Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
Kylie & Kat Dennings on Irish Dancing in Bars, Stage Name Origins & Kelce Cat Game Plan | Ep. 14
Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Kylie’s back for a brand new episode of Not Gonna Lie presented by Liquid Death and kicks things off by revealing the three fan-chosen finalists of the NGL fan base name competition (1:37). Make sure to follow us @nglwithkylie to vote for the winner! After that, Kylie returns to her McDevitt roots for a very Irish edition of “Can I Be Honest?” Kylie talks about taking Irish dance lessons as a kid, whether or not she will have the girls learn and the prank Jason pulled on her last year where she wound up dancing in front of hundreds at a local bar (4:30). Then, Kylie answers a new “Ask Me *Some* Things” question from an NGL listener about her makeup routine (8:47). Kylie reveals her very “professional” pre-show makeup regimen, what she does for formal events and addresses the many comments and DMs she gets about her eyebrows. Kat Dennings then joins the show and she and Kylie instantly bond over the fact that they’re from the same hometown! Kat breaks down her Wawa order and Kylie reminisces about her first job at the local grocery store (14:25). Kylie also asks Kat about starring in one of her favorite TV shows ever “2 Broke Girls” (20:10) and what it was like to play a mom character for the first time in her new sitcom “Shifting Gears” currently airing on ABC (23:35)! Then, Kylie and Kat get to talking about Kat’s early days as a child actor (29:22), never having formal acting training, choosing her own stage name at nine years old (31:38) and whether or not it’s true she grew up in a haunted house in the Philly suburbs (33:56). Lastly, as a big time cat lover, Kylie recruits Kat to help her convince Jason to adopt a cat. Kat offers her best advice to get Jason on board and Kylie reveals her latest plan to win him over (37:59). As always, make sure you tune into More Sh*t Monday on the Not Gonna Lie YouTube channel for exclusive clips from Kylie’s longer conversation with Kat Dennings. . . . Support the Show: Liquid Death: Go to http://liquiddeath.com/kylie for $2 off any 2 six-packs! Liquid Death is available nationwide anywhere you shop for water or iced tea Watch Kat in Shifting Gears! The season finale of Shifting Gears airs Wednesday 3/19 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, stream next day on Hulu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the finalists for the NGL fan base name?
But before we do anything, we have the results of the three head-to-head matchups for the name of the NGL fan base. Queen Nicole, who runs our socials, totaled up the votes from Instagram and Twitter. And here are your winners. First, the biggest blowout victory goes to the Kai League over the Outliers. I agree with this decision. 67% of the total vote to 33%. That's outstanding.
Way to get in there, guys. Then we had a closer race between the Flockers versus the FAFOs. FAFOs won with a total of 52.7%. That's close. I like that. I like that it was a tight race. And lastly, the real ones versus the Chi leaders, a real nail biter. And the only one that had a different result on Instagram and Twitter. What?
But when we totaled all the votes, the real ones, yes, the Chi leaders. That's okay, because Chi leaders and Chi league were close. So this is great that you weeded this out. And Queen Emma, inside scoop, She's really rooting for the real ones. So if you love Queen Emma, do your thing. Your official finalists, the Chi League, the FAFOs, and the real ones.
We'll be posting, and by we'll, I mean Queen Nicole. We'll be posting the final poll very soon. Make sure to follow us at NGL with Kylie to vote. I'm still unsure which one I'm rooting for. Get your foot. Thank you. There's no room in there anymore. And it hurts. Can't breathe. And it hurts. And we're back. Okay. We'll be posting the final poll very soon.
Make sure to follow us at NGL with Kylie to vote. I am unsure who I'm voting for because I feel like these are three strong options. But I will say I do tend to lean in the direction that Queen Emma sways because I love her. And so maybe it's the real ones, guys. We're going to find out so soon. It's so much fun. I can't wait to find out.
Okay, but seriously, follow us and make sure you're voting at NGL with Kylie. You got this. I believe in you. Moving on. St. Patrick's Day is on Monday, but the real ones know. The real ones. I see what you did there, Queen Emma. She's trying to send some bliminal messaging. I'll do it. I don't care. Moving on. St. Patrick's Day is on Monday, but the real ones, no.
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Chapter 2: How did Kylie Kelsey celebrate St. Patrick's Day growing up?
The celebrations will go down this weekend at probably every Irish pub in the world. At the very least in the U.S. Growing up, St. Paddy's Day was a busy day in our household. Much to my father's chagrin, he got to say that his daughters, who were... Anywhere from the ages of eight to... I mean, we did it until we were probably... My sister was probably 15 or 16. We were dancing in bars on St.
