[INTERVIEW] Comedian Jen Kirkman’s Last Laugh: ‘Chelsea Lately’ Writer Beefs With Ireland Audiences, Apologizes To Drunks On Twitter & Confronts A Misogynist At Trader Joe’s

In Last Laugh, MStarsNews talks to our favorite comedians or funny people about some of the last experiences they've had over the years. For this installment, we welcome in comedian Jen Kirkman.

From looking at her resume, it seems as if there's not much comedian Jen Kirkman can't do. Let's see: she's thrived in the often-difficult world of stand up comedy, landed a solid writing gig on E!'s Chelsea Lately, successfully started her I Seem Fun podcast, and even found a spot on the New York Time Best Sellers list with her book I Can Barely Take Care Of Myself. Obviously, despite the title, it looks as if she's doing just fine.

So, Jen Kirkman, who/what/where/when was the...

MStarsNews: Last time you wore something you hated?
Jen Kirkman: A few weeks ago when I was on a show in L.A. I wore my mom's old Peter Max (Google it young people) skirt. And although it's awesome, a button popped. I also looked like a fortune teller.

MS: Last person to see you naked?
JK: Sadly, this woman at a salon who gave me a full body spray tan. And if you mean saw me naked in a love-making, sensual way, a male friend whose name will not be mentioned –– that way nobody gets mad.

MS: Last day job you had?
JK: I count being a writer on Chelsea Lately as a day job because I have to sit on my ass at a desk during the day but if by "day job" you mean a soul-sucking thing I do just for money because I don't have the body to be a stripper ... that would have to be working as a temp filing in a windowless room at a law firm in Los Angeles. I won't tell you the year because it will make me look like a loser.

MS: Last place you traveled to outside of the US?
JK: Dublin, Ireland. Just last week!. 

MS: Last guilty pleasure you discovered?
JK: None of my pleasures are guilty. I don't mean that to sound like a creep. So, I don't even know how to answer because I don't think that way.

Jen Kirkman on CONAN

MS: Last piece of advice another comedian gave you?
JK: God I can't remember. Maybe someone told me to slow down on one particular show I had done –– I was talking fast. But the advice was a little too late because it was given to me when I got off stage.

MS: Last thing you regretted?
JK: Letting some weird person I barely know from my hometown have my phone number.

MS: Last time you bombed onstage?
JK: In Dublin. It wasn't bombing as much as it was the utter take down of my soul when sixty drunk guys in the audience started talking and trying to be funny by yelling things like "Free Willy" at me on stage.

MS: Last time you lost your cool?
JK: In a Trader Joe's parking lot when a guy started directing me into a parking spot ... even though I was having no trouble parking and did not ask or look like I needed help. I've been driving for 24 years.

I got out of my car, got in his face and said, "I dare you to try to help a man park who didn't ask for help and see if you don't get smacked."

MS: Last piece of advice YOU gave someone?
JK: I told a friend to start a podcast. Is that bad advice?

MS: Last time you were the butt of the joke?
JK: I have no idea. I'm sure I am all the time but luckily it's behind my back –– where my butt is, and let's keep it that way.

MS: Last time you got into a fight?
JK: A fist fight? Sixth grade.

MS: Last time you wished you were someone else?
JK: I'd like to have the qualities of someone else sometimes but no, I've never wished to be anyone else. Not because I think I'm so great but I'm too neurotic to switch at this point in my life. I know who I am and I'm fine with me.

MS: Last thing you had to apologize for?
JK: Calling the entire country of Ireland drunks on Twitter.

 Jen Kirkman on Comedy Central's Drunk History

MS: Last time you laughed really hard?
JK: I laughed when I was having dinner with my friend who, to the tune of “Turn The Beat Around,” for no reason sang to me “Turn the beets around, got to hear the legumes.” See … it’s not going to make anyone else laugh. There was wine involved.

MS: Last time you felt uncomfortable?
JK: Standing in the elevator with my neighbor. We almost had to talk.

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