Adam Devine: BDE & Pitch Perfect (FBF)

27 Mar 2026 · 46 min · 22 chapters

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In short

Adam Devine discusses being mistaken for Adam Levine, his “nothing matters” confidence advice, his Nebraska/Philadelphia accent takes, and how he built comedy and music careers through improv, Workaholics, and Pitch Perfect. He also plays a rapid-fire “BDE/MDE” sex-and-dating hot takes segment (e.g., sex on the first date is a must; roadhead not done enough; Uber drivers can be risky).

Guests

Adam Devine (actor/comedian; Workaholics co-star; Pitch Perfect star; co-creator/performer). No other guest appears in the transcript.

Guest background

Grew up in Nebraska; met Workaholics co-stars Blake Anderson and Kyle Newacheck in improv class at Orange Coast College; later met Anders Holm at Second City. Married to Chloe Bridges; met her on a plane while both were headed to a film shoot.

Key claims

He never cheated (Instagram rumor was actually about Adam Levine). He says people aren’t thinking about you as much as you fear. He improvised heavily on Pitch Perfect and rewrote lines. He auditioned for Pitch Perfect on a Workaholics lunch break, thinking it was a baseball movie.

Notable examples

News headline “Adam Devine cheats on pregnant wife” triggered hundreds of DMs; a Pride-party episode involved waking up with “jizz” that was actually toothpaste; Pitch Perfect audition song was the Full House theme.

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Chapters

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Adam Devine on Infidelity Mix-Up

1:08 to 2:14

Adam shares a funny story about being confused with Adam Levine amidst infidelity rumors.

“And you can start celebrating right now with guess who?”

Adam Devine on Infidelity Mix-Up

3:42 to 8:18

Adam shares a funny story about being confused with Adam Levine amidst infidelity rumors.

“How many times did you cheat on your wife with women that you met on Instagram?”

Adam Devine on Infidelity Mix-Up

9:22 to 10:07

Adam shares a funny story about being confused with Adam Levine amidst infidelity rumors.

“the average bank savings rate is 0.39 % in interest.”

Adam Devine's Nebraska Roots

10:07 to 14:01

Adam discusses growing up in Nebraska and stereotypes associated with it.

“I think you're very unique in Hollywood.”

Understanding Insecurities and Self-Perception

14:01 to 23:09

Learn how to overcome insecurities and embrace self-acceptance.

“Um, but I, I feel like it just, nothing matters.”

Understanding Insecurities and Self-Perception

23:16 to 24:27

Learn how to overcome insecurities and embrace self-acceptance.

“Nobody really explains how your money is supposed to work for you, right?”

Understanding Insecurities and Self-Perception

24:30 to 24:56

Learn how to overcome insecurities and embrace self-acceptance.

“That's why Tinder has astrology mode and music mode.”

The Making of Workaholics and Pitch Perfect

24:56 to 28:00

Insights into the creation of Workaholics and the audition process for Pitch Perfect.

Adam's Journey to Pitch Perfect

28:00 to 29:48

Discover Adam's unexpected path to starring in Pitch Perfect and his thoughts on singing.

“I will say though, that was like very accurate.”

Karaoke and Performance

29:48 to 31:20

Adam shares his reluctance for karaoke and the nature of performing in his profession.

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Auditioning for a 4th of July Song

31:20 to 32:08

Listen to Adam's hilarious audition for the Call Her Daddy July 4th episode.

“quiet quiet on set proud to be an american because at least i know i'm free won't you want to stand Stand up next to you in red, white, and blue.”

Karaoke and Performance

32:32 to 34:02

Adam shares his reluctance for karaoke and the nature of performing in his profession.

“So sports are usually math territory, but when it comes to soccer, you guys know, Oh, you know what?”

Dating Advice and Social Dynamics

35:03 to 36:40

Adam discusses giving friends relationship advice and shares thoughts on dating energy.

“The older I get, the more I'm like, it's, and then like, where are we cleaning up?”

Uber Driver Encounters

36:40 to 38:40

Hear about Adam's bizarre experiences with Uber drivers and their unexpected turns.

“As I've gotten older, it's less appealing, but every once in a great while.”

Famous Personalities and Impressions

38:40 to 40:48

Adam shares his thoughts on famous personalities and gives impressions of them.

“What do you think about the band Maroon 5?”

Observations on Dating and Modern Youth

40:48 to 42:00

Adam reflects on dating in Los Angeles and shares insights about today's youth culture.

“And I was like, that's how I, someday I'll be like that.”

Dancing and Social Media Perception

42:00 to 45:31

Discussing the evolution of social media behaviors and perceptions of attraction.

