Giggly Squad - Giggling with Brenda Song, Kate Hudson, and Mindy Kaling
Episode Date: May 26, 2026We had the honor of interviewing Brenda Song, Kate Hudson, and Mindy Kaling. We discuss revenge, how to thrive in male dominated spaces, and what it's like to create and act in a tv show. Hosted on A...cast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sup Gigglers.
Gary, fix the Wi-Fi.
Manifest that shit.
We can't be managed.
Got away from me?
Hello, my giggly-pigly-wigglys.
I'm currently in Vegas about to present at the AMA Awards with The Queen.
Lisa Rittena, I've never met her before.
I know her daughter, but I've never met The Queen.
So hopefully I don't say anything weird or awkward, but we'll let you know next episode, how that goes.
We have a very special episode for you today.
It took a lot of back and forth to get permission to post this,
but we were able to get the footage from our interview with Kate Hudson, Mindy Kaling,
and Brenda Song from our live show that we did.
Now, this is not a normal Gigli Squad live show.
We didn't have guys on stage calling them trash.
This was an interview we did at the Netflix as a joke festival,
and we're just so happy that we can share it with everyone who wasn't able to make it
that day. So I'm gonna shut up and let you guys enjoy the live show.
Hollywood. She loves Tor.
So let's fucking do. She's, she could bash her head through a wall.
What is up LA?
Yes, I just have to tell a really quick Hannah story
because she's been torturing me all day.
I thought you're gonna say year.
I was. I honestly was.
Okay, so Monday we're at my apartment, right?
my apartment, right? We're getting our nails
done. We're having like a very cute best
friend day. I say, Hannah, what are you
wearing Friday night to do our
interview? She was like, oh, I want to
dress like really cool. I just want to wear caprice
and like a windbreaker. And I was like,
great, where did you order the windbreaker
from? And she said fashion nova.
No shade, no hate.
No shade, no tea. I said, Kate Hudson's
going to be on the fucking stage.
I need you to lock
eyes and get it together.
I'm a good friend. I go upstairs. I get
my YSL windbreaker.
You fully devil wears Prada at it.
I say you can wear that Saturday night.
A couple days goes by, we're in the airport.
We're on our way to L.A.
We had something in the morning. I said, Hannah,
what are you wearing to brunch tomorrow morning?
She goes, a YSL windbreaker.
She also has to record a podcast.
I go, what are you wearing to the podcast?
She goes, a YSL windbreaker.
She's been wearing the same fucking outfit all day.
I literally want to kill myself.
She looks gorgeous.
I said, Sweaty Magoo, if you sweat in my Yassel, windbreaker, I will kill you.
No, but I was like, I'm getting my money's worth, and she's like, I paid for it.
No, I'm asleep in this. I'm not taking it off.
You're never lending me anything again.
You're never doing it.
You guys, also, we've never done a show like this before.
It's going to give Barbara Walters realness.
What man just spoke up?
Yeah.
Is your handler with you?
Yeah, I love the Wiltern. It's so cute. I was going to say cute. That's not the right word.
Sophisticated. So we have three superstars that we're interviewing. You guys know, we don't interview.
We've never asked a question and listened to the answer. This is going to be so, so, so fun.
I hope they remember that they're coming out because they probably left. They could have left.
They're like, what are they talking about on stage? So this is such an honor for us.
to be interviewing
the women.
Okay.
Powerpoint's ready.
Perfect.
Downloaded.
Awesome.
That was Mindy Kaly
being like, I'm out.
Provers here.
That was Mindy's super
awesome.
I want you guys
to put your hands together.
I want you to go fucking crazy
for the cast
of Running Point
and creator of Running Point.
Give it up for Kate Hudson.
Mindy Kaling.
Barbara Walter's
Realness.
Here we go.
I have to figure out to sit in this dress.
I'm just in your shoes for the first one.
Those are incredible.
Wait, Paige, can you first justing my...
Can you give a little review of the looks?
No, I'm obsessed with everything.
This skirt is so good.
I don't know how to sit in that.
You're perfect.
But it's fashion.
Yeah, right?
You can stand the whole time if you want.
I can't.
Brenda said she wore a very giggly squad-coated outfit,
and I feel like she nailed it.
Can I just say we had to dress up
because this fucking audience,
I was driving in
and it was just like
little cliques of hot baddies.
It's the hottest girls ever.
Night out, like Korea Town just turned into Vegas.
Like everyone looks so good.
And they're like doctors and lawyers.
And they just look like hot sluts.
We're so biased, but they're hot,
as smartest, funniest people in L.A.
I rolled down the window and took a selfie with them.
I've got a couple of boyfriends that slid their way in.
We don't do that.
This isn't a Gicky Squad show.
This is in conversation with important people.
We don't do that anymore.
We're professionals.
We've actually, this is the first day we're meeting these three,
so we're a little starstruck right now.
And we wanted to get to know you guys a little better with a PowerPoint.
You weren't lying.
She said backstage, she's like, we have a PowerPoint.
I'm like, uh-huh.
We actually can't remember what's going to happen if we don't have our visuals.
We're visual learners.
to how the sausage is made, but
give some important questions about, like, the state of our nation.
Okay. Okay, so we're going to show you different
things, and you're going to say if you like it, if you don't like it,
and then we'll let you know if that's Paige or Hannah-coded.
Okay.
This is how we're going to really know who you are to your core.
Yeah.
So excited.
There's no wrong answers.
Ballet pink nails.
It's kind of like you get the same nail polish every single time.
Wow.
Yes.
Not every time.
Not every time, but, like, it's your go-to.
I love.
It's easy.
For work.
I do it for work.
Okay.
So none of you guys have a crazy nail?
I love a crazy nail.
I love a crazy nail.
In the aughts I did, and then I feel like we've all been shamed into doing neutral nails.
Yeah, a little bit.
It's like, it's a culture.
It's the Cape Middleton effect.
You're not classy.
I used to have, like, checkerboard nails when I was on the Mindy Project, and then now I know.
That was like Keshe's time.
Like, bring back glitter.
Or like the French manicure where half the nail was the white part.
All white.
It's all white.
And now I know that that's lame.
I love a crazy nail.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, and we're going to tell you guys what you are at the end.
Yep.
So, Paige is doing math in her head for the first time.
That was mean.
That was really mean.
Cottage cheese.
Let's start with Mindy and go down.
I get the hype.
I know that it's good to get protein this way.
I don't fuck with cottage cheese.
In any form.
No, and I know you can make delicious pancakes and things.
You can blend it up, put in the freezer.
or put it in a smoothie.
No, I put in your coffee.
Yeah, there's girls on TikTok that, like, make bread out of it.
You're out.
You're out.
You're so different than I.
Yeah, yeah.
I've tried, I'm Asian.
Lactose intolerance.
I can't.
I've tried.
Wow.
I love cottage.
Wait, I like to stand up during the show's page will move.
Paige will move the whole time.
Girl after my own heart.
Okay.
Chandeliers.
100,000 percent.
She loves a chandelier.
Love a good chandelier.
