Seth Meyers Just Asked Anne Hathaway About That Wild Knicks Stat After Devil Wears Prada 2 Came Out
Maiekayla Dacanay - News Moderator 
New York is still celebrating the Knicks’ victory, and so are the team's celebrity fans. Case in point, when Anne Hathaway appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote the release of The Odyssey, the Knicks and their win came up. It was for a very good reason, too, as she addressed the hilarious and serendipitous fact that the Knicks went on quite the run after The Devil Wears Prada 2, which features a cameo from Knicks player Karl-Anthony Towns, came out.
Now, as the Knicks' playoff run was happening, there was constant talk about the fact that they kept winning, and that began right around the time The Devil Wears Prada 2 came out. Notably, Towns has a cameo in that movie, and Anne Hathaway is a massive Knicks fan. So, it’s all connected. So, I see why Seth Meyers asked The Princess Diaries star:
In fact, people pointed out that from the premiere date of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the Knicks went 12-1. Do you feel as though you had something to do with this?
That’s certainly quite the coincidence, and it went viral online as the Knicks kept doing well. Between May 4 (three days after The Devil Wears Prada 2 premiered on the 2026 movie schedule) and June 13 (the day the Knicks won the NBA championship), they only lost one game.
During the playoffs, the team lost three games total (giving them a 16-3 record). However, when they entered the second series of the playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, their win streak really got going, because they went undefeated in that series and did it again against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then they lost Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs in the finals, creating a 12-1 record since the premiere of Hathaway’s movie.
So, was that because of her film and Karl-Anthony Towns' cameo in it? Hathaway doesn’t think so. She gave credit to her third child, whom she’s currently pregnant with, telling Meyers:
Honestly, I think it was all this kid. No, because it wasn’t just the Knicks. My soccer team, Arsenal, also won the championship. The Knicks won. Devil Wears Prada was because of you guys. Thank you so much. That was the craziest thing.
Even though she didn't really give her movie credit, it didn’t stop Hathaway from fangirling about how cool this whole thing was and the fact that she shared the screen with Karl-Anthony Towns. She also brought it back around to the serendipity of the cameo and the Knicks going on to win it all this year, explaining:
It was amazing, because he was there, and so we just chatted in between shots. And then we got to film our little moment, and they had made it to the Eastern Championship finals right before we filmed this. And so I was just describing the feeling I had watching that. So, I have a line in [the movie] where I’m like, ‘It just made me so proud to be a New Yorker.’ And then it came true. Which I usually get in trouble when I say that.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 was filmed during the summer of 2025. A big part of the production took place in New York City, which was made abundantly clear through paparazzi photos that spoiled some outfits. That year, the Knicks made it to the conference finals in the playoffs. So, Hathaway spoke to Towns about it while they were filming, and then one year later, the team went all the way, as the actress recalled:
But, you know, it did. And then it happened, and now it’s always going to be there. And I can’t- I just, I don’t even know what to say. So I didn’t have anything to do with it, is the point, but it’s still very cool.
It was very cool, and this whole coincidence is another lovely thing that’s happened to Anne Hathaway this year. Along with her sports teams winning, she’s also pregnant with her third child. Also, by the end of 2026, she will have released five movies in one year -- Mother Mary and The Devil Wears Prada 2 are already out, The Odyssey hits theaters July 17, and The End of Oak Street and Verity come out on August 14 and October 2, respectively. So, she’s doing great, and so are the Knicks.
Is that because Hathaway and Karl-Anthony Towns were in The Devil Wears Prada 2 and it was released during the NBA Finals? I doubt it, and so does the actress. However, it’s fun to think about as the team continues to celebrate their win and the actress continues her epic year.
