July 24, 2020 • 23 mins
You know her as “Kate Pearson” on the hit TV-show, “This Is Us,” but now she’s dipping her toes into the country music scene. Chrissy Metz joins Cody Alan on this Cody Cast podcast to discuss life in Hollywood, what she loves about Nashville’s music scene, and why she calls herself a “lipstick enthusiast.“ PLUS: Does Chrissy “nail it” or “fail it” when playing Cody’s accent game? Listen to find out.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Cody Cast Cody Allen's podcast. Then probably know
her face because she's such a popular character on the
hit show This is Us Great Drama on NBC. But
also she's making a country music album. She's on the
line with us right now. Chrissy Mets is here. Hi Christy.
Hey Chrissy, great to chat with you. How you doing
(00:23):
you too, I'm well, how are you doing? I'm doing
pretty good. I am coming to you from my luxurious
guest room, which is uh basically a table, laptop, a
microphone on the phone. Listen, I typically have my laptop
on a Panasonic box, so I get it. I mean, actually,
CMT has done such a good job in like bringing
(00:44):
stuff in, Like I do have a camera in here
for I do a TV thing for them. So they
brought a camera, and they brought like a ring light.
I learned what a ring light was in March, and
it's my best friend. I like, I could never now
live without a ring light. Honestly, it's hard to like
have like family FaceTime without one. And now that we
(01:06):
have like zoom and I figured out how to get
the filter so that you get the smooth Oh see, yeah,
I can't do that, because then it's like I just
opened up a cannon worms with that. I can't. I'm like, Christie,
You're going to have to just learn to love yourself
just as you are. Yeah. But I feel like people, yeah,
you're right, because people probably think like, oh, have you
gotten some boat tox? Or you what is your what's
(01:29):
your skin regiment? Because it's definitely working whatever you're doing exactly.
I don't know. What I'm saying is I don't want
to live a lie. It's what I'm saying. I love
that about you. Um, we know you from a TV.
And also this song is You're just released. It's so good.
I Um, I've been listening to it on repeat all
day today. Um, it's a really great song. And this
(01:52):
is sort of your introduction to the world of country music,
although over the past couple of years you've done some
really cool things in country, including singing on the a
c M Awards last year with Carrie And it's just
some pitch me moments you've had over the last couple
of years. So, um, why go into country? You want
to tell us that first? Yeah, I mean music was
(02:12):
always my first love and it sort of got pushed
to the back burner when I'm a manager and it
was TV and film sort of focused. Um, but country
music for me is I was. I grew up with
it and I just always loved it. And I mean
I've been, of course, um influenced by all genres of music,
(02:32):
but um, when it comes to country, I just love
the storytelling of it. You know. I love when you
hear the verse and you're like, oh, what's the course
and then like what's the turn of the course going
to be? And you know, um, those those are just
really special um aspects of country music that I've always
loved and I always just keep coming back to country music.
(02:55):
So um, yeah, I just made sense. That's cool. I'm
talking to God really has sort of that twist as well,
because when you first hear it and that first lyric hits,
you're like, where is this going? Did it strike you
that way? It's kind of like, oh, I love this
kind of left turn it takes. Yeah, absolutely, I mean
you could go any anyway, and so it's I feel
(03:16):
like it's always really smart, you know, those those really
cool um storytelling story stories and songs. And even though
I didn't co write the song, it was found that
Asha McBride Writer's Retreat are written, UM, and I'm friendly
with her and all the writers there that when I
heard it, I just I was like, oh, I really
love this, Like I really want to cut it. It's
(03:37):
actually gonna cut it? Who's gonna cut it? So, um,
you know, I'm just really I feel really grateful to
to be the first storyteller of the of the song.
When it comes to the first sort of release to
the masses, a lot of people come out with like
an upbeat, kind of sassy song. Um, and what was
our temptation to do that versus a song like this
(03:59):
that has more emotions. Listen, I am upbeating, I'm sassy
and all those things for sure, But UM, I felt
like it was a good medium between like, you know,
up tempo but also having a message and also saying
something in a real way. And that's sort of how
(04:20):
I lived my life, and so it just made it
made perfect sense to me to start with talking to
God and um then of course with actress coming um
next it's you know, one of those cathartic breakup song ballads.
So yeah, it's um. But there are some there are
a couple of sassy ones coming down the pike on
the album, and one in particular going to be on
(04:43):
the EP that will release in September. So not to fret.
There's all sorts of of of things and the storytelling
of this album. But I just, um, talking to God
just felt right for it to be the first single.
I think it's a great first single, and I think
your voice, I think it high lights your waste also,
which I think is powerful. And Um, anyway, I play
a lot of female artists under my radio shows, so
(05:05):
I love that you're bringing us something we can play
and that sounds so good and it has a powerful
message within like three minutes. It's not easy. I know
it's it's not Yeah, it's not easy. So um, we'll
be playing it on on my shows. UM, tell me
more about the album. So is it complete? No, So
we just finished the tracking for the back half of it.
