Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis Take a Lie Detector Test | Vanity Fair

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- [Man] Kristin?
- Yes.
- [Man] Rob?
- Yes.
- [Man] We brought you here today
to take a lie detector test.
- Okay.
- I knew this day was coming.
[laughing]
- [Man] One of you will be hooked up to the machine
while the other asks questions and then you'll switch.
Who wants to be in the hot seat first?
- I defer to the beautiful lady.
- I think he should be in the hot seat first.
[metal clanking]
[electricity zapping]
You feel nervous?
- Yeah-- [laughing]
- I'm nervous looking at you.
- Are you gonna be a tough interrogator?
- I'll try, I'll try.
- I think the whole deal is you're supposed
to read it in the most like bloodless manner you can right?
- I'll do my best.
- You don't want a false reading.
- I don't want a false reading.
Absolutely gotta read it like flat.
- Really flat.
- Right.
Are you ready?
- I'm ready.
- Is your name Rob Lowe?
- Yes.
- Were you born in Charlottesville Virginia?
- Yes.
- Are you ready to take this lie detector test?
- Yes.
- All right let's get started.
In the 80s, the New York Times reporter
famously dubbed you as part of the Brat Pack,
would you say you were a brat in the 80s?
- Yes.
- It's been said that-- - I passed.
We can stop right now. [laughing]
- I passed. - You don't get to pass it,
I'm in charge.
It's been said that Emilio Estevez was the unofficial
president of the Brat Pack.
Did that ever bother you?
- Maybe.
[chuckling]
- I don't think that's an answer.
Yes or no?
- Yes.
- Are all the members of the Brat Pack
in a group chat together?
- No.
- Are you worried there might be one without you?
- No.
[laughing]
- You were the epitome of a teenage heart throb
when you were younger.
Exhibit A.
Do you ever worry that you peaked
when you were a teenager?
- Yes.
- Does it offend you that you have never
been named people's sexiest man alive?
- Yes.
- [Kristin] Me too.
- Finally.
Thank you. - Yes.
You once said-- - What more does
a person need to do?
- I don't know, I don't know Rob, let's continue.
You once said that this woman rejected your kiss.
Was that the worse rejection you ever faced?
- Yes.
[laughing] Probably, I mean.
Let's face it.
It's not a good day. - Not a good day.
In the film. - Look at her.
- I know. - I mean.
I wanna be like. - Put it down.
We're done, we're done with Jewel.
Put her down.
In the film-- - Oh I'm done with Jewel.
Don't you worry about that.
- Okay calm down. - So kidding.
We're good. - Calm down.
Do you feel pressure as a man in Hollywood
to look camera ready all the time?
- Nah. [giggling]
Nah.
- You are the father of two sons, Matthew and Johnny.
Do you think that you're a cool dad?
- Yeah.
- Your sons attended Duke and Stanford.
You must be really proud of them right?
- What are you implying?
- Do you think that you could've gotten into those colleges?
- Oh I thought you were gonna ask me if
I paid somebody-- - No I was not.
I would never.
- All I had to do to get Matthew into Duke
was to tell coach Kay that Matthew was nine feet tall.
- Stop. - And lead the league
and it happened.
- Okay do you feel like you could've gotten
into those colleges? - 100% no.
[laughing]
100% no. - Good.
Do you think that your sons are smarter than you?
- 100% yes.
- Yes I agree. [laughing]
- He's telling the truth.
- Oh excellent, thank you.
Is it true that you're deaf in one ear?
- Yes.
- And have you ever used that as an excuse
to ignore someone that you didn't want to talk to?
- Like everyday.
[laughing]
How do you think I've been married for 29 years?
- Ooh, ow!
That hurt, that hurt!
- Because I love.
I saw because I love. - Oh my gosh.
Oh dear, we're in trouble now.
Okay.
It's a big one.
Have you ever watched Sex and the City?
- An entire episode?
- [Kristin] Uh huh!
- Wow this is pressure.
- Wow!
You're already in trouble! - I know.
- Why are you taking so long
to answer? - It's so mimosa-centric.
- Gosh!
Okay so for the limited amount of an episode
of Sex and the City that you did watch.
- I saw a lot of shoes.
There was a lot of Sarah's voice.
- Yeah, and? - And a lot of mimosas.
- Okay so I have another question, let me get it to.
- Did I miss anything? - Yes!
You missed a lot, okay?
A lot, a lot, a lot!
You could ask Sheryl what you missed.
So in the limited amount of Sex and the City
that you did dane to watch. [laughing]
Did you have a favorite character?
- Yours.
- Oh!
- Charlotte! - Are you lying?
- Right?
- You did know her name good.
