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Nick Jonas
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Nick Jonas
Hey Jonas. All right, we're back. It's the hey Jonas podcast.
Joe
Let's go.
Nick Jonas
I was on my flight from wherever to wherever and I was trying to watch something in my show on Peacock. Below deck was not available cuz I didn't have wi fi but I was tempted because because there was something downloaded on my my iPad from my wife. Her favorite show.
Kevin
Her favorite show. That makes sense.
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This week a hot new bombshell enters
Kevin
the venue in the world in the
Nick Jonas
whole you guys were 1.94 billion minutes. Minutes viewed.
Joe
Ingested, ingested in hours.
Kevin
That's. But no one watches hours of television.
Nick Jonas
Let's get a calculator. Kevin, you're good with that.
Kevin
You went to school.
Nick Jonas
1.94 billion minutes viewed is 34. How many years?
Kevin
30 years.
Nick Jonas
How many years?
Joe
Let's find out.
Kevin
Minutes into years.
Joe
You can do it. No calculator.
Kevin
That's 34 million hours divided by 24. So that would be 33 divided by 24. So that'd be 1.6 million days. And so then 365. That would actually put us at like.
Nick Jonas
You're close. You're almost there. I know the answer.
Kevin
385 million years incorrect.
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It's about 3,881 years.
Kevin
I was off by a zero. 381.
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381.
Nick Jonas
I whole zero. Which adds.
Kevin
But come on, tell me. 30,000 maths.
Joe
That was pretty close. But teacher, I was close enough.
Nick Jonas
I was close enough.
Kevin
There was a math question on my daughter's test, and it said, what do you feel the answer should be? I said, no, this is math. There's a correct or a wrong answer.
Nick Jonas
Well, not necessarily. Kevin, what's your favorite clip before mommy introduced, I guess. Oh, I love that one. I've seen that one.
Joe
I love it.
Kevin
So good.
Nick Jonas
He's like. Like a mummy.
Joe
She's like my favorite because it's. It went quite viral on TikTok was. Oh, nice. My perfect date. That's like. Right.
Nick Jonas
I have seen that. Well, our guest is the host of this show.
Kevin
So exciting. So many questions I have for her.
Nick Jonas
Lots of questions about how she's finding the journey on the show, but also her journey before that. She has an incredible resume with some things we have to get into. Please welcome our very special.
Ariana Maddox
My dream date.
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Cute.
Cute.
Kevin
And he knows that.
Joe
He knows that.
Nick Jonas
Our very special guest today on the Pod.
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This week, a hot new bombshell enters the villa.
Nick Jonas
Please welcome our guest, Ariana Maddox.
Joe
Yes.
Kevin
Welcome.
Podcast.
Ad/Promo Voice
Thanks, guys.
Kevin
There's so many people in this room right now.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, it sounds like it.
Joe
How are you and where are you?
Ariana Maddox
I'm good. I'm at my house in la.
Joe
Nice address.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. And Social Security number.
Joe
Well, we're very happy to have you. Congrats on everything. I watched the finale in Italy, so I didn't follow the full season, but I would. I kind of watched over people's shoulders because super fans were on a. On a vacation. I was on a vacation with them. But the finale had me like. I was like, all right, I'm going to bed. And the finale started like, nah, I'm
Nick Jonas
not going to bed.
Joe
This is, this is just.
Kevin
You're fully in.
Joe
This is, this is too good.
Ariana Maddox
You're locked in at that point.
Joe
And we were locked in. How has that whole experience been for you being a part of a show like that and the success and obviously the fan base is just massive, Massive.
Nick Jonas
We were talking about the numbers before you came on. So 1.94 billion minutes viewed basically makes it one of, if not the biggest show on television globally. Casually casual, no big deal. And Joe mentioned watching over people's shoulders. But also there's the people that are die hard fans. There are those that consume all this on social media, on TikTok and X and Instagram after the fact. There's so much reach of this show. And you've been Hosting now since 2024, correct?
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, since season six.
Nick Jonas
Incredible. And just to see the growth even from then to now, it's gotta be pretty gratifying. Cause you're really kind of, you're the voice of the show and you get to take people on this journey. Tell us about not just the experience on being on the show, but also what that global impact has felt like these last couple years.
