Just like Us, when George Lopez gets sucked into a good reality TV show, he can’t help but binge it all.
“I just finished all seven seasons of Love Is Blind,” Lopez, 63, reveals exclusively in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “ I couldn’t change that f—ing channel for a week.”
The Netflix reality dating show follows a group of men and women hoping to find love, who date each other in “pods” and ultimately decide if they want to get engaged, sight unseen. Only after a marriage proposal is accepted are the couples allowed to meet face-to-face.
With seven seasons since its premiere in 2020, Love Is Blind comes back for an eighth installment in February 2025.
Lopez, however, might be too busy to binge the new show as his own series Lopez vs Lopez returns to NBC on January 3, 2025, at 8:30 p.m. ET.
“My favorite scene in Lopez vs Lopez is seeing Mayan in a wedding dress [in season 2, episode 10],” the comedian tells Us of the show, in which he stars opposite his real-life daughter, Mayan Lopez.
For more fun, personal facts from George — including his experience with his haunted house — keep scrolling:
1. Biggie [The Notorious B.I.G.] was my No. 1 artist on my 2024 Spotify Wrapped.
2. If I could only watch one movie for the rest of my life, it would be Vision Quest.
3. My go-to takeout order is two of Baja Fresh’s bean and cheese burritos and two steak tacos.
4. My favorite scene in Lopez vs Lopez is seeing [real-life daughter] Mayan [Lopez] in a wedding dress [in season 2, episode 10].
5. When I was 15, I sold flowers to buy a guitar. Now I have close to 100 and my most valuable possessions are special guitars from Eddie Van Halen.
6. My favorite wardrobe item is a pair of Louis Vuitton slides that I vowed never to get wet.
7. My favorite comfort food is a dish my grandmother used to make: elbow macaroni with ragu, ground hamburger and olives. It’s delicious.
8. For the last 12 years, I’ve played guitar every day. I’ve spent more time working on “Tie Your Mother Down” and “Black Dog” than I worked on my career.
9. My first car was a 1976 Ford LTD. I had a cut in the fuel line, and gas was shooting out. I showed my grandfather, and he said, “Go take it to get fixed.” I [replied], “I’m not going anywhere!”
10. My most starstruck moment was when I was getting ready to rehearse for We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial [in 2009], and Bruce Springsteen was standing next to me.
11. My favorite book is Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss.
12. My alternate profession would be as the person at Home Depot who brings out generators or heavy cement mixers.
13. The app I use the most is X.
14. For a while, my celebrity crush was Joan Rivers. I told her and she [said], “What the f— is wrong with you?”
15. “Old Days” by Chicago brings back the best memories. I was close to my junior high and high school friends, and a couple of them aren’t around anymore. “Old Days” would play when we were in the car.
16. My house is haunted. There used to be banging in the attic, and I’ve heard [the spirit] say, “Ma,” “good afternoon” and my name. But until it actually touches me, I’m going to stay.
17. My fondest childhood memory is seeing Dodger Stadium for the first time. I had never seen anything that big or beautiful.
18. My idea of a perfect vacation is going to Cabo, golfing and being out there in the sun.
19. Social studies was my best subject in school.
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20. My first job was working at H Salt Fish & Chips in San Fernando for the summer. It was easy, but you’d smell like fish.
21. Growing up, I looked up to the guys in Kiss and Carlos Santana. [Ironically,] everybody that had a poster on my wall, I became friends with. It’s a shame I put the Playboy centerfolds in my closet.
22. My dream collaborator is Santana. He asked me to play with him at the House of Blues. If I break off a little of “Black Magic Woman,” I’d be happy.
23. My favorite holiday is the 4th of July.
24. I just finished all seven seasons of Love Is Blind. I couldn’t change that f—ing channel for a week.
25. Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 was the proudest moment of my career. When I was 15, I would stand on George Burns’ star, cover his last name with my foot and imagine that my name was there.
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