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00:01:30.220 She smells good. I don't see a bump anywhere.

00:01:33.980 She's perfect.

00:01:34.480 It doesn't smell like Blake?

00:01:36.500 No.

00:01:36.680 Ugh.

00:01:38.140 Ugh.

00:01:38.400 Ugh.

00:01:39.540 Welcome to Beverly Hills.

00:02:05.100 Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk.

00:02:13.640 I'm Jashti Floh and this is...

00:02:15.920 Nelson Aspen.

00:02:17.020 Yes!

00:02:17.800 We are here together.

00:02:20.520 Finally.

00:02:21.000 Actually, I have not touched this woman. 0.92

00:02:24.040 Magnus, don't worry.

00:02:25.040 I haven't touched her since 2019.

00:02:26.860 I think it's been that long.

00:02:28.480 It's been forever.

00:02:30.020 The miracle of camera phones and Zoom meetings.

00:02:34.060 We've been able to stay in touch.

00:02:35.320 But yeah, we had a little lunch.

00:02:37.920 I got a little lubricated before lunch.

00:02:41.480 So I'll be especially unfettered for you today.

00:02:45.280 And we're in my room.

00:02:46.460 So thank you for coming to my room.

00:02:48.560 Yes.

00:02:49.140 Thank you for inviting me here at Four Seasons.

00:02:51.860 And the thing is, this hotel is so special

00:02:54.880 because this is like the junket hotel, I would say.

00:02:59.160 Wouldn't you say this is like the junket hotel?

00:03:01.360 Yeah, for sure, for sure.

00:03:01.960 If these walls could talk,

00:03:03.660 I would tell you about Jeremy Renner out there on the terrace.

00:03:07.600 I would tell you about Chris Hemsworth in the gym.

00:03:10.200 Like, I stayed on the treadmill an extra half an hour

00:03:12.520 just to watch Chris Hemsworth working out.

00:03:15.500 Wow.

00:03:15.920 How much did he lift?

00:03:17.320 I don't know the numbers, but it was impressive.

00:03:19.980 But yeah, this is the junket hotel in Los Angeles.

00:03:23.920 And I would say, we were trying to compare numbers earlier.

00:03:26.580 I would say at least a thousand junkets I've done in here over the years.

00:03:31.700 A thousand?

00:03:31.980 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:03:33.480 Over 20 years of doing junkets, I think maybe a thousand were here.

00:03:38.040 And in this hotel, it was almost impossible any day of the week

00:03:41.440 to walk around here without it being a junket somewhere in some room,

00:03:45.560 in some floor.

00:03:46.700 And it was super fun for the tourists

00:03:48.500 that just happened to be staying in the hotel

00:03:50.320 because, you know, the elevator would open up

00:03:52.660 and there, you know, Amal Clooney is walking out looking fabulous.

00:03:57.160 Or I remember one time we were riding up in the elevator

00:04:00.400 and we stopped on the floor.

00:04:02.420 And they're the slowest.

00:04:03.760 They're the worst elevators in the world.

00:04:06.520 The Four Seasons elevators are the slowest and the worst.

00:04:09.100 And the elevator doors opened up

00:04:10.600 and there was Kathleen Turner waiting to get on. 0.97

00:04:14.320 And Kathleen Turner, bless her heart,

00:04:16.040 she would not want to get into a tiny cramped elevator.

00:04:19.940 But she looked and it was full.

00:04:22.200 And she says, I'll wait for the next one.

00:04:25.380 And so she was a good sport about it. 1.00

00:04:27.340 But yeah.

00:04:27.900 I met Justin Bieber in the elevator here.

00:04:31.080 You met him?

00:04:31.680 Yeah.

00:04:32.000 Well, I mean, we were in the same...

00:04:33.620 What else happened?

00:04:34.820 Nothing.

00:04:35.460 Oh, okay.

00:04:36.100 He was standing in the elevator.

00:04:37.800 And I was thinking like, that's Justin Bieber.

00:04:40.880 So that was kind of cool.

00:04:41.960 Yeah.

00:04:42.560 It's a great place.

00:04:43.640 But in the store, it's cooler.

00:04:44.060 No, it's a great place for star spotting here.

00:04:47.120 And from our junket days, of course,

00:04:49.500 there were especially large numbers of stars here.

00:04:52.540 But what's interesting is now that I'm back as a guest

00:04:54.980 and just hanging out here,

00:04:56.620 I was talking to a lot of the staff that I've known forever.

00:05:00.220 And that says a lot about the hotel,

00:05:01.960 that they hold on to people.

00:05:03.540 Like the same staff, it shows you that it's a happy workplace.

00:05:06.880 But they said there are almost no junkets anymore.

00:05:09.600 It's really, it's not like the old days.

00:05:12.380 The studios are saving millions because they're not flying us around.

00:05:18.300 They're not putting us in the hotel.

00:05:20.660 And they found a new model.

00:05:23.380 And that model is Zoom.

00:05:25.080 There's no reason to spend the millions on the three-dimensional experience.

00:05:30.260 Well, so we don't meet people in person anymore.

00:05:32.620 You don't really do much.

00:05:33.460 Well, I don't really like people.

00:05:35.760 I don't need to.

00:05:37.080 I've met everybody I need to meet.

00:05:39.180 That's not true.

00:05:40.040 I'm just kidding.

00:05:40.500 No, I was actually here last week, though.

00:05:43.660 But there was been, it's been a while since I was here.

00:05:45.760 And I was thinking all these, I mean,

00:05:47.280 it was so nostalgic in a way to be back here

00:05:49.880 because you have so many memories.

00:05:51.700 And you were telling me during your launch,

00:05:53.300 your memory with Jeremy Renner.

00:05:55.400 Well, yeah.

00:05:56.040 On the balcony.

00:05:57.080 Yeah, Jeremy Renner on the balcony.

00:05:58.620 It was like Romeo and Juliet.

00:06:00.180 Not.

00:06:01.860 Could have been.

00:06:02.480 It could have been.

00:06:03.420 From what I hear, it might have been, but it wasn't.

00:06:05.860 Because I went out for a morning run and, you know, I was all sweaty.

00:06:09.240 And I thought, oh, I'm just going to throw my sweaty clothes out on the terrace.

00:06:12.580 And yeah, I thought I had some privacy in my room.

00:06:15.780 So I went out onto the terrace to throw my sweaty clothes on.

00:06:18.980 And I, you know, once my clothes were off and being placed on the balcony,

00:06:23.300 I had no clothes on.

00:06:24.700 So I have no clothes on, on the balcony.

00:06:28.500 And I, all of a sudden I see that somebody is staring at me from the next balcony.

00:06:32.960 And it was Jeremy Renner having a cigarette on the next balcony.

00:06:36.860 And I, of course, it was immediately embarrassed and covered myself with my hands and went back inside.

