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Call it what It Is with Jessica Capshaw and Camille Ludington.
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An iHeartRadio podcast. Hello, hello, hello, hello, Call it crew.
Host
And welcome to another episode of Call it what It Is.
Co-host
I feel like there are times when we have guests and I'm doing the research, which makes me sound very intellectual, but when I'm looking at all the things that are possible to talk about with someone who's coming on the show and I actually have a moment of feeling like there's just too much to.
Host
Talk about, it's funny you say that because I walked in here and usually, you guys, we get like a few, you know, a few pages of, like, you know, questions and info. This is a book that I received. It's never been this thick, which is.
Co-host
Very exciting because we have a multifaceted guest.
Host
Yes, we do. Do you want to introduce your co star?
Co-host
Yes. Oh, you already kind of gave it away.
Host
A lot of co stars. I've been talking about one for a few episodes now. That you love and enjoy all of them.
Co-host
I love all of them. I love you all, of course. But my favorite is Kimberly Williams Paisley.
Host
Today.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Today.
Co-host
Hi. Hi, honey.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
She's here. She's here to be here. I'm so happy you're here. I'm so happy I'm here. Thanks for having me.
Co-host
Oh, yeah.
Host
Kimberly, we've been waiting for you to come on for a long time and we literally held off. We're like, let the show debut so we can get you on and then we can pick your brain on all the questions we have because we saved them all for your interview.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I want to know what's in the book.
Co-host
So many things.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Really?
Host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Okay.
Co-host
You're a very interesting person. Better.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
We better settle in.
Co-host
You're a very interesting person. And I learned. Well, I just said she's my favorite, but I'm going to add to that that even though she's my favorite and even though I have spent the past four months really getting to know you and spending different ways of time with you, whether it's at work or outside of work, reading the book, there's things that I didn't know.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
What didn't you know?
Co-host
We'll get to them.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
All right. I can't wait. There's things about you I didn't know until.
Co-host
Did you do some research?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
No, I just. Just observations.
Host
Well, you can share them here.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Some things that maybe your audience doesn't know about you.
Co-host
Please watch them all. Yes.
Host
Spill it all. Spill it all. I'll tell you.
Co-host
I'll tell you. No, no, no, go first.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
No, you go first.
Co-host
No, I was just saying that. I mean, well, so Camilla and I's friendship, obviously, was at Grey's Anatomy. And people have loved knowing because I do think it speaks to the possibility in the world where sometimes you might not necessarily agree or feel like you're differently minded than someone or not get off to a great start. Camila and I did not like each other when we first met.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
That is so funny to me. That's great. That's also a testament to who you guys Are that you've overcome that or have you.
Co-host
Wait, but look at her face right now.
Host
We're still kind of working through it, but just on the podcast.
Co-host
Okay.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
How long did it take?
Host
You know what? Here's what I love about her. She. We ended up at a dinner together and everyone dipped on us. It was just the two of us. And she apologized and. And I really think that it takes a lot for someone to apologize. And she really told me how she was feeling the day that she was a little bit meany to me. And. And from then on out, I swear, it's just been like, she's one of my besties.
Co-host
Camilla and I needed to repair.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
And then once we got off to the races and, like, that was done, we put that completely aside. And then what we discovered was that I love her. Like, we were peeing our pants over sushi. Was it like Katsuya?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah, I know.
Co-host
I. People at a table for 10.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, my gosh.
Co-host
Coming over and being like, do you think they're gonna come? No. You know what? Fine. They're not coming. No one else is coming.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, my gosh. I love that. And you created a beautiful friendship.
Co-host
And we did.
Host
We did. But she tells me, I called Jess, like, one of the first weeks she was working, because I wanted to know, of course, everything. And I know she's gonna tell me everything and her vibes from everybody. You were the very first person that she mentioned that she was like, I just love her. Like, it just. It was an instant click for her, I can tell you that. She really said that. And so that's why you were the first person we had to have here.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Aw.
