The Adam Friedland Show (Cumtown) - SARAH JESSICA PARKER | Sex & The City, Hollywood Relationships, The Pope

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Even though obviously you're Carrie, are there any, which character do you identify the most with? Okay, let's hear it. Steve. Yes. Really? Yes. I'm a Steve too. Yeah, I'm a Steve. A half burger, half Steve. We're like the same person.
Starting point is 00:00:18 I know, isn't it? I'm not surprised to discover that. Ha ha ha ha. surprised to discover that. Welcome back to the Adam Friedland Show. I'd like to ask you for a minute of your time. As many of you know, the objective of our program is to make a weekly television show that isn't funded by networks or by studios. And in order to do so, we've had to reinvent the wheel a little bit. For about three and a half months prior to the launch of this season, we went into pre-production. I hired a pretty sizable staff, many of whom are paid, many of whom
Starting point is 00:01:26 are even women. In order to fund that for three and a half months, I spent money. I spent money out of my own savings. I spent about a hundred and fifty four thousand dollars, which as a Jewish person is scary. If you don't believe me, I'll call my business manager who can confirm this. Hey, hey. What's up? Yo, hi.
Starting point is 00:01:57 Hi. Hey, hey. Oh, what are you up to? Oh, I'm just. Okay, anyway. I'm out, you're, what, what, what? Quick question. How much money have we spent thus far out of pocket?
Starting point is 00:02:11 Oh man, give me one sec, one sec. Hold on, I'm out, so let me just check my... Nice, brother. One sec. Sorry, beep boop, beep boop, beep boop, beep boop. Yeah, oh, so we spent $144,000. Great, thank you so much. So here's where you come in.
Starting point is 00:02:29 I'm announcing our new premium membership service here on YouTube.com. It brings me great pleasure to present to you the Friedland Family Foundation. What is that? Well, there are three tiers. The basic tier is Adam's friends. That's me and it's Richard Codd and that's Adam's best friend, the
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Starting point is 00:03:53 Good evening and welcome to a very special episode of The Adam Friedland Show. My guest this week was the unimpeachably charming Sarah Jessica Parker, one of Hollywood's most accomplished actors. Known for her grace and unpretentiousness, this interview was meant to be a major accomplishment in both of our careers. Instead, it was an unmitigated disaster. To explain further, we'll have to travel back in time. May 8th, 2025. will have to travel back in time, May 8th, 2025. It was another normal day here at TAFS. Another celebrity walks in, takes their seat,
Starting point is 00:04:37 and is treated to one of the greatest conversations of their entire lives. But this time, something was different. The twist? A dribbling mass of mucus, otherwise known as a booger, crawling its way out of my nose, presenting itself to one of the world's most famous actresses. Upon reviewing the footage, I was mortified. My biggest guest appearance to date, ruined by an uncontrolled bodily excretion. My first thought was to stage a cover-up, to hide the truth from a public that might not be ready to see it, I spoke to an expert in visual effects, who explained that we could use an artificial intelligence program to create a three-dimensional digital clone of my face and replace the part of my lip that
Starting point is 00:05:19 was sullied by the booger. But upon hearing the price, I realized something. At the backbone of this program is the trust my viewers have in me. The trust in my dogged pursuit of the truth. And I wasn't willing to violate that trust over a big, green, dripping booger. Ah, now,
Starting point is 00:05:51 I've made a lot of enemies in the short time I've hosted this show. Right wing nut jobs. The media establishment. Simply put, they want me gone. I represent a threat to their status and I wouldn't put it past them to attempt to sabotage my biggest interview yet. Shh. Perhaps they sent a saboteur into my studio, disguised as a janitor, or perhaps I had a vagrant to disperse allergens. Perhaps they held blackmail on someone I'm close to, someone I love,
Starting point is 00:06:23 and threatened them into slipping me some sort of decongestant that made boogers come out. Perhaps they've even inserted a double agent into my crew, who spent months earning my trust just to stab me in the back. The truth is we'll never know. And frankly, it doesn't matter. I cannot and I will not be intimidated. I cannot be discouraged. I could have urinated. I could have even defecated in my pants during this interview and I would still release it. Because the truth is there has never been a more important time to release an interview with Sarah Jessica Parker who stars in the new
Starting point is 00:07:08 season event just like that now out on HBO Max. Ladies and gentlemen we'll be right back. Ladies and gentlemen our next guest I don't have to give the CV. Everyone, it's Sarah Jessica Parker. Give it up for her. From girls just want to have fun. Sarah Jessica Parker. Can I have you in my loud? Oh, you have my permission. I don't know what the rules are. Wow, I don't know. Wow, this is amazing. What is that?
Starting point is 00:07:45 It's a mess here? Fluff. You texted me. You signed your text to me when I was trying to trick you into this. I wouldn't say book. I'd say trick. You signed it mom. Yes.
Starting point is 00:07:57 Well, hadn't I been referred to as mom in the introduction, but previous exchanges of which I became privy to. Yeah, but you could, I mean, if you want. I thought it was funny. I think you referred to me. Oh, I said, hi, mom. Yeah, so then I responded in kind. You're such a cool mom.
Starting point is 00:08:16 Love mom. You're so nice. Or warmly mom, or stay safe mom. You're a massive fan of this? I love, I love your show. How the fuck is that part? I'm sorry. I know you don't like How the fuck is that possible? I'm sorry. I know you don't like cursing.
Starting point is 00:08:26 I don't think I'm alone. Who else? Oh, well, I assume that there are many. Like Obama? Do you want me to Obama? Perhaps. I feel like I'm sitting with the president of women. Whether you like it or not, you could be a reluctant leader
Starting point is 00:08:43 like General Washington, the father of our country. The father of our country. You don't have to accept that title, but I'm deeming you. That's very generous of you. Number one girl. Aww, I don't. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:08:57 But that's not true, but it's very sweet. I've been performing extensive research, actually. I do for the show. I've been watching a ton of interviews with you and also I was kind of in a like a police stakeout outside your house in the West Village. Excellent. So from what you're saying it is true like typically you go out there's a barrel with a fire in it you warm your hands with that. Correct. Those are the people that you're around. Yeah I'm in the community. I blend in with your everyman.
Starting point is 00:09:27 As a fashion icon, do you think that the barrel with suspenders is going to come back at any point? Or what do you think about? I didn't even know if it left. Really? Did it leave? Is it not? It's peculiar.
