Shadowing Practice: Breakfast in Bed With Kristen Stewart & Alia Shawkat - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Is this yours?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Oh, I'm jealous already.
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Yeah, dude, I killed it.
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I'm so proud.
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Oh, you!
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Wait, what's your side, dude?
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Can I be on this side?
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OK, OK.
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I obviously was going to that side, but.
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I know.
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Do you want this side?
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No, no, it's fine.
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There's a little note for us.
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Dear Kristen and Aria.
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Welcome to the Tasty Press Tour Bed and Breakfast.
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For the next 30 minutes, we'd like to invite you to do something radical.
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Whoa.
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Also, this seems like a radical thing might take place here.
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Take a break, relax, and enjoy breakfast in bed on us.
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Well, where are you?
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It's weird, because nobody wants to talk to us.
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Simply complete the enclosed menu, settle in, and let our kitchen work its magic.
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No request is too nostalgic, two over -the -top are too oddly specific.
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Check us out in 30.
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Until then, make yourselves at home.
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Tight.
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This is not like a disrespectful thing.
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No, I just don't want to wear that.
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I just don't like robes.
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I'll use it as a pillow.
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Fake.
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Dude, when they gave me my mic, I was like, I don't want to put it on my ankle.
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And now I'm like, oh.
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You know, I feel it.
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That's for the kids at home.
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They put mine in my ass, actually.
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Seemed like the safest bit.
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There's no pen.
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Oh, hello, unnamed person.
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Oh, these are great pets.
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Where'd you grow up?
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She doesn't want it.
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Oh, here we are having breakfast in bed together.
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Getting back into it.
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No. Guest name, Sean Connery.
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That's my pseudonym when I check into hotels.
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I feel like I have this jersey that says Kurt on the back and when I wear it, I go, yeah.
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I'm Kurt.
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Okay, main course see breakfast is like it's all about sides
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for me you know is it supposed to be a surprise
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do you not want to know what's coming well I asked you like a week ago
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and then I was like don't tell me that's true I
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kind of want to see it come out okay just write my little okay yeah
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because then I would rather spend more time like eating the food than like talking about it sure I'm worried
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that they're not gonna do the egg the way I want to you're trying to tell me and I'm I'm like, just don't, don't do it.
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Just stop, I don't.
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What was the other thing that I wanted?
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Special request.
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Yes, yes.
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Yes.
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I think I got it, wait.
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It's nice that it's actually the morning, too.
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Like, we're not bull right now.
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No, I'm starving.
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We're having breakfast.
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Yeah, I need food.
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Otherwise, I'm not gonna today.
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Breakfast is up.
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Yeah.
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Mr. Unknown Friend.
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Oh, thanks, dude.
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Thank you.
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She's cool.
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You know when you like really dig your, like the person you're hanging with at a restaurant for a minute you're like they're
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so nice like the waiter god we don't know
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so much about her i know but then the more we do she's withholding
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and so you're like what exactly what's up she starts talking too much
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and then we're like not so much oh my god totally because then you're like
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now we're hanging
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and i don't want to they're like you know i'm an
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actor i've gotten like actually some like pretty cool short films
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from people who have been like yeah they're like you want some bread this thing is cool
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and I'm like maybe it is these aren't quite soft yeah
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but are they clean you know these internet shows you never
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know how clean things are it feels like a porn could have been shot here that's why
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when I walked in I was trying not to be like a creep
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but I was like what are we doing oh my god
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this is yours yeah yeah I'm jealous already yeah dude I killed it I'm
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so and I knew they could like and pull it off wait I'm embarrassed my My imagination was small.
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Dude, do you like Japanese breakfast?
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You did a full Japanese breakfast?
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Yeah, because we're at a hotel, dude.
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Look at this place.
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We're like on vacation.
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Well, I've never been to Japan.
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What's the juice?
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It's a celery juice, because I was like, I know that I'm going to be like.
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Oh, I want some of that.
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OK.
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Here we go.
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Dang, dang, dang.
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You went like, yeah, see.
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Yeah, I went classic.
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When they were like, you can do anything, I was like, don't say that to me, because it'll just be like, you need like so many more beds for that.
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Honestly, pretty good, though.
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Pretty good.
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Wow, this is exciting, actually.
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Yeah, I was just like, put some nuts, honey, make it a little vibe.
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So what'd you get, dude?
