Good Guys - Daniella Monet on Victorious, Almost Being Hannah Montana & Ariana Grande's Secret Message

Episode Date: June 29, 2026

Mazel morons! This week, the marvelous Daniella Monet joins us to reveal everything about the Victorious reboot coming to Netflix - and why she's going back to Hollywood Arts. Plus: the full story of how she almost played Hannah Montana, and the voice note Ariana Grande sent her that changed everything. Daniella opens up about walking away from Hollywood for five years after becoming a mom, losing her SAG insurance as a working mother, and why she's saying yes to Hallmark movies over blockbusters- AKA Josh's dream. Write us! Send your messages to [e-mail]  Follow us on Instagram and TikTok!  Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mas and Mawrans, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. We are here in person with the great Daniela Monet who's wearing, is this purple? What color is your shirt? I was trying to dress like a good girl. You look fantastic. I'm wearing a shade of purple. Josh is wearing black because he wants to look even skinnier than he already is. You're so skinny.

You don't need to wear it, Josh. Wow. I don't need to wear black. You can wear white. You can wear white. You can wear all white. I'm on a GLP 5. It's only approved in Cass

stand and it's good, good, good. It's eating my flesh. Oh, I'm jealous. I'm jealous. Oh, I went off of my Trezepatide. I need to get, or I went off of my Zepound. I need to go back on my Manjaro, okay? I went off.

No, those are the same. You mean, uh, Ozempic. Ozempic, yes, yes, yes. Off my Zepound on my Ozempic. I have to go back on it. It's too hard living in my own brain. It's just like, eat, eat, eat. It's like, can you shut the fuck up for a second?

Like I'm full. Can you stop it? the food noise. Do you have it? Oh, I have full-time food noise, full-time. Really? Yeah. I'm Italian, unfortunately.

It just, I think you're born with it. Yeah. And some days are better than others. I find when I'm working, that's my GLP one. It's finally, like, I need a distraction bigger than me. And usually that's when, like, there's a lot of production people around yelling and that works. That one does it for me.

But outside of that, I'm a full-time eater, full-time foodie, full-time foodie, full-time I live at my island. I only leave. Well, I don't leave. I don't really leave. I just sit at my island. I was about to ask you about craft services. I'm much more interested in your island and your kitchen.

Okay. So here's the weird thing. I don't even eat the craft services because I'm bringing the food from home. Wow. Wow. Oh, we're with a fellow chef. Okay. I want to.

Two productions, I don't even know that I don't think I introduced myself to crafty. I didn't go in the tag. Oh my God. That's so smart. Oh my God. Is it? Yeah, it's like drugs. Because once I like, this is how it starts.

I go, I have no interest in this craft service. It's shit. Even though it's a gorgeous layout. It's always gorgeous. I go, this is not good for me. And then I go around 10 in the morning. I go, let me just, you know what? A perfunctory look.

Mm-hmm. What could hurt with a look? And I go and I look and I go, you know, I've never seen Eminem's like this. That's what my kids say. That's the only time I walk. when my kids went in there and I was like, no, no, no, no, I don't know them. Yeah. And then I had to like say, ah, it's been four months.

Nice to meet you. My kids love it here. You're the start of the show. Thank you. It's hard. Yeah. Once you pop the seal, it's, I remember when I was doing how I met your father, obviously, like, Hillary Duff is, you know, workout person.

Like, she was just, like, very wonderfully, you know, I don't know how hard she tried, but she seemed good in discipline. And then it was her birthday. and I saw her like get a couple things from the craft service table. And I was like, yeah, Hillary, treat yourself. I was like, hell yeah. Come on. I love that.

You need to have real discipline. I couldn't do that. Like if there's a pack of M&Ms in the house, it's eaten. We can't keep anything in the house. Claudia even, she tried. She brings, you know, unreal this like healthy candy. Oh, yeah. My God.

There's nothing healthy about me eating. It's literally five times the size of a regular peanut Eminem's. I eat the whole bag. So maybe it's healthier, but I just had 700 calories in peanut M&Ms that we're calling unreal. And not unreal. I mean, is it healthier? It's like just no food dies. I don't, yeah.

And I don't, I don't think I have a problem with dies. Maybe it's bad for the kids, for sure. I don't think food dye is my problem. Okay. I think the M&M is my problem. If your kid, by the way, if the problem is the red dye, then they're really well off. Wouldn't you agree? Like, then that means that they're not fat.

They're in great shape. We're trying. We're tinkering. We're at the tinkering stage. Yeah, no, my kids are sensitive. They are so sensitive. They are. Oh, my gosh, they're like a machine.

And the crazy thing is, is I have my mom watching my kids today, first time. Oh, wow. First time, why? She has a life. And my husband and I are lucky enough that if I'm busy, he's with them. If he's busy, I'm with them. And so we've never had, like, a babysitter or anything. Like, they'll pop over to my aunt's house or whatever.

whatever she lives down the street. But like, for the most part, it's, it's us, you know? So anyways, I left the house and I stocked, I bought groceries from two different grocery stores this morning to make sure everything was situated. That's my, I have food anxieties on another level. Wow. Yeah. And to make sure that they would not go without, like that they would just like something?

I just want them to have what they need. I want her to not think about it. Everything's pre-chopped. We've got the hummus, the vegetables. we got it all and she'll see it, she knows. It's so dummy proof, you know. And even my son who's six, I said, you tell Noni how we do it around here.

You make sure she knows, you know, how to, you know how to use the toaster up and she doesn't have one, I don't think. Wow. No, I think that's a beautiful thing. My son would immediately go up to his grandparents and say, Mom got a shitload of Trader Jones. Uh-huh. But there's a band express within two miles of our house.