(05:26):
So we have uh six more songs that I'm gonna
um you know, check vocals on hopefully with the next
week with the social distancing of course, UM mandates in place.
So um, that's just me one of my producers and myself,
UM in the studio. But um, we have five songs done,
(05:48):
so that will be the five song EP that comes
out in September, and then hopefully the album before the
end of the year. You, before This is Us, became
a gigantic hit. You played a lot of roles, and
you really you hustled for a long time. You were
not an overnight success in Hollywood. Oh my gosh, no,
twelve years, there's no overnight, said, So tell me about
(06:11):
that hustle. And then after that, I want to talk
about sort of how that might help you in navigating
country music a little bit, like that sort of perseverance
and like not not giving up on your dream. So first,
how did you get you know, famous in Hollywood? How
did you make that happen? By the grace of God?
And sometimes I don't even know, I'm like what um?
(06:32):
But honestly, you know, I came out from Gainesville, Florida,
and I was living in a two bedroom apartment with
six girls on air mattresses, you know, and taking these
kids on auditions and never having any of my own,
and it was like what am I doing here? Am
I like? Is this the right place? Is this the
right time? And then I became an agent assistant and
then became an agent for nine years, and I was like, okay, universe, Okay,
(06:55):
clearly it's not Maybe it's just not for me. And um,
I think it takes a while for art to actually
imitate life and for people to be open and interested
in having every single kind of person, whether it's age, weight, race, um,
you know, uh, backgrounds, you know, any of those things
(07:16):
to be told. And I think it just took a
while for people to think like, oh, there are people
who are unconventional or who aren't depicted in mass media,
that stories are important to be told. And so I
just had to wait a lot longer than than I expected.
But I never expected this kind of UM response and
(07:36):
this kind of UM success in that it's not just monetary,
but it's like heart and soul and your spirit is
fulfilled and that's I think why everybody does art. So
I didn't think it was gonna happen. It did take
twelve years, um, and so I feel like if I
can do it, anybody can do it. And I think
it was really about like I don't want to give
(07:58):
up now, like I feel like I'm so close, but
I never I think you always have to check your
intentions as to why you want to do something and
when you come from a good place and the success
is obviously relative but also will come eventually. Maybe you've
kind of answered this. But I know a lot of
people listening right now who maybe they don't dream of
being an uh actress or being a country music star
(08:18):
or whatever, but they're just trying to make it and
they don't feel like they nestarily have the self esteem,
or they don't fit in, or they're a little different.
And you, I think you understand all those things, being
that I feel like you may not be again the
what Hollywood may have wanted and immediate immediately, but they
learned to put people like you on the screen because
(08:40):
that really represents other people who who would come and
watch the show or or see the movie. UM, so
speak to those people just for a moment who are listening,
who are just trying to struggling to sort of like
find themselves and stay grounded and figure out that dream
you know. Yeah, well, um. Interestingly enough, Devon Franklin, who
is a dear friend and also prey Sor he produced
(09:00):
the movie Break Here I was in. Um. He always
says that you have to learn how to carry a
ground before you can wear one. And that was so
profound for me. I was like, oh, I was doing
all this work, and I was doing all the things
that I didn't want to do so I could learn
what to do, when, when and if it should happen.
And I think that so much of again, it goes
(09:20):
back to intentions of what are your intentions, what do
you put your attention on, and what is your purpose
in and being happy? And I think so much of
what all all of us do is try to appease
everybody else. And if you could come back to self
and realize that you are entitled and you're deserving of
(09:44):
being happy whatever that looks like, you know. Um. And
that's and also I think that people think that if
I've never found this, if I don't ever have this
kind of house, or if I don't you know, the
sort of materialistic gain or success, that they're not successful.
But success is not always measured in things. It's really,
(10:04):
you know, so much, so much bigger than that. So um,
I think also that's really important to equate into the
bigger picture. While you were getting there to all that success,
did you have some odd jobs? Did you have some
jobs were like you were just trying to get by
scraping money to pay the bills. I mean, listen, I
I sold um visilignes for like a season at like
(10:29):
different you know fairs or whatever. Um I babysat a lot,
and um I worked at the at CBS, the drug
store while I was also a junior agent and working
in an office. You know, like whatever you need to
do to make ends meet, you know, is what you do.
(10:49):
But um, I feel like I really my training was
being an agent and realizing like behind the desk learning
all of those things. And oh, I mean that was
tricky because it's like watching your boyfriend take another woman
out every day because you're like, oh great, great, you
can go have a great time where I would like
to be. This is so you know, it's hard. It's hard,
(11:12):
but I think it really affirms for anybody that like, oh,
I want to do this, and I want to do
it for the right reason. So how about the Nashville hustle.
