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Hot Ones - Season 29 - Episode 06: Teyana Taylor Battles One Hot Sauce After Another While Eating Spicy Wings
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00:00You should have asked me all the Q questions up top, you know what I'm saying?
00:04You start asking the deep ones as we get deeper into these wings, it's insane.
00:14Hey, what's going on everybody? For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
00:18It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
00:20And today we're joined by Tiana Taylor.
00:22She's fresh off a Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the
00:27film One Battle After Another,
00:28also a Grammy Award nominated musician as well. Her latest album is called Escape Room.
00:32But you know what? You can't run away from the wings of death today.
00:35Tiana Taylor, welcome to the show.
00:36Cannot escape the wings today. What's going on?
00:40How are you around spicy food before we get started?
00:43I'm a spicy food girl. I love spicy food.
00:45Like everything I see, all my food that I cook, if you're gonna eat in my house, it's gonna be
00:50spicy for sure.
01:14I just don't know what you planted in these wings, so I'm like...
01:18Cautious. You know? Alert.
01:20Mm-hmm. Very alert. Head on a swivel.
01:23Yeah, I can't trust you right now. You know what I'm saying?
01:25I get it. I get it.
01:26This is like we're literally trapped in an escape room and there's only one way out.
01:30Through.
01:30No, it's either one of us gotta go.
01:32You know what I'm saying? It's like...
01:34You ever see those movies where it's like...
01:35Two enter, one leaves? That's what's going on today?
01:37Only one can go. Y'all figure out who gonna be the one. It's giving soil, you know? So...
01:42So this first one is garlic delight and you'll start over to your right.
01:56I'm not coming in here being cocky because...
01:59The ones that be coming here talking shit.
02:01The main ones croaking.
02:04You recognize that pattern. I've seen that pattern many times before. Very smart.
02:08Yeah. So across your many projects, it's kind of mind-blowing how many luminaries across different disciplines you've turned into
02:15advocates and collaborators.
02:17You know, from Dionne Warwick to Lauryn Hill, from Matt Damon to Leonardo DiCaprio.
02:22What's your approach to balancing being a student of the greats while simultaneously having the confidence to go toe-to
02:29-toe with them creatively?
02:30Ooh, I think... I think that's the whole point, you know? Me wanting to make them proud, you know? To
02:36go from being home and watching them to actually looking to the side and watching them be beside me is
02:43insane.
02:44And because I don't take that for granted, my goal is like, there's no turning back. Like, you see how
02:48neither one of us could escape this room right now?
02:50We can't.
02:51I can't escape the set. So, I'm always just locked in. And even if I am nervous, I just, I
02:56gotta shake it off. The moment they yell, action, it's just, it's up.
02:59I can see it today. You know, you're showing no signs of trepidation. You know, you're cautious, but you're confident.
03:06Yes. Careful. Aware.
03:09And on that note, are you ready to move on here to wig number two?
03:13Is this sriracha?
03:15This is. It's a pickled garlic sriracha here.
03:17Ooh, pickled garlic. Okay.
03:30All these people got me all flats. I'm a flats kind of girl.
03:35We pay attention to the rider over here, all right? We take a lot of pride in that.
03:38I like that. You know, it's very, it's given detail oriented. I like this show already. I like it here.
03:44So, last summer you enrolled in the Escoffier School for Culinary Arts, pursuing a degree in both pastry and culinary.
03:51What has so far been the most challenging dish or technique to master? Have you tried your hand at the
03:56perfect beurre blanc yet?
03:58No, but fabricating protein is so hard, but I ain't going to front. It's so good. It turned out so
04:10good.
04:10Worth the process?
04:11It was worth the process.
04:12When you close your eyes and picture in your mind your dream Tiana Taylor restaurant, what's the picture look like?
04:19Can you paint it for us?
04:22That'll be something cool. I want to bring the skates back.
04:24Mmm.
04:25You know, I need them to bring the skates back. Maybe a little dot.
04:30And maybe the seats look like you're in the drive-in. Like, maybe the seats just give it like a
04:34car.
04:34It's sort of 50s era.
04:35Yeah, but like...
04:35I see the vision.
04:36And I think I want tada, chef jackets, like, or leather. I'm very extra, so it's going to be something
04:42cute.
04:44I know that.
04:44Maybe like Patchworth or like, you know, it's going to be something cute. You know how it's just the logo
04:48right there? Like, no, I need the logo right here. I need a big logo on the back, like...
04:51The merch will go hard.
04:52You already know I'm feeling merch. I got merch everywhere.
