All’s Fair Star Sarah Paulson Calls Out Pedro Pascal—Is a New A-List Feud Brewing?

In case you saw the clip and wondered if Hollywood’s favorite platonic duo is beefing: nope. Sarah Paulson — currently leading November’s legal drama 'All’s Fair' — hopped on the 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen' After Show and roasted her best friend Pedro Pascal in the way only a best friend can.

The 'b*tch baby' moment (and what she actually meant)

During a fan Q&A, Paulson was asked what might surprise people about her friendship with Pascal. Without blinking, she let this fly:

'He’s a b*tch baby.'

Then she immediately laughed it off: 'No, I’m kidding.' Classic bit. She did spin it into something real, though: to her, Pedro is 50, Chilean-American, and yes, a man of many 'demands' — though he would say those are her demands. The running joke is they pin the high-maintenance label on each other. Underneath the teasing, she said it’s a very sibling-in-energy relationship. The kind where you bicker, you know each other’s tells, and you’re glued for life.

Who picks up the check? According to Paulson: 'He pays for dinner now.' So, no feud — just roast, pay, repeat.

Paulson on Pascal’s mega-stardom

Andy Cohen asked if she ever pictured Pedro exploding the way he has — we’re talking from 'The Last of Us' to 'The Fantastic Four' levels of everywhere-all-at-once. Paulson didn’t hesitate. She called him the most talented person she knows, said this scale of fame is hard for anyone to predict, but if the universe had any sense, this was always where his career was headed. In short: not shocking based on his talent, surprising only because this kind of rocket ride doesn’t happen very often anymore.

She also outed him as a true cinephile. As in: he knows more about movies than the Letterboxd crowd she checks in on, and he’s the friend who drags her to the scariest stuff she’d rather skip. If you’ve ever been forced into a nerve-shredder by a horror sicko you love, you get it.

How we got here: 30-ish years of bestie status

Their backstory is sweet, oddly specific, and very them — and it stretches back to the early 1990s when they were teenagers hustling in New York.

• Early 1990s: In NYC, a friend of Pedro’s from NYU (Kristen) knew Sarah from high school, and her crew basically adopted him. One of their first hangouts: a group screening of 'Fearless' that ended with everyone sobbing, followed by a walk in the park and an excited Woody Harrelson sighting. That star run-in became one of their first shared memories.
• Late 1990s: They drifted when Paulson moved to Los Angeles for work. No blowups, no falling out — just distance.
• 2000s: Pascal eventually moved to LA too, they reconnected, and kept grinding. She caught heat on 'American Horror Story'; he kept booking, including spots on 'Law & Order.' Red carpets together followed, including one viral moment where he showed up as her date in a denim jacket because of course he did.
• April 2019: Pascal made his Broadway debut as Edmund in 'King Lear.' Paulson did what proud best friends do: shouted it out on Instagram.
• December 2020: For Sarah’s birthday, Pedro posted a video of her dancing to Prince and called her a 'f*cking goddess.'
• February 2023: They turned up together during an episode of 'Saturday Night Live' that Pedro hosted and hit the after party like seasoned pros.
• June 2022 and beyond: They hang the way normal friends do, just with better guest lists — Brandi Carlile concert (June 2022), Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour (September 2023), and Chappell Roan’s 'Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things' tour in Pasadena (October 12, 2025).

The vibe, summed up

Teasing aside, Paulson’s take on Pascal lands somewhere between respect and hero worship — the kind you earn over decades of watching each other work. She’s seen him put in the time, she’s not surprised he blew up, and she’s thrilled he did. And if he makes her sit through one more horror movie, she’ll survive it, then make him pay for dinner. Balance.