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Resting Colonizer Face with Lorena Russi

July 17, 2024
Colombian soccer player-turned-comedian Lorena Russi talks Copa América, the story behind her @ColonialManFace username, and dating as a comic.
Show transcript
00:00
All right. Y'all help me in welcoming Comedia Lorena Russi.
00:07
I don't know why I do that.
00:08
I don't know. I've never met a person in my life
00:11
That's all good.
00:12
I was raised by wolves.
00:16
Oh, speaking of Colombia.
00:18
Oh, sorry, I looked down and I'm like,
00:21
oh OK, we got it.
00:22
So you're Colombian and not to like,
00:24
you know, throw more salt in that wound.
00:27
But did you see the Copa America?
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I just can't, I just,
00:31
I really over Argentina winning every single thing.
00:34
Do you know what I mean?
00:35
At this point? They have meat.
00:36
They have soccer but horrible personalities.
00:39
OK? It's all good.
00:43
No, this is fine.
00:44
The vest though is OK.
00:45
No, you're perfect with the vest.
00:47
So we redo it and I know there's no redoing.
00:50
Babe. Did you hear about how the fields though?
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The pa the shitty field?
00:56
So the fields were all fucked up because apparently it's a football
00:59
it was turf of a football field that they brought in
01:02
I don't know if this is fake news,
01:03
but so that's why it was all patchy and divided and then
01:06
that's how messy tamal they got all inflated Yeah.
01:12
Poor guy. Have you ever played a sport?
01:15
You're talking, like,
01:15
you're like, yeah.
01:16
And totally that football went that way.
01:19
No, I mean,
01:20
I just don't wanna,
01:21
I never played, I know you're a pro.
01:22
I was, yeah.
01:23
But for 30 seconds my career was the,
01:25
did you ever play for,
01:26
like, if you,
01:26
like, wake up from a nap?
01:27
That's how long my career was.
01:28
Really? I wanna talk about that.
01:29
Like, how did talk about like,
01:31
so like you started there and now you in comedy like,
01:33
yeah, it's not good.
01:34
The answer is not good.
01:35
If you start as a professional athlete and end in comedy,
01:38
your life went wrong.
01:40
What was the moment?
01:41
I basically, so I got scouted to play in Italy for
01:44
a couple of teams and then I got a tryout for the
01:47
Colombian National team, but I got pneumonia and I missed the
01:51
World Cup tryouts and that's how I got into comedy.
01:56
Yeah. Yeah. And the good news is that I'm still
01:59
poor. So it's,
02:01
it's, there's no way to make money as a woman but
02:04
you, you're coming up on Netflix and I'm actually starting now
02:09
But the only the it's only the best and I saw
02:13
your IG handle is literally colonial man face is how did that
02:18
give us the story behind that IG handle?
02:20
OK. I my Instagram handle is at colonial man face
02:24
because I have resting colonial man face.
02:28
You just look in the mirror like that is it?
02:30
I had your haircut and I finally was able to put my
02:35
hair up in a ponytail,
02:37
stretchy. I'm a woman and I had my hair up and
02:41
I was so excited because I was like,
02:42
wow, I'm going to feel really feminine finally.
02:45
And I run and I look into the mirror and I was
02:47
like, oh, I look like Thomas Jefferson's ghost.
02:49
This is not good.
02:51
I look like Zachary Banks from Hocus Pocus.
02:54
So I realized that I look like Beethoven.
02:57
And I was like,
02:58
that's when I decided to make an Instagram.
03:00
I said, I'm going to make it a colon on my
03:02
face and I was recently in at a com.
03:07
What's up? What's up?
03:08
No, tell me for real.
03:09
I could tell you I killed my parents and you'd be like
03:11
oh, that's crazy.
03:12
So I, I murder them and you'd be like,
03:19
wow, that's insane.
03:20
So, is it dating?
03:23
No, no,
03:23
no. So I guess in that vein of getting row set
03:27
of comedy shows, I said in the front row one time
03:30
And what was their name?
03:32
Eleanor Kerrigan Comedy Store?
03:36
That's where I was.
03:37
My career is with every second we spoke.
03:41
OK, when O Mira I was there and in
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the, I got roasted and they were like,
03:47
oh, you look like an Amish Mexican.
