Thanks for being here.
Now a lot of people aren't able to be here
and they do it virtually.
And you said, no, I want to be in the studio.
So thanks for that.
I mean, thank you.
It's so nice to be around a person.
Isn't it?
Not my sister or my 4-year-old son.
Yeah and your son is-- the last time you were here
I think you were pregnant, right?
Or had you just had him.
No, I was pregnant.
No one knew I just found out like two weeks prior
to being on your show.
And then now he is four?
On Halloween, he'll be four.
Wow.
We made it, he's still alive!
You're doing it.
You've raised a child.
Yeah.
And how is having a four-year-old?
Because you're in quarantine with him, right?
When you go to Australia.
Yes I'm about to go to Australia to do a movie with Miles
Teller and Chris Hemsworth.
Oh, that'll suck.
Yeah, I mean, my life sucks, guys.
It really does.
That's going to be hard.
Yeah.
Oh and Chris I actually met on your show.
I met him backstage and I remember
meeting him because my mom was flirting with him.
Well who doesn't flirt with Chris Hemsworth?
I flirt with Chris Hemsworth.
Good for you.
Yeah you should flirt with Chris Hemsworth.
I won't be flirting with Chris.
Just so you guys know.
OK.
But my mom was telling him that he's a tall drink of water.
He is a tall drink of water.
So you're going to shoot a movie with Chris Hemsworth
and you're bringing your child which is good.
I think that's important.
I think it's necessary.
You know to see him.
But then you're going to have to quarantine
for two weeks with your child.
Australia does not play.
When we land the army, the local police, and, I think,
another group of people will be greeting all of us
and taking us to a hotel that no one knows
whether it's a good hotel or bad and me and my son
will be in one room for 14 days together.
Unable to leave, they're going to take our keys
and I need you to pray for me.
Wow.
Because if I can survive this--
Yeah.
There's nothing I can't do.
Yeah Yeah that's incredible.
That's going to be-- but good for them
for doing that for taking it so seriously.
I was speaking to your mom.
She is an incredible woman.
You have five siblings?
So she raised six kids.
Didn't have a lot of money.
No.
I saw a picture this morning of--
she made furniture.
She like, how did she learn how--
she made your own furniture.
Yeah.
We grew up broke so she had no choice but to like making our--
Table and that bench.
That's my table that's in my dining room.
I made it with my mom.
It's an eight foot table.
My mom says that she made it by herself and I didn't help,
but I did help y'all.
I did trust me.
OK.
Just calm down.
You made the table.
We all believe you.
You made that table.
I did.
It's very impressive that your mother made furniture.
I don't want to run out of time because I want to talk
about Lovecraft Country.
It's so good.
Thank you.
And so different.
It's like it's got a little bit of everything in it.
Yeah.
And it's all scary.
Tell everybody about it.
Yeah I mean it's a crazy wild ride.
You know.
It's all these different genres.
It's very disruptive show, in which at its heart,
it's a family drama, you know.
It centers around Atticus Freeman
played by Jonathan Majors in which his dad goes missing.
And myself I play Leti and Uncle George we go on a road trip
to find him.
But then discover that there's magic in the world
and the white folks got the magic.
We don't.
Right, right, yeah.
There's the racism is one-- that's
what I'm saying about scary.
There's racism that is horrible and scary.
There's monsters that are horrible and scary.
And you're having to run a whole lot.
You're impressive.
Thank you.
You really are.
And you're going to spend 14 days in a room
with a four-year-old.
Who thinks he's a stunt man.
He jumps off of every single table.
And so you know, as I said, pray for me.
We are going to pray for you.
We will pray for you.
If you haven't checked it out, Lovecraft Country
airs Sundays at 9:00 on HBO.
It is a wild ride and really good.
You're fantastic in it.
Thank you so much.
We'll be back.