Taraji P. Henson & Tracy Morgan Take a Lie Detector Test

I am not the mother!

[Interviewer] We're going to hook one of you up

to the machine.

Okay.

[Interviewer] And the other one's going to interview you

and then you'll swap, understood?

Okay. Alright.

[Interviewer] Who wants to go first?

[slamming]

I plead the fifth, I am not the mama!

Is your name Taraji P?

No, it is not.

Are you nervous right now?

No, I am not.

We're friends, right?

Yes.

[Tracy] Best friends?

No.

Closer than you and this woman?

Closer than you...no, I'm sorry.

[laughing]

Wow.

I lied, my name is Taraji.

You got me on speed dial?

No, does that even exist anymore?

Go ahead.

You used to be a receptionist at The Penagon?

Yes.

Are you still working for the government?

No.

How do you know you're not a spy?

How do I know you're not a spy?

I don't have the time.

[laughing]

Do you consider yourself the life of the party?

Yes!

[groaning]

If you were on a date, would you let the man

order you a drink?

[Taraji] No, maybe.

[Tracy] You were named one of Time's Most Influential--

He's marked something, something went wrong!

Huh?

[Tracy] You were named one of Time's Most Influential

People of 2016, do you think I've been influential, too?

Yes, you have.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

My sister.

We just have to see if I was

telling the truth, but go ahead.

[laughing]

[Tracy] But you've been more influential?

I've been more influential?

I think we've both been equally influential.

I heard you cook a good chili?

Yeah, I do.

Can I try it sometime?

Absolutely.

Would you trust my cooking?

Mm-mmm.

[laughing]

No, no, he drinks Huggies.

[Tracy] Would you ever go on a double date with me?

Yes, I've met your wife, I could do that.

[Tracy] Okay.

Would you try to embarrass me?

That's hard to do.

[laughing]

You can't embarrass the embarrasser!

[Tracy] Do you think it's safe to say

that in terms of love and dating,

men are more savage than women?

I wouldn't say that.

[murmuring]

[Tracy] If you were single, would you be opposed

to dating a fan?

Absolutely.

Wow, interesting.

If you stranded on an island, would you rather

have this co-star?

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

[Tracy] Okay, or this one?

Oh, I have to pick one?

[Tracy] Or this one?

You making me pick?

I gotta pick, I have to pick one?

[Tracy] Yeah, you have to pick one.

Mary, she's my oldest friend, I can't, I gotta, you know.

[Tracy] In Empire--

[phone ringing]

Oh, got damn it.

It's my wife asking me where you at, Daddy?

[laughing]

And always Michelle Obama.

We need to attach him to the lie detector

to see if it really was his wife.

That's Michelle Obama, that's my girl, my woman.

Okay, in Empire, you star as Cookie Lyon and own a record

label, if you were to start a record label IRL,

you know who would be the first person you sign?

Who'd be the first person?

Do you know who the first person would be?

Micki Miller, this artist out of Chicago.

Okay, can you sing?

Could do aight!

[laughing]

[Tracy] Would you harmonize with me right now?

Okay, come on.

♪ The closer I get to you ♪

Where you going?

I'm Donny Hathaway, baby!

That was horrible, that's the truth!

I'm Donny Hathaway.

Okay.

♪ The closer I ♪

I was supposed to get high, but you was singing

in the higher register, you was singing

the Roberta Flack, you need to be bass, more baritone.

Oh, after this done, I'mma let you hear it,

I did in the studio.

Oh, excuse me.

You know how I do.

I see.

Okay, you hosted SNL with musical guest Mumford and Sons.

Uh-huh, Mumford and Sons.

Have you ever listened to Mumford and Sons?

[laughing]

No, I don't think I've heard a song of theirs, I'm sorry!

Can you name one of their songs?

I can't, I'm not even gone lie, see this is easy,

I can't tell a lie, isn't that right, sir?

[Tracy] You've been in a few Tyler Perry movies, right?

Yes.

You think he'll ever ask me to be in one?

He may, I don't know, yeah?

[grunting]

I don't know, I haven't had this, you know

we haven't sat up and talk about you, Tracy.

But it's possible--

I think it is.

That he doesn't think I'm funny?

I don't think so, I don't think that's the case.

He might think you don't wanna work with him.

Have you ever watched any of my stand-up?

Yes.

[Tracy] You think that was funny?

Yes, I laughed.

Have you ever pretended to laugh at one of my jokes?

On set, yes.

[laughing]

Oh wow, what have I done to you?

I'm a truth teller.

[Tracy] Okay.

Oh, he's marking something.

He has Poker face, that's not fair.

[Tracy] Do you think you could do stand-up?

I think I can.

At any point in this interview, did you lie

and we didn't catch it?

Yes, but I've told the truth,

I came back and told on myself.

That's not the question.

Huh?

At any point--

I said yes!

In this interview, did you lie, and we didn't catch it?

No, you--

[Tracy] Everybody in this room.