00:06:42.600 But I got my phone.

00:06:44.060 So I came, I came out like on my belly crawling across the floor

00:06:48.100 so I could get a picture of Jeremy Renner smoking,

00:06:50.980 which I thought was important to have.

00:06:52.460 I don't know why, but.

00:06:53.260 No, but you know, you get into those moments and you,

00:06:56.000 the first thing you're thinking as a journalist is like,

00:06:58.320 I need to get some evidence from this situation.

00:07:00.660 Jeremy Renner smoking.

00:07:02.960 And I've interviewed, I didn't bring that up in the interview,

00:07:05.920 but he's kind of a no-nonsense guy.

00:07:09.260 He's not very playful.

00:07:10.280 He might be more playful with like a Jimmy Kimmel or something with a broader audience.

00:07:15.240 But for me, he was never a very playful interview.

00:07:18.460 I did have a good interview with him once, actually.

00:07:20.980 But now that everything that's been going on with him,

00:07:24.240 I was really like, so much going on with Jeremy Renner.

00:07:27.760 If you guys missed that, he was just kind of accused by this director or...

00:07:34.800 Female.

00:07:35.300 Female that accused him of sending him her inappropriate photographs of himself.

00:07:41.680 And I thought there's something off about that story.

00:07:45.860 I don't know.

00:07:47.260 What do you think?

00:07:48.240 A lot of people speculate about, you know,

00:07:51.560 why he would be sending him to this particular woman as opposed to somebody else.

00:07:57.320 But I don't know.

00:07:58.540 I don't want to see your inappropriate selfies.

00:08:01.420 No, and I think like, you know, what is...

00:08:04.640 For me, I always, when I hear the stories like this,

00:08:06.600 I'm always thinking, what is her motivation for posting about this on social media?

00:08:13.000 Does she want money? 1.00

00:08:14.320 Does she want revenge? 1.00

00:08:16.180 What's the deal?

00:08:17.920 Didn't they have an issue about the use of his voice?

00:08:20.960 Yes.

00:08:21.340 So, I mean, they were at odds.

00:08:24.740 They were.

00:08:25.280 But still, it doesn't make sense to me why she's doing this.

00:08:30.520 And do you know what I mean?

00:08:32.060 Well, I don't know.

00:08:32.800 Does that fall under the heading of revenge?

00:08:34.780 There are laws against revenge.

00:08:37.240 But if you are in a consensual relationship with someone that...

00:08:41.280 That's what he said that they had.

00:08:43.420 And you send each other photos and videos like that.

00:08:46.300 That's not a crime in any way.

00:08:49.440 Just don't send them.

00:08:50.560 Say, you want to see it?

00:08:51.940 Come on over.

00:08:52.880 Yeah.

00:08:53.080 See it.

00:08:53.940 Good advice, Nelson.

00:08:54.800 Say it for real.

00:08:57.280 Nobody wants...

00:08:57.860 Well, you get to a certain age, nobody wants to see your selfies.

00:09:01.500 Well, we'll see how that goes.

00:09:03.660 I'm not sure who I believe at this point.

00:09:06.320 But I do...

00:09:07.140 Like, I feel like since Jeremy Renner had an accident and he almost died, like, how does

00:09:12.080 he have the energy to do stuff like this?

00:09:13.900 He's in pain.

00:09:15.020 Well, who says the pictures were post-accident?

00:09:17.580 Maybe they were old pictures?

00:09:19.060 Oh.

00:09:19.520 Yeah.

00:09:19.880 This is what it looked like 20 years ago, before the accident.

00:09:23.480 That could actually...

00:09:25.260 Yeah.

00:09:25.600 I haven't done enough research on that yet.

00:09:27.880 But since we're here in LA and we're gearing up to award season, which is why all the actors,

00:09:36.500 all the talents are out there pushing their movies right now, inviting people to a lot

00:09:41.760 of screenings, some stuff, you know.

00:09:44.600 Stucking up. 0.98

00:09:44.680 Stucking up. 0.98

00:09:45.760 You've seen them in action during award season.

00:09:49.900 And we were just talking, or you were sending me this little news thing on Billy Bob Thornton.

00:09:57.940 I thought that was very good.

00:09:59.660 Yes.

00:09:59.860 And it was very interesting.

00:10:01.260 I think we should talk about that.

00:10:02.600 Well, Billy Bob Thornton is not a hot property that he may have been, you know, 20 Angelina Jolie

00:10:10.840 years ago.

00:10:11.700 But at the risk of sounding like an old fart, Billy Bob came out to say that he didn't think

00:10:19.120 celebrities should weigh in on politics.

00:10:22.420 This has been ever since Marlon Brando didn't show up to get his Oscar and the Sachin Little

00:10:28.920 Feather, I think her name was, but the Native American who got up to accept Marlon Brando's 0.55

00:10:33.840 award on his behalf to make a political speech.

00:10:37.080 But Billy Bob Thornton doesn't think celebrities should be political.

00:10:40.440 And I would tend to agree.

00:10:42.240 Like, nobody wants to care.

00:10:43.940 What was the girl from Hacks when she won her award the other day and was doing something

00:10:47.900 about Israel and Gaza, whatever?

00:10:50.000 Yeah, it's important.

00:10:51.380 And you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

00:10:53.340 But at an award show, is that the right place to do it?

00:10:58.900 I'm not saying it is or it isn't.

00:11:00.460 I have my own opinion as to what I would like to see, but that doesn't make it right or

00:11:05.760 wrong.

00:11:07.240 But I applaud Billy Bob for being the grumpy old man in the room and saying, keep it to

00:11:13.060 yourselves.

00:11:13.760 We don't want to hear it.

00:11:14.700 Well, first of all, I don't know why journalists ask actors about politics sometimes anyway,

00:11:20.720 because we're not experts.

00:11:23.880 We only play one on TV.

00:11:25.280 So I don't, unless I'm educated about something, then I generally don't give my opinion about

00:11:34.360 it, because that can be irresponsible, you know.

00:11:37.500 And sometimes people do listen to you if you're in the public eye.

00:11:40.760 And if you don't really know what you're talking about.

00:11:42.660 I say Billy Bob for president.

00:11:45.200 Something else you said in that interview, I think it was on page six, that he went on

00:11:49.960 Joe Rogan, I think, and then he said, you know, if you want to save the badges in Minnesota

00:11:56.820 or whatever, give them a million dollars.

00:11:59.980 And that is a good point, because I feel like all these celebrities that are, you know, telling

00:12:05.820 us what to do and what to think, instead of actually taking some actions themselves, because

00:12:10.760 a lot of them don't do that.

00:12:12.480 Go volunteer.

00:12:13.400 Go get on a plane and go where the action is.

00:12:16.840 And then you, yeah, and then you can post about it on social media.

