[audience cheering]
[egypt] hello and good evening.
Tonight is the night.
Ahh, I feel like a little kid.
Thank you for joining us.
I am egypt sherrod and I am so excited to be here,
for this historic
the haves and the have nots: Final cast reunion.
[audience cheering]
we are here in atlanta at the legendary tyler perry studios,
with this phenomenal cast.
[audience] yeah.
We're gonna talk about all of those over-the-top storylines.
Oooh, girl, and juicy sex scenes.
I need a cigarette or something.
[all laugh]
so let's start bringing them out.
[audience clapping]
[egypt] please welcome...
Tika sumpter.
[audience screams]
[egypt] hi, tika.
Hi!
I love you.
Lady in red, you look gorgeous, gorgeous.
The incomparable crystal fox.
[audience screams]
beautiful. Ladies, get ready,
tyler lepley.
[audience screams]
[tyler] how we doin'? How we doin'? We good?
How y'all doing? How y'all doing?
How are you? You good?
[egypt] okay.
Get ready for angela robinson.
[audience screams]
[laughing]
renee lawless.
[audience screams]
how are you, guys? How are you, guys?
How are you? Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
[egypt] peter parros.
-[audience screams] -hey, hey!
How y'all doing?
I think she had a coronary in the green dress at one point.
Didn't I see? I saw one of y'all fall out.
Well, get ready for aaron o'connell
[audience screams]
[aaron] wooo.
[indistinct chatter]
thank you.
Gavin houston is here.
[audience screams]
-[indistinct chatter] -good job, nice job!
[egypt] my goodness. Okay.
So let me just say before we get started tonight,
I can tell that there's gonna be some foolery going on,
-and we welcome it. -[angela chuckles]
but thank you for being here truly,
and you guys are even more beautiful
-and handsome... -[audience screams]
in person, right?
And you might realize, we are missing one cast member,
john schneider.
He was unable to make it tonight,
because she killed the heck out of him
so...
Wha--
well, there is that.
[egypt] well, we are indeed gonna miss him of course.
We have so many questions for you,
but before we get started.
A special cast message from none other than
lady o.
Miss oprah winfrey. Guys, roll it.
I just wanna say a big, great, grand, hello to all of you,
the cast of have and have nots.
And I'm so glad that you could all be together
for this reunion.
I know that the fans are loving it.
So...
You all know this story already that when tyler
came to me and said he wanted to bring a prime-time
scripted drama to own,
I was like, "really? You wanna do that?"
he said, "yes."
and excited I was, because as you all know,
he has this genius about him.
All right, let's go,
[oprah] and I knew that he would have the magic touch,
and it was gonna be good.
Yeah, all of that.
But then, the haves and have nots
became not just good.
But a phenomenon.
With over a million die-hard fans showing up,
every temptation Tuesday,
to see what new twist tyler had up his sleeves,
I-- I don't know.
Does the man sleep?
How does he come up with all these storylines?
From that very first moment of the series
hi.
Hi.
[oprah] the meeting between candace young...
I thought I'll come in and see some
old man.
[oprah] ... Jim cryer...
I am old?
You don't look it.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
[oprah] that set everything in the motion and has been
one crazy-ass
two-dollar knock ride,
I can tell y'all that.
That's not my son.
-[indistinct conversation] -[screaming]
-[glass breaking]
and on behalf of everyone at own and all of the viewers,
all of us who worked behind the scenes
I wanna thank this entire cast, all of you.
The haves and have nots
will go down as one of the most
unforgettable shows,
ever.
Certainly on own.
And thank you all for eight rollercoaster seasons.
You have given us a ride.
[man screaming]
-[audience screaming] -mmm-hmm.
Unforgettable indeed.
Well, oprah is gonna be sharing her favorite scenes
all throughout the night.
Plus, one unsuspecting haves fan's gonna get a little visit...
[woman screaming]
from her favorite cast member. I wonder who that was.
You're definitely gonna stick around for all of that.
But, you know, let's start with you, tika.
It has been an amazing ride, yes?
Yes, it has.
And I don't think the fans realize,
it's been two years since you guys have taped.
Yes, two whole years.
-[woman] wow -[egypt] but how does it feel now,
being here, seeing all of your family members.
Oh, my gosh. I mean...
