Aubrey Plaza Jokes Patti LuPone “Almost Killed” Her When She Was Sick While They Were Roommates
deadline.comAgatha All Along actress Aubrey Plaza briefly lived with her Marvel costar Patti LuPone — and survived to tell the tale. In a hilarious retelling on a recent episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Plaza recounted her time with the multi-Tony award winner, with whom she became “quick friends” and who helped encourage her to go out for a play (which she had not done before) when the two were roommates.
And about that time she “almost killed” her with a dose of Benadryl. While the pair lived together for months, Plaza said she got “really sick,” leading LuPone to suggest she should see her “special nurse,” named Joe.
Though LuPone was attending a gala that night (which Meyers joked was really a stand-in for an alibi), the nurse would come around 10:30 p.m.
and hook her up to an IV supplying nutrients. When Joe asked if Plaza also wanted to get a dose of what LuPone uses to help her sleep, the Megalopolis actress agreed, to which the nurse hesitantly obliged.
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