We surprised her withbeing in the glass booth fromYouand [star Penn Badgley] came out and shocked her.
We surprised her with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
We took a spin around Manhattan and just waved and honked at people.
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We never know what’s going to happen.
No day is going to be the same on our show.
There’s no formula that becomes stale that we just plug in different elements.
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Mathews' role on the series has also really evolved over the past four seasons."
Drews just elevated me to stand right next to her, which is phenomenal, he says.
Someones got to have a lot of confidence to be down to let somebody else stand next to them.
She didnt need to do that; shes Drew Barrymore.
But I think she saw its more fun to have a partner.
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And fun they certainly do have.
It’s so funny.
Our show, the teleprompter is merely a suggestion because we never follow it.
Im not constantly chasing a punchline.
We are telling real stories.
We are being silly and ridiculous.
We’re getting emotional.
We’re dorking out of over pop culture OMGs.
Whatever is real, we get to do around here.
And that’s so rare.
He adds, I announced my wedding here.
I asked my brother to be my best man here.
We showed the pictures of the wedding, dedicated that to my mother.
That vulnerability not only translates to the cast and crew, but to the audience too.
They say, Oh my God.
It was so real.
I started crying or I started laughing.
I just feel so safe.
We get so silly on this show, he says.
You know that kind of laughing you do with your best friend?
It’s the best.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made Drew spit her water out all everywhere.
Our show’s like, ‘Oopsies!
We just kept cooking, he teases.
But life is like that, right?
It can take a turn to the ridiculous, a turn to emotional, or a turn to hysterical.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
