, she didn’t say I wanted to be wearing makeup or it was, it’s her. She wasn’t anything like that. And now she’s not a girly girl. She’s, you know, pretty much a tomboy to a degree. But very comfortable, very herself. All of her friends are very supportive, thank goodness.

She’s her DD Dungeon Master. And that little clan has been playing Dungeon Dragons together since like middle school. And it’s all the same people and, just a different name instead of Seth is the, it’s Ava and that’s who you know. And I love that. I love that. I’m happy for her for that. We live in Texas, so it’s a whole nother level now of like worry that I now get to carry.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: And that she definitely has too, because it’s just not, it’s we live in Denton, which I don’t know if anyone’s familiar, with the Dallas area, but it’s where three different colleges are. So it is pretty liberalish up here, or it’s like very open up here, basically. Lots of rainbows in certain areas, lots of, different colored hair.

People we’re all just very like accepting up here, which is, I love it. It’s my piece.

Andrea Marie: Right.

Magen King: But, when we venture out of Denton, it’s different.

Andrea Marie: Yeah. Yeah, that’s hard. And that’s hard as a mom too, knowing that, you know, your kid is going to face some of that and that’s not what you want for them as far as how the world reacts to you.

Magen King: Yeah. I mean, she’s still my kid, like she’s still the, obviously the same person.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: It hurts me to have the world see her so differently and I shouldn’t say the world. Select a group of people.

Andrea Marie: Some. Some people in the world. Yes right.

Magen King: That’s not as funny.

Andrea Marie: No but you know, I mean, that’s a thing is like, and I know you talked about you touch on that in your comedy and it is. I do feel like, you know, obviously comedy, tragedy things, you know, we come up with way funny ways to look at things that are sometimes ridiculous and come from these real challenges in our lives.

I think that type of comedy is more interesting in a way than just.

Magen King: Me too.

Andrea Marie: Starbucks lattes? You know.

Magen King: Boobs are super saggy. Yes, they are.

Andrea Marie: So you have three kids. Are they all out of the house now? Or no, one is still in the house.

Magen King: Yeah. I’ve had quite the, oh my gosh, I don’t know. I don’t know how much time we have, but I’ve had quite the adventure in this category because, I’ve been divorced from, so I’ve been married a couple times. The first husband is, her dad, is the 25-year-old dad. And then the second husband is the other two dad.

Andrea Marie: Mm-hmm, yeah.

Magen King: And we got divorced in 2010. We had a pretty decent relationship in like co-parenting a little bit. But in 2021, he started and they all lived with me and then would visit him. He started, my ex-husband thinking that he had ALS, he was having an anxiety, like literally mental breakdown.

And he kind of felt like he needed he, ’cause he lived alone and I was single. I’ve been single for forever. And so he kind of pushed his way into my house ’cause he just needed to be around me. He needed to be around the kids. He needed to be around the dogs, like he just wanted. To be around other people and I am a very kind like, I’m a very, like, of course I’m the mom thing.

I’ll take care of you out. It’s okay. We got you through this. We’ll get you through this. I was kind of worried about him at first.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: He started going to experts and they were all telling him, no, this is anxiety. This is anxiety, this is anxiety. It was all in his head. And at the time he was only like manifesting, I wanna say, which is true, but like little weird twitches, but nothing major.

So for six months he lived with me thinking he was dying. We would go on walks and we would discuss his end of life desires and wishes. Girl, I can make this a sitcom. I wanna, don’t you anyone.

Andrea Marie: I know, seriously.

Magen King: This is my story, but this is, it’s for real. It was so crazy. It was so crazy, my best friends at the time had to hear all the time where I was like, oh my God.

And I’m just like trying to, like, you’re not crazy. Like I’m trying to, you know, hey, maybe, and like gently lead him, but he wasn’t listening. My two kids that are his kids, one of them was like, this is like you guys have gotten a divorce. The fact that he’s living with us feels like a divorce, which is such a weird thing because it was just such a difference than, oh now my parents are living in the same house now.

He was in his own room. I was in my own room, but still it was too crazy. And then the other one was like, oh my gosh, are you guys gonna get back together? ‘Cause you got divorced when I was two. So anyway, all this to say, I lived with this dude for like three years because once we both were renting, once he figured out he was fine, he started dating while he was living with me, which I was like, how are you telling people that you live with your ex-wife and you a date?

And he was like, if they’re cool with it, it’s fine. And I was like, boo. If they’re cool with it, it’s a red flag.

