00:00so I'm here with Gabby Sidibe looking fab thank you I'm going for a Grecian sort of situation
00:13honey you are working it thank you so tell me I'm loving the blonde in your hair by the way
00:21I'm all about the blonde but is there anybody out there that's your hair crush that's my hair
00:27crush so many times I have legit hair envy for every single person who the strongest like hair
00:36crush is definitely Solange Knowles you know we've heard her name a lot this week because she has the
00:41best hair what's your go-to summer style my go-to summer style definitely long dresses like I love
00:49a summer dress I love a maxi dress just like I want to wear something I love wearing things that look
00:56like you're going to the beach but in style and I like to wear every like this dress is like one of
01:01my favorite dresses and I have 40 other dresses just like it I'll be where I'm rocking all summer
01:08what is your summer anthem right now my summer anthem oh you know what I really have you heard
01:18Tink's remix of one in a million it's amazing everything that song I listened to it four times
01:24today that's definitely like my that's my summer answer and it's gonna be something a little more poppy but
01:30you know like a little more definitely Beyonce 7-eleven that's a great choice that's a great great
01:37choice I started doing this thing where I mean I'm doing this challenge where I swim every day of July
01:42and I have a little waterproof radio that I listen to and like whenever that song comes up I really get
01:50it I do like 20 laps I do 20 laps a day I can't wait till that song comes on so you know here at Essence we're
01:56all about empowering black women uplifting them and inspiring them what's one thing you love about
02:02being a black woman I love so many things about being a black woman it's almost hard to choose I love
02:10our strength I love our beauty and I'm not just I just want to say I love our beauty because I feel
02:17like so many times I mean certainly me I've been called the unconventional beauty and it's like well
02:24whose convention is it because right now we're at Essence Fest this is our convention and my beauty
02:29like has nothing to do with whatever it is like my beauty is my beauty I love my black I love your
02:35black and I love I just love being a black woman I love our strength I love our courage I love our
02:41dignity our dignity and I care I mean you know as an actor as a black actor especially I hear oh I just
02:49love your sass and I'm like sass feels racially aggressive to me I don't like the word sassy I
02:56really don't but I do love our conviction and our courage and our dignity and our goal to just be who
03:05we are now is there anything you're looking forward to at Essence Fest this year this is your first
03:12festival this is my first Essence festival ever and um I am gonna be in it for the usher we're
03:21born in tonight and for the missy I missed uncle charlie last night and I was like that's all right
03:26because I'm gonna be in that piece tomorrow I'm gonna go home I'm gonna call some tins and some sweatpants
03:32and just tie my hair up in a pony so I can really begin to eat oh you gonna be ready yeah I'm ready
03:36well thank you so much for joining us Gabby we're so excited to have you here today so I hope you
03:44enjoy the rest of the festival thank you
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