Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend - Rum and Cokes in the Bathroom
Episode Date: April 4, 2024Conan speaks with Brie in Utah about mothering six sons, her post-Mormon experiences with coffee and alcohol, and owning her own bridal shop. Plus, Conan designs his very own bridal gown. Wanna get a... chance to talk to Conan? Submit here: TeamCoco.com/CallConan
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Hey, Bre, meet Conan and Sona.
Hi, guys. How are you?
How you doing, Bre?
I'm so good.
It's very nice to talk to you. Where are you right now, Bre?
I am in Providence, Utah.
You're in Utah. I love Utah. That's a beautiful state.
Yeah.
I don't know Providence that well. Where is Providence?
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state.
It's a beautiful state. It's a beautiful state. It's a beautiful state. It's a beautiful state. It's a beautiful state. Nice to talk to you. Where are you right now, Bri? I am in Providence, Utah. You're in Utah. I love Utah.
That's a beautiful state.
Yeah.
I don't know Providence that well.
Where is Providence?
So it's pretty small.
We are by Logan.
Do you know Logan?
Don't know Logan.
We're like an hour and a half north of Salt Lake.
Okay, Salt Lake I know.
But it's a beautiful area I've gone.
Yeah.
Spent a lot of time in Utah.
Done a bunch of skiing there and just walking around.
I absolutely love it.
The people are fantastic.
And tell us a little bit about yourself, Bree.
Hey, I have been married for almost 19 years.
We have six boys.
Oh!
Good Lord, you have, hey, Bree.
I have to tell you something.
No!
My mom had six kids.
Yeah.
And that doesn't happen as much anymore.
I have two children after our second child.
My wife told her I'm never to touch her again.
And Sona, you have two and that's it for you?
We're done, we're so, and boys, six boys, no.
Yeah, and I have twins too.
You have twins also.
I do.
You are a superhero.
That is a lot.
Thank you.
What is the age, is there much of a gap
between all the kids in years,
or do they just come fast and furious?
They're kind of fast and furious.
My oldest is 19.
So 19, 17, then a gap,
cause we moved for school.
So I was like, we need a minute.
13. I need a minute, okay. I need a minute, okay.
I need a minute.
Give me a break.
And then our twins are 11, and then our baby's eight.
Oh my God.
Well, goodness.
And can I ask if you are, I think I can ask this,
and you're free to tell me it's not my business,
but are you Mormon? I was. Oh, you're free to tell me it's none of my business, but are you Mormon?
I was.
Oh, you were, okay.
Yeah.
Did you, you left the Mormon church, the Mormon faith?
We did.
Okay.
About a year and a half ago.
That must be quite a transition
because when you're Mormon, there are,
you know, there's a lot of rules
and as all religions have, trust me,
I grew up Irish Catholic and there were a million rules,
many of them which I fled,
but I'm curious that must be quite an adjustment.
Yeah, especially in the beginning.
It was a lot for sure.
Especially like with our kids and trying to now explain
how things are gonna be different and yeah.
What would you say in your daily life
is the most different thing for you now that,
because I know there are a lot of,
there's restrictions about,
have you tried any alcohol or anything like that?
Yes, I have.
It's okay, you're talking to,
you're among friends here.
Isn't it so fun?
Sona is drunk right now.
And so you should feel very much at home talking to us.
What was the first drink that you tried?
My husband and I made a rum and coke in our bathroom.
You didn't?
You're, you know, it's, you're allowed to have a drink.
You're not making-
We were hiding from our kids.
Okay.
It's just so like, let's go have a little bit of rum
and put it in some Coke.
If the police find out we're in trouble.
So I love that you also say we each,
like you made one drink and you tried it.
Did you like it?
Yeah, it was okay.
Okay.
I mean, they're all not great, but it was good.
They're all not great.
Liquor.
Oh, yeah.
So some of them you're just kind of like, what is this?
No, I have to be honest with you.
There's a bunch that people rave about and I try it and it just all tastes like gasoline
to me.
And I wonder why does someone want to drink gasoline?
That said-
Especially after 36 years of not having any.