Co-host
So my memory was that we sat down just for the detail oriented people. We sat down in hair and makeup on one of the first days where it was definitely this production was throw you into the deep end because there was a lot of efforts to have the two franchises come together and have the original 911 really be able to send the people who had been doing it for such a long time and understood the nuances and the. And the details of everything be available to help us start this911 now. And then there was, you know, there's logistics of start dates and everything else. So we started our show probably a little earlier than maybe you think, before we were ready.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And we worked together on day one of production. I mean, you shot in the rodeo, though, but that wasn't like official production, but like our first official shooting day. We worked together.
Co-host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And we shot. We shot a Scene from episode three.
Host
Oh, you guys are shooting out of order.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, yeah.
Co-host
We sat down in hair and makeup, as you do, and I looked over at Kimberly and she was also working with a makeup artist that you'd worked with before. And they had the shorthand. So I was a little bit jealous because I was like, they already know each other and I'm a stranger and a stranger. And it was. I don't know, I think that there was a lot of it. I think that we have similar energies and desires and are moving towards the same thing at the same time. That also we were moms. And I've now come to decide that it's my feeling like I feel in my body that I have two full time jobs at all time when I'm working outside the house. Because I never, ever give up my full time job as a mom.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
And I. And then I have a full time job in which someone else is my boss. And so I think that we kind of. And as with, like really, like when people really get to know each other, it's because you go straight to the stuff. You don't. You don't have any. You don't trifle with the small talk. Yeah. There's no small talk.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
And you were about to send. I call them babies, but they're not babies. She was about to send her son off to college. Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So I was in my feelings. And you had just left your kids to come to Nashville.
Co-host
Yes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So both of us were just like, with that mom ache, you know, and we connected right away. About the mom ache?
Co-host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Of like wanting. You want them, you want them to live full, complete lives. And we want ourselves to live full and complete lives. And sometimes to do that, it's painful.
Co-host
You.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
You have to leave each other and that's what's going to happen. That's our role as mothers, is to raise our children so they can exist without us there. And that is so hard.
Host
Why?
Co-host
I don't understand why.
Host
It's very confusing.
Co-host
Yeah, it's very confusing.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So we bonded over that right away.
Co-host
We did. And I remember us also bonding over the fact that we felt that it was very important to say to our kids while we are feeling these mom aches, we will represent to you, even if it's stretching the truth a little bit in any given moment, that we are happy to be going off to work, that we have purpose going off to work, that we feel good about going off to work. And we also feel good about you going to college and you leaving. Even though it's so hard and presents so many different challenges.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I think we do have a great time at work, and you especially, anytime Jessica. I mean, you know, this Camilla, anytime she walks on set, it's like a bell has just entered the room. Like, the energy changes. We're here to have fun. Jessica has arrived, and you make it so much fun.
Co-host
I really do.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And I'm so grateful, because who wants to go to work every day and be miserable? No, but it's a goal, I think, of yours.
Co-host
It is.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah, it is.
Co-host
You know, you see and you promote and you put on the socials and everything else. The success you put on the. Like, here we are, and we're. You know, last week was so incredible because here we were launching 911 Nashville, and there's the funny tiktoks and the fun and this. And you don't promote the. You know, I mean, truly tens, twenties, thirties, forties, maybe hundreds of auditions that you tape and maybe don't even get feedback. You know what I mean? Like, you don't talk about the stuff that's so hard that gets you to the job, that everyone's going like, oh, it's so great. So I do feel that when, you know, especially when you're working on something that you really enjoy, that you have this responsibility to actual. To yourself, to the woman that was in the basement recording that audition. You have a responsibility to be like, I got the job, and I'm here, and let's go.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Well, the older I get, the more I just am so grateful that I'm still working in this business and still get to. And now more than ever, because I just went through a health issue for, like, two years where I lost my voice. I really thought I wasn't gonna act again, and I was trying to come to peace with that. It was like, okay, well, this is. There's nothing I can do about it at this point, so I. What else am I gonna do with my life? And I did all these other things, wrote some more, and I, you know, learned about myself, and I got healthier and all these things. But now the fact that I am working and it's 10 minutes from my house dream, Insane. I have never.
Co-host
Nobody gets that.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I have never worked closer to where I live in my career.
Co-host
It's true. And you come with that energy. I mean, she literally comes to set with like, oh, I just picked up some honey sticks on my way to work at my local, you know, my brother's stay.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
My brother's honey.
