Regina King on Sharing Her Son With the World

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i'm about to really make a lot of people mad right now go ahead and say it we've got an oscar winner pulling up to the house today that's right regina king easily one of my favorite people on the planet we all love her for her roles in things like the boondocks if bill street could talk the watchman she's got emmys image awards and a golden globe and is a powerhouse behind the camera as well and she's still one of the most grounded radiant people you'll ever meet and i bet she's the kind of house guest that shows up and reminds you to put your whole heart in everything that you do i cannot believe we got you to the house i know i'm a house guest i'm your house guest my house guest wait speaking of what is this she got with you it's for me and you you remember that okay i'm gonna leave it right here all right then later oh i cannot wait i can't wait to see you i cannot wait yeah okay so we're having mediterranean today oh yeah it's perfect for what i have for me and you i can't wait so we've got some i got some final touches to the hummus that we're gonna have but i figure we pick the chip now you know pick the chip yeah like if you like pita if you like chips like i want to know what's your favorite chip this is a fun house yeah you know now i got a chip drawer i see what actually though i have i got chip drawers are you one of those look at that okay so are you one of those people that you have certain snacks for the villagers and certain snacks for what i do is i just double up on all the snacks okay so everybody can have a little bit everything okay the only rule i have okay and not for like a guest who's coming for the day but like if you're coming to the house and you're staying for a while like for a couple days have whatever you want if it's the last of something let me know before you eat it before you yeah don't just like just leave the last sip yeah gotcha gotcha gotcha all right let me pick a chip okay so we've got uh what is this we've got some pretzel fins we've got some hot cheetos you know if you're any of these people paying you huh no no so then they'll say their name okay well no we do it's all right because they're gonna they don't pay right now but they're gonna pay eventually you know you gotta speak it into existence if you're making hummus i'm gonna go with the pita you want a pita chip okay see i'm kind of a freak and i like spicy so i'm gonna try with a hot cheeto but i'm gonna also take a hot cheeto cheetos yeah this is the hot cheetos with lime did you smoke weed before we i gotta never know okay so we we picked our our chips for the hummus we're gonna get some hummus started for our meal but i've got some roasted red pepper hummus here i want you to try you know what i mean we made it actually this morning so it is very fresh you went for the chip i did i'm gonna go for the carrot because i'm also do this hot cheeto okay what do you think not too bad right i'll do carrot too i'm gonna say to try the cheeto thing when you finish oh you want to try the regular hummus red pepper and flaming hot cheeto it's fire it's fire it's fire it's flaming hot should i try you know i said i know you want to go ahead get in there yeah all right what's happening here good surprise you didn't it i can't even taste the hummus anymore i know the cheeto just takes over no because what you got right now is is a is a flavor explosion and we shouldn't be eating all flaming hot cheetos in how hot it is it was a bad you're right all of a sudden now we both yeah i'm like oh my god let me take a sip of look dewy already okay well i'm gonna get this started because it's got a couple steps you mind if i wipe your cheeto dust you need help no i got no it looked like a big machine for a little guy i don't know you need some help no so so we're gonna make a little bit of hummus okay and this one is gonna be our plain hummus for our dish we've got some roasted lamb already set aside lovely i cannot wait this is gonna be delicious okay so we're gonna start with our lemon juice and our garlic and salt you're gonna kind of basically you just want to get this a fine chop and you let these these things these ingredients settle for like 10 minutes oh just those three yeah you just want to get a fine chop in there and you want that the garlic the salt and the lemon juice okay kind of sit together if you're right now you're like scott what you what you doing you're not gonna let get us the recipe you know i'm not gonna do you like that the recipe is right there look at you see that you got a little tahini there yeah you got a little tahini there you got the tahini we've got the the juice from the chickpea so you can so you can make choose your texture exactly okay so now that's going to settle for like 10 minutes i'm going to put our chickpea juice also known as pea sweat pea sweat yeah you want to put that back in the refrigerator because you want that really cold so it will cream up the hummus it makes it really creamy instead of water that's a hack you're welcome so when you're straining your chickpea reserve the pea sweat pea sweat yeah yeah what food could you eat forever like what kind of food what cuisine could you eat forever mine is for sure mediterranean i actually am gonna go with you on that one probably met it i love asian cuisine like i love thai i love japanese i love chinese however mediterranean it's the it's that one thing like even if you're in another country that's not one of the mediterranean countries right if they have mediterranean food it's usually not bad it can't be bad yeah exactly it's gonna be fresh yes you know you're gonna be well seasoned yes well seasoned which is very important hello where we come from yeah seasoned to food yes that's all i gotta say and well seasoned doesn't mean just put pepper on it i ain't talking about okay no culture okay i'm just saying speaking of forever the show oh oh my gosh forever on netflix people have been losing their minds over already renewed for another season you and mara brocka kill this was like i feel like maybe a match made in heaven how did the project come to you what was it about it that you were like yeah i need to be a part of this well mara mara and i worked together for the first time uh being mary jane i didn't know that was the first time okay yeah she called me you know she had this i love wind chimes i have wind chimes yeah it's amazing yeah the balance between wind chimes and earl the rooster you have a rooster named earl i don't but i do if you know what i mean yes your neighbor has the rooster but he lived with us you know we all roommates i have an owl lives somewhere on my property and stays letting you know and stays that yeah but it's calming at times it really is yeah i think that earl must be like an italian rooster or something because his timing be all he ain't a red rooster how long the sun been up bro you're off but he'd be on time at the same time so also he's something black so that's why i say a red rooster because red rooster is a black rooster to me exactly forever came around the the the the project is out people instantly love this show you know mara had this vision and she saw a void yeah and and I'm just grateful that she wanted me to come on board. - At one point we were watching the show, I was like, somebody don't take these damn kids' phones. Take these kids and these damn phones. - I know, and just talk. - Yeah. Your new movie, Caught Stealing. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. - Into, ah. - By the time I screened the movie, I was like, what? - What in the entire fuck? - But in the best way. - I've also never seen you in a movie like this, and never seen you like this in a movie. - Yes, yes, yes. - How would you set up for people who are unfamiliar with it? How would you set it up? - Without giving it away? - Yeah. - First of all, I think anybody that is a film buff is gonna be interested just because they hear Darren Aronofsky's at the helm. But I would say that it is a film that brings you back to that energy that you had when you watched '90s films. - Yes. - That's, you know, not a bunch of CGI, but thriller, action, going, going, going. - Edgy as sea. - Adrenaline, edgy as sea. All that lethal weapon, die hard type good stuff. - Austin Butler, Zoey Kravitz, and I mean, there are so many people in this movie, honestly, it's incredible. - Liv Shriver. - Right. In the spirit of this film, there is a cat and a neighbor asking for it to be looked after. - We got cats, and we got mail. - We got mail. - Boom, baby. - Oh my God. - Okay, so we're playing a little game. - You know, I hate cats. - I'm gonna tell you, based on this movie, I got that. - Yeah. - I clocked that. - Always funny when we were shooting with the cats, and the trainers are so lovely. But I'd be like-- - Obligatory, you hear that? And the trainers, they're so lovely. So we're playing a game called, "Hey, Neighbor." You know, you have situations with your neighbors, and you're trying to figure out how to navigate all that mess. - Do you like your neighbors? - I like most of them. - Yeah. - They know who they are. - Yes. - In the spirit of, we got some mail from some neighbors with some situations that might arise, and I wanna know how you would handle that. - Oh, is this the game? - Yeah. - First mail. - Oh. - Houseguest. - Bam. - Hey, neighbor. Can you keep your bedroom blind shut? - Oh God. - For the love of God, I can see everything. - How do you handle that situation, neighbor? - Well, listen. My neighbor, I was away working, and I got back. They cut down all the trees that were the trees. - The privacy. - The privacy thing. And I'm like losing it. Like, oh my God, what happened? You know, I've been gone. - Right. - I was so upset. I called my assistant. I'm like, what? Call the landscapers, you know. - Put the trees back. - What happened? - If I was a man, I swear to God, I would've walked around with my dick out for a week until they put, yes, exactly. - This is what you're gonna get now. - Yeah. - So. - You might've been there. I'm gonna tell you this right now. They my blinds. - If you want to have it open. - You don't want to see over here. Don't look over this way. - That is so unfair. - I'm just saying. It's your body, your choice. You can do what you want to. And you worked hard for it, too. - You have been that neighbor. - I've been that neighbor. Look, I don't have no blinds. - I know, but you have trees. - I got one blind spot though, right there. One bald spot. - By the pomegranate tree? - Uh-huh, by the pomegranate tree. When I bought this house, I had never purchased a property before. This is the biggest purchase I ever had in my entire-- - This is grown up. You grown. - Like, real grown up stuff. I get the keys to the house. I jump in the pool, butt naked. - Right. - Maybe 5:30, 6:00 in the afternoon. I'm like, I bought a motherfucking house. This is my motherfucking house. Losing my mind. I see these little bushes over here ruffle. And I see these big glasses pop out. And they, "Excuse me, is everything all right?" And I was like, "Oh, sorry, just bought the house. "New neighbor." She's like, "Oh, but I'm naked." She was like, "Oh, well, it's so nice to meet you." I said, "Ma'am, I will come meet you in a second. "If I can put some clothes on, "get your ass in the front yard, please." And that's how I met Glen. - Aw, and you and Glen, that's your girl? - She was my girl. - Aw. - She was my girl. I'll tell you what. - I'm just so glad her name wasn't Karen. - Hey, neighbor. My gardeners trimmed your hedge that was growing on our side. Attached is the invoice. - Oh. First of all, you sent that invoice right back to them. Like, oh no. - Send it to your mama. - Exactly. You're not responsible for that. They can cut your tree, the part that's on their side, but they can't charge you for it. - So, we had really bad fires here in Los Angeles started this year. Well, my neighbor panicked and believed that he needed to trim the trees from the power lines. I understand everybody was in a state of emergency. We didn't think really much about it. Thought also that it was gonna have a professional do it. I look back in the backyard, maybe about two hours later, it's dark. - Is he back there doing it himself? - It's not. It's 9:30 at night. I see, on a ladder, hands like this. With the biggest pieces of shears you've ever seen in your entire life and he is hacking away at the palm tree that is not touching anything but a AT&T Wi-Fi cable. - Wow. - You know there's no voltage. - No. - In a Wi-Fi cable. And now, that tree, sayonara. - And that is so sad because you know, those trees, that particular palm tree, from the point where it started to where it is before it died, it's probably like 20 years. - 28 years. - Yeah. - You see that one? - Yeah, yeah, probably like 50 years. - She was on her way. - Yeah. - It was crazy and so I wanna send an invoice. - Yes, you should send an invoice for-- - The ass whooping. That's what I'm gonna send an invoice for. The flavors, they have been blending. - That's fucked up though, stop. - Yeah, I know, it's real fucked up. Especially 'cause it's also-- - 'Cause you messed up your whole, this is really beautiful, yeah. - I'm gonna just cry about it real quick. - That neighbor. - You gotta love your neighbors. - Yes, love thy neighbor. - You gotta love thy neighbor. Okay, I'm Christian. - Today. - Baby, 'cause if I wasn't. Okay. - Okay, what's next? - So now we've got the tajin. We're gonna put in there. - I'm hungry. - I got you, I got you. We're gonna go quick. - I know, I'm not rushing you. - I know. - We're gonna go quick. So we got our tajin in there. Now you wanna get this nice