The Emmy-nominated host of Nailed It!
joins The Awardist for a hilarious, wide-ranging conversation.
Plus, Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and the creators of Hacks.
Nicole Byer hosts ‘Nailed It!'.Netflix
Nicole Byermade a kid cry.
I was like, ‘Do you hate me?
What’s happening?’
Then he burst into tears and I was like, ‘Do you need a hug?’
And then he was like, ‘I want a hug.’
So yeah, it’s cool and it’s really special that kids like me so much."
“I was a nanny for a long time, so I would play with kids.
I was like, oh, it makes sense: [Nailed It!]
I can roll off a table.
I can eat cookies whenever I want.
It’s bright and poppy, so I think that’s why kids like it so much.”
“It felt like a trick.
When does that ever f—ing happen?
When do you ever get a job where someone says, ‘Do whatever you want?’
You’re like, ‘They’re going to trick me.
Something bad [is going to happen].
This isn’t funny.'”
Just full-blown like a caricature is what they wanted," Byer recalls.
And it’s worked to her advantage.
“It’s wild.
These people are nuts.
So do you want to come to our wedding?’
And then they fight and fight,” she says, recapping the basics of the TLC series.
I’m like, ‘This is how you want to live?
You want Google to be your mediator?’
I love it."
And EW editor in chief Patrick Gomez isAwardistguest host, breaking down this year’s reality category nominees.
