Drama Queens - One Tree Thrill (part 34)

Episode Date: October 25, 2024

Sophia and Rob are having fun with this month's Q&A episode as they struggle to pick which character in their real life they would choose to be their spouse. Sophia reveals her strange hidden talents and Rob remembers his embarrassing encounters with Henry Winkler and Chelsea Handler.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello, friends and listeners. We are back with a Q&A episode. Thank you all so much for the questions that you send into all of our socials. They're pretty excellent. When can you say, Roberto? Yeah, except for the one listener who keeps writing in asking for my social security number. That's awkward. That needs to stop.

It needs to stop. You keep asking, and it's not going to happen, so stop asking. No personal identifying details should be the rule, right? yes and no feet pictures either guys like enough of that yeah stop requesting them and stop sending them guys just be cool all right Rob how's your day I am I've been traveling I know joy's on our book tour so we don't have her today but we have me and you at the very last minute yeah we scrambled to put this together good for us honestly like you guys for our friends at home you know we have to work around so many

people's schedules. You've got three hosts. You've got a whole team of producers. We've got a whole audio visual team. And today there was a group chat that went out about like, hey, we really need to get another Q&A on the books. And I was like, I have a break on set. Is anyone free now? And Rob was like, I am. And here we are. We made it happen. We scrambled very well. I really got to say three is the magic number. If it was just two of us, it would be really hard. But three is kind of perfect because it's that sweet spot where sometimes we get all three and it's great, but then we have to scramble, we can usually find a time for at least two of us. Yeah, well, because everybody can cover for each other.

And because, as you've said, we have such a deep bench of great humans from our show, we can always call a friend to, like, jump in and co-host and whatever. So it's pretty amazing. Did you get a chance to listen to Michael Grubbs episode? No, not yet, but I hear it's so good. It was so much fun. I'm saying this because you're talking about our extremely deep bench. And I was so pleased to see such a massive positive reaction to his episode and just this outpouring of love, which is appropriate

and fitting. But I wasn't sure like how grubs rated on the meter, you know, because he's only in something like six episodes. It's something small. Is that true? I feel like when we were talking about it, he kind of off the cuff made a conner. He's like, oh yeah, I was only in such and such episodes. I'm looking this up while we talk but um yeah and so i was like you have you made such a big imprint for me like to me you were such a like a fixture on the show it's same yeah and then so it was cool though was all the fans like when his episode dropped and like we started like the socials were posting about it people like the comment section was just head to toe was like grubs is the best i loved him so much wait i feel the same as you he made such an impact on me in my mind grubs was

with us for years. Yeah. Like years, multiple. If he was only in sex episodes, I'm actually going to feel like a crazy person. Ten. He was in 10 episodes, her IMDB. Yup. Oh, my God.

He was in as many episodes as Alexander Coyne. And no disrespect to Mitch. But like, when I think about it, to me, I'm like, oh, Grubbs was just around the whole time I was there. Maybe just because when he popped in, he just brought it in such a way. but crazy, right? Well, and I guess with, in regards to Mitch's story, like the Alexander and where we go with what happens with him,

it had a bookend, obviously. You know, there's the whole thing within the company and Victoria and me and Julian, and I don't know why that tracks in linear time for me, but Grubbs feels so omnipresent in a way. And maybe that's because we would also all go see him on tour and we'd hang out in New York all the time. Like, I have such fond memories of going to see theater with grubs and then going to like

late night food in New York City. Like, it's so crazy to me to think that he, he only did 10 episodes of our show. How weird. I think also part of that is because Alexander Coyne was a device. He wasn't so much a character as he was a device. He was there to sort of stress test the Bruleian relationship. right you know so there really wasn't a whole lot of like character development or building his world yeah whereas grubs had no objective he was there to like get to be a character slowly develop

also because he worked at trick i think there's a lot of times where he may not have actually been on screen but when people are talking about trick you're like oh yeah grubs and chase you know yes wow that's so interesting and that's a really good point you know for for us but also for our listeners, that when a character comes in as a device, when they have a particular role to play, a particular thing to upset, sometimes it actually boxes in the actor from being able to do more because when that character's job is over, the writers don't really have anything else for them to do. And so sometimes coming in in these less defined, even, you know, quote-unquote smaller roles, like a guest arc can turn into a regular character.