and creamy also. You wanna build the cream, right? You don't put, just put all your stuff in there and expect it to be right. Now-- - Layers to it. - Yeah, you gotta layer it up. - You not gon' talk, so I'ma eat a chip. - Yeah, you wear this mask. And you can subscribe. Now-- - P-Sweat. - P-Sweat. and then we're gonna just drizzle this in and that'll start to get juicy this is gonna be the smoothest creamiest hummus ever okay so you got your chickpeas in here now they were boiled for 20 minutes you drain them you get your sweat you keep that and then you process that and then last while blending oh you actually boiled the chickpeas they're like not from like a can yeah no we boiled them oh sure yeah no we boiled okay okay yeah all right they boiled so we made them fresh you can go forage the chickpeas as well yeah next to my parsley my mint and my spearmint okay okay what was that we just put in there that's olive oil okay so now we've got our silky smooth hummus we'll get to that in a second but i want to play some more of this game okay hey neighbor yelling get your demon children off the road it's not how we do things on this block you never had one of them days where the kids be out playing and he's like get get out the street this is not a hockey field get out the street because i was here to play it in the street oh i was there with you yeah i was the one get your demon kids yeah i was you and your little friend gotta be a demon child you should have seen the face they made it was crazy it was crazy yes that sounds like kids didn't need a spanking a spanking go get a switch hello i'm glad i'm not the only one and i got some switches hey neighbor that tree is a good switch tree right there now regina didn't pick up the switch for the kids you know you know if you do need to get one that's a good switch tree right there hey neighbor can you stop feeding my cat and letting it into your home now i know that you're not a cat person so you would probably gladly let somebody take the cat i have a visceral reaction to people feeding people's pets yes like my dogs cornbread and earl um cornbread and earl yeah ian named them cornbread earl and me yes you know you train your your your pets your dogs and then all of a sudden cornbread started coming to the table when we were eating and i was like what is going on no because this is also a new behavior a new behavior another friend was over at another time that he was doing it and they were like he somebody fed your dog from the table and i was like no because it only takes one or two times one or two so i I did some Inspector Clouseau shit asking people and found my friend, Kim, who was feeding. She was like, oh, I didn't know. They looked like he was hungry. Yeah. Over in the dog bed talking about, do you want some Hot Cheetos? And that's the thing, especially like with dogs, they have, so many of them have such sensitive stomachs. Yeah. Your friend or neighbor or whatever feeding your animal. And then you got to deal with the vet bill or the shit in the house. That part. And I'm not down for dogs. I don't do the dog pee pee pads. I can walk into those houses and be like, oh, they let their dog pee in the house. Don't eat nothing in here. No, I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm good. I'm going to just sit outside for a little bit. Meanwhile, they can hear your stomach growling. No, no. I'm going to get some on the way home. You know, I'm fasting right now. I'm on the Earl fast. It's Ramadan. It's Ramadan. Hey, neighbor, can you stop parking in front of our house? Do it. Do it. That space is for our visitors. Do it. Because I know you got a driveway and a garage, but you also got a front of your house, don't you? Yeah. Don't you? Speak your truth. Take your time. So what had happened was this raggedy car would sit for like days. And so I'm like, who the fuck? You know, it's parking this car, you know, in front of the house and leaving it, you know. So I asked, you know, when I was like, hey, hey, neighbor. Hey, neighbor. So all the neighbors, nobody knows. And one day I see this motherfucker walking up the hill. And I'm like, where's he walking from? And he goes and get in the car. And I was like, wow. OK. So then the next time I'm going to keep my peace on this one. I'm going to keep my peace on this one. And so then maybe a few weeks later, I'm driving up and he getting out. And I said, excuse me. Excuse me. Not with the window cracked. Excuse me. Can you not leave your shit in front of my house? And he said, with his flip flop song, he said, I will make sure not to leave my shit in front of your shit. Thank you. That's exactly what I said. I said, thank you. Yeah. So then what he started doing was parking it in front of another neighbor's house and blocking their entrance. So we just started calling the parking enforcement and getting tickets on his car. Uh-huh. I know that's terrible. No, it ain't. I said that. That's not really me calling a po-po. No, it's not. Yeah. That's not a po-po. They don't even have a gun. No. The only gun they got is in a printer. Yeah. And now it's all connected to Wi-Fi. They don't even have a printer no more. It's just like a. But you know, after three days. What? They can tow the car. What? Yeah. So you got to call them out so they can put chalk on the tire to see that the car is set there. I just started putting chalk on the tire. See, that's what I did. I bought the chalk. You know. Because all you got to do is they got to let them know. Yes. We watching you. See, Eva lurks. Yes. But you got to keep an eye on her. Yes. You got to let them know I see you. I have to remember that. You got to mark that chalk. But you can't let them see you park the truck because you don't look like what the parking enforcement look like. Right. But I'm not playing with that parking in front of somebody's house. Yeah. When there's a whole street open. A whole ass street. This ain't like the right place to park. Well, also, I mean, when it's like a horrible looking car. What I love is that they said, oh, yeah, I'll move my shit from in front of your shit. Your shit. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, oh, okay. Thank you. Thank you. Wait, we talked about this because you've got fruit trees. Hey, neighbor, I saw you pick lemons off our tree. Could you just ask next time? I'm known for, you know, foraging. Oh, me too. I mean, when I'm walking dogs. And someone just has a whole bunch of lemons in there. Out over the side. Out over the cement. You know, the rule in L.A. is if it's out on the sidewalk. But the thing that really annoys me is that when people have fruit trees and they're yielding so much fruit and they don't pick the fruit. One, it's waste. It's waste. It's waste. There are so many people who are hungry. Right. Limes are $37 in Southern California for two organic limes. $37. $37 plus tax. Yeah. And limes, actually. Limes are, always have been more expensive than lemons. See? Get you a tree. Hey, neighbor, your Halloween decorations have been up for five months. Is everything okay? I feel personally attacked. Because you. First of all, it is a Halloween decoration that turns into a Christmas decoration. Right. Are you familiar with A Nightmare Before Christmas? Oh. Are you familiar? One of my neighbors is very familiar. For three years, they've been familiar. They're familiar Easter, spring, any month in spring, they're familiar. I take it Jack Skellington is still up, huh? Jack Skellington is still up with a full on Santa Claus costume over his striped suit. Oh, so you're real familiar. Oh, I'm super familiar. I'm not mad at them. Because. The Jack Skellington is like 20 feet tall. Yes. And I actually love those neighbors. Yeah. So, I don't say anything, but. But it's deep down in your spirit. No, I have learned to truly embrace it. And if I'm giving someone directions, I say look for the Skellington. Okay. Ooh, look at that. Mmm. See that? That's a creamy hummus. Creamy hummus. That's what you want. Okay, let's do it. You ready to eat? Let's go. You're not. Yes. Thank you for this food we're about to receive. Bless the hands that prepare this food. It may nourish our bodies so that we may better serve the world. I love you, Anne. Amen. Amen, indeed. This is our lamb shawarma kind of deal with the hummus. And so, I had it at this Mediterranean restaurant in Santa Monica. And I was like, oh, I'm dying to recreate this. And I've been trying to nail it. And I think we got the recipe. Well, it's good. It's good. It's good. It looks delicious. Let me find out you really can cook. Yeah. Okay, dig in. I'm going to go the cauliflower first. I'm going the lamb first. How are you feeling these days? How are you? Well, I'm, I am actively trying to remain present. Okay. I mean, I feel like the shit is fucked up. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. And like, I want, we're in a time right now in our country that I want to do something, but I don't know what to do. I don't know like to stop the bleeding. Mm-hmm. You know? And it's a little scary. Yeah. It's a little scary. Okay. But is there something that you think will go really well with this? I do. This meal that we have? That's where this comes in. Oh yeah. Mm. Hmm. It's me and you is the wine that I am launching. Celebrate Ian. It's me and you. It is the wine that I am launching to celebrate Ian. What? Yes. It is all things Ian, all things that he loves, all things that he represents, which is connected. What? Yes, it is all things in all things that he loves, all things that he represents, which is connection. yeah art and just good energy you know he introduced me to orange wine and i know the orange was his favorite color yes it was but he introduced me to orange wine not because orange is his favorite color but because you know and true renaissance man the chef painted wrote music i mean do everything i've got goosebumps yeah yeah what made you decide of all the things orange wine was it because of that what you were able to share with him well i'm in this space where i'm constantly trying to ah i was gonna yeah i got you do it um how do i navigate this a new relationship with ian they say that the only way a person leaves this place is if they're forgotten and I never want Ian to be forgotten and how can we always continue to be saying his name and saying it in the joyous space that for Ian if it's a moment we gonna make it special and make it the moment to make the most out of it yeah yeah and in this space and time when we really need real life time that irl we're here right all the time and so the idea is celebrating connection and usually with a bottle of wine is when you have those great conversations yeah when you go a little bit deeper you know and so um it just It seemed perfect because it's something that he introduced me to. Yeah. In his memory. Yeah. And celebration of the energy, the light that he brings to so many spaces, even now. I appreciate you for, I always speak of Ian in the present. Yeah. So I appreciate you doing that as well. Listen, it's. i'm just gonna pour this because i love you so i love you i remember the morning and reading about losing him and immediately i thought you gotta reach out to you need to reach out to virginia to make sure she's okay what can you do and all of that and i know that you were probably overwhelmed with the response to people who were ready to support you and however you needed but man what a way to have to move through this industry also how did you decide when you were ready to get back to work how did you decide when you were ready to you know it's not a a did you know like it's not a past tense it's it's it's my life it's you know it's um forever different forever um just you know when you asked me before about how am i and i said i'm always just trying to actively be present to what i'm feeling um if it's a no then it's a no and i don't feel bad about it right um my circle is smaller now i've i've made myself less accessible which is another reason why when i said to you when when you walked into this house how much i appreciate you spending this time with me and you spending this time with us and you letting us pull up together as a house guest i really do appreciate it because i know because you've always led with love from the i cannot remember the first time i met you i feel like we've i've just known you forever um but your energy um very similar to in you know a lot of ways is it just um you lead with love and um i am only interested in that being the space that i'm in right you know in any part of life right work personal otherwise i mean when when we're talking about caught stealing and um when that came to me when the script came to me you know i personally was like okay i want to fly to meet darren right and i don't want to have a zoom call i need to know because if i'm about to be spending this much time i need to know that this is where i need to be spending this much time yeah and then the people that we're going to be working with know and understand and have experienced enough yeah that i want to share space with them one thousand percent because that's really what working it feels like anyway we're working on a movie project it's like fast family yes because you're counting on each other to do their part and sometimes you know it's fast family but in that fast family you know somebody's like i can't stand that cousin you know what i mean and you learn that but you know you still you know gonna be at the cookout together exactly you know and so you you flew to new york and and felt like this was this was this was it and then the way he spoke about austin a lot of the work that i was going to be doing was going to be with austin yeah it's character and you talk