Matthew Rhys Teaches Conan Welsh Curse Words | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

(Recording date: 5/15/23) Matthew Rhys shares what he Welsh traditions he hopes to pass on to his son. Plus, Conan wants Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell to star in their own version of “I Love Lucy."
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[@James-3000]

I had no idea Matthew Rhys was this funny. He's an Olyphant-level guest.

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

He's hilarious! One if my favorite podcast guests

[@thisisit2082]

A whole episode of Archer, Achub Y Morfilod, was based on a story Matthew told Adam. He apparently always been that dude.

[@googleyeyed5814]

Far wittier and more clever than Olyphant. PLUS the incredible Welsh accent!

[@rachelwyatt9529]

Oh yes! He is welsh and has a very dry wit and a great story teller

[@LIGHT_MAYO]

Rhys. Ohyphant. Nealon.

[@jjunture]

Be honest, you included Matt and Sona’s names in the thumbnail just to taunt them because they weren’t there… as if to say “Hey Sona and Matt, look who I talked to without you!”

[@Matt_D_370z]

I think you're right. Conan is trolling Sona & Gourley.

[@isuzu343]

Haha. It's just an innocent mistake from someone on Team Coco. They uploaded the wrong clip. Conan did in fact talk about the Matt Sona insurgency on the podcast.

[@reev9759]

​@@isuzu343"they" = David Hopper.

[@sweiland75]

Why are they not together?

[@jjunture]

@@sweiland75 Matthew Rhys has a restraining order against Gourley so he’s not allowed within 500 feet… is at least the story I’m going with. In reality, Conan filmed these in New York, but Matt and Sona stayed in LA and didn’t travel with him for these shows.

[@tucsontim8841]

Charming man. Just, charming.

[@chekhov-and-chill]

these two have insane chemistry. I feel like they could talk for hours

[@googleyeyed5814]

I could listen to these two go on forever! Absolutely adore Matthew Rhys! ❤

[@elizabethlarson9655]

Matthew Rhys has become one of my favorite Conan podcast guests. And I love that he discussed the impact of Richard Burton. One could argue that Burton and Elizabeth Taylor helped create the modern concept of fame. No one today can measure up to their level of fame, much less their talent.

[@brittany6597]

I've literally been waiting for this since they all argued about not meeting Rhys.

[@NN-cc6dd]

Same!! :)

[@mrangryface]

I wanted to use this space to say that tonight I finished Sona's book after a late discovery of this podcast series and her role in it and Conan's life and I loved it. I envy having a job that leads to friends of this kind- amazing. Also Sona should keep slacking forever.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

It's unfair for someone to be that insanely charming and funny. I have a crush on him now 😅🙈

[@heatherriley3963]

Same! And his voice! *swoon* ❤

[@xidada666]

Me too. And I'm a heterosexual man. I think Conan feels the same.

[@DreamerDebora]

One of my favorite interviews. I love the cadence in Matthew Rhys’ voice 😊

[@CheapPerfume]

Today i learned why matt gourley has a crush on Matthew Rhys- man's charming af

[@michinnunapaen]

conan brings out the best in matthew rhys' comedic side😂 their humor is on the same wavelength (other interviewers fell quite flat and they convos got nowhere...)

[@gearoidgalavan7483]

Ive actually just finished The Americans in which Matthew is superb i wasnt aware of him until i started watching the Americans im glad to find here that he has a real strong Welsh accent

[@jimbojones8978]

I don't think the title of this video is correct. He didn't mention Matt Gourley or Sona at all in this. It was about Welsh actors. No mention of his mustache. I'm confused. He was VERY funny though and I enjoyed his banter with Conan. So funny.

[@crispincrunch2453]

No channel is above catphishing click-bait video titles/headlines 😆😂

[@Revdrum]

@@crispincrunch2453lol!!! I don’t mind it with this channel. The clip was equally as good as the caption

[@crispincrunch2453]

@@Revdrum better, I say #overdeliver 🙌

[@Matt_D_370z]

​@@crispincrunch2453I could be wrong, but I think Conan had it done on purpose, not to clickbait, but to troll Sona & Matt.

