Leslie Jones show.
Oh my god!
I'm on the Leslie Jones show.
[laughs]
Oh my god, Morris Chestnut!
Thank you, guys. Thank you.
Thank. You.
Oh my god, you are the epitome of Black don't
crack, bro.
[laughs]
LESLIE JONES: You are beautiful.
Thank you.
Let me just say, though, first of all,
you were so kind and generous.
From the whole cast and the whole production,
thank you for all the posts that you did for us when
the streaming show came out.
We appreciate you.
I was telling the truth.
It is one of the best things I've watched in a long time.
Thank you. Thank you.
And, you know, I knew--
I knew it was going to be good because you
guys have great actors.
Y'all already good actors.
It's a great plot.
You have a great director.
Yes.
LESLIE JONES: And you spent time on everything.
It's just so appreciated.
MORRIS CHESTNUT: Thank you so much.
It's so appreciated.
MORRIS CHESTNUT: And thank you for watching.
Thank all you guys for watching,
everybody out there-- - It's so good.
--in TV land. Thank you.
Thank you.
Now, I talked this about earlier.
I know every time somebody meets you--
I know I said, if I ever meet Maurice Chestnut,
the first thing that's going to come out of my mouth is,
(SHOUTING) why didn't you zig-zag down that alley?
[laughs] I get that all the time.
[inaudible]! [groans]
I get that all the time.
I cry every time on that part.
Do you?
Every time!
Well, you know, now, I mean, I cry, too, because I
can't be in the sequel, right?
I can't be in the sequel because I died.
LESLIE JONES: Oh, that's right.
You can't be in the-- is there gonna be a sequel?
No, there won't be a sequel.
LESLIE JONES: Oh, man.
Because I'll tell you, especially when
your mama was looking at the car, and she was like,
uh, my baby passed!
He passed!
Oh my god, it's so good!
Yeah, thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
OK, so this is what I want to know.
Most people stick around a long time in this business.
And they don't look as good as you.
How you keep it so tight?
[laughs] Thank you.
Thank you.
You know, I just try to live right, eat right,
and exercise and drink a lot of water
and all that type of stuff.
LESLIE JONES: Are you, like, a heavy exercise person?
Like, you work out every day?
You have a trainer or--
I work out a lot, yes.
I'm always at the gym, like, probably six, seven days
a week at least. Yeah.
Really?
How many more days is in the week?
[laughter]
Well, you know, I mean, for the most part, when I'm--
I'm really always at the gym.
But that's like my outing.
I mean, I don't stay out late.
My outing for the day is going to the gym.
That's kind of like my social activity.
I go to the gym and go home.
LESLIE JONES: Wow.
He a good man, Savannah.
[laughter]
So when you started doing this movie, the series,
the Best Man series, how many people asked
you to be their best man?
I mean, how many bachelor parties have you arranged?
No, no.
Well, judging by what I did to the Taye Diggs character
in the first movie, I don't get too many invites to be a--
to be that. No.
No, I don't get too many. Listen.
I mean, a lot of people, they do enjoy the movie.
They do have a lot of questions.
And they always say to me sometimes,
well, you know, I want to make sure my best
man didn't sleep with my girl and all that type of stuff,
but yeah.
LESLIE JONES: Oh, OK, so you get a lot of that.
I get a lot of that. Yeah.
Now the story is about navigating several friendships
and a lot of drama and stuff.
Now do you have a lot of drama in your actual life?
[laughs] I don't, actually.
I don't.
I have-- listen, so I do have a close-knit friend group.
I have friends that I've been friends
with since second grade and a lot of friends
that I've been friends with a long time.
Our only drama is when it comes to sports.
And when my team loses, I got to hear a lot of mess.
But, luckily, I'm an Eagles fan.
Any Eagles fans in the house? - Oh!
[cheering]
So we're doing all right this year.
So I've been delivering a lot of--
I've been delivering a lot of drama
to some people in my friend group.
Morris, it's about the Giants here, OK.
Thanks.
Wow.
OK, you're right. You're right.
Hey, it's going to be a good game though.
It's going to be a good game.
We going to win.
My condolences to you guys early though.
- No. - My condolences to you.
My condolences to you, thank you.
Giants, Eagles, Giants, Eagles, thanks.
That's what's happening.
OK.
Hey, I'mma get on social media after the game now.
Let's exchange.
Oh, you want to talk smack with me, baby.
Whoa, no, no, I can't do that.
I've learned.
[laughs]
Never talk smack with a comedian.
Long time ago, I did a movie with Bill Bellamy and DL
Hughley, and I just-- and when I did that movie,
I realized to never say anything because--
no, you can't because comedians-- you guys
are so perceptive.
And you guys see everything.
You hear everything.
So I will not talk smack to you.
- Oh, that's OK. - Not at all.
It's OK, Morris.
You can talk smack to me.
[laughter]
Now the one thing that I appreciate about the franchise
is how they have Black men being friends and being real.
How do you think--
how important it is do you think
the portrayal of friendships and relationships between
Black men is portrayed on TV?
I think it was very important for our movie just for the--
because, listen, there's life that happens.
There's drama that happens.
And, you know, you're friends with somebody
long enough-- there's bound to be
some type of disagreements and arguments
and all that type of situation.
However, with our film, it shows
that we can overcome that.
It's like no matter what your differences are,
no matter what type of arguments or disagreements
you get into, as a brotherhood, you
can still come together and be there for your brothers.
So I think that's one of the things
that's helped this series prevail throughout the years.
Yeah, you know, I think-- yes, definitely.
[applause]
One of my favorite scenes is when
he's going through the divorce, and you guys came over
and just started setting up the table,
like, we bout to play cards, fool.
Without a doubt.
Come over here and play cards.
That just made my heart.
But I'mma tell you my favorite part.
OK.
The way you dealt with your son.
Oh, yes.
It was so good.
Everything-- because every time you would pray,
I would be like, you have the wrong prayers, bro.
You got the wrong prayer.
He was like, make God change it.
Make God change it.
But when you finally said, God changed me--
MORRIS CHESTNUT: Changed me, right, right, right.
--it was just--
I bawled. - Oh, wow.
- I bawled. - Thank you Thank you.
Thank you.
Boy, I hope you get all the awards!
- [laughs] Thank you. - Seriously.
- Thank you. - It's so good.
That storyline was tough for me because it was so new--
the pronouns, and there's something that really
hasn't been explored too much.
Especially Black community.
Especially in the Black community.
And I was like--
I was on the fence because I was like,
they don't really know why my character
feels the way that he feels.
I mean, people can come to their own conclusions.
So it was a tough storyline for me.
Eric was a great actor that played my son.
And the way that it was written was so beautiful.
So thank you for enjoying that.
- It was absolutely beautiful. - Thank you.
And I have to give you recognition.
You got your Hall of Fame walk--
I think I'm saying it right--
Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Yes, thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. - I'm so proud of you!
MORRIS CHESTNUT: Thank you so much.
Thank you. LESLIE JONES: Look at that!
MORRIS CHESTNUT: That's me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
LESLIE JONES: Yes! MORRIS CHESTNUT: That's me.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Yes! - Thank you.
Oh my god, Morris.
Thank you so much for coming on my first day.
Listen, thank you for having me.
You made me look good!
[laughs] No, thank you for having me.
And you're killing it.
You're killing it out here. - Oh, yeah.
I was gonna ask you that-- - Congratulations.
- OK, am I doing good? - You're doing great.
You're killing it. You're killing it.
She killing it, right?
[cheering] - Thank you so much.