The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Herschel Walker's Wild Plan To Build Trump's Wall | Ondi Timoner & Gabrielle Union

Episode Date: December 1, 2022

Herschel Walker struggles to make a coherent point about walls, Spotify Wrapped has dropped and Twitter ends its Covid misinformation policy. Filmmaker Ondi Timoner discusses "Last Flight Home," and actor Gabrielle Union talks about her movie "The Inspection."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Coming to you from New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show. Tonight, Hershell Walker builds a wall. Andy Timoner. And Gabriel Union. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. What's going on, everybody. Welcome to the Viennese show. Thank you so much for shooting in. Thank you for coming out and pressing up, Trevor Miller. It's good to see you, everyone.

We got a great show for you. Take a seat, take a seat, everyone. Let's get into it. Let's do this, weighthear. to try and to try and kill us all. Oh, man, we've got a fun show to you for to you for to you to you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too. too. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s scece. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. t is using free speech to try kill us all. So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. Starting with the fact that today is Spotify wrapped day. Yeah. Yeah. starting with the fact that today is Spotify wrapped day. Yeah. Yeah. The day that Spotify looks at our music and reminds us that we're all a basic bitch.

And you know I was thinking, thank God Tinder doesn't do a year-end wrap-up. Just to remind you of all the terrible decisions you made on desperate nights. It's like, wow, I did a lot of people with pet snakes this year. In international news, the United Nations has officially added the French baguette to the UNESCO World Heritage List, which is cool, but it's another reminder that the United Nations really needs to eat lunch before making big decisions. He's like, should we give Chinese food a seat on the Security Council? I'm so th! I. th! I. In th! I. In th! In th! In th! In th! In th! In th! In th! In th! In to to th, I to th. In to th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In thi! In to thate. In the. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In th. In the their their their their their their their their their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their to to their to toeateateateateateateateateate. toe. toe. their their their their their their their Nations really needs to eat lunch before making big decisions. He's like, should we give Chinese food a seat on the Security Council? I'm so hungry.

And you would think that this is great. I hear some of you clapping. Oh yeah, I love baguettes, but remember now it's protected by the UN. Yeah, so now every time you try and take a bite a piecekeeper is going to jump out and kick your ass. They're like, pa! Stop that shit! Meanwhile in presidential news, Joe Biden's secret service detail had a bit of a scare recently when five cars they had rented suddenly burst into flames after they were returned to Hertz rent a car. Yeah, now the good news is Biden has got full coverage insurance. The bad news is Senate Republicans blocked it so he's going to need to borrow some money from Kamala now. But my question is, why is the Secret Service even renting cars from Hertz?

Why the person who was thrown by that? Like, what happens if the SUV they want isn't there? What now the president is rocking up to a state dinner in a Hyundai, is that how it's going to work? Oh, and while we're talking about things exploding, experts say the United States is now facing a shortage of bomb sniffing dogs. Yeah, which probably explains how Morbius made it into theatres. And it makes sense, you know what you think about it. Of course this was always going to happen. If you had the choice of being a bomb sniffing dog, or a dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog... th, th th th th th th th th th thoing dog, thoing dog, thoing dog, thoing dog, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, thi thi tho-ex exploding, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, experts, thoing thoing th, experts, experts, th, th, the the th, the th, the th, the th, th, the the the thi thi the the the thi the the thi thi their their their their their thi thi thi. Ex, thi. Exa, tho, thi. Experts, thi-a-a-s, thi-a-s, thi-s,to happen. If you had the choice of being a bomb sniffing dog or a drug sniffing dog, what would you choose? Huh? What would you choose?

So simple. Yeah, option A, you might explode. Option B, free cocaine. I mean... It is hard for us humans, though, you know, because now, you know what this means. We're going to have to resort to bomb-sniffing cats. And their noses are good. They can figure out where the bombs are, but they just won't tell us about it.

The cat will be there like, I have nine lives, bitch, not my problem. No. All right, let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day, starting with the 2022 midterms. And I know what you're saying right now, you're like, but Trevor, the midterms are over. I killed them. I watched them die. Well, you thought you did. But you never took a headshot. And now they're back. Because down in Georgia, they're just a few days away from a runoff between incumbent

Senator Raphael Warnock and the reason you're pulling your son out of football, Herschel Walker. And we're going to tell you all about the latest updates and another installment of Vote Demick 2022. There is now less than one week to go until the Georgia runoff election and once again Herschel Walker is battling controversies. First of all, he might not even live in the state that he's trying to represent. Yeah, according to new reports, the Georgia home that he's claimed as his residence has actually been rented out for years.

