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19 Best Celebrity Lie Detector Moments

David Dobrik, Kevin Hart, Jennifer Lawerence, Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Pete Davidson, Machine Gun Kelly, Keke Palmer, Noah Centineo, Lana Condor, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Rashida Jones, Amy Poehler, the cast of Queer Eye, Colin Jost, Michael Che, Gaten Matarazzo, Dakota Johnson, Tracy Morgan, Taraji P. Henson and more take Vanity Fair’s infamous lie detector test.

Released on 06/26/2020

Transcript

[Interviewer] Are you actively trying to get her back?

No.

[laughs]

[tense music]

[Interviewer] We brought you here today

to take a lie detector test.

Right.

[Interviewer] One of you will be hooked up to the machine

while the other asks questions.

Okay.

Okay.

[Interviewer] And then you'll switch.

Yeah.

[Interviewer] So, who wants to be in the hot seat first?

Julia does.

No, Will does.

I was lying, I would love to be in the hot seat first.

Good luck, sucker.

[Interviewer] Are you five foot two?

Absolutely not.

Five foot four.

Five foot three.

Five foot three.

[Interviewer] Kevin.

Five foot two and a half.

I'm five foot two, five foot two.

[Interviewer] Let's try to tell the truth.

[Kevin] Yeah five foot two.

[Interviewer] Do you tip well?

Yes.

[Interviewer] More than 15%?

Yes.

[Interviewer] More than 20?

Sometimes yeah, I mean like when it's appropriate, yes.

Oh jeez, oh God.

I'm a bad tipper, okay.

I can't believe I'm rich and a bad tipper.

That's heartbreaking.

Okay.

It's mostly just from me not knowing

or not having you know...

It's from my bubble.

Do you watch SNL every week?

I watch Pete's parts of SNL every week.

Am I the funniest cast member?

Yeah.

That's a lie.

[laughing]

I know, yeah, it's Kenan.

So do you think Kenan Thompson is funnier than me?

It's actually the next question.

No.

He is.

It's okay.

Let's get it right.

Do you think Kenan Thompson is funnier than me?

No.

Fail.

[laughing]

It's fine.

We all think that.

Kenan is funnier than me.

Okay, all right.

Kenan's funnier than you.

That's cool.

I'm cool with admitting that.

Oh Ariana Grande, you know,

we pretty much kinda grew up together.

I know her pretty well.

We both were on Nickelodeon around the same time,

we actually tested out of high school together.

I remember we went together.

So yeah I know Ariana really well.

Nice girl, good friend.

[Interviewer] Is that true?

She's being deceptive.

Well I aint lying.

[Interviewer] Your hair always looks great.

Would you say you spend a lot of time on your hair?

No.

[Interviewer] Is that true?

That's questionable.

What?

Come on.

No, no, no.

Yes, yes I spend time on my hair.

[Interviewer] Have you ever canceled plans

because you didn't like the way your hair looked?

No.

[Interviewer] Come on.

Is that true?

[Female] That's questionable.

Come on.

It's an unclear reading.

There we go.

If I don't do my hair, it's very straight,

and if I don't do it it'll just immediately

go into a bowl cut.

I will look like a 10 year old Korean boy.

[Interviewer] Okay.

I have to.

Like if I didn't have my hair...

You ever seen like those photos of like a shaved animal?

Right?

And you're just like that's what a bear looks like bald?

Because I have a very small head.

It's like 70% of my appeal.

Do you like all of my posts on Instagram?

No.

That's true.

That's fair.

[laughing]

Did you see my photos that I posted of Africa?

Yes.

That's questionable.

I didn't post any pictures.

[laughing]

[Lana] I'm a great liar.

[Noah] Unquestionable.

That's good.

Okay.

Okay.

You studied ballet before acting.

Yes.

[Noah] Do you still dance?

No.

When you're alone do you ever dance in the mirror?

Yes.

Do you think you're a better dancer than I am?

No.

Lie.

[laughing]

Mm.

Do you like my feet?

I love your feet.

That's questionable.

[laughing]

How can you possibly like my feet?

Because they're beautiful.

I really love them.

I will kiss them.

I will rub them.

I will do more if you want.

The [bleep] is more?

Whatever you want.

You tell me, what is more?

I don't want that.

Do you guys have a group chat without me?

Why would we do that?

Answer the question.

Why would we have a group chat without you?

That's crazy.

I know for a fact that there is

a post season six group chat that I'm not on.

Well, this is why lie detectors don't work,

because this is the answer.

She's skirting the question, folks.

You wanna know the truth, here's the truth.

There's about four Parks and Rec text chains.

There's Parks fam, right?

There's like Parks fam, there's Parks and Rec--

Not on that one.