Love a chandelier.
Okay.
It's kind of a weird,
I'm not.
Crocs.
Here's the thing.
I have them for gardening.
My partner said he would never wear crocs, and now he wears them all the time everywhere we go, and I regret it so much.
Wait, I'm still not past the gardening part.
Yes, I love gardening.
I love gardening.
I love crocs.
I love gardening.
I love crocs, but I personally do not.
So, I'm sexist.
I think women and children should be able to wear them, but when like...
Save them.
Save them.
them first. I'm telling that.
When Ike Baranholz wears crocks to the writer's room, I'm like, you should care more about
what I think of you sexually.
Like, you know, it's because of the patriarchy.
Wait, I need to say that to people more.
Like, you should care more about what I think of you sexually.
I love his wife.
I love his wife.
I love that.
No men can wear them.
I'm sorry.
No.
I think every single one of them should be melted and just put it like, something else should be created.
They're the worst shoes of all time.
Wait, how have you ever tried it on, though?
I'm not going to say I haven't worn them.
But I am not.
It's a hard note for me.
See, I love crocs because they are comfy.
However, if you ever walk in an airport with crox,
you ever, like, get stuck?
No. I've never worked in there with cross.
You don't need to get stuck and you could, like, tear an ACL?
No, I don't go sport mode.
I just got boot-ups.
Why would you wear crocs when you have burk and stocks?
There's so L.A. of you.
Okay.
Okay.
Now this is not a body shame moment.
This is about body positivity and finger positivity.
Do you have nubbs or do you have witch long fingers or do you have something in between?
Okay, you didn't have done which.
I have child like hands.
Child like hands.
I have like baby hands too.
But Brenda, look at that rock.
Wow.
That's nice
But you still have like
So you would classify yourself as having small
Like long fingers
I have I don't know what I'm
What are these? You have nice hands though you have long
fingers
They're like nuttick and your teeth
They're like knuckles
Yeah
Yeah
You have long fingers
I told you
I have nuts
I have very long fingers
But I have like orangutanang arms
Wait
And I'll tell you why I did this
Wait so do I
We did this, Kate and I did this thing to promote Running Point where we, the Dracula song, right?
And so Kate was so cool and she walked into frame and she did the first line.
And I came in, my arms were singing and I was like, my arms looked so goddamn long.
And then like, immediately I read the comments where they were like, why are her arms so long?
My knuckles were like dragging on the floor.
And I thought I looked really cool.
But Mindy, you could dunk a basketball.
Thank you.
Yes, okay.
No one believed me.
Okay.
Have you guys ever played fantasy football?
I'm not allowed.
Oh, you get too competitive?
I'm not allowed.
You've been banned?
Have you been banned?
Me too.
Not allowed.
Who is what?
Okay.
It's like a doorbell.
I think it's your email.
I think it's me.
I'm like a boomer with a phone and I don't know what's going on.
So you were banned because what did you do, Brenda?
I already care too much about football and so I can't have added stage.
I have children, I have a life.
It runs my whole life.
It's like I will be just stat ridding all day.
We already have a rolling TV just for sports.
It's a problem.
I'm not allowed.
A rolling TV?
We have a rolling monitor just for sports.
Women in STEM.
Like in your house and you roll it around to different rooms?
Because also like when our kids, so we try to limit screens with our kids.
So if they want to watch something, they have to share the big TV.
And if they're sharing the big TV and a game is on,
mom and papa roll out their TV
and the kids know that that TV is just for sports
and on Sundays we watch the local game and then we have
our Sunday ticket on the rolling TV
you run a tight ship I like that yes we do
do you fantasy football
I I
how dare you ask me that question
I'm so offended no I just I don't have
I have no interest and I I don't know
what about you I have yeah I have but but I but I
I get bored like halfway through the season.
I'm like, I don't want to watch all the games.
Yeah.
Well, no, I like my teams.
And then I'm like, oh, God, did so and so.
I hate watch all the time.
I hate watch games.
I love it.
Do you have any picking strategy in the draft?
No, no.
You pick the tall ones.
The cute ones.
I'm not going to watch lovely men play every week.
I feel like I'm the Bachelorette.
I'm like, you, you, you and you.
But I did just start wanting to get into betting on goal.
Oh. Do you play?
Because I play and I'm getting kind of obsessed with it
and I really want to be able...
Yeah, Guzente.
And I really want to be able to
like, you know, really understand golf
and the way you do that is you start betting on it.
I put on the golf channel when I need to hit REM sleep.
Because they have such a calm whisper, you know?
Yeah, it's like a warm...
It's like a heavy blanket.
Well, we've spoken about sports betting
and how men are putting their homes up for sale
to, like, keep a broad is going to win a game or something.
So we just wanted to raise awareness.
Put this in.
And she was in Sports Illustrated recently,
until we just wanted to, like, bring awareness.
Yes.
Paris, at first I thought it was funny, now I'm embarrassed,
but I get ashamed because I have a really long torso,
and Paige is all legs, no torso.
How is your guys' torsos?
Zero torso.
Zero torso.
So you're a page.
Everything has to be like hemmed in my, it goes, it goes nipples belly button.
Your nipple hits your hip.
I just need to say, Mindy has been so page-coated this whole time.
I know, I'm getting jealous.
I'm a little page-coated.
I'm long-wasted, short-legged.
I'm the exact opposite.
It's literally waist feet.
You look tall on a zoo.
Yeah.
I'm taller than Kate right now, but if we stand, I'm as tall as Kate right now.
But if we stand up, I'm like,
Two feet shorter.
When you sit, you get tall.
I'm so tall right now.
We should do the whole,
see, we should do the whole season just sitting down.
I'm your height.
Because I have to wear like these gigantic shoes.
Yeah.
I'm like on ample boxes all the time
and in gigantic shoes and I'm still not as solid.
I'm also long torso.
But you also have long legs.
Oh, so you're both perfect.
Like I guess moderate.
Corsions are perfect.
She's like, sorry, I don't understand this
imperfection of body ratio.
I guess I have the platonic ideal.
A woman?
She was trying not.
to answer she's like someone else can go. I don't know. Matthew McCona he says I have the perfect
figure. It's whatever. We just say we didn't get to say this we are so honored to be here.
Oh my gosh. Thank you for having us. Of each and every one of you in so many ways, oh everyone got
serious that got me nervous. You're like London Tiddy put you on the I know hello. London's here.
But yeah you guys this is such an honor and for the gigglers to come and support all this and just everything.
Giggle the best word ever.
No, it literally is.
It literally is.
Okay, this one is when you're on FaceTime with your friend,
and something happens, call drops.
Are you calling them back, or you've missed the moment's over.
You'll get them next time.
Yeah.
You know, and you're like, the universe doesn't want this anymore.
No, an unnecessary wrap it up is to not, yeah.
We ain't got the time for that.
It ended.
It was God's way of saying, you're busy.
You're done to the next thing.
She's so pageful.
It's crazy.
Oh, I'm the opposite.
I'm like, oh, my God.
