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Millie: I'm telling you, my, my face doesn't feel like my face.
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Millie, Sean: <i>I can't feel my face when I'm with you... </i> Millie: Literally. Literally.
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Sean: Hey, what's going on, everybody?
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For <i>First We Feast</i>, I'm Sean Evans, and you're watching <i>Hot Ones</i>.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Millie Bobby Brown.
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She's an actress and producer, known best for her role as Eleven on the seven time <i>Emmy Award</i> winning global mega hit show "<i>Stranger Things</i>", which returns for its highly anticipated 4th season on <i>Netflix</i> May 27th.
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Millie Bobby Brown, welcome to the show.
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Millie: Thank you very much.
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I'm very excited to be here.
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Sean: Well, how are you around spicy food?
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I know that the McCod's, that you eat on set from crafty Dave, you like to hit them with a little hot Sriracha.
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Millie: I do, I do, I um...
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I was, also, born in Spain, so I'm very familiar with spicier food, but I'm quite nervous. In all honesty.
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It's very nerve wracking.
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Can I ask you a question? Sean: Anything you want.
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Millie: If I drink this, does it mean I've given up? Sean: No, no, no.
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You know, this, we want it to be, like, the most comfortable, least comfortable interview, if that makes sense.
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So, if you need some milkshake, need some...
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Millie: Why does it already smell spicy? My nostrils.
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Like I have no more hairs left. Okay. Where are we starting?
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Sean: At the, uh, at the handle over here, with the "Classic Garlic Fresno". So, to your... yep. Perfect. Millie: Okay.
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Sean: Do we have a little surprise here to open things up for wing one?
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Noah: We do have a surprise. Sean: Wow. Millie: Noah. Noah: Hello. Sean: Noah. Millie: Welcome.
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Noah: I'm glad to be here. Sean: On the spot... Noah: I brought a wing. Sean: ...
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giving us a little assist here for wing one. Noah: So is this... This is the mild one? Sean: Yep. Noah: Okay. Sean: You lucked out. Noah: Cheers.
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Sean:You picked a good time to come in. Millie: Cheers, Noah. Noah: Really good wing.
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Millie, by the way, she was saying that she's so good at spice. Sean: I know. We'll find out today.
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Noah: I'm much better with spice.
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Millie: Well, they didn't invite you on the show. Noah: No, no.
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But, I'm happy to be here for a cameo.
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Millie: It's not spicy, is it? All right.
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Now, go watch me kill this. Noah: All right. Sean: There we go. Millie: I love you.
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Sean: Got the support, hitting the milkshake. Millie: Love you lots. Sean: Great job, Noah.
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Noah: Enjoy the inteview. Millie: Oh, my God.
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Sean: Let's give Noah a hand right there.
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So, the scene is set for the season 4 premiere of "<i>Stranger Things</i>", which the Duffer Brothers have ominously described as being the show's "<i>Game of Thrones</i>" season.
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What made shooting this season, in your words, the hardest one you've ever filmed?
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Millie: I mean, mostly because we filmed for three years, especially with the amount of filming that we had to do.
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We were filming in three different places.
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We were filming in Lithuania, New Mexico and Atlanta and it was difficult. Yeah. I think that's... yeah.
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Sean: How's that first wing? Millie: Fine. Sean: Doing great. Millie: Yeah.
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Sean: Are you ready to move on here to the next wing? Millie: Yes.
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Sean: This, right, here is the "Adoboloco" wing sauce.
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A little bit of, like, an island vibe with this one. Millie: Okay. Millie: Nice. Really nice.
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Sean: So "<i>Stranger Things</i>" isn't the only big project that you have on the way.
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With "<i>Enola Holmes 2</i>", coming out soon, a sequel to the acclaimed 2020 film that you, not only starred in, but also produced.
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Between the writing, the casting and all the different aspects of a production, was there anything that you found felt most natural to you?
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Or where you felt you could make the biggest impact as a producer?
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Millie: Producing felt really natural to me, because I could still create on and off camera.
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So, I could, you know, go on to set and do my thing, but also creatively change the script and go into editing, and it was, it was a really cool position, and it actually made me feel the most comfortable I felt in any set situation, because I felt like I could... I don't know.
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Express myself through, fully, in my creative process.
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Sean: From, uh, Gothic Victorian dresses to school uniform disguises, pound for pound, what do you think was the best fit in the whole "<i>Enola Holmes</i>" project?
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From a pure costume design perspective. Millie: Mmm. I love my red dress.