Country music has received you? As I mentioned before with
open arms, You've done a lot of cool things over
the last couple of years, and now with new music
coming obviously we're embracing you even more. So what has
that sort of transition been like, And how has the
(11:33):
family of country received you. I mean, I keep saying this,
but I feel like there's it's just very welcoming. I don't,
I don't. It doesn't feel competitive, which is really refreshing. UM.
And I think when people are sort of in any capacity,
if they're very secure and who they are and what
they bring to a table, they're not you know, poo
(11:56):
pooing somebody else's you know, dream or desire, because there's
enough to go around. And that's what it feels like here.
You know, it feels like everybody's like, oh my gosh,
come like, yeah, let's let's you know, and it feels
really nice because it's scary. It's scary to pursue something
that's so important to you and then uh, you know,
(12:18):
but up against you know, people who might not necessarily
be encouraging or supportive. UM. So it's been nice that
everybody's been very kind. So you're spending time between Nashville
and l A, then well, I haven't left Nashville. I
bought home here in February, and then we came out
in March to finish the album and Quarantine hit, and
(12:38):
we have not been back to l a since um
so Um, the roots are definitely growing here um and no,
but I definitely plan on coming back and forth. Um.
And it's not very far from where I grew up
in Florida and all my families from and still uh
so it feels good. But whenever we get back to
(13:00):
work for the show, of course, then I'm when I
get back to l A. But I don't know when
that's gonna be. M Have you made friends here? I have,
you know, because I've been coming back for back and
forth almost two years to songwrite, um, through the songwriting
community and then you know, through my manager and different people. Um,
I definitely have made some really great friends. So it's nice.
(13:23):
It's when we can actually socialize, it'll be great, right. Yeah.
You call yourself on Twitter a lipstick enthusiast and this
is probably the downside of the whole mask thing because
I feel like you can't see people's smiles and if
you're a woman and you're a lipstick enthusiast, they can't
see the lipstick. Agreed, But guess what, I still wear it.
(13:46):
I sure do. Like today I went, um, I want
to go grab something to eat, and I was like,
why am I reapplying my lipstick. Nobody can see it.
I'm like, it's for you, Christie, It's for you. So yeah.
But I thought about that too a couple of weeks ago.
I was like, oh, what will become of lipstick? And
I thought, Okay, let's get masks that have a clear opening,
so at least can admire, you know, admire the lips
(14:08):
or at least see the mouth moving. Do you have
a favorite mask you're wearing right now? What does your
mask look like? Um? You know what. I have a
lot of them, just sort of those medical the blue ones, um,
because they're disposable and um that way, you know, you
to be safe as possible. But um, I don't have
(14:29):
any really cute ones. I you know. Ever, I see
people like they are really doing it up and I
think you're you're really slacking on your mask game. Yeah,
I'm with you on that. I've been doing like the
bandana because I feel like a bandana. It's kind of cool.
Oh my god, the bandanas are sexy. They're like there's
like you're like an outlaw. Yeah, I love them. I
(14:51):
feel like I'm dressing every day when I go out
of the house, going to like a festival, like I'm
going to Coachello or stage Coach saying that's why, that's why.
I Q what I see people and I'm like, first
split second, I'm like, oh look, and they're like, oh no,
they're just being safe. They're not going anywhere. They're not
going to a concert. Do you have a favorite lipstick color?
Is there one you always gravitate to? Oh my gosh,
(15:13):
I mean yeah, I always sort of go in like
the pink and peach sort of family. Um. I do
love a red lip and I have no shame. Um
clearly a very shy girl. So um uh, I like
them all. I mean I don't. I used to, like
in my younger years, I would wear like like black
(15:33):
or purple. You know, there's really there's really not a
color that I probably won't wear. I've also been following
you on a Snapchat and all the social media, the
Graham uh and beyond um, and I noticed something that
we have in common is that I love accents. I
love Yeah, I do. I love to do impersonation. That
(15:57):
drives my kids crazy because they're like dad, stop but wait, wait,
how old are your kids? So my kids are a
little bit older, they're they've grown, but their entire my
youngest eighteen year old, but their whole life I've done,
like forever. I can do all the like presidents, I
can do ums, I can do um. Some of the
(16:22):
foreign accents, which I noticed that's kind of your specialty
is like these accents from various regions. I mean, listen,
I I would the reason why I do them so
often because I'm trying to perfect them. But the one
I cannot get is Australian. I think Australian and um
like Kiwi, like people from New Zealand, those are South
(16:43):
Sofia freaking like those are really hard. I mean they're
so hard for me. What what is what is the
hardest accent for you? Um? I think that one is hard.
