Kaitlin Olson Had To Train Rob McElhenney To Eat Healthier | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

There were a couple things that uh I. realized about you today that I didn't. know before, which is that you lived. on Vashan Island. I did. My wife is from. Seattle. Oh, she is. She Yes. And so I. have wandered those islands uh and spent. time on Vashan. And that's a very And. also Portland. That's a very special. specific part of the country. Yes. It's. very Pacific Northwest. My parents were. hippies. My mom's an herbalist. We like. went fishing for salmon on the island.

for dinner. Um yeah, and then we moved. to like out, you say Portland, which is. like that was the big city 20 minutes. away. We lived in Tiger, Oregon. Um and. if you were hungry, you went outside and. and um you know, grabbed some whatever. was. ripe, washed it off with the hose. We. were very, you know, it was just the. four of us living off the land. When I met my wife, uh, she had moved to New York and she had.

grown up in Seattle and, uh, you know, she'd only been in New York a short time. and we start dating and then I'm going. to, oh, we're we're invited to an event. I'm doing the late night show and I. invite, you know, my this new woman I've. met, who I'm in love with, like, oh, I'm. going to bring her to this event. And. um, she would say, "Okay, let's go." and. she only had. fleece. And she'd be like, "Oh, I've got. this. Yeah, I've got this. I can put on.

boots. I can put on this nicer fleece.". And I'm like, "It's kind of black tie. Like, I'm wearing a tux." And she's. like, I've got sandals. Yeah. I can put. on the good sandals. And it was there. was a moment where I was like, "We need. to we need to talk. We need to talk. about the fleece only. Not everything's. a fleece vest and a baseball cap." Yeah, that's right. But the other thing too. was um I would say I'm Irish Catholic. Boston. So everything for me and Sona's.

witnessed this many times which is I. need to eat a massive ham. I've tried to. change. I think I have changed but my. go-to was always a meal involves a. massive piece of ham and potato and um. mayonnaise and and it has to be this big. thing that you then sit around and. digest like a bank vault in your. stomach. Yeah, that was Rob, too. Yeah, I retrained him. Yes. So, my wife, I'd show up at the time, she's my girlfriend, and I would show up. at her tiny apartment and I would say,

"Hey, uh, brought a ham." And I'd say. like, "Yeah, I'd say, "I'm wearing a. ham. I had a hat that was made that just. had hams around it." I would show up in. her apartment. I say like, "I um, hey. Eliza, I uh, I'm really hungry. Are you. hungry?" And she'd say, "I ate." And I'd. say, "Oh, you ate?" And she'd be like, "Yep. Um, I had uh half a pair and then. I had some walnuts. Um, and then I had. some uh antioxidant juice. Oh, yeah. I. got to meet this lady. Pacific Pacific. Northwest. Her gut health is just top.

shelf. Yeah. Well, she's a massive fan. of yours, so she would be thrilled that. uh that to to meet you someday. But. anyway, um she did you So, you say that. you had to you had to retrain Rob. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He It was. just all First of all, I don't know that. they that fresh vegetables existed on. the East. I think it was just all cans. and frozen stuff apparently. I never saw. a vegetable I think until the after. Reagan was in office, right? I didn't.

believe him. I was like, "That's not. possible." Like it's it's But no, it was. all they had like, you know, limema. beans and steak and m always a always a. potato of some kind. Yes. God forbid you. leave the potato out. a meat, a potato, and some bagged rewormed vegetable. Yeah. Yeah. That's interesting. And so, how long did it take to retrain? Not. long because I love cooking, and he was. like, "Oh, what's this?" Oh, and one. time I asked if he liked eggplant cuz I. was going to do like an eggplant. parmesan. He was like, "I no, I was. going to do some eggplant thing that.

wasn't eggplant parmesan." And I just. ruined the whole story. Um, and he was. like, "Yeah, I I I love eggplant." I was. like, "Great." So, I made So, I don't. remember what it was. We were still. dating. It was 8 800 years ago. Um, yeah, it was before the printing press. Yeah, that's right. And uh he ate it and. he just wasn't eating it. I was like, "What? You don't like eggplant?" He was. like, "I swear this is not what eggplant. tasted like when I was growing up." And. he had eggplant parmesan. It was like. beaten to a pulp and just mostly fried. breading. Yes. It's breading and cheese.

Yeah. I was like, "That's not the. eggplant part." Yeah. No, no, no. That's. the heart attack part. If you hit a. vegetable in heart attack sauce, I was. fine with it, you know. Everyone is. Yeah. Everyone is. But um it's just now. he loves a fresh vegetable, I will say. Oh, and I've completely changed. It's. the same. I mean, this is interesting. I. I I was I wanted to talk about this. initially just for a second cuz it I. realized we've had a similar experience. Um but I had the same thing happen to.

me, which is now I'm I'm like, I would. like a salad, please. You're opposite. Yeah, him too. He's like he'll look at. at what his friends back east eat and. he's just like how are they not all dead. and why are they wondering why I look. good and they don't right. They all look like 75year-old. men. I love them. I want to make that clear. I love all of. them. Did you hear her talking about us?

Um they won't be surprised.