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Emma Chamberlain takes Vanity Fair's infamous lie detector test. Can she tell Chamberlain coffee apart from other coffees? Were her red carpet run-ins with Jack Harlow planned? Would she consider Timothée Chalamet her celebrity hall pass?
Director: Jameer Pond
Director of Photography: Kaliya Warren
Editor: Cory Stevens
Talent: Emma Chamberlain
Voiceover: Emebeit Beyene
Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Associate Producer: Lyla Neely
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff; Paige Garbarini
Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich
Gaffer: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Audio Engineer: Gloria Marie
Production Assistant: Hollie Ortiz; Hope Millner
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Senior Manager; Creative Development: Hannah Pak
Director; Creative Development: Claire Buss
Director; Content Production: Lane Williamson
Senior Director; Programming & Development: Ella Ruffel
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin
Director: Jameer Pond
Director of Photography: Kaliya Warren
Editor: Cory Stevens
Talent: Emma Chamberlain
Voiceover: Emebeit Beyene
Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Associate Producer: Lyla Neely
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff; Paige Garbarini
Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich
Gaffer: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Audio Engineer: Gloria Marie
Production Assistant: Hollie Ortiz; Hope Millner
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Senior Manager; Creative Development: Hannah Pak
Director; Creative Development: Claire Buss
Director; Content Production: Lane Williamson
Senior Director; Programming & Development: Ella Ruffel
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin
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00:00Would you consider him your hall pass?
00:02Would he be my hall pass? Oh my god.
00:13Emma, do you know why you're here today?
00:16I know why I'm here.
00:17Why are you here?
00:19You're gonna see if I'm a liar.
00:21Well, this is Stephanie, our polygraph operator.
00:24Hi.
00:25Are you ready to be hooked up?
00:27Yes.
00:28Are you nervous?
00:30I'm freaking out.
00:34I'm an anxious girl.
00:35Like, my heart is beating.
00:37I actually feel like I'm gonna be hard to read
00:39because my BPM really goes up for, like, anything.
00:44Like, one small little thing happens
00:46and suddenly it's, like, at 120.
00:48I'm gonna start by asking a few questions
00:50to get a baseline for the machine.
00:53Please answer honestly.
00:55Mm-hmm.
00:55Is your name Emma Francis Chamberlain?
01:00Yes.
01:02Were you born on May 22nd?
01:05Yes.
01:07Are you ready to take this lie detector test?
01:11Sure.
01:12Stephanie?
01:13My knees are quaking a little bit.
01:16What is happening?
01:19Let's start with your life.
01:21Okay.
01:23This person
01:23was your cameraman at the start of your career
01:28and your travel partner.
01:29Is your dad secretly the one that comes up
01:33with all your video ideas?
01:36That's a great question.
01:38No.
01:39Actually.
01:40But I will say,
01:41we brainstorm.
01:44Like, he's truly a brainstorming partner.
01:46And through talking to him,
01:48I've come up with,
01:50I mean, probably 80% of my ideas.
01:54But no, he's not, like,
01:55the secret creative genius behind me.
01:58Although, in a way he is.
02:01Because he, like,
02:02both of my parents formed me.
02:04But I, I,
02:05no, he's not, like, the ghostwriter.
02:07I wouldn't say.
02:08But would you say this is a family business?
02:11Honestly, kind of.
02:13Everyone's involved.
02:14My dad's involved.
02:15My mom's involved.
02:16Yes.
02:18Do you boss your dad around?
02:20No, I wouldn't say I boss my dad around.
02:23But I would say,
02:25I can definitely be a little bossy
02:26sometimes with my parents.
02:27Stephanie.
02:28She's telling the truth.
02:29So you do boss your dad around.
02:32But he doesn't take it.
02:33Do I have a bossy bone in my body?
02:35Yes.
02:36Wait, I'm not gonna lie about anything.
02:39I, this is so easy.
