{"id":62367,"date":"2025-02-08T05:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T11:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=62367"},"modified":"2025-02-22T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:10:08","slug":"kanan2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/kanan2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Sean Kanan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-62360\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kanan2.png\" alt=\"Actor\/entrepeneur Sean Kanan (pic from his Instagram), creator of &quot;Bad Boy Hot Sauce&quot;\" width=\"292\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kanan2.png 395w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kanan2-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with Sean Kanan of &#8220;The Bold and the Beautiful&#8221; on CBS and &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; on Netflix by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 2\/4\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasadenacomiccon.com\/tickets\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62362 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pasadenacomiccon.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Kanan appears May 24th at the Pasadena Comic-Con!\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pasadenacomiccon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pasadenacomiccon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/pasadenacomiccon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>This is my second Zoom interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0437088\/\">Sean Kanan<\/a>. It&#8217;s always great to speak with him because he&#8217;s an interesting guy, and an amazing actor, and he always has a lot of things going on. Soap fans know Sean from his role as Deacon on both B&amp;B, Y&amp;R and GH; others may know him from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/70068539\">Karate Kid 3<\/a>&#8221; and the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81307578?trackId=255824129\">Cobrai Kai<\/a>&#8221; series, or his Emmy-winning series &#8220;Studio City&#8221; on Prime.\u00a0 Right now, Sean is busy promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/badboyeats.com\/\">a new line of hot sauces<\/a>, some personal appearances, and the latest in his motivational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BF62KFH1?binding=kindle_edition&amp;ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin\">Way of the Cobra book series<\/a> with his wife, Michele:\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0DHHG4P89\/ref=sr_1_1\/suzannelanoue\/\">Way of the Cobra: Couples<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re a fan of the soaps or of the &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; series or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/60036164\">Karate Kid<\/a>&#8221; movies, you should <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62366 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/seanandmichellekanan.jpeg\" alt=\"Sean and Michelle Kanan\" width=\"164\" height=\"173\" \/>enjoy this chat!<\/p>\n<p>If you live in the SoCal area, go see Sean Kanan, his wife, and his co-star Kimberlin Brown (who plays Sheila) this Saturday, February 8th at <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/store\/2130\">Barnes &amp; Noble in Palm Desert<\/a> 2 PM!\u00a0 Sean will also be appearing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pasadenacomiccon.com\/tickets\/\">Pasadena Comic-Con May 24th<\/a>.\u00a0 You can find out about Sean&#8217;s future events on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sean.kanan\/\">his Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0 Wait him daily on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/daytime\/bold\/\">The Bold and the Beautiful<\/a>,&#8221; too. Sounds like he has some great story coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, if you haven&#8217;t watched &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; or the &#8220;Karate Kid&#8221; movies, I would suggest you check them out because they&#8217;re a lot of fun to watch. I just binge-watched them all in the past few months. The last five episodes of &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; drop Feb. 13! Then there&#8217;s a new movie, &#8220;Karate Kid: Legends&#8221; coming out in the summer, starring Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uPzOyzsnmio\">It looks good.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with Sean Kanan of &quot;Bold &amp; Beautiful&quot; on CBS and &quot;Cobra Kai&quot; on Netflix by Suzanne 2\/4\/25\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HejGqAQwvH0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62365 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/kanan.jpeg\" alt=\"Actor\/entrepeneur Sean Kanan (pic from him), creator of &quot;Bad Boy Hot Sauce&quot; and &quot;Way of the Cobra&quot; books\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/badboyeats.com\/\">Bad Boy Hot Sauce<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/the_bold_and_the_beautiful\/\">Bold and The Beautiful<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k15aMqTNJqw\">Preview<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81307578?trackId=255824129\">Cobra Kai<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cast-bio-title\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-character-copy\" class=\"cast-bio\" data-ci=\"character-copy\">\n<p>Emmy\u00ae award-winner Sean Kanan portrays irresistible bad boy &#8220;Deacon Sharpe&#8221; on <em><strong>The Bold and the Beautiful.