Jim and Nikki Norton are hilarious togther. (First Date with Lauren Compton)
Comic Jim Norton and his spouse Nikki Norton, who’s trans, definitely make for a hilarious duo!
Jim, identified for his brutally trustworthy comedic chops, is a 55-year-old New Jersey native who’s finest identified for his stand-up, the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts radio present and The Chip Chipperson Podcast.
Whereas Jim continues to be on high of his comedic recreation, his spouse Nikki, a 26-year-old trans girl from Norway, can very a lot maintain her personal and sustain with Jim. In actual fact, it may even be mentioned she will get laughs that rival his.
Collectively, the married couple not too long ago launched a YouTube channel, Nikki and Jim, the place they add content material that captures moments of their life – it additionally hosts a video podcast.
Whereas the world of comedy has focused trans people lately, it’s refreshing to see this couple bucking the development and talking overtly and actually in regards to the lived expertise of transgender individuals.
“The vital factor is that individuals really prefer it for what it’s, which is simply two individuals displaying you a chunk of their lives,” Jim advised Forbes.
“We’re not making an attempt to persuade individuals politically to do that or to try this. We don’t care.
“We simply need them to guage us on watching us and whether or not they prefer it or not, simply by what they’re seeing.”
They not too long ago appeared on First Date with Lauren Compton, the place they demonstrated that collectively they’re a hysterical pairing.
Listed below are a number of the pair’s funniest moments and contours from the interview:
They need children… or a canine
The pair are hilarious as they talk about the chances of being mother and father to youngsters… or a canine.
When requested in the event that they see children of their future, Jim responds: “we’re engaged on a canine.”
Nikki shares that she desires youngsters, particularly a daughter: “I feel it’s bizarre if I image myself being 50 with no children, that’s very bizarre. Then you definately’re going to be 80 whenever you’re 50.”
Jim cracks up at her bluntness earlier than noting that he would get a canine if Nikki would stroll it.
Nikki jumps in to declare: “I’ll stroll it! I’m so prepared for a canine as a result of I don’t have a job, I don’t do something, the canine goes to be my goal.”
Their unconventional pairing
The pair notice that it’s their variations that unite them.
Talking about their relationship, Jim sweetly declares: “She makes me snigger, even the she’s cranky. I undoubtedly married the suitable particular person.”
Nikki provides “lots of people don’t get it.”
Jim notes that he believes their reputation is because of their uniqueness. “You don’t see married {couples} like us, the place one accomplice is transgender and the opposite just isn’t” he said.
“It’s the identical. We combat about the identical sh*t. It’s not this earth-shattering totally different factor.”
Considerably hilariously, Nikki then steers the dialog into new territory and declares that Jim “hasn’t had p***y since he married me.”
After confessing to studying feedback and DMs, Nikki famous: “I don’t really feel as offended as I assumed I might be.”
“Most individuals are like ‘you’re a person!’ You’re not going to inform me I look ugly? I feel they know that I look sizzling and to not be on my excessive horse, that’s actuality they usually don’t have rather a lot to assault me on.”
Jim continues that he doesn’t learn feedback. “I like that they’re shouting right into a room and to being heard.”
Nevertheless, each do emphasise that the great feedback they obtain overwhelm any hate.
Throwing up after the proposal
Jim recounts how he proposed throughout a trip in Vancouver, Canada. He famous that he bought down on one knee with a hoop: the normal technique.
“I needed to be extra conventional as a result of a lot about our life is untraditional,” Jim mentioned.
“Then I’ve a photograph of her two hours later vomiting right into a bucket. She bought meals poisoning or one thing… you realised who you mentioned sure to and threw up.”
The pair introduced their marriage publicly on Instagram in October 2023.
Nikki is obsessive about Bergdorf Goodman
Nikki recounts that upon shifting to the US, she was enamoured by Macy’s however then got here throughout Bergdorf Goodman, a luxurious division retailer identified for high-end and really dear designer merchandise.
Nikki remembers her first time at Bergdorf: “The girl within the first part was like ‘would you like champagne?’ and I used to be like ‘YES!’”
Then, talking in regards to the truth they did a metropolis corridor marriage ceremony and needed to throw a marriage celebration, Compton provided: “They’ve nice marriage ceremony attire in Bergdorf.”
Nikki’s eyes gentle up on the point out! “I’m glad that’s been established,” Jim sarcastically replies.
You may watch different episodes of First Date With Lauren Compton right here.