02:40Okay, but I think I've,
02:41I've grown out of that a lot.
02:43I think, you know,
02:44being a teenage girl.
02:46There's some attitude in there.
02:50GQ recently named you
02:52one of the 50 most stylish people alive.
02:55Does that make you feel like
02:55you're better than other people?
02:57No.
02:59Stephanie?
02:59There was some deception.
03:01What?
03:04Wait, can I try to like figure out
03:05what that would be?
03:06Like, perhaps I maybe have better style
03:09than some people.
03:10But I don't think I'm like better
03:12as a human being than other people.
03:14Like, I'm into fashion.
03:16Not everyone's into fashion.
03:17I'm into it.
03:18I'm sweating a little bit.
03:19This person was also on the list.
03:24Right.
03:25Wait.
03:25So you're saying you're better than him?
03:26Can I be so honest?
03:27Who is that?
03:29That is King Charles III.
03:30Totally.
03:33Well, don't know much about him,
03:35but I like my style more than I like his.
03:39I don't really know what this
03:40whole sort of pin on the chest
03:42is with all the medals.
03:44I mean, obviously,
03:45that's kind of screaming
03:46I'm better than you.
03:47You know, like him saying
03:48he's better than me.
03:49I like my style more than I like his.
03:51Yeah.
03:52This is not my vibe.
03:54You're a better dress than a king?
03:59Right.
04:00You know what?
04:00I think we're both,
04:02we both are stylish in our own ways.
04:05Would you consider yourself a trendsetter?
04:11Be honest.
04:14You know what?
04:16Here and there.
04:18You actually vowed that these boat shoes
04:21would be back in style.
04:23Do you think you've accomplished that vow?
04:26I don't think I started this.
04:28I feel like I just predicted it.
04:31Because I even talked about it
04:32before I even had a pair.
04:34It was sort of a psychic vision of sorts.
04:37Which I don't have a lot of those.
04:38But it was super exciting
04:40to have this psychic vision about boat shoes
04:42and then be like,
04:42and then never have one again
04:45about anything that I actually want to know about.
04:48But that's a topic for another day.
04:51What about the fanny pack?
04:53Did you bring it back in style?
04:55No.
04:56I really do not think I brought that back.
04:58And also,
04:59why would anyone copy this outfit?
05:01It's tragic.
05:03This is not a good outfit.
05:04Emma was learning how to style herself then.
05:09Yeah.
05:10What about old school cameras?
05:12Did you bring back that trend?
05:13Oh.
05:16This one I do think
05:20that maybe...
05:23But no, I must...
05:24Like...
05:24Well...
05:26Do I think I started...
05:28Like, no.
05:28I don't think I started anything.
05:30But I do think maybe...
05:32It's really hard for me to say this out loud.
05:35And on the internet.
05:36Yeah, me...
05:37Like, maybe I did influence that trend a little bit
05:39and push it forward.
05:40Definitely involved...
05:41Heavily involved in that one.
05:42Yes.
05:45Stephanie?
05:46She's being truthful.
05:47In high school,
05:48you said you were the least cool person
05:49in the cool kid group.
05:51Mm-hmm.
05:52Do you think dropping out to pursue YouTube
05:54made you cooler?
05:57Yes.
05:58Stephanie?
05:59That was the truth.
06:01So would you suggest people follow in your footsteps?
06:04No.
06:04I think it made me
06:08as an individual
06:10cooler
06:11because
06:12I think prior to that
06:14I was really
06:16obsessed
06:17with doing things by the book.
06:19I really wanted to fit in
06:21and I really, really wanted to be
06:23cool.
06:24Doing YouTube wasn't really cool
06:25necessarily.
06:27Like, I think
06:27to succeed at YouTube is cool.
06:29To start doing YouTube
06:30and have one follower
06:31is not cool at all.
06:32It's mortifying
06:33and everybody's like,
06:34she really thinks
06:35she's gonna,
06:36okay, sure.