“swoopy hair when they go like How do you feel about boys dancing like this?”

Meeting the Love of His Life

45:31 to 47:59

Adam recounts the story of how he met his wife on a plane.

“My hands hurt from just swiping, doing combos with fruit.”

Hilarious Gift Dilemmas

47:59 to 49:48

Adam shares his awkward experiences with receiving unusual gifts and their impact on his relationship.

“You're like, I knew when you got that drink in the car, it was over for me.”

Transitioning to Work with Rebel Wilson

49:48 to 50:12

Adam talks about his upcoming collaboration with Rebel Wilson.

“Just in case you need to bust it out of a party or you meet someone who you're like, this would be the funniest gift for them.”

Upcoming Projects and Personal Insights

50:12 to 53:42

Adam discusses his current projects and the challenges faced in the industry.

“Like, I was watching this morning the scene where you're like, maybe we should, like, make out.”

Upcoming Projects and Personal Insights

55:31 to 56:36

Adam discusses his current projects and the challenges faced in the industry.

“And you can start celebrating right now with guess who?”
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2:13I have to tell you, I was a huge Maroon 5 fan and I'm glad that you agreed to sit down with me today and discuss the scandal surrounding the infidelity in your marriage. How many times did you cheat with women that you met on Instagram? Zero times. It's Adam Devine, not Adam Levine. Thank fucking God. Thank fucking God.

2:42What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper. With Call Her Daddy. Are you taller than me? What's going on? No, no, no. Your legs are longer than mine. This is the thing on Instagram. Everyone thinks that I'm like six feet. And then they meet me in person and they're like, why are you so short? And I'm like, first of all, fuck off. Yeah, I mean, you're appropriately sized. Thank you. You're a great size. But I'm like, why? That's the first thing people say to me. But then look at where your foot is dangling right now. I have long legs. Yeah, and see, look at my little. No, you're taller than me, but my legs are long.

3:25Yes, true. That's fair to say, right? I've got a weird shaped, like my torso is the exact same length as my legs. And you do this. Oh, my God. Like that's not even like flexibility. That's just. Wait. Yeah, but see how that was kind of. Welcome to Call Her Daddy. Yeah, that was. Wait, that's great. that's a good trick I'm gonna start asking people also you did that very yeah it's like two it's do you do that often it's on my whole career is based on me doing that they're like you're a physical comedian I'm like no my body is shaped weird it's funny you look at me and you laugh because you're like that's off what's going on it's like a human cartoon I think you look great today thank you I wore my fancy jacket it looks really nice I asked my wife I'm like I'm like should I like like dress nice and she's uh she's like no you could be casual and then I like wore what I was wearing and she was like maybe no wear something else I was in sweat put a jacket on no I think you look great I love your watch the whole thing's going great thanks thanks okay so we're gonna we're gonna get into it okay okay here we go I'm gonna just do this little intro that the world needs okay Adam welcome to call her daddy okay oh i thought we were doing the adam levine bit no but i thought for a second you're gonna say thank you i don't know why and that that little like was like so creepy with the straw okay i'm gonna start over here we go adam welcome to call her daddy thank you i just have to tell you that i was a huge maroon 5 fan and i'm really glad that you decided to sit down with me today and talk about the scandal surrounding the infidelity in your marriage.

5:13How many times did you cheat on your wife with women that you met on Instagram? Zero times. It's Adam Devine, not Adam Levine. Thank fucking God. Thank fucking God. Adam, welcome to call her daddy. Thank you. One fucking letter. One letter. It's so close. I actually, I met Adam Levine once at a party. And yeah, I'm cool like that. And it was a whole Halloween party. I was dressed as a wizard. So it wasn't me being cool at all. I'm like a wizard with like a wizard staff of like beer cans taped together, you know. Love that. And I go up to him. I was all excited and was like, Adam Levine. I'm Adam Devine.

5:58He's like, yeah, no, I know. And I'm like, I get Adam Levine all the time on Twitter where people are like, at me, Adam Devine, but then say, is so hot, shirtless, singing. Like, I just went to his concert. And I'm like, it happens to me all the time. I'm sure you get me sometimes, too, on Twitter, right? And he goes, literally never. Literally never. I'm like, okay, never, not even one time? And he's like, mm-mm. So he is a fucking dick. Um, no, I love that sort of habit like, but also invite me back to the Halloween party. Right. You're like, I will come back as a wizard. Um, do you think actually people thought that it was you in that situation?