Co-host
Yes, exactly.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Who lives down the street from me as well.
Co-host
She gets to do that. I.
Host
By the way, I have family in Nashville. I absolutely love Nashville. I've always said to my husband, it's his family in Nashville, that the one other city I'd want to live in is there. So hopefully. I know I gotta move on.
Co-host
Oh, you're definitely. Are you kidding? You're definitely coming. You would love it. Okay. There's so many things to talk about, but I think we should.
Host
Yeah. What do you think?
Co-host
Because, you know, we just had our second episode air, and obviously, you know, to launch a show, um, we do all the interviews and we do all the things and we let you know all the exciting things you're gonna see. But then other people focus on the things that are going on in the lives of the people that are on the show. And I thought it was very interesting that you did an interview with People magazine. And of course, someone brought up your husband and Brad Paisley, and they said, or they asked you if he would ever come on as a cameo. And you, quote, said, perhaps we could put him in turmoil.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I'd like to see him tortured.
Co-host
Da da da da. Other things she said. And then she ended it with. And let me save the day, please, as cammie. 911 operator extreme. So I just say a little more about that.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I would like to dangle him off a very high cliff.
Co-host
I love this.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Tell everyone what to do to save him if they wish.
Host
Fantastic. I can see this happening.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I mean, there are so many possibilities.
Host
So many places to dangle him from.
Co-host
Yeah, I mean, I. I think.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I think it's gotta happen at some point.
Co-host
Absolutely. Will he get to sing while he's dangling or will he just. I don't know.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Doesn't he single? Doesn't he sing enough?
Co-host
Yes. Okay.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
You know, Great.
Co-host
Yeah, we don't need it anymore. Dangle him.
Host
Yeah, we're just gonna. Just a dangle.
Co-host
Well, I support this. Yeah, I do too. I do too. And then Kim also put together a launch screening for the premiere episode. And she hosted it at her house, she and Brad. Everyone in. And they all got to watch together. I was not there.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Did you hear about the fail, though, at that party?
Co-host
What happened? What failed?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So it was a launch party, and I thought it'd be really cute to get a cake with a fire engine on it, obviously, you know, like a 911 themed. So I got it from Publix, who normally orders a fire truck cake. A six year old. Right.
Co-host
So what could happen?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So I asked them to put on the cake. Happy launch week. And they misunderstood and wrote Happy Lunch Weekly.
Host
Funny.
Co-host
Did Publix think that you were gonna put that whole cake in someone's lunch?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I. Maybe.
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Kimberly Williams Paisley
Maybe there's, like, lunch week themes in the elementary schools around here.
Co-host
Oh. So see, she has the best intentions, and she brought everyone together, and everyone was so happy.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I did not have so fun. We missed you. You so much.
Co-host
I was very sad to not be here, but I heard that from everyone. That it was amazing. Yeah.
Host
I have a question. I'm gonna act like a fan because I am a fan. So I. I do have some fan questions. But I want to know. Before you saw the first episode, were you nervous? You guys are in the pilot of this brand new, huge show that's part of a brand, like a massive franchise.
Co-host
We.
Host
Did you have that, like, because I still get that way when our show airs. Do you?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I wasn't that nervous. Maybe I should have been more nervous. But again, like, I'm just pinching myself all the time. I just felt so grateful and. And I just. I feel like it's a good show. And so I think I was more excited. I think I might be more nervous for the ones coming up because I have more to do in those than I did in the first couple. It's really weird being in the call center. I had to. That took.
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Kimberly Williams Paisley
Because I'm acting with, like, an ad who's across the stage, like, shouting the lines and reading.
Host
I literally wanted to ask you about this because people don't understand. I actually think that obviously, you know, Jess is, like, kind of wandering around with horses, looking very glamorous. I'm not sure her job's that hard from the pilot. You know what I mean? And then the firefighters are having a tough time. Those actors are in it, right?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Host
But I really find it hard as an actor to be on the phone, because what people don't understand is, of course that actor isn't actually calling you. It is someone reading across from you. And so I thought last night, and I was like, okay, what do I want to ask her? And I was like, you have one of the hardest jobs on. On that show because you're constantly working with non actors.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah, it is really hard. And the other thing is, when we're in the call center, they truncate all these episodes together. So I'm filming, like, three episodes at once of all the emergencies. It's highly dramatic, and so it's hard to keep them all straight too. Like, Talk about, like, okay, what has happened?
