MY FIRST TIME ON LIVE TV

I'm about to go on live TV for the first time ever  I have been looking forward to meeting this young woman all day please welcome to the show Anna McNulty  what is happening right now I just got an email and it's from YouTube hi Anna wanted to share some  confidential news maybe I shouldn't be showing you guys this right now on Thursday we are announcing  the top Canadian creators I'm so excited to share that you're the top Canadian creator of 2023 I  honestly can't believe I just read that thi

s is actually insane I want you to imagine this you're  only 14 years old and start making videos to help others improve their flexibility hi everyone it's  Anna and for today's video fast forward 7 years and you find out you're the top creator for your  country the excitement is real but what I'm about to find out next is something I'm not sure I'm  ready for to celebrate this moment our Canada pr team will be sharing the news with the Press  so you have time for a quick call to chat about the

opportunity today later that day I spoke  with YouTube and found out that I'll be going on live TV across all of Canada now that might  sound exciting but here's the catch ever since I was a kid I've been incredibly shy and one of my  biggest fears is public speaking so immediately my mind started racing thinking about all the  things that could possibly go wrong would you still do it I just got off the phone with YouTube  and apparently I was the top Canadian Creator so they want to have me on

some like live shows in  Canada awesome do you think I should do the shows like I don't know I'm like what if I mess up or  like mess up on my tricks and fall down I don't know if I should do it you know you'll be fine  you'll be great at it no you should do it really  yes yes for sure well I guess we're doing this  it's now 24 hours before I'm leaving to go to Canada and a special guest is coming over any minute to  help me practice for the shows I just realized I have no idea what to wear on T

V need to be able to do  contortion so like that's not going to work I probably should have tried to think of this before  what if I have absolutely nothing to wear on TV my friend Hudson is here to help me practice why are  you bent in half oh I think they want to interview me like this a long sleeve shirt like this could  work this would be good for contortion but I don't know if it's dressy enough we're here with Anna  Mcnulty and I have a very big question for you who is your least favorite

YouTuber wait you can't ask  me that kind of question this is live TV you got to just fully answer it least favorite YouTuber go  I don't know like I can't pick someone I have like so many YouTube friends like who is a YouTuber  that just annoyed you you hate working with oh that pose freaks me out this is sparkly with  like leggings this might be too much I don't know if I really want to go with like sparkly stuff  this isn't a real mic by the way we just had to you know look cool anna how are

you feeling so  far after that last question not very good if contortion could be an emoji what would it be all  these hard questions this is live you can't debate this come on I don't know what do you guys think  there's like so many of the same things in here I can wear this oh I have an idea for an emoji I  feel like this would be the Emoji like a back bend there's so many options but they all look the  same so I don't know what one to pick is that a real life emoji I think so I don't know th

ese are  such hard questions well we got to figure it out right now I got my phone here we're about to see  I have no idea what to wear but I still haven't even started packing I was making it up Hudson  there is no contortion Emoji got to be a real Emoji these are a little bit dressier than than my  other shirts I don't know which one I should wear an this is not an emoji I don't think I understood  that question very well you're doing terrible I'm just going to be completely honest with you I'

m  not Canadian so I don't have to be very nice here I cannot decide what to wear I'm just going to  blindfold myself and random pick something this could work really well or I could end up with a  horrible outfit on TV I have no idea where I am I can feel the clothes though okay I think I  can work with this this actually goes pretty well together and I feel like I can do contortion  in this outfit this outfit definitely works let's go find one more welcome back to CTV folks I'm  here with Anna

McNulty how are you feeling so far you know what I'm going to answer that for you you're  not doing a great job we have a final question are you ready I'm ready I'm doing a few shows and  I definitely don't want to wear the same thing on everyone let's see if I can find one more good  outfit blindfolded you what we picked what is one goal you have for your YouTube channel definitely  to reach 10 million subscribers so guys make sure you're subscribed right now um live television  this is not a

YouTube We're on live TV right now all right I forgot she's doing a terrible job I  love this talk and it goes really well with this skirt I can't believe that actually worked I don't  think you're going to be prepared for live TV I'm just going to be totally honest with you Anna well  you know what I think I also have to teach the host a contortion pose so how about I teach you a  contortion pose next you drive a tough bargain but okay I don't know if that's a word that's like the  fanciest thi

ng I've ever said all right let's do it Hudson I'm going to teach you a triple fold does  not sound like a real thing you bend backwards easy I anyone can do this right yeah like that  super super easy you just do a quick little back bend there's no way the host is doing that on  live TV there's I'm doing it either you need more preparation maybe I should pick an easier  pose to teach them on TV I think this outfit is perfect I'm definitely going to wear it on TV but  I just realize it is freezi