I'm so sorry, something happened.
I'm just calling to say goodbye, I love you.
That's me.
That is really nice.
I'm with Mindy.
I'm out.
I'm like, oh.
I know.
I know.
I'll be telling you.
There are times I'm talking.
I'm like, oh, Kate's gone.
Forever.
I called her back and it's like called and I'm like, oh, okay.
I guess we were done.
You could, you could see, you know, what you could do is send the text.
hey, I think the call dropped, we're good.
Right?
Yeah, like, just to make sure they're not mad at you.
We're done here.
No, I'll be in the most vulnerable mid-sentence,
like, and then when my parents,
and then it cuts off, and Paige, never to be heard of again.
And, like, we'll pick this back up next week.
Leave me for dead.
Cats.
This is controversial.
Think before you speak.
I don't like Kate's face right now.
Well, do I have to me.
Is it, like, cats or dogs?
No, it's just...
Cats?
Oh.
I...
It's just cats.
I will snuggle any animal.
I love cats.
I love cats.
I never had a cat until I started dating Mac.
He's like a Manhattanite, so I always had dogs, but now we have three cats.
I love all animals, though, so we have so many animals.
I am not an animal person.
I just want to say, no, this is my long-lost sister.
This is so page.
But also I just want to say dogs are the patriarchy.
You continue.
I think, and then this is bad.
is bad. People love animals living in their home. Yeah. Rubbing their genitalia on their,
on their pillows that they go to sleep on, licking their faces. They love this. I don't know if this
is like an Indian thing, but I think like germ-wise, it's not, I love a cat attitude, you know,
I love, I think there's a lot to learn from cats about, you know, don't give too much, you know,
just, I, but I, I, um, I'm not like an animal in the house person. I want to,
only human germs in my house.
That's Butter and Daphne.
They're huge fans of all of you.
Unfortunately, they do sleep in our beds, though.
Also, Butter has, like,
it looks like Cindy Crawford.
She has a little birthmark,
but no one talks about it.
Everyone's just like,
Daphne's so pretty,
and I'm like, Butter's literally Cindy Crawford.
Is it Butter?
Butter, the name's Butter?
Oh my God.
I'm really into food names.
Oh.
And she likes British names.
Okay, well, I had two cats
named Mac and Cheese.
I had two.
Oh, so you too love cats.
I had two.
Yeah, they were
Persian cat.
They were mac and cheese
and they were so cute.
And I thought you were going to talk shit about cats.
I have to formally apologize to you
because I was ahead of my time.
Oh.
Voice notes.
Sometimes you don't want it in writing.
You know?
You're like, if I ever get subpoenaed,
it's going to be back.
Someone saves a voice note,
eight cents shivers down my spine.
When someone saves a rant that you went on,
you're like, why did you save that?
Yeah, for evidence.
Yeah.
Love a voice note.
Yes.
Love a voice note.
Especially because we're busy, we're walking around.
We're like, I can't call.
I've learned to love it.
I used to give me anxiety when I saw someone.
I would just read the voice note like a crazy person and not listen to it.
I'm like, oh my God.
But now I understand and I'm here for it.
Except when Scotty MacArthur sends voice notes because they're like 30 minutes long.
Call them out by name.
Call them out.
Scotty, he plays Ness.
He literally sends the longest voice notes about nothing.
And you get to like a minute
You get to like a minute 10 and you're like I'm out
You know you can speed them up now
Well I say if I look at a voice note and there's a two
Is it like anything over two minutes?
I'm not listening to it
I kind of read it
Yeah you skim it
I think of the thing I read it
Doesn't Scott you like play music?
He'll be like I got this song I want you guys to hear
Like he'll play a long song for you guys
That's crazy
Does he have anyone in his life who could be honest with him
No, that's the problem.
Everybody is.
Everyone is honest with him.
Literally, everybody has told him.
I'm so sorry
that a man's doing that to you guys.
Bed rotting.
Huge fans.
Yeah, huge fans.
This is just staying in bed
all day.
Do you wake up early?
Yes.
You're fucking running or something.
Yeah, but I'm also, I also
I can get into bed
and I can get into bed for a long time.
but I wouldn't say it's rotting
yeah rotting is a bad word
I get the I get it but
yeah the kids are saying
I love being in bed I love
I love our bed
like do you guys ever work horizontal
like do emails in bed
and like Zoom's I do my emails
at night and then I schedule them to be sent out in the morning
I raise my kids from bed
she goes like full fights with my whole family
from the bed
I have three kids
under the age of eight.
So like bed rot, it would be my dream to do it.
So I was on bed rest for my last baby, who was two,
and the last six weeks I was confined to bed.
We're so jealous.
It was heaven to just lay in bed, take all my zooms.
And it's clinical.
And it was like, I have a medical condition.
You've been doctors.
I have to look bad, like zooming with Bella Bajaria from bed,
wearing my sweatpants, and she just has to deal with it.
It's the best.
Yeah, it's the best.
We need to get a medical note.
No, I really do.
Last one.
Last one is...
How do you feel about revenge?
I'm a petty bitch.
I'm a petty bitch.
Yeah.
Petty bitch.
Do you believe the best revenge is living well, or do you believe the best revenge is literal revenge?
Great question.
No, I think it's living well, but also if there's a chance to be petty, you know I'll do it.
Revenge, sometimes, like, you don't have to do it.
The universe does it for you.
Because I'm a big believer in that too.
And that I love.
I love.
Yeah.
I'm gonna be so cheesy.
Yeah, please.
I believe that forgiveness is the only way to peace.
Aww.
How dare you booed Kate Hudson?
And no, guys, she actually means it.
Can you believe that?
Wait, no, but that is beautiful
because when you're angry
and you wish bad upon people,
it comes around back to you sometimes.
You're so fucked if revenge is your way.
You just want to be friends with Kate Hudson,
you're not being yourself.
I'm not being right.
I've been saying it,
this whole time.
But like, you did work on yourself
to get there.
She has time.
She literally called me two weeks
ago at 11 p.m. and was like, and then
I think this will happen.
Yeah, I have an essay which
but like so does that.
Oh, okay. Before we go, we'll
say what we think on...
Oh, okay. Let's
decide. I mean, Mindy.
Is page coded?
I think this is a same.
100% page coded.
I'm honored.
Honored.
I think Brenda is smack dab in the middle.
She's Hannah's son, Paige Moon.
Yes.
And Kate is all Hannah.
And Kate's me.
This is good representation.
Kate is like, she holds herself a little
with more, like, respect.
Yeah.
For sure.
She's like a regalness that I'll never have, but...
Cool.
Like, Kate's never, like, shit in the middle of the street.
Okay.
That was a bridesmaid scene.
Like, I never.
I'm like, well.
Look, sometimes you don't know if it's a fart or not.
Okay, never over trust a fart.
See, that's her hand are coming out.
Oh, wait, which brings us to a perfect segue.
We just want to get to know you guys a little more about your sense of humor.
And you all are so iconic in the comedy space.
Like, I don't mean, there's no words to it.