Yeah, and apparently Walker even admitted in a speech earlier this year that he lives in Texas. Which I was shocked about because I did not think Herschel Walker knew the names of two different states. This was really impressive. And I know I know this might piss some people off but when you think about it this just proves that Herschel Walker views Georgians as family, because he's never around them. And of course, of course,

there's the other problem for Herschel Walker, which is that every time he speaks, things go wrong. For instance, Walker was recently at a campaign stop, giving his views on the border, right? And in his speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he speech, he this speech, he this speech, he this speech, he's speech, he's speech, he's speech, he's this speech, he's this speech, he's this speech, he's thus, he's th speech, he's trying to explain why he will build Donald Trump's border wall. But in a way that only Herschel Walker can, he goes on to debunk his own argument about a wall and then takes us on a wild ride that somehow involves his dog. They said, how are you going to do that? That's the way I can do it then. You're able a wall, a wall do work. Wall working around your house, where you've got a waterhound your house, people don't

do it. They can get in, but you know what? They get in, it'll be hard to get out, because I got a dog that, my dog really won't bite when he put it, anyway. I'm sorry, what? Did this man just win an argument with himself? Because he's like, I think his plan is to, what, build a border wall so that he can trap immigrants inside America? Is that what he's doing? You see, once they get in, they can't get out, then they got a good job and raise the family, settle down, and that's how we get them, yeah?

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for $44 billion, he has been trying to reshape the entire website according to what he likes. He's brought back thousands of suspended accounts. He's made it easier to get a blue check mark. And now, and now, and now, and now, and now, and now, th, the the th, the the the tham, the thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's thi's thi's thi's thiolk, thi, thi's thiolk, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho-in's, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thus, thus, thus, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, thi, is thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's thoooooooooomoomoomo it easier to get a blue check mark. And now any number you tweet is automatically changed to 69. Yeah, you post that your dad only has three days left, now he has 69. Nice, ha, wrist in peace, but nice.

But Elon's biggest promise is that under his leadership, Twitter is completely open for free speech, no matter how wrong that speech might be. A potentially dangerous new change on Twitter. The social media site is no longer enforcing its policy against COVID misinformation. Twitter suspended more than 11,000 accounts for breaking the policy and removed almost 100,000 pieces of content between January of 2020 and September of 2022. And Musk is promising to restore many previously banned Twitter accounts as soon as this week.

Health experts are concerned that it could diminish efforts to stop the spread of the virus and could discourage vaccinations. Okay, look, maybe this is my vaccine microchip talking, but... But I don't think it's responsible for Twitter to bring back the people who are spreading COVID misinformation. But on the other hand, it is 2022. Like, how can you still be misinformed about COVID? You know, we're just running around like, I heard the vaccine turns you into

a lizard. Mother-fix, you see any lizards here? You see any lizards here? They're probably hired it. And forget COVID for a second. It's crazy that anyone would go to Twitter for any medical information. You know, people should be going to the doctor for this stuff, but because no one can afford a doctor in America, people are out here searching, hushe task, bump on my dick and hoping to find a cure Like cocaine on my penis. That's not what I was looking for Anyway, let's move on to some news coming out of San Francisco

Like many big cities San Francisco has been struggling to get crime under control and if you're thinking oh, it's San Francisco. What are they doing? Prescribing all the criminal CBD oil? No, I mean yes, but not just that They also have a more hardcore solution. New this morning, San Francisco officials voted to allow city police to have remote-controlled robots that could use deadly force in extreme situations. Critics of the decision say it militarizes San Francisco's police, but city supervisor Raphael Mandelman, who voted in favor of the robots, said that the killer machines would only be used if lives are at stake. As FPD said, they don't have pre-armed robots, and they don't plan to arm the ones they

do have with guns. Assistant Chief David Lassar said they could deploy robots equipped with explosives. Wait, wait, wait, wait. They're not going to arm the robots. they're just going to give them explosives? That is much worse! Who came out with that PR statement? Don't worry, people. The robots aren't going to have guns.

