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SmartLess

"Jennifer Lopez"

15 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

5.414 - 32.989 Sean Hayes

Okay, this is Jason. I'm doing a cold open. I'm real snacky. It's carbohydrates. They're crunchy. They're salty. They're not good for me, but man, it feels good. Doesn't it feel good, gang, to do a nice, crunchy, salty snack? Or do you like the gooey, sweet ones? I don't know. Maybe a combo of both is great, right? Which do you end with? What do you put in between?

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33.009 - 42.974 Sean Hayes

I know what you put in between. You put in a nice, big, fat, well-cooked episode of Smartless. Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom. Welcome to Smartless.

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62.148 - 74.145 Jason Bateman

Fuck, the stress. You know, guys, I can't have the stress. I lost my voice, and it's just now come back a little bit. I still have a little brunt of cardio.

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Are you screaming at people on set? Is it from the Knicks games, or is it just screaming at people on set again?

77.911 - 96.369 Jason Bateman

No, I think it was a— I want my chair over here! It was, I think it was a cold or it might have been allergies. No. I mean, yeah. By yourself? It started, yeah. It started in my throat and it went to my nose and then it landed on my vocal cords. You're a little fragile.

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Jason's a little fragile. I feel like this is the first time we're meeting the real JB right now.

99.972 - 120.154 Jason Bateman

And I was a little frazzled getting to Mike today because that's what we call it, right? Getting to Mike. Getting to Mike. Because I wanted to have my teeth brushed for you. Do you guys brush your teeth for me? Of course, always. No, not me. You don't? Oh, look at his teeth. Did you sleep with a whitener on too long last night?

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No, I went to the dentist yesterday, and he's like, I don't wipe my teeth.

Chapter 2: How does Jennifer Lopez reflect on her early career struggles?

216.437 - 217.058 Jason Bateman

It was scary.

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I get checked. I have a friend of mine, and she's been giving me a lot of shit about sunscreen lately.

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221.544 - 226.111 Jason Bateman

Are these checks that you pay for, or is it... No. You say a friend.

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Like a close friend of mine.

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229.516 - 234.343 Jason Bateman

Does she check for tics at the same time? All those tough-to-find spots?

235.319 - 245.58 Will Arnett

Whoops, found another one. She just squeezes it out. Like a zit. You're covered in ticks. I found a couple leeches, too.

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Am I so?

246.422 - 248.165 Jason Bateman

They have to remove the poison.

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The ticks hit the tick.

Chapter 3: What pivotal moment changed Jennifer Lopez's perspective on fame?

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It'd be fun to go now with the kids a little bit older.

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308.811 - 311.694 Will Arnett

It'd be fun. It's fun being back for the weekend, yeah?

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311.714 - 313.636 Jason Bateman

It's very nice to be back for the weekend, yes.

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I'm going to your Q&A, Jay, tomorrow at Netflix because I know that you're doing a Q&A sesh.

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318.161 - 320.384 Jason Bateman

Oh, is that right, eh? What the hell are you doing there?

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Well, I'm just going to go because I want to ask you questions about directing and stuff. I know you're giving like a thing. Oh, good, good. And so I got an email from Netflix about it. Like, come join us. So I'm like, oh, I'm coming. Wear the zinc on your nose so that when you hold your hand up. I'm going to put a fake mustache and a hat and then I'm going to sit in the back.

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And I'm like, I've got a question. No, you should play the crazy Italian guy from our podcast.

341.819 - 344.267 Will Arnett

Yeah. I love a black rabbit.

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these brothers are crazy you're unhinged I can't believe they sent you an invite no actually a different friend of mine got an email about it and they sent it to me and I was like oh fucking send me that I want to go I want to go show up and crash how good and then you know what I did have the thought I was like if I did it then I make it about me and I'm not going to go and do that no why

Chapter 4: How does Jennifer Lopez balance motherhood and her career?

489.195 - 507.205 Will Arnett

Instead, she left college to pursue dance full-time, left home, and ended up sleeping in a Manhattan dance studio. Somewhere along the way, she taught Kerry Washington how to dance. I can't wait to ask her about that. Then she became the first Latina actress ever paid a million dollars for a movie role. Rita Moreno. She's briefly been on this podcast before.

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507.306 - 511.212 Will Arnett

It's the beautiful, multi-talented, and unstoppable Jennifer Lopez. Yes!

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511.192 - 511.994 Jason Bateman

No way.

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Willie got it. Very nice. It took you a few. No, when you said briefly, and then I remember you briefly on, yes.

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520.596 - 522.721 Jason Bateman

I was so close with Andrea Martin. God damn it.

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So close.

525.087 - 527.192 Jason Bateman

Oh my God, Jen, what are you drinking? Hi there.

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A little cappuccino.

