Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet explain their matching ‘boop’ tattoos
The second season of The Flight Attendant finished last week. I found the story a bit less compelling this time around, but it continued to be bonkers in a good way, I liked the pacing and, as always, the acting was really good. Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet convincingly play best friends on the show and they’ve become besties in real life too. Zosia lived with Kaley during filming, helping her through her second divorce, and they have matching tattoos on their inner arms now too. “Boop” because they tap each other on the nose and say “boop.”
Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet are best friends onscreen, offscreen, and on their arms.
The stars of HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant shared the sweet story of how their first meeting inspired their new matching friendship tattoos with E! News’ Daily Pop.
The besties connected immediately upon meeting at a chemistry read for The Flight Attendant. Kaley felt so comfortable around her potential new co-star that she gave Zosia a little “boop” tap on the nose.
“It became a thing, and then we did it all the time,” Kaley told Daily Pop’s Francesca Amiker. The two got the word “boop” tattooed on their arms in April 2022.
Their little act of endearment seems to be catching on with others, as Kaley joked, “Now people are booping each other. I think we’re causing a major stir.”
“You know how ‘Fetch’ didn’t happen?” Zosia added, referencing the hilarious quote from the movie Mean Girls, “‘Boop’ is happening.”
The BFFs always know how to have a good laugh, but they also know how to comfort each other. Having filed for divorce from her husband of three years, Karl Cook, in September 2021, Kaley told Daily Pop how Zosia helped her through tough times on set.
“We lived together towards the end of season two, and there were days when I didn’t think I could even go to work,” said Kaley. “On [Zosia’s] days off, she would come to work and have lunch with me in my trailer. And I was like, ‘It’s your day off.’ She’s like, ‘No, no, I’m coming.’ Those little things are a big deal.”
This is a cute story, that they just boop each other’s noses. It’s even written into the show! Or the show wrote it into their lives, unclear. Though, they’re clearly being tongue-in-cheek in their comments because nose boops have been happening forever. But, anyone who drops a Mean Girls quote into conversation is good by me. That’s how you know they’re legit friends and not fake costar friends — the casual face touches. Not that all costars have to be friends, but it’s nice that Kaley and Zosia are and you can really feel it in the show. Their characters’ friendship backstory is never really explained, but it does feel very lived in and makes sense, probably because they’re such good friends offscreen as well. It’s unclear whether Flight Attendant will get a third season and the finale is very open-ended, but I’d like to see more of their characters’ escapades.
