Shan has always dreamed of dancing since they were little, even when it wasn’t possible for them. As someone diagnosed with the chronic pain disorder Fibromyalgia at a young age, Shan was told that they wouldn’t be able to do much physically as they got older. But as they started to dance, Shan learned that with the help of determination and their community, nothing could hold them back.
For Uproxx’s New Normalists series presented by Instagram, Shan explains how their love for dance has helped them stay more in touch with themselves. Through mastering different choreography, Shan started to become more connected with their body and with what dance meant to their efforts to live with Fibromyalgia. “I feel so much and I feel so intensely and I think dance was the only thing that I could utilize to get that energy and anger and sadness out because it would have destroyed me otherwise quite honestly,” they said.
While they have to spend more time warming up before practicing a routine, Shan has come to understand that dance is more than simply moving your body — it’s about “healing and bringing people together.” Shan stays connected to the dance world through Instagram. By sharing their routines and connecting with other disabled dancers on the platform, Shan continues to stay inspired spread awareness about the importance of accessibility. “Accessibility is really important in discussing ableism in dance and how accessibility looks different for every single person,” they said. “You don’t have to be a professional dancer and go to crazy classes and do all these moves. Everyone functions differently and can bring different things to the table.”
Watch Shan share their passion for dance above and find more of Uproxx’s New Normalists series here.
Mrs. Maisel is back and as marvelous (and ambitious) as ever in the first trailer for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s fourth season. The short teaser comes less than two months before the Emmy award-winning series’ makes its big return to Amazon Prime on February 18, when the show’s first two episodes are slated to hit the streaming service. Two additional episodes will then debut for three weeks following the premiere, making for a grand total of eight new Midge Maisel-filled episodes.
In the teaser, we see Midge reunited with her manager, Susie (Alex Borstein), and in the middle of an intense discussion about how she can go from beaten-down and practically unbookable to headliner in a system where that seldom (if ever) happens. While Susie points this out, telling Midge “that’s not how the business works,” despite all her shortcomings Midge is unshaken, and replies somewhat deviously, “then let’s change the business.”
Set in 1960, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s fourth season picks up directly after the events of the season three finale, in which Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) lost out on a prime gig opening for pop star Shy Baldwin (LeRoy McClain) after divulging far too much about Shy during a stop on their tour and losing his trust (via The Hollywood Reporter). According to creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls), Midge’s failures are all a part of the show’s accurate portrayal of the life of a comic, which is full of “one step forward, two steps back” moments.
“We f**ked her up pretty good at the end of this season. We’ve knocked her back a few times on the show,” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. “But that’s what show business is. It’s one step forward, two steps back — that’s the life of a comic.”
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns February 18 exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Earlier this year Megan Thee Stallion embarked on a brand partnership with Cash App with the purpose of teaching investing and financial literacy for fans. In addition to giving away $1 million in Cash App stock, Meg also starred in a series of educational videos teaching fans about such subjects as NFTs and cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. However, it seems she wasn’t content with just making those moves — or with just having one co-branded merch line with Popeyes — as she has released a new clothing collection in collaboration with Cash App, with the proceeds going to charity.
The Hot Girl Enterprise collection is available on shop.cash.app and includes a t-shirt, shorts, and a bucket hat, all in warm weather-friendly colors that’ll come in handy when Hot Girl Summer rolls back around. Here’s a photo of Meg wearing the shirt and shorts:
Cash App
In a press release, the Houston rapper said she was “really proud of this collection,” because “not only did we create a fierce and stylish look for my Hotties, but we’re also giving back to communities in need in a meaningful way.” All proceeds will be donated to Houston charities focusing on education, health, and housing. You can check out the collection here.
The rapper is currently on tour in support of her recent music. She even surprised fans at a BTS show over the weekend to perform her remix of their No. 1 track “Butter.” While she was previously set to return to her home state of Texas to play a show in Houston, the rapper has decided to forgo the show “out of respect” to the Astroworld victims.
