Comic Becky Robinson’s life has become probably the most insanely enjoyable actuality present. One minute she’s screaming right into a closet mirror, feeling defeated again in her dad and mom’ home, and some viral moments later, she’s on The Members Solely tour, zipping round nation golf equipment in Oakleys together with her tricked-out Streetrod Golf Cart, “sauvi B,” and a solar visor clamped on her blond bob prefer it’s couture. Her bestie Trish is one name away, her youngsters Macabee and Dashiell are wrecking the home, her husband Scott isn’t listening (shocker), however her fans-turned-friends, the “Gieurlz,” are. Welcome to the world of the Entitled Housewife. No fancy membership required right here as a result of none of it’s actual, however it’s all so actual.
Each story, and character, has a starting and earlier than she was taking rides on customized carts, she was driving an emotional curler coaster throughout the pandemic. “So throughout the pandemic I used to be with my sister, and she or he was working at an ER,” says Robinson. “She was within the trenches attempting to assist individuals and coming residence and you understand, may die, and I used to be terrified as a result of she was coming residence from work on daily basis and — who is aware of? I grew up round Portland, so I had packed up my wigs to go there in case I used to be going to have a correct ‘Menty-B’ [mental breakdown]. Then even she was like, why don’t you go to mother and pop’s and attempt to discover some type of happiness. So many individuals have been depressed throughout that point, however I didn’t notice how a lot I wanted to carry out.”
Whereas she was caught at a low level, her dad and mom have been by some means in peak trip mode. “My dad was like, ‘Golf is all we have now! You already know, we’re {golfing} all day,’” Becky says, impersonating her father. “He was sporting a golf glove on each fingers, form of like COVID safety, and he’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m doing my half, you understand, I’m not sporting a masks, however I received a golf glove on each fingers!’”
Becky Robinson takes the stage because the Entitled Housewife
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Her mother shared the identical sentiment — not for double-fisting gloves — however she too wanted to dwell. “My mother has form of been by way of it health-wise, and so she was like, ‘I don’t wish to be locked down. I wish to go to pleased hour with the gieurlz.’ I simply sat there and watched them like, you guys are out of your f— minds. Then in the future they left the home, and I simply felt impressed. So I put a wig on.”
Robinson went into her dad and mom’ closet and dressed herself in a polo, a skort and a visor. “I placed on the Oakleys and the Air Pods and the second I seemed within the mirror, I simply began improvising. She was like, SCOTT! DASHIELL! MACABEE! [My character] had this ingredient of, she might get pissed off very quick.”
That day, in her dad and mom’ closet, Robinson turned lemons into laborious lemonade, and with a visor excessive on her head like a regal crown, a brand new model of herself emerged — an entitled one. “I improvised for, like, 5 hours in character. It may need been a manic episode, I don’t know, however I simply bear in mind when the entire thing was assembled that day and I began filming, it was making me chortle and I used to be like, perhaps it’ll make another person chortle too.”
Initially, she hadn’t deliberate on posting movies of her in character on TikTok however contemplating how a lot she was making herself chortle, it was solely a matter of time.
“Once I made the primary , I used to be like, ‘I can’t submit this. It’s darkish occasions and I’m going to appear like such a idiot for attempting to be humorous.’ However then I took an edible and confirmed my sister to see if it made her chortle as a result of I figured she’s experiencing it on daily basis, in the midst of it, and she or he instructed me to submit it.”
The debut video of Entitled Housewife received tens of millions of views on social media. As it will prove, different individuals wanted to chortle at the very same time. “All these celebrities began messaging me after which Chris Pratt DM’d me and is like, ‘In case you make a film with these characters, I’ve to be Scott!’”
Robinson’s dad and mom weren’t fairly as enthusiastic when she confirmed them her content material for the primary time. “I feel my dad walked out and my mother was like, ‘You already know, Beck, this hits a bit near residence.’ She was truly pissed at first as a result of I used the actual title of my dad’s nation membership, and it was so vulgar, so she was apprehensive about him getting kicked out.”
Quick ahead to now, and plenty of of all these golf golf equipment have booked her for exhibits and truly pay for her to be vulgar. “So that they find it irresistible now!,” Robinson mentioned. “Folks come as much as my dad within the retailer like, ‘Are you Entitled’s dad?!’ He undoubtedly loves the perks as a result of he’s an enormous golfer.”
