Kylie & Zooey Deschanel on New Girl Celeb Cameos, Cat Dad Partners & Worst Kid Eating Habits | Ep. 48

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Not gonna lie, our alpha, I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I'm not gonna lie. Nemi Nemi has really been stepping it up this week. She better cut that shit out, because she's setting the bar a little too high, and we like low expectations. She even put paper ornaments hanging from the kitchen ceiling. Whatever, let's get this podcast started. Welcome back to Not Gonna Lie. I'm your host, Kylie Kelsey, aka that lady with four kids that's always warning you to stay away from her husband. That's accurate. I've watched all seven seasons of New Girl at least eight times. That's not an exaggeration. And my version of self-care is driving by myself into the city, playing the music that I want to hear and not getting screamed at for it, and picking up food that I specifically want to eat. To be quite honest, I do not want to eat that. I drive into the city to get good city food. Typically, when I have a call, because if I know it's going to be 30 minutes, and I don't have to be on video, you're probably getting my undivided attention when I'm driving my car, because I'm not a sitting duck in my house for my kids to be like, hey, mom, mom, hey, mom, mom, can you get down the big stack, Ben? Mom, can you get me something out of the drawer? Mom, can you fill up my water bottle? Mom. Also, Wyatt recently figured out how to use the remote. So I had to hide that on a higher shelf. Because every time someone started talking, suddenly the volume on our living room TV was at 80. Do you know how loud 80 is? Oh my god. It straight up sounds like you are having the grand finale of Disney fireworks in your living room. It is insane. And that's what she's doing. And so I can't speak to other people in my house. It's very passive aggressive. It's so passive aggressive. And she doesn't say anything. She just turns it up. And she also knows that I'm going to take the remote. So she hides it next to her leg and turns it up and then just sort of looks at you like, did she notice that it's deafening so loud that you can't even hear your own thoughts? Did she notice yet? Yes, I noticed. Coming up in today's episode, I'm going to get honest about the only type of gift opening event I do enjoy. White elephants. And some of the funniest moments we had during the Eagles holiday party over the years. After that, I can't believe this is finally happening. And I'm getting to talk to her in person. I'm going to be joined by the lead actress from one of my all time favorite TV shows, Zooey Deschanel. I'm so excited. Oh my gosh, I cannot wait. This was such a staple in my house. I really cannot emphasize enough that it was like a, it was like a full family event. Like this was one of those shows that we could put on and no one in the house would argue. That's a big deal. Even Big Ed was sat. You see what I did there? Big Ed was sat for some new girl. I could even get him to finish the theme song. Who's that girl? It's Jess. But first, let's get to a brand new edition of Places Kylie Has Some Business Being brought to you by CVS Health. This past week, I guess I can admit I had some business attending the March of Dimes sports luncheon because I was there to receive an award. He and Katie Ledecky were receiving it. Um, I would just like to throw out there right off the jump. I was fangirling so hard on Katie Ledecky. It was, I was not cool about it. I actually went up to her and said, I am such a huge fan. And then I immediately went into confession where I said to her, I have to admit, I have said that the one sport I don't know. It is so, I just don't, I can't, I, I understand that my husband was very, very good at his job. I understand that he is probably on the trajectory. And I'm saying probably because I am a superstitious individual. End up in the hall of fame to be in the presence of someone who has 14 Olympic medals. I think I was trying to play it cool. If I wasn't cool about it, Katie, I tried my very hardest. I will say the event raised $1.4 million to support maternal and infant health programs. Shout out to March of Dimes and all the incredible work they're doing. It was so great to be able to sit at this luncheon and hear about all of the families that were by their work and the research and programs that they are funding. It is so important, obviously, as someone who has experienced loss myself, who has experienced five pregnancies, it is very much an important cause. And obviously I am in full support of all of the work that they are doing. So I'm, I'm very grateful to have been able to sit there and learn more about it. Now on a much lighter, much more ridiculous note about this, event, there were also lots of clips going around of Jason and I dressed up for the occasion and the real ones. No, I can't resist a comment section. So starting with this one, I love it. How she's dressed like a normal person would dress for a big event guys. Normal person got dressed for an event, but a majority of the comments were people shocked by how I look when I'm not wearing sweatpants for once. Someone's like at Kai Kelsey, look at you with the flame emoji. Someone else said, Kai, don't you look good? All dressed up guys. It's strategic. Okay. If I wear sweatpants all the time, right? Then my, my baseline is dirtball. Okay. That's great. That's my baseline. Then when I have to step it up a little bit, okay. When I wear hard pants or heels, and then you guys will be like, wait, what does she? Does she got it guys? Sometimes I have to put on hard pants so that everyone doesn't keep asking. Why did that fine ass slice a man? Who are we kidding? That's not a slice. Why that fine asshole dessert ass of a man pick that. Sometimes I got to remind you when I want to, I can look a little put together, but you got to set the bar low. Low. Cause all that was, that was like a, that was like a blow dry. I don't know. That was a blow dry. Yep. That was a blow dry and a blazer. Easy. Honestly, fuck that. It's not for anybody else. It's for yourself. You got to, you got to dress up every so often just to be like, Ooh, yep. You can still do it. There it is. There it is. You can still actually use the things in your makeup bag. You can still use the things in your makeup bag. You can still use the things in your bag. There