00:12:21.660 But I feel like these award shows now, it's kind of that they're trying so desperately to

00:12:26.140 try to find a purpose for them, you know, because it is like they're inviting audiences in to

00:12:33.280 watch them go up on a stage and brag about themselves and their colleagues.

00:12:38.840 And maybe they just want to add something more to it to get some headlines.

00:12:44.120 What do you think?

00:12:44.780 Well, I also just don't, I don't understand who's still going to the movies.

00:12:48.720 I mean, the whole, the whole system to me seems broken because I, we were talking about

00:12:57.120 this earlier.

00:12:57.520 Like, I can't even remember the last time I went to a movie theater and saw a movie.

00:13:02.160 We just all watch it on streaming now.

00:13:04.560 And if you, if there is something in the theater, you know, if you just wait a couple of weeks,

00:13:09.040 you'll be able to stream it and not have to go through the ordeal of getting to the theater

00:13:13.660 because nothing is as easy as it used to be.

00:13:15.860 And just even to have the movie going experience, you were telling me about some climate control

00:13:20.400 issues you had.

00:13:21.380 Yeah.

00:13:21.780 My gosh.

00:13:22.440 So I went to see a screening the other day and I have to admit, we did go to watch the movie

00:13:29.300 because there was a good reception afterwards.

00:13:31.100 And we were thinking, okay, food, we'll make it, we'll make a date night out of it.

00:13:35.580 And we went to the screening, which was on one edition here at a hotel here in LA, beautiful hotel.

00:13:41.440 But the screening room was freezing cold.

00:13:45.960 They were blowing out of the air conditioning as well.

00:13:49.460 So my hair was just blowing through the whole thing and my eyes got really dry.

00:13:54.120 So I had to sit down on first row and I was borrowing a scarf from my friend.

00:13:59.300 Are these first world problems like you have never heard before?

00:14:02.340 I would rather be cold than be hot.

00:14:04.240 Wouldn't you, wouldn't you rather be cold than be hot?

00:14:06.180 No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:14:08.220 Because being cold is, I think that's terrible.

00:14:11.440 But the movie was so boring as well.

00:14:13.820 So that's the thing.

00:14:14.520 You're sitting there and you're being tortured by this freezing cold breeze being like blown in your face for like two and a half hours.

00:14:23.340 And then there's a Q&A.

00:14:24.900 And there's always a journalist doing the Q&As afterwards.

00:14:28.140 My question would be, why am I here?

00:14:31.100 Yeah.

00:14:31.500 That would be my question.

00:14:33.100 Why did I come to this?

00:14:34.160 And they always hire these journalists to do these.

00:14:38.040 Moderate.

00:14:38.860 Moderating them.

00:14:39.680 And they're asking the most incredibly boring questions.

00:14:43.080 Generic.

00:14:43.520 It's generic.

00:14:44.340 No.

00:14:44.800 Well, I don't know.

00:14:46.940 It's a very different world now.

00:14:48.940 And I'm kind of jaded.

00:14:50.100 But you see the box office numbers.

00:14:52.540 The movies that are winning awards are not making money at the box office.

00:14:56.760 I just saw that they put the new Superman movie and David Cornswet up for Golden Globe consideration because they want to get award buzz going for it.

00:15:12.320 And what's her name?

00:15:14.460 Who was Lois Lane is being proposed for consideration for supporting actress.

00:15:21.620 And it's just it's the new normal.

00:15:24.420 Like you need to find somewhere where creative achievements match box office.

00:15:30.460 And we tried to think at lunch, what won the Oscar for Best Picture last year?

00:15:37.240 I don't know.

00:15:38.060 We couldn't come up with it.

00:15:39.040 But it was not a box office hit.

00:15:40.820 It was a small independent film which had no Hollywood credibility in terms of money.

00:15:49.260 And that's really all they care about.

00:15:50.940 And the thing is, with these award shows or to win an Oscar, I remember the year Roma won. 1.00

00:15:57.580 You remember that movie?

00:15:58.440 It was black and white.

00:15:59.760 No, that's The Artist.

00:16:01.380 No.

00:16:02.080 Remember the movie The Artist?

00:16:03.640 Yeah, that was also black and white.

00:16:05.080 But Roma was also black and white.

00:16:07.720 And it was like a prestige project, whatever.

00:16:11.140 And I remember reading that they spent $50 million on promoting the movie for the Oscar campaign, which was twice of what the movie actually cost to make.

00:16:22.640 And then you're thinking, like, is it worth it?

00:16:25.580 I wonder how many people went to see that movie in the theaters, a black and white film.

00:16:30.040 Have you seen Roma?

00:16:31.580 Have you seen The Artist?

00:16:32.860 Have you seen Whatever the Hell won last year?

00:16:34.800 I don't remember what that was.

00:16:36.260 No, I don't.

00:16:36.980 How can we not remember what won last year?

00:16:39.060 Can you name any of the winners from last year?

00:16:42.680 Unless there's a La La Land moment or, you know, some snafu, you don't remember from year to year.

00:16:50.060 Previous years, like a while back, you know, you always heard about those Oscar buzz movies.

00:16:55.220 But I don't feel it's the same buzz anymore.

00:16:59.500 Do you think so?

00:17:00.280 No, I mean, it used to be really, it would start with the Toronto Film Festival.

00:17:04.280 Was that September?

00:17:04.960 And that was when the good movies started hitting.

00:17:09.640 There were the summer blockbusters.

00:17:11.180 And then in the fall, you would get the really prestige films.

00:17:15.560 And they would start at Toronto.

00:17:17.700 I mean, I'm dating myself.

00:17:18.800 That's just not the way it works anymore.

00:17:20.620 That's the way it used to work.

00:17:21.920 And you would go to Toronto.

00:17:23.300 And Toronto was fabulous because you could do 10 junkets in four days.

00:17:28.120 And see all these movies and interview all these stars.

00:17:31.720 And they were guaranteed nomination films.

00:17:35.700 They were, that was how it used to work.

00:17:37.760 Now, I don't know how it works anymore.

00:17:39.360 Because I'm not doing it anymore.

00:17:41.140 And it's, it is so liberating not to have to worry about chasing that.

00:17:47.140 I know.

00:17:47.980 Well, we were also talking about earlier, like something I mentioned in an episode recently.

00:17:52.220 You know, Sidney Sweeney, she got Oscar bust for her latest movie. 0.99

00:17:57.220 And then the other day, it was announced, yes, that it's like, it goes down in history as the 10th or 11th, like worst opening in a, for a wide audience in theaters in American history.

00:18:14.100 How is that possible?

00:18:16.080 She's, she's unapologetic. 0.98

00:18:17.740 Like, that's actually what I like best about her is she doesn't make any excuses.

