The episode opens with the hosts—Will, Jason, and Sean—celebrating Will’s birthday on May 4th, joking about the date’s Star Wars association, and congratulating Sean on his Tony Award nomination for *Good Night, Oscar*. They discuss Sean’s recent laser eye surgery for a partially detached retina, with Sean humorously noting his doctor’s advice to avoid reading and darting his eyes. Jason then vents about his frustration after a poor golf game, admitting he barely ate (only sliced apples) and later worked out intensely to release his anger.
Kaley Cuoco joins as the guest, and the conversation quickly turns to her serious horse-riding accident years ago, where she suffered a compound fracture and nearly lost her leg. She describes the ordeal, the surgery, and the metal pins still in her body. Kaley also talks about her early life as a competitive tennis player, her transition to acting at a young age, and her long run on *The Big Bang Theory*, including how the show nearly didn’t happen with multiple pilot attempts.
She shares her whirlwind romance with Tom Pelphrey, whom she met at an *Ozark* event, and reveals they had a baby, Matilda, just five weeks ago. Kaley promotes her new series *Based on a True Story*, where she plays a pregnant woman alongside Chris Messina, and explains she filmed while pregnant. The hosts praise her charm and energy, wrapping up with lighthearted jokes and birthday wishes for Will.
(upbeat music) Now, I can do anything. I like my friends, I like my podcast, I like my Jason, I like my Sean, I like my smart-less, I like everybody. Let's go, it's an all-new smart-less. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - First of all, though, I would just like to say, really fast. - At birthday to you, at birthday to you. - Oh, we'll have a birthday. - We'll have a birthday. - Oh my gosh. - Happy birthday to you. - And it's on May the 4th, be with you. - No, which is one of my biggest regrets that somebody came up with that. - I love, are you kidding? - That's first time I've heard of it. - No, 'cause it just, it's just completely, taking my birthday hostage forever. - Not for me. - You're lucky you're not born on the, on 420, right? Isn't that the, with all the, the kids like to smoke their weed on the 420? - Oh, 20. - Hey, man, I've been, I've been looking for ways for you to sound older, and I think we just found it. You know what I mean? - How about this? Does this sound? (laughing) - It's also, but Jason, for you and me, it's also, more importantly, it's Cinco de Cuatro. - It's Cinco de Cuatro, very big day in, but there's people that know about arrested. - And the rest of them in Canon, Sean, so thank you. - Sean, thank you for following the show. Speaking of Sean, let's take a moment to celebrate Sean's Tony Award nomination. - I know. - And don't wave it away, it's a big deal. - Yeah, thank you. - And very well deserved. Good, Lord has had show good. Again, just to repeat, anybody going through the Tri-State area, stop in New York City. It's a fun town, and there's a great show there. - What's the theater? - Good night, Oscar at the Balasco Theater. - Yeah, some people call it Tabasco, but that's just so they can remember it. - Jason, do you know what the Tony Awards are short for? Do you know what the actual name of the award is? - Anthony's. - Close. - No. - Sean, you know, right? - Antoinette. - Antoinette Perry Award. - Mm-hmm. - Really? - Yeah. - Yeah. - You know, listener, are you a shocked as me how smart Will every once in a while is? I am. He'd also be shocked to know he's actually 67 today. - I'm not like with. - And fantastic. - He does have, you do have like an endless well of just knowledge and stuff. - I got a lot of time. I got a lot of time on my hands clearly. - Jason, I said to Jason yesterday, I said, hey, do you want to read this thing that I just wrote? And he said, please don't. Please don't. - No, he said, he said, oh, I'm going to send you that script. I said, please don't. He says, what do you mean? I go, I don't even read my own texts. - Yeah. - He's like, well, thank you for your honesty. I just thought, you know, it's just a fun script. I said, there's nothing fun about reading. - He did say that. - Yeah, my parents really screwed me. Now, I'm watching Sean there, it's his eye. Sean, Sean just had a, what do we call it? Ocula surgery? - Laser surgery. - We don't call it that, but he had a. - I can't read, I'm not supposed to read. - He's not supposed to read. And I said, Sean turned to the doctor, said, you can't read. And Sean said, boy, do I have some good news for you. (laughing) - He does have a detached retina. So Sean's got a partially detached retina. Jason's got a detached personality. - Hello. - So we have, hey, hey, yo. - Detachless. - But Sean, you're still doing seven shows this week after laser surge. - Yeah, I'm not supposed to read or dart my eye around a lot. - Wait, that was the direction from the director. - From the doctor, said, don't dart your eyes. - Wait, it was his note from the director and the doctor. (laughing) - No, and I said to both of you guys, I'm slowly turning into my mother. I'm gonna lose my eye. (laughing) - I mean, you've been a knock on wood. - No, your mom lost her eye from cancer, you said, not from a detached retina. - She was two years old. - She was two years old when she lost her eye. - Oh my god. - Yeah, we're still looking for it. - So wait, and so I went in and I get vaso vagals. Do you guys get that? - Sure. - Hey man, we're trying to keep it clean over here, dude. - What are you? - It's when you get nauseous and faint from like, you know, needles or poking at your eyeball. - That's happening to me once. - Oh, I get it all the time. - That's what I mean once. - So you just go out if you get nervous about that. - I am like, I have to lay down, I need a fan, I need coolness, I'm gonna throw up, I'm gonna chip out. - We all feel better with a fan around. - Let's be honest. - What about doing the show? Do you ever feel it coming on just with nerves for the show? - No, no, that's different. This is all doctor of health related stuff. Like if I'm in, I passed out getting contact lenses once. I passed out like, I tried like 10 years ago to get Botox and I passed out. - But you're trying to get it in fairness. You were trying to get it directly from the cow, right? - Look at it, it's, Sean, what I've been amazing is if you passed out going in for Botox and you fell and cut yourself and then you had to get stitches and then you passed out while trying to get stitches from the passing. - I do, I get it so bad you guys don't get that. - No man. - It just occurred to me, we're doing a full talk show. We do a talk show and right now we're doing the Regis and Kathy Lee pattern for him, right? - What are you talking about? - Well, I used to watch that show and I'm like, how do they come up with this stuff? Regis just comes in with this coffee, talks about his weekend and it covers as full national entertainment for 20 minutes. - I could talk about 9,000 things for an hour. - I don't think people are interested, right? I mean, what are we, what are we doing? - Jason, what Jason's trying to say is he's not interested in your life. - Yeah, I'm not interested in myself. - He's not interested in himself. - Can I just say this, but we are going to get, we are going to get somebody interesting, but I do want to say