about a dude who's heart led oh my god he when because he lost i didn't know that he had lost his mom you know when we first met it was like a son and a mom that was like i see you and we just hugged and i didn't know even anything like that and and when austin talks to you he's like ian he's not talking over here or looking around he's here and then he shared with me about his mother and whoa and darren did not know about you know my in but um the universe knew that okay she is the right person for roman and he is the right person yeah you know because like i feel like there are you have moments in your life where you where you wonder is this the right thing and then when you when you zoom out enough to see how things have been working in your favor how things have been laid out for you like god winks yes god winks you know well yes i do know and i do know that i struggle a lot you know i struggle with my faith for a lot of course you know i mean but also how would you not how would you not yeah but i've looked for the i always say the beauty and the bruises and so you know you look for those god winks you try to um remember that you know most things are not mutually exclusive you know like you can be sad happy literally at the same time you know so that's been interesting uh to navigate to navigate the sadness and happiness at the same time yeah you know you said something cheers cheers indeed okay hold on because you gotta let it mm-hmm this is very good so you're not just saying that because i wouldn't yeah i would have just been like yeah and so we were saying you know honestly very drinkable yeah and like it makes you curious you want to know more about like what's happening how did you find this orange wine this is you know it's a blend that ian and i put together you know when i even he introduced me to um the wine we were at this restaurant in l.a kiss map it's one of my favorite restaurants and i was like oh my god it's one of his favorite restaurants and um he said mom you want some orange wine and i was like orange wine did he say it wrong are there oranges in it literally are there oranges yeah and he was like no and so he had the waiter come over and um he asked him to bring out a little taste of the orange wine and he tasted it and he's like do you have a another one something with a little more funk and i was like funk i've never heard funk used to describe wine right and the waiter came back with another wine and it had i would say more aromatic yeah but i like the word funky so we keep using funky with the funk and so cut to you know five six years later when this idea comes like we're gonna do a wine i've never thought about being in that in the wine business at all i love that you talk to him this way yes yeah my father passed away over 10 years ago and when my brother who was like an adopted brother to me when he lost his mom they were very close they were best friends even raised each other grew up together in and i grew up together yeah exactly and we were talking about our grieving processes and he was struggling with the idea that she was just gone from him and i was like man i understand she will never be here the same way but you can still talk to her and believe me the lady that i know miss donna is gonna talk back yeah you hear me yes she gonna talk back and that there's just something in the idea that there is still communication happening whether you choose to see it that way or not but if you choose to and can get next to it how powerful that can be in your life yeah my man lost his father when he was nine years old and speaks to his dad every single day really yes and so i learned a lot from just how he accessed having conversations yeah with his father just him being with me and encouraging me and um um making sure space was safe for me to say whatever i wanted to say um help me to lean in to um that I could have conversations with Ian. I do have conversations with Ian all the time. I mean, sometimes we laugh so hard, you know, and it'll be random stuff. And I know I'm like, Ian, you a fool. Yes. You are a fool for that one. Because it also is so reminiscent to a past conversation or an inside joke, something that you notice, something that shows up, a way that it shows up. It is so very clear where it's coming from and that you know it so well. And there's no denying it. I've had my own struggles, my own battles. with my faith but something that I know 100% something that I know 100% is that it is real and that that communication that tie that connection is real and that it deserves our affection and our attention and our intention yes and our intention you know understanding also the intention behind the connection you to have with this yeah and you wanting to offer that and and to be a source of that for other people is incredible it's incredible in this moment I'm also realizing that it you know I went in peaced out I peaced out from you know I'm already have my feelings about social media and all of that it's you know we have to use it but it's it's a it's it's something you know and so I was had no presence there yeah yeah for for quite some time and also you know did not want to be the person that someone says the wrong thing to me you know cuz baby I'm gonna fuck a motherfucker up do you hear me about like like fully yes I don't ever want conversation around Ian to be that energy and so this also forces me to talk about sharing yeah forces me to sharing you know cuz Ian is mine and but Ian isn't just mine he's the world's you know and so me and you allows me to share him thank you thank you and thank you for trusting us to be a place to come share I know this part of your experience of Ian memorializing him I am so moved by the fact that you that you you trust and you know my intention yes I think your mama straight up mmm Kelly kill your mommy and your daddy straight up yeah but the love is real and any time you want to pull up need to pull up me to get out the house that car still sitting out in front of your house you come call me you need to worry about that no most but I feel the love though it's real I do and I feel the love from you know people that you know I don't know personally yeah but the energy is real frequency is real and I know so many people are whole lifting me up you know lifting our family up yeah and so I can't be in hiding you know I'm not in hiding you're not yeah absolutely not and it's also your process you can dictate how it goes oh you want to and need they can change it up I may be saying this right now but cuz I'm right back in the bed yeah exactly look for the Jack Skellington yeah turn left that's where the house is gonna be at leave it at the door so how did you build it how did it like did you go did you have to buy a vineyard like what is that no this is self-financed okay so it's not like I'm out like okay you get a wine you