LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT, SHE'S A TALENTED
ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "GIRLS TRIP," THE "SCARY MOVIES,"
"BLACK MONDAY" AND SO MUCH MORE, THE DAZZLING REGINA HALL.
♪♪♪ >> James: REGINA!
HELLO!
>> James: THANKS FOR BEING HERE!
THANKS FOR COMING TO THE STUDIO.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE, RIGHT?
>> YES.
MY LITTLE COVID CHERRY.
>> James: HOW ARE DOES IT FEEL?
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO GET DRESSED UP AND DO A LITTLE HAIR
AND MAKE YOU'RE.
>> James: YOU LOOK MAGNIFICENT.
YOU REALLY DO.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ON THE SHOW YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS THRILLING
FOR ALL OF US TO JUST SPEND A MOMENT IN TIME IN HIS ORBIT, AND
YOU'VE SPENT TIME WITH THE OBAMAS, RIGHT?
>> YES.
I LIVED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT SIX -- NO, I DIDN'T.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S HOW RUMORS START.
YERS AND YEARS AGO BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT.
( LAUGHTER ) NO, WHEN HE WAS DEPARTING
AFTER -- IN HIS EIGHTH YEAR, THEY HAD SOMETHING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND I CO-HOSTED IT FOR THEM.
IT WAS VERY NICE.
HE'S VERY NICE.
>> James: HE'S REALLY NICE.
I MET HIM TWICE.
I DON'T WANT TO BRAG.
>> James: GO ON.
YOU'VE PROBABLY MET HIM MANY, MANY TIMES.
WHEN HE WAS RUNNING, I CAMPAIGNED, AND, SO, HE CAME TO
ONE OF THE PLACES WE WERE CAMPAIGNING, AND WE GOT TO MEET
HIM, AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, I MET HIM AGAIN WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT.
>> James: IT NEVER REALLY GETS BORING, DOES IT?
>> NO, THEY -- ESPECIALLY, LIKE, THEY BOUGHT SUCH A NICE
EVERYTHING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> James: YEAH.
BUT HE'S NOT YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME.
>> WELL, I HAVE AN EXTREME AFFINITY FOR JIMMY CARTER.
>> James: WHY?
TELL US WHY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
HE FEELS KIND.
>> James: YEAH.
DOES HE FEEL KIND TO YOU?
>> James: I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
I THINK HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTS TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS
A PERSON FIRST AND FOREMOST.
>> HE HAS COMPASSION, HE AND ROSALIND, AND HE'S OUR MOST JADE
PRESIDENT, PER SE, BECAUSE HE HAS A Ph.D. IN -- WHAT IS IT?
>> James: THEATER STUDIES, I THINK.
>> IS THAT IT?
>> James: I THINK IT'S MUSIC.
ANOTHER THRUPLE OVER HERE, SOMEONE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT JIMMY.
BUT I DO LOVE HIM.
>> James: WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW THIS PHOTO?
( LAUGHTER ) >> I THINK JIMMY SHOULD FIRE HIS
PUBLICIST.
I THINK THAT THAT COMPOSITION IS NOT -- IS NOT FAIR.
IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT I LOVE -- I LOVE -- I THINK THE -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> James: IT'S MY FAVORITE VENTRILOQUIST.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST SAW THE PHOTO, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT
SOMEONE PHOTO SHOPPED IT AND THAT IT WASN'T REAL.
>> James: WELL, YES.
IF THAT WAS REAL, YOU WOULD GO, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER ONE.
SHOULD WE TAKE ANOTHER ONE.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY MUST HAVE TAKEN 20 PHOTOS.
>> ESPECIALLY IN THE AGE WHEN YOU CAN DELETE.
>> James: THEY MUST HAVE GONE, LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE.
>> THE BIDENS PICKED THAT ONE.
>> James: YOU THINK?
YEAH, I LOOK GOOD AND STRONG.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOU AND I, WE SHARE
A COMMON LOVE.
>> YEAH, WE DO.
>> James: WE SHARE A COMMON LOVE FOR ANDREW REYNOLDS.
>> YES, MY BABY DADDY.
>> James: TELL ME ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY DIRT ON HIM?
>> SO, ANDREW, I LOVE ANDREW, AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE
KNOW THIS, BUT ANDREW IS A FATHER AND WE HAVE TWINS.
>> James: YOU AND ANDREW HAVE TWINS.
>> ANDREW AND I ARE THE PARENTS TO TWINS, A GIRL AND A BOY NAMED
DON AND DAWN, AND IT HAPPENED -- WE MET ON BLACK MONDAY AND WE
NEWEL WE HAVE A PICTURE OF DON AND DAWN.
ARE THEY AS WELL BEHAVED AS THEY LOOK IN THIS PHOTO?
>> WELL, WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE THEM WITH US.
THEY'RE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND I'VE HEARD THEY ARE SO
WONDERFUL.
THEY FLY ALONE.
THEY CAN COOK.
THEY COOK FULL MEALS.
>> James: YOU POINTED AT THE PHOTO LIKE THAT'S EVIDENCE OF
THEM COOKING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN COOK AN APPLE.
>> BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW STRONG THEY ARE, SO YOU'RE KNOW THEY'RE
EATING.
AND I'M NOT COOKING AND NEITHER IS ANDREW.
THOSE TWO.
BUT THEY ARE SOMETHING.
AREN'T THEY.
>> James: >> James: THEY'RE ADORABLE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KEEP THEM?
YOU'RE A GREAT DAD.
OH, THAT'S PERFECT!
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR THEM FOR THE SUMMER.
>> James: OH, OKAY.
SEND THEM OUR WAY.
WE'LL LOOK AFTER DON AND DAWN.
>> DON AND DAWN.
>> James: DON AND DAWN.
NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY WORKING AS AN ACTRESS FOR MANY
YEARS, BUT YOU GOT YOUR START, AS MANY PEOPLE DID, IN
COMMERCIALS.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THAT TIME, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS YOUR BIG
BREAK.
>> WELL, MY FIRST BIG -- WELL, NOT BIG -- ONLY COMMERCIAL
WAS -- WELL, WASN'T ONLY BUT IT WAS MY FIRST COMMERCIAL, IT WAS
A McDONALD'S COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS THIS WAS BEFORE THE SUPERSIZE
ME.
THIS IS WHEN PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, HEALTHY SO McDONALD'S WAS
STILL FINE DINING.
>> James: YEAH.
AND THIS IS WHEN THEY WERE STILL FRYING THE APPLE PIES.
>> James: OOOH...
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
>> NO, THEY WERE BAKING THEM BY THEN.
ANYWAY -- ( LAUGHTER )
-- I WAS IN A McDONALD'S COMMERCIAL AND I'M IN A MOVIE
THEATER AND WE'RE WATCHING SOMETHING AND THE GUY SAYS, I
COULD GO FOR A HAMBURGER, AND I SAY, AND SOME McDONALD'S
FRIES.
IT WAS BIG AT THE TIME.
>> James: AND DID YOU FEEL -- COULD YOU FEEL AN IMPACT OF IT
BEING BIG IN YOUR LIFE?
>> WELL, IT FELT BIG, YES.
IT FELT HUGE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO RECOGNIZE ME ON THE STREET.
SO I WOULD WALK OUT LIKE THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) I WAS REALLY WAITING.
>> James: HMM.
NOTHING.
NOT ONE PERSON.
>> James: REALLY?
NOT ONE PERSON WAS, LIKE, OH, ARE YOU THE -- NO.
>> James: NOT ONE AUTOGRAPH?
IT'S LIKE SOME DAYS I WORE THE SAME STRIPED SWEATER.
NOTHING.
>> James: AND THEN JUST STOOD AT A BUS STOP GOING, I'M GOING
TO GET SOME McDONALD'S FRIES!
( LAUGHTER ) >> YEAH, AND NOTHING.
>> James: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE THIRD SEASON OF "BLACK
MONDAY."
IT'S SUCH A BRILLIANT SHOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS SEASON?
>> SO, THIS SEASON, IT PARTS OFF, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL IN
JAIL.
>> James: YES.
FOR "BLACK MONDAY," WHICH DAWN TAKES PRIDE IN.
AND I'M DOING WELL IN JAIL.
I'M ACTUALLY QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN PRISON.
>> James: WELL, THE SHOW IS SO BRILLIANT.