6:40People did like, it wasn't, that's, I like post it. I would never, I, I'm not big into like inserting myself into someone else's drama. I'm like, this guy is already going through it. Yeah. And so I was like steering clear. and then like news organizations I forget what it was it was like the Baltimore like their local news their headline was Adam Devine cheats on pregnant wife and said Adam Devine and then I was getting so many people that were just DMing me being how fucking dare you and then you look at their page and I'm like this person does not follow me they have no they are not workaholic fans they have not seen my movies like they truly were a Maroon 5 fan and now hate me on accident, like somehow clicked the wrong thing.

7:26And so I was getting legitimately hundreds of DMs. And did your wife at all be like, give me your fucking phone. Just let me check. Let me just check this out. The name is too close. Like it could be you too. Dude, that's so fucking crazy because I remember when you posted the Instagram and the caption and it was just brilliant of you to just be like, hey, just so you know, like we're good over here. My wife and I are happy. I'm not cheating. yeah I guess I am a comedic genius yeah you're pretty good you're not bad I probably shouldn't have given you a straw yeah but too much too much work I'm doing over there

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10:07I am really happy that you're here. I think that you are extremely funny. I think you're very unique in Hollywood. Your humor is amazing. And I'm very happy you're here and not Adam Levine. Thanks, Alex. You grew up in Nebraska. I did. I've never been to Nebraska. Most people have it. Okay, what is a stereotype that people in Nebraska have that you think you defy? I feel like Nebraska is like, it's such like a flyover state. Like, I feel like if you're not from there, you just haven't been there. So there's like no stereotypes. People are just like, Nebraska. Huh. Wow. I've never, really. Huh.

10:49So there's no stereotypes. So I feel like when they meet me, they're like, that's what you look like. Yeah. Well, I mean, I feel like I look like I'm from Nebraska. I'm like, you're like, yeah, this guy eats steak. He eats corn a lot. You could tell he isn't off the carbs. He's full carbo loading with baked potatoes on the rag. Right. Like a white guy from Nebraska. Yeah, they're like, he puts real butter on his potatoes. You know what? That's a really great way to explain it because I wasn't, I'm, I think I, as I was thinking about this question, that's exactly what I was wanting you to tell me something that I didn't know about Nebraska.

11:29Cause I'm like, I don't know much. Yeah. We're just a, we're a sturdy people heart, you know, salt of the earth. I think they say, okay. Yeah. I don't know what that phrase means, but I love it though. We're going to go with it. Do you think that there's like an accent happening there that we don't know about like a Nebraska accent? uh no people in nebraska think that our accent is like flat but when i moved to california for the first time i was on some like head shop on hollywood boulevard being like you can just buy pipes what this is crazy and uh and the guy behind the counter was like where are you from so i think i must have had an accent i don't think i have much of one anymore what do you think I can hear like a tiny twang but what I I am from a little twang like a little like it's not southern it's not yeah it's something it's unique yeah a little little salt and pepper exactly the salt and pepper meat and potatoes vibe that's right I'm from Philadelphia outside of it though and I'm just so happy that I don't have the Philly accent do you know the Philly accent It's atrocious.

12:38Yeah. So I'm glad you don't have it. No, I don't know. I don't know if I could do a Philly accent, but I will say that Philly, I've had a great, I've done awesome shows there and I've had a great times there, but it was one of the few places, Boston's kind of like this too, where people just like want to fight you. Like it was like right when Workaholics just came out. So we were like newly famous or whatever. and we like went there on some sort of tour and uh this guy we're like gino's or pats cheese steaks like what we're gonna try both and we're eating there and some guy was like fuck you you think you're cool huh oh fucking mr hollywood and i'm like i'm gonna have to fight a man you're like i just wanted a cheese yeah i'm like and i'm not like a confrontational guy so i'm like i gotta put up my dukes i'm like do i call them dukes i don't know i'm gonna get my ass kicked by this guy you're so accurate number one let me just proclaim this so that no one in philly hates me now and comes for me i've had a great time there love aggressive aggressive people the fans are so aggressive my i grew up my dad worked for the philadelphia flyers oh cool and so i would always go to these hockey games and after every game or in the middle of the games i would always be asking my parents like why is everyone so angry like we're even winning like why are we angry now they're losing all the time and it's like now they're really angry but it's such an aggressive mentality and it's a little scary but what's scarier is yes the accent like do you know what we call water like water water water with a d i'm going home to drink some water you're going home to drink some going home to drink some water go eagles yeah i think i in in Omaha we don't say water we say water it's not we say we do say uh like mom oh like mom dad mom so it's like a mouth opening yeah it's like a like vowels just like fall out of your mouth like okay but at least you're enunciating you know what I mean like that's a little bit better so Philly love you all shout out but if you say water it's fucking water yeah one thing I love about you is that you do seem like you are entirely like open about just putting yourself out there like you don't give a shit what people think so can you give us some advice for someone that's listening that's like introverted shy a little insecure like how do you get to a place where you're like I don't give a fuck what people think about me I'm just gonna do what I do I you I tell, uh, I'm always given advice.

