Sam Jay On Being Black In Boston & Her TV Show ‘PAUSE’ | Ext. Interview | DESUS & MERO | SHOWTIME

The hilarious Sam Jay stops by the bodega to chop it up and talk being more "aquatic," worst jobs ever, Black Boston neighborhoods, favorite locations to do stand-up, getting smacked at Kevin Hart's brunch, aging with grace, the return of her show "PAUSE with Sam Jay" on HBO, and being long-time homies with our correspondent and Digital AP Tawanda Gona.
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DESUS & MERO, the Bronx’s very own, reconnected online in the early days of Twitter, where they unleashed their potent personalities and found themselves kindred spirits.. That led to stints on Complex and MTV, the Bodega Boys podcast, and a daily late-night show on Viceland, developing a feverish following. The quick-witted duo brings a distinct voice to late night, delivering smart and comedic commentary on any and all topics, that keeps audiences buzzing. DESUS & MERO continue to host their Bodega Boys podcast.

[@lia_liaaaaaa]

Putting “water nigga” in the bios from now on; she’s everything & her special is hilarious

[@lk_c7214]

Yo Sam is speaking facts! As a native Black Bostonian, people ask all the time how was it growing up Black in Boston and I’m like, my whole family is from there and everyone I knew was Black so this is a Black city! 🤣🤣🤣

[@staymadloser7754]

It’s not tho bro

[@sammymarinero9086]

@StayMad_loser Parts certainly seem like it

[@lk_c7214]

@@sammymarinero9086 A lot of times people think certain places are Boston when they aren’t, they’re actually other cities or towns in Massachusetts. But my Boston produced New Edition, and there’s nobody blacker than Bobby Brown! 🤣

[@sammymarinero9086]

@@lk_c7214 I was replying to staymad_loser I grew up in Fields corner and was on blue hill a lot... You don't need to tell me 😉

[@lk_c7214]

@@sammymarinero9086 Right! I’m Dorchester and was always in Mattapan square!

[@renise696]

Shout out to Sam J representing Boston!!! So happy for her and still remember seeing her first show at Slades!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

"We all work at our own pace"...that was ICE COLD lmao

[@geekgirrrl]

Me behind that camera , I would have applied a filter on All of them. :) lol

[@lifewk]

Seeing these three together really makes me happy 🥹

[@loganknox7]

If you haven’t seen it, watch Sams stand up special. Funniest hour on Netflix

[@travisfranks9269]

Word. Never heard of her

[@jeezshabazz5074]

Hell yea I watched it like 10 times

[@travisfranks9269]

@@jeezshabazz5074 she got a part on the side?

[@mikemann1960]

She is her authentic self! I can careless about her life choices, she is still a decent Human being.

[@yourlastfoe]

@@travisfranks9269 You're not missing much.

[@carichar87]

Boy, I saw this thumbnail and yelled out loud wit excitement 😆. Stand up is A1, and that PAUSE show lit frfr

[@StephanieGravalese]

Aye-yo!!!!! Boston represent!! Gotta check out Sam’s show. The brand is strong as always. xx

[@Zom13y]

I really got invested in that what you gonna wear when your older talk, that’s the kind of intrusive thoughts I have. People talking to me about gun control or banning black literature in school and I’m half thinking if I can get by with slacks, a button up and no tie.

[@_basekit2418]

She's great in bust down! That show is underrated.

[@aperez5360]

i tell everyone about that show; it's hysterical and Freddie Gibbs is great in it

[@jarrellmckenna2988]

God damn right

[@moniquebish]

I'm not a lesbian but as a person with short hair lover I would love an all female/lesbian barber shop I hate sitting n a barber shop full of men lls

[@UKLeonie]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@musicalmelodies3595]

🙄

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Me too. They make you look like an ugly little boy outta spite yo! Then the chic salons wanna charge you perm and weave prices for a cut. Bitches wreck em all🙄

[@Bongarelli]

Not a lesbian but hates being in a room full of men. Right 🙄

[@bridgetdraper5146]

When she did a bit about Elon Musk goin to space ..... I NEVER laughed so hard!!

