When you're watching actors and actresses on T.V., do you wonder what they're like in real life? Outside of all the glam, glitz and cameras, who are they when no ones watching?
I've watched so many T.V. shows and movies and thought about how I would like to hang out with certain celebrities. I tend to watch shows or movies that give me a personal connection with the story line but most IMPORTANTLY the actors that play the roles. I love any actor that can portray the FUNNIEST person alive and can be serious in a deep and captivating movie.
I had the honor and privilege to sit down with one of America's King's Of Comedy a couple of weeks ago! I never in a million years thought I'd make it on T.V. unless it was on a local news channel. I exceeded my low expectations of my future public appearances. I wish the show was focused on my personal successes and goals, but it wasn't. It was about my crazy, sweet, loving, and NEGATIVE husband, who has changed drastically after an experiment was done a couple of months BEFORE our live appearance.
I signed my husband and I up for the show with the intentions of trying to throw my accomplishments out there because my past plays a lot into my issues with my husbands mindset, but, that didn't happen. So I went with the flow. We took a Lincoln Town car from Michigan to Chicago and was put up in a hotel room for a night. The next early morning, we were driven to the studio for our grand appearance. I was full of jitters and nerves. I use goofiness and laughter to soothe myself when I'm a nervous wreck, and it ALWAYS works for me! When it was time to go out on the stage, after sitting in our green room for hours, I was READY and prepared.
My confidence could not be waivered. My excitement could not be contained. I went out, head up, face smiling and dancing to the music they had playing until I and my husband met the host. I told myself before it all begin that everyone out there were people just like me, their judgment or assumptions about I and my husband wouldn't and didn't matter. That kept me humble and unafraid to be MYSELF!
Once we got started with the questions, and constant verbatim, I relaxed fully. I thought to myself, "this is nothing, I got this." Since the airing of the show, I've gotten no special attention due to my appearance, but, I feel as if I've gotten my practice in for something BIGGER and BETTER that will be focused on my current and future successes. If I could face and talk with one of the most famous men in the world without my heart fluttering, without stuttering, without changing my mind; I can talk to ANYONE with that same level of confidence.
I must throw in there, that the camera really does add a good 10 pounds to your current weight. I was kind of embarrassed of how much bigger I looked sitting up there compared to my 'real life' weight, but at the end of the day, I have an unforgettable memory to always think back on. Nothing and no one can take away my 'DREAM come true, moment.'
By the way, I salute every single famous person out there! I could not imagine dealing with the chaos of makeup, mic's, rehearsing lines, reading small screens and all the other HARD WORK that comes with making a BIG name for fans and money gain!