Chace Crawford: Gossip Girl, House Parties & Dating Disasters (FBF)

Summary

Call Her Daddy Podcast Summary

Episode: Chace Crawford: Gossip Girl, House Parties & Dating Disasters (FBF)
Release Date: March 28, 2025
Host: Alex Cooper
Guest: Chace Crawford
Knowledge Cutoff: October 2023

---

Introduction and Background

In this Friday Back Friday (FBF) episode of Call Her Daddy, host Alex Cooper sits down with Chace Crawford, best known for his role as Nate Archibald on the hit television series Gossip Girl. Released on March 28, 2025, the episode delves deep into Chace’s experiences on the show, his personal life, and his perspectives on fame and relationships.

---

Early Life and Career Beginnings (00:27 - 15:39)

Chace Crawford opens up about his upbringing in Lubbock, Texas, painting a picture of a small-town life that eventually led him to the bustling streets of New York City. Born to parents who met at a religious college in Oklahoma City, Chace spent his early years moving between Texas and Minnesota due to his father's medical studies.

Chace Crawford [13:03]: "It was interesting. I was born in Lubbock. Small town, Texas. Not much going on out there."

His interest in the arts was evident from a young age, with Chace sharing memories of drawing and taking photography classes during middle school. Despite his artistic inclinations, he never initially aspired to be an actor, describing his early forays into acting as naive.

Chace Crawford [14:15]: "I never wanted to be an actor. I had no idea about acting or any of it."

Chace recounts his high school experiences, including his brief stint playing football and his passion for golf, which became a fallback when his football aspirations didn't materialize.

Chace Crawford [16:38]: "I was a little bit more in that vein. You know what I mean?"

---

Breaking into Acting and Gossip Girl (15:39 - 27:08)

Chace discusses his journey into acting, revealing that his big break came with an audition for Gossip Girl. The audition process was rigorous, involving multiple rounds and tests, but Chace felt confident as he connected with fellow actors during the readings.

Chace Crawford [23:03]: "We make friends in that wider circle. It's not just like, you know, that tiny little circle."

Landing the role of Nate Archibald brought Chace unprecedented fame, especially as Gossip Girl was set in and filmed in New York City—a city he had only visited before. The duality of living and filming in the same city created unique challenges, blurring the lines between his personal identity and his character.

Chace Crawford [33:12]: "They're like Mickey Mouse in Disneyland. They all want to see, like, take a photo with, like, Mickey, so you feel like they just come up and hug you, and it's like you're in this costume."

---

Life in New York and Handling Fame (27:08 - 41:20)

Chace elaborates on his experiences living in New York while filming Gossip Girl. The constant attention from fans and the media was overwhelming, leading to moments of paranoia and anxiety.

Chace Crawford [32:37]: "And so, you know, you can't. Like, you kind of aren't present all the time. Like, you kind of just kind of, like, unwary about people or phones. Like, a little bit, like, not."

Living with co-star Ed Westwick was another significant aspect of his New York life. Their friendship blossomed amidst the chaos, leading to memorable house parties on their rooftop deck.

Chace Crawford [40:24]: "He was owning hotel chains. His was very much skewed. More like, like British underground rock scene, you know."

Chace also touches upon the challenges of maintaining personal relationships amidst fame, including dealing with ex-girlfriends sharing his dog and the complexities that arose from it.

Chace Crawford [07:45]: "Jeez. Oh, my God."

---

Personal Relationships and Dating Life (41:20 - 75:05)

A significant portion of the conversation revolves around Chace's dating life during and after Gossip Girl. He candidly shares his struggles with maintaining relationships, the impact of fame on his personal life, and his journey towards self-awareness and therapy.

Chace Crawford [60:49]: "It's a dumpster fire, Alex. It's all dumpster fire."

Chace discusses his experiences with dating apps like Raya, expressing both the allure and the intimidation factors associated with them. He emphasizes the importance of meaningful connections over superficial interactions.

Chace Crawford [69:07]: "But I do. I am like a closet reader and like kind of a nerd. I do like to be able to have like, kind of, you know, in-depth conversation. Sense of humor is kind of a big one for me."

He also delves into past relationships, including instances of feeling betrayed and the lessons learned from those experiences.

Chace Crawford [67:04]: "It was like, I had to like. I guess I gotta go back to LA and like, you."

Chace highlights the significance of therapy in his life, advocating for its benefits in maintaining healthy relationships and personal well-being.

Chace Crawford [74:55]: "I'm actually very. I have like almost the opposite. Opposite of trust. I'm almost like too trusted people."

---

Post-Gossip Girl Career and Current Projects (75:05 - 87:29)

Transitioning from Gossip Girl, Chace discusses his role in a new project, presumably a character named "the Deep" on The Boys. He contrasts his experience on Gossip Girl with his current role, emphasizing the comedic aspects and the opportunity to showcase his range as an actor.

Chace Crawford [81:27]: "It was great press for the show when it first came out because no one knew if the show was gonna work."

Chace reflects on the differences between acting in a drama like Gossip Girl and the dark comedy of his current series, sharing anecdotes about set life, fan interactions, and the creative process behind his character's development.

Chace Crawford [83:30]: "It's fun to see you obviously, like back on screen and I feel like you, yeah, your character is like quite hilarious."

---

Future Plans and Personal Life (87:29 - End)

Towards the end of the episode, Chace shares his personal plans and aspirations, including upcoming trips and family connections. He mentions his sister's marriage to NFL quarterback Tony Romo, highlighting the intersection of his personal and professional lives.

Chace Crawford [82:43]: "She is. Yeah."

Chace also touches upon his ongoing efforts to balance personal life with his career, emphasizing the importance of finding time for family and relaxation amidst a busy schedule.

---

Notable Quotes

• Chace Crawford [13:03]: "I was born in Lubbock. Small town, Texas. Not much going on out there."
• Chace Crawford [14:15]: "I never wanted to be an actor. I had no idea about acting or any of it."
• Chace Crawford [33:12]: "They all want to see, like, take a photo with, like, Mickey, so you feel like they just come up and hug you, and it's like you're in this costume."
• Chace Crawford [32:37]: "You can't be present all the time. You kind of just kinda unwary about people or phones."
• Chace Crawford [41:20]: "He was owning hotel chains. His was very much skewed. More like, British underground rock scene."
• Chace Crawford [60:49]: "It's a dumpster fire, Alex. It's all dumpster fire."
• Chace Crawford [69:07]: "I am like a closet reader and like kind of a nerd. I do like to be able to have like, kind of, you know, in-depth conversation. Sense of humor is kind of a big one for me."
• Chace Crawford [81:27]: "It was great press for the show when it first came out because no one knew if the show was gonna work."

---

Conclusion

In this engaging episode, Chace Crawford offers listeners an intimate glimpse into his life as an actor navigating fame, personal relationships, and self-growth. From his humble beginnings in Texas to the glitz and challenges of New York City, Chace’s candid reflections provide valuable insights into the life of a young Hollywood star. The conversation not only highlights his professional journey but also underscores the importance of mental health and meaningful connections in the often turbulent world of fame.

---

Note: This summary excludes advertisements, sponsor messages, and non-content sections to focus solely on the substantive discussions between Alex Cooper and Chace Crawford.

Transcript

[Chase Crawford]

This podcast is brought to you by Hulu. Hey everybody. Hulu has a bunch of new stand up specials that are not just funny, they're hilarious. Very funny, Hulu. Anyway, they're launching new exclusive stand up specials from awesome comedians like Jim Gaffigan, Alana glaser, Roy Wood Jr. Bill Burr and tons more. A new special drops every month and they've got a huge library of stand up specials to check out. Go to Hulu and get your stand up fix now.

[Alex Cooper]

Call Her Daddy is brought to you by SoFi, the next gen finance app. Daddy Gang. Managing your finances is so important and SoFi can help. SoFi just launched SoFi Plus, America's most rewarding financial membership all in one app. With SoFi plus, you can unlock $1,000 plus in value across banking, investing, spending and more. Available for $10 a month or at no cost with direct deposit. Power up your money with so sofi [e-mail] call her daddy. This episode is brought to you by Lieb by Yves Saint Laurent. Lieb Launu is the perfect statement. Bold yet light, with notes of citrus and floral alcohol. Free. Long lasting and completely unforgettable. Find it now at Sephora.

[Unknown Guest]

What is up, Daddy gang?

[Alex Cooper]

It is your founding father, Alex Cooper with Call Her Daddy.

[Unknown Guest]

Chase Crawford. Welcome to Call Her Daddy.

[Chase Crawford]

Thank you for having me, Alex. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

I am so excited to meet you. Okay. You have to tell a little bit of the backstory though, because you were just telling me downstairs that you kind of were a fan and, like, I need to hype myself.

[Chase Crawford]

I was. Listen, I'm a little bit nervous right now because I'm so excited. Alex. No, I was telling you, I'm like, maybe I should save it for the podcast. But I'm an OG Daddy fan.

[Unknown Guest]

Let's fucking go.

[Chase Crawford]

I'd be like, you know, I'd be like walking my dog. I always listen to podcasts. I was like, who are these? You guys are giving insane advice. And it was amazing because you weren't giving, like, just this cliche wrote advice to women. You're like, fuck it. This is how we're seeing. This is what the guys we're seeing in New York or whatever, right? And I lived in New York, obviously, so. But. But yeah, but you guys are like, this is how we're seeing it. This is the real stuff. We're going to give, give out. This is how you play it. This is our advice. This is what works for us. And I thought it was the best thing. I laughed. I thought it was amazing. I would Listen to like full, full.

[Unknown Guest]

Like oh, so you've really.

[Chase Crawford]

I was entertained by the whole thing. Yeah. I'm og. I love your new stuff. I love all the stuff.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, you are all the way back in. Like the blowjob tips. Like you were.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly, exactly. All this stuff, I couldn't turn it off. I mean it's amazing. This is great.

[Unknown Guest]

You're giving everyone that like the information that the world needs. It's the hard hitting facts. I appreciate you sharing that. Also picture you like walking your dog. Being like that was like the funniest in the OG days when it was so graphic that people would be like, my AirPods got disconnected. I'm at work and it's like you have to suck the living out.

[Chase Crawford]

And she's like, this connects to Bluetooth. Literally, Literally. I'd be like walking my dog. Just very like thinking very like wow. Like oh my God, what a great point. This is awesome.

[Alex Cooper]

Hey Daddy gang.

[Unknown Guest]

Today's episode is sponsored by Patron 100 additive free tequila. Unlike other tequila brands, Patron keeps their tequila simple. Patron believes that the best tequila is made with no additives.

[Alex Cooper]

And I completely agree. There are no secret sweeteners, no added.

[Unknown Guest]

Coloring, no extracts, just 100% agave tequila, baby.

[Alex Cooper]

And you know what pairs perfectly with.

[Unknown Guest]

Patron's all natural Tequila unwell hydration baby. So daddy gang, stick around because at the end of this episode, I am going to be making a gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous cocktail with patron tequila. Patron 100% additive free tequila. To learn more, visit www.patron tequila.com.

[Alex Cooper]

When it comes to beauty and fragrance, I am all about the fearless, unapologetic vibes. And that is exactly what you get in YSL's newest fragrance, Lib La Nou Libe La Noue is a citrus, floral masterpiece. Alcohol free and completely liberating. It's a fragrance that makes a statement the moment you wear it. I love how it feels fresh, light, yet still bold. It is the perfect balance of feminine and daring and it's got this incredible staying power and leaves my skin feeling radiant and glowing. It really is the perfect balance of citrus and florals. It's so fresh and sexy. If you are ready to experience something new, try. Trust me. Daddy Gang Lieb L'nou a refreshing twist on the iconic libre eau de parfum. I personally have this fragrance and I will say my favorite thing. Although yes, I love my husband thinking I smell good, there is nothing better when women or your girlfriends compliment you. And every single time I've worn this Fragrance. My girlfriends are like, no. What are you wearing? Give it to me right now. That smells so freaking good. And Matt is obsessed with it. I'm always looking for something that has a fre, citrus, floral scent, but it needs to still be that perfect balance of not overpowering, but still bold. And this has exactly that. So, daddy gang, if you want to try it out, shop now at Sephora.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm really interested because every time I meet people, I have no idea what to expect. Like, with you, I was interested to know, like, is he going to be extroverted? Is he going to be introverted? Like, would you say in your life you're an extroverted person?

[Chase Crawford]

I'm weird. I'm weird. I am. I'm. I'm. I'm both. I know that's, like, a lame answer, but, like, it's a normal. I'm very much, like, I'm. I compartmentalize things. I can really, like, go out and, like, let loose, and I'm very social, and I can be loud and have fun.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

But I like my alone time. You know, I like. I like my own bed. And, like, I'm sort of a closet reader and a nerd and like, my dog. I like. I like my alone time. So. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Kind of dog do you have?

