Erin Foster says she was so scared of ruining her healthy relationship by making Nobody Wants This that she actually wanted the show to get rejected On Armchair Expert, she revealed she was relieved when Amazon, Apple, and NBC passed on the project because she was afraid of exposing her partner’s family. But her partner, Simon Tikhman, encouraged her to speak to his father, Anatoly, about the script. His only request? “Don’t make us look poor. Make us look rich!” Erin agreed, and Nobody Wants This went on to portray the family as wealthy.

Kevin O’Leary Says It’s Extremely Difficult to Build Wealth on Less Than $35,000 a Year O’Leary explained that people living in major cities can spend $1,200–$1,500 a month on rent alone, making it difficult to save and invest. His biggest warning? Avoid credit card debt and stop overspending. He also recommends making investing a habit, suggesting people automatically invest 10% of their income each week. According to O’Leary, if you stay consistent, you could look back two years later and wonder where all that money came from. Do you think someone earning under $35,000 a year can realistically build wealth today?

Pierce Brosnan’s Son Says His Mom Doesn’t Use YouTube, So He Had to Set Her Up With Paramount+ to Watch His New Show During the interview, the conversation turned to whether his mom was watching. He admitted she was back in Wimbledon, London, and didn’t go anywhere near YouTube. But he made sure she could watch his new show, MobLand, by setting her up with Paramount+. The host joked that Paramount+ must feel like climbing a mountain for his mom. When asked about his favorite Pierce Brosnan role, he picked The Thomas Crown Affair.

Guy Ritchie Told an Actor Not to Worry About His Accent, Then Changed It to Irish Five Weeks Later The actor agreed to star in Guy Ritchie’s five-episode project, believing he’d be playing someone from South London. Ritchie told him not to overthink the accent because they’d figure it out on set. Five weeks later, the actor arrived ready to play the role, only for Ritchie to tell him: “No, go more Irish, more Irish, more Irish.” He called his dialect coach, spent just 15 minutes learning a Kerry accent, and jumped straight into the role.

Conan O’Brien Says Kids Calling Him by His First Name Is Fine… Until His Own 56 year old Son Does It Conan explained that his kids’ friends call him “Mr. O’Brien,” which he used to think was unnecessarily formal. But then he explained why he changed his mind. “If a kid says, ‘Hey Conan, I want to tear into their torso with my sharpened nails, pull their heart out and eat it in front of them’… maybe an overreaction, or proportionate?” His answer? “Proportionate.” But his own son once tried calling him “Conan” just to push his buttons. Conan had to remind him: “I’m daddy. You call me dad or daddy.” Kids really know exactly how to get under their parents’ skin.

Matthew McConaughey Explains Why Texas Is About Independence, Exploration, and Individual Freedom Not Just Politics When asked what it means to be a Texan, McConaughey had an answer that went beyond the usual stereotypes. “Texas is not about Republican or Democrat, it’s about independence, independence of spirit, sovereignty.” He explained that Texas has a culture of encouraging people to understand where they come from before going out into the world to explore, take risks, and discover new things. “Then go. Go, explore, pioneer, journey. And hopefully you come on back with some goods and some stories.” But his description of Texas came with an interesting distinction. According to McConaughey, the state is welcoming when people arrive, with a spirit of less regulation and more trust. “Texas is liberal on your entrance.” But when it comes to breaking the rules, he says the attitude changes: “If you lie, cheat, steal, we’re conservative on our consequences.” In other words, McConaughey describes Texas as a place that values personal freedom while expecting people to take responsibility for their actions. Do you think a place can offer people more freedom while still holding them strictly accountable for what they do?

Matthew McConaughey Says Losing 47 Pounds for Dallas Buyers Club Was the Easy Part. What He Found in Ron Woodroof’s Diary Changed Everything When Matthew McConaughey prepared to play Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club, everyone wanted to know the same thing: How did he lose so much weight? But McConaughey said that was actually the easy part. He explained that he followed a strict eating plan, calculated how much weight he needed to lose each week, and stuck to it. No tempting himself with a Pizza Hut buffet. Just discipline and consistency. The real challenge was figuring out who Ron Woodroof was beyond what audiences would see in the film. Then Ron’s family gave McConaughey something unexpected: his personal diary. At first, McConaughey hesitated because reading it felt almost too intimate. But once he opened it, he discovered something that helped him understand the man behind the character. Before Ron became known for his battle with AIDS and his fight to access alternative treatments, he was an ordinary man with dreams, plans, and everyday responsibilities. He wrote about ironing his shirt on Sunday night, checking the batteries in his pager, preparing for a job the next morning, what kind of coffee he drank, and how much gas he would need to drive across town. Those tiny details helped McConaughey see Ron as a real person not just the character whose life would be portrayed on screen. Sometimes, understanding a person’s life means looking beyond their biggest struggles and discovering who they were before everything changed.

Ben Affleck says his 17 year-old roasted him for trying to give relationship advice “My kids are talking at dinner and they'll talk about their friends and the drama and the relationships, and I have some lived experience. I think that's worth sharing, some lessons...” “I was saying, you know, well, the thing about that relationship there with that person and the 17 year-old just turns to me and goes, ‘Oh, like you're the expert on relationships’” “I went to a bookstore with them... and there's some book by a French guy and it's called I'm Sorry for Everything, and my kid immediately just turns to me deadpan and goes, ‘Oh, look, Dad, it's your autobiography’”

Anthony Jeselnik Got Drunk With Queens of the Stone Age, Accidentally Agreed to Perform at San Quentin Prison, and Then Discovered Almost His Entire Act Was Banned The comedian explained that he was drinking with the band after a show when they mentioned they were finishing their tour with a performance at San Quentin State Prison. The band wanted to record a live album in the style of Johnny Cash, and Jeselnik, drunk enough to make questionable career decisions, asked: “Do you need an opener?” They said yes. He forgot about the conversation until the prison sent him a list of rules explaining what he couldn’t say onstage. No swearing. No religion. No sex. No drugs. No violence. His reaction? “Basically, it’s my set list with the word ‘no’ in front of everything.” Imagine being Anthony Jeselnik, whose comedy is known for pushing boundaries, and discovering that almost everything you do onstage is forbidden at your next gig. Would you still take the gig, or would you suddenly remember you had somewhere else to be?