Full Transcript for Tyler Perry’s New Netflix Show Writer/EP Niya Palmer Talks ”She the People” Starring Terri J. Vaughn

00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:55.270 And what did it do for you? Because it 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:56.630 it's it's not the same role for 00:03:56.640 --> 00:03:58.630 everybody. So what did it do for you? Uh 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:01.110 it gave me an opportunity to work, like 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:02.789 I said, on Samantha who so they put me 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:05.429 in a an environment with real writers. I 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.390 got to uh gain points because to get 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.070 into the writer's guild you have to have 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:11.670 a certain amount of points that you 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:15.270 acrew from uh selling material or also 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:18.150 you can uh uh every week that you're in 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.870 a writer room you acrew points. So I was 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:22.390 able to acrew my points so I could be a 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:24.310 bonafide guild member and 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:27.030 congratulations. Thank you. And I, you 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:28.710 know, I just I learned the rhythm of of 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:31.909 what what what how how comedy TV comedy 00:04:31.919 --> 00:04:34.510 is created in a room 00:04:34.520 --> 00:04:36.030 collaboratively. 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.189 So beneficial. No, that's very 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:40.550 beneficial because it is a 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.310 collaboration. There are a bunch of 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:45.030 writers and you guys throw out ideas and 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:47.749 you guys see what pops you what kind of 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.590 chemistry. So that's very important to 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:50.629 you know how to you have to learn to 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.150 play well with others basically 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:53.830 especially working on the sitcom. And I 00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:55.430 haven't always done that. I'm gonna be 00:04:55.440 --> 00:04:58.950 honest. Like, but I learned because 00:04:58.960 --> 00:05:00.870 they'll show you something like they'll 00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:02.550 sit you out for a little bit until you 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:04.629 learn. But I should back up because at 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:06.150 one point before I got into the 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:08.150 fellowship, I mean the last job I had 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:09.270 right before I got the Disney 00:05:09.280 --> 00:05:11.670 fellowship, I worked at William Morris. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.070 Okay. That's a talent agency. It used to 00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:17.189 be um a huge one. Yeah. Now it's William 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.110 WME. It's William Morris Endeavor. But I 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:20.390 worked at William Morris when it was 00:05:20.400 --> 00:05:24.070 just William Morris and it was a big 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:25.830 talent agency. It was a big deal to work 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:27.350 there. And you know, I went to work 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:28.870 there because I wanted to have

access to 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:32.950 the scripts. Um, and that was smart. 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:36.629 Smart lady. Yeah. See what sells. You 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:38.469 can see what works, what doesn't work. 00:05:38.479 --> 00:05:40.070 That's smart. I got to work in the TV 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:41.670 lit department. So, you start to get a 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:43.510 rhythm for how this how this business 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:46.070 works and who gets chosen and what what 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:48.310 gets chosen and the barriers to entry. 00:05:48.320 --> 00:05:49.670 all of those things, you start to 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.590 understand it a little bit better. My 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.350 favorite thing about being an assistant 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.070 at an agency was back 00:05:55.080 --> 00:05:57.189 then, they used to have something called 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:58.950 coverage. Do you know what that is? I 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:01.590 do, but maybe other people don't. What 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:02.870 is it? 00:06:02.880 --> 00:06:07.029 coverage is when uh a writer uh pens a 00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:09.189 feature, a teleplay, whatever it is, and 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.830 some professional uh maybe story analyst 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:13.670 at that particular organization, which 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.230 was William Morris, they read through it 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.629 and they break down what works, you 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:20.070 know, what doesn't work, what could make 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:22.790 it better. It was just my favorite part 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:25.670 of um working there because I read I 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.510 mean and just like really big-time 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:29.189 successful writers whose things have 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.270 been produced. You get to read all of 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:33.029 the coverage and it's like a master 00:06:33.039 --> 00:06:35.270 class. It really was. It really is. 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:37.909 That's tedious work. Yes, it is. You 00:06:37.919 --> 00:06:40.230 know, so I wasn't a I wasn't a story 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.469 analyst, but just to be able to benefit 00:06:42.479 --> 00:06:43.990 from their work was just it was 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.309 wonderful. That's smart. You got to 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:48.070 really learn from the ground up, from 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:51.189 the inside out. Very smart. And also 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.469 there are a lot of people that are still 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:54.150 in the business that worked at that 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:56.390 agency that I know. People stick around 00:06:56.400 --> 00:06:59.189 and they become studio heads and VPs and 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:01.189 absolutely you know agents and managers. 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.150 So it's it's it's a good stop and that's 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:05.990 a big part of Hollywood period is 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:07.990 networking. Yeah. Because it's all about 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:09.629 relationships. It's all about 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:11.830 relationships. So be careful you know 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:14.390 how you treat people. 