SmartLess: "Kaley Cuoco"

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 list. I like everybody. Let's go. It's an all new smart list.

First of all, though, I would just like to say really fast. Happy birthday to you. Happy

birthday to you. Happy birthday, Will Ornette. Happy birthday to you. And it's on. May the

fourth be with you. No, which is one of my biggest regrets that somebody came up with

that. No, because it just it's just completely, you know, taken my birthday hostage forever.

Well, for me, it's your luck. You're not born on the on 420, right? Isn't that the with all

the kids like to smoke their weed on the 420? Hey, man, I've been I've been looking for ways

for you to sound older. Yeah. And I think we just found it. You know how about this?

It's also but but but Jason, for you and me, it's also more importantly, it's Cinco

de Quatro is Cinco de Quatro. Very big day in people that know about arrested in the

rest development canon. So thank you for following the show. Speaking of Sean, let's take a moment

to celebrate Sean's Tony award nomination. Don't wave it away. It's a big deal. Yeah.

And very well deserved. Good. Thank you guys. That 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. What's the theater? What's the theater? Good night, Oscar at the Belasco Theater. 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,

no. Sean, you know, right? Antoinette. Antoinette Perry Award. Really? Yeah. Yeah. You know,

listener, are you shocked as me at how smart Will every once in a while is? I am. He'd also be

shocked to know these actually 67 today. And he looks fantastic. He does have that. 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 says, 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, I don't, 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,

we call it ocular surgery, laser surgery. We don't call it that, but he had a,

and I can't read. I'm not supposed to read. He's not supposed to read. And I said,

Sean said, Sean turned to the doctor said, you can't read. And Sean said, boy,

do I have some good news for you. He does have a detached retina. So Sean's got a partially

detached retina. Jason's got a detached personality. So we, we have, hey, hey, oh,

detached list. But, but, 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. And that was, that was the direction

from the director from the, the doctor said, don't dart your eyes. Wait, he has his note from the

director and the doctor. And I said to both of you guys, I'm slowly turning into my mother. I'm

going to lose my eye. I mean, it's, you better knock on wood. Now your mom lost her eye from

cancer. You said not from a detached retina thing. She was two years old. Yeah. She was two years

old. She was two years old when she lost her eye. Yeah. We're still looking for it. So wait.

And so I went in and I, I get vasovagal. Do you guys get that?

Excuse me. Hey man, we're trying to keep it clean over here, dude.

It's when you get nauseous and faint from like, you know, needles or poking at your eyeball.

That's happened to me once. Oh, I get it all the time.

Happened to me once. So you just go out if you get nervous about it.

I am like, I have to lay down. I need a fan. I need coolness. I'm going to throw up.

Well, we all need a fan. We all feel better with a fan around. Let's be honest.

What about doing, 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 health related stuff. Like if I mean,

I, I, I passed out getting contact lenses once. I, I, I passed out like, I, I tried like 10 years

ago to get Botox and I passed out. But you're trying to get in fairness. You were trying to

get it directly from the cow, right? Sean, what would have 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. Not just occurred to me. We're doing a full talk show. We do it. We do a talk show.

And right now we're doing the Regis and Kathy Lee pattern beforehand. 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 his coffee, talks about his weekend and it covers as, as full national entertainment

for 20 minutes. I could talk about 9,000 things for an hour. I don't, I don't think people are

interested. Right? I mean, what, what do we, what are we doing here? Jason, Jason, what Jason is

trying to say is he's not interested in your life and he doesn't want to hear. He's not interested

in himself. Can I just say this? 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. I was embarrassed. So 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, with a football great legend, Gareth Bale, who is just an

absolute soccer for the Americans. Yeah. I mean, just an absolute. 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 you're playing

with Charlize Theron. I was, yeah. Hey, man. How does 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 numbers. You know, he's a good guy.

We do. We swap numbers. We go like, Hey man, we want to play golf with you. Gareth Bailey.

So if Charlize wanted to play golf, you would let her play. I don't know. I'm not answering this.

