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  • -My next guest is currently in his ninth season

  • of "Chicago Fire," which airs Wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m.

  • on NBC and is streaming on Peacock right now.

  • Here is Taylor Kinney!

  • Taylor!

  • -Hey!

  • -It is so nice to see you.

  • And thank you so much for coming on the show.

  • I've actually met you before but very briefly.

  • -This was, I forget the year -- 2016, maybe something like that.

  • But every year -- I think I've done it four times --

  • we do a Polar Plunge, which is a charity event

  • for the Special Olympics in Chicago.

  • They wait for, you know, in and around the coldest day

  • of the year and they push some ice and debris

  • up from Lake Michigan.

  • You get your swim trunks on, and you jump in.

  • And it's gotten bigger, the crowds.

  • But I remember you were there.

  • Vince Vaughn was there, and I remember you had a suit on.

  • And you went, like, just all full suit.

  • And I go, "How's he gonna get out?

  • That's gotta be, like, triple as cold."

  • -Look, there it is right there. -There you go.

  • -I remember seeing you. My hair was frozen. It was spiky.

  • -Oh, yeah, everything just goes --

  • -Ice. -Yeah.

  • And I'm sure your suit is still probably stiff as a board.

  • -It's thawing out, yeah.

  • It's halfway from Chicago to New York. Yeah.

  • But I love that you did that four times.

  • Good for you.

  • That's unbelievable.

  • It's not a surprise to me that you do these things

  • 'cause you're in great shape.

  • But also you like a good challenge.

  • I know you and your brothers

  • have big grilling competitions with each other.

  • -Yeah. -How did that start?

  • -I kind of grew up on fish sticks and meat loaf

  • and leftover fish sticks and leftover chicken.

  • And so it was always --

  • I just expected things to taste like that.

  • And I was working a lot.

  • I started kind of coming home and grilling on my own,

  • like, towards the end of high school, beginning of college.

  • I would go, if I was doing carpentry work or roofing,

  • I started grilling, and I started with these marinades.

  • And then, it was like, "Hey, Mom, like,

  • you actually can make chicken that doesn't crack and dry.

  • Like, this is delicious. It's kind of good."

  • And so it was a joke with that, and then we got more into it,

  • started writing down recipes.

  • My brothers got in on it.

  • And then it became a competition of sorts

  • and it just kind of took off.

  • -Well, you took it to the next level.

  • You actually bought a restaurant.

  • -So, I own -- part-own a restaurant and theater

  • in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

  • It's called Zoetropolis and Lancaster Distilleries.

  • The theater -- It's a small theater.

  • We do independent film documentaries, live music.

  • It's not a big venue, maybe 90-person capacity pre-COVID.

  • It's helping a lot of people

  • who are in between jobs and in and out of work.

  • -Please support your local stuff. Yeah.

  • -If you ever get a chance, like, come and do a little stage --

  • a little set on the stage there at Zoetropolis.

  • -If you have an open mike, I can't help myself.

  • I have to go up and grab onto it.

  • Zoetropolis?

  • -Zoetropolis is the theater.

  • Lancaster Distilleries is the restaurant.

  • -Alright. Watch me.

  • I'm going to come. I'm going to come for you.

  • -[ Laughs ] I love it.

  • -I want to say congrats on "Chicago Fire."

  • It's a giant hit.

  • I mean, this is season 9 now?

  • -Yes.

  • -I mean, what is it like when you first get that job

  • and you go, "Oh, this could be fun.

  • Let's see if we can do this."

  • Cut to -- what is it? -- 10 years later now.

  • You're still -- You're crushing it.

  • It's still a major hit on NBC.

  • -It was one of those things -- I had done pilots before.

  • Either they go -- they don't get picked up.

  • It's kind of -- You know, it's a crap shoot.

  • You don't know.

  • But, you know, with Dick Wolf being a part of this

  • and "Law and Order," I said,

  • "Well, this could have some legs."

  • I think it was one of our producers saying

  • or a showrunner said,

  • "Hey, you might want to look into getting a place.

  • Not buying but just, hey, you're going to --

  • Get out of the hotel."

  • And it's been nine years now.

  • -Wow!

  • -It's the closest thing as a 9:00 to 5:00 that I think

  • that I'll experience in this line of work.

  • -I'm a fan of the show, and I have to ask,

  • because I used to live by a fire station

  • when I was first on "Saturday Night Live."

  • And they are a very honest bunch.

  • Do you hear from real firefighters who watch

  • and go like, "We would never do that. What are you doing?"

  • -For the most part, it was positive responses.

  • But I think in the first couple episodes, they were like,

  • "Well, you guys, you got this hose.

  • You slid down this hose.

  • How the hell are you gonna get back up?

  • We don't do that. What is that?"

  • -"It's a TV show!

  • It's a television show! We're not really firefighters."

  • -That's what I said.

  • I was like, "There's a little creative license."

  • They're like, "What are you talking about?

  • No, no."

  • -Taylor, thanks so much for coming on the show, man.

  • I'm a big fan.

  • I want to show everyone a clip.

  • Here's Taylor Kinney in "Chicago Fire."

  • Take a look at this.

  • -You alright?

  • -Just waiting for some aspirin to kick in.

  • What's up?

  • -Do you know anything about the delivery

  • Stella ordered for the apartment?

  • -Delivery of what?

  • -That's the thing. She wouldn't say.

  • I don't deal well with change.

  • She knows that.

  • -Well, it's her home, too.

  • She probably wants to put her stamp on the place.

  • -Mm. Probably.

  • -Hey, uh, you and Kidd, if it's time for me to move on

  • and you guys need the loft to yourselves, just say the word.

  • I promise. I'm all good.

  • -Didn't I just say I don't deal well with change?

  • -Taylor Kinney.

  • "Chicago Fire" airs Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. on NBC.

  • And every season is streaming right now on Peacock.

-My next guest is currently in his ninth season

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