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00:08For a year, I would have parties every night in my dressing room in a theater.
00:13So that became known as Club Cumming.
00:16Everyone's talking about Club Cumming.
00:18I know, it's so funny, isn't it?
00:19It's the hottest party on Broadway nobody can get into.
00:21That's right.
00:22So when the show closed, I wanted to find a permanent location, and guess what?
00:30Hello, everybody.
00:37Welcome to Club Cumming!
00:48That's the only way!
00:51Put your hands together for Michelle Winter!
00:58Welcome to Club Cumming!
00:59How are you doing, Senor?
01:03Please say hello to the gorgeous Jake Cornell!
01:20This used to be called Eastern Block, which Darren owned.
01:24Eastern Block was a much more sort of sex-driven sort of environment.
01:28It was, you know, a sort of dirty gay butt.
01:32And I first knew Darren as the sexy sort of leather daddy guy from Eastern Block.
01:40And then the more you get to know him, he's really just more of a kind of cookie, softie.
01:48Come here!
01:50At first of all, it started with Squiddles.
01:53Come here!
01:55What do you think, buddy?
01:59During COVID, you know, you ended up having to, like, buy too much shit and get it delivered.
02:04So I had, like, bread.
02:06I didn't want this bread.
02:07And I thought, oh, I'll put the bread on my fire escape for the birds.
02:10And then, like, oh, you go stuff up.
02:12I quickly realized, like, bread is terrible for the birds.
02:16So I got some birdseed, and then, like, all the birdies started coming.
02:21And then, one lovely squirrel started coming around and eating the birdseed.
02:27It came back the next couple days, and I was like, oh, I should just get that little squirrel its
02:33own treat.
02:36So I got some nuts.
02:37Hello, good morning.
02:39Yeah, would you like a little peanut?
02:41So she started coming every day.
02:43I named her Iris.
02:45Here you go.
02:47Bye.
02:48Then there was this other guy, Goldman.
02:50Goldman?
02:52My little man.
02:53His ears were fucked up.
02:55It was like a little Street Fighter.
02:56They've had babies.
02:57And there's been a bunch of different ones.
02:59The new ones are so good.
03:01They eat their vegetables more than their parents did and stuff.
03:03So I feel like I'm feeding wild animals, but they are getting their nutrition.
03:11It's a whole lovely Disney princess situation up there for me.
03:16I love it.
03:24Hello.
03:24We're having a fundraiser for social teas.
03:27Thanks.
03:27Thank you very much.
03:28Alan really loved Always a Stunt.
03:30It was a really successful fundraiser.
03:32Then we thought, let's do another benefit for Social Tees Animal Rescue.
03:37Hey, guys.
03:38Can I give you a flyer for an event at Club Cumming this weekend?
03:41I want this to be the biggest event of the year.
03:43Alan's going to be here to host it.
03:45The whole crew of Club Cumming performers are involved.
03:49Hopefully, it'll be a big, fun night for everyone.
03:51We're having a fundraiser for Social Tees.
03:53You know, the animal rescue place?
03:55Yeah, we got there.
03:56Oh, you did?
03:56Lala, she's from there, too.
03:59Social Tees is where we got Lala.
04:02So we've had dealings with them quite a lot over the years, and they're on our block, so
04:06we see them all the time.
04:07You know, there's people who are just really doing great work, so it's just lovely to be
04:10able to help them.
04:11We're raising money for Social Tees Animal Rescue.
04:14Hey, this is my dog, Beau.
04:15Hi, Beau.
04:16I have to say hi to him, Daddy.
04:18Cutie.
04:18How are you?
04:19He's a good puppy.
04:20He loves attention.
04:21Such a sweet dog.
04:21Oh, I know, buddy.
04:22That's my dog, Lala.
04:24You're okay, good girl.
04:25Oh, good girl.
04:26What's your name?
04:28My name's Liam.
04:28Hi, Liam.
04:29I'm a Mullen.
04:29Nice to meet you.
04:30Me, too.
04:31Oh, Beau's jealous.
04:33What do you do?
04:34I work in IT cybersecurity.
04:36Oh.
04:37Yeah.
04:38And what do you do?
04:41Wah, wah.
04:42When Alan hosts a show, it sells out, and, like, it's, you know, it's always fun and successful,
04:47and, like, it'll be a big crowd.
04:49Are you ready?
04:49Shall we go?
04:50Come on, guys.
04:51It was lovely to meet you.
04:51Nice to meet you.