Listen, I'm playing now. I'm not pleading the fifth. So anyway, I was, I was a real man. So he was,

he was a grumpy. He, he sped out of the parking lot and to the point that 30 seconds after he left

out 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've pissed him off 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. Here's 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. He goes like this, I will zip up the

window and I was like, 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 going to,

if I'm going to be upset about not playing well, I need to have a reason. I need to start like

really training or something. I thought about it. I thought about this and this is not a joke.

We joke about this a lot. We're going to get to your guests. I feel badly for them, but I just

want to say this. You yesterday, and he does this a lot, did this the 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, you know, a little chicken salad, maybe a thing. And Jason the last two days goes,

yeah, just get me a cup of, of sliced apples. That's all he had. No way. And I'm like, he's

starving to death. That's what's going on. He still can't shake these five or 10 pounds. Dude,

Jason, I told Jason, if he loses 10 pounds, I'm taking him to the hospital.

Yeah, you don't need to lose any more weight. Sean, he ate a cup of sliced apples. That's it.

I'm like, that's not enough when you're watching seven months. With a cup of nuts on top of them.

Don't you get tired during the day from not eating? Yes. I came home. You know what I did

well? There's your sickness. I came home. I saw Amanda in the kitchen. She's like, Hi, 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 sweated out in the hot box for an hour. So 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. His blood sugar is plummeting. Your body is like screaming

at you for like, fuck up. Both of you. There we go. You 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 get, but want to remind anybody, if you're interested in what you're hearing,

we have actual pictures of us doing this too. Moving pictures there on max,

smart list on the road, the doc 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 called

on the road. You know, May 23rd on max was the day that that's right. Yeah. Yeah. And they all

came out at the same time. And you can get all six episodes at the same time. Yeah. If you're,

if you're a banger, binge away. Yeah. All right. All right. All right. My guest,

fellas, listeners. Do you like funny people? Sure. Talented people, kind people. What have

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 our 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 Californian, a proud Sagittarius and the daughter of Lane and

Gary. Please welcome pure sunlight wrapped in skin, Ms. Kaley Cuoco. Look at her go. Look at her

Cuoco. Have you ever been called sunshine wrapped in skin? No, I was, that was so sweet. That was

first. Yeah. I was literally very much enjoying, enjoying your guys' car. I was trying to hold

my hand over my mouth because I was dying, laughing at the whole rage thing. You're the only one.

Yeah. No, I, Sean, at your disorder, which I think I have the fainting disorder with needles.

That's true. Yes. Well, then that, then that gets me into my first question. During my deep

research, cause I'm a crack journalist, um, 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. Um, how did you

deal with that? You're never exposing anything big. Don't worry. 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 like a sexual insult. No, I just, I want to just say hi, Kaley. How are you? Hi, Kaley. I feel

like we've only met once before at something that you were hosting. You were backstage and you were

like in a complete blackout. It seemed like not drunk with drink. No, you were just, yeah, you

had to do a bunch of stuff. She's probably focused. She's professional. She's focused. 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. There's nothing to mess up. This is the best it gets.

We're not going to let you get a word in edgewise. Don't worry about it. Yeah. Jason's got a big

question for you. So settle in. I hope you packed a lunch. 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 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? Did the horse 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, 13 years ago.

Oh my God. Okay. But so guys, she almost lost her leg. I once asked, I once asked the horse to

get off during a big bang. Give me a family show, Will. So it's his 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 yeah, he, I had fallen, the fall didn't hurt me. He ended up stepping on me.

And I remember, I know, and the crazy part is, Sean just fainted.

Sean's down. And he can't darken his eyes. So he's just screwed. Scotty. Scotty get the paddles.

So he's dead. Don't faint.

Kaylee, how old were you when this happened? I was, um, my God, I can't even math, but I 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 that serious? It was really serious. So I had to go under. I had to sign something.

Yes, exactly right. And luckily I came out and I was 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 separated

from your body. Like what? I had a, I had a compound fracture. So for those who don't know,

it's the bone that comes out of your leg. Yeah. Wait, wait, which bone? Oh, that's what I've got.

My tibia fibula, so it's near my ankle and my knee. My bone's always coming out.

