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Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan & Luke Newton Compete in a Compliment Battle

'Bridgerton' stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton take turns reading extremely complimentary tweets to each other in a very dramatic fashion. Which cast member can receive their compliments without breaking character?

Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 releases globally on Netflix on May 16, 2024 and Part 2 releases globally on Netflix on June 13, 2024. https://www.netflix.com/bridgerton

Released on 05/16/2024

Transcript

I'm finnaly gonna see your butt in my TV.

I've been wainting for years!

[bell ringing]

[light jazz music]

Hello, I'm Luke Newton.

And I'm Nicola Coughlan,

and we're gonna be playing Compliment Battle

with Teen Vogue.

[light jazz music]

I think you're gonna laugh the most.

Yeah, I will. - Yeah.

I've already said I will laugh reading them,

let alone receiving them.

I'm ready. - So yeah.

Nicola Coughlan - Yeah.

Simply needs to blink her baby blue eyes

in my direction and I'm a goner.

I read goner as something else, but-

Gooner?

No.

No, no, I'm not going there, I'm not going down that route.

Oh God! - I really wanna press it.

Okay. - Right, we're going again?

No, me now. - Oh, sorry, sorry.

I got ahead of myself. Getting excited.

Alright.

Sir, it is illegal to have those arms.

[Luke laughing]

[bell ringing]

It's just the fact that I was like this for it.

Also, it's in all caps as well.

Oh, okay, so yeah.

I mean, the delivery,

that should have been shouted at me then.

Just a little feedback for you there, so...

How dare you?

Okay.

Yeah, I shouldn't have gone there.

All right, go.

Ooh, this feels very Bridgerton.

Go for it.

I will be insufferable

once season three of 'Bridgerton' drops.

I'm so sorry. I'm a Penelope defender.

[bell ringing]

Through and through, and that's my best friend.

Luke newton and his acting skills.

[Nicola clapping]

Yes, the delivery.

Yeah, free caps.

You gotta laugh as well.

[bell ringing]

Yeah, I like the side of that.

Okay.

Oh, this. Yeah, appropriate.

Okay.

Nicola Coughlan your hand in marriage?

Question mark, question mark, question mark.

Please? Question mark, question mark, question mark.

They liked the question marks, this one, yeah.

Yeah.

[bell ringing]

I got to give that.

I mean, I'm very polite.

Bloody God in Heaven.

I finnaly, it was spelled wrong.

Okay.

Oh my God, okay.

I'm finnaly gonna see your butt in my TV.

I've been wainting for years.

[both laughing]

[bell ringing]

My butt in the TV.

I'm finnaly gonna see your butt in my TV.

I've been wainting for years.

Right, how many years probably?

At least four.

At least, it's about probably, yeah.

I mean, I got the live show.

Yeah.

[bell ringing]

Sorry.

That was appropriate to laugh.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, yeah? - Yeah.

This look is my Roman empire.

Nicola Coughlan, the star that you are.

You need to see the picture.

Oh, bar me.

I can see why it's their Roman Empire.

Thanks, Luke.

This comment is from Mrs. Colin Bridgerton.

Oh. - All right.

My wife.

Slay king, crying fire.

[bell ringing]

Short and sweet. - Short and sweet.

Straight to the point. - To the point.

Appreciate it.

She knows what she's about. - Favorite tweet, thank you.

Okay,

Any poster featuring your face is my favorite poster.

That's pretty nice.

[bell ringing] - That was good.

Sorry, I hit it, I know I didn't.

Yeah, no, you didn't, yeah.

That's very sweet. - Yeah.

Are there many posters with your face on?

Yeah, there's a couple.

Probably, there's got to be.

There's a big mural with my face on in Derry.

It's 30 foot.

She's obviously got the collection.

She's got a collection of my face.

Let's, give her a shout out. - Yeah.

Asha.

Thanks Asha. - Yeah.

Who's been training you, Henry Cavill and The Rock?

Oh my God.

[bell ringing]

Unfortunately Henry and Dwayne were not free

Your pals.

Yeah, they weren't free to train me, but-

Because they're jealous of you.

They gave me some advice, yeah.

And you're guns. - Yeah.

Your illegal arms. - Yeah.

All I want is to hug Nicola Coughlan.

Well, I get to all the time.

Oh.

Oh, don't be jealous love.

You don't love hugs.

But I sometimes I'll saddle up for one like a cat.

Yeah, I'm not a big hugger. - Not a big hugger, but then-

But those who I'm close to can have hugs.

Thanks, you're a good hugger.

You and the Bridgey siblings basically.

Yeah, yeah.

If there's one thing baby girl Luke Newton knows how to do,

it's the puppy dog head tilt.

I've seen this one.

Do you know what that's about?

[bell ringing]

Aggressively.

This is you in Paris?

Yeah, I saw that one, yeah.

Is it conscious that you do this?

No, apparently it's a Colin thing as well.

Is it?

It's like a character thing I do to you.

Yeah, you do do that. - Like head tilt.

Now that you're doing it, I see it.

I dunno why I did it at that thing.

Maybe I thought you were there.

You're like, Oh, Pen.

Cool.

It's all caps.

Okay.

I think you're gonna know this one.

Am I?

Shady Whistledown ready to ---- some ---- up.

That's Jack Averook.

It is.

That's my friend Jack.