because there winds up being such great stuff for this person to do. And when your character has a really specific homework assignment, sometimes it also means you don't get to play for as long. Yeah. But Mitch did such a great job. Rest in peace, Alexander Coyne. You were a lovely device. A lovely device.

I just realized we've really gone on a tangent, shocker for us. And we haven't actually read a single question from a fan yet. well you know what no time like the present uh let's jump in first one here kate kate writes in if you had to pick one character for these relationships in your real life who would you pick to be your parent spouse and best friend and why whoa yeah that this is actually this is a fantastic question oh my goodness okay so obviously immediately my brain was like well Hillary is my best friend and but then I got to say, over the last 14 years of watching her be a parent, like, she's hands down the coolest mom.

Oh, yeah. Any of us knows. Like, I want, in my next life, I want Hillary Burton to be my mom. True, but remember, character. Oh, shit. Character. Yeah, yeah. Oh.

I agree. Hill's a great layup, but no, we're talking, it's got to be Peyton, if that's the case. Oh, she's just so cool, man. Like, everything she's doing at the PTSL, I'm like, teach me your ways. character I kind of think Karen Rowe is the best mom Lucas' mom is the best mom

but also shit Deb would be a fun mom I know she's wild and like being her child as a teenager per Nathan is very complicated but I also sort of think that in your adult life

Deb Scott would be like a pretty bomb mom yeah a bomb mom nice mom I can't wait to tell Barbara I said that today she who i by i've never spent quality time with her and then we did this convention together in paris and she is so wonderful the best so sweet so much fun yeah she did not disappoint i'm so

glad you got time with her okay how about spouse and best friend well who would your pair be you know my knee jerk actually was we'd have to kind of shift uh the timelines here but my my first thought was Nathan. Yes. Like if I had to, if I had to pick like a father figure, obviously, like I said, I'd have to be much younger. But I was like, man, Nathan, Nathan feels good. But I'm completely with you.

When I was thinking moms, because here's the deal. I don't know Karen, because unfortunately that predates me and my exposure to the show. But my second thought was we started talking about Barba. I was like, that's the right amount of like fun and dysfunction. I, yeah, I could get behind that. Deb feels like the person that when you are also an adult, like we are. with our parents now, and you're, you know, obviously there's a generation between you, but you're all living an adult's life, where you go, oh, now my, now my parent is my friend.

Like, Deb gives me that energy. But I will say, having to then think about who I would want to be my dad from the show, I'm like, well, obviously Nathan, and Nathan and Haley are the best parents, but, like, in my brain, Haley is joy and joy as my friend and peer. So, like, yeah, I have to scramble the timelines, but Naley would obviously be. the best parents also. As a child, okay, for me as a kid, I want Nathan and Haley to be my parents

and then in my adulthood, I want Deb to also be my mom. So, now she can't be my stepmom because her son is my dad. Okay, this is actually getting super weird and I'm going to stop myself, but you get what I'm saying. I get it. I get it. How about

spouse and best friend? Or just pick one, spouse or best friend. Yeah, I feel like we have to category by category. Otherwise, it's too hard for me. Is that like an ADHD thing? I don't know. I got to do one assignment. I relate to. I'm just saying we don't need to answer all three. Why don't we just pick whatever one jumps out to you more? Oh, I don't know. Who do you want your spouse to be? Oh, man. I mean, well, listen, it worked out pretty well. Oh, in my real life. Okay. In my real life? Wow, I didn't even. That's a good question.