Paddy's Day. That's how we spent our St. Paddy's Day. We would do, with our Irish dancing school, we would do a tour, basically. And we would have a number of bars that we would go around to. And basically, like, dance... usually with a live band. It was very fun. That was way back when, when you could still smoke in those bars. So my wig, yes, wig for Irish dancing, reeked of cigarette smoke.
This sounds like a questionable parenting decision, but I swear it was an enriching experience, and we were really only in bars on St. Paddy's Day. It's come to my attention that there are some fun little traditions that parents do. I want to be clear. If you think I'm making leprechaun tracks on my floor, I think you missed the episode about our deadbeat elf, Emmy Nemi.
I will not be doing any leprechaun tricks. It's not me. You got the wrong one. And as fans of the other podcast might remember, last year on St. Paddy's Day, my husband tricked me into doing an Irish dance with actual Irish dancers on a balcony at a bar where lots of people were watching. So we're actually going to put the clip in, in post because queen Emma knows I don't want to relive it.
I will say, uh, we were at the bar to watch a friend of ours. Uh, they had friends whose daughter Maggie was Irish dancing with her, uh, dance school. I had, I just thought we were going to watch and then someone, my husband and Chuck, our good friend decided that, uh, they were going to team up against me. I don't know. It felt, I felt attacked. Okay.
And, um, then was asked, this is the really messed up part. I was asked by children to come and join them And that felt wrong for me to say no. That felt mean-hearted, and I wasn't going to do it. So I said yes, and then I went up there. I took Irish dancing from when I was four until seventh grade. I don't know how old you are in seventh grade. So that long. I do think we'll have the girls do it.
I do think the girls will enjoy it. Wyatt in particular, homegirls got. Her legs just keep growing. They're just getting like a string bean just longer and longer and longer. Sometimes I feel like I should almost apologize about that, but I'm not going to because tall girls unite. But I really do think she could get those gangly suckers moving for some Irish dancing.
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Chapter 3: What is Kylie's makeup routine?
Although last week, Wyatt did tell me when I said, maybe I'll start Irish dancing soon. She said, I'm not doing that. So... I'll have to get her to change her tune. That's it for Can I Be Honest? St. Paddy's Day Edition. Now, before I bring on Kat Dennings, I want to answer a couple more of your questions for a brand new edition of Ask Me Some Things.
Because Ask Me Anything was just a little too open-ended. Seriously, guys, calm down. From at DDev19, to me, you always look effortlessly beautiful. for your skin, hair, and makeup. What are your favorite products? Is your look really as easy as it looks or do you have a team? That is so sweet. I'm gonna save that for the days where I feel like a bridge troll.
My pre-show routine is that I show up to this studio, studio, approximately five minutes after when I was supposed to be in the studio, give or take five minutes. So it's usually five to 10 minutes past the time I was supposed to be here. I then proceed to frantically do my makeup while we go through our rundown. It's real professional shit going on over here.
And the last most important step of my makeup routine is my mascara. That's it. There is not a team. I have been wearing the same makeup since high school. I do not wear a foundation. I wear a powder. Well, I guess it's technically a foundation, but it's bare minerals powder. I wear the same CoverGirl mascara. CoverGirl mascara. Vaseline. Chapstick.
My formal, like this is like if we're getting really fancy, this is the most makeup I will do at any given point. Moisturizer. Concealer under my eyes. And on my eyelids just to hold eyeshadow. Bare minerals, matte foundation, not foundation. Powder? I don't know what it is. Bronzer, some blush, and then I usually rub it off. Like I put it on and then I rub it off because that makes sense.
And then I do... My eyebrows somewhere in there before that. I don't know. You guys really have some opinion on my eyebrows. I don't guys, if I cared, I would have fixed it. That sounds, that sounds harsh, but I just, I just need to, I, this is not my eyebrow. They look like cousins and that's close enough. And I'm fine with that.
And people who do eyebrows professionally, please stop sending me DMs that you want to fix my eyebrows. I really, I don't, I don't have it in me. And then mascara. I've recently graduated to curling my lashes. So big deal. And some eyeshadows. And then chapstick. Sometimes lip gloss. Never with a color. No sparkle. God, no. What? No. That's it. That's my whole makeup routine.
