Jenna Ortega Rates YOU Memes & Gushes Over Penn Badgley

What's going on guys? Hanging with me right now. I have Jenna Ortega. What's up, girl?

Hey guys. Nothing much. How are you?

I'm good. How are you?

I'm good.

It's been a minute. We were just talking about how the last time you were here, you had a very crazy experience.

Yeah, we were evacuated for bomb threats. Right as we started our interview too. It was great. And then we sat downstairs for 30 minutes contemplating what was going on. Yeah. But we were safe. We're safe.

Yeah. And then we came back and we did it.

Yeah. And then I just didn't return for a long time.

She hasn't been back since, but now we have her. You're also in that really cute jumpsuit.

Basically a onesie and I just felt like being really comfortable today. I didn't really feel like dressing up.

So cute. One of my favorite looks on you.

It's easily like one of the most comfortable things I've ever worn.

And your shirt now. Love.

Thank you. Biggie. You should my bedroom. I just have like Biggie posters everywhere. Really?

Yeah. You're here because of you. Season two. Congratulations.

Thank you so much.

Girl, it is such a good show. You're incredible in it. Did you know that people are saying that you're one of the breakout stars? Have you seen this?

Uh, I've seen it and it's been so pleasantly surprising because I truly believe people are going to hate my character. Really? Because her whole purpose is just to be an annoying pest and people ride for Joe hardcore, heavy. So if anybody intervenes with, you know, his image, people get, you know, mad about it. Yeah. And that's I'm just a pest. Shooting was fun. I've never been on a project like that before. So it was very different. I was the only kid on set, which was interesting. But what I loved about it is also nobody treated me like a baby there. Everybody was very open to ideas and, you know, I my my opinion mattered there, which I think is really cool to see. Uh the the energy on that set could be very intense because we are dealing with a serial killer, stalker, psychopath here. Right. Right. So it it could get heavy but it was amazing because I truly believe that the number one on the call sheet sets the tone for the set and Penn Badgley is such I mean, that man's an enigma. Like I could go on about him. Everything that comes out of his mouth is poetry.

I've never met him. But I'm dying to know just anything you want to tell me about him.

Yeah, he's an intellectual. You know his favorite artist is D'Angelo. Which I I just wasn't expecting that.

What were you expecting from what you know?

I don't know. Like folksy. I don't know. I I just can't I don't know. I don't know. I just didn't expect D'Angelo. Yeah. And then um what else? There was like a solid 30 minutes on set where he was talking about memes with me. And he was saying memes are a language of their own. They're universal. Like anybody could understand a meme. And I sat there. I said, wait, this man is right. So he showed me his favorite memes and we noticed that there was a pattern where every single meme he was showing me, not only was a dog meme, but a Shiba Inu meme. You know that breed? He loves Shiba Inu dog memes. It's like, I can't describe them to you, but they they're fluffier. They're like medium size. They're adorable. They're like a pom. Pomeranian a little bit.

Oh, yeah, a little bit. Okay.

A little bit. Uh but all of his favorite ones were like them stuck in fences like this.

Really?

And then there was like a funny caption to go with it. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. A man of mystery. I don't understand. I don't understand. But he was great. He was great. And like he's so talented and I feel like I learned so much from the other cast members. Uh everybody's incredibly sweet. Everybody got along really well and I don't know. I think it was just a very peaceful set. Uh we moved fast. We got things done. Everybody knew what was going on except for me. So like at the beginning of the season, they pulled everybody aside and we're like, oh, this is what's happening with your character. But they didn't do that for me. So I'm asking other people like, hey, do you know or the writers? Hey, do we have an update? And nobody would tell me anything.

Wow.

Yeah. So I was kind of lost the entire time.

If you could DM any celebrity guaranteed they'd see it and respond to you, who would you choose and what would you say?

Frank Ocean.

Oh, wow. You've had that ready.

Easy, easy, easy. He's like He's my favorite. Um I don't know what I would say. It's hard because what do you tell Frank Ocean?

True. Because you don't want to come off too harsh, like I I love you. You could. That'd be really bold.

Yeah, I'd probably say I love you.

What just went through your mind right there?

I just realized like it's a DM. It's not that deep. So, yeah. I love you.

All right. I love it. We're going to tweet this at him. Is that cool?

Do it. And can we tell you? I doubt he'll respond.

Yeah, actually. Just saying. If we get him to respond, that'll be pretty cool.

