Into It with Sam Sanders
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Over the past few years, Romano has started revisiting these experiences and generating content from them.
So was that ten years of checks?Yes.
But those checks, and this isnt common knowledge, decrease by 10 percent every year.
I did not know that.Neither did I until too late in the game!
You have about ten years and then you might plan accordingly.
Its going to keep coming.
What was it like when the checks stopped?I remember having sort of like a business manager.
I didnt really want to learn about that stuff.
I was Belle inBeauty and the Beaston Broadway, which was eight shows a week.
I was also post-op from throat surgery.
I was really burnt-out.
So I had a psychic approach me at the stage door thats your first red flag.
She approached me and shes like, I have the answers for you.
How much money went to the psychics?Even to this day, I hate talking about it.
Its one of my greatest shames, if not my greatest.
The first woman, it was little bits of readings and candles, and she would give me powders.
It became more and more expensive.
Then finally, shes like, Christy, you are screwed.
it’s crucial that you buy this crystal.
It will clear out all of the negative energy in your life.
you could only do it if you buy this really large amethyst.I think she quoted me like $40,000.
Im so sorry.Its okay.
Give me the amethyst.The magical-thinking element really overtook my life.
That was another $40,000 or something.
You share a lot of personal stories online.
Now Im like,Thats fucking funny.
Some of your videos, I could see there being backlash from some corners of the industry.
There was one called How Katy Perry Got My Record Deal or Why I Dont Talk to Shia LaBeouf.
Do you ever have any hesitation?
You wont be able to grow.
I said these crazy things, but then I unpacked it.
There was a comment you made to TexasMonthly.
I wonder how you felt about reading it: Authentic, but monetizing.Thats accurate.
Heres the thing: Would you guys rather watch Disney+ and watch people not make money?
They need either social workers or they need a protocol to report wrongdoings or mental-health stressors.
Right now, we have studio teachers, and studio teachers are extremely compliant to production needs.
Ive seen them forge numbers of teaching hours.
And were not just talking about Hollywood; were talking about any state that does any production ever.
Right now, were talking about intimacy coordinators on the set ofEuphoria.Its the same jot down of thing.
We have that for adults, but shouldnt we start with kids?
So when we ask why they arent coming forward, I cant assume to know why, unfortunately.
I can only sweep my side of the street.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