[Chase Crawford]

He's like a little rescue. He's like a little. They lied to us at the rescue place. It was like, I share him with an ex girlfriend, actually.

[Unknown Guest]

So you're one of those.

[Chase Crawford]

I'm one of those. I'm one of those.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my. Chase, I'm judging you so hard.

[Chase Crawford]

I know.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Chase Crawford]

It's all about him, though. All about the dog.

[Unknown Guest]

No, that's fucking bullshit. Wait, that's like a full problem when you meet someone new and you have to be like, this is like our child.

[Chase Crawford]

I know. It's not even. I mean, she's got a fiance. It's not even like. I know. I don't think it's a weird thing at all. People think it's the funniest thing. I'm like, it actually is the only way to have a dog. In fact. No, the cast member recently, she was. She wanted a dog. I'm like, you want to get a dog together? I know how this goes.

[Unknown Guest]

That is actually mentally insane.

[Chase Crawford]

It's insane.

[Unknown Guest]

So you have to see her constantly.

[Chase Crawford]

We. You know, not as often as you think. She does have a key to my house, and so a lot of times, I know I was getting my. Listen, it's not that big of A deal. A lot of times I'll just like, I flew out last week to go work in Toronto. I'm like, hey, shiner's name. Shiner after a Texas beer. Very stupid. I'm like, shiners in the house. Just go in there and take him. And she just goes and picks him up. I'm not even there. But sometimes, yeah, we're still, like, friends and cordial. It's great.

[Unknown Guest]

So you're. Imagine you're, like, in there on a date with the dog, and she comes to pick it up and has the key. Like, you just. You have to describe that to new women. Like, listen, it's nothing other than. Than just for the dog's happiness. Like, we share her.

[Chase Crawford]

Right? Right. I guess I never let that happen. I guess I drop him off sometimes. She lives close by me and. And whatnot.

[Unknown Guest]

What if a girl said, like, I can't do this unless you guys give up the dog.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, these girls gone. I mean, this dog takes precedent. I think I might love that dog more than my future child.

[Unknown Guest]

Jeez. Oh, my God.

[Chase Crawford]

I mean, I'm not even kidding. I will. I will die for that dog.

[Unknown Guest]

I. I'm a dog monster.

[Chase Crawford]

That's how that happens. Like, how they get you like that? They really.

[Unknown Guest]

I get it. I get it. How would your friends describe you to, like, someone that they wanted to set you up with? Like, how are your friends describing you?

[Chase Crawford]

I don't know. That's a very good question. Outgoing. Funny, hopefully. You know, I like to think I can cook a little bit, but if they were being honest, I don't know, maybe. Maybe, you know, he's a bad texter. Maybe I'm not that grumpy. Honest, I'm not that great.

[Unknown Guest]

You know, I think that's a good sign, though. I think if you treat a woman really well in person, and then sometimes you're not a bad texter, but you're open about it, right? Like, that's okay. Like, Matt, my partner, is like. My husband is like, yes. Not. He is not a good texture at all. In the beginning days, I was like, does he fucking hate me?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, totally.

[Unknown Guest]

But now I know I, like, appreciate it that he's not on his phone 247 being one of those freaks. Like, are you on your phone, though, 24 7? You're just not texting back.

[Chase Crawford]

I'm not, no, no. I like to leave it. It's always on vibrate. I like to. I still like to be always attached to it. Okay, so that's good. But then I'll overthink. I have a little anxiety. I don't know what to do. So sometimes I like, for. I literally forget to, like, form a response. You know, I'm like, I got to get back to that. So I'll forget about it. And it's terrible. And I'm just. That's kind of how I am. I'm a little scattered with the texting.

[Unknown Guest]

But do you think that's your biggest red flag? Like, you're just a bad texter. What else. What's.

[Chase Crawford]

What's another red flag? I'd like to think I got green flags. No, I got. Let me think. You know, my exes, maybe my 20 might say I'm bad at communicating, so that kind of ties in. But I've learned. I've learned.

[Unknown Guest]

You've gotten better.

[Chase Crawford]

You've gotten better lately. 30s now. I've gotten better, so I'm more vulnerable.

[Unknown Guest]

We love a vulnerable man that can, like, tap into his emotions and his feelings.

[Chase Crawford]

Totally.

[Unknown Guest]

What are you doing on a Saturday night with your friends?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, that's a good question. Usually. What did I do last weekend? Like. Like, my buddy, like, this next Saturday, he does, like, 60. He does these big, like, lunches at Jelena in Venice. We all bring a bottle of wine, and it. But it's like six hours, so. And he prefaced it with that. I was like, I don't know if I'm going to make it six hours. And it went by like that. So we do this. We do these little, like, lunches with random different people. He's kind of in the food industry, chef, so we kind of, like, have these interesting.

[Unknown Guest]

Are you getting, like, annoyed when you're out? Like, are you getting noticed all the time, everywhere you go?

[Chase Crawford]

No, no. It depends. I'm not, like, you know, I'm not, like, DiCaprio level, where it's like this. I kind of have a nice pocket where it's. It's fun to get recognized for the Gossip Girl thing still, which is, like. Still been this, like, three different waves of Netflix. I don't know how it keeps. Keeps coming around, but it's the same age. You know, female is always, like, so excited. So it's. So. I do get it sometimes in more touristy spots like Venice or in New York or somewhere, kind of. There's more people from all over the place. Yes.

[Unknown Guest]

But it's fun that you have, like, a good attitude about it, because I can imagine, like, I've. I've talked to people before on my show about, like, people that are. Have done so much in their career. But there's this one thing that people are like, we just can't get past it. Like, for you, it's Gossip Girl. For, like, other. Oh, my God. For other people, it's like the oc. Like, I know you've talking like, Rachel Bilson. Like, totally.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

It's like, she's done so much in her career, but there's the one thing that people are like, can we just talk about this for 19 hours? And it's like, you can either just be positive about it or, like, fudgeing. Hate it. But, like, it's what made you super famous, right? And it's kind of fun for all of us to, like, indulge a little bit.

[Chase Crawford]

I mean, when you're young, in your 20s, it's like, I'm like, you try. Everything's so precious that I want to be like Marlon Brando. I was so annoyed by Gossip Girl. Right? And like, even the name, I hate it, dude. It's like, it's the great. It's great. It's the greatest thing. Yeah. It's like, it's this weird cultural thing of the zeitgeist of that time to like, pre. Instagram. Pre. All these things. Like the first iPhone had just come out. Like, it was such a weird, amazing time in New York.

[Unknown Guest]

Fucking amazing.

[Chase Crawford]

When were you in New York?

[Unknown Guest]

I was in New York. Right. I'm like, a little younger, so I was like, yeah, New York for me was just as crazy, but, like, I had my fudgeing iPhone and it wasn't as fun. Like, I remember college more when I was watching Gossip Girl and like, high school, I was like, obsessed with it because I grew up on the east Coast. I, like, knew the nature of New York City, but I was not. I didn't come from, like, a wealthy family. So like, the con, I was like, with the Humphreys, I would have been down in, like.

[Chase Crawford]

I mean, even the Humphreys are in this, like, loft space. It's like a 20 million dollar. Like, that's all BS. Like, that's like.

[Unknown Guest]

That's what I was like, I can't afford what the. My first apartment in New York City was quite literally a shoebox. And I'm like, yeah, it's not looking so glamorous, but you still go out and you can still go to the similar places. That's what I love about New York is like, yeah, you can go to where DiCaprio is or whoever the. And New York is cool. Like that. Where LA is a little bit more snooty. Where it's like, you can't get in here. New York. It's like anyone can get in anywhere.

[Chase Crawford]

And they'll treat me like, like it's, it's kind of nice because everyone is like way too cool for school. They don't give a. About anything at all. I won't even like, look at me. I get the thing. I'm like, okay, listen, I can't even get Lakers tickets to save my life. Everyone wants it. But the Knicks, they would always give me Knicks tickets and Rangers, baby. So, yeah, that was it.

[Unknown Guest]

Fucking amazing.

[Chase Crawford]

Shout out to them.

[Unknown Guest]

We're going to talk a little bit more. Obviously a Gossip Girl at some point, but I do want to talk to you about your childhood because obviously you're this, like, you became this heartthrob. Your life changed. I think around like 22ish was Gossip Girl.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, 21. 22, you're right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

So like, before that, like, how would you describe your childhood?

[Chase Crawford]

It was interesting. I was born in Lubbock. Small town, Texas. Not much going on out there. I kind of woke up. I was in Oklahoma City. First memories. So random parents are from their dad's from there. My parents met there at a small, very small, like religious college there. So Oklahoma City, very endless. My parents had me when they were like 20 and 21. So that's, you know, it's very, very Southern thing. Yeah, I mean, they were still growing up as we were. I can't imagine having like a 15 year old right now. So. So they were young. My dad was in med school. What, what happened? We moved to Minnesota for four years for his med school. And then we moved back to Texas when I was like 9 or 10 years old in Dallas. I'm from Dallas. Like north, North Dallas. A little bit suburbia, a little bit out there in the sticks, but more suburbia, you know. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Were you raised religious?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah, basically, yeah. Were you?

[Unknown Guest]

Oh my God. It was, it was tough because obviously I can't imagine being from the south and being raised religious. Like, I was raised Catholic. Every single Sunday going to church. And I was from Pennsylvania, so it wasn't like probably as intense maybe as like adding on the south, but it was just confusing because I always felt more like pulled to the arts and like pulled to these things that just like weren't as traditional.

[Chase Crawford]

Me too.

[Unknown Guest]

Right?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

And so you just kind of feel like a fucking weirdo and you feel like art naturally, like pushes the boundaries on conversations. And when you're raised religious, it's a little bit like, what are you doing here? Like, you're, like, coloring outside the lines. And if you were raised in Los Angeles, it's like, go, sweetie, you're doing great. So it's like, it's just a matter of where you were raised. Like, was it hard for you with, like, when did you know you wanted to get into the arts?

[Chase Crawford]

I was like, an artistic kid, actually. I was always drawing and stuff. I never wanted to be an actor. I had no idea about acting or any of it. I know. It's like that shitty story that's like, no one wants to hear.

[Unknown Guest]

I like, no, that's good. That's good.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Like, I was very naive about. About the acting thing. I just. Yeah. When there was like, this, like, this, like, secular world. Right. That's like, you know, even I was sort of a bit policed on what music I was listening to and, you know, all these other things, it kind of makes you feel just claustrophobic in a way. Right. I remember, like, always really wanting to just travel or just get out of the bubble and meet new people and go out and do that. But I was a pretty good drawer and, like, charcoal and, like, a little bit of painting. When I was like, you know, like, middle school, I started kind of. I'm not grabbing, like, I was good for, like, a sixth grader. Okay. Good for, like, a kid.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

Good for, like, 100 kids in my grade. Okay. I was like, the best artist at, like, 100 Kids in Dallas.

[Unknown Guest]

Right, right, right.

[Chase Crawford]

No, no. But. But so my parents did kind of like, foster that a little bit. They let me, you know, I went into, like, photography classes, and those are my favorite, favorite stuff.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah. So did you ever have an awkward phase?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, yeah, totally. Oh, man, I should have. Yeah. I wish I had a picture of me in, like, sixth grade with the Abercrombie and the puka and like, oh, I'm talking full highlight cap. Like, my mom highlighting my hair through the noodle cap.

[Unknown Guest]

But wasn't that, like, low key hot at the time?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, I thought. I mean, we all thought so.

[Unknown Guest]

The puka shot was like, if a guy was wearing a puka shell, I'm like, you were the fucking shit. Like, you had confidence. Wait, why were you awkward?

[Chase Crawford]

I just was awkward. I wasn't good at talking to girls. I had no idea. Like, you know, you think. You think, like, one plus one equals two at that time. You like a girl, they're supposed to like you back. And when the first girl did not like me back at all. I was like, oh, shit. Like, I was like, okay. I guess I didn't even really come into my personality until, like, middle of high school, I would say.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, I think that's kind of normal, though. I feel like boys either are just, like, so outgoing and loud and, like, kind of annoying as shit, or there's, like, the little artsy guys that, like, blossom eventually.

[Chase Crawford]

I was a little bit more in that vein. You know what I mean?

[Unknown Guest]

What were your friends like?

[Chase Crawford]

So I had some good friends. I. They were kind of geeky, you know, outdoorsy, you know, like, go karts and bikes and like, just little, like, all, you know, outside doing, you know, sports was. Sports is a big, like, you know, Texas thing. So, like, everyone, it's gotten even worse. Like, every weekend is, like, sports for kids. And it's just this whole.

[Unknown Guest]

And you didn't play football?

