-So, this movie, "Fun Mom Dinner" --
it's about, as we can tell from the clip,
a bunch of moms going out. -Yes.
-You play the single mom. -I do.
I'm the single divorced mom, yes.
-And you actually talked to some of your friends
who are actually out on the dating scene,
like your character is in this film.
-I did, 'cause I wanted to do a little research.
So, my friend just got divorced recently.
And she's my age.
And I said, "What is it like dating?"
You know, she's doing, like, the swiping and going on dates.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-And she just said -- she was like, "Ohh, it's horrible."
She said, "All the men are like weary grandpas."
-[ Laughs ] -And she said
they're like Willy Loman-like salesman with jowls.
That's what she said. [ Laughter ]
She was like, "It's the worst." -That sounds --
-So it made me very happy to be married.
-Yeah, that's great.
-Yeah, I was like, "Ugh, I'm glad I don't..."
-It's funny how nothing makes you happier to be married
than hearing how lousy the other is.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, exactly.
-You're like, "Honey, I have great news --
I heard a horrible story."
[ Laughter ]
-Exactly.
-And when you're in a movie
and you actually have to have, like, a sex scene with somebody,
like, because you're married... -Mm-hmm. Yes.
-...and a lot of times,
the actor you're doing it with is also married.
-Yes. -Like, is it easy
to just be like, "I am an actor. This is work"?
-I think it's so funny, 'cause I've heard so many people --
like, I love listening to Howard Stern
when I'm driving the --
after I drop the kids off, not when I'm driving them to school.
-That's good. -But, anyhow...
But you always hear actors talking about how they --
Like, "Oh, it's very professional
when you do sex scenes or kissing scenes.
You don't feel anything."
And I'm like, "What are they talking about?
Like, I feel everything." [ Laughter ]
I get like -- It's so dirty and hot.
And I'm like -- It feels romantic.
And I'm like, "Am I falling in love?"
[ Laughter ] Like, I feel the total --
the total opposite. -Yeah.
-And have you been honest with your husband?
Have you told him that?
-I have -- just now.
[ Laughter ] Just kidding. Just kidding.
[ Applause ]
I'm kidding.
-I know you guys are very happy
and you have two beautiful children.
-Yes.
-You were saying backstage -- 12 and 13, yeah?
-12 and 13.
My daughter Stella's 13, and my son Nolan's 12.
And I love being a mom so much.
-And you -- I feel like you had --
you really took advantage of being a mom
and doing really fun things with your kid.
And when they were young, you sort of created
sort of a fairy mythology for your children.
-I did. My daughter was really --
she just loves the whole world of fairies and gnomes
and loved that whole thing.
So I actually hosted fairy camp at my house,
where all these kids come for like a week,
and I would pass out appetizers,
and they'd build, like, fairy houses in the back.
-Yep, here's a little fairy house that was built.
-Oh, yeah, that's -- I think that was --
-And that is definitely where a fairy lives, yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
Definitely.
And, basically, I was a -- I grew up --
I was a practicing Catholic,
but I'm -- I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore,
but I love spiritual parts of the religion.
But since my kids don't go to church,
I wanted to impart their spiritual values somehow.
So I started leaving messages from the fairies to my kids,
and I was like, "I'm gonna name her fairy 'Gwendalyn.'
So I'd be up at like 1:00 in the morning.
They would leave, like, a note for the fairy,
and then I would write back as the fairy,
but I would imprint my spiritual values in the note,
like, "Dear Stella, it's Gwendalyn.
It's important to treat people really nicely,
'cause then goodness comes back to you."
And I'd write these long, like, you know...
-That's great. So you're indoctrinating...
-Indoctrinating the -- -...the fairy.
-Yes, yes, exactly. And, yeah, so that was all.
Yeah. -And do you feel like it worked?
-Yeah, yes. -Yeah.
-I think she really -- It really did work.
She took it very seriously.
-Have you come clean in recent years?
-No, I have not. -Oh that's great.
-Yeah, I haven't, no.
-Okay. So we can't let them watch this, either.
God, no one in your family can watch tonight's episode.
[ Laughter ] -I know.
It's like, "X," "X," "X," no.
-"How was 'Seth Meyers'?"
"We got -- It was cancelled. I didn't do it." Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
Tell me about --
There was a time you pretended to be a nanny.
-Oh, yes.
I like to play games with my kids and everything
and, you know, dress up.
And because I'm an actress and I do characters,
I have a lot of wigs in the house.
So I said to my daughter --
We were actually interviewing nannies, and I said --
my daughter was like --
my daughter and i got together, and she said,
"Why don't we trick Nolan" -- my son, her brother --
and pretend like I'm one of the nannies interviewing for a job.
So she dressed me up in a wig and sunglasses
and, like, a scarf and a coat and makeup.
And then I went on the front lawn
disguised as this nanny
coming to the house to interview for a job.
And we got Nolan and his friend Bobby from the window upstairs.
Stella was like, "Look outside. The nanny's here!"
And -- And Nolan and his friend looked out,
and they were like, "Oh, she looks weird!"
[ Laughter ] And I pretended --
I looked up at the window, and I waved.
Then I took a leaf from the tree, and I waved.
[ Laughter ] And...
And I really tricked them.
Like, they really did not recognize me.
So...it was crazy. -That's great.
That is a really --
I had never realized how creepy someone waving a leaf is.
[ Laughter ]
But I feel like I'm going to be haunted now
by just hearing about it. -[ Laughs ] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I'm gonna have the leaf nanny waving at me.
-Yeah, yeah.
-And you guys are going traveling?
You're gonna take your kids on a trip?
-We are, yes. We're actually going to Ireland this summer.
-That's great. And have they ever been?
-No. They've never been. I've never been, either...
-Oh, that's exciting.
-...even though I'm like full-blooded Irish.
-Yeah, I was gonna say -- Molly Shannon.
-I know.
-That feels like they would have had you back by now, yeah.
[ Laughter ] -I know.
Yes, so, we're gonna do the whole trip.
And then my husband goes back to work,
and then kids and I are going to Venice, Paris, and Amsterdam.
-That's really exciting. -I can't wait.
-That's great. -Yeah, yeah.
I feel like they should run into a weird Italian nanny
at some point -- just saying.
[ Laughter ] -Yes, yes.
-Not telling you how to do your trip.
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