Andrea Marie: There’s so many red flags going on, right.

Magen King: I’m like, I couldn’t, I could not date this. Anybody going? Well, yeah, he thought he was dying. He’s fine, but like, I can’t do that. So he, so we lived together. We both, doing comedy, being as busy as I am, we really didn’t interact a shit ton. And he took over my kitchen. He took over my living room. I stayed in my master bedroom just like.

It’s fine.

Andrea Marie: You had a squatter, you had a squatter in your house and he was your ex-husband.

Magen King: He did help rent eventually, but I had to like really go off about it. The man makes ridiculous money, especially in comparison to me, but I was like, you pass anyway. Anyway, so at this time, Ava, my oldest one, had moved out because when she turned about, well, I don’t know, whatever it was. She decided to live with her friends. She wanted to do this.

Andrea Marie: Mm.

Magen King: Chill somewhere. That’s fine. So it’s just me, my two kids, my ex, we lived together about four years and then I’m like, okay, I’ve gotta move out. You know, God bless. He had taken over and we’d gotten a house. We moved one time together.

Andrea Marie: That was the perfect out. That was a perfect time to get out.

Magen King: Right, but like having someone help pay the bills after that long. I was like, this is kind of nice.

Andrea Marie: That is nice.

Magen King: It’s fine. You know, like I wasn’t before. I’m not now. So we moved in together one time And I was like, you have a ridiculous amount of like income. You get the house, I’ll rent out room from you and just switch and then I’ll save more money. I can only do that for like a year, not having like a nice little, like my own bathroom, my own whatever.

I was like, no, I’m too old for this. I can’t do this. So I moved out. But because he rented a very big house. A very nice neighborhood and I was going into an okay house. This is a fine house.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: They didn’t wanna come with me.

Andrea Marie: Oh.

Magen King: They stayed with their dad. So as I’m moving out, she moves back in and the other two stayed that.

It’s the weirdest situation. I don’t think they ever would’ve moved out if I would’ve stayed in the house. I got to, but I was renting and the owner wanted to sell it anyway, long story. So yeah, they kind of moved out. They’re still living at home, but just not my home. And I think they would be if I never let. I love him, he’s such a nice guy.

Andrea Marie: Oh my goodness. Yeah.

Magen King: If I didn’t let him move in.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I thought, you know, definitely my husband and I, my ex-husband and I are amicable, but that takes a cake. That’s another level, that’s another level of amicable.

Magen King: dad. Yeah, it is really weird. And his girlfriend right now, because I never have a boyfriend, so it’s fine, but his girlfriend right now seems to be fine because there really isn’t a lot of interaction. But his dad now has had a mental thing and so his dad started messaging me and I was like, do you want me to go see your dad?

Like it is weird. We are really close.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: But just we would not be good life partners.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, yeah.

Magen King: He’s a mess.

Andrea Marie: Well, yeah. Well that is wild. And so here’s the funny thing is that normally I ask everyone on the podcast for an unhinged story, but I feel like it’s sort of been one.

Magen King: There’s been several already. There has been constant.

I didn’t, I mean, with my own kids, maybe I know I’ve yelled at them at inappropriate times probably. I know, ’cause I was a single mom since they were pretty little.

Andrea Marie: Yeah.

Magen King: They were young and I, ’cause now. You know, we drove everywhere ’cause I could not afford for assault to get on an airplane.

So on any road trip. There was one time I’ll remember, I was driving from Texas to Colorado, because my family was getting together in Colorado and I, my youngest one had figured out that because there’s nothing between Texas and Colorado, New Mexico and nothing. And he had to pee all the time, and he was four.

So he had figured out, he tells me he has to pee. We pull over, he gets to pee out in the world, he gets to be on the side of the road. This is amazing. And so literally every 20 minutes he was trying and I go and I went on. I was like, Aiden I just like went off on him. I was like, you’ll hold that. You are gonna hold.

I don’t, you know what? You can pee on yourself. You’re not pee. I know you don’t have to pee. You’re lying to me. I did it for three times now. Anyway, I remember it and it so ridiculous.

Andrea Marie: I know for having a pee. It’s so, that’s hilarious.

Magen King: Well, it’s a 19 hour drive, bitches. If we stop every 20 minutes, I swear to God, it’s gonna be a 40 hour drive and I’m gonna murder you.

Andrea Marie: I know.

Magen King: Oh yeah.