He'd be like, let's just do that, right? Right. That's what dad would normally let me do. Like, it's no problem. How old are your kids? Five and six. Wow. Wow, that's amazing.

I know. It's awesome. That must have been a busy five and six years ago or seven. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. That's amazing.

I don't remember a lot of it. It's so wild. I don't remember being pregnant with my second at all. Yeah. Like if I see a picture, I, oh, wait, yeah, maybe. But outside of that, it feels like it never happened, which feels like I have to do it again to remember. Wow. We thinking, yeah, number three, maybe. I would love to, you know, it's, I, the problem is I took five years off of work because I told my manager, oh, you know, I'm not, I'm, I'm going to go back. Give me like three weeks postpartum with my son. That turned into three years, turned into four years, turned into fine. I was like, take me off the market. I'm starting fresh. I'm never going to. going back to this business.

And then eventually I got the itch about two years ago. And now I'm like, what do we do? Like once you start working again as a girl to take yourself back out of it, it's a full reset. I nurse my daughter for two and a half years. What am I going to do? Bring her to set. Wow.

I don't know. I don't know how to find the balance. You nursed her for two and a half years. I did with my son up until my daughter. Well, I was pregnant with her for four months. and then eventually he weaned himself at about a year, which was great because then when she came, it was her for two and a half years.

Wow. And then once, yeah, it just kind of happened. I mean, I always wanted to nurse for sure, but then, you know, even through the complications, I was like, oh, my gosh, one more feed. It would give me anxiety. But I got there. And then it got easier.

It got easier. You certainly don't need to hear it from me, but that is so unbelievable. Like, that is like, that is, that is, that is, that is, is amazing. And I just, I saw it. I have a, my son's one and, uh, my wife, my wife breastfed for as long as she could. And it was unbelievable. And, uh, he also weaned himself off. But two and a half years is that is, that is really, really special. Then you got to tell them to wean themselves off at that point. You're having a conversation. I said, sit down. We're going to talk about this. And she'll be like,

milk. And I'm like, mm, not today. Not from there. That's, that's real, that's really special. We did. We didn't, we formula, but that's just because those are mine. You know what I said? Clip it. Yikes. Yikes is right. But I, so I'm dying to know those, you know, like you're pretty much like diehard actor, done it your whole life.

I feel like I can identify with you in that. And I dream of taking like a three year sabbatical of being like, well, it wasn't my choice. It wasn't. It wasn't. It wasn't. Like, you know, it was a weird time in the world. Like, I had gotten pregnant and then I realized very quickly, you don't work when you're pregnant. Then I lost my insurance and I was like, well, we're leaning into you work now. And my husband was like, it's kind of a crazy story. But basically, my son came in a way, in more of like an emergency C-section fashion. I wanted to have like a home birth or at a birthing center. I was like on. this whole natural path. And long story short, he shook us. Like, he came into the world and I quickly realized, like, I don't know if I'm mentally sound to leave this child quite literally ever. And my husband felt the same way. And so he decided to take time off of work. At the same time,

my business came to complete halt because I'm now postpartum. I kind of lost my rhythm with acting and just wasn't feeling as, like, passionate about it. I couldn't. couldn't even imagine leaving him to work if I had the opportunity to work. So then we kind of got crafty and I was like, well, I'm going to just figure out how to make ends meet. We did a podcast, adulting like a mother father for three years, which was good off the jump. And then it was a tricky tricky one to like sustain. Just strategically with calendars and nap schedules and, you know, everyone's zooming in and also just didn't make enough money for us to like make sense of it. And then I started a couple businesses, which did all right for the time being. And then I had my daughter.

And then I had, I had too much time on my hands at that point. I'm like, you know what? My kids are now getting older. And it was almost like the, I was at this point where I said, okay, I'm either going to go chat with some managers. And if that goes well, we go that route. If not, we have a third baby. And that was where we were at. And you guys, the most T. I've never even shared this most TMI situation ever. Because your dad's, I'm telling you. Good. It was, I think, August 16th.

And my app told me I was ovulating that day. And that was the day I met my manager on St. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I like you.

I like this guy. That's a different kind of laid. What was that, man? Yeah, that's right. We just went that way. And I said, we'll see how long this one goes. I'll give it a shot. And lucky enough, I got a job.

And I'm like, back in it. Wow. Wow. That is amazing. I know that the list, first of all, the listeners to our podcast, they're people in high places.

Okay, we have wonderful sponsors. All I have to say is the way that you are such a devoted, dedicated mother, the fact that you don't have some monster deal where you don't need to work at all with, what is the, a pamper's, what's the organic one, Josh? Oh, like a.

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Yeah. Dum, gem. Cotery. Yeah, like, you need to pay this woman. Somebody pay this woman because you shouldn't have to pick and choose. Like, oh, you want to. Oh, it's such a bummer being a mom in this world because it's exactly that. And the fact that I lost my insurance, I was like, wow, there's no conversation around these women in the arts who are trying to do it all.

And like you got to kind of pick and choose. I think you'll find this interesting. And obviously we're not complaining because a lot of... Not at all. I'm so lucky. A lot of people deal with the biggest hardships when it comes to insurance. And it seems like the whole system is really flawed. But if you're an actor and you're part of the Screen Actors Guild, you get your insurance through SAG because we're all independent contractors

when we work through a, you know, if you do a TV show, a movie, even if you're on a show for 10 years, you're independent. Sure. And so for Screen Actors Guild, every year from July 1st to June 30th of the following year, you have to make a certain amount of money to qualify for insurance. And that's like 30 grand, which is an actor. One year you could make 500 grand and it's the best year you've ever had. And another year is slow and you don't even make 30, right?