[Chase Crawford]

I did, but not like. Not like Friday Night Lights. Football wasn't like the Panthers. I love kitsch. He's a. He's a buddy. But, you know, I. I actually. I actually auditioned for that. For that show and didn't. Didn't get the quarterback. And I was devastated at the time. Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God. And you must have been, like, wanting that too, because being from Texas, that kind of went like a full circle fun moment.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, devastated.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

I was like, oh, my God, that's so bad. But. But it didn't. It didn't work out, but.

[Unknown Guest]

So you didn't get it in real life and you didn't get an acting.

[Chase Crawford]

No. Yeah. Yeah. Scarred forever. Yeah. Yeah. It was definitely not. My dad was like, you're not. You're not gonna. You're probably not gonna go over six foot. So let's. He was like, let's maybe stick to golf and something easy.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, golf. Tell me about golf. Because I'm gonna be honest. When I think back to high school and I think about the guys, I'm. I'm not, you know, I'm not gravitating toward the golfers, however, I feel like they figured. No, listen, now, in hindsight, if I have a son one day and be like, get your fucking ass into golf.

[Chase Crawford]

Right, Right.

[Unknown Guest]

Those are the guys that, like, get the scholarships and are smart and have their life figured out and just, like, look, put together where. Like the meatheads, like, God bless them, but, like, where are they today?

[Chase Crawford]

I know. I mean, you can keep. You can keep playing golf, Dutch. Your life. And I'm not even, like. I feel like I. It seems like I play in these little Charity things that they invite me to. And, like, so I. Yeah, so I'm like. But I'm not that big of a golfer. I played growing up because there was. Because I just wasn't gonna be big enough for football. So that was sort of the impetus there.

[Unknown Guest]

Can you imagine if you had gotten Friday Night Light? That is.

[Chase Crawford]

It would've been totally different. Cause the next year, I got. I got the Gossip Girl thing. So it would have been totally.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God. Either, like, you playing football or you being, like, trust fund Mr. Swab in New York City.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

I feel like that fit you well. Not that you could have done football. Okay. I want you to know I would have accepted that role, too. But I think it was meant to be. It was meant to be. Okay, wait, so you got denied by a girl? Did you ever go to prom?

[Chase Crawford]

I did go to prom, yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

How did you do a promposal? Come on.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, my God. I actually ended up going. One of my best friends in high school was this girl Alyssa. Alyssa Weldon, Lover. We called her Wubby. So we used to, like, go to prom together. Just because I had. Think I had a girlfriend from a different. That's right. I had a girlfriend from a different school. And there was, like, a thing where the girls didn't want you. It was just like, if you. You can't bring a girlfriend school. So I want to bring my friend Wubby. And we tore it up. Tore it up. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, good for you.

[Chase Crawford]

So that was it.

[Unknown Guest]

Do you remember the first time you drank?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, I do, actually. I do. It was back of a Honda Prius.

[Unknown Guest]

No.

[Chase Crawford]

Mike's Hard Lemonade or. No, it was a. It was a. No, it was a grab bag. I think it was Mike's Hard Lemonade and Smirnoff. Let's say Smirnoff or something. But it was Mike's Hard Lemonade and Smirnoff. I think I had one of each. But it was one of those things where you, like. You don't know if you're drunk and you don't know how to act. You act drunker than you are. I think I'm feeling. I'm feeling great. Like, you, like, try and like, dude, it's just water. We fucked with you. It's just water.

[Unknown Guest]

But you're not even, like, fucking tipsy. But you're like, no. Guys, things are really starting to feel different. Nothing is different. We're just driving, and it's, like, moving a little bit. Okay. Calm the fuck down.

[Chase Crawford]

Exactly.

[Unknown Guest]

Wow. Okay. So you had like an okay experience because I feel like to say that you had that for your first drink. I was like going into my parents liquor cabinet and like grabbing like a disgusting brandy and like holding my nose and like vomiting back into the bottle and just trying to get like a couple steps. You had a nice little Mike's?

[Chase Crawford]

No, no, I had a bad moment with vanilla. It was, I think it was vanilla Coke or Vanilla Sky. It was like vanilla something vanilla flavored. Ruined it forever.

[Unknown Guest]

That'll do it.

[Chase Crawford]

That'll do it.

[Unknown Guest]

So that's your drink.

[Chase Crawford]

That was my bad moment was like coke and some vanilla. Like vanilla Coke, some mixed with vodka. Bad night.

[Unknown Guest]

You can never now not drink that and think of that, right?

[Chase Crawford]

No. And it was great because then I just kind of would like I switched the beer as you one does in Texas.

[Unknown Guest]

You switch to some so Abercrombie and fetch. What the fuck? What the fuck? Like I was so awkward. You were an Abercrombie and Fitch boy.

[Chase Crawford]

No, I worked there. I actually, I worked behind the counter. I was like doing the numbers.

[Unknown Guest]

You still had to be hot. You still to be hot and cool. Like you still had to have a thing.

[Chase Crawford]

Lied about my age too because they're like, I thought it was like cool to be picked. Like would you work? And I was like, yeah, maybe. Maybe like, yeah, give me an application. And I was like light on the application.

[Unknown Guest]

How. Okay, to all the Gen Z people that are listening that may have like no idea about the 2000s Abercrombie craze, can you just describe what it was like to work there?

[Chase Crawford]

You have no idea. First of all, okay, you get to the mall, you walk in, you can smell that store from any, any entrance point in the mall, right? Woods, cologne. Never. I can smell it and I can taste it right now thinking about it.

[Unknown Guest]

It's kind of disgusting.

[Chase Crawford]

Probably still have it. God. Yep. And then as I'm getting closer, I can hear the same fucking mix that they've been playing on repeat for 48 hours. I can like know this song and now I probably love every song on there. But like it's the same thing. You get in there, there's like greeters standing there sometimes shirtless back in the day.

[Unknown Guest]

I mean, you were never one of those.

[Chase Crawford]

I was never one of those. They tried to actually I had enough. At least self dignity, respect back. And they were like, I'm a math guy, like put me behind the register, so. And I actually time went by way faster. I was not a greeter. But you get there, you Might be introduced by some shirtless guys. And then. And there's always photographs. He's like those Bruce Weber, like, black and white photographs. You know, those were kind of the iconic thing that made it so. Yeah, at the time that was very like, racy and like.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, it was like you. Because we got like a little bit of penis lines going with on like the boy side and like the girl side was like these abs that I was like, I literally don't even have tits right now.

[Chase Crawford]

And they're like 25 years old. Right? Completely like high school kids.

[Unknown Guest]

And the smell. I was thinking about it though. Like, Hollister was 10 times worse because you had to walk in there with a flashlight. They turned all the lights off and it was like a madhouse. Like, and you're literally like grabbing clothes and you're just checking out. It was awful.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, it was terrible. Yeah. I worked at both. I worked at Hollister too, for a summer. It was terrible. It was awful. It was awful.

[Unknown Guest]

Chase you had. You are like that guy. The guy that just like worked at Abercrombie and Hollister.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, I know.

[Unknown Guest]

I kind of love it though. Yeah, it was cool back then.

[Chase Crawford]

Embarrassing. It was. It was cool. Yeah, it was cool.

[Unknown Guest]

It's not. It's not embarrassing. It's cool. It's cool because back at the. In the day, like, I feel like half the time I would walk in that store and that was like maybe my sexual awakening being like, whoa, like, these boys are like so gorgeous. Again, like you said, 25 year old men. And it was, I think it was like a whole experience that back in the day, like, that was the coolest thing going. Now we don't even have malls anymore.

[Chase Crawford]

No, there's no malls. The Bev center is great. It's empty. It's like kind of nice. You can walk my dog. It's kind of nice in there. It is a ghost town. So.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay, we're talking about Gossip Girl again.

[Chase Crawford]

Okay. Okay.

[Unknown Guest]

The audition process, I think it's fascinating to think about. Like, you obviously don't get Friday Night Lights and then you go for this. Like, what does that even entail? Like, how long was it? Did you even know what the show really was gonna be like?

[Chase Crawford]

No, I had no idea. I mean, I like a lot of kids. I grew up in the OC in high school and into my college. The best in my college year was the best show. Loved it. But it was weird. I went in there. It was like a process of like a six. Six hoops to jump through it Was actually kind of a wild process. But I knew that Josh and STEFFI did the O.C. they're phenomenal. And I knew it could. Had this potential to be cool. And I'm like, oh, they're definitely gonna change the name. That name's never gonna stick. You know, it's based on these books, whatever. But I went in and then right away, if I remember correct, I wore like my most New Yorky jacket possible. Like my preppy is, you know, whatever. And. But at the same time, I was a little bit like, again, I'm like younger. I was a little like eye roll. Like, this is kind of not beneath me, but I want to. I wanted Friday Night Live.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, right.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. So I'm like, I kind of went in there with like. Like a very kind of blase, like, whatever, which probably worked in my favor as those things kind of do. But. But they. They wanted to do like a test, you know, thing right away, which I thought, great, there's gonna be like one more. One more audition or whatever. But then it was like back with producers and then like producers and director. And then it was like, it's different. It's all different now. Now you. Now it's all self tapes and you just kind of put yourself out there.

[Unknown Guest]

Right.

[Chase Crawford]

You know, But. But back then it was like, it was cw, so CBS and Warner Brothers, who had to go to like the top of like the Warner Brothers building. And I remember one of the final, maybe fourth or fifth times I like walking in this big, like 40 row conference room, you know, And I think I tested with a few actresses, few girls for like Blair or whatever. And I remember thinking like, I'm like, that's a really great part. Like, she's got some great chunks of dialogue. It's like funny and, you know. No, no offense. They didn't really. I was like, that's. I just don't really see it with these girls. And I got this big conference room and there was just this one girl kind of sitting with her back turned. I walked all the way around, like, hi, nice to meet you. And it was like Leighton turned around and before she even sound like that's. She's like so perfect. She was like, hi, nice to meet you. Like, that's the girl. So we both were like super nervous and we had to like go in and test. It's silly. It was like a theater seating, dark room, one stool, like lights. And it was like, you go in and that's like the silliest scenes ever. You're doing like in front of, like, all these people. I'm like, Nathaniel's Paxil and all this stupid stuff. And so anyway, so I. I did that. I was like, I don't know if it went well. And I guess, yes, I got the call so that. I got it.

[Unknown Guest]

So that is. I love also how you just, like, knew Leighton also. She was so perfect for that part. Like, no one else could have.

[Chase Crawford]

She had the headband on the audition. She flipped around like, I think I'm in love with you.

[Unknown Guest]

Literally, you're like, I love you. And then America was like, I love you too.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you always know you were going in for Nate?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, always for Nate. Yeah. I think they. They switched around some of the roles kind of like, to play. I remember going in a reading with Blake and a few other guys. They were trying to fit the pen to the Dan roll.

[Unknown Guest]

So, yeah, I think it's just so fascinating because I've heard some people go in for someone and they get switched. But, like, when I think of Nate, your character, like, had a very different upbringing than, like, what you were used to. Like, when you first started filming, could you relate to anything about this person?

[Chase Crawford]

No. Like, nothing. No, absolutely nothing. I had no idea. I didn't really know any northeastern people. I had no idea. Like, the whole thing, I was. It was all new to me.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you have an accent?

[Chase Crawford]

Money? I had. I had a. Like a subtle. I kind of lost it in California when I went to college for, like, four years. But I get drunk. I have a little accent. Yeah, yeah, but. But I had. I did think about that, though. I'm like, how do these. You know, what is that New York thing? You know, what is that preppy thing? Right.

[Unknown Guest]

Because you went to Pepperdine for one.

[Chase Crawford]

I did, yeah. For about a year and a half. Yeah, exactly.

[Unknown Guest]

Did your family think you were losing your mind that you dropped out?

[Chase Crawford]

Kind of. I mean, they, like, I kind of freaked out. I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I kind of had a freak out moment. And just. Just. They were supportive. I graduated high school a bit younger. I was, like, 17. So they were like, take a year off. Like, do whatever. And of course, I found this acting class. I'm like, I want to be an actor. So, you know, but they. They were somehow supportive. They. Shockingly, because I didn't think they would be right, my dad being a doctor and whatnot.

[Unknown Guest]

So I was gonna say, because I remember Pepperdine when I was picking schools. I remember looking it up because I Was like, so fascinated with California, and I look up Pepperdine. I'm like, this looks like the most magical place on earth. And then I was reading and my mom was like, sweetie, you can't drink if you go to the school. Why bring that up to you? I don't know.

[Chase Crawford]

Didn't know that, by the way, until I got there. I don't know how strict it was he got there. I'm like, guess I'm joining a fraternity. Which I didn't necessarily want to do, but. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

That is, like, notoriously one of the strictest schools. Like, you can't drink.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

You can't have co ed past, like.