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I think my red dress is really cool and it symbolizes, you know, this masculine, kick ass girl who knows her Jiu Jitsu, but also can curtsy when she needs to.
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I think it's really sweet. Is this, is this one...
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Sean: Uh, it gets a little, it gets a little... A little more real here. Millie: Mhm. Yeah. I'm feeling it.
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Sean: Was there anything that you found interesting or amusing about learning the Midwest accent for "<i>Stranger Things</i>"?
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I ask, because I'm from Illinois. Millie: Oh, really? Sean: Yeah.
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Millie: What I will say is that the Duffer Brothers, who created the show definitely have that kind of accent.
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They're not, like, whiny, but they definitely say y'all and things like that. Do you say y'all?
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Sean: No, I don't say y'all.
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But, like, you know, also, like, milk. You know?
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Like, sometimes I feel like guests can hear the drawl coming from me. Millie: Yeah.
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Sean: And then they're like: "Well, where are you from?"
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, and I'm like: "Illinois." .
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And then they're like: "Of course." . Millie: We know why.
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Millie: Are there British accents that you think should get more play in <i>Hollywood</i>?
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Millie: I love a Liverpudlian accent.
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Anyone from Liverpool sounds, I can't do the accent, so don't ask me. Sean: I won't, I won't.
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Millie: But, I support the football team, "Liverpool", and they have a really...
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Sean: Big "FA Cup" win, by the way, the other day. Millie: Yeah, I know.
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We're very, we're very proud.
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Um, I love a Liverpudlian accent. What is this flavour?
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Sean: This is like a, like a serrano pepper kind of green sauce.
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Millie: Oh, that one's nice. Sean: You like that one? Millie: Mm. Sean: There we go.
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Millie: I do like that one.
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Am I getting progressively shinier? I hope not. Sean: Yeah.
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You have that nice <i>Hot Ones</i> glow... Millie: Glow. Sean: ...
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that we like to see at this point in the show.
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So, when we had Rob Lowe on the show, he described eating on camera as being one of the most difficult actor tricks of all time.
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What are the forces at play that make shooting a scene in which your character is wolfing down diner food, or <i>Eggo</i> waffles by the dozen?
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What makes those scenes, for an actor, so much more difficult than an audience may realize?
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Millie: Because you're doing it for 12 hours.
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So, usually, what you do is you just get, like, a little bucket beside you and you can just spit into it after every take, or, sometimes, during the take.
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But, most of the time I just go...
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and then just pretend I'm eating, which always kind of works.
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Um, but other than that, yeah, you just start to feel really nauseous. It's horrible.
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And whatever you choose to eat on that plate, you're eating for 12 hours.
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So, usually, I always choose, like, a salad or a fruit. Sean: Mh. Millie: It works.
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Sean: And then, on the topic, we talked about one of your favorite snacks, the McCod. What is a McCod?
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And can you talk me through how to make one, if I wanted to try it for myself? Millie: Oh yes. Okay.
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So, what we do is we get a piece of lettuce and we get cut up ham, peppers, and then we get Sriracha, and we cover the whole, kind of, sandwich in it.
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And then they, usually, make me, like, six of them.
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And that is what keeps me going on set. It's the best ever. With no bread. Sean: Fueled by McCods. Millie: Fueled, yeah.
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And, and I think it's the last name of the guy who makes it.
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That's why we call it McCod. Sean: Crafty Dave. Millie: Crafty Dave.
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Sean: Shout-out to crafty Dave. All right.
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You are doing so good, by the way. Millie: Thank you.
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Sean: We are to the halfway point. Millie: Okay.
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Sean: Are you ready to move on here to number five? Millie: Yeah.
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Sean: So, this is "The Seventh Reaper", here at five.
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Millie: That one's also nice. It's nice. I like it. Sean: Here we go.
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Millie: I'm feeling pretty good.
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God, I thought this would be a lot worse than I thought. Sean: Well...
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Millie: Do you start to feel it?
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Do you start to feel it soon?
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Sean: It does get a little crazier in the back half.
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But, you are crushing this. Millie: Okay, good.
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Sean: You're absolutely crushing this.
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Millie: I'm not saying that I'm not feeling it, but it's not making me want to cry like Tom Holland. Millie: Is that bad? Millie: Okay, good.
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Sean: We haven't even hit the milkshakes yet.
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Millie: I know, should, can we, can I try it? Sean: Sure.
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I'm just wanting to try it.
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Millie: Oh, this is good.
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Where did we get this from? <i>Five Guys</i>. Yes. Sean: <i>Five Guys</i>.
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Millie: Also, why do <i>Five Guys</i> not put their chips in a thing?
