Laura Prepon Dishes Chelsea, Casinos, and Dive Bars

Oh, no, you can't get wine at a dive bar. So, what should I order? You want to know my drink? Yes. Vodka soda, two limes. No hangover. Vodka soda, two limes.

What's up guys? Nicky Novak here in the Young Hollywood studio with comedy ace Laura Frip.

Oh, my god. Well, thanks.

We're already getting into the poker talk. So you're saying in Vegas, it gets

Oh, no, I mean, we were, we were talking about, you know, chip tricks and how people play, you know, with their chips on the table. And basically, you know, one of the things is if you're at a poker table and you see someone do like a crazy trick with their chips, um, immediately you're like, oh my god, they know how to play.

Are you a trickster? Are you good at it?

Well, when I'm like with my friends, who they know I know how to play, I'll do whatever, cuz it kind of keeps your hands busy at the table while you're waiting for a good hand. But when I play at a casino, I don't usually do chip tricks, cuz I want people to think I don't know how to play.

So you just toss your hair. So you kind of go, like, do we get five cards?

Yeah. Exactly. In my case, it would be real, though. No, no, but it's, it's easy to, I mean, it's, it's easy to learn, but it's just like, you know, um, you really just get better with, with experience and going through some of the worst bad beats you'll ever experience at a poker table.

What is a bad beat?

A bad Well, a bad beat is when, like, you have the best hand, basically, and someone stays in the hand that should not have stayed in the hand, and they end up getting lucky and beating you.

Right. Because they keep betting.

Yeah, when you're doing, yeah, when when you're doing all the correct things that you should be doing, or you make a really great play, and they stay in, and then at the end they get lucky and they win, it's called a bad beat because it's like, oh my god. And everybody gets bad beats constantly. So we used to charge our friends, if you want to tell me a bad beat, you got to give me five bucks. Because everybody has a bad beat story, and they'll come back to the casino and be like, oh, I got the worst bad beat, and you're like, okay, give me the money, and then you can tell me.

Man, I'm gonna have to make some big changes in my life. Are you gonna quit drinking?

Yeah. Right after I quit dry humping.

So, first of all, how did you end up playing the role of Chelsea Handler? Right. Because you could take that a couple of ways, I would think, if she calls you and says, look, it's based on my life. Right. I used to be a bit of a wild child. Right. And I'm thinking of you.

Yeah, and it's weird cuz we're both from New Jersey and we're both from big families, and people say that we do look like we can totally be sisters when they hang out with us. But basically, it's just they thought it would be great for it. And um, it just kind of miraculously happened, and it happened pretty fast. It was kind of like a sure thing. Like when you saw it, and when you saw us together, you're just like, it just works. It's one of those things you couldn't believe.

Well, it's one of the, it's getting a lot of buzz.

Yeah, it's hot on buzz. And Because she, people love, I mean, she's great, and she's like so open and brash, and like people either love her or they hate her. And a lot of people love her. And because you have to appreciate that someone is so open about these experiences that they've gone through. And she's also playing her sister who is the anti- Chelsea. I know. At her. Totally. So to see her play that, and she's kind of tongue-in-cheek about the whole thing.

Now she's looking more and more like me. That's because she's passed out and drooling.

Whenever there's a show that takes place in a bar, Right. People want to watch it.

Well, here's the thing. I totally. And here's the other thing, when I go out with my friends, I don't go to a club, I don't do any of that stuff. I go to dive bars. Okay, so for me, I want to watch a show that takes place in a neighborhood bar, which is where we take place. It's, we're like an updated Cheers kind of.

Right. So since you said you love neighborhood bars, what's the drink of choice? Cuz whenever I go to a dive bar, I'm a wine girl. You cannot order wine. Oh, girl, no, you can't get wine at a dive bar. So, what should I order? You want to know my drink? Yes. Vodka soda, two limes. No hangover. Vodka soda, two limes.

You know, and if you have a trainer who's like, you know, trying to kick your ass every day, he won't get mad at you, because you're like, it has the least amount of calories. Right. I mean, you kind of cancel it out when you order chicken wings and fries. But, true, true. But if you really want to kind of keep it together, vodka soda, two limes.

I do not play poker. Okay. So I would love some tips. All right, cool. It basically, the whole Oh, that's see, that's a trick right there. Okay, so, And what's a celebrity tell?

Yeah, it's Like, if I, like, scratch my ear or like. This, this is something that everybody says, but I kind of psych myself out because they're always like, if someone is, you know, acting strong and like a bully, that means they are weak. And if someone's acting weak, they're acting like the man at the table. I honestly psych myself out at the table because I'm like, does he not see how obvious he's being right now? That you think he's playing the reverse psychology. Right, so then I'll reverse psychology myself. That's what poker's so cool.

So, should I just be like?

Yeah, you just sit there and like, yeah. But the cool thing is, they're not going to try to take your money, because you're a pretty girl. So, you use that, right? Got to use that. Basically, you have to put out a bet before you see the first set of cards you can play with. Okay. Rule of thumb is if you have a really great hand, you want to bet three times the big blind.

So, I'll just show you my cards. I have a king and a seven. Is that a good, is that a good hand or no?

Okay, that's a pretty terrible hand. I'll explain why. But, girl, look, it's way better than mine, which is an eight, I have an eight deuce.

So, did I win? I have eight two. Did I beat you?

Technically, Technically, unless You're like, I unless I bad beat you and I end up getting lucky, you would have probably won my hand.