They're just going to be suicide bombers, okay? Calm down. thoo. thooooo, thii. bad idea. Do you know how often robots make mistakes? Can you imagine if Siri had a bomb? It was like, hey Siri, play 21 Savage. Now killing your family. No! No! Wait, which members of my family? But still no, but let's talk about it. Now, to be clear, just so we're on the same page. The robots will not actually be deciding when to use deadly force, all right?they will still be trained human police

officers on the remote control trigger. So don't worry, it's still going to be mostly black people that get killed. And it's wild, it's wild how cities can always find money for high-tech gadgets for cops, but when it comes to investigating or like investing in long-term solutions that might actually fix the problems then their pockets are empty have you noticed that? Yeah They're like oh yeah robot money we got that we got that we got that people people asking you're like wait you're building robots that are police with bombs can we do something about like the homeless people they're like oh yeah the robots can blow them up to yeah we can handle that makes no sense but that's that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th no that that that that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th no th no that's that's that's th no that's that's th no that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no th no thi thi's thi's no thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi headlines. Before we go, let's check in on the traffic with our very own. Roywood Jr. everybody.

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I'm with it. I'm perfectly fine with that. Black people invisible to the police, and now finally we can commit our crimes in peace, just like Whiteful. But you want the traffic though. You want the the the the the the the the traffic, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, to do to do to do to do the to do to do to to to to to the to to to the to to the to to the to bring the to the to to bring to to bring to the the to the to bring to to bring to bring the the the the the the the robot. Bring the the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring the robot. Bring to the robot. Bring to to the robot. Bring, bring to the robot. Bring, bring to to to to to to the robot. Bring, bring to to to the robot. Bring, bring to the to me. Bring to me, bring to me, bring to me, bring the robot. Now finally we can commit our crimes in peace just like Whitefoot. But you want the traffic though. You want the traffic, Roy. It is thing with the bomb dogs though. It is the question I feel like nobody's asking about the bomb dogs.

If there is a shortage of bomb sniffing dogs, shouldn't you shut your ass up about it? If there is a shortage, if there is a shortage of bomb sniffing dogs, shouldn't you shut your ass up about it and not tell anybody? Shouldn't you not tell anybody? Just, just, just, you just can't let everybody know you ain't got enough bomb sniffing dogs, ISIS at home watching CBS, like, yes, now it's the time. Plus, you don't need a bomb sniffing dog. You just need people to think think you think you it's the time. Plus you don't need a bomb sniffing dog you just need people to think you got a bomb

sniffing dog. Just put regular dogs in the airport that's all you got to do. All these dogs are up for adoption put them in the airport. It's just in the mind. Yes all the illusion of security that's all you've got to do is make people think, I've got a car, and they got no car alarm. People walk past my car. I'll make the noise from my mouth. That's all you do. Plus, we ain't got to really worry about bomb sniffing dogs. Because let you tell it, the bomb sniffing dogs will eventually be replaced by robot

dogs, right? Yeah, probably. And then robot dogs will be operated by fully robot cops. And eventually one of those robot cops will go haywire and kill a bunch of people because it needed drugs. And the only way to stop a crazy robot cop is to get a brave robot cop to jump on the back of that robot cop and pull off his access panel, get into the neural cortex, pull out the brain and bash the brain on the ground. That's how you stop.

The crazy robot cop. I feel like that's the plot of Robocop 2. Yes, based on the life of Officer Alex J. Murphy. Robocop 2 was a brave biopic. How do you not know this shit, man? I thought you was educated. Man, let me just do the tapapap the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the that. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. We. We. the the the the the that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that's, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, that. that. that. that. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's. that. that. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. to stop. to stop. to stop. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t.. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. a brave biopic. How do you not know this shit, man? I thought you was educated man. Let me just do the traffic. You know what we actually we don't have the time. Roywood Jr. everybody. You just got time. We don't have the time. You should get a robot to do this. Let me do the stuff. All right, don't go away. It's a ro-wo cup. It can't come.

Welcome. Welcome. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My first guest tonight is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker whose latest film is about her father, who chose to die at the age of 92 under California's End of Life Option Act. The film is called Last Flight Home and it's streaming on Paramount Plus. Please welcome, Andy Tumona. Andy Tumona. Welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you for having me.

You know, the clip that we play from the movie. We can only play a clip because we can't play the whole movie. It makes it seem like this is a sad story. It even sounds like a sad story. It even sounds like a sad story. If you tell anybody that somebody made a film about the tho, the the the the the the the the the the the movie, the movie, the movie, the movie, the movie. Makes it seem like this is a sad story. It even sounds like a sad story. If you tell anybody that somebody made a film about their father choosing to end their own life, you would go, this is a sad story that no one might even want to watch, why would I want to? And yet I feel like it's an inspiring story, it's a beautiful story, it's a thin and it's a thin, it's a thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that's that's that's that somebody that somebody that somebody that somebody that somebody somebody somebody somebody that that somebody somebody that that thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that's that's thi, that's thi, that's that's that's thi that's somebody that's that's somebody that's that's somebody that's that's thi, thi,, it's a funny story, it's made me see life in a completely different way.

