Arielle Kebbel: Marshals, Playing Toxic Characters & Re-Discovering Herself
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tommy is joined by actor Arielle Kebbel, whose career spans some of television’s most beloved series including Gilmore Girls, The Vampire Diaries, and 90210. Arielle reflects on her past roles and shares memories from early projects that helped shape her career. She talks about learning from figures like Kenny Ortega, why she often gravitates toward playing characters audiences love to hate, and the challenge of making viewers care about a character in just a single episode of The Vampire Diaries. Arielle also revisits her time on 90210, revealing behind the scenes stories about stunt mishaps, paparazzi moments, and the friendships that came from the show.
The conversation then turns to her newest project Marshals (a spin-off from Yellowstone), where Arielle steps into a rugged Western world and brings a unique femininity to the genre. She discusses the intense preparation that went into the role, and teases the mystery surrounding her character Belle. Beyond acting, she reflects on entering a new chapter in her 40s, caring less about outside opinions, and stepping into producing with passion projects she hopes to bring to life, including a potential sequel to a beloved film. The episode closes with a fun “I’ve never said this before” moment, where Arielle shares an unexpected story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, Tommy DeDario. My guest today, she is an |
| 0:08.5 | actress who, everywhere you look, there she is, bringing these iconic characters to life |
| 0:13.5 | throughout the course of her career. Now, I don't use the word iconic loosely, so when I say it, |
| 0:18.1 | I mean it. And case in point, a few of her beloved projects include Gilmore Girls, 90210,0, The Vampire Diaries, and so many more. |
| 0:25.4 | I could keep going on and on. |
| 0:26.9 | But now she is starring in the CBS series of Marshalls, which is a spinoff to the beloved show Yellowstone, and audiences cannot get enough. |
| 0:35.0 | Now, Marshalls was the network's most watched new scripted series debut |
| 0:38.6 | without a football lead-in, which is huge, since 2018. And Ariel is so good. So today we are |
| 0:45.4 | celebrating her storied career while also learning a bit more about the person who has brought us |
| 0:50.1 | so much joy and entertainment over the years. All right, let's see if today we can get Ariel to say something that she has never said before. |
| 1:04.8 | Ariel, look at you looking like a vision. |
| 1:07.4 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:08.3 | You're very kind. |
| 1:09.1 | You walked in and I'm like, what is this high fashion? |
| 1:11.1 | Look, I have to give you a minute to tell me about this because you look like fire. Thank you. Well, this is vintage Isabel Morant. Actually, head to toe, the jacket and the dress. And then this is my friend's jewelry at Kathy Rose. She's out of L.A. She just makes absolutely exquisite, like one-of-a-kind pieces. You're a fashion girl, huh? I mean, if you say so. I am when other people dress me. Yeah, right. You know, I go home and turn into a pumpkin. I'm, you know, I'm like most comfortable barefoot in the grass at the barn. |
| 1:45.2 | So this is fun for me. It's like this, it actually, when I dress up and do press, it does |
| 1:51.0 | actually almost feel like another character. You know, it's kind of like a way to express yourself |
| 1:57.5 | in a different way. And it's definitely something I don't do often at home. |
| 2:02.0 | So it's fun. |
| 2:03.2 | Add it to the character list. |
| 2:04.6 | I mean, you have so many. |
| 2:05.7 | You've played so many iconic roles throughout the course of your career. |
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