And so you're living off of the time when you made money, which is like you're grateful and you're getting by. but also, unfortunately, you have no insurance. And so many actors are dealing with like, what do I do now? Like I had a slow year and now I'm not even covered if God forbid something happens. It's tough. Yeah. I wish that they would amortize it or something where it's like if you have a great year that some goes into like the queue for, you know, a rainy day.

Yeah. I know. Yeah, that one hit me hard because I'm like, now I've got kids. And we went insurance free for a while. I said, we're just going to pray. We're just going to pray about this. We'll throw a prayer at this. This episode of the Good Guys podcast is brought to you by our friends at

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Like the reason my mom's watching my kids is because my husband, who never travels very often, for his work. He does sales. He works remote from our home, which is why this all makes sense. Left for Chicago today. And I'm with you guys. And then I leave tomorrow for a month. So it's just juggling. And when you do homework, you've done it with my sister,

the great Lindsay Fonseca. Love her. The best. That was the first. That was the first time I'd ever been away from the kids. She was perfect because she's a mom. So that helped a lot. My buddy Jague is in that movie. Oh my gosh. That's right. Listen, I'm connected. You really are.

So when you do a homework movie, because they do what? 16 days of production. So 16 business. You filmed for 16 days where usually a movie is 35 minimum. Yeah. How quickly like, do you get like more than one take? Yeah, of course. You can play.

Yeah, of course. Really? Yes. It's all like soap opera. Two and a half weeks. Okay. Well, first of all, I just shot two shows in, this is the same timeline. We are, for Hollywood Arts, we do two episodes a week.

And that's only four shoot. So you get one rehearsal day and in four days, you're now shooting out almost 90 pages. So it's possible. Now, we're looking at a script that, I don't know how long this one is, maybe like 100, around 100 pages, give or take. That's doable in 16 days. It is? Yeah.

I mean, the only tricky thing is turning around and stuff with the single cams. So that does, you know, change things a little bit. But in my mind, especially with this movie, I'm like, we're just like, we're just like, at the kitchen counter. What are we turning around on? Who's there? Totally. Wow. That's amazing. That's a lot of insert shots. I don't know. We'll figure it out. Okay. So let's go to, all right, so you're doing, well, let's start at the beginning. So like obviously, I mean, some people know me from Drake and Josh. Most people know me from, you know, like, everything else I've done, of course. And so for you, Victoria was like kind of one of your first big.

Yeah, it was like your first introduction to the world. And by the way, huge fan. Huge fan. Huge fan. You were amazing and that show is amazing and Claudia and I loved it and it was unbelievable. Just like both of you were a piece of my childhood. It was wonderful. That's cool. It was wonderful.

Yeah. So what was that experience like? It was, I mean, I don't know. It was wild. Like I don't think I knew what I was really getting into. I was kind of, there was a period of my career. I don't know if you went through this prior to getting on Drake and Josh. But for me, I had started when I was.

I was like five years old. So I always wanted to be on a Disney and Nickelodeon show. Sure. That was the goal. And then you get with some agents and managers and everyone's got opinions and I had gotten on to a network show before. And it was like, you don't go to Disney or Nickelodeon after that. That's what I was told.

It was like off the table. And that was upsetting to me. And so I kind of went behind my agents back at the time. Oh, they'd love. I love that. Mm-hmm. And I took a general with Disney. And that general turned into some, like, opportunity over there.

That's what led to the audition for Hannah Montana. Which you almost got, right? Almost got. It was you, Riley. And Taylor Momsen. Whoa. And then, so that kind of for me gave me that taste. It's like when you get into those rooms and you're working on material that just, like,

this is what you grew up watching and it feels so good and you're having so much fun. It's so playful. And they're singing and there's all this fun stuff. I'm like, there's no. way I can't not do this. Like this is, this is the goal. Wait, I have to go back. I'm still processing.

You were almost Hannah Montana. I guess, yeah. You know, so funny is I just met, well, I, not just met, but I just did Miley's mom's podcast. So we got to, Tish, yeah, and we, she's adorable and so sweet. And we had the best time, Tish and I just dished on all the things. But she, she remembered me and I didn't realize it, but Miley at the time. was almost 12 years old and I was 16.

So she goes, I very much remember the older girl sitting in the room because when you're in these audition rooms, you're like, well, if they want older, there's only one of them, you know? But no, I mean, it made perfect sense for Miley to do it. Do you remember the audition? Very well, yeah. Okay, walk us through. Oh, my gosh.

Well, did you ever go to the, what building is it in Burbank? Not on the lot, but like there was like a building. It was kind of high. Yeah, on Riverside. Yeah, on Riverside. Okay. So it was in that building in the big, like, law. lobby room and there was a room that you'd go through and we went in, I don't even know how many times

we all kind of just kept rotating the three of us and you can kind of hear, right? So it's like annoying that you could hear like the laughs and the things. Like you couldn't make out every word, but it was enough that you understood like what the vibe was and when someone was really hitting. And yeah, I just remember it taking a long time and I turned to Miley at one point. I said, hey, do you want French fries? There's French fries downstairs and Taylor was sitting in this like elevator area kind of off her. side. And so, um, I just, I don't know. It was a rush. And it wasn't those kind, it wasn't the type of audition where you leave and you're like, I know exactly what direction this is going. You know, like it was kind of just like we all felt good about it or at least I felt good about it,

but I wasn't sure. But you never know. I mean, sometimes you know and sometimes you don't. And yeah, wasn't it to be. Wow. Okay. Okay. So you go from there, leave Disney. Yeah. And, and you and how do you And yeah, okay, so continue. No, yeah. Then I just started like, that was it. I broke the seal and I'm like, well, I'm auditioning for this stuff now. Like, that's what we have to do. And so I did and I auditioned for Zoe 101, which was a Nickelodeon show.