[@isuzu343]

​@@Matt_D_370zIt's just an innocent mistake from someone at team Coco. They uploaded the wrong clip. Conan did in fact talk to Matthew Rhys about Matt and Sona's insurgency on the podcast.

[@rinnypink]

He plays Americans a lot and does such a good accent I always forget he's Welsh.

[@jerodast]

Technically most well known for playing a Russian who sounds like The Americans haha

[@rinnypink]

@@jerodast I actually haven't seen The Americans yet! But I need to and I will. He plays just American in so many other roles too. I had such a crush on him in "Brothers and Sisters".

[@long-shotlouie]

Hi :) friendly correction- we would say "Welsh" rather than "Welch", not quite sure where the latter spelling comes from (probably the same origin as the use of "Scotch" to mean "Scottish") but like our Scottish cousins we're not the biggest fans of it

[@rinnypink]

@@long-shotlouie Oopsie! Fixed it. Think I was craving grape juice, lol.

[@leodegas7731]

🤣🤣🤣 came for the title, but stayed for the conversation. I felt i was with my sisters sitting around the kitchen table and talking about the good ol days. Great interview. 👍

[@Alice-ui9oy]

Same!

[@rickyd-lux9067]

Are your sisters named Matthew and Conan?

[@007NowOnline]

Loved The Americans series. He and Keri were amazing in it. Also enjoyed her recent movie Cocaine Bear.

[@jfs0000]

Title has nothing to do with the video Edit: In case they change it, original title and description were alluding to Sona/Matt not meeting Rhys. But the whole video is about him being Welsh with his son living in New York

[@shoepaeng]

Was about to comment the same thing. Was there an inside joke that i missed? 🤔

[@benjaminethomas8473]

This was probably Gourley's doing considering him and Sona have been talking about not being on the Matthew Rhys podcast for a few episodes now. They'll probably change it soon

[@jimbojones8978]

lol. Imagining Gourley logging in and/or paying the KZbin guy to upload it with this title.... I honestly can also imagine Conan talking to Matthew about this though, sooo... Hoping there's more vids. This was super good and funny even if the title is off.

[@jessemosqueda1603]

Matthew Rhys is the best.

[@electrojones]

I saw Rhys in O'Neill's Wee Bloody Me in the role of the cuckolded shoe polisher. He was magnificent. Years later, I had the pleasure of seeing his turn in Ibsen's The Squealer playing the shirtless barfly romancing Selena Gomez as the dowager Aunt Rose. He's never been anything but amazing.

[@googleyeyed5814]

Selena Gomez? Are you sure, in an Ibsen play???

[@electrojones]

@@googleyeyed5814 Why would I make that up on the Internet?

[@franciet99]

It’s always interesting to me how children ‘reject’ their family’s language but when they become adults if they continue to speak it they are glad they did.

[@roofth]

Part of finding their own identity is trying to separate from their family of origin for awhile. Normal development

[@julianaa.1203]

Because they don't want to feel different than their peers. Once we are adults, we realize it is an asset.

[@franciet99]

@@julianaa.1203 very true!

[@franciet99]

@@roofth I agree

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I went to a Welsh speaking school even though both my parents did not have the opportunity to learn Welsh when they were kids. What it gave me and my sister was a way of speaking in front of our parents without them knowing what we were talking about. The interesting thing was I had basically learned Welsh by the time I was about 7 or 8 and honestly hope more countries adopt the approach of teaching kids as early as possible other languages as at that age your brain is primed and eager to learn before our heads get filled with useless garbage and stress when we become adults. I later learned German in secondary school but by that age hormones had kicked in and distractions from girls meant my focus was not what it once was and it took me a lot longer to learn so I'm fairly sure if I had other languages taught at an earlier age I would know enough to be reasonably fluent in a lot of other languages

[@gabriellefagan1014]

A damn shame Conan didn't ask Matthew to pronounce the worlds longest place name

[@LycanLink]

Didn't Matt and Sona say they badly wanted to meet this guy? I expected to recognize him when I finally saw him on the podcast, but I have zero knowledge of who this guy could be.

[@brownkemosabe]

So, he is most widely known as one of the two leads on the socio-spy-drama The Americans (his co-lead Kerri Russell is to whom he was ultimately married). Most recently he's been great in Perry Mason!

