Meg Stalter Might Have Stolen Madonna’s Coachella Outfit

0:00 -Welcome back, everybody.

0:02 Our next guest is a very talented actress

0:03 and comedian you know from the Netflix series "Too Much"

0:05 as well as the HBO Max series "Hacks." New

0:08 episodes of its fifth and final season premiere Thursdays.

0:11 Let's take a look.

0:12 -I just normally sleep naked.

0:14 -Well, sorry, but tonight you're not sleeping naked.

0:17 Okay?

0:18 -Okay, Jimmy.

0:27 Crying] -What is going on over there?

0:30 -I'm so itchy.

0:31 My clothes are making me itchy.

0:33 -Okay, you can take off your clothes underneath the covers,

0:36 but then in the morning, you're putting them back on under the covers.

0:38 Okay?

0:39 -Yay!

0:41 Take off my lady boxers.

0:43 -Okay.

0:43 I don't need a play by play.

0:45 Just do your thing.

0:46 -Please welcome to the show, Meg Stalter!

0:49 Cheers and applause]♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪[ Cheers and applause continue] You can come closer.

1:19 Well, hi.

1:19 -How are you doing, Seth?

1:21 -I'm great.

1:21 It's so— It's so nice to— Congratulations on season

1:25 5 of "Hacks."[ Cheers and applause] And show's ending.

1:32 We're all— We're all very— -Sorry.

1:34 Let me just get my stuff together.

1:35 -Sure.

1:35 Yeah.

1:35 No.

1:36 Take your time.

1:36 -Yeah, cause you're, like,

1:37 kind of just on a train I need to get on before you take off.

1:40 -Oh, yeah.

1:40 No, please.

1:41 I— On your schedule.

1:44 We're all very sad the show's ending,

1:46 but very excited about this career pivot that...

1:50 Laughter] ...you're going through.

1:54 -Yeah.

1:54 I mean, I have an announcement to make.

1:56 Did you want me to make it now or later?

1:57 -No.

1:58 Now is great.

1:59 Yeah.

2:00 -So, my announcement— I love you, by the way.

2:03 You're awesome.

2:03 -Oh, my God.

2:04 Thank you.

2:04 It's great to have you.

2:04 Thank you.

2:06 -So, I will no longer be acting anymore.

2:08 I will be doing music.

2:10 -Wow.

2:11 Cheers and applause] -I'll be doing music!

2:15 -It's really exciting.

2:17 And I'm glad you're excited about— Your look— This is a very iconic look.

2:21 And by that I mean— -I feel like I took so long telling Kayla's story and I

2:25 got to do that, and now I get to tell my own story through my music.

2:29 -Yeah.

2:29 -Go ahead.

2:30 What were you saying?

2:31 -Well, I was just, um— There's a familiarity to your outfit.

2:37 -What do you mean?

2:38 -Well, so, it's— It looks almost exactly like Madonna's Coachella outfit.

2:43 And now, this is an outfit— -Wait.

2:45 Did she— She— Okay.

2:46 Yeah.

2:47 That does kind of— I could see a little bit of the, like, resemblance.

2:49 Yeah.

2:50 -Yeah, well, the other thing— -She ended up wearing that to this Coachella?

2:54 -She did.

2:54 And then it went missing.

2:57 And then that, I guess is maybe because

2:59 of just the sim...ilarities— -I haven't heard about that.

3:04 -Oh.

3:05 -So this is a coin— The match is a coincidence?

3:08 -I would not steal a corset, and a corset is so tight,

3:11 how could you seal it off someone?

3:13 -Well, I don't think— Nobody said you stole

3:15 it while she was wearing it, I think.

3:18 I think the supposition was maybe that after she took it off, that's all.

3:22 -So you think that I was scooting around Coachella waiting.

3:25 "Oh, I can't wait till Madonna takes that--" That's

3:28 weird that you would think that I would do that.

3:30 -Well, I— Okay.

3:31 -And, like—[ Laughter] I also feel like me and Sabrina are more the same size,

3:35 so I feel like I should have stole something from her.

3:37 -Yes.

3:37 You know what?

3:38 You know what?

3:39 I'm gonna let it drop because obviously this is a dead end,

3:41 and I'm sorry I brought it up.

3:42 -Do you think I stole it?

3:43 -I do not.

3:44 -Okay.

3:45 -I just think— -We're all good here.

3:46 -I just think— -Did you steal your blouse off somebody?

3:49 Laughter] A beautiful male model?

3:52 -Okay.

3:53 So, I take issue with you calling it a blouse.

3:56 Laughter] -A blouse is just a shirt.

3:59 What do you think I'm implying about it?

4:00 -I just think if— go with shirt.

4:04 -I am Southern.

4:05 I say blouse.

4:07 Sorry.

4:07 -Okay.

4:09 -By the way, this mike is ruining the outfit.

4:11 Laughter] -That mike is— -And it's not doing any favors to your blouse.

