I’m sure his advice in real life is so much better because he’s a very nice guy. His advice sucked, but to be fair, that was his written advice and it made for great TV, so I give Dwight a pass for that. He shook everybody’s hand and was talking to everyone, getting to know everybody. The term gentle giant is completely and utterly Dwight. Is he gonna know?” But in reality, Dwight is one of the nicest, most gentle people. I was like, “Wow, this is a professional athlete, and I’ve never really worked with one before. We filmed a little bit out of order, based off his schedule, so I was like, “Until it happens, I’m gonna try to temper my expectations,” because I knew that, when it finally did happen, I’d probably freak out a little bit. When I first read it, I was like, “Oh, my God.” I was astounded. LEWISON: No, that was not in my bingo card for Ben. Jaren, could you ever have imagined that you’d share a scene with Dwight Howard on this show and that Ben would be asking him for sex advice? How does a moment like that happen? I like to have a million and one things going on, so it was a blast. Even though there was a lot going on for me, at that time, that’s how I love to live my life. Even if it was just the hand movements in the hair and makeup trailer, we would run it down, and that was great. My brain was mushy, but honestly, the crew, my cast members, and Richa really helped out with letting me practice with her, whenever I wanted. It was two days because I was also swamped with learning the harp, for playing “Unchained Melody” while Nirmala and Len’s first dance goes on, and also memorizing my monologue for the last prayer scene, and then my own regular scenes in between. It was a full circle moment for Devi’s character arc, considering she was making fun of those girls, and now she gets to be one of those girls and have such a fun time. Fun fact, the lead dancer in the Ganesh Puja episode in Season 1, was the person who choreographed the dance for Richa and I to perform, as Devi and Kamala, at the wedding. What was it like to do the dance at the wedding, with Devi and Kamala? How long did you have to prepare for that? Did you actually get to have fun doing it? At the end of the day, you’ve gotta respect the decision. She didn’t just rag on us, so we can stay strong. She’s said a lot of great things about Team Ben, too. I know that she’s been firmly Team Paxton, and it’s hard to argue with that. LEWISON: What can I say? Obviously, I respect Maitreyi’s opinion, even if she’s wrong. Jaren, do you have something to say about all of this? RAMAKRISHNAN: Are the shirts not selling well? All brown people do is care about what other people think.” Devi needs to hear that. He drops the best wisdom, straight away from Season 1 with, “Who cares what other people think? You do you. His grandfather was swing musician Charlie Barnet. Barnets mother is of Swedish and Japanese descent, while his father is of German and Cherokee descent. He gained recognition for his role as Paxton Hall-Yoshida in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever. I was like, “Wait, this is the end of Paxton?” I was so upset. Darren Charles Barnet is an American actor born on April 27, 1991, in Los Angeles. I got the script for the time that Devi wrote, “I have a crush on Des,” in Season 3, and I cried. But I can also be in support of another team, on the side. I still have team Devi, just because I love her.

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