- See?
- Good one, good one, but are you lying right now?
- No.
- Is he?
- That's questionable.
- I'm not.
- Is he lying? - I know all those girls.
- Women.
- You were, yeah you were women then.
- Yeah we were, trust me.
- I'm so out.
- You've been known to do some good impressions.
Can you do an impression of this costar?
- Ooh!
Wow that's like the hardest. - It's pretty hard.
- This is called being set up for failure.
- It's true, she's not easy.
- She's not easy! - Not easy!
- First of all I don't know if I've ever
been able to pull off doing a female impression.
- Who do you wanna do?
So we're not gonna do Amy Poehler.
- I cannot do an Amy Poehler.
- It's pretty tough. - For sure I can't.
- [Kristin] I don't think I could either.
- For sure there's no way. - I agree.
See he's being [mumbling].
If you were asked to do a reboot of Parks and Rec,
would you say yes?
- 100%.
- [Kristin] Aw that makes me happy, I love you on that.
- Thank you.
- Do you think Anne and Chris are still together?
- Yes of course! - Really?
- Yes! - No!
I don't think so.
- Of course.
- She moved on a lot.
She did.
You would've had to really be like, pleasing her, frankly.
- Well, if Chris has a shortcoming it might
have been in that area.
- It might have been, it might have been.
All right, did you lie at any point
during this lie detector test?
- I never did.
[laughing]
- He's not a liar! - No!
- It's true-- - No I'm a truth machine.
- Rob is not a liar.
It's so true. - I'm a truth machine.
- It's true.
- Oh yes.
Oh yes. [sighing deeply]
- I do feel Mindhunter-esque.
- It is, it's very Mindhunter.
- It is.
- Kristin are you ready?
- Yes I'm ready.
- Is your name Kristin Davis?
- Yes.
- Were you born in Boulder Colorado?
- Yes.
- Are you nervous?
- A little.
- Let's begin. [laughing]
You played Charlotte on Sex and the City.
Have you ever taken a Buzzfeed quiz
to find out which Sex and the City character you are?
- No.
Don't need to.
[chuckling]
- That's very true.
Would you say that I'm Samantha?
- No I would say you're Carrie.
- Yeah me too. - Yeah.
- Number one on the call sheet.
[laughing]
- Yes that too, that too.
- In the show, your character converts to Judaism,
would you ever convert for someone you loved?
- It's hard to say.
I think if I fell in love hard enough, I might.
But I don't really believe that much
in organized religion so I would have to feel like
it was incredibly important to that person to do so.
Like Charlotte felt with Harry.
- I think you'd do it.
You've expressed your love
for the hashtag, Woke Charlotte memes.
- It's true.
- Do you consider yourself woke?
- I consider myself always on the way to woke.
I'm still trying to get there.
I don't know who is the official person to say
that you have obtained woke status.
I'm not sure that I'm there yet.
- So if you're not woke, would you consider yourself sleepy?
- No I'm awakening.
I'm awakening, I'm a blooming flower.
- [Rob] You're not slumbering?
- No.
- Well this is an easy one.
Would you say you're more woke than I am?
- Oh definitely.
[laughing]
- She's passing. [laughing]
- That's not hard to beat.
- No it isn't. - No.
- If these two women reconcile their differences,
would you agree to film another movie?
The world awaits your answer.
- Of course I would. - Of course you would.
And who wouldn't?
- Yeah.
- Who wouldn't?
You starred in a movie with my brother.
- Yes!
- Chad Lowe!
- Yes I did.
[gasping]
Look how adorable you are!
- Was he easier to work with than me?
[giggling]
- That is such a hard question.
And I'm really probably gonna shock some people right now.
- Remember you're wearing a lie detector.
- I know, the answer is no, he was not.
Unfortunately. - He had those bad wigs.
- He did and they were a hard situation.
And also it was a different time in his life,
if you know what I'm saying.
- He told me a great story about that movie.
He played John Denver, the John Denver story.
And he was worried about the wigs.
And the wigs were-- - He was, all the time.
- Atrocious.
And he went to the director.
And the director says, oh nobody cares
about any of this, they just wanna hear you sing the songs.
- [Kristin] It's true.
- That's just what an actor wants to hear.
- Exactly.
That is what-- - He felt good
about that conversation. - That experience was like.
Yes. - Oh!
Is Chad Lowe a better kisser than me?
- No.
- Thank you.
Our work here is done. - I'm sorry Chad,
I'm so sorry!
- Have you ever, oh. - I feel really bad.
- Have you ever called me a diva behind my back?
- No, other things but not that.
[laughing]
- Amazing. - I'm telling the truth.
Right? - She's telling the truth.
