VIDEO INTERVIEW – Fortune Feimster Is Giving the Gays Something to Talk About: The comedian on her pandemic success, going hard on the wine and getting closer to an even bigger break

Fortune Feimster’s mouth has been going and going and going. "I talk a lot right now," says the Southern comedian who hails from North Carolina, coughing and clearing her throat as we – that’s right – talk on Zoom.
In addition to a daily radio show and her weekly podcast, Feimster, who rose to fame as The Person You See Everywhere in Bit Parts (including "Chelsea Lately," "The Mindy Project" and "The L Word: Generation Q"), has been doing press to talk about the projects she’s a part of that have all come out during the pandemic to satiate our need for existential relief. Aside from her own Netflix comedy special "Sweet and Salty," she can be seen hamming it up in a steady flow of films: "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar," "Chick Fight," "Friendsgiving" and "Yes Day," a Jennifer Garner-led family comedy also for Netflix. On TV, she stars in Kenan Thompson’s NBC sitcom "Kenan" and voices multiple characters on the Fox animated series "Bless the Harts."
The pandemic has been good to her booming acting career, but also to her love life: Feimster married wife Jacquelyn Smith in a small ceremony in October. She says it’s made her an even bigger fan of Michigan given that Jax, as she calls her, is from the Mitten State. "We try to spend at least one holiday — or weekend or two — out there in either Detroit or East Lansing or Grand Rapids. We like it all."
During our conversation, Feimster, yes, talked some more — this time about how her character in "Yes Day" might actually be gay, being drawn to the insanity of "Barb and Star," and feeling like, at last, Hollywood might be ready for her to go from bit part to big part. She will be performing live in Toronto April 8th, and in Vancouver April 10th, 2022, presented by Just for Laughs.
GayCalgary: How are you doing? I feel like, finally, there's some light at the end of the COVID tunnel.
Fortune Feimster: I'm doing a lot better. It does feel a lot more hopeful, thank goodness. I mean, it's been a doozy. I can't believe it's been a year. I think we're all thinking back to, you know, where were...