Ariana Maddox
It's so cool. It's so amazing to. Sometimes I think season six, it really blew up and we're in Fiji, so we're very disconnected from what's going on at home. And of course I'm on TikTok all the time. And I'd be scrolling and we would ask each other, is this just our algorithm? Because you know, we're in it, right? And the algorithm knows that this is our thing. And then we realized after getting the numbers back that it was just huge. And that season seven, same thing, even bigger. Season eight, even bigger. Which is really crazy to think because you, you almost feel like how, how much bigger could it possibly get? But it's so cool because it feels like this online, like this community of people and everyone's watching and tuning in every day and they're making these hilarious memes and edits and they're all so invested. And then, you know, you'll be scrolling on TikTok and you'll see all these groups of people are going live and breaking down everything in the episode. And it's really, really cool to be a fly on the wall and just see how people are responding to everything. And it's really kind of a nice pat on the back to see that response. Because the people who make this show are working so hard all the time. And it's it's lovely to see them kind of the fruits of their labors, so to speak.
Nick Jonas
Speaking of that, your first Primetime Emmy nomination.
Kevin
Congratulations.
Joe
Hey, that's gotta feel pretty huge.
Nick Jonas
Gratifying and exciting for you, and obviously the entire team kind of on board it. But tell us about that. When you got the news, where were you? What were you doing?
Ariana Maddox
I was dead asleep in my hotel room in Fiji, and my room phone started ringing, and I don't know about you guys, but I a. I'm afraid of the phone in general. I'm a texter. Please. When someone calls, I immediately assume something very bad has happened.
Kevin
Yes.
Nick Jonas
Yes.
Joe
Agreed.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. And so it wasn't even my cell phone. It's the sound of a landline.
Joe
Oh, that's business. That means something's been wrong. Business.
Ariana Maddox
Exactly.
Joe
Something's wrong or it's an Emmy nomination. It's gotta be one of those two things.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. And I was. I was definitely somewhere in the middle of REM sleep because I was so scared. And I walked over and I answered the phone in a stupor, and it was my team, and they had called the hotel and then said, can you please connect us to this room? And the hotel people were like, you're crazy. It's 4 o' clock in the morning. This. This is absolutely. You're out of your mind. And they had to convince them that I would actually want the call. So. Yeah. And then it was an amazing phone call to get because I think over here in the States, it was obviously a much different time of day.
Nick Jonas
Yeah. So. So they couldn't reach you on your phone because it's on. Do not disturb when you sleep.
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Is that.
Ariana Maddox
Yes, all the time.
Nick Jonas
Okay, nice.
Ariana Maddox
Do not disturb.
Nick Jonas
That's very smart. I'm trying to work towards the disturb or even. Joe, you've started keeping the other room. Is that. Is that right?
Joe
Keeping the do not disturb in the other room.
Nick Jonas
Yeah, no, the phone itself.
Joe
I know.
Kevin
Okay.
Joe
Where'd you hear that?
Nick Jonas
You told me that, like, two weeks ago.
Joe
Maybe I did that one time. I do.
Kevin
I'm.
Joe
I'm a user of do not disturb.
Kevin
Now, the do not disturb thing doesn't work, though, because all of you guys are on vip, so you text, and I get it anyway. So, like, what's the point?
Joe
I didn't put you on that, but I have.
Kevin
Oh, got it.
Joe
You have to, like, you have to. You either have to go all in or not. But I have. I have two kids, and. And they are. They go to school in London, so I. When I'm asleep. Here in the States, they wake up, call hours earlier, but so, like, it's kind of like keeping one eye open. But congratulations to you. That is so exciting.
Kevin
That's amazing. Film in Fiji.
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Thank you.
Nick Jonas
I gotta hear about the Fiji setup.
Kevin
Yeah. I want to know about the compound because it's, it's. It looks so elaborate, but at the same time I'm so curious how, like,
Nick Jonas
the inner workings and just so you know. All right. No, no one actually watches this podcast, so you can talk about whatever you want. Yeah, no one I can.
Ariana Maddox
Secret.
Joe
Yes.
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Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Is it actually luxurious?
Joe
Only 100. Only 198 billion people on our podcast.
Ariana Maddox
Just one last thing.
Joe
Yeah. The compound.
Ad/Promo Voice
Are.
Joe
Are you in the compound or are you. You obviously said hotel room, so you're not necessarily within the. The confines.
Nick Jonas
And by the way. Sorry, sorry. You have your phone, which. Right. The others, they don't have their phones.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, yes. I am the one person that is both on the show and with a phone.
Kevin
Love.
Ariana Maddox
That's exciting. Yeah, it's nice. Have any of you guys been to Fiji at all?
Nick Jonas
No, never. Always wanted to go.
