This is so exciting.
I was so excited.
First of all, I loved the show.
I hope you love how it turned out.
It's great, right?
Thanks for giving us this job.
Oh my god.
And I I was like, I get to have them on the show
and talk about it.
It's so great.
And you haven't been here since the end of "The Office."
Yeah.
And I haven't seen you since Season Two.
Oh that's right.
It was a long time ago.
But, my mother.
Your mother and your sister I've seen.
Yes yes yes.
My mom.
So they see each other at a party--
His mom is Goldie Hawn.
Sorry.
My mom is Goldie Hawn.
And she comes home and she goes, honey.
This show, congratulations.
It's been picked up.
And I said, mom, this isn't happening
for like another two weeks.
We have no idea.
She goes, no, I saw Ellen at a party and she said it's a go.
And I said-- now of course, my mind is going, is this real?
Does Ellen know what's happening?
She must, but maybe she doesn't.
So.
I got the news on the internet.
Really?
Yeah.
No.
I didn't.
Someone called me.
Someone called you.
I didn't see your mom or I would've told your mom too.
You didn't see my mom at a party.
I saw your mom when she was here, though.
Yes.
And by the way, my mom--
you were so sweet to my mom.
It's her 70th birthday today.
Oh happy birthday!
Yeah.
So, happy birthday to my mom.
There's your mom.
Yes.
OK.
So do you see this picture?
Do you see her hair in this picture?
What is that?
OK.
So, that was back when I was super into the bump it.
Do you remember the bump it?
Yes.
It was like a hair thing.
And when I came on the show, you styled my hair with a bump it.
Sure did.
Yeah.
And as a bit-- there, I'm getting my hair styled by you.
And afterwards, you took a picture with my folks.
And they have that picture on the wall in our house at home.
There's no context for why my hair looks like that.
Well I should do something to your hair every time
we take a picture with your mom so it's different
every single time.
Always insane.
Yeah.
So you grew up--
I think everybody grew up differently than you.
But, obviously, you all grew up very differently.
Yeah.
I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.
My mom's a schoolteacher.
My dad's an engineer.
Yes I grew up in Hollywood.
Uh-huh.
With famous parents.
Yeah.
But I think they've been to St. Louis.
Oh, so it's like almost the same.
Yeah, they probably shot a movie in St. Louis or something.
They did.
So but you all shot here on the lot.
Which is amazing, because you used to hang out here
all the time.
I grew up here.
I grew up on these sets.
I have no choice but to do what I do.
What a lot.
Which was, like, that was like fascinating to me.
Because, so I mean, because I'm a mom.
I have two little kids.
And my modeling for raising kids was St. Louis, Missouri.
It wasn't Hollywood.
And I was like, well, what do you do?
Do you bring your kids to set?
Do you not?
Do you-- what do you-- how much of this world
do you let them see and be a part of?
And when we did the show together, I got to ask you.
And you said, it was great.
You loved going to work with your parents.
And he-- you-- he turned out great.
Oliver is amazing,
I'm OK.
He's an amazing dad.
No.
You're amazing.
How many kids do you have?
I've got three.
Three boys.
How old?
18-- three-- two boys, a little girl.
10, 7, and 4.
And you have--
I have two.
I have a little boy who is 6 and 1/2,
and a little girl 3 and 1/2.
And so, well, first of all, talk about the show.
Because it's interesting.
Because the show is about--
you both actually have the same parenting styles
as this couple on the show.
As our characters.
But explain the show.
Yeah so-- yeah, go ahead.
OK.
Go ahead.
So.
Oh thank you darling.
Thank you.
So, in the first episode, you find out
that we're getting a divorce.
But we can't afford to sell our house
and live in two different places.
So one of us is going to live next to the garage each week.
And the other person is going to live in the house taking
care of the kids.
And so it's called bird nesting.
It's a new thing.
Yes.
Where this is-- rather than to make
the kids go to different houses, the parents
go to different houses in divorce.
And we are trying to co-parent in
this new interesting situation.
Yeah, but they cast this show very, very well.
Because we soon realized how similar
we were to our characters.
And not only that, but Jenna is so similar to my wife,
the way my wife handles the kids and deals with her life.
That she's so wonderful, and she's amazing.
She's beautiful, and wonderful.
And attractive.
And I can't stop thinking about her.
That's right.
Yes.
And you're so much like my husband, actually.
It's weird.
I feel like I don't have to do a lot to get into character.
Because I just leave my real husband and then I come to you,
and you're like, kind of the same guy.
I mean, that's why the chemistry works so well, too.
John Krasinski was here not too long ago.
And I brought up the possibility of the return
of "The Office," because there's all these reboots.
Of course, I don't want that to happen,
because I want this show to go.
And we don't want this to happen.
But people love that relationship between the two
of you.
The Jim Pam relationship.
Yes.
You've got some heat, haven't you?
When we-- when I tweeted something about the show, and I
tweeted out a clip.
And then there were a lot of responses.
Like, he's not Jim!
Anger!
Oh it's horrendous.
I'm getting like, hate tweets, and anything else.
I haven't even done anything.
I think even-- I really think people
are going to be won over.
I really do.
I think this relationship, people
are going to just as invested.
I believe in it.
And I think that if--
I know it's making people angry.
But I think they should just hate watch the show.
Yeah.
Just hate watch it.
And be mad.
Good idea.
And then, all of a sudden, you're going to fall in love.
You are.
And then I think you're going to kind of root for this
to work out.
I don't know.
That's what I'm saying.
Yes.
That's what I'm saying.
All right.
So Oliver, you're a--
we established you're a great guy.
Yes.
You're a great husband.
I think so.
I want you to explain what you did
to show your wife how much you love her and I mean,
this is above and beyond.
OK.
I got a Brazilian wax.
A full on--
Because?
Well I just-- it's--
I wanted to know what it was like.
And did participate in--
What she goes through.
There, oh there, she's this beautiful Italian woman
who barely speaks English.
And it was--
There she is and there are your legs.
And--
No, I'm--
How did you--
How was it?
How did you find it?
It hurt.
Yeah.
I hurt very, very, bad.
It hurt very, very bad.
So you only did it the one time?
One times five.
Wow you're keeping it up.
I kind of like it.
Really?
It's very clean.
And, you know, there's some nice things that
happen when you are fully--
there's no hair.
You know?
I love him so much.
It's-- it's--
These are the stories you come to set with.
I know.
You're so entertaining.
It was a very nice bonding experience.
Wow.
So do you and your wife go together
and get the waxing done?
Yes.
I've never done it alone.
Oh so you go together and get it done?
Yeah, it's sort of a--it's a marital to keep our marriage
spicy.
Yeah that's sweet.
"Splitting Up Together" premieres this Tuesday,
March 27th, at 9:30 on ABC.