Will, this is what fam Will's always caught with his bone out. Yeah, no, right. So you have to.

That's what it's called. Okay. Sorry. I'm gonna have to update my, that was almost my first bit

taken 150. I'm going to have to update my, my dating profile. That's what it's called.

You're creating a compound fracture. Yes. 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. Yep. Yeah. And so

it just was a horrible, horrible, horrible break. And I had been. Why did you say it didn't hurt?

No, it, oh no, it, it, it did hurt. Oh my God. I was going to say, when I fell, the fall didn't

break my leg. My fall wasn't a big deal. He stepped on me and I remember a clear as day

because it takes a second when something is that bad. I was like, did I, did I just fall on a

whole like thing of leaves? Cause 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 400 leaves. It was my bones.

Yeah. So what are your pins and rods in there? Yeah, I have, you gotta do. Do you set off metal

detectors? No, I always thought I would, but it never happened. Oh my 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 and I'm like, oh my God. 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

Laurie and tell him right now that I, the great Chuck Laurie, just yes, the great Chuck Laurie,

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 now have, cause listening to the story, I'm on pins and needles.

So you actually have pins in there for real? Yes, I do. Yeah. 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 some good scars. I don't have any good scars. You guys have any good scars?

Makes you feel like a badass. I fell off the, the bunk bed when I was a kid and I have on the

side of my head. Oh, bless your heart. I've never met a guy that fell off the top bunk.

You know, they usually have little bars up there to help. I had a bar. Although you just

confirmed something that I've long suspected that you're a top. Yeah.

I mean, I was going to say it and I was like, you know what? I do have this scar.

Wait, Shawnee, wait, there it is. Yeah, that's called a belly button.

Sean, you have lost so much fucking weight. I'm not kidding. I know, but I'll gain it right away.

Will, what did I get you for your book? Sean 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 fat. This is what I, this is what I eat to get fat. Happy birthday. And I'm like,

you asshole. Cause 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 that be?

Chocolate and coffee and vanilla. Yeah. It's the best. So creative.

It's the best. You either go with the best or you don't.

Have you, you've gotten into it since then, right? Will

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 a great cake. The cake lady is great,

but mercy makes an incredible cake. And so I will say, cause we talked about it earlier, Jason,

you going in, I ate the cake. We, I ate early with the kids and about 45 minutes after eating

two pieces of cake as one of each night night, I went, no, I went motherfucker and I went down.

I came down into the gym and I worked for an hour. Oh, you did. You have to for you.

Did you, did you zip into the rubber suit? Of course I always wear the rubber suit as you know.

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Kaylee, you always look so thin. Do you go crazy with junk food at all, ever?

Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Do you? I mean, you know, I definitely do.

You know what else? Kaylee, you've got great skin. I've always noticed that about you.

Thank you. Yeah, you've got really nice skin.

Well, that's 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 was 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, ah, your hair and makeup and the whole, it's the best.

I mean, you guys have to look at me, but other than that, no one else does.

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 on my little products.

But you were very good about putting on sunblock when you were almost a semi-pro tennis star.

When you were a youngster, yes. Yeah, let's get into that. Let's get into it.

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,

in juniors when I was younger. Yeah, that's all I did. And I really thought I was going

to be a professional tennis player when I was much younger.

Where was that? In here.

Camarillo. Yeah, in Camarillo 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 got to really just do that. I thought I don't know if I can give myself to both.

So I was like, I'm never going to 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. Do you still play a tiny bit?

So I stopped for years. 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 was 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 had, I loved it.

Because it's socially distant, right? That's why you could do it during COVID.

That's why I will go back into golf, son of a bitch.

So yeah, I heard that you had some rage, but that was an interesting story.

Real issues. Which time did you hear about?

You talking about the guy that didn't charge his Tesla?

That's one of the greatest stories I've ever heard.

I'll see. Now that's a perfect example of me two years ago versus now.

I exit myself from the situation before I am accountable for my mood.

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. And 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.

And I thought, this is a new Jason.

That's sweet.