[Chase Crawford]

11:00Pm you can't have any girl in your room. Vice versa. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you do anything that, like, broke the rules your freshman year?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, yeah, we did. Yeah. Quite a bit. Somehow. Yeah, we get. We could have gotten a lot of trouble, actually. I think we like, like skinny dipped in, like, the president's like, pool or something crazy while he was not there. Like something crazy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

So you had a good time?

[Chase Crawford]

We had a good time. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, yeah. They're not gonna invite you back?

[Chase Crawford]

No, that was like a one time thing. But it was like we kind of, like, found like, I met some. Really? Actually three of my best friends. They ended up all being from Texas and they were, like, from Austin and one was from, like, Amarillo, Texas. And somehow we became like, instant good friends. Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

So it's so fascinating to think about you in college doing one year and then dropping out and going to Gossip Girl. Do you think that, like, anyone in your hometown was surprised to see that success or was everyone like, oh, guaranteed.

[Chase Crawford]

They were so all. Everyone was probably super left field surprised.

[Unknown Guest]

Really?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

They had no clue you'd be doing that.

[Chase Crawford]

No. I never wanted to be an actor. And I also wasn't that guy. I wasn't like Johnny, like, you know, heartthrob on the TV show. I just wasn't. I mean, I was a late bloomer. By the time I was 21, I kind of started to come. Come more into my own. Right. Have, you know, real confidence.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you have, like, random people reach out? I feel like all those people start kind of like, crawling.

[Chase Crawford]

It does happen. Yeah. You probably speak that. I like, yeah. He's like, it's weird. Like, certain things happen. People act weird around that kind of stuff.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, wait a second, we did go to high school together and you never talked to me. Why are you texting Me?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

How do you actually have my number?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, there was that a little bit, actually.

[Unknown Guest]

Isn't that weird?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, it was weird. It was, it was weird. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

When did it get like, really big? After season one, it kind of just popped. Right.

[Chase Crawford]

I remember the fall of 2000, like 7, like right when it started airing. It became big, like right away. Yeah, it was really insane.

[Unknown Guest]

Do you have a moment that you remember that you were like, oh my God, my life has like forever changed.

[Chase Crawford]

I don't really. I guess there wasn't that one moment. There was me and Ed. Me and Ed Westwick, who played Chuck on the show.

[Unknown Guest]

Yes.

[Chase Crawford]

You know, he was like an 18 year old kid from like outside of London. He thought he was like peace. Pete. Pete Doherty, right.

[Unknown Guest]

Love, obsessed.

[Chase Crawford]

And we. I'm from Texas. Like I was just in college. Like I didn't know how expensive New York is. It was insane. I'm like, my dad had to like give us the like security deposit in first month's and last month's rent until we got our first paycheck. It was like hilarious. So I'm like, I'm like, ed, you want to like room together? And like, this is crazy. Like this rents. I'm looking at this. He's like, oh yeah, sure, man. You know, he had no idea. And I. And we had. And like first summer we like moving in July, like, like probably just turned 21 or 22. And we were like at the summer series in Central Park. I don't know if you remember any of that, but they had like big concerts out there and it was like the Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, I might be dating myself. But it was awesome. It's awesome. Sun's out, beers. And the show hadn't even come out. We'd shot the pilot, we just moved there and we're having a blast, just him and I, just exploring the city. And these girls did come up to us and it was kind of freaked us out a little bit because we didn't know. And he kind of looked at me as. I think we're fucked, mate. He's like, show hasn't come out yet, man. He's like this whole thing and that was that. That moment is pretty crystallized in my mind because it was like the Black Keys were playing. It was just like, you're just being.

[Unknown Guest]

Like normal dudes, like sitting, chilling and then it's like, hello.

[Chase Crawford]

That was the very first time I think anyone ever asked for any type of picture. So that was that. I do remember that as being like a defining like, oh, interesting. That's a weird feeling.

[Unknown Guest]

As it, like, really started to pop off. Like, how did you initially handle that, like, fame and attention?

[Chase Crawford]

Not well. Actually, not well. It kind of made me paranoid, to be honest.

[Unknown Guest]

Really?

[Chase Crawford]

Slightly. I don't want to say it was, like, this terrible thing. It was. No, but I think it was fun. It was fun, but like you said, people come out of the woodwork, like, think people start acting weird around fame, and you start realizing all these things that you can only realize from that seed. Yeah, but, I mean, I don't want to act like it was this thing. It was. We had a blast. For me, it was all about having fun. Like, I had so much fun, but it was. You just are always kind of, like, you can't. Like, you kind of aren't present all the time. Like, you kind of just kind of, like, unwary about people or phones. Like, a little bit, like, not.

[Unknown Guest]

You know, I think that's okay to say. Like, and I get what you're saying. Like, that doesn't mean you're not so grateful for everything that came.

[Chase Crawford]

Right.

[Unknown Guest]

But it's, like, a very odd experience as a human being to be like, oh, all those people are staring at me right now and watching me, and they know who I am, and I have no idea who these people are.

[Chase Crawford]

They think they know you, right?

[Unknown Guest]

And you're like, I'm not Nate Archibald as much as you want me to be. I am not. My name is Chase. I'm from Texas.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah. And New York's interesting because it's like, you get all this influx of people and tourists, and you're not only. You're that character in that city. So it's like Mickey Mouse in Disneyland. They all want to see, like, take a photo with, like, Mickey, so you feel like they just come up and hug you, and it's like you're in this costume, which is kind of funny.

[Unknown Guest]

Weird. Can we talk about that for a minute? Because I didn't even think about that, that most shows that are, like, even movies, if they're, like, set in New York, spoiler. They're not shot in New York. Most of them are shot in Canada.

[Chase Crawford]

Toronto.

[Unknown Guest]

Toronto, yes. And you guys actually were living, breathing, filming, shooting in New York City. The show was set in New York City. So, like, you're walking then to get breakfast, and you're not working, but you're, like, walking wherever you're walking, and someone sees you. Like, were people calling you Nate on.

[Chase Crawford]

The street all the time? That was it. That was Always. It was always the character's name. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was crazy and also fun. But, like, it was. It blurs the lines a lot, you know, And. And it was just weird. It was like a really weird. Like, if we were shooting. Exactly. In Toronto, it's a different thing. But people are visiting New York, and it was its own character in the show, you know, and people are like, you know, fans of the show, and when they see you actually in that environment, it's like this whole, like, their mind is blown, you know? So it was a doubly interesting thing.

[Unknown Guest]

And it's also weird to be in New York City as you like. I think it's interesting because I just asked you at the beginning of this, like, oh, could you relate to anything? You're from Texas, this character, and you're like, no. And then all of a sudden, you went from not being able to relate to anything about this character to, like, you almost were becoming a part of this character, was getting meta.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, it was like that. Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, I live in New York City. I am getting paparazzi. People want to know who I'm dating. And so I started off being like, I can't relate to this fucking kid at all. And now it's like, yeah, yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

And I think it was like, Perez Hilton or whatever the Gossip Girly thing was at that time was really. I always thought it was, like, funny stuff, but it was the same thing happening, you know what I mean? And. And I thought I wouldn't even like New York. I visited in, like, high school, and of course, we went to all the tourists, the awful spots.

[Unknown Guest]

Awful.

[Chase Crawford]

And I was there for a month. I'm like, oh, God, I love this. I love this place.

[Unknown Guest]

But that's the thing about New York. Don't you feel like when you visit New York, it's so overwhelming? You get sent to the touristy spots where you're like. Like Times Square. And it's like all the places that if you live there, you would never go. Then when you live there, you, like, find the pockets, and you're like, this is the best place. This is the best place ever.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, we kind of had the keys to the city. And it's like your 20s in New York, as you know, it's just. There's nothing better. So it was like. It was so great.

[Unknown Guest]

So you're friends with Ed. You guys live together. Like, I'm obsessed that you guys were roommates. I didn't know that until I was, like, doing research for this. Where I'm like, I didn't really live together. That's epic. What was Ed's best and worst quality as a roommate?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, God.

[Alex Cooper]

Call her. Daddy is brought to you by Airbnb okay, so I went on a trip with all of my girlfriends to Vermont, where my best friend was getting married. And we were all gonna figure out, like, where do we want to stay? And, oh, this place is too far away, and if you stay there, I won't really get ready with you. And then we decided on an Airbnb. And it was the best decision of the weekend because we got this house. All of us stayed there. Matt came, my friends came, my friend brought her boyfriend. And we all were able to feel like we were almost back in college, where we were all in one space. We all got to make our coffee together, we got to eat breakfast together, we got to go on walks together. We have late night conversations after we went to the rehearsal dinner and the weddings. And it was just the best time because I feel like if you don't stay in an Airbnb, you're not going to be as close, you're not going to have those late night conversations. And we as girls, you know how much goes in to those late night conversations. We also had a pool table, which was so fun. The guys ended up playing while the girls were having wine in the living room in front of the fire. Just talking about all the things about life and dating and relationships, you know, a wedding makes you emotional. I told Matt in 2025, My goal is to stay in more Airbnbs wherever we go. If we're exploring a new city culture, learning a new language, traveling wherever it be, Airbnb is where it's at. So you can really be fully, fully invested in your time and experience all the things that come with that environment. Airbnb is the best way to make your trip one to remember, because you get to explore not only the new city, but a new space in the city. Staying like a local helps feel immersed wherever you are, as opposed to feeling like a tourist. You can grab groceries at a local market, explore the neighborhood bars and restaurants. Daddy Gang. And if you want to go somewhere but you don't really know where, guest favorites might inspire you and may create a new tradition for you. So, Daddy Gang, as you book your 2025 travel, my number one tip is to check out Airbnb first to find the perfect place to stay, because your accommodation can really make or break the trip. Whatever your travel priorities are, they can be taken care of of with An Airbnb. Want a big kitchen, A gym, somewhere you can bring your dog? It's my favorite way to travel. Hands down. There are so many reasons I love Airbnb. Stay tuned to hear more about my upcoming trips this year. As women, we are constantly on the move. We're doing so many things. We are juggling life. And if you are going to wear all the hats, daddy gang, at least have a wardrobe that helps. Check all your boxes. Travis Matthew creates versatile products designed to help you look and feel your best, no matter the activity. From sunrise coffees to school pickups to dinner dates, experience a pant truly made for all day, every day. And no matter where your day goes, you can stay in perfect comfort in the cloud collection. You might fall in love, but that's okay. Rewards members receive free shipping and free returns. You guys know I am quite literally all about comfort. Like, I feel like I live my life by being like, am I putting this on? And am I going to be comfortable? That's how I know if I'm putting it on, I must be comfortable. And Travis Matthew hits in the comfort but versatility department. I totally understand you need to have something. Even if you're going to a meeting. Can you wear this and also lounge in it? That is the true master of comfort. Travis Matthew apparel designed for confidence and comfort. No matter where the day takes you. Visit trav travismathew.com and receive 20 off your first order when you sign up for email. That's T R A V I S M A T H E W dot com.

[Unknown Guest]

What was Ed's best and worst quality as a roommate?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, God. He had a lot of bad ones, let me tell you that much. We lived in this little bits. I think it was like a. They call like a junior one where there was like the, like a real bedroom, right? And then there was like an office. You could put in a closed wall. And I was like, we'll just switch, like, and I'll pay a little bit more. Of course we never switch. And I'm glad we did because Ed's room is like, you know, it's like a lunch pail with like overflowing cigarettes and like, I mean, you thought like the joker lived there. It was insane. I'm not even kidding. I should be calling him out like this. But I love it.

[Unknown Guest]

I love it.

[Chase Crawford]

But he's 8, 19. I'm 21. Like, you know, and, and he was just messy. I'm a little ocd. I mean, I'm not ocd, but I'm Like a little bit on that side of like, I need things put in the right place and stuff, so.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, so him, he's literally like an ashtray walking around. You're like, clean up, clean up, clean up.

[Chase Crawford]

Like, shoving the stuff in his room. Shoving the door. And like. And then it was like. And he's, you know, at the time, like, ripping cigs. I was like, stop that. You know, so that was probably. I didn't like the sigs, but we had an absolute blast in that place. We had like a rooftop roof deck.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

We have to go down the elevator and to the thing. But no one was ever up there on like 26th and 10th or 11th and 26th and 10th.

[Unknown Guest]

What is that? Like?

[Chase Crawford]

It was just like. It's not midtown Chelsea, I guess.

[Unknown Guest]

Technically.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But was kind of close to the water. Had like this amazing view on this roof deck. And we just called it roof Deck. And he would, like, invite a bunch of people. We'd bring a Bose speaker and some like, you know, big bottle of vodka, whatever, and just like have like a party up there all the time.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay, first of all, to think about the two of you throwing a party.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

On your roof deck.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

What was the difference between Chase and Ed's parties versus Nate and Chuck's parties?

[Chase Crawford]

Not much, except the money involved. We didn't put much money behind ours. We weren't making quite that, you know. I know I ended up being like the president of the world at the end of the show, but it was ridiculous. And he was owning hotel chains. His was very much skewed. More like, like British underground rock scene, you know, And I like, like the beers going and. But they did turn out to be pretty, like, fun, kind of well known parties. Like, people would, like, show up from all over the place and like all over the city.

[Unknown Guest]

I mean, is it true that you lived in the same building as the Chainsmokers?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, it's a great story. Yeah. No, next door, actually. Jessica Zorro. I love the dad. She's getting married in August and I. I can't wait to see her. She played Vanessa on the show and we'd all hang out and then she'd be like, guys. And she lived in 555. We were like 53 5. So she was literally. We were next door. And she'd always be like, my roommate. This guy down the hall, Alex, plays.

[Unknown Guest]

What is this accent you're doing?

[Chase Crawford]

I'm trying to do a Wisconsin accent. It's terrible. It's terrible.

[Unknown Guest]

Wait, is she the one you have the dog with.

[Chase Crawford]

She's from Wisconsin. No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God. I was like, this is too full circle.

[Chase Crawford]

No, no. We've all been, like, great friends.

[Unknown Guest]

This is your Wisconsin. Do that again.

[Chase Crawford]

No, she's, like, from. From Wisconsin. Wisconsin. She's. It's terrible. I can't do it.

[Unknown Guest]

Wisconsin.

[Chase Crawford]

Do it. She's like, guys, Alex, my friend Alex is. Is playing. He's. He's like a dj. And then I. It's terrible.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm not really gonna call you and be like, why did you. Why did you act like I speak like that on that show?

[Chase Crawford]

I love her, too, but she'd be like, yo. And it was like, three in the morning. I mean, you know, New York goes very late, so I'd be. We'd be out. She'd be like, come back over. Like, we're gonna go to Alex's house. Apartment. It's on a house. Like a little tiny apartment.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

And it was Alex from Chain Smokers, and he would. He just liked playing. He's the best. I still see him out and about. And we would just sit there and rip and, like, just, like, chop it up talking. And he's, like, DJing, playing music, and. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

What a small world. That's crazy to think that, like, you guys as, like, young guys and. Because they weren't even formed yet, were they?

[Chase Crawford]

No, they weren't. They weren't. Weren't.

[Unknown Guest]

Because he hadn't met Drew yet.

[Chase Crawford]

Exactly. He hadn't met Drew yet. That's right. So I think there was someone else involved, but he hadn't met Drew. And our mutual friend with. With Jessica was this guy. Will Malnati is still my best friend. I met him through her, but he worked in nightclubs, kind of. Or hospitality.

[Unknown Guest]

Right.

[Chase Crawford]

So Alex was like, hey, can you get me into these places? And he did. Well, I hooked him up and got him into these, like, damn nightclubs of DJ and stuff like that.

[Unknown Guest]

They're the best.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

They're so fun. I had them on. And I was like. That was right.

[Chase Crawford]

You did have them on.

[Unknown Guest]

Yes. I won't ask if you and Ed have had a threesome together, but I did ask them that.

[Chase Crawford]

What'd they say? What was their answer?

[Unknown Guest]

Absolutely. They literally go, which? Which one? And we were like. I was like, what? And they're like, which time? And I was like, I don't know.

[Chase Crawford]

I don't know.

[Unknown Guest]

Tell me about them all. And Alex at the time was like, stop, Drew. And Drew was like, okay, so the first time I'm like, oh, my God. Okay, this is quite fun. Who would you guys invite to these parties? Because at the time, were you, like, hanging out with industry people? Were you meeting, like, chicks at, like, nyu?

[Chase Crawford]

Sometimes? Yeah. Like, so I don't know exactly. Who would we bring up there? We'd bring good friends, but then sometimes they get really out of hand and it'd be like, you know, like, it'd be insane. I remember one time I.1. This is very like a 2000, early 2000 story. But, like, we would have, you know, it got a lot of hand. But that. But the doormen loved us and they would, like, kind of let us do anything. They would just. Just say, like, do this or that. Don't do that. And so he called. I think a doorman called me. He's like, yo, there's. You gotta come down. There's some commotion going on down here. And I'm like, what's going on? And I go down the elevator and you could see. You could see like all the way down. And there was just floor to ceiling windows at the front of the building, right? And I look and it was like Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson. They were dating at the time. It's very 2000. We're like walking down and there was just a wall of photographers in the window. I was like, whoa.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, no, we made it. Did they ever come up?

[Chase Crawford]

Of course they came up. And it was great. And I think we had met before, kind of. And they're amazing. Like, Sam's great, and I haven't seen them in ages, but, like, they came up and it was like a very early 2000s.

[Unknown Guest]

These are the details we needed, Chase.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. These stories I haven't ever told. And then. And then, and then we, like, you know, raged up there. It was.

[Unknown Guest]

Did Paris ever come to a party?

[Chase Crawford]

She did not. But I saw. I saw Paris recently, actually.

[Unknown Guest]

Really?

[Chase Crawford]

And I. I did at this, like, fancy, you know, some Oscar thing. And she said, hey. I went up to her and said, hey. And we were. I'm like. I'm like, you remember the first time you ever met? We ever met, right? She was like, I think she said, I think so. And I was like, I was in college. I hadn't done anything yet acting wise, but I was living. I just moved to la. My sister was in town with the buddy, and we were at, like, Teddy's, that nightclub back in the day, which is like the best. And I was like, we. And like, you were so nice to Us. You hung out with us, invited us to your birthday party, and we all went, and it was amazing. She was like, no way. I'm like, yes.

[Unknown Guest]

She's literally like, I don't remember.

[Chase Crawford]

She doesn't remember any of it. She. I think she actually did. She's amazing. And so I always. We always say what's up? When I see her, but that was, like, my other, you know, early 2000 story.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm obsessed because you. Paris is, like, the nicest fucking human.

[Chase Crawford]

The nicest.

[Unknown Guest]

When you meet her, you're like, oh, my God. You're even better in person. Like, she's lovely. But I love how, like, for Paris, like, that probably meant, like, nothing at the time to her. She's like, got Leo at her parties, and she's got everyone, and she's like. And meanwhile, you're like, my life is made.

[Chase Crawford]

My sister was in, like, college. I was like, barely out of college. I'm like, are you fucking kidding me? She invites us to her birthday, but she's being so nice. I'm like, yeah, we'll go. It was great at her house. It was a blast. It was really, really cool.

[Unknown Guest]

That is fucking epic.

[Chase Crawford]

2005 or 6, probably. Who knows?

[Unknown Guest]

Did any of your rooftop parties ever get shut down?

[Chase Crawford]

They never did, actually. They never did. There was no one, really. Like, the noise didn't travel because it was so.

[Unknown Guest]

That's the. That's you being. Having it in with, like, the doorman.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no one ever used it. Like, it was really wild. I don't know how we got to have a rooftop. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

And to have a one junior suite thing. That's like a one bedroom.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

That's pretty insane. That's a great little gig.

[Chase Crawford]

It's a great deal for me. I got the main room, so. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Sorry, Ed. Okay. What would he say your worst quality as a roommate is?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh. Oh. I don't know what he would say. What would he say my worst quality would be? Probably. Probably falling asleep so easily when we're. When he was, like, trying to tell a story. We'd be watching, like, just, like, CDs of entourage just playing, and he was like, look at that. I'll be, like, passed out. But, like, I don't know what my worst quality was. I was a great. I'm a great roommate. I'll never have another roommate. So help me go, I need to.

[Unknown Guest]

Have Ed on now. And he watch him be like, come with a list. Yeah, number one. No, it seems like if you're the one that's like, cleaner. Like, you're. Maybe he'd be like. He was annoying as shit. He was constantly cleaning my shit. Like, leave my shit alone.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. When I. When I had to, like, move out, I think he was, like, heartbroken. I think he was a little bit mad at me.

[Unknown Guest]

He built and made.

[Chase Crawford]

After, like, two years, I'm like, all right, buddy. Like, I need my own. Four, six, seven. The show's going. We gotta, like, just have our own place. And he stayed in that place and, like, knocked the wall down and, like, made it his own.

[Unknown Guest]

He did, yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

With, like, an ax. He, like, knocked his little wall down. It was very dramatic. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Wait, were you, like, are you insane that you're staying.

[Chase Crawford]

A little bit? Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Actually, bro, we got the paycheck.

[Chase Crawford]

Like, we got the thing. Yeah. It was like, two. Two years. We had two good years.

[Unknown Guest]

Right? Let's go. Okay. Have you ever hooking up with a co star?

[Chase Crawford]

It's just such a night. You just did it.

[Unknown Guest]

So, you know, and then you go for the water. So casually acting like, I'm gonna forget what I just asked, hoping I'll go on to a next question.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, listen, I would say. I would say those things are inevitable, you know, when you're in your 20s, like, or whatever. Could be for anything, like, workplace, but. But, you know, the thing is. The thing is, you're on these things. It's not like. People would probably think it's like, these sexy scenes or whatever that kind. It's like. That's, like, the worst part of it. It's like 60 people watching. It's like the downtime. You're doing this show. You're on set for, like, 12, 14 hours a day, and usually there's some pretty interesting people from all walks of life. And. And the danger is. The danger is if you have. If you connect right away with, like, sense of humor, at least for me. Like, if you have a good. If you, like, have, like, have a rapport and can, like, kind of banter and give each other.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

For me, I'm like, oh, I gotta, like, watch out. Watch it for myself. So I'm like, I'm gonna, like, start.

[Unknown Guest]

You know, liking them.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, well.

[Unknown Guest]

And I bet it's like. Yeah, that's a good point. You're spending so much time with these people that obviously, the minute if you're, like, emotionally connecting with someone that can be your person, like, while you're, like, sitting in between scenes, like, you start to just get closer and then naturally. Okay, so you're gonna Leave it to all of us to guess who it was. Was.

[Chase Crawford]

I can't. I mean, listen, I've done, like, other shows and stuff, but. But, yeah, you know, it's.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, yeah, but, like, I love how you had to take a pause, take a sip of water, and you got really centered with yourself and then you, like, made eye contact with me and you gave me the most perfect PR answer. Like, sometimes when things get heated and the emotions are there, it's inevitable, but, you know, we've all moved on. No, it's fine. It's fine. Fine. Did you ever know if co stars at the time were, like, hooking up and then you, like, kept their secret for them?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. And by the way, there's a lot of, like, actors and people coming on to the show. So they're like. Over the years, and then I had. I was fortunate enough to have, like, friends in the city. There were actors, but they were outside the show. And I had a really good, like, friend group. And then, like, they. Everyone else has their little friend group. And so, you know, you meet people in those. In that wider circle. It's not just like, you know, that tiny little, like, circle.

[Unknown Guest]

Everybody. Everyone's like putting a map together.

[Chase Crawford]

Like, so, you know, it's a lot of people involved. But, you know, again, it was like our college experience, you know, exactly.

[Unknown Guest]

One year at Pepperdine, three years at Gossip Girl University. Can I ask, though, if you weren't dating, let's say, someone on. In your cast, what was your dating life like during Gossip Girl? Because now you're famous, people know you. You're in a city.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

What was it like?

[Chase Crawford]

It was. I mean, in the sense of, like, dating life, it was kind of non existent. I didn't really, like, I was never, like, doing the. Well, I never liked doing, like, the interview, like, sit down, like, going dates. It was like I was meeting a lot of people out all the time. And it was very, like, it was very much like, meet, meet people through your friends. And like, for me, I guess it was. I don't know, I guess it was experience based. Like, you kind of do something or you go off and. And meet people through. Through a crazy experience. I would kind of connect with them and then. And then we would. We would date. So.

[Unknown Guest]

And you're so young, like being 22, 23 in New York City. Like, at that point, I'm assuming you were not looking for a relationship. Like, you're having fun, you're meeting people, you're hooking up, you're Going to work like you're starting to make your first real, like, paycheck, like fun.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, it was a lot of fun. Yeah, we had a lot of fun. And in high school, I kind of had like one girlfriend and it was very like, kind of that thing. And so I was kind of, you know, wanted to. Wanted to get out there, have fun. So.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay. How did you feel we found out that Dan was fucking Gossip Girl?

[Chase Crawford]

I felt happy that it wasn't me. I was just really happy that it wasn't Nate because then they told me they were probably. They were thinking about. I'm like, why would it even be me?

[Unknown Guest]

I'm like, your character was like too, like, laissez faire. Like, you wouldn't have time to get on your computer and type away.

[Chase Crawford]

No. Yeah, he's in politics now. He's a senator now, right? Yeah, like 26 year old senator. So. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

I kind of always thought of Nate as just kind of like, go with the flow. Like, although I hate when you hooked up with that older woman. I didn't like, like that era.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

I didn't love that and. But I liked you and Serena together. Yeah. Yeah. The white party, the kiss, to make everyone jealous.