No, no, no I didn't lie, I told the truth

on everything except for the first lie that I came back--

I'm gonna ask it one more time!

To the beep beep, check it out!

He is marking shit!

Yeah, you keep on marking!

At any point in during this interview, did you lie

and we didn't catch it?

No!

That's a lie.

[screaming]

♪ The closer I get ♪

Yo!

[Taraji] See?

He was giving those curve balls, brother.

I flew over 3,000 miles to get questioned?

[Taraji] Is your name Tracy Jordan?

No.

Is your name Tracy Morgan?

Tracy Morgan, yes.

That don't move me, he don't scare me.

[Taraji] Is this your pic?

Is this my what?

[Taraji] Picture.

No, oh yeah, yes.

Trey bag, oh he's so pretty like chocolate.

He been writing a lot since you sat down, Tracy,

I just wanna make a note of that.

He only writing dynamite.

[Taraji] You grew up in New York, right?

Yes.

So do you consider yourself a New Yorker?

All day long.

[Taraji] And what's the most New York thing about you?

What's the New York thing, my accent.

[Taraji] The most New York thing about you?

Is my accent when I speak.

Say cherry.

Cherry.

Very New York.

Do you think New York City is better than DC?

Nope.

Same suit, just a different, wait wait,

New York ain't better than no DC.

[Taraji] He wrote again, ooh, he turned something up.

I lost my virginity down in DC.

[Taraji] He turned a frequency up,

just wanna let you know.

I lost my virginity there.

Whoa, we don't need to know that!

Okay, would you say that your character on 30 Rock,

Tracy Jordan, was based on the real you?

Yes.

Pay attention here, hey buddy, here!

Even in the episode where you try to stab Conan O'Brien?

No, that ain't true.

[laughing]

[Taraji] So you were on SNL for eight seasons?

Seven.

[Taraji] Do you think I'm funny enough to be on SNL again?

Yes.

What are you writing, buddy, that's truthful.

[laughing]

Are you lying, sucka?

No.

Have you been lying about me this whole time?

Ain't nobody lying, ain't nobody lying!

[Taraji] So you really think I'm funny?

Yes.

[Taraji] And you think I'm the next big thing in comedy?

Yes, I think you could be.

He writing all...I quit, I'm done with this.

Now where are you going?

That ain't quittin'.

[Taraji] You lyin', Tracy!

Watch when this movie open.

Am I the funniest female actor you've encountered?

No.

You're one of them.

Okay.

You starred in The Tracy Morgan Show for a season,

would you ever want to be in a sitcom again?

No, no.

[Taraji] Is there a sitcom on TV right now

that you wish you were on?

No.

[Taraji] Do you think if I had a sitcom,

it would last more than one season?

No, that would have to be a series,

'cause you have more than one tool.

I'm gone ask that again!

I said, maybe he didn't hear me, take two!

If, let me project, maybe he couldn't hear.

If I had a sitcom, would it last more than a year?

No, not a sitcom.

So am I funny, Tracy?

Yes, but you would need more than a sitcom,

you need a series, that's more than just funny.

That's like The O.G., I need more than just funny.

Do you think I could have a comedy franchise,

a successful comedy franchise?

Yeah, yes!

That's without a doubt.

You are just full of shit, Tracy,

that's what I'm saying over there.

You don't worry about what he writing,

he writing good stuff!

He wrote good shit on there!

He writing big question marks, Tracy!

Nah, he writing good shit over there!

[Taraji] Would you ever do stand-up on a college campus?

No.

[Taraji] Do you think I have what it takes

to be a stand-up comedian?

Yes.

[laughing]

[Taraji] Do you like me, Tracy?

I love you, I don't like you, I love you, you know that.

See he didn't, wrote nothing there.

He nodded yes, this is the first time

you told the truth in this damn thing.

You didn't said love.

[Taraji] Are you 100% confident that

I'm not just a figment of your imagination?

You're so funny, no, you're not a figment

of my imagination, you're Taraji P. Henson.

[Taraji] He turning things up and shit over there,

I don't know...

Do you think there is a meaning to life?

Yes.

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

Ain't nobody been lying.

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

Do you think they're ruining modern dating?

Do I think they're ruining modern, yes!

With technology.

[Taraji] Yes.

At any point during this interview,

did you lie and we didn't catch it?

Want me repeat it?

Yes!

Yes to the question, or yes, repeat it?

Yes, please repeat it.

You lied about that.

Look at the thing, the arm lifted up!

[laughing]

At any point during this interview,

did you lie and we did not--

No, I did not lie!

It ain't nobody catching--

[Taraji] Ooh!

Tracy, Tracy, you're a fat liar, you're a big, fat liar!

You're a liar and you can't handle the truth!

None of it'll never stick!

Tracy, I quit, and you know what, give me my stuff

give me my chain back!

Wait a minute, woman!

Wait a minute, woman!

[laughter]

How did I let them talk me into doing this shit anyway?

[Taraji] And I want my chain back!