“Out of respect for the lives lost in Houston earlier this month, I have decided to cancel my show at 713 Music Hall on Dec 3. Houston is still healing and it’s important that our community be given the appropriate time to grieve. My heart goes out to all the families that are suffering during this difficult time.”
Native American Heritage Month ends today, November 30th. That means many Indigenous issues are going to be forgotten by mainstream media, schools, and fair-weather advocates. That’s why we’re talking about it now. Come December 1st, the harrowing difficulties facing Indian Country aren’t going away, but the spotlight is.
With all that in mind, I reached out to Emma Robbins, a Diné artist and Executive Director of the Navajo Water Project. Robbins works tirelessly to help bring water to one of the nation’s more water-depleted communities, the Navajo Nation — where 30 percent of the population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water or sanitation. That lack of water has led to dire living conditions which, in turn, have contributed to Indigenous people dying at twice the rate as white Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I know this and Robbins knows this because our families are living on Indian reservations, where these issues are inescapable. But these problems simply aren’t covered on a national stage very often. To help keep the conversation moving, I reached out to Robbins to chat about her work in Navajo Nation with getting water to people, the cultural impact of having running water, and how you can actually keep this stuff on your radar beyond 30 days in November.
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Can you first tell us a little bit about your background and how you got into water conservation?
Definitely, so, I am Diné. I’m from the Navajo Nation. I am from the largest community, which is Tuba City, Arizona. My family — my cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles — are from Cameron, Arizona, which is a small community about 30 miles away. There isn’t water infrastructure there like there is where I grew up, and that was a big thing in terms of getting into water conservation and rights, and making sure that people had clean running water because I grew up seeing the big differences of how my family lived versus how I lived during the week.
How so?
On the weekends, we — my sisters and me — would spend time at my grandparents’ house in Cameron. There’s a lot of uranium contamination in the water there, and that made a lot of my family members, specifically my grandmother, sick. She eventually passed from the uranium in the groundwater and air.
And … that was something that really affected me because I didn’t want to see anybody else get sick from that … and I think you can’t be Native and not care about water or the earth because it’s just so much a part of our culture and who we are.
Absolutely. Let’s talk about the Navajo Water Project. Can you walk us through how it was founded and its purpose?
I’m the executive director of the Navajo Water Project with DigDeep. DigDeep is an organization that works with 2.2 million Americans, getting them access to safe drinking water and both hot and cold running water in their homes.
The Navajo Water Project is the largest project to date. We work across the entire Navajo Nation, which is a sovereign nation that occupies three states — so Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. We’re doing a variety of projects there, but the main point is that 30 percent of Diné living on the reservation don’t have access to clean running water in their homes.
That number always shocks me.
And as I mentioned, not only is there a lack of infrastructure and clean running water and sanitation because not having a bathroom is a huge issue, they’re also living very close to unsafe water sources. That means that those people might have to haul water from a too far away potable source.
So, we do a variety of projects. We install what are called hauled water systems in homes. These are off-grid systems that consist of an underground water tank that pumps the water into the houses. There’ll be one sink for this. This water comes from a route of delivery trucks that haul water from safe, potable sources. So, it’s really important that we find new water sources and help develop them across all three states.
We also worked with St. Michael’s Association for Special Education — a special needs school close to our capital of Window Rock. This is a school that has a very medically fragile population, and it’s something where they shouldn’t have to have this water and rely on bottled water. They had running water and the water was technically “safe,” but it wasn’t meeting secondary standards. That means the water was stinky, didn’t taste good, and was discolored. So, we helped replace their plumbing there, installed filters, and put new fixtures in and new water heaters powered by solar panels — all of which were the cause of the water issues that they were having.
Another facet of our work is helping people with bill pay, which is something we saw a rise in during COVID. In the beginning, when people weren’t able to work, they needed assistance paying simple bills. Then another element that came up due to COVID was in terms of water delivery. We stopped working inside of homes. So, that was a huge shift that we did during COVID. We delivered water to two 785 gallon storage tanks, which now were outside of the homes. We ended up installing about 1400 of those.
Wow.
