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Netflix host visits SLO’s Madonna Inn, shows off ‘bikini lewks’ at local beach

As the co-host of Netflix’s bake-off competition “Nailed It!,” Nicole Byer exudes endless energy and boundless enthusiasm.

Both attributes were evident when the actor, writer and comedian took a recent trip to the Central Coast that included stops at a local beach and San Luis Obispo’s famed Madonna Inn.

On Saturday, Byer shared photos and video of herself sunbathing at Avila Beach in a purple bikini via Instagram, inviting users to check out “more bikini lewks” in her new book “#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE.”

“Pismo Beach really recovered from that disaster,” she joked in the caption, referring to classic 1990s comedy “Clueless.”

Byer hit the beach with former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Sasheer Zamata, who shared a picture of her own outfit on Instagram: sunglasses, a hat, a bikini top, pants and a wrap. “She gets cold at the beach,” Zamata’s explanatory caption read.

Sasheer Zamata poses for a picture in Avila Beach.
Sasheer Zamata poses for a picture in Avila Beach. Sasheer Zamata

As chronicled in Byer’s Instagram story on Saturday, the two friends also stopped by the SLO Skate Park in San Luis Obispo before heading to the Madonna Inn.

“I didn’t know (the Madonna Inn) was so close to where we were staying. I truly look insane (because) I could not contain my excitement,” Byer wrote in one photo caption. “I’m sweating from roller skating. Insane from happiness.”

A mask-wearing Nicole Byer poses for a photo with a fiberglass cow at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo.
A mask-wearing Nicole Byer poses for a photo with a fiberglass cow at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Nicole Byer

On Sunday, Byer shared more Instagram photos and video of herself at the popular San Luis Obispo hotel — posing with a fiberglass cow, sunbathing in a “secret garden” and doing cartwheels across a manicured lawn.

She also posed for a photo in the inn’s pink women’s restroom. “I SCREAMED WHEN I ENTERED THE BATHROOM I LOVED IT SO F---ING MUCH I LOVE,” Byer enthused in the all-capital-letters caption.

“I cannot wait until corona is over so I can stay and truly enjoy it,” Byer wrote in another Instagram caption.

A mask-wearing Nicole Byer poses for a picture at the women’s restroom at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo.
A mask-wearing Nicole Byer poses for a picture at the women’s restroom at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Nicole Byer

Byer and Zamata, who co-host the podcast “Best Friends! With Sasheer Zamata,” aren’t the only celebrities to visit the Central Coast this year — although local sightings slacked off with the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Twilight” star Taylor Lautner stopped by a Paso Robles speakeasy in January, and “Avengers” actor Josh Brolin visited a Pismo Beach bowling alley later than month.

This story was originally published July 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM.

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Sarah Linn
The Tribune
Sarah Linn is an editor and reporter on the West Service Journalism Team, working with journalists in Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno, Merced and San Luis Obispo in California and Bellingham, Olympia and Tri-Cities in Washington, as well as Boise, Idaho. She previously served as the Local/Entertainment Editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, working there for nearly two decades. A graduate of Oregon State University, she has earned multiple California journalism awards.
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