I just saw he's going to be performing at Coachella and I my heart dropped. Like I'm I'm ecstatic.

So the next time you come back, we should either get like a video message of Frank saying hi to you or like bring him in. Would you be down? Would you be like cool enough to come in?

What do you mean?

Listen, we got some power here in Hollywood. We can make it happen, I think.

Maybe. I'm not going to make you promise. I'm not going to get I'm not I don't count my chickens before they hatch. So I will take what you said into consideration, but I won't I won't like live on it. You know.

Okay. I like that. We'll sit on it. We'll let it marinate. We want to play a game called rate that meme. We pulled memes from you and I want you to give them a rating between one and five. One being and five being like really funny.

Okay.

So we have them here for you. You can go ahead and hold the iPad. These are you memes.

Yep. All from your show. People are so funny. They're hilarious. Me and Joe said see you later. Man, it's hard because this is the first one, so it sets the tone. Yeah. So I don't want to be aggressive and be like five. But it made you laugh right away. It did make me laugh. You know what? We're going to say three.

Ooh, okay.

And I say three because I cannot tell you how many times I've seen this Tyra. meme. Good. We're all rooting for you. It's so good. We were all rooting for you. Oh, I see you like to post. Not just any post. It's my post. And with everyone making posts and you liked mine. Was it something that I said that intrigued you? Maybe you're the only one that truly understands me. My meme content brought you to me. Hello you. Yes, you know that. Hello you. I love just like impersonating but that was like Uh this is my favorite. I say this one is really strong, but I'm going to give it a three as well. So three's not bad. Three's like a solid but I'm I just want one to surpass my expectations.

Oh, the pressure's on. I hope I pulled some good ones for you. Keep going.

Now you see me now you don't. The joke. I like this one a lot. I don't want to give them all three though. I'll say two.

She is a harsh judge, guys.

I'm tough. Clearly. I could handle the stalking, obsessing, but as soon as they start saying that, I won't. Okay, I want to talk about this. I'm going to give this one a four because I remember reading that in the script and being like

This is Okay, I want your honest opinion. I thought that was actually really cute. And I even posted it on my story being like, this is so cute. Does that make me a psychopath? Be honest with me, Jenna.

I just feel like we have different tastes.

Okay, fair. So we're never going to fight over an email.

Yeah, I think yeah, I think we have very different tastes. Um I read that and I was like, ooh. But then again, if you finish the season, it makes sense. You guys are you're it's

Yeah, it makes sense. We'll keep it.

Yeah, you get the you get the gist. Yeah. Me, Joe's glass box while he's hacking people and still really healthy children. This one, I'm going to give a five. I give this one a five because I felt this one. I think I retweeted this one actually. He killing people on still be and still able to reply to text. Do not sit up for less ladies and gents. I'm going to give this one a four.

Okay, that was a good one.

Because girls online are actually psycho. And I mean that I mean that in the most. Like, I'm so grateful for them. Don't get me wrong. But they go hard.

Oh, you mean like for Joe? Like the character?

Yeah, well, just with people in general. Like they are so Twitter is such a freeing app. People are so like everyone is just so you're welcomed. And there's some interesting

That's a really good way to put Twitter.

There's just so many. Like, whereas Instagram it's more how you want to be seen, whereas Twitter it's really you. Ooh, yes. That's all I'm saying. And we're all just going to ignore this high. And then it's Ted Bundy and Penn.

They look a lot alike. They do look a lot alike. Penn would have been great in that, but then again, I understand him not wanting to play a psychopath every single role. And Zack did great in that. I'm going to give this one a two because I don't see it so much as funny, more so like, oh, Like, look at this comparison. Yeah. This is how Joe was stalking back in somewhere. He still never sizes it. Yeah, I think this was funny. I'm going to give this one a five as well because this was the first one I had ever seen. Uh and I remember I just booked the part and they announced it and then I put this on my story. So that's a five.

Wow. Okay. So we've got what? two fives. I think Now I feel bad for some of the threes. I feel bad for some of the threes after going through. I'm like, hey. So if anybody did those threes, you're respected. You're very well respected. And I apologize that you had to be like one of the first to go through it, but hey, it's okay. We all have different tastes, you know? It's okay. On that note, thank you so much for coming by. Congratulations on the show and everything else. Please come back soon. We'd love to have you.

Thank you so much.