>> Tati: YOU’VE SEEN HER IN
MOVIE, TV, AND ON THE STAGE,
SHARING HER UNIQUE, IN-YOUR-FACE
COMEDY.
TODAY SHE JOINS US ON "LIVE IN
THE D" TO TELL US ABOUT HER
UPCOMING SHOW IN DETROIT.
WELCOME COMEDIENNE AND ACTRESS
LUNELL TO THE SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US,
DARLING
>> Tati: WELL, I AM A HUGE FAN
OF YOURS, SO I’M SO HAPPY TO BE
TALKING TO YOU.
I WANT TO GET RIGHT INTO OUR
CONVERSATION.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY.
YOU RECENTLY PLAYED IN THE MOVIE
"MIRACLE ON 125th STREET"
ALONGSIDE NICK CANNON.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH
THE CAST.
>> WELL, IT WITH AS VERY STAR-STUDDED CAST THAT ALSO
STAR-STUDDED CAST THAT ALSO
INCLUDED LIL’ KIM AND KICK I CAN
SMILEY, GREG MARSHALL WARFIELD, SEVERAL OF OUR ICONIC
SEVERAL OF OUR ICONIC
CELEBRITIES FOR THE CULTURE.
WORKING WITH FRED HAMMOND, I
JUST NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT MYSELF, THE BAD GIRL OF
COMEDY, WOULD BE WORKING WITH
THE STRENGTH, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M
SAYING?
SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT
TO GET TO KNOW THEM AND CONSIDER
THEM FRIENDS NOW AND TO DO A
CHRISTMAS WHERE WE HAVE TO HOPE
WILL BECOME A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC,
BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A
CHRISTMAS FILM.
SO IT WAS GREAT.
>> THAT’S SO WONDERFUL THE HEAR.
LET’S GET BACK TO YOUR COMEDY.
YOU’RE UNBELIEVABLY POPULAR ON
THE COMEDY CIRCUIT.
WILL YOU BE BACK ON BOARD WITH
CAT WILLIAMS AND THE OTHERS?
>> YES, WE START BACK WITH KATE
WILLIAMS JANUARY 14th.
BUT BEFORE I’LL BE GOING TO --
COMING TO DETROIT TO DO THE
MOTORCITY CASINO I BELIEVE WITH
MY FRIEND AND GREAT COMIC
EARTHQUAKE.
AND WE’LL BE VERY EXCITED TO BE
THERE, BECAUSE WHO DOESN’T LIKE
THE PLAY A CASINO, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN?
>> AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF
FUN, AND I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS
DROPPING THIS SEASON.
COMING BACK FOR MORE EPISODES OF
THE HBO MAX SERIES HACKS, WITH
JAMES SMART, SO I’LL BE SEEN ON
THAT.
THERE’S A DOCUMENTARY ON BLACK
COMEDY AT THE COMEDY STORE IN
LOS ANGELES CALLED FAT TUESDAY,
WHICH DROPS ON FEBRUARY 4th
ON AMAZON PRIME.
AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF
LITTLE THINGS GOING ON.
BUT MAINLY MY STAND-UP, THAT IS
MY FIRST LOVE.
>> Tati: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
PART OF PERFORMING STAND-UP IN
FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE ATTENTION
IS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE LOVE THAT YOU FEEL
FROM THE AUDIENCE IS
OVERWHELMING.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T
GET FROM ANYWHERE ELSE, NOT FROM
YOUR CHILD, NOT FROM YOUR MATE.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
LOVE.
I GET TO TALK TO MY OPINIONS
AROUND THINGS.
IT’S NOT UP TO DISCUSSION.
I REALLY LIKE THAT.
>> Tati: LOTS OF POWER IN THAT
POSITION.
THERE’S POWER IN ANOTHER
POSITION.
SO YOU ARE VERY BODY POSITIVE
AND NOW YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR
FOR RIHANNA’S SAVAGE FENTY.
HOW DID THAT CONNECTION COME
ABOUT?
>> WELL, I HAD A FRIEND WHO KNEW
RIHANNA, AN THEY WERE WATCHING
ME ON HER TOUR BUS, AN HE CALLED
ME AND PUT ME ON THE PHONE WITH
HER.
AN I TOLL HER THAT MY DAUGHTER
WAS A BIG FAN OF HER LINGERIE
AND THAT I WISH THAT SHE MADE IT
IN LARGER SIZES, AND SHE
INFORMED ME THAT SHE DOES.
AND I SAID, I WANT TO BE A
MODEL.
I WAS JUST TALKING OUT OF THE
SIDE OF MY NECK.
THE NEXT NAME SHE HIT ME IN MY
DMs AND ASKED ME FOR MY E-MAIL
AND CONTACTS STARTED COMING AND
THINGS THAT -- HOW MANY TIMES
SHE WANTED US TO POSE A MONTH
AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY HAD TO
THINK ABOUT BECAUSE OF A WOMAN
OF A CERTAIN SHAPE AND A CERTAIN
AGE, AND I HAVE FOUR BROTHERS.
I WAS LIKE, DO I REALLY WANT TO
DO THIS?
BUT IT WAS RIHANNA, SO I WAS
THINKING THAT LEGITIMIZED IT.
AND I HAD HAD -- MY CONTRACT IS
UP NOW, BUT I HAD BEEN AN
AMBASSADOR FOR HER FOR ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF, AND I GOT SOME
GREAT LINGERIE.
>> Tati: IT’S A WIN-WIN
SITUATION.
LYNELL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US ON "LIVE IN
THE D."
>> AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ME AT
L-U-E-N-E-LL ON MY INSTAGRAM.
>> Tati: YOU CAN SEE LUENELL