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:17.270 It's a very small town. the sooner you 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:20.390 figure that out like oh uh you know 00:07:20.400 --> 00:07:22.950 you'll be better off I think but uh yeah 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:24.230 and people want to work with people they 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.589 like feel comfortable with important so 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:29.830 that's what they want 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:32.390 so you did Samantha who and then what 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:37.029 happened what was next uh I did uh a 00:07:37.039 --> 00:07:39.589 show it I don't know if it air if it 00:07:39.599 --> 00:07:40.870 didn't air that long it was called 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:42.870 Romantically Challenged it starred 00:07:42.880 --> 00:07:44.950 Alyssa Milano a guy named Ricky Blit 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:47.589 created it. Um 00:07:47.599 --> 00:07:51.749 you know uh I I I don't know that we had 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:53.510 more than like two or three episodes 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:56.309 air. Um and after that it's just 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.469 difficult. After that I um got on a 00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:01.830 Disney show and after that it was I 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:04.550 think the game uh but it was the final 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.909 season. Okay. It was you know uh is it 00:08:07.919 --> 00:08:09.510 the first run or the second run because 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:11.990 it was originally on like CW and then so 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.749 when it was on BET. Okay. very last um 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.230 season last. Yeah, last season. I think 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.550 it was season eight. But um yeah, so did 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.070 that. Uh, and then I did run the world 00:08:26.080 --> 00:08:27.909 and but all in between trying to develop 00:08:27.919 --> 00:08:30.230 and whatnot, trying to do my thing and 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.829 just trying to carve out a career 00:08:33.839 --> 00:08:36.350 and you know 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.709 there there can be, you know, certain 00:08:38.719 --> 00:08:40.709 roadblocks are really harder for people 00:08:40.719 --> 00:08:43.029 of color, you know, to get into those 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.430 rooms, to get those jobs. What are some 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:46.870 of the particular challenges that you 00:08:46.880 --> 00:08:51.350 have had? I mean, yeah, racism, sexism, 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.430 cronyism, you know, it's hard. Yeah. You 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:55.110 know, but I mean, it's hard. I mean, you 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.710 can read the paper and realize like life 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.350 is the iniquities of life, right? But I, 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.550 you know, so I knew it was going to be 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:03.030

hard. It has been hard. My grandmother 00:09:03.040 --> 00:09:04.150 hated that word. She'd always say, 00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:05.590 "Choose another word." Okay. So, it's 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.630 been challenging. 00:09:07.640 --> 00:09:09.790 Um, but, 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:13.509 uh, it's it's been really really rough. 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.310 Uh, but I knew having tried to attempted 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:17.910 to work in corporate, I knew that that 00:09:17.920 --> 00:09:19.590 wasn't my jam. And I I think that's 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:21.990 rough, too. Yeah. Um, so that wasn't a 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.670 game I felt like I could play. Like I'm 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:25.670 not going to win playing this game. But 00:09:25.680 --> 00:09:29.190 as crazy as Hollywood is, I felt like 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:31.509 I can play this crazy Like I can 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.030 do it. Yeah, it's hard. You can play 00:09:33.040 --> 00:09:34.949 that game. I can play this crazy 00:09:34.959 --> 00:09:37.269 right? I can do it. I can do this. This 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:38.790 is nuts. But it's better than having to 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:41.030 go in that office and you know in my 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:43.750 opinion it just absolutely there's real 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:46.310 work out there thrive there. So it was 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.070 kind of like I got to figure out a way 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.829 to make this work for me and I did. 00:09:51.839 --> 00:09:54.150 And what made you focus on comedy? 00:09:54.160 --> 00:09:55.590 Because you could have been a dramatic 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.910 writer but you are doing comedies. What 00:09:57.920 --> 00:10:00.150 made you do that? I think I've always 00:10:00.160 --> 00:10:02.630 been funny. I've always had an ear for 00:10:02.640 --> 00:10:06.389 timing. Um, I I think it just made 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:08.790 sense. You know, to me, a lot of comedy 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:10.710 comes effortlessly. It's just really, 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.030 you know, they call it comedy, but I 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:14.550 think it's just kind of like a glitch in 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:15.910 the way that you look at the world. And 00:10:15.920 --> 00:10:17.670 people are like, "That's so funny." And 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:20.870 you're like, "It is okay." Like I, you 00:10:20.880 --> 00:10:22.710 know, people like, "You're so funny." 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.790 I'm like, "Am I?" You know, because it's 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:26.790 really just the way that you see things 00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:29.069 becomes, 00:10:29.079 --> 00:10:32.790 uh, you know, it becomes beneficial. 00:10:32.800 --> 00:10:37.110 Do you have any black female comedy 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.550 actresses? Who are some of your faves? 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:45.110 Yeah, I love Quinta. I love Issa. Uh I I 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.790 love them all. Absolutely. Um 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:50.870 those are some great ones. Yeah, right. 00:10:50.880 --> 00:10:53.750 Like, you know, I love everybody. I 00:10:53.760 --> 00:10:55.829 mean, I I love seeing black women on the 00:10:55.839 --> 00:10:59.829 screen. Um, so those are the two that 00:10:59.839 --> 00:11:02.790 pop up off the top of my head, but like 00:11:02.800 --> 00:11:05.509 uh like and they're also writers too, 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.190 you know, they're writers and 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:09.590 showrunners and creators. Yeah. Ivon 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.110 Orgy uh like everyone. I mean, everyone 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:14.550 that you can think of that you love too, 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:16.630 I love. I'm sitting at home rooting for 00:11:16.640 --> 00:11:20.430 them as well. So that's awesome. 