06:38And then to go against
06:40everything I'd ever done
06:41in my life
06:42and break the rules
06:43a little bit
06:44shook me up
06:46and I think that
06:47that made me cool.
06:48However,
06:48that's not the rule book
06:49for everyone.
06:50you can be so fucking cool
06:52for sticking to the book
06:55and doing things
06:56and you can become cool
06:58you can find your cool
06:59in other ways.
07:00But I think also
07:01the definition of cool
07:02is up for debate
07:03but that was a long-winded answer.
07:04So now this is a podcast episode.
07:06Excuse me.
07:07We'll get to that soon.
07:08Okay.
07:10Let's move on to your career.
07:12You launched your own coffee brand,
07:14Chamberlain Coffee.
07:16Be honest.
07:17Is it because you were unimpressed
07:18with existing coffee companies?
07:20Oh.
07:22So you're not a coffee snob?
07:23I mean,
07:24I would say I definitely
07:25I'm picky
07:28but I also
07:29sometimes a bad cup of coffee
07:31that should be bad
07:32is actually kind of good
07:33and hits the spot.
07:34So like,
07:34I'm open-minded
07:35but I also am like
07:36critical of my own company as well.
07:39Like,
07:39I'm like the first one to be like
07:40we need to improve this,
07:41we need to improve that.
07:42I would say I'm a snob
07:43but I'm also open-minded.
07:45Stephanie?
07:45She's being truthful.
07:46So we're going to do
07:47a little coffee test.
07:49Coffee one.
07:51And coffee two.
07:53You guys are naughty.
07:54Okay.
07:55Do you know which one
07:56is Chamberlain Coffee
07:57between these two?
08:02This one.
08:03Try it.
08:11Now I don't know.
08:12Does that have milk in it?
08:13No?
08:14It tastes milky almost.
08:16That's kind of amazing.
08:21What the fuck?
08:25I really think it's this one
08:31for some reason.
08:33That's Condé Nast Office Coffee.
08:35This one?
08:36Yeah.
08:36Wait, it's delish.
08:38They're both good.
08:38And great.
08:39Like,
08:40this one's good.
08:41I thought this was our vanilla blend.
08:43And then I thought this
08:44was our caramel blend.
08:45And then I got really confused.
08:48It is.
08:49This is our caramel blend.
08:51So that's kind of awesome
08:52that I got that.
08:53So is everyone, like,
08:54unsubscribing from the email list
08:56or anything?
08:57Like, don't do that.
08:58No, don't go.
09:01Sorry.
09:02Did you agree with this person's
09:03advice to women in business
09:05being to get your fucking ass up
09:07and work?
09:07When I saw that clip,
09:12let's say,
09:13it personally didn't resonate with me.
09:18No.
09:18Like, I didn't hear her say that
09:20and think,
09:21I agree I've been thinking that.
09:25No, I wouldn't say I agree.
09:27Stephanie?
09:29Inconclusive.
09:32I think I know why it's inconclusive.
09:34Why?
09:34Because I do think that sometimes,
09:36like, well, I think,
09:38I think what I disagree with
09:40is I think
09:41there's a lot of people,
09:44regardless of gender,
09:45who should get up and work.
09:48Sure.
09:48Like, I think
09:49it is inspiring to be like,
09:52you know,
09:52but I think that element,
09:54I just didn't resonate with it.
09:55But I do believe
09:56that being disciplined in life,
09:58working hard,
09:59is important.
10:01Like, we should all do that.
10:01But I think the particular emphasis
10:04on a particular group,
10:07I just think it's like,
10:09that's broad advice.
10:10Like, it's for everyone.
10:11Like, we should all get up and work.
10:12Sure.
10:13You know?
10:13So that, I think,
10:14is maybe why it's inconclusive.
10:16Stephanie?
10:17That was all truthful.
10:21You've been on YouTube for eight years.
10:23Did you ever feel like
10:24your videos carried the platform?