I have to marinate on that. Do you have one, like loaded and ready? I mean, am I stating the obvious here if I say if I had to pick a one-trial character to be my real-life spouse, I would pick Peyton. Like, duh. Yeah. I mean, I'm probably going to have to go, Alex, just because I thrive on dysfunction. You know, as much as, as much therapy as I do, I love some drama. So just give me all with it. Oh, I love that for you. I love that choice. Oh, my God. How fun. Okay, okay. And then who, who's your best friend?

Oh, see, this is the easy. because there's this is a very deep bench uh you know skills oh sign absolutely but that's a perfect pick yeah he's he's so fun he's a good guy he still has a lot of childlike wonder to him like he's he's the kind of guy you could be silly with but then also like talk the language of the heart with yeah it's skills yeah and he always shows up yeah skills is such a good friend like that okay i love that kate what a question Way to go, Kate. It may look different, but native culture is very alive.

My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for a kind of years. You carry with you a sense of purpose. and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornellis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history. On the podcast, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we explore her story, along with other Native

stories, such as the creation of the first Native Comic-Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, native people are striving to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sage Burn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, I want to read this one because it starts talking about you. Brittany says, I am a huge foodie like Rob. I love to cook almost as much as I love to eat.

If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? Wow. I struggle with questions that make me narrow something down to one. Like when people go like, what's your favorite this or favorite that? I've found as an adult, I just go, today my favorite is, or I'll go, here are my top three. Because for some reason, committing to one, my brain's like, but what if we make the wrong choice? Yeah, the favorite thing makes me panic. Yeah.

I will say how I can stay in this lane. Rather, maybe it's like, I can stay on this highway, but I got to change lanes, is when I think about if there's only one endless supply of food, I could have were I to be stranded on an island, what I would pick would be rice. Because rice, if I caught fish, great. I could season it with seaweed. I could dry out salt from the ocean water. I if I caught a chicken on the island found some veggies I could I could eventually figure out how to make fried rice sushi rice like I actually think rice would be the most versatile food that would pair with every other source of protein and vegetable you might find on said desert island deserted island and I I think by the time I were to be rescued a la Tom hanks in castaway I would be like a bomb ass rice chef listen this right here was the perfect audition tape for survivor or no alone alone survivor too that's my favorite show i can tell i can tell by the way you talk about this i'm like she

has clearly watched this show so listen someone out there cut up the audio send it to the folks at alone because soph has a lot of confidence i have a lot of thoughts about okay but let's pretend you are in the industrialized world and you don't have to survive so you can pick as bougie as you want I really, in that instance, don't think I could pick something because I would be sad. Okay, I'm going to challenge us both. We have to pick one final ultimate answer. Okay, fine. You go first.

I'm panicking. My brain is blanking. I got to say. So here was my thinking, right? Because I give a lot of thought to this. My first thought was, noodles is smart. Pasta is smart because you can throw in so many things. So you can keep it very versatile.

Not dissimilar to rice. Right. Then my other thought was, funny enough, sushi. because there's a lot of variety there, it's good, and then my third thought was pizza because it's wonderful and it's an easy food to take on the go. Now, if I have to final answer this right now, oh, man, I'm going to say sushi.

I already regret it, by the way. Took me about half a second and I regretted the answer. By the way, I was all committed to noodles with you and then you said sushi and I was like, oh, that really gives you a lot of opportunity because you have the tempera options you can do with and without rice. I mean, what about sandwiches?

We haven't even talked about that. Sandwiches are versatile as heck. All right. You have five seconds. I'm going noodles. You take sushi. I have gone noodles. Okay.

I love it. Well, Brittany, thanks for breaking. Oh, yeah. Do you want to pair a drink with it? She asked. Oh, there's a bonus part of the question. If you had to pair it with a drink, what would it be? Cherry Coke Zero.

Forever? Yeah. I mean, listen, I'm assuming. there's water because I drink a ton of water. If I could only have one extra to water for the rest of my life, it would be ice tea. And not eat, no sweetener, like plain ice tea. Does it bum you out when you go to the south and you can't find unsweetened iced tea to save your life?

