Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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Rob Reiner has directed some legendary movies like The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, and This Is Spinal Tap, to name a few. But which one does he say was the best experience of his life? A little film called Stand By Me, and 35 years later, he is still standing by the cast.

Today, when Wil Wheaton was reunited with his castmate Jerry O’Connell on The Talk, the director recorded a message for his two stars. Reiner complimented the film and left the actors speechless and humbled by his words. Especially when he told the fat kid from the movie that they “didn’t know that Jerry would turn out as handsome” as he is now.

Another takeaway from this mini-reunion is that O’Connell hasn’t changed since he was 11. He is still the infectious happy, nice guy that everyone wants to be around.

And now that we know that the Wheaton and O’Connell still get along, why can’t Steven King right a sequel to The Body. So that this way, we can get a sequel to Stand By Me.

For some reason, Jerry O’Connell’s face was wrapped with scotch tape like a mummy. And his Talk co-anchor, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, enjoyed taking it off.

I don’t know what is going on here. But we should see more of it on the CBS daytime talk show. It is nice that these two are not doing the same old that everyone else is doing. They are the shot in the arm that the genre needed. Don’t you agree?

To see what O’Connell looked like with all of that tape on his face, then click here!

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Over the summer, Jerry O’Connell was hosting two shows. He could be seen guest-hosting CBS’s The Talk and hosting a trial run of Pictionary on the Fox O&O’s. Well, 2021 turned out to be a fruitful year for him. That is because he became a full time host on the talk show. And now Deadline is reporting that the game show was picked up for a full season starting the Fall.

When it rains, it pours. And it O’Connell is caught in a storm.

However, I do wonder if he is going to continue to do both shows? I hope so because the more we have him on our televisions, the better. Plus, he is a natural-born host for both game and talk shows. It is the best of both worlds for him. Well, that and some acting jobs.

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Right before the pandemic started, David Alan Grier and Jerry O’Connell starred in the Broadway play A Soldier’s Play. In fact, its final weekend was the same one that they shut the Great White Way down for a year and a half.

Anyways, today DAG was on The Talk, and he had a story to share about O’Connell. Grier immediately started to tear up as he shared what happened between them. He said that after the first table read, the CBS host told him that he was going to win a Tony for that role. O’Connell said to him that every day they did the show, and the actor thought, “it was embarrassing, and I felt ashamed.”

However, O’Connell was onto something because Grier did win the Tony for that role. The Tony winner’s raw emotions on the show today were because O’Connell knew before everyone else that he gave a Tony-winning performance. Grier’s first win after three other nominations in nearly 40 years.

O’Connell was so happy for Grier on Tony night that he accidentally put his co-star’s phone number out on social media. Was Grier upset? He told the viewers, “people started texting me and calling me, and it was all love, though. Not one crank call. Every person called, they said, ‘Jerry gave us your number, and we just want to tell you how much we love you. How much we support you.’ So it turned out to the craziest thing, and I thank you, Jerry.”

And with that, everyone had all the feels as the two men wiped tears from their eyes. This is how all actors should work together. They should work as a supportive team and be thankful for the support they get from their coworker, who is now their friend.

I have never worked with Jerry O’Connell, but I can tell you he is one of the nicest people in Hollywood. I am not saying this from my own experience (which has always been delightful), but I say it from people who have encountered or worked with him. We need more of him in this town. So whenever he says he marry above his status, he is wrong. I am sure Rebecca Romijn knew she was marrying a man with a huge heart. What woman doesn’t want that? Plus, he is funny, good-looking and has a great body! But his no BS warmth is his most outstanding feature.

One last note, Grier better cast O’Connell in the limited series he wants to do as a prequel to A Soldier’s Play. This way, O’Connell can tell him he is going to win the Emmy every day that they work together.

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This photo of Jerry O’Connell from today’s The Talk has Caption Me written all over it, so go ahead and do it.

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