04:52Bye, nice to meet you, Liam.
04:53See you later.
04:54So, hopefully, it'll be a big, giant gavette, and raise a lot of money for the little pooches.
04:59Come on, Lala.
05:00I don't think I've been flyering since the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1985.
05:04Oh, yeah?
05:19I have not roller skated in a minute.
05:21I just started learning on my own.
05:23Yeah?
05:24Yeah.
05:24You got to tell yourself?
05:25I got to tell myself.
05:26I have never roller skated, but I was really happy when she invited me.
05:30There's just been years that we've been saying, like, that we want to hang out with each other,
05:35and we never do that outside of the club.
05:37It was long overdue.
05:39Yeah!
05:40Okay, work, work, work, work, work.
05:43The wind is really doing a lot for me.
05:47Which way we're going?
05:48Flagpole.
05:49You got it.
05:50There you go.
05:50Keep it up.
05:51Keep it up.
05:52Oh, my God.
05:53You're by Angel.
05:53Oh, my God.
06:00I can't believe it.
06:00Oh.
06:02Damn.
06:02That's how you do it.
06:05Oh, oh, this bench?
06:07Oh, you want me on this bench?
06:08Oh, I can do this bench.
06:13And that's how we do it.
06:14So, what's going on for this dog benefit?
06:17I'm very, like, excited about it.
06:18I don't know.
06:19Like, I don't really know what to do for the benefit, but I feel like some sort of act with,
06:24like, dogs.
06:25That's how I'm thinking.
06:26I'm like, what do I do?
06:27I have a talent, actually.
06:29I can play a cis frat boy.
06:32Wait.
06:33Do it.
06:34Yo, what's your name, baby?
06:35Oh.
06:37Daphne.
06:38I've been seeing you around the park, and I find you really attractive.
06:41Damn.
06:42Oh, my God.
06:43And then it's you.
06:45Puss, puss, puss.
06:47Does that ever jump out?
06:48It does.
06:49In other moments?
06:49It does.
06:50Sometimes, especially if I'm, like, go-go dancing or, like, I'm in the club and people are talking
06:53to me, it'd just be coming out loud, and then it'd be funny.
06:57Do you get nervous when people clock you?
06:59Or, like, do you even get clocked?
07:00Um, it's something that, like, I try not to give too much thought to.
07:05Like, when I was first transitioning, it was, like, this constant anxiety of, like, do I
07:10look good enough?
07:11Do I?
07:11Am I passing enough?
07:13And that's just so exhausting.
07:15Yeah.
07:16This is the body I'm in.
07:17You perceive it how you're going to perceive it, and that's your problem to deal with.
07:22When I started go-go dancing at a club coming, that's where my actual self started to come
07:27around.
07:27Being in a space where people are so warm and welcoming, it felt a lot more comfortable,
07:31and I'm, like, okay, maybe I can, like, be more comfortable with my body now.
07:35So, it's still, like, a work in progress.
07:37If you don't mind me asking, how is your family with you?
07:41Um, my parents, like, they're from Haiti, very conservative.
07:46So, it's strange at this point.
07:48When I told them, it was hard.
07:50So, the only people of my relatives I felt close to are my godmother and my oldest sister.
07:55But, like, my sister, I can see she was kind of, like, there was some discomfort.
07:59But I think she always just still loved me.
08:01Like, even if they don't understand it, they can be open-minded enough to, like...
08:05Yeah.
08:05Like, understand...
08:06Not have judgment around it.
08:07Right.
08:08Over, like, all of this time, has your family ever actually, like, been to a show or, like,
08:13seen you perform?
08:15For my parents, it still would be really hard for them to see that.
08:18My godmother and my sister, she would see, like, all my stories on social media.
08:22But I don't think, like, in person, no, she's never, like, seen me.
08:25So, she's, like, you know, like, they're very curious about it.
08:27Yeah.
08:27Because they can see, like, how much I have evolved.
08:30I've been very mindful of who I invite to my shows because I don't know what the reaction
08:35will be.
08:36My family, they're very conservative.
08:38So, I didn't want the stress.
08:41But now that I'm sober, I'm a lot more confident because I know who I am.
08:44Would you want your family to see a show?
08:46Yeah.
08:46I would love for them to come to the dog fundraiser.
08:50Yeah?
08:50Because I would love for them just to see, like, yes, I'm trans and yes, I'm queer,
08:55but I can also be successful while being a beautiful black woman.
08:58And raising money for a rescue, Dawn.
