-Jessica, thank you so much for being here.
-Hi!
-And for doing the TikTok Dance Challenge with me.
I'm happy that you stayed with me
and that we're still friends even past that.
-[ Laughs ] -It was very embarrassing.
You were my guest on the show early in the quarantine,
and, gosh, we're now six months in.
I appreciate you doing the show. How is everyone doing?
How's the fam?
-We are hanging in there. -Good.
-We just started school. -Oh, boy.
-Which is the opposite of fun.
Even just getting the kids to bed is like --
I'm like, "Why are we having
a discussion at 9:00 p.m., Haven?
You're 9 years old. -9?
-You should be going to bed at 7:00."
Yeah. -Wait.
I heard that you guys took a family RV trip,
and I want to know about this. -We did.
I booked two trips, meaning that we found houses
that are in two different states and that were near water
so that we can do activities, right?
-Great idea. -And I've never really seen
the great outdoors. I'm not really that person.
-No, me neither, but I feel like I am somewhere in my soul.
-Somewhere in my soul, I felt like maybe
I was more in tune or I'd find myself in nature.
No, I didn't. Nope.
Opposite of that one. -Really?
-And, you know, I just feel like some people should never
spend long periods of time in cars or RVs or vans,
and that would be my entire family.
-No one liked it? -No -- The thing is, like,
it's just not natural, I guess,
for my children to be in anything that moves,
'cause they immediately start throwing up.
-[ Laughing ] -Like, immediately.
So we stop in Zion, and Hayes --
and I'm like, "Oh, my gosh.
We haven't had a kid barf in like six hours,"
so I'm like, "Victory!" -That's the goal.
-But then, right when we stopped,
Hayes was like, "Mommy, uppy." He says, "I'm full."
He was like, "Uppy, uppy! I'm full!
So, I take him out of the car-seat thingy,
and he booted all over my fa--
In my mouth, in my eyeballs.
And everyone in the car -- in the van was like "Ew!"
So they bolt out... -The weird part is that --
The weirdest part is that he's 15.
[ Both laugh ]
Come on, come on. Can't we make jokes?
-You do, you do! -[ Laughs ]
-So, kids are barfing, and I'm, like,
trying to make the situation good.
I'm like, "Once we get to this --"
I was like, "I planned this trip where we're gonna go see --"
It's an organic, sustainable farm, right?
-Ah. -But then...
First of all, the stench.
So, all my kids have the smell of, like --
-This sounds like a nightmare.
-The smell and all the things. -It's a farm.
-And then we go to the chicken coop.
It's 112 degrees. Right?
And my friend is so lovely. And, literally, this is one of
the best, well-run, most sustainable,
humane farms there are.
And then, you open the coop thing,
and we saw an egg plop out... -Nature.
-...and his eyes bugging out of his head.
And did you know there's like a slime...
-No, no. No, no, there's not.
-There's like a bit that comes out with it.
-No, no, there's not a thing. -Yes, there's a bit.
-No, no, no, no. Don't ruin -- Don't ruin eggs.
-He was like -- [ Gasps ] -I'm like that, too.
I'm like, "What?" Pal, I want to talk to you
about "L.A.'s Finest."
Season 2 is available on Spectrum.
And season 1 -- this is a big deal --
is gonna premiere on Fox. -Yes.
-Literally national TV. -So, it's basically,
take the "Bad Boys" universe, with Martin Lawrence
and Will Smith... -Yep.
-...and instead, you have me and Gabrielle Union
and Gab's character from "Bad Boys," coming into L.A.,
and we partner up, and you just get to see
two women kicking butt, having fun, cracking jokes.
And then, there's lots of cool mystery
as we're really discovering about each other's past.
-I can't think of two more perfect combo
of you and Gabrielle Union, because, gosh,
is she funny, as well. -She is.
-You guys also produce the show.
What is the best part of producing a show like this?
-I think what's so cool about producing this show
is that you don't get to see a lot of black and brown people
in positions of leadership in Hollywood at all, right?
Behind the camera or in front of the camera.
So, we're the leads of a show, right?
So that in itself is pretty rare for Hollywood.
And then, being leads of a show in the action genre
and being women, again, it's totally unprecedented,
and people just don't do it.
And then, also, behind the camera, you know,
showrunners to head of the writers' room,
and we kind of just prove that you can have diversity
and inclusion behind the camera, in front of the camera.
You can also write a show that is inclusive
and represents diversity in a way that doesn't
feed into a stereotype or a stigma,
and you can be successful at it. -Yeah.
-And it's still fun, and it's great to watch for everyone.
You make a great show. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here are Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union
in "L.A.'s Finest." Take a look.
-You, sir? Drinks?
Private security, armed. Front door, hallway.
-Okay? -We need a distraction.
-Me? No. That's your job.
-No. -Hey, cocktails.
Mr. Jefferies wants you.
His friend likes to slum it with the help.
-I thought I was just supposed to serve drinks here.
-You've been promoted.
-Slum it. -Slummin' it.
-I know. That was excessive.
-I mean... -As if.
-These guys would be lucky to have some of this.
-All of that.
-Jessica, thank you so much for being here.
Season two of "L.A.'s Finest" is available now
to Spectrum Video subscribers,
and season 1 will have its network broadcast premiere
this Monday, at 8:00 p.m., on Fox.