What's going on guys? Hanging with me right now. I have the gorgeous Cat Graham. How are you?

How are you, Nicole? Good.

I don't know if you remember this, the last time you saw Young Hollywood, it was for backstage diaries for you music and we got to see you perform and hang out in LA.

I come to the studio a couple times. I do my warm-ups for about an hour before I even step foot in the studio.

Let's hear a little warm-up. Comic Con. I mean, you're back again. How does it feel?

I thought it would be forever. Like it was such a sad goodbye for Vampire Diaries. It was like our last Comic Con. Like, I'm going to miss this. This was so amazing and my ass is back a year later, so I'm like, oh, it was wasn't gone long enough to miss it.

We do have to congratulate you on the rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Thank you so much.

Thanks for coming to our home here at Comic Con. You play April and it's the first time that she's being portrayed as an African-American. Right. Beautiful, amazing. How does that feel?

Like I'm I'm very impressed with Nickelodeon, with Ant and Andy and with Jean and just, you know, the fact that they're taking a risk making this character not just African-American but somebody who can really, who fights alongside the turtles and, you know, is super empowered and super kickass. So you're definitely going to have people that are going to have something to say, you know what I mean? Because it's very different than the original and a lot of um children are going to see this for the first time. You know, I remember the first time I watched the Ninja Turtles cartoon in 2D, so to be able to do it in 2D is a big deal. But also like a lot of girls are going to see this and say, okay, like this is the first time I'm going to see someone who looks like me or somebody who looks different and, you know, the character is cool but she's not like overly sexualized, she's just cool and innocent and fun and and strong and um it's very exciting because I want, you know, my young girls to even boys to see a girl in this position. It's very important right now.

I was about to say that's honestly, I think one of the coolest roles to take on right now. It's so important for especially our youth. The Young Hollywood fans, you know, they they've grown up watching you on Vampire Diaries, now they get to see you. This, like I think it's just so cool. Congratulations again, seriously. You have a lot of fun for sure. Yeah. So what do you think the fans are going to love the most? I mean, obviously seeing you as April and hearing your voice, but I think the animation is just so cool.

I mean, the comedy that's in this is so amazing. I think the animation is so different. It's it's still classic, but just even in the fight scenes, everything is just done so beautifully. It's just so well done and the actors in this are are are a big deal. Omar Benson is a big deal, Josh Brener, Ben Schwartz, you know, Brandon. Lena Headey's doing this and Johnny Rotten and John Cena. I feel like everyone's done a beautiful job so far, so I'm excited for everyone to see it. I think everyone's going to love it.

Thank you. Also, the Ninja Turtles, they love pizza. So are you a pizza girl?

They do love pizza. I am. In fact, my dog, her name is Peter. And it came from the fact that she would eat pizza with me all the time, Issa pizza. And we just love, love, love. I'm a big pizza girl, like I love

So what are your favorite toppings?

Um, I'm vegan so um when I say cheese, I mean like cashew cheese. Um but like everything, like like tofu sausage and um grilled onions and uh peppers and mushrooms and olives. I mean, I really like I love everything. I get really, really greedy with the pizza. But like back in the day before I was vegan, I used to eat like um pineapple and chicken, so whatever new rendition of that. I could keep going about food, but this interview is not about food. I'm not a food. But I love food. I'm all about food.

Final question, the Young Hollywood fans, like I said, they they love you and they I think they're going to continue to love you. Thank you guys for watching this. They're so cute and they'll be on the YouTube and they'll leave the comments and I totally see you guys and, you know, they're very cool. What advice would you give them to keep loving themselves and stay positive because you seem to do a great job.

I think I think it's hard when you and and Young Hollywood does a lot of really great interviews. But I think it's really hard if you're constantly looking at um young women that are always like they're done up and whatever and and even like me, I'm one of them. I don't look like this when I wake up. You know what I mean? Like this is like a lot of like professionals put this together. And I think it's really important to remember that like you have to be yourself and love yourself and don't compare yourself to to actresses or models or even singers that have this like fleet of team behind them. Like we don't look like this. Like we wipe our butts just like you do and we have issues with our family and our personal lives and like just don't get caught up in what you see because it's not real. Not reality. That's my advice.

But what's reality is that you are amazing human inside and out. Thank you so much. Cat, you're a pleasure every time.

Thank you. Thanks for interviewing me for Young Hollywood, for our first time together. But Young Hollywood for many, many years, so I appreciate it.

Anytime.