05:00I'll season my chicken and mustard. Once you season it, you got to marinate that thing in mustard.
05:08Getting lots of chicken tips already, you know? And we can use those over here at this show.
05:12Yeah, me don't burn no chicken. You know, I don't play with my fried chicken now. Mm-hmm.
05:18So, in your documentary, Assembly Required, there's this scene where you're struggling through a pre-show sprained ankle.
05:25You have problems with the lighting. And it made me wonder, when you think about all your live shows, all
05:30the times that you've had to take stage, and a show where everything that could go wrong did, is there
05:35one that immediately comes to mind?
05:37I mean, that's all of them. It's always so chaotic backstage. I mean, dancer done lost a bra. This person
05:43can't find a pinky toe. It's just always so much going on.
05:47So, what I try and do is be like, okay. Like, if it didn't go as planned, it still worked
05:51out. Like, one time, my wig slipped back, or whatever, and I wound up pulling it off, and like, you
05:57know?
05:57I wound up swinging in a circle, and the crowd went crazy. So, it's just like, yeah, I didn't go.
06:01It wasn't, it didn't go as planned. I didn't plan for my wig to fly off.
06:05But I made it a moment, and it became even bigger. I can think quick on my feet, and, you
06:10know.
06:11You embrace the chaos.
06:12Absolutely. I'm like, organized chaos.
06:15And you're embracing it so far in this show. Three wings down. Doing great. Are you ready to move on
06:21here to wing number four?
06:22This one with the lizard?
06:23This is the one with the lizard. So, we call this one a smoked habanero and peach.
06:27It's about to be some hot shit happening. I can tell by the lizard. Alright.
06:35You know.
06:38I wouldn't be greedy. I'd take as big as bad.
06:46It's real good.
06:47What stands out as the most heated dance battle that you've ever participated in firsthand?
06:52Like, how closely does art imitate life when you're in a movie like Stomp the Yard?
06:57I think my most intense battle was in like third grade.
07:01And you still remember it.
07:02It was in like, oh, I never forgot that day.
07:04It was on, it was recess too. We ain't have no music.
07:08You know what I'm saying?
07:09And I just, I remember we just got it, we got it popping.
07:11They had to like, I don't even know what was playing.
07:15Two entered, only one left.
07:17You feel me?
07:18Yeah, yeah. We're on theme today.
07:19It felt like today.
07:21You know what I'm saying? It felt like today.
07:27Oh, it smells good too. It got curry in it.
07:31I feel like I'm getting greedy about a wing and I don't like that because that's not smart.
07:36You know what I'm saying?
07:37Like you're violating your rule about being cautious.
07:40You know what I mean?
07:41Like I love anything curry in it. This, this gotta have some type of curry in it.
07:46Yeah. It has that powder to it that you're catching. Yeah.
07:50What's the most essential ingredient for a proper summertime Harlem block party in your experience?
07:55Good music. You know what's crazy?
07:57I never understood the importance of like DJs when I was younger.
08:00I was like, he talks too much, play the song.
08:03But I realized that you have some DJs that do talk over the whole song and it's horrible.
08:08But then you have DJs that know, you know, like.
08:12That have a spiritual connection to the vibe.
08:13You feel me? They know.
08:14And you got a hundred dollar bill. Put your hand. What? What?
08:17You know what I'm saying? It just, they, they blend with the music.
08:21You know what I'm saying?
08:21And I love a call and response. I just love when people know what they're doing.
08:26So to have a good party for me, you, you gots to be a good DJ.
08:29Do you have a number one tip when it comes to mastering the jump roping art of double dutch?
08:34You don't know how to double dutch if you ain't holding the chest.
08:36You gotta, you gotta hold, you gotta go like this.
08:38Even if you don't need to, it's just something about this that's just like, it's good luck.
08:41You know what I'm saying?
08:42And then you gotta kinda like, you gotta like, fumble a little bit.
08:46Like you gotta actually jump in. You like, oh no, hold on, wait.
08:49Slow down. Speed up. Hold on.
08:51You hit that jump.
08:58You know what I'm saying?
08:59It's an art.
08:59I know exactly what you're saying.
09:01You know what I'm saying? It's an art.
09:03And then do you have a go-to order at Amy Roots on 116th Street?
09:07Ooh, Amy Roots, yes. I love cornbread and I love when they give me extra butter.
09:11I don't want the butter melted, but I don't want the butter cold neither.
09:13It gotta be just enough to like, how you see it in the commercial when you just smear it on
09:16it,
09:16and then it start to melt on there.
