Mark Consuelos and Kristin Chenoweth: Ripa's Rapid Fire Round 4

Summary

Podcast Title: Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa
Host: Kelly Ripa
Episode: Mark Consuelos and Kristin Chenoweth: Ripa's Rapid Fire Round 4
Release Date: April 16, 2025

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Introduction

In this lively episode of "Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa," host Kelly Ripa welcomes two stellar guests: Kristin Chenoweth, the Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer, and Mark Consuelos, acknowledged as People Magazine’s Sexiest TV Host Alive. The episode promises an engaging blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and heartfelt conversations, all wrapped up in Kelly's signature unfiltered style.

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Side Conversation: Labiaplasty and Body Image

Before diving into the main interview, Kelly engages in a humorous side conversation with her co-hosts, Albert Bianchini and Jan Chalet, touching on the topic of labiaplasty. The discussion is filled with candid jokes and playful banter about cosmetic surgery and body image.

Notable Quotes:

• Albert Bianchini [02:03]: "It's called a labiaplasty. I like a vaginal plastic, but it's a labia plastic."
• Kelly Ripa [04:26]: "These are the least vaginal pants."

The trio debates the necessity and perception of such surgeries, highlighting societal pressures and personal insecurities, all while maintaining a light-hearted tone.

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Rapid Fire Round with Kristin Chenoweth

Kelly transitions into the much-anticipated rapid fire segment, bringing Kristin Chenoweth into the spotlight. Kristin shares a blend of amusing and poignant stories from her early career, revealing her genuine and relatable personality.

Key Highlights:

1. First Paying Job: Singing Telegram

   • Kristin Chenoweth [08:05]: "My very first job was horrific, and I'll never get over it. I was hired to be Little Bo Peep... The guy answered the door in a robe and told me he had a vasectomy."
   • Kristin recounts her awkward experience performing as Little Bo Peep, emphasizing the unexpected and humorous moments that come with early career endeavors.

2. Encounters in Show Business

   • Kristin Chenoweth [10:16]: "People that went to those parties, not all of them did bad things. They just went to the party."
   • She reflects on her experiences with industry parties, addressing conspiracy theories and personal boundaries with grace and humor.

3. First Expensive Purchase: Diamond Cross

   • Kristin Chenoweth [20:05]: "I went to Neiman's with Kathy Bates... I bought a fourteen hundred dollar diamond cross, and I still have it as a reminder of how far I've come."
   • This story highlights Kristin’s sentimental side and her appreciation for milestones in her career.

4. Personal Habits and Health

   • Kristin Chenoweth [22:36]: "I have Vicks in my nose so that I don't get sick because I can't get sick."
   • Kristin shares her quirky health routines, adding depth to her down-to-earth persona.

5. Inspirational Advice

   • Kristin Chenoweth [24:58]: "Be yourself, because everyone else is taken." (Attributed to Dolly Parton)
   • She emphasizes the importance of authenticity, echoing universally resonant wisdom.

Notable Quotes:

• Kristin Chenoweth [09:01]: "I should be dead... Dead. I should be in one of Diddy's caves."
• Kristin Chenoweth [25:06]: "Be yourself, because everyone else is taken."

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Rapid Fire Round with Jan Chalet

Following Kristin, Kelly invites Jan Chalet to participate in the rapid fire segment. Jan’s responses are candid, humorous, and offer a glimpse into her vibrant personality and unique perspectives.

Key Highlights:

1. First Paying Job: Mowing Lawns

   • Jan Chalet [26:10]: "I think it was $20 a lawn or maybe $30 a lawn, but my brother and I split it."
   • Jan reminisces about her entrepreneurial spirit from a young age.

2. Childhood Memories and Influences

   • Jan Chalet [27:01]: "Mrs. Green, second grade teacher. I had a crush on her. She was adorable."
   • She shares fond memories of influential teachers who shaped her character.

3. Hidden Talents and Hobbies

   • Jan Chalet [33:35]: "I'm a good mimic."
   • Her ability to impersonate, combined with her love for architecture, showcases her diverse interests.

4. Dream Professions and Passions

   • Jan Chalet [34:47]: "Formula One. Race car driver."
   • She expresses her adventurous side and fascination with the high-octane world of racing.

5. Life Advice and Personal Growth

   • Jan Chalet [29:58]: "Don't take advice from someone who's more screwed up than you."
   • Jan offers practical and straightforward advice for navigating personal challenges.

Notable Quotes:

• Jan Chalet [29:48]: "Don't take advice from someone who's more screwed up than you."
• Jan Chalet [33:25]: "I can impersonate Andre the Giant."

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'Ask Kelly' Segment: Listener Questions and Life Advice

In the 'Ask Kelly' segment, Kelly addresses questions submitted by listeners, offering her insights and sharing personal experiences.

1. Tween Girls and Attitudes

   • Listener Question [45:34]: "When do tween girls stop having attitudes?"
   • Kelly Ripa [45:38]: "21, I think like when they go to college."
   • Kelly discusses the challenges of parenting tweens, emphasizing patience and understanding.

2. Caring for Aging Parents

   • Listener Question [46:19]: "I live with my aging father. Do you have any advice on how to stay sane while taking care of him?"
   • Kelly Ripa [46:19]: Shares strategies like keeping conversations light and focusing on topics that interest her father, maintaining her sanity by setting boundaries and finding moments for self-care.

3. Changing Last Names After Marriage

   • Listener Question [51:02]: "I just got married. Should I change my name?"
   • Kelly Ripa [51:09]: "It's just easier and more streamlined if you're Mr. And Mrs. Whatever."
   • She discusses the practicalities and personal choices involved in name changes post-marriage.

4. Morning Routines and Work Challenges

   • Listener Question [51:41]: "Are there ever mornings where you hate the thought of being on at 9:00am?"
   • Kelly Ripa [51:42]: "I hate getting ready to be on."
   • Kelly opens up about the less glamorous aspects of her job, such as the daily routines of makeup and hair preparations.

Notable Quotes:

• Kelly Ripa [45:38]: "21, I think like when they go to college."
• Kelly Ripa [51:09]: "It's just easier and more streamlined if you're Mr. And Mrs. Whatever."

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Closing Remarks

As the episode wraps up, Kelly thanks her guests, Kristin Chenoweth and Mark Consuelos, for their delightful participation. She highlights upcoming segments and encourages listeners to tune in for future episodes filled with more unfiltered conversations and rapid fire fun.

Notable Quotes:

• Kelly Ripa [53:50]: "Let's talk off camera next week."

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Conclusion

This episode of "Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa" offers a perfect blend of humor, personal stories, and insightful conversations. From candid discussions about body image to inspirational advice and relatable listener questions, Kelly Ripa delivers an engaging and heartfelt experience. Kristin Chenoweth and Mark Consuelos add their unique flavors, making this episode a standout favorite for both new listeners and longtime fans.

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Transcript

[Kristin Chenoweth]

And I said, hey, don't go on a cruise if you're a newlywed. You never come back.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's 1000% true.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

But, you know, I got a call the next day from my new bosses going, don't do that again. You know, I was on Ambien. I'm ashamed. But I did do that.

[Kelly Ripa]

Somebody gotta cue me or do I cue myself?

