Niccole Thurman Is (Kinda) Cool With Not Knowing What the Future Holds

Thanks to the coronavirus, comedians are now trapped at home like the rest of us, so we decided that while we’re all self-quarantining, we’d do something a little different from our usual “Follow Friday� column. Instead of interviewing up-and-coming comedians we love on Twitter, we’re going live on Instagram every week to check in on some of our favorite people in comedy and get a firsthand look into how they’re handling the pandemic. So welcome to our new version of the column, now titled “Follow (From a Safe Distance) Friday.�

This week, Niccole Thurman (HBO, Comedy Central, in many too relatable Twitter videos) graced me with her virtual presence for a convo about how she’s doing in the Pandemic™. We bonded over how our mutual anxiety disorders are keeping us afloat, she shared her thoughts on Instagram content thieves, and she even gave us her signature video chat sign-off face. She also got pensive about the future of TV and film production in Hollywood, during the pandemic and beyond: “They can’t do this forever because eventually we’ll run out of TV. But then again, I never thought that we would run out of the mail either. So it’s like, who knows what’s happening anymore!�

You can find Niccole Thurman on Instagram at @niccole_dot_t and on Twitter at @niccolethurman.