it is. You can still use a curling iron. There it is. Um, and then promptly return back to dirt ball and that's it for places. Kylie has some business being brought to you by CVS health. Next let's move on over to doom scroll the week brought to you by Toyota. Let's go places. First up on doom scroll. There's a viral clip from the other podcast going around, uh, that you guys keep asking me to comment on. So here we go. Queen Emma, the clip, please. You claim that you and your wife haven't gotten in a fight in 10 years. That's right. Are you lying? No, I'm not lying. Travis. I'm just asking. Shall we ask you the same questions? Well, it's only been two and a half years and you're right. I haven't gotten an argument. I've met this incredible woman that she's beautiful and smart and stands for all the most important things that I believe in in the world. And I, I can't believe how lucky I am. So what am I going to fight about? Yeah, you can use that if you want. I'm stealing it for sure. We had a couple of comments. I need at Kylie Kelsey, input with crying, laughing faces. Uh, someone said Jason likes rage baiting Kylie too much. Notice how my husband was oddly quiet during this segment. Uh, he did ask a couple of clarifying questions, but for the most part, his ass knew that he could not say that after almost eight years married, we absolutely argue. Now do we argue often? Not really, but we've definitely argued. Oh, for sure. I'm wondering if, They're trying. to classify an argument as like an argument right like a like almost like a yelling like to be fair i'm not a yelling arguer so like our like the arguments in our house don't they're not a yelling situation i just think that if you're married you live together specifically if you have children i think it gets like you're potentially having some sleepless nights um you you might have like varying degrees of patience with certain situations with your kids also i do think it's important to figure out what the definition is of the argument that's why i'm saying like is it a yelling or is that how we're is it like a yelling thing that we're not going to argue is it like uh is that different from bickering you're telling me you don't bicker or argue or maybe you do bicker but you don't argue i'm very confused about this to george clooney's credit i would not argue with them all either absolutely not i would be right behind her like yeah get them what she said i'm with her whatever she says we ride at dawn if she wants to come on this podcast you just come through girl she is far more professional than this Huh. Seems unlikely, but the invite's there. Next up, I've already briefed you guys on the goal that is the comment section, and I just stumbled across a Hall of Fame worthy one on a recipe video with the caption, what my future kids are going to be getting when they ask for a snack. There was a kneading of the dough, okay? There was a resting of the dough. There was a forming of the dough. They mixed cream cheese, something or other, put a fresh cut fig on top. They drizzled some honey and some pistachios. What you got to do when you see this kind of thing, run, okay? You run. You sprint as fast as humanly possible. You go as fast as your little fingers will get you to that comment section, and you start scrolling, and let me tell you, this didn't disappoint, okay? Have you ever met a child before? It's one of the first comments, okay? My son wouldn't eat a bagel because, quote, the whole tastes weird, so good luck with that. Nope. Nope. You cut it the wrong way, okay? This is on don't you ever cut triangles when they wanted squares, okay? If you know, if you have witnessed a crash out by a toddler because you cut a fig, you cut it the wrong way, okay? You are scarred for life. There's nothing that can bring, you are literally making a new sandwich. It's not, and people who want to be like, wow, let them have a tantrum. They'll eat when they're hungry. Yeah, you're right. You know what? My ears have had enough. I'm probably going to make another sandwich. Guys, here's the deal. I do just think, okay? I just think that we're all, as parents, we're all just fighting the good fight, okay? And here's the deal. If this woman has kids and her kids are patient enough to wait for the fig buns, power to you. My kids are all different types of eaters. Some days they like the pasta. Some days they don't. Uh, some days they don't. Some days it's the shape of the pasta that is incorrect. Uh, some days it is the wrong kind of cheese. It's crazy when you feed your kids something they're like, that's great. And they don't argue with you. Typically they don't even say that's great. They just don't argue with you. I don't know if that's anyone else's situation. It's not that my kids are like, wow, mom, this is delicious. And to me, that is like one of the sweetest, kindest feedbacks about a dinner presentation that I can receive. And our last video is one of the most heartwarming TikToks I've doom-scrolled upon ever. And it's a cause near and dear to my heart. Come here. Come here. Nope. That wasn't embarrassing at all. Now that I think about it, I get rejected a lot. Little bro flying by. Meanwhile, my goal is to get the kids to a space where they're independent of their parents and their parents are in a space where they can actually enjoy the rest of the haircut time. Come on. Thank you. That's all I need. Fist bump. That's it. She's right there. I love this so much. I love this so much. First of all, shout out to Vernon Jackson and the gifted event in Cincinnati for all the incredible work that you're doing for neurodivergent kids. On the gifted event homepage, it says, as a barber, I saw the need for a place where children with disabilities are supported during a haircut and an environment where parents or caregivers don't have to explain their child's behavior or apologize for something they may do or say. This is so important. This is so important to give families the space to do something that neurotypical families may take for granted. Obviously, if you take kids into a barbershop or to get a haircut, a neurotypical kid might be uncomfortable with clippers or have an outburst or it's not something that might be happening on a regular basis. So any kid might take issue with this. But specifically, the clippers touching your neck, the sound of it, the comb running through their hair, all of these things