And then from that point, I kind of felt like I was in the circuit a little bit. Was Krisha Bullock your casting director? Yeah. Okay, cool. So I feel like there, yeah, like I felt comfortable with her. And then eventually after Zoe 101, it was maybe two years. ish later that victorious came about. And those sides were wild because it was like this character,

gosh, what's her name? It was, oh, Alex, I think. We all auditioned with the same material. Did you ever audition for all that? Yeah, nine times. Okay. Only. Okay, so I'm almost positive.

Me too. Oh, I wanted it so bad. The material was similar to that, okay? It was like, can you cry? Can you, you know, dance? Can you do 15 accents? Can you, whatever, all that stuff. So we all did that material for Victorious.

And then we didn't hear anything for months, or at least I didn't. And then I got the call. Well, went back a few times. And after the test, it became real. Whoa. And tell me, I mean, I was saying Ben this on the phone. And I don't think I'm speaking out of school here. I think Victoria's had the most successful, talented cast.

whole cast of any Nickelodeon. It's insane. It's unbelievable. I feel like a mother who just like watched just her kids, each one of them more talented than the next just explode. Just so impressed. I mean, it makes sense because thinking back on it, you had to be so funny. You had to have such a great voice.

It was like a breeding ground for just what would come. But yeah, looking back on it, I mean, Liz Gillies, Ariana Grande, like, Obviously, Victoria Justice. Leon is killing it. He's not killing it too. He's on his tour. I'm like every single one of them just went.

And Avon, forget it. Crushing. I watched that prime show. Like, I can't look at him. Was it like a spicy show? It was so spicy, Josh. I don't even like a spicy viewer. I bet it was.

I mean, if it's not, I mean, Love Islands is as spicy as it gets for me. And that one, I was hooked. Love Island's too spicy. It's a little spicy this season. I watch. And I'm just like, I don't need a close up of your tongue going that far down his throat. Like I really, I really don't need it. It's too much for me.

It's so funny. Love Island became Claudia's breastfeeding show. So there's a thing there. There's a thing there. We would watch it with Ruby. We'd start it at nine. Then we'd go to sleep. We'd kick it back up at three in the morning or whenever the next week window was.

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But like, you know, what was like the craziest, like nothing compared to like one episode of Love Island? Oh, they give it all to you. I mean, it's, it's, it's, where do you go from here? Yeah. You know, and now we're talking about the episodes like, oh, that one was dull. Like that was a filler. I'm like, it's because they're not like swapping spit with eight people upside down and inside

out. Yeah. No, I mean, you tell me. It feels like Hollywood's going in the direction of straight porn. Like that, that's what, that's, that's,

that's, that's, buckle, buckle up. Buckle up. Am I misremembering this? That, I, I think like,

because obviously, like, I knew a lot of people who worked on Victorious. And I wasn't like that far out of the Drake and Josh sort of era. Then I remember chatting with some people like, um, one of the directors maybe or, um,

Steve Hafer or somebody, right? And he was like, you know, it's interesting. He's like in season one, and this happens to many actors, right? He's like, Ariana, her character wasn't fully fleshed out. And he's like, and it was interesting watching her sort of find her place on the show. He's like, and I don't know what happened between season one and season two, but she like found this voice for the character. He's like, and now it's just on a different.

level. Did you find that too? Am I remembering that right? I think she's a genius. I think that like totally her her comedic timing and her comedy in general, the willingness that she has to just go for it is is so impressive to me. I mean, I remember her she was obsessed with Jim, Kim, Jim Carrey and like she would be obsessed with characters and voices and doing all this stuff. So when she came back and she kind of had her own bit now, like, and had a whole new thing for hat, it took. Like, it made so much sense. And I think it just paved the way for that character to become what it was and so beloved.

That was all her. And how does that pivot from, like, like, I've always just been so fascinated by the meteoric rise of just some of these actors and actresses. Like, obviously, if you watch while watching Victoria's, you assume Victoria Justice becomes the Ariana Grande. And then you have an Ariana Grande that did everybody know that she had the most unbelievable voice? Like, how does it happen from your perspective? Like, how does that, how does one just shoot up like a star?

And I'm just fascinated by all of that. It's so crazy. You're talking to the wrong person because I was not born with a voice. So I was in awe of all these kids. I would just watch them. And, I mean, all on set, you just heard voices all day long. And Ari's was so special. And I don't know.

I don't know how it all happens. But I think it's all meant to be the way that it does. Like she had a lot of support from her mom. Just I think also coming from New York, you just have a different grit in you. Like you just are ready. And yeah, I think it was just always meant to be that she was going to be this huge pop star. She has a great family. Like a great, like Joan shout out.

Oh, my gosh. He's awesome. Yeah, and he's so talented. It's just like in them. Yeah, but also like, I remember early on before she was like super famous and she and her family was always so lovely and would invite me and my wife who was my girlfriend at the time to like a party at the house. So generous.

So generous. And we go to their house and I just remember Paige, my wife comes up to me and she goes, I was just trying to find the bathroom and I did. But then Ariana was in there harmonizing with herself. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. Always. And, like, just, like, doing runs, I could hear through the door.