“Some individuals actually suppose I’m this 50-year-old golf woman with youngsters, and I feel lots of people suppose that I began when my character began,” Robinson mentioned.
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Together with her household on board and followers worldwide cheering her on, she’s taking off the wig and going again to her stand-up, however with a contact of Entitlement. Shot on the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, her debut comedy particular, “Becky Robinson: Entitled,” comes out Friday completely on her web site and shines a large highlight on the truth that Robinson has by no means wanted to lean on props to be humorous.
“We’re undoubtedly excited to be releasing on our personal platform with complete artistic management. The staff I work with is so unhealthy ass they usually’re actually the explanation it was all dropped at life. I wished one thing to provide to the followers, and I wished them to have the ability to watch it with out adverts. I would like them to see how a lot they carry me up, so I’m excited to get to launch this precisely the best way we would like it. You already know, it’s a bit longer than an hour, which streamers don’t like, however the Gieurlz will.”
Robinson has been doing stand-up for 13 years, and that have exhibits the second she hits any stage (or bar high). In “Entitled,” you see her stand-up carries the identical uncooked, fearless cost that made her Entitled Housewife sketches a phenomenon. Comparable, but clearly distinct, the 2 share a aptitude for the dramatic and an vitality that feels virtually superhuman. “Persons are at all times asking, is it medication? IS IT?,” Robinson laughs. “Within the final couple of years, I received this coach who’s like, ‘You gotta deal with this such as you’re an expert athlete, OK, as a result of that’s what you’re doing up there!’ For some time, I by no means listened as a result of we have been having enjoyable and it’s simply stand-up! And for the primary couple of years of touring I might have some drinks and stuff, however now, we’re enjoying at a stage the place there are acrobatics concerned and cues and excessive kicks and all this stuff the place damage could be very doable. Nonetheless, although, once I go on the market, I simply can’t give them something lower than 200%. Then once I get residence, I sleep for twenty-four hours after which, I’m an individual once more.”
Ought to there nonetheless be any confusion about Robinson versus Entitled Housewife, along with her particular, she additionally launched a 30-minute documentary that goes behind the scenes of “Becky Robinson: Entitled.” Additionally accessible on her web site, Robinson couldn’t be extra grateful for her Gieurlz who make this world of hers doable, even when a few of them suppose she’s a bit “seasoned.”
“It took me some time to comprehend that individuals see movies and simply purchase tickets, and that they didn’t even know I used to be this one who’s achieved stand-up for 13 years,” says Robinson. “Some individuals actually suppose I’m this 50-year-old golf woman with youngsters, and I feel lots of people suppose that I began when my character began. I really feel my funniest once I’m doing characters, and I really like that individuals come out dressed like Entitled, however now increasingly more individuals are saying they got here for the character, and now they like my stand-up too. You’re keen on to listen to that in order that’s been actually nice!”
“I wished one thing to provide to the followers,” Robinson mentioned about her new particular. “I would like them to see how a lot they carry me up, so I’m excited to get to launch this precisely the best way we would like it.”
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By no means does that sign the top of the enjoyable with Entitled. This fall, Robinson is taking her skort-wearing alter ego international together with her very personal golf event. From Nov. 6 to Nov. 9, “She Gone {Golfing}: The Entitled Housewife Tulum Basic” hits the PGA Riviera Maya, Mexico’s No.1-ranked course, with PXG backing the insanity. It’s a full-blown Gieurlz escape with golf by day, and karaoke-fueled chaos by night time in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
“This journey might be gonna take years off my life, however we’re gonna flip it up in Mexico, child! Let’s get worldwide! We’re gonna get that tequila flowing!” Although the concept of being a golfer might have began out as a joke for Robinson, she’s now turn out to be totally hooked on the game.
“It’s such a enjoyable recreation and it may well chill out you while you’re simply on the market waxing these balls! I actually wish to introduce extra individuals to it so this shall be a enjoyable manner to try this. The one purpose I’m capable of do all of this stuff is due to the followers coming to see the present, shopping for the merch, and displaying up within the visors. They are surely one of the best!”
