Vlogger Grace Helbig on Going Viral & One Direction

Vlogger Grace Helbig on Going Viral & One Direction
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We hang out with viral queen Grace Helbig at SXSW to talk about her YouTube stardom and popular "Daily Grace" show on My Damn Channel! We talk about some of her most memorable moments and tweets, such as her admiration for Halle Berry's Oscars look and her One Direction nail art! She also reveals her personal favorite of her daily shows and offers some advice to other aspiring online stars! Not for the feint of heart! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).
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If this Subway basket and these two cowboy hats don't say it enough, my name is Grace Helbig. Thank you for having me.
Taylor Grace is going to teach you how to do something. Let's talk about your move. Your big move.
Oh, yeah. I moved.
There were some fans that were upset. There were some fans that
Cause you had them vote on whether or not you should move. Yeah. I asked them. Well, the thing was like uh the videos have become um really personal. Okay, let's play the game where we say, what is too weird or too personal sitting in the background that I don't see initially? Uh and the medium of the internet is like just like very intimate by nature. And so I wanted them to feel like they had like a hand in like what I was doing. The thing was I was going to move no matter what, but I just wanted to like assess like what they thought about it. You know, give them some heads up without being like, hey guys, I'm moving next week.
Right. You didn't want to like. It's like you you've called the Internet a crazy emotional girlfriend. It's like you didn't want to leave your girlfriend without knowing.
Exactly. You have to give them a heads up. They're going to react and they're going to be over dramatic, but you just have to like at least say like, here's your heads up. I gave you warning.
So, how do you you must have get some crazy, crazy, crazy requests though. And crazy sort of feedback.
Yeah. It's it's I mean, it's wonderful. Every like one in like 10,000 people is a little bit too much. Teach us how to do One Direction theme nails. I know you love them. Show us, show us, show us. Do it, Grace. You are aggressive in the annoying way. Uh but like the 9,999 other people are awesome. Um yeah, I've had uh marriage requests and like just like adoption, like people want to adopt me into their family.
And what do you think is more appealing? The marriage request or the adoption request?
Both are great. Like I'd love to marry a whole family. Like it seems like that's I mean, it's it's really nice to know that there are plan B's and C's and D's and E's and F's. But uh in case my family falls to that I have I have some backup families that are waiting for me.
I want to talk about your Twitter.
Sure. Yeah.
Okay. Because my favorite tweet of yours, I mean, you're hilarious, but my favorite tweet of yours it had to do with the Oscars.
Oh, yeah. It had to do with John Travolta.
And you tweeted, when did they make figures at Madame Tussaud's animatronic? Yeah. Hashtag Travolta. Hashtag Oscars 2013.
Yeah, because his face looks like it's made of wax. And it's He he's a hilarious dude that like clearly like has some sort of fetish with like dressing up like women. And loves like musical theater. Like I love musical theater. I can't sing, so I envy that in him. But he just has this face that never ages.
Not that you're not afraid to poke fun at the dough cuz I feel like she's one of those people that people are afraid to touch.
Well, she just seems bored by herself lately. But she's also a mom now. So, she's tired. She's over it. Yeah, she's tired. And she's got other things on her mind.
And there's my personal fave. Yeah. Your reaction to Halle Berry. Can I do it?
Do it.
Can we do it together?
Yeah. Halle Berry. Damn. With the side of the Damn. For dessert, we'll have a Damn.
Damn. How old is she?
She is ageless. Like I thought you were going to say 80.
Oh. Yeah, she might be at this point. Who knows? She looks like a robot. She's beautiful and she doesn't age. What do you find What is your favorite day of the week here of your shows?
Uh I really like Wednesdays and Thursdays. Uh I like reviews and I like how to's. I went on my Tumblr today and asked you guys, what did you want to learn how to do today? And someone said, how to make a viral video? And that's really interesting because I've been making web video for about almost five years in total now. And I feel like I have a huge sense of how you can do that. Step one, you can't. Step two, don't try it. Step three, no. Step four, you can't. Step five, just you can't. Step six, don't. Step seven, hey guess what, you can't. Step eight, you can't. Step nine, stop it. Step ten, stop. Step eleven, you can't.
I liked your One Direction nail art.
Oh, thanks. I tried it. Oh, thanks. Uh I got a lot of hate because one
Everyone that Oh, you can't hate on Harry, right?
Well, exactly. Every all who knew that all the teenagers that love One Direction are they think they're all going to get married to them. And so they they saw me as a threat. And then I made fun of their boyfriend Niall.
Wait, which finger was he?
I forget. He was the one that was forgettable. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes. They didn't let you forget that. It was Niall or whoever the last one is. Uh whoever the fifth one is. Forgettable.
Now you're going to get hate about that.
Exactly. I'm sorry guys. When I was in high school, I thought I was going to marry Lance Bass. And look where that turned out.
You're here for South by Southwest.
Yes. We're here for obviously for Subway. Uh Subway Paris uh with my channel and USC and NYU. We worked together. This is the third year, I believe, that we're doing this uh for the Subway Fresh Artist series. They give young filmmakers an opportunity to make a web series based on uh the idea that Subway, every sandwich tells a story.
So, what do you get on your sandwich? What's your go-to?
Oh, see, I'm a I'm a vegetarian. And they I get what I call a salad sandwich. Which is basically like their bread is so delicious. I get whatever the whole grain honey bread is. And I just put like an entire plethora Schmoogerborg of vegetables on it and it's delicious.
What can you give the audience? Those people out there that want to be like you or want to do a video, like a blog.
Sure. Tips for talking to the camera. Yeah. Uh my tips are like and I've had this conversation a lot lately. It's just like find something that you're really passionate about. Um the internet is interesting because I find, and you might find this too, that like I resonate with people that I think have like a very specific point of view or a very specific like uh voice. And I think it's that that's what you need to find. You need to find like what makes you authentic, what makes what gives you integrity online. I've been doing this for five years and I feel like it's taken me four and a half years to find like what I really am passionate about and what my point of view on the world is. And people either relate to that or they don't. And so I think like give yourself time to find that.
Bye.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Grace Helbig
Vlogger and interview subject
- Nikki Novak
Interviewer/Host
- Halle Berry
Praised for her ageless beauty at the Oscars
- John Travolta
Subject of an Oscar tweet about his looks
- Niall Horan
One Direction member Grace made fun of
- Lance Bass
Grace's high school celebrity crush
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