Let me just you're like none of them, I'm perfect. No, no, no,
I think I think Australians hard because I always mix
it up with being like a British accident almost, but
it's got more of a drawal to it exactly. They
(17:04):
like chew on the words more. Yeah. Yeah. My former
producer was from Australia, so I got to hang out
with him a bunch of he would He kind of
taught me a little bit of how to do it,
because I always want to go into like a you know,
a British thing in this and it's like very proper,
and then he probably it's more of like gets a
slower down a little but you gotta move your jaw
(17:25):
along a little bit and talk about the shrimp on
the bobby and and then hanging out with Keith Urban
a little bit that kind of helps to like he's definitely, yeah,
he's amazing, but what a cool guy? What he is
I mean, just uses it right. I mean it's ridiculous.
I'm not kidding you. Every single person that have you
(17:46):
come in contact with her like have you met Keith?
And I'm like, yeah, They're like doesn't he smell so good?
That's the second thing. But every single person has asked
or commented on and I'm like, he does smell good.
But you know, I don't think about that. I think about,
you know, who he is and his music. But like
it's just really funny. But yes, Australian is a really
(18:08):
tricky accent and I do love to do it. I
typically end up doing an English accent and probably offending
every single person in the UK, and I apologize same
here publicly Keith going back real quick. I remember one
time after a show he did like a backstage you know,
come after the pro after the show and say hi
(18:29):
or whatever. And I remember giving him like a you know,
a bro hug, and I smell like Keith the rest
of the night. I smell like Keith Urban What is it?
Is it oil? It can't be cologned. Well, I've narrowed
down to a couple of things. It's a There is
one cologne I know he wears. It's um Botega the
(18:52):
net day. I hope I'm saying that right. It's I
believe that's Italian. That's one. And then he's got several
other sense that I don't even know what they are,
Like he every time he's surprised. I think it's something
new every time. And I've asked him this question, like
what do you wear and how do you do this?
And he will never give me a straight answer. It
(19:12):
is always yeah, yeah. He will not give away the
secrets he shouldn't know. He shouldn't because I bet it's
been a while to perfect it. Back to the accents
real quick. I thought it might play a quick game
with you as we wrap up um, So how about
we start with since we both talked about this old
English sort of British accent, and you tell me your
(19:32):
favorite food in a British accent. Okay, I'm ready, all right,
Oh my god, I'm nervous. My favorite famous probably um cheese.
I really like cheese, like a ton um a lot pizza,
(19:53):
which is just that bread whiff cheese. Um. And I
like um a lot of chocolates I like um, I
like breads, I love cobs. That's great, so good. How
about really a couple more here? Maybe do you do
(20:15):
a New Yorker accent? I can try to do it.
I hopefully don't offend anybody again the same story. I
don't want to. I don't want to make this like
we're making fun. But obviously these are regional voices that
are really they're fun to hear. So maybe tell me
about your favorite hobby in a in a New York accent.
How would that go? Oh my gosh, okay, okay, m
(20:38):
oh my gosh. So um, I really like to play
said the ball. Um I really, um I do. I
used to when I was a kid. I used to
skate a lot um um quad skate, not like a
roll the blade. Um, I'm terrible, really good. Tell terrible
(21:06):
is what it is. We will close with this a
Southern accent, giving me your motto for so far. Well,
I would say my motto for is probably just to
like really just the enjoy was going on, you know,
like just don't worry about the past and don't be
(21:29):
scared of the feature leaving the present. Oh man, Well,
people got so good. Um, I can't wait to see
you in person, hopefully on the other side of this. Wait,
(21:51):
where do you live? So I'm in Nashville? Also, yeah
I have I'm on the west side. So if you
take about a mile outside of downtown just there esterday,
my friend lives right around there, so well, come on by.
Yeah right, I'm sure we've seen each other in passing
and and I just didn't know it was you and
you didn't know it was me, or sometimes yeah, no,
I knew it was you when I've seen you a
(22:11):
couple of times at the shows and I've been like
want to jumping, like, hey Christy, okay, you better now
you have to now. I didn't want to bug. I
don't want to be that guy, but um I will
next time that guy better now and come on by.
I fixed like turkey sandwiches every day for lunch. Um
about twelve are you? I know you're welcome. We have
(22:34):
like Caprice sons and Torito's with them. It's really, oh
my god, it's bad as I'm bringing back to fifth grade.
I don't know what that's when quarantine has done for me.
It's brought me back to my childhood together making sandwiches
for myself. So who do you make sandwiches for? I
was going to ask you me. It's me and the
dog all day by ourselves right here. What kind of
dog do you have? Should have a golden Retriever. Yeah,
(22:56):
his name is Teddy. And your friend Ashley McBride think
has a golden as well. Um, oh no, what do
you mean? No? No, I just love the innunciousness. I
will give you my number and you're will you have
my number? Actually you just call me so that's my number,
that's my personal sale. So um so you take it
(23:18):
in and then if yeah, come on by because he's
a friendly guy anytime, holler okay, okay, okay, I will
do that. It's been great to chatt a little bit,
and I will spread the good word about the new song,
and we'll be playing it to start next week. Sir,
I appreciate that so much. You bet Chrissy, take care,
We'll see you soon. Okay, this has been Cody Cast.