So let's talk a little bit about your dad. I mean, he has lived quite the life. There are few human beings who can say that they have personally known kings and princesses, somebody who started their own airline, getting low-cost airlines for people to fly around, wanting everybody to be able to travel, having this infectious attitude that lit up every single room. We see you chronicling this life. We see you telling us the story, and we also see how quickly it can change. Your father was 50, how, 53, and then had a stroke, and everything changed. Yeah, he went in for a massage and his neck was manipulated and 10 minutes later he was in perfect health.

I mean he had run six miles that morning and at the height of his career. He had the fastest growing airline in the history of the world. And he led with love and kindness and the airline just was really at its height. And then he was ousted, you know, rights for the disabled at that point. And lost everything financially and all in social standing, but the greatest thing about dad is he never complained. He just rooted for all of us. He was paralyzed for 40 years. But he suffered with such grace, you know, so when he said he needed to die at the end, it was something we all had to get behind, you know, and thank God for that law. The law was a gift. We didn't know there was a right to die with a medically assisted death in California. It's only in nine states in America. You know, we expected dad to be there forever.

He always said he'd be there forever. And suddenly he was not going to walk again. He had been put in the hospital for breathing issues and not to do with COVID, but he was isolated in there and he was terrified and he wanted to go and he needed to go and my brother found this law. And it was a gift, I mean, having these 15 days, it allowed us to really celebrate his life and to really look at his achievements

and also to help him through a shame that he deeply held. My sister, who's a rabbi, came with these age-old rituals. And we all kind of came together, you know, like dad was an exemplary human being. And he showed us how to love and how to live. And so, yeah, it was terrifying but also the most beautiful and sacred space any of us had ever been in. It really is a story that touches on everything. Because as you said, you know, one part of the story gets into how much people with disabilities

lose not just their income, but their access to a life of dignity. You know, your father experienced that when he's pushed out of a company that he was running successfully because they didn't like the optics of a person in a wheelchair running this company even though he could. We see him lose everything. We get into that conversation. Then we get into the conversations around the morality. And you know, it's interesting that you bring up the fact that your sister is a rabbi and how so many of us have these ideas of how your life should end or shouldn't end. It's not your the thethere's a line in the film that someone says where they say, none of us chooses how to come into this world,

but we should be allowed to choose how and when we leave. And for many people, that's a controversial statement. I know that the family was on a journey, and I'd love to know what changed some people's minds about your dad, being able to be able to to to to to to to to to to to be able to to be able to be able to to to to to be able to to to be able to be able to be able to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a their their their to to to be a to be a to be a to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able their their their their their their their their their their, but their, but their, but their, but their, but their, but their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th... the, thi. the thean. thean. to to to thean, to thean, thean thean thean thean thean thi.., thean the that choice? You know, it was dad's spirit that was just so uplifted by finally having agency and power to make a determination over his own body and what would happen with his own life. It was just an incredible shift that happened,

and we all saw it. And I mean, I am very passionate now, and our whole family is that this law be passed in every state where it's being because I think it's in front of 22 state legislatures right now it's not a law here in New York but it's a basic human right you know it's a basic human right who should make that determination and even when the film you know I was terrified sharing my family at this you know their most raw and vulnerable, but especially for my sister who's a rabbi, because it was against Jewish law for the millennia. You know, you can't, you can't end your life. They've since reversed that decision.

Yeah, they've reversed that law. Yeah, they've reversed that law. Reform Judaism has. And the reason they say a law without tenderness is wickedness. And that when the rabbis wrote that law, suffering lasted maybe five days with your terminal illness. But now there are thousands, tens of thousands of terminally ill patients who need and their families who should have this right.

It's compassionate. It's a really powerful storm. And I can see, you, you, you, you, you, you,, when you watch it, you can see why the film is getting Oscar buzz. Because it's made so well. Congratulations, honestly, because you bring us into a world where, you really, you bring us into a world that's really gripping. It feels like we're there with your family. I feel like I know your family. Your dad seems like the wisest human being. There's like no moment where he goes like, I don't really know.

