Sir Stevo Timothy – Tom Foolery, Online Trolls, Panic Attacks, & Sell-Out Shows! – EP125

Steve Timothy is a comedian, online sensation, soon to be Author, Rapper, Satirist, and other titles. He calls himself a chancer and professional Tom-fool. Whatever you want to call him, he’s making a mark. We connected a couple of weeks back, shortly after his sell out show in Cork, to talk about his career, struggles with anxiety, dealing with trolls, disability, love for Everton Football Club, creativity, business, Conor McGregor, and of course the character he and his partner, Sinead, are best known for, Farmer Michael and Kathleen! The Summary of our conversation includes: •Everton FC & support from the team players and raising the status of Everton in Ireland •Social media following•The realisation of selling out shows •Preparing content and dealing with fears and pre-show nerves •Goodwill from random people and begrudgery from Irish•Dealing with online Tolls & Death Threats•Authentically talking about life struggles and dealing with anxiety •Mental Health Struggles - Sharing this, Making it Normal & de-stigmatisation•Losing followers when sharing about anxiety and depression•Not sharing these for likes and followers •The origins of Farmer Michael and Kathleen & how it’s evolved •The process followed for creating the content – using every day events•Working through the bits with Sinead testing out content •The reaction to followers finding out about Steve’s disability •Getting support from Disability Ireland •Dealing with a breakdown and using writing and rapping as an outlet hitting number 1 in the Irish iTunes Charts with the ‘most depressing rap song ever written’•Moving out of the car onto the stage – coping with the anxiety with this •Terrifying ideas and using flooding techniques•Removing the choice of suffering with Panic and Anxiety •Looking for the Panicky Steve back to be more comfortable •The Material for the full hour+ stage show – manic and measured •Crowd interaction and enjoying hecklers •Future shows and selling out gigs across the UK and Ireland •The Farmer Michael in all of us & future generations •Innocence and Ignorance from past generations •Working towards a release of their first book on Everton FC •Building a Business behind Farmer Michael•3 hours per day on social media to market the content •Finding the balance with posting online •Other influences in comedy and satire •Influenced by others – Stewart Lee•Getting Conor McGregor in the Car! •How Sinead complements the overall work •What’s coming next? oBook oGigs across the globe? •How to connect in•Website:owww.stevotimothy.com•Social Media @sirstevotimothy