New York City stand-up comedian Daniela Mora’s got a man!
For the foreseeable future, it looks like the host of the Humbled podcast won’t be joking about her adventurous dating life or the downside of being single.
“I feel like I really fell in love this summer,” Mora said during her latest episode of Humbled. “Now, I need someone to shoot me in the head for saying that.”
With her relationship status now changed, Mora, who will perform at the LOL Comedy Club on Wednesday, Sept. 16, has pivoted her material toward relationship humor — and she’s enjoying the chance to find laughs from a whole new perspective.
During an interview with the Current, Mora talked about how being in a relationship has changed the way she looks at dating, red flags she’s ignored when she was single and whether her new boyfriend gets to veto any of her material if it’s too embarrassing. But first, we let her talk a little trash by bringing up the most recent NBA Finals.
We should first acknowledge the elephant in the room: You’re talking to me from New York. I’m talking to you from San Antonio Spurs country. So, after watching the Knicks beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals this past season, do you feel comfortable coming to San Antonio?
Oh, that’s a good question. I honestly didn’t really think about it. I’m just still so on the high of the Knicks winning that I kind of forgot that the Spurs are even a team. Sorry, guys. I’m definitely going into enemy territory.
Well, unless you want to get booed off stage, don’t bring it up!
(Laughs.) True, true. OK, it will be my last resort.
Since a lot of your comedy is built around being single and dating, I wanted to get an update on your relationship status before we continue. Are you still dating? Do you have a boyfriend?
Yeah, I’m in a relationship now, so a lot of my content has pivoted a bit to more relationship content — stuff my boyfriend has said or I’ve said to him. So, the audience is taking a shift with me from my usual single situationship-type of content. Some of them do not love the news.
Who doesn’t love the news?
I don’t know, some men, you know, were disappointed for sure.
It’s like those pop stars who never acknowledge their relationships status because it could hurt their brand.
Yeah, that too. We’re trying to get back to the hits. With some relationship content, we’re making our way there.
Now that you’re in a serious relationship, how has that changed the way you look at dating? Has it made writing jokes harder or easier for you?
I would say both. There’s more of a relatability to people in relationships that’s helpful versus the usual, “I’m single, men suck, dating’s hard” [content]. So, I feel like it gives me a more unique perspective on dating and being able to compare my relationship to when I was single. It’s nice that I’m in a different space and can talk about it through a different lens.
Sometimes when someone goes from being chronically single to starting a relationship, people change. Did you?
Not really. I think I’m perfect, so not much. I mean, I think I’ve always been a great communicator. I’ve always had the skills for a good relationship — romantically or not. So, it’s nice to finally be able to use those.
How much of a vote does your boyfriend get if you want to turn something that happened between the two of you into a joke?
He would love to answer that, but he does not get a vote. I do. Maybe I will give him a heads up. That’s the least I can do. Maybe a warning. Maybe a countdown when it’s coming. But oftentimes, I think I know where to draw the line if it’s too crazy. There’ll be times when I will edit just a bit of what actually happened to keep it a little vague for our own privacy.
What’s the biggest red flag you’ve ignored because you were attracted to someone?
Let me think. I guess maybe them not liking cats or living with 16 roommates or being unemployed. I’ve definitely overlooked some basic [issues] like [them] having a nice place to live and a clean bathroom.
You’ve joked in the past about the pressures of being Latina and having your family wonder when you’re going to get a boyfriend. Do you think that those expectations have changed?
I think that those standards are still there. I think it’s just something in the Hispanic culture where parents want grandkids. They want to be nana and abuelo. Any relationship I would have, they’d be like, “This is the one!” But I think that extends from being Latina. It feels like the older generation don’t know how fast this dating culture is and how messy and weird it is. They often jump to any fling as a traditional relationship.
Your podcast Humbled is built around people telling embarrassing stories. Why do you think people are so drawn to hearing about other people’s worst moments?
I just think it’s so entertaining. It’s kind of like why we watch murder docs. I mean, what’s so funny about a happy story? A lot of my content is a little self-deprecating. I find it funny to make fun of my wins and losses. I often take things pretty lightly. I think it’s a positive thing to take someone’s most embarrassing moment or horrible date and turn it into something that we can laugh at.
If you could go back and tell your single self that you would have a boyfriend, would she believe you?
Yeah, she would probably do a cartwheel. She would be overjoyed. Up until a year ago, I think I was like, “Alright, I want a relationship, but I’m just going to focus on me and continue working until then.” But it will come when you least expect it.
If I invited you to a Spurs game to sit courtside, but you had to wear a Spurs jersey, how much money would I need to pay you before you considered selling your soul to San Antonio?
Whoa! I would really need to think about that. I’m a new Knicks fan, as many people from New York suddenly are. I mean, I don’t even know how much I would have to be paid. Maybe the same amount as a new apartment, because I would have to leave New York.
$25.22-$31.40, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, LOL Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio.
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