could be things that could trigger any type of sensory issue or honestly just be uncomfortable because it's unknown. It is so amazing that not only is Vernon taking it upon himself to create this safe space for these families, but he is also sharing it via social media to make sure that if you feel so inclined, you can donate, which is amazing. But the other thing is to show that he is using his tools to be able to interact with these kids in a way that is not only productive for them, but settling to their parents. So Vernon, thank you so much for making a safe space for these kids and their families. You can donate at thegiftedevent.com. NGL will be making a donation. We are so incredibly grateful to you and also for sharing what your strategies are and how you're using them so that maybe other people will feel inclined to offer this in their cities or near their homes. Next time I'm in Cincinnati, maybe I could stop by. Please just come for a visit real quick. That's it for Doomscroll of the Week brought to you by Toyota. Zoe Deschanel is coming up. But first, it's time to get even more honest, real ones. This is Can I Be Honest About White Elephants brought to you by Amazon. Shop holiday deals now. Before Jason retired, we did a white elephant every year for our holiday party with the Eagles Wives. And this is the only time I truly enjoy opening gifts in front of people. I think because it's not intended for you and also it's a true surprise. You don't know who gave the gift. You don't put your name on the gift. You don't know who brought it. That's another fun aspect to it. Sometimes at the end when all of the gifts are open, you can go around in a circle and try and guess who brought the gift that you ended up with, which is kind of fun. The most memorable gifts. Hmm. I mean, my box of fucks was great. That was an Annie Elliott special. I ended up with a box of Oh, my middle finger is missing. Oh, no, it's right there. My middle finger is missing. Oh, my middle finger candle was in the box of fucks. There was a Christmas ornament of an elf giving the middle finger. The subtle art of not giving a fuck is also a book that was included in there. She's under here. You might be able to see her. Can you see her? She's under there. Squirrel's back. That's a full-blown squirrel, though. That's a hefty-ass squirrel. He's a big boy. Look at him. He's trying to hide a nut right now. Okay. I will tell you that I brought the exact same gift every single year. Okay? And this is my sleeper gift for a white elephant. Specifically, one that is. You could do it if it's co-ed as well, but we were a room of women, so it translated very nicely. Almost every single year on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, I would go online, find the best deals on some. Expensive-ass sunglasses. And I would get sunglasses. One year, I got really nice ones that were funky and cool. Sunglasses I would never personally wear because I'm just not cool enough. But they were these awesome statement sunglasses, and I got those on hella sale. And then I brought them for the white elephant. Otherwise, I would buy ones on sale that I would personally wear because they were a little more like everyday sunglasses. And they always. I feel like people were excited to get them because don't we all just lose all of our sunglasses? There was one year that, uh, I, someone brought, I don't even know what the bag is called, but it's a bag that collapses down. Someone will know in the comments that collapses down and was just like a standard tote bag, but it was very nice and very, um, low key. And I liked it and I stole it and then it got stolen from me. So what I did before I left was I looked it up and I ordered it myself so that I could still have it because that's on not being a purse person, but knowing when a bag was going to do what I needed it to do. Things that people, again, not necessarily a specific size that a bunch of people would enjoy are great gifts. And one last white elephant pro tip here, real ones. If you have your own white elephant company, if you have your own white elephant company, if you have your own might I recommend a nice scroll on Amazon? They break down gifts into categories, which makes it super easy to find what you're looking for. You can also search for specific price points. Uh, plus you can pretty much find anything on Amazon and have it delivered right to your door. And let's be honest, if you forget and you're in a pinch, they probably got your back. That's it for, can I be honest brought to you by Amazon coming up my conversation with Zoe Deschanel. Also shout out to our NGL Queens for decking out this festive set. You'll see what I mean. This episode is brought to you by Olipop. Before I go any further, I'm gonna need to crack one of these right now. Are you kidding? Are you kidding? Oh, crisp apple. Look at the Yeti. We love Yetis in our house. Now, as I was saying, the real ones know I always keep it real about parenting and the holidays are always a particularly ridiculous time of year with four kids. And speaking of, if you listened to the last show, you know, our deadbeat elf on the shelf is officially back. Yep. Emmy Nemi is, she busy. Sometimes she's busy doing nothing. And sometimes she's busy decorating like a crazy person. We're not quite sure how she does it, but Wyatt calls it getting into mischief. That's adorable. It's fun. 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Having four kids plus a husband, a dog, all our extended family and friends means I have quite the holiday shopping list. And that's where Amazon comes in clutch. You can find pretty much anything for anyone right on Amazon. I do love to scroll Amazon like a good old doom scroll because you get suggestions on the homepage. Sometimes you're like, you know what? I did need that. Thank you for suggesting it. I also love how Amazon has so many different categories for gifts. If I'm saying this before, but my gift giving skills could use some improvement. Plus you guys already know, I love a good deal. And with Amazon's holiday deals, I've been way ahead of the game this year. Not only can you find anything for anyone on Amazon, you can also have it delivered right to your door, which is so nice to not have to pack the kids up and go out shopping. Head to amazon.com and shop holiday deals now. If you didn't already know, I'm a serious germaphobe. That's