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Contrary to popular belief, Sarah Sherman<\/a> gets grossed out, too. In fact, pretty much everything you see in her new special, Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh, <\/em>makes the body-horror comic\u2019s stomach churn. \u201cIt all grosses me out,\u201d she tells NYLON over Zoom. \u201cI feel the same way everybody else does. I don\u2019t love my hemorrhoids either. They\u2019re f*cking disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n Sherman has been Ahead of the its release, which airs at 9 p.m. ET Dec. 12 on HBO, we caught up with Sherman to talk about how the special came together (including the John Waters cameo), and why working at SNL<\/em> is her version of drag.<\/p>\ntorturing<\/s> entertaining audiences with her signature brand of surrealist comedy for 10 years now, five of which have been spent making the patrons of 30 Rock\u2019s Studio 8H howl with laughter as one of Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u2019s<\/a> most prominent cast members. But despite completing her 10,000 hours long ago, Live + In the Flesh <\/em>marks the performer\u2019s first-ever comedy special \u2014 and boy, did she come out swinging. In it, Sherman lets her absurd alter ego, Sarah Squirm, take fans to the deepest, most depraved corners of her psyche, subjecting viewers to graphic footage of her insides, detailed accounts of her hemorrhoid struggles, prolapsed-prosthetic-labia prop work, and a truly unnerving meditation session. In other words, it\u2019s both a visual triumph and a sensory nightmare. \u201cI wanted the show to be as loud and abrasive and violent as I feel,\u201d Sherman says.<\/p>\n