Andrew Rannells: From ‘Girls’ Gay BFF to Leading Man

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The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Rannells joins Kevin Fallon for a candid, hilarious, and unexpectedly emotional conversation about his new HBO film Miss You, Love You alongside Allison Janney. From grieving parents and processing loss to behind-the-scenes stories from Girls, The Book of Mormon, and Big Mouth, Andrew opens up about the deeply personal experiences that shaped both his performance and his life. The two dive into queer representation on screen, Allison Janney’s status as a gay icon, awkward Hollywood intimacy stories, and why some of the hardest moments in life can also be the funniest. It’s a moving, chaotic, and wildly entertaining episode full of Broadway gossip, emotional honesty, and the kind of unfiltered humor only Andrew Rannells can deliver. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram ⁠@kpfallon⁠ Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram ⁠@mattjwilstein⁠ New episodes every Thursday, and Saturday; ⁠early drops on YouTube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Rachel and I have a new show Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch.
0:05.0	It's an otherworldly comedy podcast where I, along with my co-host Irene Bremis,
0:09.8	talk to my funny friends about their own experiences with the eerie and the unknown.
0:14.3	Psychics, spirits, astro projection, check, check, and check.
0:18.5	You may think we live in a world where there's a logical explanation for anything out of the ordinary.
0:22.7	But after you spend some time with me and my pals, you might have your doubts and find that you too are woo-woo.
0:29.2	So when the lobsters come for us, when our lobster overlords come, you heard it here first.
0:36.1	Join me for a podcast that turns the mysterious tales of my funny friends into a spirited conversation.
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0:57.2	The story that you told me once when we were chatting about it.
0:59.4	Oh, dear.
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1:04.4	But I am, of course, so curious what you are horrified that I was going to bring up.
1:08.5	Oh, no.
1:09.2	I told Lena and Jenny Connor a story
1:12.2	about when I was 25 that I had dated Anderson Cooper. And I told them about the experience and what
1:21.5	that was like. And then it became the story that Elijah had in the series.
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