Joe
I love their water.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, it's amazing water, for sure. And it's obviously a lot cheaper over there because it's. It's right there.
Joe
Yeah.
Ariana Maddox
Local water. Yeah. Fiji is. Is really, really beautiful. Obviously we joke that I sleep in soul ties, and we've made this joke so many times that people online really believe it. And so when an Islander goes to sleep in soul ties, they're like, but then where does Ariana go? I'm like, well, she goes to the hideaway.
Joe
The hideaway?
Kevin
Yeah, Hideaway.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. But, yeah, the compound is really amazing. It actually used to be. It used to be a resort that the best way I can describe the vibe of it is like Dirty Dancing.
Nick Jonas
Oh, wow. How so?
Ariana Maddox
So, yeah, so it's about where I stay, like where the hotels are. It's about a 45 minute drive and then you go over to the compound and come in and all the different departments are there. So you have. As you pull in, you'll see the art department is building a challenge. And down past that is all the post team is in there, you know, editing away. Then there's a control room that's there. There's catering, which does all of our food. No, it literally could be its own show because there's like hundreds of people there, I'm sure all making this all
Kevin
happen all the same day, which is so much hard. Harder for the, for the crew and for the staff, which is awesome.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, it's one of those, it's I think the rare thing of a show that is being filmed, edited and airing in real time.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
That's fascinating. And you're there the entire run of it, correct?
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, I stay out there. There's always an offer like, oh, you know, you have a few days off this week. Do you want to fly home? And I just think like I don't know an 11 hour flight to then turn around and come back. Yeah, so I just stay like it's
Nick Jonas
not the nicest location to stay in either.
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Right.
Ariana Maddox
So it's like, yeah, exactly.
Nick Jonas
I guess I'll stay.
Kevin
So how long do you, how long do you pretty much stay on on site in Fiji? Like how many months or weeks are you there?
Ariana Maddox
I'm there for, for eight weeks. So I'm there a little bit before the show starts and then I'm usually there like a couple days after to get all my stuff together and usually try to have one last hurrah.
Joe
Now from like the start of a season. Do you ever have a gut feeling like these two are gonna be, they're gonna make it or they're gonna, they're gonna, you're gonna see it through or
Kevin
is it just you never know?
Ariana Maddox
Honestly, I feel like every time I've thought that I've been wrong, I was
Joe
wondering there was placing bets or is there's like a also casino at this.
Ariana Maddox
Oh my God.
Kevin
Probably super illegal love island on Kalshi.
Ariana Maddox
No, the people are doing it.
Joe
You can bet on.
Kevin
You can, you could do it, but
Ariana Maddox
people are doing it.
Joe
No crew member. I'm on a show now and we had a production meeting and they had to remind me because it's a live show. They said, hey, I just, we have to do this for legalities. The producer sat us down and said everyone said you can't. But they're like, please don't bet on things like cow sheet.
Nick Jonas
You can't. Yeah, I thought about it.
Ariana Maddox
I was like, I do know what happens about a day in advance.
Joe
True.
Kevin
You can just make phone calls, book your phone.
Joe
I, I, we do not condone.
Nick Jonas
Like we said, no one watches this podcast.
Kevin
You can say anything you want to do. It's fine. Hey, this is Kevin.
Nick Jonas
This is Nick Jonas from hey Jonas.
Kevin
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Joe
Everybody knew who it was.
Nick Jonas
Well, I was homeschooled so I Like
Kevin
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Nick Jonas
Congratulations.
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Nick Jonas
Okay, so let's, let's back it up one degree here. So this is obviously not your first venture into reality TV to totally this world. Coming off of Dancing with Stars, where you placed third, which is incredible.
Ariana Maddox
Thanks.
Nick Jonas
Looks so difficult. I would fail. I'd be out in the first week or two. That experience coming out of that. Was it soon after or around that time that you got this call to come in and be the host for
Ariana Maddox
Love Island Dancing with the stars? I did 2023. Oh, right after I had done two guest spots, two guest hosting spots on season five and on season one of Love Island Games.
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And.
Ariana Maddox
And then I had Dancing with the Stars and then it was actually during my first Broadway run in Chicago. It was around like January or February when I think I was in the. I had to go into the stage manager's office maybe mid show to get a quick call because this had come through and you know, for me, as a Love island fan is kind of my dream job. So that was a really, really cool call to get.
Joe
And you're also getting another call in like a very intense setting.
Kevin
Yeah.
Joe
Your team only likes to frighten you.
Ariana Maddox
No, they really, they like, they like
Joe
keep you in your house in the. Right. Good news. That's good though.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, they love to give me a text that says, hey, can you call me?