a big understatement. My kids know they have to wash their hands immediately. When they come through the door, honestly, do not bring your school germs into this house. Ew. Ew. Luckily CVS always has me covered with everything I need to keep my family healthy. And you know, I'm constantly stocking up on hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes right on the CVS health app. The CVS health app is a single place to handle healthcare needs for the entire family. It makes the whole healthcare experience simpler and more convenient, especially for busy parents. The CVS health app helps me refill track and manage our prescription needs anytime. There have been a number of times in my life where CVS has just transferred my prescription when I've been down the shore and I've forgotten something. You can pick it up really anywhere. They are so incredibly helpful in the pharmacy, but I also go there for just everyday essentials as well. You can also quickly find care from qualified providers and schedule minute clinic appointments for vaccines, sports physicals, and more. I've been getting my flu shot from CVS for quite some time. I'm going to continue to do that. I actually had the pleasure of meeting with some of the CVS team. Shout out to Talak. He thought I wouldn't sneak his name into the episode, but here we are. So that I could tell them about how much I've loved CVS for really my whole life. It's been our pharmacy in my family for a very long time. It's the only pharmacy in our shore town. We're CVS through and through. Go to cvs.com backslash app to learn more and download the app today. Our guest today is the Emmy Golden Globe and Grammy nominated actress. She's known for her iconic roles in Elf, 500 Days of Summer, and my favorite TV show of all time, New Girl. And now you can also watch her in her newest holiday movie, Merv, out now on Prime Video. She's also a fellow mom, an animal lover, and she's officially, not going to lie, Zoe Deschanel. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. This is so exciting. I rewatch New Girl every spring. I love that about you. Every single spring. That is amazing. I have shows that I watch in season. New Girl is a spring show. I can't explain it. It makes total sense. I think you're right. And I watch it start to finish every time. Oh my God. I love that. That's so great. And we have matching band-aids. Yeah. Big fan. My dad is, I have to give a picture here. My dad, Big Ed, he's called Big Ed because he's six foot nine. Big guy. Yes. Union electrician, grew up in Philadelphia. He's a character. My family's from Philly too. Have we, did we talk about this yet? No. Did you know that? No. This is, this is groundbreaking information. Like my family came over on a land grant from William Penn in the 1600s. Love this so much. Get deep in it. Pennsylvania. Yes. Yes. Uh-huh. So you, you have Philly roots. Deep Philly roots. Yes. Love it. Yeah. We will circle back to New Girl because I have a lot of questions. Okay. I have the answers. I love that. But first, since we're in this winter wonderland of a city. Yes. And it's Christmas time. I'm going to start with Elf if that's okay. Please. But also can I just, this artwork is really great. Who did that artwork? My children. They did a really good job. For their ages, yeah. For their ages. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We watch Elf every year in our house. I think most households do. Aw. I saw you say that your daughter has finally started to show some interest. Yes. In watching Elf. Yeah. Has she watched it? Has she watched it yet this year? No, she hasn't. I think she wanted to have like some friends over to watch it. I was like, I won't watch it with you because that's weird. But I, but I, but yeah, it's cute because they love rom-com. Like these 10 year olds, like they love rom-coms. So I was like, yeah, I think they'll enjoy it. I think they'll enjoy this new film I have out, Merv. It's PG, so kids can watch it. So I was like happy about that. But yeah, I think, I think. I think she'll enjoy it. My son, no interest. He loves movies, but he, I think he wants mommy to be mommy and not like an actor. That's fair. He's fine with like voices in cartoons, but he's like weird. You're here and that's. Yeah. He's like, no. He wants a divide. Yeah. Fair enough. Exactly. Yeah. It also feels like every year there's a viral tweet about how someone didn't recognize you as Jovi with your blonde hair. Yes. Do you hear that a lot? Like, do people give you that feedback of forgetting or not realizing that it was you? Yeah. I have a face that changes dramatically with makeup and hair changes. So like hair color changes, like no bangs. I look like a different person. I think I feel like I would be a good CIA agent, like if I weren't an actor, but also I would, I don't have the nervous system for it. I wouldn't, but I do change a lot. Like if you put a wig on me, I really look different. Um, and I'm not tall, so you might not notice me. So that's where I can stick out like a sore thumb. Well, it's amazing because then everybody's like, who's this beautiful tall lady? But if you're short, you get to be like, you know, sneaking in, sneaking in. That's where Jonathan being tall, everyone looks at him and then they go, Oh, look, it's a property brother. And I'm like, you're ruining everything for me. I can be. I can be incognito. Hey, look at me down here. That's, you just have to do what I do to my mother-in-law in an NFL stadium, which is go, Oh my gosh, is that mama Kelsey? And then I run the opposite direction and just like sick everybody on her. Is she tall, short? She's tall. She's, she's almost, I would say she's probably 5'10", maybe 5'11". Okay. Yeah. But it's, it's great. I mean, it's a spectacle, but it's great for me because I don't like to be the center of attention. Right. just like, hey, is that Travis's mom? And then just run. Wow. Yeah. It's great. Everyone's tall in your family. Yeah. Except my mom, five foot two. Oh my God. My mom's five foot two as well. My dad's six two, and then my sister's five nine, and then I'm five four. So we're kind of like all different. You have sides of the family kind of. Yeah. My dad's side is all pretty tall. I think my grandma's like five 10 or something like that. So yeah. Tall and then my mom's family's short. So yeah. So it's Philly roots? The Philly roots of the tall is the tall. It's