So we just want to know, this is too late because we've been trying to make you laugh.
So we should have done this in the beginning.
But we just want to know your sense of humor real quick.
People falling.
Yes.
A thousand percent, yes.
Does that get a laugh from you guys?
Yes.
I'm the awful friend.
You're pointing?
You could be bleeding and I'd be like, that's hilarious.
You're like, here's your tooth, you're done.
You're going to be fun.
A cousin of this is when Kate walks into a wall, which is like every episode of the show.
Oh, yeah.
So falling out of frame, I think, is the best version of falling.
Kate was talking about real life, like when I trip on falls, she's like,
ha ha ha ha, you'll be fine, it's hilarious.
Where she's a director, she's like out of frame, perfect, fall into the mattress.
Fart jokes.
Like, Mindy, when you see a script, how often are you like, okay?
I'm not highbrow, okay, I'm not, but I think I like, you know, I've, again,
three children under eight, they think it's hilarious.
Oh my God, when you call them a poopy head?
And they're constantly doing it.
So I think I've just had a lot of, like, toots, we call them at our house.
A lot of, like, toot comedy in my,
home. We have like three books with toot in the title. So I think you're, she's so
you know so I'm obsessed. She's like we call it tooting my home. I love that.
Because it's like because they have like, they have Asian grandparents, you know, like we're
not gonna say fart. But so I'm to me I'm not as into it I think. Yeah. Yeah. I think
same. I think I'm so desensitized because of my kids they think it's so funny and I'm like
I'm tired of it. Yeah you're like get a new bit.
Stop. We've seen this one. My kids are also trying to fart on me now. My kids are also trying to fart on me
They think it's so funny when they fart on me.
And I'm like, it's never gonna be funny.
No.
I have a thousand brothers, which basically means I spent my entire life with them farting thinking it was funny.
And it's disgusting.
And but, but every once in a while, a perfect fart joke is really fucking funny.
Like if it's just, if it's perfect, it's, you can't not laugh, you know.
You know.
Hannah loves a fart joke.
My brother has an insane sphincture muscle.
And his...
Oliver Rwagia.
If you listen to our...
No, I'm serious.
This is real.
If you listen to our podcast, you'd hear this because he farts a lot on my podcast.
But he can control it.
So he'll...
He does things where he'll walk in my room and go, do you hear that?
And then all of a sudden he'll fart.
and close the door like it's creaking.
Oh my God.
And control the farm.
So he's an artist.
You've never seen anything like it.
Wait, has he seen a doctor about it?
Like is that?
Are they like, you're an anomaly or that's like a thing?
Kind of.
He's a butt Beethoven.
Sorry, I'll stop.
I hate puns.
I hate puns.
But Beethoven's pretty great.
Also, this is so random and I don't want to raise awareness about a man,
but I recently just started watching Nashville,
and I had no idea.
He's in it, right?
Yes, yes.
He's so good in it.
Nashville is, how much, how much did we love that show?
And I never watched it.
Okay, anyway, this is...
Why are you starting Nashville?
No.
I'm sorry, like, didn't it come out in, like, 2008?
No, I'm not allowed to go through something.
You're like, I love...
She tried to make me started.
I was like, can, I can't.
Everything Hayden Panitaire will ever do.
I mean, it's a great show, but it feels random.
Good, good.
It was, like, on T&T back in the day.
I didn't even know how to get to T&T.
You're like, I'm going to watch Royal Pain.
Royal pains after that.
I love it.
I'm just, I'm surprised.
How unbusy you are.
We all wear, yeah.
She's so page, because she literally just said Hannah.
She's disgusted by you.
And that is us.
No, I love it.
Yeah, you love it.
And she's wearing a matching set.
She's like, this is gross, but I need more.
I can't look away, but what makes us laugh.
Running point.
The reason we're here.
Real quick, can you just.
go around to tell us, I swear to God, I'll fight you.
Are these texts? What is that? What's happening?
I'm like my Tinder's going off or something.
Can you guys just go around and say what you, how involved you are with Running Point?
Are you in it?
Were you there when they filmed it? How are you?
You're working on our interviews.
You're like I've seen National, but I've never seen Running Point.
What is Running Point?
So it's...
What is it about?
So it's on Netflix.
Yes.
That's why we're here tonight.
And we love Netflix.
Thank you for having this and thank you for having.
We love you guys.
We love your work.
I'm a co-creator with our good friends, Ike,
Berenholtz, and David Stassen.
Love.
Who are wonderful Dave is the showrunner on the show.
And Jeannie Bus, the wonderful Jeannie Bus, who is the president of the Lakers
several years ago approached me and said,
and said, I'd love to do a show about
what it's like to run the Lakers. There had been
so many shows written about
the Lakers, but never that mentioned
her as anything but a side character
in it, which is, again, typical
of living in the patriarchy. I won't bore
us with all this now. But she
really wanted to do that. We developed
the show. Kate wanted
to be in it, which was,
I mean, took it to the absolute next level
and because Kate was
involved, we had these incredible
other cast members, and that's
But it started like pre-pandemic we were thinking about this.
I had one child before this.
At any point where you like, shoot, I don't know basketball?
Or like...
I happen to, and as you know, don't know anything.
I'm very indifferent to most sports.
Randomly growing up, my dad was a huge Celtics fan
and grew up in Boston.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
This is the reaction.
Larry Bird.
What's the score of the game right now?
Larry Bird.
Look at you.
My dad loves Larry Bird.
Larry Bird.
See, we're connected.
We're connecting.
Larry Bird.
And so he, we, he grew up loving basketball.
I think basketball is the best sport in the world, the most athleticism, the most entertaining.
And the Lakers, I mean, love the Celtics, but it's like showbiz for a reason.
Like showtime, love it.
And so, yeah, that's how it happened.
And Ike and Dave co-wrote the pilot with me, and now they're showrunners and actors on the show.
It was on this season.
He's super funny.
And, yeah, that's how I'm involved.
She is the show.
Yes.
This is our boss.
By the way, Mindy's created like 3,247 shows in the last decade.
So shout out to Mindy for running the comedy industry.
Truly.
And for me, I sat with Mindy.
We had a margarita and fell in love.
You guys didn't know each other before.
We didn't really.
We had met once before.
At Reese Witherspoon's Christmas party.
We met at Reese's Christmas.
Of course.
I have a lot of A-list.
A lot of A-list celebrity friends.
What is Reese Witherspoon's Christmas party life?
Like, what does she serve food-wise?
There was a lot of, like, southern food, right?
Yeah, she's a, you know, she likes her fried chicken.
Oh, okay.
Shrimping grids.
No, she, yeah, southern food.
A lot of singers, like you sing.
A lot of cocktails.
There was a part of the evening that turned into Christmas carols around a grand piano.
Which for me is, like, fucking terrifying.
my worst nightmare.
For me,
is like my favorite part of the night.
Yeah.
She's on the piano.
Was there a fountain?
A fountain.
I feel like there'd be a fountain.
Yeah.
You know what?
There was a fountain.
Yeah.
There was a fountain.