Joe
Oh, no, no, no, can't have.
Kevin
That's the worst.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, no, I said you guys got to stop.
Joe
And also I think one of a very exciting, like, accomplishment. And it's so cool because we are massive sandwich fans. Do you have a sandwich spot in Los Angeles. Yes, please take us through. How did that start? But also, we should let you know, we are currently in Dallas, Texas, but we do have your sandwiches here.
Kevin
We flew them in this morning.
Joe
We flew them in and we made sure they were preserved perfectly. So we can try your sandwiches smorgasbord.
Kevin
The whole tray of your sandwiches.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, my gosh.
Kevin
We looked at the menu and there's no Ariana on the menu.
Ariana Maddox
Not yet.
Nick Jonas
Well, first of all, I have a bit of a bone to pick with you.
Joe
Smells so good.
Nick Jonas
Okay. And that is that I have dreamed of opening a sandwich shop for my entire life. We grew up in New Jersey, which is known for good delis, Moradello, you know, all the Italians. And my first ever job. Was it probably illegal, but the guy that owned it was a family friend. He let me stock the shelves when
Joe
he was like, when he was three years old.
Nick Jonas
When I was like three or four, I was a six. But I've never actually taken it seriously. When I. When I found out that you have this. This sandwich shop in la, Something about her, it's called Go check it out.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. Yes, please.
Joe
I was very.
Nick Jonas
I was very jealous. And so I'm excited to try one of these. But give us the backstory. First of all, where are you from, and is that an influence on your desire to have a sandwich shop or not?
Ariana Maddox
I'm from Florida, and my mom is probably the best cook slash sandwich maker I've ever met. And I think that my love for eating sandwiches is definitely something that motivated me to be a part of this business. One of my dear, dear friends, Katie Maloney, had this dream and she really wanted to make it happen. And I. I thought, wow, we're so aligned in our vision for what this could be. And so I was really excited to jump in and do it with her. And we've had such a blast. I mean, listen, I totally support your sandwich shop journey.
Nick Jonas
Thank you.
Kevin
You really need to. Your sandwich shop is incredible. The food is amazing. I think I just had a bltf.
Ariana Maddox
I can't believe you guys have that in Texas.
Nick Jonas
They're really good. So I think it's debris and it's like peach repair or something.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Very good.
Kevin
You should keep doing this. This is very good.
Nick Jonas
I appreciate your support of my sandwich shop journey.
Kevin
Do you have a name?
Nick Jonas
I do. I'm between two. I'd like your opinion because you're a successful sandwich shop owner and I'm not. The two options are as follows. St. Nick's that worked. That works. Or big Nick's. Thank you, Joe.
Kevin
I like that.
Ariana Maddox
Not something about him.
Nick Jonas
Something.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, this across the street rivalry.
Kevin
It could be like a. Like an interesting.
Nick Jonas
This sounds like the setup of a hot new bombshell. Listen, the logline to a fantastic rom com. Rom com starring.
Kevin
Starring Nick Jonas and Ariana Maddox. Could be.
Joe
I see it.
Kevin
I see that.
Ariana Maddox
Genius.
Joe
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Now, speaking of your acting.
Joe
Broadway.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Incredible.
Kevin
Well, she's nominated for the Emmy now, which she'll win. And then when she does that, then she gets her Tony and halfway there.
Ariana Maddox
Halfway there to the egot.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
My journey started on Broadway as a kid, and Joe did a Broadway show as a kid, and it's a big love of ours as a family. Musical theater.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Chicago. I mean, classic, iconic.
Ad/Promo Voice
Yes.
Nick Jonas
And an important show in the sort of the history of the Broadway as a whole. What an incredible journey that must have been. Eight shows a week, though, is a grind. You did musical theater in college, obviously, and I'm sure you have a deep love for it, but actually doing it. What was your experience like? And what's the next role you want to do?
Ariana Maddox
Oh, my gosh. Any and all the roles, please. It's so much fun. It is a grind. It does become a bit of a different thing, but it's one of those. What was it, Taylor Swift or somebody who said something like, you know, it's hard, but it's not hard at the same time because you love it. And every night I feel like when you hear the orchestra playing, you just get this surge of energy, and there's just. There's nothing like it. And the eight shows a week, I mean, it becomes. It is your whole life. And one thing that I definitely struggled with is when people, you know, when other things would come in and they would want me to do other little jobs and things throughout the run, I was trying to. You have to be so focused. You can't. There's nothing outside of just doing that show eight days a week, but at the same time, it's kind of the best place to be. In which I'm sure you guys love it. I mean, I just was watching the show, Nick, that you just did, what, the last five years? Oh, my gosh. Yes. Thank you. I love that show. So congrats. That's like, literally one of my favorite shows.