Starting point is 00:09:39 I feel like that's one of those kind of timeless pieces. I feel like anybody could wear it any time, any season. I don't feel like it has a shelf life. Can you imagine not having any clothes, but only having a barrel? It's bizarre. What leads one to that? Yeah, like what was the story that preceded? Yeah, I lost all my clothes, my job, but I have this barrel. some braces and these suspenders yeah and the stick in this bindle. But I
Starting point is 00:10:08 but maybe um maybe the circumstances do make sense. Because typically I think you ride the barrel down rapids. Correct. Right over Niagara Falls. Yes. And we're like the same person. I know. I'm not surprised to discover that within the first 40 seconds. But I can imagine a scenario where, and this might have been, you know, the beginning of denim, the beginning of barrel and suspenders. The provenance of those things, once you know, makes sense. It's very possible that a person could find themselves without clothes at a moving body of water.
Starting point is 00:10:53 Like, I could see that, say for instance, you were getting undressed behind a tree to swim, to put on your togs. In that time they might say togs or bathing costume. Yeah. Then there was. Skatool. Pardon?
Starting point is 00:11:09 Skatool. Skatool. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the term that you used. I'm gonna believe you. The onesie. The onesie, yeah. Like the guy with the barbells and the onesie. That's gotta come back to you.
Starting point is 00:11:17 And they were like wool. Yeah, yeah. But say that there was an unforeseen incident and you ran. that there was an unforeseen incident and you ran, you were just about to put on your bathing clothing and then there was an incident and then you had to run and then the only way to run, maybe it was a bear, the only way to run eventually became to be in the body of water and the only way to travel safely in the body of water was in the barrel. I think that's your drift. Maybe all you had left on were your suspenders.
Starting point is 00:11:48 I mean, I could see that you could. That's one of my favorite episodes of Sex and the City, the barrel suspenders one. Miranda was about to go over Niagara Falls, of course. And then some pranksters took the clothes. And I'm like, that's classic Miranda. Classic, classic Miranda. That is so Miranda to lose all our clothes and wear a barrel.
Starting point is 00:12:07 That is so weird. And then everybody was wearing a barrel. I want to back up a bit because it's so funny because the fan base of Sex and the City is characterized as girls and gays, but there is a percentage, and I feel like there's a sizable percentage of like, boyfriends who are like, like, your girlfriend's like, can we watch Sex and the City? And you're like, babe, I don't want to watch girl stuff. But in your head, you're like, I want to see what this is all about. And then by episode three, you're locked in.
Starting point is 00:12:38 And like, I've seen every, by episode three, I'm like, why the fuck is she putting Aidan's ring on a necklace? She's not serious about this engagement. I'm like yelling at my girlfriend about on the couch, what does she do? I can't with Carrie right now. I can't with Carrie. Yeah, but like it's so funny
Starting point is 00:12:55 because I've like literally seen every episode of both movies and every episode of the new series. I think that's, from what I understand, I think that's how a lot of straight men came to the show reluctantly and some stayed and some maybe in your Stockholm syndrome or like you were held hostage or you came to actually free will. But it's nice to hear that you aren't wanting your time back. Deep down you want to check it out.
Starting point is 00:13:27 But you have to project, like, bam, come on. What are we going to watch? Real Housewives of Salt Lake City? I'd like to not have those two be thought of in the same way. But I understand your points. As a dumb straight guy, you want to characterize it as girl stuff, right? Yes, 100%.
Starting point is 00:13:44 But deep down, you're like, I am being the best boyfriend in the world right now. And then suddenly you're just locked in. And you're watching ahead and then you're in trouble because you went ahead. And no, I'm just kidding. I took it a step further. No, no, no. What it is is like the boyfriend showing the girlfriend's sopranos if they haven't seen it.
Starting point is 00:14:04 And they're like, this is important for me Right, but on the girlfriend side, it's like you got to watch sex yes Yes, and like but then you get more into it than your girlfriend you have we had an argument the other day because I've been like re-watching episodes and We literally got an argument because it's something Miranda says She's like Where she's like, he should just know what's wrong. And I'm like, how the hell is Steve supposed to know?
Starting point is 00:14:31 If she doesn't say it. What is he, a mind reader? Why are we expecting? It's great. Anyway. It's very funny to hear you say Steve. It's just like I never thought I would hear you say Miranda. Then Steve wouldn't. I think I'm a Steve. Are you a Steve? Yeah I'm like a I like basketball.
Starting point is 00:14:52 Where do you live? Fort Greene Brooklyn. Yeah. They had a house in Brooklyn of course famously. Yes. I feel like I feel like the the the kid was probably listening to our old podcast. Oh for sure. Yeah Yeah, that's a he acted out emotionally in his early adolescence because he was listening to come town I want to back up a little bit more into like your suit is very nice. It's my father's is it really Yes, it's really nice and I like that you're wearing cowboy boots. I know, well I was for you. Do you always wear cowboy boots? No, I wanted to wear those.
Starting point is 00:15:28 But are those worn, are those? No, these are for work. Are they brand new? No, I work, this is for farm labor that I do. Right. When I'm not here, I'm like wearing shit kickers and yeah, yeah. That's kind of, but I don't's kind of but I love cowboy boots. Those are very nice. Anyway, sorry.
Starting point is 00:15:48 Try them on. Can we? No, that's OK. No, but those are really nice. So I think that's interesting about you is that like. Going into like your your biography is like you kind of buck a lot of trends, right? So you were like a child actor and like the understanding about a lot of child actors is that they
Starting point is 00:16:11 grow up too fast and then they have problems later on in life, but you seem relatively well adjusted. And one thing that I'm interested in is like how that's possible. Not possible, but what about the way you were raised? What grounded you or centered you to be relatively fine? Yes, I would like to think I'm relatively well adjusted. Not as well adjusted as some people I know, but better than others. For an actress, though, most of them are Joseph Stalin.
Starting point is 00:16:47 Yeah. I think honestly, I was sharing this with somebody else recently that I think I was really lucky, although I might not have felt it at the time that I was working mostly in the theater between the ages of, you know, 11 and even though I had some detours into television, my real, a majority of my time spent as a working actor was in the theater and I just feel as if the kind of scrutiny that a child actor
Starting point is 00:17:26 is under versus a child performer on television or a child star in the movies is radically different. Like the scope of exposure and the ways in which you're talked about and discussed and deconstructed, you're not reaching the same eyes in the theater, and you're not exposed to the same kinds of whims of economy. You just don't have any money, period. Is it a more supportive environment? I think it's an environment that is more so about the work simply because it has to be done and the rewards are not enormous.
