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THE BUZZ
Live with TV’s Most Famous Stoner
Freddie “The Stoner” Miller appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in late May, the third time he’s been interviewed by the talk show host since January 2020. What is it about Miller that makes him so appealing that Kimmel keeps having him on? Here’s the answer—and more—from TV’s favorite stoner, along with news of an unbelievably happy ending.
Do you have any idea why Kimmel keeps having you on?
Ha, ha—because I’m funny looking? No, I actually got to sit down and talk with him after we shot our bit, after he ew me to Hollywood. I genuinely think he has interest in me. He’s laidback, cool, and he likes to have fun and make fun. And I think he genuinely has fun with me.
How did this newest development—you going on the show live—occur?
This time it was out of the blue. I didn’t know they were going to contact me at all. But the premise of the episode was that Jimmy had seen an ad for an internship for a marijuana-delivery service called Emjay in California. They wanted to hire three interns or just one to try out 600
of their products and do reviews. Jimmy saw that and said to himself, “I know a guy for the job.” They wanted to do a three-way interview with Jimmy, me, and the CEO.
How did the interview go?
I don’t know if it went good or bad, but I did get the job. On the interview, Jimmy had me smoke two of their joints and do a quick elevator pitch for the product. In my honest opinion, I think Jimmy twisted this man’s arm. Chris, who is the CEO, was telling me about the amount of applicants they’ve had—1,100 for three positions—from around the world. I told them they should hire the guy from Mexico. Jimmy cut in and said, “No, no, I really think this is the guy for the job. Can you move him into your house?” Chris answered, “I’ll have to ask my wife and kids.” I o ered to stay in his dog’s house (and not get his dog high). And Chris doubled with, “Well, we can probably get you an Airbnb.”
I did bring a copy of my résumé, too—a hand-written one from the airplane (see picture).
Are you nervous about taking the job?
I’m always a nervous person, but yes, slightly. I think it’s a 90-day internship, and there are 600 products I’d need to review. I do intake a lot of THC and cannabis, so I might be able to function through it just ne.
What needs to happen in order for you to sign on?
Well, it’s a paid internship, part-time. It doesn’t really pay $100,000, and it’s expensive to stay out in California. My dad said that if I was o ered a job, I should probably take it.
This could lead to your big break. You could end up with your own show, or in a movie!
That’s true. There aren’t a lot of Hollywood producers out in Buchanan, Michigan, where I live.
What have you learned from this ongoing experience?
The most important lesson to me, and complete honesty here, is how important people can be to one another. For me, I’m kind of ba ed by it all. Because I’m a relative nobody but I seem to be a very important person to a lot of people. And I’m starting to realize my own importance and the importance of other people in my life. To me, it’s like an unending butter y e ect. When you start to realize the importance of people around you, it goes on and on.
BY THE NUMBERS
90
Day-supply medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania can now legally stock up on according to a bill Gov. Tom Wolf signed in July. The previous limit was 30 days.
579,858
The number of medical marijuana patients who are registered in the state of Florida as of July 2021, alongside 2,593 quali ed physicians. That number will only go up as the state will add 19 new medical marijuana treatment center licenses this year.
$3
MILLION
The amount Oklahoma Rep. J.J. Humphrey is o ering for the “live and humane” capture of Bigfoot in the Sooner State where there have been multiple sightings of the elusive hairy legend.
Maskless, but on the Defense
Even with mask mandates lifted, doctors still advise smokers to keep their joints to themselves.
In March of 2020, CelebStoner.com advised its readers: “Due to the new health paradigm, we recommend no sharing of joints, pipes, bongs, and vape devices.” But what to do now that 45 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated and, in Michigan, the statewide mask mandate has been lifted?
In a gobbledygook answer overusing the word “vaccinated,” doctors interviewed for CelebStoner’s story said, “If you’re vaccinated and the person you’re with is vaccinated, then sharing a joint should be as safe as two vaccinated people kissing.”
But even though Covid cases are now plunging, protecting ourselves not only from Covid but the fl u is reason enough for CelebStoner’s resident canna-medicine expert Dr. Mary Clifton to deter people from sharing their cannabis implements. “Fully vaccinated people can resume sharing but should be aware that even the ordinary fl u has a 10 percent rate of cardiac complications, and multiple other respiratory viruses have potential neurologic complications.”
So, as sad as it may be, it’s still smart to protect yourself by smoking your own joints, says Clifton. It’s not the 1960s anymore, when cannabis was less plentiful and sharing was a necessity to get more people stoned, CelebStoner adds. The upshot? Go ahead and share your weed, for sure, but smoke it in your own device.
BILITIES
BY STEPHANIE WILSON, EDITOR IN CHIEF
1 GETAWAY CAR: Parking space is the new personal space. Pinterest Predicts, the brand’s “not-yet-trending report” prognosticates that in 2021, cars will become the new “third space” for everything from date nights to man caves—which I can totally see happening ... for people who drive something larger than a Fiat.
2 FIFI THE FIAT: My car didn’t come with an owner’s manual; she came with an app. And the rst time I opened it up, it greeted me with this statement/question combo: 85% of Fiat owners name their cars. What’s your Fiat’s name?
3 FIFI. Her name is Fi .
4 I BROUGHT HER HOME ONE DAY IN AUGUST ALMOST
EIGHT YEARS AGO, and she still makes me smile when I see her. She’s just cute, and her name ts her.
5 NOT MUCH ELSE FITS IN HER THOUGH, WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POINT: Fi doesn’t o er much
space inside, but she can get me to places where space abounds. I am forever grateful for her tiny little engine that struggles a whole helluva lot trying to get up Colorado’s mountains. (Fi ’s more of a Florida girl at heart—#same. And also #soon!
6 AS IN: As soon as cannabis becomes legal for recreational use in the Sunshine State, expect to see Fi cruising back to the tropics. If you tag or send us an Insta of your and your (named) car (@stephwilll), we’ll be sure to wave if we see you when we’re out there on the road again.
MAXIMALIST STYLE
Londubh Studio x Circa Wallcovering debut a lit wallcover collection.
Minimalists: this is not your year. After a year spent dreaming of the days we could safely reconvene to celebrate life and let loose in high style, we have some pent-up energy we need to release all over everything. The time is upon us, and our walls want to get dressed up for the party.
Lucky for us, then, Londubh Studio and Circa Wallcovering recently released an apt teaser for their maximalist debut wallcovering collection, which features Londubh’s signature style with bold graphics, gold, and color. The two designs—“High Style” featuring cannabis symbology and “Enlightenment” playing with magic mushrooms—both make for a shimmering dope drop of glamour and psychedelia swathed in gold and color. With more people across the world recognizing the healing capacities and need to legalize these ancient medicines, Londubh’s designs aim to indulge those who love to imbibe.
“Our best visions never come when we sit down with a cup of co ee and a pencil at nine in the morning,” says the designer. “They’re birthed from a spirit we share of wanting to celebrate life, our mutual abandonment of societal expectations if they don’t help us manifest our dreams, and our shared conviction that more is indeed more when it comes to the decorative canvas and its ability to fuel us to live our best lives.”
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