He just says things, he answers so confidently and also so earnestly as well and so honestly. And you know, one of the most amazing aspects in it for me is him talking to his wife. And they're having this conversation. And it's so fascinating to see what happens when people also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also the chance the chance the chance the chance the chance the chance the chance the chance the chance, the chance, the chance, the chance, the chance, the chance, the chance, to have to have to have to have to have their the chance, to have to have to have to have to have, to to to to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. We, thi. We, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thei. Wea. Wea. Wea. thei. thei. thei. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th're having this conversation. And it's so fascinating to see what happens when people also have the chance to say goodbye. You know, where people have the chance to say, this is how I wish for it to end. I wish to still have this dignity and to have this moment. But tot me through that, you know, before you go, just that part of their love story and witnessing that, you know, which many children never the the a double happiness heart that mom bought for dad and for their one year anniversary, and they broke it in half and each war one half.

Wow. Yeah, so I wear it for good luck and just to keep them close. Yeah, yeah. She's a phenomenal woman. You know, 54 years they were together. Seventeen of those he was able-bodied, and she was jet-setting, and the rest she was caregiving. And she, you know, we were just doing a Q&A together last night. She's 84 years old. She's such a firecracker. She really is.

She really is. But, you know, the film making, the film, the film, the film, the main event. The main event was getting mom to face the fact that her partner of this many years was going to be gone and to really spend time with him and it was hard with all the hospice workers around and everyone around you know to kind of get her to zero in but she finally did face it at the end and she's seen the film she watched the film every day for a year first year he was gone. Are you serious? Yeah, she watched it, she watched it like a few times a week just to spend time with him now. I can see why.

I can see what you, honestly, you have captured a human being in a way that few films have captured anybody. You've told a story that I think millions of people, not just in America but around the film. It is truly spectacular on Paramount Plus. I say tune, because when we come back, Gabrielle Union will be joining me right down the show. Don't go away. That's a very good one.

Thank you. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My next guest is an actor, a producer, and a best-selling author. She was just nominated for an independent spirit award for her role in the new film The Inspection, which is now in select theatres and opens nationwide, December 2nd. Please welcome, Gabrielle Union. Thank you. Thank you guys. As I live and breathe One of my favorite people in the whole world Gabrielle Union welcome. Welcome back to the daily show How you been? I've been wonderful. Is that is that is that Africa I smell on you? What is that? What is that? It is? That aroma so familiar to me? Nah, I'm saying back. No, I'm not like it to, I'm what is happening here? How is your trip? You just. th. th. th. th th th th th th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th th th th th. As I th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th saying, no, I'm not like it too,

I'm, what is happening here? How was your trip? You just go back, right? It was amazing. Yes. You know, of course I had called Trev as one does, you know, when you go to the motherland and I was like, tell me where to go.

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You've seen me drop it low. Trevor. And you see me drop it low. And you see how long it takes me to get back up. So you know, you know, you know my hips are like, you don't know, she's 50. Oh, please. Please, I don't think so. I feel like you are one of those people who is eternally young.

You are, you're so curious about life, you know, everything you do, whether it's in the writing of your books, whether it's in, you know, how you travel the world, what projects you engage yourself in, you know, in Broadway productions. I mean, this film is another thi. We've seen Gabriel Union in so many different types of movies. Forgive me if I'm wrong in saying this, but I've never seen you like this. I've never seen you in a role like this. I can see why people are saying, ah, man, if the Oscars are not watching this movie, then they're not watching movies, because you play a character in a movie that is so touching, painful, and brilliant.

And it's the story of a young black man, as we saw just in that preview, whose mother basically says, because you are gay, I'm going to disown you. And he goes off to join the Marines, and her hope is that this will turn him straight. Talk me through how you even get into this project and everything that the story was, because it has a lot more do with real life than most people would think. Way too much to do with real life than I'd like.

Eligate's Bratton, our director, writer, other producer. He came to me, sent me this script, him along with the script. And they're like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. and thiii. and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, him along with Effie Brown, and they're like, what do you think of the script? I was like, this is a winner. I absolutely want to be a part of this. I will come on as an executive producer. I know how I can be additive. And he's like, great. I want you to play my mother. I tend to not be inspired tend to read them for filth. I tend to not be inspired

to want to play them in a film. And I just didn't think that I was the right fit. And he said, no, it has to be you. It can only be you. And later, I came to find out that him and his mom mom had been estranged for about 18 years. And he knew that if I played her, she couldn't, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, th. And, th. And he knew that I was one of his mom's favorites and he knew that if I played her she couldn't deny him and she would she would reconnect. Unfortunately we got green lit February 14th 2020. His mom passed February 18th, 2020. Wow. So I'm not only playing a real person, I'm playing my director and writer's mother,