[Chase Crawford]

You're a fan. I love it. Okay. You know, you don't even want to.

[Unknown Guest]

Know how much of a fan I am when it ends. I think I've talked a lot about with people when they're actors of, like, understandably, there's this fan base that is like, don't you dare say you weren't sad to see it end, but most people are like, I got to move on with my life. It's time to go. Like, right. How did you feel when it all was ending? Were you like, let's go.

[Chase Crawford]

I.

[Unknown Guest]

Or tears?

[Chase Crawford]

I had. I went through like a major depression. I feel like looking back, not really, but I wasn't. I wasn't like, prepared for it to end. I guess I thought I was, but. But it was more like New York. It was. It's your family. It's like you wake up and you. And even the drivers like you. You know what I mean? It's like the hair, makeup girls, like, they're. They're awesome. And that's your whole day. That's like your whole identity. It's like a young. I was ready for it to be done, but I mean, me and Ed would talk about all the time. It's like, this is the greatest job we'll ever have. Because it was so, so. It was easy. It was an easy thing. And it was fun and we would laugh about that. But more, I was just mad. I had to like. I was like, I guess I gotta go back to LA and like, you.

[Unknown Guest]

Know, you're like, I really liked it.

[Chase Crawford]

I liked in New York. I should have stayed for a little bit.

[Unknown Guest]

Why didn't you?

[Chase Crawford]

I don't know. I. In hindsight with real estate, I should have just bought in a place and like kept it. Like, what was I thinking?

[Unknown Guest]

You should have gone back and gotten the place that Ed had been renting out and like bought a whole floor and renovated the whole thing.

[Chase Crawford]

Fumigated the whole thing. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

But you went back to L. A.

[Chase Crawford]

I went back to la, yes. Yes. And had to, you know.

[Unknown Guest]

So talk to me about your state of depression. I can imagine. It's like kind of an identity crisis, right?

[Chase Crawford]

It was. Yeah, it was an identity crisis. It was just a weird. It was a weird thing. It was. It didn't last very long, but it was like a few months of like. It was just a daunting thing of like auditions now and like going back and how do I. And you're putting a box a little bit, you know what I mean, in. You're kind of the guy that a CW show who looks a certain way and it's. It's definitely like, okay, I gotta. I gotta find something to kind of break out of that. So there was. There was that. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

And I feel like also, I mean, wait, how long was Gossip Girl? How many years?

[Chase Crawford]

Six years. About six years.

[Unknown Guest]

That's like a long ass time to be in something like, at what, like towards the end of the last year. You guys knew it was ending, right?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, we knew. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

But you still have to start to. It doesn't probably feel real and until it's over. And that's almost like a college experience. Plus more to be with people and then like, do you keep in touch with anyone?

[Chase Crawford]

Kind of. You know how it goes. I mean. Yeah, like I. Yeah, we were on text sometimes and like you make loose plans and then. Yeah, Penn texted me out of the blue the other day actually, because he was shooting, I think his final season of you in our old. Our old sound stages. So he was like texting me. We're kind of like catching up and that's sweet. So I'll see Penn every now and again and Leighton in town and you know, Blake's like, I think in Westchester or. We'll text sometimes, actually. And I saw Ed in. In Europe recently, kind of.

[Alex Cooper]

That's awesome.

[Chase Crawford]

So that's awesome. So yeah, yeah, but it was more, it was like the material I was really ready to move on to. Different material.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

In a different role. But like New York. I guess I wasn't really ready to leave New York.

[Unknown Guest]

Do you think you'd ever go back?

[Chase Crawford]

I'm too old. I mean I, I, I think the way to do it is to have one in both.

[Unknown Guest]

I know place there at all. I have thought about it. But yeah, it's weird because like you're right. You hit a certain point where like New York is so beautiful when you're in your 20s. And it's even when I look back, like I had the like this shitty ass apartment where there were like rats and I had, I had the Ed room where like my two roommates got to have like the normal rooms. And then we like there was like a built wall for me and I'm like just putting a mattress in. I could barely fit and it was some of the best years of my life.

[Chase Crawford]

Totally.

[Unknown Guest]

But now when I think about going back to New York work, like I like, like a backyard and like being relaxed and like not having to like walk outside and get like hit in the head and like pushed to the ground and like screaming people, I'm like, yeah, I like to go for a trip and then get the out.

[Chase Crawford]

Totally. Yeah. You know, and the winters are kind of brutal. Right. I like my car like my dike to go to the grocery store with my dog and like cook and have space and yes, the dog spoiled with the sun now too.

[Unknown Guest]

The ex girlfriend with the dog. Still not over that. Let's talk about your love life.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Are you in a relationship?

[Alex Cooper]

Call her Daddy is brought to you by patron. 100% additive free tequila. You know what, Daddy gang? When I think about all the good things in life, there's a lot of good things. Things. But most of the, if not, no, not even most, all of the good things in life don't need artificial additives. And neither does Tequila baby. Okay? Every single bottle of Patron is 100 additive free, crafted with simple ingredients. We love to see it. Okay? 100% Weber Blue Agave water and thyme. Because when your Tequila is this good, nothing else is needed. When you think of Tequila Tequila, you think of Patron, Daddy gang. It is 100 additive free tequila. It has no secret sweeteners, extracts or coloring. Their secret ingredient is that they have no secret ingredients. And that is why I love Patron. Patron Silver, Patron Reposado, Patron Anejo and Patron Cristalino are distilled and aged to perfection with zero extra ingredients. So Daddy Gang, when you are going to make yourself a little cocktail? Whatever you're doing, maybe it's date night night, maybe you're going out with the girls. Whatever it is. Patron 100 Additive Free Tequila. Learn more at www.patron tequila.com that's www.patron tequila dot com. The perfect way to enjoy Patron is responsibly Copyright 2025, imported by the Patron Spirits Company Coral Gables, Florida Tequila 40 AB TV Call her Daddy is brought to you by Shopify. Now is your time to build on a hobby or establish a global empire. And while the entrepreneurial path is never linear, Shopify will have your back at any stage, no matter how many detours you encounter on the journey. Daddy Gang, I have talked about how Shopify has been truly so integral to my personal business and anyone out there that is on a new venture or is in the middle of their venture and you're trying to figure out how you can get that next level. It is Shopify. Shopify is a commerce platform that allows you to start, grow and manage a business. It can be as simple as a side hustle or a multimillion dollar fundraiser. The cool thing is that Shopify is behind so many brands. Millions of people in over 170 countries are selling online and in person using this platform and you can too. There are tons of fun themes to choose from and it's easy to use drag and drop edit. You can even tag and sell your products globally and across all social media platforms where the customers are Shopify. Thank you so much for being such obviously a huge part of my business. It has made it easier. Daddy Gang, I think something as a business owner I've had to learn is how to delegate and not take everything on my back and on my shoulders. And Shopify has been that go to for me when I am selling product. They make it easy and they make it a great good experience. So Daddy gang, it's time to build your brand. Head to shopify.com daddy to see how easy it is to start your business.

[Unknown Guest]

Today. Let's talk about your love life.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Are you in a relationship?

[Chase Crawford]

No. It's a dumpster fire, Alex. It's all dumpster fire.

[Unknown Guest]

What's going on? What is your type?

[Chase Crawford]

2024. This is things. Times are tough out there.

[Unknown Guest]

It is fucking tough. It is tough. Okay, what's going on? You're very single. Are you going on any dates? What are we doing?

[Chase Crawford]

I joined Raya like a a week ago.

[Unknown Guest]

How's it Going terribly.

[Chase Crawford]

It's really.

[Unknown Guest]

No, it's scary.

[Chase Crawford]

I. I say that because you're like.

[Unknown Guest]

Am I gonna get. Am I gonna get kicked off?

[Chase Crawford]

I actually enjoy it. I. Oh, really? No, no, I actually enjoy it because, like, people. Everyone told me not to do it. And so I think I had a few drinks on, like, one night. I was like, I'm doing it, and I just did it. I'm like, this is great. I haven't met on one day. No, don't. Don't get me wrong. I'm, like, haven't engaged at all. I'm a total cre. I'm creeper face. Figuring this thing out. What is this thing?

[Unknown Guest]

It's intimidating.

[Chase Crawford]

Any of the apps.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God, yes. I was on Raya. But the problem for, like, a lot of. I feel like the women is, like, the guys are very. I don't know. Like, a lot of them are DJs.

[Chase Crawford]

Okay.

[Unknown Guest]

And I don't. I'm not looking for, like. I wasn't looking for a Spin the Beats guy.

[Chase Crawford]

Right.

[Unknown Guest]

A lot of them, like, lived in Australia, or it would be, like, uk. And I'm like, can I set my settings closer? Like, I don't want to go on my first day across the fucking world.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

So it was a little bit of, like, a proximity thing, A little bit of, like, a intimidation thing, too, because, like, the other dating apps is like, oh, this is, like, a nice, normal person. This is like, who are you? And, like, what do you do for a living? And, like, everyone's net worth. And you're like, I'm just. It's overwhelming.

[Chase Crawford]

Yes.

[Unknown Guest]

So I could see why you, like, have a hard time getting off the app for that.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. It's definitely weird, and I definitely have no expectation. I'm not, like. I don't even know really what I want. I'm just trying to. You know, it's just like, another avenue to make, maybe meet somebody. Right. But, yeah, the only connection I've had is like, oh, cool. Oh, Indonesia. Why? Yeah. Okay, great. What am I. We're gonna go to Bali. Never. Okay. Weird.

[Unknown Guest]

I remember there was this one guy that I remember I, like, randomly matched with, and I think he was on, like, he was a he. No, he was on. What was it called? Oh, Vampire Diaries. And I remember being like, I'm a big fan of Vampire Diaries. And so I'm like, oh. And it's like, he's shooting in Toronto. And I was like, well, I live in New York City. And, like. But you're still like, am I getting on a plane to see this man?

[Chase Crawford]

Yes. No.

[Unknown Guest]

Yes. No. You're like, yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

No, maybe, but, yeah. Barrier.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm like, you ever in New York? He's like, you ever in Toronto? I'm like, no. Unmatched. Bye. But I'll watch next season.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, Great talk.

[Unknown Guest]

It sucks. It sucks. You're going to figure it out. I know you're going to figure out. Do you consider yourself a romantic?

[Chase Crawford]

I do a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I. I mean, what would you consider romantic?

[Unknown Guest]

I think someone that, like, when you're in a relationship, you're like, very, like. You like to set it up for this, like, very romantic setting of, like, you're not just, like, do like, walking through the process. It's like candles and roses and you want to, like, make time together. And you're very, like, I don't know, sweet and cute and.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, I think. I think. I think I say, yeah. So I'm not. I like to cook. So I do like to cook.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay, that's romantic.

[Chase Crawford]

I like to. And I'm a homebody, so I like to. When I'm in it, I do. I really do like to focus and, like, do the thing and, like, be very thoughtful. I feel like I'm a thoughtful person. So. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

How are your first dates? Are you good at first dates, bad at first dates?

[Chase Crawford]

I think I'm okay. I mean, I mean, everyone. They're awful though, right? But it's like, I have generally met people through friends of friends or through kind of indirect ways. Yep. So the first. The first dates are always like interview process, campaigning, you know what I mean? So. But you. When you know, you know, kind of like right away, I could still get through a first date. That's like, you. You don't, you know, it's like, okay, we're gonna be friends. Maybe.

[Unknown Guest]

But that's a good point. I feel like first dates, you know, that you like the person if it feels less like an interview, and you're like, oh, we're making, like, headway. Like, no first date is gonna be like, this is like the best thing ever. Like, I would hope there's room to grow and get better, but some first dates, you're like 10 minutes in, and I'm like, I gotta fucking go.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. And then becomes. I've definitely been awkward. On first date.

[Unknown Guest]

Do you just say the whole time.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, you know, you can't wait. What are you gonna do? Ghost out the back and like, like, oh, I left my keys and then.

[Unknown Guest]

No, that would Be. And then someone would like write online about you being like, he's the biggest douche. Like, what the.

[Chase Crawford]

If people do that though. I've had friend buddies that like, girls just leave that.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah, well, because part of it is like you could be respectful and be like, you're. I literally, I know this is not right. Let's just like not waste each other's time. But some people would be like, you piece of you. And then you're like, oh, I don't want to be a dick.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Have you been in love before?

[Chase Crawford]

Absolutely. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, how many times?

[Chase Crawford]

That's a good question. Probably at least two. At least two.

[Unknown Guest]

Because have you had those where you're like, was that love or. It was love in the moment, but now that I've grown up, maybe you like redefine it a little bit.