Jason was so grumpy yesterday. - Oh my God. - And I was embarrassed. - Jason and I played golf the last three days. And then yesterday, we, none of us played particularly well. Tuesday we got to play with football great legend Gareth Bale, who is just an actor for the Americans. - Yeah, I mean, just an actor. - Oh, you had to be like freaking out. - I was, I was, God, he's unreal, right? - Yeah, you're a little nervous. It was like your plan was Charlize Theron. - I was, yeah, hey man. (laughing) - How did it come about you guys just play golf with all of these people? They just randomly show up. - We host a talk show, bro. - Yeah. - I know, but I'm just saying like, how do you organize that? - Well, we met this guy up at some celeb golf tournament. - And then that's what happens. Hey, let's play golf. - Then we swap numbers. - Yeah, he's a good guy. - Yeah, we, we do. We swap numbers, we go like, hey man, we want to play golf with you, Gareth Bale. - So if Charlize wanted to play golf, you would let him play. - I'm not answering this. Listen, I'm playing, now I'm now playing the fifth. - Hey. - Anyway, I was a, I was a real, - So he was a grumpy, he spat out of the parking lot into the point that 30 seconds after he left had to come and go, hey man, are you okay? - Why, why? - He did call me as I was getting out of the parking lot. I was like, oh no, maybe I pissed him off. - No. - Because I didn't really say goodbye to anybody. I just had to get out of there before I embarrassed myself by like going into some sort of, I played a bad golf round rage. - No, but I can't call him. - I can't call him. - What happened? He went like this. I was putting my stuff in the back of my car and his window was open and then as he's putting it up and his car, he's now in drive. He looks over. I'm not exaggerating to go like this. - I will zip up the window and feel that. And I was like, - Fuck you, I'd be better. - All because you played a bad game. - Yeah, I just, I play too much to play that badly. And I just need to be more disciplined and I need to actually really, if I'm gonna, if I'm gonna be upset about not playing well, I need to have a reason. - But I thought about this. - I need to start like really training or something. - Jay, Jay, I thought about it. I thought about this. And this is not a joke. We joke about this a lot. We're gonna get to your guess. I feel badly for them. But I just wanna say this. You yesterday, and he does this a lot, did this last two days. We're going to, it was like, Hey, do you want a little bit of food? They got a little snack shack. And I get like a little chicken salad. Maybe you think, and Jason the last two days goes, yeah, just give me a cup of sliced apples. That's all he had. - No, and I'm like, he's starving to death. - No, that's what's going on. He's literally built, can't shake these five or 10 pounds. - Dude, Jason, what's, I told Jason, if he loses 10 pounds, I'm taking him to the fucking hospital. Yeah, he, he, he, he, he, he, yeah, you don't need to lose any more weight, Jason. - Sean, he ate a cup of sliced apples. That's it. I'm like, that's not enough. - With a cup of nuts on top of those. - Oh, fuck. - Don't you get tired during the day from not eating? - Yes, tired. - I guess what. - You know what I did well? There's here's the sickness. I came home, I saw Amanda in the kitchen. And I was like, what's wrong? I go, nothing, I'm a disaster. I'm embarrassed because I'm in a bad mood because of golf. She goes, really? I go, yeah, she goes, we want to talk about it. I said, you don't want any part of me. I'm going to the gym. So I put on my gym clothes and I went and I ran on the elliptical for an hour and then sweat it out in the hot box for an hour. - Yeah. - So for two hours, I just had to get into a deep sweat to get all the rage out of me. - By the way, what you don't hear in there is any nutrition going in. - I know, that's what I'm saying. - He's moving his blood sugar is plummeting. That's what your body is like screaming at you for that fuck up. - Both of you to see. - There we go. - I don't know what the hell you're talking about. - Let's get to your guest, huh? - Yeah. - Unless you got some other. - Right, yes, no, I do. I want to get to the great yet, but just want to want to remind anybody if you're interested in what you're hearing, we have actual, actual pictures of us doing this too, moving pictures there.
on Max, smart list on the road, the doc, that, that, that, that, me, Will and Sean are enjoying, but we're a little biased. We're in it. But if you're interested, it's on Max. There are, our little docu series. Yeah, it, you know, May 23rd on Max was the, the day that that's right. Yeah, and they all get all the same, and you can get all six episodes at the same time. Yeah, if you're, if you look at that, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, you way. Yeah. All right. All right. All right. Okay. My guest, fellas, listeners, do you like funny people? Sure do. Talented people, kind people. What if you managed to pack that into one woman? Add two scoops of charm and a cup of conversation skills. And what do you get? You get her next guest gang. She's an American actress starring in a new show, which I'm very lucky enough to be a producer on. She's a new mom, an ex-tennis player and horseback writer. She's a native California in a proud Sagittarius and the daughter of Lane and Gary. Please welcome pure sunlight wrapped in skin, Ms. Kaylee Cuoco. Oh, look at her go. Look at her Cuoco. You ever been called sunshine wrapped in skin? No, I was that was so sweet. That was a first. Yeah. Literally very much enjoying, enjoying your guys as calm. I was trying to hold my hand over my mouth, because I was dying laughing. I'm so embarrassed. You're the only one. Yeah, no, Sean, at your disorder, which I think I have the fainting disorder with animals. That's really. That's really. Yes, well, then that gets me in my first question. During my deep research, because I'm a crack journalist, you had a horse riding accident where you almost lost your leg. I'm not, I'm not exposing anything big here. This was already out. Oh, yeah. How did you deal with that? You're never exposing anything big. So, hey, Will, that sounds like a sexual insult. No, that's good. Now I'm going to let you correct that for a second, because it really sounded. No, I just wanted to say hi, Kayleigh. How are you? I feel like we've only met once before. It's something that you were hosting. You were backstage and you were like in a complete blackout. It seemed like not. No, you had to do a bunch of stuff. She's probably focused. She's professional. I've never been focused in my life. That is shocking. But it's so I'm so glad to be here. I'm nervous. You guys is like one of the best podcasts in my sister. It's her favorite one. And she's like, if you mess this up, come on. There's nothing to mess up. This is the best it gets. I'm not going to get a word in edgewise. Don't worry about it. Jason's got a big question for you. So settle in and I hope you pack the lunch. So, so, so, so you're riding a horse. You're riding a horse. You're jumping over gates and going around barrels and whatever the fuck you do. And then you get, and then, and then then the horse falls or you fall. The horse falls on you. Lands on the leg is stuck on the leg. Broke, broken the leg. Did you ask the horse to get off to the horse to get off immediately? Wait, how long ago was this? This was a while ago. This was, let's see, it was beginning a big bang. And we've been probably, I don't know, 12 or 13 years ago. Oh my god. Okay. So, guys, she almost lost her leg. I once asked her, I once asked her horse to get off during a big bang. The family show will. So, it's the birthday. He's on fire. You really almost lost your leg on this. Well, yeah, no, it was a bad accident. It was a very bad accident. And, um, yeah, he, I had fallen, the fall didn't hurt me. He, he ended up stepping on me. And I remember, I know. And the crazy part is. Sean just faded. Win it. Sean's down. And he can't do his eyes. So he's screwed. Scotty. Scotty get the paddles. So, you said don't fade. Kaley, how old were you when this happened? I was, um, my god, it can't be now. Early 20s? It was probably 22. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Okay. So, so now, but you had to sign something before surgery that gives a doctor permission that once they get in there and they see that maybe we might not be able to save the leg that you won't sue them if you wake up without the leg. Yes. It was last year. It was really serious. So I had to go under. I'd to sign something. Yes, exactly right. And luckily I came out. So, but wait, wait, talk to, do you remember, you probably don't remember because you were so under anesthesia, but when you first woke up, was your first look down to see if the leg was still there? You remember that? Yes. Totally. Oh, yeah. No, I have a very, yeah. How, how, what are we talking about? We're talking about. It's separated from your body. Like, I had, uh, I had a compound fracture. So for those who don't know, it's the bone that comes out of your leg. Yeah, I know. Wait, wait, wait, which bone? Oh, that's what I've got. My tibia fibula so it's near my ankle and my knee. Just my bones always coming out. Well, this is where it was. Okay. It's caught with its own. Yeah, no, right. So you had to, yeah. That's what it's called. Okay. Sorry. I'm going to have to update my, I was almost my first bit taken. I'm going to have to update my, my dating profile. So you're creating a compound fracture. Yeah. Okay. So wait, don't come in here. I've got a compound fracture. So wait, so your bone is sticking out of your, the top part of your thigh or your bottom part of your knee? No, no, no, no, ankle, ankle knee. Okay. So there was two. Yeah. And so it just was a horrible, horrible, horrible break. And I had been, why didn't you say it didn't hurt? No, it, oh, no, it did hurt. Oh, my God. I was going to say, when I fell, the fall didn't break my, my fall was in the big deal. He stepped to me and I remember clear as day, because it takes a second when something is up and I was like, did I, did I just fall on a whole like thing of leaves? Because I heard all the cracking. Yeah. So I was like, are there leaves? And it took me like five or 10 seconds to actually realize it wasn't just four hundred leaves. It was my bones. Yeah. So what are your pins and rods in there? Yeah. I have, you got to do. There's a really, do you set off metal detectors? No, I always thought I would, but it never happened. No, no. God, what was the recovery like for that? Like just, you know what's crazy? So I was shooting Big Bang. It was on a Friday after work. And so I was supposed to go to work on Monday. They put you behind the bar, right? They gave you like a bar job. Oh my, yes. I'm like, I have to call Chuck Lori and tell him right now that I just, yes, the great Chuck Lori, but you don't want to make that call. And so they literally didn't think I would like walk for three months. They thought I would not walk for three months. I was walking in a week with a boot. I was back to work in two weeks. It was like miraculous. Wow. Yeah. I mean, I, you know, they always say the worst. And then I, I ended up being okay. But like it, they were very, so wait, you, but you still, it's now, because listen to the story. I'm on pins and needles. Do you actually have pins in there for real? Yes, I do. They didn't take those out. They're not planning on taking those out. No, I went back in years later. And I was like, it's just bad to have in there. And they said, honestly, the surgery would be such a pain for you. Like if they're not bothering you, leave it. So I'm, I know. So can you run and jump and do anything? Oh, yeah. Do you have fun scars on the bottom of your leg? Yeah, I do. That's cool. I got very cool. I don't know how to get scars. You guys don't think it's cars? Yeah. I do make you feel like badass. I fell off the, the bunk bed when I was a kid, and I have on the side of my head. Oh, bless you. You're the bunk bed. I've never met a guy that fell off the top bunk. You know, there's a little bars up there to help. I had a bar. Although, you just confirmed something that I've learned suspected. Well, that you're a top. Yeah. I mean, I was going to say it. And I was like, you know what? Well, I do have this car. Wait, Shawnee. Wait, there it is. Yeah, that's called the belly button. Shawnee, you have lost so much fucking weight. Yeah, I'm not kidding. You know, I know, but I'll gain it right away. Will, what, Jake, what did I get you for your book? Shawne sent me today this fucking asshole. He sent me four large things of ice cream. And he said, this is what I used to get fat. To stay what I eat and what I eat to get fat, happy birthday. And I'm like, you asshole, because now I'm going to eat it. If it's it's calling me if it's in the freezer, what kind of ice cream was it? It's the best. How can I just chalk that in coffee and vanilla? Yeah, the best. How can I create it? It's the best. You either go with the best or you don't have you you've gotten into it since then, right? Well, you open it up. This morning, I had, I had cake last night with the kids, we had ice cream cake because that's my favorite and yellow cake with chocolate frosting. That's exactly right. Did you use the cake lady? No, no, mercy made it. Who is here and she's great. The cake lady's great, but mercy makes an incredible cake. And so I will say, because we talked about earlier, Jason, you going in, I ate the cake. We I ate early with the kids in about 45 minutes after eating two pieces of cake as one of each night night. I went, no, mother fucker and I went down. I came down into the gym and I worked hard for now. Oh, you did. You have to for you. Did you just slip into the rubber suit? Of course, I always wear the rubber suit as you know. We'll be right back. All right, back to the show. Kaylee, you always look so thin. Do you do you go crazy with junk food at all ever? Oh, yeah. Oh, do you? I mean, you know, I definitely do. Yeah, you know what I also, Kaylee, you've got great skin. I've always noticed that about you. Thank you. Yeah, you've got really nice, you've got really nice skin. Yeah. So nice. Thank you. I know it's really nice to have a work thing this morning and not have to do any hair and makeup whatsoever. It's very exciting. You know, that's on purpose, you know, while we get to look at each other, we're, you know, it's like, I don't want anyone to have to go out and make up and the whole. I mean, you guys have to look at me, but other than that, no one I don't know. Why do you have such good skin? Do you stay out of the sun? No, I don't stay out of the sun.
