When you watch the new season of Difficult People, in episode 3, “Code Change,” it might look like Nate (Derrick Baskin) and his new band are playing to a rather empty room at D’s Café. But in fact, there are dozens of people huddled on the other side of the room, where there is not quite enough space for that many people: assistants, hair and makeup, publicists, and journalists, including myself. Decider stopped by the East Village set of Difficult People on a rainy April day to see what stars Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner (who is also the show’s creator, writer and executive producer) cooked up for their brand new season on Hulu. Never ones to disappoint, the answer is: A LOT.

Difficult People has emerged as one of the funniest, most inappropriate (in the best way), and inventive comedies currently available. The show has figured out a way to pack the endless jokes, most including pop culture references, that swim around in those brilliant brains all day, into 30-minute episodes; episodes which contain dozens of celebrity appearances, raunchy yet strangely relatable storylines, and some of the quickest and sharpest jokes any half-hour comedy has dared achieve. The first three episodes of the new season are available now on Hulu and take on everyone from Woody Allen to Vice President Mike Pence. If you’re wondering what this edgy comedy thinks of those dudes, well it’s not quite favorable.

So where do we find our favorite fuckups this season? We caught up with Klausner in her trailer, who explained of her character, Julie, “We have an arch for her that she is maxed out on anti-depressants. In the first episode, she finds out that she can’t take anymore or she’ll die, so she has to go through this search for happiness in her own sort of miserable way. She needs to figure out how she’s going to survive without more anti-depressants which she’s been taking more [of] each year. That was an opportunity to one, start from a place of truth as people dealing with depression being miserable but also doing it in our own hard comedy kind of way. And also, to show my character…being like, goal-oriented about it was funny. There’s one episode where she’s like, ‘Go back to your happiest memory and explore that,’ and that backfires.” Of course it does, this is Difficult People we’re talking about.

While Eichner’s Billy is still waiting tables at D’s Café and figuring out his life, a major character development comes in the form of John Cho as his new boyfriend, Todd. Oooh, Billy with a boyfriend? But will that actually make him…happy? “I think the idea is that Billy meets his match,” Eichner offered of the pairing. “You know, he’s not a boring guy. He can hang with Billy and Julie and fit in.” You’ll have to wait until episode 4 to catch Billy and Todd’s messed up meet-cute (and totally hot makeout), but just know, the entire set was buzzing about Cho joining the show, even though he wouldn’t be filming his scenes for another couple weeks after our visit.

Oh, and Billy’s not the only one with a flame in the picture. But for Cole Escola’s Matthew, it happens to be a former flame: in the shape of Vanessa Williams as his ex-wife Trish. “Those two had amazing chemistry,” Klauser revealed, which you’ll be able to witness for yourself in episode 2. “They loved each other. They had this beautiful love. Vanessa Williams and Cole were absolutely adorable together.” Although as Escola remembers their time together, he teased, “Let’s just say that things between me and Vanessa Williams get really messy. Like, messy as in it took me days to get the smell off of me.”

It’s clear that Escola and Williams aren’t the only one with chemistry. The entire cast is supportive of each other, laughing after takes and chatting during breaks, with Gabourey Sidibe saying, “Yeah, we’re pretty into each other. There’s a lot of room for improv, and some of the jokes are so funny and so harsh. We were shooting the other day and Billy could not stop laughing. That’s always really fun.”

Klausner also got a case of the giggles this season. “Last week we did something with Chris Elliott and he just made me laugh all day,” she confessed. “I actually got mad, like, ‘How come I’m not laughing everyday?’ Because that’s my way of dealing with happiness. I get angry that I’m not happier. But yeah, Chris Elliott are you kidding? He’s the best. He’s so funny.” Plus, we got her to dish on even more of the guest stars you can expect in season 3, which includes everyone from Maury Povich to Lucy Liu to Rosie O’Donnell. “We had Jessica Walter here, and we’re having her TV son Tony Hale coming tomorrow. We’ve had a lot of varied [people], from TONY winners to reality show staples, and it all is part of our tone and our style. But I just have to say every time I’m in a scene with Andrea Martin it’s just crazy. Yeah, I’m not over that yet.”

Oh, and the celebrities that show up aren’t the only ones having fun — the ones that are merely mentioned, and even the butt of a joke — are loving Difficult People too. “They all seem pretty thrilled,” Klausner said when asked about the celebs she heard from after they earned a shoutout on the show. “I mean, maybe those are just the ones that are thrilled. Maybe the ones who aren’t happy are not responding, I don’t know. But, either way I feel like to the right person, it’s kind of an honor to be like made fun of.” Note: she has yet to hear from Kevin Spacey.

You really can’t talk about Difficult People without acknowledging that this is a cast that jumps at the chance to make fun of themselves and get completely silly. For instance, Escola is quite proud of his on-screen rivalry with…a baby. That’s right, when Sidibe’s Denise adopts a white baby, Matthew declares war. But on set, Sidibe is much more concerned for the baby’s (who is played by twin baby actors) stand-in dummy, which is sitting nearby in a baby car seat. “Those things are weird, I hate them. Yeah, I’m pretty sure that doll is haunted. I just don’t trust where it’s been,” she laughed.

Due to Sidibe’s Empire contract at FOX, she’s only allowed to do 3 episodes of a show on another network, but she savors her time on Difficult People, one of the absolute most diverse shows airing on any network or streaming platform today. From sexuality to identity to disability to race to religion, Difficult People includes everyone — and makes them all horrible people.

As Klausner explained, “I think that this is a show about outsiders. I think that this is a show about people that are very frustrated about not fitting into a world that to them is very unfair. The thing about Billy and Julie is yes, they get in their own way. But the world gets in their way, too. So to be able to portray that truthfully and in a way that’s original, I think it’s always been a priority to show people that wouldn’t necessarily be featured on other shows in the way that we try to feature them. In other words, everybody on this show is difficult. Every cast member is kind of a jerk in his or her own way. It’s politically forward to have people of all ethnicities and sexual identity and people of color playing the same kind of assholes that white people have been able to play for years. I feel very lucky that I have a chance to bring people in that haven’t been seen before. Honestly, that’s where I came from in the first place too. I always felt like an outsider. This was my way of saying I want to be seen and heard. So I’m very lucky to be able to extend that to other people and feel the same way.”

Sidibe backed that up, crediting Klausner with the show’s inclusivity. “I think that it’s just about who gets to create a show. I think it’s people of a different generation who have friends that are different. Julie gets to make the show and she gets to include all the people that she knows which is really really interesting. It’s fun to watch people come in that are her friends or that are like her friends. The more diverse people we have creating shows, the more diversity we’ll see on TV.”

Eichner also points to the show’s location, saying, “It certainly is informed by the fact that this is a very New York show. I think you have a lot of New York personalities on this show behind the scenes and on camera. Julie is from the New York area. I’m from the city. Gabby’s from New York. And then you have people that might not be from here originally but who really wouldn’t belong anywhere else. Where else is Cole going to live? So I think it’s definitely a huge part of the show is the New York sensibility obviously. The diversity is part of that, and I think that’s something Julie set out to do when she created the show and as she writes the show.”

“It’s also funnier to have everybody be weird and mean,” Escola said. “So in a way, it’s fair that way if everyone’s equally awful.” And that they are. Season 3 of Difficult People finds these crazy characters at their worst and wackiest, and we wouldn’t want it any other way.

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