He always calls me, yeah, Shady Whistledown.

[bell ringing]

Yeah, yeah, - Yeah.

As soon as I saw it, I was like, ah.

Shady Whistledown just for the group chat.

Yeah. - Yeah, alright.

[bell ringing]

Colin Bridgerton in his slut for Penelope only era

[Luke laughing] - Fuck it, I'm in.

[bell ringing]

Is it true? - So good.

Well, is it?

Save me, Nicola Coughlan, save me.

From what?

I'm kind of concerned for you Eva,

Is everything okay?

Eva, blink twice if you need help.

Yeah.

[bell ringing]

I don't know where you are.

No.

Luke Newton, they'll never get you like I do.

Okay, okay.

I feel like you've really on board

what I said about the shouting.

I really appreciate

I take notes, you know, I'm a professional.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm not going to mess around.

Katie, Nicola Coughlan I am free to hang out on Thursday.

When I'm free to hang out, Nicola Coughlan,

please hang out with me on Thursday, Nicola Coughlan.

[bell ringing]

You actually will be hanging out with me on Thursday.

I will.

What's amazing about this is it's like

she said it so many times.

Yeah.

That it would just convince you.

Yeah, I'd be like, Oh.

Because you likely to go, What was I gonna do Thursday?

I feel like I've been told so many times by Katie

that we're hanging out.

But this is a meme, you know that, right?

Oh, is it? Okay.

Yeah, I'm very current, so I know those type of things.

Oh yeah, I wouldn't know.

I'm not sure I understand what this is.

How lucky you have to be to be Colinned.

I think. I know.

[bell ringing]

I think I do too.

[bell ringing]

Not gonna lie. Only reason why I still watch Bridgerton

is because of Penelope and, in stars, her,

heart, heart, heart.

Like, she's absolutely gorgeous, heart eyes.

Not gonna lie, never seen anyone as beautiful as her.

Oh my God, I'd be giggling, kicking my feet with her.

[bell ringing]

So, yeah.

Who is that?

That is the kindest tweet - Frida.

[Luke] That's so lovely, Frida.

Have you looked in the mirror, girl?

That's very sweet.

What's giggling kicking feet?

Is that a trend?

That's also a meme.

Are you joking?

How do I know this?

Are you joking?

Yeah, giggling, happy, giggling, kicking my feet.

That's.. - I know.

I send you a lot of TikToks. - Yeah.

We send each other TikToks, to be fair.

Yeah, yeah, we do. Yeah.

We send each other Bridgerton fan mail.

No we don't.

I've never done that.

Never done that.

I've never done that.

Never seen any of them.

But some of them are like, ah,

Some of them are, yeah.

Also we're like, dumb.

Because we're like, we see videos from season one.

We're like, Oh my God, we're babies.

[Luke] Yeah.

I was 32, so.

[Luke] Yeah.

I need him, like,

respectfully I feel like I need this man to be with me.

Wow, okay.

That's also Rita. She's like-

Is it?

Yeah, she loves it. - Oh.

She wants a slice of this.

I've never seen any of these.

I am sat for your Fashion Boy era.

Ooh, okay.

[bell ringing]

I like it.

I like your fashion Boy era too.

Thanks, yeah.

I like this fluffy jumper.

Thank you. It's very cozy.

It's very cozy.

Normally they look fluffy but they're itchy.

This one is a real.

Give us a go. - Cozy boy.

Oh, that's nice. - Yeah.

You're a real cozy boy. - Yeah, love it, very happy.

Yeah, they love your chest hair as well.

I have seen that online.

Yeah.

Because I once posted a picture of you

wearing the charity T-shirt I designed.

Yeah.

And the inappropriate comments I got, I was like, wow.

Really? - Wow.

That must have only been a little bit

sprouting out the top.

Yeah, but they love it.

They love a little bit of a..

Yeah.

Luke what is it like

to be the most beautiful and desirable man?

You're laughing.

[bell ringing]

Sorry. No, no, no.

No, no, it's great.

Not 'cause you're not.

No, no it's just funny.

Yeah. - It's a funny tweet.

How would like..

Beautiful and desirable, wow.

Very desirable, yeah.

Thanks Colin for setting that up for the world.

Yeah. - Yeah, appreciate it.

I love Penelope, she's very beautiful.

Colin is stupid for not-

[Nicola bursting in laughter]

So harsh.

[bell ringing]

For not loving or noticing her.

Fair enough, agreed.

Aw, he's young.

That was tweeted one week ago.

Oh, bu people haven't seen it yet.

They're gonna be like, you're gonna win them back around.

But how is this-

You're just gonna walk in in that coat

and they're gonna be like, All is forgiven.

Yeah, yeah.

Nicola Coughlan is synonymous with perfection.

And then that.

The Italian.

Yeah, and a heart.

That's just. - Really nice.

That's nice. - Yeah.

It's just making me feel emotional.

It's your turn to shine, Luke.

We are so ready, Polin forever.

Okay, thank you very much.

We are like the biggest pair of saps in the house.

Wow, I know, that's really lovely.

Oh my God.

I might keep that one actually.

This is the Real Housewives women cry, they like...

Oh yeah, yeah.

So they don't mess their makeup up

Yeah.

That's so nice. - That is really nice.

Staying in the pocket.

Yeah, that's cute.

Thank you. - Thank you guys.

[light jazz music]

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