Brett Goldstein: ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Shrinking’ and HBO Stand-Up Special
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Brett Goldstein got so famous for his Emmy-winning role as Roy Kent on ‘Ted Lasso’ that most people have no idea he has been a professional stand-up comedian for nearly 20 years. Now, that is all about to change when he debuts his first-ever stand-up special, ‘The Second Best Night of Your Life,’ on HBO this Saturday night, April 26. In this episode, Goldstein talks about why he resisted putting his live show on tape for so long, how fans of his TV work are often surprised by the real him, and how his comedy serves as a much-needed counterweight to the toxic “manosphere” trend. He also discusses his accidental acting career in both ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Shrinking,’ why he’s just as surprised as everyone else that he’s returning as Roy Kent, and addresses the swirling rumors that he is dating his upcoming rom-com co-star Jennifer Lopez.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today on the show, |
| 0:09.6 | I am talking with comedian, writer, and award-winning actor Brett Goldstein. Before Brett won two Emmy |
| 0:16.6 | awards for playing Roy Kent on Ted Lasso. His main gig was telling jokes on stage. And yet, he became |
| 0:23.9 | so famous for his work on that show and then for co-creating and appearing on his current Apple TV |
| 0:29.6 | series shrinking that most people probably don't even know that he is a professional stand-up comedian |
| 0:34.5 | at all. Well, that is about to change when Brett premieres his |
| 0:38.2 | debut stand-up special, The Second Best Night of Your Life, this coming Saturday night on HBO. |
| 0:43.9 | In this conversation, Brett talks about what it was like to finally show the world this side |
| 0:47.9 | of himself on camera. We also get into his accidental acting career that started with Ted Lasso, |
| 0:53.6 | continued with shrinking, |
| 0:54.6 | and is about to get even bigger with two new films he wrote and co-stars in, |
| 0:58.7 | including one opposite Jennifer Lopez. |
| 1:01.1 | Before we get into it, here's a clip from Brett's new special, |
| 1:04.2 | in which he highlights one of the many differences between British and American culture. |
| 1:08.7 | I find the way that Americans finish phone calls |
| 1:13.6 | to be aggressive and abrupt. |
| 1:16.6 | In England, it takes about 25 minutes to finish a phone call. |
| 1:21.6 | We finish phone calls like this. Thank you very much. |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah, lovely talking to you. Yeah, lots of love to everyone. |
| 1:25.6 | Yeah, good stuff. Yeah, we'll speak tomorrow. Yeah, lots of love to everyone, yeah, well done and everything, yeah, yeah, yeah. Every time I have a phone call with an American, it ends, and I think I've done something terribly |
| 1:48.1 | wrong. |
| 1:49.6 | I immediately text them. |
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