09:08These are nice.
09:09The beer signs go on the ends.
09:12Okay, on the outsides.
09:12And then the doggies go in the middle.
09:14Do you want Bud on the right or left side?
09:16I want Bud on that side.
09:17Okay.
09:18It's your portrait.
09:19Club Cumming is a very pro-animal place.
09:23So, it didn't surprise me when Darren suggested Social Tees as the charity that we raise money
09:29for because he's always been very pro-animal.
09:32I don't know if he's talked to you about his squirrels, but...
09:36Sometimes when he DJs here, he calls it Squirrel Beats, and he wears his squirrel onesie.
09:43Is there anything else that we need to get in place for the fundraiser?
09:47We already met with the Social Tees people.
09:49They're going to come earlier and set up a table.
09:51I need to go pick up T-shirts.
09:53Maybe we can run over there and grab them.
09:55I don't know about this.
09:58Is it fake old?
10:00She looks so nice.
10:02We have entered into a slow process of redecorating and making sure, like, the place sort of maintains
10:11some sort of nice presence.
10:13So, today we're going to do some fixing up before the big event.
10:21Oh.
10:23Okay, the red one you want is just the one that is, like, the fire icon.
10:26If I come in and it's green someday, someone's going to get fired.
10:30It's not New Jersey.
10:31There we go.
10:32Seriously.
10:34I wanted to get away from chandeliers because it's very hard to find incandescent, frosted,
10:39flame-tipped chandelier bulbs.
10:41There must be a box somewhere in the world.
10:45Bring them to me.
10:47Oh.
10:48Oof.
10:49Isn't that awful?
10:50LEDs are so fucking terrible.
10:53What do you think?
10:54Eh.
10:55I love them.
10:56They don't look vintage enough, personally, for me.
10:59We'll see how it goes.
11:01So, I don't know.
11:02You're such a lighting queen.
11:04I am a lighting queen.
11:07These are nice.
11:10I hate them.
11:21Hi, guys.
11:22How are you?
11:24How are you?
11:25Good, good.
11:25How are you?
11:26Good, good, good, good.
11:28My relationship with my family is strained at this point,
11:32but my godmother's always been there for me.
11:35Oh, I have so much to tell you.
11:36So, my godmother is family to me.
11:39Since, like, when I came out as queer to coming out as trans,
11:42she has been there and supported me.
11:44She's always loved me unconditionally through and through.
11:47I've been really busy.
11:48I've been really busy.
11:49We just did a fundraiser for Trans Lifeline.
11:51We did a dating show, because they know I'm single.
11:55Why?
11:56Why you didn't invite me to this?
11:57I want to see the dating show.
12:00Okay.
12:00It was very interesting, because I'm so known for just go-go dancing now,
12:05and I'm, like, I'm actually more than that.
12:07I think hosting was really, it was just, like, it felt so nice.
12:11I'm not going to lie to you.
12:12It was just, like, oh, like, it felt comfortable.
12:14Well, then you should do it more often.
12:16It's you, right?
12:17Yeah.
12:18We're doing, actually, another fundraiser.
12:20This one's going to be a fundraiser to support dogs and whatnot.
12:23Okay.
12:23And I want you to come.
12:25I'm also thinking about inviting Izzet as well.
12:29She's your sister.
12:30You should.
12:31Yeah.
12:31It'll be fun.
12:32It'll be great.
12:32I think it's just, like, you know, because Izzet hasn't seen me in a minute, so I'm, like...
12:36She's your sister.
12:37She loves you.
12:38She's proud of you.
12:39Our family is more conservative, religious, Caribbean family.
12:44So I try to be a bridge.
12:46I try to talk to family so they can also accept her and, you know, see her as who she
12:50is now.
12:51So Michelle wanting to invite her sister is a great idea.
12:54I am all for it.
12:55I think she wants to show her sister she is doing well, and she looks up to her older sister,
13:01and she wants that connection with her.
13:03I also think about, like, how she felt when I transitioned, because I know that was a lot for her.
13:08I know that it was kind of challenging in the beginning.
13:11Like, she told you it was challenging, or you just think it was challenging for her?
13:14No, she kind of did.
13:15She did?
13:15Yeah.
13:16Like, it was a moment.
13:17I've never gotten the vibe that she had a, you know, she never told me it was hard on her.
13:24No.
13:24But you didn't also, like, tell us little by little.
13:27We just, like, okay, this is what's happening now.
13:29I was afraid to tell y'all, because I was afraid of, like, judgment.
