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The Funny (And NSFW) Story Behind Danny DeVito's It's Always Sunny Co-Star's Pranking Him On April Fool's Day: ‘I Got A Little Nervous'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The rest of the 2025 TV schedule's comedic options can probably just pack it in already, since it's unlikely that anything will top the raunchy and disruptive madness that is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's latest season. To that end, Season 17 is indeed already earning stellar feedback from viewers and critics, with the hilarious prank at the heart of 'Frank Is in a Coma' immediately becoming an all-time classic. So it only makes sense that co-star Danny DeVito would have a prank anecdote of his own. Only in the actor's story, it wasn't him (or Frank) responsible for pulling off unexpected wizardry, but rather his castmates. Rob McElhenney (who's since changed his name to Rob Mac), Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day and Kaitlin Olson were able to pull off one of the greatest (albeit silliest) April Fool's jokes of all time, thanks in large part to DeVito not having a clue what day it was. Speaking with Collider, DeVito brought up the BTS Gang's real-life gag when asked about any Always Sunny situations that skirted the line of going too far. He started his story with: Well, there was a show that was a non-starter that they teased me with a bunch of years ago. It was April 1st. I didn't know it. I didn't know it was April 1st. I didn't know what date it was. And we were going to start an episode that day. And it was morning, and I got a script delivered to my house. The news was that we were going to swap this show, the first show that we were going to do, so I should read it right away before I came in. We were going to do a table read. So, I immediately sat down and read it. Seems normal enough so far. New episode expectations? Check. Script delivered to house. Check. Unexpected early note about an episode getting swapped out and replaced by another? Check. However, as the actor read through the script, he reached a narrative precipice that led to quite the run if not necessarily outright comedy. DeVito continued: It was a good show. It was very well written. And it was It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, same kind of story, but Frank gets busted for picking up a hooker, and he's thrown in jail. It's 30-something pages of just me being butt-fucked. So it was like, you know, I… I mean, I... Look, it was in the shower. It was a white supremacist. It was a cop. You know what I mean? I personally think it's worth writing 30+ pages of new and unusable material specifically to hear Danny DeVito say "butt-fucked" in such a context. Oh, okay, any context. At this point, not even Frank would have gone about his daily business without reaching out to someone, so DeVito paused his read-through to get some context, which is where it was revealed to all be a joke. As he put it: So I got a little nervous. I called them up before I finished it. I didn't call my lawyer first. I called them up, and they were all on the other side of the phone — all of them, Kaitlin, Rob, Charlie, and Glenn — laughin' their asses off. Because the last line in it, just before I was going to get nailed by seven, eight cops with billy clubs, the guy leans down, I'm on the floor, and he leans down in my ear, and he says, 'April Fool's, motherfucker.' Not one to be outdone by his TV cohorts, DeVito then shared a fun anecdote about getting them back ahead of an upfronts presentation. He talked a hotel manager into bringing four cots into a smaller room, and convincing Day, Howerton, Mac and Olson that they were all booked to be staying in the single room, with Howerton and Day's wives also having taken the trip. Everyone's emotions started to spike, all while Danny DeVito watched gleefully from nearby, but he came out and fessed up before the others started making desperate phone calls to network bosses. Imagine being pranked so hard you had to call the president of FX for help. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's co-stars go the extra mile to make audiences laugh, with Kaitlin Olson regularly putting her body on the line for the sake of enjoyment. And it sounds like DeVito would have eventually been convinced to put Frank's butthole on the line if the story called for it. There should be a specialized Emmy Award for that level of dedication. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia airs Wednesday nights on FXX at 10:00 p.m. ET, with new episodes streaming the next day with a Hulu subscription. Solve the daily Crossword
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14-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Danny DeVito Gives Rare Update on His Longtime Friend Jack Nicholson: "He Is Doing 'Great"
