"When (my children) were in middle school, they did say, 'Um, hey, can you, like, not talk about us? Because our friends, you know, their parents let them see things that you do and then, you know, they joke on us.'"
"'Well, their parents shouldn't let them watch things... my jokes are for mature (people).'"
"'I'm like, 'Um, well, you want a car, right? Mama's got to buy that car,'"
"'Don't you want a place in France?... How's mama going to buy that place in France?'"
Wanda Sykes incorporates her wife, Alex Sykes, and their 16-year-old twins Olivia and Lucas into her stand-up material. She does not run jokes by her children before performing them. The twins asked her in middle school to stop mentioning them because peers tease them after seeing her routines. Wanda defended that her comedy targets mature audiences and suggested they watch tamer TV appearances, but she also reminded them that comedy income pays for family needs. Alex sometimes expresses disapproval after shows. Wanda navigates family boundaries while using personal experiences as comedic material.
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