And I think I have the chills. And she's like, and Ariana came out and just said, sorry, there's just really good acoustics in there. And she was like, you can sing forever. And I will. Yeah. And she was like, I think she's going to be the biggest star in the world. I was so cool. And I was like, I think so do.

Oh, my God. That's amazing. Those days when you just don't know. And now from this seat, I'm just like, yeah, it was. all there and it was all just going to happen the way it did. It's wild. So now we're in reboot territory, babe. We are back. Give us that story because I know you just got back from filming Hollywood Arts. Do we have a premiere date? What's that looking like? Yeah, we do. And I wish I can share. I don't know when this episode's going to come out. But it's coming soon. We're still like in post right now.

This is my first experience with all of that, which has been really interesting. Are you allowed to say this year? Yes, yes. Okay. It's coming out 2026. Wow. So excited. Netflix, yes. How did it come about? Well, when I decided to go back to work and I found my manager and I got my first gig, I was in Vancouver of all places. Oh, with Lindsay and Jagg. Love it. And I was on my first weekend off. And Jake Farrow texted me and he was a writer on Victoria. He said, hey, do you have a second? I wanted to pitch something or just run something by you. And we got on the phone and he mentioned that he wanted to basically do some sort of reboot or some. spin-off. And I just felt like all the feelings. Like, I don't know how to describe it other than, like, of course, I'm flattered that he's calling me and, like, kind of sussing me out whether or not I would be interested in coming back, which is wild that he would call me because I don't know. You didn't, you were, you were just the two of you on your show, on my show, everything,

everyone was more talented than the next. And I often felt like I was just sort of there as an accessory to like take a pie to the face or fall down the stairs or something. You really weren't though. There's a running joke that I have the worst memory that I might even have early on set Alzheimer's like truly. And I remember your character vividly. Oh, wow. That's crazy.

Vividly. And I haven't watched the show since it aired. So certainly you weren't a background character. Even if it wasn't true feeling that, that you were a little feeling like. You know, I don't know. I think I've always just felt lucky. Like lucky to work. Yeah, I don't think I have a big ego in that way, which is weird, but I think it's because

it's that imposter syndrome a little bit. It's like I won't let myself have a big ego because I'm just so lucky to be here. Sure. So yeah, no, it wasn't that hard. It was just more so like, this is so wild and I get to be a part of this. And I still feel that way. Like when people associate me with like the show and I'm like, oh, you know the ones with like all the crazy people that are like winning Grammys and on Broadway.

And yeah, that one. That's the one that I was on. That's so wild to me. So Jake texts you. Yeah, he texts me. He, yeah, he kind of like susses me out. Yeah, in full transparency,

this is around the time when, like, Nickelodeon was having a little blippin time on good old Netflix. Oh, being revealed. Yeah. Yeah. So that was wild timing. And what was even more wild as I was staying at the Sutton and Henry Danger was shooting their movie at that time.

Wow. So I bumped into them shortly after I got this call and we were chat. I was chatting with Jake and I said, let me think about it. I said, listen, Jake, I just got in with Hallmark, which is like kind of a dream of mine. I never really wanted to be famous. Just wanted to make fun stuff, like cute, fun, silly goose family friendly stuff. So for me, Hallmark was the older Nickelodeon. Like, that's what made sense for me.

I'm like, I could have my family. if I do a few a year, if I'm lucky to have an opportunity to do, if I become like to do 10% of what Lacey Shabird's doing right now, like I'd be the luckiest girl. We'll take Lacey's runoff. Well, I'll take it, Lacey. What do you can't do? Lacey, I'll do it. I'll step in. We follow each other on Instagram.

Yeah, I love her so much. But she was actually a person I talked to when I was like wondering what homework was like because she has a daughter and she seems pretty normal and she doesn't like, I don't know. I'm just like, how do you stay normal and try to do this business? still have a family and, you know, so that was why I wanted to be with Hallmark. And I told Jake, I said, I don't want to, I don't want to ruin anything. This could be something. Like, I could actually have a run with them. Like, but I do love this idea and I just want to sit on it and sleep on it. And then I ran into the cast of Henry Danger. And we were just, just having a moment together where it was like, Nickelodeon was a huge part of my life growing up, huge. It was

my network. Like, I loved it. I remember all those shows vividly. They played a huge part in my life. And I think there was just a part of me. And Ariana was the one to say it on a voice note to me when I had told her about Hollywood arts. It's like, be a part of like what Nickelodeon was for us for the next generation. Like regardless of anything that's ever happened or, you know, like, how do we make Nickelodeon like special? And that's what's what stuck with me. And I'm like, you know what? If there's any chance that like I could be a part of something like that, I, yeah, I'd be dumb not to.

I have kids. You know, like my kids would watch this. And if I could have a tiny say and make this silly and fun and wholesome and hysterical, like, that's what I want to do. And so, yeah, here we are. Whoa. So when you were thinking about doing it, you texted Ariana and asked her for her opinion. I texted everyone. Well, I, like, called and texted everyone when I found out.

So the process was wild. It was like almost two years of just like in development kind of. I'm sorry, less than in development. What's before in development? A baby, a concept. Sure. An embryo. Exactly.

And then when it became like, oh, now we're going to be in development, we're going to like, you know, tell the world that we're going to do this in a way. They put it on Hollywood Reporter and Variety. I had like 48 hours to tell the cast that they were going to drop that news that it's in development. Yeah. And that was when I was like, well, I have to call them now. Like they were going to drop it within 24 hours. And I said, I need time to talk to everyone because I.