00:18:22.080 She's not trying to please people. 0.92

00:18:23.520 She doesn't vacillate if somebody criticizes her.

00:18:27.160 And she's certainly gotten a lot of criticism in the last few months.

00:18:30.520 But she's unapologetic about it.

00:18:32.820 And she's not rude or anything about it.

00:18:34.980 No, that's true.

00:18:35.900 She owns herself and is comfortable in her own skin.

00:18:39.540 And I, I respect that.

00:18:41.300 Yeah, me too.

00:18:42.000 But I do think, though, that it will lower her chances of getting an Oscar.

00:18:48.060 And as we spoke about politics and the Oscars, I think there's a lot of politics involved.

00:18:55.480 And I think if you had like a big controversy behind you, like Sidney Sweeney now does with that ad for American Eagle, I think your chances are getting a lot slimmer.

00:19:06.400 Yeah, well, maybe she'll be nominated just so they can, you know, root against her. 1.00

00:19:12.900 Maybe because that's, you know, Hollywood's kind of nasty that way.

00:19:16.580 Maybe they'll just nominate her to torture her and hope she loses or have a campaign against her, which I hope is not the case. 0.95

00:19:23.680 But it wouldn't surprise me.

00:19:25.580 No, because I'm thinking, you know, looking back, like, have, do we have any, like, openly Republicans who've ever won an Oscar?

00:19:38.480 Well, remember Clint Eastwood and the chair?

00:19:40.680 Remember that whole thing that he did with the chair on stage?

00:19:44.820 You definitely have.

00:19:45.960 I don't remember that.

00:19:46.860 Yeah, he did.

00:19:47.860 It was a whole political, I think it was maybe the GOP convention.

00:19:50.660 I don't know.

00:19:51.020 What was the whole thing with the chair?

00:19:52.100 Clint Eastwood gave a whole very conservative speech with a chair.

00:19:56.100 It was just Clint and a chair on stage.

00:19:58.600 But I don't know why politics are so important to audiences, why the talents politics is so important, and yet it is.

00:20:08.740 But we have an intense interest on their homes, on their makeup, on who they're dating, on who, you know.

00:20:16.220 So, of course, that would follow politics as well.

00:20:20.540 But it's a free country.

00:20:21.660 They can do what they want.

00:20:23.520 Yeah, but I wonder, you know, if, yeah, because you mentioned Clint Eastwood.

00:20:27.880 I can't mention that many other, except for, what was that?

00:20:31.240 Chris Pratt, Mark Wahlberg.

00:20:32.680 I mean, I don't know what party they are affiliated with, but I can assume.

00:20:39.440 And they seem to be very conservative stars.

00:20:42.800 John Voigt.

00:20:43.680 John Voigt.

00:20:44.300 John Voigt.

00:20:45.480 And there's one more.

00:20:47.360 James Woods?

00:20:48.160 Yeah, that's the one.

00:20:50.500 That's five people.

00:20:52.460 Yeah.

00:20:53.200 And I feel like there are some.

00:20:54.660 Scott Baio?

00:20:54.940 And there's some.

00:20:55.460 Scott Baio?

00:20:56.900 Also known as Chachi?

00:20:58.720 I feel like there's some closeted Republicans out there, probably.

00:21:02.440 Well, there must be.

00:21:03.460 Yeah.

00:21:03.480 I mean, Trump didn't win by a minority vote.

00:21:08.060 He won.

00:21:08.780 So obviously there are closet Republican voters.

00:21:11.160 But, hey, you got, I was around in the 80s when AIDS was a thing and devastating the community.

00:21:20.220 And so sexuality and something, you know, that's not, that's not over either.

00:21:24.380 But somebody's sexuality was so hidden, now political affiliation is like sexuality was then.

00:21:35.160 There are just certain off-limit things to be hidden or disguised or suppressed or spun.

00:21:41.640 And that's where we are.

00:21:44.640 Yeah.

00:21:45.200 Let's get back to this hotel again, because I want to hear about your first ever junket experience.

00:21:52.540 Do you remember that?

00:21:53.560 My very first, I think my very first junket experience was actually in New York at the

00:21:57.920 Mandarin Hotel with Nat, was it Natalie Portman?

00:22:01.200 V for Vendetta.

00:22:02.460 Was that?

00:22:02.900 Oh, I remember that.

00:22:04.440 Was that?

00:22:05.540 I think it was V for Vendetta.

00:22:06.940 Was that Natalie?

00:22:07.520 I don't remember.

00:22:08.380 It was a long time ago.

00:22:10.420 I couldn't even tell you the list.

00:22:12.560 But if I were to see a movie, now when I see a movie, I don't just enjoy seeing the

00:22:17.340 movie or remark on something about the performances.

00:22:20.360 I remember the junkets.

00:22:21.600 Now, when you see a film, you go, oh, yeah, I remember that was the junket at the Four

00:22:27.080 Seasons, or that was an easy junket.

00:22:30.420 That was a tough junket.

00:22:31.800 The food was good.

00:22:33.180 The travel was good.

00:22:35.400 Dwayne Johnson junkets were great because you would travel.

00:22:38.760 So you'd get like an extra day or something.

00:22:40.840 Why would he always make people travel?

00:22:43.420 Well, because...

00:22:43.980 But that is so true, because I always travel for him.

00:22:45.280 We went to Mexico.

00:22:46.640 We went to Hawaii.

00:22:48.400 You know, he had the big blockbuster films.

00:22:50.160 And Rio.

00:22:51.660 Oh, I didn't go to Rio.

00:22:52.880 Oh, my God.

00:22:53.560 That was a good one for Fast Five. 0.95

00:22:56.580 In Rio.

00:22:57.900 Yeah.

00:22:58.700 No, I did two of the Fast movies, and I think they were both here in Los...

00:23:02.620 Maybe I did three.

00:23:03.620 All in Los Angeles, and not so pleasant because of the other one.

00:23:08.400 What's his name?

00:23:09.420 Vin Diesel.

00:23:11.300 No, I was thinking of The Rock.

00:23:12.940 No, The Rock was...

00:23:14.020 No, The Rock is the one with the good ones.

00:23:16.580 Vin Diesel.

00:23:17.480 Isn't it funny?

00:23:18.020 People are still mixing them up.

00:23:19.320 Yeah.

00:23:19.620 People like me.

00:23:21.080 Because I love The Rock.

00:23:22.840 Vin Diesel.

00:23:24.020 Yeah, we spoke about him before.

00:23:25.860 Or, yeah, I mean, how many hours together have we waited for Vin Diesel to show up at interviews?

00:23:32.820 So that is like probably a couple of weeks.

00:23:35.960 Yeah.

00:23:37.320 How many weeks of our lives were spent waiting for Vin Diesel?

00:23:40.520 However, I will say, when you actually get to sit with Vin Diesel and they go, speed, rolling, he's very charming.