Co-host
Where am I?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
How am I feeling today? Like, what other things are going on?
Co-host
So when we get to work, we get in our trailers, we get a packet of paper sides that have all of the day's work, you know, stapled together so that we have it as, like, a quick reference and a script.
Host
A mini script.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
Yeah. So I come in one day, and I'm in the first scene, and then I leave. And the rest of the day is you.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And it's like, 20 pages.
Co-host
And I pick up my sides, and I'm like, this isn't. Did we get a new script? Yeah, her sides. Because, you know, it's these snippets of Call center are, like, truly 40 pages of dialogue that she's dipping in and out of. And then she's looking at the screen, which, by the way, sorry, I think we do need to pause for this. Is there a special light that is emanating from the screen that makes you look like you're 18? And then, like, the most. Be like, is there? And, like, is it the call center? Like a beautiful.
Host
Is the place to be. I'm gonna be honest. It is like a glass on your.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Screen in front of you at all times. It's a bounce light.
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I would, like, love it, maybe. Okay. Would I give up the wardrobe for the call center screen?
Host
Give it up for the call center.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I don't know. You're pretty attached to that wardrobe. Doesn't she rock those outfits? My gosh. You know, this is what people might not know about you. One of the things I noticed about you right away is you have no problem wearing heels all day. You are fully committed. And you said, well, Blythe wears heels. She does, by the way. I'm not that actor.
Co-host
I'm not.
Host
I'm so happy you say this because she walks the street of whatever city in. She can do it in heels. And it's so annoying.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
It's amazing. I'm in awe. And I will never be that person. Never. The second I can. The second they come, my shoes are off. I don't care what shoes I'm wearing. I'm wearing Crocs.
Co-host
Yeah. I do hit a limit. Yesterday we were filming a very big scene with all the characters. So we had one of those days. Camilla, you know them where, like, everybody's at work and all the cast chairs are there, and it's so much fun. Yeah. And I. And I was wearing heels, and I was wearing them all day long. And I do hit a point and we started at 7:30am and I think it was at a It was like 4:45pm That I was like, there might be internal bleeding.
Host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
So I do want to save my feet like you want my feet work. Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Tomorrow.
Co-host
Yeah. So then I and then I begrudgingly took off my heels and put my feet into those little, you know, they look like little sleeping bags.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
That's the first time I've seen you do that and we're more than halfway through the season.
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It's true.
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So respect.
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Host
Can I start asking all these fan questions? Talk about Blythe's relationship with Cami. Because we have not seen it. We didn't see in the pilot.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
We see it in episode two.
Co-host
Thinking face. No.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Host
Do you have a good relationship on the show or is there tension?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Okay, I think when I'm just gonna go out on a limb. When the producers saw us together and saw our natural chemistry, they were like, oh, my gosh. Blythe and Cami are friends.
Co-host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And so they're writing to it and it's been so fun.
Co-host
Yes. And they even. I mean, well, I guess it probably always existed, but there's also a family connection.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
There is.
Host
Okay, so they do talk about that in the pilot because they reference you. The. The sun references you as aunt. Am I correct?
Co-host
Okay, yeah. So we know she's my sister. See? Do you understand what it's like to work on 12 episodes at a time?
Host
No, no. I just. So this is why I'm asking as a fan, because I am watching.
Co-host
So.
Host
So what is what is the connection? I've only seen the pilot. What's the connection? I'm ready for episode two, Sister in Laws.
Co-host
Yes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And I'm so glad I'm on your good side, because I would not be. I would not want to be on Blythe's bad side because I've seen how that goes. I'm just happy to be along for the ride. Hooking arms with Blythe. Yeah.
Host
What do you think of Dixie?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, boy.
Host
Yeah, we've been talking about Dixie.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I will say, Leann Rimes is such a professional. Yeah, she's incredible. Last night she did this thing.
Co-host
Don't give it away.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I won't. She had to do something that was like a hundred times what I had to do. The equivalent of what I had to do. You know what I'm talking about? And she did it without complaining. And me, when I had to do it, I was like, I'm only doing this once.
