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Jeff Hiller Has ‘Tini Time’ with Bridget Everett After Somebody Somewhere: ‘I’m Not Quite the Drinker Joel Is’ (Exclusive)
NEED TO KNOW
- Jeff Hiller is opening up about his friendship with Bridget Everett following the end of Somebody Somewhere
- In an interview with PEOPLE, the actor and comedian discusses how the co-stars have their own version of “‘tini time”
- Hiller’s memoir Actress of a Certain Age is out now
Jeff Hiller and Bridget Everett enjoy spending time together as much as their Somebody Somewhere characters.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the actor and comedian, 49, opens up about how he and the Patti Cake$ actress, 53, have their own version of “‘tini time,” which sees their on-screen, alter-ego besties Joel and Sam, respectively, enjoy martinis together.
Though Hiller says it’s “rare” that it’s just he and Everett, the pair do often spend time with a group of friends.
“It’s usually lots of people, and we have these two mutual friends who are a couple, so it’s sometimes the four or five [of us] with my husband,” he says.
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During those get-togethers, Hiller says he’s been limiting his “‘tinis.”
“I have to not have ‘tinis anymore because Mama gets hungover,” he jokes. “Sometimes before I leave the party, I’m like, ‘Oh God, I’m hungover.’ I’m not quite the drinker that Joel is.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Hiller also opens up about whether he and Everett have discussed a Somebody Somewhere reunion following the finale in December 2024.
“I mean, we’ve dreamed about it,” he says. “There was nobody that was like, ‘Oh, okay, onto the next.’ It was so special for all of us, and we really do love each other.”
He adds, “I think everybody would be on board in a heartbeat if something happened. I mean, it’s all about money, networks, scripts and writing.”
On June 10, Hiller released his collection of autobiographical essays, Actress of a Certain Age.
Throughout the book, he recounts his journey from being bullied as a gay kid in Texas to becoming a social worker and then landing his breakout role in Somebody Somewhere at the age of 44.
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Actress of a Certain Age is out now, and Somebody Somewhere can be streamed on Max.
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