Just the energy that you felt coming out,
from all of us, that's the energy that we have
all the time and...
Seeing this family just feels--
I feel safe with them and I love them so much.
And I've heard, even in interviews,
where everyone's sort of
referred to this cast as just that, a family,
and not the kind that tries to kill one another.
-[woman] no. -[angela, audience laughs]
but is that how everyone's felt?
-[angela] absolutely, I know-- I think so -[egypt] yeah?
-[angelo] I think-- -[john] we shared a lot of life together.
-[angela] yeah, a lot of life. -[john] since 2013.
We've gone to weddings together.
We've been to funerals together.
We've celebrated people's
children being born together.
You know, we didn't know
totally, what we were all getting into,
when we first got on here and,
it was the first show-- drama on own.
And we didn't know-- I didn't know how the,
fans would react to my character.
I was like, "oh, lord."
how did the fans react?
-[tika laughing] -[audience cheering]
how'd they react? Yeah.
They loved you.
[tika laughing] um...
It concerns me when some people are like,
"I wanna be just like candace."
-I'm like, "no, no, no, no." -[egypt, audience laugh]
[tika] not fully, not fully but...
I've just-- I... I have to tell you the gratitude we feel
to our fans and to every single one of you.
I get chills in my body because
you guys have rode with us,
'til the wheels had fallen off,
and are still supporting us in everything that we do,
and we're so very grateful to you, seriously.
[audience clapping]
yes, candace young.
So many moments where I threw stuff at the television set.
Like, "she's just never gonna learn."
[laughing maniacally]
"that girl's never gonna learn."
here's a look back at candace young.
[thrilling music playing]
I've been on my own since I was 16.
I was raped and molested as a little girl.
I don't know who my father is.
My mother and I can't stand each other.
I had a baby with a gang member.
Who went to jail for multiple homicides.
That's who I am.
And what can I say?
Tika.
From my very first phone call, and you said "yes."
you just...
Played the hell out of candace young.
Now, if you'll excuse me. I have people waiting for me.
Go on back to your mating and fetch your mama.
The plots and the schemes.
You're so pretty.
They can mess up your face so badly
that your own mother won't recognize you.
I want $100,000 in cash today.
-[crystal] come on. -[oprah] out-maneuvering just about everybody,
who stood in her way.
-What is your name? -[man grunts]
-candace, look. -[man screams]
you took that character on and you made it your own.
Honey, you need to get laid.
What kind of men do you like?
Thugs, young? I'll send somebody to your house.
And the next time you decide to break someone's heart,
make sure it's not a cold-hearted bitch who knows how
to get even, mr. President elect.
But it was her tender moments that really had us rooting for candace
to do the right thing.
You still helped me up.
[oprah] one of the ones I'll never forget,
that beautiful scene when candace finally reconciled with her mother.
Please forgive me.
I can.
You know I can.
'cause everyday I wake up and wonder if
you ever will.
Wow, you had all of us doing the ugly cry,
-candace and hanna. -[audience applauding]
I love you so much.
[weeping]
what's it like for you watching yourself back, watching that tape?
It's crazy because, you know, I would yell at myself, too,
when I would read the script, like,
"what? You're not learning anything."
and then, you know,
I think the evolution of candace of being hard to being...
Being able to see her vulnerable, and to see her reconcile
with her mother and really try to get out of the life that she created for herself,
um, I love her. I love candace young so much.
You said that last scene with crystal was one of your favorites,
-yeah. -Why is that?
[exhales] I think because I got to connect with crystal.
In the middle of that scene, I just hyperventilate, I just started going...
I couldn't remember my line, 'cause I was so in it with her
and I just go... [hyperventilates]
and I looked at tyler and I go, "I don't know what's happening."
-[audience laugh] -and he's like, "come here, come to the room with me.
Let's just..." you know. And I was like [hyper ventilates],
because crystal's character and my character have always been like this.
And never had a real moment to just
say I'm sorry.
That's the first time I said I'm sorry to my mother
who I've wrecked millions of times.
It was an emotional moment to watch, it truly was.
-It kinda brought everything full circle. -[tika] yeah.
You know, we live that.
But the series ends with jim, john schneider,
drowning candace in the bath tub.
How do you feel about that?
