Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

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By: Kara Mayer Robinson

Real, genuine talks with famous people. Your favorite actors and celebrities feel like close friends as they laugh, reflect and connect with therapist Kara Mayer Robinson. It's like catching up with best friends or eavesdropping on a therapy session. Sure, they're famous. But with Kara, they're real.

Uma Thurman + Elisabeth Moss + Kristin Chenoweth
04/03/2024

Twist! I reached into my archives for this, friends. Back in the day, I interviewed these three iconic women: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale, Mad Men) and Kristin Chenoweth (Glee, Pushing Daisies). These were VERY DIFFERENT interviews from my podcast talks because (a) back then, I was primarily a writer and a therapist, (b) I was only beginning to develop my interviewing style, (c) they were for written articles, or profiles, for magazines, so the purpose was different, and (d) I didn't have actual podcasting equipment yet; just a tiny microrecorder (which wasn't...


Tim Daly is back!
03/20/2024

When Tim Daly and I sit down at his kitchen table for our 6th Really Famous talk, we get philosophical - and Tim says some things he probably shouldn't (his words, not mine!). Of course we talk Madam Secretary, Wings, how handsome Tim is, his status with co-star and life partner Téa Leoni, etc. But we also get into deep (and shallow) thoughts, about aging, fear, death, intimacy and more.

You'll feel like you're right there with us, sitting at the table with Tim's dog, Goose, coming and going, weaving from topic to topic and analyzing ou...


Yeardley Smith ("Lisa Simpson!")
03/06/2024

It's Lisa Simpson!

Yes, Emmy-winner Yeardley Smith is the voice of smart, spunky Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. For the last 30 years. Wow!

Yeardley is also an on-air actor (remember her from City Slickers, Herman's Head, The Legend of Billie Jean and Maximum Overdrive?).

And she co-hosts the true crime podcast Small Town Dicks. Tune in! Subscribe!

You'll hear Yeardley talk about:

perfectionism success living up to your potential (or not) not being accepted to college Bill Murray's secret phone number winning an Emmy (and not feeling how you'd expect) on-came...


Jon Cryer
02/21/2024

What a candid truthteller and conversationalist! Hang out with actor Jon Cryer (Pretty in Pink, Two and a Half Men, Extended Family) and me for talk filled with inside Hollywood stories about the Brat Pack, Charlie Sheen, Demi Moore and more. Find out who Jon dated, who rejected him, why he almost quit the business and why having a therapist as the host of this show is just perfect.

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Alan Cumming
02/07/2024

Alan Cumming has an FAQ page on his website. That's because he's been interviewed so many times and he's done with the same old questions. That's actually perfect for me because I can't stand same old questions.

But!

He has done so many things (mastered theater, won a Tony, starred in hit TV series like The Good Wife -- he played Eli Gold -- and Instinct, starred in everything from Doctor Who to Sex and the City and Spy Kids, co-hosted the Tonys, made albums, received 40+ awards for his humanitarianism, got 3 honorary degrees, holy moly, the lis...


Eric Braeden
01/24/2024

The Young and the Restless icon Eric Braeden, aka Victor Newman, returns to Really Famous as we sit down at CBS Studios in Los Angeles, on the set of the daytime drama, to talk about the wildest and scariest times in Eric's life, his recent bout with bladder cancer, trauma and drama, making it in Hollywood, his penchant for fast cars and the shocking things he's done when he was pulled over by the police, his granddaughters, his veracity, and oh so much more. Plus, he compares me to Larry King. So that's fun too.

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Reid Scott - Mental Health Special
12/13/2023

If you have mental illness in your family or know someone with narcissistic or borderline personality disorder, this one's for you. Actor Reid Scott (Veep, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Why Women Kill) and I dive into personal stories and I share insight as a mental health expert in a special #mentalhealth episode of Really Famous, where Reid interviews me and also opens up about his family and their mental health struggles.

It's the second time Reid is on Really Famous and this time, he's asking the questions. And revealing personal stories. And getting feedback from Kara.

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Ed Begley, Jr.
11/29/2023

A one-of-a-kind talk with one-of-a-kind actor Ed Begley, Jr!

Ed reveals why he spent most of his life as a con man (his words, not mine!), telling lies, breaking the law, doing drugs, drinking too much, cheating on women, and feeling like a victim. We also talk about living with Parkinson's Disease and how Ed changed his life around sometime between St. Elsewhere and Better Call Saul.

We get into a lot, including on:

Old Hollywood stories involving icons like Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, drugs and the police Ed shares family bombshells – found out his...


Peter Facinelli
11/08/2023

Twilight, Nurse Jackie, The Vanished, Supergirl and more! Join actor-director-writer-producer Peter Facinelli and me for a big, philosophical talk. We get into:

Hypnotherapy (Peter is a certified hypnotherapist!), therapy (I'm a licensed therapist!), and how our thoughts make and break your life. New York, Los Angeles, earthquakes and fires  Peter's new film, ON FIRE Nurse Jackie, Dick Wolf, NYU, Hollywood and fame Parenting big kids and little kids Peter's marriage to ex-wife Jennie Garth, who played Kelly on Beverly Hills 90210 Being raised by relaxed but hardworking Italian parents Manifestation and who are we, really?!?

Get ready — you may...


Daisy Fuentes returns
10/25/2023

The MTV VJ, TV host, model and entrepreneur and I are back with a super-candid, let-it-all-out talk. 

Investments! Real estate! Money! Designer bags! Aging! Facelifts! Botox! Regrets! Women and men! My inner thoughts as a therapist! Clapping back at people! Paring down your life to only the good peeps! Richard Marx, aka Daisy's husband!

And more, including a super-honest conversation about "aging gracefully" -- like none you've heard before.

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