[Albert Bianchini]

Cue yourself.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay. Hey, we're back with another episode of let's Talk off camera. So let's get talking. Yes. Listen to that excitement. Rapid fire is back and bigger than ever. And I'm not gonna lie, today's episode is one of my favorites because it's with superstar Kristin Chenoweth. And get ready for it. People magazine's sexiest TV host alive, Mark Consuelos. Does it get any better than that? I think not.

[Mark Consuelos]

It does not.

[Kelly Ripa]

But before we get to y' all, Albert and Jan, what up with you two?

[Albert Bianchini]

I'm gonna take us off kilter a little on a conversation that was happening before you walked into the room.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Mark Consuelos]

This is my favorite conversation.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Albert Bianchini]

Well, is it?

[Jan Chalet]

Yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

You're not grossed out by it?

[Mark Consuelos]

No, I love the. You started talking about it. I'm like, why are you starting now?

[Albert Bianchini]

Wait, so, Kel, I was talking to a girl who I met. Awesome new potential friend. Whatever. She was telling me she just had her boobs done. We were discussing the surgery.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Albert Bianchini]

And she had them lifted with, like, little something put in. Great. She looks great.

[Kelly Ripa]

Did she nurse?

[Albert Bianchini]

But then we talked about. Yeah, but. Well, here's what happened. We started talking about. She's like, you know, I was going in for another surgery, and I said, what was that? And she said, well, you know, things are. Gravity's taking place. Things are hanging low. And, like, I was thinking of, like, snipping, like, vagina, Right? And so we just looked it up. The name of. It's called a. I don't like the word labia. It's a. I like a vaginal plastic, but it's a labia plastic. But, like. And I can't say, like, I'll admit. Who's listening to this. I'll admit. Like, I probably could use that, too. That's surgery.

[Kelly Ripa]

Because you had your kids the old fashioned way.

[Albert Bianchini]

I had my kids the old fashioned way. Exercise, whatever. It could do a little snip, snip.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, everything is terrifying after.

[Mark Consuelos]

Just for the record, she didn't bring this part up earlier.

[Kelly Ripa]

But here's the problem.

[Albert Bianchini]

If I'm gonna spend money, it should.

[Kelly Ripa]

Be on the face it's gotta be.

[Albert Bianchini]

Somewhere people are gonna see it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Correct.

[Albert Bianchini]

Because if I'm just doing this for the one person who's gonna see it, he's already locked down. He's already married.

[Kelly Ripa]

You got him.

[Albert Bianchini]

He's not going anywhere.

[Kelly Ripa]

He's going nowhere.

[Albert Bianchini]

So this is like. I feel like a waste of time.

[Kelly Ripa]

Has he complained about your labia?

[Albert Bianchini]

No, he has not. He's not. So, like, at this point, like, it's probably the surgery I would probably need most at this point, but, like, don't we think just, like, forget that? Right?

[Kelly Ripa]

I say forget it.

[Albert Bianchini]

Right.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

No.

[Kelly Ripa]

Is she? Okay, so give me your new potential friend. And so far, I'm intrigued. I want her to be a podcast.

[Albert Bianchini]

What does the surgery cost to do that? I don't know. We should look at how much does that surgery cost and then double.

[Kelly Ripa]

Double the highest estimate.

[Albert Bianchini]

It's like the word labia.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Albert Bianchini]

I don't know why I don't.

[Mark Consuelos]

Go ahead back to your friends.

[Kelly Ripa]

What bothers you about.

[Albert Bianchini]

I don't know.

[Kelly Ripa]

Vagina is better somehow.

[Albert Bianchini]

It's better to make everything.

[Kelly Ripa]

Everything that describes a woman's body is disgusting. Like, to say out loud.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, but like this.

[Kelly Ripa]

Like a peach and a muffin.

[Albert Bianchini]

Like in White Plains, New York, you could get it for about 5,000.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, okay, so 15.

[Albert Bianchini]

We're going 15.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, no, no, no. Look, New York City, Park Avenue. Park Avenue, labiaplasty and then go says.

[Albert Bianchini]

4 to 6,800 in the city.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay? No way. No way.

[Albert Bianchini]

But I think it's like the eyelids, right? You just snip the, like, skin that I did above my eyelids.

[Kelly Ripa]

I don't know that. I don't know. I have no idea.

[Albert Bianchini]

I'm sure the major.

[Kelly Ripa]

Our age do not think that this is.

[Albert Bianchini]

No. Have the same issue, right? Or am I. Am I like the one of like.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, no. I think. I think that whoever. Anybody who's had given birth vaginally has specifically has this issue.

[Albert Bianchini]

Like sometimes, you know, the, like the workout pants look a little.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah, no, no. I. That's why I, you know, I've taken to wearing only splits. 59. This is not an ad for them. But these are the least vaginal pants. These pants are the pants. And I again, I get three.

[Albert Bianchini]

That's hilarious because I just got two pairs of those pants and I swear that they. I look. They look the best in those.

[Kelly Ripa]

Did you get the extra high waist? I don't know if you want to break your vagina. From a legging standpoint, I'm going to tell you which ones to get. You need the ultra high waist. They're called the air tight leggings.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yes. Airtight leggings. Bare tight leggings, Maybe not the ultra.

[Kelly Ripa]

High waist or air weight. Airtight. I don't know. Anyway, get the ultra high waist, and it gives your vagina room to breathe, in a way, meaning no camel toe. No. Pardon me, Albert. Moose knuckle. This is my question for your friend with the boobs. Is she going through a divorce?

[Albert Bianchini]

Yes.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, so there is.

[Albert Bianchini]

How the fuck did you know that?

[Kelly Ripa]

Because new boobs, new vagina. Hello. She's going through a divorce. She's back on the fishing boat. What is she gonna fish?

[Albert Bianchini]

But I said to her, I said, I go, I understand if you were out on the market. I go, but I'm not. So therefore, I think this is one that we're just gonna say, move along. I can't imagine being out there again and.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, my God. I would rather. Let me tell you something. I would rather sew my own vagina shot and show it to another person.

[Mark Consuelos]

Okay, Roz, look up. Is there labia closure surgery?

[Kelly Ripa]

Is there a place that can shut my car wash down? Shut my car wash down? Yeah. No, I am with you.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, right.

[Kelly Ripa]

I remember when my girl, like, my girl. My girlfriends, after they all got divorced and they were dating again after they had kids, and I was like, oh, my God. But what about, like. Don't you feel like there's a lot to explain?

[Albert Bianchini]

Yes, yes, yes. It's crazy.

[Kelly Ripa]

And I have friends, Like, I have certain friends that will only date younger guys and that I don't understand at all.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah, like, what's that? What's that mentality?

[Kelly Ripa]

I don't. I don't get it.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

I'm not judging it. I just don't get. I judge it for myself. I would not be able to pull that off.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Because I would need a guy that understands that this isn't horrific and that's not terrifying and this is all very normal. And all skin feels like an old decolletage. All skin feels like a deflated balloon that was decoupaged in the mid-80s.

[Albert Bianchini]

If I had to go back out there, I married once for love. Next time around. He's old and he is so rich.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. So old. And he must have erectile dysfunction. That is a prerequisite. I need someone who is dead below the waist and expects nothing from me but companionship. I'm glad that Jan has these things, like, where she's like, you know, I Just don't feel like I could because look at how hot Jan is.

