Kristin Chenoweth Shares Memory of Time Nora Ephron Slipped Her a Weed Brownie

Kristin Chenoweth, appearing on Crooked Media’s pop culture podcast Keep It hosted by Ira Madison, Louis Virtel and Aida Osman – shared an untold story about the time Nora Ephron slipped her a weed brownie at one of her iconic dinner parties, which Nicole Kidman also attended. The next thing Kristin knew, she was found herself under the dinner table asking Nicole “who are you? Do you like me? Do you like me?”

Ira: One thing that Nora Ephron was also famous for was like our dinner parties. Were you ever? I assume you had to be at one of them, many of them. I think constantly about the fact that she had that lost cookbook on like how to throw that our parties.

Kristin: OK, I’m going to give you guys, I’m going to give you guys a scoop. I’ve been to many of Nora’s parties. First of all, she makes me sit down and play the piano and sing with everyone, and I’m like, “Please Nora, please. That’s a thousand dollars.”

But the second party we were doing “Bewitched” and Nic was there and everyone was there. And I am — I don’t judge people for what they want to do. I have to work a lot — so I don’t — and I take care of my instrument. So, you know, I don’t I don’t smoke. I don’t drink a lot. I just take — I have to. I don’t have a choice. But Nora I just thought it would be – she just thinks it’s so funny that I’ve never tried marijuana. She thinks it’s so funny. And she knows I love chocolate brownies, so she made chocolate brownies. She’s like, “Look, Kristen, I made chocolate brownies.” I was like, “Thank you!”

So, I had a chocolate brownie and I have like half of and I was like, It didn’t taste right. Next thing I know, I’m under the table. Nicole Kidman is like, “Do you want me to take you home?” I’m like, “Who are you? Do you like me? Do you like me?” Anyway, her dialect coach got me home, but that happened. And I will never do that again. And Nora, the next day, I had my dog, Madeline Kahn Chenoweth onset. She always held her. She was a little maltese and I said, Nora. She said, “Are you mad at me? Are you mad at me?” I was like, “You wrote When Harry Met Sally. I’m not mad at you, but never do that to me again. Please, never please do that again.”

I love her I miss her. I miss her so much.

About that time Nora Ephron slipped @KChenoweth a weed brownie at one of her iconic dinner parties…

“Next thing I know, I’m under the table.”

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