Missy is a former Comedy Central creator with 839K TikTok followers and 68 million likes, known for her viral unhinged weather reports and turning internet hate into her brand. But before all of that, she was in the depths of addiction. Getting sober didn't come with a roadmap. It came with a camera and a sense of humor.

In this episode of Clout Nine, Missy gets raw about sobriety, what it's actually like to build a brand out of being yourself on the internet, why she deleted all her dating apps, her unhinged story about flying to Germany to meet her Instagram crush, and why AI might be the biggest threat to creators right now.

Connect with Missy:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misss_missy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@misss_missy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MisssMissy?mibextid=wwXIfr

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@misss_missyy?_t=8sdajGuIj5K&_r=1

What happens when you play a character on national television and the internet decides to hate you for it?

Shauhin Davari went on Survivor, got the villain edit, survived the online hate, quit law school, and built an entire coaching company around helping people find and use their authentic voice. In this episode of Clout Nine, we get into the real psychology behind online criticism, what Survivor actually teaches you about human behavior, how he turned trolls into fuel, and why the moment he stopped caring about what people thought online was the moment everything changed.

If you have ever gone viral for the wrong reasons, felt like the internet decided who you were before you got to say anything, or just want to know how to walk into any room and own it, this one is for you.

Follow Shauhin Davari:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shauhindavari?igsh=ZTNwbjZ1NWx4bngw

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@shauhindavari
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shauhindavari

Matt Faulk grew up with "pretty much nothing" in Humboldt County, lost his father at 5, became a professional baseball and BMX athlete, taught himself design, and went on to found BASIC®, one of the most awarded design agencies in the world, working with Nike, Apple, Beats by Dre, Gucci, and Patagonia. Then he sold it all and reinvented himself as a DJ and producer with a weekly show on Insomniac Radio reaching 8 million listeners a month.

In this episode of Clout Nine, Matt breaks down the raw truth of entrepreneurship, why passion is the only real business plan, and how losing everything can be the beginning of your best chapter.

Connect with Matt & steam his music:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/mattfaulk/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@matt_faulk

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7tkBPZOFv2Z0IEbYqqyVEt

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mattfaulk

Website: https://www.mattfaulk.com/

Lisa Mancini makes a living as a full-time cosplayer, building elaborate costumes from scratch and turning her creativity into a career on Patreon. She also raises pet squirrels, which sounds like a joke until you see them.

Before cosplay became her full-time job, Lisa was a graphic designer who got laid off during COVID. That's when everything shifted. Then reality TV found her. The Bachelor Canada labeled her "Squirrel Girl" after she mentioned her squirrels once and producers ran with it. She entered the mansion in a mermaid costume and her job title was listed as "mermaid." She went on The Bachelor in Paradise Canada and got edited into the same caricature all over again. But cosplay was always the real story.

From Fan Expo Canada to building a Bowser costume out of styrofoam to turning Patreon into sustainable income, Lisa breaks down what it actually takes to cosplay for a living, the reality of the cosplay community, and what happens when reality TV tries to overwrite your identity.

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.mancinerh/?hl=en

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa.mancinerh?lang=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lisa.Mancinerh/videos

J Cyrus was there when Vine started, when it peaked, and when Twitter pulled the plug. He made $26,000 in a single month on an app that never paid creators a cent. Now the app is coming back as Divine and J Cyrus has the OG badge to prove he was there from day one.

In this episode of Clout Nine, J Cyrus breaks down the real Vine story that nobody talks about. The monetization hustle that kept creators alive, the meeting where Vine told creators "we're done," and why 40 million users was never enough for Twitter.

We talk about
✅ How J Cyrus made $26K in one month on Vine without in-app monetization

✅ The creator meeting that ended Vine forever

✅ Why Vine died and who actually pulled the trigger

✅ Divine is bringing Vine back and what went wrong with the launch

✅ The looping magic of 6-second content that TikTok still copies

✅ Myspace Top 8 drama and the original social media wars

✅ The devastation of losing your platform overnight

✅ Why putting all your eggs in one basket destroyed OG Viners

✅ Threads paying creators and the new platform gold rush

✅ The Sasha character origin story and smart comedy vs cheap laughs

✅ Why J Cyrus regrets being too precious with his content

✅ GTA V improv and what he's creating now

Follow J Cyrus:

• IG - https://www.instagram.com/j.cyrus/

• TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@j.cyrus

• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@jcyrus

J Cyrus was there when Vine started, when it peaked, and when Twitter pulled the plug. He made $26,000 in a single month on an app that never paid creators a cent. Now the app is coming back as Divine and J Cyrus has the OG badge to prove he was there from day one.

