Bringing the funny isn't always easy but comedian, Sommore, always make it look effortless.  With her tell-it-like-it-is and animated approach, and always eye-catching sexy fashion sense she has truly earned the title as one of America's Queens of Comedy.  She's also reportedly the top-selling female comedian in the nation and has been dubbed by Rolling Stone as, "one of the funniest people alive."  Now that's nothing to laugh at.

Sixshot stood side-by side with a queen as we discussed her new DVD, Sommore: The Queen Stands Alone, why she blames men for making her gain weight, how she was affected by the passing of Bernie Mac, why she believes women in comedy are still not treated fairly, changing up her comedic style, and much more.

Sixshot.com:  We last saw you on Celebrity Fit Club.  How is that going?

Sommore:  I was on the pole and couldn't get down!

Sixshot.com:  So are you maintaining the weight loss from the show cause you're looking great now?

Sommore:  Thank you and yes, I have maintained it.  I was one of those people that already worked out but I just needed to diet.  I still struggle with my diet.  Life, it's too short to diet so I have trouble with it.  But it's all good.

Sixshot.com:  What's your guilty pleasure?

Sommore:  Oh my goodness, men, hot wings, and chocolate.

Sixshot.com:  How do men make you gain weight?

Sommore:  They want to wine and dine you and take you to dinner, and they make you gain weight.

Sixshot.com:  Do you date a lot now?

Sommore:  I do, I always do.

Sixshot.com:  So men aren't intimated by you?  I would think so cause you're successful, independent, and attractive.

Sommore: You find most of them—the ones that are weaker are intimidated.  The ones with their stuff together are ready for the challenge.

Sixshot.com:  I read on your site that you really didn't know why you did Celebrity Fit Club.  Have you gained any insight as to why you did the show?

Sommore:  Well once I got on there I was like, oh god!  But when are you ever going to be able to have a nutritionist, a trainer, and a psychotherapist at one time helping you to lose weight and attacking it from all angles?  So it was a great experience.

Sixshot.com:  You did the classic Queens of Comedy tour.  Any chance you will all come back together and do something?

Sommore:  I would love to.  I think before Bernie Mac passed we spoke about it but since then I haven't heard much about it.

Sixshot.com:  Were you close with Bernie Mac?

Sommore:  Oh yeah, all the kings and queens respect each other equally and we stayed in touch.

Sixshot.com: How did his passing affect you?

Sommore:  I knew that he had been sick.  He had been battling with his illness for a while but what I was glad about was that Bernie succeeded.  Some of the things he accomplished he'll never be forgotten for, so gosh don't we all wish that once we do leave we could be remembered like that forever.  So he's in a good place.

Sixshot.com:  Do you think the playing field is getting better for women in comedy when it comes to having equality with male comedians?

Sommore:  No, I don't think so.  I think the way we can make it equal is that people start supporting women comedians just as much as they do men.  That way we can have more leverage to get a promoter to pay me the same amount as a man.  I should be able to draw as many people that want to show up to support me as a male comedian does.  Sometimes it's not like that cause men feel women male-bash so they don't support women but women do [support].  I think that once men start respecting the fact that we are funny they'll come out to see us and then it will be equal.

Sixshot.com:  You say that on this release you switched up your style and that you're not one dimensional but a true comedian.  Please speak on what that statement in response to.  Did you feel like people put you in a box?

Sommore:  Yeah, people thought I could only do one style of comedy.  What they failed to realize is that when I went into this business that was the style I chose to do.  People pick and choose what they want to represent about anything.  They say, "All you do is talk about sex," but I talked about other things other than sex.  It's just that they remember when I talked about sex.  But I was on Jay Leno and you had to be clean on Jay Leno.  I did Oprah.  I did a whole season as the host of Comic View and you had to be clean on there. So they don't remember when you do clean work but they do remember when you done blue work.  They remember what stood out in their minds.  So what I wanted to do with this special is give it some diversity and talk about everything.  I talk about politics, religion, rap, I talked about me being a woman single with no kids.  So I switched it up.  I talked about a variety of things.

Sixshot.com:  You've done some film work but some would say you haven't had the breakthrough performance yet.  Are you looking to conquer the film field?

Sommore:  Exactly, oh my goodness, I am.  I want to be a villain so bad.  I want to slap somebody in their face.  If I can accomplish that, oh my goodness, yes.  I just think that there hasn't been a director or producer yet that trusts me enough to give me a voice as to what I would like to do; and to give me the choice to do something I would like to do.  I'm looking for that and I would love that.

Sixshot.com:  What kind of villain do you wish to portray?  A femme fatale?

Sommore:  Oh yes! Kind of like an Erica Kane kind of chick.

Sixshot.com:  You wanna steal somebody's man?  [Laughs]

Sommore:  No, not steal nobody's man.  [Laughs]  Just like I cant believe she did that!  You know like that but not a police officer though.

Sixshot.com:  Why not a police officer?

Sommore:  I turned a movie role down cause they wanted me to be a police officer and you're gonna laugh at why.

Sixshot.com:  Why?

Sommore:  Cause I don't look sexy in uniform. They don't have cleavage.

