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Jane Lynch on 'Weakest Link' persona: 'I love it so much'

Jane Lynch joins Hoda & Jenna to talk about her role as host of "The Weakest Link" and how she "loves" getting to play a tougher persona. She also describes the latest season of "Only Murders in the Building" as a "wackadoodle doo, in the most delightful way." » Subscribe to Today with Hoda and Jenna: https://www.youtube.com/@HodaAndJenna » Watch TODAY All Day: https://www.youtube.com/today About: Friendship, fun, and laughs! America’s feel-good morning show with big stars and sweet surprises. Hoda and Jenna inspire and empower with their impactful stories and heartfelt connection. Connect with TODAY with Hoda and Jenna Online! Visit the TODAY with Hoda and Jenna Website: https://www.today.com/hoda-and-jenna Find TODAY on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hodaandjenna Follow TODAY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HodaAndJenna Follow TODAY on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hodaandJenna/ #janelynch #actor #celebrity

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Jay Lynch is the queen of stage the screen and everything in between and she's back as the host of the popular game show weakest link and we've got a sneak peek of the upcoming Days of our live special episode take a look tonight I've gathered together Eight Days of Our Lives stars to earn money for charity but is that really why I did it they'll face challenging questions like who's the father of my unborn twin sister's cousins aunt's dog sitter and a chance to win up to $1 million now I'd like
to see these drama queens try I love it oh my gosh Jam is the perfect show for you I love it I love it so much you know what's funny in in real life you're so friendly and sweet and kind and you turn this on and suddenly are like cracking the whip it's my shadow side do you like that side of you let her come out absolutely I love doing it you know everybody there knows that it's the gig that I them but hopefully I do it with a little bit of heart but it's so much fun lot of those you I was goin
g to say you play a lot of those characters who insult people yeah I'm kind of fascinated with cruelty yeah especially cruelty that's um kind of transparent you know not like the not real evil but people who kind of walk around like this and you just go what are you what do you think pulling off what are you do yeah right I see right through that see it it's obvious exactly um okay we have to ask I've been really holding back cuz I've been wanting to ask you about the fact that you co-hosted the
dolly pardon pet Gala what is a pet G first of all can I be invited to a pet Gala absolutely I will make sure that Happ what is a pet Gala I think it was the first time but Dolly Parton not only loves animals she loves fashion so her designer created her looks in dog no dolly was there too oh she was look at the two of there the a height G was this a was this a dream for you to combine Dolly we know you love animals animals and then costumes oh I know I just love and that's what Dolly Parton is
all about that she's all about fashion and the feels you know she's exactly who you hope we you know we've had the chance to interview her and we love her but what was it like working alongside of her like just kind kind generous generous just very very down to earth and oh and she's so beautiful she looks like I I heard this metaphor once someone who's really bright and shiny it looks like they swallowed a light bulb yeah there's just light coming yeah she does from the inside you always have
a lot of cool new projects we want to talk about only murders in the building but when you are looking for something do things come to you do you look for things how does it work now well it it now comes to me and I I as my agent will tell you I rarely say no yeah I I um so it's not like things are coming all the time something will come and we say yeah we'll do it but you know when I was younger and and not as established in the business I took everything you know and things didn't come every d
ay like people say so this role came across my desk I never even have a desk so you know you just I jumped up and down for you know a commercial about um you know pesticide yeah well and when you think about it only murders which she brought up that's big first of all it's a dream casted but also your role is quite particular isn't it crazy so I rented a house from this girl who a writer on um uh only murders in the building and she called Kristen Newman and she called me said will you play Stev
e Martin's um uh stunt double and I said of course I will she said her name is SAS and I said well I'm totally in with that name so what did you think that meant it meant that I was going to dress like him that we were best friends but what I didn't know and I love about it is that I'm better at everything than him I'm better with the ladies I'm I'm uh smarter I'm more athletic I have more friends everywhere Steve's character kind of lacks he's kind of a sad sack I'm so much better than he is an
d yet we really love each other so if you were going to pick your comedy partner and you only had two choices Martin schw or Steve Martin oh my gosh who would you choose I can't I mean I I it was chosen you have to choose someone okay well it was chosen for me and it's an really wonderful Choice Steve Martin Steve Martin yeah and then next season I'd love to be with Martin maybe you could wouldn't that be nice but can you I oh well I'm in this season now I'm dead Okay dead people in the next sea
son and being okay good nothing this happens yeah right yeah cuz I mean Paul Red's character oh there's going to be some interesting things oh really yeah I can't even say oh my gosh you guys this season is whacka doodle do in the most delightful way so in addition to all the other stuff you do you also are a big baking fan what are you baking like what's your specialty lemon bars lemon bars I baked lemon bars for about four weeks and I haven't baked them since but and there's a blueberry crumbl
e that was a week did you bake a blueberry crumble I just I did it I was done I have an Aries moon I do things and I get over them done you know who you do you have an Aries moon I must because I I'm into fads like I used to love popsicles I had them three times a day and then I don't even have a popsicle she's also like listen to the song you're going to love it I'm going to drive it into the ground then I'm done me too I drive things into when's your birthday July 14th but my it was a cancer b
ut an Aries moon I'm going to astrology I think you're an AR I might have an Aries moon moon it's like you go through things don't know about you grab them you go through them and then you TOS some by the way I have a child that's an Aries and that's exactly how she's like I am why did you introduce me to the Hunger Games I'm never going to like a book as much as it and then it's like she reads something else and she's like oh I hated The Hunger Games I love this book oh that's very AR yes that'
s ar ar ar Ariel Ariel Ariel love that movie Jane is going to stick around and she's going to help us find out who is the weakest link coming up right after this [Music] goodbye

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