10:26Carried, no.
10:27Stephanie?
10:29Inconclusive.
10:31Okay.
10:32Okay.
10:33Are we being modest, Emma?
10:35No.
10:36That actually shocked me.
10:37I don't think I've ever
10:38carried the platform, no.
10:40I mean, I think I've,
10:41I've had a,
10:42you know,
10:43I definitely have had a
10:44significant presence
10:45on the platform for sure,
10:46but carried it?
10:48No.
10:49So you think there are creators
10:50who are better than you?
10:51I wouldn't say better.
10:52Just different.
10:54Do you think you've perfected
10:55the formula on how to make
10:56a successful video?
10:58No.
10:59That was a lie.
11:02My, my body's deceiving me
11:05because I actually genuinely
11:06feel like I'm telling the truth.
11:09I have such bad imposter syndrome.
11:10I think I lie to myself.
11:11So like,
11:12I'll take that
11:13as a compliment to myself.
11:15I'm, I'm happy about that.
11:16Yay.
11:17Can you give us an ideal cold open
11:19for this lie detector test?
11:21I feel like you wouldn't
11:22show the question.
11:23You'd just show my answer.
11:24I'd be like, no.
11:25Then you'd be like,
11:26that's a lie.
11:27And then I,
11:27the one,
11:28the one where I kind of freaked out,
11:29like that would be a good cold open.
11:31Sure.
11:31But I actually don't do cold opens
11:33in my own videos anymore at all.
11:35I've kind of,
11:36I kind of ditched the algorithm
11:37in that way
11:38and kind of chosen to,
11:40to pay the price if I have to.
11:44So you're better than the algorithm?
11:46Absolutely not.
11:47I think I'm in a really fortunate place
11:49where like,
11:50I can truly listen to my creative instincts
11:53that are fulfilling to me
11:54rather than beneficial in the algorithm.
11:58And that's like a wonderful place to be.
12:02Yeah.
12:03Stephanie?
12:04She is being truthful.
12:05I'm really not a liar.
12:07Like catch me.
12:08Catch me in something gnarly.
12:11Let's talk about your podcast.
12:13Anything Goes With Emmer Chamberlain
12:15doesn't feature many guests on it.
12:17Is that because you're an only child?
12:21Uh, probably, yeah.
12:23Well, I get really anxious
12:25doing sit-down, long-form interviews
12:28under the lights
12:29with a per,
12:30like,
12:31I also am not super tapped into pop culture
12:34and I found it really hard to like,
12:36learn everything in a short amount of time.
12:38Like, I feel like there are certain people
12:39that are more, you know,
12:40anyway, I'm, see, I'm rambling on
12:41because I have podcast brain.
12:43I can't quite piece it together.
12:47Rank these fellow only children
12:48from most ideal to least ideal podcast guests.
12:52Gorge, Adele, love, okay.
12:55Jesus Christ.
12:57No, actually though.
12:59Harry Potter.
13:00Sorry.
13:02I, Daniel.
13:04Excuse me.
13:06He probably absolutely hates that.
13:07Drake.
13:08Like, okay.
13:12Drew.
13:13I would say number one would be Jesus.
13:15Come on.
13:17It's Jesus.
13:18Like, okay.
13:20Um, next I would say
13:22Adele.
13:24She seems
13:25absolutely wonderful.
13:27The music is powerful.
13:29Third, I would say
13:31Drew.
13:33She's also so warm.
13:34She interviews, like,
13:35I feel like that would just be warm
13:37and fun and comfortable.
13:38Then Daniel.
13:39Harry Potter movies
13:41were iconic to me
13:43or, you know,
13:44so I, like,
13:45love.
13:46Although,
13:46Rupert,
13:47who was Ron,
13:48was my,
13:48one of my celebrity crushes,
13:49so that would obviously be,
13:51you know.
13:52And then Drake.
13:53Why are you looking at me like that?
