Last Things First: Jiaoying Summers
Episode #411
Born in China, Jioaying Summers first came to America for college in Kentucky speaking no English, then went to Hollywood looking for stardom. Summers has found it so far already on TikTok, where she has gained more than 1.2 million followers, and has created her own stage, The Hollywood Comedy, where she and other aspiring comedians can develop their voices. Since the pandemic, Summers has released a half-hour special as part of Comedy InvAsian 2.0, available on Prime Video, and hosted a stand-up showcase, LMAOF, for OnlyFans. Summers will perform at the 2022 New York Comedy Festival, running her hour, “Tiger MILF,” and she spoke with me in Los Angeles ahead of that.
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Summers met me in a house at the bottom of the Hollywood Hills.
It’s very Hollywood. I did my first general meeting with CBS on Zoom right here, in that corner. Love it.
So you're taking meetings. Is that what happens when you become TikTok famous?
No. It’s the stand-up that stands out. There’s millions of TikTok influencers. I'm a real stand-up I think that's what works for me. They want to see me after they saw me perform live. They didn’t want to see me after seeing my black dick video. They respect you because stand-up is a craft. If you can murder a crowd on an amazing reading lineup that you get respect from, I think, from the studios. They don't really care about influencers unless you have 100 million followers like the Kardashians. One million, two million? Doesn’t matter.