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• “Being very frank with you,” he said, “it’s just so much of drinking out of a fire hose that I don’t remember this interview anymore.”That said, he did remember specifics, including how he wore a jacket from a Black designer — something, he said, he does often..
• He also recounted Ziwe’s demeanor and interview style.“I was inclined to rip off of her character, which almost felt like a character for me, because I was playing off her, very like, straight stone-cold b---- character,” he said..
• “So that almost made me feel like I had to match her energy and being a little d--- myself, you know, but not necessarily saying that I created an entire persona for the interview.”“I don’t know, man,” he said..
• He has pleaded not guilty.Though he said he has fielded several offers and has been selective about granting interviews, Santos said Ziwe made the most sense to connect with Gen Z.“Obviously, she’s a comedian, right?.
• At least the character she plays on her show is intense.”Santos said Monday that he didn’t watch the interview because it would disrupt him from making money elsewhere..
• Sign up for the Style Memo newsletter.Santos said he doesn’t really remember much of the interview, having faced many questions in the past few weeks..