[Mark Consuelos]

I know.

[Kelly Ripa]

What you guys don't know at the podcast is that Jan, unless you've seen her on the talk show, she's a stone cold fox. She is the foxiest. Very sweet, but her vagina hangs like a pair of old leather. All right, where do I go to now?

[Albert Bianchini]

Okay, let's get to it. Okay, let's get to it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, let's get to it. Let's start with the uber talented Emmy and Tony Award winning actress, singer, New York Times bestselling author, and of course, the OG of Wicked, Kristin Chenoweth. Okay, I've got some rapid fire questions for you. Will you give us some rapid fires?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes. All right, first paying job, singing telegram.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, my best.

[Albert Bianchini]

Do you remember any of them?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

My very first job was horrific, and I'll never get over it. I'm still traumatized or triggered, as the kids say.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, what was it?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I was hired. This is a true story. I was hired to be Little Bo Peep. Who cares? I'll do Little Bo Peep. Go up to this guy. To go up to this person. Jason. Let's call him in Oklahoma. And. And by the way, kids, you should never do singing telegrams. Most people will probably murder you now. So I didn't know. So I go up and I. And I'm supposed to sing. You've lost that love and feeling. This guy answers the door in a robe. I'm like, as Little Bo Peep with my staff. You've lost that love and feeling and do the whole thing and end in the splits because I need to show that I can also dance. And he says, oh, wow. Who sent this? And I said, jim Bob. And da, da, da. And so and so. And he goes. And he looked so sad. I go, is everything okay? I was 19. And he said, I had a vasectomy.

[Kelly Ripa]

My God.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

And at that point, I was like, what is that again? I was smart, but, you know, I was 19. I was like, what's that? What is that again? He was like, it's okay. It's okay. That happened to me. That happened to me. Kelly Ripa.

[Jan Chalet]

And it's gone. Gone, gone.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, oh, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So here's me, I called the owner. I'm like, what's a vasectomy now? Is that cancer? And he's like, no, no, no, it's not cancer. He explained it to me. I was horrible.

[Kelly Ripa]

They didn't tell you what you were there to do?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

No, they just give you the song and you say is Jim Bolter. And then, you know, you've lost that love and feeling. And then, boom, I've had a vasectomy. The PS to the story is I said, now this. You. This is true. I don't ever really tell it because people won't believe it, but he was so sad, and I was so sad for him. I said, would you like for me to come in? Would you like some coffee? Would you like for me to say a prayer for you? And he was like, no, I'm okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

You're so lucky you weren't kidnapped and murdered.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Kelly, I've had so many stories. I should be dead. Dead. I should be in one of Diddy's caves.

[Kelly Ripa]

I mean, my God, you're on the inside and you're in show business. I mean, I'm like, I feel like I'm an out. I'm just like, inside enough, but still outside, where they look at me like the media. So I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. And people always act like people think I know things. And I'm like, no, you don't understand. People act appropriately around me for whatever reason.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Okay, same. I'm not in the media, but same. My family's like, so, so is there the Illuminati? And they'll do the symbol. And I say, I. I don't know what that means. I don't either. And I. I will tell you, Ghislaine Maxwell was somebody that would come to see my shows a lot. When it first hit for me and Charlie Brown, let me remind you, I was playing a five year old and they were trying to get me to come to that island to come. And I was like, oh, I can't because I have a show. She goes, well, whatever you're making, well, we can double it. And I was like, oh, no, I can't. So that did happen to me. And then also invited to one of the parties one time, and my friend who was a producer said, you don't want to go to that. And I said, yes, I do. Yes, I do.

[Kelly Ripa]

I want to see what this is.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes. And he said, that's. That's not. That's not something you need to do, and you just need to trust me on that. And, you know, for whatever reason, I listened. But that doesn't mean. Kelly, I think you and I both know that people that went to those parties, not all of them did bad things. They just went to the party. I don't know what happened after the party. I don't know about that. So I don't know. All these conspiracy theories, I see them on because I Instagram late at night just like everybody else, and I laugh at some of it. I'm like, this is ridiculous. So I don't know. I think I. I think obviously the feds wouldn't come after him if it weren't. Some of this weren't true. So I don't know.

[Kelly Ripa]

Right, right. All I know is I. I know how I could. The whole party could have shut down. Ready?

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Tell me if I had been there. One of these guys was jerking off in potted plants. He was that much of a horn dog.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

He.

[Kelly Ripa]

And never once looked at me. Didn't even.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Kelly, I do believe that I am your ghost sister. I do believe.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yes.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Okay. I went to a very, very famous producer I was meeting on a movie during. It was right before I won the Tony for Charlie Brown. And I went to a very famous hotel room. You probably know where I'm going with this. And so I show up. It was between shows. He answers the door in the robe and I say, have I come too early? Oh, no. And he says, no, I come in. I'd never. This was probably my first meeting with a big, big time person. I come in and I go, oh, my gosh, I've never been into the Four Seasons. And he goes, well, I was going to go take a bath. And I say, you go on ahead. If I could have a Coke out of the mini bar, I will have made it. And he says, okay. And then I say, can I just have a hug? Because I love your movies so much. You don't know what it's meant for me to grow up in Oklahoma and watch your movies. And it kind of hugs me like, what's happening? And then he just skips it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wait, so you reversed harassed him unknowingly and he didn't.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

He skipped the bath? He did the meeting. And then was totally, I'm sure, not interested. He kind of lost interest. And then as I was leaving, I say, can I have another hug? Thank you so much for your time. He was so confused, Kelly. He was so confused. It didn't go the way he wanted it to go.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's so crazy. You saved yourself by giving him a hug. Yes, that was the turn off. You weren't like, ew, no, I don't want to. You were like, can I have a hug? And he was like, no, this is not how it's supposed to go.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Just like that guy that got the vasectomy. Needless to say, I'm dressed. I've.

[Kelly Ripa]

Let me tell you something. I'm going to tell you something else. If I had shown up at the door with you, he would have been like, oh, Kelly's here. Let me get dressed. I guarantee you, it is the craziest.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

My vein in my forehead is popping out of my head because I'm dying.

[Kelly Ripa]

I know, Me too. We cracked my Botox. Anyway, anytime there's any risky on set behavior, all they need to do is put me on the set. Jan, if you're not gonna let me keep it, I'm just saying put me on the set the same thing. I am a natural. I am an herbal cock blocker.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

The safest show would be Chenoweth and Ripa.

[Kelly Ripa]

I know, it's so true. Speaking of boners going away, look who just walked in.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Hi, honey. Oh, my God, I'm peeing my pants.

[Kelly Ripa]

Hi, babe, it's Kristin Chenoway. Hi, Kristin.

[Albert Bianchini]

Hi, Hannah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Put your head bunny, you're putting your bunnies.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, my God, Mark, we are dying.

[Jan Chalet]

Did you have a potted ficus plant with you?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Dang it. That was good. He practically pushed me out the door.

[Jan Chalet]

You Jedi mind trick. And he didn't know what to do. He short circuited it.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

He did. He did short circuit. He did not know what to do. And when I left, my manager said, was anybody else there? I said, no. And he goes, there was supposed to be another producer there and you should have left. I go, he's so nice. I said he was gonna take a bath. And my manager said, what? I said, I think I caught him too early. And he goes, no, you didn't. You did not.