[@LycanLink]

@@brownkemosabe Oh, thanks for the info! I also didn't know Perry Mason was still on the air. I thought it was a show from decades ago, but I assume you're referring to a reboot, or something.

[@cristinaf3844]

My theories are Conan is trolling Sona and Matt or when they edited videos of the interview for KZbin, this being the first, they accidentally labelled it. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a vid where Conan brings up the drama to Rhys 😆

[@RJSoftHeart]

That is hilarious. Very Conan!

[@nish486]

some intern screwed up at team coco. haha! This was fun. But I kept wondering where the insurrection part would come in.

[@VioletEmerald]

Check out the Welsh Curse Words titled video for the insurrection part ;)

[@crispincrunch2453]

“You’re a thoroughbred!” 🐎😂 bravo, sir

[@btk1243]

"The Matthew Rhys - Conan O'Brien Podcast" -- Make it happen

[@jimbojones8978]

Even funnier if they do it in secret without Matt and Sona knowing about it. Just release a whole series of podcasts about random stuff or with guests and whatever angle they want to come at it with.

[@rosieroo538]

It's so weird seeing these two talk about my hometown. Burton was from the valley on the outskirts of the town which was a former mining community, but the town itself is known for its massive steelworks. Nothing like the smell of sulphur to motivate you to move as far away as possible.

[@rickyd-lux9067]

12:24 I guess everyone swears in Welsh sometimes, but only a few of them realize it.

[@AntonoirJacques]

It's spelt Cachu (Cack-hee) and is one of the most popular swears usally said if a bad situation happens and doesn't involve fornication.

[@rangers11ization]

Sing damn it😂😂 Sounds like something from Monty Python

[@4203105]

I grew up like a 100m away from a castle. You throw a rock around here, you'll hit a castle. It's just so mundane to me. When I talk to Americans they just can't believe it and are amazed.

[@bdre5555]

Wow, I had no clue this was the accent he had. I was only familiar with him from brothers and sisters, and briefly from The Americans

[@mjw9310]

Please stop doing clickbait titles. We're going to watch it anyway! I mean, it's Conan and Matthew. What's not to love?

[@sadhbh4652]

The Americans is such a great show, I love Matthew Rhys.

[@Choppednuts]

I never noticed before the mustache, but Matthew looks a bit like Charlie Chaplin.

[@grantradford5281]

Port Talbot the greatest Welsh town for talent ❤

[@ZeroKool7140]

I think the video has the wrong title and description attached to it. Is this part of the insurrection or is Bley doing quiet quitting? This wouldn’t happen under Jordan’s regime.

[@Matt_D_370z]

Many people are commenting that the title is incorrect. Those people could very well be correct. However, Conan might be trolling Sona & Gourley. I hope I'm right. Because, that would be funny.

[@RJSoftHeart]

Very very funny. ☺️

[@RooftopsofAmerica]

I lived in DC metro area for 10 years and within the first few months all the monuments had just blended in with the background.

[@amirashrafzade]

I think you mixed up the names of this video with another one! just pointing out!

[@Samson2323]

What happened to their old podcast studio?

[@nomisukeindustries]

Did the people who wrote the thumbnail and the description even WATCH the clip?!

[@AndrewGruffudd]

Richard Burton was born in Pontrhydyfen. Michael Sheen was, I believe, born in Port Talbot.

[@febinjohn9992]

Still waiting for the insurrection 😂😂

[@lachauntiswashington231]

very good😆😆😂

[@MrNategriffin]

they were so good in The Americans

[@iwantmytvnow]

This title trolled us WTF

[@tarsierontherun]

Welp. At least we know what's the title of the next videos.

[@angellacanfora]

My DNA test results showed that I’m Italian, English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French, Swedish, Spanish, Swiss, Native American, Arabic and African! Yes, this fair-skinned, blue-eyed blonde is the direct descendant of a west African slave! I only just learned about my slave heritage the other day and am still trying to process it.

[@reev9759]

Insurrection? Matt and Sona? I'm so confused.

[@VioletEmerald]

They mixed up the titles and thumbnails -- the video with Mathew Rhys on this podcast titled about teaching Welsh Curse Words is the one actually about the insurrection lol.