Right, exactly.
That said, I'm still open if any major liquor brand
wants my alcohol.
Oh, God.
Okay, I will.
Oh, Adam's giving a thumbs up.
Oh my God.
Adam just booked five hours.
No, Brie, let me make a point.
I don't care what the brand is,
or I will drink it, I will have it in my home,
and I will get the tattoo on my forehead
if the money's right. Oh, God.
So Brie, all right, that's a big change.
Have you had, I know that Mormons don't drink coffee. Have you tried coffee? Oh, God. So Brie, all right, that's a big change.
Have you had, I know that Mormons don't drink coffee.
Have you tried coffee?
I did, yes.
I don't like coffee.
You don't like it.
It's an acquired taste.
What did you, it's gotta be really good, well-made coffee.
What was the first coffee you tried?
I went to Starbucks, which I hear is a mistake.
Oh.
Well, I just wanna say, I don't know if they advertise.
Oh, God.
Not for you guys.
I think they do.
And I don't think it's a mistake at all.
And I think it's a mistake for you to say it's a mistake.
Oh my God.
Okay, my bad.
This is so embarrassing.
People have told me that's the bad thing
for your first drink. Well, guys, people say a lot of things.
You know, people tell me, don't drink water
because you won't get hydrated.
They're wrong.
Starbucks, try it.
Make it your next stop. They were right. Starbucks, try it. Make it your next stop.
They were right.
You could try anywhere else.
Um, quiet.
Yep, but I had a pumpkin spice latte for my first.
Oh, you got to, wait, your first taste of real coffee
was a pumpkin spice latte.
That's not coffee.
Maybe that was the mistake.
That's like saying, I want to try this thing called food.
I think I'll have some Captain Crunch.
That's not-
I love Captain Crunch. That's not-
I love Captain Crunch.
That is good, I would do that
if I never had food before.
You're right, that was a terrible example.
Captain Crunch wanted to advertise their out.
Yes, see, you did it now.
Are they General Mills?
I think I'm in good with them.
Anyway, all my conversations are driven-
This is the saddest thing I've ever heard you do.
Just pander.
It is General Mills, isn't it?
Yeah, I know those guys, they're good.
The General, I know them.
You know those guys?
Yeah.
The generals?
Yeah, we, the General Mills guys and I,
we hang out in a boat in the Caribbean.
Anyway, yes, I, you should try real coffee sometime.
Put a little cream in there.
Don't take it straight black,
but just try it again.
But what am I telling you this for?
Also, it has health benefits, coffee.
It does a lot of good for you.
Yeah, that'd be great.
All right, well I just wanna be sort of giving you
a lot of life advice.
So Brie, I've learned a lot about you,
and I find this whole area very fascinating,
and you seem like a very impressive person.
What do you do for a living?
What's your occupation?
I own a bridal shop.
Oh, and can I say one thing?
I shouldn't have assumed, you don't,
like what's your occupation?
You have 75 children.
Yeah.
It just occurred to me how stupid that is
because you have six kids, you have an incredible job,
but you do, you do also work at a, you said a
bridal shop?
So I was a stay at home mom for 18 years and supported my husband through his schooling
and training and everything he was doing.
And then just like last October, actually, we opened a bridal shop.
So I do that.
All right.
So you're running a bridal shop. So I do that. All right. So you're running a bridal shop. And then I want to know if the cliches are true
because you always hear that the brides can get insane or family members can get insane.
You've been running a bridal shop now for a while. What can you tell us is really the deal?
So brides don't tend to be too bad. It's typically the moms.
The moms.
Really, Sona, would you like to weigh in?
Well, I wanted a small wedding
and then I had 550 people there
and I didn't know a lot of them on my side.
All but one or two were Armenian, I will say.
It was amazing.
It was a full-on Armenian service that was beautiful
and then it was an incredible party.
But it was like we had all been transported to Armenia.
It was incredible.
Anyone I've ever looked at in my life was invited.
I didn't even really know a lot of the people.
But so that's, yes, my parents took over my wedding.
Specifically, maybe your mom.
