Since we usually see her playing such serious characters, it’s nice to see Sarah Paulson cut loose for once – and she’s really funny, with quite the knack for celebrity impersonations.
Sarah, making the promotional rounds for the upcoming Oceans 8, showed up on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night. She discussed hanging out with her co-stars (including Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock and Mindy Kaling), one of whom excited her to the point of spontaneous urination. Nope, not Cate or Sandra, but Rihanna. While recalling first meeting the singer, Sarah confessed “I wanted to be cool around her,” and went on to say that “I wish I’d worn a diaper when I met her, ‘ cause I sort of…” she giggled and made gestures towards her groin, adding that it was “Just a little, tiny bit. Just like a little squirt.”
As I mentioned, Sarah, as someone who can embody any role, is an excellent mimic, but had a moment where she feared the repercussions of her actions. During a previous appearance on Fallon back in September, she did an eerily accurate imitation of Drew Barrymore. On Tuesday, she shared what happened when she came face-to-face with Drew at Ellen DeGeneres’ 60th birthday party. She noted, “I didn’t realize how that could be potentially a big problem, because somebody might be a little offended.” And, with the prospect of meeting Drew, she recalled, “All of a sudden I had this white-out in terror, thinking, like, I did an impression of her on national television, she may hate my guts!”
Fortunately, Drew had a great sense of humor about the whole thing. “She thought I was okay. She was like, (once again imitating her) ‘Sarah, that was such a good impression. I thought it was so, so accurate. I feel super honored, it’s so sweet of you.’” She then launched into a pretty good impression of Juliette Lewis’ Cape Fear character, and announced that she’s moved on to miming animals, including a hilarious take on a dolphin, “because you don’t have to worry about running into them at a party.”
My favorite anecdote from this interview, however, involved Sarah getting into mischief at the Met Gala. She regaled Jimmy by telling him that she and restaurateur Bruce Bozzi had to figure out a way to bring their unfinished glasses of tequila into an area of the museum where Madonna was performing. Apparently open containers are a big no-no at the MET. Sarah said, “We decided that just sounded like a bad idea to not have our tequila while we were going to watch Madonna,” so Bruce channeled every guy friend of mine in college and smuggled the contraband in his pants. Sarah joked, ”Every time we were walking, and I sort of picked up the pace, he’d be like, ‘Can you slow down…’,” They did manage to sneak in their cocktails, although they only got to enjoy a little, as the majority of it was left in Bruce’s pants.
The more I discover about Sarah, the more I adore her. Celebrity (and dolphin) impersonator, Rihanna fan girl and tequila aficionado? I need to hang out with this woman.
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How can someone be so cool, funny, graceful even when she says “gross” things, smart and one of a kind, I really do not know, but she does.
I’d totally squirt if I met Rihanna too…think a lot of us would!!!
Haha Same.
Sploosh.
Her Human and animal impressions are so good! I would totally hang out with her.
Lol 😂
TMI.
I use to think she was a weirdo but that’s only because I saw her through her American Horror Story characters. And she dresses kind of funky. She such an amazing actress she had me fooled the whole time. She’s quite funny and seems like a sweet person.
I really dislike the use of “I just peed a little,” or some variation, to express excitement. If she really did and is expressing, and creating awareness, about an incontinence type problem, that is one thing, but it just bugs me how it is used colliquially so often now. I can’t wait for it to stop being used as an expression regularly, but I’m not a peepee-poopoo humor person anyway. Just one of my pet ‘pee-ves’ :-p. I still really enjoy Sarah Paulson and will tune into whatever she is doing.
I agree, it’s gross. I’d like to also cancel the use of having “balls” to express bravery or toughness, and being a “pussy” to express weakness. Aside from being gross, it is misogynistic and the implication about women being somehow cowardly and weak and men brave and tough is so insulting.
I totally agree, didn’t Betty White say something awesome about how balls are very vulnerable and weak and curl up and hide at the first signs of anything dangerous? And that the vagina is the dang powerhouse, just look what it can accomplish!!!
To quote Stan Smith, “Look at the vagina, so strong and resilient. That’s what our troops should be wearing!!!”
Agree, totally. The expression is not funny, it is not witty, it is not “cute”. It is vulgar and childish in the worst possible way.
She seems like fun. Yay!!!