Do you think maybe, uh, tyler perry should've changed the script
-and had candace drown jim instead? Yeah. -[audience agreeing]
when I read it, I just was like,
"farewell, candace. Oh, my god!"
-it... It's over. -[audience laughing]
well, crystal, hanna's the one who had the honor of killing jim.
-[clears throat] very well, might I add. -[cheering]
[laughs]
well, I guess I shouldn't be smiling about that.
-It's okay, I mean... -[crystal laughs]
-it's tv, it's tv. You can smile. -Yes! Yes! Yes!
Thank you. Oh, my god!
Yes, it was about time.
[audience chanting] yes!
But, I think that moment after your character hit him,
and you just scream, that emotion,
wasn't that an impactful way to end the series
because you felt it, you felt the rage, you felt the anger,
you felt the hurt, you played it well.
-Thank you, thank you. -[audience cheering]
but that scream, for me,
was for her.
My child, she doesn't know about benny yet.
But I knew about that.
And it was like, my baby is gone.
So that... That scream was for all moms
and parents who understand what that is.
[audience clapping]
we would, like, steal kisses in the dressing room.
And tyler's like...
"who you been kissing?"
[audience laughing]
[audience cheering]
welcome back guys, to the have and the have nots:
Final cast reunion on own.
I'm egypt sherrod, we're here at the tyler perry studios,
in the ave, the place where it all went down.
Eight years of the wildest, craziest, sexiest,
tyler perry plot-twistiest tv you are ever gonna see.
And, boy, are we gonna miss it.
-I mean, truly. Yeah. -[audience] yeah.
But they're all here, they're here, this is it.
[audience whooping]
and they look fabulous, don't they?
[audience] yes!
So, tika, go like this one more time.
'cause it's hard not to see that rock on her finger. Yes?
-Oh, I'm, like... -[audience laughing]
I'm like, huh?
Wrong hand, wrong hand. This one. This one.
So... [laughing] you're engaged...
-[tika] yes. -...To nick james, better known
-to fans-- -officer jackson.
[egypt] officer jackson lewis.
Yes!
Don't threaten me again.
A threat would be screaming to your mother...
And your wife how you enjoyed getting off on jeffrey.
You don't want to go down this road with me.
-[laughing] -is that okay that I ask how that went down?
Yeah, sure. You know,
I don't talk much about my love life, really, but
I don't mind talking about it here.
Uh, I first saw him in the makeup room
and I had my dog lola, and he's like, "what's your dog's name?"
I'm like, "lola." he's like...
"oh, is that a boy or a girl?"
I go, "lola."
he was so nervous.
He was so nervous and then on set, he was like
my last scene of the day, I was so tired.
And literally, he just made me laugh the entire time.
And I was like,
"wait, you're fine and you're funny?"
okay, and I actually gave him my number.
-You made the move? -I did.
I was like, "so if you guys all go out,
you know, just call me."
and his friend had to say, "yo, she likes you."
he's like, "who?
She... Her?" and I'm like,
"I like you."
[all laughing]
oh, one more thing,
so, nick and I, before anybody really knew,
we would, like, steal kisses in the dressing room.
You know, but sometimes a brown nose rubs off on a white nose.
[all laughing]
so he goes to set one day and tyler's like,
"who you been kissing?"
[audience laughing]
he goes, "what?" he's goes, "what? What are you talking about?"
he goes, "tika?"
[tika] and he goes, "oh, my god!
Oh, my god!" yeah. And then he was like...
Tyler's like, "mmm-hmm. Okay."
-[egypt] oh, yeah. -Yeah.
You're not gonna get anything past t.P.
-[tika] right. -Okay. He knew it.
-He knew exactly who it was, too, right? -Exactly. Exactly.
There's someone in our audience, where's monica?
She has a question about this, monica?
Come on, stand up in your beautiful pink.
So, now that we know that you and nick have something goin' on...
-Yeah. -...How did he feel with all the hot, sexy scenes
that you did throughout the season?
-[laughing] -what enquiring minds wanna know, tika.
How did he feel about your hot, sexy scenes?
[tika] well, I'm like candace was doing all this before you came on,
so she's gonna continue, but I think he,
you know, he's like an actor, he's like, "look, that's what
you have to do." we're all friends,
and nicks sagar who plays charles,
I call them my two nicks, I'm like, "aw, my nick and my nick.