00:23:51.100 You do forgive him almost immediately because he's so charming.

00:23:55.940 But you want to hate him because he's wasted your time.

00:23:58.880 I know.

00:23:59.640 I always struggle with that because you, yeah.

00:24:02.860 No, you're so annoyed.

00:24:04.740 And I think when I met him, we were at the Universal Studios and we all had to wear masks because it was COVID.

00:24:12.800 So I was sitting there sweating all day with a mask on.

00:24:15.180 And then Vin Diesel shows up.

00:24:16.980 He doesn't have to wear a mask because he's a celebrity.

00:24:19.900 Like, are there different rules for COVID because you're a celebrity?

00:24:24.400 There are different rules for everything.

00:24:25.640 He started off being like a little bit annoying.

00:24:28.100 And then, of course, when he was seven hours late.

00:24:30.260 So I felt like I had like a, I don't know, you know, you get this sweaty kind of marks around.

00:24:37.100 Well, it's funny because I watch your show on YouTube and I love to read the comments, which are just as entertaining as anything else.

00:24:45.080 And when we talked about Vin Diesel's chronic lateness before, a lot of people were like, well, I wouldn't put up with that.

00:24:51.980 I would leave.

00:24:52.960 And I have to say, yeah, that's great.

00:24:55.100 And thank you for the comment.

00:24:56.220 But when you're getting paid to you, you don't, if you don't do the interview, you don't make any money.

00:25:02.860 So if you're already there for six hours, you're not just going to walk out.

00:25:06.620 You have to walk out with the interview.

00:25:08.620 So you're in a really terrible position because, I don't know, you can't just walk out.

00:25:15.940 No.

00:25:16.380 And then the thing is, you, like you're saying, you have to deliver.

00:25:19.940 And also, if you walk out, the, the publicist of that person, they're never going to invite you back again.

00:25:27.140 You're on the blacklist.

00:25:28.360 And like, who do you think you are?

00:25:30.020 We all got stuck in Vegas for an extra day because Justin Timberlake, and it was for something like really hard hitting, like he was the voice of Yogi Booboo Bear or something. 0.96

00:25:41.340 Like it was, it was some ridiculous movie.

00:25:43.160 And the junket was in Las Vegas, and he was so inconsiderate with the journalist's time that we all ended up missing our flights.

00:25:51.520 But that must have cost the studio to not only rebook all our flights, but to put us all up in Vegas for an extra night.

00:25:58.840 And no, it's not so, like, that's not a perk.

00:26:02.520 Staying in Vegas for an extra night when you just want to go home to your bed, that's, it's.

00:26:06.740 Yeah, and people have families.

00:26:08.400 They have kids, you know.

00:26:09.980 And then that's another thing that I always like, feel like, you know, we're just at the bottom.

00:26:15.700 We're like the bottom feeders.

00:26:19.320 Yeah, but we have good stories to tell.

00:26:21.960 And I don't, I don't think I ever signed any non-disclosure things.

00:26:26.160 Do we ever?

00:26:27.240 For junkets?

00:26:27.740 Then it's too late.

00:26:28.900 It's definitely too late.

00:26:30.460 I don't think we ever were asked to do that.

00:26:33.040 I've been given, not NTAs, but I've been given other, like, just, like, things.

00:26:39.960 Confidentiality about, maybe about, we always were signing things for the screening.

00:26:43.420 Yeah.

00:26:43.560 Like, don't give away the ending.

00:26:45.640 Yeah.

00:26:45.980 Or something like that.

00:26:47.020 Or you're only going to use this interview for your show. 0.99

00:26:50.360 So, yeah, I mean, there were contractual obligations, but nothing's stopping us from saying who's an asshole and who's lovely. 0.89

00:26:57.940 No, as long as we were working in this industry, I guess a lot of people didn't want to talk about it and still don't because they want to get invited back, which, you know, makes sense. 0.88

00:27:09.300 I ran into a journalist here in the elevator just a couple of hours ago who I haven't seen since before COVID.

00:27:14.840 And she's a regular colleague of ours.

00:27:16.900 And I hadn't seen her in ages.

00:27:18.680 She didn't recognize me at first.

00:27:20.000 I have lost my hair.

00:27:21.320 But still, I thought she would have recognized me.

00:27:23.140 We were very close.

00:27:23.940 And I recognized her immediately.

00:27:25.320 And I think she was very uncomfortable.

00:27:28.820 It was a familiarity that she wasn't expecting.

00:27:34.440 She's, you know, I'm here for pleasure. 0.98

00:27:36.280 She was here for work.

00:27:38.060 And it threw her.

00:27:41.080 It threw her.

00:27:41.440 Why do you think it threw her?

00:27:42.940 I don't know.

00:27:43.940 Because she's seen you on my...

00:27:45.160 Like, to me, it was a happy surprise.

00:27:48.180 I'm like, yay, I'm seeing an old friend.

00:27:50.540 And for her, it was like, oh, my God, I'm working.

00:27:52.820 Get away from me.

00:27:54.100 Wow.

00:27:54.500 But I guess, you know, when I do junkies, I get into this mindset.

00:27:58.700 Especially if you have, like, seven people you're interviewing in a row.

00:28:03.160 And you have to...

00:28:04.420 I always try to memorize the questions.

00:28:06.400 So, you know, you get this kind of more like a flowing conversation with people.

00:28:13.120 And then I'm always in, like, my zone.

00:28:17.100 If you, you know...

00:28:18.440 Don't you get in your zone?

00:28:20.180 I think I got over the zone a lot.

00:28:22.740 Like, I just...

00:28:23.820 No.

00:28:24.320 I just wouldn't go in there.

00:28:26.020 I mean, if there was something specific I wanted to make sure I get, I would make a note to myself and I would have little cards.

00:28:31.340 But otherwise, I would just go in there and have a chat.

00:28:33.640 Your time is limited.

00:28:35.380 I mean, it's a luxury if you have 10 minutes.

00:28:37.400 It's a super luxury if you have 20.

00:28:40.240 Four is usually...

00:28:41.180 It might be three or four minutes.

00:28:43.080 And I would love when the publicists would get all, you know, beside themselves and say, we're really tight for time.

00:28:50.720 You're only going to get two minutes.

00:28:52.700 Like, it's a threat.

00:28:54.240 Like, we'll show you.

00:28:55.680 You're only going to get two minutes.

00:28:56.820 And I would be like, you know what?

00:28:58.840 I can do it in one.

00:29:00.960 Oh, God.

00:29:01.780 Like, I don't need the minutes.

00:29:04.260 Just, I need one minute.

00:29:05.860 I need just to prove that I'm in the same room.

00:29:09.000 I'll ask one question.

00:29:10.700 And if I'm so much trouble for you to have one or two minutes, why did you invite me?