I didn't think this was going to happen. Like, y'all had been chatting about this for a while, and I thought it was a big moment of our imagination. And now this is a real thing. You're going to put it on the internet. I said, I need to talk to my cast. Like, that's what matters most to me is, like, making sure I have their blessing and their support. And that, like, they understand that, you know, I want to do this, but I want them to want me to do this too.

And so that was when I reached out to everyone. And so who else from the original is in this reboot? Good question. Super secret. That's me. Just me. It's what I'm known for. They're already

questions. Yeah, guys, it's just me. And I'm here to announce my new reboot and Josh. John, why don't you come be in the show? Yeah, perfect. It just, yeah, my reboot is just

me talking to 16-year-old self going, no more seconds. Okay. My God. That would be so funny, Josh, if you pulled an Eddie Murphy and it was just Josh and Josh. And it was amazing. And you like, like, like a Norbit, but with you.

And that's like the quote in the Hollywood reporter. They're like, we asked Josh Peck why he's doing this. And all he replied was, this is my Norbit. This is my Norbit. But that says it all. That's perfect. Yeah. I'm in.

Oh, my God. And honestly, there was a big flop for Eddie, but that might just mean it might be good for me. A flop for Eddie is a win for Josh. It's amazing that Eddie Murphy is so unbelievably talented that that, like, the norbit of it all, like, not a flop. I fucking loved it. So many people loved it.

It's so impressive. Making a whole movie yourself with multiple characters. Oh, my gosh. Can you even imagine? Oh. Unreal. I feel like I thought, didn't Kiki Palmer do something like that where she was, or was it just an interesting?

Instagram real. She did a whole bit where she played every character. Do you know what I'm talking about? Oh my gosh, you guys. I don't, but I'll look it up. I thought one and I was like, of course, like, again. Wow. Wow. Okay. Well, I can't wait for the reboot and I can't wait for you and it's going to be excellent. This episode is brought to you by Starbucks. Josh, have you ever seen a more gorgeous beverage? Do you know what this is? First of all, it's the summer. I'm ready to enjoy myself. But I'm I need a cold drink to define me. So I'm all in. Just a disclaimer, go Ben.

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Should we do a moron mail? Yes, we should. Moron mail. We call our listeners morons, if you don't know, and that's endearing. I'm a moron. I know. I was going to say that's endearing. Well, we love you.

It's endearing because we're all morons, especially me. I pretend that I know so much when really I know nothing. But so Moron Mail is our advice segment. I pulled a couple of them. And this one's perfect for you because you're just a devoted mother. Okay, Moron Mail, parents issue. Hi, Ben and Josh and Daniela. My husband, toddler, infant, and I have been living with my parents after selling our home and looking for a new one.

My parents and I have been clashing over household duties and taking care of my children. My parents have been overstepping with all my parenting decisions, even with small things like decluttering toys. I feel guilty feeling fed up because they help with watching my children as I work part-time and do not charge us any rent. I've tried to communicate their overstepping several times, but they always say sorry, then do it again. I would truly value your advice. Thanks.

Hmm. I mean, it's so clear as day to me. I'll go first. You're living in their fucking house. Okay? Yeah, like what do you expect? I'm sorry, if you're living in their fucking house, then you're their child. You're one of the children.

They now have multiple children. They have you their child, then they have your grandkids. So if you don't want them overstepping, then get your own house. But it's such a blessing that you're able to live rent free and that your parents are alive and want to be helpful. And like the last thing on your fucking mind should be that your parents are overstepping. You're living in their house. Like I don't even, I read, I read this. And I, for me, there was only one way to look at it, which was like, yeah, your parents earned the right to overstep because you're living in their house with.

your kids. I don't like it. I don't like it. Yeah. I don't like it. Yeah. I don't like it. Do you feel like, for me at least, I moved out at a young age and I don't know if this right or inner moron did or not, because I find when you move out and there's a degree of separation for a long period of time, you are no longer parent and child in the same way ever again. I, that's how I feel. So now it's like, if you're now popping in and staying at the house, you're a guest. You should kind of be treated like a guest. The parents should look at you as your own person as an adult. And if the parents allowed the child to come into the house, they have to recognize they're doing them a solid. And that's the extent of that sort of dynamic. You know, I guess it's easy to slip into that parental. But I can't imagine if my son or daughter lives with me at 20 and she's in a relationship and she has kids that I'm now like back to mom. Like I did that. Like hopefully, I did a great enough job that, like, you've got your stuff handled. Like, I don't know. Does that, I can't imagine having a parent in that way at this age ever.

Well, but they're really, but family has a certain level of like when my, like, my kids are constantly around their aunts and uncles and, and the spouses of their aunts and uncles, which are their aunts and uncles. And also, I'm saying, even non-blood, like I, like, they'll say certain things and I'll be like, like, tell them. Like, you're the aunt. Like, you have, you're allowed. Like, yeah, yeah. To an extent. And I know that they, they would always, you know, never overstep. But I'm like, you have more license than a rando. Totally. Like, your family. And definitely, I'll constantly, like, if I'm ever, especially because she said, like, the grandparents do child care. Like, when I leave, I'll be like, grandma and grandpa are the authority now. Like, right? So they're not overstepping. Like, they are. They, and I'm. I'm. lucky because I don't have super, you know, uh, Yenta E, you know, in-laws.

Sure. But, um, yeah, I would, if I was saying in their home and they were also providing child care, I would give them certain license that maybe I wouldn't normally give because they're doing me a solid. Yeah. Yeah. No, I guess I'm on my own here. I don't know.

