-Our next guest is a very funny comedian whose stand-up special
"Ms. Pat: Y'all want to hear something crazy?"
is available on Netflix.
She also created and stars in "The Ms. Pat Show."
The second season is streaming now on BET+.
Let's take a look.
[ Laughter ]
-Tell her she pretty.
-What?
-Tell her she pretty.
-[Bleep] you.
[ Laughter ]
-[ Laughs ]
That's why you're dead [bleep].
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Please welcome back to the show Ms. Pat, everybody.
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Welcome back.
-Thank you. I'm in person this time.
-You're in person. We had you on Zoom last time,
which was fantastic, but it's the real deal today,
and we're very excited. -It's the real deal.
-I got to see you in person at the Emmys.
Your show was nominated for Best Directing for a Sitcom.
-Yes. I was so excited.
I could not believe I was at the Emmys.
I wasn't -- You know, I didn't need the dust collector
'cause the, director was up for nomination.
I call the little trophy the dust collector.
-Oh, gotcha. -I was there for the food,
and it was great. -It was good food.
You were also at -- Norman Lear, the incredible television writer
and producer who's made, you know, so many iconic shows
over the years, he just had a 100th birthday party celebration
that you were at.
What was your experience with Norman?
-You know, the party was running a little late for me.
So I'm usually in bed by 8:30 when I'm home.
So when I got up to speak, I was like,
"Norman Lear, how you still awake? You 100 and I'm 50."
[ Laughter ]
"I know these people got a battery pack in you.
Are you still alive, Mr. Lear?"
[ Laughter ]
-But it must've been so cool that he's a fan of your show.
-It was cool, but it was also cool to see
a 100-year-old person up past 8:30.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
That's his real accomplishment. -That's his real accomplishment.
'Cause I'm 50, and 8:30, I'm out.
[ Laughter ]
I take this wig and this bra off and it's over.
[ Laughter ]
-It's good that it's not time-released at 8:30,
and then if you're out in public, that'd be --
-Oh, it is time-released.
[ Laughter ]
-You pull from your life in your wonderful sitcom.
You have eight kids. You have three grandkids.
How do they feel about the fact that your show
is a little bit autobiographical?
-You know, they all excited, but I have four kids
that somebody gave to me.
I'm not gonna say I adopted them 'cause somebody dropped them off
and said, "These are your crack babies."
[ Laughter ]
And so I never adopted anybody's kids.
They always give 'em to me. -Okay.
[ Laughter ]
-And they don't never come insured, either.
[ Laughter ]
So, the new babies that I'm raising,
they're a little bougie.
They come up to me one day and they said,
"We Googled you and we're rich."
I said, "Get those dirty drawers and let's wash our underwear."
[ Laughter ]
"Ain't nobody rich in this house.
We all do the same thing."
-Yeah, you can't let 'em --
You can't let kids start thinking there's money to spend.
-Oh, you can't let anybody think there's money to spend.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
Do you have that problem with your family?
-Yeah. I have a brother who told me
I should invest in his tow truck company.
But I was like, "You just got out of federal penitentiary.
You got a leg monitor."
You can't tow no trucks. You can't go past the mailbox."
[ Laughter ]
"You need a better investment, brother."
-When they come to you with their investment ideas,
do you ever try to point them in another direction?
-No. I'm honest.
I tell people, I said, I didn't give you --
You know I'm an ex-drug dealer.
"I didn't give you my crack-dealing money.
I used to forge white people checks.
I didn't give you none of that money."
Black people keep starting their checking accounts over.
"And I'm not gonna give you any of my TV money."
[ Laughter ] -So that's good.
You just laid down the law early.
-I say no. "I'm not gonna give you nothing.
Go get a job." -But this is very nice.
Is it true that you encouraged your husband to retire?
-Yes. After the first season, I lived in Indiana.
I'm from Atlanta, and I wanted to go home,
and I told my husband, "I'm never coming back.
You need to retire." -Yeah.
-And so now, he's just doing foolish stuff,
and I still wish he had his job.
[ Laughter ]
-Oh, it backfired a little bit? Did it backfire?
-He just buying toys.
He bought a $4,000 drone that -- we both 50 -- don't know
how to fly it, and it gets stuck in the air.
And I'm like, "Just hit it with a rock."
[ Laughter ]
-So he's not really good with sort of gadgets.
-No, not technology. Now, he can build you a house
or he can build you a doghouse.
But he don't know nothing about electronics.
And he always blame it on "I can't see. I need glasses."
No, you don't. You're too old for technology.
[ Laughter ]
-This is very exciting 'cause season two is airing.
Season three is done. -Season three is done.
-You've got a stand-up special out
and you're going on the road. Do you feel like,
with all this success, is your fan base is changing?
-My fan base actually got black.
-What? -I'm real-real black.
You can see that, right? Well, not real-real black,
Wesley Snipes black, but I'm black.
[ Laughter ]
I'm culturally black, okay?
For years, I did Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer, all of that,
you know, white stuff, let's be honest.
And when I did BET+, the black people are like,
"Oh, my God. You're my aunty."
I'm like, "Where was y'all at when I needed y'all?"
[ Laughter ]
But I love the diversity that I bring that I can talk about,
"Hi, I grew up and where I'm from in Atlanta."
And no matter what your race is, everybody can relate.
-I think everybody can relate, especially to the struggle,
and I think people are really excited excited when they
see you because they understand how you worked so hard.
And obviously, you've got this natural talent,
but I don't think any any of it would've happened without...
-Being shot -...this incredible work ethic.
-Being in jail, having kids young.
I needed a little struggle.
-But I want to say, you've got grandkids now.
You must thrive as a grandmother.
Do they love you? -I do.
I have twin grandsons, one cute, one ugly.
-Okay. [ Laughter ]
-I just said that on national TV.
-Well, you didn't say which one was which, so they don't know.
[ Laughter ]
Don't name names. -You know what's crazy?
One of them is really ugly. But he --
[ Laughter ]
And she gave -- What's so crazy?
I hate people that give me newborn pictures.
So she gives me pictures of them when they a baby, and I'm like,
"I'm not putting this mess on my wall."
[ Laughter ] "Come back in eight months
when they stop looking like whatever this is."
[ Laughter ]
-It's very nice to have someone
both loving and honest in your life.
-One of my grandsons look like he smoke weed.
[ Laughter ]
-How old is he? -Five.
[ Laughter ]
But he look like my side of the family.
I'm like, "Baby, you never did alcohol,
but you took on an alcoholic face."
[ Laughter ]
-Well, that's a lovely thing to pass down to your kids.
Hey, I'm so happy you're here. -Thank you.
-It is just such a pleasure to see you in person.
And congratulations on all your success.
You guys -- -Thank you.
-Ms. Pat.
Season two of "The Ms. Pat Show" is streaming now on BET+.
We'll be right back.