Like in her driveway.
Yeah.
Somewhere there was a fountain.
That's where we met there,
but we had a fancy lunch.
And you were,
you wanted the show to be cool.
You didn't want to be involved
in like a loser show.
Yeah.
Basically.
That's what I said to her.
I'm like,
is this going to be cool
or am I going to look like a loser?
Um, no, we sat, we talked.
I, I, I've known Jeannie Bus since I was young, um, uh, because I was, I'm a big Kings fan and I used to go to,
yeah, hockey.
Hockey kings, not the Sacramento Kings, just to be clear.
And, uh, and I got to meet Jeannie when I was young at the forum club.
And, um, and I just felt like when I, when I, when I, I remember reading the log line of the show.
And I was like, I'm going to, I'm going to do the show.
I knew it in my gut
and then when we met
I had
I have so much trust
in Mindy
and we've had like
the time of our lives
and then I got to meet
Brenda
who's become
Oh so you guys met on the show
to you didn't
because your chemistry
like when you went to Toronto
I was like
sorry what's going on
like I really felt like
it was like a real friendship breakup
I would have thought
you guys knew each other
before you film
it's out
it's out
that's what we do
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He was like seconds from asking me how. Was he? Sounds like you were seconds away from offering up your
Allie, there was a pregnant pause. Now I know what that means.
I think it's finally our time.
Hmm. Okay, that's a very judgy.
Hmm.
You just got out of an eight-year relationship. Have some fun.
I am trying to have fun, Alley. I'm trying to have fun with Jay.
Eila, your first post-left hookup needs to be low stakes.
Someone you'll never see again.
You don't like that guy when we're in Vegas.
Or that guy in Kava. Or that other guy in Kava.
Okay, I get the point. I'm a retired slut.
And it's time for you to get back to the streets.
So please don't know.
text Jay or send him conspiracy reels on Instagram.
Ali, the sinking of the Titanic, was not an accident.
There is proof.
I'm leaving.
I have to know, as artists, do you guys like watching yourselves or does it?
No, that was painful.
I'm so sorry we put you through that.
That was, that was rude.
Every time, it's always weird.
It's never.
I'll never get used to it.
And like hearing your own voice.
Oh, thank you.
They're saying you're so hot.
I was, I love how I'm like the giggler
let me translate. They said you're really hot.
Also, we loved your fits.
We loved your hair.
The suits, the ties.
How much, like, say do you get in your outfits?
And do you get to keep anything?
Some things.
Some things I keep you?
She looks at Mindy.
Maybe.
Maybe I've taken some things.
You guys have kind of a lot of say, right?
Yeah.
No, no.
Oh, yeah.
It's so wonderful because the thing is our shower,
Dave Stassen, is always like, I'm a man.
I don't know. You choose.
When it comes down to it, we have a lot of say,
and our costume designer is incredible.
So we, it's so much fun.
Yeah. And I work with my stylist Sophie,
and she kind of helps curate everything,
and it's been awesome.
I love it. I love the Ila looks.
Yeah, it looks like.
Yeah, it looks like here, crazy.
Yeah.
Who takes the longest in glam?
Justin Thoreau.
How long does he take?
Way too long.
Is it the brows?
Like, what is he working on?
Okay, in defense of Justin, right?
He's a handsome guy, right?
And you get to a certain age, that doesn't come easy.
Right?
You got to kickstart that.
Advil.
A lot of massaging, a lot of ice, face, ice baths.
Lots of theology.
A lot of lymphatic drainage in the morning.
He's 70.
And so for him to look, no, he's a young man.
handsome guy. You didn't look that handsome
in Devil Wars Prada though.
That probably took a while
in glam. I was a
quick as in glam. That was him not in glam.
That was him just showing up
and going straight to work.
I saw the movie and I was like, where's
my Adrian Grene? Where's my
man candy? It was like the
journalist friend that she had.
They had like a guy with an accent.
They were like, that'll do.
Sorry, this is Devil Wars Prada 2 talk.
I'm like, I have to see this.
movie. I haven't seen either.
It's really, they did it justice.
Yes, very cute.
Mindy, do you have any casting regrets?
What if I was just like,
yeah, I wish it was Anne Hathaway and Sandra O.
But somehow,
we made it work with these two.
I think the casting is spectacular
on the show. Everyone is such a great
character, the chemistry is so good in the room.
We were so lucky, and it just felt like,
and this is really a test.
to Kate. Like once Kate wanted to do it, it was, you know, getting Jay Ellis and all the great
Octavia Spencer. They had this prior relationship and everyone just wanted to act with the cast.
It was amazing. To the point where I was like, I'm jealous. Why can't I be on the show?
We feel really lucky with who was on it. I think Max Greenfield.
It's so funny and great when you guys broke up this season. I was like, can I step in?
He's such a cutie. So, yeah, we were really like.
Do you have any dream characters that you would like to cast?
Like any actor that you're like, I really want them in it.
Chet is, we love Chet so much.
I would love Tom Hanks to be on the show in some way.
That's your long game.
You're like, Chet, come on the show.
It does seem like that.
No, Chet is so funny on the show.
And whenever we see, we're like,
where's your dad this weekend?
Can we FaceTime?
Don't you feel like Tom Hanks?
He's one of the funniest people alive.
be so funny in S&L, but he does these movies now,
and I love them, like, Greyhound and Bridget Spies,
that he does, like, the dad movies now,
and I want him to be, and you've got me,
I want him to be something really funny.
And so I'd love to have him on the show.
And we also love Ray Romano.
Yeah, I love.
He's great.
I also just, like, crazy comedians, like Tim Robinson.
Yeah.
I met him today at the brunch, so name-dropping.
I knew, too, and I got so excited.
I was like, I love you so much.
I didn't say anything.
I went.
Yeah, but I, you literally did, I watch you do that.
Yeah, I was like, and then I walked away because I didn't know what to say.
What's great about our show is that it sort of lends itself.
We've kind of opened this world up to where anything's possible.
You know, anybody could come on and do something fun for like a day.
And we have so much fun on set that that's exactly what we're doing.
You know, like this year when we did the basketball game and,
We had my brother and Speedman, and we had so much fun when we were doing that, you know.
So it's great.
I'm sure we'll have a lot of people.
We also, like, and this is getting increasingly rare.
We get to shoot in L.A., which is so, it's such a huge part of the show.
We just, like, if we can, you know, I just think getting actors to come here,
we feel so proud to be able to shoot here.
Our crew is incredible.
And, yeah, so we hope that we can kickstart a trend where more and more comedies are shot here.
We've all been there as women in the arts and women in STEM.
Have you ever walked into a room and felt underestimated because you're a woman?
And how do you deal with that energy in the room and then overcome it?
Wow, big shift in the show.
Let's bring out Michelle Obama.
I actually get, okay, this is going to sound awful.
I get a little bit of a weird, like, hit off of when I can see.
when I'm pissing a guy off.
Like, I had moments where I've sat
and I've had to like stand up for myself
in certain things
and you can just feel them hating it
and I fucking love it.
