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How Does Rob Thomas Feel About the Matchbox 20 (Ken) Scene in ‘Barbie’? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Minor spoiler alert if you're one of the few people
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Speaker 2: has not seen Barbie yet, But in the film, Ryan
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Speaker 2: Gosling's Ken sings a cover of Matchbox Twenties nineteen ninety
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Speaker 2: six hit Push, and the song choice is definitely a
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Speaker 2: big part of the joke. You might think Matchbox Twenties
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Speaker 2: front man Rob Thomas wouldn't be on board, but he
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Speaker 2: personally gives it a big thumbs up. He tells USA Today,
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Speaker 2: I want to preface this by saying it was hilarious,
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Speaker 2: but there was a period during the nineties where the
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Speaker 2: more successful we got, the bigger target. We were an
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Speaker 2: easy takedown. When I got a call for Barbie, they
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Speaker 2: warned me it's Ken's favorite band. So I did this
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Speaker 2: knowing I'd be the butt of the joke, and I
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Speaker 2: was fine with it. I'm pretty thick skin. Plus, Barbie
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Speaker 2: director Greta Gerwig has been one of my crushes forever.
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Speaker 2: So just the fact that it didn't diminish my crush
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Speaker 2: of grated that's even better. Barbie is in theaters.
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