Yes.

And there's another one, and there was one,

that we don't use, because you're not on it

and Chris Traeger's not on it, Rob Lowe's not on it,

but I think it started because we were

trying to surprise you, and we kept you off it.

So to answer your question, yes,

there is a text chain that you're not on.

There is.

But I do also think there are four other text chains that...

That I'm also not on.

[laughing]

Are you nervous?

No.

[Male] Lie.

Oh! Ooh!

[laughing]

I thought we had something.

You do, the truth.

You are a father, correct?

[Orlando] That is true.

Would you ever let me babysit him?

Yes.

[laughing]

He wanted to say no. Questionable.

It's questionable.

He would probably babysit me.

Yeah exactly.

Have you ever watched Keeping Up With The Kardashians?

I've seen it on TV but I've never watched it.

Like I've seen someone else watch it.

No, I'm not lying, I'm telling the truth.

Stop yelling at the machine.

I've seen it on TV but I've never like

oh let me keep up with the...

I've never kept up with them.

I see.

Seems like that was an agitated response.

Is that a fair assessment?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Well because I don't...

If I did watch it I wouldn't...

Yeah you're not digging yourself a hole.

Look, I've watched a lot of bad things before, okay.

But that's not something I turned to.

It's not, man.

You can hear it when it...

You're yelling at a machine right now.

[Interviewer] Did you like your character's makeover

at the end of season two?

I wouldn't personally dress up that way,

but I think it was very fun.

It actually didn't take that long to do.

But it was very fun getting to dress up like that

and I enjoyed it a lot.

[Interviewer] So you'd never worn that hairstyle

in regular life?

Well I mean I have, technically, during the shoots,

but I wouldn't use it as a stylistic choice, no.

[Interviewer] Lou?

That one was largely deceptive.

What?

Oh goodness.

Do you think you're smarter than me?

[laughing]

No, okay, let me really think about this.

Do I think I'm smarter than you?

Yeah that's the question.

No.

He's lying.

You think you're smarter than me.

You think you're smarter than everybody?

No.

He does.

Most people, yes.

[laughing]

[Interviewer] Do you and Anastasia Steele

have anything in common?

No.

Yes.

[Interviewer] Well which is it?

You can edit that out.

[Interviewer] I don't think so.

Okay you can say I'm a liar.

Okay, big lie.

You're gonna be fine.

[Interviewer] Have you ever been starstruck by a costar?

[laughs]

No.

Wait, him, specifically?

[Interviewer] Yeah.

No.

I don't remember.

Maybe, at the time.

Yes?

Do you think I'm a good friend?

[laughing]

Why the hesitation?

There is no hesitation.

Yeah just yes or no question.

I was enjoying previous friendship moments

and taking them in in order to give an informed response,

having reviewed it, to say yes,

I think you are a good friend.

Do you think you're better than me

because you went to Harvard?

No.

[laughing]

You're a terrible person, man.

I don't.

So am I funny, Tracy?

Yes, but you need more than a sitcom, you need a series.

That's more than just funny, that's like OG,

even more than just funny-

Do you think I could have a comedy franchise?

A successful comedy franchise?

Yeah, yes.

You are just full of [bleep], Tracy.

That's what I'm saying over here.

Don't worry about what he's writing.

He writing good stuff.

[Taraji] Do you think I have what it takes

to be a stand up comedian?

Yes.

[Taraji] Do you like me, Tracy?

Love you.

I don't like you, I love you.

You know that.

See he aint wrote nothing down.

He nodded, yes, this is the first time

you told the truth in this damn thing.

I said love.

[Taraji] You just been lying to me this whole time, Tracy.

Aint nobody lying to you.

Yeah you've been lying, you've been lying.

Would you ever take your husband on a ski trip?

Yes.

We're going skiing in a couple weeks.

Why, do you wanna come along or something?

I'm just saying, it'd be fun.

I think we'd spend a lot of time-

We haven't decided where we're going yet.

Just say that that's true.

[Will] But I can check with your publicist

as soon as you guys know.

Sure.

There's no law that says I can't check in to the hotel,

the same place you guys are in.

No of course not.

Absolutely.

Soon as we lock it down, Firm up plans?

firm up plans, I will let you know,

'cause they are not firmed up yet.

Don't say anything.

[Will] I can talk to Brad too.

I can double check with him.

No, he's sick.

You won't see him again.

He has a terrible, terrible flu and cold.

He has 103 degree fever right now.

You won't see him.

Barry, is that true?

That's not a yes or no question

so it's hard to determine.

Does your husband Brad have a terrible

103 degree temperature right now?

Yes.

That's a lie. Bingo.

That is such [bleep].

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