some in the water. Yeah. Or in the water. You get it. You get it. You are from Philly. Okay. Now, since we're talking holiday movies, you mentioned you have a brand new one out now on Prime Video called Merv. Yes. It just came out last night. So real ones, you know what to do. First of all, as a dog lover, thank you for this movie. Now I've been trying to get our Irish Wolfhound to be. A set dog. Oh my God. We actually got clearance to bring her to this set, but she's working on it. Okay. You know what? She also peed in our minivan this morning. It's a whole thing. Okay. She's also huge. They're very big dogs. She's very big. Which is also my love of Wolfhounds. Yeah. Merv with the scruff. Scruff. So cute. A wiry coat is so good. I love a wiry. A wiry dog. Yeah. Now, how was it working on set with a trained dog? Oh, he's unbelievable. A professional. He's such a pro. He actually works at Universal Studios in Florida. He can do so much cool stuff. He's a rescue dog. His name's Gus. He's such a good boy. We were doing press with him this morning and he was sitting there. Perfectly. And there's like, they had like a treat by the camera, but he's just such a sweet dog. He's very calm. Like he's special, you know, like we actually would have to, cause he kind of doesn't get like, you know, dogs will get like excited. Yeah. He, he kind of, he's more like dignified, you know? And, and so when we'd have to get a dog to be kind of like wild and dog-like, like the kind of dog that pees in your minivan. Yes. We'd have to bring in his stunts. We'd have to bring in a double whose name was Captain Chaos. And Captain Chaos was like. Is that his government name? I don't know. They called him Captain Chaos. Got it. Okay. Cause he would, was chaotic. Yeah. One of my favorite movie genres is definitely the holiday rom-com. Yes. Then this is. Love Actually. For you. Love Actually and the Holiday are all timers for me. Yes. What was it about Merv that made you want to do another holiday rom-com? Well, I didn't even realize it was a holiday. When I read it, I just thought it was a rom-com and I love rom-coms and I just, I don't think people are making enough of them. And I'm like, this is a genre. I love, I love to do rom-coms. I love that it has like this mix of like, like it's like character driven. It's, it's like a piece where you can really like have, you know, interesting characters. And then the, the fact that it's at the holidays, to me, I thought of it like this. When you think of a guy eating alone on a Tuesday, you're like, that's kind of sad, but maybe you won't see it alone. Then you think of a guy eating alone on Christmas. Then you go, oh my God, I feel so bad. Infinitely sadder. It heightens your emotions. Like talking about like Love Actually and the Holiday, like I love those films because they have this Christmas element, but they also have like a depth to them. Yes. And I think this film, it's very funny, but it also has a depth to it that I, that I really connect with. And I, I, I. I think for me, makes the rom-com so much sweeter, you know? Yes. Now, speaking of animals, just from a quick scroll of your TikTok, I can tell that you also love cats. Yes, I have three. Mm-hmm. I love my kitties. I want to take every opportunity on this podcast that I possibly can. Yes. To try and influence my husband. Yes. Get cats. To get a cat. Oh my gosh. You, okay. I'm going to tell you, I have like super affectionate cats. Love this. We had two dogs that we loved, a Chihuahua and a Yorkie, and they were Jonathan's when we met. Mm-hmm. And they were very old and then they passed away, which we were very sad and had a little hole in our hearts for our, you know, animals. But we didn't want a dog because they're another dog just because it's a lot to take on. Yes. So I'd always wanted a cat, but my parents were allergic when I was growing up. And so I'd never gotten one. And then my daughter, our daughter had been asking for a cat since she was like 18 months old. Like basically since she could say cat, she'd be like, I don't like dog, I like cats. She's like, I like cats more. Like it was so cute. And her Christmas list every year would be like, cat, cat, get a cat. It would be like summer bucket list, get a cat. Like everything was cats. And so finally I was like, can we get this? Jonathan was a little bit like skeptical about cats. Can we get, you know, can we get a cat? Can we get a cat? And I was like, I think we need to get two because they need to keep each other company. Then we ended up with three. But they are. That's cat math. Yes, exactly. Cat math. They are super affectionate. They're so sweet. Jonathan loves them now. That's the key. So much. He's a total cat dad. Love it. And the thing is, they are so low maintenance. Okay. Now, I would love it if you could put out a plea to my husband. Okay. If you could do it directly. Direct to camera. Just like a quick. Okay. Just like, hey, Jason. Yeah. Cats are it. Hey, Jason. Cats are it. What I want you to know about them is they're basically like dogs, but they're, they have liquid bodies. They have like liquid bodies, but or like maybe like a dog with a slinky as a spine. They're super fun and athletic and they play fun games. And they're so sweet. And I'll send you guys a video of my cat dove. She like rolls over and like every time if I try to leave, she'd get up against the door and like roll over and it's so cute. And she licks my hand just like a dog. So you got to get a cat. They're so sweet. Very good. Two. We got to get two. You can't have one. You can't have one. You get two or three. It was no different having a third cat. No different. I love this. Also, like dogs are so great, but sometimes they can be overwhelming. And if they're big and they're jumping up a lot, it's like cats are totally different energy in there. They have a lot more calm energy. What I love about cats too. Oh, here's another reason, Jason. It's cats are great for kids because it's taught. My son is like tons of energy and it's taught him like it's taught him how to be calm in a great way because the cats only will come up when you're chilling, when they're chilling. And my daughter's a bit more chill than my son. And so it's great. It's great to teach kids how to regulate their emotions. So my son would get in and he would be like so excited to see the cats and he'd be like, hey, and then they just run away. But then