About this episodeSuki Waterhouse discusses the realities of modern motherhood, revealing she relies on Uber Eats for daily meal…AI summary
Suki Waterhouse discusses the realities of modern motherhood, revealing she relies on Uber Eats for daily meals and struggles with severe sleep deprivation, often sleeping only two hours a night. She shares candid insights into her music career, including the collaborative process behind her album, the challenges of self-taping auditions, and her preference for authentic, low-maintenance tour requirements over luxury demands.
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Motherhood Reality: Despite having professional kitchen equipment (Le Creuset pots), Waterhouse admits she rarely cooks and orders Uber Eats daily, including specific items like eggs from The Oaks for her child.
Sleep & Health Struggles: Waterhouse suffers from insomnia (2 hours of sleep/night) and low ferritin levels, leading to low energy. She mentions a dangerous incident where taking peptides caused her body temperature to drop to 95 degrees, resulting in a trip to urgent care.
Music Collaboration: Her album was created with a tight-knit group of collaborators she has worked with for 15 years (Jules Apollo and Natalie) and new partner Donna Missel. She emphasizes that songwriting is an open, vulnerable process where she shares personal life details with her team.
Audition Challenges: The industry has shifted heavily to self-tapes, which Waterhouse finds difficult due to lack of lighting and direction. She shares a humorous anecdote about bombing an audition by using a face-tune filter that distorted her mouth, and another where she tried to audition in a studio with poor lighting.
British Cultural Identity: Waterhouse identifies with British humor ('taking the piss') and culture, missing London pubs and countryside walks. She notes that while she lives in LA, she retains British habits like constantly checking the weather app.
Tour Lifestyle: Her tour rider is minimal, requesting only a knife, lemon, honey, and Throat Coat tea. She contrasts the poor food quality on indie sets with the better catering on larger productions like 'Daisy Jones & The Six' or 'Adults'.
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“I have to Uber Eats food. Oh I Uber eat every single day. But like to feed her you know what I mean? Like I am obsessed with you. I wish we had kids at the same time so we could just Uber eats together.”
▶ 2:54Waterhouse explains that despite owning cookware, she relies on delivery services for daily sustenance as a mother.
“My dream right now is to like when we finish this podcast uh to like not have anything to like approve... I don't want like anything more to do today. Totally you know like I don't want to have to reply to anything.”
▶ 1:03:32When asked for her 'big dream,' Waterhouse reveals her desire for immediate rest and freedom from work obligations during release week.
“If you're running to me, you're running from something... You're running from [snorts] something... Which is more beautiful. It's it's it's I guess it it's nice to go and like feel the air.”
▶ 15:07Waterhouse expresses her dislike for running as a workout, preferring other forms of movement or rest.
“I feel like if they're weird, I just like block them from my mind and just like I'm really I just like disassociate completely... They're not freaks. You guys aren't freaks.”
▶ 59:39Waterhouse describes her approach to handling fan interactions, preferring to ignore negativity rather than engage with it.
“I think the only Yeah. Like my tour manager asked me the day like, 'What do you want?' And I literally just wrote like I the only thing that I really like having is I think is a knife and a lemon and some honey and some throat coat.”
▶ 43:59Waterhouse highlights her practical, low-maintenance needs while on tour compared to typical celebrity riders.
Chapters & Sections (33)▼
0:00Cooking, Uber Eats, and Motherhoodchapter2
1:38Lodge Cookware Purchase and Cooking Habits
3:12Uber Eats and Baby Glam
5:12Hypothetical Children, Accutane, and Sleep Struggleschapter1
7:09Accutane Side Effects and Sleep Issues
9:42Sleep Struggles, Phone Addiction, and Low Energychapter1
12:13Recharging in Bed and Low Iron
13:43Workout habits and British culturechapter2
15:17Soul Cycle obsession and British workout culture
17:08British humor and banter culture
19:01London Lifestyle, Countryside Dreams, and Shorts Fashionchapter1
21:55Fashion Opinion: Shorts vs Jeans
23:30Songwriting Process and Collaboratorschapter1
26:43Long-term Collaborators and New Connections
29:10Collaboration and Self-Taping in Actingchapter2
31:02Intimacy and Honesty in Acting and Music
33:19Self-Taping Auditions and Cinematic Creativity
35:27Acting Audition Disasters and Self-Tapingchapter2
37:27Facetune Audition Disaster
39:35In-Person Auditions vs Self-Taping
41:26Tour Rider Expectations and Cateringchapter1
43:27Tour Catering Budgets and Rider Preferences
45:57Nightlife preferences and LA driving anxietychapter3
47:17Restaurant choices and night out conditions
49:43Driving anxiety and New York nightlife
50:56British weather obsession and heat anxiety
52:27Music Recommendations and Hotel Air Conditioningchapter
56:53New Music Releases and Movie Theater Experiencechapter2
58:09Summer Movie Theater Experience and Film Promotion
59:39Fan Interaction and Twilight Viewing
1:02:27Current Dreams and Food Recommendationschapter2
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