Really Famous Celebrity Interviews

So this is new! My talk with comedian, actor and podcaster Pete Holmes, who stars in a brand-new comedy that just premiered on CBS called How We Roll, was taped live in front of a hotel (and livestreamed) audience!  You'll hear a lot about that, plus Pete's very grounded and well-earned life strategies and philosophies, his stand-up comedy, his HBO series Crashing, and his podcast, You Made It Weird. You'll also hear people! Plus a sneeze or two. And a few "bless yous." Enjoy the ride. Shop on my Amazon Storefront to: Support the show! Get really cool stuff! Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous   Watch Really Famous on Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/karamayerrobinson/ Join my Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/reallyfamous/ Watch my new bonus series IT'S NOT JUST YOU on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccR0N9GnIUc&list=PLyUDSyrlX1o5bnuP83jR4zBq--lH_MDbb  Watch Pete Holmes and me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reallyfamous  (Remember to subscr

NEW! SaSa and I are back with a new talk. I've been telling you to watch Gomorrah for years. It's one of the best TV series ever - suspenseful, smart, sophisticated. But in the US, it's been hard to find. Now it's back - thank you, HBO Max! - and I get to sit down with the lead actor, Salvatore Esposito. Salvatore isn't just the lead in Gomorrah (he plays Gennaro, aka Genny, Savastano). He's also a highlight of this season of Fargo (another great show), playing Gaetano Fadda, who you won't easily forget. So! My talks with Salvatore go down in the books, for me, as some of my favorites. They're fun. And real. And they're in English! You'd never guess from seeing him on Gomorrah that he speaks this beautifully.  We talk: Gomorrah Season 5 finale Ciro de Marzio family love relationships life lessons struggles Naples, Rome, New York, Los Angeles, Texas, New Orleans learning English learning Italian words like mozzarella and grazie tourist traps HBO Max being a good person   Links! Watch Salvatore &am

Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch narrator, prolific spokesperson, creator of the mikeroweWORKS foundation, author of The Way I Heard It, and soooo much more, joins me and goes with my therapy-like approach to interviews. It's fabulous. We talk: Artificially inseminating a turkey Behind the scenes of Dirty Jobs How he got his start on-air at QVC Getting fired The secret to Dirty Jobs His  6 million Facebook fans Politics discovery+ Regrets – or not His choice not to have kids His career path Being a “hobo” His favorite novels The work ethic his foundation, mikeroweWORKS, is based on Politics + if he's going to run in a future election His intimate relationships His parents, their marriage, and a clear message he sent Mike and his brothers Parenting today Stuttering Being a shy kid Innovation vs. imitation Efficiency vs. effectiveness Following your passion Whether or not people change And soooo much more! This was taped in 2021. Links! Watch + Subscribe on YouTube: Mike's Fan Q&A on YouTub

Wide-ranging and personal doesn't even begin to describe this talk with Emmy Award-winning host, executive producer and anchor Meredith Vieira. She's an icon and somehow super down to earth and relatable. You'll see. We talk about all of this, in depth! The View The Today Show 60 Minutes Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 25 Words or Less The Meredith Vieira Show Her new project, Find Your MBC Voice Where her career started Barbara Walters Meredith's husband, Richard Cohen Family Kids Meredith's pets Meredith's parents Emotions Fear Connecting with people Positivity Psychology Women in broadcasting Interviewing MS My work for The New York Times Sunday Routine Column Actors on press junkets Insights into people There's no scratching the surface here, trust me. And you'll love it. Links for you! Pfizer's Find Your MBC Voice, a resource with videos and a radio show for people with metastatic breast cancer: https://www.findyourmbcvoice.com/  Watch Meredith Vieira and me on YouTube: YouTube.com/reallyfamous (Remembe

Broadway performer Mauricio Martinez (Emilio Estefan in the hit musical On Your Feet!), joins me for a wide-ranging talk about making it in New York, a cancer shock (4 times), family, friends, loneliness, love and his four exes. It’s a can’t miss! Join us! Thank you to The Westgate New York Grand Central for hosting this conversation. Book a room or have a drink at this newly renovated, modern-retro hotel in midtown Manhattan. https://www.westgateresorts.com/hotels/new-york/midtown-manhattan/westgate-new-york-grand-central/   Catch fun photos with Mauricio Martinez and me taping the show: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson Shop with my Amazon links to support Really Famous: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/reallyfamous/ Watch our interview on YouTube (video!!) YouTube.com/reallyfamous Part 1: NYC dreams https://youtu.be/ZUzpd9uayWU Part 2: Surviving cancer https://youtu.be/Cnt-l4w8-yI Part 3: Mau's 4

