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Obsessed: The Podcast

Amy Landecker Heard Bradley Whitford Was a ‘Jerk’—But Married Him Anyway

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Obsessed, host Matt Wilstein sits down with real-life married couple Amy Landecker and Bradley Whitford to talk about their new romantic comedy, For Worse, inspired by their own post-divorce experiences. They open up about falling in love after heartbreak, collaborating on set as director and actor, and how their real-life “meet cute” informed the film. The conversation also veers into their time on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent and a candid discussion about politics, power, and the responsibilities of public figures like Jeff Bezos, Cheryl Hines, and Bill Maher. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram @kpfallon Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram @mattjwilstein New episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; early drops on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Don't go after my freaking husband of Bill Mar. Do not because I will fucking come for you.

0:05.6

You're a fucking stoner who makes $7 trillion and you're going to claim that you are canceled.

0:10.7

First of all, why are you so grumpy? You are literally the most angry stoner I've ever met in my entire life.

0:15.3

Your show has never been bigger. So shut up.

0:20.5

Hello and welcome to Obsess the podcast.

0:23.7

I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today on the show, we have not one, but two

0:28.8

excellent guests who also happen to be a married couple in real life.

0:33.6

I'm talking about Amy Landecker and Bradley Whitford, who met while they were working on the show Transparent, and now star together in the new rom-com for worse, which is also written and directed by Amy.

0:45.7

We got into so much in this episode, and it was really one of the most fun conversations we've had on this show so far, so I'm very excited for you to get to listen to it.

0:54.6

We talked about the new movie. We talked about their relationship and how they first met,

0:59.6

their meat cute, if you will. We talked about some of their past projects, including the

1:03.8

West Wing and Handmaid's Tale and so much more, and also got into a bit of politics, because, as

1:09.2

you may or may not know, Bradley Whitford has a lot of opinions in that area, including about Cheryl Hines,

1:15.2

who calls him out in her new book.

1:17.0

So you definitely want to stick around for that as well.

1:19.7

So I am not going to waste any more time.

1:21.8

Let's get into it.

1:22.7

Here's me with Amy Landecker and Bradley Whitford.

1:27.9

Amy Landecker and Bradley Whitford, welcome to Obsessed the podcast. I'm so happy to have you here.

1:33.2

Thank you, Matt. Thanks for having us. Yeah, you're our first real-life married couple on the show.

1:39.3

That's a nice distinction. Oh, good. Well, that's not going to last long. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for now.

1:45.2

Well, yeah, that's what this new movie is about in a lot of ways. So I want to get to that.

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