Co-host
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's only one aspect of it.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah.
Co-host
And then she also. I mean, we. She has referenced this, but. But you all can look forward to it, as fans of the show, is that you cannot have Leann Rimes without. I mean, taking advantage, not advantage without. You cannot have Leann Rimes in the show without celebrating her incredible gift as a singer, as a musician. And so we can definitely tease out that. That, well, the eagle has landed. It has arrived. We have been. But you all will be a part of it.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
She's incredible. That voice of hers.
Co-host
Amazing.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah. Do you know what my secret is for my character? I think I should tell you because I haven't told you yet.
Co-host
Oh, my God. Yes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
You know how there's a rivalry between Blythe and Dixie?
Co-host
Uh huh.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Tammy is secretly a Dixie Bennings fan.
Host
Wait, this is absolutely incredible.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I'm sorry, I had to admit it.
Co-host
Okay.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I think she really.
Co-host
You know what? Two things can be true.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Okay.
Co-host
You can be a Dixie Bennings fan and my sister in law and I can love you.
Host
Wait, no, I don't want you to love each other. I actually want this to be revealed on the show. And there's another. There's a new rivalry in town.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, I can't take another ride. Oh, yeah, yeah.
Host
Like I.
Co-host
She's secretly a Dixie Bennings fan. And I'm like, no, this is where.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
That actually could happen.
Co-host
This is where it stops. You're dead to me.
Host
It could.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Cause I'm a tension true.
Co-host
Oh, can we miss that out yet?
Host
Yeah.
Co-host
How about that? She. Yeah. I mean, we got a lot. There's many facets to.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
There's so much that can happen.
Co-host
Kami, how did you feel about the fact that so many viewers picked up on the. I don't know what the right word is. Hunky, Hot, Whatever. Sun that blue shows. The smoke shows.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
The hot Captain Smoke show. Yeah.
Co-host
What's Michael's. Has Michael gotten a name calling them the.
Host
The smoke shows. They're over social for sure.
Co-host
And they're so different in their hotness. Right. Like they're very. They appeal to different people.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
There's something for everyone is what you're saying.
Co-host
Yes, exactly.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
They're incredible. And they're really good actors too. And delightful humans.
Co-host
Delightful humans. Again, we were all together yesterday and just the most. It was funny. I was leaving work last night and it was one of those long days where you just. It's a lot of work. And yesterday I had a lot of words and it was a lot of people and so it was just a lot. Yesterday was a long day. And right when I thought it was all over, my next full time job came and I got a phone call from Eve and I was like, of course, like race to answer it. I would get into the car and we're FaceTiming and we're talking about her day and all the things and the upsides, the downsides and all sides. And Hunter was coming out of his trailer and he looks completely different as Hunter than he does as blue.
Host
Oh, really?
Co-host
Yeah. If you watch him on Instagram, he's got a whole vibe. The sunglasses, the tank top, the sunglasses. He's just got this whole like, vibe. And his, his tank top that night happened to be like a. His flesh color. And so when he was like, where are you going? And I'm like, I'm leaving. And she goes, what's going on around like, I don't know. She said, what? What else is everybody doing? Or something like that. I said, oh, well, there's Hunter. He's leaving. And I flashed the camera towards him and she goes, is he naked?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And I was like, no, no, no, no, no.
Co-host
Hunter is not naked in the parking lot next to my car. Why would Hunter be naked in the parking lot?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Not be on the realm of possibility? If you've seen his Instagram, like, he's, he's a bodybuilder, so he's like shirtless from time to time.
Co-host
It is. But it was interesting because the image was juxtaposed to the fact that then when I saw him, he like motioned for me to roll my window down. He didn't know I was on FaceTime with Eve. And I roll my window down. I said, I'm on the phone with Eve. And he looked at the camera and he looked at her. And this is the hunter part. He looks at her in the FaceTime. This is so self serving this story, by the way. Sorry, it's happening. It's already. The ship has left. He looks at her and says, eve, do you know how awesome your mom is? Oh. And she's like, yeah. And he goes, my whole day was made by the light that she brings into the room and how much fun we had. And we were in a really tough scene with a lot of people. And she's just great and you're just so lucky. And I was like, I did not pay him to say that.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
That is so sweet.
