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Jeremy Allen White was barely out of high school when he landed a role on Showtime’s Shameless, a show that kept him busy for 10 years. You’d think he’d want a little break after that, but instead he jumped right into the lead role on the summer show, FX. Beara show about the pressures of running an Italian steakhouse in Chicago.

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Tom Papa: Congratulations on a successful summer show… For our listeners, tell us what Bear it’s about.

Jeremy Allen White: Bear follow this young chef, Carmy. He comes home because his brother has passed away, and he inherits his brother’s and his family’s sandwich shop, kind of like a greasy, loved, manual workplace. And it’s about him and his relationship with the other people who work there.

TP: You have really served the people of this community very well, in the restaurant business. They really feel like you made it through and you really showed the struggle, the hard work… There was a report in New York One that since your show came out and became so popular, line cooks are having more sex than ever. . prior to.

Happy to help.

TP: They’re posting on their Instagram about them cooking and stuff. And they’re getting a lot more responses on social media. Why do you think this is happening?

I don’t know, it’s weird, you know, we did a show that I think was about family and pain and food. But no, Carmy doesn’t have sex. Nobody has sex. The most sexually charged moment on the show is between a character named Marcus and some donuts. There is no sex on the show at all.

TP: Well, then I want to admit something. She had never had an Italian beef sandwich before.

Thomas, what are you doing?

TP: Hey, I’m not in Bearso.

It’s thinly sliced ​​beef on a roll. You can make hot peppers or sweet peppers, and then you can dip them in their juice or leave them dry. And that’s the story.

TP: How many Italian meats a day should you eat?

I don’t know if one a day is for your heart, but you could have one a week and it would do you good.

Bobcat Goldthwait: What’s so fascinating about the show? I wouldn’t describe myself. [as] a foodie or something, it’s how intense it is. Some episodes, it’s like watching Good boys and I’m on the edge of my seat and I’m like, “could someone not get their sandwich on time?” There was an episode where I was like, “I have to go out, I have to start smoking.” And I’m so scared.

It’s definitely like that in the restaurant world. Yes. There is an urgency and there is a pressure and there is a performance aspect every night. So yeah, it’s serious. I mean, it’s people’s livelihood, you know, so the pressure is real for sure. But again we are making sandwiches.

TP: And something that maybe a lot of people can’t relate to, you and I probably can, women are going crazy over you. They are going crazy. How are you handling it?

I don’t know. I feel like I’ve fooled everyone. I think people are attracted to Carmy. I find his determination attractive. I find his ability, like how good he is at it, attractive. And also, I will say it, I think the chefs are hot. They’re taking care of you, right? They’re really supporting you, I think. It makes sense.

TP: Jeremy, Bear is the show we’re all watching this summer, what are you watching this summer?

oh man. I have a three year old and a one year old at home. When my wife and I put them to bed, we don’t want to think about anything, so we’re on the Housewiveswe are in below deck. That’s our speed right now.

Helen Hong: I thought you were going to say you’re watching cocomelonthat’s what you’re looking at.

Well, certainly during the day, yes, but once the girls are in bed, we want to turn off the brain.

HH: I love the idea of ​​your character seeing the Housewives.

He also needs to turn off his brain. I mean, he looks pasta grandmotherswhich maybe I should get into as well.

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