Justin Hartley and Us | Kevin Pearson

That Was Us

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4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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It’s the moment fans have been waiting for…the final member of The Big Three joins the pod! Justin Hartley sits down with Mandy, Chris, and Sterling to dive deep into his unforgettable portrayal of Kevin Pearson on This Is Us. He shares what it was like auditioning for the role, the ways he connected with Kevin’s journey, and how the experience shaped his life both personally and professionally. Justin also reflects on the close bonds he formed with the cast, opens up about life after the show, gives us a glimpse into what he’s working on now, and so much more! That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: - Your home might be worth more than you think, find out how much at airbnb.com/host - For a limited time only, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping when you head to Smalls.com and use code TWU. - Humans aren’t perfect, but David is. Buy four cartons and get the fifth free, at davidprotein.com/thatwasus - Brought to you by Bombas. One Clothing Item Purchased = One Clothing Item Donated. Head over to Bombas.com and use code TWU for 20% off your first purchase. ------------------------- 🍋 About the Show: The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it. Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments. Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday. ------------------------- 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:13 Interview 01:25:42 End Credits Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz, Rob Holysz & Jeph Porter Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards #thisisus #thatwasus #justinhartley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of That Was Us.
0:16.7	Your host here, Sterling K. Brown, Amanda Lee Moore, Christopher Sullivan, but gang, we feel collectively like Ahab up in this piece because we have landed Moby motherfucking dick up in this. Justin Hartley is in the house. Yeah, I finally made it. We have a complete set of cast members. We've done everybody now. Justin being the last.
0:39.5	Dude, how the hell are you? I'm good, man. I've never been better. It's so good to see.
0:45.5	Oh, good to see you too. You too as well. You look fantastic. Yeah, thank you. Justin jumps from
0:50.9	number one TV shows to number one TV shows. That's all he does. That's kind of just like his thing right now.
0:56.0	It's easy just so he knows.
0:58.0	It's just just one number.
1:00.0	Just this do one.
1:01.0	The reason it is taking so long to get you here is because you've been out of country.
1:06.0	I've been out of country.
1:08.0	I've been in Canada.
1:09.0	You make it sound like I've been, yeah, I've been. But you've been out of country. I've been, I've been in Canada. You make it sound like I've, yeah, I've been.
1:12.1	But you've been there.
1:12.9	Yeah.
1:13.5	And you, so going from, I'm curious, going from an ensemble where we sort of all collectively
1:19.7	take turns sort of like, you know, leading and supporting and leading and supporting
1:23.1	whatnot.
1:24.4	You to man.
1:25.3	Tracker, Cole, you to man.
1:31.8	What is the pros and the cons of being the man?
1:35.8	How does it compare and contrast to your former television experience?
1:41.7	It's a little different. Slightly different? It's a little different.
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