It's my beautiful wife, Amanda, is teaching me how to be a better man.

Guys, don't fight.

We want to talk to Kelly so bad.

I just want to know if she had rage when you played, when you...

Oh, what 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.

Did you really?

To this day, you don't want to play Scrabble with me.

I am the worst.

No, you don't want to play Scrabble.

I'll kick your ass in 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 it because Shawnee, 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 Pelfrey, are we not?

Me and Tom Pelfrey, we love game nights.

Easy on the eyes.

What a guy.

I love that.

Is that your guy?

Is Tom Pelfrey your guy?

Is that your guy?

Tom Pelfrey is my guy.

We love game nights.

I met him because of...

It's really, I have to thank Jason.

They met at the Ozark rap party, if you can believe that.

We are 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.

I knew.

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...

Yeah, so you're so great for that.

You can edit the applause in later.

That would be great.

It's in.

Yep.

And we put 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 goes, 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 the Ozark premiere.

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.

100%.

I had no, I never heard of the show.

I didn't want to go.

And so she said, 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 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 Pelfrey.

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 me waiting to take a dump.

And you were like, don't...

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.

And no, I saw him and it was like this very strange,

like the world kind of stopped.

Really?

Yeah.

It was really wild.

And he gave me this huge bear hug.

And 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 laugh.

Come on, 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.

Wow.

We're in sync.

Let's go back to my room.

Yeah.

You know, we're not 20 anymore.

We were like, we doing this or not?

So Matilda is a full month?

Two months.

She's five weeks old today, you guys.

We have a five-week-old.

Oh my gosh.

Congratulations.

Oh, thank you.

That's no matter.

Wait, you had a baby five weeks ago?

Can you believe that?

No, I can't.

That's unbelievable.

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.

If a man could, honestly, Tom would carry 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.

Yes.

I'm a big advocate for that.

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 with this baby.

Listen, you know, oh my God.

I mean, yeah.

I mean, if he can, if he got in-laws or whatever,

I thought he was just such a big, big fan of like,

it makes you better.

Think about this.

In the old days, it used to be,

people all lived with their families in the old times.

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-

So you're not at the end of your rope.

Yeah.

And now it's different.

No, exactly.

And it's great.

And my mom is here this morning.

And 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.

Now, does she mom Matilda like you would

or do you guys have like a little bit of tension like-

Don't start trouble.

No, yeah.

No, 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 get along?

Oh my God, we're so lucky.

They all oddly look like each other too.

And they've become very close.

We're just like really lucky.

Yeah, you're very lucky.

We're very lucky.

That's great.

I know.

I know.

Five weeks old.

I can't believe you.

Do you want more kids?

Yeah, we do.

Shawnee, are you moving a couple?

Shawnee, 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?

That was a phenomenon.

Nine, 10, 12 seasons?

12.

12 seasons.

I mean, that's incredible.

Now, could you have kept going?

Or is it like, 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, our 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, you know.

And this story is not new.

I'm not giving anything away.

I mean, Jim really did.

Jim Parsons really wanted to be done,

and he was kind of the first person to call it.

And 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,

basically after like our second table read,

we were told this was going to be it.

And 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

to really be in the moment, play.

Yeah, it was cool.

We could kind of like slow.

It was Jim's show.

Was it Jim's show?

Originally, yeah.

And then it kind of became more of an ensemble show.

Yeah, he just was, he was done.

And 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, Flight Attendant would have happened.

Like the timing was actually amazing.

Yeah, everything happens for a reason, yeah.

Totally.

So we were, it was fine.

But that routine of in front of a live audience,

that is a, do you miss that?

I mean, it's so great, right?

I loved it.

I loved the audience.

I thought it would, I loved,

obviously you love the schedule.

It was great.

I'm happy now not doing it,

but 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 had never missed a day.

He was in the audience every week.

Every single week, I think.

He had his own chair at the back of the audience.

Couldn't sit in it.

The angel could not even see,

he was standing the whole time.

And what would you do before each show

with a little thumbs up?

He gave me a thumbs up for Kurt and Paul,

every time I came out.