(23:39):
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Welcome to Cody Cast Cody Allen's podcast. Then probably know
her face because she's such a popular character on the
hit show This is Us Great Drama on NBC. But
also she's making a country music album. She's on the
line with us right now. Chrissy Mets is here. Hi Christy.
Hey Chrissy, great to chat with you. How you doing
(00:23):
you too, I'm well, how are you doing? I'm doing
pretty good. I am coming to you from my luxurious
guest room, which is uh basically a table, laptop, a
microphone on the phone. Listen, I typically have my laptop
on a Panasonic box, so I get it. I mean, actually,
CMT has done such a good job in like bringing
(00:44):
stuff in, Like I do have a camera in here
for I do a TV thing for them. So they
brought a camera, and they brought like a ring light.
I learned what a ring light was in March, and
it's my best friend. I like, I could never now
live without a ring light. Honestly, it's hard to like
have like family FaceTime without one. And now that we
(01:06):
have like zoom and I figured out how to get
the filter so that you get the smooth Oh see, yeah,
I can't do that, because then it's like I just
opened up a cannon worms with that. I can't. I'm like, Christie,
You're going to have to just learn to love yourself
just as you are. Yeah. But I feel like people, yeah,
you're right, because people probably think like, oh, have you
gotten some boat tox? Or you what is your what's
(01:29):
your skin regiment? Because it's definitely working whatever you're doing exactly.
I don't know. What I'm saying is I don't want
to live a lie. It's what I'm saying. I love
that about you. Um, we know you from a TV.
And also this song is You're just released. It's so good.
I Um, I've been listening to it on repeat all
day today. Um, it's a really great song. And this
(01:52):
is sort of your introduction to the world of country music,
although over the past couple of years you've done some
really cool things in country, including singing on the a
c M Awards last year with Carrie And it's just
some pitch me moments you've had over the last couple
of years. So, um, why go into country? You want
to tell us that first? Yeah, I mean music was
(02:12):
always my first love and it sort of got pushed
to the back burner when I'm a manager and it
was TV and film sort of focused. Um, but country
music for me is I was. I grew up with
it and I just always loved it. And I mean
I've been, of course, um influenced by all genres of music,
(02:32):
but um, when it comes to country, I just love
the storytelling of it. You know. I love when you
hear the verse and you're like, oh, what's the course
and then like what's the turn of the course going
to be? And you know, um, those those are just
really special um aspects of country music that I've always
loved and I always just keep coming back to country music.
(02:55):
So um, yeah, I just made sense. That's cool. I'm
talking to God really has sort of that twist as well,
because when you first hear it and that first lyric hits,
you're like, where is this going? Did it strike you
that way? It's kind of like, oh, I love this
kind of left turn it takes. Yeah, absolutely, I mean
you could go any anyway, and so it's I feel
(03:16):
like it's always really smart, you know, those those really
cool um storytelling story stories and songs. And even though
I didn't co write the song, it was found that
Asha McBride Writer's Retreat are written, UM, and I'm friendly
with her and all the writers there that when I
heard it, I just I was like, oh, I really
love this, Like I really want to cut it. It's
(03:37):
actually gonna cut it? Who's gonna cut it? So, um,
you know, I'm just really I feel really grateful to
to be the first storyteller of the of the song.
When it comes to the first sort of release to
the masses, a lot of people come out with like
an upbeat, kind of sassy song. Um, and what was
our temptation to do that versus a song like this
(03:59):
that has more emotions. Listen, I am upbeating, I'm sassy
and all those things for sure, But UM, I felt
like it was a good medium between like, you know,
up tempo but also having a message and also saying
something in a real way. And that's sort of how
(04:20):
I lived my life, and so it just made it
made perfect sense to me to start with talking to
God and um then of course with actress coming um
next it's you know, one of those cathartic breakup song ballads.
So yeah, it's um. But there are some there are
a couple of sassy ones coming down the pike on
the album, and one in particular going to be on
(04:43):
the EP that will release in September. So not to fret.
There's all sorts of of of things and the storytelling
of this album. But I just, um, talking to God
just felt right for it to be the first single.
I think it's a great first single, and I think
your voice, I think it high lights your waste also,
which I think is powerful. And Um, anyway, I play
a lot of female artists under my radio shows, so
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I love that you're bringing us something we can play
and that sounds so good and it has a powerful
message within like three minutes. It's not easy. I know
it's it's not Yeah, it's not easy. So um, we'll
be playing it on on my shows. UM, tell me
more about the album. So is it complete? No, So
we just finished the tracking for the back half of it.