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I don't know what that is.
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I'm wondering what the big reveal is.
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Oh, dang.
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I said, like, a thin, grainy pancake.
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Oh, man.
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We did it.
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Bonjour, butler.
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Your little hat.
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I want you to be wearing that when you come back.
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So are you going to share with me?
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Oh, this is perfect.
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See, they cut the little head.
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Hello.
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I will say, it's cold.
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Yeah, come circumcised, you know?
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These little perfectly thin and crispy, like, nutty ones, they really listened to you, man.
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I know, I was descriptive, because there was this place in Venice I went to, I'll never remember where, but it was like that grainy -ass, thin, buckwheat something.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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Bon appetit.
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Um, hey, do you want to ask me what this is?
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Because it's like the best part.
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Oh my god, you're right, I'm ashamed, I'm sorry.
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Let's show the kids at home.
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What is that?
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It's a toaster strudel.
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Because I couldn't be like so fancy and old.
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Wow, that's a beautiful balance.
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Yeah, I just wanted to be like, bing, bang.
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I don't think I've ever seen a toaster strudel in real life.
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Have you never had one?
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Mm -mm.
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So this is for you.
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I'm a little worried.
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It also doesn't really look like a real one, because they never give you this much frosting.
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Is that like a Pop -Tart?
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Yeah, but it's like a Pop -Tart like for people who are way better in bed.
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Cooler?
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Who are way better.
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Pop -Tarts are kind of sad a little bit, and these are not sad at all.
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They're hot, they're juicy, they're way better.
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I'm definitely gonna need some salt.
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Is there a little side of salt, Monsieur?
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Dang.
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Oh, she's carving it out of a rock.
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There she is.
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Oh no. It's okay, you got this, you got this.
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You're doing my request.
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I'm so sorry.
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Now this feels like this is becoming the Stanford project.
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We keep telling her to do things, and it goes too far.
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We're like, eat this egg.
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She's like, I'm allergic.
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We're like, sorry, it's for the internet.
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I feel on the internet right now, I will say.
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I feel very on the internet.
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I'm going to break the fourth wall right now, and I'm going to be like.
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I feel like we're on a Japanese game show.
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Yeah.
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I'm like, I just dropped a P.
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I got to say, whoever this chef is, though.
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Yeah, bomb.
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What's up?
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No, I'm just like curious.
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We'll taste it.
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Is that a little omelette though?
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A little Japanese omelette?
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Damn, I'm so basic.
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I'm like a basic bitch over here.
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Side of avocado.
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Yeah, but I had this whole order times like 10, and then this was like one of the things on it.
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And then I went, everything else just like dropped off.
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In Japan, have you been to like a fancy ass hotel and they bring you these kinds of things?
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I have had Japanese breakfast over there in Japan.
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Man, it's like this is so good.
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Oh my god.
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It's just a dream.
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No, it's like it like makes you You know a piece of fish in the morning.
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I kind of feel that way again I know I think it's really yeah class.
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I mean this I just did because I didn't want to seem like a loser and Because I'm a dirtbag
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Like this chamomile tea green tea baby come on together.
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Wow, I Feel kind of weird like now we have to talk about you.
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I don't know.
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What are we doing?
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Just eating this delicious breakfast.
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Yeah.
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But will people find this entertaining?
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I know, that's the thing.
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I'm like...
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...because of it?
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I don't know.
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But people are weird.
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There's a lot of whispering.
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They're like, I didn't think they would eat it like that.
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He's directing.
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They're like, the poison's gonna kick in any minute.
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Wow, you're on fire.
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The food's not poisoned, right, guys?
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Guys?
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Oh, my God.
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Mmm.
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Yeah.
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Tasty whole grain cereal.
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All right, there's games.
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Thank God, you saved us.
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I'm surprised neither of us got like cereal.
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I was definitely considering that.
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I'm really good at crosswords.
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I don't know if you knew that.
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It's a really particular like a Billy.
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Oh, my God, another bougie coffee.
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Just in case this one didn't hold up.
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Thank you so much.
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They're like, look alive, Kristen.
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Have some caffeine.
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Double up.
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Wake the fk up.
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God, I'm going to be so dehydrated today.
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Okay.
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Cooked in an oven.
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Mmm.
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Five letters.
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What is it?
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Does this have to do with our careers?
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Oh, fk.