09:17Don't send me no melted butter.
09:19Send it, I need it soft enough to melt on top.
09:25So you got the cornbread.
09:27Mm-hmm.
09:28You got the fried chicken.
09:30Crispy.
09:31You got collard greens, little bit of hot sauce.
09:33Just want that?
09:34Mm-hmm.
09:35Baked macaroni and cheese, maybe a little bit of yam.
09:39Delicious.
09:40Mm-hmm.
09:45This smells like it's about to be some shit that's about to go down.
09:54And this one to me is kind of sneaky, like kind of like one of those false first impression sauces.
09:59Groovy.
10:01Still dancing on it.
10:04Dancing, dancing, dancing.
10:06You are dancing on it.
10:07That's what you mean.
10:11So you gave an interesting quote talking to press backstage at the Globes where you said,
10:16honestly, if everything would have happened my way on my time, I don't even know if I would be standing
10:20up here.
10:20Do you think patience is underrated in Hollywood?
10:24I just learned that there's always something bigger in store for you.
10:28So even when you get that no, understanding that that no is also a win.
10:33And I think that patience is a part of knowing what's for you and what's not, you know, and when
10:38it's your time and when it's not.
10:39But I also have a sports mentality.
10:43You know, I'm going to wait my turn.
10:46I'm going to clap from the bench or on the court, you know, whether I'm six man or defensive player
10:50in the corner or, you know, like it doesn't matter.
10:53I know how to wait and understand my position, especially with a movie, because now I'm looking at PTN.
11:00I'm like, listen, you're our quarterback.
11:02You know what I'm saying?
11:03Let him cook.
11:04Let him cook.
11:05I show up in my jersey and I'm ready to have a good game.
11:09And you know what?
11:10We've got sure hands so far.
11:11All right.
11:11These wings have not been too hot to handle.
11:14But if you're ready, we can move on to sauce number seven.
11:19This one's called Nirvana.
11:23Oh, I almost said.
11:26That's a Havana, right?
11:30I almost said.
11:32Okay.
11:42Mm-hmm.
11:42Mm-hmm.
11:43You started.
11:45I'm okay if you're okay.
11:46All right.
11:47Then we're okay.
11:48Okay.
11:49Since we're a team.
11:50Mm-hmm.
11:51Want to take a sip of water?
11:52Yeah.
11:52Let's do that.
11:53Let's do that.
11:58I've heard you say of your early life.
12:00I was always in go mode.
12:01I'm from Harlem.
12:02I'm a hustler.
12:03I'm a grinder.
12:04Looking back, what do you see as like your boldest shoot-your-shot moment?
12:08Like, has there ever been a time where you've surprised yourself with your own instinct
12:11to hustle?
12:12Yeah.
12:13I didn't know how many things I was like collecting until now.
12:18I'm like, you know, like even signing up for culinary school.
12:20I got it.
12:22I didn't really surprise myself.
12:25Bitch.
12:30You know what else surprised me?
12:32What else surprised you?
12:34Going to Nirvana.
12:36You know what?
12:37I noticed that it was the first one that you didn't smell test.
12:40Because we was in like deep conversation.
12:42Yeah, right.
12:43Lost in it.
12:44Lost in it.
12:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:45I took my eye off the ball.
12:47I can't trust you.
12:48I'm going to earn it back.
12:49I'm going to earn it back along the way.
13:00Baby, I need you to stop asking me questions right now.
13:02Let's take a beat.
13:05You ready?
13:06I'm ready.
13:16Okay, man.
13:17Have my tongue involved in this one.
13:19Right.
13:21I'm going to tell you we have two more to go, bitch.
13:22We got two more to go, bitch.
13:23We got two more to go, bitch.
13:24That's the athlete mindset right there.
13:26Just two more reps.
13:27Just two more reps.
13:29We're almost at the finish line.
13:31Almost at the finish line.
13:32What makes R&B music the realest bitch in the world?
13:35Can you unpackage that quote from Billboard in an interview from 2020?
13:41I said that right?
13:47No.
13:52No.
13:58No.
13:58There we go.
13:59That's the one right there.
13:59The whole bitch.
14:00Straight from the jaw.
14:01Straight from the jaw.
14:02It's different.
14:06No stone is left unturned in R&B.
14:10You know?
14:11You get to be your most vulnerable.
14:14What you doing?
14:16Just trying to survive.
14:17You know?
14:18You chewing ice?
14:19Yeah.
14:19A little bit.
14:20Why don't you tell me?
14:23Oh, baby.
14:24It's selfish over here.
