Sassee Cassee Gets Real About Her Height, Dating, Fetishization, Self-love & Her Love For Dancing.

Send us Fan MailPeople have spent Sassee Cassee's entire life noticing what makes her different. But there is far more to her story than what people see.In this episode of Ava Devine's Bad Advice, I sit down with entertainer, feature dancer and content creator Sassee Cassee for an honest conversation about confidence, dating, fetishization, self-worth and learning to live without needing validation from other people.Sassee takes us back to a childhood where her mother made the decision not to shelter her. She talks about being bullied in school, learning to defend herself, becoming a gymnast and developing the resilience that would eventually follow her into adulthood.Then an unexpected opportunity changed everything.After appearing on The Jerry Springer Show, Sassee began travelling, performing and eventually built a career as a touring feature dancer before joining Micro Maidens, an all-women burlesque show featuring little people.But behind the performer is a woman who has spent much of her life navigating the difference between being seen and being objectified.Sassee opens up about what dating is really like when you constantly have to question someone's intentions, how she separates genuine attraction from fetishization, why being attracted to a little person shouldn't be considered taboo, and the boundaries she refuses to compromise in her career.## Chapters00:00 Meet Sassee Cassee00:00:33 The Mother Who Refused To Shelter Her00:01:17 Growing Up With A Minister For A Sister00:02:00 Family, Faith & Spicy Entertainment00:03:14 How Spirituality Helps Sassee Handle Negativity00:04:05 What Growing Up Different Was Really Like00:04:45 The Bullying That Changed Her00:05:37 How Sassee Learned To Handle Haters00:06:22 From Gymnastics To Jerry Springer00:07:18 Why Sassee Felt She Had To Prove Herself00:08:02 Searching For Acceptance Through Self Love00:08:54 Sassee Cassee On The Jerry Springer Show00:09:38 Moving To California & Chasing A Bigger Career00:10:15 What Dating Is Really Like For Sassee00:11:03 How She Spots Men With The Wrong Intentions00:11:38 What Sassee Actually Looks For In A Man00:12:24 Attraction vs. Fetishization00:13:06 Why Attraction To Little People Isn't Taboo00:13:55 When Attraction Becomes Fetishization00:14:47 Dating Younger Men & Learning What She Wants00:15:39 Sassee Opens Up About Her Attraction To Women00:16:33 How Sassee Built A Career As A Feature Dancer00:17:31 Inside The Micro Maidens00:18:14 How Sassee Joined Micro Maidens00:18:56 Feeling Celebrated vs. Feeling Exploited00:19:37 The Performance Sassee Refused To Do00:20:28 What Respectful Entertainment Looks Like00:21:09 What Happens At A Micro Maidens Show?00:21:45 The Gymnastics Skills Behind Sassee's Performances00:22:39 What Actually Defines A Little Person?00:23:44 Would Sassee Date Another Little Person?00:24:33 How Sassee Entered The Creator Economy00:25:28 Becoming Comfortable With Her Body & Sexuality00:26:18 "Treat Me Like A Human Being"00:26:50 Why Sassee Lets Children Ask Questions00:27:37 "People Don't Look At Me Like I'm A Person"00:28:14 The Airport Interaction That Made Sassee Speak Up00:28:50 How Her Response To Ignorance Has Changed00:29:35 Sassee Opens Up About Body Image00:30:27 Why She Chose To Control Her Own Content00:31:04 Building Her Career On Her Own Terms00:31:58 The Boundary Sassee Refuses To Cross00:32:39 Who Is Sassee Cassee Beyond The Persona?00:33:28 What's Next For Sassee Cassee?00:35:13 What Sassee's Friends Know That Fans Don't00:36:08 The Unexpected Thing That Makes Her Laugh00:36:52 The Money Lesson Sassee Wishes She Learned Earlier00:37:44 "I Don't Need A Man To Be Happy"00:38:47 Where Sassee Sees Herself In Five Years00:40:25 Sassee Opens Up About Drug Addiction & Recovery00:41:16 Sassee Cassee's Final Bad AdviceIf there is one thing to take away from this episode, it's this: you are more than the assumptions people make about you.Her story isn't about proving that she's just like everybody else.It's about reaching the point where she no longer feels like she has to prove anything at all.Follow Ava DevineInstagram: @theoneandonlyavadevineTikTok: @1avadevineFollow Ava Devine's Bad Advice PodcastInstagram: @avadevinesbadadviceTikTok: @avadevinesbadadviceX: @avadevinespodFollow Sassee CasseeX: @sassee_casseeIG: @sasseecassee89Follow Micro MaidensX: @micromaidensIG: @micromaidens