Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel stopped by The Grove for a chat with Mario Lopez of Extra about her new hit FOX show, New Girl, and becoming a new aunt. She also taught Lopez how to do her version of the chicken dance.
Deschanel said her dorky adorable New Girl character, Jess, is a little like she is in real life. “I think she’s the 13-year-old me,” she laughed. “I’m not mature at all. I’m more like 15.”
Zooey could not stop gushing about her new nephew, the son of sister, Bones actress Emily Deschanel: “He’s so cute. He’s 2 weeks old, doesn’t do much yet. He touches his face a lot. Hey, he didn’t know he had a face! I’d touch my face a lot if I just found out I had a face two weeks ago!”
As for her singing career, Zooey said her folk duo She & Him will release a Christmas album in October. “I know it’s early, but it’s to get people ready for the holidays.
See photos of Zooey teaching Mario her version of the Chicken Dance below:
She can dance chicken-wise with me any day…