But what ensued afterwards was the stress of trying to maintain that look. Look, shirt’s coming off to run this course. I was probably in the best shape of my life since playing in the NFL. In 2018, I ran the American Ninja Warrior course. I think insecure has become quite the thing. So, it's fascinating to me to hear that social media for you is where you're more-correct if I'm wrong-insecure. Prior to then, I didn’t really have that relationship. My abs-I wouldn't want to go to the beach and take off my shirt. What ended up happening is that as I go to my Discovery page, what I started to see was all of these guys and women who are just jacked-up and the most fit. Gbajabiamila: What I tended to do during the pandemic was I started to look at different workouts that people are doing on social media, especially on Instagram. I'm 47, and I think my happiness is directly linked to fighting that. Is there a mental health importance for you? You both hopped into this interview speaking very passionately about working out. This is what they hope to bring to The Talk: male vulnerability. It’s a feat he’s made it this far without the leg-up of a famed football career like Strahan or Terry Bradshaw. He says he’s still associated with child stardom after appearing in the 1986 film Stand By Me.Īs for Gbajabiamila, who also co-hosts American Ninja Warrior, he wanted to prove he’s more than just another NFL athlete trying to make it in broadcast. O’Connell has spent years toiling as a fill-in daytime host on shows like Live with Kelly! and The Wendy Williams Show, where he’s shined in a way that his acting career hasn’t always afforded. However, as O’Connell and Gbajabiamila tell Men’s Health, the show isn’t just an opportunity to bring men into the conversation. And thank God a.k.a Jada Pinkett Smith on Facebook’s Red Table Talk for always bringing the family drama.Īt a time when men are encouraged to pass the mic, it might seem odd to spotlight two dudes. Right now, this includes such stars as Ellen DeGeneres, the ladies of The View and The Real, Wendy Williams, Tamron Hall, Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson and Rachael Ray. Daytime is where women shine in the talk TV world. Since its inception in 2015, the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show has always gone to a show with an all-female panel or a stalwart woman at the helm of a long-running program (as in the case of Kelly Ripa on Live!). From left, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Sheryl Underwood, Jerry OConnell and Natalie Morales, shown. Host Natalie Morales makes her debut on The Talk, Monday, Octoon the CBS Television Network. However, most popular daytime talk shows are woman-centric in part because women aren’t afforded space elsewhere on TV. Sure, there have always been a few guys floating around celebrity daytime interview shows: Phil Donahue, Regis Philbin, the doctors (Phil and Oz) and The Doctors, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest and even Anderson Cooper and RuPaul for brief moments. Still, it came as a surprise to see CBS opt for two men (men!) in a space dominated by women. Given last year’s co-host exodus, the replacements were always going to be newsworthy. Neither cited Osbourne as the reason for their departures. Over the next few months, fellow co-hosts journalist Elaine Welteroth and Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba bowed out. After 11 years as CBS’ congenial alternative to The View, the show’s pleasantries faded when original co-host Sharon Osbourne exited in March following a heated discussion about race on the show. Earlier this month, journalist Natalie Morales came on as the final co-host of the season.īringing men into the fold is an unexpected resolution to The Talk’s controversial year. O’Connell joined over the summer, and since September the two men have appeared together alongside comedian Sheryl Underwood and Broadway star Amanda Kloots. O’Connell and Gbajabiamila have joined CBS’ long-running The Talk as the show’s first male co-hosts in its history. They better not bring their fantasy football discussions here!īut there they are, every afternoon sitting in their beige chairs and making me smile. How dare Jerry O’Connell and Akbar Gbajabiamila invade this space. Seeing two guys-let alone an actor and former athlete-join a daytime talk show starring women felt like a personal attack.
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