Name: Cynthia Erivo Dishes on the Private Oscar's Luncheon
Uploaded: 2020-03-15T00:52:14.000Z
Duration: 4 min 38 s
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>> James: NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WHICH IS A HUGE

CELEBRATION, WHICH IS THE MOMENT IN TIME THAT CYNTHIA ERIVO IS

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

SO ANYONE WHO'S WATCHED YOUR CAREER FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE,

>> James: BUT ON THAT MORNING, WHO'S THE FIRST PERSON YOU CALL

>> I CALLED MY MOM, EXCEPT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CALLING

NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO MAKE CALLS ON THE PLANE BUT I HAD

>> James: YOU DID, LIKE, AN AUDIO INTERNET CALL.

>> James: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT.

>> YOU COULD BE IN REAL TROUBLE AND YOU'RE SAYING IT ON NATIONAL

YOU SAY -- >> I SAID, MOM, I WAS NOMINATED

SHE SAID, OH,  OH, MY GOODNESS,  AM I GOING TO WEAR?

( LAUGHTER ) SHE SAID, SHOULD I WEAR ENGLISH

THE HEADSCARF OR -- I SAID, MOM, WE HAVE A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE WE

>> James: I'M GLAD YOU'VE TAKE THEN MOMENT AND MADE IT ABOUT

( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, THAT'S THE STRESS ON MY

( LAUGHTER ) YOU WENT TO THE OSCAR LUNCHEON

>> James: I HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BY THE LUNCHIAN.

IT'S NOT TELEVISED, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESS.

>> SO I SAT NEXT TO LAURA COTMAN WHO IS A VERY GREAT COMPOSER AND

ONE OF MY FRIENDS, AND AT THE FRIENDFRONT OF THE TABLE IS

AND AT THE END OF IT, WE ALL CRAWLED UP TO THE FRONT TO TAKE

I'M STANDING WITH REKNEE IN THE FRONT AND CHARLIZE ON MY RIGHT

HAND AND OTHERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CHARLIZE.

( LAUGHTER ) WHENEVER I HAVE BEEN TO THESE

AND YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE STARINGT AT BREAD, LIKE,

LIKE, IT'S AN ALIEN LIFE FORM THEY HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A DECADE.

>> I USUALLY DON'T EAT ANYTHING BECAUSE I'M A VEGAN VEGETARIAN,

THERE'S USUALLY KNOTTING FOR ME TO EAT EXCEPT RISOTTO, WHICH IS,

>> James: I WILL JOKE WITH YOU ABOUT MANY THINGS BUT I WILL NOT

>> EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE GONE PLANT-BASED SO THIS YEAR IT WAS

A FORBIDDEN RICE PLANT-BASED SOMETHING WITH MUSHROOMS ON TOP.

IT SOUNDS WAY LESS APPETIZING THAN IT WAS.

BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE, SO I HAD A LITTLE BIT, AND I WAS TOO

>> James: I THINK EVERYBODY THERE IS STARVING.

>> James: YOU WOULD EAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WOULD LEGITIMATELY, I WOULD FINISH MINE AND BE, LIKE, ARE

>> James: THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO A GLAMOROUS LUNCH LIKE

THAT, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN ANYBODY LEAVE FOOD.

>> MY WIFE GETS SO OFFENDED IF ANYBODY LEAVES FOOD ANYWHERE.

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE PLATE, SHE WILL GET UPSET ABOUT IT.

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE PLATE, IT WILL BE TOMORROW'S LEFTOVERS,

AND IF YOU DON'T EAT THE LEFTOVERS, SHE'S UPSET BECAUSE

>> James: THAT'S WHY I SET MY ALARM AT 2:00 A.M. TO GO DOWN TO

THE FRIDGE TO EAT WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER TO MAKE EVERYONE IN

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