Nick Jonas
Same.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
And it was a grind. I mean, I loved going back and doing it, and my costar was amazing.
Joe
But yes, the sacrifices that you have to take.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
You're kind of landlocked.
Kevin
Really can't.
Joe
Like you said, Ariana like getting calls and you're, of course, your team's calling you mid show and they're saying, hey, we got this nice opportunity or payday here. Do you want to take. You know, you'd have to leave early, but it's like, there's something amazing to put yourself through that challenge. I remember we had long conversations with me and Nick about this when he was in the last five years, because there was even just to fill up a venue size like that for avid theater lovers or people that just are walking around New York City and they're sitting there like, maybe we should just get dinner instead. That happens. And so to people that go and show up, it's incredible. So obviously, shout out to the theater fans or new fans out there, but I think it can be a grind. But I think the reward of putting yourself something through that physically and emotionally each night, having to put on that mindset is hats off to you.
Kevin
It's my favorite question to ask someone that loves musical theater. What is your favorite Subway sandwich show? So what's your favorite Subway sandwich? What is your favorite Broadway show?
Ariana Maddox
I have such a big place in my heart for Once on this Island.
Kevin
Okay.
Ariana Maddox
It was a show I first became familiar with in high school. Yeah. And then I went and saw it when it was in the round in New York a few years ago, and it still remains to be one of my favorite shows.
Nick Jonas
I didn't get the chance to see that production, but it looked incredible. There's a clip going viral right now, actually of Zendaya in a production of Once on this island way back.
Ariana Maddox
Wait, was she like little baby T Moon?
Nick Jonas
I think so, yeah.
Joe
That's.
Ad/Promo Voice
Of course.
Nick Jonas
You guys heard of Zendaya.
Kevin
She's having a big.
Nick Jonas
She goes in there, big summer. I think she's big summer.
Joe
Yeah.
Kevin
Okay. I have some fan questions from one of our fan questions, one of our very good friends, and I think you know her. But Tanya Rad has written us in and she needs to get some questions off her chest here. On a scale of 1 to 10, how shocked were you by the Nick and Orlandia split news?
Ariana Maddox
Nick and Alandria? Yeah. I love both of them as individuals, and I loved them as a couple. I think every listen, people break up, and that's just the nature of life. Right. And I think that everything that. I mean, they haven't really talked a lot about it, so it's hard to know how either of them really is feeling right now. But I, you know, I just hope that they're okay. And that they're both doing well.
Kevin
Got it.
Ariana Maddox
And they both continue to just kill it.
Joe
Well said.
Nick Jonas
My wife is a massive fan of the show. Didn't have a chance to say it before we said it before you came on, but she's a massive fan. It's her favorite show on tv.
Ariana Maddox
No way.
Nick Jonas
And we got the chance. We were on the red carpet for the Golden Globes. It was. I'm not exaggerating, it was at least 100 +102 degrees inside this, like, thing that they built because they were expecting it to be cold in LA during that time in January or February, whenever it was, but it was so hot. And anyway, Alendrea was right behind us in the line to go on the red carpet, and Priyanka freaked out, was very excited, and she was very nice, and it was a lovely conversation. So shout out Orlandria for being so kind to big fans here in the Chopra jungle.
Ariana Maddox
She's amazing.
Kevin
It's amazing.
Ariana Maddox
I love her.
Nick Jonas
Okay, next question.
Kevin
Yeah, what do you got? Well, this one's from Tanya as well, which I think is pretty hilarious. Does it annoy you that you have to bring Andy Cohen along to co host the Love island reunions? Because you can totally handle it by your own. She says, 100%. So does that annoy you? You know, we all know Andy. We love him.
Ariana Maddox
We love him. I appreciate her saying that. That I could do it myself. I definitely appreciate that. But I have fun time doing it with Andy, so it does not annoy me. And I also feel like it's nice to have. I don't know, I just think we bounce off of each other really well. And I've known him for so long that I just. I don't know, I like having him there. It's nice. He's great. Things to say. Like, great input, too.
Joe
So he knows what he's talking about.
Ad/Promo Voice
He's.
Nick Jonas
He's great. And Angie, if you're watching, he's great at tv. He just gets. It's just fun.
