Alicia Atout discusses working with AEW, Cody Rhodes, AMBY and odd interactions (Exclusive)

Modified Oct 04, 2019 21:20 GMT

Yeah, that kind of answers my next question but I'm just going to ask it anyway.

I guess if you were to go forward as a backstage personality or backstage interviewer, the interviewing that you do on your YouTube channel - that won't stop any time soon?

Definitely not. There's a lot of times with certain companies, I've read over different contracts and I'm not just speaking with regards to AEW, just so many different companies, some want you to stop certain things, some are cool with it, some want you to only interview their talent.

I feel like any time I've been backstage at their shows, they've always let me have carte blanche with it of who I want to speak with, so it's kind of hard to say but if an opportunity comes about that so amazing and something I need to take, and AMBY maybe had to be put on the site just for a little bit, I'd be willing to do that.

You kind of never know where life is going to take you so I'm definitely open as long as it ends up being something I enjoy doing.

Now, I'm going to ask a little bit of a cheeky one here, because when else do you get the chance to interview The Interview Queen?!

I, myself, LOVE interviewing wrestlers and musicians, and I've been lucky to speak to some big names. Now, obviously the interviewee brings most of the wood to the chopping block, and I think something several creatives go through is maybe wondering where they fit in and what they bring to the table.

Why do you think the role of the interviewer is important?

I think it's a very important role because I think people want to see this rock star, this amazing wrestler, they want to see their favorite personalities, not just sitting there, answering questions that are listed off, I think they really enjoy seeing them in a fun conversation where their personality really gets to shine because, as interviewers, if we just sit there and we just ask questions, there is no connection, then the interviewee is just going to answer very plainly, very bored.

I've seen it happen a lot, which is a shame. I feel like our job as interviewers is to get the best reaction out of our guests, have fun with them and therefore everyone involved can have fun, whether it is the people in the room watching, people behind the camera, the people watching through a screen, it's definitely our job to have fun with it and make everyone feel comfortable, so...

And by no means is it about putting ourselves over but if you're able to do that any process, I won't complain.

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