In this episode of Clout Nine, J Cyrus breaks down the real Vine story that nobody talks about. The monetization hustle that kept creators alive, the meeting where Vine told creators "we're done," and why 40 million users was never enough for Twitter.

We talk about:

✅ How J Cyrus made $26K in one month on Vine without in-app monetization

✅ The creator meeting that ended Vine forever

✅ Why Vine died and who actually pulled the trigger

✅ Divine is bringing Vine back and what went wrong with the launch

✅ The looping magic of 6-second content that TikTok still copies

✅ Myspace Top 8 drama and the original social media wars

✅ The devastation of losing your platform overnight

✅ Why putting all your eggs in one basket destroyed OG Viners

✅ Threads paying creators and the new platform gold rush

✅ The Sasha character origin story and smart comedy vs cheap laughs

✅ Why J Cyrus regrets being too precious with his content

✅ GTA V improv and what he's creating now

Follow J Cyrus
IG - https://www.instagram.com/j.cyrus/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@j.cyrus
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@jcyrus

He was making six figures as an engineer straight out of college. He walked away from all of it.

Nimai Delgado grew up vegetarian in Mississippi, became the first vegan IFBB Pro bodybuilder in history, built a coaching empire by doing what felt right, and somehow still has time to be a full-time cat dad.

In this episode of Clout Nine, we talk about what happens when your career is checking every box except the one that matters. We go deep on social media as a tool for personal development, what it actually takes to walk away from stability, why posting less made him more money, and the moment he realized that helping people transform was his actual purpose.

Follow Nimai here:

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/nimai_delgado/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-JiCSn29MdBYX5rRxuacQ
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nimai_delgado?lang=en

She started shuffling at twenty with zero dance training. Now she has millions of followers, moved her entire family to LA, and is quietly building a music career nobody knew about. Vanessa Seco is not what you expect.

In this episode of Clout Nine, Alex sits down with shuffler and content creator Van Seco to talk about ten years of posting before the world finally started watching. From EDC Orlando to America's Got Talent, from Bang Energy expos to choreographing for Shakira and Coldplay, Van shares the unfiltered truth about what it actually takes to build something real online.

Social media is NOT what you think it is anymore. I break down what's actually making creators money in 2026, what platforms to stop wasting time on, and why being a "nobody" might be your biggest advantage right now.

In this episode of Clout Nine, I go full no-filter on the current state of the creator economy. No tips and tricks. Just the real talk on where the money actually is, how the algorithm is working against you without you knowing, and why your niche is literally just... you.

✅ Why "normal people" are winning on TikTok Shop (and influencers are not)

✅ The Trial Reels secret that barely anyone is using correctly on Instagram

✅ My 2026 prediction: live shopping is about to change everything

✅ Why Instagram is a vanity metric machine (and what to use instead)

✅ How to know if your content is actually working (hint: it's not your follower count)

✅ Why LinkedIn is lowkey about to be the biggest opportunity for creators

✅ The "niche is you" mindset that changes how you approach all of it

✅ Shadow banning is real — here's what happened to someone I know and how they got out

She has 7 million followers and still spirals before hitting post. Alexis Ray Driscoll joins Alex on Clout Nine to share the unfiltered reality of what content creation actually looks like when the cameras stop rolling.

From leaving behind a singing career to going viral during COVID, this conversation gets into the anxiety, the money, the persona vs person identity crisis, and what nobody is willing to say out loud about the content creator lifestyle. Real talk, no fluff, no tutorials.

Featuring Alexis Ray Driscoll

Follow Alexis on:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisraedriscoll?_r=1&_t=ZT-959ZMb5k3mX

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexisraedriscoll?igsh=YWZtbjJyeWtzNnE2

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