get one it's not working like that right so it's first finding a wine maker and a wine maker and a wine maker and a distributor right you know and first thing didn't go quite all right but the thing about the first situation I went through they more brought blends to me and here's the finished wine yeah and yeah pick one it's interesting because I guess Ian was like yeah no that's not what it needs to be so that that's that's so another winemaker so he procures the grapes and so from the ground up kind of deal he knew that orange wine is what I wanted in orange wine is white grapes okay all of the grapes are organic and all of the different vineyards that he procures grapes from he brought them to me now were you like were you well versed in wine before this were you like I wouldn't say that I'm well versed but I knew all of those wines I've drank all of those wines not a fan of all of those wines so when he lined them all up and told me with the way I was like yeah Gewurztraminer I don't yeah no before you even drink you like I'm not a fan of that yeah Riesling and he was like I hear you I hear you but he wouldn't leave it there he was like you need to you have to taste all of them because I'm telling you you'll be surprised I was like okay well I will start with the one the grapes I like so where is your sauvignon blanc and that's exactly what I started with and I was like oh that didn't go down like what I did and he reminded me again this has not gone through all of the process yeah process yeah and so I tasted each one and then Scott I got to the Gewurztraminer and I'm like sitting ready to be like here we go and I tasted and I went that's the funk that's the funk that's the funk that Ian that's the funk is a lot of the funk he was like I told you and he's like great great so so so we know this one yeah I said I think so so he you know we he put that to the side and it's like he had like a chemistry set we just kept playing with it a little bit and ended up with it's like maybe 75 percent Gewurztraminer and the rest Chardonnay to smooth it out right now tell me about me and you Ian's name is Ian's name is in the middle it's spelled m-i-a-n-u and this project is it's me and him anytime you're having a moment with someone it's me and you like the you can change yeah but the moment is perfect me and you in a bottle of me and you yeah you know and so I was um talking and having an emotional moment with my man and he told me he wanted me to pause and I must have said something talking about me and him and I said me and you and he said stop every time you say that you're saying Ian's name and I was like so that was just a moment on its own but baby months before the idea even came for the wine so then when the wine idea came to me I was like it's gotta be called me and you also just the the the blessing that it is to be involved with someone who can bring your attention to things that really matter well I'm gonna just tell you right now this is you you got an orange rigor out of me dag gone and the story the the connection the the identity of this also it's just I think so strong so real yeah and so I just thank you for really truly trusting me with this thank you for because I know that you've not shared this with a lot of people no no no and I really do mean that you have you got converted you baby I converted you I thought everybody's orange wines like that no it's true yeah yeah because I thought I was rose all day it's just like you would do your rose by the pool yeah you could do that me and you by the pool when you are at your most relaxed where are you what's your experience I am outdoors okay I love water because I love I know you love to travel yeah I love to travel I love water I love food yeah I love to swim you know so yes I am that person that likes the margarita by the pool but I think part of the reason why like rose became like such that that wine that's good by the pool is because you can only have so many wines that are good by the pool because you can only have so many wines that are good by the pool because you can only have so many margaritas out in the sun your tongue swole up oh my god ankles all fat all thick mm-hmm that's why I drink a hood margarita I know I hit you today yeah I had a hood list one she drove right past the hood I just love that you call it a hood margarita yeah I was like it's a Sprite and tequila yeah when you look at your career I mean from not just acting directing producing I know it's gonna be hard but what is the one that really surprised you like damn I I did that well I'm gonna still say being Ian's mom yes is always the one that you know he's the best thing about me you know um it's so hard to narrow it down because there are moments you know where that's why I'm so grateful for like the fans and the people that really followed my career and when I run into them on the street like they remind me of what I've done and I'm like oh yeah that's right I did do that you know I want to show you something this is how real this is how real it gets do you see do you see that Riley is on Ryan's wrist for real like the love is real yeah and you know what I probably need to start taking a picture with each time someone comes to me with their Huey or Riley tattoo just when I was in South Africa I was just shooting a film in South Africa and one of the young men on set had a Huey tattoo on his leg he kept acting so odd around me each time and I was like why is he so uncomfortable and then I just saw it one day and I was like oh and he was like I just love you and it just warmed my heart that still still 20 something years later more relevant now even and I mean some of those lines they came from things Ian said really yes like there was Riley says he was talking about Ice Cube and he's like the guy that does family movies and so that came from Ian saying that so I'm playing NWA and he's like you know who's that that's Ice Cube and he was like the dude from Are We There Yet Are We There Yet and if I was not if I didn't have if I was not a young mom I would not be so connected to immediately understanding the cadence and breath of how a young boy speaks mmhmm where I'm taking breaths and all of that it was Ian you know I'm so glad that you brought Boondocks up because it really is for me I think it's one of those especially now with streaming mmhmm like people are refining things refining it you know I mean I still have friends that now their kids are like you know 10 or something like that and they're playing Boondocks for them for the first time yeah some of the episodes anyway yeah some of the episodes but the girl that does my hair and when I'm in New York she sits there and she's like she's sitting there and she's like she sends me a video and her son chants she showed him Boondocks and she told him you know my client Regina that's her and he was like ever wonder