I still want the control. You would. I get that. But maybe that's a mother's perspective. Maybe like as a mom, I'm like, nah, I still have a way of doing. doing things. And I want even if I and I love and respect you and I know you've been here done that, but like this is a different time. They're mine. I completely agree with that. But if you want that, you need to live in your own house. 100%. I wouldn't put myself in that situation. So it's harder for

me to yeah. Like I completely agree that if this is a different, let's say she called in and she was like every time I invite my parents over, they question all of my decisions. They over. They over parent, I would say, fuck that. That's not at all cool. Like your parents shouldn't be doing that. You're a grown up. You're on your own. Sorry for the people listening who live with their parents. But part of being a grown up is also living by yourself.

And so I think that moving back in with your parents when you have kids gives your parents a little bit of carte blanche to be parents. I've seen it done well, though, actually. I just thought of a good example. I know someone who's pregnant with their second about to give birth and she lives at home with her parents and her husband and her toddler. Wow. And her parents, they're so, it's almost textbook in this.

And that's maybe where I'm kind of getting this. It's like they know exactly how to make this work so that everyone has their like respective time and boundaries and it's beautiful. And like you can just see that it works. It's also that she's moving out in the next like month. But they've been there for, I don't know, three years. Wow. And it's almost like she's like a roommate in their house.

and the mom and dad will be there when they need help and be around. But like for the most part, everyone does their own thing. Those are amazing people. That's all I'll say. Great communicators. Something. I don't know. Those are amazing people.

That's amazing. Because don't you think the other side can be troublesome sometimes too? When a kid knows they have zero limits with their grandparents. Oh, yeah. And that they're going to feed into every want and wish and that any rule that stands at home will not be extended to their house. so unlimited, you know, candy and desserts and... I don't like that.

Right. That triggers me. Exactly. So it is a balance because you do want them to employ similar boundaries to what. Like my wife and I can be more liberal than maybe other families are with like screen time and what. Like we're not against Sesame Street. Sorry. You know?

And so, but like when my kids go over to the grandparents, like they're not a big fan of TV and stuff. So I just go, we're your grandparents. What am I going to overrule grandma and be like, go on Sesame Street? And we're like, hey, they don't want the TV on, figure it out to my kids. Because we're at their house. Yeah.

You know? Yeah, that is a gray area. Because like we're kind of the opposite of that. We're like, I'm fine with screen time for the most part, but I am particular about what they're consuming. And when they go to their grandparents' house, it's very much like cartoon forward. Like she has cop patrols on VHS, which again,

so benign, so sweet. Sorry. Sorry, on VHS. On VHS. Wow. Because she has a VHS like TV in their guest room in which they sleep in. That's hot. And that is how they fall asleep.

Now, here's the thing. I'm not a big like screen time before bed person. There's a lot of things where I'm like, but she's the best of what we got. And I love her. And she's awesome in so many ways. Like I know. And I had to come. I had to get here.

Like it was a bit of a journey. Like early days, I was so my babies are my babies. And now I'm like, thank you. so much. Like I try not to say a single thing. My kids come home healthy, happy. They love her. I have peace of mind. And I don't know. I just think that like she kind of watches the way that I do and picks up on the things that she knows are important to me. But then she's also grandma and she'll tell me straight up like, well, that's what Nana's going to do. And it's like, all right, Nana, I see you. Like that's okay, a little ice cream, a little this. Like I want them to love their time with you.

Totally. But it's, yeah, it's like that balance. Wow, I want to throw on a VHS. It sounds fucking amazing. I want a Yaya. I want a ya ya, Greek. You want one more? Yeah. Okay.

Hi, good guys. My childhood best friend is getting married and I'm her maid of honor. Not because she asked me, but because she informed me. I've done so much for this girl over the years and eventually introduced her to the guy. She's marrying. I have two kids. She's met my oldest, maybe twice, and both times were accidental run-ins. I had another baby last year and she hasn't met her, asked about her or really checked in on me at all.

Yet somehow I'm still important enough to be made of honor. The good news is she doesn't want a bachelorette trip, so my responsibilities are minimal. The bad news is I'm struggling to remember the last time we actually hung out. Am I being dramatic or do I just show up, give the speech and pretend this is all normal? Thanks, guys. One-sided. Feeling selfish. Yeah, tell us more.

Well, no. I mean, I just think that like some people need, like, I know that I'm the type of person that if something needs to be organized and scheduled out and like coordinated, that like I might need to hire someone, you know, but that's not my friend. Unless my friend volunteers and she's like, listen, that's my role in this friendship and I'm down to be the one to like set us up and make sure everything's going to be Gucci. Outside of that, I'm not going to assume someone's going to do that for me. I just feel like, there's a minutia to it all. Like, I wouldn't want to have someone. I don't know. I don't agree. I think that comes off a little selfish. But then again, I don't know.

I didn't have a wedding. And I find that most people that are planning weddings, they become someone else for a short period of time because that's all that they're consumed with. So maybe she's making decisions based out of like, I'm out in survival mode and you are the best candidate and I need you. And I, you know, can't show up for you very much. And, you know, congrats on the kid and all.

bit. From both sides, I think that telling somebody there, they're made of honor is weird for sure. But being asked, do you want to be my maid of honor? Has anybody ever said no? He said no. Like, would you say no? Like, then your friendship's over, right? So this is like a little backwards to me.

Like if she had asked her, she would have said yes, obviously. So let's say, okay, so we put that aside. That part's a little bit weird. I have plenty of people that I still consider very dear friends of mine that do not. that do not check in on my son. And that's because they don't know me as a dad. They don't. So their first thought is how's Ben doing.