Yara Sameh Danny DeVito has given a rare update on his longtime friend Jack Nicholson, with whom he first worked 50 years ago and still retains a close bond with. 'I just saw Jack a couple weeks ago — it was his birthday a month ago, and he's great,' DeVito told PEOPLE while reflecting on his experience making his breakthrough film, " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ", ahead of Fathom Entertainment's 50th anniversary re-release of the pic on July 13 and 16. Public sightings of Nicholson, 88, have grown increasingly rare — though he's been largely absent from his once-fabled court side seat at Los Angeles Lakers games — the Academy Award winner did make a notable on-camera appearance during the live broadcast of "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" in February to celebrate five decades of Saturday Night Live. But behind the scenes, DeVito, 80, says he's stayed in regular contact with his friend after bonding on the set of "Cuckoo's Nest" over their shared New Jersey roots. Indeed, DeVito's next film before the sitcom Taxi vaulted him to TV stardom was in the Nicholson-directed 1978 comedy "Goin' South". The two would also appear onscreen together in James L. Brooks' seriocomic, 1983 Best Picture winner "Terms of Endearment", the 1992 biopic "Hoffa" directed by DeVit,o and the 1996 Tim Burton comedy "Mars Attacks!". DeVito recalled how he and the other young actors in the "Cuckoo's Nest" cast — including Christopher Lloyd and Brad Dourif — were quietly 'in awe' of Nicholson when they convened at a working state sanitarium in Portland, Oregon, to shoot the film. Nicholson was emerging as a respected actor, a major movie star and a cultural icon all at once, and his performance in "Cuckoo's Nest" would cement his reputation, ultimately earning him his first Oscar for Best Actor — out of 12 career nominations, he scored additional wins for Best Supporting Actor in "Terms of Endearment" and again for Best Actor in 1998's "As Good as It Gets". 'We're in the presence of this guy who's really at his moment, where he was breaking out into the big time,' DeVito recalled of the initial encounter with Nicholson, who was hot off a string of knockout turns including "Easy Rider," "Carnal Knowledge," "The Last Detail," and "Chinatown". Despite Nicholson's increasing profile, DeVito noted the actor remained deeply grounded, having launched his career in low-budget fare like the films of Roger Corman. "There was no need for an icebreaker," he recalled. "He was immediately just so embracing…He started out exactly the way everybody else did, where he couldn't get a job. It was like he came to Hollywood and he was going to just write and direct, and then Easy Rider comes along after the Corman stuff… So he was in our milieu, and he was always just as open and genuine, and we all felt it immediately." 'Of course, he was doing it because he's that way,' DeVito added, 'and he was also doing it because that had to be, because we had to be all joined at the hip in that movie, and we had such great performances.' DeVito had been an admirer of Nicholson's since the actor's earliest work, and while he planned to keep it to himself during initial production, 'he and I have a little history, because we were born in the same hospital in New Jersey.' He recalls how his sisters worked in the same local hair salon circuit as Nicholson's older sister. "When I was a kid, I always heard about this really handsome guy from Neptune who went out to California and became a movie star," he said. DeVito's cover 'I didn't want to ruffle the waters; I didn't want to add anything to the experience at that time' was blown early on when his longtime friend and former roommate Michael Douglas, who was making his first foray into producing on the film, spilled the beans to an enthusiastic Nicholson. 'Jack came running around the corner: 'Ahhhh! You're from Asbury Park?' DeVito laughed. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" would go on to become only the second film in history, after 1934's "It Happened One Night", to claim all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Nicholson), Best Actress (Louise Fletcher), Best Director (Milos Forman), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). The film is today universally considered a masterpiece. 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Metro
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Danny Devito gives rare update on close friend Jack Nicholson's welfare
Danny DeVito has shared details of his friend Jack Nicholson's recent welfare as the 88-year-old has rarely been seen in public over the last decade. Once known for his frequent appearances courtside at Laker's games, Nicholson is now rarely seen out and about, with the recent exception of his cameo during the live broadcast of SNL50: The Anniversary Special in February. DeVito, 80, has been close friends with Nicholson since the pair first worked together on One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest 50 years ago. 'I just saw Jack a couple weeks ago — it was his birthday a month ago, and he's great,' DeVito told People Magazine in a recent interview. Nicholson and the Always Sunny in Philadelphia star bonded on the set of the iconic film, with DeVito going on to star in the Nicholson-directed 1978 comedy Goin' South three years later. They also both appeared in James L. Brooks' seriocomic, 1983 Best Picture winner Terms of Endearment, the 1992 biopic Hoffa directed by DeVito, and the 1996 Tim Burton comedy Mars Attacks!. 