All right, bye, my real nick, I gotta go."
you know, I wish you guys could come to a scene where we do that stuff,
'cause it's awkward.
But, um, yeah. He was fine with it.
He's like, "you're an actor, that's what you have to do." so...
[egypt] yes, 'cause I always wondered, renee, so, during the love scenes,
does it kinda continue after they say cut.
Well, it depends on who you have the love scenes with.
[all chuckling]
because I can assure you,
when john seduced me I was like, "are we done yet? Get off me."
I was done.
[renee] it feels like kissing my brother.
But with broderick, "can we do another take?"
[all laughing]
[renee] I was like, I don't think we got it on that take.
[audience laughs]
so, it depends.
And I am single, so you know what I'm saying?
[egypt] shoot your shot.
This is fake, baby. This is fake.
So what was it like for some of the rest of you to do those
over-the-top sexy love scenes?
[crystal] well, the before the pros get to it,
I have to say I was a nervous wreck.
Oh, my god!
Before the pros get... [laughing]
y'all have, y'all have so many scenes like that,
and I feel like I had one, and it was so uncomfortable.
I am not shy about a lotta things, but when it came to the kissin' stuff
I was like... [laughs nervously]
I was a hot mess about it.
You know, I think that when I had scenes with the little baby.
She ain't talking about me.
There ain't no babies over here, ain't talking about me.
[all laughing]
but let me tell you why that is exactly true.
Because when benny and I got together at first, I thought,
"okay, oh, my god!" you know.
Hope he doesn't feel like he's kissin' his mama.
You know, I just... You know, so we gotta...
We gotta work that out. But immediately
he was so gracious, and immediately, he was like, "are you okay?"
at the end of every take, "are you okay?" and I would...
-And what'd you say? "yes, I am okay. I am..." -[audience laughs, applauds]
yes, but I was... I was very moved by his generosity.
-Mmm-hmm. -[tyler] because it can be very awkward.
You know, you show up, these booms in your face, and, you know...
Someone's directing you-- tyler's directing you in your ear, and
-there's 30 people on set. -You have on the lingerie. [laughs]
you know, I got a little, they call it a houdini, on.
-You know what I mean? -[all laughing]
'cause I'd be, you know, fully nude. You just got the, you know...
Are you? Oh, wow. Tyler, I always wondered that.
So, you guys are doing the love scenes, and to us, it looks like you're nude,
but I thought maybe you guys had, like, a nude body suit on or something?
Yeah, well, they call it a houdini.
-[others laugh] -bottom line, you know, you put your junk in there and
you're pretty much naked though. You're pretty much naked. Yeah.
[woman laughs]
you know, you guys are all talking about it.
I'm still waiting for tyler to write mine.
-[all laughing] -I mean, I'm like...
Wait, you walked down a staircase in season 1 half-naked.
-That's true. -And I had to play his momma.
-And I'm going... -[audience laughs, applauds]
"oh, I'm the mother. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." [laughs]
see, we're not even halfway through. We have laughed,
our eyelashes have fallen off of our eyes,
we've been having a ball up here, and there's still so much more to go.
So, stick around, guys. The haves and the have nots cast
is here when we come back.
[audience cheering]
welcome back to the haves and the have nots: Final cast reunion.
I'm egypt sherrod.
So, wyatt cryer and jeffrey harrington's relationship
over the years has been, well...
If we were on facebook, we would just put, "it's complicated."
-yes. -[others laugh]
but it's been so much fun to watch, yes?
Aaron o'connell and gavin houston play these characters beautifully.
Take a look.
[dramatic music plays]
wyatt, what are you doing?
Stop it.
See... Got nothing.
And you all know wyatt cryer played by aaron o'connell.
Xanax, oxycontin, morphine? What'd you do? Rob a nurse?
[oprah] every week, aaron had us say,
[sighs] "oh, no, wyatt. Oh, no,"
-as the out-of-control cryer son. -I'm talking to you.
-Where did we go wrong with you, hmm? -Everywhere, mom!
I have a substance abuse problem, and we have alcohol all over the damn house...
-[woman laughs] -...Everywhere!
And you're still going wrong!
Dude!
Move!
Aaron always kept us on the edge of our seats,
especially when he went after his parents.
-No, no! -I thought you lost your mind. With a shotgun!
-Wyatt! [crying] -[breathes heavily]
[wyatt's mom] I love you.
-It's for your own good. -Really?
-[oprah] but without aaron's charm... -What the hell.
It wouldn't have been nearly as much fun to watch.
[dramatic music plays]
you took the role of jeffrey harrington,
-gavin, and you brought a portrayal that I know... -[men speaking indistinctly]
-...Has impacted so many of our viewers. -What the hell is this?
It was the first season when,
your mom, veronica, lord,
had that conversation about not allowing a gay son...
-Oh, my gosh, I had to get off the treadmill. -I'm sorry, mom.
-[oprah] I was crying so hard. -[audience laughs]
[oprah] it was so moving when jeffrey finally faced his fear
and came out to his parents. Oh, that was big.
-Pull yourself up. -Mom. Mom, I'm gay.
-Honey, you are not a homosexual. You're not. -Yes, I am.
Gavin, you could also surprise us, too.
Who could forget that shocking tyler perry twist when
jeffrey stabbed his own mother.
Stop being a drama queen and get up.
Didn't I tell you to get up.
No, no, no, no! [screams]
I gotta say, mmm, kinda deserved it.
[audience laughs]
-[audience applauding] -[egypt] I think oprah said what we were all thinking.
What-- I mean, that scene.
Every time I watch it, it's like... [gasps]
because you felt the bubble under,
you know, the dynamic of their relationship
you knew he was gonna blow, you just didn't know when,
and you definitely didn't know how.
So, what was it like, gavin, when you read that script and realized,
"wow, I'm really gonna do this."
well, I hoped that wasn't it, the end. You know, I was like, "is she alive?"
-[others laugh] -because, listen, maybe we need to do some rewrites
'cause I don't know if that's gonna work for me.
But... When I found out that she would survive it,
then I was like, "okay, well, then, I will gladly
-"stab her because it is time." -[others laugh]
because it is time for jeffrey-- no, I...
You know, the whole time, angela and I are the greatest of friends,
and we trust each other and those scenes are hard for us,
but, we just go deep and we bring it,
because we know it's our responsibility.
I'm gonna look over here, at aaron, for a few reasons.
Number one, I think it was cruel and unusual punishment
for us, as the viewers, to see you without your shirt on so many times,
and not get a love scene...
That's what I'm saying-- all this hard work, you know, prepping for, you know,
I'd booked the role in 2013. So, I had no carbs for at least six months.
[others laugh]
I go shoot it thinking thinking I'm gonna have maybe a girlfriend, and,
you know, by episode four, nothing.
-[others laugh] -[aaron] nothing.
But we do, aaron, have a fan question for you.
-Yeah. -[egypt] how about we roll it?
My name is christina and I am from columbia, south carolina.
Oh, my god. Why? You have to tell me
how did you feel playing such a horrific scene
when you tried to kill jim and katheryn, your parents.
Oh, my god, I need to know.
[audience laughing, applauds]
she was so passionate, yes?
That's a great question. Well, there's the wyatt answer
and then, there's the aaron o'connell answer. So...
I'll start with the wyatt answer. The wyatt answer...
-Couldn't wait for that right? Just years and years, right? -[others laugh]
but I had to, you know, have that in me to...
The anger, the hatred, of all the years of what wyatt's built up inside,
from the relationships with his parents,
and the things that he's gone through.
But, from the aaron o'connell,
and, you know, I love renee.
Right? I mean, how many--
-I mean, we've spent years and we've just-- [stutters] -right.
You know, the relationship that we have, it's just kind of like...
-Man. -I went to his wedding in Italy.
-Yeah. Yeah. -I mean, like, this is love, people.
-Flew across an ocean. [laughs] -and... It's a good question
but it's so... You know, I'm so different than my character, I like to think.
-My mom's here in the audience too. So, I hope... -[others laugh]
-where's your mom? Where's mom? -Gotta be on my best behavior.
She's right there...
[audience cheers]
[renee] whose name is catherine, thank you very much.
-[aaron] that's right. Yeah. -[others laugh]
well, there was a storyline or a story arc
that was a gift for many people. It was actually culture-defining.
Performed by gavin.
I mean, you just brought such heart and humanity to jeffrey.
I mean, especially with the scene of you coming out to your parents,
I mean, it brought tears to many people's eyes
who were afraid to come out, right,
who had been living in the dark, living in the closet,
afraid to live their truth loud and proud.
And so, many want to thank you for that.
And there's actually someone in the audience who would like to say something to you.
Charna, where are you at? Charna.
First off, I would like to say thank you.
Um...
Eighteen years ago, I came out to my family.
And you talking about somebody that was scared,
I was so terrified.
-[egypt] we got you. -[renee] take your time.
Rejection is real, you know?
It does put you in a dark place, okay?
And so, I wanna thank you and also tyler perry for,
you know, adding something that is so real,
something that needs to be discussed, you know.
Um, went on, I was able to find people that were very supportive of me.
Very supportive, and I think that is very important.
And so, now, I am able to live in my truth.
[audience cheering, applauding]
[gavin] thank you.
[gavin] you're such a brave person, really. Thank you for sharing that.
[upbeat music playing]
[crowd cheering]
I tell you what. Why don't you get your ass in that nice car and get out of here,
'cause you don't scare me.
I'm being just about as patient as I can be with your and your mother.
You say something about my mother.
And then there's the other tyler.
Mr. Tyler lepley who played benny young.
♪ just one look ♪
[audience exclaiming]
♪ to you you know I feel it all the time ♪
[benny grunts]
[oprah] I know why a lot of you out there like benny so much.
'cause even tyler laying in a coma... He made that look good.
-[audience laughs] -[oprah] and even veronica could not resist him.
-Veronica, I don't have time for all this. -Come on.
-She's been waiting for you. -[benny laughs]
mama, please give him to me. Come here. Just give him to me.
Mama, give him to me. Give him to me, mama! He needs help!
[oprah] tyler, you also brought depth and dimension to that young man,
who just wanted to be there for his mom
and to keep his family safe from harm. Well done, sir. Well done.
[audience applauds]
welcome back. It's the haves and the have nots: Final cast reunion on own.
I'm egypt sherrod. Well, that was mr. Benny young played by the fantastic
-tyler lepley. -[audience giggles]
I'm telling you. "don't you say nothin' about my mama!"
[all laugh]
hey, listen, to be able to showcase a black man that was really just trying
to support his family and do the right thing...
It was just a treat to be able to play.
And it's so relatable, though. And I think what's more astounding, and I don't know
if the fans even know this, is that this was your first acting gig.
-Yeah. -[audience exclaims, applauds]
[lepley] thank you. Thank you.
You know, I gotta give, um, I gotta give all my love to, uh, to tyler perry,
to my cast mates, to the supporters.
Um, you know, y'all like family now, too.
'cause to be able to... To grow,
you know, and make mistakes in front of the camera is just something that I always hold,
you know, close to me.
What'd you do? Like that moment. You got the call,
you heard you got the role, and go!
Oh, I got some hennessy. I went on sunset. I turned it up. Turned it up.
[all laughing]
-rolled me up some. I was going up. -[all laugh]
one thing's for sure. The haves and the have nots, hands down, has the absolutely
most-- is that even, is that in the dictionary if I say, "absolutely most"?
-[woman] I like it. -Oh, absolutely like it.
We're just going to make that a thing now. Y'all are the absolutely mostest,
loyalest-est-est fans ever.
-Yes. -[all applauding]
but... But, there is one die-hard fan that stands out from the rest.
Get this. Since day one, yolanda has been hosting viewing parties
every single season.
She throws a haves party, where she goes all out. I mean, there's catered food.
-Oh, oh, and then wine bottles with the cast. -[all laugh]
-and here's the parting gift bag for the haves party. - [woman] oh, my goodness.
-And then there's the have nots party. -[all laugh]
-still is kind of fun, but not so fancy. -[all laugh]
-with the paper plates... -[all laugh]
-...Hot dogs... -[woman] oh, that is funny.
-[woman] come on. - [egypt] oh, and there was once a character potato bar.
[all laugh]
[egypt] I'd have loved being there.
[man] "better than sexy potato."
[all laughing]
[egypt] right?
Right. I love it. So, when we heard about yolanda, we reached out to tyler lepley
-to help us surprise this ultimate fan. -[audience exclaiming]
last week, we got yolanda on a zoom.
She thinks she's about to talk with one of our producers, right? Right?
Well, take a look.
You know what I mean? You don't do that. Y'all too old,
-first of all, you know. -[woman] right.
Yeah, so.
-Here they come. [screams] -[egypt] it's benny!
-[woman] no! -[all laughing]
whoa!
What's going on, y'all?
-[all] hey! [cheering] -[man] what's up, benny?
You having have and have nots watch parties down there?
Yes, we are. We having our have and have nots watch party.
-[all] hey! -[audience laughing]
so, um, I got a surprise for you.
-Don't make me have a heart attack. -[all laugh]
we gonna have, like, a cast reunion series finale party
to send off the show in the proper way.
So, I was thinking, you know, maybe you and a friend get flown out.
Y'all come with us. What you think?
-[all exclaiming] -[audience applauding]
-oh, my god. I'm in. Yeah! -[all laughing]
-but, um-- -oh, my god.
-[man] wow. -But, look it, no, I don't wanna, uh...
I wanna let you get back to the show. I know you're watching it right now.
I can speak for the whole cast.
Tyler perry, oprah winfrey, all the way down.
Like, we appreciate you, and we love you. I appreciate that.
-[all] thank you! -[man] thanks, benny!
[woman] we love you, benny!
Give love to the whole family and I'll see you next week, all right?
-[man] all right. -[yolanda] okay, bye!
[woman] bye, benny!
[woman] woo-hoo!
-Oh, my goodness, he is gorgeous. -[all laugh]
-look. Now I gotta go hug him. -[all laugh]
[egypt] I love it! [laughs]
-[audience applauding] -well, guess what? Yolanda is here...
-[audience exclaiming] -with her best friend, shavonda.
Yolanda, where are you? Where are you? [laughs]
so, what are you going to do now that the show is over?
I know, that's what we said. Um, we said we would do an annual regroup,
like, a reunion with us because everybody's gonna miss it.
-[audience applauding] -do you wanna go give her a hug?
You know what, yolanda...
-It's like... -[yolanda] I got to get it, baby!
I was telling this on the phone.
But this show doesn't go anywhere without your support,
know what I'm saying? So I don't take that lightly. Gimme that hug.
-[yolanda] thank you! Thank you so much. -[audience cheering]
we're gonna take a break.
Okay? But we will be right back. I don't want you to move.
With the cast of the haves and the have nots
[crowd cheering]
[shrieking]
[grunting]
welcome back to the haves and the have nots: Final cast reunion on own.
I'm egypt sherrod. That was, of course,
david harrington we just witnessed murder...
Or what seemed like murder, played by peter parros.
Trying to drown the ice-queen, veronica, who never dies.
[audience laughing]
so peter, a lot of people have tried to kill
veronica, right? How did it feel when it was finally your turn?
Looking back at that moment and remembering that was...
Just after she had said that jeffrey was not his son.
But in that moment...
When, when we were going through it, I was like, "okay I can... Yeah."
[all laughing]
I can... Just the way she was in that moment, I think...
Veronica was more cold to david than she had ever been.
So, so I was ready.
[audience laughing]
but then, on the flip side, it was so weird after because
that season, that was
angela's last scene.
So you know, you're thinking, I'm like, "how's she gonna come back from this?"
[all laughing]
this is my...
But she had her lifeguard-lungs...
[all laughing]
that saved the day, coming next season!
But, angela you said there's a picture from that day of filming.
When you filmed that scene,
[peter] oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[egypt] and so in that picture it looks like crystal, were you crying?
[crystal] always.
[audience laughing]
[crystal] always, always, always always.
-I thought sure I was a goner. -[all chuckling]
and I think the emotion was that...
You know, that being a goner is a sad thing.
But, being a goner and this family that I love,
they go on and I'm like "I don't get to go with you."
and we're crying and tyler goes,
"what are you all crying about?"
and of course, I'm like,
"am I going back?" you know, thinking to myself and he says,
-"I'll tell you when to cry." -[all laughing]
[egypt] all right, as we go to break, I want everyone to just
take a look real quick at david harrington over the years.
-[music playing] -[audience cheering]
I have a confession for you, jim.
-What is it? -I slept with katheryn,
on your wedding night.
Somebody had to do it.
-[audience laughing] -[oprah] playing jim's good friend,
I don't know how you did it, peter.
Jefferey!
David harrington, wow! Has been through some stuff.
And peter, you took us there.
This is not him.
[crying] not my son.
You'll be remembered as a man who dealt with all kinds of viciousness.
That crazy wife of yours, veronica.
Hear ye, hear ye.
There lies a cheating man.
I just want to be close to you.
Why?
So I can do what I said I would.
What's that?
Kill you.
And as the father who stood by his son,
jeffrey. We loved those story lines.
Peter, you gave us so much humanity to that role.
And your portrayal of acceptance was just,
was a really moving part of the show over the years.
Know that I love you.
I love you too, dad.
I love you no matter who you're sleeping with.
Thanks.
[egypt] yes, yes, yup!
Those scenes between david and jeffrey, they were truly touching.
All right, guys, we'll be right back don't move.
[audience cheering]
why in the hell would you have pain medication in this house?
Because I'm married to a pain in the ass.
Miss renee lawless as the formidable katheryn cryer
and all of your unforgettable scenes,
from her number nine monologue in season one...
Your name is nine.
You think I didn't know about you, nine?
I hold the purse strings in this hand
and his balls in this one.
You are a non-factor.
...To that shocker when she shot and killed the district attorney in cold blood
[woman gasps, exclaims]
[gasps]
[oprah] and then, just as casual as you please, strolled across the room,
fixed the flower arrangement like nothing had ever happened.
Classic katheryn.
Are you going to the hotel, dear?
Are you going to hell, dear?
Are you serious?
Hello, jim.
And some of renee's most unforgettable scenes...
You all know, as fans, came when she was going toe-to-toe
with her on-screen husband, the ruthless jim cryer played by john schneider.
When I met you, you didn't know what a salad fork was or a merlot for that matter?
Well, when I married you, you weren't half the woman you are today.
Well...
You've always delivered half the size that I prefer but...
I made do.
[audience cheering]
you do not wanna mess with katheryn cryer
played by the great renee lawless.
[audience clapping]
you don't wanna mess with her.
So, renee, are you anything like katheryn?
[audience laughs]
no, I mean, there's a little bit of all of us in all the characters we play.
There has to be to be believable.
Unlike katheryn, I'm a woman of a certain age.
I don't like it when I'm gaining weight.
No woman like it when a spouse or a boyfriend fools around.
And a lot of mamas have problems with the youngins.
But I was raised in the south and I know how to bury a body.
[all laughing]
I keep it hidden but, I mean, I don't have her power but I think I have her chutzpah.
Like, can I, can I just say this? My favorite thing...
We're in the hotel of the place
that we're supposed to have an audition
and I get the elevator to go downstairs,
and renee gets on the elevator
and I'm looking at her and I'm like,
"hi," and we were like, "hi," "hi."
and I was like, we kind of were like, "you look like you would be da-da-da."
and she said, "you look like you would be da-da-da."
and we were both like, "oh, my god, I hope I get to read with you."
it's all high-pitched and light and whatever.
We go the next day to the audition
and she has to do the scene in that little, soft voice, high voice, happy voice
dropped into character, she said, "I'm katheryn cryer."
baby, that voice dropped down, I said, "all right, red.
Come on!"
now, before we go I just wanna ask the cast.
What's the one word that best describes your fans?
Loyal.
Dedicated.
Passionate.
Loving and incredible.
Die hard.
Consistent.
Connected.
-Patient and kind. -[egypt] mmm-hmm.
[all cheering]
that's you. Thank you, thank you.
We want everyone to have a great night.
You're going to want to tune in same time,
same time, right here, next week
for part two. Did you know we had two parts of
the haves and the have nots: Final cast reunion,
but here's a little sneak peek.
It's been the greatest journey my whole life.
[narrator] Tuesday, the two-part final reunion event continues.
What are you gonna miss the most?
[narrator] join the cast for an extraordinary look at the series impact.
Tyler perry and oprah winfrey.
This is gonna be historic television.
Black actors, they rarely get an opportunity like this.
[narrator] and an unforgettable final farewell.
These are tears of joy and love.
Thank you for your support.