Joe
A spicy question.
Nick Jonas
Like, so casual fun and. But, yeah, it's great.
Kevin
Perfect. Playful.
Nick Jonas
Okay, this one's from Kendall. She says, do you watch the Valley? And do you have any fomo?
Ariana Maddox
I don't watch the Valley. So that's the answer.
Kevin
No fomo.
Joe
There you go.
Ariana Maddox
No fomo.
Joe
There you go.
Nick Jonas
Yeah, Kendall.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, Kendall.
Kevin
You got that?
Ariana Maddox
Kendall.
Joe
No fomo.
Kevin
No fomo. Kendall, is this living her best life?
Joe
Take FOMO somewhere else.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah, I'm more of a Jomo person. A joy of missing out Type person.
Kevin
I've never heard that, and I think that's incredible.
Nick Jonas
Oh, my God. You use that, Jomo. I feel that way sometimes.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Because I'm a recovering FOMO person. But as I get older. But as I get older, I prefer to just sit on my couch and have fun. You guys go do your thing. I'm good here. I'm good right here.
Kevin
It's fine. I'm good.
Nick Jonas
I have a question for you. This is another fan question. You spend potentially around eight weeks a year in Fiji, one of the most beautiful places none of us have ever been. Where's a place in the world if they change the location that you'd like to see Love island go and you could work from for eight weeks?
Ariana Maddox
Ooh. Okay. Part of me wants to stay somewhere I've never been so that I can then be working. Like, paid to work somewhere I've never been.
Kevin
Totally.
Ariana Maddox
The other part of me wants to say somewhere I've been, because I know that it's gonna be great. You can give us a contender because there's the fear of the unknown there a little bit.
Nick Jonas
Let's do both.
Kevin
Let's do both.
Ariana Maddox
So let's do both. I think it would be really fun to shoot somewhere in, like, tropical. Like, maybe like Puerto Vallarta would be cool.
Nick Jonas
Nice.
Kevin
That's great.
Nick Jonas
Beautiful.
Kevin
Mexico's nice.
Ariana Maddox
And then somewhere I've never been that would be really cool to shoot in would be Brazil.
Nick Jonas
Oh, yes.
Kevin
Brazil is tight.
Nick Jonas
Great answer. And where's the last place on earth you'd want to shoot?
Ariana Maddox
Alaska.
Nick Jonas
Alaska.
Ariana Maddox
I don't want to be cold.
Joe
That'd be a tricky season.
Ariana Maddox
It would be tough.
Nick Jonas
A lot more clothing on people.
Ad/Promo Voice
Yeah.
Ariana Maddox
Like fur bikinis, maybe.
Kevin
Yeah.
Ariana Maddox
Ooh, we'd make it work. Hot tubs.
Nick Jonas
Okay.
Ariana Maddox
Burkinis.
Nick Jonas
We have our bowl of questions here, and these are unrelated to anything in your life or career. These are just random questions that we'd like to.
Joe
I don't know why I thought you were gonna say they're related to our career.
Kevin
You just gotta know the answer.
Joe
They're just the most random questions. Yes. Okay.
Ariana Maddox
Okay, cool. Ready?
Nick Jonas
Which is all Love island related for some reason.
Kevin
Makes sense.
Nick Jonas
Okay. Do you remember names easily, or are
Kevin
you the type of person who forgets
Nick Jonas
them five seconds after hearing them?
Ariana Maddox
I'm one or the other. There will be people whose names, birthdays, phone numbers I remember from now. Right now, from 20, 30 years ago. And then there will be someone I've met maybe last week that it makes no sense for me to have forgotten their name, but I have to be reminded of what that person's name is. But if I meet and hang out with someone, I usually will remember their name.
Kevin
So good.
Nick Jonas
Yeah, this is Joe and this is Kevin.
Kevin
Yeah.
Ariana Maddox
Okay. Got it, got it, got it.
Kevin
Easily, easily confused.
Nick Jonas
Thanks Joe. Thanks for that.
Joe
You're welcome.
Kevin
Hey, this is Kevin.
Nick Jonas
This is Nick Jonas from hey Jonas.
Kevin
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Joe
Everybody knew who it was.
Nick Jonas
Well, I was homeschooled, so I like
Kevin
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Nick Jonas
Okay, Kev, please, this one's weird, but
Kevin
it's a good one. How often do you wash your towels and sheets?
Nick Jonas
I don't know if we're supposed to ask.
Kevin
I just picked this question.
Joe
We can adjust.
Nick Jonas
We can go to Blame My Heart.