4:15 I'm kidding, guys.

4:16 I'm kidding, I'm kidding, Seth.

4:18 -We're back.

4:18 We're back.

4:19 -Yeah, yeah.

4:20 -I want to talk about your single "Prettiest Girl

4:22 in America."[ Cheers and applause] It's a great song.

4:25 Great song.

4:26 We were talking backstage.

4:27 It's a banger.

4:29 And wait.

4:30 Can you just talk to everybody?

4:31 I think everybody want to know the inspiration for what

4:33 led you to write the song "Prettiest Girl in America." -Okay,

4:36 so I feel like as a songwriter, you kind of write about your life.

4:40 And I noticed that I was the prettiest.

4:43 -Right.

4:43 -And I also feel like I have become more famous.

4:47 And there's a line in the song that says,

4:49 "do you know how it feels to go to a restaurant and know that you could buy

4:52 the whole restaurant?" I think it's interesting that we

4:54 actually did decide to rhyme restaurant with restaurant.

4:57 -Yes.

4:58 Laughter] In the moment when you say when "we," collaborators?

5:02 do you have, like, other writers,

5:04 producers you've been working with on the album?

5:06 -Yeah, Jesse and Matthias and Monica and Chandler.

5:10 There were so many different writers.

5:12 Jen Aniston was like the main producer,

5:15 and she got us like all in a house and it was like a sleepover.

5:18 She put my bra in the freezer.

5:19 There was 400 people that— People don't know— When you're hearing a song,

5:23 there's 400 people that they're grinding, coming up with lyrics.

5:26 They're coming up with, let's do that, you know?

5:28 And they're putting gangs on it.

5:29 -So you had 400 people and you still rhymed restaurant with restaurant?

5:33 -Yeah, because there was a couple other ideas.

5:36 Restaurant, restaurant.

5:38 Like, there was a couple other ideas

5:39 going around Like restaurant— "Restauront" isn't a word.

5:42 So it was like— -Yeah, so you throw that one out.

5:44 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

5:46 -Yeah.

5:46 -There's a real nice message behind the song,

5:48 which is like— I think a lot of people might

5:50 assume that the prettiest girl in America might be a bitch,

5:53 and this song makes it very clear that you are not.

5:55 -It doesn't mean that I'm a bitch.

5:57 -Right.

5:57 It doesn't mean you're a bitch.

5:58 -I'm the prettiest girl in America.

6:00 That doesn't mean I'm a bitch.

6:01 -And I just thought that was— That really resonated with me.

6:05 A blouse-wearing man.

6:06 -I'm starting to think that you're making fun of me.

6:07 -I'm not making fun of you.

6:09 I love the song.

6:10 Crave the whole— What were you gonna do?

6:12 Laughter] Did you take— Was that going

6:14 to be like— Are we gonna— We're gonna duel?

6:16 -No, no.

6:17 -Were you gonna slap me with a glove?

6:19 -I wasn't gonna hit you.

6:19 And I didn't steal the outfit.

6:21 Laughter] It feels like you brought me on to make sure

6:25 I end up in jail by the end of the interview.

6:28 -No, I would never want— Can I ask you a couple more questions about the album?

6:31 -I'm just— Can I just say one thing?

6:32 -Yeah.

6:33 -I don't understand why there's so many questions.

6:36 I thought I was singing.

6:37 So when are we doing the song?

6:38 -Oh, you thought you were going to do a song tonight?

6:40 We don't even— -I didn't think I was doing one,

6:43 but when you have a music person,

6:45 then they do— and then they're doing music on the show.

6:47 -Yeah.

6:47 Well— -I'm not— I'm not— I won't be acting unless any role comes my way.

6:53 So right now, no acting.

6:55 And then if there's an offer, an audition, I'll get back into it.

7:01 -So you're done with acting unless you get offered an acting job?

7:04 -Yes.

7:04 Or audition.

7:05 I'm willing to tape.

7:06 -Okay.

7:07 Gotcha.

7:07 -But right now, no.

7:10 And then if I get some e-mail, then yes.

7:13 -Interesting.

7:14 -Anything.

7:15 -Can I ask about— And I think it speaks

7:17 to how iconic a moment you're having right now.

7:20 There was a Meg Stalter look-alike contest this weekend.

7:22 -So cute.

7:22 -And here it is.

7:24 And you were kind of posting about it online and how,

7:28 like, taken aback and how, like, flattered you were by it all.

7:31 -Yeah.

7:31 -But did you also— Were you in fact also the organizer?

7:35 -So I—[ Laughter] Well, wait, just— So, one second,

7:38 let me just— Guys— -Yeah, no, please take your time to explain.

7:41 -I feel the audience is sort of— So,

7:43 I loved when I saw this posted because it was my idea to do it.

7:50 And so yeah.

7:52 Did— Are you asking if I planned it?

