The Birth of the Cigarette Mom @kimmirhoades

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[elise]

i love love love her, she’s so funny. i think it’s amazing that she turned parts of her traumatic childhood into a career. and she helps so many other people heal❤

[MissJellybean]

She also made a lot of us understand we were not alone in the way that we grew up.

[Freddykittycat]

When my mom died, I felt a freedom I’ve never felt before. It’s the saddest weirdest thing to not morn your own mom, but to feel relief instead.

[laurenj]

I love how she’s open about the fact that her mom was abusive. Obviously you can kinda tell from the skits, but in the comment section there were also comments about how it’s just ‘tough love’ parenting or whatever and they’re in EVERY skit not just Kim’s but literally anyone who does comedic skits about their subpar parents. There’s always comments like ‘yeah they may have whooped you, but that’s just their way of showing love!”

Having Kim actually acknowledge that her mom was in the wrong even though the skits are funny is so healing❤

[FooFooKachu]

Her comedy and skits are so therapeutic for me... My mom was very similar and being able to laugh at a bit of the trauma has been such a relief ❤️😂

[kendrickfrazier]

She is really a great soul and puts a lot of effort into her work

[avigailromero]

Oh my gosh, it’s all makes sense to me that’s why when I watch her mom skits it feels familiar.
“Angry mean Mexican grandma “ would be the name of my skits.
So I now see why my feeling was rooted in trauma. My grandma is still alive and kicking’ 😂❤

[nessae]

It's a great series Kim! She does the impression so spot on and reminds people of the cigarette mom's they grew up with...either as their own parents, an aunt or grandma, or the mom of a friend. I'm so glad she was able to channel some negativity into something positive. It's very admirable that the thing that hurt her she made into the thing that now makes people smile. And I genuinely hope she has fun doing the videos. Lorne, please call Kim, this would be a great SNL skit.

[nikstar]

I’m so proud of you. I always felt that behind cig mom was a sinister story. You didn’t deserve any of that abuse. I’m so sorry ❤

[gabbi]

I love her stuff, she is just so funny. I didn’t have a cig mom or a beer dad, but I saw/heard about a few at friends houses growing up, and it’s pretty spot on hahaha

[victoriousbooks]

OMG!!! I love Kim thank you for having her on

[Viktorious]

I had a complicated relationship with my Mom, too, and Cigarette Mom is so much like my own Mom. Somehow, it helps to know we are not alone, as sad as that fact is to realize. ❤

[juleslund]

Ive been doing impressions of my horrible mother since I was old enough to realize what she truly was. My best friends laughed and yes, that felt good but when strangers who had never even met the woman were laughing, I knew I could use all the trauma and bullshit accumulated from just her existence over years and years and funnel it into a character I could create not just in voice and mannerisms, but in my short stories and she really helped me become more creative.
When we see our abusers as someone struggling with a mental illness, a lot of the pain melts away and we are left with an audience laughing at our creative endeavors and an almost infinite supply to raw, sincere work that *WE* created from it all.
Lots of Love ♡

[tallulahraccoon]

For ppl who have experienced true love of real parents may never understand how liberating the news of their death can be. And that is ok. It is, in fact, how it should be. You should not feel relieve by their death if they really loved and did everything for you.

I am still waiting but I am looking forward to that day. I'll even give her a proper sent off bc that is what good ppl do. I am gonna cry but it won't be bc I am sad... I can't wait for that relieve.

I love Kim ❤ She heals hearts with her series ❤ I am so thankful that she exists ❤

[africalexa]

i love her !!! she’s so funny & beautiful

[helenhettinger-hayes]

I bet she also understands the Title of JEANETTE MCCURDY S Book im Glad My Mom Died.

Its is a relief 😮‍💨. A weight lifted ☁️

[Loinski]

This was the first video I got after opening YouTube, before that I was singing the "I have pots, so I wear compression socks" 🤯

[michellebogenschutz]

Preach, sister! I love your stuff and sounds like we have similar stories. I also love this ASD channel!

[Delulubooklover]

Tbh sometimes people who treated me poorly die long before they are dead

[EdenHeiress]

WOW two people I binge watch together... how does this happen?!