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Hey! Hey! It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne.

Josh Gaddy. You know him from the Book of Mormon. He's an original Broadway cast.

You know him from Avenue 5 on HBO, or is the voice of

Olaf, the doofy, death-obsessed snowman from the Frozen movies. But all of those are only part

of Gad's extraordinary life story. He was born and raised in Hollywood, Hollywood, Florida. His parents split up at five, and then

shortly afterwards, Josh's dad sprung some big news on him. Josh had a half-brother, one he'd

never met before, who lived in South America with a secret family. Then Josh's dad made him

promise never to tell anyone. That's a tough

road to hoe for a kid. He wasn't exactly set up to win, right? And he struggled. He struggled

with anger issues growing up, depression. Gad says his mom went to heroic lengths to keep him on

the straight and narrow. And guess what? It worked.

It all makes Gads path to success even more unique. He wrote about it in his new memoir, which is called

In Gad we trust, a tell some. I'm so thrilled to talk with Josh about his new book. Let's get right into it.

Josh Gad, welcome to Bullseye. I'm so happy to have you on the program.

I'm so honored. I'm offended that you had Andrew, like, seven years before me.

This is Andrew Reynolds. Your co-star in several Broadway productions.

Yes, in every Broadway production.

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