{"id":2023578,"date":"2026-07-02T17:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023578"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:47:11","slug":"penelope-cruz-talks-hopping-on-stage-with-bad-bunny-in-puerto-rico-and-bonos-outrageous-birthday-gift-on-hot-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023578","title":{"rendered":"Pen\u00e9lope Cruz Talks Hopping on Stage With Bad Bunny in Puerto Rico and Bono\u2019s Outrageous Birthday Gift on \u2018Hot Ones\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Invite<\/em> star Pen\u00e9lope Cruz is one of Hollywood\u2019s most beloved actors. But even she could not fake it when confronted with the array of mouth-scorching sauces in front of her on the latest episode of Hot Ones<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019m very nervous,\u201d she told host Sean Evans. \u201cI\u2019m doing this because I love your show, but I love laughing at other people when they do it.\u201d The Spanish star may have spoken to soon in the intro to the episode, because by the end of her hot sauce gauntlet, she was begging for some ice cream and cursing her decision to take the challenge. <\/p>\n

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\n\tCruz said she agreed to do the show because her kids told her to, before snickering that she was for sure \u201ccooked.\u201d A few wings in, Cruz was doing fine, as Evans noted that he had her good friend actress Salma Hayek on the show four years ago and wondered if the pair had had any good adventures lately.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re really close. It\u2019s like an older sister for me,\u201d she said of Hayek, describing how, despite being terrified of clowns, they both dressed as them for Halloween last year when things went very, very wrong on a flight. \u201cI don\u2019t like clowns. They are scary no matter what. But imagine being on a plane full of people and 10 of us were dressed like clowns,\u201d she said, painting a vivid picture the show recreated with an animation. \u201cAnd then the pilot said, \u2018oxygen mask, we\u2019re having a de-pressurization of cabin,’\u201d she added, describing the flight attendants running around with oxygen masks and hiding in the bathroom.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe were very lucky. We landed safely. But that was such a crazy bonding experience,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe landed and they had to put us on another plane because we were supposed to be shooting a few hours later. And of course we were late on set, but alive. And it was really crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the Scoville level began to rise, Cruz, who avoids hot foods, said she thought people lie about how spicy things get on the show, brushing off the level of heat so far in her run, confidently asking Evans if she could get some kind of award for sprinting through his challenge.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe then talked about the rewarding nature of taking her teenage son and daughter with fellow Invite<\/em> star Javier Bardem to see Bad Bunny in concert last year. \u201cWe were in the car [and] the kids introduced me to his music,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I was like, \u2018but these lyrics are not for you.\u2019 You know, we were trying to fight that for a while, but then I was like non-stop listening by myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThey all went to see Benito in Puerto Rico at the launch of his historic 2025 No Me Quiero Ir de Aqui residency, where she and Bardem were special guests in the onstage VIP casita set. \u201cI\u2019ve already been five times. But the first one in Puerto Rico is when Benito came to me and asked me to go with him to [introduce a song] \u2026 And finally, my kids came to me and said, \u2018Mom, finally we can say you are cool. We can say you are a cool mother.\u2019 I was like, \u2018thank you Benito. Thank you. It took me all these years.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile she continued to seem (mostly) unbothered by the spice, Evans hit upon the one thing that truly terrifies Cruz: driving. \u201cI have a very deep fear of driving,\u201d she admitted, before (name) dropping an A-list bombshell. \u201cI\u2019m going to say something that I was not planning to say, but my friend Bono gave me a car for my last birthday. How crazy that sounds but he gave me a car. And I think that is like the ultimate push to do it. Like after you get a car from Bono you don\u2019t get your license? How crazy is that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, thanks to the U2 singer, Cruz said she\u2019s considering taking lessons again. Maybe.<\/p>\n

\n\tHer steely reserve finally broke down after tasting the 135,600 Da Bomb sauce, which she initially said she could handle, before reaching for a glass of milk and exclaiming in Spanish, \u201c\u2018Very bad, very bad, very bad, horrible, horrible, you can\u2019t describe [how bad]! It hurts!’\u201d Dabbing her eyes and fanning herself, Cruz snapped at her off-camera family to stop laughing at her, threatening to slip some Bomb into their food the next day.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally succumbing to the heat, a red-eyed, huffing Cruz emerged triumphant, even as she lamented that the whole experience was \u201chorrible,\u201d begging Evans\u2019 crew for some ice cream to soothe her flaming mouth.<\/p>\n

The Invite<\/em>, starring Cruz, Bardem, Seth Rogen and director Olivia Wilde, is in theaters on July 10.<\/p>\n

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