Andrea Marie: I know. And it’s so hard because, you know, they’re four and it’s like, you know, you can’t, you sort of can reason with them. But it’s not, they’re not.

Magen King: He might have been, he was getting in and out pretty okay. He might have been five or six, I don’t remember, but he was too little, but also too much of a little punk. He’s always been real smart. That one’s been, I have a lot of stories about him that I get to do on stage because of his wellness. I love that one, but at that moment.

Andrea Marie: That is, I mean, that is the joy about being a comedian with your, you know, you get to tell all these stories, on stage about them.

And we can all relate to.

Magen King: So I have a question for you. How often are you dealing with moms? Or do you feel this way where you’re like, I probably, I wanna do that on stage, but I probably should clear it. Maybe I shouldn’t do that story on stage. Like are you guys better people than I am? Because I never, I started doing it, I guess, at an age where I didn’t feel like they had the mental capacity to tell me whether or not I can talk about this.

Andrea Marie: Yeah. That’s so funny. I know and actually a lot of the, that’s come up a lot of times with, .as I’m talking about that. Some moms are clearing it with their kids and some aren’t. And I do remember I didn’t let them watch my comedy, until they were like 18. ’cause I was worried that they were gonna be like, oh mom, mommy doesn’t love us.

I’m like, no, you don’t get it. It’s yes and, you know, I know. So I never, they were, you know, younger. So I didn’t really clear anything with them. And now they’ve seen my comedy and I really don’t say anything that bad about ’em. And it’s all true. It all happened, you know what I mean?

I’m like, it happened. So, like the one thing I was worried about when I was telling him is my little story about how I envy the sea turtles. They get to put their kids on the beach head back out to sea. Like they would think that I would really want to abandon them or something like that.

Like that. Like I would really do that. No, I would fight a bear for them. But there are times I fantasize about, you know.

Magen King: I’m working on a new bit that I remembered ’cause I went through some of my notes and I’m trying to like freshen up stuff ’cause you get bored with your set and I’m working on a new bit about how my ex forgot to pick up my youngest one from football one time and I was like, Hey, we can lose one. But I would like to like have a meeting before we decide that I like this one. Let’s not lose this one.

Andrea Marie: Which one? Yeah. Let’s be selective.

Magen King: Mean that’s a unilateral decision you made and I’m not on board.

Andrea Marie: That’s so funny.

Magen King: A hundred percent true story. So yeah, there’s been moments of course where I’m like, listen, we can get rid of the middle one anytime. She is rude as hell.

Andrea Marie: Rude as hell.

Magen King: But no, but I love her. She’s also now, because I dunno how to say this, but she is my girl that, you know, from birth. And so she is the one that is like taking over on Christmases and going, did you guys get something for mom? Did you guys do this? Like she is like, she’s embracing that female side.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, that role. I know, I know. I have two boys. and I’m like, oh, I hope, you know, I didn’t know.

I know my mom in the, she told me when she was in the assisted living about how people would say, oh, you’ve got girls good, you’re taken care of. And I’m like, I didn’t know.

I would’ve tried for, I would’ve tried for a third. What?

Magen King: Yeah. Yeah, girl.

Andrea Marie: I did not ahead.

Magen King: Yeah, I will say my sister has all girls and one boy, and that’s not what I had, and now I have. The same thing as she, but that’s not what I, and I always thought, I always wanted voice. I always thought girls are just, oh my God, the teenage age and blah, blah, blah.

But now that we’ve gone over that, it’s so, she just, I love her.

Andrea Marie: Yeah, you’re gonna reap the benefits. So, well, this has been so much fun, Magen. It just flew by. The time has flown by. Why don’t you let people know where they can find you online?

Magen King: Okay, so my name is down there and it’s spelled weird, so if you Google that, it’ll come up on my website. But also, that’s Magen King on Facebook, but it’s Magen King on Instagram and TikTok. And I’m not on TikTok, but I’m doing it this week. I’ve said it now out in the world. I’m putting stuff on TikTok, so excited.

Andrea Marie: Awesome. Yeah, and we will have these links in the show notes for everybody so you can find Magen. But this has been so much fun and thanks for coming on the show.

Magen King: Thank you so much, Andrea. Really, Moms Unhinged has been life changing for me, and I love this idea, and I love that it’s going off, and I can’t wait to spread more joy to everybody. Yay.

Andrea Marie: Yes. That’s awesome. All right, bye.

Magen King: Bye.

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