Hey you guys， it’s Leslie。 I’m excited to share my story with you。

Now， I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b*tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed。 But while bits might be a touch hazy， I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL。 Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South， my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered， what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels， that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL， and yeah， I’ll tell you all about Ghostbusters and the nudes and Supermarket Sweep and The Daily Show 。 。 。 I’m sharing it all in these pages。 It’s not easy being a woman in comedy， especially when you’re a tall-*ss Black woman with a trumpet voice。 I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted， and no one takes advantage。 These are the stories that explain why。 （Cue the Law & Order theme。）