It actually does. It's hard for me. Yeah. Struggle's real. Okay. Brooke writes, how do you think Brooke and Peyton's personal style has evolved since the O-G-O-T-H days? What kind of aesthetic do you want them to have? have if there is a new show, when there is a new show.

Well, if we get the whole band back together, there was a lot of bad fashion in the early odds friends, like a lot. I do think in some ways it got better as time went on. And then I don't know. There's still stuff I see when we're watching currently, like mid-season 7, where I'm like, oh, that was a tough outfit. I think, oh, I don't. I don't know. God, I haven't really thought about Brooks fashion. I've thought so much about, you know, for her and for all the rest of us, like what we're doing in our adulthood, what we're motivated by, how our families are doing. I think because we're in the not over the finish line phase, I haven't thought about any of like the exciting details yet. But look, I love a power suit. And so I'd really like to see close over bros, like maybe do some suiting.

that I could just wear more suits. That feels like something Alexander Coyne should have brought to the table. Listen, all bets are off, honey. I wonder what Mitch is doing. We should call him. Oh, yeah, that's actually a good idea. And you know what? I just want to circle back to something because when we talked about the parent question

up top, I had a thought of I could actually see Brooke and Julian being amazing parents. And then I realized we're going to get the opportunity, I believe, again, I remember solilo of the show, I think, down the line. And I thought, how cool I'm going to get to see in real time if, I mean, listen, I doubt the show would portray you guys as horrible parents. That would be weird and conflicting for the fans. But I'm glad I get to see it unfold because I think I do recall your family grows. Yeah. Yeah. It's weird to think that we got the sort of first stage of that in season nine. It's so sweet. And you know what's funny slash sad is the only reason I remember that is because I remember a specific storyline of Julian not being a top-notch dad.

Yeah. And there's a real dicey situation with the car. So it's funny. I don't remember like happy scenes. I just remember the one time he forgot he had kids in the car. Oh, God. Oh, boy. Yeah, you're like, I bet you guys were such great parents, weren't you?

Actually, hold on. Yeah, here I am, putting my money on you. Okay. I actually think Clay and Julian in a son and father. dynamic would be so sweet. So if we got to bend the space time continuum, I'd like to see, like we did the 1940s episode. I'd like to see the everyone's generations change in someone having, you know, a dream episode and suddenly Julian's your dad. I'd like to see you and Austin do that storyline. Oh, gosh, that would be so, like that movie with Robin Williams where as a kid,

he falls into a coma and he wakes up at the emotional age of like a six-year-old. I would love that. That would be so fun. Okay. Back, we're going to circle back tangent number two to Brooks question what Clay was very obviously smartly dressed I still don't know why they made you do so many scenes walking on the beach

in a full suit and beautiful suede loafers but you know 10 years in the future where do you think your style would be like are you still in nice dress slacks are you have you gone totally casual like where

where in your brain is your It's funny because I think two opposing things have happened. One, he got married. Well, spoiler alert fans, sorry. He gets married, and I can say from my personal experience, once I had Jenny in my life, my fashion got a lot better because she was like, you wear the same two shirts and two pairs of jeans every day. We're actually going to add colors and different stuff.

So he has that working for his wardrobe. I think he will be dressing better. However, he's gotten married and he's locked. up, which means he's all about comfort. So he's probably got a pair of crocs, some sweatpants he's nearly worn a hole in. You know what I mean? Because he's not trying to impress anybody. He locked it down.