529.934 - 536.345 Jason Bateman

Oh, nice. What do you go with for the milk on that? Are we almond? Are we oat? Are we dairy?

Chapter 5: What insights does Jennifer Lopez share about self-love and personal growth?

599.778 - 604.989 Will Arnett

Says Jennifer Lopez. Says Dr. Ding Dong over there. You look very healthy. You look very, very healthy.

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606.472 - 613.447 Will Arnett

Yeah. Jen, thank you for doing this. I'm so excited you're here. This is a long time coming for me. You've been on my list since we started.

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613.467 - 614.469 Jennifer Lopez

Oh, you're sweet.

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614.489 - 619.439 Will Arnett

Wow, this is exciting. It's true. And I know we kind of know each other and I love you too.

619.46 - 620.141 Jennifer Lopez

Yes, we do. Do you?

620.181 - 626.955 Will Arnett

Yeah, we worked together many times over the years on The Will and Grace and something else. I can't remember what.

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Did we?

627.436 - 628.057 Will Arnett

I think so.

Chapter 6: What challenges did Jennifer Lopez face during her rise to stardom?

708.712 - 711.077 Jason Bateman

You can't point the camera at any— Where are you going to put them? Exactly.

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Jason, where are you going to put them?

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In your office there?

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714.603 - 720.915 Jason Bateman

By the way, they're in the basement now. Will's looking behind him. He can't fit him in the whisper booth. I can't. There's not one. There's not one.

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Why is it so dark in there? I know. So that his tan pops. This is my booth. But hang on a second. He's getting a nice bounce off his teeth, though. The shorts.

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I know.

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The shorts.

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At what age do you stop wearing shorts?

Chapter 7: How does Jennifer Lopez discuss her creative process in music and acting?

820.662 - 839.496 Will Arnett

You were just worried about yourself. That's right. I was always like, when's the next question about me? But, but so before we get into it, I just want to say, I realized doing all this stuff, how rare your kind of drive is, your work ethic, the ambition, the discipline you've been doing at such a high level for decades.

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839.636 - 856.219 Jason Bateman

I mean, have you seen her documentary? That documentary is just like, I think, I think. I think I had a chance to run into you after I saw and said how much I love it. It's so impressive. I mean, not only just well-made, but the scope of it. I mean, your career is incredibly stacked.

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856.239 - 856.72 Will Arnett

It's incredible.

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856.74 - 858.465 Jason Bateman

I mean, nonstop.

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858.445 - 876.464 Will Arnett

And this is another thing we'll talk about later, but the thing you do for women in general, whether you do it intentionally or not, I'm sure some of it is intentional, you make them feel empowered, you show them that talent and beauty and sexuality, you can have all that at any age and you're fearless about all that.

876.805 - 883.592 Will Arnett

How aware of, are you aware of how much permission that gives people or are you too busy working to even think about it?

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I'll say this. When I was starting out and I had just started doing like my clothing line. So I had been acting for a while and dancing and singing for a while. Had my first records out and things like that. So this is, fuck, I don't know. 20 years ago. And I was working with a few girls in my office who are like friends who I just hired, you know?

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And I remember saying, like, it was getting overwhelming. And I said, I just, this is so fucking much. Why am I doing this? And she goes, Jennifer. if you can't, and I probably had just went through some breakup and fucking everything had blown up in my face again. You know what I mean? I was just like, I just don't know if I can go on.

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She goes, Jennifer, if you can't do it, none of us can do it. And when she said that to me, I never forgot it.

Chapter 8: What upcoming projects is Jennifer Lopez excited about?

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And I thought to myself, oh, people look at me a certain way, especially girls, like women.

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944.065 - 945.788 Jason Bateman

Yeah, good inspiration, for sure.

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And it gave me a feeling of responsibility to do things right all the time.

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953.161 - 956.627 Will Arnett

A responsibility you like or didn't want?

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I don't mind it because I am a hard worker and I do have discipline. Like I started running track when I was, you know, eight or nine years old and I was practicing every day. Like I always had kind of like an athlete's kind of drive and work ethic. That makes sense. Yeah. And I did track for a while, gymnastics. I played softball.

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Like I was very much an athlete before I fell in love with dancing. And once I fell in love with dancing, sports went out the window.

983.6 - 985.382 Will Arnett

Right. Because it is a sport.

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It is a sport. And it was just an easy transition. But also because I grew up on musicals with my mom and all of that. And I loved them so much. It was like I always wanted to sing and dance and act. But when it took its natural time... I really like left everything behind and just fell in love with that.

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But that really made me feel that that exchange stayed with me even all these years later, because it just made me feel like, like, don't fuck it up, like do the right things. People are watching you for whatever reason, maybe because I was, you know, Puerto Rican and from the Bronx and came from there. similar places where all these people come from.

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