So as the kids get older, we get into the bigger robots, obviously, that becomes more challenging, and we're working on figuring out how to address that need. My alter ego .
And I started realizing that all those tweets start to create a story and start to create a narrative that eventually became this book. Your alter ego specifically-- how did that vision of that alien come about? Well, it kind of goes to the Twitter anonymity thing as well.
were actually holding. And so how do we give ourselves not just permission, but also build accountability with peers to do some of that investigation? Any alter ego ideas that people are thinking about?
In skating, you have to perform different characters along with doing all of these elements and tricks. So your alter ego name is also Adam Rippon?
That's the thump the ego makes. I have this alter ego I call Slick Mickey, where I want to do deals, want to make money, all of these things.
And it's kind of like doing a fringe show at the Edinburgh Festival when you do a play in like a cafe. His wrestling alter ego reminds me of the alter ego that I came up with in case I wasn't Paige.
You could say it. It's not an alter ego .
He was actually playing himself. He didn't have an alter ego or anything us. We bummed around, and he'd come in the dressing rooms.
They sent me into a psychiatrist, who said to me, why did you check this box yes? He even performed overseas in his alter ego character, Simone, in drag.
And it's a wonderful thing to write a lyric because you have this prompt. Elizabeth seemed to have accepted Morgana's alter ego as a friend.
But it's also footage from 20 years ago when he was doing the movie. And he goes so far into Andy Kaufman and his alter ego , Tony Clifton, that Jim disappears. And Milos Forman, one of the greatest directors ever, who did "Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus," is, like, cowed by this Tony Clifton character who's, like,
So as the kids get older, we get into the bigger robots, obviously, that becomes more challenging, and we're working on figuring out how to address that need. What is his-- Well, it's my alter ego .
Or have you thought about any of this? Oh yes. And I learned you have an alter ego .
He did performance art. And so I wanted to-- he had a character who was an alter ego of his that he had never admitted was his character. And his name was Tony Clifton.
you see more in Luddite communities and Amish communities. And for me personally, the alter ego gave me the ability to really deconstruct my own personality. It was like LARP in some ways.
It's about-- it requires discipline to stop and say, no, no, we've let that go. Like in the book, you talk about a couple of different elements that is our brains alter ego , right, at play and wired and job sole purpose
Now, croche is an eighth note in French, but it also means old crotchety one. And he created this character that basically was a critic, and it was his alter ego , and he was not nice to anybody about anything. He could be very nice in public, although he was quite scandalous, but Monsieur Croche was really a terrible guy.
In fact, for some people, these so-called “moderation molecules” could have an alter ego as a desire dampener.
Or have you thought about any of this? Uh-huh. So for everybody who doesn't understand what I'm talking about, so Valentina is your alter ego , right?
Jonny, I just wanted to ask you first, can you tell us a little bit about the genesis of your book and your alter ego on the screen there, Jonny Sun? Sure, yeah. First of all, thanks for having me.
One of the elements the book that I thought was particularly intense, or had to be hard for you, was when he discovered your, I guess, alter ego , Keisha.