TV Star Reveals Upside of 23 Days in Japanese Prison

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy O. Harris joins Kevin Fallon for a wide-ranging, candid, and often hilarious conversation about art, fame, and saying exactly what you mean. The acclaimed playwright and filmmaker opens up about his new movie, working with major pop stars, and the whirlwind rise from grad school to Broadway and beyond. He reflects on controversy, creative freedom, and why he refuses to stay quiet—even when it puts him at odds with powerful figures. Harris also shares the surreal story of his detainment in Japan and how it unexpectedly became a moment of clarity in an otherwise nonstop career. Then, Kevin is joined by Hot Goss hosts Eyal Booker and Lonnie Marts to break down the latest reality TV chaos, from shocking Summer House relationship drama to villain behavior on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram ⁠@kpfallon⁠ Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram ⁠@mattjwilstein⁠ New episodes every Thursday, and Saturday; ⁠early drops on YouTube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Rachel and I have a new show Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch.
0:05.0	It's an otherworldly comedy podcast where I, along with my co-host Irene Bremis,
0:09.8	talk to my funny friends about their own experiences with the eerie and the unknown.
0:14.3	Psychics, spirits, astro projection, check, check, and check.
0:18.5	You may think we live in a world where there's a logical explanation for anything out of the ordinary.
0:22.7	But after you spend some time with me and my pals, you might have your doubts and find that you too are woo-woo.
0:29.2	So when the lobsters come for us, when our lobster overlords come, you heard it here first.
0:36.1	Join me for a podcast that turns the mysterious tales of my funny friends into a spirited conversation.
0:42.3	Search for Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch, wherever you're listening now.
0:50.7	When you were arrested in Japan, worth...
0:52.9	It was 23 days.
0:53.9	Only 23. That had it been like a traumatic experience for you. I mean, I'm sure there's some trauma there, but it wasn't. I felt like I was like in some weird prank show. The facts are I was having a good day. I was looking up Taco Rice in the airport. I was thinking about the movie I was about to make there. And then all of a sudden, I'm being pulled into a back room. back room. People like you who are like, are you traumatized? If I was thinking about the movie I was about to make there. And then all of a sudden, I'm being pulled into a back room.
1:11.7	People like you who are like, are you traumatized?
1:14.0	If I was, that trauma ended up being doled by the sense of relief I had,
1:18.0	that I didn't have to respond to emails for a couple months.
1:22.6	Hello, I'm Kevin Fallon, and this is another episode of Obsessed the Podcast, where I guide you through all the TV shows, movies, and celebrity nonsense that we think is unmissable.
1:35.2	And I've had a few great conversations this week.
1:38.9	The first is with, I think, one of the most fascinating people entertainment, Jeremy O'Harris.
1:43.8	He is a writer,
1:46.0	director, actor, playwright. I bet you he's also like a public notary. There's so many jobs this guy has.
1:53.0	We chatted about so many things, including his new movie, Erupcia, which stars a person called Charlie XX,
2:00.1	one of the biggest pop stars in the world,
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