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Are there any more instructions?
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Let's not forget about our careers for one second.
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They're very important.
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Oh, um, hold on a second.
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You made like blue cheese brownies?
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No. Oh yeah, is it about the movie?
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Is it about the movie?
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Weed.
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Four letters blank pastry dough I'm really bad at this dinner carb served with butter roll
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yeah we got a thumbs up oh cool they're like these
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right they're straight forward okay right well I think we're all thinking
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that they were because you do like crazy crosswords
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and they're always having like sort of underneath yeah usually it's more like Greek mythology
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and usually I'm better Greek mythology
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but these questions dessert where the edges are the worst part I I don't think there's any bad edge, dude.
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That's true.
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I'm really, like, way too literal with this and I'm like, what?
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Seth who voices a judgmental cat in The Wrong Girls?
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Seth Meyers.
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Nope, doesn't fit.
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OK, a setting on your stove top, four letters.
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Hot?
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No. What was your go -to Sunday morning cartoon as a kid, Kristen Stewart?
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Oh, yeah, this is better.
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Let's interview each other.
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Yeah.
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So I can take a break and eat this pancake.
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This crossword has demoralized me.
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I know, don't let it get to you.
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Okay, I can't like separate the morning from like after school necessarily.
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I mean, Ren and Stimpy's my .
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Dude, that show's so good.
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I loved it so much as a kid.
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I had it on the other day and I realized I couldn't show my kid, because he's too little.
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And I was like .
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This show's crazy.
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Yeah.
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It, like, kind of scared me as a child.
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It's so visceral.
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I heard it's about a couple.
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Oh, they're together?
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They're together. Of course.
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They're like an old married gay couple.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that makes sense.
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Like, no wonder I like that s*.
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What breakfast would you make for someone?
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You're eating, like, pickles and being, like, we're here.
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Oh, my God.
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And you're eating pancakes and being like, but...
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I'm also eating pickles, saying we're here.
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You want a pickle?
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Honestly, have a pickle.
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F*ing get on my... Which one?
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I'm really impressed by your order, though, Kristen.
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Wait, you got a butternut squash with like a...
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It's not like I said all of these myself.
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Like, you just go like Japanese breakfast because they just know what's up.
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And you got a miso soup?
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Yeah.
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I feel like your digestion is going to be in great shape today.
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We have a lot of work ahead.
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Yeah, we have a lot of food to eat on camera.
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Roll it or bake it.
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Like, do you like to eat it or smoke it?
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I feel sexual.
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What's your Mount Rushmore of comedy movies?
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My Mount Rushmore of comedy movies.
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Oh my God.
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Mount Rushmore is a location, right? In America.
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You know, it's all those dudes.
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With those dude's heads, yeah.
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I don't want that.
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Yeah, so we don't like it that much then.
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Yeah, I guess like, oh yeah, it's the ultimate.
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I do not like Mount Rushmore .
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Imagine that.
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Watch yourself.
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It's just all those towering mother .
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I mean, I'm not alone in that.
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It would be weird to see it in real life, but it's like not on my list of go -to.
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I'm not like, oh, we've got to get to Mount Rushmore before we die, you know?
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No, also I think it's like a really important mountain
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that wasn't ours and yeah let's not include this
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but yeah you totally can i don't give a go ahead
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of americans they're like shut up they do to the mountain
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uh this is good did you guys make the toaster strudel
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really wow they've leveled up they've changed i don't know if it's better or worse man
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just like life are things better yeah are they worse oh yeah they're broke All right.
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Mount Rushmore comedy movies.
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Should we answer that?
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We don't have to.
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Like four movies?
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There's four guys, right?
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Oh, right.
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I was interpreting that as like the best one.
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Like the big, like, but no, like.
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No, like what are four movies?
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They could have just asked that, but.
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What's your Mount Rushmore of comedy movies?
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Yeah.
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What about what breakfast would you make for someone the morning after you got out of jail? Or something.
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Oh, cool.
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The morning after you lost your house.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Heavy things where you're like, what am I going to do?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Might as well have a good breakfast.
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Oh, that's really sweet, dude.
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Is that sweet?
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Yeah, that's like so thoughtful.
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What would you do?
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I think I'm really good at making breakfast, because I'm doing this kind of stuff.
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I'm just like putting things on plates, you know?
