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51 The RE-Reinvention of Grace Helbig

51 The RE-Reinvention of Grace Helbig

Update: 2025-05-28
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Grace Helbig was cutting tape in her 2006 video editing class when the professor asked everyone to create accounts on a new website called "YouTube." That's where Grace found vloggers, jump cuts, and an emerging alt comedy scene. She became obsessed (in a good way) and immediately got to work.


What began as comedic vlogs and absurd sketches with her improv pals blossomed into a 20 year career of making the Internet laugh. But it wasn't without pitfalls.




Grace joins Matt to discuss how she's reinvented herself online many times, the deep sense of community she found within the "second wave" of YouTubers, memories from early VidCons, her battle with breast cancer and how it informed her new standup tour, and why being an Internet face can make you question your true identity.




Plus: Your questions for Grace, and a harrowing round of YouTube history trivia.




Follow and subscribe to Grace's work:




https://youtube.com/itsgrace


https://www.instagram.com/gracehelbig

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51 The RE-Reinvention of Grace Helbig

51 The RE-Reinvention of Grace Helbig

Matt Silverman