I would like to see him dress well, though, because just selfishly like, come on, guys, put me in some sharp suits. Yeah, right? There's nothing better than when you come into work for a fitting in like, you know, your oldest, most comfortable sweatpants. And then you get dressed up and you're like, wow, this. is nice. Like, do people dress like this out in the real world? It's the best, man. Oh, that's such a nice feeling. And if you're like, we're just have to fit you for the bedroom

scene. You're like, yeah, give me all the sweats. I love it. It may look different, but native culture is very alive. My name is Nicole Garcia, and on Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we aim to explore that culture. It was a huge honor. It was a huge honor to become a television writer because it does feel oddly, like, very traditional. It feels like Bob Dylan going electric, that this is something we've been doing for a kind of two years. You carry with you a sense of purpose and confidence. That's Sierra Taylor Ornelis, who with Rutherford Falls became the first native showrunner in television history. On the podcast, Burn Sage, Burn Bridges, we explore her story,

along with other native stories, such as the creation of the first native Comic-Con or the importance of reservation basketball. Every day, native people are striving to keep traditions alive while navigating the modern world, influencing and bringing our culture into the mainstream. Listen to Burn Sageburn Bridges on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Lisa wants to know, what is your stream? I had this weird thing back from when I was a bartender where people would come in

and I would just be able to guess their drink. Stop up! Just you imagine I did rip off grubs this whole bit. That's such a good talent, though. That is the perfect answer to this question. I don't have anything as distinct or cool is that, do you? Okay. I am so weirdly good.

at packing. And I mean this in terms of you need to fit more in a suitcase than you think is possible. I can do it for you. And I will get everything you need in that bag and then you'll still have room for three things you think wouldn't have fit in a best case scenario. But this applies not just to any size suitcase. It also applies to spaces that need to be packed. So if you have to pack for a road trip, I'm your gal. I'll get stuff in the trunk. You won't even believe it. if you need to pack a storage unit and you're like well clearly you know i need the 15 by 20 i'm like we're going to get it into the into the 10 by 9 watch this like i i don't know why maybe i played too much tetris as a kid but that is my jam yeah that just makes sense so do are you a fan of puzzles

yes i don't do them very often but anytime i'm somewhere with people who do puzzles i get really into it. Yeah, I'm sorry. I don't mean like piece by piece putting together. It's mean like mental puzzles, you know, like having to figure things out. Sure. But I'm, I'm a little gullible, clearly. So I don't often see the mystery coming ahead. I really am like, oh my God, like I'll be shocked by a movie I've made along with the audience. I don't know what's wrong with me. But for me, it's less the like mental puzzle riddle. It's the spatial puzzle. yeah sure because it's visual as well so because you excel at this when you sit down to start

like let's say you have to pack for a trip do you get excited is it a process you enjoy or is it stressful but you're just very good at it I like the packing part what I don't like is trying to figure out what I really need because I get overwhelmed I've realized there's a lot of arenas in life where I'm really decisive. I make really good decisions. For whatever reason, the pressure I feel

about clothes. And maybe it's because I grew up on a TV show playing a fashion designer. And I'd come from a school where I had to wear a uniform. I was like, I don't think I get it. I love fashion. I think it's so amazing. I really like how it informs a character. But when I have to dress myself for a trip, I panic. I'm like, I don't know what I need. And my partner is this person who literally has never packed one extra thing, aside from the exact stuff she needs. And every fucking time she walks out of the house, she looks like she stepped out of an ad. I'm like, where are you? How is this possible? Even in sweats, she looks like an Adidas ad. It's not normal. And I don't have that gift. But once I figure out what I'm taking, getting the things off,

I normally pull a rolling rack out and like hangs stuff up. I have to see it. I have to see it. I'm visual. Once I finally figure out what I'm going to take, which is usually stressful and sometimes I want to cry, once I'm over that hump, getting everything in a suitcase, it's like, it's my moment where the clouds part and the lights come down and like Indiana Jones has saved the day. When I'm folding and rolling, I'm like, everybody out of my way, this is my time. It's my time to shine. Yes. I completely understand that and relate to that because on the exact same way, I have to pack for this trip tomorrow morning. And the stressful part to me, because here's what it is.