Nadia is a very, and I love Nadia.
Nadia is strong. And I mean that in the kindest way.
She is a strong woman.
She's a strong woman and when you go head to head
with Nadia, it is the clash of the titans.
It's amazing. It is.
I sometimes sit on a far hill
and watch these two go after each other.
Like King Kong and Godzilla.
It's incredible.
Boulders are thrown, lightning bolts are tossed.
Yeah.
But it was still a beautiful wedding.
So you say the moms.
So tell us what you've seen, Brie.
Describe some of the behavior of these moms, if you will.
So recently we had a mom who wanted
to have alterations done to the dress after,
they had already bought the dress.
Daughter loves the dress, everything's good. Everything's happy. Yeah. And then
she wanted certain alterations done but said, but if we don't like the
alterations we want you to take the dress back. Oh. And we're like, not really
how it works. All sales are final. You signed a thing. You know, we explained. She
got really upset and it turned into a huge thing with us ending
in filing a police report.
Oh! Oh my God!
Now, did she get physical?
No.
Okay.
I did bring my oldest son with me
cause I knew she was coming back.
So he came in with me as like protection
cause he's, you know, six feet tall and bigger than me. So he came in with me as protection because he's six feet tall and bigger than
me. So he came in just to help just in case. But she was threatening and did tell me that
her husband would be coming to see us. And so I was like, well, what is that supposed
to mean? To talk? To what? And she wouldn't tell me.
Yeah. Was she using any foul language? Not too bad, no.
Okay.
What a weird question.
Why are you asking about foul language?
Because Bree grew up in a certain way,
in a Mormon church, and I would just hate the idea
of anyone using foul language around her.
She's drinking rum and cokes in the bathroom.
You know?
I also love foul language now.
Yeah!
Hey!
Hey, Brie, you're one of us.
Yeah, welcome, fuck yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, Brie, I have to say, I've not known you long,
but I hate you. You just seem like a lovely person. I hate the say I've not known you long, but I hate you.
You just seem like a lovely person.
I hate the idea of being someone being mean to you.
And I just wanted you to know I'm 6'4", about 200 pounds.
I know my way around punching bag.
Not true.
But I would love...
You'd be like muscle.
You think I could be intimidating?
I think you could be intimidating, but I also think everybody I'd- You'd be like muscle? I, do you think I could be intimidating?
I think you could be intimidating,
but I also think everybody knows who you are,
so they're just gonna be like,
why is Conan O'Brien just hanging out at this bridal shop?
And I'm saying, trip your husband's fucking head off
if he comes in here and turn it into a corsage.
How's that sound to you, shit for brains?
I'm gonna put my foot so far up your ass,
you're gonna taste shoe leather.
You know, it's that kind of stuff.
You know what I mean?
I would just go monster on these people
and they would go back and they would say,
Conan O'Brien was there and he's taller than I thought
and his hair makes him like six, eight.
And he just seemed insane.
And I think that would frighten them.
And I don't think they would mess with you anymore.
And then you and I would go to your bathroom,
and your husband would join us,
and we'd all share one rum and coke.
Each taking our turn with little discreet sips.
And then off to Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte.
Starbucks, doing the best coffee since 1965.
You're not getting paid yet.
I won't do slogans and stuff.
Starbucks, more than just coffee, also pumpkin.
I'm just making up, I'm trying, I'm doing the best I can.
So that's interesting that you have.
So sad.
He owes them money now?
Listen, you could, what's really cool
was I think now you're starting to see, what's really cool is I think now
you're starting to see that there's all those years
when your kids are young and they have to take care
of them and make sure they don't get hurt,
but then they get bigger and older
and then they suddenly become this,
you've got six dudes that have got your back for life
and they love you, because I can tell you're a great mom.
And I'm not even including your husband who I'm hoping is a badass, back for life and they love you because I can tell you're a great mom. Thank you.
And I'm not even including your husband
who I'm hoping is a badass, but let's just say he's not.
Let's just say his name is Quigley
and he's a stamp collector.
Okay.
But anyhoo.
Old Quigs.
Old Quigs.
I'm getting my stamps.
