He doesn’t even go here!? Your favourite bestie turned sassy comedian and pop-culture icon, Daniel Franzese, is our guest on Episode 274 of Sappenin' Podcast! Loved by millions for his role as 'Damian Leigh' in Mean Girls (2004), the blockbuster actor explains how finding stand-up changed his life, sexuality vs religion struggles and being a face of change for LGBTQ+ characters in mainstream films. In this conversations, Danny reflects on the movies twentieth anniversary, it's most quotable lines, impact on alternative scenes, becoming a strangers safe escape, attending the musical movies premier, dealing with fame, money misconceptions, the recent acting strikes, deep fan confessions, how the character originally held him back, battling conversion therapy vs publicly coming out as gay, the art of building a comedy routine, headlining famous venues, intense workout sessions with Richard Simmons, love for everything RuPaul Drag Race, DragCon guest secrets, things Italian moms say, how to write a rock opera, his 'Yass, Jesus!' podcast, putting family first, full circle career moments, accent techniques, arguing in a care-bear costume and more! Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!

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