[@LeopoldNumberz]

Sam is definitely one of my favorites. Her stand-ups to me are like when you had that epiphany yet hilarious convo with a person you just met, but then they're feeling like a member of your family 5mins into the conversation. Pause is funny as hell and presents an open dialogue for so many topics overdue for discussion.

[@KPazzz]

LOVED “Bust Down” on Peacock - that show needs more promotion it’s funny af

[@terigiese1322]

LOVE her!Her new show “Pause”,is super cool!She talks about shit that definitely needs talkin bout!👌🏻👏🏻(I am “old people”,at almost 61?And I wear whatever TF I wish!Everyone is different?But I LOVE being up with the latest trends in fashion.I have many EXTREMELY distressed jeans and shorts😉😅!As well as a zillion bikinis!😎😃✨🤍

[@strawberrylilypuff2089]

This was so good!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

She's not lying about Madison...that is one of the dopest ass cities in AMERICA. For real. And not that Get Out kinda energy...them white folks is WITH IT.

[@Ottophil]

I saw her standup live. She was hilarious

[@pex3]

That's good to know because she sure as hell wasn't funny in this interview

[@HoodyCoob]

Read the title to fast coulda swore it said Sara Jay 🤣 Edit #suciogang

[@Angie_Onaleta]

I felt that "soft stuff" moment/comment, I feel like I'm just about there 🤣😬

[@SShev]

I’m glad somebody else said it. Being black in Boston isn’t as rare as people make it out to be. And being from a neighborhood with mostly minorities I didn’t see most of the racism that outsiders notice. There definitely are some pockets of the city that we don’t fuck with and don’t fuck with us but it’s more overt than direct. If you take recommendations from the “average” local they will tell you to stay out of the hood but that’s where the life and culture is. There’s only so many lobster rolls and bowls of clam chowder along the freedom trail …

[@jackstone2176]

My family from the south thinks boston is the whole state

[@MyMyManMelo_]

i go anywhere in Boston no one white is gonna try to run you out of the neighborhood lmao.

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

Both Pause and Bust Down are fantastic!

[@ratedrva757]

Have you seen her stand up on Netflix?

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

@@ratedrva757 - Yes! I caught her special last year.

[@ratedrva757]

@@debbiedoodiedandi o okay yeah that made me look out for her. She had me and my girl dying laughing

[@everythingcherrypoppins]

I love these three together. I need more of it

[@gali808]

Let’s goooo! Celtics in 6! 🍀

[@MrBaskins2010]

i see sam been working on the fitness and the comedy sharper than ever

[@083sharingan]

That random howling sound bite got me in tears folks lmfaoooooo

[@keydaniels]

Her bit about finding out she's gay had me in tears! She is hilarious!

[@warrenjrjr4470]

Fan of the brand non yakubian and I have been to Boston twice and really enjoyed myself mota es fuego 🔥

[@melaniesmith1928]

I didn’t want this one to end! Her show is hilarious. Definitely feels authentic to her.

[@DreamcastQ]

shout out to Madison Wisconsin lol

[@DanicaRoberts1127]

I took myself over to Wikipedia to learn more about Sam Jay. Ain't no way this human is 40 yrs old?!?!

[@11thWoods]

Celtics in 6 baby!!! Ah Ah Ah!! *Desus voice LOL

[@prettycoolPJ]

All comedians from Boston's favorite comedy spot is the Cellar. It just so happens to be the best comedy spot, too...

[@jessgates200]

"you wanna go to brunch" LMAOOOOOO

[@QueerBiNatureNYC]

Thank You :))

[@drranger4210]

It's always so funny to hear how people view Boston... they legit don't believe that I'm from there! Meanwhile, everybody in my life was Black and Hispanic up until the age of 12 when I had to into the METCO program lol. shout out to Warchester! I never even knew where Fenway was up until I was an adult!

