'Never Have I Ever' Cast Compete in a Compliment Battle

Smiles count as laughter?

[Interviewer] Yeah, you-- Yeah.

That's gratitude.

Stone. [bell dinging]

Okay, Dan wins again. I love the buzzer.

I'm all about the buzzer. Yeah.

[upbeat music]

Hi, I'm Darren Barnet.

Hey, I'm Jaren Lewison.

I'm Maitreyi Ramakrishnan,

and we are the cast of Never Have I Ever.

And we will be doing the Compliment Battle.

[bell dinging]

[upbeat music]

I don't think I have fallen for a character so much,

he's a piece of art.

I would just like to spend 10 minutes with him

and I would be happy for 10 years.

Thanks.

Dish it back, dish it back, go.

You are shining some serious girl boss vibes.

[Maitreyi] Get out of here.

And I love to see that.

Get out of here.

Okay, that was good, that was good.

Nope.

I'm gonna be like,

I've never fallen for a character so much.

Happy I didn't fall.

I just wanna make you break once.

Okay.

I feel like Darren's really hard to make break.

That's all I do on set,

all I do on set is try to make you break.

I don't think I've ever-- This isn't good.

I've made you break once.

Keep trying.

I will. Okay.

This one's gonna be, all right.

[bell dinging]

You're just gonna buzz the hell out of me.

Why do you think everything's about you?

Ooh.

You okay? Yeah, don't worry.

[bell dinging]

What?

Who knew Ben was really a thirst trap?

You dirty dog you.

There's no way that's a part of it.

There's no way dirty dog you is a part of it.

You laughed before I said that.

You did, you did.

Okay, all right.

Too good.

This one's from me.

@Mindykaling, I cannot thank you enough

for introducing me to not only the phenomenal show

that is Never Have I Ever,

but also the beautiful Darren Barnet.

My life is just so much better now.

You smoldering hot son of a bitch.

[Darren] Did you write that?

Yeah. Nice.

Next. How are you not smiling?

That was a slight smile.

No it wasn't.

He's not gonna break, he's so good at...

Every time Ben smiles, I smile,

like an idiot.

Argh, you're so infectious.

That's very sweet,

you're not an idiot, be kind to yourself.

The student becomes the teacher.

I'm trying my best. Okay.

I still suck.

[bell dinging]

Ow.

That wasn't my fault, are you okay?

No.

You don't care.

Darren Barnet is so hot, and sexy, and cute,

when he smiles, this guy truly owns my heart.

Paxton Hall Yoshida, baby there's no one better than you.

Thanks.

Dude what?

Come on.

Don't look at me, I'm scared, I'm uncomfortable.

This guy sucks.

Ben is for sapiosexuals.

To be honest I am really attracted to him

'cause he is good in academics.

I must be not good enough,

'cause I don't know what that means.

[Darren] Me neither.

It means you're attracted to intellect.

Mm-hmm. Right?

Am I correct in that? That's pretty ironic.

Yes, it's being attracted to...

You sapiosexual son of a gun.

Yeah. All right.

It made you laugh.

This one [laughs].

He's not gonna break though.

No, probably not.

But, Darren's got anime eyes,

they just sparkle all the time.

Yes.

Why did that get you?

I don't know.

Finally, all right,

now we can all go to bed happy.

Mm, mm, mm.

All right, I've got a weak one,

but I'm gonna try and hit it off with a bang.

Ben and Devi for lifers.

[Jaren and Maitreyi laughing]

Not even funny, but I got it.

It's not there.

Dude, it's the commitment, he commits,

he commits, no commitment issues here.

Oh, what is going on?

I want Devi and Paxton to end up together.

Heart emoji.

Oh, I'm still going?

I'm not doing good at this.

The role of Ben on Never Have I Ever fits you perfectly,

you have the brains on and off the screen, lol.

Thank you so much.

[Darren] Okay, no laugh.

No laugh.

No, you smiled.

You smiled.

I smiled afterwards, I'm ready for the...

What?

Don't smile.

If you smile you're gone.

You're already smiling.

I need a win, I need a win.

All right, You've never worn an ugly dress in your life,

and to be honest, I think that's beautiful.

That's so nice, that's so sweet.

[bell dinging]

That's so kind.

Thank you to whoever wrote that.

Sorry, I want the button.

That's so sweet, okay, okay.

[Maitreyi speaks indistinctly]

All right.

I would do terrible things to this man,

love him so much.

Yeah, that one got me.

It's my button.

Sorry, my bad.

Thank you.

She's a cosplayer now?

I love her.

I am a cosplayer, I love when people get excited,

I can't, I can't.

It's coming from real fans, this is nice.

That one's funny.

I saw the next one, okay.

I gotta hold it together.

Do you work in a museum?

Because your smile is like a piece of art.

Oh, that's so kind,

thank you very much whoever said that.

How do you say that's so kind without even a smile?

[Jaren] Because I don't want the buzzer.

Do you really think that's kind?

I do think that's kind.

Do you?

[clicks] Take it away Jaren.

Oh, you ate and you left no crumbs.

[Darren] Shit.

That one I know, that's just a fact.

You're laughing in your heart.

She's close, close to laughter there.

Ooh, that's a smile.

[bell dinging] It's done,

it's done, what?

[Jaren] Buzz.

Oh my God, it was done.

I think she's O fer. I'll be the judge here.

I'm O for nothing.

Cool.

I want Devi and Paxton to get together.

You said you wanna laugh, so come on.

Desperate.

Did you just call me desperate?

Desperate.

Did you just call me desperate?

Not you, just the delivery is desperate.

You don't want Devi and Paxton to end up together?

If team Ben isn't end game,

best believe I'm throwing hands.

Woo. [bell dinging]

I'm actually just scared.

Where's your heart?

Didn't need it.

He doesn't have one.

My heart's in the game.

Valid.

Oh my God.

At least I got one.

Do you know what it is?

Get this on camera,

Darren just doesn't know how to take a compliment.

That's it, that's the real issue.

Ouch.

[Maitreyi] No, because...

Because I'm so humble.

Yeah, no, no, that's what I'm saying.

So you're complimenting me?

Yes. So I took it.

The end. [bell dinging]

What?

What just happened?

Can I have this?

This is actually nice, it's genuine,

it's not gonna make you laugh, you're gonna be like aww.

Yeah, probably.

Darren Barnet has major Keanu Reeves vibes.

[Darren laughing] [bell dinging]

He just seems like a genuinely sweet guy,

and I hope he stays that way.

That's so true.

That was touching.

Okay.

What, I can't touch you now?

No, I said that was touching.

Oh, that was touching, oh,

it was touching, and I agree.

I hope you stay that way too.

Not gonna lie, she is such an icon to me.

This is the compliment again.

[bell dinging] I'm already smiling.

Her personality is something I crave, lol.

I sound so weird.

Her personality I crave is pretty funny,

oh yeah, I sound so weird is also on there.

[laughs] I sound so weird. I sound so weird.