Whitney Cummings Sheds Light On Being 'The Woman Who's Running My Mouth'

Whitney Cummings is arguably one of the most iconic comedians of her generation and has imprinted herself in fans' minds over the last couple of years.

From the "2 Broke Girls" sitcoms she successfully produced to her directorial debut with "The Female Brain," she has also established herself as a force to be reckoned with.  

She has also taken on several exciting projects, some of which are still in development. Her podcast "Good For You" also features iconic guests. She's also at the forefront of the fight for representation in Hollywood.

Despite her fame and reputation, Cummings appears to have some people who don't like her, as she recently revealed in an interview with New York Post.

Read on for more details.

The comedienne revealed in an interview with NYP that she has trolls and haters due to her persona, which she described as "inherently triggering."

"It took me a long time to learn that I'm an inherently triggering person," she told the outlet at the Fox Upfront in New York. "I'm the woman who's running my mouth."

As a result, she has realized how to handle people who come to her social media page with unprovoked anger. One of them are men who come to her page to post that she's "not funny."

"You don't have to like me but you watch my stuff so you're already a radical feminist," she began. "You watched a woman talk for an hour and then you came to my account. You love me, you love me."

Some other times, she tries to be the bigger person and refuses to dish vitriol back to those who verbally attack her.

"Like, maybe that's what you needed today to feel better," she said. "To put me down and like, write it. I'm glad I can be of service. Like, it's not the way I intended to make your day, but like, a lot of people need that. I mean like I'm into all the programs and stuff and I'm very much like, 'Oh, people hurt people and that's just pain.'"

The "Female Brain" director has been cast in the upcoming Fox crime drama "Accused." The show was developed by Howard Gordon and produced by David Shore and Alex Gansa.

The series, written on a BBC crime anthology of the same title, contains scenes that open up on the accused, whose crime and reason for trial would be revealed as the episode unfolds.

According to Fox, Cummings will play Brenda, "an acerbic female stand-up comic who is forced to confront public opinion and courtroom biases after she reports being sexually assaulted."

While speaking of her role in the movie, the comedienne expresses gratitude to Gordon, who gave her the role.

"I think they wanted someone who had a little bit of an unpredictable energy and a polarizing person, maybe. I mean actual female comedians are some of the most hated people on the planet," she added. "It's you either love us or hate us kind of thing."

The comedienne has always been at the forefront of disability representation. In her interview with Nicki Swift, she shared her perspective on the representation problem in Hollywood, adding that people with lived experience should write stories about disability. She also claimed that anything otherwise is a problem.

"I'm not trying to be stubborn, but this business is actors that are not disabled come and play disabled, and that's a surefire way to get an Oscar. Now it's time to think differently and cast differently, and it would be a great conversation to have with a bunch of casting directors." 

During an interview with Nicki Swift, the comedienne admitted that Billie Eilish and Dolly Parton were her dream guests for her "Good For You" Podcast.

"Billie Eilish is a huge dream guest. Because during the pandemic, I only brought people on this show that I was okay with killing with COVID. I'm kidding. That's not going to translate well in print at all. But no, there's a couple people. Dolly Parton, Billie Eilish, those are the dream, dream, dream, dreams."

She also mentioned that choosing guests was a delicate matter. "I also have to say, as I've been doing this podcast, you realize that fame and celebrity, sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't. I think it's really about, in a podcast, the chemistry between the two people, and sometimes when I have famous people on, I kind of am like, "Oh my god, I don't want to get you in trouble. I don't want to get you canceled."