-You have a son? You have five kids?
-Five kids, that I know of. -Okay.
You been busy doing lots of stuff.
-So, one of your sons, named Patrick, I'm obsessed with,
because Patrick could either be, like, a mini-model
or just kind of a serial killer, to be honest.
I want to bring up this picture of Patrick on the left here.
[ Crowd "aww"s ] -Yes.
-Okay? And I know that's, like, cute.
But then I want to go to this next picture.
I mean, what's -- -Yeah.
-What's on Patrick's mind? -That is your child?!
-That's him in a good mood.
-That's -- [ Laughter ]
Is he always like this?
-He is. Uh, yeah, he is always like that.
He was -- He's like an old soul.
Like, he's just unfazed by a lot of things.
But he's kind of grumpy.
But he, you know, I --
And, you know, like, people will say, like, "He's so grumpy,"
and then they'll go, "Like you."
And I'll be like -- -Well, that's a good point,
because we have a picture of you when you were a kid,
as well, actually. And --
-Oh, my God. -Yes. Yes.
-Like father, like son, I feel like.
-It's a certain kind of anger that underlies --
[ Laughter ] I mean, by the way,
Patrick looks like me when I was little kid,
and I look like my dad.
It's like, the gene pool is very strong.
-You're all the human manifestation of Grumpy Cat.
-Right? -Yeah.
-I am. I think that's a good thing.
-And you're the youngest of three, correct?
-Yes. -Okay, so,
what were you like as a kid? Did you get away with a lot?
Were you grumpy?
-I feel like
my parents kinda, sorta gave up on, like, child rearing
in general. -Relatable.
-They're great people. But, like, as the youngest,
I was also kind of a dick.
Like, I went to Polish school every Saturday.
And it was this Catholic Polish school.
And I went to get a Polish doughnut,
which are these, like, awesome --
They're cooked in pork fat. They're filled with plum jam.
All of that is irrelevant but just a necessary detail of food.
Now I'm hungry.
And I wanted to buy a doughnut one day,
and I didn't have money.
And so the women was like, "Oh, you can just start a tab.
It's like 50 cents.
Don't worry about it. You'll pay me next week."
And so, of course I forgot about said tab and then --
Till next week, and I wanted more doughnuts,
and I decided to start buying doughnuts for my friends.
By the end of the semester --
Like, they were like 25 to 50 cents each.
My dad showed up to school to pick me up,
and I had like a $200 tab that he had to pay,
and he was pissed.
-Wow.
-Yet you look like this.
-I was a child. And I was buying them for everybody else.
-Ah, a giver. -Like, who did I think I was?
-Now, as a father, how would you parent the situation?
-Oh, I'd -- Gosh.
I got five of them, so it's like --
There's just so much dra-- It's too hard.
[ Laughter ] It's way too hard.
There's just way too many of them.
and it's just too difficult.
So, like I hear that, and I'm like,
yeah, that's like a Tuesday. -I appreciate how real
that sentence is.
Straight-up, it's hard.
Don't recommend. -It's really hard.
-Like, I'm not taking that on.
-It's just --
But there's no going back.
You know, once you have a kid, you can't be like --
You know, it's not like Amazon where you can ship it back.
It's just brutal.
But they're killing me. My children are killing me.
[ Laughter ] They are.
-So, Antoni, congratulations. I got to pull this out.
You have a -- the release
of your "New York Times" best-selling cookbook.
I mean, can we take a moment? -Thank you, thank you.
And so, do I understand this correctly,
that you, after filming for long, long hours,
then went home and tested recipes?
-So, I'm a workaholic.
[ Laughs ] -Okay, love that, love that.
-Cue the nervous laugh.
I decided to write a book
while we were filming Seasons 3 and 4 of "Queer Eye"
in Kansas City.
And so, we would film like 10-, 12-hour days.
And then I would show up at home, or at my rental apartment,
and that's when I would basically start cooking.
But you know what? We made it through,
and now there's a book. -And now look!
There's a "New York Times" best-selling book.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, it's no secret that you're hilarious.
We know you're hilarious.
But you're actually working on a dramatic movie.
It is called "American Dreamer." And I want to read this,
because I'm gonna boast you for a second.
It had an amazing "L.A. Times" review
that called you a breakout star.
Congrats. Good news.
-That's amazing. -I love that.
But I want to know what it's about, because I --
Have you ever done a dramatic role before?
-I've done some dramatic roles.
But, you know, this is an indie where I'm the lead,
and all the pieces came together.
So it's really exciting.
-What's it about?
-Well, it's about a ride-share driver
who is kind of down on his luck.
He's had some bad luck
and some bad decisions through his life.
And, you know, this gig economy,
it's like he's not really making enough money,
so he starts driving around this drug dealer,
which is not a good idea.
And that leads to more bad decisions.
But, you know, the story --
I don't want to give too much away.
But, like, there's some stuff that goes on
where it's kind of shocking.
And it's a thriller, so it's --
But it's super fun. It's not a comedy at all.
-Well, thank you for not wanting to give anything away.
I will. We have a clip. Let's take a look at this clip.
-No, no, no. -No, you take me to my son!
You take me to my son right now!
[ Gasps ] -You say one [bleep] word,
and your son dies. I swear to God.
Can you keep your mouth shut? -[ Whimpering ]
-Can you keep your [bleep] mouth shut?!
♪♪
Everything's gonna be okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Looks funny. Looks funny.
-It's fun for the whole family. Right?