The beginning part is decision making. And sometimes I'm not so great with having to be decisive, right? But once it's all laid out, I'm with you, I'm like, let's get efficient. Yeah. I love that. But the part where I'm like, do I need two pairs of sweats or three? It's like, buddy just make it. It doesn't matter.

They have a washing machine. You just got to do it, bud. That's exactly right. Yeah. And it's something I'm actually, I've still. started to do the thing that I feel like we did on set, especially, you know, I remember realizing I really wanted to direct, and then I started asking a million questions of directors and the DP, and I've started to do that with Ash, and I'll be like, so what, talk to me about what you're

thinking. How are you thinking about? Like, what's the level of dress coat? And she looks at me like, I have four heads. And I'm like, no, no, I'm trying to learn how your brain sees an itinerary and packs for it because my brain sees an itinerary and wants to sob because I feel like I have no idea what the right thing is and she doesn't have that stress. So now I'm trying to learn from her like I would learn from like a director of photography. I think the trick is to remind yourself that the stakes are lower than they feel. Well yeah. Like this is literally the least important thing in the world. This outfit I'm wearing to speak on a panel at such and stuff like it literally doesn't matter but for me I feel pressure. Yeah. When it, because

it feels like it's a big deal and you don't want to get it wrong. Yeah. Well, and with our jobs, too, fashion has become such a synonymous part of entertainment. And I'm like, well, yes, when you have like a team of stylists and you can call all the people like Rihanna, who has the sickest style of any human on planet Earth, that's cool. I'm like, that is not my life. And also I'm so stressed out about like what it's supposed to be. It's almost like I feel like there's an expectation for us to always be put together.

And I'm like, y'all, I am not put together. I'm like reading the news and we're podcasting and we're on a plane every other day. Like I'm not the gal who always has the outfit. But I am trying to make it more of a fun thing again, which I think is how I felt about it when I was younger and it didn't feel so pressurized. I'm trying to let it be fun and expressive. instead of feel like there's expectation on it. Because expectation is such a joy killer, don't you think? Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, nothing will take the air out of your balloon faster than that, man. Yeah. But I will say you fake it very well. Because as someone who is not you, I see the pictures, especially like the pictures you post of you and ash at events. And I just laugh going like, you guys are the friends that when you show up to the party, all the other friends are like, shit, we're underdress. Like, oh my God, that's so nice.

Nolan looks at the two of you and feels really good about their wardrobe choices. Well, by the way, how do you think I feel in my own house now? Because I'm like, I got to keep up with this. This is a whole added layer of stress. And then I laugh at myself because I'm like, this is a champagne problem. And actually, this is cute. Like, I feel like a little nervous about the step up. How fun.

I haven't felt that in a long time. Let's see. You just have to flip your perspective a lot. And that's it, right? It's like there's so much pressure and so much instability to so much of what we do that I'm like, oh, maybe I can take some of the things that feel pressurie and make them feel fun or like be giddy and excited about it like I felt when I was 22. That feels cool.

I love that for you. Make it fun. Look at us just doing therapy together today, Rob. I know. Our therapist would be so proud of us. Okay, but enough of our therapy. Let's get back to some questions. Okay, this is actually sort of great because what we're really doing is.

doing is admitting that we've been doing these jobs for a really long time. We still feel nervous all the time, which I do think is very sweet. It is something I think is really special about our crew of friends is, I don't think anybody ever got jaded. You know, we're all really still so excited to do this, to be part of this big circus family of entertainers. And And so Gabe actually asks the perfect final question for our Q&A. Gabe wants to know who was the last celebrity that you were most starstruck by when you met. Okay. Can I give two answers?

Yes. The first is Henry Winkler. I was doing a convention and I saw him across the room. And it was one of those ones, the moments where I just thought, like, I just have to say something to him. and I went up and I If I ever approached someone I try to be very efficient because I know what it's like on the other side

so I always try to say something like hey I just want to let you know I really love your work I hope you have a great day like I try to keep it very concise and with him I lost all cool and was like hey I think you're great can I have a hug

and luckily because he's America's dad he was like come on and he gave me a hug and that was incredible but what's the funny one is actually a good friend of yours I was at an E function because for a while I worked at E. Yes.

