Amy Poehler Surprises Ex-Husband Will Arnett with 'SmartLess' Appearance, Jokes About Making It 'Weird'
Amy Poehler has finally made an appearance on the SmartLess podcast!
The former Saturday Night Live actress reunited with her ex-husband Will Arnett during the latest episode of SmartLess… and it was a complete surprise for him. The interview was set up by his co-hosts Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.
Amy and Will got married in 2003 and separated in 2012. They are parents to sons Archie and Abel, born in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
“Our youngest saw my schedule on the kitchen table and said, ‘You’re doing ‘SmartLess?’ Does Dad know?’ And I said, ‘No, don’t say anything,’” Amy said while being welcomed to the episode.
Amy joked about it being “weird” for her to finally appear on the podcast. She said, “Well, I wanted to wait until you had done 250 episodes to see if this thing was real. I usually give something five years until I try it.”
Will gushed about co-parenting with Amy.
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He said, “I have to try really hard — Amy you’re really good at this and you help me do this in concert with you — to remember to listen to what they’re saying and to not try to impose what I think, ‘You need this, you need that.’ To actually sit and listen to what your kid is trying to say. Encourage them to, as much as they can, to speak. I don’t come by it naturally because that’s not how I was raised.”
Will also talked about what it’s like to co-parent.
“I am really proud of it. Of course, things take a minute because everybody is sort of adjusting to what it is. I’m also very proud of, certainly as parents, what we’ve been able to do. That has been really important to both of us. I’m really, really lucky to have her as a partner in this way. There aren’t many people I speak to more than I speak to her, which is weird, you know what I mean. But it’s great. I feel really lucky,” Will said. “She is somebody that I still run a lot of stuff by. … She’s the person that I go like, ‘Hey, I’m thinking about doing this.’ Whether it’s life or work and I really seek her counsel because it’s important to me because I trust her. She’s awesome.”
Amy and her new boyfriend just made their red carpet debut at the Oscars last month.