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The Paper Ep 10: The Ohio Journalism Awards with Chelsea Frei

March 11, 2026·1 hr 13 min·6 clips

The writers, directors, and actors debated for hours in a hotel room about whether Ned and Mare should finally kiss.

Jenna and Angela tell Chelsea they have fallen for her performance in The Paper, and it sounds less like an interview than friends catching up. Everyone is a little giddy. Pretty quickly, the chat moves into what it feels like to enter show business without famous friends, family connections, or any handbook for the basic stuff. The clothes become the running bit. Jenna and Angela remember wondering where outfits came from, how they got sent, and who was quietly making the arrangements. Chelsea knows the exact confusion. She talks about how polished everything can look online while the real version is just one person hauling five garment bags through an airport. That image carries it. The glamour turns into packing, logistics, and the tiny dread of realizing something important might be missing. They do not try to make this sound like real hardship. The mood stays light, because everyone understands there are harder problems. Still, they are honest about how weirdly confusing those small pressures can feel when everyone else seems to know the rules. The useful part is that nobody pretends. They talk about asking direct questions, saying when they did not know something, and learning without letting embarrassment take over. Then Jenna brings in a family story: moving to London for a six month job with two little kids, flying ahead for fittings, looking for an apartment, and trying to furnish it around work. Somehow, she ends up in Ikea, which is exactly the kind of detail this show loves. A crib order, a delivery window, a work schedule. Adult life piles up fast. Chelsea slides right into that rhythm. The ending returns to the usual business, with calls for chit-chats, Around the Towns, and Office questions of the week. Next week is set up simply: Office news, the webisode Blackmail, and Creed getting his moment.

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A cozy Chelsea Frei visit about The Paper, sudden attention, and the unglamorous admin behind show business polish.

Office Ladies welcomes Chelsea Frei from The Paper for a warm, loose visit that treats early attention less like a victory lap than a scramble to figure out what nobody explains.

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Three women compare notes on figuring out Hollywood with no rulebook and nobody famous to call.

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