At the beginning of the pandemic, we did emergency bottled water delivery while we sort of started figuring things out like how to make things more sustainable. What’s interesting is then that work took us into many new communities that we weren’t working in yet. That was really exciting for me because we got to work in Cameron again where my family’s from and where I’m technically from, and so that was a really big moment for me.
So now, what we’re doing is bringing families the 1200 gallon cisterns so that they can get running water from safe sources. We’re installing the entire systems that flow indoors, but it’s all outside, and there’s an outdoor spigot instead of an inside sink. Our plans are that when we move back into working inside of homes which will be in 2022, we’re going to take those spigots and convert them to indoor systems with a sink that has a water heater. Then, the next step is moving towards septic and sanitation so that people can get bathrooms as well.
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What about maintenance because the Navajo Nation is in a very unforgiving climate? If somebody’s tank breaks down or their piping breaks down, what happens then?
That’s a super important question and something that we’re constantly thinking about when we’re doing planning ahead of time. I’ve seen this growing up on the reservation where people have really great intentions and there’s really great technology, but they’ll come in, install them, and then they leave. And that happens with a lot of things…
What we do is employ staff from the community and we are working in these communities for years. So we have people who call and say, “Hey, my system is freezing,” or “my pump stop working,” and so we’re able to send our people — who are amazing solar and water technicians — back to help families problem solve. Sometimes it requires a new part or sometimes it requires digging up the tank, there’s a variety of things.
When we do leave a community, which we still haven’t done yet, we want to make sure that we’re doing it correctly. So, we do train up community members who are working with our project partners on the ground. So, basically, there will be water and solar technicians there who will be doing what we were doing, but after we leave.
Where is the potable water actually coming from? What’s the process of getting that water onto trucks?
It’s a mix, depending on what part of the rez people are in. So in New Mexico, on the Eastern side of the reservation, we don’t just work in one small community, it’s basically a bunch of chapters.
Chapters?
Very briefly, our reservation is split up into what are called chapters. 110 chapters. Those are basically local government, but they’re also community centers, and oftentimes they’ll have a well, which has a watering point. But New Mexico, specifically, we get water from our project partner there, St. Bonaventure, who owns it, and so that’s on private land.
Whereas, in another chapter, we’ve developed a well working with the chapter’s local government. That’s something that we’ve identified and worked with engineers and consultants to make sure it’s safe when putting in that well.
Then in the other areas, we get water from the chapters’ watering points, or we’ll get water from the tribal utility authority, NTUA — Navajo Tribal Utility Authority — all of which are regulated and tested for safety.
And then during COVID, we did have to go off of the rez to areas like Winslow or Flagstaff to use their watering points because we didn’t want to have to travel very far with water because of fuel costs.
So looking at the importance of water, there is the very obvious importance in running waters necessary for sanitation, cooking, and everyday life, but how is water also important for the Navajo Nation in a cultural way?
I think there are probably two main parts that I can think of. You mentioned the cultural element. So, as you know, elders are the keeper of our language, our traditions, and our culture. So when we lose elders, we’re losing the libraries of that information, and our culture can potentially slowly die because those people are no longer around to teach us. So, one big thing is when an elder gets running water in their homes, they’re able to stay in their homes.
What we see is elders specifically need water to be healthy and to be safe. If they don’t have that, they might go to live with a family in a larger community or go to a nursing home where they’re no longer practicing the traditions or able to meet with people to share these things. And so, it’s important that we put running water into their homes so that they can stay and continue to do that.
Also when it comes to things like families who have sheep, or livestock, or who are growing their own food, and when they have to move to another community, they might not be able to maintain that lifestyle and their tradition. So, that is a really important element of making sure that people have water so that they can continue to live in their traditional ways.
Another element is mental help, right? If you constantly have to think about where your water is coming from or hauling that water, you’re putting in physical energy, money into gas, you need to have a truck, you need to make sure that you have tanks or clean receptacles to haul that water, you have to wait in line at different watering points. That’s a lot of mental stress. It’s something that’s on your mind constantly. Plus, you can only store so much water at a time. We’re in a desert and we’re at a high elevation. Those water receptacles could be exposed to the sun or there could be algae growth. So it’s something that you’re potentially thinking about 24/7.