And the crew, yes, the crew started obviously 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, none of them.

He didn't come to any of them.

When did he go to anything?

Yeah, he didn't come to any of them.

No, he went to Kayleigh's shows.

Your dad went to every one of Kayleigh's shows.

He was so wonderful.

We loved him.

He drove her dad.

He had a chair.

He was so into it.

Kayleigh, how many episodes did you guys do of Big Bang?

Oh my God, you know what?

It was something like that.

I actually don't remember the number of videos.

22 times 13, quick.

We did 24.

I'm sure there were some years that were 24.

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, and I ain't tell us that.

Yeah, it's like once in a million.

Not just of the schedule, but 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.

It really is so fun.

Yeah, it's so fun.

Now, when we're a kid and we're at home, we're playing tennis,

where did the whole thing for acting come from?

Was it Gary or Lane?

Lane, am I saying that right?

Yeah, Lane.

Yeah, lovely.

Yes.

Were they into acting at all?

Like who, how did this come about?

No, it was concrete.

No, I did a lot of different things when I was younger.

You know, my, I would go and audition.

Like I said, I would play tennis.

I went to, I had, went to these camps that I loved.

Like it was, I had a million things I was doing.

So, and I, 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 lesson

or I went away for the weekend.

Like it, 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.

I was pretty young.

I probably was not even eight or nine years old.

And 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.

They're like, are you sure?

Yeah.

You talking about tennis?

No, sorry.

I wanted to be an actor.

Oh yeah, yeah.

So keep playing tennis, keep doing both.

Have the second thing.

We, they weren't comfortable with me

just doing the acting thing.

What was the first, what was the first real gig?

Were the first, 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 in every single one.

Do you still have them on tape?

Oh yeah, somewhere.

My mom, I want to see those.

I was the Oscar Meyer.

I sang the Oscar Meyer song.

I had to give us, give us a little.

Yeah.

Well, I don't know how to spell anymore.

I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner.

Exactly.

Yes.

You sang that in the commercial?

Yeah.

I had to do the whole thing

and play against a fake little weiner.

Anybody?

Anybody?

I was tossing that up for you, Will.

I know.

No, no, no.

All right.

So then, so then you're, you're, you're acting along

and you're, was there a thought,

well, maybe I should go to college too

to have, make sure I have like a backup or something.

No.

Did you 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 don't need 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 with you.

So they let, they were like,

I can't believe they listened to me.

It's kind of amazing.

They let me get my GED.

Well, Gary's very permissive.

He, he was like, go ahead.

That was always been the bump.

Go.

They were so cool about it.

I'm such an idiot.

Were your parents actors too?

No.

No, they were not.

My mom's was stayed at 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 acting as if I know them.

Gary was a realtor.

Gary was in residential real estate.

Mostly in the Camarillo area.

Yes.

Yes.

Wow.

Now these are guesses.

These are guesses.

He was a paramedic firefighter actually

for a very long time.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

Went into real estate and my mom was stayed home.

I mean, my mom truly drove me all around.

Like that's all she did was drive me out.

Brothers and sisters.

My sister.

Yeah, my sister's three years younger.

My sister's three.

Want to do, did the same thing or no?

She did.

She loved school though.

She went to high school.

She was like, you know, a little social butterfly.

But she's, 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.

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Really?

She was on the voice.

Got there a couple rounds.

Now with, with, with Gary's history in medicine,

do you know CPR?

What's funny is we just learned CPR because of this baby.

Right.

So we had these private CPR sessions,

which by the way was terrifying.

I don't know if you,

to show, they're showing you how to do like the CPR on the baby.

That was, I'm like, I'm never going to remember this by the way.

I'm so traumatized by even doing it on the fake baby.

So we did technically learn, but.

I learned it too, but I think I need to refresh her

because I think I may have forgotten maybe

because like you forget one little component.

It's useless.

It's crazy, right?

Sean 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 them, you plug the nose,

make up with the person and then pound on the shot.

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 have to 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.

You know what I mean?

Like you're the worst actor.

God.

Well, I think they, I remember we had to do CPR

and one in a scene in flight attendants.