ng in Canada right now and I have no winter clothes to pack here let's go  to Target to try to find some Target closes in 30 minutes so I have to find things here quick the  first thing on my list is a sweater and honestly this is not good because it seems like they have a  lot of summer clothes this is not good for Canada hopefully I can find some things so I'm going to  be freezing there I would actually love this but this is not going to work I feel like these are  super cute and they'll be g

reat for the Canadian weather I don't know if I like pink or white  better I think I'm going to go with white because this will match everything next thing I need is  fuzzy socks and guys look I see them right here I think these could definitely work we only have a  few more things to find there's like so many cute things in this target but nothing for Canada this  will definitely be warm for when I'm not doing the shows so let's get this last thing on my list is a  winter hat I have no idea if

they're going to have this here I see hats over here this isn't giving  like Canada Vibes what do you guys think they have so many hats but no warm ones even like earmuffs or something would be good I don't think they have that at the Targets in California  have to check out in a few minutes so let's just look a little more so many cute things but  no winter things after walking around the whole Target this is the closest thing I could find to a  winter hat that's not going to work either I thin

k we have to go without the Hat I'll see you guys  once I'm in Canada it is now show day these are like all the top National shows in Canada so I'm  feeling both excited and a little anxious I'm up next this could either be an amazing experience  or I could embarrass myself in front of million hopefully I don't mess up just doing a rehearsal  before it goes live rehearsal went really well the producers even tried some of my tricks but  anything can happen on live TV which starts in right welcome

back to the show everyone all  right are you finding that as you get older your flexibility isn't quite what it used to be well  our next guest is a self-taught contortionist who says that improving your range of motion is  easier than you might think I have been looking forward to meeting this young woman all day she  was recently named Canada's top content creator by YouTube please welcome to the show Anna McNulty  Anna first of all thank you so much for being here you contortionist is such a

specific skill  set so I'm curious how did you even get into it you taught yourself how to be a contortionist how  in the world do you do that and when did you know you could do that basically it didn't start with  contortion so I was a cheerleader and in cheer I was always a flyer so that's kind of how I got  into stretching this next pose is a knee back bend twist do I dare try or just leave that to  you you can try it if you want to I'll show you it first and then if you feel up to it you ca

n  try it okay that's a good idea show me what's your advice for someone like me who's a little  stiff like stiff like a piece of plywood stiff um how can I improve my range of motion you're  probably not that stiff I am but you're being nice I find a lot of people the biggest mistake  with stretching is that they'll stretch a couple days and then they won't see an improvement and  stop so if you make it a habit every single day even if it's just 5 to 10 minutes over time you'll  definitely see

an improvement if you do that it's a consistency ah well let's find out how stiff  Andrea is let's move over here cross your arms like this okay and you fully twist this is the  one that freaked me out it's like from a horror film show us sort of three moves that can slowly  improve our flexibility so how do we do this okay these are like my go-to three stretches that I  do every day my friend just sent me a video of Anna on TV and I did not know this happen it's  so easy this is like an easy po

se you know you just kind of twist where do you feel this in  your body honestly I don't feel this at all a regular lunge and you try to push your back leg  as close to the ground as you can Anna talk to me about the training that goes into to do this  you definitely want to start small like when you first start contortion you don't just want to be  like twisting like that and definitely warming up first and having a consistent stretch routine  can help a lot I've been doing it for a while so li

ke you guys are both doing really good  actually yeah well it's hard to feel that way when we're looking at you and it's like you're  much closer to the floor than we are this is a good one to do every day try to reach for your  toes this feels yeah yeah and then you can go all the way down if you can so you want to yeah  keep your legs straight and this one's called a seal stretch beginners you can just go on your  elbows like this the last one is a bow and arrow you pull it through into a bow

and arrow and you  can also put it behind your head although that is a good yeah you're balancing well and I like to  go all the way back but you don't have to do that like you can still hold it here and get a good  stretch in your back somehow she's on TV right now and she's doing a really good job you guys  are going to have fun trying this one well fun I like all the way down like that it's great you got this come on you can do it Jeff you can do it get that leg up there I got you that's  act

ually it and then you can put yes the bend okay that's like like for like first time yeah  that's not bad yeah good job that's really good okay yeah that was not that bad thanks a lot  for your support very supportive person so far so good but I still have two tricks to do I hope  I don't mess them up like this wow all right so let's start slowly okay Andrea good yeah good  job yeah that was awesome all right what at me contortion we can do it we can do it we can do  it come on I mean it's kind

of hard I feeling I'm going I mean it's a good try you guys both did  really good especially like your wall split and your like needle attempts those were really good look at us look us I just faced my fear of public speaking and if  I can do it you can do it too facing your fears might be challenging but remember  you're capable of way more than you think