15:16Uh, no. Um, but I, I feel like it just, nothing matters. Oh, it just doesn't matter. Like it doesn't, I would say 99.5 % of the time. It just doesn't matter. Like what that person thinks of you. They're not thinking about what you just said. like they will you my wife does this all the time where she'll say something and then like I she's like tossing and turning and she can't sleep and I'm like what's going on over there I'm like are you okay are you having like night convulsions and she's like no I said this thing that I shouldn't have said and then I'm like what and then she'll tell me and I'm like oh they don't they're not thinking about that even a little bit like they no one thinks about anyone else we're only thinking about ourselves all the time so fucking true yeah listen I love men I love women I love everyone but women do have a tendency a little bit more to like overanalyze which I think can be a superpower at times they're smarter yeah we're smarter we're more tuned in we should run the world however it can be a deficit when we're up at night my boyfriend does the same thing he's like your legs are now like twitching like just tell me what happened I don't know what to do with my legs you're literally like um no is this a comfortable speaking of can i tell you something my wife is gonna watch this podcast and be tossing and turning and be like and i'm like what's wrong she's like your legs what were you saying with those legs what my legs let me just clarify so you feel better this chair these chairs are 87 inches deep they're there's a full-on grown man laying down level deep.

17:03They have caused such issues. And this is the issue. I think that all the fans watching fucking love them. I always get, where'd you get the chairs? Where'd you get the chairs? I want the chairs. When you're in person, when you're in person, you can't imagine a woman in a skirt and heels. Oh, yeah. That's the moment where I say, I'm sorry. Yes. You're going to figure it out. You got your pants on. Yeah, I am wearing pants. This is good. I've been a nude in a film before, so I'm perfectly okay. I just want you to know if you squirm around, no one's judging you because this is, this is, we're moving chairs.

17:38We're moving houses actually, but we're also leaving these chairs behind. All right, I'll take them. Okay. Oh, okay. Okay, great. Let's talk about workaholics. Okay. To anyone that hasn't watched it, You Live Under a Rock, it's about three dudes in their twenties that live together and work together. That's right. How did you meet your co-stars and who came up with the premise of the show? Well, I met Blake and Kyle who played Carl, our drug dealer on the show, who ended up directing most of our episodes. We met in improv class at Community College at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.

18:14That's dope. Yeah. And it was like day one of improv class. And at the time, Blake, he has this like long, cool dude hair. and he had this like tiny little fro and in high school they called him afro fetus because he was so skinny with this tiny little afro and uh he really has blossomed as he's gotten older because he's like considered like hot boy now uh but he was homely as fuck back then i'm looking at you blake and uh and i just thought he was so funny so afterwards it was weird because it was like i is sort of like hitting on my friend, you know, where like, I remember like my other buddy was like, what's going on over there?

18:57Cause I came up to him with a little nervous. I was like, Hey, what's up? If you'd be down for it, it'd be cool if perhaps me and you could get together and write some comedy bits together. And Blake's like, yeah, I think that'd be cool, man. You know, and and then I moved up to California up to L.A. from Orange County about a year later and met Anders at the Second City, which is a improv school. I can imagine being in an improv class. There's some characters in there. Like, did you do you think you thrived in improv class or did you keep to yourself a little bit there? I kept to myself a little bit.

19:36I mean, like, because I would say they're like improv classes are weird. Have you ever taken one? I kind of did in college, but that wasn't even a fucking thing. Yeah. So like I took a lot, especially when I was like 18, 19. And there's always like a businessman who's just like the funny guy in the office. And then there's like 12 true lunatics who are just like the psychotic aunt who's just like, they say I'm funny. And you're like, oh, my God, lady. and then there's uh like maybe two normal people who you'll end up seeing later on in life like i know like uh like eric andre was in an improv class of mine back in the day and then all the workaholics guys and jillian bell who was on workaholics i knew from improv classes and stuff so you can find little diamonds in the rough yeah there's on the periphery you're like i want to stay away from that person that person's insane yeah there's always like a few people that you can tell aren't lunatics who are actually trying to figure out how to make this into a profession so you come up with the show and it's fucking hilarious is there ever a point I'm thinking of like you guys then are friends and you're filming as friends was there ever a point in like a joke or a scare or something happening where you guys took it too far and like you couldn't air it no there was never like we couldn't air it comedy central especially back then was like really uh really cool and open and and down i feel like we might not be able to get away with everything because things are a little touchier now like we did one bit where carl the drug dealer um was sick of his penis and he wanted to remove it because it gets him in all the trouble in his life and they were really worried about us being like transphobic or something and we're like well it's not about that he just doesn't want to have his penis and that was like a real battle that we had for a while but we ended up winning and the show was very funny we did another episode where um we go to our neighbor's house and they're having a pride party and we think it's pride fighting like ufc like pride fighting uh but they're a group of gay men having a pride party and we go there and then we get blackout drunk and we pass out and we wake up in their bed and I wake up and I think I have jizz on my face.

22:09And I'm like, oh, my God, I think we fucked each other. And then the two gay guys are like, you guys were really, you guys were going at each other. You guys were fucking each other a lot last night. And so we go through that entire episode and we're like a reeling with this. And then at the end of the day, we're like, I'm glad if I were to fuck a man, it was you. And we're together. And we're like, and we're together. And then we go back to him and we're like wearing rainbow shirts now. And we're like, we're out and we're proud. We fuck each other now. And the guy's like, oh, we were kidding with you.

22:39It was toothpaste. We put on your face. And we're like, was it? I wonder why my jizz was minty fresh. And then we were like, that's pushing the envelope, you know? But we like were up for a GLAAD award. They like loved the episode.

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27:11It's a singing movie. And I'm like, and so I sing whatever pops into your head. And the first song, swear to God, that popped into my head was, whatever happened to predictability, the milkman, the paper boy, the evening TV, which is the full house theme song. And they're like, well, they loved it. And, and I left and my agent calls was like, what do you think? And I'm like, I don't know. I morphed into like an 80 year old jazz singer. Like, I don't think I'm going to get the, I'm not, because we have to sing like Rihanna and shit. I'm like, I didn't prove that I can sing. And then they're like, oh, well, I'll get them next time.

27:50And then I got it. The fact that in a moment of like kind of crisis, the first thing that popped to your fucking head was full house. Go. Yeah. It was just like, they're just like sings to whatever popped into your head. And I'm like.

28:06I will say though, that was like very accurate. it yeah I do a good I do a lot of yeah yeah yeah whoever that man is wow okay so that's also great that you thought it was a baseball movie I did yeah we're learning that I don't really read my emails yeah I sort of just yeah read the headline and go got it I think it goes to my sort of mantra of nothing matters and it's fine yeah everyone that's going to get a job don't prepare just like go wing it hey i've never prepared a day in my life and look where the fuck you are adam and i'm wearing a suede jacket you know what's fucking crazy though it's like did you it looks great yeah i think it's weird did you know that you were passionate about singing and acapella before pitch perfect i'm not i'm not passionate about singing or acapella i uh no i'm like i still don't consider myself a singer I'm just like good at it like I can just do it got it so like I don't you know some people like are are just like can just like they're just naturally a good dancer they like I can just sing which by the way was so funny I've always known I could sing I've had like choir teachers in high school be like you should join the swing choir and I'm like I want girls to like me I'm like no thank you and I called my dad when I booked Pitch Perfect and I'm like dad I booked this like studio movie Universal's making it and he's like oh my god yeah man nice so what is it and I go it's called Pitch Perfect he's like baseball movie cool and I'm like not a baseball movie it's a singing acapella movie and he goes but you can't sing worth shit and I go yeah I can sing I'm a good I'm a pretty good singer and he goes bullshit and I'm like all right well I'm gonna doing this movie and he goes I'd find a way to get out of that one I'm like I'm I'm doing it okay note to self never listen to dad and it's also very interesting that you knew that you were good at singing but you're not like you're not like singing around the house to your wife no okay but what would be your go-to karaoke song full house I don't like karaoke really really because i'm like what i do for work is perform so then when i'm not working i don't want to then go work okay that to me is what that is now and now sometimes like it'll be like 3 a.m and we're at someone's house and they bust out a karaoke machine i'll get up there and try to sing don't stop believing or some bullshit but like i'm not gonna just you're not gonna do it yeah but you are here to perform today i'm walter this is work okay great paying me and what what the fuck no there's more in there there is okay there's more in there just keep pouring okay so last month because i was gonna say this and you know what you can deny me but i'm just gonna say it anyways last month or two months ago we had john mayer on and he did kind of like a christmas song right giving us a little christmas cheer so i was wondering if you would be interested in auditioning for the call her daddy fourth of july song episode all right here we go okay silence quiet quiet on set proud to be an american because at least i know i'm free won't you want to stand Stand up next to you in red, white, and blue.

31:44Grilling burgers on the grill. A bush light for me and you. Which essentially is Americana. Americana! Yeah. I really love that. Monster trucks, golden retrievers, lifted trucks. A lot of trucks. A lot of trucks. Should have stopped earlier. That was fucking phenomenal. You got the job. I think I was the only one to audition for it.

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36:01medium dick energy a big dick too much that seems too much it's a little too much to handle it's a lot on the plate you have to schedule it you've got to think i feel like i'm working with my mde so that's what i'm really pushing i'm selling it i'm like a i'm like a telemarketer I think that's the title of this episode. Adam Devine. MDE. MDE. Yeah. I think it's great. Okay, what do you think about Roadhead? Not done enough in my life. It's not done enough. You would like that? I mean, no. The older I get, the more I'm like, it's, and then like, where are we cleaning up? Like, and then. It's more for the thrill of it.

36:45Yeah. As I've gotten older, it's less appealing, but every once in a great while. It could be a fun thrill. Spice it up. What's your take on Pete Davidson? I love Pete. I know Pete. Okay. I had him on Adam Devine's House Party, which was a stand-up show I did for Comedy Central. And we had him season one. He was 19. And I'm like, this kid must have a huge cock. Just something about him. he's wiry those long wiry guys sometimes got a big old wang uh and then that was kind of the whole topic of conversation on set like we're all staring at this young boy gauging the size of his johnson how do you feel about talking to your uber drivers it's a slippery slope i've had a uber driver who realized who i was and drove me to their house what because it was on the way to my house I'm not really knowing where we're going because I'm in a new city it was a house that I rented so I'm like kind of zoning out in the back and we pull up and her family comes out and I'm like where where are we I look up from my phone and she's just like you don't mind do you and I'm like uh you can't say yes because you're stuck there at their house now.

38:08So you're like, no. So then I get out of the car, a photo op. One of their neighbors comes over. I take photos with them and their family. And then I get back in the car and she takes me to my house now. And then when we pull up, she goes, hmm, so this is where you live. So it could really turn sideways on you. Were you terrified to sleep that night? it was weird because her husband was like he was giving like meth head energy he was like yeah man oh yeah and so i'm like that's a lot i don't know a little too much yeah i was like covering up my watch i'm like no she's like sure it's a nice house you're renting any valuables in there no no valuables here you're like i'm only here for actually a couple hours i'm moving locations I'm actually moving houses to a small studio apartment.

39:04Holy. That's a fucking weird one. Yeah. Okay. What do you think about the band Maroon 5? Fuck you, Adam Levine. But you have to at least admit that one song slaps of like, she will be loved. No, no. Keep going. No, no. You're good. This is good. I can't sing. She will be loved. It's a banger. Yeah. That one. Is that theirs? Yeah. Then yeah. I think. I mean, the guy's really talented. At many things. How do you feel about sex on the first date? It must. A must. You have to do it. Right. Yeah. It's like opening the door for someone. You're like, you have to see, like, are they polite? Are they good in bed?

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39:55You have to check it out. Yeah. I really appreciate that take. That's a unique one. I don't know if we've ever had someone say that on Call Her Daddy before. I'm here for firsts. I can already see the headline. Yeah. Adam Devine says, sex on the first date is a must. It's like opening the door. Yeah. Rape? Question mark? Is he? It gets really good spinned out of control. What the? Adam, what did you say? My publicist just calls me shaking. Adam, no. I love that you showed up alone here. Yeah. What am I going to do? Show up with. Well, you know what? I worked at the improv comedy club when I was like 20 to like 22.

40:34Yeah. And all the coolest guys showed up alone. I love that. The like really famous guys and they'd show up with like a gang of people. They were less cool. But like Chris Rock, who's one of the most famous comedians, would show up just by himself. And I was like, that's how I, someday I'll be like that. Okay, this is Call Her Daddy, Adam, so we have to talk about your dating life. We have to call our fathers. Okay. Okay. Once you moved to Los Angeles, how was the dating scene here for you before you got famous? I didn't, well, really, I started doing stand-up and comedy when I was 18. And I'm convinced I wouldn't have ever gotten a date or laid or anything if it wasn't for comedy.

41:22just because I'm not I I never was like the type of guy to be up and like lick my lips and do a squinty eye thing and like do this a lot which like all my guy friends who are really good at being like yo what's up what you guys doing over here like that are like morphing to that person they were it was working for them I can do an impression of me doing that but then it but then it's like as soon as I have to talk to them normally they're like there's a different guy in there. This is not the cool squinty licking lips guy. Right. Right. That was actually a great impression. I think it was better than I've ever seen the actual originals.

41:58Have you seen those TikTok kids with the swoopy hair when they go like How do you feel about boys dancing like this? I don't know. And then the swoop of the hair. How do you feel? It's weird. It's like a totally different thing because like that wouldn't like maybe times are better or definitely times are weirder like because when I was in high school that wouldn't have flown even a little bit like you had to keep you couldn't be doing that shirtless with a group of friends and posting it somewhere and not getting like major backlash from that so like kind of cool that kids are so comfortable being like super cringy and weird on the internet that it's but for sure they're going to look back at that in like four years and be like oh Jesus Christ I'm trying to like get a job now and they're like future employer looks and they're like oh you're the squinty eyed licking lip elbows out doing weird dance TikTok dance kid you're hired you're a genius my god you're plugged in I agree with you I don't think that I think I would have found that like so unattractive if a guy at my school was doing that.

43:15Yeah. But. But you're not 16 now. So maybe if you were 16 now, you'd be like, oh my God, Caleb and Skylar and Chanston. Chanston? Yep. Is that a Nebraska? No, it has to be a name of some kid now. You know, someone made that poor choice and made their kid chance. And then we're like, and it's not original enough. Add a 10 to it. Chanston. Chanston. hey all the chanston's listen you know those are like a dozen chanston's that are listening right now like oh shit they're talking about me with their tiny little butthole mouse oh my god what they're talking about me on call her daddy what the fuck is this you've seen those tiktok dances right where they're like is that the move yeah are you on tiktok a lot no i've only i only see uh well by the way i feel like i'm not on it enough for the algorithm to know me so i've i've been on it like two or three times and every time i'm like yeah it's too much um but i want to because my instagram algorithm is embarrassing what is it it's just like my wife is like jesus christ when she sees my like page it's just like swollen beefcake dudes what just from like working out tips so like I look at so like this is like I steal workouts from like these beefy hunky dudes right uh because I'm like oh it would be kind of cool to look sort of like that uh you're the dream though Adam because most girls are like taking the guy's phone and be like there's like hot girls with bikinis your wife is like Adam again like you're looking at this guy and he's like so buff yeah but then she has like nightmares that I'm like secretly a gay man so Like there is a downside to me looking at oiled up men on Instagram.

45:07Right. Like it could be slightly questionable. Yeah. Yeah. But then you have the MDE. So she's like actually we're good. Yeah. She's fine. Your wife is stunning. How did you guys meet and how did you ask her out? We met on a plane. We met on an airplane. We sat next to each other. the only way I can meet a beautiful woman like my wife would be she has to sit next to me for four hours that's good yeah and I didn't have to lick my lips even once no we were flying to New Orleans and like we've stated earlier I don't read emails so I didn't know that we were in the same movie and so we were sitting next to each other she recognizes me I don't know her I just think she's a beautiful woman sitting next to me I have a girlfriend at the time I'm actively not trying to talk to this girl I'm like so she keeps chatting on me and I'm like god am I hot as shit today like what is happening like why is she all into me and I'm like oh god man and so I play fruit ninja on my iPad for four hours straight.

46:19My hands hurt from just swiping, doing combos with fruit. And she was like, oh, this guy. And then we landed. And then I see the guy with the sign with your name on it, the driver at baggage claim. And she has one too. And then my friend, Nina Dobrev, who's also in the movie, who I know her, and she had a sign. And I'm like, oh, we're all in this movie together? and Chloe Bridges, my wife, was like, yeah, what did you think? And I'm like, I'm so sorry. I had no idea. And I felt embarrassed. I'm like, let's all just ride in the same car together and get to know each other going to Baton Rouge because we were shooting in Baton Rouge and it's like a 45-minute drive from New Orleans.

47:01And we go and Chloe's from New Orleans and she goes, let's get drive-through daiquiris, which is a thing there. Oh, my God, I need to go there. Yeah, it's the best. and uh we went through and like nina to her credit was like playing it cool it's like i'll take a couple little sample sizes see see what i like you know and so she has like a few little ones that she's sipping and then chloe goes i'll take the 38 ounce party starter and i'm like i'm like i love this girl uh yeah we and so then when did you break up with that past girlfriend A few weeks later and then we started a date, but I hadn't been single in like years.

47:46So then I like was single for a while and felt like I had to be single. And then after like however many months, six months or something, Chloe was like, you either have to call me your girlfriend or we have to stop doing this. And I'm like, and you're my girlfriend. Okay. You're like, I knew when you got that drink in the car, it was over for me. I got the party starter. What a legend. Yeah. When you guys moved in together, did you have to kick any like gross habits that you had? There was some weird conversations because I was given a lot of stuff from workaholics. Like that people just send.