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They always just put it in the bag, don't they? Sean: Oh, right. Right. Yeah.
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Just the fries, just hanging loose in the, loose in the bag. Millie: It's rude.
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Millie: And also, why are there peanuts in there? Like, who eats peanuts? Anyways. All right. Sean: All right, Millie.
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We have a recurring segment on our show called "Explain That Gram", where we do a deep dive on our guest Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So, we'll pull the picture up over here on the monitor.
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You just tell us the bigger story.
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What was the highlight of the afternoon you spent ripping laps with Lewis Hamilton at the <i>Circuit of Americas</i>?
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Millie: Uh, I got to do a hot lap with him. Sean: Oh. Millie: Little tease.
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Sean: Yeah, little spin off.
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Millie: Um, and we got to go around the racetrack, and it was amazing.
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It was a really cool experience.
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Very terrifying, almost as terrifying as this one, but it was really cool.
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And this moment was when we were about to get in the car. So.
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you see, I'm a bit nervous. Sean: Yeah. Millie: Yeah.
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Sean: But, then, just like this show, you get down in the seat and then you just own it. Right? Millie: You've got to. You've got to. No one's taking me down.
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Sean: All right, up next for you.
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Besides Godzilla, actually being a tennis ball, you're delivering lines to, what blew your mind most about the technical wizardry that goes into making a <i>Kaiju</i> blockbuster? Millie: It's insane. It's insane.
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It, also, takes longer to, to, to, to put Godzilla in there than to actually film it.
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They are so unbelievably talented in that field that they can, you know, it was, he was literally a tennis ball.
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I remember my neck hurting, because I was always looking up in that film. Oh, my God. I'm nervous now. Sean: You are?
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Millie: You're telling me that I've got four more left?
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I just didn't get enough. Sean: There you go.
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Millie: I don't want anyone to think I've wimped out.
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Sean: So, one of the unique elements of "<i>Stranger Things</i>" is that it seems like you and your cast mates have been given a deal of creative input, even from a young age.
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Is there an example of an Eleven character trait, or "<i>Stranger Things</i>" plot point that you're proudest to have fought for, or put your fingerprints on in some way?
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Millie: Yeah, I think this season, that I feel that the most.
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Like, with the bullying aspect of what Eleven's going through.
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I feel really proud to represent that kind of storyline, because that's a very real thing.
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People do deal with that in school, and I think, you know, it's a hard thing to film, for sure, especially from someone who has gone through bullying. But, yeah.
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I just feel, I feel really proud to have done that.
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Millie: How would you grade <i>Hollywood</i>'s ability to harness young people's creativity these days?
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Because, people have gone from being, you know, just actors to now, all of a sudden, being, like, showrunners and executive producers at younger and younger ages.
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Millie: Yeah, I mean, we're getting there. We are getting there.
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I think that we have amazing corporations, say, like <i>Netflix</i> and <i>Legendary</i>, who have given me opportunities to produce and to be part of my projects collaboratively, um, not only as a young person but a young girl.
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I think those types of things are getting the ball rolling and pushing society to trust Gen Z, and all that we have to offer.
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It's not really psyching me out.
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Do you know what it feels like?
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Have you ever gotten a CT scan? Sean: I have, I have.
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I've actually had one CT scan.
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Millie: And they put the dye in you. Sean: Yeah. Yeah.
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Millie: That's what it feels like.
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Your body just kind of gets all warm. It's fun.
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Sean: So, one of the hallmarks of "<i>Stranger Things</i>" is 80s nostalgia, which is given life through this meticulous commitment to period pieces, to period details.
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What's the first thing that comes...
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Millie: You seem to be choking up a bit here? Sean: Listen.
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Millie: I haven't just beat you on your own show, have I? Sean: You, uh, listen.
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It happens every once in a while.
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I'm, but a humble chicken wing talk show host. You know?
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Millie: That's all right. Sean: I'm just out...
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Millie: That's all right. Sean: ... here trying my best.
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Millie: We appreciate that.
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Sean: What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the obsessive level of detail that went into a set piece, to keep it authentic to the period? Millie: Ooh.
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We used a lot of helicopters in our show.
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We have to be like, we have to get a helicopter that's, basically, from the 80s. I think that's insane.
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That, also, goes up in the sky. Do you know what I mean? Sean: Right. That can still do it. You know?
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Millie: Yeah, that can still do it.
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Or they have to paint it to absolutely replicate an 80s helicopter.
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I think that's pretty impressive to me.
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Sean: The mall, to me, was impressive.