where Tropicana got its name? the tropics and every time you enjoy a glass you're not just drinking juice you're taking a trip stepping into sunshine and embarking on a flavorful journey into the tropics where ripe fruit is crafted into wildly delicious juice and the best part no passport required you're not just drinking juice Tropicana give life some juice Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone paying big wireless way too much please for the love of everything good in this world stop with Mint you can get premium wireless for just $15 a month of course if you enjoy overpaying no judgments but that's weird okay one judgment anyway give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch upfront payment of $45 for three month plan equivalent to $15 per month required intro rate first three months only then full price plan options available taxes and fees extra see full terms at mintmobile.com cause it's real jarring I'm gonna be honest with you for any kid you'd be like wait who when I found out who was the Bart Simpson voice I was like what yeah yeah yeah okay now before I let you get out of here you know we got a little we got a little activity okay I like to think myself a sneaker head you know I I enjoy a sneaker too you know what I'm saying even though I'm showing my mismatched socks I love a mismatched sock I'll be honest I got mismatched drawers on right now you'll get it on the way home I'm not gonna explain it but I have a little activity for us are you ready yes let's do this let's go but I'm coming back to the slam yeah heck yeah yeah we got dessert too don't play with me do you see I see okay this is you right here and thank you for giving me the high top see cause I knew okay I know that you're a sneaker head like I'm a sneaker head oh my god and I know I know that you love a custom pair of sneakers like I love a custom pair of sneakers so I figured what would happen if we got to customize our own sneakers right now oh my gosh right why do I feel like I'm at the kids table this is the baby table for sure I feel like Thanksgiving at the kids table okay oh my god this is okay one tip for anybody out there who ever wanted to paint their own J's you got to do the leather prep there's a coating that they go to the from the factory to the stores with that will prevent paint in particular acrylic paint from adhering to the leather so I was all night and all morning like no so you did the treatment we've already prepped we have already prepped so you know you also are taking me back to when I was in junior high school okay I'm born and bred in LA so pretty much if you're born and bred in LA you have had a pair of Vans since people get their first Jordans baby Jordans get the baby Vans you know so that's what we used to do we used to buy white Vans and paint and draw on our Vans use markers yeah well we're going to use acrylic paint today we've also got some markers over here too okay and we've got some cards to get us through the process so I figure why not why not on this beautiful day oh my god the pressure's on I know okay let's see maybe we can get some cues from something on here let's see a movie or a show you lied about having seen Game of Thrones I wish I hadn't I got on Ian's nerves so bad I took him to the premiere of like season I don't even because he watches it so it was like season I don't know whatever season and also the premiere I was like wow and he was like mom we are not about to have we are not walking through who Khaleesi is right now and that's with the person someone says something about Khaleesi and everyone was laughing at the joke and whatever and I was like I did not know that it was from Game of Thrones not even with the silent yeah no in good and well I don't have no idea what a Khaleesi is what the fuck is a Khaleesi yeah and it wasn't until taking him to the premiere did I learn what oh that's that's that's a Khaleesi she fly on a thing oh okay got it got it got it okay so now let's see we've got pink we've got some which one which one you know I'm going for I already know I already know it orange okay what do you think you're going to paint because I don't even I don't even know I don't even know okay I'm going to just start painting stuff and see what happens okay can I tell you something funny what talking about the van story talking about forever so with Lovey and Michael they did not know each other before so for them to like spend some time and get to know each other about each other's they sent each of them a pair of white vans and sent them off to the park with paints to go and come on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah see when I tell you alignment yeah trust your gut yeah they opened their sneakers and then he took one of hers and she took one of his so that they could be painting that's cool yeah yeah yeah yeah nah that's cool I'm going to start with my swoosh I'm going to start with handing you this to open it for me he he he I'm going to start okay here we go I loosened it up you loosened it up mmhmm I definitely loosened it up you sit down you don't have to open it that easy yeah a fashion trend you can't get behind oh because you are miss fashionable I'm about to really make a lot of people mad right now go ahead go ahead and say it the fucking nails I can't get behind with the line you can't get the the tippy tappies how do you wipe your ass I don't want I don't want I mean and I'm letting I'm letting the cat out of the bag a lot of women whose hands I don't shake it is because of yes I'm not I just come on in come on hey girl how are you hey I love to meet you been waiting Regina I don't know why get out of here just because I don't I don't wear nails it's a natural nail right but even when I am cooking because I do have a bit of a nail stuff gets underneath in them how can I don't with a long situation how do you do it you know what I'm gonna need one of your next characters to have long I need to see you with the super long long ones how much would have to go on my contract to do that I did wear nails in Poetic Justice yes yes I did and them door knockers too okay I need you I loosened it up for you oh I need some tape I don't know oh yeah that's what I need some tape I'm just gonna prep real quick it's gonna be so I think we both nervous yeah we won't mess it up I know now I actually do love to paint yes but I always have music on okay me and Scott killing in his backyard it sounded like you're doing a fat boy stick em stick em yeah - Yeah, that's where I was. I've always broke up now, this. Meanwhile, not an itch of paint on these shoes. I love that you came up with this idea. Right? This is another example of, you know, connective moments. I love that you did it for the stars of Forever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And also to see them in this new season of their lives. I know. You