Jonathan Bennett of Mean Girls/Finding Mr. Christmas
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
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🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tommy is joined by actor Jonathan Bennett who became a household name playing the high school heartthrob Aaron Samuels in the cult classic film, Mean Girls. Since then he has gone on to star in, host and produce so many projects that bring audiences pure joy. He has been crowned as one of the reigning “Kings of Christmas” through his incredible work with the Hallmark network. Right now you can catch him hosting, “Finding Mr. Christmas” Season 2 on Hallmark and starring in his upcoming movie, “A Keller Christmas Vacation,” out November 9th. Today, Jonathan opens up about the strangest place someone quoted Mean Girls to him, if he felt like playing Aaron Samuels put him in a box for a while afterwards, what being a gay, closeted actor was like in the late 90’s/early 2000s, if he has had a serious conversation with Lindsay Lohan about a Mean Girls sequel, what his idea for that sequel is, how hard he really had to push Hallmark to embrace same sex love stories, the personal reasons he advocates for these stories, why Finding Mr. Christmas feels like his life’s work, his surprising revelation about Christmas, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, Tommy DeDario. |
| 0:12.4 | So I am refraining from saying every single viral quote from Mean Girls right now. |
| 0:18.3 | It's not easy. |
| 0:19.3 | I'm not going to lie, but I'm trying because my guest |
| 0:21.2 | today has heard them nonstop week after week since the release of the movie in 2004, and he must be |
| 0:26.4 | exhausted. But that's just a testament to the iconic work that Mr. Jonathan Bennett has done in his career. |
| 0:32.5 | What a joy it is to be in his presence. I truly mean that. It's no wonder that he does at all. He's |
| 0:37.4 | acting, hosting, producing. I mean, that. It's no wonder that he does at all. He's acting, hosting, |
| 0:38.3 | producing. I mean, the list goes on and on. And he has so many fun Christmas projects going on right now. |
| 0:44.2 | So we're about to get a little bit festive up in here and talk to a man who brings so much joy to so many. |
| 0:50.9 | All right, let's see if today we can get Jonathan Bennett to say something that he has |
| 0:54.8 | never said before. |
| 1:00.6 | Jonathan Bennett. Yes. I'm not running into an equinox today. I know. We aren't seeing |
| 1:04.6 | each other at the gym. We're not liking each other's posts on Instagram. We are in the |
| 1:08.5 | flesh. Do you know, Tommy, Tommy Didari, a real human |
| 1:11.2 | being. You can actually touch him. He's actually a real human. He's not just an AI Instagram person. He's a real human. It's very nice to see you. It's good to see you. How are you doing? Wonderful. Can't, can't complain. You're feeling good? Feeling great. You have a lot going on. There's a... |
| 1:26.2 | Honey, I'm tired. |
| 1:28.1 | I bet you are tired. |
| 1:29.2 | We have a lot to cover today. |
| 1:31.0 | We're going to celebrate all... good? Feeling great. You have a lot going on. There's a lot. Honey, I'm tired. |
| 1:28.1 | I bet you are tired. |
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