That's it for Ask Me Some Things. We'll be right back with today's guest. You know, the one I have no business speaking to. After this brief hydration break brought to you by Liquid Death. Another can of liquid death mountain water in the books. Oh, hi. I didn't see you guys there. I'm just kidding. This camera's always on. We should really look into that. I just wanted to show off this can.
of my favorite water. I buy Liquid Death for our house just about every time I'm out shopping. I love it because in a can, for some reason, it just tastes colder. I can't explain it. It's science. Look it up. I'm not going to do your job for you. It's delicious and kind of aggressive in its name. And I think we all know. If you're here, you can appreciate that.
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Chapter 4: Who is Kat Dennings and what is her connection to Kylie?
That's right.
And then grew up in Wynwood, Narberth?
Wynwood, but my best friend from childhood, whose name is Avi, and anyone who lives in Narberth now knows Avi – Do you know Avi? What's Avi's last name? Fox. Do you know Avi Fox? You must. Did she babysit you?
Is she a photographer? Yes. Stop. Oh my God. She photographed our welcome dinner for our wedding. She was the same year as my sister or a year older. I love Avi.
This is great publicity for Avi's photography business. I'm so happy. That is crazy. She's really amazing. Yeah.
The best.
Yeah.
But that's, that really drags you into the NARB.
So I was in NARB every day. Or every other day. I mean, you know, we were best friends and I would just go over there and I still talk. I mean, obviously she and I still talk, but like I still talk to her next door neighbor like on Instagram and my dance teacher from Dance Express. Shout out Dance Express. Miss Kathy.
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Chapter 5: What was Kat Dennings' experience on Two Broke Girls?
Oh, American Family Market.
That just closed. I know. And then my sister's first official job was in Mapes next door.
I was just going to start crying because I won the MAPES coloring contest two years in a row. No, you didn't. I did. And I cheated. And I'm really sorry. I figured out. The truth comes out. Here it is. 30 years later. I figured out how to do it. And I cheated. And I feel really bad about it. But c'est la vie, you know? Right? Yeah. Here's how to win. That's amazing. Here's how I figured out.
How was it? What'd you do?
For the listeners, this is a five and 10. That is usually, I think maybe there's one location left or something, but they're mostly gone. The best place ever, Mapes five and 10. And every year they had a coloring contest for the kids and they give you the sheet. And you'd do it. And then they'd hang up the first, second, and third behind the counter.
And the first place would win like a $10 gift certificate or something, which buys a lot of stuff at the five and 10. It did. It really did. And every year I would lose. And I would notice that the first place always had like a bunch of stuff on it. Just like piles of paint, piles of pom poms, piles of sequins. And I was like, that doesn't even look good. What the hell?
So one year I decided to just see if the more crap I piled onto this picture would actually win. And it did.
It did. You want to know what happened? That's a marketing tactic. That's right. They were like, come in, shop our craft tile, pile it on there, and then we'll give you that $10 gift card. I'm not proud of it, but in a way, I kind of am. You should be. Two years in a row is like you legitimately crack the code.
Yeah. I mean, you know, cheating on a children's coloring contest at the 5 and 10 is not the worst crime I could commit. Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What is Shifting Gears about and when can you watch it?
Oh, my God. Well, first of all, thank you, because I just was just texting with Beth just now who played Caroline in that show, who I still like, love and adore. And we basically grew up on that show together. I think we started it when I was 22 and we wrapped when I was like 30 or something. I don't I can't do math. No, that's wrong. Whatever, like 29, something like that. She is so fantastic.
But so the way this happened was it was a pilot, which is just for anyone who wouldn't know about this. You make a TV show, but your first episode is called the pilot and you make the pilot and the studio and network decide whether they want to pick it up to series. So you just never know what's going to happen with a pilot. And I had only done like. in indie movies and stuff.
And I had just gotten cast in Thor, like just like we hadn't shot it yet. Or some something or we had shot it and it hadn't come out. That's what it was. We'd shot it, it hadn't come out yet. And then I got a call offering me so I didn't have to audition for this, offering me the role of Max Black. And I was like, are they sure?
Like, this seems like such a funny, because I'd only done like semi dramatic, like indie movies, and then like 40 Old Virgin and these other comedies. So I was like, this is so weird. I can't believe they want me for this. Why would they want me? And then I realized that the main boss creator of this show, Michael Patrick King had worked with me when I was 14 on an episode of Sex and the City.
And
it, it took off. It was just the craziest thing that it, that it became what it ended up being, which was like this very like raunchy, like fun experience that I just, I could never have known what it was going to be like. And it was really amazing. So yeah, I got a call and I went to sushi with Whitney Cummings and Michael Patrick King and they convinced me to do it.
I'm like, all right, that's it. That's the story.
Twist my arm.
Yeah. I was like, okay.
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