Bobbi Althoff says she and Offset are friends after viral interview

Bobbi Althoff confirmed that she and rapper Offset are friends, even after he famously roasted her The really good podcast back in September 2023.

In an episode of WTF with Marc Maron On December 16, Althoff, 27, spoke about “being in character” in her podcast interviews and how she maintained that personality through her interview with Offset.

“It’s fun to roast people (and) it’s fun when they roast you back,” she explained. “When I did an episode with Offset, he roasted me the whole time and I loved it. And it was so great.”

She also confirmed that they were “friends” after the interview and was surprised at how seriously the internet took his comments on the podcast, adding: “Why would I post (the interview) if you really thought he was mean to me.” ?” ?”

In the viral interview clip, Althoff jokingly claimed that she had to Google who the Migos artist was before recording, to which he replied, “Let’s not go for the ‘Gram.”

“They had to show me who Bobbi was,” he continued. “I had to go on TikTok, I couldn’t Google you… You’re not there yet.”

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The really good podcast The moderator addressed the criticism of her interview style and talked about it Rolling Stone Back in January, he said: “It’s definitely hard when so many people have such different opinions on everything you do.”

“I think a lot of people think I’m just this mean person who says mean things to people. So I try to make sure people know that there is a difference between the interviewer me and the real me.”

Althoff also spoke about dealing with the “trolls” after her interview with Offset, revealing that she “had a hard time staying in character” because “I wanted people to know that I was nice.”

“I want people to know that I’m this real person… and like me because that’s not who I am,” she continued. “I started to lose character because I was trying to get likable again and show people, ‘Oh, I’m a real person (and) I have feelings.’ ”

She added that she “tried to be myself” on the podcast to differentiate her show from “every other podcast.”

“I want to get back to what was fun, which was roasting people and being roasted,” she continued. “It’s just fun like that.”