13:34With my relatives, it has been a journey.
13:37They're very conservative.
13:39So when I got my top surgery, I actually did not tell none of my relatives,
13:42because I didn't want to hear any ands, or ifs, or buts.
13:46Once I got my operation, I disclosed to them, and I told them,
13:49and this was happening, respect my boundary, and they did.
13:52It gets exhausting.
13:54Yeah.
13:54Because then you feel like, okay, I'm trying to educate you,
13:56but then you're still pushing away.
13:58It's hard.
13:59I think sometimes it's the way maybe you're trying to educate.
14:03It's coming across maybe a little harsh or judgmental,
14:07and if you're trying to get someone to understand you,
14:09you can't judge them at the same time.
14:11It has to be, like, a more gentle.
14:13Like, you know how they say you get more bees with, what is it, more bees with?
14:16Honey.
14:17Yeah, you have to kind of meet them where they're at.
14:20And you have to be around for the family to get to know you as a person.
14:24Talk to you, get to know you, see you, like, during times that are good,
14:28and times that are bad.
14:30We're not kids anymore, like, you know.
14:31I think it's easy when you're different to just run away from family,
14:35but if you want that family connection, then you have to,
14:38it's like, this is the hard work.
14:39You have to show up.
14:40My godmother is very transparent.
14:43She provides truth, even if it's uncomfortable at times.
14:48She's always been that person that's just straight up,
14:51but also leads with love, too,
14:53which has been very important and crucial to my life.
14:56I do hope Ithic comes.
14:57You have to invite her first.
14:59I know.
15:00Stop waiting till the last second to tell her.
15:03I know.
15:03I just get nervous because sometimes I feel like it will be, like, a no
15:06or, like, a 50 questions.
15:09I'm trying, I guess it scares me a little bit because I'm like,
15:12but that shouldn't scare you.
15:13You're not doing anything wrong.
15:14If she asks a question, answer the question.
15:16Let them learn from you.
15:17Yeah.
15:18I know that you're coming.
15:19Yeah.
15:20And I'm hoping.
15:21Knock on with me, knock on with me, knock on with me, knock on with me, knock on with me.
15:24I do hope Ithic comes as well.
15:26That's, like, the most important thing.
15:28Like, I would love for...
15:29I hope she comes, too, because who am I going to be hanging out with if she don't come?
15:31I need her to come, too.
15:33I don't know nobody over there.
15:34What do you do?
15:34I'm not going to go?
15:35I love you, God, Molly.
15:36I love you, too.
15:37I love you, too, darling.
15:38I love you, too.
16:10Well, I just don't like that.
16:12Stop looking at it.
16:12Like, it's just some fucking new.
16:15Stop looking at it.
16:16I can't.
16:19So what do you want to do?
16:21I bought a new chandelier.
16:23Ooh, it's like a present.
16:25I understand.
16:26Ooh.
16:26Ooh, sorry about that.
16:27That's a butch.
16:29It's not my forte, but I love that he's so passionate about lighting.
16:33He's got very strong opinions, and I admire that.
16:35Oh, this is lovely, darling.
16:37Just a little baby one, and, you know, we can stick it there.
16:40I just think maybe we should leave this until after the dog.
16:42Yeah, that's great.
16:43We don't have the other one, so, you know, we can take our time.
16:46All right.
16:47Thank you for that lighting update.
16:48This is so Martha Stewart.
16:50All to us.
16:51I found a great vintage chandelier on eBay.
16:56What could I fashion with a piece of string?
16:58Do you know when I was on Martha Stewart, we made this Christmas wreath, which I still
17:00have, and we had to get these vanilla pods and put them in around the wreath, and she
17:05said, first of all, you got some vanilla pods from your garden.
17:07And I was like, what if you don't have a vanilla tree in your garden, Martha?
17:10And she was like, well, you ask a neighbor.
17:12And then I was putting the vanilla pods in the thing, and then she said, oh, you put
17:17them in too close together.
17:18And I went, oh, gosh.
17:19Start again.
17:19Start again.
17:20And I went, oh, I've let you down, Martha.
17:23And she went, you've let yourself down.
17:27It was crushed.
17:36This is the first time I am joining Teagan in the truck.
17:40We just picked up our first load, and now we're taking a break here at this lovely pit
17:46stop near Niagara Falls.
17:49I bet if, like, you laid all of this out on one level, like, this is about a New York
17:55apartment.
17:56It's a micro apartment.