- Did you watch my Comedy Central roast
before deciding to work with me?
- I did not because A, I already knew you
and B, I just think I kinda forgot it was on.
Though I would love to watch it now.
- It's fun! - Yeah.
- It was definitely fun. - I would think it would be
fun to roast you, yes.
- And it's fun to be roasted, I might add.
- Was it?
Oh good.
- Oh well if you had to roast me,
what would you say?
- Wow gosh, woo, where to begin?
I mean I think I would talk about the salad.
- That's a term for my hair.
- Yes all the salad fixin's.
- A lot of fixin's. - A lot of fixin's goin' on.
- It's gotta be properly tossed.
- Properly tossed!
I mean it goes on. - Erica demands it.
Ooh here we go. - Uh oh.
You played Joey's love interest in an episode of Friends.
Is Sex and the City better than friends?
- This is such an unfair question
but I'm gonna have to say yes.
Because I gave my life to one of those shows
and it wasn't Friends, I just guest starred on Friends
so I'm just gonna have to say yes
because I just have to.
I can't let my fans down.
- 100% agree. - Really?
- Is Parks and Rec better than Sex and the City?
- You know with that one,
I feel like they're apples and oranges.
I really like Parks and Rec, I probably saw every episode.
I really, really, like that show
but I feel like they're so so different.
I don't know how.
I feel like with comedy to compare them,
to say one's better and one's not, it's kind of tough.
- 100%.
You played the role of Jenna
the toothbrush girl on Seinfeld.
Have you ever put someone's toothbrush in the toilet
to get back at them?
- No I just don't think that would ever occur to me.
- It's not really in your nature is it?
- No it's really odd.
- Yeah I don't even need the lie detector
to tell me that you're telling the truth.
[laughing] - You know me well.
- I do. - You do.
- Who is more fun to work with than me?
Was Jerry Seinfeld more fun that me?
[laughing]
Is this me now? - Here he is.
This is Jerry.
This man, he was fun but he really liked to scare me
and make me nervous.
So this was at the hay day of Seinfeld
and there were like 35 million people watching
every episode and so every time before rolling
he'd just whisper in my ear, 35 million people.
And I would just be like ah!
And then we'd be rolling
and I would have to act.
- Not to age you or me.
- [Kristin] I know.
- 35 million people watching an
episode of television-- - A different world right?
A different world. - The most popular
episode of television now.
They're thrilled if it's six million.
- I know.
It's a different world.
We've lived through some times babe.
I know it, I know it.
- Is Jerry Seinfeld better looking than me?
- Gosh I have to think so hard.
I'm just gonna have to say no.
- Would you say Curb Your Enthusiasm
is funnier than Seinfeld?
- No.
No I would not.
I'm not the biggest Curb fan. - No?
- No I watch it but I don't love it
the way I love Seinfeld.
- Jerry's butt tight dad jeans were a real
barrier of entry for me. - Wow!
Oh my God!
It was the times babe!
You know! - I guess.
- Yeah it was the times.
- The clean Nike's. [shuddering]
- He could wear anything he wanted.
- Like the uber starched red-- - It's true.
I mean he has a kind of an OCD--
- The shirts! - Quality about him.
- Literally. - Right.
But that's why it was funny
that I threw the toothbrush in his toilet,
that was why it was funny. - That's right.
- You know what I mean? - That's right.
The toothbrush girl.
- But Jessica puts up with him.
So it's all working out.
- And she's genius.
Would you consider yourself an avid reader?
- Yeah.
- I've written two books, have you read both of them?
- I've only read one, I'm really sorry.
But it was excellent!
And I Tweeted about it
and I don't know if you saw that.]
- You did. - Okay good.
- You're off the hook.
Is it true you love skydiving?
Is it?
- Yes!
I would not skydive nowt hat I have my children,
which I think is your next question
but I did skydive before I had any children
and I was thrilled.
It was like a drug.
I was like let's go again!
- Would you let your kids skydive?
- That's a big question.
I mean they'd have to be a lot older
and it would have to be tandem.
I think if they really wanted to,
I probably couldn't stop them.
I'd be nervous, would you?
- I don't wanna do it.
And I'm not scared of much.
- It was pretty darn exciting Rob.
- Everybody loves it and I don't know why.
I'm just trusting my gut on this one.
- Well I think that's fair because I wouldn't
want anything to happen to you.
- We don't want that.
You're a huge philanthropist.
Which I know to be true.
Do you think other celebrities might partake
in charity just to become you know, favorable?
Or as my kids would say to get clout?
- I do think that that does happen, yes.
- [Rob] Clout chasing, celebrities?
- I do think that that happens
and I don't know that it's the worst thing in the world.
