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"We Are Men" Stars First Date Dos & Don'ts

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The YH Studio welcomes the dashing and testosterone-filled cast of CBS's "We Are Men", Jerry O'Connell, Kal Penn, Tony Shaloub, and Christopher Nicholas Smith, and gets the scoop on their on-set chemistry... perhaps a little TMI? Also, find out which actor needs a Twittervention, which one may or may not have a provocative tattoo, and who has seen whom in their underwear! Plus, find out their first date dos and don'ts! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).

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Young Hollywood

It's 2013. We're in the Young Hollywood Suite. YHN, the network. What up, what up?

Kal Penn

My name is Kal Penn.

Chris Smith

Uh, my name is Chris Smith.

Jerry O'Connell

Hey guys, I am Jerry O'Connell.

Tony

Yes. And I am also Jerry O'Connell.

Young Hollywood

I'm a very happy girl right now because there's a lot of testosterone. Great to have you guys here.

Kal Penn

Good to be here.

Chris Smith

Thanks for having me.

Young Hollywood

Okay, you're a welcome back guest, but the rest of you, first timers.

Jerry O'Connell

Yeah. Except for you and I. Well, we go way back. We go way back to 2008. You were my first interview.

Young Hollywood

First interview. Don't get carried away, people. Let's talk about we are men. So you guys, you all have so many credits. How is this show different from anything you guys have ever done? In a good way.

Jerry O'Connell

I can answer your question.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Jerry O'Connell

You're in a speedo in a hot tub quite often, that's how it's different.

Kal Penn

Well, yes. That's not that different.

Jerry O'Connell

That is very different.

Kal Penn

Um it actually takes like a rather like uh like sort of a dramatic issue, kind of a somber issue, divorce, being alone. It somehow finds comedy through those uh very sort of tragic situations that that people go through and uh I

Jerry O'Connell

Wow. It's a rough room.

Chris Smith

It's a rough room.

Young Hollywood

Is it just a rough room, or is that Is this sort of the way it's going? You give each other a hard time.

Jerry O'Connell

We're mean to each other now.

Young Hollywood

Really? I don't think that Jerry meant to emphasize the tragic aspect of the show. You're in this, you know, short-term housing complex. And I feel like there's a lot of guy elements like when a girl goes to a guy's apartment and he's single, there's certain things. Now what in your lives would be the most This is a multiple choice question. Would be most important? The hot tub. Okay. The barbecue. Pool table. Okay. Big ass TV. Okay. Or a leather couch.

Jerry O'Connell

I'm gonna go with option G.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Jerry O'Connell

You're throwing another one in the mix. A full refrigerator of cold drinks.

Young Hollywood

Oh, forgot about that. Now, what are you filling it with? Coconut water, Snapple, Sunny D, the purple stuff, water, smart water, different kinds of beers, light beer, half a Visin, you know, you want your you want your lighter stuff, you want your darker stuff. You want to present people with options because that's when they feel taken care of. And that's really what a man is. Someone you you can take care of someone. Now, that's a man. Now, what about the dolphin tattoo? Is this true or not that you have a dolphin tattoo on your rear? That's what I tweeted.

Jerry O'Connell

Yeah. No, that is not true.

Young Hollywood

I take back this.

Jerry O'Connell

Yes. It's a It's a shark smiling, wearing sunglasses.

Young Hollywood

Where do you have this tattoo? Exactly. Is it on your butt?

Jerry O'Connell

Oh, man. Tune in. 8:30. Stay tuned. 8:30, 7:30, 7:30.

Kal Penn

I actually can't believe I don't know that. I've seen you like naked.

Jerry O'Connell

It's a tweet, it was a tweet I made once and it may or may not be true.

Kal Penn

We've changed in the same quarters.

Young Hollywood

It's not like I went to his house and examined his body and took photo, you know, it's not like I was like, "Yeah, where you from?" When did you see

Kal Penn

We changed on set. Remember it was one of those days. Not naked. I mean, that's

Jerry O'Connell

We had to change on set in between scenes, and I had changed and he hadn't, and I was staring at him. And he got undressed, and I was like, "No tattoos, no tattoos."

Young Hollywood

Okay, good. Okay, so speaking of the Twitter, I actually have um some pictures on the monitor behind you from from a few of your tweets. This is actually was your tweet, Jerry, making out for the first time, and feeling a tongue in my mouth, telling my date things were moving too fast. Middle school memories. Okay, uh middle school memories was uh trending at the time. But was that true?

Jerry O'Connell

Um yeah, I mean, no, all my tweets are.

Young Hollywood

So you told this girl to slow it down?

Jerry O'Connell

Yeah, I I made out for the first time and her tongue went in my mouth, and I went, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, listen. This is moving way too fast." Since then, like, I've taught I have no problems telling K, saying, "Chris, when he's changing."