And I was there with my buddy Jason and he goes, oh, he taps and she goes, hey, I want to introduce you to someone. And I turn around and it's your friend, Chelsea, handler. The coolest person ever. Extraordinarily quick-witted. And she hit me with a line that was funny and clever. And because it was already so fast and there was a compliment in. included, I fully did the thing you see in movies where you don't form coherent words. I was just like, oh, yeah, oh, yeah. Hi. And I just, it's, and listen, like, I'm a pretty

quick person too. It's the only time I've ever had someone just leave me in a puddle of myself. I was like, I don't, I just, I just completely devolved. I couldn't speak. And then I tried to rebound. But it was just, that's the only time. She was just, she has a fastball. She really, I mean, Nobody's quicker than her. I had one, but you just reminded me of something that I haven't actually thought about in a while, which is a bit humiliating. A couple of years ago, I was at the Emmys, and it was just like a great year for television. And Michaela Cole, the star and writer of I May Destroy You, was there.

and I saw her and I was like, I'm going to do it. I'm just going to work it. I'm going to walk right up there and just say, I'm such a fan of your work. And I really was like playing it cool. And we said hello and we shook hands. And she grabbed me by the shoulder and paid me the most gorgeous compliment. And I short-circuit it.

And I reached up, like, she held my arm like this. And I, like, reached up and grabbed the other side of her arm and pulled her into a hug. And I don't know what. I said, I just started talking and then I was like, I'm overwhelmed. This was great. I have to go. And like, we had the coolest interaction until I, my brain broke. And I was like, we were on our way somewhere. And then I made it, I just made it weird. Like, I made it weird. And I excused myself. I was like, I'm going to, I got nothing. I don't even have it now. I can't have it. I lost it. And so, um, Michaela Cole, I think you are a queen and hopefully the second time.

we chat. I will be less weird. Yeah, that show was incredible by the way. There's something about I think when we're going into that situation, we're preparing for only negative responses. Like our brain isn't preparing for a compliment. Or even any sort of acknowledgement that they know us, let alone a compliment. So when they hit you with something, you're just like, I had no, I did no prep work around this. Oh boy. It's very tricky. I will say on a on a brighter note a couple weeks ago. I was doing a little news thing for the election in New York and Hannah Gadsby was on my segment on MSNBC. And I totally geeked and was so excited. And I kept my cool in a much better way whilst we were all live on the news. And then we walked back

into the hallways to all like grab our stuff from the green rooms. And their wife was there and they're like doing a show in New York for the next five weeks and we got to chatting. And I do not know what I said. But at one point I said something kind of quick. And I made Hannah Gadsby laugh out loud. And I was like, that's it. I'm done. I'm going home for the night.

This is officially the best day I've had in a long time. See ya. You're like, hang on everybody. I have to update my Instagram bio real quick. Made Hannah Gatsby laugh out loud. I was like made favorite comedian laugh one time. time in hallway. That's great.

It was really, it was very cool. And I just realized that this audio is going to publish. So there's a very good chance someone will tag Hannah on something on the internet. And then they'll know that as chill as I seemed in that hallway, I wasn't. And I've really, I've done it again. I've shot myself in the foot. Wouldn't it be hilarious and devastating if it did make it back to her? And she responded to you and went, oh, I was actually last.

laughing at something my friend Cheryl said, I wasn't paying attention to you. Be like, and I'll just, I'll crawl under a rock and die now. Oh, this was fun. It's so fun. Thank you all so much for your great questions. Gang, if you loved this Q&A, you are going to love what we did for episode 715. So stay tuned next week for a wonderfully fun episode with Sophia Bush and myself. Your team. We'll see you soon.

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