Co-host
But meanwhile, she was also feeling like missing me. So I think she was also a little bit like, yeah, great. Glad she did that for you. Glad she so awesome for you.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
What do you say about me?
Co-host
Well, it was just about me in that moment.
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What do you love best about playing Cami so far?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
That's a fan question.
Host
Yeah.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, see, what do I like best? I like that they make me look like a superhero. Yeah. Because people are in like the most unimaginable situations sometimes on kites. Like the kite. The kite scene, if you didn't see the pilot, there's a little girl who gets a kite as a gift and she gets pulled up into the sky.
Co-host
By the mighty gusty wind.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
A lot of people don't realize how dangerous kites are. And so hopefully that episode was a PSA for people considering. Think before you buy. Think before you buy.
Host
I have to tell you, that scene caused an entire conversation. Started an entire conversation because my husband and I watched at the same time and we were trying. We were debating if that could really happen. So I do need to understand if it could.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
It was based in truth. I mean, everything they say that everything that happens on the show comes is like the seed of something or the True thing is the seed. And then they take it and they. They highlight it and, you know, put it in the extreme.
Co-host
They 911 Nashville sizes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah. So that's what happened. I don't.
Host
I love how, like, calm she is under pressure.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah. So I like that she's calm under pressure, and I like that she knows what to do. Do you know that I went to the 911 call center in Nashville before we started filming, and I met this woman, Yvette, who's been at the call center for 27 years. She's incredible. You get the sense that she's completely unflappable. But I actually saw her today. I saw her this morning, because she always has. On her console, they have huge consoles that are actually bigger than our consoles, and there's, like, six different screens. And she always has this actor, Laroys Hawkins. Do you know who that is?
Co-host
No.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
She's on Chicago pd. She always has Laroise Hawkins looking over her like a guardian angel. So this summer, when I went to the call center, I noticed that. And when we were leaving, I was with Marissa, our producer, one of our producers, and I was like, we've got to get in touch with the Royce Hawkins. And so it took months. But Linda in makeup, in the trailer, had worked on Chicago pd. She knew the makeup department. She reached out to the makeup department. They got Laroise to sign two photographs for Yvette, and we went and surprised her today, and it was amazing. She was.
Co-host
Do you see what we're dealing with here?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
And then I got her a Christmas gift, and a Ross Hawkins jumped out of the gift bag.
Host
Jess, you saw Competition. She is well liked.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Oh, it's really making me dick.
Host
When you were in the call center, were you able to hear the calls as well? Yes, as a. As a. As not Cami, as Kimberly listening. Was it very overwhelming?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
It was incredible. I have so much respect for what they do, and the turnover rate is very high in that job. It is a hard job. And that's why I'm so blown away by Yvette, because she's done it for 27 years, which is almost unheard of. And I asked her if she's ever cried. I said, how do you manage?
Co-host
I've gotten overwhelmed by the emotions.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
How do you survive this? And she said, I leave my work at work, and I don't think about it once I get home. And she said, I've only cried twice from this job in 27 years.
Co-host
Will it make me sad if I don't cry?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
She didn't tell me specifics. She said one had to do with an infant and one had to do with an elderly person. But that's all I know because Cammie.
Host
Cried yet on the show.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I mean, it's 911 Nashville, so, I.
Host
Mean, from, like, one of the calls that you get.
Co-host
Yes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I mean, yes, Cami times at this point.
Co-host
But yeah, there'll be things that will be revealed about. Definitely challenging.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Yeah. But I. But I love that. That she gets to be, like, represent these real life superheroes. I really do love that about the character. To get back to answering your question.
Host
Okay, what will we ever find out what happened to Cammy's husband?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I think we will. Yeah.
Co-host
Well, the reason why she's. Yeah. To my son is because her husband.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
We say.
Host
Yeah. I was gonna say be careful.
Co-host
I know.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I don't remember what's revealed.
Co-host
Well, she married my brother.
Host
Yeah, she married your brother. But fans want to know because there's a little mystery sort of going on. We haven't seen him.
Co-host
Yes, we will find out. We will find out what happened.