7:54 I did, but there's so many more people that go into, like, also posting.

7:58 -So, like, were Chandler and Monica involved with this as well?

8:01 -I messaged 5 to 12 people to post for me.

8:05 So it looked like organic.

8:06 And I told them what to say, like say, "Oh, my gosh, like, is this real?

8:09 Is she coming?" I made them do that.

8:11 And then there was a couple strangers that did it.

8:13 -Wow.

8:14 -Yeah.

8:14 Mostly it was me and my team and there was 400 songwriters.

8:19 There's like— I have like 500 waiters that work at my house.

8:22 -Oh, my God.

8:24 And you're still turning a profit based on how much staff you employ?

8:27 -Yeah.

8:28 -What a time.

8:29 -We're charging people.

8:30 So we were charging these people.

8:32 There's like so many like— So every person you're seeing,

8:35 that was like a $50 ticket.

8:37 -Wow.

8:37 -Just to walk on the park ground.

8:41 -Are you allowed to do that?

8:42 -Yeah.

8:43 -Because it's not your park.

8:44 So are you allowed to really charge $50?

8:46 -How do you know it's not my park?

8:47 -I apologize.

8:48 Laughter] I'm ashamed at how often I'm jumping to conclusions.

8:52 Can we show the winner of the...

8:53 -Yes.

8:54 -Were you involved in the selection?

8:56 -I thought that— I kind of thought everyone would start screaming, "No, no, no!

9:01 Meg's here.

9:01 She should win.

9:02 She should win." -Wait.

9:03 You thought people would want you to win the look-alike?

9:07 Can you win?

9:08 -Well, damn.

9:09 I look the most like me, don't I?

9:11 I heard you were allowed to cuss.

9:13 So what the hell is that about?

9:15 Laughter] -Here's the winner.

9:17 -Yeah.

9:18 -It's a pug.

9:20 Laughter][ Applause] -So I was like— I was like, first of all,

9:28 a little bit offended that the crowd thought

9:30 that the dog looked the most like me.

9:32 I don't know if it's because I'm plus size.

9:35 I don't know, like, what exactly— It's the wig, I think.

9:39 -Yeah.

9:39 Yeah.

9:39 I mean, but I also thought that this dog was probably "boughten" by a breeder.

9:43 She was— The dog was "boughten" by a breeder.

9:45 -Yeah.

9:46 "Boughten.

9:47 Boughten." -Adopt.

9:48 Don't shop.

9:49 Right?

9:49 -Yeah.

9:50 Adopt.

9:50 Don't shop.

9:51 Get "boughten" by a breeder.

9:52 -If you're "boughten" by a breeder,

9:54 you damn shouldn't be able to enter a contest like this.

9:57 -Oh, so this is like a steroid situation where

9:59 this should have been eliminated based on drug testing.

10:01 -Shelter on— Shelter to home only...

10:03 -Yeah.

10:04 -...should have entered.

10:05 -Was that clear on, like, the rules ahead of time?

10:08 -I didn't know how many animals were going to enter.

10:10 -Yeah.

10:10 -You know what I mean?

10:12 -It seems like it was maybe very trying.

10:15 -Yeah.

10:15 I mean, it was kind of hard just to get everyone,

10:17 like, there and paid, like, before I start.

10:20 -Sure.

10:20 -To, like, cash out because we were doing

10:22 cash only and some people didn't have cash.

10:24 And then, like, I was like, "There's a dog here." -What a day.

10:28 So the album's coming out this summer.

10:30 -So the album's coming out this summer, yeah.

10:31 -"Crave." -So it's called "Crave." -And is

10:33 that—[ Cheers and applause] Is that um...

10:38 Is the album cash only or can you buy it with other forms of, uh, you know?

10:45 -So, the album's free.

10:48 -Oh!

10:48 -Yeah.

10:49 -That's fantastic.

10:49 -But the reason it is is because Paul Downs gave me the money to make it.

10:54 -Oh!

10:54 -And well, actually he gave me the money to not make it.

10:57 And then I took it and then made it.

10:59 So it's kind of like he's like,

11:01 "I'll pay you not to make the album." And then I took the money and ran.

11:04 -Wow!

11:04 -So then now it can be free.

11:05 -You're very good at business.

11:07 -Yeah, yeah.

11:08 -Congrats on the album and the song and congrats— -He didn't want me to sing.

11:11 -He didn't want you to sing?

11:12 -Because he— I think he wanted me to just sort

11:15 of like e was probably jealous because he wants to sing.

11:17 -Yeah.

11:17 Well, so that's how it goes.

11:19 I was just going to say congrats on the album.

11:21 Congrats on five years of "Hacks." And thank you so much for being here.

11:24 -Thank you for having me.

11:26 -Meg Stalter, everybody.

11:27 Cheers and applause] New episodes of "Hacks" premiere Thursdays on HBO Max.

11:31 We'll be right back with Caro Claire Burke.