Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
He is not an Indian-American teenage girl.
(Spoiler alert: He was not.)
Before we start talking aboutNever Have I Ever, how have you been dealing with the pandemic?
But you know, Im lucky.
And I have some of my children around with me, which I hadnt anticipated or expected.
One of them was off in Spain for a semester.
Another one was at law school in New York City.
From that standpoint, its been good to see a lot more of my younger kids.
Its just a crazy, crazy situation.
IsTiger Kinggood sauna viewing?It was amazing sauna viewing, I gotta be honest.
But it gave me something to look forward to.
Hes a great photographer, a bit of a friend, and he does these cool photographs.
Im like, what?
It was one of those left-field shots, completely.
I thought it would be a cameo-punch in thing, one-shot deal, and that would be that.
So when I did see that, I was like, well, okay, this could be cool.
I mean, who the hell knows if this is going to work?
I wasnt used to that.
So that definitely threw me for a loop.
These were done over a month or two.
Its not like you get this unbelievable endorphin rush as youre doing it.
If anything, it wears you out a lot quicker than working out.
Devi is obviously different from you.
Shes an Indian-American teenage girl.
I havent watched an episode from start to finish.
I have a hard time watching myself, even listening to myself.
Im like, no, I like to be myself.
You know, high schools a tough time for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons.
Theres a lot of things that people can relate to, even if theyre not Indian-American.
It was a time where there was a lot of feeling that awkwardness.
You also have to use a lot of a teen-girl lingo.
So I have four girls.
You learn a lot of things.
Im a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to lingo and the ability to do things online.
So its been like, what in the hell are they even talking about?
What does this mean?
Because I just wanted to see to it I understood what I was saying.
At one point, you have to say thirst trap.
Was that something you were familiar with?Definitely not familiar with.
Sometimes I get razzed by my kids.
You dont even know thirst trap?
No, I dont know it.
But you know, thats okay.
I know some other things, but I dont know the lingo today.
Thats what ends up being funny.
Its like,Call Mindy up.
Shell explain it to you.
Shes the one that wrote it.
Are you into Harry Potter enough to know what that meant?Um, no.
That meant absolutely nothing to me.
I cant remember which one it was.
Some of my kids are great readers, but Im like, how the hell do they read this?
That isnt really my thing.
The fantasies and all these crazy things that go on and witches and on and on.
That made absolutely zero sense to me.
You actually appear on camera in the finale.
I wish I had done that one a few more times because it looked pretty bad.
Well, I didnt notice and I watched it a couple of times.Good, dont watch it again.
But theres been no conversation between us about either of the things you just mentioned.
Although, I mean, the ending is a bit of a cliffhanger-punch in thing.
Its up to her, obviously, if she wants to do it.
But thats up to her and Netflix.
But you would be up for it?Id be up for it.
Its not often where you do something and people are like, Hey, great job!
you know, pretty consistently.
Or, I didnt expect this.
From that standpoint, I must say its been nice.
I cant lie about that.
Before I let you go, Im wondering what kind of conversations youve been having about tennis.
Never in my wildest dreams did I expect something like this to happen.
Then the idea of,Lets play the U.S. Open without fans.
Youre like, what?
Thats how desperate its gotten.
On the one hand you get it.
Im a sports junkie myself.
Youre like, is there any live sports anywhere?
You dont even care what it is.
I watched cornhole for a half-hour the other day.
Theyre wearing masks and theres no one in the stands for a cornhole tournament.
I like to play a little cornhole, but … wow.
I dont know if its a scintillating sport on TV.
For New York City, they get a lot of revenue from the tournament.
I know the players have to be jonesing.
I feel for the people that thought they had a chance to win the French Open or Wimbledon.
I mean, thats just like a total gut punch.
Theres just no way of knowing right now.
This interview was edited and condensed.