Sixshot.com:  You could have still worked it out.  [Laughs]

Sommore: Oh no my butt looks flat in those blue pants and they don't have cleavage!

Sixshot.com:  In the Queens of Comedy DVD you spoke about wanting a bigger butt—

Sommore:  Oh my it's bigger.  No, trust me I have butt on top of butt now!  [Laughs]

Sixshot.com:  Is that from the Celebrity Fit Club fitness plan?

Sommore:  Yes it's better.  I'm happy now.

Sixshot.com:  What movie was it that you turned down?

Sommore:  I don't even know.  It was for HBO, like a small movie for HBO to play a security guard or police officer.  I was like, "No."

Sixshot.com:  You're so big that you can just turn down HBO movies now.  Some people would die for that opportunity.

Sommore:  Well it wasn't like a major or a Steven Spielberg.  [Laughs]

Sixshot.com:  Anything major you ever turned down?

Sommore:  No but there's things I would have loved to be in like Dreamgirls, but they didn't have a part.  That's the only movie mainly that I wanted to be in.  I can't wait to work with Tyler Perry.  I know I will be in Tyler Perry movie.

Sixshot.com:  Can you sing?

Sommore:  No I can't sing but I can lip synch.  I'm good at lip synching.

Sixshot.com:  So are most of the divas nowadays.  Many stand-up comedians often fail to really succeed in film.  Why do you think that is?

Sommore:  I don't know.  I think because it's very demanding too.  It's very demanding.  When you're a comedian you run your own show and it's me, myself, and I.  I really want to do more producing work or do both but I love to do stand-up.  I'm into like producing films and documentaries.

Sixshot.com:  You're working on a documentary now so what is it about?

Sommore:  Yes, first of all I produced the DVD myself.  The documentary I'm working on now I just completed.  It's called Dear Mom, and it's a letter form a little girl to her mother about her being a lesbian.  So the film is basically about teenage lesbians.

Sixshot.com:  What inspired you to focus on that issue?

Sommore:  I know a friend of mine who's sister was 17 years old and she was living her life as a lesbian.  I thought that was interesting that a woman who doesn't have that much sexual experience has chosen to say, "I'm a  lesbian," and move forward with it.  That was interesting to me so I wanted to do a whole documentary on it.  It started with an interview with her and she was like, "Yeah I got several girlfriends and we do this."  So I wanted to do a documentary and I'm gonna shop it to the LOGO network and everything.

Sixshot.com:  Were you ever curios about the lesbian side of things?

Sommore:  No, no, never—even though I'm a fag hag but I've never been curious about that.

Sixshot.com:  You were an entrepreneur before being known as a comedian.  You had stores all over Atlanta.  What inspired that business drive in you?

Sommore:  I love the fact that I can control my own destiny.  With your own business you got to work hard or you don't eat.  I love that drive.  I love that doing your own thing and I love that the independence.

Sixshot.com:  You had a store that imported and sold items and food from Africa too.

Sommore:  I had a clothing store too.  I did imports from African and I owned a shoe store.  I've always done things for fashion.

Sixshot.com:  Was the African store inspired by a trip down there?

Sommore:  No, it was inspired by a guy I dated that was African.  He started telling me how difficult it was for him to find food in America and I was like, "Well just open a store where you can get the food."

Sixshot.com:  Was there any culture clash while dating the guy from Africa?

Sommore:  There's a lot of things I had to learn and I had to learn quick.  I had to learn when they couldn't find my box how to speak their language!  [Laughs]

Sixshot.com:  You also taught algebra in the public school system down in Atlanta.  What was that like?

Sommore:  Oh my goodness, I have a degree in business administration and a minor in mathematics.  I didn't really like teaching.  It was too structured and I felt trapped cause I was on somebody else's guidelines.  So I didn't like that but I enjoy math.  I just didn't like teaching.  I only did it for about a year.

Sixshot.com:  Were the kids rowdy or did you keep them in check?

Sommore:  Oh no the kids loved me.  As a matter of fact I used to let them tell yo mama jokes.

Sixshot.com:  Earlier you said that you want to play a villain.  Is there somebody in real life you wish you could smack some sense into?

Sommore:  Bush!  [Laughs] 

Sixshot.com:  What do you think of Sarah Palin?

Sommore:  Oh my goodness!  I brought a pair of Sarah Palin glasses, put them on, and I didn't know nothing!

Sixshot.com:  I hear you're the half-sister of Nia Long.

Sommore:  Yes.

Sixshot.com:  So you two are pretty close and stay in touch?

Sommore:  We do.  We hook up Christmas and stuff like that and birthdays.

Sixshot.com:  Do you want kids soon?

Sommore:  If it happens.  I'm not planning on it but if it happens then it happens.

Sixshot.com:  At this point in your career where do you see yourself going?

Sommore:  I want to be filthy rich.  I want to be Oprah's best friend so we can shop together and hang out.  I think I'm nowhere near where I want to be.

Sixshot.com:  Overall, do you feel respected as a woman in comedy?

Sommore:  Oh, of course.  I think that for women things definitely have to change and I know I will be a pioneer in this business as far as people respecting it.

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