Anne Hathaway filmed a Hot Ones scene for Verity, but she will not do the real show to promote the movie. She told Talk of the Townsends that her doctor advised against the spicy-wing challenge while she is pregnant. The film opens in theaters on October 2.

The two appearances are easy to mix up. In the movie, Hathaway plays the famous author Verity Crawford, who sits down with Hot Ones host Sean Evans. Hathaway had also hoped to take the challenge as herself during the press tour. That second appearance is the one she has put off.

What did Anne Hathaway say?

Hathaway said she ate the first three wings while filming the scene. The production then switched to dummy wings. She still wanted to try the full challenge for real, but her plans changed after she became pregnant.

“My doctor said I couldn’t do it because I might go into early labor.”
Hathaway explains the doctor’s advice in her Talk of the Townsends interview. Clip: Talk of the Townsends.

She was describing advice from her own doctor, not giving a rule for other pregnant people. Hathaway said she has not done the full ten-wing challenge. She joked that she might get to it next year, but there is no announced Hot Ones episode with her.

Why is Hot Ones in Verity?

Verity Crawford is a best-selling author in the story. Hathaway said a Call Her Daddy appearance for the character was already in the script. She suggested adding interviews with Gayle King and Sean Evans so viewers would see that Verity was famous outside the publishing world, too.

Dakota Johnson as Lowen reads papers inside the Crawford house in Verity.
Dakota Johnson plays Lowen, the writer hired to work on Verity Crawford’s books. · Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

That makes the Hot Ones scene part of the film’s picture of Verity as a celebrity. It is not an episode in which Hathaway appears as herself. The real Sean Evans took part in the movie scene, but the film has not been released yet, so audiences have not seen the full exchange.

What is Verity about?

Dakota Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a writer hired to finish Verity’s books after Verity can no longer work. At the Crawford home, Lowen finds notes that make her question what happened to the family. Hathaway plays Verity, and Josh Hartnett plays her husband, Jeremy. Michael Showalter directed the film, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel.

Dakota Johnson as Lowen reads a Verity Crawford novel in the film Verity.
Lowen reads a book by Verity Crawford in the film. · Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon MGM Studios has set Verity for a worldwide theatrical release on October 2, 2026. There is no announced streaming date. Hathaway’s real Hot Ones visit remains a possibility for another time, but her fictional visit is already part of the film.