(05:26):
So we have uh six more songs that I'm gonna
um you know, check vocals on hopefully with the next
week with the social distancing of course, UM mandates in place.
So um, that's just me one of my producers and myself,
UM in the studio. But um, we have five songs done,
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so that will be the five song EP that comes
out in September, and then hopefully the album before the
end of the year. You, before This is Us, became
a gigantic hit. You played a lot of roles, and
you really you hustled for a long time. You were
not an overnight success in Hollywood. Oh my gosh, no,
twelve years, there's no overnight, said, So tell me about
(06:11):
that hustle. And then after that, I want to talk
about sort of how that might help you in navigating
country music a little bit, like that sort of perseverance
and like not not giving up on your dream. So first,
how did you get you know, famous in Hollywood? How
did you make that happen? By the grace of God?
And sometimes I don't even know, I'm like what um?
(06:32):
But honestly, you know, I came out from Gainesville, Florida,
and I was living in a two bedroom apartment with
six girls on air mattresses, you know, and taking these
kids on auditions and never having any of my own,
and it was like what am I doing here? Am
I like? Is this the right place? Is this the
right time? And then I became an agent assistant and
then became an agent for nine years, and I was like, okay, universe, Okay,
(06:55):
clearly it's not Maybe it's just not for me. And um,
I think it takes a while for art to actually
imitate life and for people to be open and interested
in having every single kind of person, whether it's age, weight, race, um,
you know, uh, backgrounds, you know, any of those things
(07:16):
to be told. And I think it just took a
while for people to think like, oh, there are people
who are unconventional or who aren't depicted in mass media,
that stories are important to be told. And so I
just had to wait a lot longer than than I expected.
But I never expected this kind of UM response and
(07:36):
this kind of UM success in that it's not just monetary,
but it's like heart and soul and your spirit is
fulfilled and that's I think why everybody does art. So
I didn't think it was gonna happen. It did take
twelve years, um, and so I feel like if I
can do it, anybody can do it. And I think
it was really about like I don't want to give
(07:58):
up now, like I feel like I'm so close, but
I never I think you always have to check your
intentions as to why you want to do something and
when you come from a good place and the success
is obviously relative but also will come eventually. Maybe you've
kind of answered this. But I know a lot of
people listening right now who maybe they don't dream of
being an uh actress or being a country music star
(08:18):
or whatever, but they're just trying to make it and
they don't feel like they nestarily have the self esteem,
or they don't fit in, or they're a little different.
And you, I think you understand all those things, being
that I feel like you may not be again the
what Hollywood may have wanted and immediate immediately, but they
learned to put people like you on the screen because
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that really represents other people who who would come and
watch the show or or see the movie. UM, so
speak to those people just for a moment who are listening,
who are just trying to struggling to sort of like
find themselves and stay grounded and figure out that dream
you know. Yeah, well, um. Interestingly enough, Devon Franklin, who
is a dear friend and also prey Sor he produced
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the movie Break Here I was in. Um. He always
says that you have to learn how to carry a
ground before you can wear one. And that was so
profound for me. I was like, oh, I was doing
all this work, and I was doing all the things
that I didn't want to do so I could learn
what to do, when, when and if it should happen.
And I think that so much of again, it goes
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back to intentions of what are your intentions, what do
you put your attention on, and what is your purpose
in and being happy? And I think so much of
what all all of us do is try to appease
everybody else. And if you could come back to self
and realize that you are entitled and you're deserving of
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being happy whatever that looks like, you know. Um. And
that's and also I think that people think that if
I've never found this, if I don't ever have this
kind of house, or if I don't you know, the
sort of materialistic gain or success, that they're not successful.
But success is not always measured in things. It's really,
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you know, so much, so much bigger than that. So um,
I think also that's really important to equate into the
bigger picture. While you were getting there to all that success,
did you have some odd jobs? Did you have some
jobs were like you were just trying to get by
scraping money to pay the bills. I mean, listen, I
I sold um visilignes for like a season at like
(10:29):
different you know fairs or whatever. Um I babysat a lot,
and um I worked at the at CBS, the drug
store while I was also a junior agent and working
in an office. You know, like whatever you need to
do to make ends meet, you know, is what you do.
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But um, I feel like I really my training was
being an agent and realizing like behind the desk learning
all of those things. And oh, I mean that was
tricky because it's like watching your boyfriend take another woman
out every day because you're like, oh great, great, you
can go have a great time where I would like
to be. This is so you know, it's hard. It's hard,
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but I think it really affirms for anybody that like, oh,
I want to do this, and I want to do
it for the right reason. So how about the Nashville hustle.