There's a part of me that's like,
I don't know, I just, when I see that
and I, and I say this not as a generalization
because I work with a lot of great men
and I've had a lot of great support
from men, women like,
But there are just, we all know them.
And those moments for me, when I know that I have a little bit of the upper hand and they fucking hate it,
I'm like, oh, I'm enjoying every second of this.
It's not revenge.
That's the only way I orgasm.
Sorry, okay, we took it too far.
That was my bad.
But do you know what I mean?
Like, there is a moment, you know, I think a lot of times there's,
sort of like those kinds of people who like want, you know, they want to pull the wool over your eyes and you're sitting there and they think they're going to sweet talk you or they think that they can make you feel a little bit like, oh, you should be doing it like this and then we're going to kind of steamroll you a little bit. And I enjoy those moments when I'm like, nope. I'm all jacked up right now.
But that's how I feel. What about you? I know you're like, you're similar. Come on. No, I'm like always at like a simmer. Like my rage is right under the surface.
You're so page.
No, I feel like I am, I feel so lucky.
I have like the career of my dreams.
Like, it's everything, but also the scrutiny that I face
versus my contemporaries is like absolutely crazy.
When I fail, I fail huge.
And when my contemporaries fail, it's like a quiet little whatever.
If a guy does a show with about a bunch of guys and it's really guy coded,
it's like a, it's considered like high art.
But if I do a show with women talking about stuff, it's like,
What a cute little trifle.
Something to watch as a guilty pleasure when you're on the treadmill.
Yeah.
This is what's happening.
Yeah, and then it's just a simmer.
I also feel rageful when I'm trying to parallel park a car and a man is like,
jumps in and is like, I'm gonna help you.
And they're just being friendly and I'm like, I don't need this.
Back away from my car and I don't know, but that's not answering the question, but I got it too.
Well, that one you might want to.
I can't, I haven't handled.
I have a backup crammer because I don't.
fucking 2026.
You're like, this isn't a self-driving car, dude.
And women don't do that.
And a woman wouldn't say,
I'm going to help you.
Imagine.
Women are like, I'm going to go do my own thing.
Yeah.
And they're just trying to be helpful, but I'm like,
you know, go away.
So that's, was that anything?
And you guys have been in rooms
with some of the most powerful,
influential men in Hollywood.
And you've had a hold,
and you've held your own.
And we commend you for that.
I've never said,
amend before.
That was crazy.
Brenda, how about you?
I'm the opposite. No, I'm kidding.
No, here's the thing that I feel as an Asian-American woman in trying to get seed in
anything, especially in this industry, I feel like you always walk in a room feeling
underestimated, feeling like it's going to be a no.
And for me, it's always been about proving to myself, my own self-worth.
And honestly, I say this all the time, and I truly mean it, being on this.
being on this show is one of the first times.
I've been doing this as I was three years old. I'm 38.
This show has really
has been one of the few places where I truly feel seen,
heard, taken care of,
and where I truly feel like I have a voice.
And that's really rare.
And this show, being with women like Kate and Mindy
have really taught me to be unafraid to speak,
like to speak up, period.
Because the truth is, like, I'll be honest,
there have been so many times in my career
where people are like, well, why did you do that rule?
I was like, I'm just trying to work.
You've got to say in it.
And that's what's really hard.
They make you feel like you have to defend every choice that you make.
When you realize that you're just trying to survive.
And being on this show has really helped me
and really given me so much motivation to speak up for myself
and to advocate for myself and to take risks that I don't think I would have taken.
Like, it's the truth though.
When I started this show, Kate says,
said something amazing to me because she was starring in a show and also having an album come
out and I, when we were talking about it and she's like, you did this because for you, you
didn't want to have any regrets, you didn't care. And it, like, she said it so casually,
but it hit so hard for me because I feel like I was always so afraid to do something because
I was afraid to fail because as women, if we have a misstep, it's like a huge failure.
We'll never get another shot. And so truly being with these women has,
inspired me so much to be more like that.
That is so nice.
And that comes from the top down.
Like that's from leadership.
That's from like having Mindy and Kate.
The men that we work at Thunder Show are feminists, right?
Like they all like, Ike and Dave have worked on somebody.
They were on the Mindy Project for 117 episodes.
Like they want to, they want to write stories about women,
like demented women, but they think demented women should have a voice.
and Scotty and all the guys here.
That's not always the case.
Like you do a movie and, you know, there's, I don't know, Kate,
you've done this, Rubin and Markeld and there's a couple guys
who maybe aren't so happy about having it be that way.
And that's, like, this cast is incredible.
The writers are incredible.
And so we feel really supported by the men in our world.
And that's, I would say it's not as common as you would think.
So we are so blessed.
Also, for you guys to get to this point in your career,
you've had to do scary things.
Like, you haven't been comfortable.
I know you all have done things
that scared the hell out of you,
and that's how you became great.
Do you have any advice for Paige
when she's nervous?
I'm just kidding.
No, Paige is beta-blockered out.
She's fine.
I'm numb.
But, like, we're in, like,
this early part of our career.
We're only 34.
We're babies.
We're children.
We're small.
Child brides.
We don't know what to do.
We're doing a lot of things
for the first time.
That's really scary.
When you're insecure, doubting yourself, how do you overcome that, especially when you're in the public eye?
In all seriousness, there is no creative field that you can get into without having to be completely terrified of putting yourself out there.
So if you're not going to do it, then you're probably not in the right business, right?
So like if creatively, also what's so fun about what we do is that everything's new, which means,
that should always feel a little bit like, you know, kinetic
and a little fearful and have those nerves.
It's like anything that is a new idea,
anything that's a new experience,
every time you walk out here and you do something like this,
it's going to be a completely different crowd.
You never know what that is going to be.
That's part of why we love doing it,
but it's also like you have to risk the fall.
If not, then it's just you've got to get in like accounting or something.
Like, you know, you got to do something.
I need a beta blocker for that too.
My advice for you guys, because I know you have a show that you're working on,
which is going to be huge hit.
Oh, thank you.
And you are mere children, I know.
So I'm going to, I hope this doesn't have condescending,
is when you're putting together the team for the show,
which I know you're working on right now,
it just has to be people that you're like,
oh, that person is like obsessed with me in my voice.
That director, that cast member, that writer,
because it's so hard to make a show.
There's so many heartbreaks.
They're such a roller coaster.
But it's like dating someone.
The people that you get in bed with,
they can't be doing like for the money
or because of this and that or whatever.
It's like when you leave it,
you're like, when Ike and Dave Stassen
came to be interviewed to be writers
on the Mindy Project,
they came to my house.
They were both in full suits.
They came,
there weren't these comedy writer slobs
showing up after the gym
because it was like a female-led show
and they didn't care.
They came in and there were these
well-raised Chicago guys who were, and they brought, because the show had been picked up,
they brought me flowers to congratulate me, right? These two straight men from Chicago came in three
Cs because they wanted the gig. And they were like, and that takes a lot. So like, my advice to you
guys is you're so talented, you clearly have such an audience, is when you are staffing,
staffing up for this show that'll be inevitable hit from guest star to director for anybody,
like, just get people who are obsessed with you, which won't be hard.
