An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant. Pearl The Landlord : Where's the rent?! Renter : You don't have to raise your voice. Pearl The Landlord : You pay now! Renter : I could give you half. Pearl The Landlord : You pay Renter : Hey, don't talk to me like that, okay? Pearl The Landlord : I'm tired of this crap!
Renter : Look, I I thought I was clear in my e-mail that I needed a couple of weeks. Pearl The Landlord : I work too hard! Renter : Could I just get two more weeks? Pearl The Landlord : I want my money! Renter : You need to relax. Pearl The Landlord : You're an asshole.
That video, titled "The Landlord," was an instant hit and Pearl was a bonafide viral video star, much to the concern of her parents. Today, for the ten-year anniversary of the site, Pearl McKay, now 12 years old, has broken her decade-long silence to speak with me about acting, the current state of internet comedy, and what she thinks of her dad's Oscar-winning film, The Big Short. Pearl McKay: I was like two years old so I don't remember filming the video but I have a couple loose memories of being there but not really.
Have any of your friends figured out you were "The Landlord"? A couple days ago at school, my friends were watching the video and I had no idea and was like, "What's that sound? It doesn't come up a lot but yeah, some friends know about the video.
They don't care very much. Some reactions from the public have been pretty weird, though. When I was six or seven, I went to get my hair cut and this lady said, "You look like Pearl from the Landlord video," and my nanny said, "Yeah, she was in that video.
Other than that, I haven't had any weird encounters. What do you think of when you picture a landlord and why do you think so many people have a negative perception of them? I think most people don't like their landlords just because they're a reminder that they have to pay rent.
I don't think most landlords are actually mean, though. People just picture them in a mean way. Besides "The Landlord," you've also done some acting in Anchorman 2. What sorts of roles you'd like to sink your teeth into going forward with your acting career?
Any actors or actresses you'd like to work with? I love Jennifer Lawrence. The team reunited later that year for a follow-up short "Good Cop, Baby Cop," where Pearl gets Ferrell to confess to a crime. Both videos are symbolic of the early days of internet sketch comedy, before the site became the home of "Between Two Ferns," "Drunk History," and perfected the art of the celebrity cameo.
With so many quotable lines and adorable moments, "The Landlord" will be forever lodged in our collective memory. The video has since garnered approximately 84 million views, inspired thousands of memes and gifs, and reigns as one of the top viral videos of the decade.
She was 20 months old. But the money-grubbing proprietor is all grown up now. During an interview with Studio , McKay revealed what became of the much meme-ified and very tiny proprietor. While the video got over 80 million views and gave Pearl the chance to star in a Jackie Chan movie and shoot her very own spread in People, McKay said he turned down all media opportunities.
Except, he quipped, "she does own a Corvette and date an Armenian guy who's twice her age.
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