And then related to that is if you’re going to school or work and you’re with other people who have had showers or who were able to take their medicine in the morning easily, or make a coffee, or feed their animals and give them water, it’s something that you feel very different … and there’s like this otherization there.
It’s really important that people get that water because I always think about this. Navajos, since the creation of the reservation, so for hundreds of years, we’ve had to be in this survival mode, and there hasn’t been an element of our lives where we all have been able to thrive. It’s constantly surviving and not thriving, and so if you have something like a basic need taken care of, you’re able to do things like spend that money somewhere else or rest, do arts, or participate in other events, or be with your family. So, those are two really important things to think about.
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Absolutely! There are so many layers just to something as simple as water that most people take for granted. And part of that is the Navajo Nation is so vast and so rural, and in many cases disconnected from the outside world, what sort of long-term solutions are you looking at to make water more accessible while also keeping the character of the reservation and the culture intact?
The desert is a huge part of who we are and we don’t want to change everything, but I think what the future holds is making sure that people have that option. If they want to live near a water line, it shouldn’t be something that they have to wait years to be able to do. I mean, my grandparents waited decades to get running water in their home and it wasn’t until towards the end of my grandfather’s life that he was able to get that. He lived very traditionally. But it shouldn’t be something where people have to constantly fight for that option. I always think this is related back to treaties and broken treaties. I mean, every issue like this in Native nations can be traced back to a broken treaty.
So, I think the long-term is installing water lines so that people have running water throughout their entire home so that there’s no trucking involved, and so that people are able to just not worry about that. And I think that’s something that we’re still as the Navajo people are constantly thinking about. “How do we live in the 21st century and be modern?” Or, “How do we live and continue to be traditional?” Because a lot of people do equate not having water or electricity as continuing to live traditionally, but not everybody wants to live that way.
So, I think it’s about really pushing for infrastructure, working with the federal and tribal government to make sure that these things happen, and accountability — just making sure that we’re saying not only do these treaties need to be upheld for a trillion other reasons, but because we need things like water.
How can people support you and the Navajo Water Project and support people getting this water?
I think one of the main things is I always start out with learning more about the Diné because I think a lot of times, I used this word already, but there’s like this otherization and exotification like, “Oh, these poor Indians, they don’t have water.” You know?
Oh, for sure.
But there are a lot of movements going on apart from the Navajo Water Project and DigDeep. I mean, there are so many people who have been working on this problem and coming up with solutions forever. It’s not just like, “Oh, okay, we came in and nobody was doing anything before.” So, I think just learning about the Diné people and not continuing to practice this otherization, or just feeling sorry for people. So, I’d say learning a little bit about that and knowing why these problems exist in terms of helping us with the solutions, visiting our website, and following us on social media, and donating because, of course, that helps us with our projects.
I’d say that education is super important, and not only educating yourself but spreading that word to other people as well.
Right, and that’s what something like Giving Tuesday is about next week, it’s finding a chance to really dive into something like this.
Yeah, for sure, and it’s interesting because I think things like the Navajo Water Project because I think a lot of times people think, “Well, you can just give money and that’s the end of it.”
But we want to make sure that people are constantly thinking about this and remembering that there are so many people, who are probably nearby them with water issues. I mean, this isn’t an issue that only exists in one reservation far away. So thinking about ways to creatively educate people is always something good too past Giving Tuesday.
Yeah. And that leads to this month and how we started talking, in that it’s “Native American Heritage Month” right now. And we both see what happens after November: the posts stop coming up on social media, the news reports stop, the so-called coverage stops in schools. Our issues all go black and barely flicker in people’s again next November. What are some ways people can stay engaged the other eleven months that you have found to be very useful?
That’s a great question. I also run an Indigenous arts org. We’re called the Chapter House, based on our community centers of local government. And it’s something where I feel like we purposely don’t post stuff in November. Not because we’re, like, too good for it, but because our pitch in December is, “Hey, this is still continuing, let’s talk about that!”
