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'I Love LA' Cast Reveal Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat

Is it just us, or is it getting hot in here? Rachel Sennott, Odessa A'zion, Jordan Firstman, Josh Hutcherson, and True Whitaker of 'I Love LA' take turns facing uncomfortable questions as the all-seeing camera stops on the person who must answer. Have they ever drunkenly DM'd someone? Who's their celebrity hall pass? Who took a beta-blocker before this interview? Director: Jameer Pond Director of Photography: Riccardo Mejia Editor: Cory Stevens Talent: Odessa A'zion; Jordan Firstman; Josh Hutcherson; Rachel Sennott; True Whitaker Producer: Emebeit Beyene Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst Gaffer: Nick Massey Audio Engineer: Justin Fox; Kari Barber Production Assistant: Hollie Ortiz; Hope Millner Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow Senior Manager; Creative Development: Hannah Pak Director; Creative Development: Claire Buss Director; Content Production: Lane Williamson Senior Director; Programming & Development: Ella Ruffel Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin

Released on 12/12/2025

Transcript

I lied on set to Odessa.

What? About jellybean situation.

Oh.

I think it was after I found out

that she loves most the red jelly beans

and I ate all of them and I was like, Oh, [beep].

I forgot that you love the red jelly beans.

Oh my God, you freak.

I know. Alright, I guess I'll [beep] leave then.

That's it. Good, go.

Get out of here.

No. Alright, yeah.

You're an asshole. Oh my God!

I'm out.

[chill upbeat music]

[Interviewer] Do you actually love Los Angeles?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Oh. Ohh!

Interesting, interesting.

[Odessa] Whoa!

Me?

Yeah, I do love LA.

[True laughing]

I didn't at first,

and I think it's a little tongue in cheek

'cause when you first come here,

I think it takes a little bit

to put down roots, feel at home.

I grew up on the East Coast and I came here during COVID.

It was really isolating.

I'm a really bad driver.

Got a rental car, didn't get insurance 'cause I was like,

why would I pay you guys $300 for nothing?

Well, crashed it on the way out of there.

[cast laughing]

And so, I just was struggling with how to get around,

not being able to walk anywhere,

feeling really far away from all my friends.

But I love LA, for [beep] real.

Yeah. Or no swearing in this?

For freaking real! For freaking real.

I love it here.

I love it here, this is my home.

We love LA. We do.

[Interviewer] Which cast member

would you not want to be roommates with?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Ohh. Ohh.

I feel it's stopping on True.

Ohh.

Say it.

Say it, bitch.

I feel like I would drive Odessa crazy

'cause she's so organized and I'm a [beep] mess.

I'm super type B with the way that I am in my apartment

and she's so type A.

That's true.

She has everything dusted and cute.

I organized your drawer when I was staying.

Yeah, I'm like a [beep] mess,

so I know I would drive her crazy.

We still love you though.

But she wouldn't drive me crazy because it would be clean.

[cast laughing]

But then I would be the one to make it messy.

You'd be like, it's so clean in here.

I'd be happy, but she'd be upset.

That was a nice answer. Yeah.

Anytime you FaceTime Odessa--

She's cleaning.

She's in the midst of a huge organizational project.

She's sanding wood. Yeah.

Like power sander.

It's like she literally is with a power drill.

And she's like organizing, home improvement.

I'm like, Hey, guys.

No, I'm just making a desk right now.

[Interviewer] When's the last time

you name dropped to get in somewhere?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

What do you guys want from me?

I actually did this recently.

I was at a hotel.

It was past kitchen closing time and I really wanted pasta.

[cast laughing]

And I was with one of my friends

and I was like, Can I say your name with the cast?

And she was like, Yeah, say it.

And I said it and they were like, The kitchen is closed.

[cast laughing]

To name drop and have it not work.

Miss Obama, the kitchen is closed.

[cast laughing]

It did not work.

[Interviewer] Which castmate

is the most addicted to their phone?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

[cast laughing]

I'm sitting on that shit right now.

I love my phone.

Rach, it's on you. Oh, sorry.

Oh, no. It landed on you.

Now I wanna say True

because I feel you just professed love for your phone

in a way that was romantic.

Even right now, I'm like holding myself back

from checking my phone.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

She's like, it's right behind me.

It's like, what's going on there? What's happening?

Yeah, I'm like, what's happening in there?

[Interviewer] Have you ever lied to someone in this group?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Ooh. Ohh.

Oh! Josh.

Josh. Me?

You've never lied to anyone ever here.

