Comedian Erica Rhodes Teaches Us Friend Zoning 101 | Quarterfinals | AGT 2024

This is very exciting. I kind of dressed up for you guys. I'm just dressing for the job I want now, which is an attainable trophy wife. I just want to be a participation trophy wife. I want guys to look at me and be like, yeah, I could afford that. She looks like she'd appreciate like a thrift store frock, something half off. I do like thrift stores. I shop at them a lot. I think it's because I emotionally connect to the clothing because I know what it's like to feel used. Looking for love, but it's hard. You know, I just got my heart broken for the 15th time by the same guy. He wants shame on you. Fool me 15 times. Wow. I'm impressed. What else you got? Successful. And I think at first that sounds fun, you know, to date a successful guy like a guy with money. The problem is I found out they don't always give you the money. Right. Sometimes they just talk about having the money and you're like, can I have some? No, but you can watch me have it. And you're like, that's not as fun as sharing. And he would show me things he had. Like one time he showed me a house he had in the woods and he did a big gesture, like, look at my house. And I was like, uh-huh. And he's like, wow, I thought you'd have a bigger reaction. And I was like, are you giving me the house? Like giving me the house, but I can look at houses that aren't mine all day long. I can Google the mansion section and be like, oh, look at all the houses that aren't mine. I'm not going to have a reaction. If you want a reaction, give me a house. I'll react however you want. About his problems, he'd be like, I don't know if I should vacation in Paris or Rome this summer. I was like, I get it. I totally get it. Because sometimes I'm like, should I cry in my car or my studio apartment tonight? Like, where should I cry? Enjoy Rome. I'm sapiosexual, which means I like smart men. So I'll probably die alone. I'm surprised that I didn't know you're a comic. And after tonight, I think you're going to be a well-known comedian. How long have you been doing this? I've been doing it 12 years, but I've just been doing The Road a lot. But you know what? It shows. Really? Oh, good. No, no, in a good way. You are brilliant. You're real. You're relatable. You're funny. I was laughing along with you the entire time. And well done. Great audition. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. But I think you're my favorite comedian that I have seen on AGT. You should be on a sitcom. I think the people are going to love you. Oh, thank you. I really like the bit about the guy showing you his house in the woods. Because I have a thing, which is that I have people close to me, and they go, look how great so-and-so's house is. I'm like, I don't care, because it's not mine. So they were really making me laugh. I'd like to give you your first yes. Papilla? Your second yes. A yes is your lady.