when he walks in calm, then they'll come up and climb in his lap and cuddle him. The first time they came up and cuddle him, it was like I was about to cry. It was so sweet because he was so happy. Oh, I would cry. Yeah. It taught him. I would cry. Like, you know, he has that like boy energy. Yes. Like super, you know, kind of like up and excited. And they rewarded him for that. For the calm. They rewarded him for coming in calm. Are you kidding? Yeah. I would cry. Yeah. That would get me. Yeah. Yeah. I was misty-eyed. Okay. Now shifting gears to the main event here. Okay. For me as a fangirl, as I mentioned earlier, I've watched New Girl. I can't even tell you how many times. All the way through. It's one of my favorite TV shows. I love this so much. So first and maybe most important question for you, when are we getting more? I don't know. I will totally do it. No, I'm in. I've said it. I'm in. Let's do it. Yeah. Let's do it. Oh, please. We'll have to do it. Jake doesn't, Jake Johnson doesn't really like to like leave his house much. So we might have to like film it at his house. At his house. New set. I think he would do it if we filmed at his house. One day a week. This can, this sounds super doable. Okay, great. It's doable. Great. Please. Dear God, do it. Is there going to be a reunion maybe? Also at his house? We don't have anything planned, but like, again, I'm up for it. Okay. Yeah. All right. So I just need to like rally the troops. Just rally the troops. Got it. Yeah. I'm also a sucker for bloopers and the bloopers you guys had from the show was. Well, we were so tired. Let me tell you, we work 16, 17 hours some days. Is that, that's not normal. Not normal. We work like twice a normal work shift. Yes. And then have to drive home. Um, and I remember there were times where we were like, we'd been doing those hours and then we'd do a six day week or something and it would be like 6am on Sunday morning. And then we'd have to be like, they'd be like, we have a pickup from last week's episode that we have to like cut in and we'd be like falling, like literally falling asleep or like, like our body, your body just like stops working at a certain level of tiredness. It's like, there's not enough coffee in the world. Actually, since you're a mom, you'll get this. When I was pregnant. with my daughter and I it was like before I could tell anyone and we're doing one of these like crazy marathon night shoes and i couldn't you know they were like you can only have one cup of coffee i was like i don't know how i'm gonna get through this i was drinking orange juice okay not the same get the sugar up the sugar caffeine yeah caffeine was like no wow yeah it was a lot that must have stung yeah but so the bloopers are great because we were unbelievably delirious we're delirious and we did have so much fun you could tell we had so much fun how hard was it to not laugh so it's it's funny because i remember first season like we we got better at it first season i remember everyone cracking up like crew everyone and i remember the boom mic that we had this this um boom operator named val and then i would be like oh val's laughing because he's shaking and he'd be like like that was the best feeling i'd be like we got the crew to let like if the crew laughs you know it's great you know it's funny like funny is if people laugh and it's a validation so it was very nice that's amazing you guys uh also had so many amazing guest stars over the years oh my god yeah um does anyone stand out as your favorite i know you were just talking about prince well prince taylor swift um i mean rob reiner and jamie lee curtis um i mean we had so it was crazy the list is so impressive i mean quinta brunson came in and did a tiny part before she did um abbott elementary um we had like amazing it was our casting directors were incredible they just they found people before they were well known too so that was that was pretty cool oh olivia rodrigo was on when she was like 13 she was just a child actor and i remember her because i was pregnant with my son and my daughter was a baby like in my trailer and i was like and she she kept asking me questions about uh my daughter i was like this kid's so sweet she keeps asking me questions and then i was like and then later when she became famous you're like she looks familiar yeah brought up all these things i'm like that she was like a child actor on my show that is like all the lot of people it was it was pretty cool yeah yeah so if we bring it back yeah we have to have everyone come back that would honestly be very cool it would be very cool yeah let's do that yeah seems very good um queen emma my producer is asking uh oh what episode was my favorite and i don't think i feel like that's like picking your favorite child oh what yeah what's your do you have a favorite i don't do you have any like do you have like a top 10 or anything or a top five um when when jess and nick get together when you guys get together that was like oh yeah that's it was such a build it was such a build that that i remember shooting that episode that um like everyone came it felt like everyone was on set the other time actually here's another good um guest star we had tay diggs on and he took his shirt off and like all of a sudden everyone was on set and i was like wait we had like people from accounting i'd never met and they were like they were and i was like oh hi i was like i'm zoe like who are you like oh i'm in accounting they're like um i'm like why are you here and they're like um we are dated oh my god okay that's actually amazing it was yeah it was like we had a full like audience that day um but yeah during that cooler episode we had everyone just wanted to be there when nick and jess got together we were trying to figure out like the best way the most i was like what if i walk away and he grabs my hand i was like that's better you know and then everybody was trying to come up with like the best kiss you know yeah an episode i love from the first season every time i go back to it i'm like oh that was so much fun it feels like a movie almost was um the wedding episode natasha leone another amazing guest star we had on that episode the best part is like when i still re-watch it yeah i still laugh out loud like the parts that made me laugh they still get me they still like sneak up on you i love that it's the best so great i think it's like my adhd i