Have you lied to us?

Are you a [beep] liar?

I lied on set, I think, to Rachel or to Odessa.

[Odessa laughing] What?

About jellybean situation.

Oh.

I think it was after I found out

that she loves most the red jelly beans

and I ate all of them.

And I was like, Oh, shit.

I forgot that you love the red jelly beans.

Oh my God, you freak.

I know. Alright, I guess I'll [beep] leave then.

That's it.

Good, go. Okay, fine.

Get out of here. No.

Alright, yeah. You're an asshole.

Oh my God! Oh my God.

[Interviewer] Give the cast member

next to you a styling tip.

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

I don't want one from you.

I'm scared.

I knew it was gonna end on me.

Oh, go to the gay guy for the styling tip!

[cast laughing]

No, I honestly think Odessa has such a unique

and her style is so her own

that I don't even know what I would say.

I'm in shock right now.

I think I will say I loved how

your body is absolutely tea

and I think the show definitely shows that.

I would like to see you in your personal style

maybe experimenting with more shapes.

[Interviewer] Have you ever drunkenly DM'd a celebrity?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Hey.

Nope.

Oh, yep, yep, yep.

Ohh.

Whoa. [Odessa gasps]

Landing on me.

Odessa.

Odessa!

I can't say that I have.

Yeah, right.

No, I really lke--

You could check my shit.

I've never done that before.

She's got the receipts.

She's like, look at them. I have the receipts.

Look at everyone I've ever DM'd.

I'm kind of anti meeting people online,

so that's why I know that I haven't done that.

Yeah. I believe you.

Check my receipts.

I feel like I've gotten a drunken DM from Odessa before.

Whatever, okay.

[Interviewer] Dead or alive,

who is your celebrity hall pass?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Me again?

Joshua. Blythe Danner.

Ooh.

[Josh laughing]

What?

Oh, man.

Ooh, he's gonna get in trouble for this, I know it.

[cast laughing] Oh, no.

Dead, who all is dead?

Who is dead?

Dead, dead, dead. No, alive.

Cleopatra. Alive.

Cleopatra. [cast laughing]

Queen Elizabeth.

Cleopatra's not a bad one. That would be fun.

Cleopatra. Girl, no.

Cleopatra and Clau would be like, Baby, obviously.

You have to.

Obviously, like yeah.

You have to do that. Baby, obviously, please.

It's Cleopatra, mi amor.

I love her. I love her.

I am her, I am her! I am her.

I would do the same, really.

[cast laughing] Really.

I would do the same, really.

And I feel like Cleopatra would be a really good vibe too.

She'd be down.

I think she's a pillow princess.

A horny energy.

You think Cleopatra is a pillow princess?

Cleopatra is a pillow princess.

No. No, she's a rider.

No.

[Interviewer] Show the group your best fake laugh.

Oh.

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Oh. Rachel, please.

I wanna hear it.

They're really playing with me and True.

True. Wait, I'm excited for this.

No, I think it might be Rachel.

It's me? It's you.

It's True.

Sorry, I'm actually laughing though.

[throat clearing]

Someone say something, a dumb joke.

No. I'm gonna respond.

Don't make it natural, just say like a word and I'm gonna--

Guys.

Last night, club going up on a Tuesday.

[True laughing]

Rachel.

Wait, sorry.

You said club's going up on a Tuesday?

Yeah, I did.

That's good, that's good, that's good.

Thank you. Always lose it at the end.

[cast laughing]

That's scary, man.

That was good.

That was good. Thanks, guys, I tried it.

Now cry. That was good.

[Interviewer] What's the most clout chasing behavior

you've ever engaged in?

Oh my God. Oh.

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Da-doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Da-da, doo, doo, doo ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

No, I knew that.

Yeah. [Odessa laughing]

Obviously we all knew they were coming to me.

I don't know.

I guess probably just attending Charlie XCX's wedding

was clout-chasey in it's own way.

'Cause you flew like 14 hours for a 10 hour day.

Yeah, I flew.

I couldn't go to the wedding, but I was like,

I need a picture of me in Italy with Charli XCX.

You're lying.

No, I mean, obviously I wanted

to go to my friend's wedding.

Of course, but I went for one day and flew for--

Now do a real one.

A real one?

I don't know. Come on.

[True laughing] Can you help me? I will say-- [True laughing]

Do you remember when we all hung out

and we made that fun video with Charli?

It was like you, me, Benny, Charli at Chateau

and everyone was like, These clout chasing gays are evil!