[@juanitahobbs-kennard8597]

metco kid here. I love seeing her on here and really explaining Boston

[@hopejackson1319]

Pause... I've been missing a treasure of giggles

[@Dulcestudio95]

She’s very dope! Good intro to a new artist.

[@cj10109]

Sam is cool. Love this interview 💗

[@freelovedragon1417]

Gleaming the Cube!!!😂

[@analuisagarcia9354]

I'm not going back to the strip club steebie LMFAO

[@marvinwalkerjr.9223]

“Water Nigga” that shit is P. I’m dead.

[@erizabeta]

Wow she is amazing - all three are amazing together

[@chagg1994]

What’s with the sketchers slander?? They be mad comfortable

[@SpicyOriginal]

Sam Jay!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@akaziaj]

Sam is the biz .👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@pongunz1997]

Bust downs is fire 🔥 funny ah

[@chattown423]

How does desus know about chattanooga? Bur salute we major

[@rashondaabercrombia3023]

Celtics ☘️

[@RichYork]

After tonight's game she ain't wrong lol

[@p3arworld]

I LOVE SAM JAY. This is really like 2 worlds colliding for me.

[@pongunz1997]

WATCH BUST DOWNS!!!

[@bullyhulkcap]

Sam Jay better be in more episodes in the next season of Flatbush misdemeanors

[@beentay21]

I loved bust down

[@tblewis419]

Thank you so much not all Boston is racist🤘

[@foreverconstant]

Boston is racist economically & not so much in a personal manner . If you think about it ,thats pretty awful , because people don’t need the smiles to survive they need the money 💴

[@abigailpew8383]

Such a better guest than all those **** movie stars

[@ysahehre4316]

Is the studio just thAt cold?

[@geekgirrrl]

Slip on Clarks, all good in the hood. LoL

[@joecab1]

"'Dot' is what white people call it." I live in Dorchester and YUP she's right (also "Dirty Dot" because Dorchester is too "urban" for some people, if you know what I mean.)

[@NekoDontKnow]

Yuuuuuurrrrrsday

[@TFP360]

Ayo shout out to warchester

[@50MAN50AMAZIN]

They call Worcester Ma . "Warchester" not Dorchester , i'm living here for 32 years now .

[@santo8389]

Dorchester is also referred to as Warchester too.

[@oolafoolafensen4962]

this shit was so damn funny

[@luisarcelay5016]

Hilarious

[@jessicalund5190]

Madison is lit

[@zbryant]

Celtics in 6!

[@santo8389]

6 1 7!

[@MyMyManMelo_]

Definitely thought Boston was a black city when I was growing up, for sure. I thought all the whit people lived in the suburbs. I had to find out from Dorchester niggas whit people lived in a part of Dorchester..And yea no one ever called me a nigga either lol. I was a very normal city life.

[@TheOpenlot]

Coming 2025 from Marvel studios, Aquaman 4 return of the Water N!&&A! Starring Fetty WAP as “Blow Hole” and Cardi B as the tsunami 🌊 Mami.

[@felixicon]

i liked Pause

[@Lakas78]

Celtics in 6 huh? 😂

[@yungfella666]

Desus and Mero got every color yankee

[@dragthebobqueen]

Are they doing all lgbtq guests this month🤔😌🌈

[@jamila2957]

I want to be her friend

[@sabrinamcalister200]

Meeting Dr Igudia KZbin channel was the beginning of a new life for me after using his herbs medication in curing my Genital herpes infection

[@kickorsidumain6140]

Distressed slacks …

[@treyday5200]

Desus is going to come out the closet soon.

[@chiefqueef1591]

I feel like she borrowed that old people outfit joke from Shalewa. Idk it happens…

[@warrenjrjr4470]

Thought it said Sara Jay. Will give it a watch anyway. Where's the art damn it.

[@KThangcrazy]

Are they forcing them to have lgbtq guest the whole month? lol

[@eerievibes6854]

She/he isn't funny at all