Why Ayo Edebiri Didn’t Watch Certain Episodes of ‘The Bear’

Even Ayo Adebiri can’t bring herself to watch certain episodes of FX’s surprise smash “The Bear.” We get that, and so does Stephen Colbert.“The Bear” seemingly came out of nowhere, though IndieWire was a very early adopter.

Technically, we may be bigger supporters than Adebiri herself.“I didn’t watch all the episodes, I think some were kind of hard to watch, if that makes sense,” Adebiri told Colbert on the January 4 “Late Show.”“There’s massive tension,” Colbert, a fan who had to stop at Episode 7 for a break, offered.

The CBS late-night host said he and his wife have yet to return to the program — but not because they don’t like it; they just needed to breathe.

That sentiment should check out with pretty much any viewer of the Chicago-based sandwich-shop drama.Episode 7, “The Review,” is the Season 1 20-minute single-shot episode; IndieWire got the

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