Starting point is 00:18:10 So there's a balance to the professional experience. And I think if you think about child stars that struggled or were challenged by the world paying attention, they were really up for discussion in ways that if you think about my career, you didn't know that I was doing a play off Broadway, or I was doing the one act festival at EST, or that I did a play at Circle and the Square downtown. Like it wasn't, so I think it allowed me
Starting point is 00:18:40 to become a young adult without someone saying I was funny looking or examining my family life or my parents or discussing me in ways that aren't healthy or helpful. Does that make sense? Yeah, it does. So I sort of think the theater saved me and allowed me to have a grown-up career. Yeah, but I've heard you talk about like how you were like 11, 12 going on the subway, going to auditions. Does that feel like you know your childhood was cut short or does it feel like you know like you were like I grew up fast and that
Starting point is 00:19:20 became tough and strong? I think both. I don't feel that my childhood was cut short at all because I felt like a child. I actually felt like a young person, but I was doing something different than most of my classmates, who by the way, some of them were great baseball players or soccer players or had extracurricular activities
Starting point is 00:19:46 where they were shining. But I loved, I loved being an actor. I loved being liberated from school. I loved being on the subway and walking to auditions and having five bucks in my pocket and knowing that it had to cover pizza like my meal and running for the train after show. When I was coming up as an actor, no one was self-taping.
Starting point is 00:20:18 You were literally, as they say, pounding the pavement all day. If I was 13 or if I was 18, I was going to three and four auditions a day. And then one could be in Midtown and then you could have two auditions for commercial on Third Avenue where all the ad agencies were. So you went up and down Third Avenue into Ogilvy and Mather, into this accounting house,
Starting point is 00:20:38 that accounting house, that advertising house. And then you hustled back across the park. Maybe you got the 102 or the 103 and then went down Broadway and you went to two more auditions for plays. And then maybe up to Columbus Circle because that's in the Gulf and Western building, which is now Trump Tower. That's where all the casting agents were for Paramount. I still call it the Gulf and Western. Me too. Do you really? So like you'd be doing that all day every day. Yeah. And it was so great. It was exciting. I loved it. Yeah. And that's cool. So I wasn't a good student. School made me very anxious. Tests made me very anxious. I tested really poorly. I could never really understand the concept
Starting point is 00:21:29 of what the formula was to write a really good paper. My daughters and my son do it now, and I'm like gobsmacked by their ability. I'm sure you know how to write a paper. No. Really? Yeah. No, that's absolutely not true.
Starting point is 00:21:42 No, no, no, no, no. That's not true. I have a lot of, yeah. I just, I'm wearing true. No, no, no. No, no, no. That's not true. I have a lot of, yeah. I just, I'm wearing glasses. That's only, that's why I think you're smart. People see me as a public intellectual, but in reality I've... I don't believe that. I've never read, I've never read a word.
Starting point is 00:21:55 Remind me of your schooling. My schooling? Yeah, remind me of like high school and then you went to... For elementary school, I was at the Sorbonne. Middle school, Cambridge. And then high school, Boston, Cambridge, the other Cambridge I like to call it. The other Cambridge, yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:15 And I was in prison for college. Rikers Island. University of life. Yeah, I call it the School of Hard Knocks. The School of Hard Knocks, yes. I think I came up with that, actually. Yeah, I call it the School of Hard Knocks. The School of Hard Knocks, yes. I think I came up with that, actually. Yeah, I think I was actually the first one to say School of Hard Knock.
Starting point is 00:22:30 No, I grew up in Vegas, in like suburb in Las Vegas. And then I went to George Washington University. Oh, you did? In DC. My sister went there for, to get to be, she's in the medical profession. Oh she went as a postgrad. I'm sure that was a good program for me it was just Nimrods. No. From the tri-state area. Were you a classic? Were you a liberal arts student? I studied international politics yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:00 Wow. Middle eastern studies. Wow. And you graduated a year early you're messing with me. I am no that's real. Yeah that Eastern studies, yeah. Wow. Yeah. And you graduated a year early, you're messing with me. I am, no, that's real. Yeah. That is real, and you graduated early. Yeah, because I had like AP credits and stuff, and I had like some college credits, so. And also, like, I was like taking student- You're sorry, you're trying to pretend-
Starting point is 00:23:15 I was taking student loans out, too, so it was just like- You needed to get it done as quick as possible. I got a lot of money, well, I didn't realize that. It was so funny, like, the fact that they let an 18 year old sign a loan I know like I got out of college and they're like you owe us $80,000. I was like To become the richest man in the world I was like, I just wanted to I just wanted to get away from my my parents were annoying me So I signed this fricking loan.
Starting point is 00:23:46 $80,000? It's so funny that we do that in this country. Have your loans been forgiven? Forgiven. Well, I didn't know if you were part of, and if you were part of the- After what I did. Forgiven.
Starting point is 00:24:00 No, I managed to pay it off. You paid them down? Paid it off through, yeah. Wow, pay him off in entirety. Podcasting for ugly men is really... That's so good. Podcasting for men with bad personalities is really just... So you didn't really grow up in Vegas? Yeah, I was born in LA and then grew up in Vegas.
Starting point is 00:24:18 Where in Vegas? My parents are from Cape Town. We're Jews from South Africa. I don't know when you're being serious. No, no, what is that? That's not a good bit. How is that a good lie? I don't know, you've said so much that isn't true.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Well, the Sorbonne obviously is an elementary school. No, I'm just kidding. No, no, yeah, my parents are from Cape Town and then... So when did they come here? The 81, 81? Oh, so... 82, because my dad got called up to the to go to Angola to the to the serve just for the apartheid so that my parents both went to university in
Starting point is 00:24:53 London then came back and met each other. Where in do you know what university? My dad was an architect he went to the the AA and my mom studied drama. Wow. Yeah. How come people how come do people know this? She studied drama and Wow. Yeah. How come people, how come, do people know this? She said drama and gossip. No. Ha ha ha ha. I'm gonna ask you one other question. Yeah. Did you read the Goldfinch? The Donna's Heart
Starting point is 00:25:15 book? I'm getting, I'm gonna get around to it. There's just an amazing section. No, I know it takes place in Vegas. Yeah. Just, there's a pretty significant section in Vegas and I think it's like a piece of masterful writing, but you might say no, because you live there and... Have you read The Giver? No. I can't tell. I can't.
Starting point is 00:25:35 I don't know. There's a pope? I came up with a baby book. My hair? What? No, no, no. Pope. There's a pope?
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Starting point is 00:27:31 52 years. 52 years? But you're only, what? 60. No you're not. Yeah I am. Stop lying to me. Now you're doing a bit.
Starting point is 00:27:39 Yeah. So I mean, you ever like? I mean really, just like your parents, you make up a bit like that. What you'd make up a bit like that? What? I make up a bit about my parents? Me? No, you...