You adore Danny Pudi already, but wait! After this, you'll appreciate him even more. In our big, personal talk, Danny opens up about family, his estranged father, growing up and trying to blend in, his childhood, his new film Running, running marathons, asking questions (finally), Danny's incredible wife, his comedy career, acting on Community, his friends from the Community cast, fans, fame, his new Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest, Larry King, and why he gets this therapist's approval that he's evolving beautifully! Watch Danny's new film Running for its limited run on Stellar: https://www.hypokritnyc.org/running.  Watch Danny Pudi and me on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IvsFspEYO20  (Remember to subscribe and tap the bell!) Support Really Famous by shopping for all your Amazon purchases through my link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Share your thoughts! Email me reallyfamouspodcast@gmail.com   Join my Special Insiders Group    Connect with me and get behind-the-scenes scoop on social media: Inst

Friends, I'm sharing this in honor of my friend Louie Anderson, an extraordinary human with an enormous heart. It's the talk that sparked our friendship. Louie and I hit it off right away, as you'll see here. He came back on the show again later. We even tried out a new entertainment project together (mixed reviews on that; maybe I'll tell you about it someday). But more importantly, we became friends. I'll miss his phone calls and text messages. I'll miss him calling me when I was at the beach or running errands. I'll miss texting him every time I think about him just to say I love him. I'll miss his big heart. I'll miss his joking and his laughter, his emotions and his sensitivity. There wasn't enough time.  Here's my second talk with Louie, which he liked to call "Part 2 with Lou" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw8dd4bFkJo  I'll be sharing personal photos on Instagram, when I catch my breath. You'll find them here - https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson/ 

You won't believe what US Olympic champion Apolo Ohno is up to now. Hint: He did a hard pivot. In today's talk we catch up on what Apolo, who's the most decorated US winter Olympics athlete of all time, has been up to, his ups and downs on the road to becoming a speed skating champion, his wild childhood, including supremely unique stories involving how his dad motivated him to do better, how he handled fame back in the day and what he does about fame now, secrets behind the Olympics, and key psychological principles he practices now that he wants to share with you. Join us! LINKS: Pre-order Apolo's book HARD PIVOT at my Amazon shop: https://amzn.to/32VK8Jh Apolo Ohno and me on YouTube https://youtu.be/mOqWInWXOr4  My talk with Skip Bayless: https://youtu.be/pjUQYrVTurY My talk with Scott Hamilton: https://www.reallyfamouspodcast.com/hamilton/go Support Really Famous by shopping for all your Amazon purchases through my link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Share your thoughts! Email me reallyfa

FBI: Most Wanted's Julian McMahon and I catch up and hit topics of all kinds: taping his TV shows his insane schedule malls road trips New Yorkers the term "salt of the earth" tea Alexa Howie Mandel behind-the-scenes of a major FBI: Most Wanted episode interviews and a fun plan we're hatching together Join us!   Shop with my Amazon links to support Really Famous: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous   Watch us on YouTube (videos!!) YouTube.com/reallyfamous Our first talk https://youtu.be/whPPUijYzjQ This new talk (in parts): Part 1 https://youtu.be/RCDJ98i0LNw Part 2 https://youtu.be/rXnmwlIKIwg Bonus https://youtu.be/_zKwHqb_Yig   Listen to my "therapy session" talk with FBI actor Jeremy Sisto: https://really-famous.com/now/jeremy-sisto   Catch fun photos with Julian McMahon and me taping the show: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson Share your thoughts! Email me reallyfamouspodcast@gmail.com   Join my Special Insiders Group    Connect with me and get behind-the-scenes scoop on social me

Theater, film, TV icon Ben Vereen joins me for a down-to-earth chat about his ups and downs, family secrets, tragedy and success. Plus we talk about his sense of style, famous friendships and incredibly positive outlook. Bonus video! Watch a bonus YouTube video where Ben opens up about discovering his biological family on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/2pA4Pdxckn8 Shop at my Amazon storefront & support the show: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Join my new Really Famous Friends & Fans Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/reallyfamous/   Share your thoughts! Email me reallyfamouspodcast@gmail.com Join my Special Insiders Group  Connect with me and get behind-the-scenes scoop on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Shop on my Amazon Storefront to: Support the show! Get really cool stuff! Amazon.com/Shop/ReallyFamous Connect with me: Subscribe to Really Famous on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous Follow me on Instagram: @karamayerrobinson Follow me on Twitter:

At the beginning of this podcast, you'll hear actor Wilson Cruz say this was pretty close to a therapy session. I'll let you be the judge! Wilson, who plays Dr. Hugh Culber on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery and was recently in Thirteen Reasons Why, shares his thoughts (and confesses a few things!) on things like: Claire Danes He played Ricky Vasquez on My So-Called Life. Wait til you hear what he says about Homeland! The Broadway show Rent! GLAAD Loneliness Dating Not dating Clubbing Not clubbing The pandemic Being social Family Puerto Rico New York Shonda Rhimes Party of Five The state of our society Join us! Thank you to The Westgate New York Grand Central for hosting this conversation. Book a room or have a drink at this newly renovated, modern-retro hotel in midtown Manhattan. https://www.westgateresorts.com/hotels/new-york/midtown-manhattan/westgate-new-york-grand-central/   Catch fun photos with Wilson Cruz and me taping the show: https://www.instagram.com/karamayerrobinson Shop with m

In honor of tonight's ABC special presentation of Diff'rent Strokes + The Facts of Life, I'm re-airing my talk with Todd Bridges from last year. Todd has been through the ringer. But he's come out OK. I won't bury the lead: He has 29 years clean and sober. We get into that, and I found out the hard way why he bristles at interviews. You'll hear about: Where he is now Who he is now What he went up against Why he's media-averse His new HBO documentary, Showbiz Kids Diff'rent Strokes What you talkin about, Willis? Little House on the Prairie Roots Scott Baio Fame Black Lives Matter racism being targeted by the police emotional damage his experiences with sexual abuse how he rebounded how fake Hollywood can be his favorite TV shows my favorite TV shows family, kids and why he's a homebody Join us. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get fast, convenient, private, secure, potentially life-changing therapy today. Get 10% off your first month here: https://betterhelp.com/reallyfamous   SWEET! You get 2 bonus

Jason Ritter (Parenthood, Gravity Falls, Joan of Arcadia) and I have a beautifully honest (and fun!) conversation in this classic episode from 2019. Fun Fact: I wanted Jason to be a guest on Really Famous since the day I started it. You'll find out why. And...I was right! I knew I'd like getting to know him better. I predict you will, too. You'll hear us talk about: Parenthood - why he loved it, which scenes made him cry (as a viewer!) People, perfection and the real deal The downside of potential Growing up with a very famous dad (actor Jason Ritter) What happened after his dad died Embarrassment and the Golden Rule Why he stopped drinking AA ADHD Therapy Fame (then vs. now) Our favorite TV shows The Bachelor The Carbonaro Effect Game of Thrones A few of his heroes who were guests on Really Famous: Joe Mantegna Michael Ian Black Michael Carbonaro # Watch Jason and me in an exclusive (fun!) video: https://youtu.be/lhLyEdhW4_A # Jason and me behind the scenes: https://really-famous.com/now/jason-ritter #

Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade, Grease, Chicago) and I talk a mile a minute about EVERYTHING, from her incredible memory (it's called HSAM, or highly superior autobiographical memory) to party games to family to dating John Travolta and a few Taxi co-stars. Such fun! We crossed paths in New York City for just a few hours, so we went for it! On a Saturday night in late 2019, we got together and knew that our willingness to do this on the fly, between flights to and from Los Angeles, was a sign we'd have a really cool conversation. And we did. Enjoy! BONUS: Watch Marilu answer DIFFERENT questions on this week’s video at YouTube.com/reallyfamous. GET IN TOUCH: Insider news - ReallyFamousPodcast.com/contact Instagram - @karamayerrobinson Facebook - @karamayerrobinson Twitter - @kara1to1   EXTRA TREATS: Marilu Henner's video Q&A - YouTube.com/reallyfamous Behind-the-scenes photos - ReallyFamousPodcast.com Marilu's health + wellness books and memoirs: https://www.amazon.com/Marilu-Henner/e/B000AP7UR6%3Fref

Mayim Bialik (Jeopardy, The Big Bang Theory, Blossom, Call Me Kat) is extremely introspective, analytical and accomplished. So it's no surprise this talk turns out to be what it is. Shop at my Amazon storefront & support the show: https://www.amazon.com/shop/reallyfamous Join Mayim Bialik and me as we dive deep into: growing up with uncertainty and anxiety depression and OCD trauma and emotions what a panic attack feels like therapy and how it helped Mayim over the years being an HSP (highly sensitive person) mental health her parents, grandparents and connection to the Holocaust parenting, co-parenting and growth knowing yourself divorce women, men and changes breaking down before you build back up opinions self care attachment parenting homeschooling vaccinations not knowing who or what to trust being Jewish when anti-semitism is growing the best and worst of The Big Bang Theory SWEET! Watch Mayim & me on YouTube: YouTube.com/ReallyFamous Shop at my Amazon storefront & support the show: https