14:25Yeah.
14:28You praying on my downfall?
14:29No.
14:29Never.
14:30No.
14:30I'm praying that we make it to the top of this mountain.
14:33All right?
14:34And then we get a beautiful view from the summit.
14:36That's always my goal going through this.
14:39I never want to take anybody out.
14:40I never pray on anyone's downfall.
14:42Never.
14:43You should've asked me all the cute questions up top.
14:46You know what I'm saying?
14:46You start asking the deep ones as we get deeper into these wings.
14:49It's insane.
14:50Make it look like I ain't got an answer.
14:51You see, I had all the answers in the world earlier.
14:53I was playing bars.
14:54Now it's just getting a little crazy.
14:57All right.
14:57I'll try to come up with a cute one, all right?
15:00For this next one.
15:01It's too late.
15:01It's too late?
15:02I said the cute ones need to go up top.
15:21What makes Pretty Woman the perfect film, in your opinion?
15:24Like, why does that film resonate so strongly with you?
15:27Oh, my God.
15:28I love Pretty Woman.
15:30That instantly just made the burn go away.
15:32I'm trying already.
15:34Oh, my God.
15:34I'm trying to reciprocate.
15:36That was so cute.
15:37You redeemed yourself.
15:39Pretty Woman is just so special.
15:41One, I love rom-coms, you know?
15:43And I love the idea of fairy tales as well.
15:46And I just love love.
15:48Julia Roberts is, like, my favorite person in the whole wide world.
15:50It was just my favorite.
15:52I had the biggest crush on Richard Garrett.
15:58Say Pretty Woman again.
16:00Pretty Woman.
16:00Pretty Woman.
16:03Yeah.
16:03You know, it's just, it's so good.
16:06And it's one of my favorite films.
16:07And I just, I love what it talks about.
16:10And I just love Julia.
16:11Like, she just is bright.
16:13Everything she does, it just always feels so bright.
16:15And I just love it.
16:17I'm a rom-com girl.
16:19All right, Tiana.
16:25I'll be looking like a punk if I don't do that.
16:28What a fucking run.
16:29What a fucking run.
16:31How much you dipped in here?
16:35No, dip it some more.
16:36Okay.
16:37Dip it some more.
16:37I gotcha.
16:38Is that good enough?
16:39I want you to eat that part where you dipped it.
16:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
16:50And with that, the wings of death are behind us.
16:54And as we've learned today, there's someone who wears many hats, a multi-hyphenate, including
16:59aspiring pastry chef.
17:01If you could put together the ultimate antidote dessert to combat the wings of death, what
17:08would you whip up in the kitchen?
17:09Like, can you describe it step-by-step?
17:12I would, I would have to bake a cake.
17:16I'd have to bake a cake.
17:18Strawberry.
17:20Strawberry cake.
17:21With a whole lot of icing.
17:23And a big ass scoop of ice cream.
17:26Between that and Pretty Woman.
17:27You know, Pretty Woman got me through one of these rounds.
17:31Yeah.
17:32You know what I'm saying?
17:32Mm-hmm.
17:34And now I want some cake.
17:35I actually want to go and dabble back into the, what was that curry one?
17:40Back into the tropical amarillo.
17:42We don't have any cake, but we do have some ice cream.
17:45Tiana Taylor, here comes a bowl.
17:47We've earned it.
17:49And look at you taking on the wings of death, living to tell the tale.
17:53And now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
17:55This camera, this camera, or this camera.
17:57Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
17:59My current status is that I am dying.
18:04Only after that, from my casket, I will be releasing my Air Jordan 3's March 7th.
18:14And then, when I rise from the dead, I want you to go and watch One Battle After Another.
18:20On HBO Max, or I'll hunt you.
18:23Um, and yeah, I'm dying.
18:36Thank you so much.
18:44I know you do merch.
18:45I know you do merch.
18:49I got some Tiana Taylor merch.
18:51I knew when you said it.
18:51I knew when you said it.
18:53But yeah.
18:54And they can't take that away from me.
18:55I'm gonna get you some sneakers, too.
18:56You will?
18:57Yeah, I got you.
18:57You just gotta tell me your size, yeah.
18:59You're the best.
19:00And I got you.
19:01You know what I'm saying?
19:01Cause we're a team.
19:02Cause we're a team.
19:04I wouldn't go that far.
19:05Okay.
19:06Cause you was chomping on ice without me.
19:08You still can't be trusted.
19:10I don't even know what's gonna happen when I get in the car back home.
19:13Little bit of hot sauce.
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