[Audie Cornish:] I'm Audie Cornish, and it's time now to Ask A Grown Man.
[Melissa Block:] Ask a what?
[Paul Rudd:] Ask A Grown Man. So thank you.
[Audie Cornish:] That's actor Paul Rudd in a monthly video advice column on the website RookieMag. The site was started by 16-year-old Tavi Gevinson.
[Melissa Block:] In the videos, famous grown men including Paul Rudd and fellow actors B.J. Novak and Jon Hamm answer questions from teenage girls, from the serious...
[Paul Rudd:] Number 3: Do you think girls and guys can really be just friends?
[B.j. Novak:] How do I tell him I don't want to go out with him, without ruining our friendship?
[Jon Hamm:] Oh, it says: One day, a guy wanted to get with me and the next day, he already changed his mind. What do I do with this flip-flopper?
[Melissa Block:] ...to the semi-serious.
[Paul Rudd:] Why twice, capitalized why are men oh, boys, she writes so obsessed with boobs?
[Novak:] Does the amount of kisses on the end of a text show how much a guy likes you? I've been texting a boy I like for about three months, and he sends five to seven kisses even though I always send four.
[Jon Hamm:] Ah, number 3: Is it gross if a girl accidentally farts in front of her significant other? Should she feel embarrassed?
[Melissa Block:] Again, those are grown men Jon Hamm, B.J. Novak and Paul Rudd.
[Audie Cornish:] Creator Tavi Gevinson says the idea behind the column is pretty simple.
[Tavi Gevinson:] Adults, you're able to have more of a perspective on what happens, since you're kind of able to pull back and see yourself and the decisions you made more clearly, maybe more logically unless your memory is sort of warped and you've, like, blocked out part of high school, as many people do.
[Audie Cornish:] Indeed, the grown men offer some heartfelt and sage advice. Here's B.J. Novak, explaining how one advice-seeker can tell a good friend that she just wants to be friends.
[Novak:] I'd say, if he asks you out, keep saying no for this or that reason. Be honest, be vague. Don't lie. I feel for this guy already. I'm cringing for him. He's going to get some bad news, isn't he? Don't worry so much about the friendship. If you are honest and kind, your friendship will survive anything.
[Melissa Block:] Gevinson says the teens who write in don't know who will be answering their questions. If they did, she says, it might change what they write.
[Tavi Gevinson:] My friend was going when I told her we got Jon Hamm, my friend was going to send a question that was like, I feel so ugly, just so she could have on video Jon Hamm being like, no, you're beautiful.
[Melissa Block:] That's Tavi Gevinson, creator of the website RookieMag, and its video advice column.
[Paul Rudd:] Ask A Grown Man.