I've got quite a skin regimen of my little products, but you were very good about putting on some block when you were almost a semi pro tennis star when you were a youngster, yes? - Yeah, wait, what? - Let's get it done. - Yes, she decided, she decided at 16, I could go this way or we could try acting. - You were a tennis pro. - I did, I played tennis my whole junior's when I was in, yeah, that's all I did and I really thought I was gonna be a professional tennis player when I was much younger. - Where was that? - In here. - Camerillo. - Yeah, in Camerillo and then the Southern California and then but I traveled all over the country and I loved it and then realized, oh my God, you and I was auditioning and working and then I got my first show and I was like, to be a professional tennis player you'd really just do that. I thought I don't know if I can give myself to both. So I was like, I'm never gonna play again. I put my rackets down at like 16, but I played very competitively for years and years as a young teen and traveled all over and I loved it. Yeah, I loved it. - That's so hard. That takes so much training and so much dedication. - I loved it. - And do you still play a tiny bit? - So I stopped for years. You know, I think when you're competitive in any sport it's not fun, the fun kind of leaves a little bit so to play for fun was not something I wanted to do. So over COVID, my girlfriend who is my oldest friend who is my doubles partner when we were really young, she's like, let's start playing again. So we started playing doubles together during COVID and like entered tournaments since it was hysterical and I loved it. - 'Cause it's socially distant, right? That's why you could do a during COVID. That's why we'll got back into golf, son of a bitch. - So yeah, I heard that you had some rage but that was interesting story. - Oh, real issues. - Which time did you hear about? - You talking about the guy who didn't charge his Tesla? Did you hear him? - That's one of the greatest stories I've ever heard. You know, that's a perfect example of me two years ago versus now, I exit myself from the situation before I'm accountable for my money. - Do you want to do it? - I will separate myself from people and just deal with them. - I will say that he did approach all of us who were playing with him yesterday and said, one by one, I'm not joking. He said, hey man, I'm really sorry that I've been kind of grinding and cranky today. And he went and I heard him say it to the other guys. - I thought, this is a new Jason. - That's good. - It's my beautiful wife Amanda is teaching me how to be a better man. - Kaley, I would question about the guys. Don't fight. - We want to talk to Kaley so bad. I just want to know, she had rage when you played, when you was your worst moment. Did you ever say you can't be serious? - Oh my God, I broke so many rackets. I had a real bad attitude actually. - It's really? - To this day, you don't want to play Scrabble with me. I am the worst. I am the worst. I'll kick your ass and Scrabble. - Exactly, that's how I get to. I lose my shit. I love to win. I don't fuck around. It's not a joke to me. Game night is not, no one wants to let me participate in game night because I don't make it fun for anybody. - Do you have a game night going right now? - Like in this moment. - No, I don't. - Like in general. - Because Shani, sometimes you do game nights. I like games. - We love game nights. We are obsessed, but again. - When you say we, we're talking about Tom Pell freer. We know. - Tom Pell freer. We love game nights. - Easy on the eyes. What a guy. - Tom Pell freer. - I love that. - Is that your guy? Is Tom Pell freer guy? Is that your relationship? - Tom Pell freer is my guy. We love game nights. - Okay. - I met him because of, it's really, I have to think, Jay. - They met at the Ozark rap party. If you can believe that. - Oh, really? - You were the reason I met him. Yes. - Yeah. Now, walk us through the story. Did he know you were coming or did you know he was going to be there? Was there any sort of set up there at all? I don't remember. So we have the same. I'm sure you've heard this story a million times, but we have the same manager. And she, the December, that past December, she had said, "I want to set you up with someone that I know." And I said, "It was too soon after my last relationship." I was like, "No, I'm not ready." She goes, "Noted fine." So in April, I was going to New York to promote flight attendant and my manager, Andrea, was like, "Yes. So difficult. You're sure. Yeah. You can edit the applause in later. That would be great. That's it. That was a little in for Big Bang earlier. Go ahead. Thank you. No, thank you. These are great shows. These are, thank you. Please continue. So I, she decided to come with me to New York to just hang out and she was actually, I'm going to, my other client is going, I'm going to see my other client there. And she didn't even really say it was Tom, but she said I'm going to go to Ozark from here and it's during the week and do you want to come with me? And it wasn't. And you were like, "What's Ozark?" Nobody knows what that is. A hundred percent. I had no, I never heard a show. I didn't want to go. Yeah. I didn't want to come with me and I was like, I was like, "Okay," and I went with her and got all dolled up. I knew I would meet him, of course, but I, it didn't occur to me about anything else. And when I got there, we were a little late and so everyone was piling into the theater. I didn't have a minute to meet him and I was actually standing near, waiting in the line in the restroom. I was faced away and I overheard, you know, he's got a very sexy voice, Mr. Tom Palfrey. And I overheard him say to our manager, "Where is this Kaylee?" And I turned around and it was like, "She's right in front of you, waiting to take a dump." And you were like, "Don't." And you were like, "That's what I said." Yeah. That's what I said to him and he thought it was really cool that I was so open. Um, no, I saw him and it was like this very strange, like the world kind of stopped. Really? Yeah. It was really wild. Like I said, there were so many people piling and it wasn't a moment to really talk and so we all just, I was like, "Nice to meet you." Yeah. I mean, he's just real easy with that quick smile, right? He's got a nice, that grace smile. That grace smile. Yeah. Infectious. And so how many years has that been going on? We've been together for one year. We got pregnant two months in. We have a baby. We were like, boom, boom, boom. We're in sync. Let's go back to my room. Yeah. Yeah. We're not 20 anymore. We were like, "We doing this or not?" Maybe four months? Two months. Five weeks old today, you guys. Oh my gosh. Congratulations. Thank you. Oh my God. You had a baby five weeks ago? Yeah. Can you believe that? No, I can't. No, I can't. It's a grace. I know. And look at you. You don't look like you had a bed like you're just, you look great. Tom, Tom actually carried it. Oh, no kidding. No kidding. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a manhood. They're very progressive. Tommy Wood carried the baby. He is that obsessed. But how do you have energy? Like, aren't you exhausted? Or do you have one of those good babies that sleeps all the time? She, no, she's pretty awesome. Look, I'm not going to lie. We have some very nice help. It's a big help. Yes. I feel even guilty saying it. But we have very nice help, which is why I can like, I have, our relationship is so survived because we have all this help. Yeah. Listen, we know. Oh my God. Yeah. I mean, if he can, if he can, if he got in-laws or whatever, I think I'm just such a big fan of like- You used to be- Think about this. In the old days, it used to be. People all lived with their families in the olden times. Yeah. And you had family around and family would help out and you'd have siblings and parents and grandparents and stuff, and it would all- And now- She's not at the end of your rope. Yeah. No, exactly. And it's great. And my mom is here this morning. She was like so excited. I had something I had to do so she could hang out with the baby for an hour. So it's like, it's the best. No. Does she, mom, Matilda, like you would, or do you guys have like a little bit of tension? I don't start trouble. No, my mom honestly, my mom is the best. And actually, so is Tom's mom. They are like, they come in, they help, they don't overstep. Do they get along? Do the moms come in? Oh my god. We're so lucky. They all oddly look like each other too. And they're- They become very close. We're just like really lucky. Yeah. You're very lucky. That's very lucky. That's great. I know. I know five weeks old. Do you want more kids? Yeah. We do. Do you have- are you moving a couple? Yeah, I'm moving a couple. Do you have any links you could send her? Yeah, the dark web. All right. So let's start with. Now, Big Bang is something that was a big bang, right? Yeah. That was a phenomenon. No, 10, 12 seasons. 12. 12 seasons. I mean, that's incredible. Now, could you have- Could you have kept going or was it like three? You know, this is the right time to end this. You know, I'll be honest with you. And I've talked about this before. We truly are group of actors. We thought we were 100% doing the 13th season. We thought we'll do a 13th. It'll be the last one. But, you know, and then- And this story is not new. I'm not giving it a thing. I mean, Jim really did. Jim Parsons really wanted to be done. And he was kind of the first person to call it. Okay. And we- We were- We were not- We didn't know that was happening. We kind of all thought we were going to do another season. But we heard it at the beginning of season 12. And it was basically after like our second table read. We were told this was going to be it. And it was actually kind of- I mean, as sad as we all were and like kind of a little bit shocked. It was cool because then we had like a whole season. Right. To really be in the moment and play. Yeah. It was cool. We could kind of like slow- Jim- Jim Show. Was it Jim Show? Originally, yeah. Then it became more of an ensemble show. Yeah. He just was- He didn't- He was done. Okay. We were all just, oh my god. It was so shocking. But then I think over the few weeks it was like, okay, maybe this is the right thing. And honestly, I mean, for me, I wouldn't have even done. I don't know if flight attendant would have happened. Like the timing was actually amazing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everything happens for a reason. Yeah. Totally. So we were- Sure. Sure. Sure. But that routine of- It's in front of a wide audience. Yeah. That is a- Do you miss that? I mean, it's so- I loved it. I loved the audience. I thought it would- I loved obviously. I loved the schedule. It was great. I'm happy now not doing it. And it was such incredible memories.
