Eric Andre Is Distracting Conan | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
Hi, my name is Eric Andre. And I feel. moist about being Conan O'Brien's. friend. Fantastic. Fantastic. Sopping. Yeah. Now, to be fair, it's quite humid. in New York City right. what I'm talking about, brother. Don't you dare backpedal. Oh, I backpedaled out of that one fast. Don't you. I'm still going to chalk it up to. weather conditions and not myself. Whatever you Whatever helps you sleep at. night. Not my sexual charisma. No, baby boy.
You came You launched into this room. full of pep and energy, and you were a. jet. You're in good shape. You're in. great shape. in great shape, but I I'll take it. You are. No, I've been I've been. drinking a little bit. When I drink, I. get a little pudgy. When I don't drink, shh. I slim up. You slim up real good. But I had my 40th birthday party. Mhm. And? a month ago. And it lasted for a month. And yeah, and I just. You went crazy. I like cocktails. What can I say?
What's your favorite cocktail? What do. you like? All of them. Um. I don't know. It's kind of like, what's. your favorite album? It's an unfair. question. And. I'm insulted that you would ask such a. thing. No, I like a rum old-fashioned. I like rum. I like rum a lot. rum. Uh. You got a pirate kind of vibe to you. I do have a pirate vibe, and when I'm on. rum, I just sprout an eye patch and a. pirate. And I just It just grows out of. me, and I God, I love rum. Yeah, it's fun. And then I like to fight.
people. Yeah. You know, uh. a lot of rum uh history started in. Massachusetts. Massachusetts was a huge. rum producer back in the day. Back in the day. got it in your veins, brother. Are you. from Massachusetts? Well, originally from Ireland, but then. we hung out in Massachusetts for a while. before that. born in Ireland. No, but it's so funny. You're from Boston, aren't you? Yeah, I am from Boston, but it's so. funny because my name's Conan O'Brien. and I look the way they do, so many. people think, "Ah, she's from Dublin.". And I'm like, "No, I grew up in I grew.
up in Massachusetts, but. You were born in Ireland? No, no, no. I was born in Massachusetts. So, why did you lie to me? I didn't. What did I say? Did I lie? I. don't think I did. I'm actually a judge. he goes, "I'm I'm I started in Ireland. and then I moved to Massachusetts." You. did. Thank you. You did say I started in Ireland and. then we came over to Mass. It was very strange. That's weird. I subconsciously lied to. you. Uh. I Why did I do that? man. You're drunk on rum. Well, I'm going to say right now this is.
a Coke Zero. It's got nothing in it. No, I started out in Lebanon. Then. it was off to Ireland for my dreams to. come true. Then I made my way to Boston. cuz I heard that was the show business. capital of the world. Turns out that was. a mistake. Oh, right under the Sitgo sign. That's. where everybody. It all happens. That's where they filmed. Goodfellas and Godfather. All good movies start right underneath. the Sitgo sign. Right under the Sitgo sign. Fenway Park. Okay, I'm going to make. sense of this because we have things to. talk about. We can't We can't be.
screwing around. This is a serious. interview. And do you feel distracted? Am I. creating a distracting environment? you should I think you should go. I. I think I want to continue my interview. with Eric Andre without Eric Andre. because you're. you're Yeah, you're a distraction. I'm sorry. You're getting in the way of my. interview with you. Yeah. Uh you. you're I I love you. You're a great. I love you, too, though. You're a very funny man. You're a very. creative man. You're a force for good. Thank you.
I'm So, I was very excited that I'd be. seeing you today. I think the last time. we talked it was over Zoom and then. today you come bursting in the door. Yeah. We hugged. Yeah. We kissed. I felt we kissed for quite a long time. You became moist. I felt your. musculature. Then we fought for a bit, which. surprised me. surprise me. It It shocked me. You took the first. swing. I came right I blocked it, came. right back. It was. And then I was doing major kickboxing on. you. You were shocked. I did Tae Bo. I did Tae Bo on you, which.
isn't a good defense. No, it's a very good exercise. Great exercise, not a good. even facing me as you did Tae Bo. I know. And it made me easy to hit. I. just was hitting you with a chair and. you were. Pummeling me. I'm bleeding out. started doing squats as I punched you in. the face. I don't know. I don't. understand any of it, but. no, very very very happy to have you. here and so glad that your show is you. got a new season of the show coming out, which people absolutely adore. You've.
got great people on the show this year. You always get terrific guests. You. always get great people to play along. But who's who we got this It's like John. Hamm? Oh, John Hamm, yeah. Lil Nas X, good friend of mine. Lil Yachty, a lot of Lils. Yeah, a lot of Lils. Porn star Mia Khalifa, who you're going. to pretend you don't know any of her. work, Conan. Oh my god. This morning I did a 9-hour deep dive. ON HER WORK.
SHE enunciates the dialogue very well. That's what she's known for. Her diction is perfect. I am the condometer. I didn't notice anything else. Um but you know, you've got a you've got this great. trajectory, which is you made this show. up completely at sheer force of will. You pretty much made it all happen. yourself in a lot of ways, right? At the. beginning this was a homegrown project. Yeah, it was a junkyard show. It was you and you were like when you.
put together your show, you were living. on couches. Yeah. Yeah. I was like sleeping outside. I would. sleep in like little parks cuz I was too. afraid to sleep in Central Park. So I'd. sleep in like St. Vartan's Park in. Murray Hill and like I'd pick little and. I had toothbrushes. all around town and I would. you had two toothbrushes hidden in the. park? Yeah, I did. Just hidden in the park. Well, I think it was third rock. from the pond to the left. Here it is.
Oral-B. with Sensodyne. I would like I would do stand-up at. night. I would do open mics and I would. ask the audience if I could sleep over. and sleep on their couches. And you meant it. And I meant it. I meant it. Wow. Okay. And so you start putting the. show together and then. um. Did did it heat up in here or am I. excited? What do you mean? Don't you feel like it's hotter than. when we started? Yeah, that's your body heat. You think it's just.
You're glowing. You're glowing. I'm pregnant. There's an there's an omelet cooking on. your shoulder. It got hotter, didn't it? hotter because I don't mean to. flatter myself, but I think you saw me. I did. and I thought think you thought, "Shit, I'm sitting with that Conan O'Brien.". That's right. I didn't realize. And you had to up your game. I looked into those Lebanese eyes and I. knew. Lebanese Irish eyes. And you knew you had to take it up a. notch. That's right.