00:29:17.440 At the end of the day, we are guests.

00:29:20.660 The journalists are guests.

00:29:21.920 You need the journalists.

00:29:23.280 We're here to help them sell the movie. 0.70

00:29:24.820 All trying to help promote your horrible movie.

00:29:29.300 Sometimes.

00:29:30.760 Well, I was working very differently than you because I was freelancing for this TV show and they only wanted personal stuff.

00:29:39.940 And to get to the personal stuff, you had to warm up people, you know, to kind of sneak it in there saying, like, your character, you know, in this movie after the divorce.

00:29:50.260 That's why Reese Witherspoon's people, like, wanted to inject me.

00:29:53.700 Because I was at Reese Witherspoon was playing a mother in peril.

00:29:57.080 So I asked her, like, as a mother, they wanted nothing.

00:30:00.320 Like this voice from beyond was like, Nelson, ask another question.

00:30:04.740 Nelson, stop tape.

00:30:05.920 Nelson, don't ask any personal questions.

00:30:08.480 And I'm like, it's she's Reese Witherspoon is a mother playing a mother.

00:30:13.280 So let me rephrase the question.

00:30:16.700 And it didn't matter.

00:30:17.720 They just they weren't going there.

00:30:19.620 But I find a lot of times if they this boss looks very familiar to me.

00:30:23.240 I find a lot of times that if you just oblige the publicist and the publicist will say, don't ask any personal questions.

00:30:30.140 And I'll be like, with pleasure.

00:30:32.720 I don't need any personal questions.

00:30:34.560 And then the celebrity feels comfortable and safe.

00:30:38.660 And they will bring up something personal.

00:30:41.440 And then you can seize on that.

00:30:43.080 I mean, it's not rocket science.

00:30:44.680 Just say yes.

00:30:45.860 Whatever they want to say.

00:30:47.280 Just agree to it.

00:30:48.480 Only get two minutes.

00:30:49.760 Fine.

00:30:50.680 Nothing personal.

00:30:51.960 Fine.

00:30:52.960 Where is this?

00:30:53.500 Where do I know this from?

00:30:54.780 Where do you know this from?

00:30:56.520 Congrats on your little bump. 0.99

00:30:58.240 I am wearing my most horrific interview tee shirt.

00:31:05.720 You know, I didn't wear this for many years because I thought it was really bad luck.

00:31:09.400 Because I did wear this in my viral interview.

00:31:13.180 There's no such thing.

00:31:14.060 No, but you know you have things that you feel like, oh, is that a bad, you know, something wearing that.

00:31:20.040 Because or if you had something like every time I wear that, I have so much fun.

00:31:23.760 With this blouse, I did the worst interview of my career.

00:31:28.240 And so I thought it was kind of...

00:31:30.300 That was not the worst...

00:31:32.220 You're describing it the wrong way.

00:31:34.220 The most controversial interview of your career.

00:31:37.320 The most awkward.

00:31:38.380 You could say it was the most awkward.

00:31:39.680 Yeah.

00:31:39.960 But it wasn't the worst.

00:31:41.240 I think it was the most painful.

00:31:42.780 For you.

00:31:43.540 Yeah.

00:31:44.060 Not for her.

00:31:44.760 They forgot about my...

00:31:45.400 I don't even see a bump.

00:31:46.600 I don't know what she's talking about.

00:31:48.340 Thank you.

00:31:50.720 Congrats on your little bump. 0.99

00:31:51.820 Yeah, no.

00:31:54.780 It was a painful interview.

00:31:56.860 But, you know, I kept this for like 10 years.

00:32:01.940 And it still, you know, it still looks nice.

00:32:04.180 When was that interview?

00:32:05.240 What year was that?

00:32:06.220 16.

00:32:07.000 So nine years ago.

00:32:07.900 Like, what would happen if you went into a restaurant in Beverly Hills and either Blake or Justin were sitting at the next table?

00:32:16.340 What do you think would happen?

00:32:17.460 Would you leave?

00:32:18.540 Would you acknowledge them?

00:32:20.100 What would happen?

00:32:21.840 If Justin was sitting there, I would definitely walk up to him.

00:32:24.840 You'd buy him a drink.

00:32:25.600 Yes.

00:32:26.040 Buy him a drink.

00:32:26.520 Yeah.

00:32:26.800 Or he should buy me one.

00:32:28.000 He should buy you a new home.

00:32:30.520 I would definitely walk up to Justin.

00:32:33.280 Blake, I would definitely not walk up to Blake.

00:32:37.100 I don't know if she would even recognize me.

00:32:39.420 I feel like she's so busy with everything.

00:32:41.360 She wouldn't even... 1.00

00:32:42.440 She'd recognize your bump.

00:32:44.520 Yeah.

00:32:44.960 Maybe.

00:32:45.500 If I was wearing this blouse, I think she's walked back.

00:32:47.680 I wouldn't wear anything else.

00:32:49.080 Just dry clean it every week.

00:32:50.380 I'd wear it everywhere.

00:32:52.340 Or Ryan.

00:32:53.400 I'm sure Ryan recognizes me.

00:32:55.340 Because I think that he, yeah, he doesn't like me very much.

00:33:00.640 Well, their lawyers would recognize you.

00:33:02.520 That too.

00:33:03.140 You know, I'm on the list of people with special...

00:33:06.100 They just released the list two weeks ago now of a list of people they think have knowledge to the situation of what happened on the set of It Ends With Us and what's happened in that smear campaign.

00:33:19.000 And I'm on the list.

00:33:20.000 So it's me, Taylor Swift, Gigi Hadid.

00:33:23.960 You should have a girls weekend. 1.00

00:33:25.740 Oh, well, you too.

00:33:26.640 You could all go on a weekend together.

00:33:29.300 Actually, you should all come on my Irish trip.

00:33:31.340 You know, I'm doing that Irish trip in October of 2026.

00:33:34.420 And I'm trying...

00:33:35.040 We're starting to get people signed up for it.

00:33:37.440 And what I'm trying to do is make it like a friend's holiday.

00:33:44.300 So you should think about that.

00:33:46.020 Yes.

00:33:46.340 So what are you doing on that trip for people who doesn't know why you're trying?

00:33:48.940 Well, I've become, since my showbiz retirement transition, I've become a Titanic...

00:33:54.880 Well, I've always been a Titanic expert.

00:33:56.780 But I co-host a podcast called Titanic Talk.

00:33:59.700 I've written a book about Titanic called Kindred Spirits.

00:34:03.280 And that's another reason why I'm in Hollywood.

00:34:05.780 There might be a little Hollywood action on Kindred Spirits.

00:34:09.040 Cross your fingers.

00:34:10.020 We'll see about that.

00:34:11.200 I'm not going to jinx it.

00:34:12.680 But yeah, now I travel the world speaking about Titanic.