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Like I'm not like making anything crazy, but I can make a good wet scrambled egg.
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Okay, it's soft.
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It's soft, soft.
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Wait, we've done this before.
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Jesus, every time you're like, wet scramble, give me that wet scramble.
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Well, I'm like, ah, soft.
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Soft is nice.
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Sorry, but someone said wet.
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I just want my eggs wet.
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Yeah, gross.
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Honestly, toast, man.
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When you're home, like a raisin bread, like toast, or just like sourdough, I think it's like a, I kind of forgot about toast for a while.
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Toast is great.
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I know.
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It's the best thing we've come up with by far.
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I think it's like.
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How do you think it started?
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Someone was like, get that bread away from the fire.
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And they're like, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Do you smell that?
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Stop, stop.
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Having said that, I also like doing, like, really elaborate . For breakfast?
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Yeah, like, Christmas breakfast.
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Like, just being like, I need everything.
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Ooh.
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What kind of coffee do you make?
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I love the ritual, but, like, I feel like coffee for me is like a, oop, I'm, like, doing a human impression.
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Like, I'm like, yeah, coffee, that's cool.
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And then I feel, like, kind of weird after.
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Because you're already so energized in the morning.
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You don't need it.
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Yeah morning.
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I'm like not in a good mood.
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I don't have coffee.
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Dude if we woke up next to each other It would be the worst.
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Yeah, we do.
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Hey, what's up?
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And I've been like, no, who are you?
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Yeah, remember that one time on set?
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I felt really I think I was like sad that we were wrapping
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But I took it out in a weird emotional way where I got really upset about not having a coffee
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that I wanted Yeah, remember that now I look back on it and I was like stop.
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Oh, I was just Sad that the movie was ending, but instead I was like why can't anyone get me a nice coffee?
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It's the last day.
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I was sad.
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I know and you were like I'll get you a coffee.
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Yeah.
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You made for it, go give me a nice coffee.
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Yeah.
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Okay, thank you, that's a wrap.
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Oh my God.
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That was cool.
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Thank you guys so much for feeding us.
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That was really nice.
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Can I have my coffee?
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Wait, this feels, I don't like this.
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I know, I think maybe that's their method.
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Yeah, I'm like, here, take my mic.
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My God, I'm leaving.
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Just because I'm an actor, you think you could treat me like an animal?
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Can I get that little coffee though?
Why This Breakfast in Bed Dialogue Is Perfect for Speaking Practice
This casual conversation between Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat is a goldmine for English learners. It’s packed with natural, unscripted speech—the kind you’d hear in real life. The relaxed tone, playful interruptions, and everyday phrases make it ideal for practicing how to sound conversational, not just "correct." Plus, the topics (like breakfast, preferences, and silly anecdotes) are relatable, so you’ll pick up phrases you can use immediately.
Breaking Down the Dialogue: What Makes It Sound "Real"
Let’s look at a few lines that showcase natural English:
- "I killed it. I'm so proud." "Killed it" is a common slang phrase meaning "did something really well." It’s informal but widely used, and the short, enthusiastic delivery (no long pauses) mimics how friends talk.
- "No, no, it's fine. There's a little note for us." The repetition of "no" and the casual "it's fine" show how we soften rejections in friendly chats. The transition to "there's a little note" is smooth, like how we shift topics naturally.
- "Dude, when they gave me my mic, I was like, I don't want to put it on my ankle." "Dude" is a versatile term for addressing friends, and "I was like" is a super common way to report what you thought or said. It’s much more natural than "I said" in casual settings.
A Simple Shadowing Routine to Try
Shadowing—repeating lines right after the speaker—is one of the best ways to improve your pronunciation and fluency. Here’s how to use this video:
- Watch and listen once to get the gist. Notice the rhythm and pauses.
- Pick a 10-second clip (like the "mic" anecdote). Play it, then pause and repeat it out loud, trying to match the tone and speed.
- Record yourself and compare it to the original. Did you catch the "dude" or the casual "I was like"? Adjust as needed.
- Use a shadowing app or site (like shadowspeak tools) to slow down the audio if it’s too fast. These tools let you loop clips, making it easier to mimic the natural flow.
Practice daily for 5-10 minutes, and you’ll start to notice your speech sounding more relaxed and natural—just like the conversation in the video. Remember, the goal isn’t to memorize, but to feel how English is spoken in real life.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.