- And at just 21 my next guest is killing it
both as a musician and an actress.
She released her debut album in 2015
and has already followed that up with two more.
You've heard her hit songs like "Thumbs" "Why?"
I love when I said thumbs I used my thumb,
that was kinda awkward for me too, but whatever.
Like "Thumbs" "Why?" and "On My Way"
and you've seen her on the show "Girl Meets World"
and the film "The Hate U Give".
Her new Disney+ movie is called "Clouds",
check it out.
- Look, I know we've played other peoples music before,
but I was thinking it might be cool
if we did something that was like, just ours.
- Zachery David Sobiech,
I've only waited,
eight years for you to ask me
that question. - Okay yes, calm down.
It's not that serious.
It's not like I'm asking you to prom or anything.
- Well good, 'cause I don't wanna limit my options too soon.
You never know, Tom Hanks might walk right through that door
in a white tux looking for someone
to eat baby corn with.
(audience laughs)
- Just how many times have you watched "Big" now?
- Still not enough.
- Please welcome Sabrina Carpenter y'all.
(upbeat music)
(audience cheering)
- This is cool! - I know.
- Oh my goodness.
- Hello, we can't hug! - Hello.
- It's so awkward.
- I keep just peace signing people, it's not the same.
- I know! - I'm just like, hey you!
(Sabrina laughs) - I still forget,
it's been so long and I still wanna go in.
And I go oh yeah right.
It's like I have no memory.
- And it's weird when you retract it.
It's weirder than-- - Then it's like,
oh there's something wrong with you.
- Yeah, exactly. - Yes.
We have--
I don't even know if you remember,
but we actually, we didn't,
I don't know if we met met officially,
but I know we were both at the event.
I don't know if it was in Canada or something.
I don't know, but I got to hear you sing,
and you are stunningly gorgeous singer.
- You're weird, no,
that's so crazy. - No no!
You're so good. - That's so funny.
- This isn't even in the script,
I just wanted to say that.
- You're my first concert I ever went to in my life.
- Oh really? - Yeah.
- You were young, how old were you?
- I had to be seven or eight.
- Oh wow. - And it was me and my mom
and my sisters.
And I still have the poster from your concert.
It was the "Breakaway" days
which I still listen to. - Oh my god.
- When I'm airplanes and I cry.
(Kelly laughs) So it's great.
But yeah, you're just such an inspiration to me.
- Oh that's so kind. - That's so crazy, thank you.
- Well I just wanted to tell you,
I was like I don't even know if you remember,
we were like next door neighbors because our ba--
I don't know if we split a bath.
I don't remember what it was, but anyway.
- Did we split a bathroom?
That's not good. - I don't know
if we did or not.
But I feel like we might have.
'Cause I was worried,
I was like what if I have to go to like the bathroom.
- Sometimes the acoustics, and you can hear.
Like if I was doing my warm ups--
- Exactly. - Or if you were
doing your warm ups. - All singers warm up
in the bathroom, so I'm like,
well I can't do-- - Wait, did I hear you
doing your warm ups
in the bathroom? - You probably did,
and I'm very sorry, but yeah. - Why would you be sorry?
- Yeah. - That's so funny.
- I'm a total choir nerd.
Like yeah. - That's amazing.
I love that.
- If I don't warm up it goes away, so.
Your new movie is called "Clouds" so what's it about?
It's kinda intense.
- It is intense, but it's also like,
it's intense 'cause it's full of joy,
it's obviously a very sad story.
But I think the movie will bring people
a lot of hope and inspiration,
especially in a time like this.
It's the story of Zach Sobiech
who died from osteosarcoma.
But throughout his journey
he wrote this song called "Clouds"
which ended up going to number one.
And left behind just this incredible legacy.
And I got to play his best friend
who was like, since they were little kids.
And his songwriting partner Sammy Brown.
Who, like that was my first time playing a real person
in a film.
And she's a fiery hot ginger.
She's the funniest person I've ever met.
And, it was such an incredible eye opening experience.
And to work with our director Justin Baldoni.
He actually knew Zach and the family,
and did a documentary on Zach's life
in some of his last days.
So he's been following that story
for the next seven years.
And it's been his journey
to make it into the movie that it is today.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- So you're coming back in a couple weeks
to do a duet with Zara Larsson.
- Yes! - So how did you guys connect?
- I've been a fa--
Oh there she is.
I've been a fan of hers for so long,
but it's actually a really funny story
about how this collaboration happened.
Because I just put out a film called "Work It"
a Netflix movie that was a dance film.
And last summer the song came out,
and they told me that they wanted to use it
for one of the duet dance scenes in the film.
And I just fell in love with it.
I was like, this song is huge, I love it so much.
And when the movie came out,
it really kinda had a resurgence.
Like it was brought
back to life. - Yeah.
- And people just loved the song
and it kinda started to blow up.
- Wow.
- And I think just the connection there
and Zara and I just being kind of mutual friends,
and obviously I'm a lover of the song, a lover of her.
It just worked out.
So I hopped on the song.
And I'm really excited 'cause I just love it
and I've loved it for the last year
and I get to-- - I love that.
A new life to it, and it's organic
how it happened. - Yeah.
Yeah. - That's really cool.
With some force.
I love, that's my favorite kind of thing
when it happens like that. - Same.
- All right, we are all ready to get our country cooking on
with my next guest.
She is a grandma and retired school teacher
who's passing on her proud kitchen skills
to younger generations.
She has a hit show on social media
called "Cooking With Brenda Gantt".
Let's all say hi to Ms. Brenda.
Hi!
(crowd cheers) - Hi Brenda!
- Hey!
(Kelly laughs)
I'm so glad to see you Kelly and Sabrina,
I'm glad to be here.
- Oh my gosh we're so excited to have you Brenda.
So how did you end up with a cooking show on Facebook?
- Oh my goodness, I'm from the small town
of Bluejack Alabama and in our church
we got a lot of millennials there.
And during the pandemic, oh my goodness they said
"miss Brenda please teach us how to cook,
"because we're having to cook three meals a day."
I mean they were lost.
- Oh my gosh, I wish you would've been around my family,
'cause I hate cooking and I had to do it.
Are you a fan of biscuits
or any kind of southern food?
- All of it, yes.
- [Kelly] I mean who says no to that really?
- Weird people. - Yeah.
People that I can't
be friends with actually. - Y'all are my kinda people.
(Kelly laughs)
- Well I don't wanna know 'em.
I'm just kidding. (Sabrina laughs)
Brenda, what are you showing us today?
What are we makin'?
- We're gonna make a homemade fried apple pie.
And that is great during this fall season,
when you just hold something warm in your hand.
And it's great during football season.
Roll tide.
- Roll tide.
- I'm sure that was some kind of sports ball thing
that I don't know about.
So what-- (Kelly laughs)
I do like football season though
'cause then you get to wear sweaters and layer
and I like layering.
So what's first Brenda, what do we do first?
- All right, the first thing we're gonna do
is we're gonna take two granny smith apples,
and we're going to boil those down
with just a half a cup of water.
And when they get tender you add a half a cup of sugar.
- Oh. - And the result is
that you get your pie filling.
- Yes, we have that here.
Somebody did that for us,
because I pay people to do that for us,
'cause I don't wanna do it.
(Kelly laughs)
So what's next? (Brenda laughs)
- Okay.
So the next thing you're going to do Kelly,
is take a nice heaping tablespoon of your apples.
- Okay. - And put them
in the center of your dough,
which we've already rolled out.
And I see you've got--
Yours looks perfect.
- Yes, I did it myself Brenda. - Mine's kinda wonky,
but that's okay. (Kelly laughs)
So then we tuck it, we make it like a little taco?
- No, the first thing you gotta do now
is take a little bit of water.
- Water around that. - And a couple of fingers,
dip it in the water. - Okay.
- And on half of the side you wet that half.
- Oh okay. - Just all the way
around that half like a moon shape.
That works as a glue to hold that together.
Now take the dry side,
and pull it over the other side
and take both fingers and kinda press it down a little bit.
- Yep. - Take your fork.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Take your fork and your flour,
'cause you don't want it to stick.
And turn it on its back, and press down all the way around
and that is going to finish the gluing process.
Go all the way around it.
You'll see little fork prints,
which makes your pie
really pretty. - This is fun.
- This is fun.
I feel artistic and-- - I never knew how to do this,
this is how they do it in those cute little bakeries.
- And now I've got my beautiful pie.
- Look at you! - Yes!
Okay so now, I'm guessing we fry it up at this point, right?
- Yes.
We're gonna go over here to the skillet.
- Okay. - And I'm going to put it
in my skillet.
And I deep fast fry mine,
because that way it doesn't absorb so much grease.
It works-- (Kelly screams)
(Sabrina laughs)
- [Brenda] There you go.
- Woo!
Hot.
Hot pan, hot grease. - Very good.
- Hey.
That was--
It'll leave a mark.
- I'm glad you did that first.
- I'm such a tool.
Okay wait, how long do you leave it in there?
- All right you're gonna leave it in there
'til one side gets brown and then you go take your fork
and gently flip it to the other side.
And brown the other side, and then it's ready.
Because your dough
will be nice and crispy. - Yeah, and it's hot.
So just a few-- (Sabrina shrieks)
- Yeah.
Good it wasn't just me. - Yes, they do.
Be careful Sabrina.
- Thank you so much grandma. - I'm happy to say though,
Brenda we actually Sabrina and I don't have to wait
because we have a finished fried apple pie right here
that I'm pretty stoked about.
So let's just dig into this little puppy.
- Well we're making--
Okay. - Oh, do we put some
powdered sugar on it?
- Yes, look at mine that I made for you.
- Oh my gosh. - Oh!
Do we just dip it? - Yeah I think we--
Is this called a sifter? - All right,
here's how I do my powdered sugar.
(Kelly shrieks)
- That's so fun.
- It's snowing.
I like the snow.
- Then what I do is I take a tea strainer.
This is the country way.
- I like the country way. - And you put
your floured sugar in the tea strainer.
And you shake it gently.
- Ugh, it's such an art. - But you don't have to
have a fancy shaker if you don't want to.
- All right, I like the strainer.
- [Brenda] There you go.
- Okay I'm gonna taste it.
Sabrina, you wanna taste yours?
- Mine got extra sugar on it.
- Grandma I'm allergic to apples, so I--
- Break it in two. (Kelly laughs)
- Sabrina's allergic to apples, so--
- I can't eat it.
- So I'm gonna eat Sabrina's just so we're not ruin--
- I just really wanted to come.
- But you can make blueberry or peach.
- I just really wanted to cook.
But it'll be, it's fine, I'll--
- You're allergic to apples.
We just wanted to bring her on here
and cook something she's allergic to.
- Yeah. (Kelly laughs)
- That's just the kind of friends we are.
- Take a picture of it, you know, for social media.
- Hey but mine's looking real good
in this little, look-- - Does it taste good?
- It's looking good in this
little frying pan. - Oh I literally
haven't even looked at mine.
It looks nice.
- Oh my gosh Brenda, that tastes so good,
thank you so much, it's delicious.
- I know it is, I think I may eat all five of mine
after the show.
- Oh my gosh, we could be friends Brenda.
All right, y'all remember to check out
"Cooking With Brenda Gantt" on Facebook,
you don't wanna miss it.