Starting point is 00:27:49 Okay, I was doing a bit. I think what you just said. My parents, I don't have them. I don't know where they are. It's not a bit. No, yeah. So, obviously, you like had a pretty successful stage career, film career. You were in some like the most iconic movies
Starting point is 00:28:05 and then obviously you you joined this series and then you kind of your character has become culturally so ubiquitous. I mean like the show like culturally it's it's so it's huge right like the characters are like at this point like a zodiac sign. You're a Sagittarius, you're a Miranda. There's like a- You really fixate on Miranda. It's so interesting to me because you've not said Charlotte Samantha once,
Starting point is 00:28:36 curiously enough. Can I be honest with you? Yes, please, that's what we're here for. That's what I was promised. Okay, first of all, the one, Charlotte is just, I don't want to mention her because I was in love for a little while growing up. Does she look like the person?
Starting point is 00:28:53 She converted for some ghoulish Jew, and it meant a lot to me growing up. The fact that she would marry Harry, I was like maybe I'll get a wife one day and maybe she'll be fabulous like this. I feel like you've had plenty of opportunities to have wives. Um, plenty of opportunities? Yeah, I mean I don't know that there is, there's a pope. Who cares? I care. What's the, who's the pope? Wait, I'm so excited. Should we guess? I feel like we should guess. I'll tell you who the pope is. No wait, so excited. Should we guess? I feel like we should guess. I'll tell you who the pope is. No, wait.
Starting point is 00:29:27 Let's guess. Wait, are you guys seeing it? Oh, I know who it is. It's Joseph Goebbels. Wait, wait, wait. Oh my god. I'm sorry. I won't come on.
Starting point is 00:29:35 Oh lord. Adam is getting me. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a, Are you practicing Jew? I mean, are you observant, I should say. Sorry.
Starting point is 00:29:43 Well, do I believe in like the spells? No, it's like do you go to high holidays? Do you, are you observant? I should say, sorry. Well, do I believe in like the spells? No, it's like, do you go to high holidays? Do you, are you observant? I'm assuming you're not kosher, but. I'm not, well, I, like it's, I'm just, I'm just, no. You're just culturally a Jew. I think like it's more Jewish to not believe in God and think that the spells are boring.
Starting point is 00:29:59 The spells. And to think that my grandma's stressing me out. I think it's more about that. Cultural. I think it's more about that. Cultural. I think it's like, it's to me, it just, that's, yeah, it is cultural. I was interested to find out, like, I feel like you're very like, people just think you're Jewish probably. Yeah, but. But you're not.
Starting point is 00:30:16 No. Thank God. My real father, sorry. I would wish upon my greatest enemy. My real father, my father is, was, but he didn't, he wasn't an observant Jewish person. He didn't, to my memory, I didn't go to shul or temple. We weren't raised with a religious. And then my stepfather, who I grew up with and who I spent my, you know, he was in my
Starting point is 00:30:42 house from the time I was an infant he was a Christian he was a Unitarian and that was I think almost what's so political for him you know and he was a you know what is it Unitarian what what type what Unitarian Church is a part of the Christian church, but it's, no, but it's not, it's, Unitarian is a very open, very, it always felt very progressive. My parents went there because it was a really progressive
Starting point is 00:31:19 community church, and it was, I think there were services that probably referenced Jesus, but that's not why my parents were there. It was because their politics were very aligned with my parents. They were very community oriented. They were anti-war. They would be for integration. They would have been on the right side. Well. And you rebelled against that because you're famously pro-war.
Starting point is 00:31:51 You've been on the record. Correct. In Vanity Fair, I read you were pro-war. Yes, I am. Which was shocking. She's not Jewish and pro-war. No, I want to talk about like the cultural symbol that you're a part of.
Starting point is 00:32:04 Okay. Like obviously you're a human being and you're an actor that's worked for 50 years. But when someone, obviously the characters are so meaningful to people. If I saw James Gandolfini where he lived, walking down the street, I'd be like, Tone, the boss? I'm sure when people see you, they're like, I met you briefly on the street and you were like, Adam, I love your work. And I was like, hi, just like that. When I was at the bus stop.
Starting point is 00:32:31 We had the bus stop. Yeah. I saw you with the hobos. Yes. Warm your head. One more example of me just on the street. You're just a woman of the people. Yes.
Starting point is 00:32:44 I was at a bus stop. You're the president of the girls, yeah, at a bus stop. But I was at a bus stop. So like, how do you handle people seeing you as a, you know, like, how do you handle, do you think that that's like, is there a frustration there, or do you think it's like, this is awesome, I just made something that's, I'm just, I cooked.
Starting point is 00:33:03 Mostly it's, I cooked on that. Yeah, no, mostly it's really really nice there's times when it's not opportune you know if you're doing something or with somebody I think the time that it feels particularly the occasions when it feels like particularly ill-timed is coming out of a bathroom stall and there's someone just waiting there and they want to you know take pictures, send a message via video. You're like, can I wash my hands? Yeah, you just feel like... It's disgusting. It feels, you know, inappropriate. It feels like late till
Starting point is 00:33:41 someone leaves the entire unit of the bathroom not just the stall, right? Or you know when my kids were younger when you're with your kids and you're Going someplace or eating or one of them's having a meltdown in an airport It's hard to be gracious while you're trying to get your child made of like noodles Off the ground and make a flight. But primarily It's a lovely thing. It's a blessing, honestly. It really is. Like what's the point of working in a vacuum? Like you want your work to connect. You want, you want to find an audience
Starting point is 00:34:15 and it's a it's a privilege. Your husband, what's his name? Sarah Jessica Parker's husband. Matthew Broderick. Oh, he has a name? He has a name. But he also kind of, interestingly enough, also played a role that was culturally iconic. Is that something you guys have bonded over?
Starting point is 00:34:38 No, I think we've probably, I don't think we've ever discussed it. Really? Yeah, I don't think we've ever discussed it. Really? Yeah, I don't think we've ever discussed it in relation to ourself. Like, no, I've never had that conversation. Have you discussed Inspector Gadget? I discussed it when he was making it.
Starting point is 00:34:59 We discussed it at the time, yes. The high jinks on set must be fun. High jinks on set, yes, yes, yes. How have you managed, in a similar way to being a child actor that seems relatively well adjusted, how have you managed to make a Hollywood marriage? You know, the understanding is that those typically are difficult and don't work.
Starting point is 00:35:20 And like, it seems like you guys have bucked that trend as well. I feel like Andy Cohen right now. This is incredible. What does it feel like to feel like Andy Cohen? Oh, starting ship between people that are drunk and work at a restaurant together. So Jacks. Well, we don't live in Hollywood. Let's start with that. Maybe that's helpful. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:35:46 Do people leave you alone more in New York City, you think? I think you're probably left alone less because you're just, you know, we are among the people as we've established. On the freight trains. Yeah, exactly. With a stick. Yes, yes, on the docks, on the docks, in the yards. Yeah, with the longshoremen. On the stick. Yes. Yes, on the docks, on the docks, in the yards. On the docks.