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.710 So, I would love to hear the story of 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:27.550 how She the People came to be. Oh, cool. 00:11:27.560 --> 00:11:30.710 Um, Terry, uh, it was originally Terry 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:32.710 had a concept. Terry Bond, who stars in 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:36.470 She the People, had a concept set for a 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.030 political comedy and it was based on, 00:11:39.040 --> 00:11:40.949 she's from, uh, the Bay Area. It was 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:43.910 based on, I believe it was an Oakland 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:46.550 mayor, uh, London Breed and she wanted 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:50.230 to kind of do something like that. Um, 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.949 and I was like, okay, you know, like uh 00:11:52.959 --> 00:11:54.949 uh I'm a political wonk, so that made 00:11:54.959 --> 00:11:59.350 sense for me. And I but what So I I took 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:03.110 the idea and molded over and uh we ended 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.630 up shifting it. So it's not about a 00:12:04.640 --> 00:12:06.550 mayor, it's about a lieutenant governor. 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:09.269 Um I think who eventually has uh 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.430 aspirations to become governor. At the 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.230 time, we chose that because there aren't 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.310 any other black governors, right? And I 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:17.910 feel like we've seen black I'm sorry, 00:12:17.920 --> 00:12:20.389 black female governors, right? So I feel 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:23.190 like it's something that we haven't seen 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.110 before. So I kind of wanted to like 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:29.350 let's let's dig into that. Um so it was 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.190 very, you know, intuitive the entire 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:32.870 process because obviously we're both 00:12:32.880 --> 00:12:35.110 black women and we're dealing with this 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.430 uh business and it's challenging and 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.350 like I said there's sexism, the racism, 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.150 but always the comedy because you have 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:44.790 to laugh or you lose your mind. So Terry 00:12:44.800 -->

00:12:47.910 um Terry's absolutely hilarious. So we 00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:50.629 came up with this uh concept and we 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:54.870 worked on it and the strike came and uh 00:12:54.880 --> 00:12:57.190 it was like a desert you know like of 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:58.550 course I mean the strike came and even 00:12:58.560 --> 00:13:02.230 after the strike was over um I think but 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.629 hold on I think it was during the strike 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:06.150 that Terry was like yeah let's let's 00:13:06.160 --> 00:13:09.590 let's do this. Let's take this world and 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.269 let's make it into something. if you 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:14.069 don't mind, will you like draft a pilot? 00:13:14.079 --> 00:13:15.350 Like would you, you know, create a 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.949 pilot? Because I had helped to shape the 00:13:16.959 --> 00:13:19.430 world, but I hadn't really like done the 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.190 pages for the actual um teleplay. Okay. 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:24.870 So, I said, "Okay." And she said, "And 00:13:24.880 --> 00:13:27.110 we're going to find financing and we're 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.990 going to get it done." And ahead, Mary. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.190 Okay, girl. You know, that sounds like a 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.190 lot. Okay. So, at the very least, I can 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.150 get this this uh this teleplay off the 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:41.350 ground. and she loved it. We She was 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.150 able to uh even before I think she loved 00:13:44.160 --> 00:13:45.829 it, then she was able to pull Kesha 00:13:45.839 --> 00:13:48.790 Lance Bottoms into the mix. Wow. Just 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:51.590 just just Kesha Lance Bottoms. I'll call 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:54.710 her in. Hey girl, you want to come do 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.829 this? Right. Kesha knew a lot of people. 00:13:57.839 --> 00:14:00.470 She was able to help us find an investor 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.509 and we shot that project within like 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.590 three days. We shot a pilot presentation 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:08.150 within three days. Oh, awesome. And a 00:14:08.160 --> 00:14:10.150 number of people really loved it and 00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:13.509 Tyler Perry loved it the most. Okay, Mr. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.910 Perry, that's awesome. And he was also 00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:18.150 willing to move the quickest because it 00:14:18.160 --> 00:14:19.910 was such a rough time after the strike 00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:22.310 that nobody really had money. Uh, 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.710 absolutely. That was big. Yeah, the 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.629 business shed after the strike. It 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.550 really Yeah, it did. And you know, 00:14:28.560 --> 00:14:30.389 comedies are the first things to go when 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.550 people are trying to save money. So, 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:34.150 when you saw things coming back, it 00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:35.750 wasn't the comedies. those weren't the 00:14:35.760 --> 00:14:38.710 first things to kind of um get a second 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:42.230 chance. It was the dramas. So, uh you 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:44.629 know, we kind of created this um 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:46.230 wellspring in the middle of the desert 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.430 and it worked. 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.910 And you know, I'm just so curious from 00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:55.189 the time you guys had the idea idea and 00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:58.069 shot it, got it to Mr. Perry and got the 00:14:58.079 --> 00:15:00.470 deal, how long was that? 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.550 I think we've been toying around with it 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:04.710 for like a year before we even, you 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.230 know, we had been playing amongst 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.629 ourselves with the concept and then So, 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:10.629 you're asking once we shot it or what? 