It's good to be in a place.
I know.
Like we Zoom a lot of places.
So it's really good to have you here, man.
Yeah it's good to be.
Yeah brother to brother, man.
It's good to be sitting by you, man
Absolutely.
You know I like you man.
You dope, man.
Man I'm trying to get like you, man.
How?
[CHUCKLES]
I get you.
Now look, it's been a couple of years since you've been here.
But we know that you're a fan.
Actually, you just posted a photo
actually wearing a very special shirt out there
on the ice, man.
It's awesome.
Yes.
Now where is that, man?
Where you're at right there?
That's in Mauritius where actually shot the--
where we shot a Resort to Love at.
OK.
You know.
And in that picture right there you see me,
I'm trying to do like--
I was trying to find a piece of land
Right.
That would make me look like I'm walking on water.
Right.
But it don't look like I'm walking on water.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
I mean it kind of looks--
I kind of get that.
I mean look it was that was me trying
to do my Jesus impression but it didn't go too well.
So hey it's just a pic of me just repping the Ellen Show.
No.
No, that's good.
No it's good.
But here's the question, so you got to film this movie
on location in the African island during a pandemic.
What was that like?
Dude, it was totally different.
It was totally different.
Because there's no corona over there
and there's never been any big corona breakout.
I think they've only had like a couple of people.
Wow.
So it was just so fun, man.
Just being together, hugging people,
and sticking your finger in each other's food.
You know what I mean?
[LAUGHTER]
My family was out there with me.
Yes.
That's my mom, if you didn't know.
That's my mother.
That's amazing.
So you actually brought your entire family out there.
And I'd imagine just because of how open
it was you got to do various activities and all kinds
of stuff like that.
I saw you got to ride a horse
Yeah.
Oh, man.
Tell us a little bit about that.
Dude, I rode a horse on the beach.
And I had all my clothes on.
That's--
[LAUGHTER]
You know, because normally the fantasy is you get on a horse,
I want to get up there butt, ball naked.
And the shirt is off.
Just be in the buff, you know?
Right.
Before Winnie the Pooh.
You know what I mean, all down here.
Just have your chest out.
Just total Jason Momoa on your chest.
You know what I mean?
So I was on this horse man and it was cool
until we got near this near the water,
and he looked like he wanted to go in the water.
And I was like, .
I just didn't want to be on top of his back.
I was like, I hope this horse ain't about to end it
all today because uh--
You know what I mean?
Because I'm just riding him, he's just
like [IMITATES HORSE DROWNING]
[LAUGHTER]
Like I just did an impression of a horse drowning.
Anyway so when he got close to the water, dude,
all my Blackness came out.
Like, Yo when he started getting deep I was like, hold.
Eh, eh bruh.
Hey, turn around bruh.
Come on bruh.
Nah friend we ain't fitting to die today.
I still got babies to make.
[LAUGHTER]
That was fun man.
It was so much fun.
It sounds like quite an experience.
Tell us about the movie.
Tell us a little bit about that movie, man.
Well the movie is about--
Well, Christina Milian, a very super
talented person Christina Milian.
Y'all give round of applause for her.
Absolutely.
[APPLAUSE]
Very talented.
Very beautiful too.
I had a crush when I was growing up.
You know what I mean?
When I saw her I said, AM to PM.
AM to PM.
Yeah, I knew where you was going.
I was in there like, somebody hit the lights.
You know what I mean?
But it's about
[LAUGHS]
That's what I said.
Somebody hit the lights.
I mean it was her and Mya.
Those were the two ones.
I was like, she was like my love is like whoa.
I said, yes it is.
You know what I mean?
I was looking man.
But yeah so back to the movie.
Right.
Full circle moment.
So it was cool to work with her.
But the movie is about she's a singer who was engaged to me.
So two lovers didn't end up working out.
My character ends up bailing on her character
a month before or a couple of weeks before the wedding.
The engagement totally called it off.
Moved down to South Carolina and then found somebody else.
And then she's a wedding singer.
And then we show up on the island.
And so now, you've got me with my fiancee and my ex fiancee
and we haven't had that closure yet.
And my brother's there, now him and Christina start falling.
It's just a whole--
it's a big triangle.
Absolutely.
Like it sounds like a plot for like an adult film,
but it's not.
It's not.
Yeah.
And correct me if I'm wrong, this
is your first time playing a play
in the love interest like in a romantic comedy like this,
right?
Yeah.
This is my first time getting married, man.
I've never-- I'm getting married.
And I was scare bro, cause yo marriage.
I was like, I don't know if I can do this.
You know what I mean.
Listen, it's an incredible, I'm not going to lie,
it's an incredible thing.
I've been there for--
You married?
almost eight years.
Yes.
And it's--
Really?
Incredible, yeah.
I'm not pressuring you or anything.
I see you getting a little stressed.
You know what we're going to do?
We're going to take a short break right now
and just decompress for a second.
[LAUGHTER]
We'll be back with more Jay Pharoah right after this.