SINGLE MOM A GO GO, the new video podcast from Michelle Stafford (Nina, GH) debuted on Monday night with DAYS’s Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) as Stafford’s first guest. “I’m a huge fan of the show COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE on Crackle, and I’m addicted to it,” says Stafford of how she got the idea for her new endeavor. “It’s just a really great show where Jerry Seinfeld talks to all his comedian friends about comedy and how they got started. One of these reasons it’s so good is because his friends feel very comfortable talking to him and they have this common reality of being comedians. I thought this could be a really cool thing to interview my friends and maybe you would see them in a different light because they’re just in my dining room, talking to me. And I also have so much to say about being a mom, being a single mom, dating. It’s so interesting to me, juggling all of it.”
Stafford has already taped shows with Lauralee Bell (Christine, Y&R), Emme Rylan (Lulu, GH) and Kassie DePaiva (ex-Eve, DAYS et al) and has a slew of other stars — including Galen Gering (Rafe, DAYS), Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, Y&R), Vinessa Antoine (Jordan, GH), Rebecca Budig (Hayden, GH) and Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R) — lined up. “I just asked my friends,” she says. Look for her STAFFORD PROJECT co-writer Paige Dorian and Stacy Francis of BET’s R&B DIVAS to appear, as well.
The actress says she has learned some important lessons about interviewing through this process. “Well I learned that you have to let your guests talk,” she cracks. “I didn’t let Nadia get a word in, but it gets better as they go along. I let my guests talk a little more. I can kind of tell as we’re talking what’s a bad subject to do with them and what would be a good subject. I think that’s just my instinct as a human being, and thank goodness I have that because there are a couple of people who I was talking to and thought, ‘I wanted to go to this place with them but I don’t think I’m going to.’ I think I have the advantage of having them right in front of me, too. When you say something, you can see their reaction. I’ve also learned that you need to keep it light when it gets serious. My next one with Lauralee Bell — which comes out on July 11 — is really fascinating cause she kept on telling me, ‘I am not like Cricket. Everyone thinks I’m like Cricket and I just really want to be able to tell people, I’m not.’ “
Stafford is thrilled by the feedback she’s received so far. “The reaction has been really great,” she enthuses. “The cool thing is that teenagers have been tweeting me saying, ‘I’m a teenager and I love this show. I’m not a mom and I love it.’ And boys are like, ‘I love watching this.’ I was talking to this guy who’s in this 30s and he was like, ‘That’s a show I would totally watch. I wouldn’t tell anyone I’m watching it, but I’d totally watch it, just to get the female viewpoint.’ My friend Tony Bruno watched it and Tony’s been a sports commentator for ESPN and he has his own podcast and he loves it. So, men love it and teenagers love it and people who are out in the dating scene love it, so all types of ages love it and that’s been really great because it’s not just for a mom.”
Expect new installments every two weeks. To watch, go to YouTube and type in Single Mom A Go Go. Here’s a link to the Bjorlin piece.
