Jimmy Kimmel Live
Matt Dallas Interview - August 30, 2007
(Jimmy Kimmel sits behind a desk. George Lopez sits next to him.) Jimmy: Here is George Lopez. A jock is on the way. If you like your TV super heroes dreamy and belly buttonless, then you'll love our next guest. He plays a scientific-created teen with extraordinary powers on the big hit show "Kyle XY". The mid-season finale airs Monday night at 8. Please say hello to Matt Dallas!

(Amid applauses, Matt comes onto the stage in a gray suit over black shirt and shoes. Jimmy Kimmel walks behind George Lopez to shake hands with Matt. Then Matt steps down to the front to shake hands with George Lopez. George pats him on the back. He sits next to Jimmy Kimmel. George sits on Matt's right.) Jimmy: I know the last time that you were supposed to be here (note: Matt was originally scheduled for 06/20/07) , I had my appendix removed the day of and you had actually… Did you get on the flight? Matt: I was actually in the air when, I guess, you were taken. Jimmy: Did the pilot land the plane when they learned of this news? Matt: That was what actually happened. I was landed on my way down. No, no, really I got off. I had 4 messages on my cell phone. People went like, "You have to turn away and go back! Jimmy is in the hospital!" Yeah, okay! Jimmy: Did you turn around and go back? Were you going to kill me? Matt: It's okay. It's fine because I had 3 nights in LA. Jimmy: Yes, I must say… Matt: My grandma was a little disappointed. Jimmy: Really? Matt: You know, she kept saying, "You're going to do the show anyway, right?" "Grandma, no," I said, "he's in the hospital." She said, "Can't they get a guest host or something?" I said, "Grandma." Jimmy: Tell her thanks. Thank you for her concern for my health. (chuckles) Is she watching tonight? Matt: Yes. (waves right hand) Jimmy: She is, good, right. I'm glad that nothing happened. It may be a curse that she had on me. Matt: I do have a great-grandma that practices voodoo. Jimmy: Really? What? Matt: You're better so obviously, she didn't do anything. Jimmy: Do you really have a great-grandmother who's alive? Matt: I actually have 2 great-grandmas. Jimmy: Really? Wow! That's something else! George: What do you mean practice voodoos? Does she make people disappear? Matt: She claims to be a psychic. She does voodoo. Jimmy: Really? How old is she? Matt (looks up in the ceiling and figures age): Oh. Ninety? George: Maybe she put you on the appendix mode? Matt: I doubt that. Jimmy: It's hard to do voodoo when you're ninety, never mind the mode. (people laugh) (Drummer hits the drum.) Jimmy: Kaput! Okay, where were we? So anyway, thanks again to your family for their concern. Is your whole family interested in the show? Do they watch it and comment on it? Matt: They love it. They call me every Monday night after the show. It's funny. Actually, my little brother, after our season premiere when Kyle's away from the Tragers and he finally comes back to the family at the end of the episode, which is an emotional thing. My little brother - he's 13 - called me up, (changes his voice) "You know, Matt, it's really funny because I get this feeling, you know, that weird feeling, you know that your stomach feels weird and your eyes kinda get this watery thing." (normal voice) I mean, you mean like crying. He refuses to admit that he was crying because he's a 13-year-old boy and he's into skateboarding and stuff like that. He's going to kill me now when he watches this. Jimmy: I bet he will. Matt: His friends will see this. Jimmy: It's a cruel thing to do now. Matt: I'm his big brother. It's my job. Jimmy: Yeah, it is your job especially when you're out of town and you can't get on top of him. What I would do, I would send my brother to the ground and I will let spit come out of my mouth and I let it just right down in his face and I suck it back in. Then eventually I get bored and it would just go on his face. Matt: Yeah. Jimmy: That's the sort of thing you have to do. Matt: We used to do those things all the time like pin him down or like if they get a zit, we would pop the zit they would get. We would pin them down and suck on their eyeballs, blow on their nose. Anything to torture them we will do it. I think we get that from my aunt and my uncle who always did that to us so we passed it on. Jimmy: You have to pass the abuse on. Well, George knows that. George: Last time, I did the Dutch oven to Jimmy when I was a guest. (audience laugh) Matt: You're the couple for it. Now I'm going to get into a lot of trouble. Jimmy: What's going on? Do you have a girl friend? Matt: No. Jimmy: What's the story that you're living with your female co-star? Matt: I live with my female co-star, April Matson, on the show. Yeah, we have this beautiful house on the water. Our dogs play together constantly. Jimmy: When you go out, do older women tear your clothes off? I would imagine that you probably get… Matt: You know, they don't necessarily tear my clothes off. Speaking of clothes and off, I was in a New York bar once right after our show came out, I had this girl come up and there's this girl across the bar. I was standing alone. I had one friend at the bar and another at a bathroom. I was standing alone and this girl gave me the eye across the bar. All of a sudden, she walked up to me and just stuck her hand underneath my shirt, touched my belly button, leaned in and whispered into my ear, "I touched it." And then just walked out, walked away. Jimmy: Really? Matt: I was so in shock that I didn't know what to do. Jimmy: And then what did you do? Matt: Nothing! Jimmy: Then you do have a belly button. Matt: It's there. Jimmy: It is there? Matt: Yeah, I do have one. Jimmy: Okay, last time you were here, I asked you to show it and you wouldn't, but now this time you will? Matt: I still will not. Jimmy: Why not? Matt: I told you. It's the same thing I said the last time. If you do it, I'll do it. Jimmy: I'll do it. I don't care. Matt: Do it!

(Jimmy stands up and pulls his shirt out of his pant and shows his belly button, which is an innie. He sticks a finger deeply into it. Audience laughs.) Matt: Wow! I didn't really think you'd do it! (Jimmy tucks his shirt inside his pants.) George: That looks harsh. Jimmy: Do you want to put your finger in it? (George goes to Jimmy and sticks his finger inside Jimmy's belly button. Jimmy puts his shirt back in his pant. George runs to the end of the stage and runs back to his seat.)

Jimmy: All right. As they say in "Balls of Fury"… (He waves his right hand at Matt.) George: You could put a breeze in it though. Jimmy: Show everyone your belly button! Matt: I didn't think you would do it. Jimmy: Well, I did. What are you going to do now? (Audience hoots. Matt stands up and pulls his black shirt out to reveal his belly button.)

Jimmy: He does have one! He got one! There you go. How about that? You'll never see that on Kyle XY. That's the magic of this show right here. (Matt tucks his shirt in.) Matt Dallas, everybody! (He waves to the audience.) Watch "Kyle XY" mid-season finale on Monday night! George Lopez! We'll be right back!

Transcript and screen caps by MAYP See the video of the interview here

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