( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: CAUGHT ME BY
SURPRISE.
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "AMERICAN
"AMERICAN HORROR STORY", "EMPIRE" AND OF COURSE HER
OSCAR-NOMINATED PERFORMANCE IN "PRECIOUS."
PLEASE WELCOME, GABOUREY SIDIBE!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> HI!
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU!
>> Stephen: HOW DID I DO WITH YOUR NAME?
GABOUREY SIDIBE, AM I RIGHT ON TARGET THERE?
>> YOU DID PRETTY GOOD.
I'M NOT AT ALL EMBARRASSED.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S-- HOW-- WHAT'S THE PERFECT WAY TO SAY
YOUR NAME.
>> OKAY, SO I'M SENEGALESE, AND MY NAME IS PRONOUNCE GAB-A-RE.
I'LIT RHYMES WITH CABARET.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE WORST ANYONE HAS BUTCHERED IT.
>> THE WORST IS-- OKAY, SOT VERY BEGINNING, THE SECOND, LIKE,
TALK SHOW I WENT ON WAS THE "TAIRA BANKS SHOW."
AND SHE SAILED THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW FOR TWO SEGMENTS SHE
CALLED ME GAB-ERN-A.
AND I WAS TOO NEW AND LITTLE TO CORRECT HER, BECAUSE I FELT LIKE
I WAS GOING TO BE RUDE IF I TOLD HER THAT MY NAME WAS NOT
PRONOUNCED THAT WAY AND I HAVE REGRETS ABOUT IT.
I SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID TRIGHT, TO BE FAIR.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, RIGHT, STAND UP FOR YOURSELF.
>> STAND UP FOR MY.
>> Stephen: WHEN PEOPLE SAY COAL-BERT, I ANSWER TO THAT BUT
INSIDE I'M FURIOUS.
>> DON'T LET THEM DO THAT TO YOU.
>> Stephen: I WON'T, I WON'T.
HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING.
YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK CALLED, "THIS IS JUST MY FACE:TRY NOT TO
STARE."
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A MEMOIR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S A MEMOIR.
YOU'RE 33 YEARS OLD.
WHY WRITE ONE NOW?
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER ONE IN 10 YEARS.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS MEMOIR?
>> I DON'T THINK-- IT DIDN'T START OUT AS A MEMOIR.
I STARTED WRITING ABOUT THINGS THAT, LIKE, BOTHERED ME, AND I
REALIZED THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE CHAPTER ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT BOTHERED ME FELT HORRIBLE, BUT THE LAST SENTENCE FELT
REALLY AMAZING.
AND SO, LIKE, I REALIZED THAT I WAS GET SOMETHING, LIKE,
THERAPEUTIC WORK OUT OF WRITING.
AND SO I JUST KEPT DOING IT.
AND THE WEIRD-- OKAY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SUPER SERIOUS.
BUT, ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS IT'S FUNNY.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY, TOO.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
AND I FEEL REALLY CATHARTIC AND THERE WAS SOME STUFF I HAD TO,
LIKE, GET OUT.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE GONE THROUGH, WORKED
THROUGH WRITING THE BOOK THINK OTHER PEOPLE WILL READ AND SAY,
"I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT?
THAT HELPS ME WORK THROUGH JUST BY READING THAT."
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BOTHERED YOU?
>> SOME LIFE LESSONS.
LIKE FOR ONE-- IT'S A WEIRD THING AND I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IT.
I SPENT THREE YEARS BEING A PHONE SEX OPERATOR.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ACTING LIKE I WOULD KNOW THAT.
>> I MEAN, SORRY, WELL, LIKE, YEAH, I WAS A PHONE SEX OPERATOR
FOR THREE YEARS, WHOLE YEARS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, LIKE, WHAT I DID RIGHT BEFORE I WAS--
LITERALLY, I GOT MY-- MY FIRST ONE WAS "PRECIOUS" AND THAT'S
WHAT I DID THE DAY BEFORE I WAS FILMING "PRECIOUS."