[@bfgivmfith]

Who would not lose a leg to have a secrete language with their kid!? :)

[@culwin]

Aw they fixed the title.

[@FeuerUngeheuer-z666z]

Rhys looks like young Werner Herzog. I thought I should share this fact.

[@rudesword2852]

Hogaaaaaan!

[@charlie-obrien]

​@@rudesword2852 You're thinking Werner Klemperer. Two different Werners. (I never thought I would ever type that)

[@JammastaJ23]

Maybe reupload y'all seems like the wrong title (?)

[@thelonelyloner7]

More Videos More Videos More Videos I won't stop taunting you Team Coco, More Videos.

[@BedrockLeadership]

You’re better than clickbait titles.

[@rickyd-lux9067]

10:49 Because of Game of Thrones, family on family stuff has never been more in style. Now is your time Coco. You've never been more in style.

[@daveteves]

Ngl. I was clickbaited into watching this cos I thought Sona and Matt were going to be mentioned.

[@Twin2Jr]

I feel ripped off...NOT as advertised.

[@crystalharris7394]

💖💖💖

[@user-vt8br7uo3n]

now thats just intellegance talking bery nice

[@showoffyafresh]

Hold up, what in the entire FK, he's not from the US haha. I'm so confused now like the first time I heard Idris talk haha.

[@julben27]

Yes isn’t it amazing that he’s British from Wales

[@andreachung396]

Sooo jelly he is a married to my girl crush!

[@m1l1t1am1ke]

Think you guys mislabeled this video?

[@willpfister]

This interview was nowhere near long enough.

[@MovieJustin]

Interesting accent

[@VideoNozoki]

WHAT DOES THIS TITLE HAVE TO DO WITH THE VIDEO?????

[@kstepko]

Does anyone know what the swear word means?

[@gwynevans6440]

Hey, the word is "Cachu" which means to poo. It's a very childish swear!

[@davidhurtado2725]

This man is one charming mofo. My goodness.

[@YodatheHobbit]

I genuinely have no idea who this guy is. Actor/musician/host/comidian I assume, other than that no clue.

[@jerodast]

An easily googleable actor.

[@definepoetic]

Conan O'Brien doesn't understand Port Talbot

[@smallberries]

The least insurrectioney insurrection ever

[@ConnbineHarvester]

The Scots cut turf for fire fuel too.

[@AndrewGruffudd]

The Irish are mix x

[@mutee333]

Oh look, Conan is being interviewed on Matthew Rhys's podcast

[@NANA-bg1pq]

The captions on videos are terrible lately. The Jason Bateman spying tittle hade almost nothing to do with the video.

[@gastelumantonio]

Clickbait title

[@BPH55]

Hey you should put ads on clips. Thanks team coco.

[@justlamb]

Is that a real mustache? I dunno, I don't trust him. what do we know about him really?

[@RiyoChuchi]

Conan really looks older in that light, Proof that he can age

[@TheRealBobbyMC]

Like a designer candle that was displayed in direct sunlight.

[@TheycallmeMrWonka]

Sure, makes sense why you'd comment on that. Why would you make that observation and not put it out there 🤦‍♂️.

[@jamsjars9505]

I'm just confused on who this man is...

[@jerodast]

lmgtfm

[@First_Stop_the_Bleed]

On the 8th day, God breathed upon the earth and created the Irish. On the 9th day, he let slip out a wet fart and created the British.

[@sudhasridhar85]

Sorry Conan, a mix of English, Scottish and Irish is far from exotic. It's nearly just within one single graticule 😆 you seem to forget the extent of your reach

[@mestrinimaster3602]

Why is Mathew doing an accent? Maybe practicing for a new movie?

[@julben27]

Because he’s British from Wales

[@lisa0795]

No, that’s his Welsh accent. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Marshall_Stacks]

Conan's solo interviews with guests would be better without Conan.

[@Pumpkinking64]

I have no earthly idea who this person is

[@jerodast]

if only there was some way to solve your problem

[@Pumpkinking64]

@@jerodast listen, nerd. I don't want to know who he is. I don't care. It was a jab, not an actual problem. Get woke!

[@HerbyCalfRobe]

This is a very Caucasian American episode. #LandBack