--- title: Kristen Bell Gets Trapped in a Claw Machine on Jimmy Kimmel description: The one and only Kristen Bell found herself stuck inside a claw machine after she apparently crawled inside to retrieve her desired prize canonical: https://time.com/5362796/kristen-bell-jimmy-kimmel-claw-machine/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-09T16:38:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:15.104Z og:title: The Latest: Kristen Bell Trapped in a Claw Machine og:description: She just wanted to retrieve her prize og:url: https://time.com/5362796/kristen-bell-jimmy-kimmel-claw-machine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9394507ed9be1423/6989376a97cdffba536b5f17/screen-shot-2018-08-09-at-11-58-15-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Kristen-Bell-Claw-Machine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Latest: Kristen Bell Trapped in a Claw Machine twitter:description: She just wanted to retrieve her prize twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9394507ed9be1423/6989376a97cdffba536b5f17/screen-shot-2018-08-09-at-11-58-15-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Only Kristen Bell Could Make Getting Trapped in a Claw Machine Look This Awesome > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 9, 2018 4:38 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 9, 2018 4:38 PM UTC In the midst of a bit about children getting [trapped inside claw machines](http://time.com/5274566/boy-trapped-claw-machine/) during [_Jimmy Kimmel Live!_](http://time.com/5360915/jimmy-kimmel-trump-climate-change/)_,_ Kimmel was alerted to the fact that one of his adult guests had gotten into a similar predicament. During Wednesday’s episode of the late-night show, the one and only Kristen Bell found herself stuck inside a claw machine after she apparently crawled inside to retrieve her desired prize—a stuffed poop emoji. “I spent 40 bucks trying to get this poop emoji, I didn’t and I finally said ‘Screw it!'” Bell said. “And I climbed in and now I’m stuck.” Unfortunately, the person Kimmel sent to free her, his sidekick Guillermo, didn’t end up being much help. When the camera panned to the green room again, Guillermo was somehow trapped in the machine alongside Bell. “I tried to get a Pikachu and I got stuck in here,” he offered as explanation. 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