I mean, they're pretty padded.

I don't think we're just sucking people in the chat.

Sean, do you want to just, this is like a question.

Hey, we got a question from the audience over here for show biz.

When you guys are shooting a movie, is it real?

When the, what are you doing, dude?

I always wondered that.

I always wondered that because it looks like you're pounding.

And also when you're breathing,

when you're breathing into their mouth in a TV show or a movie,

and how are you not going, like, you know, how do you like.

What about, I went down to give you mouth to mouth

on Murderville and you just, you,

I thought you were going to let me and then you didn't.

And then I was like, wait, I'm, you're going to let me.

And you didn't.

I was too embarrassed.

You guys, that was so good.

Jason, I had to give you, oh no,

I had to put a pill in your mouth.

You had to put a pill in my mouth and I was in development.

And I kept telling you that I hadn't washed my hands.

But, but, uh.

This is about Kaley.

I know this is about, this is about, this is about Kaley.

So they put pads on.

They put pads on.

Oh yeah.

Can we please escort this guy out of here?

I know.

This is, they put padding on and then you push on the pad.

That's true.

Yeah.

Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah.

And then they'll cut to, you know, his chest

and they'll take the pad out.

Sean, you know, you, you know, Star Wars, you know,

they don't shoot that in space, right?

Yeah.

And the lightsabers are not, they won't really cut you in half.

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Kaylee, 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 for 12 years.

Notariety means something bad.

Notariety means something bad.

We shoot the pilot like a couple of times or something.

Yes, I was actually the third actress to join Big Bang Theory.

Really?

Yeah.

Wow.

They did, I believe, two pilots.

Old Chuck had the thinning shears out, huh?

100%.

You're out.

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, huh? Weird.

Well, I knew her later.

So 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.

But no, I did know her later.

And she actually ended up guest starring.

She was still friends with everybody.

It was all fine.

Oh, 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, whereas that pose, as opposed to other shows,

you shoot a pilot, didn't go, they throw it out.

Like bye, right.

I think, I remember Chuck did a couple,

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.

So they single-handedly kept sitcoms alive

for the last 15 years.

15 years, yeah.

But he kept saying, I'm going to get this right.

I'm going to get this right.

And you know, he did.

And so what about, what about all the fame and the money

and the being recognized on the street,

all that 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 hated him in this word,

whatever this fame or whatever.

I was such on a slow, like uphill climb.

I was, I feel like there are actors who gets,

like maybe they do, I don't know,

they do some huge film or something.

I mean, 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.

Like I've kind of, I've been doing this

since I was five years old.

Like not that I was famous back then,

but like I've always been in the business

and I've always done a million things.

And I've, it never affected me that,

like I never felt that moment of, oh my God.

I knew when Big Bang hit.

So you guys, what you did for a living?

Yeah, but Big Bang Theory had like 30 million viewers a week.

Like it was insane.

I know. We were, I mean, it was awesome.

We were thrilled and...

Sean and I did, when we did that show, The Millers,

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

because we had the lead in a Big Bang Theory.

We were like, sweet, we could have just air some dial tone

if we wanted to.

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. And then they got, and then they moved us.

And then we were like, oh, we're screwed.

But...

It was a little phenomenon, man.

I don't know. Like people just...

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.

Oh, he's the greatest.

He's the best.

I love Johnny.

He's such a nice guy.

He's a nice soul.

He's like doing his thing now.

Where did he move to?

Did he move to like Tennessee or something?

He's been like Nashville, Lebanon.

Yeah.

That's so great.

He's such a great guy.

He has to tell me.

I gotta tell him.

I saw you guys talk to each other.

Yeah, please say hi to him for me.

I totally love him.

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.

Jason, do you know that you probably know this,

but when I met Mr. Tom Pelfrey,

he had this script in his hand.

He was reading it like three weeks into dating him.

And I go, what are you reading?

And he goes, I'm reading this based on a true story.

I can't do it because I've got another show.

I didn't know that.

Yes.

I don't think I know that.

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.

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.

I said this is hilarious.

