Dave Bautista got his puppy Talulah with a little help from his (celeb) friends!
While promoting his latest project, Dina: The second parton Tonight’s show on Friday, Bautista, 55, told the story of how he adopted one of his four dogs, Talulah, thanks to Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown.
According to the actor, Pratt — Bautistino Guardians of the Galaxy Costar and long-time friend — he was filming Electric state with Brown, 20, when he “heard” that the actress was trying to help find Talulah a forever home.
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Bautista, a die-hard dog lover who already owned three pit bulls at the time, told host Jimmy Fallon that Pratt “turned on me and said, ‘I know you’re a fan of this breed, and my friend is trying to adopt her out.’ ”
“And I said, ‘I’m sorry man, you know I already have three,’” he said, adding, “I was just looking at her picture, and I just… I just fell in love with her. ”
So despite a nearly full house, Bautista decided to bring the white pup home and told Pratt to match him up with his costar – whose identity Dune the star did not know yet.
“He said, ‘Let me hook you up with my co-star, Millie,’ and I said, ‘Wait a minute — Millie Bobby Brown?’ Bautista recalled, adding that his reaction was, “No way!”
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The actor, who adopted Talulah more than a year ago, added: “I love telling people this story.”
“It sounds weird to me when I say, ‘And Chris Pratt hit on me, and I got my dog, you know, from Millie Bobby Brown,'” he told Fallon, adding, “I sound super Hollywood.”
Bautista said he was also working on a movie at the time, so he told Brown he’d be home and able to grab the puppy in a week, to which she replied, “Don’t worry about it, I’ll send someone to take her off .”
“So literally the day I got home — I was overseas in Rome — I got home, I was there waiting, and these two guys showed up, like, in the middle of the night,” he recalled.
“They drove her from Atlanta and dropped her off and I took her in,” he said. “He’s been with me ever since.”
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And while Bautista said he never met Brown in person, he thanked her for setting up the adoption when he first welcomed Talulah last February.
The actor shared the news of the pit bull adoption in an Instagram post featuring several photos of the pup — including a family photo with Talulah, Bautista and his three other dogs.
“Hello everyone, I’d like you to meet the newest member of my Valentine’s Day crew, Talulah Bautista!” he wrote in the title. “Big love to @prattprattpratt for introducing me to @milliebobbybrown and @joeysfriends22 – Thanks to Millie’s love for rescue animals, she allowed me to adopt and give Talulah a forever home!”
“I am so grateful, thank you! Welcome to the Talulah family!” he added.
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