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And so I'm not laughing because it's true.
03:52
I'm laughing because whoa comedy is so beautiful.
03:56
Yeah. And then,
03:57
I mean, I didn't feel bad.
03:59
She's right. She's right.
04:00
No, no, you're a handsome young man.
04:03
OK, Mexican. That is crazy.
04:07
I look like an Amish Mexican.
04:09
If I gave you this vest it would be one Amish.
04:13
So, what advice do you have for people that sit in
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the front row? What advice do I have for people?
04:17
I think if you sit in the front,
04:19
you, you just have to be prepared for whatever is coming
04:22
your way. I think it's also like shows are too long
04:25
So I think,
04:26
know how long the show is because if it's a 60 minute
04:28
show, great, I'll sit there and I'll be welcoming.
04:30
But if it's a three hour show,
04:32
sit in the back me specifically or anybody know anybody,
04:35
you definitely, you are very nice.
04:37
So I want to rip your heart out if you do.
04:40
You know what I mean?
04:41
Because it's like, I know that you're a good person so
04:43
you shouldn't sit in the front because I'd be like,
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you look like an Amish Mexican.
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You're gonna be fine.
04:47
So, is it annoying?
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Dating as a comic?
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Like the people come to you like,
04:50
hey, tell me a joke or in general in
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bed people aren't like before they come,
04:56
they're not like, wait,
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tell me a knock,
04:57
knock joke. They're not like orgasm and being like,
04:59
who's there? The dating as a comic is interesting.
05:05
Yeah. Just because I think you're performing all the time.
05:09
So people are seeing you,
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but I want to be fair and that there's not an even
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distribution of energy. So you've listened to me talk for 20
05:16
minutes. I don't know who you are.
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And I would like to potentially if you look like Rachel Weisz
05:22
from the mummy, I would like to talk to you.
05:24
Is it Weiss? How do we say her last name?
05:27
Vice Weiss. I don't know.
05:29
But, yeah, I know who you're talking about.
05:31
At least that Gina Rodriguez,
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you can talk to me.
05:34
Gina from Jan, the virgin.
05:36
Yes, maybe. Ok,
05:38
cool. Let me sure.
05:39
I understand the, the person and you know,
05:43
but yeah,
05:43
dating is funny. Funny.
05:46
Why was the married?
05:47
Ok. Have you ever been married?
05:49
I'm married right now.
05:50
Yes, it's, it's good.
05:53
we just had a baby.
05:54
It sounds like you're getting endorsed.
05:55
No. No, no,
05:56
it's just definitely,,
05:57
the baby is like a whole another level of that.
05:59
So obviously, you know,
06:00
you have your person.
06:01
But now it's like,
06:01
cool. I'm a dad now and I have to wake up
06:03
like multiple times a night even though the baby popped out of
06:05
her, you know,
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I still, I still help out.
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So that's good. Wow,
06:09
you seem like a cool guy.
06:12
Thank you. And I know you're doing the bare minimum.
06:15
Ok, great. I mean,
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ok. Ok. We have to go.
06:19
No. Yeah, I think we're good when people watch you
06:21
live in real life,
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you can't. I have no idea.
06:26
You're going to have to follow me on Instagram.
06:27
People are always like,
06:28
what can I, I'm like,
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I don't know what today is.
06:30
I always, I'm like,
06:31
oh, it's today Thursday and people are like,
06:32
it's not. And I'm like,
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what year is it?
06:34
Someone was like, I texted a friend being like,
06:36
oh, are you not in the country?
06:37
And she was like,
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I told you that and I was like,
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I don't know where I am today.
06:41
People can call you.
06:42
What's your, you can follow me at Colonial man face as
06:45
we've discussed because I don't have a website anymore because I refuse
06:50
to pay. I think it's embarrassing to pay.
06:53
Go daddy.com. I,
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I go on Go daddy.com and I'm like,
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this is a reliable website.
06:59
Yeah. IG I colonia man.
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Face. Follow along for all the dates.
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All the tour, all that stuff.
07:04
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
07:05
For all those tours I have coming up.
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All right, cool.
07:09
Well, thank you.
07:10
Thank you.