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE ACTING.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS MY ACTING SCHOOL.
SOME PEOPLE WENT TO JEWELLARD.
AND I WENT TO THE PHONE.
>> Stephen: GOOD PROGRAM.
WERE THE HOURS GOOD?
>> THE HOURS WERE GREAT.
IT'S, LIKE, A 24-HOUR COMPANY SO YOU CAN --
>> Stephen: MAKE YOUR HOURS.
>> I DID 8:00 P.M. TO 8:00 A.M.
ON SATURDAY BECAUSE YOU GET DOUBLE THE MINUTES, OKAY?
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
MAKE YOUR COINS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
>> WRITE THAT DOWN.
"DOUBLE THE MINUTES."
>> Stephen: I GOT IT.
YOU HAVE SOME GREAT BLURBS ON THIS.
THE TOP ONE SAYS EYE DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS.
IT MIGHT BE TOO SMALL.
"YOU'RE THE BOMB, GIRL, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA."
HOW DID YOU GET-- THAT'S A GREAT BLURB.
HOW DOES ONE GET THE BARACK OBAMA BLURB?
>> FIRST OF ALL, BARACK OBAMA IS MY UNCLE BARRY, AS I CALL HIM.
>> Stephen: DOES HE KNOW YOU CALL HIM THAT?
>> HE DOES NOT.
AND I'M-- I MET HIM AT THE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER, LIKE,
BEFORE IT BECAME A FARCE.
AND, LIKE, TWO YEARS AGO.
AND HE HAD MY NAME ON A CARD.
AND I WAS LIKE HI, MY NAME IS GABOUREY.
AND HE SAID, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
YOU'RE THE BOMB, GIRL.
IT SHOOK ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IF ANYBODY SAYS THE WORD "BOMB"
NEAR THE PRESIDENT-- I NEEDED THE SECRET SERVICE-- BUT HE DID
SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: HE'S ALLOWED TO SAY THAT.
>> HE'S THE ONE PERSON ALLOWED TO SAY THAT, THAT CLOSE TO THE
PRESIDENT!
ALSO LIKE, "HI, YOUR DAD SAYS YOU'RE THE BOMB," RIGHT?
THAT'S SUCH A DAD THING TO SAY.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CALL ME ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS
LATER.
>> Stephen: HE IS LIKE A DALD.
>> HE'S MY UNCLE BARRY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE AN AUNT, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN AUNT WHO IS
ALSO A FAMOUS FOR WORKING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT.
DOROTHY PITMAN HUGHES, AND HERE SHE IS WITH GLORIA STEINAM TAKEN
IN 1971.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A PRETTY COOL AUNT.
THAT'S A PRETTY COOL AUNT.
>> YEAH, MY-- MY AUNT-- WE DISAGREE ON HOW TO PRONOUNCE
THAT WORD.
YOU SAY ANT.
AND I SAY AUNT.
WHICH ONE OF US IS THE FANCIER ONE.
>> Stephen: YOU SOUND FANCIER.
>> IT'S ME.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SAY VASE.
OR VAUZ?
>> I THINK I SAY "FLOWER HOLDER" BECAUSE I DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM
COLLEGE.
THIS IS A FLOWER HOLDER, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: THAT IS.
THAT IS A CUP.
>> YOU CAN PUT A FLOWER IN IT.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
DO YOU KNOW HOW FLOWERS WORK?
>> Stephen: I APOLOGIZE.
>> I GOT SO SIDETRACKED BY AUNT.
( SNORTS ) ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) I PROMISED MYSELF I WASN'T GOING
TO SNORT TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: I LOVE A GOOD SNORT.
( SNORTS ).
>> STOP!
OKAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT REALLY IS NATURAL.
YOU DO THAT TO ME.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I'M HONORED.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE THE BOMB, GIRL.
( SNORTS ) THE BOOK IS "THIS IS JUST MY
FACE: TRY NOT TO STARE."
LET LADY IS GABOUREY SIDIBE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.