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How “Toxically Optimistic” Zainab Johnson Found a Fan (and Hype Woman) in Michelle Obama

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The Hollywood ReporterHow “Toxically Optimistic” Zainab Johnson Found a Fan (and Hype Woman) in Michelle Obama
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The comedian and actress, back with a new Netflix special, talks Hollywood mean girls, how her recent gun jokes land abroad and passing a billboard for a new TV series so white that she almost got in a car accident.

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