Ariana Maddox
No, I. Listen, I wash my sheets probably every two, like, three days.
Kevin
It depends on the great answer.
Nick Jonas
Correct answer.
Kevin
Correct.
Ariana Maddox
My towels. It depends on if I use how. Like, it's about its usage, right?
Kevin
So how bad the spray tan was like, you know that.
Ariana Maddox
See, that's definitely part of it.
Kevin
Kevin's in his spray tanning era.
He's not just. I've had a spray tan and I know what it does to sheets and towels.
Nick Jonas
So a spray tan? Just one.
Joe
Singular.
Ariana Maddox
Scary.
Joe
All right, last multiple. What's your go to fast food order? Oh, nice.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, I like Taco Bell.
Joe
Hell yeah.
Ariana Maddox
And Taco Bell crunchwrap Supreme at Jalapenos.
Joe
Wow. We love it. We love it.
Nick Jonas
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Joe
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Nick Jonas
It was so good. Popcorn chicken.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, you like KFC over Popeyes?
Kevin
Oh, Popeyes.
Nick Jonas
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Ariana Maddox
Raising Canes is good.
Nick Jonas
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Joe
We also have a voicemail. We get voicemails that sometimes are from anonymous people. This one's from an anonymous user.
Nick Jonas
So it means it's gonna be spicy.
Joe
It's gonna be spicy. They don't want their answer. And we give unsolicited advice that we're not technically should be giving. Yeah. So. And you're with us on this now.
Ariana Maddox
Okay, great.
Ad/Promo Voice
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Joe
Okay, play it.
Ad/Promo Voice
Hello, I'm calling for some advice with my best friend. She is dating a guy that I just don't love. He's not the worst person in the world, but he just definitely is not the type of person that she has told me that she really wants to be with. And he is in a band, so you guys kind of have some knowledge of that. I feel like the only reason she likes him is because he's in a band and really just play about us or things that's good about her. Him, it's just about his music. And not to say being in the band is bad, but there's really not much else he has going for him. And.
ChatGPT Promo Voice
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Ad/Promo Voice
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Kevin
Oh, this seems more like they're unhappy with the friends.
Nick Jonas
They don't like the guy's music. So that's about all he's got going on for him.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah. What kind of music is it?
Joe
Yeah, exactly. He's like. He's got this thing he really, like, is trying hard to, like, you know, find as a career path. That's not why she doesn't like him, though. She doesn't like him because she's like, it doesn't seem like, I hope it's
Nick Jonas
a really famous musician.
Kevin
Do you think she would Be.
Nick Jonas
I hope it's like somebody really famous in a big band. And she's like, he just kind of sucks. Like, she doesn't like the band at all.
Kevin
It's like the weekend he thinks. He's like.
Nick Jonas
He says he has to go on tour. I don't know.
Kevin
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
I mean, I think if he.
Joe
If she doesn't like him because she doesn't think he's a good person.
Nick Jonas
You should not wait anytime you should
Joe
talk to your friend.
Ariana Maddox
I feel like that we're not getting a lot of reasons why she doesn't like him. Aside from that. She said she doesn't think her friend wants to be with somebody in a band or something.
Kevin
Right. She said. And that he does not. Doesn't have a lot going on for him other than being in the band. But I think she thinks music became super famous. Does she have the same conversation then? Because then he's, like, doing really well,
Joe
but then that means more people are going to hear this shitty music that she's making. She obviously doesn't like his music. That's the only reason she doesn't like him.
Ariana Maddox
What if he's really nice?
Joe
But he's really nice. He just happens to be in a band.
Ariana Maddox
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
Controversial. Hot take I'll throw in there as a maybe.
ChatGPT Promo Voice
Is that.
Kevin
Maybe she got kicked out of the van.
Nick Jonas
Maybe she's, like, feeling sort of friend jealous. That could be it, too. She's. Maybe her friend is actually really into this guy, spending more time with him, and she's just like, this sucks. Like, amazing. My friend.
Joe
And your friend's dating somebody who just has, like, a. He's, like, really passionate about. Oh, our sign's falling.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, wow.
Joe
It's a sign.
Kevin
The gods do not agree.
Nick Jonas
Let her.
Joe
Let her be with the guy.
Nick Jonas
The guy.
Kevin
Don't say anything.
Joe
Do not say anything. This is, like, obsession. Don't say anything.
Nick Jonas
Yeah, I. I think that's probably a good place to live, you know? This has been so much fun. Thank you for the delicious.
