-Our next guest is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress
you know from shows such as "The West Wing"
and "Pushing Daisies" and from Broadway productions
like "Wicked" and "On the 20th Century."
She stars in the second season of "Schmigadoon!",
which premieres Wednesdays on Apple TV+.
Please welcome back to the show our friend Kristin Chenoweth.
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You -- I mean, your very personality sparkles,
but for you to also wear an outfit that does...
-Listen. [ Cheers and applause ]
I'm showing up for the Seth Meyers show, okay?
I see you didn't. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-You know I love you. -How dare you? How dare you?
I would look ridiculous in your outfit.
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-This is -- This is a wonderful show.
We've talked about the first season with you
over the years -- And not over the years,
but the second season -- and the first year
that you did this show was very difficult.
It was in the middle of COVID, hard core protocols.
-Yes. We wore cones like dogs. -[ Laughs ]
It was very unfair to make a star like you wear a cone.
-I know. I was like, "Sit? Okay.
Eat? Alright." [ Laughter ]
That's what it felt like. Sorry.
-And you -- you were right across the hall
in a hotel from your friend and costar, Alan Cumming.
-Yes. -But this year,
a bit of an upgrade -- not over Alan,
but over the living arrangement. -[ Laughs ]
-You shared a home with Cecily Strong.
-Yeah, so I was in the Sutton, this -- our hotel.
I call it the "Slutton." [ Laughter ]
-This is a -- Let's go a little deeper on the Slutton.
This is -- This is a hotel in Vancouver
that everybody -- -You who know it well.
-I know it.
Everybody who's working on a production up there,
of which there are many -- -We all stay there.
-And they all show up in the hotel bar.
-Yeah. And we all do the bar, and we all do the workout
and we call it the Slutton.
And I think it's because people act like sluts there.
-Yeah. -I'm not sure it does.
-Like, I feel like of the places
I've been in my life, "what happens here, stays here"
was far truer of the Slutton than it is of Las Vegas.
-Absolutely, baby. -[ Laughs ]
-So, yeah.
So I lived next door to Alan in the Slutton -- Sutton and...
and this year I was upset
because my dog -- there was an issue with my dog.
Anyway, Cecily said, "You want to come live with me?"
And I'm like, "Absolutely," because she is like me.
We're both bat [bleep], but we love each other.
[ Laughter ] -Dog lovers as well.
-I mean, her dog is like my dog.
I just -- I loved living with her.
She said it was a little "Flowers in the Attic."
She said, "You can stay in the basement."
[ Laughter ]
So I lived down there. There was a gym, not that --
neither one of us ever touched it,
but there was a gym and there was no light.
I'm one of those sleepers that likes to sleep
with not one little piece of light.
There was no light.
And I literally was like a vampire.
I would -- I was upside down asleep every night.
And she would -- I would come up in the mornings and she'd go,
"You're a real va-- like, you're a bat."
Like, "I know."
We would watch all of our shows. -So you have --
That's very important.
You have similar tastes in shows?
-Have you met her? -Yeah, I have.
-Okay. So we both love the housewives of any county.
-Okay. You're not picky. -Not picky.
And we were obsessed with the Salt Lake City.
Uh-huh. Yeah, there was --
There was some criminal activity, right?
-Do you know what's going on?
-I only know there's maybe been some arrests.
-Yes, Seth. -It's very fun.
I have this very nice thing where I'm just on the outside
of understanding anything in that world,
but I appreciate that if I get in, I'll never get out.
-You'll never get out.
-They say it's like going in Cecily's basement.
Once you're there... -[ Laughs ]
You never come out! So we would get this --
She said, "I have this vodka and it's organic."
I was like, "I'm all -- That's good.
Organic vodka." -I did not know
they all weren't. -I -- [ Laughs ]
Because, right? -Yeah.
-How do you make -- How do you -- That...?
-It feels like they've all been wiped with an alcohol swab.
-It's one big alcohol. -Yeah.
-So anyway, we'd sit there and we watch --
So first of all, I love the housewives.
They make me feel better about my own life.
-Uh-huh. -And I've actually become
friends with a couple of them.
If you like "Housewives of Salt Lake City" like I do,
Heather Gay has a wonderful book called "Bad Mormon."
You should read it.
And it's not about Heather, is it?
Anyway, back to me. [ Laughter ]
She -- She's a delightful person.
But there's this girl on there named Jen Shah,
and I know some of you ladies
and probably some of you men know what I'm talking about.
She actually stole --
she accidentally stole from old people.
[ Laughter ] -She accidentally --
She sound like one of Donald Trump's lawyers.
[ Laughter ] -By the way,
you're Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump
can be Tony Award-worthy. -Thank you very much!
And you have a Tony, so that means a lot.
I will ask for a quote for you for the poster.
-Done. I mean, it was good.
-Wait, what about -- It seems like there's a lot happening
in the world of the Vanderpumps. -Oh!
Oh. -Okay.
So again, I sort of, you know, a headline --
as a headline spotter only,
I realize there's sort of a storm brewing.
Is this something we should all try
to engage ourselves in this story?
Is it worth...? -Well, if you like yourself.
-Okay, gotcha. [ Laughter ]
-There is a long-term couple on their named
Tom and named Ariana.
Now I'm fixing to get a shirt that says Team Ariana.
-Okay, gotcha. -I did
"Watch What Happens Live."
I've probably done that...
Andy's a good friend of mine.
I've done that show a lot because I am --
I know the Bravo shows, like "Married at First Sight."
Come on, that's a car wreck waiting to happ--
I just love it. [ Laughter ]
Anyway, they broke up
because her good friend is cheating with Tom.
-Oh, my goodness. -And I did "Watch What Happens"
with him, and he always seemed a little smarmy to me.
And there you go. [ Laughter ]
-Alright. Well, you know what?
I don't know anything, but Team Ariana as well.
-Yes! -I'm jumping on.
-Thank you. -I'm with you.
I have a bunch more to ask you.
We'll be right back with more
from my friend Kristin Chenoweth.