![]() We were waiting for the right person to realize how talented she was. “She came out of college slinging drinks as a bartender, fitting people for shoes at a gym while doing auditions. “I couldn’t imagine her doing anything but what she’s doing now,” Ashley said. Her sister Ashley is an attorney in town running an all-female office called The Law Ladies. Her grandfather Jack McMahan was a legendary pilot at Delta Air Lines. ![]() “As a touring comedienne, I see the entire country but to be able to come home Sunday night in Atlanta is the most comforting thing in the world,” McMahan said. An extravagant post-wedding party with friends is planned, belatedly, in Italy next month. They got hitched at the end of 2020 in the courthouse, masks on, in part for tax purposes. She has been living in Atlanta since the pandemic began with Jeff Daniels, a consultant (not the actor). “Atlanta keeps pulling me back,” she said. After the University of Mississippi, she worked her comedy craft in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta. McMahan grew up attending Greater Atlanta Christian School from kindergarten until graduation. She wasn’t one of these skinny social media influencers who portrays a perfect life online.”Īt the same time, Davis noted, “she hustles. She talked about how her clothes don’t fit her right. “These ladies around me were losing their minds!” Davis said. Mara Davis, an Atlanta talent booker who used to be a radio DJ on Z93 and Dave FM, said she was super impressed when she saw McMahan in 2019 at the Variety Playhouse. “You have to keep all these balls in the air to stay relevant,” she said. And she recently was featured at the Netflix is a Joke Festival at the Hollywood Palladium, sharing a bill with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. She has done a few acting gigs including a small “best friend” role in the recent Netflix rom-com “Love Hard” starring Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. She has subbed in for Jenna Bush on “Today” with Hoda Kotb. She also builds her audience via a popular podcast “Absolutely Not.” (When fans yell the phrase “tiramisu bitch,” she said she knows they are dedicated podcast listeners.) It also makes me think I need to call my trademark attorney!” “They make homemade T-shirts and sweaters,” she said. One, she said, calls themselves McManiacs. Two different fan groups came up with their own names for themselves. I give them escape to giggle about life.” ![]() It’s cool to see so many women come to the show and feel they’re represented. I have a very strong core audience of females. She noted that her broad humor translates well on Instagram: “I speak my point of view. “When I started doing comedy in basement bars in New York and Los Angeles, putting things on the internet opened up a whole new world of fans and people to engage in my material.” “It’s the wild power of the Internet,” McMahan said. She makes fun of herself while taking trips to Trader Joe’s or opining about PMS. She has spent years loving Old Navy, White Claw and Britney Spears. A post shared by Heather McMahan has a dedicated, mostly female millennial fan base, built up over the years on Instagram, where she has 716,000 followers.
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