Kyla Cobbler, the 34-year-old Cork-born, Barcelona-based comic, who first gained attention through her viral Instagram reels.
And now she’s ready to take on the world.
She’s taking part in her first ever photoshoot for VIP Magazine’s July issue.
She chats about writing stand-up material, bombing on stage and social media.
The proud Cork woman admits that she thinks her success comes from just being herself.
“I’m not trying to look a certain way. I think I’m providing a space for women who don’t do all the stuff, don’t do all the makeup and hair and the this and the that,” she tells us.
“I definitely have a spiritual side and it’s like you can have that side and not have smelly armpits! But I’m a businesswoman too and I have a great business instinct. What I try to do is show people that you can be extremely ambitious and be successful but be soft.
“You don’t have to be like, ‘It’s a man’s world, I’m tough’… I’m so in my feminine energy, I’m soft, I’m loving, I’m tender, but I’ll kick the door down because I know what I’m good at and I know who I am! I can sit at any table because I know I work on myself and I know what I stand for and what I believe in, and there’s freedom in that.
“I hope that’s what people see, I hope other women who are trying to fit into different roles to succeed can see someone like me and go, ‘Oh, she’s just her bloody self’.”
G’wan Kyla!
Pick up the July issue of VIP Magazine to read our full interview with Kyla.