Our first guests are the Emmy Award-winning talk show
hosts of The Real.
Please welcome Loni Love, Adrienne Houghton, Jeannie Mai
and Garcelle Beauvais.
Ladies, so--
Hello!
--nice to see you.
You look--
Hi--
--beautiful, as always.
--Mario.
Now, the--
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--last time, most of us were together.
We were all hanging out in our pajamas.
You remember that?
Yes--
Yes.
--I remember.
It's been so long.
Oh, my God.
Look at you.
It's been a minute.
It's been a minute--
Wow.
--and I was very flattered by something
Adrienne confessed to me that day.
Do you happen to remember what you said, Adrienne?
Or I hope you weren't lying.
I'm just saying you 100% were my first crush ever.
And I'll just put it out there-- it's because of you
that I married a man with dimples.
Oh, look at that.
So thank you.
And you know what?
Going to last forever now.
You're all good to go, good to go.
Thank you.
He appreciates that.
So when was the last time that you ladies were all
physically together?
Isn't this crazy, you guys?
We haven't been together since, I mean, the whole last season
and since even before Garcelle joined us.
We haven't seen-- we haven't had--
[INAUDIBLE]
--a formal party for Garcelle.
It--
I know--
--was December.
It was the last--
we were in a studio in December, and then the corona--
Last--
--hit--
--December.
--and then we were done.
Yeah.
So it's--
Wow.
--been a year.
It's been over a year.
Unbelievable.
Before--
Over--
--Garcelle--
--a year, Loni.
--has been in the studio with us.
Thank goodness.
I don't think she realizes that we're saving her
from not being in the studio with us,
because it is a little hectic, so--
Maybe--
Hey, Garcelle, we got some--
[INAUDIBLE]--
--schmooze, girl.
--though.
I want to hug them.
Well, Garcelle, I know you haven't physically
been with the ladies, which is sort of ironic,
but yet you've been with them since September.
What surprised you about joining the group,
or was it what you thought it was going to be?
Or was it even better?
It was exactly what I thought it would be, and more.
I mean, it seems really seamless.
We have fun.
We have great conversations.
I feel like I've been doing this with them for years, honestly.
It's been great.
And--
Aw.
Garcelle's a good time.
She really is a good--
She--
--time.
--is so much fun.
And she's single, too--
I had--
--so--
--no idea.
--I'm living through her.
I'm going to get her do.
So we're working on that, because--
You--
--I just--
--like to play Cupid, Loni?
--you know--
--I like to play--
--heart.
--Cupid myself.
See?
Aha.
I want Loni to find other things to do, Mario.
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I'm just saying, Garcelle, all of us
found our men while doing this show.
So I'm just--
That's right.
--saying--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
There's a--
--we've got--
--vibe--
--some good--
--over here.
--juju.
See?
I think--
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That's what I heard.
That bodes well.
I think that bodes well.
They're all very happy right there, too, so I think--
We are.
--love's around the corner, Garcelle.
Love-- oh.
I'm ready.
Bring it, Mario.
OK.
I mean, not you, but bring it, Universe.
I know you have two teenagers at home.
I do.
Do they ever get embarrassed by anything you say on the show?
Or how do they feel about Mom?
My kids wouldn't even know if I was on fire.
They're all about video games when they're not in school.
If they paid attention, they might be embarrassed,
but they're not paying attention.
Trust me.
Oh, they're into--
That's--
--their own--
--funny.
--thing.
That is--
Yeah.
--funny.
They're teenagers right now.
Ladies, I wanted to ask you.
The inauguration, of course, was last week.
And I got to imagine it was very special to see our new vice
president being sworn in.
Tell me a little bit about your thoughts on that.
I--
Well--
--actually had to--
--we [INAUDIBLE] having Kamala on the show.
Yes.
So that was something.
And what we try to do on The Real
is that we just try to present information to our viewers.
So we were able to have Kamala come on.
And just to have her come on, Mario,
to be the first Black and South Asian
woman to actually hold the second-highest office
in the land is just something that we always dreamed about.
And this is something that our show has always
been preaching about, women empowerment, women of color.
And so to have her do this while we're in our seventh season,
it was just phenomenal for us.
It was very emotional.
I don't know about the other girls.
Yeah.
Yeah, I really feel like all the little girls
can see that it's possible.
Yes.
You want little girls to see what shattering a glass ceiling
is all about.
And I think Kamala has been able to do that,
and that's what's really cool.
Yeah, and--
And--
--very, very.
--we needed to see this happen as a country,
to see that we elected these guys and we wanted this change.
We fought for our democracy.
So our voices were heard.
Nobody could ever question--
Yes.
--if our votes matter.
Everyone matters.
Jeannie, forgive me for not mentioning this earlier.
You look great.
You look healthy, but last we--
Thank you.
--spoke, I remember you were doing Dancing With the Stars
at the moment.
And you said you felt a little ill, I believe.
And then that little illness turned
into an emergency surgery.
It took a mean right turn.
So how are you doing and what--
I know.
--happened?
We were celebrating Halloween and I
had spoken to you right when the sore throat took place.
You are so right about that, my friend.
And I went to work the next day and overworked,
to be honest with you, that, plus the combination of Dancing
With the Stars, the hectic schedule.
And I have to be honest with you.
I really learned about being sanitary, about masks, too.
I never really thought about laundering my mask
as often as you should.
I turned into a epiglottitis case, which only happens
to 20,000 people a year.
Wow.
I was one of them.
And it really taught me just that you cannot take tomorrow
for granted.
You never know.
One day I was talking.
The next day I was having emergency surgery.
I'm so thankful for everybody that supported me.
My girls held me down.
The Real kept going, made me laugh, kept me at home, safe
and entertained, for three weeks when I couldn't talk, guys.
Jay says it was the most--
Jay, my fiance, said it was most peaceful time
of the whole quarantine.
My plants grew--
Can I just--
--more--
--say--
--flourishing than ever before.
Oh.
Yeah.
It was a moment--
And--
--man.
--she's making up for it, Mario.
She's making up for it.
I bet.
Well, thank God you're doing better, and I'm glad--
Thank--
--to hear--
--you, Mario.
--everything as well.
Listen.
We're going to take a quick, little break,
and we're going have more with the ladies of The Real.