- You know our next guest from films like "Long Shot,"
and the hilarious Netflix show "Grace & Frankie,"
and she is also one of the women behind
a movie I am personally obsessed with, "Bride Wars,"
which I am so excited to talk to her about.
Please welcome June Diane Raphael!
(audience claps)
- Hi!
Hi, Drew!
- First of all, June, when do you sleep?
I'm reading your book.
You have the Jane Club,
which is the most empowering, incredible place for women.
Will you please tell us about that?
- Totally.
Well, it was actually when I was writing that book
was right after the last election
and I was just starting back at work on "Grace & Frankie"
and I was really feeling-
I had had my second child and really feeling like
I was either apologizing for leaving him
to go to my professional dream job
or, conversely when I was there,
apologizing for having a small child at home
and having to breastfeed and do all the things.
And I was struck with
just how little infrastructure there is
for women who are mothers and caretakers
and taking care of small children.
At the time, I was also taking care of an older parent.
So, on both ends of life, doing a ton of unpaid labor
and then also pursuing this thing that I loved
outside the home.
So, the Jane Club started off as a workspace
where we offer full-time childcare.
Since the pandemic, we have turned into a digital village
where we are supporting women every single day.
We are a community platform
in over 30 states now and four countries.
And we offer live gatherings, social connections,
and it's all really centering caretakers
and the women who take care of everyone else.
So, they come to our space online
and they get taken care of.
And we meditate together, we do Pilates together,
we have book clubs,
we attend teach-ins on gender and race and equity.
And I just got really tired of being told
that I could have it all
and nobody telling me how!
- Helen Gurly Brown, the creator and founder
of the book "Having it All,"
didn't have children, which-
- Big factor!
Turns out it's pretty hard!
- It's incredible to see the work you are doing, June Diane.
And as someone who's tried to figure out
what being a woman is supposed to be-
You know, I've worked my whole life.
I was not a mom my whole life.
And I, too, am trying to figure out
what kind of person I want to be,
how I want to take care of people.
It's a lot and we are in such fortunate positions
but what you are doing with your resources
by lifting these other women up, building this community,
and giving them this place to stay and be and think
and discuss everything that goes on within a life,
I think is just so commendable.
It's such a fantastic place
and I'm so glad we get to talk about it on the show,
really and truly.
And you and your husband, Paul-
First of all, you guys have been together...
- Too long. Turns out too long.
- Almost two decades?
A while!
- Yes, so we have been together for almost 15 years.
(Drew screams)
(June Diane laughs)
You know what? It is something to be really proud of.
We just celebrated our ten-year anniversary last October
and I feel like the pandemic, though,
I feel like you should add five years onto your marriage
if you've survived this time.
- I have always had a fantasy that I would meet someone
and we would work together.
And you work so beautifully with your husband.
What's that like?
- Oh, Drew!
Well, it's not all laughs all the time.
I mean, here's the thing.
Paul, if he helps me run lines or work on a scene,
it starts off great and he's like,
"You got this. It's wonderful. You're doing great."
And then we'll finish the scene and I'll say,
"Did you like it?" and he'll say, "Yeah,"
and then I'll say, "Why do you hate me so much?
Why do you think I'm the worst?"
(both laugh)
"I don't believe you."
It spirals so quickly.
- Well, your husband's also a comedian
which is my number-one criteria.
I come to the table needing nothing
but someone with a good sense of humor.
- No, it is really the best.
And the other thing is
someone's always up and someone's down, you know?
So, someone's found out amazing news
and got the job they wanted
and someone's devastated.
So, we're never quite on the same
emotional wavelength in terms of our careers
but in many ways that's great
because you have someone who's usually always happy
in the house pulling the other person up.
- Well, and you also work
with one of your best friends, Casey Wilson,
and you guys wrote "Bride Wars" together.
So, I'm gonna bring in Casey right now.
You know her from shows like "Saturday Night Live,"
"Happy Endings," and "Black Monday."
Please welcome Casey Wilson.
(audience claps)
- Hi!
Hi, everyone!
- I just have to say something and I don't care
if I sound like I'm trying to date both of you.
What is going on, Benjamin Buttons?
You both look so beautiful and hot!
- I will say, and this is a plug,
genuinely, I'm wearing your flower lipstick in Melon Pop
that I'm obsessed with
and I've been just throwing this on for every Zoom I can
to kind of feel like I've done something
and it's causing quite a stir in the Zoom world for me.
(upbeat music)