Why Wilmer Valderrama Thinks Cardi B is a Genius

What up, Young Hollywood? I am here with Wilmer Valderrama! What up? What up? What's happening? Dude, I had to say your last name like that because I like you know, I can read. I know exactly who you are, I followed your career but last name, like, yo.

I gotta tell you, it's actually it's actually easier to just read it than look at it. When you look at it, you freak out and you have some kind of internal seizure, you know? So, so I think it's like really important to just say it. Two weeks ago, I was in I was doing another press junket in Australia, you know?

Look at you!

And he and he basically the this dude was was driving me and I said, I said uh, hi, how are you doing? Uh, Wilmer. He goes, uh uh, Wilma? Oh, Wilma, okay. It's weird that they named you as after a girl. And I was like, no, it's it's Wilmer. He goes, Wilma? I'm like, oh, it's Wilmer, dude. It's Wilmer. It's not a girl's name. But so he thought everybody in Australia, people think I was named after a girl. Which by the way, I mean, it's uh, you know, it's the age, right? It's just generation. I'm down to have a a gender-neutral name for sure.

Look at that! All right, for your vernacular. Get it! So congratulations on the new season uh, Hollywood Puppet Show. Fuse. Yeah. Dude, it's pretty freaking genius. I'm surprised no one has thought of that until now.

Yeah, it was a silly idea. It was a silly idea. Thank you. Thank you for the words. Uh uh, yeah, it was a silly idea. You know, you know, I I have a production company for a while, you know, you're always producing and and developing, you know, scripted stuff, and game show stuff, and whatever. And even animation, feature films, and all that. And every once in a while you come up with an idea that, you know, it's you know, you know, it's not going to make or break the company. It's just like something that you just have a passion for, you know? And this was one of those projects that you just I just wanted to make. All of us artists have a a crazy idea a a crazy story, something crazy that happened to us. And we never have enough time to tell that story in a in a talk show or in an interview or whatever. So we thought if we had a little more time, imagine if we can just elaborate and how funny that story was. And then we decided uh that we would like crime investigation channel that we would break into re-enactments uh and the whole idea of Team America just felt right.

Right. I'm with you. You guys have had like T-Pain, you've had Nick Cannon.

Yeah.

Karrueche, you know, Joe Jonas, Damon Wayans Jr. , Marlon Wayans, right? as well?

Uh, Marlon's in it. We brought back Lil Jon cuz he, you know, Lil Jon did the first season. He did the second season too because he was just so funny.

That is legendary. So is there like any like celeb that, you know, you haven't had on the show yet that you would love to have on the show?

I would love to have Kobe on the show. I would love to have Kobe on the show. I I you know, eventually maybe I will. That scares me a little bit. I love you, Kobe. Well, I love I love Kobe, you know? I I don't know. I mean, there's so many people that still, you know, uh uh, yeah, to do a show. But uh with this season we have 20 amazing artists. We had Jay Balvin and Prince Royce in this season too and, you know, for me to bring some of my crossover artists from the Latino community was important, you know? All of them were zaddies. All day. Zaddy action. Uh, and and they're killing it in the music game too. So it's it's really amazing to see to see that crossover and and and uh, be part of a a little bit of that moment where you where you discover these guys too.

Right. Cardi B. Offset. Get it! New baby!

Yes! New baby! Yes!

How do you think like she's going to be as like a mom? I'm just curious about that.

Honestly, you know, first of all, she's a she's a Latin woman. And uh, Latin women are amazing, beautiful, nurturing moms. So I think she's she's going to be a fantastic mother. Ah, I'm all for it. She's a genius, man. You know, you know.

I agree. You know what I love, you know what I love about her though, is that she is no filters, no this. Like she just I I just love I love how how raw she is. And I think that's one of her one of her charms. One of the reasons why we kind of all just buy into her brand cuz she can be that beautiful, glam, you know, superstar. But she can also be uh a real chick with a real opinion.

Around the way. Yeah. Do do what you want to do.

Mhm. Favorite Cardi B song. Was it "I Like It"? "I Like It Like That"?

Because, you know, I'm a brown boy. I love it!

Yeah. Same. Am I considered brown?

Yeah, yeah. I love how you looked at masculin. Like, yeah, you are. Absolutely. Absolutely. By the way, this is the thing. You are brown. I am brown. Think about it. Yeah. Your hair is the only thing that's black.

Fair. You better preach it, Wilmer. That is what I'm talking about. Real people calling here supporting one another. Absolutely. Well, I'm so freaking excited for you, the new season. Just keep killing the game, man.

Thank you, man. Thank you for having me, brother.

You got it. See you guys.