I mean, some of those live shows were some of the best nights of my life for sure. I mean, my dad never missed a day. He was in the audience every week. Every single thing. Yeah. He had his own chair at the back of the audience. Yes. Couldn't sit in it. The angel could not even say he was standing the whole time. And what we could do before he'd show with the little thumbs up. He gave me a thumbs up for curtain call. Every time I came out in the crew, the whole cast would do it, too, and the crew. Yes. The crew started obviously with my dad. So everyone would do this like thumbs up for my dad. I mean, he was there. I'm not kidding. Every show night for 12 years. My dad came to, um, uh, uh, none of him. He didn't come to any of them. We didn't go to anything. Yeah. He didn't come. No, he went to Kayleigh's shows. You're dead. Sean, your dad went to every one of Kayleigh's shows. He was so wonderful. He drove her dad. He had a chair. He was so into it. What Kayleigh, Kayleigh, how many episodes did you guys do a big bang? Oh my god. You know what? 300. It was something like that. I actually don't remember the number. 22 times 13. Quick. Yeah. I'm sure there were some years. There were 24 and yeah, 250, something like that. It was up there. Yeah. It was up there. 300. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah. That's so impressive. And it's so in a. I enjoyed it. Yeah. So it's like once in a while. Not just of the schedule, but of, of like kind of what Jason was saying, like being able to go and do that every week in front of the audience. That's so what people don't understand is how much fun. Yeah. A live audience. Yeah. Really is so free. Yeah. It's so fun. - A kid at work at home were playing tennis. Where did the whole thing for acting come from? Was Gary or Lane, am I saying that right? - Yeah, Lane. - Yeah, love was. Were they into acting at all? Who, how did this come about? - No, it was concrete. No, I did a lot of different things when I was younger. My, I would go in auditions, like I said, I played tennis. I went to these camps that I loved. It was, I had a million things I was doing. So, and it was just, it was smart because nothing ever really got me down. Like, I wasn't like a child actor who was just acting. Like, I just, it was another thing that I did. And then if that didn't, I had a tennis listener. I went away for the week. Like, they just constantly had me in all these different things. And until it got a little bit more serious, and I remember very clearly they sat me down. It was pretty young. I probably was not even eight or nine years old. They sat me down there. Like, you're, this is a real job. Like, do you want to keep doing this? And I, there was like, not a doubt in my mind. I was like, this is what I want to do. - Tennis. - Do you like, are you sure? - Yeah. - Is that what tennis? - No, sorry, I wanted to be an actor. - Oh, yeah, yeah. - So keep playing tennis. Keep doing both. Have the second thing. They weren't comfortable with me just doing the acting thing. - What was the first, what was the first real gig? Were the first real paying like, Cheerios, something like that? - I mean, I did do all those commercials. I was the Barbie girl for like two years. I did like, a handful of Barbie commercials. I was an ever single one. - Do you still have them on tape? - Oh, yeah, somewhere. - I want to hear those. - I was the Oscar Meyer. I sang the Oscar Meyer song. - Yeah, give us a little. - Give us a little. - Yeah. (laughing) - Well, I don't know what it's about. - I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weeener. - Exactly. Yes. - You sang that in the commercial? - Yeah, I had to do the whole thing and play against a fake little weener. (laughing) - Anybody? - Anybody? - I was tossing that up for you. - Well, I thought-- - I know, no, no, no. - All right, so then you're acting along and would there, was there a thought, well, maybe I should go to college too to have, make sure I have like a backup or something. Should I go to college? - Hated school. So that was the one thing. I just was not a grade school seventh eighth into early. I said, I asked my parents if I could get my GED and I was very clear on my guys. This is not for me. Like, I know my future is not going to be. I don't, I hated school. I do trigonometry, yeah. - Yeah, exactly, it wasn't for me. Even when I had to do set school, like the devastation that I had to like leave set to go do school, it just killed my soul. - Sure, I did. - So they were like, I can't believe they listened to me. It's kind of amazing. They let me get my GED. - What Gary's very permissive. - He was like, go ahead. - That's always been the bomb guy, no. - They were so cool about it. - Wait, I'm such an idiot. Were your parents actors too? - No. No, they were not, my mom's was stayed home with us since the minute we were born. - Jay, how do you know their names, Gary? - I'm just, you know, I'm doing bits, you know. I get a little bit of research. I know their names, and I'm asking if I know them. It's fine. - Okay, okay. - Gary was a realiter. Gary was in residential real estate. - Yes, he did. - Mostly in the Camarillo area. - Yes. - Yes. - Wow. - He was a paramedic firefighter, actually, for a very long time. - Wow. - Yeah, went into real estate, and my mom stayed home. I mean, my mom truly drove me all around. Like, that's all she did. - Brothers and sisters. - My sister, yeah, my sister, three years younger, my sister, three years. - Wanna do the same thing or no? - She did. She loved school, though. She went to high school. She was like a, you know, a little social butterfly, but she's an actor too. She has an amazing voice. She's incredible. - Yeah, she was on mass, no, not mass singer. The voice. - The voice, yes. - Oh wow. - Really? There are a couple rounds. - Now, with Gary's history in medicine, do you know CPR? - What's funny is, we just learned CPR because of this baby. So we had these private CPR sessions, which, for the way it was terrifying. I don't know if they're showing you how to do like the CPR on the baby. That was, I'm like, I'm never gonna remember this, by the way, I'm so traumatized by even doing it on the fake baby. So we did technically learn. - I learned it too, but I think I need to refresh it 'cause I think I may have forgotten maybe. 'Cause like, you forget one little component, it's useless. - It's crazy, right? - Sean and Will, do you guys know CPR? - No, I don't, but I can guess. But wait, how to do it? But wait, in a pinch? - Yeah, in a pinch, I could probably just guess what to do. You just plug the nose, make out with the person, and then pound on the show. - Yeah, you're right. - It's a Saturday, yeah. - But wait, I always thought it was so crazy in like movies and TV shows when people, you know, are passed out or whatever dying and people do CPR and they're pounding on their chest. - How does the actor not like move? Like I'd be like, ow, ow, ow, ow every time. - Yeah, I mean, like you're the worst actor. - God. - Well, I think I remember we had to do CPR in one in a scene in flight attendant. I mean, they're pretty padded. I don't think we're just soking people in the chat. - Sean, do you wanna just, this is like a question. Hey, we got a question from the audience over here for Showbiz. When you guys are shooting a movie, is it real with the, what are you doing, dude? - I always wondered that. I always wondered that because it looks like, what are you doing? - You're pounding. - And also when you're breathing, when you're breathing into their mouth in a TV show or movie and how are you not going, like, you know, how do you, like, - I went down to give you mouth to mouth on Murder Bill and you just, I thought you were gonna let me and then you didn't. And then I was like, wait, you're gonna let me. And you guys are too embarrassed. - Hey, we, you guys, that was so good. Jason, I