Bad Teacher Cast Discusses Bad Nicknames

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They're some of the most talented people to ever gather in a room, but back in the day were they ever picked on? We sit down with Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake to talk about their school days and learn some of the mean (or cool?) nicknames that were thrown their way. Also, find out if they teased each other in the same way on set. Hosted by RJ Williams.
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Where you at? Where you at in the middle? Camon in the middle. Where you at? In the middle.
Um, I love being in the middle. Are you kidding me? I love just being a sandwich between genius genius, you know? It's between genius.
Wow. Wow. So you've been called a genius before?
Yeah, many times.
You're used to it, right?
I just, I just said that to you a minute ago. Like, hey genius.
Jason.
Yeah. And it just It always comes out that way. I'm realizing now it wasn't a compliment, was it? It was like when kids call you, they're like, hey genius. It's like, hey for us. You're you're basically saying like, hey for us. There's no sarcasm whatsoever.
See, even that's sarcastic.
Jason. There was no sarcasm whatsoever. Take a joke.
That's pretty serious. I believe him. Yeah. Don't Then I grab a bite sometime. He's still a gym teacher?
I am. Yeah.
Then no. Okay. Cool. Well, awesome. This one great. All right. So when you were in school, what were the worst names people said? I mean, you were like 12 years old and you were like a giant. You're really six foot five. I want to hear these names.
Well, it's it's just one terrible memory that replays every time I have a moment of insecurity. I mean, when I was like 12, I went through puberty, you know, where your hormones changed inside of your body. And uh, I became six-four and every other kid was regular, like normal human height. And they would stand around me in a circle and they would jump on my back one by one and they would chant. Ride the Oph. Ride the Oph.
That's pretty bad. That's a mark. No. No. No. What's yours? Let's see, you're camera. What was yours? Can you top that?
I was skeletor. Oh. Skinny Bone Jones. Oh. Yeah. Which is kind of cool. I would kill to be called Skinny Bone Jones. She's Skinny Bone Jones.
What was the worst thing one of these guys called you on set? Really? I'm sure there were some bad ones. I want to hear it.
Jason was always really nice to me. Uh-oh. But this one on the other hand. Justin was always Justin was always there.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Jason Segel
Cast member discussing his childhood nicknames
- Cameron Diaz
Cast member discussing her childhood nicknames and on-set interactions
- Justin Timberlake
Cast member mentioned for on-set interactions
- RJ Williams
Host of the interview
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