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"Timothy Olyphant"

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Society & Culture
Jason Bateman: Arrested in Monaco in Leopard Print

"Timothy Olyphant" · Jul 20, 2026 Society & Culture

Jason Bateman was arrested in Monaco for drunk and disorderly behavior after a casino night, wearing a leopard print outfit and fueled by cheap champagne. The arrest story is so vivid that Olyphant immediately declared it the title of Bateman's biography.

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Guest Introduction: Champagne, Chips, and Welcome to Timothy Olyphant

At 8:30 · chapter starts 7:10

Will Arnett delivers a properly reverent introduction, ticking through Olyphant's multi-Emmy-nominated career: the landmark westerns Justified and Deadwood, the recent FX hit Alien: Earth (the Noah Hawley vehicle), Apple TV+'s Stick, and the upcoming crime thriller Lucky with Anya Taylor-Joy and Annette Bening. Before Olyphant appears, Jason Bateman sneaks in his own arrest origin story — a leopard outfit, Monaco, cheap champagne, and a pocket full of casino chips. When Olyphant finally connects, he immediately launches into a story about offering Eric Roberts $20 to bump a cop on the Justified set — only for Roberts to calmly explain he had already hit a cop once, and it was 'not a good idea.' The opening salvo establishes Olyphant as exactly the kind of guest who matches the show's energy.

Society & Culture
Jason arrested in Monaco

"Timothy Olyphant" · Jul 20, 2026

Jason Bateman was arrested in Monaco for drunk and disorderly conduct, dressed in a leopard outfit after a night at the casino fueled by cheap champagne.

TV & Film
A Complaint of Actors: Life on Location vs. Life in LA

"Timothy Olyphant" · Jul 20, 2026 TV & Film

Olyphant asked for London over Bangkok for Alien: Earth Season 2 — then the moment he got it, complained he'd have to leave LA. This perfectly illustrates what he calls 'a complaint of actors': the universal dissatisfaction of a working actor with wherever they are.

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