- Seriously, I'm such a lightweight.
I think I'm drunk.
(laughs)
Oh my god, okay.
(laughs)
Sounds disgusting.
(cheers loudly)
I wish I could see you guys's faces
while I'm answering these questions.
(energetic music)
Hi, this is Tracee Ellis Ross.
I play Grace Davis in the upcoming "High Note"
and I am here with BuzzFeed playing Truth or Wine.
So what was my first impression
of my "High Note" co-star Dakota Johnson.
Dakota and I actually went to dinner
way before we started the film.
We had a good chitchat, we had wine.
I don't know we had a lot in common and we talked forever.
So I had a great, warm and fuzzy first impression.
Were there any parts in your portrayal of Grace Davis
in the "High Note" that were inspired by your mom?
My mom, Diana Ross.
I'm gonna say truth.
No, nothing in this role of Grace Davis,
nothing in this movie was inspired by my mom.
I know I understand the intrigue,
I understand the curiosity but nope, nothing.
If I could only watch "Blackish" or "Girlfriends"
for the rest of my life,
which one would I choose?
Oh, God, I might have to drink wine.
Imma drink wine.
I'm drinking wine because I wanna drink the wine.
Because both shows are so good, so iconic and so funny
that why or how could I ever choose?
Which one of the members of "Girlfriends"
would I choose to be handcuffed to for 24 hours?
(laughs)
Oh my god.
Okay, I wanna say Golden.
Golden Brooks.
I know Golden cooks really well,
Golden is hilarious,
I bet you Golden would be really snugly.
I feel like Golden and I,
I don't know, she's got that warm fuzzy feeling,
not that Jill and Persia don't.
I feel like she would be respectful by privacy,
I would be respectful of hers,
Imma say Golden Brooks.
I hope this never happens though
I don't wanna be handcuffed to anybody for 24 hours.
How do I think Joan, Toni, Maya, Lynn and William
from the show,
so not who they are in real life,
but their characters
would be handling quarantine?
(cheers loudly)
(laughs)
I think Lynn would be ignoring it.
She'd be one of the people that are on the news
that you're just like,
seriously, what are you doing?
Go home.
I think Toni would have some
bejeweled and bedazzled face mask.
I think William would be terrified
and never leave his house.
He would be even after the lockdown,
there's a vaccine, all of that
and William would still be quarantined.
What would Joan be doing?
I think Joan would be pretty freaked out.
She would have like a sanitizing station
outside her house that was
a system in place with gloves and everything
and maybe a hazmat suit,
a little bit like Tracy.
Maya would be the girl that was
the one that was calling every five minutes
telling us some new something or other.
New this, new conspiracy theory, new--
Maya would be lost on the dark web of what's happening here.
That's really good actually.(laughs)
In "Girlfriends" your character Joan
ends up with Aaron waters.
Was there any part of you
that wanted her to end up with William?
I'm gonna tell the truth.
No, I feel like Joan and William tried it, didn't work.
I wish I could see you guys's faces
while I'm answering these questions.(laughs softly)
Which of Bow's children on "Blackish"
are you most similar to?
Oh, I'm gonna say Tracy is most similar to Devante.
Just cuddly and cute.(laughs loudly)
If you could steal the wardrobe of any
fictional movie TV character, who would you choose?
I think I would steal
Tracy Chambers clothing from "Mahogany".
Can you imagine that orange satin kimono dress?
Can I also steal the hair?
I'd like to steal full looks.
Which credit would you erase from your IMDb?
I don't know, I'll just drink some wine.
I don't regret any of my roles though.
What's a role that you auditioned for
that went to someone else?
The script was called "Mixing Nia."
God, I wanted it so badly.
It was back in the beginning of my career
before "Girlfriends", before "Lyricist Lounge",
before any of it.
And it went to--
I don't know why I can't think of her name.
She was the sister on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
Karyn Parsons.
She got the part and they said,
"She's famous, you're not."
Next, would you ever consider
taking a break from acting and releasing an album?
I'm gonna say truth and I don't see why
I would have to take a break from acting.
I still do both.
Seriously I'm such a lightweight, I think I'm drunk.
Given the choice,
would you give up your skincare for the rest of your life
or your hair products for the rest of your life?
That is so tough.
I would give up my skin products
for the rest of my life.
I'm choosing the truth.
I think my hair is harder to support
and now that I have created Pattern
and I've finally found my dream products
that make my hair juicy and joyful
and my curls poppin,
I would not be able to give that up
but with good sleep and a lot of water,
I could coast on the skincare.
If there was Tracee Ellis Ross the perfume
what would it smell like?
It would smell like roses,
dirt in the good way not like dirty dirt like Earth.
mac and cheese,
(laughs)
Sounds disgusting and pheromones.
That sounds terrible.
A friend of mine told me I smelled like oatmeal.
I was like that's awful.
Which of your siblings would you call
to bail you out of jail.
I'd call my older sister Rhonda.
I think the question is what did I do to get in there?
What was the last text message you sent your brother Evan.
Lemme look and then we can decide if it's wine or truth.
The last two text messages are
me saying I love you and him saying I love you too.
This is so boring.(laughs)
Who was the last celebrity you DMed?
I don't--
Dmed?
Let's look.
In the Dms, it all goes down in the DM.
Oh, I mean, this is not bad
Mero from Desus and Mero.
I posted something for their birthday.
Desus and Mero have birthdays three days apart.
Kerry Washington.
But we just both Instagram storied each other.
Taraji and I a week ago,
I guess you didn't ask for every single celebrity
I've ever DMed.(laughs)
Oh I DMed Swizz Beatz by accident.(laughs loudly)
And he answered me.
My friend sent me Swizz Beatz story
and I answered the story and it went into Swizz
and then he answered me and I was like,
"Oh! I didn't mean to DM you."
I hope you guys enjoyed watching me play Truth or Wine.
I had fun,
I wish I had been able to drink more wine
I just told so much truth.
Check out "The High Note", I play Grace Davis.
She's a grand diva.
Put on something special, make it an event.
And again, it's Tracee Ellis Ross.
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