I think one thing that people can do is Indigenizing their feed. Make sure you follow people who are posting about NDN Collective or the Chapter House or IllumiNatives or putting influencers, designers, or comedians on there. Then make sure that you follow them throughout the year. If it’s on your feed every day, you’re going to be reminded to continue to look at that. I mean, it seems silly, but who isn’t looking at their phone hours a day?
I know, right…
Also, follow what’s going on with our relatives, the Wet’suwet’en and Yintah Access Point for instance, and all of these movements that are in Canada. If you’re following one of those accounts I mentioned, they’re going to be constantly up to date with Indigenous events elsewhere.
I’d also say no matter where you are in the world, but, specifically, if you’re in this part of the so-called “Americas,” research whose land you’re on. Native-land.ca is a great tool for finding that out. Constantly looking at that when you move throughout any space is something to really think about. Once you learn who’s land you’re on, research the treaties that are in that area because these aren’t like relics of the past, they’re living documents.
And I’d say also just making a point to set aside some time to look at it because it is an actual huge issue for anyone who’s occupying this country. It’s something where you should constantly learn about it, not just in November.
Jason Alexander‘s portrayal of George Costanza on the hit TV series, Seinfeld, is easily one of the top sitcom characters of all time. From the “Summer of George” to “It’s gold, Jerry!” the actor turned in an iconic performance full of countless memorable lines over nine seasons. However, as the legend goes, the role of George almost went to some very famous actors, and Alexander recently revealed how he managed to land the part despite some stiff competition.
While talking to Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, Alexander opened up about the audition process, and how he somehow ended up in the room. Apparently, his work in Pretty Women put him on Rob Reiner’s radar, which scored him a reading for George as creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David were having trouble casting the role. According to Alexander, Danny DeVito and Chris Rock were two big names in the mix, and even more surprisingly, Seinfeld and David aggressively pursued The Late Show band leader Paul Shaffer, who turned down the role.
With those names out of the way, Alexander went into the audition with a full-on, all-New York attitude-laden Woody Allen impression that he openly admits was not great. A few weeks later, David called and said they wanted him to read for the network and do everything he did in the audition except the Woody Allen impression. However, when Alexander got to the network read, he noticed that Seinfeld’s best friend and fellow comedian Larry Miller was there. Figuring that there’s no way he’s getting the part, Alexander said he did the whole reading “loosey goosey” and just assumed he was out of the running. Obviously, not.
Seinfeld, David, and the network liked what they saw, and to this day, Alexander still can’t walk down the street without people calling him “George.”
Earlier this month, Waxahatchee announced some 2022 tour dates in support of her excellent 2020 album, Saint Cloud. Now, Katie Crutchfield has tacked some more shows onto that list and added some legendary venues to her docket in the process.
Two of the more notable additions are an April show at Nashville’s storied Ryman Auditorium and a pair of May performances with Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit at Denver’s breathtaking Red Rocks Ampitheatre.
01/17/2022-01/21/2022 — Riviera Maya, MX @ Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky
02/04/2022 — Birmingham, AL @ Saturn *
02/05/2022 — Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *
02/06/2022 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
02/07/2022 — Richmond, VA @ The National *
02/09/2022 — Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre *
02/10/2022 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
02/11/2022 — Tarrytown, NY @ Tarrytown Music Hall *
02/12/2022 — Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
02/14/2022 — Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre *
02/15/2022 — Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall *
02/17/2022 — Montréal, QC @ Théâtre Corona *
02/18/2022 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall *
02/19/2022 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Fountain Street Church *
02/20/2022 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
02/21/2022 — Chicago IL @ Thalia Hall *
04/10/2022 — Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer *
04/11/2022 — Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer *
04/12/2022 — Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street *
04/13/2022 — Cincinnati, OH @ Woodward Theater *
04/15/2022 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
04/16/2022 — Memphis, TN @ Growlers *
04/18/2022 — Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge *
04/19/2022 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Jones Assembly *
04/21/2022 — Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
04/23/2022 — Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen *
04/24/2022 — Boulder, CO @ Bluebird Music Festival
05/03/2022 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
05/04/2022 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
05/13/2022 — Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater ^
06/21/2022 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
* with Madi Diaz
^ with Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Billie Eilish has been making music ever since she was a preteen. But in recent years, the singer has gone from an underground alt-pop fave to one of the most popular musicians in the world. Her transition to bona fide pop star has been documented in her music and documentaries. But nothing shows her growth more than her yearly interview with Vanity Fair, where the singer answers the same exact questions. This year marks her fifth year doing the same annual interview, where she discusses a previous identity crisis and reflects on her career successes.
