Kaley Cuoco is looking forward to becoming a first-time mom.
11.10.2022 - 19:21 / usmagazine.com
The ‘do that shook CBS! Kaley Cuoco opened up about her dramatic hair transformation ahead of season 8 of The Big Bang Theory — and the effect it had on her character, Penny.
“I just f–king cut my hair off and didn’t tell anyone,” Cuoco said of her bold pixie cut in an excerpt from The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series. “I did it for an independent film called Burning Bodhi, and basically showed up to our Big Bang wrap party with short hair.”
The California native explained that she wanted to “shake” things up and was “bored and sick” of the shoulder-length hair she was rocking on the hit series. Additionally, Penny had just started a new job as a pharmaceutical sales representative and Cuoco wanted her look to reflect that. However, her plan backfired … sort of.
Cuoco shared: “I thought by cutting my hair, I would spend less time in the hair and makeup chair, even though I loved the hair and makeup team. And then in my attempt to spend less time on my hair, that decision bit me in the ass and it took way longer to do my short hair. I was like, ‘This is the worst decision! What was I thinking?!’ I thought I was cutting off all this time, because I hated going in and getting ready.” She added: “That’s why I was wearing my hair up so much in season six and seven. So, then I cut it and it ended up being more work because it wasn’t easy to style.”
Chuck Lorre, co-creator and executive producer, revealed that Penny’s big chop stirred viewers into a frenzy. “We didn’t have a heads-up on the haircut! When you think back on it, it was startling. I wish we had been in the loop. Had she come to me, I would have told her how the ratings dropped on Dharma & Greg when Jenna Elfman did the same thing,”
Kaley Cuoco is looking forward to becoming a first-time mom.
celebrates its 15th anniversary, a new tell-all book is peeling back the curtain on never-before-heard stories and revelations from the hit CBS comedy's 12-season run. available now, chronicles the behind-the-scenes tales you may not have known to bring the popular sitcom to life — from the initial casting process to the show's breakout success to the real-life, off-set circumstances that threatened to derail the series. Series creator Chuck Lorre and author Jessica Radloff sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner to dig into the most illuminating revelations from the book, which features new interviews with the cast and producers, and go down memory lane of what almost did or didn't happen.«There’s a general sense of gratitude that we got to take this journey and 12 years is an incredibly long time to do one thing and there was a genuine affection amongst everyone,» Lorre shared. «It was difficult to end it.»While Lorre opted not to get into the legacy of the show, he acknowledged that has made a lasting impact.«The fact is, we made a show that we were very fortunate that actually, people cared about it.
Friends till the end! Kaley Cuoco recalled the way her costars on The Big Bang Theory supported her during her divorce from first husband Ryan Sweeting.
boss is sending his well wishes to Kaley Cuoco! In an interview with ET on Wednesday, producer Chuck Lorre gushed over Cuoco's pregnancy announcement and was sure to wish her congratulations. «I found out today,» he shared with ET's Nischelle Turner, while sitting down with writer Jessica Radloff to discuss her new oral history book, .The 36-year-old actress announced this week that she and her boyfriend, actor Tom Pelphrey, are expecting their first child -- a baby girl.«She and Tommy are so perfect together,» said Radloff, who worked closely with Cuoco while crafting the book. «They are just so happy. I'm so thrilled for her and they're gonna be such great parents, I absolutely know it.»As for what kind of mother Cuoco will be, Lorre cracks: «She's gonna be a helicopter mom! Gonna be all over this kid.» Radloff adds, «For as busy as Kaley is, she is so on top of things.… She will have a chart for this kid, I mean, it will be amazing.»Cuoco previously starred as Penny on the hit sitcom, which ran from 2007 to 2019.
A dramatic reveal. The cast of The Big Bang Theory have candidly discussed their reactions to Jim Parsons‘ 2018 exit from the show — and several actors said they weren’t prepared for the big change.
Keeping a secret. Kaley Cuoco joked about hiding her growing baby bump at the 2022 Emmy Awards, shortly after announcing that she and boyfriend Tom Pelphrey are expecting their first child.
Can you imagine "The Big Bang Theory" without Sheldon? Probably not, given the gigantic success the character has had independently of the show, with the spinoff series of "Young Sheldon" still on-air. Now can you imagine the long-running comedy without Sheldon's romantic interest-turned-wife Amy in Mayim Bialik? Jim Parsons, who portrayed Sheldon, said he was not willing to imagine a scenario where Bialik's character was written off the program.
Kaley Cuoco once had a horseback riding accident that nearly saw her leg amputated. In an excerpt of The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series posted by Vanity Fair, the Big Bang Theory star told the story of a horseback riding accident that occurred over a decade ago. Her co-star Johnny Galecki and series creator Chuck Lorre helped tell the story in the excerpt.
The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco, 36, revealed that she and partner Tom Pelphrey, 40, are expecting a baby girl next year. It comes just over five months after the pair confirmed they were dating in May. Cuoco shared the news on Instagram with a series of photos including one in which she held several pregnancy tests alongside Ozark star Pelphrey.
Ever since Kaley Cuoco announced her big news, we’ve been wondering just what the other stars of The Big Bang Theory are doing now.
“The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” when the news broke that Parsons would leave the show after 12 seasons, and it would not continue without him, “there was a lot of crying in the room,” especially from co-star Kaley Cuoco, 36.“The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS from 2007 to 2019, with a total of 279 episodes. The plot followed a nerdy group of friends, including physicists Sheldon Cooper (Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), their aspiring actress neighbor Penny (Cuoco) and their pals: engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), and neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik).
It all started with a bang! The Big Bang Theory not only transformed the lives of its stars — including Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik — but it also made a deep impact on its viewers, who propelled the CBS hit to a rare 12-season run, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in television history.
In , a new book from Grand Central Publishing available Tuesday, October 11, the cast and producers of the hit sitcom reunited for over 120 hours of interviews with Glamour senior editor Jessica Radloff to talk about life on-and-off screen. In this exclusive excerpt, Kaley Cuoco (Penny Hofstadter) opens up about and the surprising lesson she learned after making the chop. As soon as the eighth season of The Big Bang Theory started airing, the big news was Penny’s new look. Over the summer, Kaley Cuoco decided to cut her hair, first into a chic shoulder-length bob, then a chin-framing cut, and eventually into a pixie.