I just know that if I still lived in Kansas, I would’ve found people like Murray. We all look for our chosen family, right? But for me, thinking about what that might look like in Kansas was really interesting. ”īut I think that’s the thing: When you live in a small town, and you don’t feel like you fit in, you have to find your chosen family anywhere. I was like, “Oh, well my buddy can be in this show. That also helped solve the concept for me.
Paul and Hannah, the showrunners, pitched this world and the idea and had the character of Joel and the character Fred Rococo. How did your queer chosen family translate into “Somebody Somewhere”? So, I definitely wanted to be a part of this show because that’s who I think I would be looking for, you know? So I feel saved and rescued by the queer community. And I started meeting people like Murray in New York, and I suddenly felt seen and encouraged to be more of myself. He was the first person to give me a job, to give me stage time, and was so supportive. Murray Hill is one of my closest friends, and we’ve known each other for, like, 20 years. Is the show a reflection of your real-world queer chosen family? It must have something to do with your immersion in queer culture. But you know, we’re all doing the best we can. I think that, you know, the people I run around with, and people make some assumptions. Am I the first one to assume you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ community? I thought I knew you, until I started writing all these questions last night as if you were queer. In a recent Zoom interview with Everett, the actress talked about how the queerness of “Somebody Somewhere” mirrors her own life in some ways, her longtime relationship with Murray, and why she feels queer people “rescued” her. Among them are Joel (openly gay actor Jeff Hiller) and Fred Rococo (Murray Hill, comedian and NYC drag king performer). That’s because a major part of the show is about chosen family, and in the case of Sam (Everett), who doesn’t fit her small-town Kansas mold, it’s the town’s queers who make her feel at, well, home.
BRIDGET EVERETT SERIES
And now, with her new HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” in which she acts and produces, her queer-filled real life extends to the heart of this moving, semi-autobiographical show. She’s got queer friends, queer family, queer fans - the latter of which she courted while performing her alt-cabaret (alt as in she’s been known to sing about buttholes to a ukulele-accompanied tune) at New York City gay bars.Įverett, who Amy Schumer featured in her sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer,” is straight but, at this point, you’d have a strong case for making her an honorary member of the LGBTQ+ community. Bridget Everett is surrounded by queer people in her everyday life.
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