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Reel Confessions: Nicole Byer

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Paul and Amy step into the cinema confessional with Nicole Byer as she spills on being a proud talker during movies, why she prefers “dirty” character actors over glossy realism, and untangles her complicated relationship with the Fast & Furious saga. Follow Nicole @nicolebyer on Instagram Listen to “Why Won’t You Date Me?” at https://headgum.com/why-wont-you-date-me-with-nicole-byer  You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.4

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Unspool's Real Confessions.

0:18.2

Yes, this is the show where we dim the lights and ask our guests to enter into

0:22.7

a cinematic confessional to bear their cinematic souls. We are not hitting them with trivia

0:29.7

questions. Oh no, no, no, no. These questions are harder. We're making them talk about the movies.

0:33.7

They love the movies. They hate the movies. They're embarrassed and they own. And the reasons

0:37.3

you might not want to sit next to them in a dark theater well you never know uh because today we have

0:43.5

one of my favorite people Nicole byer you of course know Nicole from Nailed It on Netflix you also know

0:49.2

her from her podcast newcomers and why won't you date me uh she is on one of my favorite shows, a grand crew, and she is always touring around this country doing stand-up, as well as performing with me in Dinosaur Improv.

1:02.0

Nicole, get into this confessional.

1:13.8

All right, Nicole, so we're just going to ask you a bunch of questions.

1:17.2

I want to start off with one, if you don't mind.

1:20.5

You have podcasts where you talk about dating.

1:23.1

I've known you in this world.

2:35.8

And I think that in my mind, when I was growing up, like, the idea of movies was like you would go there. And if you went there with like a date, you kind of make out. Have you ever made out in a movie theater? I simply haven't. No, I haven't either. Amy, have you made out in a movie? Yeah. Yeah. Really? What? Yeah. How have y'all not? Were you never in high school? I was in high school, but I simply didn't, I was not attractive to the opposite sex in high school. And my mother was a helicopter mom, so I only went to the movies with, like, girlfriends. And I guess I could have lied to her. But also, I'm watching a movie. Well, that's what I would get to. I remember one girl tried to make out with me. I was like, well, after the movie, we are here to see the movie. Right? Like, the movie took more importance than the makeout. I was like, yeah, well, this is, we got something going on here. I don't if y'all know this, but there's a lot of bad movies that are improved if you're not watching them. I guess. I, yeah, I've watched bad movies and still chosen not to make out. I remember one. I love them. I love them so much. But even now, if I get kissed during a movie, I pause it.

2:36.6

Yeah.

2:39.0

I don't want it running in the background.

2:40.9

Like, it's two separate tasks.

2:41.7

I agree. It's like, do you make out and cook?

2:43.5

No.

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