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Six years after she left the cast Saturday Night LiveAnd five years after its removal Its on Netflix (Time machine)Leslie Jones is ready to update fans on what her life is like now. If this is the sequel, does that mean viewers need to know everything about the first part of the comedian’s life before watching it? Not necessarily.

Essence: Since we last saw Jones doing stand-up for her 2020 special, Leslie Jones: Time Machinethe SNL The alum hosted the MTV Movie & TV Awards (where she also won an award for her role Coming 2 America), enjoyed a recurring role on the HBO Max series, Our knowledge means deathguest hosted for two weeks on Comedy Central’s Daily showand hosted a rerun of the game show Sweep supermarket.

But what was her life like outside the camera? That’s what this hour entails, as Jones fills us in on what it’s been like for her so far as a famous woman in her 50s.

What comedy specials will they remind you of?: The graphic narrative of her sexuality may draw immediate comparisons (and differences) with Ali Wong 2024 Special on Netflix, One ladyAlthough Jones did not achieve a happy ending similar to her romantic fantasies. The way Jones tends to pause and lean toward the audience before raising his voice harkens back to the late, great Sam Kinison.

Unforgettable jokes: Jones may be famous now, but that doesn’t stop her from behaving like she always has, even if it means wearing her pajamas to the corner store: “You’re not going to stop me. Fuck TMZ.”

But one thing has changed: she has white friends now. The kind of psychic friends who can draw your soulmate to you for just $29.99! It sounds like a scam to Jones, but you better believe she’ll still pay to see what her boyfriend looks like, even if he turns out to be suspiciously like someone the broker probably sees all the time on TV.

All of this serves as an entry point into Jones, who recounts her unsuccessful, lifelong search for a true boyfriend, and how her father discouraged her not only because of her size, but also because of how he may have hoped to take advantage of her size through athletics. She’ll find out who’s the guy with her “tremendous courage,” who’s the guy who “breaks your back dick,” who’s the guy she chased, who’s the guy she called “the blood pressure cure guy,” who’s the guy who still lives with her mother, and some guys so wild that she can only respond preemptively by asking, “Don’t judge me. I was going through something.”

They become quite graphic and physical in detailing the appearance of some of their interrelationships. And while she hasn’t found the right guy yet, she’s not about to search for him on dating apps, which she suggests combining them all into one app called What’s Left.

And in a complete shift in atmosphere, Jones lets us know what she wants to see at her funeral, since she’s famous enough to warrant some custom requests. Let’s just say that Russell Crowe, Doja Cat, Snoop Dogg, and Jason Mimosa are all joining in to pay tribute to her.

Take us: Her new watch is called Life: Part 2But it’s more like sex life: Parts 1-???.

This is not a bad thing. Even if she’s wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an open heart and the words “Heart Breaker” in big letters.

However, the second part of Life weighs heavily on her material, as she reflects on where she is emotionally, financially and physically at the age of fifty-seven. “I feel lucky,” she says, and wonders if younger generations can say the same. “You won’t make it to 57.” Why is this? “You’re so smart and stupid,” Jones says of Generations Z and Alpha, before adding: “It’s our fault. We raised you that way.”

She can keep it light by citing the hot playground slide as a prime example of life lessons that today’s kids may be missing.

But her focus is mostly inward, now at a post-SNL stage where she can appreciate that fame and fortune didn’t find their way to her until her mid-40s. She jokes that “I would have burned out in Hollywood” if she became famous in her 20s or 30s, going so far as to suggest that she willingly slept with all the notorious men, including Weinstein, Cosby, and Epstein! “You think I haven’t been through worse than Harvey Weinstein?” argue. “And you know what? I’ll definitely testify.”

Our call: Broadcast it. As fun as it might be to witness the funeral of her dreams, let’s hope we wait a long time before Jones leaves us, or even leaves the stage.

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Shawn L. works. McCarthy on the comedic beat. He also airs half-hour episodes with comedians revealing their origin stories: The comic shows last things first.