Bobbi Althoff is feeling misunderstood.
When speaking about the second season of “The Really Good” podcast, featuring interviews with Bobby Lee, Michael Cera, and Wiz Khalifa, she is eager to clear the air.
Althoff insists she is not a “nepo baby” or “industry plant,” she doesn’t hate everyone she interviews, and, perhaps most importantly, she’s not a bad person. In fact, she insists she’s actually very nice.
She explains that all her guests are in on the joke and are aware that her rude persona is just a character she plays for the podcast.
The strategy of taking on a deadpan, laconic persona for interviews isn’t entirely new. It’s been done by other shows such as “Between Two Ferns,” “Chicken Shop Date,” and “Ziwe.”
Althoff says she didn’t watch any of these shows until after she started her own podcast and people began drawing comparisons. Instead, it was the dry comedy of shows like “The Office” and “Modern Family” that served as her inspiration.
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