17:57You know, and this is the office space.
18:00I don't have a microwave at my place.
18:02I got appliances that you could only dream of, baby.
18:05Daphne's been wanting to come out with me for a while, but I needed to get the truck
18:09all set up for her.
18:10I wanted to get all the appliances set up so that she would be comfortable.
18:14And I am definitely one of the luckiest truck drivers out here to have their girlfriend
18:18voluntarily come out to the middle of butt-fucking-nowhere.
18:22It's very low anxiety, very peaceful.
18:25Yeah, I could get used to this.
18:27Why go to Iceland when you could have a microwave?
18:30Why go to Iceland when I could be here with Teagan?
18:37Daphne is still planning to move to Iceland in a few months.
18:39I can understand why she would want to live abroad.
18:43She wants something new, wants something more.
18:45But I am offering her a loving and stable relationship, and I'm hoping that I can be something new
18:52and something more for her.
18:53I want you to be independent and live your own life, and I also don't want you to go.
19:00I really don't want you to leave.
19:02I want you to be with me, and I want you to be in my truck.
19:07I do.
19:10Yeah.
19:11I've never had, like, a relationship like this.
19:14I've never, like, felt this way.
19:19The more time that goes on, the harder it is to be apart from him.
19:24It's harder to think about spending so long apart from him.
19:30Do you think we can survive a year or two in Iceland, babe?
19:39I feel like you going to Iceland's kind of a step back, but there's a lot of work we've
19:43been putting into this relationship to make it work.
19:45I hear you.
19:47I just know that I want this.
19:49The older we get, just, like, the more responsibility we accumulate, and it gets harder to make big,
19:54drastic choices.
19:57I want to do it.
20:11Or in English, home is where the heart is.
20:13That's the phrase I'm thinking about.
20:15He's just the most genuine person.
20:17I'm so desperately head over heels in love with this man.
20:22I don't know.
20:24I have a lot to think about.
20:46Welcome to Make It with Breenie.
20:50I love you all like chicken.
20:53It's time for show and tell.
20:56All right, Melissa.
20:57That's it for a teeny tiny teacup dog.
21:00That will raise some money for our cause.
21:04We decided that this would be a really good opportunity to create these dog sweaters to sell,
21:10to raise money for the organization.
21:12I know Melissa has made six, six sweaters.
21:17Can anyone beat that one?
21:19I don't know.
21:20In addition to the dog sweaters, we're going to be making dog-themed shrinky dinks to make these
21:25little charm bracelets.
21:27It might be really fun to make little doggy charms.
21:30So I picked up colored shrinky dink film.
21:35So why don't you all come on up and get your shrinky dink materials.
21:41Shrinky dink night is so popular.
21:43You have to sort of pick a craft that drunk people can do in the dark.
21:50Oh, bottom of the bottle.
21:51Oh, good.
21:52I like the bottom of the bottle.
21:54So I'm pretty confident everything will come together well and we'll make some serious coinage.
22:13Colt.
22:14Yes.
22:14I'm going to start setting up for the outside thing.
22:21Well, hopefully the benefit will be great and big and hopefully we'll raise a bunch of money.
22:26We're thinking about like to draw attention to the whole thing that like we'll all be outside. Do you want
22:31to do a table here?
22:32This right here? Yeah
22:36And it was how much of the t-shirts being sold for $30
22:40Great oh, I see Grant Alan's husband made us these t-shirts to sell. These are so cute
22:45Look at that you're in a t-shirt
22:49The craftspeople are involved in it. So hopefully it'll be a big giant fun night for everyone
22:55How many shirts have we got?
22:5780. Did you get rid of them all then? And the tickets so make some money for the poochies
23:03Pooches everywhere
23:11You're so cute we're gonna get you a home today. I love hosting these shows
23:15They're so nuts and it's sort of crazy, and I think I'm gonna auction off some merch
23:24She was a showgirl
23:33I love the idea of just not quite knowing what it's gonna be about but even if it's a mess
23:39It's gonna be hilarious and entertaining and we'll just have another grind of drinks, you know
23:43I'm not used to that
23:47Is your family here? I think so. This is like their first time I've come in. Oh, it's like a
23:52big moment
23:53Please welcome to the stage
23:55Michelle Winter
23:59I'm gonna apply for the University of Iceland. So have you told anyone else? I haven't told Darren yet
24:05I don't know how he's gonna take it. Here's something I've been avoiding talking to you about. What? You're the
24:11hardest person to tell
24:12You
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