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That Time Zach Galifianakis Told January Jones To "Be F*cking Nice"
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Jen Carlson
Published May 23, 2011
Modified May 23, 2011
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Published May 23, 2011
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The bizarro Drapers
Recently Zach Galifianakis got all Don Draper on January Jones, putting the actress in her place after an awkward encounter. He talked to the Shortlist about the one and only Ms. Betty Draper, who recently called the actor "the most naturally funny man she'd ever met." So, about that meeting... Galifianakis recalls:
"She and I were very rude to each other. It was crazy. I was at a party—I’d never met her—and she was like, 'Come sit down.' So I sit at her table and talk for ten minutes, and she goes, 'I think it’s time for you to leave now.' So I say, 'January, you are an actress in a show and everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so fucking be nice,' and I got up and left. And she thinks that’s funny?"
And when asked if he would do a sex scene with her, he replied, "I wouldn’t want to. I’d hate it." Don Draper says, "What?"
Though Galifianakis goes on to say that "I’ve only had to do a few of those things where you have to kiss and stuff. It’s so embarrassing."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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