Hit “New Girl” Rewatch Podcast Returns for a Second Season as “The Mess Around” Hosted by Hannah Simone and Lamorne Morris

The iHeartPodcast series takes listeners behind the scenes of the beloved show with guest appearances from Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield and more

Listen to the trailer now  – HERE

WHAT: Go behind the scenes of Apartment 4D with the crew who called it home for seven incredible seasons. Each week, “New Girl” stars and real-life friends Hannah Simone (Cece) and Lamorne Morris (Winston) rewatch their Emmy-nominated series and reveal the never-before-told behind-the-scenes escapades. Join them as they go bear hunting for every grizzly hidden in the background. Speaking of besties - they're inviting all of the loft's favorite guest stars, writers and directors to share their adventures on set.

WHEN: “The Mess Around” (formerly titled “Welcome to Our Show”) will return Tuesday, July 2nd with new episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday.

WHERE: Distributed by iHeartPodcasts, “The Mess Around” is available now on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

SHOW PAGE: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-welcome-to-our-show-91519104/

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HI-RES COVER ART AND HOST HEADSHOTS: HERE

WHO: Hannah Simone stars on FOX's hit series, New Girl (2011), opposite Zooey Deschanel for seven seasons. Other credits include Single Parents (2018), Arnold Schwarzenegger's comedy action film Killing Gunther (2017), Spike Lee’s Oldboy (2013), The Greatest American Hero (2018), Mira, Royal Detective (2020) and Welcome to Georgia (2021). Born in London, Simone grew up living abroad and participating in local theater productions in Saudi Arabia, India, Greece and Canada. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, she majored in International Relations and Political Science, before going on to work as a human rights and refugee officer with the United Nations in London. Recently, Simone has starred in ABC’s Not Dead Yet (2023) alongside Gina Rodriguez. She’s repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham. 

Lamorne Morris is best known for playing fan-favorite ‘Winston’ on Fox’s popular, long-running comedy NEW GIRL. 

Following New Girl, Lamorne played the titular lead in the hybrid live-action/animated Hulu series WOKE, inspired by the life and art of cartoonist Keith Knight.  His additional past projects include feature films GAME NIGHT with Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, the hilarious BARBERSHOP 3: THE NEXT CUT with Ice Cube, and BLOODSHOT starring opposite Vin Diesel, along with Netflix films SANDY WEXLER where he starred opposite Adam Sandler and DESPERADOS alongside Anna Camp, Robbie Amell, Nasim Padrad and Heather Graham. He can be seen in the 5th installment of the award-winning series FARGO for FX and the upcoming second season of UNSTABLE for Netflix. Lamorne most recently wrapped production on feature film SNL 1975 in which he portrays the legendary Garrett Morris. 

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