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  • - Hey, I'm Issa Rae and I play Mae in the upcoming film, "The Photograph".

  • You're about to watch 100 people tell us about their best and worst Valentine's Day.

  • - [Off-Camera] Valentine's Day is coming up.

  • - Oh it is.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Yes it is.

  • - Oh yeah, it's February.

  • - [Off-Camera] What are you gonna do?

  • - Probably nothing.

  • - We'll probably get some drinks.

  • - A dinner, maybe a walk.

  • - We celebrate each other's love.

  • - [Off-Camera] Tell me about your best Valentine's Day.

  • - What my Valentine's Day has been?

  • - Let's see...

  • - Oh gosh.

  • - I got surprised with a trip to Vegas.

  • - Weekend to New York.

  • - Puerto Rico.

  • - [Off-Camera] Woo!

  • - He made a little scavenger hunt thing--

  • - Surprised me with roses.

  • - She covered my entire car in rose petals.

  • - He was very romantic.

  • - I just like being treated--

  • - I do like chocolate.

  • - Chocolate. - Chocolate.

  • - Chocolate. - Chocolate.

  • - Or Candy.

  • - Anything that has to do with food going in my mouth.

  • - [Off-Camera] Tell me your best Valentine's Day story.

  • - We went to dinner--

  • - Ordered a whole bottle of wine--

  • - Got drunk, you know--

  • - Flowers leading from the front door all the way to the bedroom.

  • - He popped out of the bedroom closet dressed up as one of my favorite anime characters.

  • - [Off-Camera] Did he stay in the costume for sex?

  • - Yes, yes he did.

  • - [Off-Camera] Is sex better on Valentine's Day?

  • (laughs)

  • - I don't know.

  • - It was good.

  • - [Off-Camera] It was good?

  • - It was good.

  • - [Off-Camera] What's the best gift you've received on Valentine's Day?

  • - He gave me a ruby heart.

  • - A ruby ring.

  • - Cologne and a card.

  • - A ticket, say for example, free massage.

  • - He brought me a rose and a teddy bear.

  • - A teddy-- - Teddy--

  • - Teddy bear.

  • - Big stuffed animal.

  • - I had to carry this bear around that was part of the deal.

  • I was like, "Um, no."

  • (laughs)

  • - [Off-Camera] Now what's your worst Valentine's Day story?

  • (hisses)

  • - Oh boy.

  • (laughs)

  • (groans)

  • - Worst Valentine's--

  • - Worst Valentine's day--

  • - Ooh, guy that I had a crush on came up to me and handed me a card and asked me to give it to my best friend.

  • - [Off-Camera] Oof.

  • - I had a singing-gram supposed to happen with the flower and the guy showed up and he was drunk and it was terrible--

  • - He brought me chocolates and he said, "Oh, my mom bought this for you."

  • He definitely was looking at other women.

  • I was so pissed off, I couldn't talk the rest of the night.

  • - We ended up getting in a fight and it just turned into an epic battle royale on Valentine's Day.

  • So that was not fun.

  • - My ex-girlfriend I had broke up with me on Valentine's Day.

  • - [Off-Camera] Oof.

  • - Well, I broke up with my sweet little fourth grade boyfriend on Valentine's Day.

  • Even though it turns out that he had mowed a shit on of lawns so that he could buy me stuff that I wouldn't wear.

  • - [Off-Camera] Do you have a worst Valentine's Day?

  • - You know what?

  • Last Valentine's Day, we didn't do anything.

  • - I had expectation of grand insane things happening and--

  • - My ex-husband just wanted to take me to a food court.

  • - I think I cried.

  • - I was like, "We're ordering Chinese food "and watching a movie, surprise!"

  • - She spent the whole day telling me about how the date wasn't up to her standards--

  • - Three days later, she broke up with me.

  • - [Off-Camera] Do you have a Valentine's Day horror story?

  • - Horror stories from Valentine's Day?

  • - [Off-Camera] Yeah.

  • - It was a really bad snowstorm--

  • - The car got stuck and then she had to go to the bathroom really bad--

  • - We went to a restaurant.

  • His ex-girlfriend followed him there.

  • And she's like, "This is my restaurant."

  • - I had gotten into almost half of my meal and I pulled out of my mouth the longest black hair of my life.

  • And it was just like this long.

  • And I was just like (gags)

  • - And it instantly made me vomit.

  • - He thought he had appendicitis and we were at the hospital for four hours.

  • But he really was just constipated.

  • Yeah.

  • (laughs)

  • - [Off-Camera] How do you feel about Valentine's Day?

  • - Oh, don't get me started on that.

  • - It's overrated.

  • - Kind of overrated.

  • - I don't really care.

  • I can show someone I love them every day.

  • - I miss the old days of elementary school.

  • - And then everybody would get Valentine's cards.

  • - There was this guy that I had a crush on that I paid strict attention to what card he had given me--

  • - I think that was the best it got.

  • Was like a hand-written card.

  • - I love Valentine's Day.

  • It's like Christmas but for couples.

  • - Yeah, it's just a time to be reminded that some things are special.

  • - Just the whole idea of love and caring--

  • - [Off-Camera] What's your ideal Valentine's Day?

  • - My ideal Valentine's Day.

  • - You know having fun with someone.

  • - Flowers are always good.

  • - I want fondue, I've never tried fondue.

  • - I just like feeling loved--

  • - As long as we spend intentional time together--

  • - I like intimacy.

  • - [Off-Camera] You with anybody right now?

  • - No.

  • - This Valentine's Day I think I'm celebrating with my friends.

  • - Galentine's Day!

  • - And we're just like, "You know what, "let's just do something for us."

  • - Getting stuff for my friends.

  • - Just spend it with the homies.

  • Less pressure.

  • And treat ourselves.

  • Treat each other.

  • - [Off-Camera] And what are you doing this Valentine's Day?

  • You got big plans?

  • - No.

  • And I totally forgot that it's coming up.

  • - No plans yet.

  • - I need to make big plans because I got nothing.

  • - [Off-Camera] You could go see "The Photograph" Issa Rae.

  • - Yes, oh my God, isn't LaKeith Stanfield in that?

  • - [Off-Camera] Yeah.

  • - I'm gonna cry the entire time.

  • - I love Issa Rae so much!

  • - I will go see her.

  • 'Cause I love her and I will support her.

  • - This Valentine's Day I'm gonna go see "The Photograph".

  • What are you about to do on Valentine's Day?

  • Oh, go see "The Photograph"?

  • Great, same page.

  • - I'm wondering if it's not too early tonight to kiss you.

  • Ooh I wish there was a right way, yeah

  • ♪ I'm caught between your love

  • - It wasn't too early.

  • And a hard place

  • - [Announcer] Rated PG-13.

- Hey, I'm Issa Rae and I play Mae in the upcoming film, "The Photograph".

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