I love that.
I need more people like, yeah, I know.
She's like, can my dad work on the show?
Yeah, I'm like, I know the perfect showrunner.
And Brenda, you talked about being scared.
I always say when you're scared to do something,
you know change is about to happen and change can be scary.
But I always say, if you're not, if you don't want to make that leap,
then you have to be okay with where your life is at.
You know what this life is, and if you want to keep living that way, great.
great, but no change.
You have to take that risk. I always just say,
when I'm scared, just do it anyway.
It's how I get into a lot of trouble.
I love that so much. Let's see what...
Okay.
We have a special guest video.
Oh, no.
We tried to get Tom Hanks. We couldn't.
What's up, Giggly podcast?
Yeah, I got the giggles over here too.
Hannah, Paige, what's up?
Mindy, Kate, Brenda, I miss you guys.
Had so much fun working with you guys this season.
But, you know, we can hang out for Kate
if you want to throw another game night and invite me here.
What type of that going on, Brenda?
If you and Nicole, you want to have you have me over for dinner or something.
Okay, it was too long.
That went on too long.
Like, I was nervous.
I was like, oh, God, please.
remember my name. Same. I thought he was
gonna forget me. I thought he was going to forget
me. I think he was worried. He was like
he did not. Brenda,
Mindy. Yes. I felt like
you were psyched after he said it. Well, the funny
thing is that's also how, um, I love
Chet, how he does all of our table reads that
are zooms. They're usually in a car
like that. I'm obsessed
with him. He's, no, it's
in busy eyes. We're always like,
where's Chad? No, he's getting on.
He's late. He's a little late, but he's just
like in his car. He's like, oh.
In front of a planet fitness
with his phone
propped up on the dashboard
and he's in a sleeveless shirt.
I literally was
we were like, what should we do for the show?
And clearly we had no idea.
And I was like, can we get a video from Chet?
And they were like, actually that's one thing we can't do.
We love fashion, so we obviously wanted to show
some of the favorite looks.
And this is Mindy and Kate's favorite look they submitted.
Can we discuss the dance routine?
and what went into this process.
How long did it take you to learn it?
I didn't have much time, and I haven't danced in a while.
So, like, Chloe, the choreographer.
She learned it a day. Yeah.
But she literally learned it the day before.
And they're like, and they're like, okay, we're going to show you the dance.
And they were just like,
but I can't do it.
Kate is a scam artist.
She did that thing where she's like, guys, I don't know.
I don't think I'll be able to get it.
It's very complicated.
And then just did that.
on like the second
you were in, so dance comes,
you were easy.
She's a performer, yeah.
I used to dance a lot.
And then of course, you know, you get older
and you don't dance at all.
And so it kind of, it's like
riding a bike, it sort of comes back a little bit.
But then, you know, I look at it and I'm like,
I got to go back to dance class.
But it was so much fun.
You know what they call that, she's a triple threat.
That's what they say in the business
in this town.
It was fun. It was so great.
But I really, the best part was the outfit.
It's so.
I just like those little shorts.
And you're glowing.
You were like, this is where I'm into being.
I was having so.
We had so much fun.
Also, this is me selfishly preparing for our show.
When you're trying to remember your lines,
because you can have new lines the day of.
Are you guys quick with it?
Or you leave me alone in my trailer?
Like, what's your process?
We're very nervous about remembering our lines.
Hannah's really nervous about remembering our lines.
Can I tell you guys?
Kate, Kate's like on a phone, on a FaceTime.
She was, I don't know what the scene is yet.
Hold on. Okay. And then she'll get the whole entire scene.
I don't know how she does it. I'm not kidding you.
She does it all the time.
You just have, you just have a photographic.
I think I might have a little bit of, I really actually have one of those weird.
I could learn a monologue. Like, right now, if, if, if I had like about 35 minutes, I could
probably do a monologue.
This is annoying. She's like, does that weird?
Is that weird?
Yeah.
I'm not easy.
It's my legs and my toes.
I'm gonna start watching.
Stick my brain,
and I forget it.
Then I forget you not.
We've been on set before
where the kids like,
oh yeah, we're doing this scene.
We're like, no, no, no, we're doing this other scene.
She goes, what?
And she likes like, okay, well, give me the signs.
And she, like, sits there while they're, like, touching her
up and she has it in her desk.
And she's like,
and then she, like, knows every single word.
It's kind of insane.
So you never have to yell, like, line.
Do people actually do that?
Paige, they did it.
with us.
We did something.
I will say that here's a trick
that I use that I love
is I, the night
before, I don't, I
read it, it's the last thing I do
because our study is that
if you read it, it repeats in your brain, it's the last thing.
So I go over my side. It's the very last
thing I do when I fall asleep and I wake up and it's usually
memorized. Wow.
What if you have sex that night?
Yeah. What if it goes like you read it?
Oh yeah. And then I have to go wash my face and get all ready.
I have to do a whole routine.
You have makeup on when you have sex.
No.
But I so much.
You're so important questions.
Thank you, Mindy.
But also, like, I so have, like, but even you do, I can't just, like, roll.
I have a, like, it's.
You don't roll over and go right to bed?
Because, but I, like, I don't follow.
I don't follow.
I'm like, I'm not a good sleeper.
I'm not a good sleeper.
I'm obsessed with her.
She's like, and then I'm a rolling TV.
I can't hold a seat with rolling TV.
I got, like, I need a rolling TV.
Yeah, now why don't we have a rolling TV?
Nice.
You are nice.
You're having that.
We'll talk after about the routine.
routine after you read your lines and have sex
and go to bed. No, I
just wonder if it needs to imprint on you
and then you just nothing has to go straight to sleep.
You can't be distracted by something. No, no, no.
I can like, it's just the thing that I do
like in, like the, it's one of the last things I do.
That's a good trick. Yeah. I will say because you guys
are going to be the stars of this show. I think
it was so much easier for me to know my lines
when I was on the Mindy Project than I was on the
office because I'd be waiting all day
for my one line and the
pressure's on and you're like,
I'm going to mess this up because we've seen this sometimes
we'll have like a guest star who's to come on.
And somehow it's harder to know your line on the spot
because you're like, I don't want to blow it.
But then when you have a ton of lines,
you get into the zone where, yeah, it'll be great.
I've been, like, auditioning a little
and every now and then I'll just get one line audition.
I overthink that one line so bad.
I'm doing different.
I'm like, that's not how people say that.
I forget how words were.
That's like when you're on mushrooms
and like, and like there's a word
and you're like,
I think it's
I think it's popsicle
Is that the word
popsicle?
And in your mind you're like, no, it's not.
Our favorite
looks from the show,
Brenda's giving Hannah-coded.
I thought that was me.
I thought that was me on the right.
We love a tie.
I joked it when you wear a tie.
You feel powerful.
Like, you can't help it.
You feel like you have a dick.
You know what I mean?