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:14.269 Like, okay, it was once it was 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:17.269 shot, I would say like how long until we 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:20.629 sold it? Like like three months. That's 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.790 amazing. Like three months. We sold 00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:24.790 three months. Yeah. That's very 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:26.310 encouraging for, you know, anyone 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.750 watching like, hey, you know, you guys 00:15:27.760 --> 00:15:29.750 took it upon yourselves to just take the 00:15:29.760 --> 00:15:31.990 leap and do it yourself. And look what 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.829 happened. 00:15:33.839 --> 00:15:36.310 Look what happened, right? And for him 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.430 to make this be his first sitcom for 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.470 Netflix, right, is huge. So kudos to 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.389 you. Kudos. Kudos to you, you know, for 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.829 taking the leap and stepping out on 00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:50.150 faith and look what happened, right? 00:15:50.160 --> 00:15:53.350 Yeah. That's amazing. So So Mr. Harry 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.670 liked it. We're going to go. So, what 00:15:55.680 --> 00:16:00.790 was the next step? Uh, he uh had to I 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:01.870 think 00:16:01.880 --> 00:16:03.990 he realized it was going to be 16 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.670 episodes. He said that he would take the 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:09.350 first eight. Uh because I mean they were 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.430 ready to move really quickly, right? And 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:15.030 so you like you Tyler moves very very 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:17.189 rapidly. Yes, he does. He's known for 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:19.910 that, right? And so he's like, I love 00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:21.990 it. Let's go. Okay. And then he meant 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.389 like immediately. So I think that Tyler 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.949 actually like he wrote like eight he 00:16:26.959 -->

00:16:28.870 wrote the p like he wrote a pilot based 00:16:28.880 --> 00:16:30.629 on the world that had already been 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.590 created. It was great. Um and then you 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.230 look up and he wrote seven more. Wow. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.790 He's a machine. What? He's a machine. 00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:40.870 Yeah. It felt like it took him like two 00:16:40.880 --> 00:16:42.389 weeks. 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.389 I'm not kidding. That's No, I'm a 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.749 writer, too. So I'm like that's why I'm 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.509 like, "Wow." Right. That That's amazing. 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:53.110 Right. So it was Yeah. So um so we split 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.590 it. Uh so we he did the first eight. I 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.550 came uh into uh I came to Atlanta 00:16:58.560 --> 00:17:00.069 because I live in the DMV. I came to 00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:01.910 Atlanta and watched the process and it 00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:03.990 was it was amazing. 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.470 And it's it's such a treat as a writer 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:10.390 to see it take its wings to for each 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.150 process. What was that like for you 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:14.230 seeing it come to life from the from the 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.029 bottom up? From the ground up. It's 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.029 amazing. It's I mean I' it's not you 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.029 know I've had things produced before so 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.829 it wasn't as if I'd never seen my vision 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.270 um you know acted out or produced but 00:17:27.280 --> 00:17:29.190 it's something that you know sprung from 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:32.070 my head is like huh that's crazy there 00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:34.230 are like hundreds of people working 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:36.070 because Terry Bond came to me and was 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:37.909 like hey I want to do political comedy 00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:40.470 like that's so it's very heavy it's a 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.190 it's a lot to process 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.390 so then you have some other amazing cast 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:49.830 members that came on. I mean, Joe Marie 00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:52.070 Payeyton from Family Matters, that was I 00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:53.669 mean, a lot of us haven't seen her for 00:17:53.679 --> 00:17:55.270 years and we just love her. So, what was 00:17:55.280 --> 00:17:57.750 it like working with her? Wonderful. I 00:17:57.760 --> 00:17:59.590 mean, it was great. She She was kind. It 00:17:59.600 --> 00:18:02.070 was like working with It was like family 00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:04.070 reunion. Yeah. Cousins you don't know, 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:05.510 but you're like, I can see how we're 00:18:05.520 --> 00:18:08.150 related. Like, I I get this because this 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.830 natural, right? Yeah. So, it was kind of 00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:13.270 like that. Lovely fun. 00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:15.350 And what was it? Was this filmed on the 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:17.590 studio? I would assume this was at Tyler 00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:19.590 Paris Studios. It was filmed at the 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:22.150 studio. The first I think we spent 14 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.430 days filming the first eight and then we 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:27.909 um you know everybody went back home and 00:18:27.919 --> 00:18:30.870 I and another wonderful EP named Tina 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:34.789 Gordon. Uh she wrote the uh helped me 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.590 write the back eight. Uh and she wrote 00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:39.750 five out of the back eight and I wrote 00:18:39.760 --> 00:18:43.350 three and um she's amazing. She's I 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.950 can't say enough good things about her. 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.990 She's 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.830 She's a vet. She's been around. She's a 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:49.510 vet. That's who you want by your side 00:18:49.520 --> 00:18:51.990 when you're, you know, I've never moved 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.510 this rapidly before. So, it's 00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:55.190 interesting how your blessings come to 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:57.510 you because they hear they they're here, 00:18:57.520 --> 00:18:58.870 but now you're being asked to do 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:00.470 something you've never done before 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.230 quicker than you've ever done it, right? 