know, it's got to be really cool. Yeah. Your house is beautiful, Scott. Thank you. I'm proud of you. You know, worked really hard on it. Yeah, and I'm glad you bought a house. Yeah, was able to. You know, I think there was something, you know, about being able to own the message. Something about being able to own land. You know, this also feels like a place where my friends can gather. And it's a safe space. Yeah. And that this show has become an extension. It's an extension of the original intention, you know, that you can go, you can come here and be all right. We might only get through just a little bit. Yeah, a shoot. Oh, yeah. Y'all have never seen me focus so hard. I just had to sing a Negro spiritual. Did you hear that? Woo! My ADD is like, what time do you think is a good time to have ice cream? You made it? No. Oh. Who makes ice cream? People make ice cream? I make ice cream. What do you mean you make it? Yes. Do you make it like you put toppings on it? You make it? No. I mean, like, egg yolks. Egg yolks? Sugar. And ice cream? That's what the base of ice cream. Eggs? Yes. Folks just be putting anything in anything to make stuff. That is how you, we're not talking about sherbet. Wait, speaking of, do you know how old I was when I found out how to spell? It ain't exactly how it looked. I just want y'all to know that. I got to have you come over so I can make you some ice cream. How long does it take? Um, depending on what type of ice cream maker you have, like, for me, I like-- Oh, it's a person that comes over? No. Like, if you have a KitchenAid mixer, they have these-- You be making ice cream at home? Yes, all the time. You are a renaissance woman. I tell you what, I'm, like, holding my breath and everything, y'all. This is stressful. 'Cause you want it to be good. Yeah, you want it to be good 'cause you know you about to show people. Yeah, and they about to see and talk crazy about you. Mm-hmm. Okay, that's something. That's something. I'm just gonna clean this little part up real quick. I like that color, though. Okay, am I the first house guest that you've painted with? You are the first house guest I've painted shoes with. Okay. You are also the first house guest that I have, so far, enjoyed what they painted. Oh. Duran Bernard called himself--we were supposed to be painting each other. When we finish today, I'll show you what he painted. Oh, my gosh. You tell me. You tell me how-- It doesn't look like you. You tell me how I'm supposed to feel. I don't know if you have experienced this, you know, being a celebrity, going places where someone's like-- Oh, yeah. People tell me all the time, "I look just like you." Oh, my God. And you're like-- Oh, my God. Yeah. Girl. You sure? But then there's like--there's two girls that--women that I've met who I had to double take because they did look like me. One of them, I think I even went up to her, "Has anybody told you you look like me?" Wait, I'm going to tell you, y'all don't look anything alike, but your names are similar, and so you know Hollywood can't just get it right. Oh, they cannot get it right. They can get the Emmas straight, they can get the Chris's straight, but they can't get the Regina's straight. Regina's. What was one of the scenarios y'all just let it ride? Well, I think--then I think Regina does this, too, is, you know, sometimes people will be like, "Are you Regina Hall?" "Nope." And I just keep--you have given me the out to not-- No. Nope. God. This is what I got so far. This is your show of mind. Okay, so the paint on your nose is driving me crazy. What paint? What paint? Can you see paint on my nose? I don't see no paint. Can you see the paint on your nose? Come on, get it. Oh, it's dried now. What's that mean? It means that you're just going to scrub a little bit tonight. Okay. Did it go? Nope. Did that go? Nope. Did that go? Nope. There you go. I was about to say, "Lick your finger." A celebrity you'd be nervous to meet? I would. I would. I would. I would. What celebrity you'd be nervous to meet? That I'd be nervous to meet? Alive or Dead? Yep. Maybe Miles Davis. Ooh. Have you worked with Don Cheadle? I have not. I have not. I love Don Cheadle, and he and I have wanted to work together forever, and it will happen one day. I'm surprised by that. I know. He's so fucking talented. Oh my God. Man, I love that dude. I love that dude. I love that dude. There's nothing that he can't do. The reason I say that is because- That "Miles Ahead" was brilliant. He directed it. He wrote it. He wrote it. He wrote it. He produced it. He started it. Yeah. All of that. It's the same damn thing. Miles Davis is just so brilliant and so intimidating at the same time. I don't know. I'd probably be like that Homer Simpson meme where he goes into the trees. Yeah. Yeah. I'd probably be that Kim Kardashian when she comes out the bush. Who would be yours? Someone I would be nervous. Okay. It's mostly because I've already met him, and I ruined it, so I got to fix it somehow. You ruined it? Barack Obama. Oh. I practiced with my granddad. My granddad is an attorney. How much this meant to us. This is the first campaign. Yes. He was coming to Indianapolis for the campaign trail, and I was like, "Okay, I'm ready. I can do this." We practiced the whole thing. He gets to me, and I was like, "Name." Yes. I. Oh, wow. He goes, "Nice to meet you, young man." Hits me on the shoulder and kept walking. I was like, "No. No." No. No. Oh, it was terrible. It was terrible. Oh, no. I'll never forget it. That's like a bad moment in the film. Oh, I hated it. Oh. So I got to fix it. You got to, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Something you wish you were better at. Ha! Painting. Literally. Mine is painting, literally. And Spanish. Duolingo. I'm on that Duolingo. Yeah. That little dude in there, he's like, "You're going to ruin your streak." I was like, "Get out of here, bro." Oh, my goodness. What would be yours? What would be something that you wish you were better at? I wish I was better at having a job. I wish I was better at having a poker face. What? I mean, I showed you my laugh when I didn't know who Khaleesi is. That was so funny. That was so funny. That is, yeah. that is yeah i'm sure i gave it away that is funny I'm sure I gave it away. That is funny. Woo! girl these mosquitoes is about to get me is it that time it might be that time we might have to finish this. I'm going to have to send you a picture of my finished shoe because you know, West Nile is real. And I can't mess with it. Foot be all swole up, big as your head. Nostrils all closed. I just gave you that. See, God don't like ugly. Listen, I love you so much. I love you too. Thank you so much for coming out. Wait, I love where your shoe is going. Where I'm headed. Y'all, this has been so real. You are the bomb. Give it up one time for Regina King. Thank you so much. I love you so much. Truly.