13:57I'm very interested in why Drake is last.
14:00Actually, Drake is so funny.
14:02Like, I,
14:02every time I see, like,
14:04a clip of him somewhere,
14:04I'm like,
14:05that is a funny guy.
14:06He kind of has a bit of a, like,
14:07smart ass to him that scares me
14:09and I think it would, like,
14:10honestly make me nervous.
14:12I don't think I could handle it,
14:13whereas everyone else
14:14just seems so warm.
14:15And Drake is warm probably too,
14:16but
14:17he,
14:18he would, like,
14:19I would, like, shake,
14:22I'd be, like, nervous
14:22with him.
14:24Stephanie.
14:25She's being truthful.
14:27Let's move on to
14:28pop culture.
14:29You once said that this person
14:31is your celebrity crush.
14:34Is he still?
14:37I'm gonna say no.
14:39Stephanie.
14:40Inconclusive.
14:41See?
14:43We change.
14:45That wasn't a
14:46yes, you're telling the truth.
14:49I think that
14:53when you have a crush,
14:54it never fully fades.
14:56Like, I think that's
14:57just the way it is.
14:58Like, you always
14:59are gonna have a little
15:00like that.
15:02But no, like,
15:03but, like,
15:04I think the fun part
15:05about a celebrity crush
15:06is that it's sort of a,
15:08it's a fantasy.
15:09It's in your imagination.
15:09It's like,
15:10it's kind of not even a real,
15:12it's not a real thing,
15:13you know?
15:14Are you secretly waiting
15:15for his relationship
15:15with this person to end?
15:17No.
15:18That is something
15:19I will never,
15:20I will never
15:23prey on the downfall.
15:24Stephanie.
15:25Truthful.
15:26I'm a good person.
15:29Can I be honest?
15:30I'm an amazing person.
15:32And by the way,
15:33they're both wonderful.
15:35A happy couple
15:36is a beautiful thing.
15:39And I love both of them,
15:40actually.
15:41Would you consider him
15:42your hall pass?
15:43Would he be my hall pass?
15:44Oh my god.
15:53Maybe.
15:55No, no.
15:56No, because I think,
15:58because, like,
15:58wait, well,
15:59no, because
15:59he's in a relationship,
16:01I think.
16:02Like, they're
16:03together.
16:04If, if they weren't
16:05together, maybe.
16:06But I wouldn't be
16:08saying any of this.
16:10Stephanie.
16:10All very inconclusive.
16:12Okay, okay,
16:13let me clarify,
16:14and then we can really
16:14take, get a read.
16:16Okay?
16:17Let me collect myself,
16:18like a woman.
16:19Okay.
16:20I don't have
16:21a current, like,
16:23active celebrity crush,
16:24I wouldn't say.
16:25The last celebrity crush
16:26I had
16:26was him, right?
16:28So I'm kind of in this,
16:30like, bind, right?
16:32Or if I had to choose
16:33someone,
16:36it's like,
16:37well,
16:38but,
16:39off limits,
16:39and I respect that.
16:40So I would say,
16:41it's a bit complicated
16:42right now.
16:43Stephanie.
16:44She's telling the truth.
16:46In the past,
16:46you've spoken about
16:47how addictive TikTok is,
16:49saying there's no
16:50healthy way to do it.
16:51Do you still feel that way?
16:53Yes.
16:54Stephanie.
16:55Truthful.
16:56Do you hate TikTok?
17:00No.
17:01Stephanie.
17:02There's some deception there.
17:04Yeah, I mean,
17:05it is kind of, like,
17:06the source of all evil
17:07in this day and age.
17:09But, like,
17:10do I hate it?
17:12I try not to hate stuff,
17:13but, yeah,
17:14maybe I do hate it
17:15a little bit.
17:15Stephanie.
17:16That was more truthful.
17:18Be honest, Emma.
17:19Does TikTok make you
17:20feel like an auntie?
17:21Oh, yeah.