Starting point is 00:36:05 Yeah, with the longshoremen. On the line. Yeah. Yeah. In the field. The bread lines. On the cook line, bread line, dock yards, all of it. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:36:18 Now, I think when you're out every day walking in a city, you're exposed to people. And some people care, some people say something, some people don't. I think if we were living in Southern California, very likely you're going from your house to the driveway to a car to a building and you're probably less engaged with people. So I think there'd be less intrusion, although it doesn't, it's not, I won't want to say intrusion because that has a sort of negative connotation to it. I just think we're up against people more in a good way in New York and so with that comes exchanges.
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Starting point is 00:38:44 It's like the haters have really come out of the woodwork. So I've allowed, I wanted to do a segment where a lot of people have like asked me if they could ask me a question and I was like well why don't you just send me a voice. So I have like a voice memo. Do you have voice memos? I have a couple of voice memos. Oh that's fresh. If you're down.
Starting point is 00:39:04 Okay. Yes, yes, yes. Okay, so like, we'll try. I haven't actually listened to any of these yet, so we'll go to the first question. Do you want me to play one? Yeah, yeah. Even though obviously you're Carrie, are there any, which character do you identify the most with? So original, that question. Amazing. Okay, let's hear it. Steve.
Starting point is 00:39:24 Yes. Really? Yes. I'm a it Steve yes really yes I'm a Steve too yeah half burger half Steve I'm not a burger no I'd say I'm half Steve half Anthony Anthony Anthony all right let's move let's keep doing this. Okay. Oh this girl? Okay. Hi Sarah Jessica. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I can't believe I'm doing this. Hi Sarah Jessica. I'm such a big fan. I just want to first off, oh of course, thank you for like everything you have done. Me too. Emotionally for me and also for all of us culturally and Fashionably, you know just everything that you've done. You're such an icon and don't even know what to say, I'm so overwhelmed I am like kind of in a weird situation Oh god I think that I want to ask you about if your attention if that's okay
Starting point is 00:40:19 Of course I know I'm supposed to call in with a question, but I just like I'm kind of in this weird Situation I'm like kind of at the end of the line here, and I don't'm supposed to call in with a question, but I'm just like, I'm kind of in this weird situation. I'm like kind of at the end of the line here and I don't know what to do, so I'm just gonna say, okay, so I am like seeing this guy or I've been seeing this guy for like eight months. Who cares? Is this what they do in the bathroom to you?
Starting point is 00:40:38 We might be missing the host. Okay, enough of that. Oh really? I'm sick and tired of it. Can you move your finger on the thing? She's just talking about herself. Part of the issue, you know what I'm really? I'm sick and tired of it. Can you move your finger on the thing? She's just talking about herself. Part of the issue, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:40:48 We missed the thing. So like, we've been seeing each other for like 9, 10 months. Oh I thought she said 6, 8. Blah, blah, blah. Okay. Especially in front of other people. What does he move away? Okay.
Starting point is 00:40:57 Is he moving away something physical or is he emotional? She's saying that she thought she found her forever person, but he's acting in public. She's clearly stalking a guy that she's never met before. So he's hot and cold? Is that the thing? I don't listen. The crux? I don't listen.
Starting point is 00:41:10 Well, shouldn't we tell her something? All right, let's try this next one. I feel bad because we've not addressed. Hi, Sarah. Big fan. You're a total icon and a total hero to women everywhere. This is good. This is going to be good.
Starting point is 00:41:21 My question is, so your husband is Matthew Broderick. Love him. Did he teach you acting or did you learn it from another guy? Okay, no, nevermind. No, no. No one's taking this seriously. That's rude. It's a fine question. Alright, hopefully this one's alright. Let's try this one. Okay.
Starting point is 00:41:42 Hey Sarah, huge fan for like ever. Okay. Hey, Sarah. Huge fan for like ever. Same. Yeah, so I was just wondering like, do your reps like know who Adam is? Oh, shit. Or like what this show is? Because like I feel like if they did any research at all, they would see that this is like, like Adam is like such a loser. Like, like his entire like career is like built off the fact that people like make fun of him.
Starting point is 00:42:04 Okay, alright, alright. Is that so good enough? Okay, let's try one more. Hey Sarah, big fan. What's a guy? I just wanted to ask about sort of the elephant in the room. I hope you're okay to talk about this. But like, was there ever a time on set when like you or Miranda or one of the girls just had like,
Starting point is 00:42:24 just ripped like a big-ass fart and did smell if they did. Oh my god. I'm sorry. The level of sophistication that... I didn't I should have listened to these before. Clear this up a little bit and also who's your favorite Carrie boyfriend? Okay. Thanks. Alright, so that's a fair question. Was there ever a time where someone ripped a massive big ass fart?
Starting point is 00:42:53 Not to my knowledge. Okay. Yeah. First of all, women don't. Let's just start with that. So the odds of it happening among the cast is none. This is a conspiracy of silence. Quite literally.
Starting point is 00:43:05 Correct. The second part of the question was who was your favorite Carrie boy from which I won't entertain that question. I don't pick favorites. I can't. I'm burger. I like burger. Do you have a partner?
Starting point is 00:43:24 I have a girlfriend. Yeah, yeah. I have a fiance. Was she? Are you being serious? Yeah. Really? Why? Well, no, I'm happy. Thank you. Was she walking with you the day that I saw you at the bus? She was that one. There were three of you. No, there was two. Me and my girlfriend. Wasn't there somebody else with you that day? You were seeing double. No, I thought there was a gentleman with you as well. A third party. I don't know. No, it was just the two of us I think. That's so exciting. I know.
Starting point is 00:43:49 Have you set a date? Whatever she wants. Every single idea I've had has been summarily rejected. I asked her if me and three friends could rap each verse to International Player's Anthem, which is a wedding song at the reception. She said, without a doubt, no. Okay. I also asked her if we could have like a potato skins bar with bacon bits. That sounds good. And she said, she said, stop talking. Forever or right now?
Starting point is 00:44:20 Oh, well, probably, no. She's the best. That's so great. I can't believe anyone wants to. That's wonderful. I'm so annoyed. No. No I am, I'm so, I have bad personality. No you don't, no you don't. Terrible breath.
Starting point is 00:44:33 Stop it, stop it. Little do you know, you'll find out soon, mom. I wanna talk to you a bit about about like how the show kind of created, like life kind of imitated art in the show. Like the show inspired a generation. Now, even on TikTok, like Gen Z, Gen Zers, Gen Z, Gen Zed, Gen whatever the fuck. Gen Zoomers? I don't care, honestly, okay?
Starting point is 00:45:06 And I asked you not to. No, yeah, they're discovering the show, you know? It's become like, it's something that's- It's moved on. It's moved on and people have found relevance in it. There were so many people that saw it and then they were inspired to move to New York, like have their Carrie Bradshaw moment.
