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in the moment, so they’re not thought out,” she says.
Spencer Pratt is one of McDonald’s popular guests. A former cast for getting vaccinated,” McDon- member on MTV’s “The Hills,” ald says. “I say everyone make he is willing to play up a villaintheir decisions for themselves ous side on reality TV. On “Juicy and I have no say in the matter.” Scoop,” he’s charming and funny.
What she does have say in is the Pratt said people approach him creative direction of her podcast, now to bring up his “Juicy Scoop” a freedom that is rare. appearances.
“I love working for my elf. I love “It’s why I keep driving out to ing whatever I want to say and the Valley,” he joked (that’s where knowing that if I never get hired McDonald records her podcast.) to do another TV job, it doesn’t McDonald fosters an intimacy really matter,” she says. with her guests and fans alike.
The free episodes are also “They say, ‘I feel like you’re my recorded on video and uploaded iend.’ I’m from a generation of to YouTube. With her job secu- women that we really did talk rity, McDonald likes to keep some on the phone a lot,” she says. “It of her opinions within a tighter, comes naturally for me to talk,
ing circle. There are exclusive be a storyteller.”
“Juicy Scoop” episodes available McDonald does still tour and via subscription. perform comedy gigs — even if
“When you have a TV show, it’s not her main job anymore. even if you wrote and created “As popular and as successful and starred in it, it can still get as the podcast gets, I never want canceled. When you have some- to stop (stand-up) because such a thing like this, it just doesn’t,” she small, tiny percent of entertainsays of podcasts as a medium. ers can do stand up,” she says.
The show is about fun, not hard “A lot of people are able to have facts, she maintains. podcasts and do well at it, but to
“I am a comedian with an opin- stand in front of a stage and have a ion. I do not have a journalistic captive audience and make them background. I do as much research laugh for an hour and a half is a as I find interesting. I screw up skill that took a long time for me names, things pop in my head to get to.”