Tina Fey On 'The Real Housewives' And Maternity Leave

When you're pregnant, maternity leave sounds great, doesn't it? Three whole months off -- you can finally reorganize your kitchen, or maybe you'll pen that book you've always dreamed of.

But then, the baby comes and you realize you won't be doing much of anything but holding her -- probably with bad TV on in the background. But you're not alone, even the Queen of TV admits to watching some less-than-favorable programming during her "nine-day" leave:

"You watch different stuff because you're up nursing or something in the middle of the night, and you watch like 'Extreme Couponing' and 'Cake Boss.' You know, you -- you know it's like your maternity leave's about to end and you're like, 'Oh, I've seen this 'Cake Boss,'" Tina Fey told Brian Williams on "Rock Center."

As for the mother of all guilty-pleasure TV, Fey said she's a fan of the "The Real Housewives," but not when they're fighting. And she can only watch New York and Beverly Hills.

Jersey? "Subhuman," she said.

Orange County? "I literally can't tell the women apart. I literally -- they look like a fire at a wax museum."

While she might be up on her "Cake Boss" and some of the "Housewives," the new mom hasn't tuned into the news since Penelope was born.

"I know we're suppose to prepare for Hurricane Irene," she joked (we think...). Who has time for the news anyway when your "head's in a diaper," as she says.

Watch the whole interview below. The parenting stuff starts at 2:22.

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Comments

[kristeclectic]

07:48 PM on 11/15/2011

"Three whole months off"

Are you crazy? Who in the US gets 3 months off? I was back at work 17 days after my third kid was born.

[bigdawg1980]

09:37 PM on 11/14/2011

So cute! So smart! So liberal! Love you, Tina!

[Beth Bargas Waller]

07:56 PM on 11/14/2011

I heart Brian Williams more and more every day! He loves Nascar and watches the Jersey Housewives...need I say more???

[houseofd]

04:42 PM on 11/14/2011

Lol ooooh Williams' NJ background shines through when Fey gives a spot-on review of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Fun stuff.

[mrmxyzptlk]

02:48 PM on 11/14/2011

It's like, I'm reading a boring article in the Huffington Post, and I'm like, "Why am I reading this?" I'm also like, "How old is Tina Fey? Fourteen? Why does she talk like that?"

[houseofd]

04:41 PM on 11/14/2011

Pretty much the entire nation under 45 talks like that. I watched the entire clip, and that's basically 10 seconds out of nearly eight minutes.

[mrmxyzptlk]

02:00 PM on 11/15/2011

Sorry; I used the wrong pronoun. That should have read:

It's like, *you're* reading a boring article in the Huffington Post, and *you're* like, "Why am I reading this?" *You're* also like, "How old is Tina Fey? Fourteen? Why does she talk like that?"

[KalfromCal]

03:32 PM on 11/16/2011

Nobody forced you to read the "boring article." You made the choice. And what do you mean, "Why does she talk like that?" She sounds fine, lively, funny, and comfortable. Especially for a mom with a recent newborn.

[mrmxyzptlk]

05:33 PM on 11/23/2011

Calling the article "boring" was a cheap shot, admittedly, but it was within the larger context of complaining about Fey's inarticulateness. I just think it's unbecoming for adults to say "You're like" when they mean "I thought," especially in a comment intended for public consumption. It's teen-speak.

[olddognewtrick]

02:18 PM on 11/14/2011

Just like the big nuns wear?