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Jamie Kennedy on Being The "Unwashed Bradley Cooper"

Jamie Kennedy on Being The "Unwashed Bradley Cooper"

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The always hilarious and sometimes unpredictable Jamie Kennedy pays a visit to our pop-up studio in Miami during NATPE to give us the scoop on his wild webseries, "Kennedy's Court", and how his flair for impersonations may explain why he's mistaken for other actors so often! He also tells us about his crappy first jobs and shares an incident at the airport where Billy Bush got him into trouble with the TSA! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak).

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Nicki Novak here in the Young Hollywood Studio powered by Subway with Jamie Kennedy, who is buttoning up and looking very dapper this morning in Miami.

Young Hollywood

Can you believe it?

Jamie Kennedy

No, I really actually can't.

Young Hollywood

I expected you to come sort of from the pool and maybe have some like little Hawaiian shorts on, but you surprised me.

Jamie Kennedy

I came to sell my today, baby.

Jamie Kennedy

I have a a new show.

Young Hollywood

Yes.

Jamie Kennedy

And it's called Kennedy's Court.

Jamie Kennedy

And it's a court show, but it's funny.

Jamie Kennedy

So I play I play a bunch of different judges.

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Jamie Kennedy

And people come in with real problems and they think it's a real judge.

Jamie Kennedy

And it's not.

Jamie Kennedy

It's me.

Jamie Kennedy

You are about to enter Kennedy's Court.

Jamie Kennedy

God damn.

Jamie Kennedy

Where the cases are real.

Jamie Kennedy

But the judge is it.

Jamie Kennedy

Eagle Justice.

Jamie Kennedy

Kennedy's Court.

Young Hollywood

I read on your Twitter, speaking of looking elegant, somebody tweeted that you look like Bradley Cooper.

Young Hollywood

No, sorry.

Young Hollywood

Bradley Cooper looks like you.

Young Hollywood

And you responded by saying you are the unwashed version of Bradley Cooper.

Jamie Kennedy

Yes.

Jamie Kennedy

I would say that's pretty accurate.

Young Hollywood

Do you think it's accurate?

Jamie Kennedy

Uh, yeah.

Jamie Kennedy

It's a very nice compliment saying I look like Bradley Cooper because he was the sexiest man alive last year.

Young Hollywood

He was, wasn't he?

Jamie Kennedy

One of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

Young Hollywood

So do you get mistaken?

Young Hollywood

Do you ever get asked to give autographs and it's they don't know if it's Jamie or Bradley or

Jamie Kennedy

I haven't had that yet, but a couple people thought did say that they love me in Can't Hardly Wait.

Jamie Kennedy

And I said that's Seth Green.

Jamie Kennedy

People do mistake me with Seth Green too.

Jamie Kennedy

Which is

Young Hollywood

Oh, they do, really?

Jamie Kennedy

I'm a little bit taller.

Jamie Kennedy

And I love you, Seth.

Jamie Kennedy

Um, yes.

Young Hollywood

So Jamie, what was your first job before you became an actor?

Jamie Kennedy

Uh, I had a million jobs.

Young Hollywood

But my big I know you used to work at Red Lobster.

Jamie Kennedy

Yeah, that was my thing.

Young Hollywood

Did you just Google all this?

Jamie Kennedy

No, I've been following you for years.

Jamie Kennedy

I've done all of it.

Jamie Kennedy

Every odd job you can do.

Young Hollywood

So what's the first?

Jamie Kennedy

I I I've had I can name them down.

Jamie Kennedy

I had 36 really bad jobs.

Young Hollywood

Wow.

Jamie Kennedy

Red Lobster, all the fast food chains, Pizza Hut, Domino's.

Young Hollywood

You mean you ate a lot of it?

Jamie Kennedy

I did.

Young Hollywood

What was like the worst?

Jamie Kennedy

I was a massage therapist assistant.

Young Hollywood

So like

Jamie Kennedy

Why would that be bad?

Jamie Kennedy

Cuz I just I have to like clean up the room after the person was done.

Jamie Kennedy

It wasn't that type of massage.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you didn't get to actually touch.

Young Hollywood

You just had to clean up.

Jamie Kennedy

No, I had to like she's like oil and like here.

Young Hollywood

Did I hear you got frisked at the airport on the way over here?

Jamie Kennedy

Oh, god.

Jamie Kennedy

Billy Bush.

Jamie Kennedy

Billy Bush takes a picture of me.

Jamie Kennedy

Yeah.

Jamie Kennedy

And like tells I'm sitting there and all I hear is Pat him down.

Jamie Kennedy

And I look and it's Billy Bush and TSA is looking at me.

Jamie Kennedy

And next thing I know, they're going through my stuff and Billy's like, "Ah, got you."

Young Hollywood

So did you get frisked, though?

Jamie Kennedy

Yeah, but they were gentle.

Young Hollywood

It wasn't like your massage therapy days?

Jamie Kennedy

No.

Jamie Kennedy

No oil.

Young Hollywood

When they frisk you at the TSA, you say no oil.

Jamie Kennedy

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

I love it.

Young Hollywood

Thank you for coming and chatting with us and I hope everything's settled.

Jamie Kennedy

Kennedy's court dot com.

Jamie Kennedy

Let's sell it.

Jamie Kennedy

Oh, Kennedy's court series dot com.

Jamie Kennedy

If you got a problem, bring it to Jamie.

Jamie Kennedy

You don't know who he is, but he'll solve it.

Jamie Kennedy

And he'll judge you.

Jamie Kennedy

I'll judge you.

Jamie Kennedy

Silently.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview

  • Jamie Kennedy

    Interview guest, actor, and creator of Kennedy's Court

  • Bradley Cooper

    Jamie Kennedy is mistaken for him and referred to as his 'unwashed version'

  • Seth Green

    Jamie Kennedy is mistaken for him

  • Billy Bush

    Involved in an airport incident with Jamie Kennedy

FAQ

What is Jamie Kennedy's new show?+
Jamie Kennedy's new show is called "Kennedy's Court," a comedic court show where he plays different judges with real people's problems.
Who does Jamie Kennedy get mistaken for?+
Jamie Kennedy gets mistaken for Bradley Cooper, and he has also been mistaken for Seth Green.
What was one of Jamie Kennedy's worst past jobs?+
One of Jamie Kennedy's past jobs was a massage therapist assistant, which he considered bad because he only had to clean up the room and didn't get to perform massages.
What happened with Jamie Kennedy and Billy Bush at the airport?+
Billy Bush took a picture of Jamie Kennedy at the airport, leading TSA to pat him down and go through his belongings.
Where can viewers watch 'Kennedy's Court'?+
Viewers can find more information about 'Kennedy's Court' at Kennedyscourt.com or Kennedyscourtsries.com.

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