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Paul Rudd's first apartment in Los Angeles wasn't so sexy: ‘I found a mattress out by the dumpster’

On Late Night with Seth Meyers Thursday, the newest People magazine Sexiest Man Alive and star of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Paul Rudd, sat down and discussed what his life was like before all the magazine covers and movie premieres. Back when he was just a struggling actor crashing with a buddy in his not-so-sexy apartment.

“He lived in an apartment complex that was so bad,” Rudd remembered of a classmate named Bo, with whom he is still friends to this day. “He let me stay in his apartment because I didn't even have, really, the money to get an apartment. And I slept on towels in his kitchen.”

Rudd, whose acting career dates back to the early 90s before really breaking through in 1995’s Clueless, said he was eventually able to afford a place of his own in the same apartment complex as his friend. But it wasn’t as glamorous as it sounds.

I didn't really have much furniture. And I found a mattress out by the dumpster,” Rudd said. “And I thought, ‘sweet. Free mattress.’”

The Ant-Man star has since appeared in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, courtesy of Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, and has a net worth reportedly estimated around $70 million. But it sounds like no matter how rich and famous he gets, he’ll never forget his first free mattress.

“I just took it up to my room, and then I slept on it. And then the next morning I woke up covered in red bumps,” Rudd said. “How's that for Sexiest Man Alive, huh?”

Video transcript

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SETH MEYERS: What about early LA apartments. I spent some time with some pretty gnarly ones back in my early days.

PAUL RUDD: Oh, yeah, yeah.

SETH MEYERS: Did you have some bad scene apartments?

- The newest "People Magazine's" Sexiest Man alive and star of "Ghostbusters Afterlife" Paul Rudd was on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Thursday, where he talked about life before magazine covers and movie premieres when he was just a struggling actor crashing with a buddy.

PAUL RUDD: He lived in an apartment complex that was so bad, but he let me stay in his apartment because I didn't even have really the money to get an apartment. And I slept on towels in his kitchen.

- Rudd whose acting career dates back to the early 90s before breaking through in 1995's "Clueless," said he was finally able to afford a place of his own in the same apartment complex as his friend. But it's not as glamorous as it sounds.

PAUL RUDD: But I didn't really have much furniture, and I found a mattress out by the dumpster in the-- a mattress. And I thought, sweet.

SETH MEYERS: Yeah.

PAUL RUDD: Free, mattress.

- The "Ant-Man" star has since appeared in some of the highest grossing films of all time, with a net worth estimated around $70 million. But it sounds like this Mr. Nice Guy will never forget his first free mattress.

PAUL RUDD: So I just took it up to my room and then I slept on it, and then the next morning I woke up covered in red bumps.

[LAUGHTER]

How's that for Sexiest Man Alive?

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]