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As somebody who's born...
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Millie: Oh, the mall is, I mean, that, that attention to detail.
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The fact that it wasn't called "GAP" and it was called "The GAP", like certain things like that.
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I'm like: "Wow, that's just, it's really cool." .
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All the clothes were from the 80s.
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They all had tags on it from the 80s.
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Like, it was all very, very nostalgic for my family, my parents, and not really for me, at all, but it was really cool to be in it.
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Felt like you were really in it.
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Sean: And then I understand that, you know, part of the requisite homework was watching movies like "<i>The Goonies</i>", or "<i>Poltergeist</i>", or "<i>Stand By Me</i>". Millie: Yeah.
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Sean: Did you walk away from that experience with a film, in particular, that meant the most to you? Millie: I love "<i>E. T. </i>". E. T.
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reminds me of Eleven a lot, because you know, uh, E. T.
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is this, kind of, thing that's come down from a different planet.
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It, kind of, feels like Eleven's come down from this different planet, doesn't know anyone and trusts Elliott.
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And I think Eleven trusts Mike.
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And it's quite a nice, you know, that's quite a nice resemblance. Sean: All right.
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Sean: So, this next one is "Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity". Millie: Okay.
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Sean: A sauce that's reputation precedes it just a little bit. Millie: Okay. Sean: All right.
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And then this is, this is one that's like a prank. But, you're crushing it.
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Millie: What do you mean like a prank? This one is just worse.
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Sean: There's just something about this one. Sean: I know.
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Millie: That's not even normal. Sean: No. Nothing about it. Nothing about it.
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Millie: That, like, made me wanna stop breathing.
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Sean: Just hit that milkshake.
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Millie: I did so fucking well.
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Sean: You're still doing well.
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You're still crushing it. Millie: No.
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Sean: You're still doing good. Millie: No. Sean: Just...
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Millie: Just ask me a question. Sean: Okay, sure, sure.
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You know, it's not every day that we have a <i>Hot Ones</i> guest with their very own eyewear line.
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What to you is, like, fundamental or key when pulling out a perfect pair of spectacles or shades? Millie: Uh.
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What, when did Tom Holland cry at? Sean: At this one. This one.
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Millie: Oh, I just need an ice cube in my mouth. Sean: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Millie: Um...
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Well, I really like cat eye sunglasses. Oh, it's on my gums. Sean: Yeah. Yeah.
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Tongue, lips, everything.
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Millie: My hair is falling out.
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I really like cat eye shapes.
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Sean: Well, if you'll humor me, what I wanna do is show you some pictures from iconic celebrity sunglass moments from the past.
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I'm just curious how they hit your expert eye.
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You know, the things that are working for you, the things that don't work for you.
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And we'll start with Elton John.
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Millie: Why did you do this to me? I'm only 18. I'm only small.
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Sean: Do you have any thoughts on these shades from Elton John's "<i>Pinball Wizard</i>"? Millie: Yeah.
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They're so, like, they're so great. I love them. Sean: What about this?
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Thumbs up or thumbs way up on Missy Elliott's "<i>Supa</i>... Millie: Thumbs way up.
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<i>Dupa Fly</i>" crystal mask look. Millie: I love them. They're great. I love that part. Sean: All right. Next, up next.
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Millie: Why is, like, not getting better, though. Sean: I know, I know.
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It's just gonna grow a little bit.
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Do you have a preference between the "<i>Risky Business</i>"...
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Millie: No, I don't, I don't like neither. They don't look nice. I don't like those ones. They don't suit me. Sean: There we go. There we go.
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One more for you before we go.
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Last but not least, your thoughts on Lady Gaga... Millie: Love Lady Gaga. Sean: ...
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at the 2019 <i>Met Gala</i>? Millie: Yep.
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It was a lovely look by her.
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I don't know if I can do more. Is that one worse?
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Don't try and talk me through this. Tell me right now.
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Is the, is that, is that night's one bad?
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Sean: It's not worse than the last one.
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Millie: Is it gonna make what I'm feeling right now, though?
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The after effect of that one. You led me into that.
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I don't think I'll ever trust you again.
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No, it's already burning my nose. Sean: Whoa!
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Millie: What do you mean, whoa? Sean: No.
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I just, I like this determi...
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Millie: What do you mean?
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Sean: I just like the determination. Millie: I know, I know. Sean: Yeah, yeah. Millie: I wanna do this. Sean: You got it.
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Millie: But, I'm telling you, my, my face doesn't feel like my face.