can like disassociate enough that it just leaves my brain i have adhd too it's great yeah we're having fun it's called object permanent no object permanence right yes that's why a lot of my snacks live on the counter otherwise i forget them and then i don't eat them me too well i realized it's like if i don't see it it doesn't exist um i i i realized that thing is like when people be like well i got into a habit i'm like no i have to see it i'm like no i'm not that's why all the things must be out yes that's why my skincare is like takes over my side of the sink is so ridiculous my side is now on jason's side it is a whole there aren't sides anymore it is just a full full all the stuff yes jonathan's like um he's so nice and he'll be very tolerant of my skincare and he'll be like um are you like gonna maybe edit some of this away or no because then i'll like forget like this one's i'm really trying to be good about this one this episode is brought to you by toyota who would have thought that almost a year ago when i reluctantly admitted that minivans were in for 2025 that i'd be here now talking about how much i love the sienna's vacuum and all the cup holders and the kick sensor doors and the trunk space speaking of which you know what you can hide in the trunk gifts and it's so deep your kids will never find it hopefully you will still find it because sometimes i hide gifts from myself like i hide them so well that even i can't find them i get that from my mama it's also december in philly so the all-wheel drive is already coming in handy plus i'm driving around running more errands and going to more places than ever this time of year so i do have to appreciate that 36 miles per gallon trying to stop for gas when you have a car full of kids oh my gosh no if you're thinking about also surrendering to the minivan 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better than me because i haven't it leaves my brain watched it since i haven't watched it since the spring okay but okay let's see what we got okay all right we're gonna get cards and everything okay it's very exciting it's like we're game show hosts yes we are i'll let you go first because you're the guest oh okay i'm so worried because queen emma did say that she did not take it easy on us oh my god okay okay the drinking game true american is featured in multiple episodes the rules change but it consistently starts with everyone shouting three letters i actually know the answer to this even if i didn't look at it because i made it up we all that is that is a question i did have for you yeah yeah i know that people have like since compiled the rules online when i was a when i was an ra in college yeah the the uh department across the hall you could hear them playing because you would hear this oh my god and uh it was so clear but you would walk in and they had written down the rules and put them above the kitchen yeah naturally yeah college decor i love do you want to guess this and then i can say um i it's the it's the initials of a president yes i think that it's jfk yes and then everyone chants back fdr yeah okay great yeah so so we were all like it was kind of the original way it was written was just like they do a bunch of you know it's like it didn't it it didn't say all that stuff and i like american history so i was like oh what if we shout jfk and then fdr yeah and then george washington cherry tree like we were all all that stuff we that was all we made it up okay uh in season three winston takes his cheating girlfriend's cat what is the name of his cat ferguson is the name of the cat this is the thing that sucked i freaking love cats and i never got to work with ferguson and lamorne hates cats and had to constantly work with this cat okay um jess and jess ended her date with robbie with a punch in the arm and a handshake this form departure is called a the philly you be cleveland sign off c the pittsburgh goodbye or d the the old topeka one two is it c yes yes you knew another pennsylvania right i was like it's definitely not philly but that might be scratching a pennsylvania itch yeah in season six nick gets a tattoo of schmidt and cece inspired by which classic rom-com wait i would not have had this wait sorry nick gets a tattoo of a classic of schmidt and cece inspired by which classic rom-com oh my god i don't know i wouldn't remember him getting a tattoo at all can we see a picture of the tattoo oh it's from pretty woman it's from pretty mom yeah okay that's i didn't remember that i only might have to give a watch pretty woman into google no okay in the episode titled cc's boys schmidt accidentally books the guys this service something your husband jason kelsey if you forgot his name has said he refuses to do i mean rightfully so he refuses to do this yeah he shouldn't want to do this is it a brazilian yes okay nobody wants to do that he's on record saying he will not get his ass cracked waxed he did get the rest of himself waxed okay um was that for sports reasons no it was because he was going to where he lost a bet and he had to wear a speedo at a guest bartending event hmm yeah waxing is painful yeah that's what but i said to him if you're gonna do it don't do it half-assed pun intended do it full get in there get in there he didn't yeah whatever jason get a cat you lost the bet uh what name did the roommates call schmidt when they were pretending only three people lived in the loft a jilly oh b jenny c jetty or d poopy i think jenny you're correct okay yeah yes that is correct okay in season two finale in the season two finale taylor swift plays a character who crashes cece's wedding yeah what is the name of taylor's character oh no it's actually the name of the episode it's she's in the name of the episode actually yeah i love how you have all of the episode names yeah i locked in that's very impressive i have a very good memory for specific things and then there will be things that just like aren't important to me but if it's like usually i'll remember meeting people and where we stood and what kind of what they're wearing and what it looked like yes i don't know if everyone is like that but that's kind of how my brain works yeah um i don't think i would i don't think i would know okay um elaine oh i would have never gotten okay okay you remember now i did of course how does jess respond when nick tells her he loves her for the first time i love this so much