Oh, right.

And it went viral and we were like,

We were just hanging out.

We just wanted to make a fun video.

The comments were like,

You can tell this friend group hates each other.

It was intense.

And it was all of our close friends.

It was all of our close friends

that we've been friends with for years.

And it was like, Should we do a video right now?

Like as a friend group, thinking it's cute.

And it was like, the next day everyone was like,

Addicted to drugs, sick, soulless people.

It was crazy. Tea, tea.

Where's the lie, where's the lie?

[cast laughing]

[Interviewer] Do you consider content creation a real job?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

I do because I have friends of mine who are influencers

and they'll ask me to help them with a video,

and I'll be four hours in like, Damn, did we get it?

I'm like, This is a damn job.

It's a full job.

I'm like, I should be getting paid at this point.

Then they get money and schmoney from those brand posts.

A lot of money.

Because they put a lot of time into it.

They make a lot of money.

It's just a different type of job.

Yeah, that's a job, for sho'.

[Interviewer] Have you ever texted

gossip to the wrong person?

Oh.

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

Me? Whoa.

Oh. It's gonna be Rachel.

[True laughing] Rachel.

Ohh, hey. Me?

I have definitely.

This is the thing that I've done before.

Someone sends you a text.

Screenshot, you send it back to them.

Oh, hell. [Rachel laughing]

Yes.

That's what I was gonna say.

Yeah. It's awful.

So wait, what do you mean? I didn't quite follow.

It's basically like if someone sends you a text

that you go, I gotta screenshot this

and send it to someone else and go, What is this text?

Or, Can you believe they sent me this?

Like do you know what I mean?

And you send it back to the person that just texted you?

And then you send it back to the person.

Even if you don't say anything.

Anything.

They just know that you just

screenshot what they sent you.

And then you're like, Look how many missed texts

I have in the corner, ha-ha-ha.

Oh my God.

This is what my sister told me you do is--

No, don't out yourself.

I know, but basically you go like, Hey, sorry.

Is this showing up for you?

My texts are being weird.

I would not buy that in a heartbeat.

Yeah, I'd call my other friend and be like,

So Rachel's talking shit about me.

Unless if it said failed to send.

One time I sent like an obviously cringey video

of someone I make fun of a lot.

No. To him.

And then he just responded like, question mark.

And I just go, I love this video.

[Josh clapping]

Okay, well now he knows.

[Interviewer] Who took a beta blocker

before this interview?

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

I think it's possible Rachel took one.

Didn't.

Great.

Rawdoggin' it. I took one last night.

Yeah. You did?

Yeah. Before the premier?

Before the carpet. Jealous.

Did it help, you think?

Yeah, it's amazing 'cause you're like--

Does it change our mind at all though?

What kind is it?

It's because your mind is like,

oh, I could be nervous now,

but I don't feel it so I just won't be nervous.

Take the beta blocker, girl. I literally every day

I'm tagged in pharmaceutical articles.

Shut up.

They were like, The rise of beta blockers.

And it's a picture of you like--

Literally. [cast laughing]

And they're like, Some people think it's funny.

I'm like, Oh my god.

I'm using them for real and they're great.

I've never done them. And it's not that--

It's not psychoactive, yeah.

It's like taking Advil.

It's not like Advil, but-- It's not like Advil, but--

Check with your doctor first.

Check with your doctor, thank you, Josh.

Perhaps, just throwing it out there.

[Interviewer] What's your most controversial LA hot take?

Whoa.

[chill upbeat music]

[clock ticking]

[Jordan] Oh?

Yeah.

Oh, I hate doing hot takes.

I don't know if this is a hot take.

I don't think Nobu is cheesy.

I've been to Nobu twice and--

Is it cheesy?

Do people think it's cheesy?

They think it's like, just so passé.

I went on my first day with my boyfriend there

and he was like, Oh, this is so embarrassing.

And I was like, I've never been.

What? Never been.

And I was like, This is the best sushi I've ever had.

[True] It's beautiful.

It's gorgeous.

I wanna say my LA hot take.

We all go, we go after this.

I don't think that people in LA are hot.

What? I don't think they're hot.

I think New York has hotter people.

I think Madrid has hotter people.

I think anyone in Brazil is hotter.

You didn't need to say that hot take.

That's an inside thought.

I think that actually there's more people here

who look real than people say.

I think everyone talks about LA as like,

everyone has plastic surgery and that's going on.

But I actually feel like,

if you walk down the street, you see real people.

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