📍ACL Live — Nov. 14, 2025
Written by: Krysta Ayers
Like a women’s convention on entrepreneurship, Austin’s downtown 2nd Street was a floral-scented, lip-glossed haven for women supporting women in the arts on Friday night. With cocktails in hand and outfits curated for the female gaze, women buzzed around in excitement (some with supportive, if not apathetic boyfriends/husbands in tow) for their “friend” and comedian, Hannah Berner, for her None of my Business tour.
If you’re unfamiliar with Berner, you’ve unfortunately avoided the Bravoverse that brought the millennial world Summer House. The comedian gained popularity via the reality show set in the Hamptons, started the Giggly Squad podcast with bestie/costar Paige Desorbo after her departure (read: firing) from the show, and is now making her mark as a stand-up comedian touring the country. Her fans are affectionately called the Gigglers, and they showed up in mass on Friday.
Berner’s comedy sets are an extension of her podcast personality. She welcomes all laughs, can effortlessly banter (her crowd work is relaxed and playful), and doesn’t put on a different personality in an effort to reel in those outside of the Giggler universe. In many ways, the show is for the girlies who tune in weekly to the Giggly Squad podcast. There are bits of inside jokes and call-backs for the Gigglers who listen weekly, with a twist that allows Berner to speak more openly about her husband and their marriage—a conscious effort she avoids on the pod to de-center men.
The set is funny. Berner uses her time on stage to share stories about sexting in her 20s, give dating advice that includes not dating anyone named “Alec,” and to bathe in the attention in true Leo fashion (“Ok, back to me,” she says multiple times after mentioning friends in stories). She’s in Texas for three show dates and comes fresh off an appearance on The Tonight Show, where she shared her dating advice joke in advance.
As in music, comedy is subjective. Jokes that might work for others, might not work for you, and vice versa. But Berner’s energy and obvious fun on stage were pleasant to watch—and laughs roared throughout the entire set, which, as I’ve witnessed many times, does not always happen. It is so clear that she is in her element and is happiest making others laugh.