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-Taraji P. Henson, thank you so much for joining us tonight
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on "Tonight Show" at-home edition.
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You know I love you. You look fantastic.
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-Thanks, Jimmy. So do you. Red looks good on you.
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-Yeah, we're both wearing red.
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Red looks good on you too. Look at us reds.
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-[ Laughs ]
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-I want that painting in the back, by the way.
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-Oh, yeah. You know, a fan did that for me.
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-What?
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I want that fan to do one of me or -- Yeah, I want that.
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Maybe you can loan it to me. -Put it out there.
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I forgot. I have the card somewhere.
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I don't know. But you see, fan?
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If you're out there watching, I put it up.
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It's in my salon. Jimmy, this is my salon.
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-Salon. Is this L.A. or Chicago?
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-L.A. I got back to L.A. because the show was done.
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We did 100 episodes.
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We weren't able to finish the season
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because there would have been no way to get back and film
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an episode and a half and have it ready and cued up to --
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you know, for the show.
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It just wasn't gonna work.
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-That's an amazing achievement. 100 episodes.
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Congratulations, "Empire."
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To everyone, congratulations. -Thank you! Thank you.
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-Oh, my gosh.
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You said you're in your salon. What does that mean?
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-That means I have a TPH salon.
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You know, I came out with my own hair products.
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-That's right. I knew about that.
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But I didn't know you had a salon.
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-In my house. -Oh, my gosh.
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-Well, it's separate.
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It's a separate, you know, structure from the house.
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And it's my little happy place.
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You know how you have a man cave?
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-Yeah.
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-Well, this is my queen cave.
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-What -- [ Laughter ]
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-This is where I have hair and little things.
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[ Laughter ]
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Makeup. -Oh, my gosh.
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I heard that you've been doing a lot of nail work.
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-Yes. I do my own nails.
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This is gel. -Whoo!
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-Mm-hmm. I did my own pedicure.
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I did my own hair.
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-I know. My wife is, like, freaking out.
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She's like, "I need a pedicure so bad."
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I'm like, "No."
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-I wish she could come to the TPH salon.
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-I saw some client that you had, has a picture of someone --
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Who is this?
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-That is Tabal. That is my other son.
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And he was ready for his lineup.
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You know, this quarantine is getting to him too, you know?
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He hasn't seen his barber.
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He hasn't had his nails done.
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[ Laughter ]
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-He's so cute. Come on.
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-Thank you. That's my baby.
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-A lot of interesting stuff
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is happening during this quarantine.
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But one thing I saw your name a couple times
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is DJ D-Nice, his club quarantine.
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How fun has that thing turned out to be?
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-It's so much fun.
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It really takes your mind off of it.
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I was an only child. I'm an only child.
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So I was an only child for 17 years
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until my sister and my stepbrother came along.
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So I have a very creative imagination.
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So, you know, it's so much fun when you get in there
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because people are talking about bottle service.
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And I came up with this whole skit that I left my credit card
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and, you know, I was like, "That damn bottle service girl better
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get her credit card back."
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[ Laughter ]
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I mean, it's just a good way to get outside of the house
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without leaving the house, you know?
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Another way to hold on to our sanity.
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-You know, it's funny, I was talking to him and I was saying,
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"Is it weird not having, you know, an audience?"
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Because usually you're deejaying for a crowd
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and getting their response and seeing how they react.
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And he said, "In a weird way it was almost just as satisfying
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because you see all these hearts going up the screen.
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And then you see people actually typing and commenting exactly
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what they think of every song."
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He's like, "That could never happen in a real club."
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-No, because we wouldn't be able to hear each other.
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-Exactly.
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"I love that one!"
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So he actually liked it even better.
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He goes, "It's actually weirdly more satisfying."
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And then to have people like you go on there and support him,
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it made him feel like a million bucks.
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-Yeah. I'm sure he's not as excited about me
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as he is about Halle Berry.
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You saw that. Halle was in there a couple times.
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I was like, "Yes!"
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-No, come on.
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I'd be so psyched to have you anywhere, man.
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Now, are you meditating throughout this whole time?
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Because I found myself meditating more.
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-Yes, Jimmy, I am meditating.
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-Oh, the bowls!
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-I'm going to make two Tibetan bowls sing simultaneously.
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[ Tibetan bowls ringing ]
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-Ahh.
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Oh, I need that.
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♪♪
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I love that. -You hear that?
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-Oh, I love that.
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Oh, my gosh, Taraji, thank you so much for that.
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You made them both sing.
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Have you been doing a lot of meditating?
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-Yes, yes, I have Jimmy! -What?
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-A lot of meditating. I've got blue balls.
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[ Laughter ] -Oh, my God.
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-You know what I like more than blue balls, Jimmy?
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-Oh, my heavens. Wow. -Jimmy, no, I know.
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There are so many jokes in this.
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But these are meditating balls.
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And these really, really calm my nerve.
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And you hear.
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They have bells in them.
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So I juggle my blue balls because they --
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-[ Laughs ]
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They calm you down. You're frozen.
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You're frozen holding your balls.
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You're frozen holding your balls.
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Oh, there you are. -That's terrible.
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-No, you were holding your balls like that and you were frozen.
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-I know.
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That's a joke.
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And you was frozen like this.
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[ Laughter ]
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-Oh, God, I miss you.
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-I miss you so much, Jimmy.
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-I really can't wait to see you in the studio.
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We do a thing on this show called
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"What are you doing Wednesdays"
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because we know everyone's at home.
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Have you seen anything online or anything people are doing
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that you go like, "Oh, that is really fun
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and it's making me laugh and getting me through the day"?
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Now you're frozen. Am I frozen again too?
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-Okay. You said --
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-[ Laughs ]
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-Am I frozen weirdly? No!
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-You're doing like -- You're like this.
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-[ Laughs ]
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-Do you want to try calling back?
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-Yes. -Alright. Come back.