Energy.
He ready.
What's happening?
Man, we grew up in the same area.
Look at where we at now?
I mean, I'm just saying like we from the same block
from the same neighborhood.
Right?
And we here on Ellen together.
On Ellen together.
On the other side of the hill.
Way on the other side.
On the way on the other side.
I'm so proud of you.
Now, you spent a lot of time at Will Rogers Park?
I did.
Me too.
What you was doing in the park?
Well, that's where I did my first talent show.
Yeah, it's crazy because I used to walk by the park,
and the tennis courts are on the corner
and right next to the tennis courts are the swimming pool.
And they never announced it, and we didn't know anything.
But I used to walk by Venus and Serena Williams.
Their father had them there, and I
knew that it was them because once they got on,
I was like, oh, my God.
I remember them because I used to walk by them all the time.
And I remember their father was out there screaming and doing
what he do, making sure that they stayed on their game.
But a lot of Brandy, Ray J, myself, you now.
For whatever reason, a lot of people
ended up at Will Rogers Park.
Because that park always had like activities going on
and things where you could be creative and stuff.
I felt like.
Felt safe.
I don't know about feeling safe, I mean.
I mean, I had fun.
I had fun.
I got to know a lot of officers.
Let me just put it like that.
OK, now you've gone from Will Rogers Park
to Universal theme park, man.
I mean, you have two rides there now.
That's huge.
Yeah.
How does that feel?
It's crazy.
Yeah.
Right?
Because you used to ride the bus.
Now you got rides at Universal Studios theme park.
I mean, you got Transformers and you got--
Fast and the Furious.
Yeah, I'm going to tell you what's even more crazy.
I'll try my best to make this story short and sweet
because God always knows way more than we could ever know.
He just kind of puts us in the position,
and then when things go crazy, we're
able to say, wait, hold on.
I remember when--
So quick story, I don't want to lose nobody.
I was eight years old.
My first time ever coming to Universal Studios.
I was on the tramcar.
And at the time, they had ET as one of the features
inside of the sound stage.
They went out to the audience and said,
does anybody want to come up here and volunteer?
I stood up screaming and went crazy.
Me.
The lady said, obviously, we know who's
coming down here to the stage.
So I come down.
They put a seat belt on me.
There was a little fake ET in front of-- on a basket.
They harness me up in front of this green screen,
and then they said, look at the audience and wave.
I started waving.
And then all of a sudden the whole green screen
became outdoors midnight with stars and moons
as if I was flying in the sky with little fake ET
on the basket.
And 20 years later, now I have two theme park rides and--
A Benihana in your backyard.
Part of the biggest franchise in Universal history.
It's God.
I mean, I'm so proud of you because we
come from the same place.
And being around you just showed me
how if you believe in yourself, if you put the work in,
you can grow.
And literally, I've been to your house.
And literally, I remember when you first got it,
and you just had the pool, and you had the little movie
outdoor theater.
Now you got a Benihana's, a Starbucks,
you got, I don't know if it's a hometown buffet or a Boston
market.
I mean, you got everything back there.
And I'm just so proud of you.
You got a nightclub.
I been dancing in here.
I mean, look at that.
That's your backyard, brother.
Well I could tell you what inspired
me was most of my friends, including myself we complain
about when we go to restaurants and when
we go to public places, it gets a little crazy.
You know, people sneaking pictures and valet parking
telling paparazzi where you're eating or whatever's going on.
You know, entertainers in LA.
There's a paparazzi culture out here that gets a little crazy.
So I said, you know what?
We all are complaining about the same thing.
So I'm a fix it.
So I built the restaurant in my backyard.
And your nightclub is popping.
And we done comedy night there and everything.
I love it.
Look, thank you so much for being here.
We got more with Tyrese.
We'll be right back.
We're back with Tyrese Gibson.
So Tyrese, new movie F9.
Happy that it's finally out.
Please, tell me what this movie is about,
and how can I get a job in the franchise?
You know what I'm saying, like why aren't you
in the franchise, Tiff?
Come on.
Come on, guys.
The most obvious thing to do here.
She ready.
She also know how to drive fast.
But tell me about the movie?
What's the movie about?
Well, you know, the thing is, I think the fans
around the world that's been rocking with us coming up
on 20 years, they know what the gist of the movie is about.
But I could tell you guys that if somebody is like, OK, well,
what makes this one different than the others?
As much action and as creativity in and around the action.
And we got John Cena, who has been revealed
as Vin Diesel's brother.
I would say, honestly, this is going
to be the most vulnerable Fast that we have done.
Because you see this right here.
It's one thing for you to confront bad guys,
and it's another thing for your bad guy
that happens to be your brother.
It's a different kind of vulnerability.
Like the hood.
Yeah.
You know what I'm saying.
Now how are things between you and the Rock?
You good?
We've been on the phone every other day.
Good.
Not yelling at each other?
Not yelling.
That's all done.
Yeah, we've reconnected in a real way, man.
I think were both better men on the other side of all
that stuff that went down.
So, yeah.
And to be honest with you, did not
know when or how the phone call was going to happen.
But it did happen.
And we about 20 phone calls in, and we're in competition
right now on who can lead the longest voice note.
Oh no.
He's like, I'm going to try and make
this short and sweet, brother.
Every day.
Yeah, I'm going to make this short and sweet, brother.
Because your last voice note was about six minutes long so
I'm not going to make it that long.
And he's now 10 minutes in.
It's like, oh [BLEEP],, I mean shoot.
I'm now at 10 minutes, brother.
Anyway, call me back when you get a chance.
All right.
So your oldest is almost 14.
How are you feeling about her being a teenager?
I mean, being cute.
She's very cute.
Boys are going to be on her.
I mean, how are you feeling about this?
You're pondering.
She's almost grown up.
I don't really want to talk about it.
Really.
Yeah, I got a 13-year-old and a two-year-old, both daughters.
And honestly, my worldview and the sensitivities
in and around the female experience, the woman
experience, has went into a whole other stratosphere.
And I think some of your greatest gifts
can come from your experiences with your kids, you know.
So I've gotten rid of a lot of people because of my daughters.
I negotiate harder because of my daughters.
There's just so many things that I, Tyrese, would have probably
continued to put up with or tolerate if I didn't have kids.
But when you become a father or a mother,
you will realize that if you say yes to this,
and it's not good, that yes is going to directly affect them.
So they're amazing.
I'm truly gifted as a father with their presence every day.
That's a blessing.
And I'm happy for you.
I feel the same way about my niece and my animals.
F9 is in theaters right now.
We'll be right back.
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