Jonathan Groff may very well be in for an additional brisk Thanksgiving if his NSFW admission on NBC’s “Today” is any indication.
Groff is ready to carry out Thursday with the solid of Broadway’s “Just in Time” on the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Showing Monday on “Today with Jenna & Friends,” nonetheless, the Tony-winning actor broke down in giggles when sharing particulars on his outfit for the event.
“I am gonna just brave the cold in the costume,” Groff stated. “I’ve decided to not wear any undergarments.”
Paying attention to the flub immediately, he shortly clarified, “Any extra undergarments.”
Regardless of the try to course-correct, visitor host Andy Cohen joked about what may occur if Groff opted to “free ball” throughout the parade, earlier than telling the actor: “You need long underwear!”
“I don’t know that we say ‘free ball’ on morning television,” host Jenna Bush Hager then quipped.
Watch Jonathan Groff’s “Today” look beneath.
Groff is selling the filmed model of the 2023 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” which hits theaters subsequent week. Each he and Daniel Radcliffe obtained Tonys for his or her performances within the musical, which additionally starred Lindsay Mendez.
From now till March, Broadway followers can catch Groff within the musical “Just in Time,” during which he portrays pop singer Bobby Darin, greatest recognized for his clutch of Nineteen Fifties and ’60s hits like “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover.”
Although it’s unknown whether or not Darin opted for undergarments throughout his performances, Groff has recommended the legendary crooner ― who died in 1973 at age 37 ― had a number of steamy secrets and techniques of his personal.
“This guy is fire. He’s such an incredible performer and really special,” Groff stated throughout an look on Andrew Chappelle and Cody Rigsby’s “Tactful Pettiness” podcast final yr. “I read this book about him, where he talked about his relationship to the audience. He, for example, would wear a condom when he went onstage in case he ejaculated.”
And when Groff started engaged on “Just in Time,” he stated, he discovered himself equally, um, aroused: “I did feel some tingles.”
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