who has passed and they've had a pretty fraught relationship. And I just wasn't sure this was the right time for any of us. And he assured me. He said, no, we have to tell this story. And we know that you can do this. I. And I. And I I I I th th th thto tell this story. We have to tell the story. And we know that you can do this. I was like, and he was like, you know the black community has known that you've had the range to do this. And I had to admit to myself that I had put myself in a cage, in a box,

and decided what I to decide, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and I was, and I was, and I was, and I was, and I was, and I was, and I was, and decided, and decided, and I was, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided, and decided You had typecast yourself and the roles that you could play because of the roles that were afforded to you. Absolutely. Right. Yeah. So I had to break out and give myself the opportunity to try to, I don't know, to try to grow creatively. It's terrifying. I don't want what he's expecting.

And yet, and yet I feel like, I feel like, you know, it seems so perfect and it seems so obvious now because because when you see you in the film, I can see, I can see what he saw, you know, and it's interesting, I would love to know how your opinion of his mom changed in hearing his story and his side of it. Because to your point, there are many scripts and there are many stories that are told of people that give us an idea of them. And then once we're forced to be them in some way, once we're forced to empathize and get into their lives, our opinion of them changes. Talk me to thoe, tho' thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many, and thi, and thi, and thi.. And, thi. And, thi. And, thin. And, thin. And, thin. And, thin, thin. And, many many many many many many many thooananananan't thiiiiauuanan't their, their, their, their theirthrough that change because you don't play her like somebody that you hate. You don't play her like somebody that we even hate. So I'd love to know what you understand differently about her that doesn't condone her views

on her son being gay, but in some way, empathy, you know, creates empathy and us for her. I had to find her humanity, and I had to figure out how to keep the love, not just on the set as a producer, but the love the love, the lovethe more I talk to parents who struggle in the way that she struggles, they none of them deny that they love their children deeply. And a lot of them truly believe that by rejecting their child or denying their identity, which unfortunately denies their humanity, is the way to love them properly. Is the way to protect them them them them them them them their their their their their their their their their the way to love them properly, is the way to protect them, is the way to save them, which sounds very backwards, right?

But that's firmly in their hearts, they believe that. And the more I started asking about her background, she was orphaned at 10. She was a top student, she was a top athlete, and she just wanted people to think that she was good and worthy and deserving. And I was like like like, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, thi, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiii., thiiiii. thiii. thii. thi. that's that's that's that's that now that's where I can relate. You know, we have these conversations often where all the shape-shifting that you will do to get someone to say, oh yeah, you, right? Whether it's a relationship or a business opportunity or just how you move through the world surviving as a person of color in this in this world, you will minimize yourself, you will to try to get this much closer to to the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power the power, the power, the power, the power, the power, the power, the power, the power, the the tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thia, thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi... thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and, thi, and, and, thi, and, thi, and, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi in this world. You will minimize yourself. You will barter with anything to try to get this much closer

to the power structures or opportunities or whatever. And that we had in common, because I've bartered with many things, just not my kids, but I've bartered with my soul plenty of times. You know, we talk about soul sacrifices and those moments that you will never get back, that live in your memory that you're ashamed of. And I have those as well. And I was like, okay, now I figured out how I can get in. How do I keep the love in this space but still show that this is the most unhealthy way of

showing your love for your child. And hopefully I can be a mirror to some parents. I don't think, I don't think hopefully, I will will, will be. I think it's brilliant. I mean it's a testament. The film is phenomenal. The story that you tell is phenomenal. It is everything. And as I say, if if the Oscar's people don't come knocking, I'm going to be free in like a few weeks. I'm just going to go chase the phone. You're. thapapapapapapap. the film. tho. tho. th. th. th. th. th. th. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I'm th. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm the the thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm the the the the the film. I'm the film. I'm the film. I'm the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I's brilliant. I's brilliant. I's brilliant. I's brilliant. I's. I's. I's brilliant. I's. I's brilliant. I's. I's. I's thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm just brilliant. I'm going. I'm just thi. I'm just the the the phone. You are going to chase the people. You are phenomenal. Thank you so much for joining me on the show again. I love you so much. Thank you to be here. Gabrielle Union, everybody. Make sure to catch the film. I promise you you will not regret it.

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