48:22I'm sure you get stuff sent to you all the time. Right. And so like weird stuff. So like a fleshlight, the like the it's like molded after like porn stars, vaginas or whatever sent me 25 of them. So I didn't know what to do with them. So for a while I was like giving them away as like kind of gag gifts. But then I like gave like two or three away. And then like I was like I don't want to be known as the fleshlight guy who just has like a treasure trove of these. So then I just stuck it in a closet. But like they're all insane fleshlights. They're like alien fleshlights. What? Yeah, like alien vaginas.

49:01And like monster pussies. And like the weirdest things. So it's in my closet. it and I came home one day and she was like kind of being weird and I'm like what's up and she's like uh I think I have to talk to you I'm like wait what's going on and she's like what's do you have like a thing for aliens and I'm like what and she's like do you like are you into monsters and I'm like what are you talking you're weirding me out right now and then she pulled out like 15 alien pussies and I'm like I can see how this looks weird she's like this is what I'm talking This is what I'm talking about. And then she's like, well, let's throw them away.

49:43And I'm like, we should keep two. Not for use. They could keep them in the box. But like, they are hilarious. Right. Just in case. Just in case you need to bust it out of a party or you meet someone who you're like, this would be the funniest gift for them. I agree. So you kept them too. We kept an alien and a monster. Did you ever give them away? They still have them. I should have brought them here. We're going to transition from your real wife to your work wife, Rebel Wilson. Yep. She's coming here on Monday. Oh, really? Yes, it's going to be very fun. You guys have such a good dynamic. Like, I was watching this morning the scene where you're like, maybe we should, like, make out.

50:23And she's like, yeah, sometimes I think about doing heroin. And then I'm like, eh, better not. Or whatever it is. And it's like, you guys have a great dynamic. Did you guys ever get to, like, ad lib in that movie at all together? Most of, I mean, Kay Cannon wrote like an amazing script, so I'm not taking anything away. But all of my lines were, no. But I rewrote the whole thing. No, we improv quite a bit. And actually like our love connection, like me and Rebels love connection, we improv that. And so then as we were shooting, they're like, it's kind of funny. Put them together. and uh and then it ended up being like a bigger bigger story so fucking good okay so my idea was this rebels coming on and I'm gonna have her do the same thing I want you if you can to impersonate rebel and then I'm gonna have her impersonate you oh that's so hard is it so hard because have you ever tried to do an Australian accent fuck no I don't do impersonation it's so hard to do is it too hard i mean it might be i feel like she's just gonna be like i'm adam just with like weird energy just bouncing all over the place uh yeah no i mean no

51:47adam no oh no i feel like that's the only word i could say in australian speak they say like no with an R. Okay, I got it. Okay. Hello. It's sort of British. Hello. It's me, Rebel Wilson. I'm the lead singer of the Beatles. I can't do it, Alex. I can't do it. No, it's so good. It's so good. It's so good. I literally, I was trying to do it earlier and I was like, that's why she's iconic. I can't do it. Hello. I'm Rebel Wilson. I'm the I play bass in Oasis and she's Australian she's not even from England but I don't know I think you're fully doing an English accent because I can't do Australian it's fine it's fine it's fine I cannot thank you for coming on enough let me ask you what are you doing next because I know you obviously have your podcast but like are you doing any new films this is important check it out our podcast that I do with the Workaholics guys it's super fun uh yeah i'm doing i'm doing a season two of bumper in berlin the spinoff series that uh that i'm doing for peacock that's a spinoff of my character from pitch perfect great and season one is super fun it's on peacock now and then we're doing a second season um with a jamila jamil and sarah highland uh who was my um co-star in modern family and then uh flula borg who's super funny and then uh i was gonna do a workaholics movie but then paramount plus pulled the plug so i saw that that really fucking set and it's okay and legally i can't talk shit right right you just look at the camera and start sobbing legally jesus christ adam thank you so much for coming on call her daddy thanks that was very fun thank you i thought so too thank you Thanks.

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Adam joins Call Her Daddy to serve the Medium Dick Energy we all need, giving us a hilarious take on what it was like to grow up in Nebraska. He performs the song he used in his Pitch Perfect audition, and it’s not what you would expect. Adam explains how he showed up to his audition completely unprepared, because he thought PITCH Perfect was a baseball movie. He shares how he was kidnapped by an Uber driver and explains why sex on the first date is a must. He also opens up about his relationship with his wife and discusses the time she found his stash of alien pocket pussies.


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