does she say like bye or something it's a gesture i'll give you it's a gesture and it involves both hands i think there's like a very i can picture the moment i know where we were when we shot that part i don't remember what i did but i remember we were outside uh the um in the alley not me preparing for that okay tell me oh yes those just a casual finger guns finger guns right because that plays big in the prince episode yes uh-huh yeah jesus didn't know what to say yep she needed prince to to mentor her yes to have a a makeover montage prince actually brought a suitcase full of his clothes because he wanted a makeover montage with his clothes and me to wear them and he was literally my size he was do you ever same size as me do you ever like when you say sentences like that out loud do you ever have a moment excuse me yeah totally because i was talking about it just a couple days ago on the tonight show and i was like wait what and then i have this thing where i'm not like afraid to talk to anybody like i can talk to anyone because i'm i i just always have chit chat in my my heart and um and not that there aren't people who are like standoffish and i'm like that person does not want to talk yes leave him alone but i but if if need be i can talk to anyone and i remember they were like everyone was like really intimidated by prince he had such a presence like he walked he he was like five foot four but he was like he had like this perfect posture and he would just sit and he was like so he had so much mystique and everyone was so intimidated by him and then they were like zoe you go talk to him and i was like oh okay so i ended up like hanging out with him like the whole day night shoot um and um yeah he was so cool but i was just like you're talking to prince you're talking to prince like i love it um oh we don't have to do the tie breaker because we have it um i feel like this is a technicality it says that i won by one point but i think this is a technicality because the tattoo was we went rogue no it's totally fine because i knew you would win because you've seen it a lot more than me well that's fair but you were actually there i was i you know what i didn't there were like episodes i didn't watch leader you know especially when the years where i was pregnant and then had a baby and then pregnant and then had a baby yeah the last four seasons was like pregnant baby pregnant baby and those seasons i wasn't going back and watching all the time as much i would maybe like see my scenes but i didn't always see like stuff with winston or you know like if he had storylines without me or stuff with schmidt or nick if they had story or cc like if they all had storylines that i wasn't in i probably didn't see them in because i wasn't shooting them um also like amnesia it's the it's the motherhood amnesia thank you so much for coming today thank you so much for having me this has been incredible i love it i know i cannot wait i mean we should just drag you like you should just come back to it do you live in philly yes we live just outside i drove up here today i love it so much and i don't have any like do you come there at all i haven't been because like my dad grew up there but like um where did he grow up do you know he grew up actually in swarthmore mm-hmm but my grandma's like near us oh it is yes so we live just outside the city oh okay swathmore is one of the like earlier exits okay will you come back to philly whenever you want you can come visit us whenever you want i love that because i actually haven't been a long time and i really like it does this mean you're a birds fan by proxy like you're you it's just i don't know anything you can just be a birds fan can you can assign me any this is actually the great thing about me in sports if you want an extra fan i don't know if they need extra fans but we love more we it's trying to numbers let's make me you have philly roots so that automatically like we joke around like philly people we say we bleed green like it's just like how we were raised yeah so as long as you can say go birds you're in go birds yeah and then if anyone ever tries to get you to enjoy anything related to the cowboys you tell them the cowboys they're from dallas right correct okay you nailed that thank you you have all the information you need yes i have all the information i need this i also grew up in a place without a football team like la most of the time you know didn't have a football team so i need one we will adopt you this is perfect thank you go birds go birds we'll we'll enjoy some tasty cakes butterscotch crumpets they're the best they're the best my dad would have them like shipped out for special occasions yes we are um every year my dad breaks lent with a tasty cake eclair pie and i give them to him because he gives up sweets for the entire oh you know what i because i grew up catholic i started giving up shopping for lent and it was actually like a really great it's really hard that sounds very challenging it's so challenging um and then but then sometimes i go way too hard after makeup for lost time does this count well yeah but it's good this is good to give up stuff sometimes okay well if you ever need a shipment of butterscotch crumpets i will send them to you oh my gosh in a heartbeat you're the best thank you this is great and we'll get you to philly okay and i love it and go birds and go birds and that's a wrap on this episode of not gonna lie you can find even more clips for my longer conversation with zoe on my youtube channel on more shit monday i'll be back next thursday with our season one finale don't worry real ones you won't have to wait long for season two follow not gonna lie on all social media once again if you haven't seen me meet some of my favorite animals at the zoo yet check out fafo episode 2 right now on the ngl youtube channel it has its own little playlist also please don't forget to submit your firehouse suggestions for the hydration heroes donation from our partners at liquid iv in the comments of that video a firehouse will be chosen on december 18th listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcast not gonna lie is a wave original brought to you by ollie pop a new kind of soda thanks again to the real ones for tuning in wow i powered through that that was like i was professional pink panther is here coach and 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