'We were in the presence of this guy who's really at his moment,' DeVito says, reflecting on meeting Nicholson during production of the now-classic 1975 drama. By then, Nicholson had already built a formidable résumé with Easy Rider, Carnal Knowledge, The Last Detail, and Chinatown. Cuckoo's Nest would cement his status, earning him his first Academy Award for Best Actor and launching a career that would tally 12 nominations and three wins. Despite that, DeVito says Nicholson remained deeply grounded. 'He started out exactly the way everybody else did, where he couldn't get a job,' DeVito recalls. 'It was like he came to Hollywood and he was going to just write and direct, and then Easy Rider comes along after the Corman stuff… So he was in our milieu, and he was always just as open and genuine, and we all felt it immediately.' Nicholson was last seen on Saturday Night Live's 50th birthday special, with the show pulling stars that included Steve Martin and Sir Paul McCartney as well as Nicholson. The 87-year-old has rarely been seen in public in the 15 years since his last film, How Do You Know, released in 2010. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Disney icon reveals second pregnancy days after announcing acting comeback MORE: I Know What You Did Last Summer star confesses 90s horror reboot isn't 'gory enough' for her MORE: Country star Conner Smith charged after knocking down and killing woman, 77
Los Angeles Times
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Scheming roomies Danny DeVito and Charlie Day on 20 years of ‘It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'
When Danny DeVito arrives — camera off — on our video call with Charlie Day late last month to discuss the 17th season of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' he apologizes for sounding like he has 'just come out of the salt mines.' His voice is hoarse, and Day is worried he's sick. 'I did a lot of yelling this week,' DeVito explains. You would think he would be practiced at that. For 20 years now, DeVito has been exercising his vocal cords as the mischievous, disgusting Frank Reynolds, layabout father of Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Dennis (Glenn Howerton), colleague of Mac (Rob McElhenney or Rob Mac, as he announced recently), and roommate of Day's Charlie. In the upcoming season premiering Wednesday on FXX and streaming next day on Hulu, the gang that runs Paddy's Pub gets into more absurd scrapes. They visit 'Abbott Elementary' in the second of two planned crossover episodes with that ABC sitcom; they head to a dog track; Charlie opens up a ghost kitchen in his apartment to make Frank a smashburger; and, as is teased in the trailer, Frank goes on 'The Golden Bachelor.' During our interview, Day and DeVito offer up a dose of the chemistry that has long made Frank and Charlie a madcap pair as they discuss their history with each other, their brushes with Bachelor Nation and, naturally, turds. DeVito remains off camera most of the time, but he pops on occasionally for dramatic effect. Danny, what do you remember about that first meeting you had with the three guys? Danny DeVito: I knew lots about the show already. I was going in because I was friends with [then-president and now current FX Networks chairman John] Landgraf. Landgraf sent me the first eight shows, and I watched it with my family. He was saying he was talking about these really talented guys that he was working with, and John was building the network over there. I can't remember exactly where we met. But where we met was a weird — that was the first thing that threw me a little bit. Do you remember where it was? Charlie Day: We had a lunch — you, me, Rob and Glenn — [on] Beverly Boulevard. We didn't have an office. We were writing the second season. You'd agreed to the show, and you came in like your character from 'Get Shorty.' You started ordering for all of us, and you told us some crazy story about your father having a box full of teeth and watches, and we were just taking notes, man. I think we pitched you a couple different character names. I think you shot down a few of them, but you liked Frank. Frank was my step-grandfather's name. DeVito: I had an Uncle Frank. Day: You came in like a tornado. It was great. DeVito: Well, I usually do that. Way before 'Get Shorty,' I would just come in and everybody would be looking at their menus, and I would just look at the menu right away and just say a half a dozen things and everybody would look at me like, 'You're ordering everything on the menu!' Day: Danny, know that I went and spent maybe almost a whole week rewatching almost everything you'd ever done before we met with you. I watched every episode of 'Taxi.' I watched almost every single movie I could find. Just studying a fighter you're going up against. And it was 'Get Shorty' that really kind of locked in for me. A lot of people would have you do that Louie De Palma thing over and over again, and you're so great at that. But there was something so idiosyncratic about the 'Get Shorty' character and unpredictable that we're like, 'Oh, if we can tap into that ...' I