Ariana Maddox
Oh, my gosh. Thank you, guys.
Joe
Thank you so much.
Nick Jonas
And thanks for the great conversation. You're awesome. Congrats on your Emmy nomination.
Ad/Promo Voice
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Ariana Maddox
Enjoy the sandwiches.
Joe
And we are gonna love.
Nick Jonas
We're gonna eat the all.
Joe
All of them right now.
Ariana Maddox
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Nick Jonas
You'll be seeing us across the street.
Ariana Maddox
That's something about rival shop.
Joe
Exactly. Dun dun dun.
Nick Jonas
Spite shop across the street.
Kevin
Spite shot.
Joe
Yeah.
Nick Jonas
All right.
Joe
Thank you so much.
Nick Jonas
So much.
Joe
Good luck with everything.
Ariana Maddox
Thanks, guys. Have a good day as well.
Kevin
Bye bye.
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In this lively, humorous, and candid episode of Hey Jonas!, the Jonas Brothers welcome Ariana Maddix—a multi-talented TV host, actress, Broadway performer, and sandwich shop entrepreneur—for an engaging conversation. The episode centers on Ariana's journey as the host of Love Island, her experiences with growing fame, Emmy recognition, her sandwich shop in LA, Broadway dreams, and the relatable chaos of multitasking creative life. Audiences are given a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her rise from reality TV and Dancing with the Stars to anchoring one of the world’s biggest reality shows—and building a business on the side. The energy stays conversational, funny, and full of unexpected moments.
[05:06] – [07:40]
“You’ll be scrolling on TikTok and you’ll see all these groups of people…live and breaking down everything in the episode. …It’s really, really cool to be a fly on the wall and just see how people are responding to everything.” (Ariana, 06:17)
[07:40] – [09:12]
“When someone calls, I immediately assume something very bad has happened… and it was my team…they had to convince [the hotel] I would actually want the call. …an amazing phone call to get.” (Ariana, 08:17–09:02)
[10:00] – [13:07]
[13:07] – [14:08]
[17:31] – [21:11]
"My mom is probably the best cook/slash sandwich maker…my love for eating sandwiches is definitely something that motivated me… One of my dear, dear friends, Katie Maloney, had this dream." (Ariana, 20:27)
[22:10] – [25:16]
"It is a grind… but at the same time, it’s kind of the best place to be… every night… you hear the orchestra playing, you just get this surge of energy. There’s nothing like it.” (Ariana, 22:58–23:08)
[25:16] – [25:42]
“Once on this Island. …It still remains to be one of my favorite shows.” (Ariana, 25:24)
[26:01] – [29:15]
“I just think we bounce off each other really well… I like having him there.” (Ariana, 27:47–28:09)
“I don’t watch The Valley… No FOMO. I’m more of a JOMO person—a joy of missing out type person.” (Ariana, 28:32–28:48)
[29:15] – [30:33]
[30:34] – [36:06]
“Taco Bell. …Crunchwrap Supreme, add jalapeños.” (Ariana, 35:56–36:04)
[36:34] – [39:58]
[40:04] – [40:36]
“We would ask each other, is this just our algorithm? And then we realized after getting the numbers back that it was just huge.” (06:04)
“I was dead asleep in my hotel room in Fiji…my room phone started ringing…they had to convince [the hotel] that I would actually want the call. …It was an amazing phone call to get.” (07:56–09:02)
“It’s one of those rare things—a show that is being filmed, edited and airing in real time.” (12:16)
“Every night, when you hear the orchestra playing, you just get this surge of energy, and there’s just—there’s nothing like it.” (22:58)
“I’m more of a JOMO person—a joy of missing out type person.” (28:48)
“Taco Bell. Crunchwrap Supreme, add jalapeños.” (35:56)
“Never been? Brazil. …Last place? Alaska. I don’t want to be cold.” (30:05–30:20)
The episode is playful, supportive, and slightly irreverent, mixing candid career insights with sibling banter and plenty of pop culture references. Ariana fits right into the Jonas Brothers' rhythm, delivering honest answers with a blend of humility and humor.
This episode is a whirlwind tour through reality TV fame, the logistics of running a blockbuster show, and the joys/challenges of branching out into new adventures—sandwich shops, Broadway, and beyond. Packed with fan questions, industry stories, and moments of personal connection, it’s a great listen for fans of Ariana, the Jonas Brothers, or anyone fascinated by the intersection of pop culture, TV, music, and business. The friendly, uplifting energy ensures an entertaining and illuminating dive behind the scenes.