-'Cause last time I talked to you,
"Insecure" hadn't come out yet.
-No, it hadn't. It was, like, brand-new.
I was -- I was very nervous.
I was ready for it to come out and people to see it,
but nervous about how they receive it.
-And it crushed. People love you.
It got nominated for a Golden Globe.
-Yes. -I mean, two.
I mean, this is unbelievable.
-Yeah, thank you.
-Are you -- you're also now producing two shows
or working on two shows for HBO.
-Yeah, three. We got three shows working with different creators.
One I'm writing with -- co-writing with
a girl named Raamla who writes for "Scandal."
It's like a black teen show set in Windsor Hills,
which is like the black Beverly Hills.
I'm working with, um,
Angela Flournoy, who's an amazing author
for a black family drama set in the '90s.
And then I'm working with who I know you know,
Travon Free. -Travon Free.
-Oh, he's fantastic. -On his show, yes.
So he's a genius. -This is fantastic, though.
He is. He's brilliant.
But you are now doing all this stuff.
This is -- this just started from, like,
a web series thing that turned into, it was a book,
and it was the Misadventures --
-"The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girls."
-"Of Awkward Black Girls." -Shoutout to the internet.
The internet did that.
-The internet did this. -It did.
-Now you're big-time.
-I mean, barely. -No, not barely.
I mean, let's -- life has changed now. Do people --
-I mean, it's changed, but it hasn't, you know.
I still have, like, I was telling this story about
how I was in Atlanta.
I got -- I shot my first movie in Atlanta, uh,
this past fall.
And you know when people come up to me,
they'll be like, "Oh, does anybody ever tell you
you look like Issa Rae?"
They'll never be like, "Oh, Issa Rae."
And so, I was walking to an elevator and this guy was like,
"Does anybody ever tell you you look like Issa Rae?"
And normally, I'll be like, "Yeah, I get that all the time."
And I said that and then I'll follow it up with,
"But it's me."
But before I could follow it up,
these other two girls were getting in the elevator.
And he was like, "Yo, did --
she look like that girl Issa Rae, huh?"
And somebody was like, the girl behind me was like,
"I hate that show."
And I was like, I wanted to get feedback and be like,
I was on my phone, I was like,
"Well, what do you -- what do you hate about it?"
But I didn't because the girl behind her was like,
"Oh, you hate it? I heard it was good."
And she was like, "I hate that show."
So I was like, you know what I don't even like the show
either, it's not worth getting my..."
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-Don't even get involved. Don't get involved with it.
Are you excited to -- I know that's the Roots.
Are you excited to go back to the Golden Globes?
-I am. If I get food this time.
Because I thought it was like a dinner -- I mean, did you eat?
-No. I did not eat. There's a trick to the whole thing.
-Well, I got there thinking like I didn't eat all day.
'Cause I was like, "Oh, it's a dinner.
Why would I eat?" And...
-Yeah, it's like a bunch of stars sitting around
eating dinner together.
-That's what I thought it was, but it wasn't.
-That's what they tell everyone it is.
-It wasn't. As soon as I got there,
I was like, cool, I'm a little dizzy.
I was drinking a lot because that's also what you do there.
But I was like, it's cool because there's food.
Food's gonna come.
-That's all you have there. Yeah.
-And then, when I sat down, they were serving dessert.
And so, I was like, "Okay, that.
Like I guess Hollywood, like, serves dessert first."
Because that's weird.
And then...
-That is perfect. That is so awesome.
-It's crazy and so, I never got --
I brought my showrunner, Prentice with me,
and I asked him later, like, after an hour passed,
you did a great job.
But after an hour passed, I was like,
"Um, where's the food at?"
And he was like, "Girl, they served it, like,
four hours ago." Before everybody gets there.
-They do. That's the secret. The Golden Globes.
They do serve dinner, but it's at, like,
2 in the afternoon.
-Which isn't dinner. That's not dinner.
-It's not dinner. It's called lunch you had.
Barely serve that, yeah.
Now "Insecure," this is season one, now two.
-Yes.
-And you're currently writing three.
It became a giant thing, Rotten Tomatoes,
everyone loves it, all the critics love it,
the fans love it.
The Obamas love it.
-Oh, yeah. Shoutout to my Obamas. Um...
Yes. -Shoutout to my Obamas.
How great is that? And how did they find out about it?
-Well, I got to visit the White House
this time last year.
I'll never be back.
And I got to go and they invited us and...
It was such a good time.
Like, it was a great Christmas party.
And I brought my mom with me and he hugged my mom.
And then he, you know,
he complimented our show's soundtrack.
And was like, "I can't quote any of your show until
after I become President."
And then, I met Michelle Obama with Tiffany Haddish
just a couple months ago. -Yeah.
Now Michelle's the greatest.
-Michelle was the best.
She told -- she was like, mad about our finale.
-She was mad. Well, this was when you first met.
-Yes. This was when we first met.
-And everyone's cool and civil.
-Doesn't she looked like my Auntie?
Like we're related. We are.
-And then, here is --
-This is when she was very, very upset about the finale.
She was telling me, like, "Why did you do that?"
Which you have to watch the show and see.
I don't wanna give any spoilers. -Yeah.
-But she told me that Sasha and Malia
put her on to the show, which was amazing.
And I was like, "Well, Sasha's like mad young, though, so..."
Like, I don't think she should be watching it.
-You keep talking people out of watching your show.
-I know, I know, I know. I know.
But she was like, "Sasha's all that, okay?
She can -- she can watch the show so..."
-They're great kids, yeah.
And Tiffany Haddish, she was like,
she was talking to Michelle,
I thought you guys were gonna have a get together, right?
No, yeah, we're supposed to, we invited ourselves to,
like, cook for them.
Well, Tiffany says she will cook,
I would just bring the drinks.
And Michelle was like, "Yeah, come through to Chicago."
And so, we're just waiting on you, Michelle. We're ready.
-Yeah, Michelle, I'll come, too. I'll come, too.
Girls and a guy, you know, yeah. I'm down. I'm down with that.
-Come through. -Yeah, exactly.