Country music has received you? As I mentioned before with
open arms, You've done a lot of cool things over
the last couple of years, and now with new music
coming obviously we're embracing you even more. So what has
that sort of transition been like, And how has the
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family of country received you. I mean, I keep saying this,
but I feel like there's it's just very welcoming. I don't,
I don't. It doesn't feel competitive, which is really refreshing. UM.
And I think when people are sort of in any capacity,
if they're very secure and who they are and what
they bring to a table, they're not you know, poo
(11:56):
pooing somebody else's you know, dream or desire, because there's
enough to go around. And that's what it feels like here.
You know, it feels like everybody's like, oh my gosh,
come like, yeah, let's let's you know, and it feels
really nice because it's scary. It's scary to pursue something
that's so important to you and then uh, you know,
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but up against you know, people who might not necessarily
be encouraging or supportive. UM. So it's been nice that
everybody's been very kind. So you're spending time between Nashville
and l A, then well, I haven't left Nashville. I
bought home here in February, and then we came out
in March to finish the album and Quarantine hit, and
(12:38):
we have not been back to l a since um
so Um, the roots are definitely growing here um and no,
but I definitely plan on coming back and forth. Um.
And it's not very far from where I grew up
in Florida and all my families from and still uh
so it feels good. But whenever we get back to
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work for the show, of course, then I'm when I
get back to l A. But I don't know when
that's gonna be. M Have you made friends here? I have,
you know, because I've been coming back for back and
forth almost two years to songwrite, um, through the songwriting
community and then you know, through my manager and different people. Um,
I definitely have made some really great friends. So it's nice.
(13:23):
It's when we can actually socialize, it'll be great, right. Yeah.
You call yourself on Twitter a lipstick enthusiast and this
is probably the downside of the whole mask thing because
I feel like you can't see people's smiles and if
you're a woman and you're a lipstick enthusiast, they can't
see the lipstick. Agreed, But guess what, I still wear it.
(13:46):
I sure do. Like today I went, um, I want
to go grab something to eat, and I was like,
why am I reapplying my lipstick. Nobody can see it.
I'm like, it's for you, Christie, It's for you. So yeah.
But I thought about that too a couple of weeks ago.
I was like, oh, what will become of lipstick? And
I thought, Okay, let's get masks that have a clear opening,
so at least can admire, you know, admire the lips
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or at least see the mouth moving. Do you have
a favorite mask you're wearing right now? What does your
mask look like? Um? You know what. I have a
lot of them, just sort of those medical the blue ones, um,
because they're disposable and um that way, you know, you
to be safe as possible. But um, I don't have
(14:29):
any really cute ones. I you know. Ever, I see
people like they are really doing it up and I
think you're you're really slacking on your mask game. Yeah,
I'm with you on that. I've been doing like the
bandana because I feel like a bandana. It's kind of cool.
Oh my god, the bandanas are sexy. They're like there's
like you're like an outlaw. Yeah, I love them. I
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feel like I'm dressing every day when I go out
of the house, going to like a festival, like I'm
going to Coachello or stage Coach saying that's why, that's why.
I Q what I see people and I'm like, first
split second, I'm like, oh look, and they're like, oh no,
they're just being safe. They're not going anywhere. They're not
going to a concert. Do you have a favorite lipstick color?
Is there one you always gravitate to? Oh my gosh,
(15:13):
I mean yeah, I always sort of go in like
the pink and peach sort of family. Um. I do
love a red lip and I have no shame. Um
clearly a very shy girl. So um uh, I like
them all. I mean I don't. I used to, like
in my younger years, I would wear like like black
(15:33):
or purple. You know, there's really there's really not a
color that I probably won't wear. I've also been following
you on a Snapchat and all the social media, the
Graham uh and beyond um, and I noticed something that
we have in common is that I love accents. I
love Yeah, I do. I love to do impersonation. That
(15:57):
drives my kids crazy because they're like dad, stop but wait, wait,
how old are your kids? So my kids are a
little bit older, they're they've grown, but their entire my
youngest eighteen year old, but their whole life I've done,
like forever. I can do all the like presidents, I
can do ums, I can do um. Some of the
(16:22):
foreign accents, which I noticed that's kind of your specialty
is like these accents from various regions. I mean, listen,
I I would the reason why I do them so
often because I'm trying to perfect them. But the one
I cannot get is Australian. I think Australian and um
like Kiwi, like people from New Zealand, those are South
(16:43):
Sofia freaking like those are really hard. I mean they're
so hard for me. What what is what is the
hardest accent for you? Um? I think that one is hard.
Let me just you're like none of them, I'm perfect. No, no, no,
I think I think Australians hard because I always mix
it up with being like a British accident almost, but
it's got more of a drawal to it exactly. They
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like chew on the words more. Yeah. Yeah. My former
producer was from Australia, so I got to hang out
with him a bunch of he would He kind of
taught me a little bit of how to do it,
because I always want to go into like a you know,
a British thing in this and it's like very proper,
and then he probably it's more of like gets a
slower down a little but you gotta move your jaw
(17:25):
along a little bit and talk about the shrimp on
the bobby and and then hanging out with Keith Urban
a little bit that kind of helps to like he's definitely, yeah,
he's amazing, but what a cool guy? What he is
I mean, just uses it right. I mean it's ridiculous.