had to give you, - No, I had to put a pill in your mouth. - You had to put a pill in my mouth and I had to put a rest in my mouth. - And I kept telling you that I hadn't washed my hands. But, but- - This is about Kayleigh. - I know, this is about Kayleigh. - What did they put pads on? They put pad on. - Oh, yeah. - Can you please escort this guy out of your mouth? - I know. This is, they put padding on and then you push on the pad. - That's right. - No, I didn't know that. - Yeah, and then they'll cut to, you know, his chest and they'll take the pad on. - Sean, you know, you, you know, Star Wars, you know, they don't shoot that in space, right? - Yeah. And the lightsaber are not, they won't really cut you in half. - Hey, may the fourth be with you. - Good. - And we will be right back. And now back to the show. - Kayleigh, were you prepared for the Uber success of Big Bang, like all the fame, the notoriety, the money, everything changed. And sort of exponentially every year. - You know what a ride means to be bad, you know what a ride means to be bad, you shoot the pilot, like a couple times or something. - Yes, I was actually the third actress to join Big Bang Theory. - Really? - Wow. - They did a pilot, they did, I believe, two pilots. - Old Chuck had the, the thinning shears out, huh? - 100%. - You're out. - They, yeah. - Do you, do you know who did it? Do you know the people, you don't have to say their names, but do you know the people who did it before you, the pilot? - I knew one of them, yeah, I knew one of them. - Awkward, uh, weird. - Well, yeah, well, I knew her later. So it was like, it wasn't like she was my friend at the time. I'm like, oh, you got a show and then I went and took it. - Right. - But no, I did know her later. And she actually ended up guest-arring. She was still friends with everybody, it was all fine. - That's cool. - Oh good. - I know. - So they shot one pilot, trashed it, two second pilot trashed it. And then the third pilot, you were in the pilot? - Yes, they kept rewriting it and revamping it. I mean, it was totally changed when I joined. Like, it wasn't what it was at all. - And so what is it about, like this is fascinating to me, what is it about that particular show that they kept throwing money at it and redoing it? And what was it that they believed in so much? Just the concept or, and the actors in it? Or like, where is that pose, as opposed to other shows, you shoot a pilot that didn't go, they throw it out. - Like, bye, right. I think, I remember Chuck did a cup. I know he's talked about this before, but he just like really believed in it and the studio believed in Chuck. And he kept saying, give us another chance. Give us another chance. Like, I can make, I think I'm going to make this work. And, you know, he's Chuck and he does. - Yeah, he's single-handedly kept sitcoms alive. For a little less. - 100% yeah, but he kept saying, I'm going to get this right, I'm going to get this right. And, you know, and so what about, what about all the fame and the money and the being recognized in the street? Like, were you prepared for all that? Cause it was, I mean, the show was enormous. - You know what's so crazy? I feel like my sort of, I hate it in this word.
whatever this fame or whatever. I was such on a slow uphill climb. I feel like there are actors who get, like maybe they do, I don't know, they do some huge film or something then all of a sudden, right, it's overnight fame and they're like, oh my God. I don't really feel like it was like that for me. I've been doing this since I was five years old. - Right. - Not that I was famous back then, but I've always been in the business and I've always done a million things and it never affected me that I never felt at that moment of, oh my God. I knew in Big Bang Theory. - 'Cause he was what you did for a living. - Yeah, but Big Bang Theory haven't got like 30 million viewers a week, like he was insane. - I know, we worked, I mean, it was awesome. We were thrilled and-- - Sean and I did, when we did that show, the Miller's and especially the first season, we were on behind you guys, behind Big Bang Theory for a year, and you single-handedly like kept us on the air 'cause we had the lead in a Big Bang Theory, we were like, sweet, we could've just air some dial tone if we wanted. - But then you can't drop off a lot, right? Then you got the pressure of trying to hold that number. - We did drop off, yeah, then they moved us and then we were like, oh, we're screwed. But-- - It was a little phenomenon, man. I don't know. I was just massive and I know, you know who I know. I know a few people, but I certainly know Johnny a little bit, such a nice guy. - Of course. - He's a great guy. - He's the best. - He's such a nice guy, such a nice soul. - He's like doing his thing now. - Did he move too? Did he move to like, Tennessee? - He didn't like Nashville, love it now. - Yeah, that's so great. He's such a great guy. - Yeah, I got to tell him, I saw you got talked to you. - Yeah, please say hi to him for me. I just, I'm just, he's such a sweet person. - I know, I know. - All right, so now what you've done is you've somewhat combined your passion for acting and your passion for tennis, although you're letting Chris Messina do the tennis part, but tell us about this incredible new show called based on a true story produced by aggregate. - Do you know that you probably know this, but when I met Mr. Tom Palfrey, he had this script in his hand. He was reading it like three weeks into dating him. And I go, what do you read? And he goes, I'm reading this based on a true story. I can't do it because I've got to show it. Yes, and I read it. And I was like, give me that. Let me read it. He goes, it's so funny. This is obviously a year ago. - Yeah, yeah. - And I go, oh my God, this is hilarious. He goes, I know it's so funny. It's Jason's doing it and all this stuff. - There's still some Jason's trailer. I can't, yeah. He'll never read it. - He'll never read it. He'll never get around to reading it. - Well, he was like, to gonna play the plumber. He was gonna maybe play in the plumber. - After working with him on Ozark, like anything and everything I heard about or thought about, you know, and people were talking to me about him. It's like, yeah, what about Tom for this? What about Tom? - He loves it so much, man. - Chances are high that maybe that was something I was aware of, but it was one of many, probably had a bunch of stuff. - But can you, is that crazy that I was like, - That's funny. - And I went through it, I said, this is brilliant. Obviously that was months before I even ever got to call for it and things were written very differently. The couple, you know, had older kids. The story was a little bit different. So once I got the call and I was kind of talking about it with you guys, I was like, I love this so much, but I don't know if I would have teenagers, like we started talking and then Craig or showrunner was like, we'll take away the kids. Like they were kind of helping me figure out how this could be. I loved it so much plus I loved your crime. I loved tennis, I loved working in LA. I was like, I need all these things. This is great. - So the general concept is that you and Chris Messina are married, the great, the great Chris Messina. - The best. - We'll hold for a pause there. - The best. - He plays an X-Tennis star. You play a realtor that is obsessed with true crime podcasts. You have a plumber come to the house to fix a toilet played by ironically Tom Bateman. - Yes, fabulous. - Isn't that weird? - Yes. - And this guy turns out to maybe be a serial killer and you guys decide, well, we're not gonna turn him in if he agrees to do a podcast with us about his serial killer. - I got it. - And we'll keep his name away from the authorities. - No more killing. - That's great. There's probably a better way to describe it, but