Most revealing episodes of 2021

Here are some of the most revealing stories from “Armchair Expert” this year …

1. Ashton kutcher & Mila kunis Admit that they rarely bathe their children

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis completely divided the internet when they revealed that they don’t really bathe their children that often. The couple explained that they both share a lax approach to bathing and passed it on to their two children, that they only bathe when really necessary.

“If you can see dirt on them. Clean them up. Otherwise, it’s no good,” Ashton said on the show.

While Mila explained that her opinion stems from the fact that she grew up largely without hot water, Ashton explained that he bathed every day but mainly focused on “the armpits and crotch.” . Even after a workout, Ashton admitted that he just wet his face with water “to wash off all the salts.” Meanwhile, Mila is a little more traditional when it comes to washing her face, which she says she does twice a day to keep her acne from coming back.

2. Salma hayek I couldn’t stop crying while filming the sex scene in “Desperado”

Salma Hayek does not have fond memories of filming her groundbreaking film “Desperado”, especially due to the sex scene in the movie. She explained that the scene she shared with her co-star Antonio Banderas was not originally in the script but was actually “required by the studio when they saw the chemistry.” Although she had “a really, really tough time” with the scene, Salma explained that she kept going because she was just happy to be working.

“They closed the set… That’s good. Except that I had never done anything like this. When we were about to start filming, I started to sob. I said, ‘I don’t know if I can do this, I’m afraid of it.’ … I started to cry, like they made me feel bad. Antonio was the freest person and I was so embarrassed that I cried. They were great, but I didn’t let go of the towel. They were trying to make me laugh and take it away for two seconds, I started crying again but we got away with it, “Salma said.

Salma went on to say that she didn’t feel any hard feelings towards Antonio or the director of the film Robert Rodriguez. In fact, they tried to make it easier for him. Robert even offered to edit together the little moments that Salma felt comfortable creating to create the larger scene. In the end the scene unfolded but Salma admits she can’t watch it to this day.

3. Julianna Margulies Said she had a “traumatic” incident with Steven seagal In his hotel room

Julianna Margulies was auditioning for her first movie role when she says she ended up in a uncomfortable situation with Steven Seagal. She claims that the day before her second audition for “Out For Justice” in 1991, Steven invited her and a casting director to her room to talk more about the character of Julianna, a “prostitute with a heart of gold.”

“He asked me to come to his hotel room – at 10 at night. And then read my palm and told me that he was a healer and that I had ‘weak kidneys.’ I thinks it was his schtick with women. He was telling them he’s a healer, “Julianna said on the show.

And not only did the casting director not show up, but Julianna says she discovered a gun under one of the couch cushions, which Steven held for most of their conversation. While several actresses have now accused Steven of sexual harassment and assault, Julianna noted that she had not been hurt and had the “courage” to leave after Steven’s healer “shtick”.

“Look, I’m fine. I walked out of the room unharmed. And I wrote about it [in my book] because – well, for several reasons. First of all, it’s a very funny story. I don’t want to minimize it in the sense that it wasn’t traumatic because it was. But nothing happened to me. I was not sexually assaulted, ”Julianna said.

4. Elijah wood reveals the secret dig to Harvey Weinstein Hidden in “The Lord of the Rings”

Harvey Weinstein didn’t make it easy to create the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy – and the team behind the film made sure to give the disgraced producer a particularly unflattering nod in the film. Harvey’s company, Miramax, acquired the rights to JRR Tolkien’s masterpiece in the mid-90s and invested a few million dollars in the project, but after a while it became clear that the film was no ‘was not going to be done the way Peter Jackson had envisioned. When he asked Miramax for permission to buy it elsewhere, the company only gave him a weekend to talk to other studios and he had to get whoever wanted to agree to do so too. all three films at the same time.

Fortunately, New Line Cinema agreed to take the risk and when it was finally filmed, Peter and his team decided to give Miramax one last FU by modeling an evil orc after Harvey.

“It’s funny, we talked about it recently because Dom [Monaghan, who played Merry] and Bill [Boyd, who played Pippin] have a podcast, “The Friendship Onion.” They were talking to Sean Astin [who played Samwise] about her first memory of being in New Zealand. He had seen those orc masks. And one of the orc masks – and I remember it very well – was made to look like Harvey Weinstein like some kind of fucking you, ”Elijah revealed.

5. Gwyneth Paltrow Almost died giving birth to Apple

Gwyneth Paltrow had a near-death experience during her first pregnancy. While discussing the expectations surrounding women’s bodies before and after birth, Gwyneth revealed that she almost died giving birth to daughter Apple. Even though she didn’t go into the details of the experience, it was clearly difficult to deal with.

“I had two caesarean sections [C-sections]. My daughter was an emergency [C-section], it was crazy, we almost died. It was, like, not good. Anyway, there’s a big scar on your body and you’re like, ‘Oh wow, that didn’t exist before.’ And it’s not that it’s bad or that you want to judge it, but you’re just thinking, ‘Oh my God,’, ”Gwyneth said on the podcast.

6. Bradley Cooper Was detained at Knifepoint on the subway in New York

Bradley Cooper had a close encounter with an armed attacker by taking the subway in New York. The actor explained that he was on his way to pick up his daughter in broad daylight when he was approached by a man with a knife.

“I walked around New York City all the time with this,” he said, referring to his AirPods. “I realized I had become way too comfortable in the city. My guard was down… I felt someone come up. I thought, ‘Oh, they want to take a picture’ or something. like that… against the post like it’s ‘The French Connection’ or something, and I turned around. I looked down and saw a knife. “

He added that the man, who held a 3-inch blade with a wooden handle, appeared to be surprisingly young. Although he knew the best decision would have been to stay put, he decided to run away and was even able to take a photo of the man at the turn.

“I just started booking. I just started running. I jumped over the turnstile, hid around the white tiled entrance to the metro hall, pulled out my phone. . He jumped over, ran away and I took a picture of him. Then I chased him. Up the stairs. He started running on 7th Avenue. I took two more pictures. of him, ”Bradley explained.

When he reached street level, he found two police officers who made sure he was okay and viewed the photos Bradley had taken. He didn’t note if anything had happened to the criminal, but Bradley ended up getting back on the subway to pick up his daughter.

seven. Brooke Shields says his teen interview with Barbara walters Was “practically criminal”

Brooke Shields was only 15 when she sat down with Barbara Walters for a in-depth interview amid the controversy surrounding his Calvin Klein campaign. In the infamous commercial, Brooke modeled the brand’s jeans while reciting various slogans, including the line: “You want to know what’s going on between me and my Calvins? Nothing.” During the interview, Brooke was asked invasively not only about the publicity, but also about her sexual history, her “measurements” and how her mother “took her childhood.”

Thinking back to the interview, Brooke condemned the media for her excessive sexualization and called Barbara for her inappropriate questions.

“It’s practically criminal. It’s not journalism,” Brooke said on the podcast.