[Jan Chalet]

Oh, my God.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

But see, this is what Kelly asked.

[Jan Chalet]

Did you get to say bless his heart after that?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I still didn't get it. I probably did. I probably did go, oh, I hope he got his bath in. Anyway, Bless his heart. Bless his pee picking heart.

[Jan Chalet]

Listen, I love you.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I love you.

[Jan Chalet]

I heard people laughing in here, screaming. And I was gonna tell you guys to keep it down because I'm trying to concentrate.

[Kelly Ripa]

What are you doing? Watching a sporting event.

[Jan Chalet]

Watching a sporting event. Lovely to see you.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Bye.

[Kelly Ripa]

Bye. Okay, who was your childhood celebrity crush?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Tom Cruise.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah, that's a good one. Tom Cruise is a good one. He's my forever crush. First kiss, church camp.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Probably nine years old. A guy named Josh, ironically. And I just remember the tongue trying to get in my mouth. And I had. Then I went to church after that and prayed, lord, forgive me for letting his tongue get in my mouth.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

And that's how that.

[Kelly Ripa]

Of course. Yeah. At least at 9 you knew that was wrong. I don't know that I would have processed. I probably wouldn't have even would have been like, what's that?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yeah, I know, right?

[Kelly Ripa]

What do you sing in the shower or the car?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

You're still the one I run to the one that I belong to. You're still the one I wish. Good night. I love Shania Twain.

[Kelly Ripa]

So nice. So pretty. It must be so nice to open your mouth and have a great. You know, Albert is married. Well, they're not married, but Albert's partner. I'm gonna call him your husband. I'm tired of calling. I'm tired of calling him. Your boyfriend is a beautiful opera singer and just a classically trained singer. And. And he sings so beautifully. And. And I am just like. When people sing like you and like Kyle, I just am mesmerized. It's such a. A skill set that I don't have, I don't possess. And. And I just. It's. It's such a gift. It's like, I believe it's a really. It's a God given gift because you can. You can train the gift, obviously, but.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

If you don't have it, it's not going to happen. Right. Right. I think my husband. I think my husband is tired of like, I can't find my shoes. I can't find my shoes. I can't find my shoes. I can't find my shoes. He's like, let me guess. You can't find your shoes. And do you have to sing it? Sometimes it gets a little annoying. But I do love music so much.

[Kelly Ripa]

What's your favorite snack?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, embarrassing. Combos.

[Mark Consuelos]

Oh, just had some.

[Kelly Ripa]

The cheese in the pretzel.

[Albert Bianchini]

Where'd you eat combos?

[Mark Consuelos]

I got it from a gas station like a week ago.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

They were delicious.

[Kelly Ripa]

This is why your weight loss medications doesn't work.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

This is.

[Kelly Ripa]

The perfect combination. You're not supposed to have combos while you're on Mounjaro.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

That's the perfect combo.

[Kelly Ripa]

What's something you always keep in your bag?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Chapstick. That and. Oh, you know what I always have. Let me reverse that. I always have chat. I always have Vicks because I fly all the time and I put Vicks right inside my nose so that I don't. The germs don't go in there and I don't get sick because I can't get sick.

[Kelly Ripa]

Is that a thing?

[Albert Bianchini]

Vicks inside your nose?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes. Just put it up in there, rub it around.

[Kelly Ripa]

I should do that every day instead of wearing the. I'm still in a. I still fly with full ppe. People are like, everybody assumes I have Covid. But I'm like, good. Let them be afraid. Be very afraid. Don't talk to me. What is the first expensive thing you bought when you started making money?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I got. I was doing the movie Annie with Alan Cumming, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber. And I got my first big, rather large paycheck. And I went to Neiman's with Kathy Bates. We went shopping and I said, oh, I'd love to look at their jewelry. And I saw a diamond cross, and it was fourteen hundred dollars. And I said, I just. I don't know. And we kept going back and we kept looking and we'd go somewhere else. She goes, if you don't buy that damn thing, I'm gonna buy it for you. So I bought it, and it was fourteen hundred dollars. And I still have it to this day as a reminder of how far I've come. You know what I mean?

[Kelly Ripa]

I feel like you've worn that on our show.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I have.

[Kelly Ripa]

I have. Yeah. I was like the beautiful diamond cross. I know that now. Yes, it's beautiful.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, that's a forever piece. Yeah, that's a good one. First thing you do when you wake.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Up in the morning, I drink a buttload of water. Cause I don't like water and I want to get it over with. Smart.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's actually really smart. You know, I have to take a thyroid pill and I have to take it with water in the morning. And then I have to wait 20 minutes before I can have coffee or anything. So I do it first thing in the morning. But it's like when I tell you I take the minimal amount of water required because I find water.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I don't like it either.

[Kelly Ripa]

I have to be thirsty, and I am not. All I want in the morning is coffee.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes.

[Kelly Ripa]

What is the last thing you texted someone? Will you read us your last text?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, my gosh, I'm frightened. This is good, though. Hang on, I'm going to my text. I'm gonna be real honest with you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay. I like it. She's trying to find one that doesn't say, I have to do this stupid podcast.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Okay. Oh, wow. This warms my heart, James. This is what it's all about.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I saw a little girl enjoying. Enjoying. Wicked. A niece of my lawyer. He filmed her. She didn't know it. She was so happy. She probably like five or six. And she was loving the music so much and loving the show. And that's. That's what I. That was the non business life one.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, that's a good one. What's the last thing you tweeted while on Ambien?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, golly. Five minutes ago. Hang on. I've had some bad experiences. Have I shared those with you?

[Kelly Ripa]

No.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Well, I was the godmother on a ship, a cruise line called the Quantum of the Seas for Royal Caribbean. And, you know, when you're the godmother, your picture hangs till the day the ship goes to ship heaven, I guess. And I have.

[Kelly Ripa]

True.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes, yes. And I got on Ambien and my. I had just signed my contract and I watched it in 2020 about these newlyweds who went on a cruise line. And one of them came back and I said, on Ambien, hey, don't go on a cruise if you give your newlywed. You never come back.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's 1000% true.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's 1000% true to the point where I wanted to do a documentary with Albert about the deaths on the cruise lines. It's the fastest way to get rid of a spouse because there's no maritime jurisdiction.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yep.

[Kelly Ripa]

So it's like unsolved murder. Easy peasy. And so we are working with various outlets that would ordinarily buy this documentary in a heartbeat.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

And I love it.

[Kelly Ripa]

No. They all backed away and they said, no, the cruise industry is big advertisers for us. We can't upset the cruise industry. So basically, the greatest documentary will never get made because everybody's afraid of the cruise industry.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

That's a shame because. And, but, you know, I got a call the next day from my new bosses going, don't do that again.

[Kelly Ripa]

That was it. That was it.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Don't do that again. And, you know, I was on Ambien. I'm ashamed. But I did do that.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, I mean, you were on Ambien.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

That's right.

[Kelly Ripa]

The Ambien excuse. Is it. It's a practice. You were on prescribed medication.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Have you ever. Have you ever plucked your eyebrows whilst on medication? I came out once with Pamela Anderson eyebrows from the 90s. Remember those? Thin, thin, thin, thin ones. My eyebrows have never been the same.

