00:00I'm giving you Kiki Shepherd a little bit absolutely no you look absolutely stunning who
00:18are you wearing Prada so when you got the call that said yes black woman in Hollywood can you
00:28post this year for our 10th anniversary no pressure what did you say I said yes and then I was like
00:32wait I'm shooting a movie can we make this happen and I rapped last night at nine o'clock in Cincinnati
00:40and flew in this morning so this is like a celebration yes yes this is my wrap party
00:46except I'm not drunk yet give it time give it time so how are you feeling the night you know
00:55begun but you're gonna hit the I get a little nervous because like now I'm seeing like people
00:59that I've fan out for like I had a little moment over there with Issa I love her in a way that is
01:04so unhealthy for me like it's very unhealthy to me like I I'm obsessed like like me and my husband's
01:10in her flowers like and she's right there I'm like we're talking about you we're talking about you
01:16you know the younger generation they're killing it um you know sorry to cut you off but like you
01:34know your speech is like one of the all-time best moments in black women in Hollywood history yes like
01:40thank you yeah just trying to share my truth instead of you know the usual cliched stuff because
01:48that's I was I was going there and then my my girlfriend that I was my life coach at the time
01:53AJ Johnson was like well we could actually turn this moment into something bigger if you're willing
01:57to do the work absolutely you know you've been doing the work how about we share what that work
02:02has been I'm like well what if they hate me what if they you know you get nervous about the reaction
02:07and so as I was up there I remember looking at Oprah and Ayanla and like like this they were
02:14but their mouths were just open and it was like too much too much like you know you don't know
02:17it was perfect but the response that I got that night that I still get four years later
02:22has been tremendous I was in the room I was way in the back of the room I was in the back working
02:26but I was in the room but you were there absolutely amazing it was the the sincerity the honor and the
02:31strength that it took for you to be that vulnerable thank you yeah thank you so much for that
02:35you realize when you get older you're like what's gonna happen right nothing nothing's gonna happen
02:41if I'm honest right but it doesn't feel like that you know when you're younger you feel like if I
02:45tell the truth they're gonna take everything away from me and you can't you can't take my dignity
02:49that's it's you know you can't take you can't take my journey but you don't know that we don't say
02:55enough absolutely we're gonna let you get to your hosting yes but I'm gonna hold you they're wrapping
02:59us up and if you could just pet you suggest just pet her a little bit okay just pet her okay you know
03:04I'm definitely gonna pet her and then next time I see you I'm gonna touch you and then like her
03:08magic will have rubbed off exactly
03:09magic will have rubbed off exactly
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