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.830 So, that's a blessing for you. That's 00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:06.310 very interesting. Absolutely. So, we 00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:08.789 spent like two months banging out a 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:13.110 script a week. um both of us, you know, 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:15.190 and then we right ended up back in 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.190 Atlanta in September and filmed it and 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.710 that was like another like maybe 12 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.830 days, 13 days and we filmed the back 00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:23.310 eight 00:19:23.320 --> 00:19:27.990 and yeah. Wow. Crazy in a good way. In a 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.630 in a an amazing way because when did you 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.390 when did you film these? Oh, uh June 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.710 Well, let's see. July 2024 for the first 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.990 eight and then midepptember for the uh 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:43.350 back back eight. Excuse me. 00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:45.270 That that's awesome. And for that to 00:19:45.280 --> 00:19:47.510 already already be airing now. It it's 00:19:47.520 --> 00:19:48.950 not normal. It's not it doesn't always 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.470 happen this way. That's like 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:53.110 congratulations. This in May of 2024. 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:56.310 You see, you like people don't know 00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:57.909 this, but that's that's unheard of. 00:19:57.919 --> 00:20:00.070 Usually that is unheard of. Yeah. It was 00:20:00.080

--> 00:20:04.070 it was so such a quick process. 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:06.710 And what was the the vibe like on set? 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.230 What was it like? I know you said like 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:10.789 her family reunion, but I mean Terry is 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.110 is very funny. You had also had Jade 00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:16.070 Nova. Yeah. Who is very popular on 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.990 social media and she's an amazing voice. 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:19.430 What was it like working with her? Joe 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:22.470 Brooks. Um it was fun. I'm like it was 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.390 fun. It was like watching standup but 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:26.710 being at work and laughing and kicking 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:29.510 it and eating snacks and you know like 00:20:29.520 --> 00:20:32.549 it was just it was fun, you know. Excuse 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:33.230 me. 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.070 Um, we had a really good time. We had a 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:38.549 really good time. And do you have a 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:44.070 favorite episode? 00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:46.990 I do. Uh, I do. It's called Black 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:49.430 Excellence. So, and without giving 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.630 anything away, I know because you want 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:52.470 people to experience. Why in general is 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.310 it your favorite episode? I I think that 00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:58.950 I think it's just funny how family deals 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:01.270 with um I think it I think it's funny 00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:03.990 how family course corrects. Right. So 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.350 that's that's all I'm going to because 00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:07.110 that's the back half and that doesn't 00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.630 air until August. I don't know how much 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:10.950 I can give away, but that's you know. 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.549 Yeah, that's what I will say. I think 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:14.070 that's 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:16.870 how family gets you together. I think 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:19.029 it's kind of art imitating life in a 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:21.430 kind of weird way. What was it like 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:23.830 being that Kamla was running for 00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:25.830 president around the time you guys were 00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:28.789 like writing and filming and a lot of 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:30.470 political things were going on? What was 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.789 that like? It was perfect. We felt 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:35.350 energized, you know. Um, you know, I 00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:37.190 felt like we were riding along with it. 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:40.310 Just felt like h and you know, I really 00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:41.590 thought she was going to win because I'm 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:44.390 absurd. So, it really No, I had a 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:46.630 delusion with you, sis. It's all good. 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.870 What was that thing? I really thought 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:51.430 she was going to win and so but it felt 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:53.110 like a very magical time and even though 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:54.950 she didn't, it still was a magical time. 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:57.190 It was just a time full of hope and 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:01.270 possibility. And that's uh that's how I 00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:04.390 would describe that time, that whole 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:06.549 period. 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:09.110 Terry, this may be a silly question, but 00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:12.149 Terry, uh, you know, she's known for 00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:14.710 being Levita Jenkins. you know, does she 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.190 still do that or did she did she does 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.630 she will she do a little bit of the 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:20.390 accent at all? Cuz it was it was just so 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.789 funny. So people love it. Sure. I 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.710 haven't seen it. I mean I haven't seen 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.630 like cuz she's you know so many she 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.230 could do so many other things. Of 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.310 course. Absolutely. But it's so beloved. 