LATE NIGHT KATE
Kate Upton says she almost missed her wedding during TV appearance
Aug 13, 2019, 4:34 pm
Photo by Daniel Ortiz.
This article originally appeared on CultureMap.
Diehard fans of Kate Upton will most certainly want to catch her recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Not only does she participate in a hilarious, '80s-style aerobics dance challenge with Fallon (replete with Jazzercise moves and outfits), but she notes that she nearly missed her wedding to Houston Astros superstar pitcher Justin Verlander.
The revelation comes after Fallon introduces a video gag challenge in which Verlander manages to work in a reference to Fallon's 2005 baseball-themed romantic comedy, Fever Pitch, during a red carpet interview in which he's asked the secret to netting a supermodel wife. "Man, there's no secret," Verlander tells the interviewer. Then, "I recently watched a movie, Fever Pitch. It still holds up."
Challenge unlocked. After the clip, Upton admits that the movie does, indeed, hold up. "Honestly, it still does really hold up," says Upton, noting that she relates to Fallon's movie love interest, Drew Barrymore, who is bound by Fallon's character's insane love for the Boston Red Sox.
Continue on CultureMap to learn about Upton's new workout she developed with her trainer Ben Bruno.
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