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Millie, Sean: <i>I can't</i> <i>feel my face</i> <i>when I'm with you... </i> Millie: Literally. Literally. Oh, my God. Sean: We got it. We got it.
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So, I know that you have a spiritual connection with whales, once saying that they symbolize you as a person.
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To quote: "They're loud and they're queens of the sea." .
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Is there a whale fun fact or a quality that you see in whales that you see most in yourself? Millie: Yep.
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Millie: Um, humpback whales...
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humpback whales float and eat all day. Girls.
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And they all like to be girls. That one isn't good. Sean: I, yeah. I know, I know.
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Do you want some ice cubes? Millie: No. Yes. Sean: Here we go. Look it. You want it? We got it. Millie: Thank you ma'am. Sean: There we go. There we go. Millie: Mhm. Mm.
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Millie: From your unique perspective, Godzilla, destructive and rampaging sea monster or misunderstood environmental activist?
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Millie: A misunderstood environmental activist. Cheers to that.
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Sean: You don't have to, if you don't want to. Millie: No.
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Millie: Why are you doing it?
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You don't have to prove anything. You're great. You're great. You're doing great. Sean: Yeah. You know what? You're right.
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I don't have to prove anything. Millie: No, you don't.
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Sean: You know, I think I'm so mechanical and, like, just going through this all the time, that I don't stop to think about, like... Millie: Yourself. Sean: Right.
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Millie: Think about yourself.
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Sean: There's no need for me to, like, spike the ball in the end zone or whatever. Millie: No, you don't. Millie: No you don't. Sean: All right. Well, you're right.
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I'm gonna pop the top on this.
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Millie: You're doing great. You're doing great.
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Sean: But, I'm not gonna dab it.
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Millie: Tell me about your life.
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Sean: From Illinois, seven years ago.
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Millie: Do you have kids? Sean: No kids. Millie: No kids? You don't want kids? Sean: Not right now.
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I'm mentally and emotionally younger than you. Sean: I know.
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Millie: If I throw up, will you be there for me?
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Sean: I'm, I'm here for you always. We're forever bonded. All right? Millie: We will.
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Sean: We're forever bonded by the wings...
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Millie: I just need to swallow it. Sean: ... of death here. Millie? Okay? Sean: Yep. You got it. You got it.
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And the good news here, Millie... Millie: Is we're done. I know. I know it.
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Sean: I don't need you to talk anymore. Millie: Really?
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Sean: I don't need you to talk. Yeah.
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"<i>Stranger Things</i>" executive producer and director Shawn Levy, who once said that you're able to convey more without a word than many actors convey with monologues.
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So, to close things out, I'll point to a hot sauce, you just react to what it was like to eat that hot sauce. Millie: Okay.
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Sean: Purely in a facial expression. Millie: Sure.
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Sean: The one that we just ate, the "Last Dab". Millie: That.
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Sean: Oh, how about this one that you really liked?
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Uh, "Los Calientes" verde.
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And then, how about the one that, uh, almost made you write me off forever?
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"Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity". Millie: Mmm.
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That's what my insides were doing.
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Sean: Not a dry eye in the house.
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And look at you, Millie Bobby Brown.
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Taking on the wings of death and living to tell the tale.
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And now there's nothing left to do, but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, this camera, or this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life. Millie: Guys. Uh, my, my lips...
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At least I'm gonna have, like, Kylie Jenner lips. Sean: Mhm.
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Millie: All right, I'm just gonna live with it.
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Guys, watch "<i>Stranger Things</i>" season 4.
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It just feels like everything needs to be talked a lot slower.
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Sean: Yeah, we just gotta, you know, we gotta take these times and chill it out a little bit. Right.
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Millie: Will you just promo the show? Sean: Mm.
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"<i>Stranger Things</i>". uh, May 27th, season 4.
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The show must be good, 'cause she's here eating scorching hot chicken wings.
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Millie: Thank you so much for having me here. Sean: Yeah!
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That's the <i>Hot Ones</i> experience.
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Millie: I had so much fun. Sean: Yeah, yeah. Come on in. Come on in. You did it. You did so good.
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Millie: Thank you so much. Sean: And...
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Sean: Hey, what's going on, <i>Hot Ones</i> fans?
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Thank you so much for watching today's video.
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The season 18 sauces, they're here, and you know what that means. Dom, box me. So is the big box.
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The season 18 <i>Hot Ones</i> box is now available at <i>heatonist. com</i>. That's <i>heatonist.
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com</i>, to get your hands on all of the season 18 sauces delivered straight to your door in one convenient box.
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Don't forget to be careful around the eyes.