that's the bones of it, right? - Sounds great. Wait, when is this on? - This is coming. - Junates. - Junates on the peacock. - Absolutely. - Well, this is streaming on the cock. - It's streaming out of the cock. - Of course. - Yep, yep, yep. - Wow. - Cockster. - That's what we always say on anything for. - Wait, but that sounds really great. - Yeah, I know. It does sound really good. - It was such a quirky. It was so insane the story. I thought it was so brilliant. I said, "I have to be part of this." And then like, after we had signed on, we got everything going. I came to LA to do some chemistry reads and Jason wasn't there, but the producers were there and I was talking to everyone. And I sat them down and I'm like, "Guys," 'cause they had written it and it was done. And ready to go. I was like, "Guys, what if this character was pregnant?" (laughing) - Just fit ball. - Just fit ball. (laughing) I'm like, now think, think hard about it. - Think about your answer first. - Yeah, really think hard, 'cause this could really be in there like, "Well, I'm like, no, really?" And they're looking at me and they're like, "What?" I'm like, "Surprise!" (laughing) - Oh my God. - Oh my God. We had, we were like a month out from shooting, maybe a little longer, but I said, "Do you think you could write it in?" - And how many months were you? - When we started shooting, I was five months. I mean, we shot three weeks before I gave birth. Yeah, about up until three weeks before I gave birth. Yeah, so I was five months when we started, so let's say I was like four. - Oh my God. - And didn't they say, "Well, well, Kayleigh, we can delay your start of production." Like, have your kid enjoy it and you were like, "No, no, no, no, no, no, I want, right?" - No. - I want to do it now because I also, not only did I want to do the show and I was so ready to do it, I actually not be, and also I wanted to, for them to write in the pregnancy, I actually thought it worked for the show, and once we all talked it out, it actually worked. I don't remember it not being about this couple being pregnant. Plus, the way they wrote it in was so brilliant. Like, it never focused on the pregnancy. It just was, I was just pregnant. - Well, that's the jeopardy too, that you're basically working with the serial killer, and you can see this big, huge baby box, the whole way through, yeah, fully pregnant. - Cool. - So, you were five months pregnant and through till what being eight months pregnant by the time we wrapped? - Four weeks before I gave birth, it was my birthday. Yeah, but it was awesome because I got to, I mean, what job, I got to eat what I wanted. I was treated like a fricking queen. I was the best. I wore what I wanted. I was felt very empowered. And also like, I think this is just so long. Yes, comfy shoes. I've been able to like play my eight. I've been in this business for so long that I thought it was cool. Like, okay, now people are seeing me. Like, I'm gonna be real about this, and I'm gonna show that this is exactly what I am, and I'm pregnant, and it's fine, and I'm working, and I thought it was like a good thing to do. I don't know, it just felt right. - Yeah, I would have killed to play that killer. I wouldn't have played. - No, he's great. He's really great. - Oh my God, he is great. I can't wait to see. - I can't wait to see it. They're all great. It's really cool, weird show, and very funny. - Now, you're very lucky because it's shot in Los Angeles. You're gonna be able to bring Matilda to the set if and when there's a second season, yes. Have you thought about how that's all gonna kind of play out? I mean-- - Dude, I would do a second season in a heartbeat. - Let's get it done. - Let's get this done today. - He was one of the most fun experiences I have ever, I really mean that. - And that Christmas scene, it is just a real joy. - We laughed. - And that's what's fun, not to, we move on after this, but that is real, I mean, the writing is fantastic. Concepts fun and all that stuff, but the chemistry between you two guys, I don't know. It's just, I do stuff some time when people say, "Hey, boy, how did you guys get such great chemistry?" Well, when you have two really nice people, it's pretty simple, Chris, or Sean Will, don't you guys agree? Like, the chemistry is not a mystery if you're not working with a dickhead. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - It's simple. - Chris, it's just awesome. - People are like, well, they had great chemistry. Yeah, because they're normal, nice people. - Yeah, exactly. - Yeah, that's good. - And it's infectious and it works for the characters too, 'cause you guys are kind of aweshocksing while working with a serial killer. It's pretty great. - No, we had a blast, man. It was awesome. I can't even tell you. - All right, so, - I had a question about time. - Well, I just want to say it out loud. It's, what's it called again? - Based on a true story. Junete streaming on the cock, just so we can say it, just so I can, 'cause neither of you can say it, but I can say it, you know. - I can see it. - I can see it. - Set his calendar. You're ready to do it. We have a viewing party. You're gonna do a viewing and we're doing it. - Are you kidding? - Are you kidding? - Are you fucking, dude are you kidding? - Would you, I want to, I have something. - Go ahead, Sean. - Do you have like, do you have any kind of desire to write and to be a writer and to write scripts and like-- - Direct or a little bit. - I think I could direct. I think I would be a good director because I like to get in and get out. I don't waste a lot of time. I'm also not every, like, it was funny working with Messino who is very likes to prepare and likes to rehearse and watch every, you know, playback. That is not my jam at all. - You're in your house. - Yeah, I would like to get in there. Why are we talking about this? Let's just shoot it. And then Chris is like, but we have to, what are we gonna do? - Yeah. - Like he's hysterical. So the two of us together kind of balanced. - Those like me with Laura Lennie. Laura was very, very prepared. Very sort of the notes in the script and the lines always learned and like it was very admirable. But I just, my brain doesn't work. - Me too, a very admirable. I mean, my brain does not work that way either. It's just not for me. - I know, but it makes a great partnership. - Yeah, I'm not a playback watcher. As an actor, I can't watch playback. - So Tracy, what happens here is that you shoot a scene and then you can go to the monitor, a little TV next to where you just shot and they'll play it back for you. So you can see what you did good, what you did bad, what the technical things are. You need to look out for. Then you go and you shoot it again. - And it'll,
