Will Arnett shuts down wild question about his ex-wife Amy Poehler
The SmartLess podcast is known to get a bit out of hand, and this week, Will Arnett was left no option but to quickly shut down a question posed to him by one of his co-hosts.
On the latest episode, Jason Bateman asked Will Arnett if he had ever pooed in front of his ex-wife, Amy Poehler. Arnett seemed anything but impressed by the question.
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett started dating in 2000, marrying three years later and separating in 2012. Their divorce was not finalised until 2016. WireImage
The podcast is hosted by comedians and friends, Bateman, Arnett and Sean Hayes.
The episode opened with the trio discussing the fact that while Bateman and Hayes have no issue with “dude s---” like farting and burping, Arnett has some more “manners” when it comes to such topics.
“So then, Will, did you ever poo in front of Amy?” Bateman asked.
For a few seconds, there was stunned laughter as Bateman’s co-hosts reacted to the question before Arnett responded.
“Are you looking for clicks? Are you trying to get something that we can click around?” He laughed.
Bateman then implied that he would be shocked if the pair had never “went to the bathroom in front of each other” since they were married for nearly 10 years and share two children.
“I’m sorry. The question is, did I poo in front of Amy?” Arnett clarified.
“What are you talking about? It’s not a good question. I refuse to answer it.
“I refuse to answer that. It’s none of your f---ing business.”
The concept of the podcast is that one of the co-hosts organises a mystery guest each week, and the other two only find out who it is when the guest is introduced on the episode.
Arnett and his co-hosts went head-to-head with Poehler at the 2026 Golden Globes for the inaugural Best Podcast award. Poehler took home the win. Getty
After Arnett refused to answer Bateman’s question, he shared that they had a “very respectful” guest on the episode this week, adding that “she’s going to be outraged by this.”
As Arnett rattled off the guest’s accomplishments, including two Golden Globes and five Oscar nominations, Bateman interrupted to say he apologised, before eventually guessing the guest correctly as actress Amy Adams.
“We know each other a little. I know you’re good with the poo talk,” Bateman said after Adams was introduced.
“I’m fine with poo talk. Absolutely,” she laughed.
