Amber Singletary Is Down to Clown
The comedian and host of Judgey talks high school, breakup advice, and the worst kind of person to date.
Amber Singletary would make millions if she could bottle to sell her charisma. It is limitless and it is addictive. We met at a party a few months ago, and I immediately loved her. I wanted to be around her. We shot in my studio and chatted Judgey, who she was in high school and who she’s becoming. Here she is.
What were you like in high school?
Absurd. I want to apologize to anyone who dated me in high school. Absolutely absurd.
But so fun. So tea. I am so similar to how I was in high school. To be honest, when I go on stage, I think about myself and her so much because she did not give a fuck what anybody was talking about. She was very carefree. I feel like I was always encouraging people to be carefree.
And I was an athlete, so I was so confident. Shout out to you, young Amber. You are so cute, girl.
What’s the worst thing someone can do on your show?
Come not being down to clown. Sorry, celebrities. I love y’all, and I understand that there’s PR, but please don’t forget the person inside yourself who wanted to become an artist.
This is not a sit-down interview. You do not have to be there. This is supposed to be fun. We made all of this up. The internet is a made-up thing. We all made it up, and we should just have more fun on it.
What are your favorite venues to perform?
I love Union Hall. I love Club Cumming. I also love Greenwich Village Comedy Club. When it’s a full room, like a Friday night or a Thursday night, it’s so intimate and so small. I think that room is the best.
I love a dark, intimate room where people can laugh at horrible things. I feel like people are honest there.
Fuck, marry, kill: subway, bus, and ferry.
Unfortunately, I’m gonna fuck the subway.
As a person who drives in New York, there are some moments where I’m like, “Damn, I should have just taken the subway.”
I’m gonna kill the bus, because the bus— you cannot control. I can’t drive around people. I can’t run. I’m just sitting there. People stink. Some people are throwing up. God forbid it’s 2:30 and school just got out.
On the subway, I can get in another car. I can be like, “Okay, not this car.” But the bus? Baby, you’re kidnapped.
And then I’ll marry the ferry because I rarely ride the ferry, and I feel like I’ve rarely been married, so that seems right. It just hasn’t happened.
What’s your favorite day of the week?
I like Wednesdays and Sundays a lot.
Wednesday is the only day of the week where my day starts really late. I don’t have to be anywhere until 4:45 or five, so I literally get to just sit with myself.
And Sundays are the day that all my shows come on. And I get to rest.
What are you excited for?
I’m excited for time with my family this summer. It’s the first year that I won’t have to work literally three or four jobs just to be in New York. So even being able to enjoy going back and forth from home, I’m excited for that.
I’m also excited because I have a short film that I wrote. I wrote it alone, but it was ideated by my boyfriend, Ben, and then produced by my friend’s production company. It is so beautiful. We just shot it over this past weekend, and it’s so beautiful. I’m excited to show another side of myself besides stand-up and Judgey. Writing is really what I love, so I’m so excited.
What’s the best thing to do after a breakup?
Meet somebody else. That person could also be yourself. That person could be a new friend. But you have to meet somebody else after a breakup.
I feel like in all my breakups, as soon as I found a new hobby and unlocked another version of myself, it was like, “Oh, who’s this girl?”
I think when you’re not in a relationship, there’s so much freedom to explore things you like and things maybe you didn’t pay attention to before.
So girl, go out there and meet somebody else. Again, the person could be yourself, but we gotta add somebody to the circle. Somebody else. You gotta replace. It’s just what happens. The universe giveth and taketh away.
What are you judging the most right now?
What people are willing to do for attention.
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