00:34:17.000 Whether it's on cruises, going over the rec site, or at Titanic exhibitions and things like that.

00:34:22.120 But I'll be, in October of 2026, leading a Titanic-tinged tour around Ireland.

00:34:30.260 Starting in Dublin and ending up in Belfast, the birthplace of Titanic.

00:34:34.700 So, I mean, it's just a great way if you've never been to Ireland or there are places you haven't been in Ireland that you want to see.

00:34:40.220 And we all just sort of hang out together.

00:34:42.100 And we go on a, it's a 13-day extravaganza.

00:34:45.560 13 days?

00:34:45.960 13 days.

00:34:47.040 And you'll be hosting this every single day.

00:34:49.320 And I'll be hosting this for 13 days.

00:34:52.080 And we'll see how it all goes.

00:34:55.200 I think it'll be fun.

00:34:56.180 How can people, how can they sign up to this?

00:34:59.000 Super easy.

00:34:59.720 My website, my social media, Nelson Aspen, that's so easy.

00:35:03.020 But there is a designated travel page where you can get all the information.

00:35:08.700 There are special deals and packages and discounts.

00:35:11.400 But yeah, it's 13 days.

00:35:13.540 A whole bunch of different stops along the way.

00:35:16.580 Like something like 18 meals are included along the way.

00:35:20.240 There are extra packages if you want to extend your trip.

00:35:22.420 Like this is a whole new world for me.

00:35:24.180 And I'm really excited about it because I've always loved to travel.

00:35:27.640 And now I, instead of traveling for junkets, I'm traveling for Titanic.

00:35:32.560 And it's awesome.

00:35:33.780 And traveling for yourself.

00:35:35.240 Yeah, traveling for me.

00:35:36.120 Yeah, that's so nice.

00:35:37.740 And I don't have to, I don't have to shave anymore.

00:35:40.640 You don't have to.

00:35:41.880 You didn't have to do that for your, for doing junkets, did you?

00:35:45.720 Oh, well, it's funny because one time I grew, I had grown my beard and my executive producer

00:35:51.980 of The Morning Show, who never bothered me.

00:35:55.360 Like I was really left alone.

00:35:57.280 And then I had the beard and I was actually growing it.

00:36:01.120 It was September.

00:36:01.860 I was growing it for a marathon and I was running a marathon and I just wanted to be hairy

00:36:06.020 for the marathon.

00:36:07.240 I thought, I thought it'll make me faster if I look like a caveman or something.

00:36:10.940 And he sent me an email out of the blue saying, I'm not loving the beard.

00:36:16.900 That was the comment.

00:36:18.540 And I didn't know if that was, you know, and it was the big boss.

00:36:21.720 So if you want me to shave the beard, tell me.

00:36:26.760 But I couldn't dissect what he meant by that.

00:36:30.820 And in Australia, where I was reporting to, Movember is a big deal where all the men grow 1.00

00:36:37.280 mustaches in Movember.

00:36:38.600 So I had told him, I'm growing this for the marathon.

00:36:42.500 And he said, well, at the end of the month, maybe you'll lose the beard.

00:36:46.460 So I waited until after the marathon and then I shaved again.

00:36:50.080 And I remember one day hearing my colleagues in Australia during a commercial break.

00:36:54.420 I had the earpiece in my ear and it was a commercial break and I could hear them all

00:36:58.100 talking amongst themselves in the studio in Sydney.

00:37:01.600 And there was somebody was saying, one man was saying to another man, are you growing?

00:37:05.360 Hey, mate, are you growing a mustache for Movember?

00:37:08.320 And the other guy said, no, Nelson ruined it for us this year.

00:37:13.620 Because the boss had put a no facial hair for men policy in effect because of my beard.

00:37:22.760 Now I get it, why you'd really want to grow it.

00:37:27.220 Well, and my husband likes it and I like it.

00:37:29.840 It's low maintenance.

00:37:30.980 I like it.

00:37:31.560 It's great.

00:37:32.300 It looks so nice.

00:37:33.200 Tell us in the comments.

00:37:34.640 I'm sure you will.

00:37:36.680 So we have to talk quickly about what you told me over lunch.

00:37:41.740 I didn't know about this phenomenon that like washed up old Hollywood stars are attending

00:37:49.960 these autographs.

00:37:52.500 She doesn't know about the autograph world of sort of fallen stars, but it's even not

00:37:58.960 fallen stars anymore.

00:38:00.820 It's become a mainstream thing.

00:38:02.320 But people want contact with their favorite celebrities.

00:38:10.140 And there is a phenomena where celebrities of yesteryear who may not have the work opportunities

00:38:17.660 that they used to have or the fame that they used to have, yet they are a kitsch, nostalgic

00:38:23.620 turn on for a lot of people.

00:38:25.480 And I'm like that.

00:38:26.280 I love pop culture.

00:38:27.260 I love I love thinking about, you know, the shows of my youth, whether that was the Brady

00:38:32.320 Bunch or the Partridge family or Lost in Space or Star Trek.

00:38:35.880 So you want to see these beloved stars, Barbara Eaton from I Dream of Jeannie.

00:38:42.180 And so there are autograph shows and the celebrities of yesteryear, they show up at these things with

00:38:49.920 their eight by 10 photographs and they sign them.

00:38:53.100 And you either pay to attend the autograph show or you pay per autograph.

00:39:00.820 And I have a few old lady friends who, you know, they'll be signing their autographs, but

00:39:06.260 they can't be afraid to get their hands dirty with cash.

00:39:09.380 And they're like, oh, you know, can I have a selfie with you?

00:39:11.840 I loved watching you on TV as I was growing up.

00:39:14.080 Can I have a selfie with you?

00:39:15.120 But they'll say, that'll be another ten dollars.

00:39:19.160 That just ten dollars.

00:39:20.140 That's very cheap.

00:39:21.080 Well, or whatever.

00:39:22.280 But that's how you, that's how a lot of them survive.

00:39:26.900 Wow.

00:39:27.380 But it's not just, it's not just financial, but there's also a satisfaction.

00:39:32.360 It fulfills them to be remembered.

00:39:34.900 You can understand that.

00:39:35.820 I totally understand that.

00:39:37.100 And you know something I've been thinking about, like, especially if you are famous or

00:39:41.700 if you were like a big movie star, aging is even harder.

00:39:46.300 And I think when you're used to, you know, getting so much attention and being on top of

00:39:51.800 the world and then people start forgetting you, that must be really hard for some of these

00:39:57.300 people because I think a lot of actors, they really crave to get validation and attention.

00:40:03.560 And that's why I think it's so much harder.

00:40:05.660 It's hard for anyone to get old.

00:40:08.180 It's even, and sick and infirmed and have health challenges.

00:40:13.240 But if you're famous, it's even more difficult because, you know, we're all, we're all human.

