Comedian Leanne Morgan is calling out Hollywood for living in a “bubble.”
During a recent appearance on “The Women of Joy Show” podcast, the 60-year-old actress discussed the idea that Christian women don’t consume media with host Maegan Waldrep Schwindling, saying they want “quality” content but without “women in their panties shooting bows and arrows and all the things like it.”
“Honest to goodness, I think in the secular world, I think people, no, I think a lot of people don’t want to see all that,” she said. “I think a lot of people don’t want to see all that, and I think they’re in a bubble out there. And they think people want to see that, but they’re not in the middle of the United States.”
She gave an example from when she was filming a movie with Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell in which she played a Southern mother of four who, in the script, was meant to curse in front of her children.
Morgan recalled telling the director that a Southern mother of four “wouldn’t talk like that in front of these children.” In that case, the director, Nick Stoller, told her, “You know better than I do, Leanne, and you do what you think is best.”
“So I think they think in their minds, ‘Oh, everybody’s talking like this, everybody wants this,’ but I don’t think the majority of people do,” she said. “Or not in the South, especially when you’re portraying Southern characters. Or anywhere really.”
She also explained that, growing up, no one in her family used swear words and while “it’s OK if somebody else wants to use it,” she doesn’t care to use them herself.
The comedian is now starring in the Netflix show, “Leanne,” in which she portrays a Southern mother in her 50s who is rebuilding her life after her husband left her for a younger woman.
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She admitted that she felt a “darkness” when she moved to Los Angeles to film her show and that her “boys sent me a Bible study” she could do on her own. Her friend found her a church to attend.
In addition to making sure Southern Christians were not stereotyped on her show, she also felt the pressure to make sure the show was a success, saying she was reminded all the time how much it cost to make the show and how many people were relying on it.
“I’ve prayed more than I’ve ever prayed in my life,” Morgan said.
“I really relied on my faith and would pray, ‘God get me through this,'” she added. “I just had to rely on the Lord and know that he had me there. There’s a reason for me to be there. But I could feel that every day. Every day.”
Morgan began her career as a stand-up comedian, touring throughout the 2000s and the 2010s, before making her mainstream breakthrough in 2023 with her Netflix special, “I’m Every Woman.”
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This led to her major national arena tour, the Just Getting Started Tour, and her feature film debut in 2025 in “You’re Cordially Invited,” alongside Ferrell and Witherspoon.
“Everybody on that thing wanted to see me do well,” she told People in September 2023.
“They were precious. They answered my questions. They were so sweet and uplifting. I fell in love with everybody on that set, from the craftsmen that were cooking to the little PAs. I could’ve squeezed every one of them. It’s all so exciting. I hope I get to do more.”
