
Barbara Corcoran’s Shark Tank costar Daymond John obtained the mistaken first impression of her upon filming season 1 in 2009.
“I kidded with Daymond as a result of his lodge room door was proper subsequent to mine. I mentioned, ‘Hey, you need to are available for a drink?’ I child. He obtained in his room and slammed the door so quick,” Corcoran, 74, completely advised Us Weekly on Monday, September 25, whereas chatting about Shark Tank season 15, which premieres on Friday, September 29.
Years later, Corcoran mentioned John, 54, advised her “he thought I used to be hitting on him.” She advised Us: “I’m like, ‘No, I wasn’t hitting [on you]. I used to be simply making an attempt to have some enjoyable with you.’” Each of the Sharks are in relationships as Corcoran has been married to her husband, Invoice Higgins, since 1988 and John tied the knot with Heather Taras in 2018.
Regardless of getting off on the mistaken foot, Corcoran mentioned that John is the “home favourite” within the Shark’s “dysfunctional household.” She defined: “You have got Robert [Herjavec] who needs to be Mark [Cuban] — he’s the older brother, the massive man on campus. You have got Lori [Greiner] who tells us that we must always play with our toys properly when [someone] steals our toys.”
In terms of costar Kevin O’Leary, Corcoran jokingly dubbed him “the city bully,” including, “However by some means all of it goes collectively and it merges properly, and we’re a dysfunctional household like everyone else.”
As a lot as she loves her forged mates, the businesswoman referred to as former visitor Shark Kevin Hart “the neatest Shark we had on set.” Nevertheless, she continues to be “offended” with the comic for turning down a possible enterprise take care of her. Hart, 44, beforehand appeared in two season 13 episodes in 2022.

“He picked Lori as a accomplice, after which he gave me an opportunity within the afternoon to select me, after which he — simply because I hesitated on a value that the entrepreneur needed, I mentioned, ‘No, you’re not paying us sufficient’ — Kevin mentioned, ‘You’re out,’ and Mark jumped in,” she shared. “So, he mentioned, ‘Properly, when you’ve gotten a lady in your mattress and he or she jumps out of the mattress, you’ve obtained to exchange her with someone else, and also you change her with Mark.’ He’s incorrigible, however he’s so good at what he does. So good.”
With the present’s season 15 premiere days away, Corcoran teased that followers can count on to see a lot of “scrappy younger hustlers” enter the tank this season. “I need[ed] to purchase everyone who pitched, which I can’t, however I did spend method, method an excessive amount of cash this season,” she said. “However I’ve gotten myself some nice folks with nice desires, no cash, they usually needed to get it from Shark Tank, so the stakes are greater. It was very thrilling to shoot this season extra so than some other yr.”

(L-R) Lori Greiner, Mark Cuban, Clay Newbill, Barbara Corcoran, Kevin OLeary, Yun Lingner, and Daymond John Matt Doyle/Getty Photographs
Shark Tank season 15 premieres on ABC Friday, September 29, at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi