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[audience applauding]
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yeah. Thank you for
being here.
Thank you for joining us.
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I'm egypt sherrod. And this
is the part two
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of the haves and
the have nots
final cast reunion.
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We're here
at tyler perry studios.
Isn't this place amazing?
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-[audience] yeah!
-[egypt] I mean,
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we're in the atl with the
hardest working cast in
television, by the way.
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-Tika sumpter,
crystal fox,
-[audience cheering]
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tyler leply,
angela robinson,
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renee lawless, peter parros
and aaron o'connell and
gavin houston.
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Sadly, john schneider,
could not be here.
But he will indeed be missed.
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But tonight, is our
final farewell.
This is it guys.
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Sayonara.
Oh my goodness.
Whose crying?
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Pass the tissues.
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So, how about, one more round
of applause from best fans
in the world. Yeah.
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[audience cheering]
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[egypt] yes.
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Now, her character,
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hanna young was the last
women standing. Did you...
Oh my goodness,
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that finale.
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-[egypt] ms. Crystal fox...
-They think...
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I mean, crystal, what's it
like to be here together
today? Everyone.
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I think it's a moment
we've been waiting for.
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Because we have had
a phenomenal eight years,
eight seasons.
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But we have never fully gotten
to say how appreciative we are
to the fans.
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And you recently tweeted this
about the final half season.
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-[reading]
-[both chuckle]
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[egypt] what're you gonna
miss the most?
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My family. But my
family is this family
and this family.
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Um! I'm not very much
into social media.
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But when we had to tweet,
it was so fun. Because I felt
even more connected to you.
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And so I feel like,
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this is just an
extended family. I'm gonna
miss having that ery week.
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So much to talk about but
let's first take a look
at hanna's extraordinary side
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and ride.
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-Do you really love god?
-I do.
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You really hope
to see him one day?
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Yes.
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Then come back around here,
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or around me ever again
and I promise you,
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I'm gonna put you
on that trip to see him.
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Sooner than you think.
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[oprah] who else but you,
crystal fox, could have played
that role?
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God told me to stop
praying for you.
He told me. He told me.
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So he did this?
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-Leave me alone.
-Say it then.
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-God, took--
-you took him
with your lying self.
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You took him. You did.
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We all just love seeing
hanna girl from being
the cryer's maid...
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So, does that mean I'm hired?
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Yes. And you start right now.
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Thank you very much.
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Don't thank me yet.
You haven't met my family.
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...To running their
entire estate,
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we love us some of that.
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Hang on. Are you telling me
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that you have been made
the executor of
katheryn's estate?
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Every bit of it.
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Now, what were you saying
to me jim, about what I have,
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or have not?
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But the one moment,
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I don't think any of us will
ever forget is you singing
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♪ there's a leak in this
old building ♪
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oh, my goodness!
When you did that,
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you were singing
to katheryn cryer when she was
in the hospital,
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um, um, um, um.
I called up tyler and I said,
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"who knew crystal could sing?"
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he said, "told you."
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♪ this old building♪
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♪ keeps on leaning♪
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♪ and my soul is gotta move♪
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♪ I have got another
building♪
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[continues singing]
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[egypt] they' re gonna put
me out of this hospital.
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Crystal, you don't sing,
you sang.
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You got the voice of
our ancestors down there
in your throat.
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[laughing]
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that's where I went
with that.
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That was just, I mean
so much to just wow right?
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I think we all wanna know what
it felt like to take
jim cryer out?
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Come on, hanna!
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What did that...
What did that feel like?
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I don't want to say that
it felt good,
it felt necessary.
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That's the best thing
I could say because
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he...
That kind of evil.
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It just kept going and kept
going and he killed my child,
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just, without any kind
of remorse. And...
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And he was threat...
He was always a threat
to our lives and so.
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In that moment he had to go.
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-It was necessary.
-How many takes
did you request?
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[chuckles]
I don't request
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any particular takes,
let me tell you why.
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This tyler, if he likes it,
he just captures it.
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And you're asking,
are you good with that?
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If you need another one,
he'll let you do it.
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What was funny to me, was that
it was very few, so I guess
I ran over him well.
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[all laughing]
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we do have a fan question
for you,
roll it.
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Hello, my name is dakota
from baltimore, maryland.
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My question is for
the legendary
miss crystal fox.
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What has been your favorite
moment of faith for hanna?
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And your favorite prayer
that she prayed for?
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Thank you.
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I don't know if it was a
prayer as much as it was
a song choice.
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Um,
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when...
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Benny was in the hospital,
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first of all when you take
on a role like this,
you realize, you have
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the responsibility of
what you bring into
people's homes.
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So, my intension was always
to bring you all
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and your stories, into
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your home and have a voice.
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And my grandmother was a
minister until she was 89 and
she died at 99.
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And always went to a place
of prayer the darker
the moment got.
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And when he was in the
hospital and there was
the idea that he might die,
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I asked tyler, if I could sing
a song, that was her
favorite song and that was
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♪ this is my story♪
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♪ this is my song♪
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and I... When he let me do it,
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the focus was so clear,
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that my face tingle now,
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that it was a director
specific purposeful song
and prayer of,
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hope that I could endure
whatever happened,
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but I wanted my child
to get up.
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♪ this is my story♪
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♪ this is my soul♪
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♪ praise him my savior ♪
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[hanna crying] god, jesus.
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Oh! I just want
to be like abraham. I want to.
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I want to but you
gotta help me.
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I want you to heal him,
but if you don't...
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If you don't,
I'll serve you anyway, god.
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I'll serve you anyway.
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-That's one of my
favorite moments.
-[audience clapping]
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I know we have someone in the
audience who has a question
specifically for you, crystal.
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-Okay.
-Well, sam.
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It's great to be here today.
Great to meet all of you, but
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-crystal fox,
-[laughing]
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you have to understand.
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I have been married
for 42 years.
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Okay. Don't get me in trouble.
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[egypt] this is your wife
right, angela?
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This is my wife right here.
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So, I can ask this question
with her blessing.
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Okay.
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-[egypt] angela, can you stand
up as well?
-Please.
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42 years right there.
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-Fantastic.
-That's beautiful.
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[egypt] what's the key
to 42 years,
before we go any further.
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42 years, he stays in the
computer room a lot.
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And I'm in another room. Yeah.
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But let me just say,
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42 years of marriage
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but on Tuesday nights,
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it was hanna. It was hanna.
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He left me for hanna.
Every Tuesday.
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Which leaves me
to my question for you.
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[audience laughing]
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I wanna know,
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how much input do you have on
your love interest
for your next project?
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And, I would love
to read for that role.
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Um!
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Mr. Sam, mr. Sam.
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You're a brave man. You must
have a death wish with
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your wife sitting
right next to you.
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Go ahead.
That's a good one.
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Well, I'm nervous mrs. Angela.
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Okay.
[chuckles]
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thank you for that.
Do not get me in trouble
with this mrs. Angela.
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But I will say this that,
tyler, actually did
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let me eventually read with
the characters that became
my love interest on the show.
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To feel the chemistry out.
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If angela, mrs. Angela,
says it's okay,
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next time that happens,
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we're gonna reach out to you.
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There's hope. There's hope.
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Listen, so, tika, your
actual mom is here today.
Is that correct?
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[tika] mm-hmm.
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-Where is she?
-She is right there.
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Where are you mom?
Oh! I should have known,
sharp as a cat.
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[audience cheering]
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what is tika like in real life
in comparison to candace?
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She's very caring.
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She loves her family.
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She's very caring
of her four siblings.
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She makes sure
things are done.
She is a boss.
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Uh, but she's a good boss.
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And she always makes sure
that I'm taken care of
no matter what.
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[audience applauding]
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-I'll pay you later.
-[audience laughing]
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I'll be there to collect it.
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[audience laughing]
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so, miss janice,
do you have a favorite scene
of the whole show?
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Um, my favorite scene
is her
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asking her mother, crystal,
for forgiveness
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because as a child
and as a mother,
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you should always forgive
your child no matter
what they do.
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Please forgive me.
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I can.
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I can.
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'cause every day I wake up
and wonder if you ever will.
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Girl...
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[egypt] wonderful scene,
but thank you miss janice.
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Listen, we're gonna take
a break, but don't move.
We'll be right back.
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We got more to come
when we come back.
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[audience cheering]
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[sobs] and I have to say,
you guys are incredible.
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Like, these are tears of joy
and love.
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Thank you for your support.
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[chuckles]
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[indistinct chatter in studio]
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[match strikes]
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[burning]
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[woman 3] oh, my god.
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[audience cheering]
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a little fire and ice.
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That was miss veronica,
the ice queen,
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torching the house
with her hubby inside
and not even blinking.
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Welcome back
the haves and the have nots,
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final cast reunion
on own.
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I'm egypt sherrod.
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Angela, angela!
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-[chuckles]
-yes, egypt.
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What... I guess it's safe
to say maybe we all have
a little veronica in us.
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Yes, we do.
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-And you say that often.
-[angela] yes.
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You care to elaborate?
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Yes, I think everyone has
a little veronica in them,
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and the only thing
that separates them
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from one type of veronica
and another
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is good home training
and jesus.
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So, if you missed out
on good home training
and jesus,
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you might be the one
with the lighter yourself
one day.
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[laughing]
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[egypt] well, I'll say,
you were hands down,
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like, the best
villainess ever. Ever.
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Um, you said the things
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that some of us may have
wanted to say,
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you did some of the things
we would have never thought
to do
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but got great ideas
from watching you.
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Um... [laughing]
242
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but I mean, just the spice
that you added to the screen.
243
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Now that veronica is gone,
244
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-which I thought inevitably
they would bring her--
-veronica's gone?
245
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-I didn't think!
-No, I'm just... [laughs]
246
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wait, no, but when we saw,
when we saw them shoot
your character,
247
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I was like, "no, she's coming
back again."
248
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but now that she is gone,
249
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what do you have
to say about--
250
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[peter] was that her
that got shot?
251
00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,742
-Well, I don't... [chuckles]
-I don't know.
252
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-I don't know that she's gone.
-Oh, we don't know?
253
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But first of all,
I wanna say thank you.
254
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I wanna say thank you
to you guys.
255
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And, you know,
I don't get to get
256
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very emotional on the show,
257
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but I'm pretty much
a cry baby in life.
258
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So, um, I just
really appreciate,
259
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um, your love
and running into you.
260
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And those of you who couldn't
tell the difference
261
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between veronica and angela,
I love you.
262
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[all laughing]
263
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and I love those of you
who could.
264
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And so, you know,
I wanna say thank you.
265
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[voice breaks] I wanna say
thank you to everybody
on this stage.
266
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-Aww.
-[audience applauds]
267
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[peter] I have to say,
268
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your craft and what you bring,
it is amazing
269
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working with her
and just what...
270
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Something so separate
from her,
271
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from who she is as a person.
272
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And I remember,
when your character
was first changing,
273
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you would look at
some of these lines and go,
274
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"I don't even
understand this."
275
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-[laughing]
-but you played it
like you knew
276
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exactly what was going on.
[laughs]
277
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so, just, I have
so much respect for you
278
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and have so loved
working with you.
279
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-[egypt] yeah. Aww.
-[peter] you're awesome,
awesome, awesome, awesome.
280
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-[audience applauding]
-thank you.
281
00:14:15,589 --> 00:14:18,623
And now, angela,
I understand you had
the ultimate pleasure
282
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of working with oprah
283
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when she produced
the color purple
on broadway.
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-Yes.
-[egypt] wow.
285
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[angela] oprah was one
of the main producers
on the show,
286
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and we didn't find out
until we had started
rehearsing and everything.
287
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And, um, they had us
all gather in rehearsal,
288
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and they said, "we wanna
introduce you to our
latest producer."
289
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and we all got together like,
290
00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:40,979
"we're ready
to go home, y'all."
291
00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:42,914
and here, in walks oprah.
292
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And it was a huge moment
for us.
293
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It truly changed my life
294
00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:50,154
because I had done
three broadway shows prior,
295
00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:52,090
and they don't run sometimes.
296
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So when oprah walked
in the door, I was like,
"ooh, this thing might run."
297
00:14:55,462 --> 00:14:57,362
[all laughing]
298
00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,298
well, here's what oprah
says about the ice queen.
299
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There's a hurricane coming,
and her name is veronica.
300
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And when this bitch hits
301
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it destroys everything
you've ever known.
302
00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:17,916
Now, veronica harrington,
whoa!
303
00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:22,353
Phew! So evil, so cold,
304
00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:25,039
she got her very own
nick name, the ice queen.
305
00:15:25,058 --> 00:15:27,926
And no one could
have played her as well
306
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with as much as
of the devil in her
307
00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:31,930
as you have done, angela.
308
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:35,316
-You're wicked.
-Yeah, I am.
309
00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:39,287
Did you think I was gonna get
the maid to clean it up?
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Enjoy cleaning.
311
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We cannot count how many
outrageous things
312
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veronica did and said
over the years.
313
00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:51,316
-Who is this?
-I don't know who the hell
that is.
314
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:52,917
From the looks of things,
it looks like somebody
315
00:15:52,953 --> 00:15:55,320
who needs a facial, a bath
and some anti-biotics.
316
00:15:55,355 --> 00:15:59,023
God, veronica,
why does everything have to be
such a damn effort with you?
317
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Because I'm a queen
and I require maintenance.
318
00:16:02,696 --> 00:16:04,696
[oprah] I certainly hope
you've had fun playing her
319
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:07,098
'cause, wow, have you taken us
on a ride.
320
00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:09,067
Like the time
when she told jeffrey,
321
00:16:09,102 --> 00:16:13,204
"who gave you the right
to be a homosexual?"
322
00:16:13,256 --> 00:16:15,239
who, who gave you
that right? Who?
323
00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:18,492
Veronica, this is ridiculous.
324
00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:21,262
No, it isn't.
325
00:16:21,297 --> 00:16:22,797
Jeffrey, you're being selfish.
326
00:16:22,832 --> 00:16:24,415
Selfish?
327
00:16:24,451 --> 00:16:26,217
Yeah, this is all about you.
328
00:16:26,252 --> 00:16:28,403
Mom. I'm just trying
to tell you that--
329
00:16:28,438 --> 00:16:30,021
shut up!
330
00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:33,474
[oprah] it was so hardened,
it was so mean, it was...
331
00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:36,377
I don't know where you
pull that up from, but ugh!
332
00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:38,463
God, I still get chills
thinking about that scene.
333
00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:40,131
[indistinct yelling]
334
00:16:40,183 --> 00:16:43,368
because of angela,
veronica will now go down
335
00:16:43,403 --> 00:16:47,505
as one of the most
iconic villains on tv.
336
00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:50,308
-Veronica.
-That's my name.
337
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:54,262
I wear it well, don't I?
[evil chuckle]
338
00:16:54,297 --> 00:16:56,581
[audience applauding]
339
00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:02,120
so, angela, I heard
you used to take issue
340
00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:04,856
with people calling veronica
crazy, but not anymore?
341
00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:09,160
Well, I still do a little bit,
342
00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:11,129
but I think for the first...
343
00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:13,931
-Peter's looking at me I bet.
-[both laughing]
344
00:17:13,967 --> 00:17:17,602
I think for the first,
I would say six seasons,
345
00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:19,704
I would go to interviews
and people would say,
346
00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:21,773
"oh, she's crazy,
veronica's crazy."
347
00:17:21,808 --> 00:17:23,875
and I would defend it,
I would defend it
348
00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:27,278
because I really feel
that, um,
349
00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:29,680
men get to play villains
all the time
350
00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:33,117
and they get called ruthless
and they get called powerful
351
00:17:33,153 --> 00:17:34,685
and they get called evil,
352
00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:36,954
but rarely do they get
called crazy.
353
00:17:36,990 --> 00:17:39,857
And so I thought when a woman
steps up
354
00:17:39,893 --> 00:17:42,794
and she's just as evil
and just as ruthless
355
00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:44,662
and just as powerful,
you wanna call her crazy?
356
00:17:44,697 --> 00:17:46,531
No, she knows
everything she's doing.
357
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:47,598
[all laughing]
358
00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:49,767
so, I didn't...
359
00:17:49,803 --> 00:17:51,502
I didn't...
I took issue with it.
360
00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:53,471
But then tyler
went some places
361
00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:55,406
after about season seven,
362
00:17:55,442 --> 00:17:58,209
I was doing an interview,
and they said she's crazy,
I was like, "yeah."
363
00:17:58,244 --> 00:18:00,511
[all laughing]
364
00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:02,747
-you know.
-[angela] I was like,
"yeah, she...
365
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:05,550
She might be a little,
you know..."
366
00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:08,052
we're gonna be right back
with a whole lot more.
367
00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,822
We're getting it out,
we're getting answers
to all of your questions.
368
00:18:10,857 --> 00:18:14,092
A whole lot more of
the haves and the have nots.
369
00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,928
[audience cheering]
370
00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:19,230
[sobs] saying goodbye
to this moment
371
00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,165
is very difficult for me.
372
00:18:27,056 --> 00:18:28,890
[door closes]
373
00:18:32,896 --> 00:18:34,395
[gunshots fired]
374
00:18:35,248 --> 00:18:37,115
[audience cheering]
375
00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:42,086
welcome back to
the haves and the have nots,
final cast reunion.
376
00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:44,122
I'm egypt sherrod. Wow.
377
00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:46,691
Well, you kinda got me
when I said,
378
00:18:46,726 --> 00:18:48,659
"she died," and you were like,
"but did she?"
379
00:18:48,695 --> 00:18:53,331
maybe she had a body double
come out in that black outfit.
380
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,933
And did peter die
in the explosion?
381
00:18:55,969 --> 00:18:57,401
I mean, there are
so many questions.
382
00:18:57,437 --> 00:19:00,671
-Tyler's in the back right now
writing a new show.
-Writing. [laughs]
383
00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:02,440
[tika] call veronica or v.
384
00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,143
Let's take another
audience question.
Now, where's karyn?
385
00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:08,045
-Oh, my karyn. Karyn greer.
-Hello. Yes!
386
00:19:08,081 --> 00:19:10,381
-Karyn greer!
-[karyn] hello!
387
00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:11,983
[audience cheering]
388
00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:14,185
huge fan, huge fan, my gosh.
389
00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:16,521
You have turned that role
into something fabulous.
390
00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:18,990
-And I agree,
I don't think you're dead.
-[egypt] yeah.
391
00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:22,760
I think that's that maid that
likes to dress like you...
392
00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:24,428
-[egypt] ah!
-...That got killed.
393
00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:28,065
But anyway, my question is
I've heard you do interviews,
394
00:19:28,101 --> 00:19:32,170
and you said you had
to actually audition
395
00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:34,071
a couple of times
for this role.
396
00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:36,507
Uh, you didn't get it
the first time.
397
00:19:36,543 --> 00:19:40,111
And you thought perhaps
you needed to push it up
a notch.
398
00:19:40,146 --> 00:19:41,279
Talk about that.
399
00:19:41,314 --> 00:19:42,580
Aww, thank you, karyn.
400
00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:45,016
Uh, so I was in atlanta
401
00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:48,052
doing a musical called
into the woods
402
00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:49,287
playing the witch. Huh.
403
00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:51,189
And, um... [laughs]
404
00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:54,625
and the casting director
and one of the producers
405
00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,627
from the studio
had come to see it.
406
00:19:56,663 --> 00:19:59,664
And they invited me
to come and audition
for meet the browns
407
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:02,600
and to have one scene
on meet the browns.
408
00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,936
And I thought I had
hit the lottery.
409
00:20:04,971 --> 00:20:06,804
I was like, "oh, I'mma go
do this scene!
410
00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:08,839
And I did not get that part.
411
00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:11,576
But a year-and-a-half later
412
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:14,879
was when I got the call
to audition for veronica.
413
00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:18,382
And so the moral
for anybody in here
who had a dream
414
00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:20,985
or who's trying
to do something
415
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:24,822
and who's been rejected a lot,
um, just understand
416
00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:28,459
that that no is just
maybe "not now."
417
00:20:28,494 --> 00:20:30,294
-and so...
-Maybe it's next opportunity.
418
00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:33,731
-I love that.
-So, the haves and
the have nots turned out to be
419
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,233
so much better.
420
00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:38,302
And veronica turned out
to be a dream come true
for me. So...
421
00:20:38,338 --> 00:20:40,705
Yeah, god had something bigger
planned for you. Look at that.
422
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:43,007
Did you get backlash at all
423
00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,709
from people who just
could not understand
424
00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,578
that was my character,
this is me.
425
00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:50,948
When someone...
People come up to me and say,
"I just love you,"
426
00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:54,452
I get a little...
Like, what about
her do you love?
427
00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:55,786
-[all laughing]
-[angela]
like, you know.
428
00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:59,190
Because I, you know,
I want to always be sure
429
00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:02,026
it's not her homophobia.
430
00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:07,098
Because the gay community
has been one
of my most supportive.
431
00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:11,202
In the very beginning, it was
hard for me to consider
being so hated.
432
00:21:11,237 --> 00:21:14,739
But what I tried
to do was represent
the stories of my friends.
433
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,575
And I knew so many people
who had come out
434
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:21,712
and who had so much resistance
and so much rejection.
435
00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:24,382
And so, I felt like
if I represented...
436
00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:27,084
Those people well
and truthfully,
437
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,254
that they would
see themselves and say,
"that's not me."
438
00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:31,722
like, "I don't wanna be that."
439
00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:35,259
and maybe, they will
approach it differently
440
00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:37,061
if their children
came out to them.
441
00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:41,265
So, it was...
It was difficult
being so hard.
442
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,434
But at the same time,
I found it necessary,
443
00:21:43,469 --> 00:21:46,937
and every season, I came back
wanting her to be nice.
444
00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:51,108
And one of
our hairstylists said to me,
"I don't know if this helps...
445
00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:56,881
But... It took my mom
25 years to accept me.
446
00:21:56,916 --> 00:22:01,152
And so, I know you wanna be...
You want you guys
to hug it out today,
447
00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:05,456
but what you guys were doing
is what happened in my life.
448
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:07,725
And so, you're
representing real life.
449
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,527
And that's why
we're so connected."
450
00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:11,095
-and it was important.
-[audience applauding]
451
00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,398
it was important
to play that out
in this show.
452
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:18,202
I think it's
one of the storylines...
453
00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:21,305
That changed lives
in the biggest way, really.
454
00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:24,475
I think it
gave people courage,
it gave others compassion.
455
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:28,245
Sometimes also,
for people who may have
felt the way veronica felt,
456
00:22:28,281 --> 00:22:30,948
to see it play out on tv
made them realize,
457
00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:34,485
"wow, I'm really
not being a good person here."
458
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,287
you know. So, thank you.
459
00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:39,357
-Thank you. Thank you
for all that ugliness.
-[egypt and angela laugh]
460
00:22:39,392 --> 00:22:41,292
before the show, we polled
the audience to find out
461
00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:46,130
who they thought had
the most shocking death
during the season finale.
462
00:22:46,165 --> 00:22:49,767
Was it veronica
getting double crossed
and gunned down?
463
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:51,469
Or did she?
[chuckles]
464
00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:55,005
jim drowning candace
in a bathtub. My...
465
00:22:55,041 --> 00:22:59,910
David and jeffrey getting
blown up by officer justin's
brother, tanner.
466
00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:02,513
Katheryn [gasps]
getting strangled in prison.
467
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:05,082
I didn't like that.
I have feelings
about that one.
468
00:23:05,118 --> 00:23:08,319
Wyatt overdosing.
469
00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:11,188
And then, hanna
running over jim
with her car.
470
00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:15,359
Oh, wait a minute.
Can we not forget
my benny, my baby...
471
00:23:15,395 --> 00:23:17,695
Getting shot by the malones.
472
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:21,198
Well, the results when we
come back. I know
who I'm voting for.
473
00:23:21,234 --> 00:23:23,033
-[audience cheering]
-[indistinct chatter]
474
00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:28,773
actors have a shelf life.
475
00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:34,745
Black actors very rarely
get an opportunity like this.
476
00:23:42,021 --> 00:23:43,320
[audience cheering,
applauding]
477
00:23:43,356 --> 00:23:46,490
see, I understand
what it's like
478
00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:48,008
to lose a child.
479
00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:49,844
Remember?
480
00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:53,497
I told you I had
nothing to do with that.
481
00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:55,766
Inadvertently, you did.
482
00:23:55,802 --> 00:24:00,271
So, are you telling me
you inadvertently had
my son killed?
483
00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:05,726
I don't forget
anything bitch
484
00:24:05,745 --> 00:24:08,562
[oprah] we all know it takes
a certain kind of actor
to play a character
485
00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:12,016
that we also...
We love and we hate
at the same time,
486
00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:13,467
and john did that.
487
00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:17,404
I have a plan but
it requires me in a hotel room
with another woman.
488
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,157
It always requires you
in a room with a woman.
489
00:24:20,193 --> 00:24:23,661
Your wife is
a cold-blooded bitch.
490
00:24:23,696 --> 00:24:24,912
Jim.
491
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:26,630
-What the hell
do you I'm gonna do?
-You son of a bitch!
492
00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,032
-I told you... [grunts]
-[sobbing]
493
00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:31,385
even at his worst,
we still wanted to see
what jim would do next
494
00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:33,537
all the way to
the very, very end.
495
00:24:33,573 --> 00:24:35,973
Get out of my car!
Get out of here!
496
00:24:36,843 --> 00:24:38,225
[indistinct noises, grunts]
497
00:24:38,261 --> 00:24:40,961
-[sobbing] I hate you!
-I hate all you crazy bitches!
498
00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,847
-[jim grunting]
-you son of a bitch!
499
00:24:46,786 --> 00:24:48,619
[audience cheering,
applauding]
500
00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:52,623
[egypt] that was
john schneider
501
00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:55,793
and the evil-to-the-core...
Wasn't he just evil,
just mean?
502
00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:57,495
-Yeah.
-[egypt] jim cryer.
503
00:24:57,530 --> 00:25:01,999
Okay. Now, it is time
to reveal the series finale's
most shocking death scene.
504
00:25:02,034 --> 00:25:04,568
[chuckles]
who do you think it is, truly?
505
00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:06,470
-Ah, oh...
-[audience chattering]
506
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:07,972
yeah?
507
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:13,377
Well, according to
the audience,
roll the tape.
508
00:25:13,412 --> 00:25:15,246
Now, I know why they
put me in here with you.
509
00:25:15,281 --> 00:25:16,580
[audience exclaims]
510
00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:18,516
so I can kill your ass.
511
00:25:19,118 --> 00:25:20,651
[both struggling]
512
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:22,419
[katheryn grunting]
513
00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:28,659
[katheryn choking, grunting]
514
00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:33,497
[woman laughs]
515
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,084
-[choking]
-[strains]
516
00:25:38,638 --> 00:25:40,087
die.
517
00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:46,844
[audience applauds]
518
00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:47,811
[egypt] that's the winner.
519
00:25:47,847 --> 00:25:49,213
-[sighs]
-[angela] uh-huh.
520
00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:50,948
-I hadn't even seen that.
So, I just thought that...
-[egypt] why?
521
00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:53,150
What did you think?
522
00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:57,588
I had enjoyed every single,
solitary second filming
that thing.
523
00:25:57,623 --> 00:26:00,925
I've always wanted to have
a big dramatic death scene,
you know?
524
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,661
[others laughing]
525
00:26:03,696 --> 00:26:06,697
like, you know, shoot 'em.
"I'm coming, elizabeth,"
whatever.
526
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:09,400
You know, I've always wanted
to have this big scene
527
00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:12,870
but that was...
Actually a little too real
for comfort.
528
00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:15,239
It's one thing when you
get shot. You're like,
[groans] you know.
529
00:26:15,274 --> 00:26:19,677
But to have the actual rope
around your neck
was a whole different...
530
00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:22,146
-Experience.
-But, what do they
say as actors, right?
531
00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:24,481
-If you gotta die, die good.
-[woman] die good.
532
00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:28,218
I love the relationship
between your character
and crystal's character.
533
00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:29,887
-That friendship...
-[audience applauding]
534
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:33,057
[egypt] that was
so endearing,
I'm telling you.
535
00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,292
[renee] I had
an instant connection
with her.
536
00:26:35,328 --> 00:26:40,664
And day one, as many
gloriously, fantastically,
wonderful scenes
537
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,967
that I've had
the honor to play
538
00:26:43,002 --> 00:26:47,037
with the beautiful
angela robinson and
everyone sitting in here,
539
00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:49,173
to this date,
my all-time favorite scene
540
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:51,308
is the closet scene
with crystal
541
00:26:51,344 --> 00:26:53,711
when she comes about
her breast cancer.
542
00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,446
And when they
have that moment,
543
00:26:55,481 --> 00:26:57,982
and on the first time,
on national television,
544
00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,118
this beautiful woman
prayed over somebody.
545
00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,486
Praise jesus.
546
00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:03,587
No one knows.
547
00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:06,874
Not even your husband?
548
00:27:10,096 --> 00:27:11,028
No.
549
00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:17,685
Father god, I come before you
right now on behalf
of my sister, katheryn
550
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,554
lord jesus, we ask you
to look down right now,
lord god,
551
00:27:20,589 --> 00:27:22,690
and through your blood,
we ask you to...
552
00:27:22,725 --> 00:27:24,808
Take the poison that is
supposed to be healing
553
00:27:24,860 --> 00:27:27,645
and give her the power
that is your blood,
that is the true healing.
554
00:27:27,697 --> 00:27:28,946
[audience applauding]
555
00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:31,015
[renee] that was a connection
that, I think, carried over
556
00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:33,884
with our characters for
for the eight seasons.
557
00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:36,720
And I love her
to the moon and back
and all the stars around.
558
00:27:36,756 --> 00:27:38,522
Mm. That's a good one.
559
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:41,525
[chuckles] we'll be
right back. More with
the haves and the have nots.
560
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,160
[audience cheering,
applauding]
561
00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:46,897
I just wanna say thank you
to all of you.
562
00:27:46,932 --> 00:27:48,265
I love all of you.
563
00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:59,576
Welcome back. Okay, so,
there are fans
and there are stans.
564
00:27:59,612 --> 00:28:01,478
These are the super fans.
565
00:28:01,514 --> 00:28:04,515
Really, make some noise
if you're a stan of the show.
566
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,583
[loud cheering]
567
00:28:08,621 --> 00:28:12,690
my hands and my feet
are in the air because
I am a true stan of the show.
568
00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:14,692
So, I just want to
take a moment to thank you.
569
00:28:14,727 --> 00:28:17,828
This has been just
such an incredible
opportunity and honor
570
00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:19,596
for me to be here
with you guys,
571
00:28:19,632 --> 00:28:23,133
to laugh
until I cried [laughs]
572
00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:25,502
I'm a huge fan
of the show, obviously,
as I said,
573
00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:28,072
of tyler perry,
of oprah winfrey,
574
00:28:28,107 --> 00:28:31,909
and the work that
you guys are all putting in.
Just...
575
00:28:33,012 --> 00:28:35,913
Thank you...
576
00:28:35,948 --> 00:28:37,948
[egypt] so, before we go...
577
00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:40,217
I'm gonna go around
one by one.
578
00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:44,154
I wanna know what is
the hardest part for you
of saying goodbye.
579
00:28:46,192 --> 00:28:48,058
I think the hardest part...
580
00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:52,262
Is not knowing that
we are gonna be able
to see each other
581
00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:54,665
every single year
that we've had,
582
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:57,935
and the relationships
that we've... You know...
583
00:28:57,970 --> 00:29:01,238
I've grown so much
as a person because
of you guys.
584
00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:03,907
Um, you're
like family to me.
585
00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:07,911
The fans that have
stood by us since 2013.
586
00:29:08,814 --> 00:29:10,214
My tv mom...
587
00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:11,782
[audience] aw...
[applauding]
588
00:29:13,452 --> 00:29:14,451
-aw.
-[aaron] so...
589
00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:16,186
Thank you for...
590
00:29:16,856 --> 00:29:18,322
Hanging with us
591
00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:21,425
and thank all of you
for welcoming me
592
00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:24,394
myself into
the haves and
have nots family.
593
00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:25,929
-So, yeah.
-[audience applauding]
594
00:29:32,438 --> 00:29:34,838
[chokes, stutters]
can I order last?
595
00:29:34,874 --> 00:29:35,939
[audience chuckles]
596
00:29:37,009 --> 00:29:37,875
um...
597
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:41,411
Everything he said.
598
00:29:43,382 --> 00:29:48,919
This is one of
the finest companies,
studio, crew...
599
00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:52,523
Behind-the-scenes people
I have ever worked with
in my life.
600
00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:56,126
I'm going to forever wonder
601
00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:59,563
if my next project
will ever be as fulfilling,
602
00:29:59,598 --> 00:30:01,665
will ever be as joyful,
603
00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,201
will ever have
such fan dedication,
604
00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:07,905
will ever set have
such a camaraderie.
605
00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:12,276
I keep praying that whatever
the lord has in plan
for the rest of my life,
606
00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:15,579
that this will always
be a part of it.
607
00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:20,717
And I want to desperately work
with each and every one
of these people again.
608
00:30:20,753 --> 00:30:23,987
And so, saying goodbye
to this moment
609
00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:26,490
is very difficult for me.
[sobs]
610
00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:30,127
it's been
the greatest journey,
the greatest experience,
611
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,728
the greatest opportunity...
612
00:30:34,099 --> 00:30:35,098
My whole life.
613
00:30:36,035 --> 00:30:37,501
[audience applauding]
614
00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:45,676
you know, tough act to follow.
[laughs]
615
00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:50,247
you know,
when I first started out,
I wasn't too sure of myself.
616
00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:52,549
Um, I'd come from...
617
00:30:52,585 --> 00:30:54,384
Just being in
a really dark place,
618
00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,920
you know, back in philly,
I kind of packed up,
moved to la,
619
00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:59,289
and this was the first family
that really accepted me
620
00:30:59,325 --> 00:31:01,525
in what I was
trying to do in life.
621
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,061
So, you guys
have supported us,
you've supported me.
622
00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:08,165
Um, I found my purpose
through y'all.
623
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,735
And it just...
It goes without saying that
624
00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:17,441
you know, I wouldn't be here
as a man, as a actor,
as a artist without...
625
00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:20,577
Your support, and without
your love that you show
every single Tuesday.
626
00:31:20,613 --> 00:31:22,512
All my love
goes out to tyler perry.
627
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:23,747
For taking
the chance on me.
628
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:25,582
My love
to oprah winfrey.
629
00:31:25,618 --> 00:31:27,784
And um, I just want to say
from the bottom of my heart
630
00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:29,219
that I love each
and every one of you all.
631
00:31:29,255 --> 00:31:30,921
You're going to be
the hardest thing
to say goodbye to.
632
00:31:30,956 --> 00:31:32,823
-I love you all.
[chuckles]
-[applauding]
633
00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:33,824
I love you.
634
00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:39,396
-Tika.
-Uh... [sighs]
635
00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:40,697
[tika clears throat]
636
00:31:40,733 --> 00:31:43,934
you know I think one
of the things I'm going
to really miss
637
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:47,604
is coming into work and...
638
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:53,176
Laying whatever burden
I have down at the feet
of my friends.
639
00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:56,580
And them
picking me back up
640
00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:57,581
even when
they don't know
641
00:31:57,616 --> 00:31:59,116
that's something
is really wrong.
642
00:31:59,652 --> 00:32:00,550
Or...
643
00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:04,655
[sighs heavily]
644
00:32:04,690 --> 00:32:05,822
[audience exclaiming] aw.
645
00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:07,057
Sorry. [sniffs]
646
00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:08,058
[mumbles]
647
00:32:09,328 --> 00:32:11,595
just knowing
that we really are in this,
648
00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:15,732
the up's, many up's,
the downs.
649
00:32:15,768 --> 00:32:21,038
I'm just super grateful
that god has brought
every single person in...
650
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,940
On this stage into my life.
651
00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:28,378
And um, tyler perry obviously
who believed in all of us.
652
00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:31,214
And has pushed us
to dream bigger.
653
00:32:31,250 --> 00:32:33,984
And dream more
and oprah winfrey
654
00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:36,920
for giving her the first
drama on her own a shot.
655
00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:41,458
And uh, and I have to say
I think you fans
don't understand
656
00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:45,362
how it can be one thing
you say during the day
657
00:32:45,397 --> 00:32:48,465
that you don't know what's
going on in our own lives.
658
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,868
Just the other day
somebody said something
and I needed it.
659
00:32:51,904 --> 00:32:54,271
Their encouragement
and the love.
660
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:57,407
And I have to say
you guys are incredible.
661
00:32:57,443 --> 00:33:00,344
Like these are tears
of joy and love.
662
00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:02,245
Thank you
for your support.
663
00:33:02,281 --> 00:33:03,847
[inhales sharply]
and um...
664
00:33:03,882 --> 00:33:04,815
I'm a cry baby.
665
00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,351
And I'm really sensitive
so uh, thank you.
666
00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:09,386
Thank you, thank you.
I love you guys.
667
00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:10,721
[applauding]
668
00:33:16,028 --> 00:33:17,694
[crowd clapping]
669
00:33:17,730 --> 00:33:20,097
[egypt] I think we need
some tissues to uh--
670
00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:21,431
can we get some?
671
00:33:22,267 --> 00:33:23,133
Crystal.
672
00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,669
Tissues. [laughs]
673
00:33:26,972 --> 00:33:27,871
[crystal exhales sharply]
674
00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:30,374
-[indistinct chatter]
-[egypt] take your time.
675
00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:32,976
[all applauding]
676
00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:40,717
actors have a shelf life.
677
00:33:42,221 --> 00:33:43,854
People don't
quite get that.
[tearfully]
678
00:33:44,957 --> 00:33:47,791
black actors
very rarely
679
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:49,726
get an opportunity
like this.
680
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:52,729
Some people's
careers go on.
681
00:33:52,765 --> 00:33:54,398
People nurture
other artists
682
00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:57,634
and they take them
up through an entire
life time of a career.
683
00:33:58,137 --> 00:33:59,736
We don't get that.
684
00:33:59,772 --> 00:34:03,473
We don't get the opportunities
to act and grow
685
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:04,941
and go on
to better things.
686
00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:11,081
You hope that you
have an opportunity
for that to happen
687
00:34:11,116 --> 00:34:14,484
but we know people
who have an entire career
688
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,753
and they never,
it never happens.
689
00:34:17,890 --> 00:34:21,691
So to be able to come in
your homes, as a maid
690
00:34:21,727 --> 00:34:24,795
and be the matriarch
of a family
691
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:27,531
I had such hope that
what I would bring to you
692
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:29,933
would mean
and resonate with you.
693
00:34:31,036 --> 00:34:34,538
And you all
are the reason
694
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:38,075
that any of us are famous
or celebrities or whatever...
695
00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:41,244
And I never
loose sight of that.
696
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:45,415
If it doesn't reach you
I have not serve my purpose
697
00:34:45,451 --> 00:34:51,621
and you are the reason
that I'm confident now.
698
00:34:51,657 --> 00:34:56,726
And I have to say
tyler gave me that as well.
699
00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:58,895
He believed in me,
he made me...
700
00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:01,631
No, he allowed me
to trust myself.
701
00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:04,768
So if I never do
another thing
702
00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:06,603
you've given me
the greatest gift
703
00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,738
of anyone as an actor.
Thank you.
704
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,440
[all applauding]
705
00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:20,617
I will miss
706
00:35:20,652 --> 00:35:23,954
being in the presence
of tyler perry
707
00:35:23,989 --> 00:35:24,788
every year.
708
00:35:26,024 --> 00:35:28,658
There's something
about coming out of that,
709
00:35:28,694 --> 00:35:30,594
that left me
totally drained
710
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,430
and totally motivated,
at the same time.
711
00:35:34,066 --> 00:35:35,732
And I'll miss that.
712
00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:38,435
I will miss
you guys.
713
00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,371
But mainly I think,
714
00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:46,409
although I will be
friends with everyone
up here forever.
715
00:35:47,446 --> 00:35:50,347
There's nothing like that
personal encounter
716
00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:52,349
that you get in person.
717
00:35:52,384 --> 00:35:55,385
That you know you're
going to get once a year.
718
00:35:56,255 --> 00:35:57,354
So the thought...
719
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:00,891
Of not having that
720
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,995
I think is what leaves me
a bit emotional.
721
00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:09,266
My mother passed away
last month. [tearfully]
722
00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:10,567
[audience exclaiming]
723
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:13,737
this girl...
[tearfully]
724
00:36:13,772 --> 00:36:14,638
[crystal exhales sharply]
725
00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:18,074
she called me and she said,
"you doing all right?"
726
00:36:18,110 --> 00:36:19,543
and I don't
remember what I said.
727
00:36:19,578 --> 00:36:22,212
The next day we were
doing a viewing
728
00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:24,281
in new jersey,
she lives in atlanta.
729
00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:27,617
And she called me
and she said,
730
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:29,686
"I'm here."
[tearfully]
731
00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:30,921
[audience exclaiming]
732
00:36:33,192 --> 00:36:36,626
"I couldn't sleep.
If I stayed home so I'm here."
733
00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:38,695
[angela sniffs]
734
00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:40,564
such beautiful people.
735
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:43,600
That tyler put together
and that's his gift.
736
00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:47,003
He just knows
how to do that.
737
00:36:47,940 --> 00:36:50,373
He blessed us
with his presence.
738
00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:52,842
He blessed us
with connecting us.
739
00:36:54,213 --> 00:36:56,980
And I guess the best gift
that we can give to him
740
00:36:58,116 --> 00:37:00,917
is to never
lose that.
741
00:37:00,953 --> 00:37:05,855
Is to always be together.
Not just us but you too.
742
00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:07,457
To always be connected.
743
00:37:08,293 --> 00:37:09,693
[all applauding]
744
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:18,969
when uh,
I was offered the part
745
00:37:19,004 --> 00:37:23,073
I was like, it's tyler perry
and oprah winfrey.
746
00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:25,041
[all laughing]
747
00:37:25,077 --> 00:37:27,244
I said
if nothing else
748
00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:29,446
this is going to be
historic television.
749
00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,314
And I want
to be part of it.
750
00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:34,484
[sniffs] and uh...
751
00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:38,088
I didn't know
I would get this.
752
00:37:41,026 --> 00:37:45,195
Been blessed
to be a working actor
753
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:46,963
for 40 years.
754
00:37:46,999 --> 00:37:48,431
[all applauding]
755
00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:54,271
and I've never
had this.
756
00:37:55,841 --> 00:37:57,140
I'll miss crystal's house.
757
00:37:57,175 --> 00:37:58,141
[laughing]
758
00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:00,043
house parties.
759
00:38:01,146 --> 00:38:03,046
So much fun.
760
00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:06,983
Tyler walk out bare foot
forget he... [chuckles]
761
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:09,152
forget he left his
shoes in the house.
762
00:38:09,187 --> 00:38:10,453
[all laugh]
763
00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:14,491
I'm not a...
I'm not a very
social person.
764
00:38:16,395 --> 00:38:17,394
That's so weird.
765
00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:19,095
[crystal] I know, right?
[chuckles]
766
00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:20,697
didn't think we're
going to do this.
767
00:38:23,502 --> 00:38:27,637
You kind of fall back on,
"I'll catch you next season."
768
00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:31,841
that's it.
769
00:38:31,877 --> 00:38:32,942
[all applauding]
770
00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:40,450
love you all.
771
00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:41,851
[audience] love you.
772
00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:43,553
Love you all.
773
00:38:45,791 --> 00:38:46,856
[gavin] wow, wow, wow.
774
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:54,597
What can be said
that hasn't already
been said. Um...
775
00:38:58,370 --> 00:39:01,171
First I want to uh,
just acknowledge
776
00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:03,273
the people on this stage
and just say thank you.
777
00:39:07,479 --> 00:39:11,715
I don't know if I could
have done this with a better
778
00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:16,453
set of genuine, just real,
caring people.
779
00:39:16,488 --> 00:39:20,023
I didn't, when I got
this role I was just like a...
780
00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:22,926
I don't... I don't know
if I could do this.
I don't know how I...
781
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:24,494
I can do this
because this stuff
782
00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:25,528
I've never done before.
783
00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:26,863
I didn't know
if I was enough.
784
00:39:26,898 --> 00:39:28,298
I didn't know
if I could honor it.
785
00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:35,205
And there were some day's
that I went to work scared,
786
00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:37,006
unsure of myself.
787
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:40,043
And I would see
these people
788
00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:44,047
and I'd be like
I'm going to be just fine.
789
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:47,083
I'm safe.
790
00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:49,252
So thank you.
791
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,489
I also
have to thank tyler,
792
00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:56,259
tyler perry for taking
a chance on me.
793
00:39:56,294 --> 00:39:57,527
For pulling me
off camera
794
00:39:57,562 --> 00:39:59,963
stopping everything
and saying you got this,
795
00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:01,097
I know you got this.
796
00:40:01,133 --> 00:40:02,165
I'd like to thank
797
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,868
oprah winfrey
for this opportunity
798
00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:06,770
I just want to say
thank you to all of you.
799
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:08,738
I love all of you.
800
00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:11,875
-[all applauding]
-thank you. Thank you.
801
00:40:13,478 --> 00:40:14,377
Thank you.
802
00:40:16,815 --> 00:40:19,015
[egypt] not a dry eye
in sight.
803
00:40:19,584 --> 00:40:22,018
Truth.
Not a dry eye.
804
00:40:22,053 --> 00:40:23,887
And I can tell,
you can tell
805
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,423
they're truly
grateful. Right?
806
00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,291
-Truly grateful for the ride.
-[all applauding]
807
00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:29,459
as we are.
808
00:40:29,494 --> 00:40:30,860
[chuckles]
809
00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:33,730
so thank you to you,
thank you to tyler perry.
810
00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:37,000
Thank you to oprah.
Thank you to the fans.
811
00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:40,036
Um, and as we say
our final goodbye audience,
812
00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:43,106
how about one last
round of applause.
813
00:40:43,141 --> 00:40:44,707
-For tika sumpter.
-[all applauding]
814
00:40:45,377 --> 00:40:46,743
crystal fox.
815
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:48,278
-Tyler lepley.
-[audience whooping]
816
00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:50,713
angela robinson,
renee lawless.
817
00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:52,949
Peter parros,
aaron o'connell.
818
00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:54,317
And gavin houston.
819
00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:55,485
-That's our show.
-[crowd cheering]
820
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,254
I'm egypt sherrod.
Good night.
821
00:40:58,290 --> 00:40:59,556
[continue cheering]