EitherKen Jeongdoesn’t know his best friendMargaret Choas well as he thought he did, or thoseMasked Singercostumes arereally that good.
During an appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson ShowTuesday, Jeong opened up about the most surprising reveal he’s witnessed as a panelist onthe hit Fox show.
“Nicole [Scherzinger]andRobin [Thicke]have that perfect ear where they can recognize [the masked celebrity]. I don’t,” said Jeong, 52. “My favorite reveal was in the first season where it was the Poodle being Margaret Cho, one of my best friends in the whole wide world.”
To this day, Jeong can’t believe didn’t recognize Cho, 52, underneath the mask.
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“I remember that moment and the look on my face was pure embarrassment, because I knew I would not be able to live that down for the rest of my life. And I haven’t,” he continued. “She even said on the show and off the air, ‘Out of all people, I would have imagined it would be you guessing it.’ She had all the inclusion from San Francisco when she did stand-up comedy, and I’m just like, ‘I don’t know! I don’t know!'”
TheCommunityalum added: “I was just such an idiot. And to this day, I’m still embarrassed.”
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In fact, Jeong and Cho go back over 20 years.
“I wrote a part on my sitcomDr. Kenfor her,” he said. “She played my sister onDr. Ken! Like, I know her so well. And she had an amazing voice [onThe Masked Singer]. She did so good!”
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Cho competed onThe Masked Singer’s debut season, which aired in 2019. She ended her run as the Poodle in ninth place;T-Painwon the season as the Monster.
“I was claustrophobic the entire time. The worst part was that somebody, I don’t even know who it was, somebody was talking to me a lot in the mask, through the snout, and he had really bad breath which got stuck in the snout,” she said at the time. “So I would end up breathing recycled bad breath from somebody else for a long period of time. That was not something I signed up for.”
As for Jeong’s failure in recognizing her, Cho said: “I thought if anybody was going to guess, it’s him! I was really surprised he didn’t.”
The Masked Singerreturns with a special two-night premiere on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
source: people.com
