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Hey guys, welcome to I've never said this before with me, Tommy DeDario.

My guest today is the very brilliant Tyler James Williams, who is one of those actors who has the gift of saying so much without saying anything at all.

My man has earned critical acclaim for

his starring role as Gregory on Abbott Elementary. Now, I describe Abbott as a show that gives a

gentle hug to the world at a time when people just want to feel comforted. And Gregory is a character

that does just that, all while providing so many laughs and so many smiles.

We are halfway through season five, and Tyler is sitting down with me to reflect on his own

journey.

We are learning so much more about the man who has been bringing you joy for so many years.

Let's see if today we can get Tyler to say something that he has never said before.

Tyler James Williams, how are you, my man? I'm good. How are you? I am good. Do you always walk around looking this fly? I try to. I spend most of my time going to and from set and sweatpants. So whenever I'm not doing that, I try to give the people something. Yeah, you want to feel good. Yeah good yeah you want to feel good I see you on the carpets man you're always striking some pose wearing something for us thank you yeah man it's it's it's another one of those things where it's like when I'm not in Gregory eddy it's nice to to put something else on and then feel it flow and and enjoy the night in that yeah well rock on man on, man. You're doing it. You're doing it. Thank you. We have a lot to get into today. Okay. I think you were one of these artists that brings so much joy to so many people. And you've been doing it for years and we have a lot to celebrate. But we're going to start by maybe the most pressing question of your entire career. Okay. What do you really think about warm fruit? Really? In the right situations, I'm for it. We do overuse it sometimes. We definitely do too

much. We sometimes do too much. I love a pie. I love a really great pie. But there's sometimes the fillings, I'm not, like, the other day I saw, like, strawberry pie is a thing. And I'm like, I don't think that that one was supposed to be warmed. I don't think we were here for that. I'm also, like, a lot of the berries, I'm not with it. No. I'm not. I'm not with it. But an apple, I'm having a great time.

A cherry even, hey, we're having a good time. Okay. But we can stop there. All right. We can stop right there. I feel that. I feel that. Yeah, I'm not totally sure how I feel, but that's one of the many hang-ups that your character Gregory has. Now, are you possibly Gregory Aligned in this?

Yeah, I don't think I love warm fruit.

Wow, really?

I don't think I love warm fruit. Wow, really? I don't think I love warm fruit. Huh? Yeah, I'm going to go with a solid no. Okay. A solid no. All right. So it was for you. That line is for you. I felt seen. I felt very seen. I'm happy for that. If you have a line coming up in any of the seasons about condiments, I have a very hard

know about condiments.

At all?

No.

No, we don't do condiments. My brother is like that. I don't get them. And I've never understood it. He's always eating like a dry hamburger. and I thought, especially when he was a child, like that's like a, like you might die, I thought maybe.

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