think it took us a couple seasons to do it, and then it felt like kismet that you sort of came into that meeting like that guy. How do you feel like the dynamic between Frank and Charlie has shifted over the years? Or even if it hasn't, what do you discover coming back season after season? DeVito: I think Charlie offers a lot of avenues for Frank to follow for some reason. I like the idea of the scheming and everything that everybody else does, and they do it in a normal way. They want to make money, they want to get ahead, they want to be famous, they want the bar to succeed, they want this, that. But whenever Charlie does something, it titillates Frank. They know when I am really happy with the material. When I see I'm going to eat a turd, I go like, 'Wow, man. We're pushing the envelope.' Day: I'm always loving writing and working on the scenes in our apartment and then getting to the set and filming those. I'm always excited for it. There's something about filming in that intimate space that feels like there's a magic there. Same with the little back office in the bar. Any time we're there, there's something funny to these cramped spaces. DeVito: We're playing sardines all the time. This season opens with the 'Abbott' crossover and ends with Frank on 'The Golden Bachelor.' How did that come about? Day: Well, the funny thing about this show is, there's so many different ways that we do it. I think there's a push-pull where I really was wanting to do the EMT episode and the dog track one. And Rob has these really big ideas, like buying a soccer team. He wanted to do this 'Abbott' crossover, and he wanted to do this 'Golden Bachelor' episode. To be perfectly frank, I didn't really want to do both. I think you can do one or the other. The 'Golden Bachelor' thing I thought was funny, but I was like, maybe we could just do the 'Sunny' characters' version of it. But to his credit, those are the things that people latch onto and are talking about. I tend to like when we're not doing the pop culture references as much, but then we have a big back and forth and we argue. And then when we land on it, the second we agree to do it, then I'm always all in, as is Rob. So then we're both writing together and saying, well, what's the best version of how to do this? Danny, what was it like filming Frank's 'Golden Bachelor' moment? DeVito: I had no idea what they had in mind at first because I must admit, I'm not a 'Golden Bachelor' watcher. Once I got there and figured out what they had up their sleeve, I just went with it big time. Being Frank is really wonderful, I must say. It gives you the opportunity to do a lot of things that you wouldn't. And they push the envelope and come up with all these crazy things, and I go along with it, and from the time my feet hit the ground, when I get there, I'm smiling. Day: Rob and Glenn and I spend weeks and months really digging in and arguing and pushing each other out of our comfort zones in all sorts of directions. And then towards the end, we're all invested in the same thing. And what really makes it work is that Danny comes in and gives it a hundred percent. Really, if Danny wasn't so supportive, it would be really challenging. But pretty much everything we bring to you, Danny, you say, 'OK, I'm going to make this work.' 'Golden Bachelor' was a perfect example. We had a lot of arguments about how to do that, whether to do it. And then once we committed to it and tried to write what we thought was the best version of it we could, Dan, you come in and just sell it in a way that it needs to be sold. I don't want to spoil anything, but there's also a very sweet 'Taxi' reunion in there. DeVito: That was big for all of us. We were blessed to have that in our show. Danny, you said you love being Frank. Why do you love it? DeVito: I felt operatic as the Penguin [in 'Batman Returns']. There's a freedom to that. Even in 'Taxi,' there was a freedom. I am not like that. I don't boss people around. I mean, I do a little bit, but I don't do over the top stuff. Frank gives me just the wonderful opportunity to be naughty. I can go where other characters can't go. And it's kind of like we're bringing people along with Frank. Maybe it's something that you would say, 'Oh god, I would never do that.' But it's so much fun to imagine the taste of that turd in that soup. Charlie, Lynne Marie Stewart, who plays your mother, died before the release of this season. How did you think to honor her? Day: It was pretty tragic and unexpected. She was on the show, and then about a month later we got an email that she was close to the end, and then I think a day later we got an email that she had passed. Mary Elizabeth [Ellis, who plays the Waitress and is married to Day,] and I got to go to her memorial service, and it was luau-themed. It was packed, and there was so much love for her. She always elevated the material that we wrote for her, and she was just as lovely a person as a performer, and I'm going to miss her a lot. We were still in the editing room when she passed away, and so we felt as though it was right to build a little tribute to her because she's been there since Season 1 and we've worked together for