Honey, there's a guy here threatening me at the shop.
Stamps.
So anyway, but you blow a whistle
that you keep on your person
and six monster dudes come storming in
and they hear mom's in trouble.
God, I wouldn't mess with you.
I'm not gonna ever mess with you.
Thank you.
Yeah. Thank you.
And I've thought about finding a bridal shop somewhere,
about an hour outside of Salt Lake City
and causing some trouble.
But now I'm not gonna do it.
Yeah, but what if they're sweet?
Like if your mom blew a whistle,
like the six of you wouldn't go and be like,
what are you doing to my mom?
Like you wouldn't do that.
Oh, I'd be, well, first of all, I'd say like,
well, I've got these interviews to do.
And then I'm having a facial over at the spa.
Luke and Justin would say,
we're lawyers, we have legal matters to attend to.
You know, my sister's got stuff to do.
Neil's probably watching F Troop.
You know, so no.
Would we come?
No, we would not.
Sorry, mom, you're on your own.
Good luck with those thugs.
She's 92, she can handle herself.
Oh no. She's a policeman she can handle herself. Oh no.
She's a policeman's daughter from Worcester, Massachusetts.
She can give as good as she gets.
I have no compassion, Bree, you can probably see that.
Oh my God.
I've tried many times to become a Mormon,
they wouldn't have me.
They said I was just too malicious.
No? Yeah.
Absolute straight no.
Very few religions I've applied to
have wanted me to be part of their.
You did an application. I've done many applications.
Applied to be Jewish?
Absolutely not, they said.
Okay.
Bre, did you have a question for Conan?
Hey, good one, David.
I did it, I finally remembered to ask.
He gets literally passed a note
that has a giant question mark on it when the time comes.
We could probably get a parrot and train it to do this,
but that's what David's doing right now.
David, here's your cracker.
Do you have a question?
Yeah, do you have a question?
Hey, so my question is,
if you were to pick a bridal dress for you,
what would you want it to look like?
Okay, I'm gonna tell you exactly what I would do.
Well, you thought about this.
Oh, I think about dresses all the time.
I would wear, first of all, I've talked about this a bit
in my career, in my life, and it's just true.
I have a slightly disproportionate body.
Again, very in person, you'd be impressed.
I'm a good looking guy.
People always say this.
They always say you're much better looking in person,
right, Sona?
Me, and you're taller in person.
Yeah, no, taller in person.
But I-
I've never said you're good looking. They do, in person. Yeah, no, I'm taller in person. But I-
Good looking.
They do, in person.
They always say you're better looking in person
and I'm thinking like,
I kind of feel like it's an insult.
Like how bad is it on TV?
And then here I am, you know,
on these, this little podcast studio,
that can't look good.
Anyhoo, my point is,
I have very long legs
and then maybe a relatively shorter torso.
Not a short torso,
but relative to the rest of my body. So what I would want to do is I would want a dress that would break up where
my waist was and maybe lower, give the illusion of lowering the waist. Okay?
Okay.
I would like a padded ass because I have no ass at all, just a washboard.
Okay.
Sheer drop. Okay?
And we could do a booty tuck too.
What does that mean?
So in alterations, you bring the fabric in under the bum
and just kind of like make it a little bit tighter there
so if you don't have much of a butt,
you just kind of create it.
You should do that with your regular clothes.
I also love that you said bum.
I just love that.
I don't know why.
I never think of my bum, but there it is, yes.
No, I want lots of padding back there.
Okay, a lot of padding. there, okay? Lot of padding.
I also, I would like padding in the chestal region as well.
I wanna have a full ample bosom in this dress.
Are you turning into a woman in this dress?
If I'm gonna wear a dress, I wanna be very voluptuous.
Okay.
I'd like to be very curvy too.
I thought it was you just wearing a dress,
but you're transforming. Oh, God no.
I wanna go all the way.
Okay. I'd also all the way. Okay.
I'd also take hormone treatments
for about six years before I-
Oh, okay, all right, that sounds good.
I'd like a high heel,
because I think it's flattering on the leg.