00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:32.149 Everyone loved her. I'm sure that I'm 00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:33.830 sure that she does do it but I haven't 00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:36.149 seen it. 00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:38.789 So I mean what what was it like? I'm 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.950 just curious. What was it like the first 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:43.590 time I guess you saw the poster or it 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:46.870 was really hit that it's coming out. 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:49.590 It's this huge thing. It's on Netflix. 00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:52.549 It's with Tyler Perry. What was that 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.149 like when you first saw the first, I 00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:56.310 guess, advertisement or trailer for it? 00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:58.230 Yeah, it's surreal. It's not just one 00:22:58.240 --> 00:23:01.350 emotion you can attach to it. Um, it's a 00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:03.590 lot to process. It's exciting. It's the 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:06.870 culmination of, you know, lots of hard 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:11.350 work and uh ass kicking and, you know, 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:13.430 it's just I feel very blessed. But yeah, 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.830 it's very heavy. It's, you know, it's 00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:18.070 great. I mean, and just I did a campaign 00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:19.909 walkthrough with Netflix last week, and 00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:21.590 it's like, oh my god, I'm sitting here 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:23.350 with Netflix. 00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:25.669 Showing we're gonna have billboards, and 00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:27.750 you know, Terry was uh in Times Square 00:23:27.760 --> 00:23:29.750 last week, and there was a she the 00:23:29.760 --> 00:23:32.070 people, you know, electronic banner or 00:23:32.080 -->

00:23:34.549 billboard. It's it's crazy in a great 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:36.149 way. 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:38.149 You you you need to just go and go, I 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:40.070 did that. I did I did that. Like, look 00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:42.630 at that. I'm still processing it. I had 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:45.830 a hand in that. like oh my gosh it's 00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:47.669 huge and just you know thank you for 00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:49.830 making it just as a black woman right 00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:52.149 watching it it's when I saw the trailer 00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:54.230 on I was like oh my gosh this looks so 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.590 great I haven't seen anything like that 00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:57.270 and for it to be for Netflix thank you 00:23:57.280 --> 00:23:59.909 for making this you must be so thank you 00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:02.230 I am very excited I hope you guys love 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.710 it um I want I you know I can't wait to 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.149 have some feedback and hear what you 00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.990 guys really think once again what I 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.510 loved also you know it looks like you 00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:11.269 have an amazing funny cast but looks 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:13.750 like there's a family element to 00:24:13.760 --> 00:24:15.190 Can you talk a little bit more about 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:17.510 that? Yeah, I mean even though this is 00:24:17.520 --> 00:24:20.149 basically about a woman and you know uh 00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:21.830 you know and it takes place lieutenant 00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:23.510 governor and the politics and the 00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:26.190 filibusters and at the heart it's really 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.029 about a woman and we're celebrating her 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:32.390 resilience, right? and she's a mother 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:35.110 and she's a colleague and she's a cousin 00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:37.630 and she's a daughter and she's a recent 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.110 divorce and she's trying to write all 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.630 the things and she's trying to make it 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:44.230 work and co-parent successfully 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:47.909 co-parent but then like um not be she's 00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:49.909 being underestimated at work and so I 00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:52.390 think it's just I think it's incredibly 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:54.390 relatable right and that's why I said 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.830 earlier I think I said it was it's just 00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:57.830 a very intuitive process because I think 00:24:57.840 --> 00:25:00.070 that these are things that most women 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:01.830 deal with, you know, the juggling of it, 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.590 the multitasking that you have to do to 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:06.870 have a decent life. So, 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:09.190 and Joe Marie plays her mom, correct? 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:12.789 Yes. And um who was

the character that 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:16.950 Jade plays? Her cousin. Okay. It looks 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.390 looks like looks like a a ton of fun. 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:23.110 Yeah. So, um what was it like? I know 00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:24.950 you said you did you were able to be on 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.909 the studio. Tyler Perry Studio is like 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:30.390 its own city. have seen it. It's It's 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.310 just amazing. And just for this black 00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.830 man who have to have done that. But what 00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.510 was it like being on the lot? It's like 00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:37.909 its own city. It's like all the major 00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:40.070 Paramount, Universal, all rolled into 00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:42.390 one. Yeah. It's It's the best lot I've 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.710 ever been on. You know, I think for the 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.789 pilot, I remember there was a there was 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:48.230 a scene where there was a house party 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.830 and there was a pool in the backyard and 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:53.190 there was an active working pool and he 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:55.029 has created like a neighborhood. It's 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.950 like a subdivision on his lot that he 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.710 has created and it's all these houses 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:00.710 and we're just filming in the pool. Like 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.950 it's the the houses, the electricity 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.470 works. I mean, you could really not that 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:06.070 we would, but you could really just, you 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:10.149 know, move in. It's it's crazy. I say 00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:12.870 that a lot. I'm sorry. It's wild. How 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.549 about that? If it's If it's If it's 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:18.310 crazy, it's crazy. Wild stuff. It's kind 00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:20.630 of It's kind of surreal, isn't it? Yeah. 