[Kelly Ripa]

This is why I don't take Ambien.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Don't take it. I. I quit. I quit taking it.

[Kelly Ripa]

I just suffer with insomnia. I. I refuse to take Ambien because I know me. I'll be. I will. I'll be one of those people where it was all fine. And then she took an Ambien and thought she could. Thought she could use the earth mover, you know, and drove it into the neighbor's house.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I've woken up with a chicken wing and a pop tart, not knowing what.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, that's the other thing.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

I've heard about Ambien eating. Yes. I've seen like a whole. Was it Dr. Phil did a special on that. People who Ambien eat. I was like, forget it.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

That was me.

[Kelly Ripa]

I'll just stay tired. What last one do you want me to ask?

[Albert Bianchini]

What's the best advice you've ever gotten?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Oh, it's one that Dolly. She's said it to me, but she's also said it to the world. Be yourself, because everyone else is taken.

[Kelly Ripa]

Aw, I love Dolly Parton. Who doesn't like, does this woman have a single enemy?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

No. I've asked everybody all over the world. I've asked. I've asked audiences. I've asked random people. I've never met anyone go, nah, she's not really for me. Never heard it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, who says that? Right? And if somebody says that, they're probably a serial killer.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Yes, they are. They are a serial killer and you should move away from them.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's right. Well, listen, I love Kristin Chenoweth so much. Don't forget to check her out in our little secret out on Netflix. Okay, up next is my co host in life. And at live my baby daddy, Marc Consuelos. Okay, up next is my co host in life. End it. Live my baby daddy, Mark Consuelos. Mark.

[Jan Chalet]

Hey there.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wake up.

[Jan Chalet]

Hey. Call me Mid yarn.

[Kelly Ripa]

Mid yon. Are you up for some rapid fires? Rapid fire questions?

[Jan Chalet]

I guess so.

[Kelly Ripa]

First paying job.

[Jan Chalet]

Mourn lawns.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Albert Bianchini]

How much would you get paid?

[Jan Chalet]

I think it was $20 a lawn.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow, that's big money.

[Jan Chalet]

Is it?

[Kelly Ripa]

That was good. Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

20 bucks. Yeah, I'm saying I think it was 20 bucks a lawn or maybe 30 bucks a lawn, but my brother and I split it.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, you split it. Okay, so your brother could have like. He could have.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, but he needed the help.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. Did you just smoke a cigar, by the way?

[Jan Chalet]

I did.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay. You smell like a cigar. Childhood celebrity crush. I know this.

[Jan Chalet]

I think it was Alyssa Milano.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

Who's the boss?

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, have you interviewed her since?

[Kelly Ripa]

No, she hasn't been on the show.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Since you've been there.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, wow. All right. You think you'd be okay, would you?

[Jan Chalet]

Oh, Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

I was 10 or 12. Who was on the posters? In your bedroom. Growing up.

[Jan Chalet]

Italian soccer players.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay, that's disappointing. Favorite teacher and why?

[Jan Chalet]

Mrs. Green, second grade teacher. I had a crush on her. She was adorable. She was really good teacher. Yeah, she took care of me.

[Kelly Ripa]

She called. She called into our show.

[Jan Chalet]

Jan Founder.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, Jan Founder.

[Albert Bianchini]

She was so lovely. And she kept some of your. The pictures you made for her.

[Jan Chalet]

Ornaments that we.

[Albert Bianchini]

Ornaments. Ornaments.

[Kelly Ripa]

Right.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. She was. She was a great teacher. Yeah.

[Albert Bianchini]

That's amazing.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's so nice that a teacher can affect a student so much. And also that a student can affect a teacher so much.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

You know, that's very sweet.

[Jan Chalet]

First concert, Tears for Fears, at Keele Auditorium. Maybe not Keel Auditorium, but another auditorium in. Or Theater in St. Louis.

[Kelly Ripa]

In St. Louis.

[Albert Bianchini]

How old were you?

[Jan Chalet]

Gosh, early teens. Early teens. I remember we got there super early, and when we walked by the theater, they walked out the side entrance. I guess they just did soundcheck. And I went with my brother and my sister. We drove there in a. I think a Ford Ltd or a Cutlass Supreme. I'm not sure.

[Kelly Ripa]

And how old were you?

[Jan Chalet]

I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say either 13 or 14. Probably 14.

[Kelly Ripa]

You had to be adorable.

[Jan Chalet]

I remember my ears were ringing for, like, three days.

[Kelly Ripa]

You know what I would have done? I would have made out with you.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, you would have scared me.

[Kelly Ripa]

You think I would have scared you? No. When I was 13, I looked like I was 7. So definitely nobody was scared of me. Trust me. Okay. What is something you don't leave home without? I know this answer.

[Jan Chalet]

There's a few things. Backpack, obviously. My phone. Two 32 ounce stainless steel, clean kanteen bottles of filtered water.

[Kelly Ripa]

Those insufferable fucking water bottles.

[Jan Chalet]

I don't drink out of plastic, swear.

[Kelly Ripa]

To God, I haven't drank out of them. The most irritating when just hearing them clanging around. I can hear them coming down the hallway. Even Lola was like, oh, here comes dad. Lola will come home. And she's like, here comes Dad. I can hear him clanging down the hallway. It's like. It's like listening to a dairy cow walk down. More cowbell. What would your drag name be? Now, remember, this is gonna be hard for Mark because he never had pets growing up. First name of the pet you had in the street you grew up on.

[Albert Bianchini]

He did have a pet. We heard about it on the show recently.

[Kelly Ripa]

A parakeet.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. No, I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say my. I'm not playing that game. Mine would be either gingivitis or camilydia.

[Kelly Ripa]

So dumb. Now that you're eating, I'm just like, you're making me nervous. Okay. Best advice you've ever gotten.

[Jan Chalet]

Don't take advice from someone who's more screwed up than you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah?

[Jan Chalet]

Ever.

[Kelly Ripa]

What's the fashion trend you wish you never tried?

[Jan Chalet]

I may or may not have, like, put in, like, a little highlight in my hair. I guess it was okay, but it was probably poorly done. But anyway, when I went to a bodega later on that week to go get something in it, some lady thought I was Ricky Martin.

[Kelly Ripa]

I remember I was there, and on the plane, he was chased down the street. They thought it was Ricky Martin, and.

[Jan Chalet]

On the plane as well, thought it was Ricky Martin.

[Kelly Ripa]

I know. It was very exciting for me because I was like, yes, that is Ricky Martin and his translator.

[Jan Chalet]

I wish I would have done that.

[Kelly Ripa]

First thing you do when you wake up in the morning.

[Jan Chalet]

Make sure that you're still next to me. Rip off the mouth tape that I put over my mouth.

[Kelly Ripa]

And then what do you do with it?

[Jan Chalet]

I throw it on the floor. No, I stick it to your back.

[Kelly Ripa]

He takes off his mouth tape, and he sticks it to a part of my body. No way. That's amazing. That's amazing.

[Jan Chalet]

She doesn't know. I just.

[Kelly Ripa]

No, I always know. I'm always, like, finding it. I find it. I'm like, what is.

[Jan Chalet]

It's nice, right? It's nice. It's not. It's not bad. It's like. It's a very, like, flexible. It's like that KT tape.