17:22Number one,
17:23I'm not a big scroller.
17:26I feel like the sort of
17:27content style
17:28has, like,
17:29sped up and gotten louder
17:30over the years.
17:32It's just, like,
17:32everyone's talking faster,
17:33everything's louder,
17:34there's more sound effects.
17:35Like, it feels like
17:36it's just gotten louder
17:37and faster and louder
17:38and faster,
17:38and meanwhile,
17:38I've gotten kind of
17:39the opposite direction.
17:41And so I think that
17:42kind of makes me feel
17:43like an auntie a little bit.
17:45Stephanie.
17:46She's being truthful.
17:48Do you hate the fact
17:49that your 2018
17:50Streamy's award speech
17:51always goes viral
17:52on TikTok?
17:53It is one of the worst
17:56things I've ever seen.
18:00It's one of the worst,
18:01it's one of the most,
18:01I mean,
18:02it's my embarrassing moment.
18:03But I also do think, too,
18:04that, like,
18:06that's a real moment,
18:07and I hope it
18:09brings someone comfort,
18:11because I don't think
18:12I'm like that anymore,
18:13you know?
18:14Like, I feel like I've become
18:14so much more comfortable
18:15with myself,
18:16and I feel like that shows,
18:17I would hope,
18:18so I hope it maybe,
18:19the contrast hopefully
18:20gives someone out there
18:23a sense of peace.
18:25You and this person
18:27have had some interesting
18:28run-ins on red carpets.
18:31Mm-hmm.
18:32Were any of them planned?
18:34I mean, the first one was not.
18:38After that, I think there was
18:39definitely some excitement
18:40of, like,
18:40let's do it again!
18:43But it still always felt
18:44spontaneous,
18:45I feel like, somewhat.
18:47Stephanie?
18:48She's being truthful.
18:49I thought you were gonna be like,
18:50did you date him?
18:50Everybody wants to know that.
18:52No.
18:53Stephanie?
18:55Inconclusive.
18:56What?
18:57I didn't even ask.
18:58Now everyone's portion-
19:00Jack Harlow's gonna be like,
19:02what?
19:04We, like, never-
19:05Like, we've truly-
19:06Yeah, well, anyway.
19:07I've screwed myself there, so.
19:09Jack didn't attend
19:10this past Mac Gala,
19:12but you did.
19:13Were you relieved
19:14to not have to do
19:14another impromptu collaboration?
19:18Yeah, I think there was
19:19a bit of relief,
19:20because I think there is
19:21sort of this,
19:22once it becomes a thing,
19:23then there's, like,
19:23this pressure to keep it up,
19:25and I think
19:25it did take some pressure off.
19:27Yeah.
19:28So you actually
19:29don't love Jack Harlow?
19:31I don't really know
19:32Jack Harlow that well.
19:33I see him, like,
19:34once a year at the Met,
19:35and then not ever again.
19:37But sure,
19:38I love Jack Harlow.
19:39He's a good kid.
19:40From what,
19:41from our once-a-year
19:42interaction,
19:43he's always been
19:43absolutely wonderful.
19:45Final question.
19:48Did you lie at any point
19:49during this lie detector test,
19:50and we didn't catch you?
19:52No, I think I was too truthful.
19:54And I think I've made mistakes.
19:56I think I've spoken things
19:57that I shouldn't have spoken
19:58today.
19:58today,
19:59but I do think
20:00I was incredibly truthful.
20:02Stephanie?
20:03That looks to be
20:05incredibly truthful.
20:08It's, like,
20:09not.
20:10It's, like,
20:10just a fact.
20:11Why does it have to end?
20:13I'm having fun,
20:14and I'm learning about myself.
20:16Would you like more questions?
20:17I could, honestly,
20:18I don't know what's wrong with me,
20:19and if, like,
20:20there's something wrong with my brain,
20:21I could do this all day.
20:24All day.
20:25I'm having the time of my life.
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