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:22.549 It's like a kids parody. You know, when 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.909 I was growing up, I was really into 00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:27.269 dollhouses and miniatures and we all, 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:29.029 right? Right. And it's kind of like, can 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.789 you imagine 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.470 uh you know, in a lot of ways, I feel 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.909 like I equate that with like Tyler, 00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:35.510 like, oh, this is your like dollhouse. 00:26:35.520 --> 00:26:38.230 This whole lot is like where he 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.710 essentially gets to play. And so that's 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.230 that's what it felt like to me. It felt 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:45.510 like just paradise for a creator. Yeah. 00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:48.909 That's awesome. Yeah. So, 00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:52.070 um, you guys broke it up into two parts. 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:54.390 Was you, it seems like it was

planned 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.510 from the beginning to do that. Yeah. 00:26:57.520 --> 00:27:01.510 And, um, so the first part is May 22nd. 00:27:01.520 --> 00:27:03.269 When this airs, it will be, we're going 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:05.510 to air this next Sunday. So, it's going 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:08.549 to be that week. Yes. So, what what can 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.909 people expect from She the People? 00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:14.870 I think they can expect lots of laughter 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.269 and to see themselves reflected in these 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.750 characters and their family members and 00:27:19.760 --> 00:27:21.350 maybe some challenges they've dealt with 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:24.190 in their own personal lives at work, at 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:27.990 home. Uh they're going to see, you know, 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:32.230 uh they're going to see themselves, 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.070 and we're excited. It looks really, 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:35.990 really good. It looks really, really 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.350 fun. It's something I feel like is 00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:40.549 needed. And I just respect seeing a 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.230 black woman being in such a great 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:47.430 position in, you know, in a place of 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:50.070 power, but also a place of class, a 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:52.549 place of strength, place of love, a 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:54.630 place of family. I can see all of those 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:56.149 things in the trailer. It just looks 00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:58.950 like we want to take that, you know, 00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.549 goodness. But doing the best she can, 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.950 you know what I mean? For doing the best 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:05.110 she can, you know. Absolutely. And I 00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:07.029 love that we see her husband, Terry's 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:09.269 real life husband. 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:12.549 I love it. Get ahead of your time in 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.830 there. Get you in there. I want 00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:19.830 to all gonna get this money. Absolutely. 00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:22.470 That's wonderful. What do you want to do 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.990 in the future? I would love to hear what 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:26.470 what do you want to do next? Oh, I have 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:29.590 a uh I have a grief comedy I want to 00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:32.950 explore. Um I actually had uh I had it 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.630 set up somewhere but you know the 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:37.029 strike. So I'm you know kind of starting 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:39.909 starting from uh starting from scratch 00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:42.070 with that but yeah my mom died years ago 00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:44.310 and it was very sudden and unexpected. 00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:46.630 Very sorry for your loss. Thank you. You 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.269 know it was awful but it was such a um a 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:53.269 period of growth and I grew like in ways 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.029 I could have never imagined. I met my 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.789 husband. I mean like so during the worst 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.870 period of my life that's the biggest 00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:01.269 blessings and the biggest uh probably 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:03.510 the most significant opportunity to grow 00:29:03.520 --> 00:29:06.389 I've ever had in my life. Um and I think 00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:08.310 that's that's that's so that's the when 00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:10.070 I say grief com that's what I want to 00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:12.789 that's what I want to focus on. I have a 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:14.870 uh feature film I'm tinkering with right 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:18.149 now a romance. Do it. We need we need 00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:20.310 more. Do it. So those are the two 00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:23.830 projects I've got. Yeah. Working on. So 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:25.830 yeah, hopefully I'll be back soon to 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:28.310 talk about those. Okay. Yes, we want to 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:30.070 have you back for that. And I would 00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:31.750 encourage you for the grief one. I I I 00:29:31.760 --> 00:29:34.870 totally get it. I you know, in dealing 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:37.190 with grief in my family, too. It is It 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:39.830 is hard. Comedy and laughter can get you 00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:43.350 through so much. It really, really can. 00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:45.830 It's healing. It's really healing, 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:48.549 right? It's healing. It's so much 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.870 healing in comedy, right? and the 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:53.510 ability to laugh, you know, cry too, but 00:29:53.520 --> 00:29:55.269 also it's the laughter for me. So, 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:57.750 absolutely. And you feel so much joy. 00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:59.190 You feel it from the inside out. 