Like I know how it feels to just have something swinging.
Yeah.
And I start talking to people different.
I'm like, what are you saying?
I start explaining things and stuff.
Like I'm...
Yeah, she fires me.
And I wear a tie when I was doing my stand-up tour and I walk on stage.
And I think more women should wear ties.
And they look sexy.
And the funny thing is, please do joke that, because I would tie my own ties,
and all the boys on the show would need their dresser to do their ties.
And I'm like, what?
This makes no sense.
And this guy is like, I know how to tie tie.
I just don't want to.
I was like, well, you lazy-ass tie your own tie.
And then you love...
I feel like you had such good looks the whole season,
but I love when you're in like a monochromatic,
just like I'm coming in to fuck shit up.
I was very monochromatic.
I like the monochromatic.
I loved that, too, although it was hard to wear.
Yeah, remember, because it was a body suit.
I remember this.
I had to tuck it in a couple times.
It was hard.
And it kept coming up, and it was hard to get my mic.
Okay, back to advice for us.
So many questions. I didn't actually run this by you, so this is a hard question, but like,
you guys have been acting for a while. What's your kind of most, like, embarrassing mistake
or moment that you've had on set? Because whatever it is, I feel like I'm going to do it.
I feel like it's going to be with a toilet. That's what I...
Don't put it in the atmosphere. The trailers, that's stressful. Trailers are stressful.
Oh, you mean being in a trailer on set? Yeah, because I get nervous tummies. I've never said
tummies before. I was just looking at Kate Hudson in the eye and I freaked out.
You didn't want to tell Kate Hudson you shay your pants all the time.
Before I go on stage.
She shit herself at the devil wears Prada premiere.
Wait, really? I had a bug. I had a stomach bug.
No, she didn't. She drank whole milk a couple hours earlier.
My mom tried to poison me with a latte.
Hold on, so at the bathroom at the AMC or wherever where the premier was.
I wish we were at the AMC
we were at Lincoln Center
okay we were at the real premiere
she broke the toilet at Lincoln Center
she literally sharded and it
yeah you know when you're I was holding it in the whole car
but I was like and then I got to like the party area
Heidi Klum looked at me and she didn't tell me until the end of the night
because she didn't want to ruin my time
that's a good friend
but again what are like things I should look out for on set
in terms of professionalism.
Like, what could I do that?
Be like, we'll never work with her again in this town.
Okay, it's for real.
And you guys of all had experiences with us,
don't get romantically involved with a co-star.
She's married.
You're married.
Don't have an affair.
That doesn't matter.
Not in Hollywood.
Sorry.
You see it all the time.
Guys, don't have an affair with your co-star.
Don't have an affair.
Don't fall in love.
Do you find it's like?
like you're, it's like manifesting, like you're acting in your love, you're acting in love,
and then you're in love.
Yeah, you're going to want to you and you're going to do it.
But don't, just don't do it.
And is it because you're just like with them all day, every day that you're like,
that's the greatest person I've ever met?
Yeah.
It's like the bachelor.
You're like, filming enough that you're like, okay, fine, he's my husband.
And like, three weeks, you're like, he's the love of my life.
Yeah.
Well, because acting, you have to be in that mindset.
Having an emotional affair with a coaster.
And you guys are kissed, like, you kiss.
Have you guys had emotional?
We're all like an inch of part.
The Paine is kissing everyone
in this movie. I mean, this TV show.
Listen, Mindy wants me to make out with every single person.
She's like, you're going to have sex with a lot of guys.
It's good TV.
Is the rule, like, no shows a sad documentary?
There are no rules in this business.
Yes, no, it depends on how you...
It depends.
If it's a tongue kiss.
Yeah.
Well, no, I mean, look, if you're doing baby,
girl. You know, like
what Nicole Kidman, yeah, you're going to
get a little wild.
But if you're doing running point,
you know, we're not baby girling.
But no, the one thing my
dad said to me was like one of the first
pieces of advice my dad, Kurt, said,
which he goes, enjoy
it, have a great time. Do
not fuck your co-stars.
That's it. And I was like,
you married my mom.
What are you
talking about. He's like, well, you can fall in love with them, but you can't fuck them
until you really know you're falling in love with them and that's your person. Okay, got it.
But it's hard because that's the... So, you know. That's an amazing story. And I think it's great
advice. And then in Hollywood, the guys actually are good looking. It's not just like a guy named
Steve who, like, is in marketing. Oh, no. It's okay. It's part of the party trick.
Okay. It's very whimsical. Yeah. It's fun. That's fun. That's fun. I'm going to be naked on
stage, it'll be fun.
Like Roger Federer, you just throw it out there
at the end.
But you love tennis, don't you?
I like, I like tennis.
I've seen you with you as open, I feel like
like or something.
I go to tennis.
I like tennis.
I'm not, you know, I feel like it's my,
I'm not as into tennis as you are into sports.
I feel like you were the sports person.
You don't have a rolling TV.
I don't have a, but I.
But you can let love tennis casually.
You can love it, however much you want.
I've seen you in a good outfit.
I'd be open before, I feel like.
Are they fun?
I've never been to a tennis match.
It's a little quiet.
You're like for someone like me.
Oh, I'd be, that's...
You can't be yapping.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, and then you're stuck with your thoughts.
You're stuck with your thoughts.
But I do love tennis.
I think it's fun.
You get to wear a luke.
Do you play?
No, but thank you for asking.
But I could ever play tennis.
Thank you.
Brenda, what's your advice based on a really traumatic time?
Okay, so when I think about organic, like the most,
like, embarrassing thing that's there.
I mean, I mean, I had my first kiss in real life on set,
like when I'm 16, yeah, on the Sweet Life.
I had my first kiss.
Oh, my gosh.
Yeah, I know, child.
Like, like, Shelt, like, so sad.
Shelter child actor.
But I will say, so the, I think my most embarrassing moment is
when you do a sitcom, they always, in the beginning of a show,
because we're doing in front of live audience,
they introduce the cast.
So everyone runs out, we wave, when we stand off to the side.
When I did this, we did two iterations, we did like almost 200 episodes of this show.
Like, I always did in high heels and like came out, nothing.
The very, very, very last episode, the very weak, it's at the end.
We're all crying.
And I already wrapped up in my slippers.
And I was like, okay, whatever.
We go out.
I'm like, my last one.
I slip like it's a banana's on the floor, straight up on my back while I'm crying.
And I'm like, and I literally just lay there because I don't know what to do.
That's traumatic.
That's my most traumatic.
And I literally still have
like fever dreams about it.
Because it's the most
Yeah, so don't wear slippers
and run on a set.
But I feel like it made you funny.
It made you funny and it made you stronger.
I don't know.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You guys, I think we've
really hit on everything.
And these women are really busy
and like spared their time.
I want you all to promise me
you're gonna go home tonight, go to Netflix,
turn on Running Point, and binge the fuck out of it.
Please put our hands together for our amazing guests tonight.
Thank you so much.
This was so much fun.
Give it for Kate.
We love you so much.