Young Hollywood

Yeah. And now, Tony, you do not you do not have a tweet for you because why? Why is that? You're not on Twitter.

Tony

Oh.

Jerry O'Connell

We ask him every day.

Tony

You've been

Jerry O'Connell

I knew you guys had the house. Kal supposed to be helping me.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so what let's help him get This is kind of a Twitter vention. For example, today, Tony was on a flight today that he came very close to missing. You could have been like, Just made my flight, almost closed the door. #madeit. Don't you just wish you were on Twitter now? Doesn't that just

Tony

I'm I'm ruing the day that I didn't get on Twitter.

Young Hollywood

Okay guys, we have a game for you. This is sort of about the first date, the sort of leading up, sort of asking your opinions about things in life. Question one. What should a woman wear on a first date? We want total truth here. Should it be like a short sexy dress? Should it be jeans, t-shirt, the no makeup thing? What do men really want to see? What do you guys really want to see on a first date?

Chris Smith

I'm I'm a fan of snow pants. That's a great option. So I have to I have to say snow pants.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Snow pants.

Jerry O'Connell

I think it depends what you're doing. I think if you're going to like a Mexican restaurant, you should like dress in a sombrero and like uh dress.

Young Hollywood

Dress in costume. Okay. Okay, these are great tips. Snow pants, dressing costume, sombrero. I like this.

Kal Penn

For me, it would be, you know, it's not so much what she's wearing, but what she isn't wearing.

Jerry O'Connell

Oh,

Kal Penn

No, no, no. No, no. I'm not going there. I'm not making an amazing tweet. I am not going there. What I'm talking about is makeup. Not too much makeup. Okay? That's for me is kind of key because if there's too much makeup, then I'm wondering what's behind the mask. What's what are we hiding here? What are we hiding? And the other thing is that she should think about would be uh something that reveals uh that that doesn't cover up the hits.

Jerry O'Connell

Hey. Doesn't cover up the hits. Just give me put the hands down. What are you trying to say?

Kal Penn

What I'm trying to say is just

Jerry O'Connell

Tony, just be a little more specific.

Young Hollywood

No, no. YHR is like, "ding ding ding ding" Uh, we're having some issues with Mr. Schlup.

Chris Smith

It's been a long time since I've had a first date.

Kal Penn

So, we're five episodes into shooting the show?

Chris Smith

Yeah. That's right.

Kal Penn

Yes. Yeah, it's a little bit of a nerve-wracking time because our show hasn't come on yet, so we want to make sure that people enjoy it. Um, I know I liked it. I mean, I'm a biased party, but uh we hope that the rest of the world does as well.

Young Hollywood

Well, the speedos will just keep getting smaller and smaller and smaller.

Jerry O'Connell

They actually have, man. They have been getting smaller. Yes. We did a scene. Kal and I did a scene last week and I put it on and I was like, "Kal, this is really small, right?" And Kal was like, "Yeah, it's really small." And then we actually shoot at a place that's like

Young Hollywood

Speedo is small. The speedo. Yeah. Okay, I got it. That was genitalia reference.

Jerry O'Connell

No, no, no. Not at all. No, we were we were shooting by a pool side, and we really shoot at this like temporary housing place. And um like a guy from like Brazil went, "Hey, man." And I turned around and he was like, "That's that's a really small baby suit." I was like, "Where are you from?" He was like, "I'm from Rio." And even where I'm from, that is, wow, that's small.

Young Hollywood

If it's small for Brazil, it's small.

Jerry O'Connell

Yeah, I know. It's small. The speedo.

Young Hollywood

Do you know what the you people you work with are doing like this? They want you to bow. Thank you all very, very much for coming into Young Hollywood.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jerry O'Connell

    Cast member of 'We Are Men', discusses speedos and first dates.

  • Kal Penn

    Cast member of 'We Are Men', jokes about refrigerators and tattoos.

  • Tony Shalhoub

    Cast member of 'We Are Men', target of a 'Twittervention'.

  • Christopher Nicholas Smith

    Cast member of 'We Are Men', discussed changing with Jerry.

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview at the YH Studio.

FAQ

What is the show "We Are Men" about?+
"We Are Men" is a CBS show that finds comedy in the dramatic and somber issue of divorce and being alone, focusing on a group of men in a short-term housing complex.
Which actor from "We Are Men" is not on Twitter?+
Tony Shalhoub is not on Twitter, leading to a discussion about getting him started on the platform.
What is Jerry O'Connell's advice for a first date outfit?+
Jerry O'Connell humorously suggests snow pants for a first date, though he later clarifies that he prefers less makeup on a date.
Does Kal Penn have a dolphin tattoo?+
Kal Penn confirms that he does not have a dolphin tattoo; he tweeted it once, but it was not true, and it was actually a shark wearing sunglasses.
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