Emmy-winning actor Peter Scolari, who won an Emmy for HBO's Girls, died on Friday morning. This is my very deep talk with Peter, which we had in October 2017. I hope you enjoy it. I didn't know him well, but in the hour or two I spent with him I could feel that he was a warm, emotional, caring person. I think you'll feel the same. Peter and I talk about everything from Bosom Buddies to Newhart and Madoff. He opens up about drugs and alcohol, depression and learning he has bipolar disorder. He gets deeply analytical about life, friends and acting. He also talks Tom Hanks, Bob Newhart and Six Degrees of Separation.   Get a shout-out from Kara: Patreon.com/ReallyFamous Behind-the-scenes photos - Really-Famous.com/peter-scolari Support the show for $3 - Patreon.com/reallyfamous Insider news - ReallyFamousPodcast.com/contact Twitter - @kara1to1 Instagram - @karamayerrobinson Facebook - @karamayerrobinson   Talk to Kara - click here   Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson Music-Take a Chance-Kevin MacLeod-inco

Many Saints of Newark star Alessandro Nivola crushes it as Dickie Moltisanti and he nails this interview too! Well, you know what I mean. He gives us all kinds of scoop about: The Many Saints of Newark The original cast of The Sopranos David Chase Michael Imperioli Ray Liotta Nicolas Cage American Hustle Face/Off Acting ups and downs The 12 movies he starred in that were NEVER RELEASED! Emily Mortimer, Alessandro's wife! Their kids, who are about to become movie stars after something HUGE they did this summer with Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig Lessons about marriage, parenting and more Join us! Links: My talks with: Michael Imperioli https://reallyfamouspodcast.com/now/michael-imperioli Tim Daly https://really-famous.com/now/tim-daly Steve Buscemi https://really-famous.com/now/miracle-workers Aida Turturro https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/aida-turturro-on-the-sopranos-italy-hollywood-life/id1231521180?i=1000385433171&mt=2 Our Twitter feeds! Kara @kara1to1 Alessandro @SandroNiv

Comedian Eric D'Alessandro joins me at Carolines on Broadway for a funny and serious talk. We get into: Mispronouncing his name Driving on the Autobahn Anxiety and his diagnosis Therapy Mental illness in his family A hit and run accident How he made it in stand-up comedy Improv classes where he was totally out of place Odd jobs, like at Newark Airport Pounding the pavement Emailing Taylor Swift’s booking agent Doing open mics Comedy club gatekeepers Social media comedians Young comedians vs. old comedians Trying to get to the next level vs. being a dinosaur His creative process How he edits his videos How he tests his comedy material Dressing like a woman and how he feels about it Why people think he’s gay Who he really is beneath the façade Links: Carolines on Broadway https://www.carolines.com/ Eric’s website https://www.ericdalessandro.com/ Eric’s IG https://www.instagram.com/ericdalessandro/ Eric and me on YouTube Old school stand-up comedy is dead:  https://youtu.be/M9oGEBKF1vU Struggles growing up: h

My heart-to-heart with the Dallas, Step by Step, The Man from Atlantis actor and I continues! The man who we all love as Bobby Ewing is here and wow, do we get into it all: life, love, TV stardom, insecurities and human connection. I LOVE this talk with actor-director Patrick Duffy and I'm pretty sure you'll love it too. We talk: Bobby Ewing, Who Shot JR, his friendship with Larry Hagman and Linda Grey, how he felt about Victoria Principal and the other cast members of Dallas, why he left, how he came back, that famous cliffhanger and how it led to the brilliant series fiinale of Newhart, driving off the set, and more Step by Step, his relationship with Suzanne Somers and the cast members who played their kids Linda Purl, falling in love with her, moving in together, and why he's moving on from his Oregon ranch Human connection Why he agreed to do my show Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Knight, Ed Asner and more Life Love The pursuit of happiness Here's Part 1 with Patrick Duffy, if you missed

Dallas, Step by Step, The Man from Atlantis and now: Really Famous! The man who we all love as Bobby Ewing is here and wow, do we get into it all: life, love, TV stardom and human connection. I LOVE this talk with actor-director Patrick Duffy and I'm pretty sure you'll love it too. We talk: Bobby Ewing, Who Shot JR, his friendship with Larry Hagman and Linda Grey, how he felt about Victoria Principal and the other cast members of Dallas, why he left, how he came back, that famous cliffhanger and how it led to the brilliant series fiinale of Newhart, driving off the set, and more Step by Step, his relationship with Suzanne Somers and the cast members who played their kids Linda Purl, falling in love with her, moving in together, and why he's moving on from his Oregon ranch Human connection Why he agreed to do my show Jason Ritter, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Knight, Ed Asner and more Life Love The pursuit of happiness Part 2 drops next. Stay tuned! Links: My Suzanne Somers talk: https://www.reallyfamousp