Phoebe Robinson on how she builds a social media community

Phoebe Robinson gets real about why she started posting compilations of male celebrities on thirst traps.

“I was just like, ‘I know I’m hot for celebrity.’ I know I’m not the only one. So let’s build a community,” Robinson (40) exclusively said. Us Weekly on the red carpet at Comic Relief Live in New York City on Monday, December 9. “And it was super fun doing (the hashtag) Thirsty Thursdais.”

The comedian’s posts, in which she uses the hashtag #ThotNaish, have caught the attention of some high-profile actors. “From time to time someone answers – like Orlando Bloom once commented,” she said. “And I was like, ‘Oh my God, that’s so cool.'”

According to Robinson, Bloom, 47, commented on her post by writing “a bunch of emojis talking about lord of the rings,” followed by a heart emoji, which made her think, “Oh, God, I love you.”

The hashtag racked up a number of posts — and Robinson never expected it to blow up the way it did.

“I was just being silly. I thought, ‘Oh, this is a fun, silly thing you can do on social media. The stakes feel low. I don’t have to worry about the numbers,” What men want said the actress. “I’m just really just having a good time.”

Robinson’s latest #ThotNaish post features Jude the Lion and part of the caption reads: “#ThotNaish, not since Paul Newmanwas I, like, ‘Damn, this is a white man, I’d curl my hair in a civil rights baiang,’ sang all five lines of ‘We Shall Overcome,’ and asked Thurgood Marshall to represent us as a pro boner – 😏 – so the love “between me and today’s winner can be recognized by all fifty United States State.”

However, one of Clash of the Cookbooks Cohost’s craziest posts involved a former US president.

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“When I did one on Barack ObamaI tagged him in it, (and) people were like, ‘You’re crazy for tagging him in the post.’ But I had to go for it,” Robinson said. “He didn’t answer because he has more important things to do.”

Although Robinson had previously interviewed Michelle Obamathat didn’t stop her from adding Barak to the tag button. “I was like, ‘You know what? If he beats me, I deserve it. Everything will be fine,” she joked.

Robinson is also looking to expand her social media presence following the popular reception of her #ThirstiThursday posts, and hopes to turn the hashtag into a podcast.

“I really like interviewing people. “I’ve done that a lot, whether it’s podcasts or interviews with Michelle Obama on her book tour,” she said. U.S. “So I want to go back to that (and) kind of highlight these fun, hot people in a really cool, interesting way.”

With reporting by Andrew Nodell