Highlights
- Sophie Turner slapping Conan O’Brien on his show was a hilarious and memorable moment in TV.
- The slap was part of a game called Tequila Slaps, where Sophie surprise-slapped Conan after taking a shot.
- Sophie and Conan have a great relationship, and the slap was actually planned, with Conan agreeing to be hit hard.
There are moments in pop culture that stand the test of time, and this one will probably be one of them. The moment Sophie Turner slapped Conan O’Brien on his own show is one that readers most likely remember like it was yesterday. In 2019, Sophie went on the show to talk about her work on X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and ended up creating one of the funniest moments of TV in the last few years.
Conan O’Brien innocently asked Sophie about what she and her co-stars did to bond and pass the time, and got a little more than he bargained for — but he’s not complaining. Here’s how it all went down, and why it was planned for Sophie Turner to slap Conan O’Brien on stage.
Sophie Turner Slapped Conan O’Brien On Set
It may have been unexpected, but it was consensual
Normally, when an actress goes to a talk show to promote a movie, it doesn’t end with her doing tequila shots and slapping the host. But Sophie Turner likes to keep an audience on their toes. In 2019, Turner appeared on the Conan O’Brien show to promote her movie Dark Phoenix.
When Conan asked her about how the cast got along, she mentioned a particular game they played to pass the time. The game was called Tequila Slaps, and it’s exactly what the name says. As Sophie explained it, one person takes a tequila shot, and right before they can swallow it, the other person slaps them. She took out a bottle of tequila and three shots, pouring two to Conan and Andy Richter, who both seemed very confused.
Sophie then asked Conan to stand up and do a shot, and then immediately slapped him. The slap was obviously real, and loud.
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Although he knew what would happen, the host was still in shock, since Sophie Turner went harder than any of them expected. She realized immediately she’d gotten carried away, apologized profusely, and hugged him.
Conan was still visibly stunned, but eventually recovered and laughed. Andy was also surprised, not just about the slap but about the fact that it was an actual game the cast played. They asked her if men also hit her when they played, and she said they did, but it was all clearly consented and that no one actually tried to hurt one another.
It was a hilarious moment, where no one actually got hurt, but Conan took advantage of the situation to drink some more tequila to ease the pain.
Sophie Turner Is Always Keeping Interviewers On Their Toes
Sophie often plays ‘games’ with interviewers
Sophie Turner slapping Conan O’Brien was a hilarious TV moment, but it wasn’t the first or the last time Sophie surprised people, both fans and talk show hosts. She’s evidently a naturally fun person, and maybe that’s what makes her such a great actress, because she is, at heart, a born entertainer.
If readers need more proof after her interaction with Conan, just watch Sophie’s interview with Jimmy Fallon. That interview was perfect from beginning to end. At the time, Turner was pregnant with her second child, and she started out sharing embarrassing stories about her first date with Joe Jonas, who tried flirting by comparing himself to a young George Clooney, to which she replied that she looked like young Boy George.
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Sophie also made fun of herself and her inability to interact with celebrities she admires. She told the story of how she passed up the chance of going to an after-party with Kendall Jenner because she felt too intimidated by her beauty. Then, because she’s Sophie Turner, she also proposes a game for Jimmy and her to play. This was a much less violent game than the one she brought to Conan’s show, mind you.
It was a game that Odessa Young taught her while they were working together on The Staircase. It was fairly simple: one person is supposed to be the “subject,” and the rest of the people playing decide what position they want the subject to end up in.
She suggested she and Jimmy play it, and after he agreed, she wrote down that he should get on all fours on the desk. Needless to say, it was incredibly funny.
Sophie’s Relationship With Conan O’Brien Is Still Great
It turns out the slap was completely scripted
Although she did slap him in the face, Sophie Turner and Conan O’Brien’s relationship seemed to stay the same after that. In fact, during quarantine in 2020, Sophie appeared on the show again through Zoom and the two of them had a lot of fun.
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They laughed a lot, and she shared some stories about how she and her then-husband Joe Jonas were dealing with being quarantined. If there was any doubt that Conan was completely on board with the game they played back in 2019, at one point Sophie put the image of her slapping Conan as her background, and he said that it was a great memory for him.
O’Brien said it was the hardest he had ever been hit, but they also told the audience that not only had it been previously agreed, but he had also told her that the only way it would have the desired impact was if she really “went for it.”
Sophie Turner and Conan O’Brien had a really fun and easy dynamic, and any appearance of her on his show is undoubtedly worth watching.
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