It's not how's Ruby doing. And I don't hold that against them. Like for me, I think it's equally as important as the person with kids to invite people over to meet their kids. Like it's the job of me to introduce him to my friends, not the job of my friend to check in on him. Now the friends that do, they're elevated to a whole other level.

I remember that and I love it and it's so special to me. But I don't think that the person who's in a different life stage that knows you from a different life stage should be held accountable for not realizing that you're in a different life stage when she's worried about her wedding. So I see both sides of it. And I do think that she's being a little drama, like relax. Just be the maid of honor. It's one fucking day. There's no bachelor party. What do you even have to do?

Like, are you so bored that you have to get upset? said about this. But yeah, I think it's interesting. What do you think, Josh? Yeah, I agree. And the good news is that the maid of honor is not asking for too much. So like, it's not a total

monster thing. You don't have to do the bachelor party. Do a couple of things. It sounds like this girl don't have a lot of friends if she's picking. Totally. Totally. Totally. Probably has not great relationships with most. That's true. That's a good point. Yeah. And you know what? Shupai doesn't deserve great friends.

right this is probably real issue right your dress is not going to be cute you know no there's no way you know maybe sabotage her you know what I mean put a you know put a diuretic in her wedding cake lucky lucky

yeah lucky should we get to Woody you nuts yes or Woody nuts moment of the week is our gripes with people places and things both big and tall whatever sticking in your craw too much ice and coffee is a what are you nuts like I shouldn't have to when I order my coffee from a Starbucks

say half ice. There's no world in which putting ice to the top is reasonable. It doesn't keep it colder than if it was at a quarter of the ice. How about you fucking chill the coffee? Okay, so you don't have to do that to me.

And I'm not an idiot. I know that you're just doing it because ice costs nothing and coffee costs a lot or a lot more than ice. But why am I ordering a venting and getting the amount for a grande? It's really fucked up, okay?

And of course it doesn't happen at Starbucks because Starbucks is a sponsor of ours. This probably happens at Duncan. Okay? Okay. Duncan, a bunch of frauds. It's fucked up. Whatia Nuts? My Woody and Nuts moment of the week is there's recently been a, what would you call it,

heat wave in London, England, heard of it. And they've been dealing with 35 degrees plus. That's Celsius, babe. That's the metric system. Real good and hot. Which, look, a lot of people are complaining. I think it's a little Woody a Nuts when you're London, enjoy the heat. It happens two days a year.

But here's another stat that really, piqued to my interest. 5% of UK homes have air conditioning. What do you nuts? Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Wow. Wow. We won the war, UK. Wow. Treat yourself to some air con. Wow. Oh my God. We beat the Germans.

Oh my God. Get some air conditioning. Nightmare. Five percent. Oh, I mean, shout out the UK. We love you. But no air conditioning. What are you nuts?

Holy shit. Holy shit. I wouldn't be able to live. I mean, I rely. so heavily on my air conditioner. It's my everything. I am having a panic attack, even thinking about the idea that I'd be in a house of that air conditioning. So that's a great.

What are you nuts? Danielle? You guys! I can't believe it. I'm a moron and I didn't prepare a What are you nuts? That's okay. No, it's not. You must have something.

Something happened on the way. You've been traveling recently. Oh, yeah. I mean, what are you nuts? I was the Zoom call that I was trying to get on for the production. thing. I moved it a couple times because I'm really bad at just time period. Better with my kids stuff. I don't mess anything up for them. I know exactly where they need to be when they got to be picked up, all the things. When it comes to me, I've lost all memory for myself.

I'm getting to workouts late. I'm getting on call seven minutes late, like on the way here, seven minutes late. That is unreasonable. What are you nuts, Daniela? Are you kidding? me. I'd get on the phone and just make something up. I said, you know what, guys, I got nothing. The ride was feeling too good. I'm sitting in traffic. I should have called. Yeah. Oh. First impression. See you tomorrow. I think, first of all, that's a great waddy nuts. That said, I think it's a waddy of nuts that you get on a call seven minutes late and justify. You are the star. No, it's so bad. It's not. Seven minutes is fine. You got a 10 minute grace period. They were all there too. I'm like, they're not going to be there.

No, you see. Yeah, you get on the call and you see, guys, I'm a working mother. I'm really fucking busy. Like, if you have a problem with it, that's your problem. What do you not? Seven minutes late in Hollywood is 15 minutes early. Oh, thanks God. It's fine.

You're good, please. You think Florence Pugh's getting there on time? No, I don't know. I don't want to put that out there. She probably doesn't even have the Zoom app. All right. So what else? I know we spoke about a lot of your projects, but anything you want to plug, anything

coming up, cart blonde. Please let the morons know what's going on. It's honestly so exciting to be here. Like, I love your guys' show. Thank you so much. I'm so whirly. I was listening to The Toast on the way here. I actually just love podcasts.

I'm such a consumer of podcasts, but some of my favorites are your guys is. So thanks for having me. Have fun in Toronto. I'm jealous. You're the best. You're the best. Thank you so much for coming.

Folks, this episode's five stars. Otherwise, what are you nuts? Listen to us to wherever you get your podcast, especially Spotify. The Spotify video, I don't know if you've seen it, Danielle, this is... It pops up automatically. Oh, my God. It's unbelievable.

And it can be on while you're on other stuff. It's so nice. It just... You hear this? This is it. This is it. Spotify. Okay, subscribe to Spotify.

Mondays and Thursdays, folks, we will see you. But, up, up, ow. Next time.