00:40:20.260 We all are going to get there someday.

00:40:22.560 And Sally Kirkland, the Oscar nominated Golden Globe winning Sally Kirkland passed away this

00:40:28.020 week at 84.

00:40:29.500 She'd been struggling with dementia, but she was being cared for by a fan.

00:40:34.560 Really?

00:40:35.080 But yeah, and that's, you know, what happens to a lot of these famous people?

00:40:40.000 You think, oh, well, you know, I don't know, Brad Pitt, he's got millions and millions of

00:40:43.380 dollars.

00:40:43.820 He'll never be uncared for.

00:40:47.600 But there are a lot of people that stars that don't have millions and millions of dollars.

00:40:52.680 And so who's going to look out for them?

00:40:55.480 There's a, in, in the Valley, there's the motion picture home where if you have enough

00:41:00.460 credits and I had an old actress friend named Carol Lindley who never had to go into the

00:41:04.620 motion picture home, she passed away before that eventuality. 0.60

00:41:08.340 But she used to, she used to be reassured because she had enough acting credits that she was

00:41:14.740 like, well, at least I can get into the motion picture home.

00:41:18.320 That was her insurance policy.

00:41:20.800 So what, that is a home for?

00:41:22.520 It's an old folks home for people in the industry, whether that's directors or actors or set designers, 0.96

00:41:30.220 whatever.

00:41:30.640 But you have to, you pay for it, of course, but you also have to have enough credits, professional

00:41:36.820 credits.

00:41:37.740 Wow.

00:41:38.840 All these things I didn't know about.

00:41:40.460 Yeah.

00:41:40.620 Well, don't get old.

00:41:41.920 There's one sure way to avoid it.

00:41:43.820 Just don't get old.

00:41:45.740 Yeah.

00:41:46.260 Well, we don't want to do that either, but I do find that whole thing.

00:41:50.540 And also, as you said, a lot of these older Hollywood starlets are trying to especially 0.98

00:41:56.360 get gay men to take care of them. 0.99

00:41:59.220 Well, I mean, there's, there is, there is a stereotype that is very true. 1.00

00:42:04.220 I mean, there's a reason why stereotypes are stereotypes there because they occur often,

00:42:09.280 but there are a lot of older ladies who are single, who need, need help. 1.00

00:42:16.500 They need an escort if they're going somewhere, or maybe they need a hand around the house.

00:42:21.420 And you see a lot of these older faded starlets, like a Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, but

00:42:29.080 they, they tend to gravitate toward younger gay men who loved their work.

00:42:35.760 You know, they appreciate them.

00:42:37.000 And that's, that's the nice thing.

00:42:38.540 They're fans who appreciate what they contributed to the art form and are happy to help.

00:42:46.380 And it's, I don't know, there's, there's something good about that.

00:42:49.220 There's something reassuring about that.

00:42:51.420 There's always someone to take care of.

00:42:53.280 Have you been approached like that?

00:42:55.200 Yeah.

00:42:55.400 I've had a few older ladies over the years, um, be very excited to like, Oh, would you like 0.98

00:43:02.200 to take me to an event at the Beverly Hills hotel or yeah.

00:43:06.700 And that kind of thing.

00:43:07.480 And it's, it's fun, but I, there's a certain older lady who is no longer with us who actually 0.88

00:43:14.840 wanted to buy the house next door to me.

00:43:16.980 And that's when I was like, I'll sell my house.

00:43:20.480 If you bring your crazy town to my street, I can't do it.

00:43:25.520 There's a limit. 0.86

00:43:26.320 I'll take you to lunch.

00:43:27.460 Well, that that's enough.

00:43:28.240 I'll take you to the autograph show.

00:43:30.040 I'll be a driver.

00:43:30.740 I'll drive you to the autograph show.

00:43:33.560 Oh, that's so sweet.

00:43:35.040 And a little sad as well.

00:43:36.760 Well, it's, it's, Betty Davis had an embroidered pillow that said, needlepoint.

00:43:43.920 It was in needlepoint.

00:43:45.020 Is that embroidery?

00:43:45.780 Is needlepoint embroidery? 0.98

00:43:46.580 But the pillow said, old age is no place for sissies because it's tough to get old. 1.00

00:43:54.840 And Betty Davis did it with style, as much style as she could muster. 0.92

00:43:58.240 And that's, that's, that's true for all of us.

00:44:00.480 That is a very good saying.

00:44:02.140 I've been thinking things like that a lot lately.

00:44:06.480 You need more juice.

00:44:08.180 Go have a green juice.

00:44:09.960 Yeah.

00:44:10.820 Oh, this was so nice.

00:44:13.180 Well, thank you for coming up to my room.

00:44:14.760 You know, this was like the best reunion ever.

00:44:18.020 It's not like when I used to bring people up to my room in the old days, but Jeremy Renner

00:44:22.780 is not outside.

00:44:23.560 Jeremy Renner is nowhere to be seen.

00:44:25.600 No.

00:44:26.140 And Antonio Banderas is not doing pretzels in the gym or Chris Hemsworth is not pushing

00:44:31.780 or maybe he is.

00:44:33.180 Who knows?

00:44:33.640 We'll see when I, when I'm all in the elevator.

00:44:36.460 They're all, you know, Kathleen Turner can't get in the elevator. 1.00

00:44:38.800 I did see some celebrities on my way up to see you earlier, actually.

00:44:42.540 Who?

00:44:43.420 What's her name again?

00:44:44.760 Uh, Breaking the Wave.

00:44:46.720 Emily.

00:44:50.920 That, that hot celebrity, Emily.

00:44:53.780 I don't remember her name, but she's a great actress.

00:44:56.640 She came out of the elevator.

00:44:57.920 So it's still going on a little bit.

00:45:00.160 It's a great place for star spotting.

00:45:01.700 If you come to the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, and there are two, I've had this problem

00:45:06.280 before because there's one on Wilshire Boulevard and then there's the one on Doheny Boulevard.

00:45:11.780 So don't go to the wrong one, but it's a great, hotel lobbies in Hollywood are a great place

00:45:17.040 for star spotting.

00:45:18.440 Hmm.

00:45:19.180 Good advice.

00:45:20.920 Anyways, thank you guys so much for watching.

00:45:24.080 And thanks for welcoming Nelson back.

00:45:26.620 I know you all love him so much.

00:45:29.420 She smells good.

00:45:30.960 I don't see a bump anywhere.

00:45:33.140 She's perfect.

00:45:33.520 It doesn't smell like Blake.

00:45:35.620 No.

00:45:35.800 Ugh.

00:45:38.980 We've lost some talk.

00:45:41.260 We've lost some talk.

00:45:51.980 We've lost some talk.

Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - November 24, 2025

Nelson Aspen's juicy Hollywood inside stories

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