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.549 Especially when black people, we feel 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.630 com with our whole body. We're on the 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.590 floor. We're having air everywhere. We 00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:08.149 feel it all through and through. Indeed. 00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.549 Yeah. Absolutely. So, where can people 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:12.149 find you if they want to follow you and 00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:13.750 see more things you're doing? Sure. You 00:30:13.760 --> 00:30:16.149 can call me at 32. I'm kidding. I love 00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.669 it. 00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:21.909 Call me my mobile. Call me babe. Call me 00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:23.990 y'all. You got it. Nia Palmer trusty at 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.029 IG. All right. Yeah. Thank you. That's 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.630 you're That's So you're Mrs. Trusty. 00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:31.269 That's that boo you found. Yes. Yes. 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.549 That's the boo I found. It's pretty 00:30:32.559 -->

00:30:33.510 wonderful. That's the boo you found. 00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:35.510 That's wonderful. Well, thank you so 00:30:35.520 --> 00:30:37.909 much, Nia. This is amazing. And we look 00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:39.750 forward to seeing Shey People. Thank 00:30:39.760 --> 00:30:41.269 you, Sharon. I'll be back. You can tell 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.950 me what you think about it. Absolutely. 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.590 It looks so fun. And everybody check it 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:47.350 out May 22nd. 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.750 people on 00:30:48.760 --> 00:30:50.710 Netflix. Thank you so much for having 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:53.110 me. Thank you for being here. Bye bye. 00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:56.070 Have a good one. Bye bye. Thank you so 00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:59.110 much for being here. Nia was amazing. 00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.950 Please watch she the people. We have to 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.430 support these projects. We have to make 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.909 sure we get the numbers in there so we 00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:07.590 can see more like it. This is Tyler 00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:09.909 Perry's first sitcom. This sister wrote 00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:13.110 it and we're excited to see it. This is 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:17.590 Sharon B for Comedy Divas Girl Talk and 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:21.029 she the people. Go watch it. Thanks 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.590 guys. 00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:26.230 Bye. I am looking forward to being the 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:29.190 next Lieutenant Governor of our great 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:34.230 state, Mississippi. 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:36.789 I hate this politics Mama, have 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:39.110 you been smoking weed? I chew it. That's 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:42.230 the best way to do it. Here's the 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:44.549 governor now. You must be Miss Duncan 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:46.149 and ready for duty, sir. And who are 00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:49.190 these lovely folks? This is my family. 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.470 You're moving to the lieutenant 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:53.430 governor's mansion. The floors are 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.509 beautiful. We can't even see the floors 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:58.950 cuz of this room. 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:01.909 Who is that? The security. He could be 00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:04.149 your only man. She single. Yes, she do 00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:05.509 need a man. You need a man. She's a 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:08.230 candidate. It's right here with her 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:11.590 children. Gentleman Beck is chief of 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:13.750 staff. Doesn't lie governor get to 00:32:13.760 --> 00:32:15.909 choose her own staff in most cases. Yes. 00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:18.789 Why not this case? Huh? 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.310 I'm going to need some dinner and a lot 00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:22.230 of wine. 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.149 I would like to be more involved. You 00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:29.350 mean well, but politics doesn't. 00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:31.350 Is that racist? Because I saw her do it, 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:33.110 so I thought I was doing it because my 00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:37.029 hair itched. B itch. 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:39.830 Girl. Oh, 00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:41.909 I think I can make a difference. You 00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:44.950 just be a good girl. All right. I really 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.149 don't think that he thinks I'm 00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:49.350 qualified. Girl, do you know where you 00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:52.470 are? Have you looked at the power that 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.110 you have here? 00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.389 What you going to do? That bad 00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:59.269 going to show up my shoulders. Uh-huh. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.750 When you want something and you earn 00:33:01.760 --> 00:33:05.990 something, you fight for it. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:08.789 It is my heart's desire to do what is 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:15.830 best for those who are overlooked. 00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:19.310 Kids, do you know who this is? 00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:21.669 Mar. I know we was about to be attacked 00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:25.680 by all of Nick Canon's kids at once. 00:33:25.690 --> 00:33:29.519 [Music]