Now with platinum blonde hair, Eilish sat down to answer questions about her social media following (she now has upwards of 94 million Instagram followers) and things that are most important to her. After watching a clip of her talk about being recognized in public in 2020, Eilish says she was going through a major identity crisis at the time. “Gosh, that girl was going through an identity crisis, oh my gosh. You can see it in my eyes, I mean really. The low bun!? Please.”
Eilish then opened up about how she navigates her massive fame while going out in public:
“My attitude used to be, ‘Well I can’t go out. I can’t go here, I can’t go there.’ I used to just not even be able to go to a park or get food or get coffee. It freaked me out. In the last year, I have been opened up to it. I really feel grateful for that because being able to feel confident in stepping outside without a hat and a good and glasses and a mask and a jacket, it’s so much better. And you don’t have to live like that. […] If I’m being cautious and not trying to be in everybody’s faces, I can manage my way around people without them noticing. I didn’t used to be able to do that because my pride was too huge. I was like, I only want to be seen if I look like myself so I would never wear anything normal.”
Watch her same interview with Vanity Fair for the fifth year above.
Greg Gutfeld (!) is not a doctor, nor does he play one on TV. But that doesn’t mean he won’t happily spout off random thoughts about the new, and very troubling, omicron variant as if they’re facts. Which is exactly what he did during Monday’s episode of The Five, when he compared COVID variants to an unwanted house guest who overstays their welcome… because that’s exactly what a virus that has killed more than 5.2 million people around the world is like, right?
“This new variant fear is wearing off on the American public,” Gutfeld declared. “It’s like a deadbeat relative that says it’s going to stay for a couple of days and it’s now going on months. We’re ready. We’re done.” As if we have a choice about what the virus will do next. And this is where Gutfeld’s diatribe took a particularly dangerous detour.
“This is actually good news. When you have a mild variant that’s contagious, basically what that is, it’s nature’s vaccine, right? You’re giving everybody antibodies. You might get mildly sick, you probably won’t get sick. Nature is providing the solution to its own problem. This is why we champion natural immunity. So I’m really sick of the word ‘bracing,’ right? We’re always bracing for something: We’re bracing for riots, we’re bracing for hurricanes, we’re bracing for a new variant. What if we, as the media, just stopped bracing for things and just explained it as factually as possible.”
The truth of the matter is that omicron is still new enough that even the experts don’t know much about it, including whether it is more easily transmissible than previous COVID variants, the severity of infection it might cause, or how it might impact those of us who have already been vaccinated. Which means that Gutfeld is talking about of his a**, perhaps even more than usual.
Greg Gutfeld on the Omicron variant:
“This is actually good news… It’s nature’s vaccine. You’re giving everybody antibodies. You might get mildly sick, you probably won’t get sick. Nature is providing the solution to its own problem. This is why we champion natural immunity.” pic.twitter.com/cfWxH46Dyi
It’s that time of year again, the holiday season is when we get the pleasure of spending way more time than we’re used to with our families. For those of us who’ve moved away from our immediate families, the holidays are a great time to reacquaint ourselves with old traditions and to realize that some of them may be a little strange.
Every family seems to have its own brand of weirdness. In fact, I wouldn’t trust anyone who says that their family is completely normal.
On November 18, “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon gave everyone a reason to celebrate their unique families by asking them to share their favorite stories under #MyFamilyIsWeird. The responses were everything from odd holiday traditions to family members that may have a screw (or two!) loose.
