Anne Hathaway Says She’ll Call Hot Ones’ Sean Evans If Baby Is Overdue
Anne Hathaway Jokes She’ll Call “Hot Ones” Host Sean Evans If Baby Is Overdue
Anne Hathaway has a mother’s instinct.
That’s why the Oscar winner—who is currently expecting her third baby with husband Adam Shulman—took her doctor’s orders seriously when she was told not to participate in Sean Evans’ Hot Ones series, where celebrity guests taste chicken wings with increasing spice levels.
“Spicy foods impacted me in the past, let’s just say that,” Hathaway exclusively told E! News at the Verity premiere in New York City Sept. 29. “And so it kind of seemed like the right thing to do. Why take any unnecessary chances?”
However, the 43-year-old is keeping the talk show host’s phone number handy should her baby need an extra push. As she put it, “But if the baby is overdue, I might be giving Sean a call.”
While Hathaway’s character in the new movie Verity, in theaters Oct. 2, made a fake appearance on the Evans-hosted talk series, the Oscar winner recently revealed that she didn’t actually get to try the challenge IRL due to her pregnancy.
“I thought that I was gonna be able to do the Hot Ones challenge to do press for this film because it just made sense,” Hathaway—who plays bestselling author Verity Crawford in the Colleen Hoover adaptation—told Talk Of The Townsends in an interview posted to Instagram Sept. 25. “But then I got pregnant and my doctor said I couldn't do it because I might go into early labor.”
Though she was able to eat a few of the actual wings while filming Verity, the Odyssey star has yet to fully complete Hot Ones’ spicy chicken challenge.
“I still haven't done the gauntlet yet. I'm not sure when that's gonna happen,” she shared. “Maybe next year.”
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And while Hathaway—mom to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6, with Shulman—made it clear she won’t be undergoing the eating challenge on this press tour, it’s been special getting to face the media frenzy with one costar in particular: Dakota Johnson.
“I love her,” Hathaway—who also stars alongside Josh Hartnett and Ismael Cruz Córdova in the thriller—told E! News. “She’s the most adorable, amazing, surprising person.”
“It’s not even that she marches to the beat of her own drummer,” she added. “It’s like she’s hearing the coolest music ever and you’re just like I just want to hear the music that you’re hearing. She’s so real, she’s so fantastic and I’m just so happy that we became friends.”
As Hathaway continues on in the Verity press tour, keep ready for a closer looker at all her best pregnancy style…
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Mum's the Word
Days before Anne Hathaway announced her third pregnancy with husband Adam Shulman, she kept the situation under wraps while out in New York City June 1, 2026, with loose-fitting separates and a well-placed bag.
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Red Hot
Stepping out 11 days after her June 19, 2026, pregnancy reveal, Hathaway painted the town, well, you know, in an Ashlyn New York top, La Ligne pants, VIVAIA shoes and Krewe sunnies.
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Backwards and Forwards
No mistakes, only happy accidents. The actress became a trendsetter by inadvertently flipping her Ashlyn New York jumpsuit during an NYC outing on June 30, 2026.
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Sunny Disposition
The actress (in NYC July 1, 2026) brightened up the start of her press tour for The Odyssey with a Lela Rose dress and Bulgari jewels.
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These Boots Were Made for Posing
Was she wearing the Gianvito Rossi boots with her Blumarine dress at The Odyssey photocall in London July 5, 2026? Yeah, she was.
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Not Just Blue, Not Turquoise, Not Lapis
For The Odyssey's London premiere July 6, 2026, Hathaway answered Dior's siren call in a custom periwinkle dress.
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Meet Her at Midnight
Yes, sometimes Hathaway wears Prada, the actress going custom for The Odyssey's Parisian photo call July 7, 2026.
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It's for Paris
Hathaway was trés chic in custom Louis Vuitton for The Odyssey's Paris premiere July 8, 2026.
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Finding Her Flow
Sure, she and Shulman knew what they were doing trying for a third baby, Hathaway (in custom Gap by Zac Posen) admitted during a July 13, 2026, appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, but, "We were so shocked it went this way, so we’re calling this one our buzzer-beater."
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Best Believe She's Bejeweled
Finishing up the grueling, uh, journey that was her Odyssey press tour, Hathaway selected custom Prada and Bulgari jewelry for the July 14 premiere in NYC.
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A Clean Slate
Hathaway was all white, all white, all white while out in New York City on July 16, 2026.
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You Don't Understand. This Is an Alaïa
To appear on Today July 16, 2026, Hathaway slipped into an Alaïa dress and strappy Gianvito Rossi heels.
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A Sneak Peek
Though Hathaway's all white everything look for a July 16, 2026, appearance on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live wasn't exactly kid-friendly, for her every day style, she told People, "I have to always be able to go from a serious business meeting to, like, a basketball court."
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Bumpin' Along
"Fake hair, real bump," Hathaway captioned a peek at her Prabal Gurung top for The End of Oak Street's Aug. 9, 2026, block party in L.A.
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The Mom Wears Red
Hathaway wore a flouncy red top by J'amemme and white trousers as she spoke onstage at a D23 showcase on Aug. 14, 2026.
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A Dress Fit for a Princess
On Aug. 16, 2026, the Princess Diaries alum donned this caped gown by Aflalo to accepted her Disney Legend honor.
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