Paula Patton Confirms She’s ‘a Single Woman’ and ‘Enjoying Every Moment’

People

PLUS: The actress shares how her new film Finding Faith helped her find forgiveness on her sobriety journey

Transcript

00:00Now is to sit down with Paula Patton.

00:02Hi, Paula.

00:03Your film, Finding Faith, premieres

00:05on the Lifetime channel August 9th.

00:07Faith is such a big word.

00:09It means so many different things to different people.

00:11Were you hesitant at all to be part of a project

00:13with faith as a major theme?

00:15Or did it almost feel like this project found you on purpose?

00:19Oh, gosh, the movie definitely found me.

00:21I mean, it was just an undeniable moment.

00:24I got a phone call from my friend and neighbor, Charles Porter,

00:27and he said, Paula, I have a script for you

00:30and it's called Finding Faith.

00:32And I was like, you've got to be kidding me.

00:35Like, it felt as if, I mean, for sure,

00:38just like, it was just dropped there.

00:40And it had so much heart and so many issues

00:44that I had dealt with my own self, you know?

00:46I mean, this woman deals with addiction

00:49and I had been sober for seven years.

00:51I knew what it was like.

00:54It was also a mother's, you know, love for her son.

00:57And there was just so many parts of it that I could connect to

01:01that I just was like, this is a no brainer.

01:04It just, I have to do this.

01:07I read that you had to sort of remind yourself

01:09how to act inebriated because of your long-term sobriety.

01:12How was it going back into that headspace?

01:14Yeah, it was scary, you know?

01:15And I listened to a lot of the music I listened to then.

01:18I tried to bring myself back.

01:20And a woman who had recently gotten sober

01:22really helped me to remember.

01:25And so then when I was doing it, though,

01:27what was kind of incredible was that I was able to forgive myself

01:31for the first time genuinely,

01:33because even as I'd been through this healing journey,

01:36I'd still been like, God, how did you do that?

01:39Why didn't you do this?

01:41You should have done it like that, you know?

01:43And somehow playing faith and going through it,

01:47I realized I did the best I could at that time.

01:50I didn't have the tools.

01:51I didn't know.

01:52And I don't know.

01:53I just was able to forgive myself.

01:56On the lighter note, where did time go?

01:59Your son Julian is a full-blown teenager.

02:02Your relationship with him seems so special.

02:04He has taught me so much about love, forgiveness,

02:08like, and just loving of life.

02:11Like, he loves nature in ways that I had hadn't

02:14until he came into my life, quite frankly, since a little boy.

02:17I don't know where you came from, but you're a miracle.

02:21Your cup seems so full these days.

02:23Anything romantic filling it up at the moment?

02:26I'm not telling you.

02:28I'm going to be honest.

02:29I am a single woman.

02:30I'm just, you know, just giving you a little.

02:33God has your king for you.

02:35And you just have to go about your life enjoying every moment.

02:38Don't wait on anything or anybody.

02:41Just trust and know that when the right person comes, it will be.

02:45Like, I think we get caught up in fear or worried about being alone.

02:50And then you make choices that are not great choices.

02:52Instead of just, like, trusting it's all going to work out.

02:56And then you don't have to chase anything.

02:59All right, Paula, I do not want to let you go,

03:01but we're going to give you 10 seconds to promote anything you want.

03:03Ready? Go.

03:05Finding faith is going to take you on a journey through your heart and soul.

03:09It's going to entertain you.

03:10It's going to thrill you.

03:12It's also going to make you look deep inside your heart.

03:15And you're going to leave feeling inspired and enlightened.

03:20Paula, thank you so much for dropping by today.

03:22Thank you so much, Makai.

03:23I really appreciate it.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended