“Chewbacca Mom” Candace Payne is the newest viral sensation after uploading a video of herself keeling in laughter while wearing the Star Wars mask broke the internet. It has landed her an interview with “Good Morning America” and an upcoming appearance on “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” But this isn’t the first taste of Hollywood for Payne.
“I auditioned for ‘The Voice’,” she revealed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I didn’t get a callback after that. [I’ve been singing] my whole life! I sing and play guitar and write music...I’ve got some gifts and talents I would love to use.”
For now the mother of two is known as woman behind the most-viewed Facebook Live video ever. Payne captured the world’s attention when she gleefully revealed her birthday purchase to herself—a Chewbacca mask—from Kohl’s.