[Chase Crawford]

Right. One was pretty instantaneous and then another one was over time. Over time. So I've kind of experienced both. And I don't really subscribe to the idea that there's like one soulmate for you. I think that a handful maybe, however you want to. But it's definitely once in a blue moon that you meet. Very rarely you're going to meet someone that you really connect with and what you do with that, you know, is, is a timing thing and then maybe, you know, it can, it can work out or it doesn't. But we all have those things that might not have closure. You know what I mean? And that's okay. So you don't have to have like closure. But there's those open ended things. You're thinking like maybe if I'd been more evolved or like I'd been like five, five years older in a different place in my life. There's a few times where I definitely, definitely not regret, but I'm like, I wish I'd been in a different place in my life.

[Unknown Guest]

That is interesting. Were you like, oh, that's such a good point. Where you like look back at it and you recognize who you were compared to who you are in the reflection stage where you're like, oh my God, imagine how different I would have been even if I was me in that relationship now.

[Chase Crawford]

Right.

[Unknown Guest]

Probably would have been prospering and happy.

[Chase Crawford]

Amazing. Yeah. I could have had it all like picky blinders. No, but, but, but yeah, I've like, bit and I'm like, God, I was such a, I was such a head case back then. I couldn't have like just like not been an asshole, you know, my own stuff. Like I was just, you Know, you know, whatever you call it, mental health stuff, it was just like I was in a bad place and not dealing with it. You know what I mean? I was like. Like, just. Just avoiding everything.

[Unknown Guest]

That's a really interesting topic because that means you're growing, obviously, but I think that when you have your own shit going on, there's no, no fucking way that you can be, like, 100% present for a partner. That's hard to do even when you're in a fucking healthy relationship.

[Chase Crawford]

Of course. Exactly. Like, when I moved back from New York and I was in that kind of funk, I met a girl who was, like, incredible and went on to be very, very success, very successful.

[Unknown Guest]

But is that the one with the dog? No, I'm trying to figure out who the fuck is the one with the dog.

[Chase Crawford]

It's a girl I worked with on a. It was a bad TV show, but it was like, in 2015 maybe or something. Okay, so we're still good friends. She's great. She's very great.

[Unknown Guest]

Shout out.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. And. But we both travel, so we both have to deal with the dog. I'm defending myself.

[Unknown Guest]

No, it's okay. It's okay. I'm fascinated. Like, oh, how would that work?

[Chase Crawford]

Work? Telling you. Oh, but so you.

[Unknown Guest]

You kind of fell for a girl after that, like, weird moment, and then it just didn't work because you weren't in a good headspace.

[Chase Crawford]

She wasn't in a good space, and I just kind of let it slide. I let it kind of float away, and she was like. Would be in town and reaching out and. And we kind of had, you know, hooked out, had a thing in New York when we were both there and then. And then. Yeah, I just. I think about some of those things, like, if I just been in a different. You can't help that, though. You get what you get, and it's a timely thing and it's just life. But I do think about those, of course, kind of missed moments from time to time.

[Unknown Guest]

But I think it also allows you, like, into going into this next chapter of, like, whoever you're gonna find. Like, that allows you then to, like, reflect and be like, I know I'm not going to do that. I'm going to be more present. Like, whatever, you know, you up on, then you take that and, like, move on.

[Chase Crawford]

No, totally. Yes.

[Unknown Guest]

How long has been your, like, longest relationship?

[Chase Crawford]

About three, four years, probably. Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

What are the top, like, three qualities right now that you'd be saying you're, like, looking in for a partner? We can put this on your riot profile too. Like, just clip this and put this first.

[Chase Crawford]

My right profile. I think. I think every photo is cut, like, cut off. Like, I'm like, stop. Eyeball. I'm like, I'm not screwing with. I don't even care. I'm like, whatever. You know what I mean?

[Unknown Guest]

It's just like picture of dog, dog, dog, half face.

[Chase Crawford]

It's out there in the world.

[Unknown Guest]

It is.

[Chase Crawford]

No, it's. It is. It's half my dog's face and half my face in one. One shot. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

It's great, right, because you're hoping they like won't fully notice you and then they just click like the dog is nice or something. And it's not like. I get it, I get it.

[Chase Crawford]

It's not a signed headshot or anything. Right. But, you know, but no, I. Things I look for, I guess. I guess for me, I do. I am like a closet reader and like kind of a nerd. I do like to be able to have like, kind of, you know, you know, in depth conversation. Sense of humor is kind of a big one for me. Like. And, you know, and that's kind of an umbrella thing, right? That if. If they have that wit and you kind of have that back and forth and that weird. That weird connection, you know, where you can make each other laugh.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

And that's an umbrella, like, personality, wit, intelligence thing. It's like, if that. That's kind of the number one thing.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah. You know, do you care if they're in the industry?

[Chase Crawford]

I'd prefer not, actually at this stage in my life.

[Unknown Guest]

I get it.

[Chase Crawford]

Right? Yeah. I mean, I think it's. That's part of the reason I was like my. I saw my buddies on dates with these, like, med students and neuroscientists. I'm like, where are you? Where is it? Yeah. They're like, raya. I'm like, okay. You know, so there really are. I've seen so far. I'm like a weekend. There are other people that do other things and I'm like trying. It's such a bubble out here. Here. You know what I mean? So it's.

[Unknown Guest]

It's a lot. You're like, I want. I want that doctor, that nurse, the dentist. What about a therapist?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, probably. Yes, I would love. Yeah, I see psychotherapists on there sometimes.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm like, there you go.

[Chase Crawford]

Could save some money. Yes. Switch therapist right now.

[Unknown Guest]

Right now to my girlfriend.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

What's a deal breaker for you?

[Chase Crawford]

Deal breaker. Oh, man. Oh, bad tats. I Don't know.

[Unknown Guest]

Bad tats. Like, how bad? Like, what have you seen that you haven't liked?

[Chase Crawford]

I don't know. You know, that's. That's a stupid one, because I really don't care about that.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm obsessed.

[Chase Crawford]

I mean, maybe like a neck tat. It's probably, like a deal breaker, you know? I guess a neck chat.

[Unknown Guest]

Or, like, you're not. You're not loving the necktie neck tats. Have you gone on a date recently?

[Chase Crawford]

I haven't. That's the thing. It's actually never happened.

[Unknown Guest]

Where did that come from?

[Chase Crawford]

I don't know.

[Unknown Guest]

He's like, picturing her face and he's like, just. If there's a neck tat. Okay, no neck tats.

[Chase Crawford]

You know, but tattoos are so ubiquitous. But. But, like. But they're not bad. But. But.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, it's okay. A necktot.

[Chase Crawford]

We're moving on punctuality, too. Okay, that's really switching gears.

[Unknown Guest]

You were really on time. You were early.

[Chase Crawford]

I'm a little bit early. Embarrassingly. You're like, at the door, like, yeah, hi.

[Unknown Guest]

Ready to go?

[Chase Crawford]

It's like an anxiety thing. I like, if I'm running late, it's. It's over. I can't.

[Unknown Guest]

I hate being calm down, you know? Oh, I've had people so fucking late for the show. So I appreciate that. You're early. I'm like, let's get it going. So thank you. Thank you. Have you ever been cheated on?

[Chase Crawford]

Once, kind of. Not really. I think. I think so. We had, like, plans, like, holiday plans and, like, moving to the next phase relationship. And she abruptly broke up with me. And then I found out that it was like, she was. It was like an opportunity for someone, like a famous person, a really famous person, like, uber. And. And then she thought that they were gonna date, and they. That didn't happen. But. But you're like, but, yeah, but. But that was the only closest thing. Yeah. To. To that. That sucked.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, that's sad. But then it, like, you have perspective.

[Chase Crawford]

It was like, I have perspective on that. So I was like, okay, whatever.

[Unknown Guest]

Well, and I think it also tells you something about that person.

[Chase Crawford]

Totally. No, it actually. Hell, it actually, like, kind of helps.

[Unknown Guest]

We're like, oh, you were basically with me.

[Chase Crawford]

O. I didn't see. I didn't see that coming. Like, that's a very interesting thing to know.

[Unknown Guest]

But that can hurt. If she goes from, like, you to.

[Chase Crawford]

Brad, you're like, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, I get it. But it also indicates, like, what you're looking for.

[Chase Crawford]

Right, right, right.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay. Okay. Have you ever gone through a partner's phone?

[Chase Crawford]

I have not. No. I'm actually very. I have like almost the opposite. Opposite of trust. I'm almost like too trusted people. Yeah. I'm like, just go do your own thing. Like I need my own space. I'm great.

[Unknown Guest]

Like she's like fully cheating on you.

[Chase Crawford]

Go to Mexico. Yeah, yeah. Go have fun. Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Have you ever walked in on someone going through your phone?

[Chase Crawford]

Someone did go through my phone once. It was bad.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you walk in on them going through it or you found out the.

[Chase Crawford]

Middle of the night to them freaking out? No. Yeah. I mean listen if you going to listen. Okay.

[Unknown Guest]

We love this on caller Daddy.

[Chase Crawford]

If you're going to go through anybody's phone, you're going to find something that you don't like totally even like. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're going to find something you don't like. So. And I, I will say there was nothing better. I wasn't cheating or anything but. But you know, it was not fun and I was very. Felt violated. But you can't like, you know, it's like a weird thing.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh my God. And in the middle of the night that like the ambush of like wake up.

[Chase Crawford]

And you're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was so stupid.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, you're like, you piece of.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

And then you're like, what's happening? And at first you're like, someone's coming into the room. There's someone in the house. Like, what's happening? And they're like. And then they're like, I had your phone.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh. I'm like, oh God. I'm like, what? And then the first thing, I was like, wait, what'd you. What are you talking about? Right?

[Unknown Guest]

Like what did you read?

[Chase Crawford]

I really don't think I have any thing weird in there, but yeah, it was. It was a moment for sure. Yeah. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Interesting. Did you stay with the person?

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah. Oh yeah, we did. Yeah. We worked out work. Worked it out. Yeah. How long.

[Unknown Guest]

How much longer did that. That last?

[Chase Crawford]

Another year.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay.

[Chase Crawford]

And a half.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Wow.

[Chase Crawford]

Another year and a half.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you hear about that incident a lot?

[Chase Crawford]

No, I didn't actually. I did. I didn't. But I got dragged a couple's therapies which I actually loved. I thought you did. I'll take. I didn't love it, but I thought it was a good. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be.

[Unknown Guest]

I think, I think it's Great.

[Chase Crawford]

Very afraid of that. I've always been open to therapy. I do it now.

[Alex Cooper]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

And I think it's. It's like going to the gym, right? It's like, you go to the gym for certain thing. It's a very specific thing. People make it this. Like, there's a stigma behind us. There's no stigma.

[Unknown Guest]

No relationship is perfect. And I actually had a couple therapists on the other week, and she was just talking to me about, like, it's so weird that now we've, like, normalized therapy, but Couples therapy.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

It's like, what's wrong with you? And I'm like, who doesn't fight in a relationship? Who doesn't have problems? Who doesn't. Like, no relationship is perfect. So it's almost like I commend the people that are honest about it. Like, I had said, like, I went to couples therapy, and it was like, the best thing for my partner and I, where I was like, yes. I feel so much more aware of where he's coming from because you have a person in the room that, like, is so unbiased, neutral moderator.

[Chase Crawford]

And it's like, this time, you can. You can air out those things safely.

[Unknown Guest]

Yeah.

[Chase Crawford]

And it's just about being a fucking adult. Like, you learn how to be an adult. Like, at least for me, in this relationship. Relationship. And I was like, okay. And it was a very nice. You know. And when you're doing, it doesn't feel. It's like going to the dentist, kind of. You don't want to do it, but it's. You know, it's like, you do it. And it was a really great thing.

[Unknown Guest]

So.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay, let's talk about your show. Obviously, I'm like, we're talking about Gossip Girl. I apologize. But obviously, we just had to get through the og, Right. Your show. I'm obsessed with the fact that you went from a man who was dressing like this, like, Upper East Sider, this, like, kid with a trust fund to a superhero. Are you loving it, like, being in the one costume the whole time? Because I feel like a whole part of Gossip Girl was your outfits, obviously, you know, and now, obviously, I'm looking at you in the same outfit every scene. I'm like, this is kind of interesting. Obviously, if people haven't watched it. The Boys. This is season four.

[Chase Crawford]

Season four of the Boys. Yeah. Coming up.

[Unknown Guest]

Tell me about it.

[Chase Crawford]

It's great. It's the most fun I've ever had doing anything, really. I mean, not. Not, like, you know, just, like, work wise. Like, the character. It's. It's comedy. It's so much fun, right? We're making fun of, like, the privilege. Privileged, you know, male. You know what I mean? Like, that guy. The costume's great because I never have any fittings. I don't have to come in and do extra fittings. So it's like one little thing. Costumes, a little bit of pain in the ass, but it's okay. But it's great. Yeah, the show's awesome.

[Unknown Guest]

So what happened with the whole dick thing? What happened with the whole penis situation?