and it really was initially, not for the actors, it's for, generally for the director, so the director can watch maybe the producer. - See the camera scene. - Yeah, see what the camera's seeing and say be like, "Hey, let's get that again." Maybe there's a bump on the camera move. Maybe the light wasn't right, maybe the wrong line, whatever. - By the way, you know who invented or created the playback? - Who's that show? - Jerry Lewis. - Is that right? - Really? - Huh, yeah, huh. Now some actors will not look at playback and they won't even see the film once it's all done, cut together and I don't get that. I learned so much about what I did wrong by looking at what I do, you know? - Like watching the end product. - Yeah, it's like shoot it and go home and then go to the next job. - That's me too. - Otherwise, you just obsess. You obsess about like, whatever, you know, I can't do it. - I'm the same way. - Maybe I should do that with golf will. Maybe I should care a little bit less. - Well, let me just tell you, I was gonna say to you, I talked about you at great length with Josh last night. - Oh boy. - This is true. And I did bring up that you're not, you know, Josh. - Oh, Josh. - He's a friend of ours and we play golf with him. - And so Josh, he's a, Kaley, he's a friend of ours. He's a bald, he's a bald fella and I keep saying that I want him to start wearing a different wig every day and it's gonna be amazing. 'Cause he keeps his head shaved and I'm like, if he showed up every day with a different wig. Oh my God, I never, that is so fun. So anyway, we were saying, apart from the fact that Jason, I think you're malnourished and your blood sugar is at normal low and that that's what makes you cranky all the time in everything you do. - Yeah, not just golf. I think on top of that, you need to stand over the ball and hit it. - Right. - You have too many thoughts. And Jason is known as one of the slower golfers in the last day in Southern California. - Slow, yes, today. - It was so slow. - Slow, yes. - And he thinks about way too much and Kaley, you know as a actual competitive athlete that sometimes you just have to let it, your instincts take them and you just gotta go. Yeah. Maybe Kaley needs to be the person to come play with you and walk with you and be your kind of sports psychologist. - Yeah, be my whisper. - I would be so bad at golf, that sport would make me insane. Like it would make me insane. - But you could talk him through. You could be like, Jay, speed it up. Hit it. Hit the ball. - What about bowling? Do you guys like to bowl? - All right, Kaley, this has been great. - Yeah, thank you for joining us today. - Sorry, unfortunately, somebody decided to capsize the whole thing with some bullshit about bowling. - That's a Tony award-nominated actor. Well, you said Josh is a ball guy and I'm a ball guy. - And then you went to bowling. - And I went to bowling. And I liked to bowl. - Antoinette Perry just rolled over and Kaley. - All right, Kaley, this is it. - I love you. - Thank you. - You guys. - You crushed this. - See you again. - You crushed this. - Thank you, this was so great. - Or a delight. Thank you. - You got real good chat on you, girl. - Yeah. - If I was a girl, I'd wear a scrunchie in my hair like you do. - What do you think of the scrunchie? - I always do. This is my bit. I always do with scrunch because it's old school. I always go like, listen guys, the thing is, that I think that I think that what we need to, I always do my scrunchie. - Hey, I always do my scrunchie bare. - I love this. - I've never seen the scrunchie bare. - I've never seen a scrunchie bare. - Yeah, I'll be like, guys, I think the problem is, look, if we go over there, can we, and I scrunch her, he's gathering his hair up. - He's doing a foe. - He's doing his hair and putting a foe, fake scrunchie in his hair. - He's good at it. - He's my favorite. I love his scrunchie. - I have a big 80's scrunchie in his hair. - I love it. I love it. Super cute. - Guys are awesome. Thank you for having me. - All right, thank you. Thank you for being here. - Guys are amazing. Thank you so much. - Love a great rest of the day. - Bye, guys. - Bye, Kayleigh. Thank you. - Bye. - Bye. - Bye, bye, bye. - You guys, that's just, she's just, that's a real spirit. - You know, she's got great vibe on. - Sunshine wrapped in skin, but maybe it's spirit wrapped in skin, huh? And some sunshine. - She's one of those personalities, too. That's like a phenomenal actress, but you can tell it's a fun person and doesn't take life serious, like she does her work serious, too. - Kayleigh was, you know, I've asked-- - Bubbly Quoco. Sorry. - That sounds like a great-- - Her name should be Bubbly Quoco. - Unice. - Bubbly Quoco. But Kayleigh, she's so great. She was so great on Big Bang Theory. And so funny and fun. - Yeah, just like, just like, yeah, she's had so much life to her. And then you think, like, well, maybe that's sort of the characters playing. Nope. She is that person. She has great energy, great vibe. - Yeah, all the time. Yeah. - You want to hang out with her immediately. You know, by the way, have you ever exited a plane when the flight attendant, when you're leaving and the flight attendant? - Oh, two or a half hours. - It is, it is. - Two or a half hours. - But go ahead. Yeah, go ahead. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, sweet, sweet, willy-r-n-e. Happy birthday. ♪ You do ♪ ♪ By ♪ (laughing) - So cute. - That's a good one. - Smart. (upbeat music) Smart. - Smart. - Smartless is 100% organic and artisanally handcrafted by Bennett Barberco, Michael Grant Terry, and Rob Amjurf. (upbeat music) - Smart. - Last.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts celebrate Will’s birthday (May 4th) and Sean’s Tony Award nomination for his show *Good Night, Oscar*.
Sean recently had laser eye surgery for a partially detached retina, and the hosts joke about his recovery restrictions.
Jason discusses his bad mood after a poor golf game, attributing it to his low food intake and intense workout routine.
Guest Kaley Cuoco joins to discuss her horse-riding accident that nearly cost her her leg, including a compound fracture and ongoing metal pins.
Kaley shares her background as a competitive tennis player, her early acting career (including Barbie and Oscar Mayer commercials), and her rise to fame on *The Big Bang Theory*.
She details meeting her partner Tom Pelphrey at an *Ozark* event, their quick relationship, and the birth of their daughter Matilda five weeks ago.
Kaley promotes her new show *Based on a True Story*, where she plays a pregnant realtor alongside Chris Messina, and notes she filmed while pregnant.
The episode ends with playful banter about golf, bowling, and Kaley’s energetic personality.
Summary:
The episode opens with the hosts—Will, Jason, and Sean—celebrating Will’s birthday on May 4th, joking about the date’s Star Wars association, and congratulating Sean on his Tony Award nomination for *Good Night, Oscar*. They discuss Sean’s recent laser eye surgery for a partially detached retina, with Sean humorously noting his doctor’s advice to avoid reading and darting his eyes. Jason then vents about his frustration after a poor golf game, admitting he barely ate (only sliced apples) and later worked out intensely to release his anger.
Kaley Cuoco joins as the guest, and the conversation quickly turns to her serious horse-riding accident years ago, where she suffered a compound fracture and nearly lost her leg. She describes the ordeal, the surgery, and the metal pins still in her body. Kaley also talks about her early life as a competitive tennis player, her transition to acting at a young age, and her long run on *The Big Bang Theory*, including how the show nearly didn’t happen with multiple pilot attempts.
She shares her whirlwind romance with Tom Pelphrey, whom she met at an *Ozark* event, and reveals they had a baby, Matilda, just five weeks ago. Kaley promotes her new series *Based on a True Story*, where she plays a pregnant woman alongside Chris Messina, and explains she filmed while pregnant. The hosts praise her charm and energy, wrapping up with lighthearted jokes and birthday wishes for Will.
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Sean's show is called 'Good Night, Oscar' and it is playing at the Balasco Theater in New York City.
The Tony Award is officially named the Antoinette Perry Award, after Antoinette Perry.
Sean had laser surgery for a partially detached retina. His doctor advised him not to read or dart his eyes around a lot.
The 'Smartless' documentary series, 'Smartless on the Road,' is available on Max starting May 23rd, with all six episodes released at once.
The hosts played golf with football legend Gareth Bale. They met him at a celebrity golf tournament and swapped numbers to arrange a game.
Kaley Cuoco suffered a compound fracture in her tibia and fibula when her horse stepped on her leg, which required surgery and metal pins.
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