Here are 17 of the funniest responses.
It’s Hashtags time! Tweet out a funny, weird, or embarrassing thing a family member has done or said, and tag it with #MyFamilyIsWeird. Could be on the show!
Could this be because someone spilled the gravy boat years ago and no one wants to eat dry turkey or potatoes again?
2.
When I was just starting high school my older brother rode the bus with me, he bent over to pay and get off the bus when he split his shorts down the middle, no underwear on for everyone to see, he turned to me and said, I get to wear the underwear tomorrow…#MyFamilyIsWeird
Do they have to drink the entire six-pack of the “Champagne of Beers” that day, or can they take the leftover bottles home? Also, thinking about starting this tradition with my family. Who fronts the $20?
4.
My grandmother lost her dentures once and we spent 4 hours searching the house for them before she remembered that she had put them in her bra. #MyFamilyIsWeird
I see no problem with this as long as there is enough whipped cream to go around.
6.
My friend’s family has a massive group text, and then a bunch of smaller group texts to gossip about what happens in the big group text. #MyFamilyIsWeird
Nothing good ever came out of a family group text.
7.
My family had one of those silver aluminum Christmas trees when I was growing up. One year our TV antenna on the roof blew off in a storm so my dad rigged the tree up instead. We actually got better reception. So we had a Christmas tree on our roof all year long. #MyFamilyIsWeird
That works better than any coathanger or bunny ears that people used back in the day to improve their TV reception. Now, can the Christmas tree pick up HBO?
8.
My mom will always watch a new series by starting with the final episode, and then pretend like she knew the plot the whole time. #MyFamilyIsWeird
I wonder how long it took for the family to figure out that she was cheating? Does she also read the last chapter of a mystery novel first?
9.
My parents come from a country where it was the culture to not smile in photos, and thought the same applied here. So I have many childhood photos from happy occasions like birthdays, where we are all staring blankly into the camera like the Village of the Damned #MyFamilyisWeirdpic.twitter.com/2egtQCMJWl
That has to be freaky, especially if they are taking photos with members of the family that were born in the U.S. and some are smiling and others are not.
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My mom once hung AND filled an extra stocking from the fireplace… for my boyfriend. I was single at the time. She said it was for if I happened to get one in the couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. Way to rub it in, mom. #myfamilyisweird
Wow. Imagine how annoying her mother gets after she gets a boyfriend and then immediately starts asking for kids and hanging little stockings up by the fireplace.
That’s freaky, he looks like the Headless Horseman or Jack Pumpkinhead from “Return to Oz.”
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When I was younger my mom would always try to set me up with my college professor dad’s physics students. I finally said no, they wear plaid pants! Then my grandmother said “it’s not what they look like in their pants, it’s how they look without them” 😳😖 #myfamilyisweird
Eww. Grandma, that’s gross. Get your mind out of the gutter.
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My Dad, when I was little, found a wild pine tree to use as a Christmas tree, but when he brought it in, it was too big. So to fix it he cut off the TOP. 😳 Wish I could find the picture of it. We laugh about it every Christmas. 😂 #MyFamilyIsWeird
That had to be a seriously stumpy-looking tree. How in the world did he put a star on top?
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My brother decided to come out during family thanksgiving dinner. Right after the blessing – literally after the “amens” – he screamed “I’M GAY!” My mother calmly said “we know” and started cutting her turkey. #myfamilyisweird
Sometimes, the entire family knows. They’re just waiting for you to say it.
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I had to teach my dad how to use an iPhone when they first came out. I explained to him that he had to slide to unlock the screen. Rather than sliding his finger across the screen, he stood up from the couch and started sliding his feet in the living room. #MyFamilyIsWeird
my great aunt collects vintage dolls.. each year she strips them & repaints them to resemble each of her siblings. She then burns them in a bonfire and sends us Christmas cards with the before and after photos of the burnt dolls.. #myfamilyisweirdpic.twitter.com/DW9ksbtlcu
Does anyone else think this is creepy? This is like a white elephant gift that will never go away.
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