Starting point is 00:45:27 I hear that a lot. Yeah. I moved to New York to be a writer. I want to live in an apartment in a charming community that is overpriced and yeah. I want to pay $2,200 a month for roommates, just like Carrie. Yes.
Starting point is 00:45:43 Yeah, I want to meet people on Craigslist and yeah yeah and then have a landlord the ceiling fell down and just like Carrie. No but like to what extent are you like aware of this like culture that the show has created and do you think that there are any like misinterpretations that you've seen amongst the like the fan base or like the people that have been inspired you know influenced by it? I think we're all aware of it in different ways. I live very near the exterior of the apartment where Carrie lived and we shot for all those years.
Starting point is 00:46:25 I know where you lived. So we see all those people every day there taking pictures and sometimes there are many, many people deep so you really, it's very present, you know, that it has some significance to people but also I think because of social media and the ways in which this particular generation who's watching it for the first time are Like metabolizing it they they they spit it back out and they talk about it and they You know social media is the way in which everyone communicates Yeah, so we see it that way.
Starting point is 00:47:05 And even though I'm not on social media a huge amount, I can sense it when I am. And just the way people approach me. And so that was the first part of the question. And the second part was. Do you think that there have been any misread like misreadings? Oh, misreadings. Or like, do you think that there is any influence that you're like, oh, that's... Not what we meant.
Starting point is 00:47:31 Not what we meant, but yeah. I mean, I'm sure there are, but that is, that's kind of the nature of anything you do is going to be somewhat open for interpretation and people can have feelings about it. And I would disagree and I would, I could, you know, it's very possible I would say no, that's not what he meant or she said or the way in which she wanted that to happen or that doesn't mean that she is there for this way always.
Starting point is 00:48:02 But you can't babysit and like gatekeep impressions. You can't be responsible also for like the way people interpret your crap. You kind of sort of have to let... I didn't mean to say crap. Well, you're crap or whatever, whatever. Yeah, my shit. Yeah. Yeah, obviously like fanbases are their fans, you know.
Starting point is 00:48:23 It's short for fanatic. It is. Like, you know. I of a fanatic. Mm, it is. I yell at sports guys all the time. What right do I have? They're sports guys. I know, but it's... I'm a schlemiel. But they are playing the game for you.
Starting point is 00:48:38 I'm a fanatic, though. So that they are playing the game for the fanatics and for the idol. They're thinking about me? 100% they are. The big, the beautiful, the fanatics and for the idol. 100% they are. The big, the beautiful, the guys? The Adam. That I buy their shirt? Yeah, don't you think?
Starting point is 00:48:54 I'm like wearing another shirt. Were you crazy what happened with the next Last 2 Nights? On the Rail. On the Rail. Isn't that incredible? I feel like James, he's like his mind is blown. Can we say court side? Isn't it? I don't have court side seats. Imagine if someone got a picture of us and they're like what's happening?
Starting point is 00:49:14 I would be thrilled to go to a game with you. It'd be more fun to go with you and James Wilkie because he's such an insane fan. Yeah. And he's so excited about this team. Yeah. And so to be with you both would be really fun. Okay we can bring him too. They've got to just stay in the game until we can go. It's possible. Apparently I'm getting word there's a new pope. No I know. Should we talk about it? Should we? No apparently. Because they promised that I could guess because they all know. You know all the guys? Well, no. I mean, we've been going over it for a while now, though. You know the whole roster. We know a bunch of them.
Starting point is 00:49:50 We know countries that are allegedly considerations. But this was just speculative. This was PAPL news. This was whoever was covering the pontiff and PAPL news for the Times has been giving us sort of you know the leaderboard of contenders. He's gossiping. Yeah. Did you see did you see what do you call it? The Conclave? I didn't. Yeah. But now I sort of feel like it's kind of fun. We're seeing it now. It's fun. Do you want to know or you want us to do this after
Starting point is 00:50:19 the show's over? I'm happy to do it afterwards. Listen this is a this is a relaxed set you know like if they if they've announced that a... Give me two guesses. If I don't get it, let's go back to focusing solely on Adam. You know what? I think it's going to be... And it's going to be crap. Do you want me to guess first or do you want to guess first? It's going to be old Donald Trump. Can I... Okay, so I said earlier you're like the president of the girls? No, Pope. Later. Wait, just say the Pope. No, no, no, no, I can't it has to be a guess you're excited for this crap every time every time there has been a pope
Starting point is 00:50:51 I have you got my I have been excited about this process and I can remember the last two very clearly where I was What happened so we are invested because what are your two guesses then? All right. William McCullough. She gives nothing. She never gives anything. You could be clinging to the side of a building by one pinky, you could say,
Starting point is 00:51:17 just give me the third letter and wordle. I beg you, if you give me the third letter, I will survive. And she's like, I don't do that. Why do you do that for her? Our family doesn't give letters. You gotta do that she's like I don't do that our family doesn't give letters you got to do that she doesn't give you anytime you want thank you good to know I'm gonna guess I'm just gonna go with the one that I've been saying all this time just and get it out of the way but I already know it's um um bab Umbabo wasn't picked, correct?
Starting point is 00:51:45 Okay, the Africans out. Okay. Okay. Now there were multiple- Was that your number one pick? That was my first, it wasn't my pick. What's his vibe, Umbabo? People, he's beloved.
Starting point is 00:51:57 He's a nice guy. He's beloved, yes. Allegedly, they all are. Some of them, not a very nice guy. I'm gonna go quick for the quick Italian because there are multiple Italians so I'm just going to say my second guess is not really my second guess but since there are multiple Italians it was an Italian.
Starting point is 00:52:12 Are you kidding or hints? No. I'm just making it. It's not an Italian. Why did you say? Because I saw her looking at him and I was like. That is fascinating. Okay, so not an Italian and not the African Cardinal.
Starting point is 00:52:27 You know what I'm going for. I should say not from Italy. Like, I don't know that he's not. Right. So it's a man. Oh! You should see conflict. He just broke my own rule. It is a man. I'll give you that.
Starting point is 00:52:40 I think I know who it is. Saudi Arabia. No? We have a pope. We have a cardinal that covers the Middle East. I'll give you that. I think I know who it is. Saudi Arabia, no? We have a pope, we have a cardinal that covers the Middle East, but as a ambassador, we do not have a Saudi Arabian cardinal thus far. Oh man, one day though. That'd be an interesting bridge that was made. One can only hope that one day.
Starting point is 00:53:02 All right, so we'll stop with that now, and back to you, Adam. Okay, we're gonna do another little segment. This hopefully is going to go better. OK, so you're like, as I said, the president of girls. So you're the number one, you're the reluctant leader. Yes, father of the country. So I just want to ask you, at your majesty, your highness.
