I've got a bit of a cold.

I know it's-- you're giving things away.

So I brought a cold to give everybody.

Oh, isn't that great?

But thanks for letting everybody know,

which is why we didn't hug because I wanted to hug you.

I'm a big fan.

I'm so happy to be here.

I'm a big fan of yours.

And my son loves the show as well.

And when I told him I was going to be on he

was really, really excited.

So it's a thrill to be here.

But he's not in the audience like Jackie is.

I know.

Yeah, Jackie is here, but your son doesn't love me as much

as Jackie.

He's in school, Ellen.

His schoolwork's important.

Priorities, priorities.

You make a fair point.

I do.

You know what I mean?

Yes, I do.

I'm going to look into that.

What's going to be a longer lasting memory, education

or me?

Boy, I am screwed.

They're not going to air this, are they?

Because this is clearly a poor parenting choice.

It really was.

So congratulations on The Morning Show.

It's so good.

And you're so good in it.

And you've gotten a lot of nominations

for the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards.

So congratulations on that.

Thank you very much.

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It's really, I mean, the whole cast is great.

And of course, Jen and Reese are both friends of mine.

And well, tell--

Are they equal friends of yours?

Jen and I are best friends.

And Reese is, you know, she's on the outside trying to get in.

She's always like, hey, you guys.

Does that create an uncomfortable dynamic?

For her it does.

Will Reese come on and kiss too?

No, she's not kissed me the way Jen does.

By the way, I'm-- now that I think about it,

based on how you kissed Jen, and how many people she's kissed,

I'm a little upset that you didn't hug me there.

It seems like she's been around from all those pictures we've

seen.

No, I do worry about that.

I saw that after she kissed me.

Had I seen all that ahead of time--

OK, fair enough.

You would have given her the elbow, too?

I would have given her the elbow.

Yeah.

So tell everybody what the show is about.

Well, it's about morning news.

And it sort of takes place where there's this, kind of,

hurricane of an event where Mitch Kessler--

who is played by Steve Carell, who

is just a phenomenal actor--

all of these charges come out against him for all

of his sexual impropriety.

And I play the president of the network who has recently

taken over the news division after spending

a couple of years at the entertainment division.

And I decide that I don't really care about news.

I want entertainment and ratings.

So I bring in Reese Witherspoon, who

is this unpredictable reporter, to try to liven things

up and get the ratings going for a morning show that

may be failing in the ratings.

Yes, and then you don't know who's

going to keep their job, who's going to lose their job.

It's really good.

And it has Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon

and Steve Carell and Mark Duplass and--

And you.

I'm in it as well.

And everybody is very good.

Everybody's great.

And you mentioned your son.

Is he an actor?

Well, he's in school right now.

So he's not a professional actor.

But he loves the arts because mom

and I are both in the business.

And so he took a film class, actually,

while we were doing this last season.

And during the film class, he and his friend Zev and Cole,

the three of them made a movie.

I'm sure you'll see it at some point.

It was a seven minute experimental film

called Parchment.

But in the film, he decides to cast mom and dad.

But I was filming it when I was coming

home on the weekends and stuff from working here.

So needless to say, I didn't want

to go from the paid working gig to the non-paid working gig

while I'm being directed by my 15-year-old who says things

like, well, that's a stupid choice, dad.

Do it better.

I don't know if you guys have had 15-year-olds.

But something changes in there.

You get talked to like that and not get paid.

That's really sad.

And also, too, yeah, he would wake me up for re-shoots.

Needless to say, I was thrilled that the character that I

was playing was aggressively angry

and discombobulated the entire time.

Because it's a real experience because that was all of my

takes.

Oh my God.

Well, I can't wait to meet him.

Next time you're on, bring him with you.

I certainly will.

He'll be thrilled to be here.

All right.

The Morning Show is so good.

It's available on Apple TV+.

We'll be right back.