[Chase Crawford]

Think about that. Until you started doing. I'm like, I know. Exactly. I forgot about that.

[Unknown Guest]

How do we.

[Chase Crawford]

There's a story there.

[Unknown Guest]

Tell. Tell everyone the story.

[Chase Crawford]

Which is really funny because it was great press for the show when it first came out because no one knew if the show was gonna work. But. But also the creator was like, never tell anyone. That was never telling. When the real story. That was you.

[Unknown Guest]

You're like, really?

[Chase Crawford]

That was me. No, but this calendar came out, right? This calendar came out of me and the character, and there was this massive rocket in the suit. And they made this calendar. And it was really funny and very interesting in character too, but no one knew. It's a satire of a show. People are seeing this, like, what is this? Seth Rogen and Evan Goldber produce it. They're. They're amazing. And they thought it would be really funny. In the Genesis, we hadn't even film anything. We were doing the suits that. What if the Deep just had, like, a raging erection in, like, a third of the scenes? I thought it was brilliant. I'm like, that's great.

[Unknown Guest]

It's hilarious.

[Chase Crawford]

Hilarious. So then the fittings, I started showing up when they had a bunch box. The character's name is the Deep. They had a box called Little Deeps. And it was like, all these different foam, like, pieces. All different types.

[Unknown Guest]

I'm obsessed.

[Chase Crawford]

Settle on one. I'm walking around. Oh, no. First we did. So that's what happened. We did a big. We did all these, like, screen test. Camera. Camera shoots, photo shoots with this thing in it. So we hadn't actually shot. Amazon hasn't really even seen anything. My first day on set, it's like a big. In Toronto, Big, big stage. I'm in front, like, 2,000 people, and I come out, I'm like, introducing Aaron Moriari's character. Character. And everyone just starts laughing because it's so funny. The light, you can really see this.

[Unknown Guest]

Were you at all, like, anxious about it or you thought it was Hilarious.

[Chase Crawford]

I thought it was hilarious. I wasn't anxious about. I kind of thought, though. I'm like, guys, we got to remove it sometimes, right? It can't be, like, in there forever. It looks ridiculous. It's so. It's so obvious.

[Unknown Guest]

It's so funny.

[Chase Crawford]

It's so funny. And so I'm like. And literally, they didn't. Amazon gave us no notes. They let us do whatever. The only note first was like, you gotta take that thing out of deep pants. Yeah, take that thing out. So they actually spent so much money, frame by frame, editing out that scene just in that area for that scene in the pilot, the first episode, everyone forgot that we did all these, so. So whoever thought in the PR that'd be funny to make a calendar out of it was. Was. Was genius.

[Unknown Guest]

I am obsessed.

[Chase Crawford]

But the calendar came out, and then people didn't know what. They had no idea what that was.

[Unknown Guest]

I mean, you're right. It was great PR because, like, everyone was talking about it. It was like, oh, my God, look at this penis. Like, what is happening with this, like, big schlong?

[Chase Crawford]

Like, kind of looks real. I mean, it looks very real. You never think it'd be, like, a fake. Absolutely boner calendar. I mean, you know, it was great.

[Unknown Guest]

So you're loving it. You're having a good time.

[Chase Crawford]

Loving it. Yeah. Yeah. Still loving it.

[Unknown Guest]

So what was that audition process like?

[Chase Crawford]

It was complete opposite of Gossip Girl. It was like Christmas time. They were like, we gotta. We gotta cast the superheroes and the superheroes, the bad guys. For no one's watch the show. Show. It's like the satire because they said they had to make the suits anyway. I'm like, there's no way that they're not gonna, like, bring people back in the new year. Like, it's dead. Dead zone. Is December, like, even, like, Thanksgiving through. My God. You were really gotta go in for this audition. I love the material. I'm like, this is amazing. Get there is complete opposite. I'm gonna get very annoyed. I'm like. I'm like, last, right?

[Unknown Guest]

You, like, don't think you're getting it.

[Chase Crawford]

A ton of actors in there. Well, it's just like a catal. It's like a lot of actors that audition, and they audition everyone, no matter who you were. But I went in there and felt really good about the audition. I felt I had the creator laughing and the scenes were funny. Kind of felt like I nailed it. And then they're like, oh, we want to test him, or whatever. Like, the day. Day after And I'm like, perfect, great. So we'll go back in for like round three, four, five, like in the new year. And she's like, no, they're just going to use that, that tape you just did. And I was like, well, do I need to do it better? Like, can I make some changes? And I got nervous because I'm like, they're like, no, they're just going to play it in front of all the Amazon stores, Sony people. And I'm like, that's how it works these days. I'm like, I have been out of the game.

[Alex Cooper]

Right.

[Chase Crawford]

But, but, but they. And that's what happened. It was like very quick. They kind of did the deal and they did it. It was between me and I think some other person. And then we. And then they. And then, yeah, I had the job like before Christmas. I was like, wow, this is awesome. I don't have to go through like a month of like pulling my, pulling my hair out. Right?

[Unknown Guest]

Like it was one and done.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, yeah. Because then the longer you go, the more you want the job. If you like it, you're like, I want this thing. And I'm like used to completely waking up, like, what if I get this job? So yeah, it was a very quick like week long process.

[Unknown Guest]

Well, it's fun to see you obviously, like back on screen and I feel like you, yeah, your character is like quite hilarious. Like it's so funny to see you in such a different light, obviously because of like The Gossip Girl OGs that like will follow you to whatever you do. It's such a departure from that that I kind of love that though, because I think you needed to do that.

[Chase Crawford]

I needed to do that, yeah. I think I still need to do it even more. But I liked it with a complete shake up and a complete. Yeah, it's a kind of dark comedy. Does some weird stuff in the first episode, but it's like very dark and they give us an opportunity to show some range. So yeah, comedy and some weird like insecurity there and like it's good, good to show the color.

[Unknown Guest]

So what are you doing this summer?

[Chase Crawford]

I'm not, you know, I got no, I'm going to Tahoe with the family in like in July is around my birthday. I do like a Fourth of July in Idaho, some friends up there, this place Gaza or whatever and, and then Tahoe and then got no Italy plans. Got no Italy trip this year. You know, me either.

[Unknown Guest]

I think it's okay.

[Chase Crawford]

It's okay.

[Unknown Guest]

I think it's like a Little. We're over.

[Chase Crawford]

It's a lot. We're over. It's a lot.

[Unknown Guest]

We're like, no, you guys go do your thing. We'll be here. No, I think Italy is amazing. I think, like, the vibe is to not go in the summer.

[Chase Crawford]

I think so, too. I think so, too. It's like earlier, like, late season. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

And it's probably not as expensive, but there's also not as many people there. Like.

[Chase Crawford]

Right.

[Unknown Guest]

It's. We're convincing ourselves why it's good that we're not in, like, copyright. We're like, it's fine. We're going to Tahoe. Okay. Okay. So you're going on some trips. Wait, I didn't realize your sister is married to Tony Romo.

[Chase Crawford]

She is. Yeah.

[Unknown Guest]

That's kind of fun.

[Chase Crawford]

Yeah, it's great. He's awesome. We grew up big Cowboys fans, so that was like a good.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God. Did your parents love that?

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, they love it. Yeah, they love it. And so he play. He's the one playing in the go in the Tahoe golf tournament with some friends.

[Unknown Guest]

Fun.

[Chase Crawford]

And so it's this whole, like. It's like my dad, for him, it's like, better than Christmas.

[Unknown Guest]

He likes that little.

[Chase Crawford]

And hang out with the family.

[Unknown Guest]

I am so happy that you came on. I think you're such a great, cool guy. I really had no idea what to expect, if I'm honest. Like, I was like, is he gonna be a little stiff? Like, is he gonna. Because I've never really seen you do that many interviews.

[Chase Crawford]

Right.

[Unknown Guest]

You don't do much.

[Chase Crawford]

I. I guess I don't know. And not like in a cool, great format. Conversational. You're the best. Yeah, yeah. No, this is. This is great. I was really excited about.

[Unknown Guest]

Did you have fun?

[Chase Crawford]

This is. I wish they were all like this, Alex.

[Unknown Guest]

So thank you.

[Chase Crawford]

You're awesome.

[Unknown Guest]

Thank you for coming on. This was so fun.

[Chase Crawford]

Absolutely. Thank you.

[Alex Cooper]

Thanks to lieb by Yves St. Laurent for sponsoring today's episode Make a Statement with Lieb Lord New, the fragrance that sets you apart. Shop now at Sephora.

[Unknown Guest]

Okay, daddy gang, I'm about to make you a little cocktail with two of my favorite ingredients. Patron 100 additive free tequila. We're doing reposado and then unwell hydration. They all make for incredible mixers. But today we're using orange hibiscus.

[Alex Cooper]

Let's go.

[Unknown Guest]

So first we're going to start with an orange. I am going to cut a slice and we are going to put it at the bottom of the drink so we can get even more of these natural flavors into le drink. Now, Alex, let's think to ourselves why you don't cook or you never really enter the kitchen. This isn't gonna work. Let me do that again. Let me cut a little bit of a smaller piece. One sec, one sec, one sec. Honestly, it feels right that I get to finally have my Kendall Jenner moment. I slice my entire hand off. Okay? So I'm going to put this at the bottom of my cup. I'm just going to kind of push out the natural flavors, you guys. Okay. Because if I'm making you a cocktail, I'm going in. I'm putting the grit in there. I'm going to take the peel out, leave a little bit of the juice and the remnants. Let's have a taste. Yeah, it's delicious. One day I'll be a soccer mom.

[Alex Cooper]

Bringing the orange slice.

[Unknown Guest]

What? Is it so bad? Oh, here we go. Here we go. This is a better slice. Okay, anyways, next, ice. I love a cold, cold, cold cocktail. Here's the thing. I was a bartender, but I never, weirdly, ended up hooking up with a bartender. I did hook up with the boss, but that's for another time. Okay, so we're going to do 2 ounces of Patron reposado. We're going to pour this into our cup here. Gorgeous. And then we are going to add orange hibiscus. Matt and I have been drinking this drink kind of every time before we go out on, like, a weekend. Ladies, if you are getting ready and.

[Alex Cooper]

You'Re going on a first date and.

[Unknown Guest]

You need a good cocktail, this is the go to. If you're coming home from a date and you're crying your eyes out, this is the cocktail for you.

[Alex Cooper]

I'm gonna make it gorgeous, girls.

[Chase Crawford]

Oh, would you just look at that?

[Unknown Guest]

A cocktail.

[Chase Crawford]

A stiffy.

[Unknown Guest]

Oh, my God, that looks so cute. This has been my go to on date nights before I go out. We're making this up. I'm drinking it by the pool. It's about to be summer. Whether you're going on date nights or you're going out with your girls, this.

[Alex Cooper]

Is the perfect, perfect cocktail.

[Unknown Guest]

I personally love reposado. Obviously, you can switch it up. Patron has reposado. They have an ajo, they have blanco. But I'm kind of a reposado girl, so look how cute. And it's literally so easy. It's only two ingredients. You also don't need to go get a real orange. This does the trick. Ladies, here's the thing. Whenever I come home from work, I'm constantly wanting just like a nice little nightcap and I feel like drinking with unwell hydration. I wake up in the morning and.

[Alex Cooper]

I'm ready for my 8am meeting.

[Unknown Guest]

Nothing can take me down. Gorgeous. So, Daddy gang, thank you so much for making this cocktail with Patron and me. Cheers. Matt's gonna come home and be like, thanks, babe. I'm actually so excited because Matt's about to be home and he's gonna be like, did you do this for me? I'm like, no, it's actually for the Daddy gang. But like, yeah, we'll just pretend that I'm being like the sweetest wife, being.

[Alex Cooper]

Like, babe, you're home.

[Unknown Guest]

I made you a cocktail. I'll make him another one.

[Chase Crawford]

Come on.

[Unknown Guest]

The perfect way to enjoy patron is responsibly Copyright 2025, imported by the Patron Spirits Company, Coral Gables, Florida. Tequila 40 ABV hi, Daddy gang.

[Alex Cooper]

It is your father. I am so excited that Color Daddy has officially joined the Sirius XM family. I I cannot wait to talk to new guests and continue to share my crazy personal stories and experiences with you every single week. If you want to hear new episodes ad free, subscribe to SirusXM podcasts on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial today. Have you ever had the best first.

[Unknown Guest]

Date and then all of a sudden, everything takes a turn for the worst? The director of Half Happy Death Day.

[Alex Cooper]

Brings you a perfect date night thriller.

[Unknown Guest]

Called Drop, which hits theaters April 11th. A woman going on her first date begins to get mysterious, unwanted dropped messages from an unknown sender from the producers of M3GAN and producers of A Quiet Place. Audiences will be on the edge of their seats.

[Alex Cooper]

Don't miss Drop, hitting theaters on April 11th.