over 20 years. Other than it just being a tragedy, I don't know how we'll deal with it next season. DeVito: She was always a favorite of Frank's. Day: And we would always have great stuff for the two of you guys. DeVito: And maybe one day Charlie and I will sit down and have the talk. For how long do you want to keep coming back to these characters? DeVito: Well, why does time exist? Day: Look, we have a contract with FX up to 18 seasons, and all of us feel as though we can do that. So that's at least one more. Beyond that, I'm not sure they'll ask for more seasons, so next year could be it. DeVito: Yeah, they might have some kind of mental defective thing happen to them between next year and not ask for another bunch. That's always the case. Then also, maybe, they might want to pay us more. Day: Who knows? But this far in the run, I think Rob and Glenn and I, at least in terms of having to sit and write them, really sort of just say each year: Do we have it in us? Do we think we can do a good job? That has to do more with the people that we're working with. If we can get the band together and have all the musicians that we want, then we'll try to make some music, to use a bad sort of analogy. DeVito: It's a lot of fun. And we have good times. You guys always deliver. Everybody comes with their game, and you can't ask for anything more. I just feel like I don't want to let these guys go. I want to be with them all the time. I nag everybody. I call Charlie all the time, even if it's to call up and say, how's Mary Elizabeth and Russell? I just feel like I need that connection. I miss these guys. I miss Kaitlin and Rob and Glenn. Every time I see Glenn [I] go, 'Is that Glenn?' He does radical things. He, like, shaves his hair. Speaking of shaving, Charlie, you shaved your beard off for a gag this season. What was that like? Day: It was horrible, just to see how old the man is under the beard. Once you take off the eyebrows, that's when it really starts to look freaky. We had that idea, and we knew we had to shoot it last because if I was going to shave, that had to be the last thing we were going to shoot. Right after we wrapped, I went on a little vacation with my wife and son, and I rarely got recognized, which is funny. Every now and then, people who were fans of the movie 'Pacific Rim,' because I didn't have a beard in those movies — they'd be like, 'Hey, man, where have you been? Why you not been working?' The funny thing was I couldn't unlock my cell phone with that look because I looked so different.
Time of India
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NFL quarterback Tommy DeVito goes viral for living with his mom—who still cook, clean, and make his bed
Tommy DeVito goes viral for staying with his parents despite $1M NFL rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito is officially living the dream, he's making $1 million this season, he's got fans chanting his name at MetLife and he still lives with his parents in New Jersey. His mom makes his bed, does his laundry, and cooks all his meals. DeVito's not ashamed, either. In fact, he says it's a 'no-brainer.' And fans? They're either wildly impressed or totally confused. Tommy DeVito lives at home, eats home-cooked meals, and makes no apologies This isn't a rumor. It's straight from DeVito himself. The New Jersey native told ESPN he still lives at home in Cedar Grove because: 'Everything that I need is there at the house... the decision was a no-brainer for me.' No rent. No commute. Mom's chicken cutlets. It's peak Italian-American son energy and social media loves it. Making $1M a year and still letting mom fold your socks? Fans are divided DeVito is on a standard rookie deal and will make around $1 million this year not chump change, but not Mahomes money either. So yes, he could afford a place. But he's choosing financial discipline over flash, and fans are reacting accordingly: One user, @kingshagrin comments, '$1 million ain't shit in New York lol' Another user @mikejbabcock, agreed to the setting, 'Median income for a single person in Jersey is $49K. That $1M puts DeVito in the top 1%. But hey, if mom's gonna cook and clean, I might stay home too.' Tommy DeVito goes viral as NFL QB who lives with parents and lets mom do everything- X People are torn, some think it's genius financial planning, others think it's peak mama's boy energy. DeVito isn't just a meme, he actually won games for the Giants last year While the living situation is funny, let's not forget, DeVito stepped in as QB for the Giants last season and won games. He had a three-game win streak, went viral for his hand gestures, and brought life to a flat Giants offense. Now? He's still a backup, but firmly on the radar—and living rent-free (literally) while doing it. Not every NFL player needs a $10M condo or flashy sports car. Tommy DeVito is proof that staying grounded can still work even in the most high-profile job in sports. And as long as he keeps winning games (and bringing leftovers to practice), no one's really complaining. Also read - Joe Burrow's LSU legacy casts a long shadow and now even baseball stars feel it Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
