00:00What the hell?
00:01And this was a prank call.
00:04Oh my god, you stupid idiot.
00:08I'm John Legend, and this is Phoning It In with Elle.
00:13All right.
00:14I'm so nervous.
00:14Why am I nervous for this?
00:15I'm never nervous for anything else.
00:17These are people I've literally never called.
00:20I've texted all these people.
00:22I've never called Carrie.
00:23I've called my wife before.
00:25Never called Kelsey Ballerini.
00:27All right, here we go.
00:28Let's do Kelsey.
00:28Let me think of something.
00:30I could do one on our group chat,
00:31because we've definitely had some things,
00:33some spicy things in the group chat.
00:35I'm going to call Kelsey Ballerini and tell her
00:38that Adam's text got leaked.
00:41The group chat has been exposed.
00:47Acting.
00:48Mr. Legend.
00:49Miss Ballerini, how are you?
00:51Oh my goodness, I miss you.
00:52How are you?
00:53I'm doing great.
00:54I miss you too.
00:56Where are you in the world right now?
00:57You know what?
00:58I am on a girl's trip in Paris,
01:00and we are just having the best time.
01:02Well, have you been checking the news and shit?
01:05Not today.
01:06Is there anything new that I should know about?
01:09Yeah.
01:11Did you see Adam's text?
01:12What?
01:13Adam's fucking text got leaked,
01:15and he was like talking shit with us,
01:18like everything, and it all got leaked.
01:20That doesn't sound right.
01:23Yeah, it's weird.
01:26He didn't talk shit to me.
01:27Yeah, he did to me, and it all got leaked.
01:32On what?
01:32On TMZ?
01:33I don't know.
01:34It's out there, though.
01:35It's out there.
01:38I didn't say anything.
01:39I feel like I was Switzerland, right?
01:42Yes, you were Switzerland.
01:44Adam, not so much.
01:45Me, not so much.
01:47John, you're lying to me.
01:48I don't believe you.
01:49What are you talking about?
01:51I'm lying to you.
01:51I'm with Elle right now.
01:55You are with Elle right now.
01:57I just did this.
01:58I'm doing a segment called Phoning It In.
02:00You are on camera right now.
02:04I just did this, and I should have known.
02:06I was like, she's going to know because she just did it.
02:11I was so scared because you've never called me on the phone
02:14before.
02:14Exactly.
02:15That's what I just said.
02:16I was like, I never call anyone, and they're all going
02:19to be so weirded out by the fact that I'm calling them.
02:22No, I'm weirded out.
02:23I'm officially weirded out, but now I feel a little.
02:26I can breathe.
02:26I'm sweating.
02:28I'm sweating.
02:30This is the karma that I deserve.
02:32All right, bye.
02:33Bye.
02:34She's like, I was Switzerland.
02:38Who can I call with this?
02:39I'm going to call Kerry Washington.
02:41We have a show, an off-Broadway play that we're producing.
02:45We could say Jay doesn't want to do it anymore.
02:48I'm going to see if Kerry has any casting ideas for his replacement.
02:55Hello?
02:56Kerry!
02:57Good morning.
02:58How are you?
02:59I'm good.
03:00I'm in the car with Kay strapping in at camp, so keep it clean.
03:04I'll keep it clean.
03:05The show went so beautifully last night.
03:08I was so, like, just so impressed.
03:10I'm so excited.
03:12I wish I wasn't filming.
03:13I'm so, so happy you were there.
03:15Yeah, it was so good.
03:17And, you know, I never call you, but we've got a kind of interesting situation.
03:24Jay Ellis, who was brilliant last night, it looks like he's going to have, like, a film
03:29opportunity come up sooner rather than later, and we might have to recast.
03:34Whoa!
03:38Exactly.
03:41Okay.
03:41Uh, we probably are going to need a casting director.
03:45It's like, how do you just replace a big movie star that decided he was going to do off-Broadway
03:49for a little while?
03:50It's going to be rough.
03:51All right, this is interesting.
03:54Are you open to me calling Carrie Barden, who's such a great New York theater casting person?
04:00Absolutely.
04:01That would be so helpful.
04:03And I should tell you that I'm with Elle right now, and they have me prank calling my friend,
04:08so none of this is actually true.
04:10Oh, my God, you're the worst!
04:17Ah!
04:17This felt real, right?
04:19Yeah, well, you're such a good actor.
04:23We need to get you back on this scene, not with this scene.
04:31Well, thank you, Carrie, and, uh...
04:34Oh, my God, thank you for giving me a heart attack this morning.
04:36Thank you!
04:38Okay, that worked.
04:40That was perfect.
04:41All right, here we go.
04:42Andy Cohen could work for Chrissy.
04:45She's going to die.
04:47She's going to be so annoyed with me for pranking her.
04:51I'm scared of how she's going to react.
04:54I'm going to tell her that Andy Cohen did a hit and run. Come on, Andy.
05:01Hello?
05:01Baby.
05:02Yeah?
05:03So I'm rolling around New York in our sprinter, and we fucking get in a car accident, and it's Andy Cohen's car.
05:13No way.
05:14Yes!
05:15His people just drove off. Like, he was in the car, I saw him, and they just drove off.
05:20How bad is the accident?
05:21We're fine. Everybody's fine. We're alive. I mean, we're in a sprinter.
05:25Like it was his SUV or something?
05:27Yeah, his SUV. I literally see him in the SUV, and he's like, bye, peace.
05:31What the hell?
05:33Yeah, Andy just drove off. Like, stay there. You're supposed to, you know, exchange insurance information.
05:39Oh, my God. Okay, let me know what happens.
05:41Okay, and this was a prank call.
05:45Oh, my God. You stupid idiot.
05:49I'm with Elle magazine, and they made me do it.
05:52Oh, my God. I was going to tell you, don't start a conversation like that. It scares me.
06:00You behave perfectly.
06:01Oh, thanks. You know what it is, is I'm so fucking tired.
06:07I don't know if it's an hour from now. It would have been really different, I think.
06:13But I'm literally, I can't even feel my face. I'm so tired.
06:17I love you. Thank you for being perfect.
06:19Okay, I love you.
06:21Love you. Bye.
06:22Chrissy was great. She handled that very smoothly. You never know.
06:27That was Phoning It In with Elle. You can catch me on tour. I'm celebrating 20 years of my debut album,
06:34Get Lifted, and we'll be all around North America celebrating. Come hang out with us.
06:38Chrissy just texted me, are you proud of me?
07:04Ooh, gosh.
07:08You'll never know.
07:18You'll never know.
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