Starting point is 00:53:23 Mom. What the answer is to some questions I have about girls. Okay. Okay. So when they say take these fries away from me, are you supposed to physically do it or do they like, do they say they taste good? Oh.
Starting point is 00:53:36 I don't know what to do. That's so interesting. Do I take the fries or am I like, You're saying is it rhetorical? Do I take the fries or does it mean that they like the fries? I think it means they really like the fries. Okay. Yeah, don't take their fries.
Starting point is 00:53:48 Okay, that's good to know. Yeah. Okay. When... If someone shoves them towards you and says, please take these fries away, I can't eat anymore, I think then you'll know to take the fries. Okay. I think so. I feel like you know that.
Starting point is 00:54:02 So you shouldn't just like physically remove the fries. No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I feel like you know that. So you shouldn't just like physically remove the fries. I wouldn't. And throw them out the window. Especially if you don't really know the person well. No, it's your girlfriend. It's your fiance. It's your girlfriend. Okay.
Starting point is 00:54:14 Not my girlfriend. Hypothetically, your girlfriend. Okay. Why do you like when you have a dream and we did something bad in it? Why do we get- Are you still mad at them? Why do we get in trouble in the real world? That's not fair. It's
Starting point is 00:54:25 not not fair, but like why? I know, I don't know. It's a pathology. I don't know. Dreams are really like, what is the dream thing? I, because I think that some people subscribe to this idea that these are real feelings of yours. And so I guess when you wake up, you could still be angry and then maybe you project that whatever caused the anger could happen or could be like produced in some ways. So they're already angry at you. I can see how that could... Can you write that down for me?
Starting point is 00:55:05 Sure, sure. I'll send you a voice thing. Okay, so why, sometimes if you're at a restaurant and they say they're not hungry and then you order something, why do they eat 75% of your sandwich? Because then they say, I wasn't hungry when you asked, but five minutes later when there's a sandwich here,
Starting point is 00:55:22 why didn't you just order something and then you have 25% of the sandwich? Hypothetically. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know why we do that. Here's another question. Why do they say, can we talk later? Like, don't you know that that means we feel like we're waiting for the electric chair? It's horrible. Horrible. Just like freaking dead. I can't. What am I going to do? Would it be better if they said,
Starting point is 00:55:46 I'm really angry but I can't talk now so I would like to talk to you later? Well I have a follow up question then. Right. When they say, hypothetically when the boyfriend says, like is everything okay? And then they say, I'm fine. And then you're like, are you sure?
Starting point is 00:56:04 And they're like, I'm fine. And then three days later, are you sure? And they're like, I'm fine. And then three days later, they're like, this was the thing that it was three days ago. And then you're like, why didn't you tell me three days ago? And then they're like, you were supposed to know what the thing was, and it was like, that is an impossible. Right. So what?
Starting point is 00:56:20 The sort of gymnastics that you have to do to get to knowing in order to not three days later be in trouble is hard. So who wins? That's a really good question too. Gosh, let's see, I think that if you can survive and stick it out that won't happen in 20 to 30 years. That's gonna stop. Oh, we love them. But honestly, if it's not, if it's not like an epidemic, if it's not like a chronic problem,
Starting point is 00:56:59 it's just passion, it's just love, it's just being angry and not being angry. Maybe we're just,'re dumb dumbs and girls We're trying we don't sometimes we try to understand girls But we're also still dumb dumb does that make you a dumb dumb or you're not necessarily the same as us generally speaking and so therefore you can't Know What were? or you can't know what we're,
Starting point is 00:57:25 this idea of you all meant to intuit us and our feelings is a very, that's a lot of pressure. And I would say that we have sort of entrenched places that we operate from and part of it is kind of fun and lively and, and and part of it is kind of fun and lively and and it and then part of it is because Often men behave in this way and then often women behave in this way and our natures are not to to
Starting point is 00:58:02 See the other way so it's hard. And it just takes practice. And also to just get over something. If you love someone, you want to see the other way. You can. That's why I'm saying to stick it out. We're never going to fully understand each other, because we love each other. We're going to try our whole lives.
Starting point is 00:58:18 It's so beautiful. That's what love is. You'll be better at the differences. I know. So it's all fine and good and worth it. I don't talk about my marriage basically, but I will say the one thing I do say is that you learn that the things that don't matter,
Starting point is 00:58:40 don't matter. Every day I'm sure I annoy Matthew. All day long. I'm sure I... No way. Yeah, of course I do. Of course I do. You're the best ever. No, I'm not. No way.
Starting point is 00:58:52 And there are times that he annoys me less frequently, no doubt. I'm sure. But like, I tell myself all the time, like, it doesn't matter. Why are you going to say something about that? It doesn't matter. But you have to get to a point. You have to invest enough time to be that willing to. So all the stuff that comes before of three days later, and how can you believe you didn't?
Starting point is 00:59:13 And why when I looked like that and you couldn't tell how upset I was? That's all part of the courtship. So it's all fine. It's so nice to just be around you. You make people feel so good. Well, you make me feel so good. I feel like I'm flying right now.
Starting point is 00:59:31 I have faith in you. The Oprah thing. You have the Oprah thing. It must be incredible to be around Oprah. I wish I had the Oprah thing. I was in an elevator once with her. Were you really? My whole life I was like, why are these?
Starting point is 00:59:42 Why are these? Why is everyone making such a, she's just from a TV. And I was in an elevator with her and I was like, why are these, why are these, why is everyone making such a, she's just from a TV. And I was in an elevator with her and I was like, oh my God. Wait, what was the occasion? I used to work at a media company, like Discovery. Did I know that? I used to... Oh, when she had her own channel?
Starting point is 00:59:59 And they were launching her channel. Yes. But I was in the elevator and there's just an energy that's just so magic. She's a magic person. Yeah it's absolutely true. What did you do at Discovery? I was a paralegal. I was gonna go to law school before I became a nightclub comedian. Paralegal? That's not a good bit. Why would I lie about that? I don't know. No I was gonna go to law school and then I told my parents I wanted to be a clown. Were you really a paralegal? Yeah, I was. For discovery?
Starting point is 01:00:26 For, I was for like five years. So contracts? For five years I was a paralegal. So basically reading contracts, reading any legal stuff that came through, you had enough experience. It was a passion. It was a passion. It was one of the best years of my life.
Starting point is 01:00:41 You know like your book Jew or your money Jew, those are like the two stereotypes? I'm illiterate and terrible at money. I had everything in check. Well you're not illiterate. Me? Well first of all you wrote a book so you're not illiterate, correct? No. What's the title of your book? It's a good title. It's called Srodrasica Perker. My best friend, my mom.
Starting point is 01:01:05 I didn't write a book. No, why? You thought I did? I did write a book. I know you did. It's called, it's called The Art of the Deal. I don't know. No, I didn't write a book. You thought I did? That's why you did the show.
Starting point is 01:01:19 No, I thought you wrote a book about your relationship, your first relationship. No? No, I thought you wrote a book about your relationship, your first relationship. No? What was it called, the anarchist cookbook? No, come on. No, I never wrote a book. It seems too hard. Really?
Starting point is 01:01:37 Yeah, this is for me, this is the most I'm capable of. No, this isn't hard, this is phenomenal. I feel most I'm capable of. No, this is hard. This is phenomenal. I don't believe you. I feel like I'm flying right now. Can you? When's your next show and who is it? Tomorrow. Oh really? Who are you interviewing tomorrow?
Starting point is 01:01:54 This guy. There's this guy. You know Stiney from the Nelk Boys? Wait, Stiney from who? You don't know it. And one last question, the design inspiration for the studio? The Dick Heavitt Show. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:02:10 You can tell. You know we spent... Do you want to hum it with me? What's that? Do you want to hum the theme with me? Do you know it? Yeah, hold on a second. From Candide?
Starting point is 01:02:18 It's a... I just gave you... Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find. Find me a find. Catch me a catch. I'm longing to be the envy of all the sea. Or papa making a scholar for mama, making rich as a king. Well, I wouldn't holler if he were as handsome as anything.
Starting point is 01:02:42 Oh! You changed keys. I don't know. I'm not a singer like you. A singer. I wasn't Annie. Sing it. I was an 11-year-old Annie on Broadway,
Starting point is 01:02:52 just discovered in Ohio. They're like, we found a star. No, I was in New York. I wish I'd been discovered in Ohio. That would have been more financially fruitful. I want to ask you about fashion. Okay. Okay?
Starting point is 01:03:07 So you're like a fashion icon. But, okay, but I'm not. I mean, I understand. Yeah, shh. Okay, I'll play along. Have you ever wanted to dress like shit? I do all the time. No, you don't.
Starting point is 01:03:17 Yeah, of course I do. You're impeccable. No, no, no. You don't feel an obligation to be an icon. No, no, no. No. I mean, I do my best when I leave the house. If there's going to be a public event, I try to not be.
Starting point is 01:03:28 I would prefer if it wasn't attacked. But the world is too, the opinions are too disparate. Did Joan go at your ass ever? Oh, I'm sure she did. But I was very fond of her. She was the best. I loved her. And my son loved her.
Starting point is 01:03:44 And my husband loved her. And I think she was very hard on me multiple times I kind of didn't care. But it's funny when she did it. She was funny. Yeah. Yeah, I was actually very very fond of her. I was hoping we could do like maybe a little fashion police segment real quick. Sure. Where I show you a look and then you can give me like your like- my look or anybody's look. No, no, we have like pictures of different looks. Sure. You can give me like your like My look or anybody's look? No, no, we have like pictures of different looks Sure And you can give us like your, like your reaction
Starting point is 01:04:08 I tend to be very friendly because I don't see any point in being cool. Okay, first look. Wait What do you think of that? Is that you? You can keep it No, no, no, who is that?
Starting point is 01:04:19 It's me. No it's not. What, I've aged? Oh wait. What, I put weight on it? No, that's you. What, I've aged? Oh, wait. What, I put weight on it? No, that's you. Why do you look different? I guess it's the orange lighting. That's your chair, that's you.
Starting point is 01:04:28 Of course that's you. Oh, the lighting's different. What's wrong with you? That's great. You're making a fist. Well, that's not... Is this cuter? Well, I'm talking.
Starting point is 01:04:36 I'm making a good point. You're very passionate. Is this cuter or this cuter? You sort of look a little bit like a cross between Baryshnikov here and... Mick Jack? Okay, let's go on. Next one. Should we leave these up for the audience? No, throw them away. Well, you can keep that one.
Starting point is 01:04:56 Thank you. What about this look? What's your impression here? Amazing. I think it's amazing. I kind of like a uniform. Me too. Me too. First of all, I kind of love. I like a uniform. I think it's an amazing me too. First of all, I kind of love. I like a uniform. Because like what? Like if you become like a uniform guy, like that's like one of the, that's an incredible
Starting point is 01:05:12 thing. Yeah. Love the Yoji Yamamoto mock on him. I feel like the trousers look so good on him, don't they? I love the jeans. I love the pant. The pant, me too. I really do.
Starting point is 01:05:24 I think he gets way too much crap for this look I think it's phenomenal. Okay. Yeah, I agree This is a look from the Met Gala this year. I want to see your reaction to this. What do you make of this? Oh, it's great Great understood the theme Met Gala dandy Bartola cologne Okay, real quick rapid-fire. That's a heard a lot in my house. What do you think? This is one of the worst outfits I've ever seen.
Starting point is 01:05:46 Skin Stripes is very dandy. What do you think about this? What does it say? Make the rich rich pay. Horrific what this guy's wearing. I can't stand it, personally. Wow, yeah. Whatever, it's crap.
Starting point is 01:05:57 He's got skinny legs. Fashion police. No, no. Last one, last one. This is a full circle moment. Okay. This is going to get picked up. It's time. Let's get this thing going. Fashion police. No, no. Last one, last one.
Starting point is 01:06:05 This is a full circle moment. This is gonna get picked up. It's time. Let's, let's. Oh. No, no, no. Give her a taste of her own medicine. Oh.
Starting point is 01:06:15 Just say one. God, I'm not as fast, funny, or biting, or cruel. The words, wreath, come to mind, muppet. Yeah, clown, jester, nest. I would, she would look, she's like a baby bird that was just birthed. You know what I'm gonna I'm gonna actually take the opposite side. Okay. I think it's a fabulous outfit and it would look great on a woman. Sarah, you gotta get out of here. Adam? Did you have fun? This is part one. You're coming back on the show?
Starting point is 01:06:47 Part two. We're going to talk Israel-Palestine? The best, yes. The best interviews are three-parters. Okay. Don't you think like the Housewives of Blankety Blank, the reunions. Yeah, yeah. I think we should do a three-parter.
Starting point is 01:06:58 Okay. We're going to talk about it. So this year. The gossip. The cheating. Then 2026. 2026. Bring up all background.. Then 2026. 2026. Bring it all back around.
Starting point is 01:07:07 The midterm elections. Yes. We could cover the midterms together. You're my best friend. You know they're always like a desk, you know? Woo! I'm a man of my own I'm a man of my own I'm a man of my own I'm a man of my own
Starting point is 01:07:36 I'm a man of my own I'm a man of my own I'm a man of my own Guys, thanks for joining us. That was a fun one. Again, humbly, let me remind you, there's a link in the description. Click it and support the show. If you't want to just enjoy the show. I really appreciate everyone for watching it Thanks

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