Ravi V. Patel

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Recorded just before Andy began rehearsals for “Dancing With the Stars,” actor Ravi V. Patel joins Andy Richter to discuss getting ripped for “Special Forces: World's Toughest Test,” working together on “LEGO Masters Jr.,” the fourth season of “Animal Control,” and much more. Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is the three questions with Andy Richter. I'm Andy Richter, the host. And today I am talking to my good friend Ravi Patel. You know him from TV shows like Animal Control, Master of Nun, Grandfathered, and Pursuit of Happiness.
0:14.2	Lego Masters Jr. is airing now. I'm even on it. And Animal control will return for a fourth season.
0:26.4	He's also on season four of Special Forces, world's toughest test this fall.
0:29.5	So here is my conversation with Ravi Patel. Can you know? Next week I start my involvement in a non-disclosed dance competition.
0:52.1	Really?
0:53.4	Wow, I wonder which one it is, Andy.
0:56.5	Yeah.
0:57.1	Good thing they got you in an NDA.
0:58.7	It's a, it's fatty dance party on BBC TV.
1:03.4	Yeah, you just got yourself fired.
1:06.0	No, it's, um, and so yeah, no, I, I'm like just, I'm lay in bed just thinking like, oh.
1:15.1	You're not looking forward to it.
1:16.6	No.
1:17.5	What?
1:17.9	Why?
1:18.7	Because, but you're so, like, uh, elegant.
1:21.9	I don't think of myself as such.
1:24.9	And, and I, and I actually, a friend of mine that's a, that's a real dancer,
1:30.2	choreographer for years and years, like helped me, had a little help session. And I just was like,
1:36.7	terrible. But you know what? That's not, you're not going on to be a dancer. I know. I know.
1:41.3	I know. But it's just like, it's, it's, it's years of, it's all kinds of like, psychological shit of just like not want, like just being divorced from my own body. Uh-huh. And now having to use it in a way. Yeah. So this is getting into a bigger issue. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Oh, absolutely. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not aware of that. Yeah, this could be kind of a bottoming out for you in a good way. I don't think I'll bottom out, but I definitely. Well, that's unfortunate. I also have, I also have, I said yes to this. And then I had been. Was it because of the money, Andy? Yeah, the money's great.
2:35.8	The money's great. Whenever they say this about, why did you... Why did you do it? I tell them. I go, well, I got paid. Well, they did, they were asked, I did press for Lego Masters. And they're like, why did you do it? I'm like, why the fuck are you here? Why are you here? You know, why did you do it?
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