I have nice legs, nice long legs.
I can't wait till you wear a high heel.
I would like a high heel, so I'll be about six, nine, okay?
Okay.
Okay, just this towering, voluptuous woman.
Yeah, very voluptuous, ample.
I also would like, no lace.
I'm not really into lace.
I don't want any lace around the neck, okay?
Okay.
Plunging neckline.
Just around the neck or anywhere?
I don't really want lace.
Okay.
I'm not much of a lace person,
but I want a very long train.
Very long train. And I know this is, I don't know if this has ever been done before, but I want a very long train. Very long train.
And I know this is,
I don't know if this has ever been done before,
but I want a very long train,
and then I wanna put like little characters
and little figures on the train that travel with me
as I'm walking down the aisle.
You know what I mean?
And it's sort of like a tribute to my career,
like different figures that,
oh, there's Conan in the late 80s,
oh, he's on the Simpsons,
and you know what I mean?
Whatever, just stuff that tells my story
that's on the train, and it's kind of glued to the dress
so it doesn't fall over.
And that's another thing where all my bridesmaids
are there to make sure that the little figurines don't,
the little figure of Lorne Michaels doesn't fall over,
the little figure of, you know, the masquerading bear.
Sorry, I'm a formerly Mormon.
Anyway, there's Triumph, Vince, old comic dog,
you know, like, just stuff I'm kind of,
that are associated with me over the years.
Yeah, I love it.
So I think it'd be kind of fun.
What kind of dress and what material would you suggest?
I would maybe do, if you want more simple,
there's like crepe fabrics, there's satin,
there's, just depends on what feels good to you,
what you think you would look good in.
I like a highly flammable.
I feel like you're a taffeta guy.
Oh, taffeta, I might like taffeta.
Yeah, I feel like you're in the taffeta world.
I'll go taffeta.
I'm sorry, did you say plunging neckline or ear?
Yes, yes, well, okay, I thought I heard that.
Yeah, we're gonna create a bosom, you know.
If you got it, show it!
I've never said, because I never had it.
But you know what I mean?
Yeah.
You know, I want those bald men on the balcony to, you know.
Oh!
Look over the railing.
Oh man.
Okay, someone just told me that I no longer have a podcast.
I love this dress, I love the idea of this dress.
I'm very impressed with you, Bree.
You've- Thank you. Jesus, you're raising six dress. I'm very impressed with you, Brie. Thank you.
Jesus, you're raising six boys.
I think you're doing an amazing job.
And then it sounds like you ran a tight ship,
and then you started this business,
and now you're dealing with hooligans and thugs
that come by and threaten you, and I've got your back.
Okay? Thank you.
I really do. I really appreciate that.
And I love, I do love Utah,
so I'd love to figure out a way to stop by and then just sort of wander around your shop
and hope this abusive woman comes in.
Mm.
Okay?
I'll let her know.
And then if her husband shows up,
oh man, you know, manslaughter.
Yeah, can't wait.
I would love that.
What are you gonna do? You're gonna kill him?
I'm gonna kill him.
Okay, that seems extreme.
Like it's just, it's like a dispute over a dress.
Now they're gonna file a police report.
I know.
I don't care.
You made it worse.
I've had a good career,
and also I think it's gonna really trend online.
Conan O'Brien murders difficult man with his bare hands.
Murdering a difficult man?
Murder slightly difficult man.
He's just there.
What if he comes in,
Bree, what if he comes in just to apologize
for his wife's behavior,
and I don't give him a second, I'm like,
it's shit time, motherfucker!
And then I just start ripping his lungs out.
He was just there with a very nicely worded note.
I apologize.
I would say to be fair, he hasn't been a part of this.
I haven't heard from him.
He could be a very nice man.
I'm sure he is.
Not.
Brie, I really like talking to you,
and as I said, I'm a fan.
And I hope our paths cross someday.
That'd be cool.
I would love that.
That'd be amazing.
Take care, Brie.
Thanks, Brie.
Okay, thanks, guys.
Nice to meet you.
Bye. Bye. Nice to meet you.
Bye.
Bye.
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