[Mark Consuelos]

It's like a love letter.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, it's like a love letter for a lazy person that doesn't want to throw his mouth tape in the table. What is something you geek out about that may surprise people?

[Jan Chalet]

Architecture.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. You missed your calling as an architect.

[Jan Chalet]

You know, I'm not sure about that. You need to know a lot of math and how to, like, do things like that.

[Kelly Ripa]

Every architect we've ever worked with has said the same thing to me. You know, your husband missed his calling.

[Jan Chalet]

Really?

[Kelly Ripa]

An architect?

[Jan Chalet]

Hmm. Well, you know, maybe in another life.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, maybe in this life.

[Jan Chalet]

Maybe in this life.

[Mark Consuelos]

You are great with.

[Kelly Ripa]

But you have a gift. Yeah. I mean, you look at spaces.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

You've done unbelievable.

[Mark Consuelos]

Yeah, I've had good.

[Jan Chalet]

I know I've had good, good architects.

[Kelly Ripa]

Have you guys seen.

[Albert Bianchini]

Have you. I know you guys have, like, done an overhaul on a. On a house or whatever, but have you ever done anything built from scratch?

[Jan Chalet]

Doing it right now?

[Kelly Ripa]

We're doing it Right now.

[Albert Bianchini]

Oh, really?

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. We're in the middle of it.

[Albert Bianchini]

You're, like, overseeing the whole thing.

[Kelly Ripa]

Thank God. Because they show me blueprints and even, like, a 3D rendering, and I am lost. I have no idea what I'm looking at. It is like looking at a sonogram for me. I never understood that either. They'd be like, do you know what this is? I would say, is that an elbow? They're like, that's your baby's head. I can't tell. Like, I spatially have some sort of disorder. I don't know what it is. But when you see a blueprint, you.

[Jan Chalet]

See, they don't call them blueprints anymore.

[Kelly Ripa]

Whatever it is. When you see the thing with all the lines and the stuff, you know what you're looking at? I do. I am lost.

[Jan Chalet]

Elevations and.

[Kelly Ripa]

But even when they take me in, they'll do a 3D rendering.

[Jan Chalet]

That's our neighborhood.

[Kelly Ripa]

Every time there's honking outside, that means I'm telling the truth. But even when they show me a thing, 3D rendering, I still don't know what I'm looking at. It's so hard for me. It's a skill. It's a real skill. Do you have a hidden talent?

[Jan Chalet]

I don't know. Do I?

[Kelly Ripa]

I mean, I could name many.

[Jan Chalet]

I can impersonate Andre the Giant.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes, you can, but you can impersonate a lot. You're a brilliant mic.

[Jan Chalet]

I'm a good mimic.

[Kelly Ripa]

Do your Andre the Giant for us.

[Jan Chalet]

Big John Thompson. That's all. By the way, the interpretation was. I'll get you Hulk Hogan. Big. Big John Stud.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, we heard you. We got it.

[Mark Consuelos]

You're also a human calculator. You can calculate things without a calculator.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's fascinating, isn't it?

[Mark Consuelos]

Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

But limited. No, just. Just easy. Just multiplication and percentages.

[Mark Consuelos]

You'll tell me, like, that's 32%. I'm like, how did you.

[Kelly Ripa]

How did you know that?

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. That's limited. That's like. It's not. We're not talking about trig or calculus.

[Mark Consuelos]

Or anything like that for everyday stuff.

[Jan Chalet]

Everyday stuff. Yeah.

[Albert Bianchini]

And let's not forget, he knows how to detect if people are lying.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. You guys know that? Yes. Sometimes.

[Jan Chalet]

Sometimes it's funny when they're in person, I'm not really good at it. Like, when there's like.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, those are celebrities you're dealing with.

[Jan Chalet]

Liars.

[Kelly Ripa]

Professional liars.

[Jan Chalet]

Right.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's Right. Right. That's all they do. So you're like. You're thrown off by that.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

But I bet if you saw our trivia callers in person, you'd be able to tell if they were lying.

[Jan Chalet]

Maybe.

[Kelly Ripa]

If you weren't an actor or producer, what profession do you think you would have gone into?

[Jan Chalet]

Formula One. Formula one, Race car driver.

[Kelly Ripa]

Really?

[Jan Chalet]

I would love to have race cars, yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Really?

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. Have you seen the girls those guys get?

[Kelly Ripa]

I love. It's so true. It is very true. Yes.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

And those. And those are just the pit girls, right? You're not talking about the wives? The Wags?

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, They've done. They've done away with the pit girls. Oh, there's no more pit girls?

[Kelly Ripa]

No. There's still girls up there on.

[Jan Chalet]

Not really. I think they limited to certain races, but there's not a lot of pit girls.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, okay. So you mean the Wags. The Wags, okay.

[Jan Chalet]

No, I think it's cool you prefer.

[Kelly Ripa]

Those Wags than the soccer Wags.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, we're talking about, like, the top point one percent.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow. No kidding.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Wow.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, I'm sorry.

[Jan Chalet]

They raised some really cool countries. Different country every two weeks. It's exotic, it's scary, it's, you know, daring.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

The smell of burnt rubber.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. Right. Jet fuel, cute little costume, helmet.

[Albert Bianchini]

I don't think you'd feel, like, claustrophobic in that little car.

[Jan Chalet]

No.

[Kelly Ripa]

You'd be focused on not dying. Right. Wow, your voice is extra deep when you talk about race car driving.

[Jan Chalet]

Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

What is something you can't live without?

[Jan Chalet]

My family. Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

You're such a. That's such a answer.

[Jan Chalet]

No, it's not.

[Kelly Ripa]

If you could talk to your younger self, what would you say?

[Jan Chalet]

I think when I was younger, I had complete, unbridled ambition, for sure. I never had any doubts, ever.

[Kelly Ripa]

You know, your parents. It's so interesting. Your parents said the most fascinating thing to me. They said of their three kids, they never worried about you. They were like. The one kid we never worried about was Mark. Because I asked them, I was like, well, your son's a doctor, your daughter's a lawyer. When Mark said he wanted to be an actor, like, did that after, like, going to school for something else completely. Did that throw you? Were you scared? Were you nervous? And they said, of our three kids, we never worried about Mark. We knew that no matter what he did, he was going to be okay.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Because he just had that thing tangible. Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

I might. I may. I may have said, pace yourself.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah. To your younger self.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Pace yourself. Yes. Yeah. That would have been good. Advice, but. Well, we live and learn.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, we live and learn.

[Kelly Ripa]

Live and learn. Thank you for doing this.

[Jan Chalet]

Is that it?

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

You're.

[Kelly Ripa]

You're.

[Jan Chalet]

Give me some more.

[Kelly Ripa]

Jan.

[Albert Bianchini]

I have two questions.

[Kelly Ripa]

What?

[Albert Bianchini]

Do you remember what you first thought when you saw Kelly? Do you remember what you first thought when you saw Kelly?

[Jan Chalet]

I thought she was hilarious. I remember seeing her in the rehearsal hall. She had these big curl like rollers. Or had you just taken them out?

[Kelly Ripa]

Velcro rollers?