I stole it from Jason's trailer.

He'll never read it.

He'll never get around to reading it.

Well, he was going to play the plumber.

He was going to maybe play in the plumber.

After working with him on Ozark,

like anything and everything I heard about or thought about,

and people were talking to me about him.

I was like, yeah, what about Tom for this?

What about Tom for that?

He loves you so much, man.

Chances are high that maybe that was something I was aware of,

but it was one of many.

He probably had a bunch of stories.

Isn't that crazy that I was like, let me see that?

And I like whipped through it.

I said, this is brilliant.

Obviously that was months before I even ever got the 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 love true crime.

I love tennis.

I love working in LA.

I was like, I need all these things.

This is great.

Sounds like a good job.

Yeah.

So the general concept is that you and Christmasina are married.

The great Christmasina.

We'll hold for applause there.

The best.

He plays an ex 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 going to turn him in

if he agrees to do a podcast with us about his serial killer.

I got to see this.

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.

That sounds great.

Wait, when is this on?

This is coming June 8th.

June 8th on the Peacock.

Absolutely.

Well, this is streaming on the cock?

It's streaming out of the cock.

Of course.

Yep.

Yep.

Of course.

That's what we always say on anything forever.

Wait, but that sounds really great.

I know.

That sounds really, 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, I had signed on,

we got everything going.

I came to LA to do some chemistry reads.

And Jason wasn't there, but there was,

the producers were there and I was talking to everyone.

And I sat them down.

I'm like, guys, because they had written it

and it was done and ready to go.

I was like, guys, what if this character was pregnant?

Just spitball.

And Craig goes, I'm like, now think, think hard about this.

Think about your answer first.

Yeah, really think hard, because this could really be.

And they were like, well, I'm like, no, really.

And they're looking me and they're like, what?

I'm like, surprise.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

We hadn't, 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.

And didn't they say, well, well, Kaley,

we can delay started production.

Like have your kid enjoy it.

And you were like, no, no, no, no, no, no, I want, right?

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.

It's the jeopardy too.

That you're basically working with the serial killer

and you can see this big, huge baby bump

the whole way through.

Yeah.

Banana.

Fully pregnant.

That's 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 was my wrapped day.

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 frickin queen.

I was the best.

I wore what I wanted.

I was felt very empowered.

And also like, I've been in this business for 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 going to be real about this

and I'm going to 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.

That's cool.

I would have killed to play that killer.

I want to play.

I know.

He's great.

He's really great.

Oh my God.

He is great.

I can't wait to see it.

I've seen 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.

So you're going to be able to bring Matilda to the set.

If and when there's a second season.

Yes.

Have you thought about like how that's all going to 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.

It was one of the most fun experiences I have ever.

I really mean that.

That Christmas scene is just a real joy.

We laughed.

And that's what's fun.

Not that 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 sometimes when people say,

hey, boy, how did you guys get such great chemistry?

Well, it's when you have two really nice people, it's pretty simple.

Chris or Sean will.

Don't you guys agree?

Like chemistry is not a mystery if you're not working with a dickhead.

Yeah, exactly.

It's simple.

Chris is just awesome.

People are like, well, they had great chemistry.

Yeah, because they're normal, nice people.

Right.

Exactly.

It's good.

Right.

And it's infectious and it works for the characters too.

Because you guys are kind of offshoxing 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.

I had a question about, well, I just want to say it out loud.

What's it called again?

Based on a true story.

Based on a true story.

Junete streaming on the cock.

Just so we can say it.

Just so I can, because neither of you can say it, but I can say it.

I can see it.

Will has set his calendar.

You're ready to do it.

Are we having a viewing party at your house?

We're going to do a viewing.

We're doing it.

Are you kidding?

Are you kidding?

Are you fucking kidding?

Would you?

I want to know.

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?

No.

Direct or direct.

Not even 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.

Like 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.

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 going to do now?

Like he's hysterical.

So the two of us together kind of balanced.

That was like me with Laura Lenny.

Laura was very, very prepared, very sort of the notes and the script and the lines always learned.

And like it was very admirable.

