00:00Can I take a moment?
00:01Because every time Miss Vanessa Williams
00:03says something, I've gotten goosebumps.
00:06We've met before.
00:07Yes.
00:08But the legendariness that is Vanessa Williams,
00:12can we just take a moment?
00:13Yeah, we'll do it.
00:14And just acknowledge her.
00:19Vanessa Williams, we must do it publicly.
00:21We must celebrate that you are so everything
00:25and that you're still doing it and so amazing.
00:28I love you so much.
00:29You've been a huge inspiration literally my whole life.
00:32And thank you.
00:34I didn't spend a makeup show,
00:35but I thought I could do it here.
00:37I love you.
00:37I love you so much.
00:38I love you so much.
00:39We're working with people like Justin.
00:41A lot of times folks don't want to work
00:43with those young, amazing, exciting directors.
00:46And also she came and hooked us up on 20th.
00:50So it's like, thank you for being an icon
00:53that's also willing to look back
00:55and help raise us up
00:57and make sure we're doing the right thing.
00:59So we appreciate you very much.
01:00That's the most rewarding.
01:02Ellen, I'm going to go too.
01:05I also, I mean, we've had this conversation,
01:12but just how generous you are.
01:14Working with you was incredible.
01:17I was so nervous,
01:18but you were such a warm presence to be around
01:22and such a great teacher in ways
01:23that you didn't even realize
01:24you were being an example for me.
01:26So thank you.
01:28I adore you.
01:29And then I called you and said,
01:31I found out you're a tennis.
01:32Tell that quick story.
01:34Okay.
01:34Can I tell it?
01:35Okay.
01:35So I'm a huge tennis fan.
01:39Vanessa is a huge tennis fan.
01:41Vanessa goes to the U.S. Open every year.
01:43That's one of my bucket list things.
01:45And she had to fly back to New York for fashion week.
01:48And she called me Friday morning on the way to work
01:51and was like,
01:51I got an extra ticket
01:52if you want to come to the championship
01:53with Serena Williams.
01:55And I was on my way to work,
01:56like I'm buying a ticket once I get there.
01:58And so I left set.
02:00Yes.
02:01Straight to the airport,
02:02like didn't need to go home to get clothes
02:04and took a red eye,
02:07landed and Vanessa was my favorite godmother
02:09and the U.S. Open
02:11and my dreams came true.
02:13And that was,
02:14that was the game that Serena got penalized
02:18and Naomi Osaka.
02:19It was,
02:20we were there.
02:20It was a crazy situation.
02:22Wow.
02:23I love Vanessa too.
02:30And I just want to worship her as well.
02:32I,
02:33you know,
02:33honestly,
02:33somebody as talented and iconic as Vanessa
02:35does not have to be cool.
02:37Like that's just the truth.
02:38We know it.
02:40But the fact is,
02:41is that she is incredibly cool.
02:44And when I say cool,
02:45I mean,
02:45she's authentic.
02:47She's aware that she's Vanessa Williams,
02:49but she also knows,
02:51you know,
02:51she,
02:52she's like one of the,
02:53she's just one of the folks on the team
02:55and,
02:55and just really willing to do what everyone else was doing.
02:59Get on the floor in the middle of a pile of weave and hot glue and scream and do all the stuff without pretension.
03:08Knowing good and well,
03:09she's Vanessa Williams.
03:11And then I have to say on the other sides,
03:13getting to watch the coverage.
03:15That's when you really know,
03:16that's when you really know it's like in every take she was giving,
03:20it was like surgical.
03:21It was like,
03:22Oh,
03:22you might need this.
03:23You might need that.
03:23And you might need this.
03:24And you might need that.
03:25You might need that.
03:25And it's really,
03:27I think it inspired all of us so much.
03:29And just thank you for,
03:30for being yourself,
03:31honestly.
03:32And,
03:32and I think one of the reasons why all of us had such a good time on set.
03:36I love you all.
03:37We love you.
03:38Thank you everyone.
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