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. I thought she was adorable. But, I mean, and. But you have to understand my position there. I was like, I came from Tampa on an audition that I wasn't. My agent said, you're not ever gonna get. And like a week later, they flew me up to New York. And just the thought of me, like, making the moves on anybody was absolutely out of the question. I was like in another world. The whole thing was absolutely, like, mind boggling to me. I knew I wanted to get this job because it would change my life. But I remember she was very, very kind. Very, very funny. Adorable. And that was it. I didn't. I mean, it's like, you know, you people, you're a different. Maybe if I'd been on my third job, there might have been a different perspective. I was just so. I was just, you know, I was like a. A cat on a.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's disorienting.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. I was on a. I was like, on a tight wire. Like, what if. If I met her, like, when I was in a tight wire going across the Grand Canyon, I would have the same reaction. Like, hey, hi.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah.

[Jan Chalet]

How's it going? She's great. She's cool. Okay, I'm gonna make it across.

[Kelly Ripa]

But flash forward. A week later, he was dating a girl on every network. I'm not even.

[Jan Chalet]

That was a week later. Wait.

[Albert Bianchini]

Then my next question is, was there a moment where you were like, this is my girl. Like, this is the one.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, for sure.

[Kelly Ripa]

Last week.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, for sure. But I would say that the beginning of the first, like, little. The tremors beneath the surface where you feel. Start feeling some different things that you never thought. Like, whoa, what is. This is. I remember I was running lines with her and she offered to run lines with me for an audition. And she answered that. She told me to be come to her apartment. I'm like, okay. And she answered the door in a big rope. I was like, okay.

[Kelly Ripa]

You were on time, though.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

And I was expecting him to be late.

[Jan Chalet]

I was like, whoa. Like, okay. I just thought it was the first.

[Kelly Ripa]

I was expecting him it wasn't a play. I wasn't making a play. I was expecting him to be late and he was on time. And so I answered the door, and I was shocked that he was on time.

[Jan Chalet]

But I think it might. That might have been a little bit late. That might have been after I'd been working there for a while because they made me re. Audition for my role.

[Kelly Ripa]

We knew each other.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, I think the first. Okay, so the first. First time was maybe a few weeks before that. I remember we were running lines, and it was either my dressing room or her dressing room. And she had these great shoes on, like these heels with these crazy, like, tight, but not too tight jeans, but just perfectly like jeans.

[Kelly Ripa]

It was the 90s. They were not tight.

[Jan Chalet]

And I forget what top you had on, but you're holding a cup of coffee and smoking a cigarette like out of a. Like a Parisian, like, editorial page. She smoked a cigarette like a. Like someone who's been in Paris all their lives. She looked like this. Like this. Like this French, like, I don't know. Vixen.

[Kelly Ripa]

I used to smoke. Cute.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah.

[Kelly Ripa]

I've been told by other people that I smoke.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. And I was like, oh, oh. But she had a boyfriend. I had a girlfriend. And so. Yeah, but it. And I was like, wow, she's got really beautiful eyes. Her cheekbones are very specific. Like, you know, she's got great cheekbones. Her hair is amazing. But her eyes are. And lips were. I was like, wow, she's got great lips.

[Kelly Ripa]

Dr. Rosenberg is. He's revolutionizing this whole, like, lip thing. What is it again with.

[Albert Bianchini]

They're putting in your fat into your lips with Botox.

[Kelly Ripa]

With Botox and laser.

[Jan Chalet]

Is it working?

[Kelly Ripa]

He said it's good.

[Albert Bianchini]

Does anyone else have any more questions?

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. Any questions for Mark Albert? You don't have a question? Wait. Yeah, yeah. Audrey, there's something we haven't touched on.

[Albert Bianchini]

With Mark, which is you're a great dad.

[Jan Chalet]

Oh, thanks.

[Albert Bianchini]

And I've had a few opportunities, but I'm going to ask again. What if you could give a single piece of advice to parents of teenagers?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

What.

[Kelly Ripa]

What would that be?

[Jan Chalet]

Who? You know, if they're screwing up and they're not. Like, maybe not applying themselves or, you know, not getting the best grades or. You think that. I think as a parent, your mind immediately goes to. They're gonna be a disaster. No one's gonna hire them. Who's gonna marry this person? And they will not have a future. And I think it's. And I think it's like a leap we make it could be in third grade when they. They get in trouble and they, like, do get suspended or they. They get shitty. They can. They can. For stealing something or whatever. Whatever they. Whatever stage they are. I think you have to, like, just again, pace your. Pace your panic. Just be there for them. Don't shame them. And if you don't panic, they. They won't panic. I'm not saying be lenient or be like. But don't panic. You know, if you're like, having to go to the courthouse and the grand jury's indicting your kid, then start panicking.

[Kelly Ripa]

I would add no is a complete sentence.

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah. Is that a good answer? I'm not sure.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yes. You honed right in on it.

[Mark Consuelos]

I have one question. If you could pick your last meal on planet Earth.

[Kelly Ripa]

Of course it's food.

[Jan Chalet]

Okay, here it goes.

[Kelly Ripa]

Of course.

[Jan Chalet]

All right, this is what I'm gonna. This is. This is. It's gonna be a three parter.

[Mark Consuelos]

I wanna hear.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Okay.

[Jan Chalet]

Okay. It's gonna be. My wife's gonna make me her beautiful French style scrambled eggs with a little bit of half and half in them and some cheeses. Not really overcooked, but undercooked. Right. With that. That's what I'm going to have with a cup of coffee that she made for me. And then I'm a slide into my. My mom's rigatoni bolognese. Cooked al dente, maybe just maybe 35 seconds before Al dente. So it's a little chewier than most Americans can even comprehend. But every Italian knows what I'm talking about.

[Mark Consuelos]

Yes.

[Jan Chalet]

With her meat sauce. And then probably a porterhouse steak that I cooked. And then to top it off, I don't know what's.

[Mark Consuelos]

Any side note.

[Kelly Ripa]

Is that your mom's lasagna bechamel?

[Jan Chalet]

Yeah, I like it, but I like the rigatoni. I'm a rigatoni guy. I'm a rigatoni guy.

[Mark Consuelos]

That meal sounds like heaven.

[Jan Chalet]

We have that now.

[Mark Consuelos]

Do we have to wait until the last day?

[Kristin Chenoweth]

When can we have it?

[Jan Chalet]

That's.

[Mark Consuelos]

Kel, where are your eggs?

[Kelly Ripa]

I can make my eggs right now.

[Jan Chalet]

And I would wash it all down in my 32 ounces. My stainless steel cowbell.

[Kelly Ripa]

Cowbell. More cowbell.

[Jan Chalet]

All right. Am I done?

[Kelly Ripa]

You look very handsome for doing this.

[Jan Chalet]

You're welcome. This is awesome. Do I.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

You do. You look very handsome.

[Jan Chalet]

You guys are the best. Thank you. Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Bye.

[Jan Chalet]

Thank you.

[Kelly Ripa]

Well, that was fun. Be sure to watch Mark Consuelos. That's right. Mark Consuelos on everyone's favorite, favorite morning show. It's a little show called Live with Kelly and Mark weekday mornings. Okay, Albert, Jan, Jan, Albert. What's next?

[Albert Bianchini]

Well, we have a few Ask Kelly questions for you, so buckle up. Here's the first one.

[Kelly Ripa]

Okay.

[Albert Bianchini]

When do tween girls stop having attitudes?

[Kelly Ripa]

21, I think like when they go to college.

[Albert Bianchini]

Right?

[Kelly Ripa]

I would say when they actually leave the house. Like I want to say, like maybe junior, senior year of college, my daughter became like a perfectly normal, delightful human being. It was rough there for a while.

[Albert Bianchini]

Yeah. For all my friends with girls, it's rough. It's tough.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah. They're very hard on their moms. It's just they know how to push a button or two.

[Mark Consuelos]

All right, from Tina Marie Kenny. I live with my aging father. Do you have any advice on how to stay sane while taking care of him?

[Kelly Ripa]

So I can speak to this a lot. Although I don't live with my aging father. I might as well live with my. I might as well. I'm having. I practically live with him. So what we do is I try to keep the topic on stuff he's interested in. Like he has. No, we always joke around about my dad, who is totally. He's great, he's with it, but he's got this ability to completely ignore me no matter what. Like I was calling him during. I was FaceTiming him during the Halloween show because I like to FaceTime my dad as soon as he wakes up. He wakes up when the sun rises and then I like to FaceTime him after dinner. These are my two FaceTimes a day with my dad. So first thing in the morning, he is bright eyed and bushy tailed. By 7pm after dinner, he's irritated, I'm irritating him. The eagles sting. Whatever team he's watching is losing. But for whatever reason, this one day, and I can't remember why, I was FaceTiming him from work. I was already at work and we were shooting the Halloween show and I was in a black wig. I had black contact lenses on my eyes. I had ghost white makeup. I was basically Winona Ryder from Beetlejuice. And my dad did not notice. Okay? He did not say a word. Not like, have you done something different with your hair? Why are you dressed like that? He did not notice. And so I think the thing is to keep the conversations when it comes to your aging father, keep things light and keep things about topics he's interested in and they are interested. You just have to remember what it is your dad is interested in and talk to him about that thing. And I think even though you think it's gonna drive you crazy, it won't. Because when you see. When you see the world through their eyes, when they're telling you something that is impactful to them or meaningful to them, it's a. You get a whole different experience with your parent than trying to get them. You know, I'm always trying to get my dad to take his probiotics. Did you take this today? Did you take that? Your pill? Did you remember? And he doesn't wanna hear that from me. He doesn't want to, you know, he doesn't want to be reminded of things like age, and he doesn't want to be parented by me because he's my dad and I'm his kid. So as long as I keep things on a topic he likes. Oh, also, I refer to myself as his favorite child, which drives him crazy. So I'm always, like, introducing. If, like, one of his friends stops by and I'm there, I'm like, hi, I'm Kelly. I'm Joe's favorite daughter. He's like, I don't have a favorite child. I love you both the same. And I'm like, yeah, but I'm his favorite. It drives him crazy.

[Mark Consuelos]

It's always a good one.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, my dad gets wild. He gets, like, really wild about it.

[Albert Bianchini]

You know, like, in terms of the sanity of it all. And granted, my husband's not an aging father, but he might as well be right now. But, like, I've had to. I've been grounded a lot because of his, you know, his health. And I've noticed such a difference. If I take the time in the morning and do like, a workout or.

[Kelly Ripa]

Something, for me, yes.

[Albert Bianchini]

Then I can handle the rest of the day. I can stay sane the rest of the day. If I plan for something later in the day, I am out of my mind by the. By the afternoon. Like, I can't. It's, like, all taken me. It's all taken me by storm. But if I do it in the morning and I just take that time for myself, I can handle anything, you know? So, like, I.

[Kelly Ripa]

That's actually very good advice.

[Albert Bianchini]

Take time for yourself. Just take that little bit of me time in the morning.

[Kelly Ripa]

But if you have a housebound parent and they're dependent on. On you and you can't leave, I'm just telling you to keep it light. Don't, you know, don't talk about the election. Don't talk about like, keep it light, keep it and engaged on his level, not on your level. You can, you know, go into the bathroom and talk to your friends or scream, do what I do, scream into your pillow at night. But Jan's advice is much better advice. If you can, break away and give yourself an hour a day.

[Albert Bianchini]

If you can. If you can. Okay. From Leanna. Rachel, I just got married. Should I change my name? My husband's fine with whatever my choice is.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's so interesting. You know, I changed my name, but because it was so much easier for school.

[Mark Consuelos]

Right.

[Kelly Ripa]

It's just easier and more streamlined if you're Mr. And Mrs. Whatever.

[Mark Consuelos]

I agree. I think it's only with kids is the only main reason.

[Kelly Ripa]

Yeah, it's the main reason if you have kids, it's really. It's just for the ease of the parent teacher conference.

[Albert Bianchini]

Unless your last name's Wiener.

[Kelly Ripa]

Unless your last name is Wiener. In which time you make your husband change his name to Shalei.

[Albert Bianchini]

You're up.

[Mark Consuelos]

Oh, yes. From Gene Matera. So between us, are there ever mornings where you hate the thought of being on at 9:00am?

[Kelly Ripa]

My God, Gene, it's as if you live in my house. Yes, I hate it. It's not that I. It's. Let me say this. I don't hate being on. I don't hate that part. I hate the getting ready to be on. And I said to Mark, like, if I like this year podcast, if you could see me, you would not recognize me because I kind of look like a little boy. I kind of look like a kid that just got home from softball practice, which is my aesthetic. I am a person that doesn't like to wear makeup. I certainly don't like to get my hair done. And yet, and yet I found myself with this career that has forced me in makeup and hair first thing in the morning, every morning. And so that, to me, is the bummer. I don't mind, like, the job and the talking to people. I rather enjoy that. I find people very interesting. But I do find the pageantry of it all, the Westminster Dog show of it all, to be exhausting. That I don't love.

[Mark Consuelos]

I always wonder that too, because then you could be. What if you did a late night show? Like, would you be happier being on at five, six o' clock at night?

[Kelly Ripa]

You still have to get into hair and makeup, and that bums me out. It's. I mean, that to me is the bummer of all bummers. Like, getting into hair and makeup, to me is just the most insufferable part of my job. And oftentimes I look at men on camera who look like a disaster. Not, you know, none of, like, none of the late night hosts. They're very polished and, you know, and the cable people look very polished. But once in a while, you'll see, like, you'll see a guest. Like, I'll give you an example. I love Adam Sandler, but when he comes on our show, he looks like he's literally rolled out of the gym.

[Albert Bianchini]

And he probably has. He probably came from across the street, right?

[Kelly Ripa]

He was just playing pickup basketball, and now he's doing a talk show. And I'm like, why can't I do that? All right. I want to thank my guests again. Kristin Chenoweth and of course, Mark Consuelos. Well, Jan, do you want to sign us off?

[Albert Bianchini]

Can't wait to talk off camera next week.

[Kelly Ripa]

Bye. Bye. Let's talk off camera with Kelly Rabat is a production of Malojo Productions with help from Goat Rodeo. Our theme song is Follow me from apm, Music from Malojo. Our team is Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini, Jan Chalet, Devin Schneider, Michael Halpern, Jacob Small, Ras Therian, Seth Gronquist and Julia Desch. From Goat Rodeo. Our team is Kara Schillin, Megan Nadolski, Max Johnston, Isabel Kirby McGowan and Rebecca Seidel. Additional sound design by Terence Bernardo. This show is powered by stitcher.