But I just, my brain doesn't work.

Me too.

Very admirable.

I mean, I, I, my brain is not working.

That way either.

It's just not for me.

I know.

But that there and it makes a great partnership.

I, 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 really was initially not for the actors.

It's for generally for the director.

So the director can watch maybe the producers.

You can see what the camera is seeing.

Yeah. See what the camera is seeing.

And they'll 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, the, the playback?

Who's that show?

Jerry Lewis.

Is that right?

Really?

What?

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, I don't get that.

I learned so much about what I did wrong by looking at what I do.

Like watching the end product.

Yeah. It's like, shoot it and go home and then go to the next job.

And that's me too.

Otherwise you're just obsessed.

You're obsessed about like, what do I, you know, I, 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 going to 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.

Yes.

He's a friend of ours and we play golf for each other.

And so Josh, who's, he's a, Kaylee, 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 I said, it'd be amazing because he keeps his head shaved.

And I'm like, if he showed up every day with a different wig, oh my God.

That is so fun.

So anyway, we were saying, apart from the fact that Jason,

I think your malnourished and your blood sugar is abnormally low

and that that's what makes you cranky all the time in everything you do,

not just golf.

I think on, on, on top of that, you need to stand over the ball and hit it.

Right.

You have too many thoughts.

And Jason is, is known as, is one of the slower golfers in the Los Angeles Southern Gulf.

I was slow yesterday.

I was so slow yesterday.

And he thinks about way too much and, and Kaylee, you know, as a, as a actual,

you know, competitive athlete, that sometimes you just have to let it,

your instincts take over.

You just gotta go.

Yeah.

Maybe, maybe Kaylee needs to be the person to come play with you and walk with you

and be your kind of support psychologist.

Yeah.

Be my whisperer.

I would be so bad at golf.

That would, that sport would make me insane.

Like, it would make me insane.

But, but you could talk him through.

You could be like, Jay, speed it up.

Hit it, hit the ball.

What about, what about bowling?

Do you guys like to bowl?

All right, Kaylee, 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, 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.

Kaylee.

All right.

Kaylee.

Love you.

Thank you.

Love you too.

You crushed this.

See you again.

Crushed this.

Thank you.

This is so great.

Are a delight.

Thank you.

You got real good chat on your girl.

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 scrunchies.

It's old school.

I always go like, listen guys, the thing is that I think that I

think that what we need to, when I always do my scrunchie,

I always do my scrunchie bit.

I've never seen the scrunchie bit.

Oh, I've seen the scrunchie bit for 20 years.

Yeah.

I'll give you that.

Guys, I think the problem is, look, if we go over there,

can we, and I scrunch you my hair.

I think he's doing a foe.

He's gathering his hair and putting a fake scrunchie in his hair.

That's my favorite.

I love his scrunchie.

Because I have a big 80s scrunchie in my hair.

I love it.

I love it.

Super cute.

You guys are awesome.

Thank you for having me.

All right, Kay, we love you.

You're the best.

Thank you for being here.

You guys are amazing.

Thank you.

So fun.

Have a great rest of the day.

Bye, guys.

Bye, Kaylee.

Thank you.

Bye.

Bye.

That was great.

Bye, bye, bye, bye.

Bye.

You guys, that's just, she's just, that's a real spirit.

She's got great vibe, huh?

I said 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 is a fun person and doesn't take life serious,

like she does her work serious too.

Kaylee was, you know, I've often-

Bubbly Quoco.

Sorry?

That sounds like a great beverage.

Her name should be Bubbly Quoco.

Oh, nice.

Bubbly Quoco.

But Kaylee, but she's so great.

She was so great on Big Bang Theory and so funny and fun.

Yeah, and just like, yeah, I just had so much life to her.

And then you think like, well, maybe that's just sort of the character.

Nope.

She is that person.

She has great energy, great vibe.

Yeah, all the time.

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, no, it is too early, but go ahead.

Yeah, go ahead.

He says-

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday, sweet, sweet.

We'll be our nanny, our nanny.

Happy birthday to you.

Bye.

Soky.

That's a good one.

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