Host
Okay.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
She's getting over loss. I think we know that her husband passed away.
Co-host
Okay, great. Then there you go.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I think we know.
Host
Okay.
Co-host
My brother died, was married to Cammie. And so. Yes.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
So both of us are dealing with that loss because it's fairly recent.
Co-host
Yes.
Host
Okay. Which cast member is most likely to crack up during a serious rescue scene or anything. Or anything.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Who do you think is sitting right next to me?
Host
No, she's the worst, actually.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
The best.
Co-host
Can you talk about what Chris does when I do?
Kimberly Williams Paisley
He does not like it.
Host
Oh, no.
Co-host
Jessica, the truth is coming out.
Host
Tell me, how does. How does Chris react when you inevitably laugh and ruin a take?
Co-host
I've actually never. I mean, I'm. I'm being challenged in a way that I think is good. There should be some growth here, which.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Is there's a lot of work to do, to be fair.
Co-host
There's a lot of work to do. And he is very professional.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Very professional.
Co-host
And so I realized pretty early on that, that. And I just want to.
Host
Antics. Basically.
Co-host
He does not have time for my shenanigans. And so when. When it happened the first time. Well, I think that in fairness to.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
Me.
Co-host
I just have never been with someone or been working with someone who didn't find, you know, a crack up here and there, like a little charming.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
On Chris.
Co-host
My tricks.
Host
Yeah, your tricks.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I do think he likes you a lot, though. I think you guys, you know what it's.
Host
It like kind of does it kind of add to the married couple dynamic, though?
Co-host
Maybe.
Host
Yeah.
Co-host
He definitely. He, He. He has a way of getting me in line a little quicker than others.
Host
Yeah.
Co-host
When I crack up, he just gives me.
Host
Yeah.
Co-host
Or he'll just keep going. And he doesn't crack. He really doesn't. He just keeps going.
Kimberly Williams Paisley
I've never seen him. No. Laugh.
Co-host
Oh, no. I mean, I laugh. I also know sometimes, like, there will be a little bit more flexibility, like when we're in the, you know, in a part of the day that's going well and, like, we're making our time. But he's got a really great awareness, like a situational awareness of where we are in the day and, like, how things are going. And so, like, if there's room for a little Shenani again, he makes it.
Host
Yeah, I respect that.
Co-host
Room for it. Or if we're like, we're losing the light and I crack up, he will be like. And then I get in line.
Host
In your defense, you're not shooting a movie. Right. You're shooting a network show. 18 episodes for months and months and months. And a lot of this is very serious. You know, you're. You're filming disasters and tornado, all these crazy things. Like, you need a little chuckle.
Co-host
Well, that's what I. That's what I like to think.
Host
I agree.
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Podcast: Call It What It Is
Host: Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington (iHeartPodcasts)
Guest: Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Original Air Date: October 21, 2025
In this lively and heartfelt episode, real-life best friends and Grey’s Anatomy co-stars Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington welcome actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley to their show, “Call It What It Is.” The episode dives into authentic female friendship, working motherhood, behind-the-scenes stories from their new show "911 Nashville," dealing with loss and personal evolution, and what it takes to build tight-knit connections under the pressures of busy careers and public life. The hosts and guest peel back the facade of Hollywood glamour, discussing the real work and vulnerability involved in forming friendships and balancing family with demanding work schedules.
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Takeaway: Genuine, lasting friendships can start from rough first impressions, soften through vulnerability, and are deepened by common experiences, like motherhood and career uncertainty.
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Takeaway: The group expresses the complex emotions of working mothers. They strive to model positivity and purpose for their children, even when grappling with personal ache and separation.
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Takeaway: There’s a conscious commitment to gratitude and celebration for every role and opportunity, honoring the hard work behind every “big break.”
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This episode pairs warmth, honesty, and humor, blending behind-the-scenes TV drama with emotional real-talk about life, loss, and friendship. Listeners are treated as members of the circle, invited into both the struggles and triumphs of working women supporting one another. Whether it's Kimberly's humility and gratitude, confessions of on-set laughter, or vulnerable stories of both onscreen and offscreen family, the heart of the episode is friendship’s enduring strength—even when life (or network TV) is as wild as a season finale.
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