9-1-1’s Kenneth Choi and Jennifer Love Hewitt Talk Becoming 'Best of Friends' Through 'Madney' Romance
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00:03 - I was, totally.
00:04 I felt like that's the way it was supposed to be.
00:07 Yeah, I mean, I loved it.
00:09 I think Maddie even says that in the thing.
00:12 It's like, that's what we do.
00:14 We end up at a hospital together
00:15 and all the good stuff happens.
00:17 So yeah, no, it felt perfect.
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00:22 I think that they are,
00:26 first of all, I love,
00:28 I mean, we're one of the older couples on the show.
00:31 And I love that it took them a minute to find each other.
00:36 But I love that all of their broken pieces separately,
00:42 somehow feel fixed when they're together.
00:46 And I think that Maddie needed somebody like Chimney
00:51 to shine light on the darkness she had been in.
00:56 And I think that Chimney needed somebody to see him
00:59 for how special he is.
01:01 And Maddie does that for him.
01:03 And so, I don't know, I ship them.
01:07 Like I just, I really do.
01:08 I just think it's like such a,
01:10 it's such a beautiful thing.
01:11 And it's so funny because I really did say to Tim,
01:14 like the first day, he was like,
01:15 what do you wanna do on the show?
01:17 And I said, I want Maddie and Chimney to end up together.
01:19 And everybody was like, what are you talking about?
01:22 And we had not even had a scene together yet.
01:24 So who knows like if we would have had chemistry or not,
01:27 or whatever, but I was like, that's her person.
01:29 Like I just, there's something about it.
01:32 I was like, that's the person she needs
01:34 to like to fix all of this stuff that's happened to her.
01:39 And he felt the same.
01:41 And so I think that we've just always come
01:43 to their relationship with a lot of gratitude
01:45 and excitement for them.
01:48 - I have some friends who are happily married.
01:51 And when you ask, how'd you meet your wife?
01:54 They say, when I saw her,
01:56 I knew in my head I was gonna marry her.
01:58 And I told my friend, I'm gonna marry that girl.
02:00 I told my friend, I'm gonna marry that girl.
02:02 And I think that actually happens a lot, love at first sight.
02:06 And I think that's the case for Maddie and Chimney.
02:09 I think the first time he saw her
02:10 when they were gonna helping her move and all that,
02:12 and she saw him, there was that instantaneous kind of,
02:15 that's the one for me.
02:18 That's the one.
02:19 I've been waiting through all these people,
02:21 but that is the one.
02:23 And I think Maddie's line at the end where she says,
02:28 we always find our way back to each other.
02:30 It doesn't matter what optical they have thrown their way,
02:33 they're gonna find their way back to one another.
02:35 And I just wanna say that it's just so incredible
02:39 to play all of these different colors
02:42 with an actor like Jennifer Love Hewitt.
02:46 She's so special and dear to me.
02:50 Personally, we've become the best of friends.
02:52 I love her, I love her entire family.
02:54 And I think that personal relation bleeds on screen.
02:59 So we know that we're always there for each other,
03:01 however far out it seems, however kooky it may seem,
03:05 however dark it may seem,
03:08 we know that we're there for each other
03:09 and we got each other's backs.
03:11 I think that's what translates.
03:13 And personally, I think that Chimney and Maddie,
03:14 I think they're the greatest couple on TV right now
03:18 because they have been through so much
03:21 and they always overcome it.
03:23 And I think it's a metaphor for a couple
03:25 of just relationships in general.
03:27 Everybody has strife, everybody has conflict
03:31 in their relationships,
03:32 and you always have to somehow come back together.
03:34 Somehow you have to come back together to make it work.
03:37 - I mean, he's the best.
03:41 Like, first of all, he's the best human.
03:45 I always say to people, no matter what's going on in life,
03:49 no matter what's going on in the world,
03:51 especially when we were filming during COVID
03:52 and all of that stuff, he is sunshine.
03:56 Like, he truly is that person and he's that person for me.
04:00 He's a great Uncle Kenny to my kids.
04:02 He's a great friend, my husband in real life.
04:06 He just feels like our family.
04:08 And he and I have always felt like family together.
04:10 And, you know, the crew just is always like,
04:13 oh God, those two again.
04:15 'Cause all we do is laugh and act like we're four.
04:19 But we have the best time and that's what it's about.
04:21 You know, you should be able to go to work
04:23 and still feel joy and have the long days
04:27 like move through easily with like a great partner
04:31 by your side.
04:32 And that's what he is for me.
04:33 And it's just been great.