There's worse things they could be doing.
- I agree by the way.
I don't care what the motives are.
As long as it's doing something good,
I don't care-- - And if it calls
attention to an issue or a problem, then go for it.
- I don't care, I'm with you. - It's all right.
- Do you think I should do more charity work?
- No you do a ton!
You work for the Wounded Warriors.
I follow you, I know what you do.
You rescue dogs.
You and Sheryl had that whole dog thing
with like 30, 40 dogs once at your house,
gettin' groomed and stuff.
You got a lot goin' on.
- I do thank you.
Well I know this isn't true.
Is it true you get your best sleep on airplanes?
[laughing]
- No that actually is true.
- [Rob] Is it true?
- You know what happens-- - Except for the flight
that you and I took together to Africa.
- Well I had a five month old, okay?
So you know, I was nervous that he
was gonna wake up everybody, that was my fear
'cause we were in a very nice plane
and you know, there were a lot of people there.
When we would work on Sex and the City
we would work all night Friday into Saturday morning
and if I had Monday off I would fly home to L.A. to here.
And so the second I would drive directly from out set
at Silver Cup to JFK and get on the plane
and I would be out before we took off
because that rumbling of getting the plane ready,
it like trained me.
- I think there's something in the air.
- I think that could be true. - It knocks me out.
Honestly. - Me too, see?
This is an actor thing.
We just bonk. - I can't keep my eyes open.
I really truly can't. - I know.
Normally if I don't have a baby with me I'm asleep.
- When you're sleeping on the planes,
do you think people are watching you?
- Unfortunately probably but you know what?
What are you gonna do?
- Have you ever woken up to go on Twitter
to see a picture of yourself sleeping on the plane?
- No have you? - Yes I have.
[gasping]
- Did you look okay?
- My mouth was open.
- Drool? - It looked like
I had a stroke.
[laughing]
- Do you take pictures on planes with people?
- I do.
I've learned that it's easier to say yes than say no.
- It's true, it is hard to say no.
- I don't love doing it all the time
but it's all good. - It's true,
it's hard to say no.
- Have you ever Googled yourself?
- Oh yeah. - Me too.
Just about five minutes ago.
Have you ever Googled me?
- I don't think so.
I think there's things I wouldn't need to see.
- I'm only interested in myself,
I assume you're the same way.
[laughing]
- No I would Google people
if I didn't know them before I worked with them or whatever.
But we've known you our whole lives basically.
There's not a lot of secrets, I don't think.
And if there were, I wouldn't wanna find out.
- Have you ever used your giant fandom
around you character in Sex and the City
to get a good table at a nice restaurant?
- Yeah, yeah, probably yeah.
- In New York though they have like,
a seat permanently for any of you girls.
- Pretty much, pretty much, pretty much.
There's sometimes some stress.
They'll look a little scared.
Like oh my gosh, oh my gosh,
I've gotta find a seat for them.
- Can you walk down the streets of New York on [mumbling].
- Definitely not.
No, definitely not, no.
I have to move a lot quicker than that.
You don't wanna be wearing high heels.
You would need to be having an umbrella and a hat.
- You cannot be carrying a what?
Mimosa.
- Definitely not but it's not the drink of the show.
- Oh I beg to differ.
- No darling, cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan.
- Oh that's what it was? - Yes.
- I haven't had a drink in 29 years.
- I know, I know, I haven't either
but I would never walk around carrying a drink.
- A mimosa is with orange juice.
What am I thinking? - It's for brunch.
I don't know!
You're a silly man! - We need to redo
this entire interview.
- You're a very silly man.
I let you get away with it for a while.
- For the record, for the record, I don't think
there are mimosas in Sex and the City.
[laughing]
- I think you do but it's fine.
You've already admitted you didn't watch
an entire episode.
So come on.
- We're in a Christmas movie together.
- [Kristin] Yes we are.
- Do you plan on getting me a Christmas gift this year?
- You know no, because number one,
I think you could possibly be like the most
diffIcult person to buy a gift for--
- Why? - In the world.
- [Rob] Why?
- Because you have everything.
- I do not.
- [Kristin] You do.
- I'll tell you what I don't have.
- [Kristin] What?
- A standup paddle hydro foil board.
- Okay. - Just saying.
- Wow!
Anyone out there has a?
- Hint, hint to my wife!
- Whatever he just said. - And child's.
- That's like hanging out available for use,
I don't know what it is.
Sounds athletic, I don't know!
- It's a real thing.
Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test?
- No. - We didn't catch you.
- No.
- And what's the final result?
- She's telling the truth.
- Yay!
Congratulations!
I'd expect nothing less.
- That was fun.