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After the character\u2019s success on <em><strong>The Bold and the Beautiful<\/strong><\/em>, \u201cDeacon Sharpe\u201d also appeared on sister show, <em>The Young and the Restless<\/em>. Kanan&#8217;s first role in Hollywood was of iconic villain &#8220;Mike Barnes&#8221; in the blockbuster film <em>Karate Kid III<\/em>, which he reprised for season five on Netflix\u2019s pop-culture classic <em>Cobra Kai<\/em> in 2022. He also played the role of &#8220;AJ Quartermaine&#8221; on <em>General Hospital<\/em>. His many film credits include two 2021 films with Bruce Willis, <em>Survive the Game<\/em> and <em>The Fortress<\/em>, and the Lifetime movie <em>Sinister Society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Kanan won the Daytime Emmy\u00ae award for Outstanding Limited Series as the Executive Producer and Creator of <em>Studio City<\/em> (Amazon Prime), for which he was also Emmy\u00ae nominated in the categories of Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Writing Team. Kanan previously won the Indie Series Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for portraying <em>Studio City<\/em> protagonist &#8220;Sam Stephens.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0DHHG4P89\/ref=sr_1_1\/suzannelanoue\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62364 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wayofthecobracouples.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kanan has authored four books. His latest, Welcome to the KUMITE, is the second in the Way of the COBRA (WOTC) series, which draws on intimate personal stories to illustrate his strategies and philosophy for achieving success: \u201cTransform yourself, and you can transform the world.\u201d Sean&#8217;s first book, <em>The Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan<\/em>, received rave reviews. His second, <em>Success Factor X<\/em>, became an Amazon New Release Best Seller after less than one week and was named one of the twenty most inspirational books in the last two decades by Book Authority.<\/p>\n<p>To give back, Kanan has turned his personal success and the knowledge about his approach to achieving goals for a healthy, happy, and successful life into a successful and highly sought-after life coaching program.<\/p>\n<p>Whether lobbying on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about bullying or performing stand-up comedy in Bosnia to entertain the troops for the USO, Kanan remains active in numerous charitable organizations, including The American Cancer Society, various animal advocacy groups, and serving as the international youth ambassador for <a href=\"https:\/\/badboyeats.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-62363 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hotsauces.jpeg\" alt=\"Bad Boy Hot Sauces from Sean Kanan\" width=\"231\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hotsauces.jpeg 339w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hotsauces-300x265.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Boo2Bullying.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Kanan received the 400th star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame for his creative work and acts of charity in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in New Castle, PA, Kanan resides with his wife, Emmy\u00ae, award-winning producer and writer Michele Kanan, in California. He celebrates his birthday on November 2.<\/p>\n<p>Follow him on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sean.kanan\/\">@sean.kanan<\/a> and Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seankanan\">@seankanan<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62361 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/brownkanan.png\" alt=\"Sean Kanan (Deacon) and Kimberlin Brown (Sheila) star on &quot;The Bold and the Beautiful&quot; weekdays on CBS and Paramount+ (photo from Kanan's Instagram)\" width=\"190\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/brownkanan.png 365w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/brownkanan-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-ci=\"character-copy\">\n<p>SEAN KANAN aka &#8220;Karate&#8217;s Bad Boy&#8221;<br \/>\nKanan has unleashed a line of artisan crafted small batch hot sauces that hit harder than a spinning back kick.<\/p>\n<p>DON&#8217;T LET YOUR HOT SAUCE BE A JOKE<br \/>\nSay goodbye to bland and hello to bold with knockout flavors like:<br \/>\nThese aren&#8217;t your average sauces\u2014 they\u2019re weapons of mass deliciousness, packing Scoville heat levels from a solid 4\/10 to a face-melting 10\/10. <a href=\"https:\/\/badboyeats.com\/\">Buy Now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/11\/kanan\/\">Older Interview with Sean Kanan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! &nbsp; Interview with Sean Kanan of &#8220;The Bold and the Beautiful&#8221; on CBS and &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; on Netflix by Suzanne 2\/4\/25 This is my second Zoom interview with Sean Kanan. It&#8217;s always great to speak with him because he&#8217;s an interesting guy, and an amazing actor, and he always has a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,106],"tags":[79,109,108,553,433,2238,407,418,346,2239,1078,111,2240,75,237],"class_list":["post-62367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-bb","tag-article","tag-bb","tag-bold","tag-bold-and-the-beautiful","tag-cbs","tag-cobra-kai","tag-general-hospital","tag-gh","tag-interview","tag-karate-kid","tag-sean-kanan","tag-soaps","tag-studio-city","tag-yr","tag-young-and-the-restless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62791,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62367\/revisions\/62791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}