Kailyn Lowry Reveals If She Makes More On Podcasts Than 'Teen Mom'
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00I don't know if you were Googling this, or if you've looked this up recently, but this
00:02next year will be 15 years since your episode of 16 and Pregnant aired, which then obviously
00:06spawned all of this.
00:07And now you're talking to your favorite authors, and you're doing so many different things.
00:11What would you tell that, Kale?
00:13You could talk to her.
00:14Keep pushing through.
00:15Just keep going, because it's scary.
00:17It feels like nothing is really progressing in the moment, but I feel like the bigger
00:20picture was that I was going to break through somewhere, somehow, someway.
00:25And I feel like I did in a way.
00:26Yeah.
00:27You definitely did.
00:28Was it scary when you decided that you were done with MTV and filming that stuff, and
00:32you're like, I've got to figure this out on my own?
00:34I mean, truthfully, I had toyed with the idea for a long time, probably a good two years.
00:40And I had always talked crap about leaving before.
00:43And then I actually talked to Chelsea, who had already left the show, and it was just
00:48like, what do I do?
00:50And she said to me, it is going to be the scariest decision you make, because you're
00:54not sure.
00:55Right?
00:56You're not sure in other places, but can you propel yourself from those points?
01:01And I think that was kind of eye-opening for me when she said that, because I saw how successful
01:05she was, and how she grew and flourished as a person after she left.
01:09And so I was kind of hoping for the same thing, and wanted to work towards the same goals
01:13in terms of the rest of my career.
01:15And so I knew with that, and also just wanting to give my kids the privacy that they deserve,
01:21I was like, this is going to be the best decision.
01:23So whether I make it big and go further than MTV, specifically in the entertainment world,
01:28or I go get a traditional nine-to-five, I think that it was time.
01:32It was my time.
01:34And it must be so many layers of that, because obviously there is the emotional part of it,
01:38and this is what I've been doing every day.
01:40But then the financial part, which I'm sure, obviously, at that point, you've been on TV
01:44for so long that that's a paycheck that you're very much used to, and supporting your family
01:47with.
01:48I think financially speaking, that was really hard for me.
01:51I think the rest of it, I was like, I need the mental break.
01:55But that being said, I realized at the point my podcast was financially more successful
02:01than Teen Mom, I was like, it's time for me to go.
02:04Was that the coolest feeling ever, when that first threshold crossed, that I'm making more
02:07money on the podcast than on Teen Mom?
02:09I think that was their worst nightmare.
02:13And there was only one producer who reached out to me and was like, I knew that this was
02:17going to be good for you.
02:18And I believed in you.
02:19And I believed him when he said that.
02:21So that was a really, really cool realization.
02:26Yeah.
02:27Yeah.
02:28You're going on tour.
02:29Tell me about the dates and what people can expect if they go see you on tour.
02:31Okay.
02:32So these are, I refuse to do big shows right now, because I am scared.
02:36So I'm doing very small comedy clubs right now.
02:39I will be touring in September and October for Barely Famous Podcast.
02:43And I have five locations right now, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Philly, and then I go
02:49to Cincinnati.
02:50So that's all in September and October.