I'm not kidding you. Every single person that have you
(17:46):
come in contact with her like have you met Keith?
And I'm like, yeah, They're like doesn't he smell so good?
That's the second thing. But every single person has asked
or commented on and I'm like, he does smell good.
But you know, I don't think about that. I think about,
you know, who he is and his music. But like
it's just really funny. But yes, Australian is a really
(18:08):
tricky accent and I do love to do it. I
typically end up doing an English accent and probably offending
every single person in the UK, and I apologize same
here publicly Keith going back real quick. I remember one
time after a show he did like a backstage you know,
come after the pro after the show and say hi
(18:29):
or whatever. And I remember giving him like a you know,
a bro hug, and I smell like Keith the rest
of the night. I smell like Keith Urban What is it?
Is it oil? It can't be cologned. Well, I've narrowed
down to a couple of things. It's a There is
one cologne I know he wears. It's um Botega the
(18:52):
net day. I hope I'm saying that right. It's I
believe that's Italian. That's one. And then he's got several
other sense that I don't even know what they are,
Like he every time he's surprised. I think it's something
new every time. And I've asked him this question, like
what do you wear and how do you do this?
And he will never give me a straight answer. It
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is always yeah, yeah. He will not give away the
secrets he shouldn't know. He shouldn't because I bet it's
been a while to perfect it. Back to the accents
real quick. I thought it might play a quick game
with you as we wrap up um, So how about
we start with since we both talked about this old
English sort of British accent, and you tell me your
(19:32):
favorite food in a British accent. Okay, I'm ready, all right,
Oh my god, I'm nervous. My favorite famous probably um cheese.
I really like cheese, like a ton um a lot pizza,
(19:53):
which is just that bread whiff cheese. Um. And I
like um a lot of chocolates I like um, I
like breads, I love cobs. That's great, so good. How
about really a couple more here? Maybe do you do
(20:15):
a New Yorker accent? I can try to do it.
I hopefully don't offend anybody again the same story. I
don't want to. I don't want to make this like
we're making fun. But obviously these are regional voices that
are really they're fun to hear. So maybe tell me
about your favorite hobby in a in a New York accent.
How would that go? Oh my gosh, okay, okay, m
(20:38):
oh my gosh. So um, I really like to play
said the ball. Um I really, um I do. I
used to when I was a kid. I used to
skate a lot um um quad skate, not like a
roll the blade. Um, I'm terrible, really good. Tell terrible
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is what it is. We will close with this a
Southern accent, giving me your motto for so far. Well,
I would say my motto for is probably just to
like really just the enjoy was going on, you know,
like just don't worry about the past and don't be
(21:29):
scared of the feature leaving the present. Oh man, Well,
people got so good. Um, I can't wait to see
you in person, hopefully on the other side of this. Wait,
(21:51):
where do you live? So I'm in Nashville? Also, yeah
I have I'm on the west side. So if you
take about a mile outside of downtown just there esterday,
my friend lives right around there, so well, come on by.
Yeah right, I'm sure we've seen each other in passing
and and I just didn't know it was you and
you didn't know it was me, or sometimes yeah, no,
I knew it was you when I've seen you a
(22:11):
couple of times at the shows and I've been like
want to jumping, like, hey Christy, okay, you better now
you have to now. I didn't want to bug. I
don't want to be that guy, but um I will
next time that guy better now and come on by.
I fixed like turkey sandwiches every day for lunch. Um
about twelve are you? I know you're welcome. We have
(22:34):
like Caprice sons and Torito's with them. It's really, oh
my god, it's bad as I'm bringing back to fifth grade.
I don't know what that's when quarantine has done for me.
It's brought me back to my childhood together making sandwiches
for myself. So who do you make sandwiches for? I
was going to ask you me. It's me and the
dog all day by ourselves right here. What kind of
dog do you have? Should have a golden Retriever. Yeah,
(22:56):
his name is Teddy. And your friend Ashley McBride think
has a golden as well. Um, oh no, what do
you mean? No? No, I just love the innunciousness. I
will give you my number and you're will you have
my number? Actually you just call me so that's my number,
that's my personal sale. So um so you take it
(23:18):
in and then if yeah, come on by because he's
a friendly guy anytime, holler okay, okay, okay, I will
do that. It's been great to chatt a little bit,
and I will spread the good word about the new song,
and we'll be playing it to start next week. Sir,
I appreciate that so much. You bet Chrissy, take care,
We'll see you soon. Okay, this has been Cody Cast.
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