Leslie Jones reveals the advice she would give to her younger self before going to her first protest on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Leslie Jones revealed what advice she would give to her younger self before going to her first protest.
The former Saturday Night Live star appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, where the Compton native spoke about being part of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992.
The comedienne spoke about speaking to her ‘past self’ on her Time Machine comedy special on Netflix, and Myers asked what she would tell herself before going out into the Rodney King riots.
Advice: Leslie Jones revealed what advice she would give to her younger self before going to her first protest
‘I would say, “Don’t take that sledgehammer,”‘ Jones began. ‘Because that slegehammer literally made me a hero in so many places. I opened up so many doors with that sledgehammer.’
She added there was a supermarket that had a chain fence, and they couldn’t get it open, ‘so I came with my sledgehammer and it came open.
She added that she can, ‘laugh about it now, ‘ but she wasn’t laughing after, ‘when I was riding through my city after that, seeing burned down buildings and nowhere to shop and seeing black people crying about their business being burnt.’
No sledgehammer: ‘I would say, “Don’t take that sledgehammer,”‘ Jones began. ‘Because that slegehammer literally made me a hero in so many places. I opened up so many doors with that sledgehammer’
‘So I think I would say to my 22-year-old self, “What do you think that you’re going to change by going out here today?”‘ she said.
Meyers also talked about Jones taking to her Instagram lately to interview celebrities, including Cameron Diaz, who she’s good friends with.
‘Yeah, me and Cameron are really good friends, ever since the video we made, the Back Home Ballers. Cameron is the bomb, and still has the same phone number, love her, just one of the sweetest people I’ve ever encountered,’ Jones said.
Change: ‘So I think I would say to my 22-year-old self, “What do you think that you’re going to change by going out here today?”‘ she said
She admitted that she did her rap in Back Home Ballers, which Meyers said was one of his favorite rap verses ever, she did in one take.
Jones said that was when she first joined SNL, and she wasn’t, ‘hip to how you did your pre-tapes,’ adding she was waiting around all day to do one line.
‘They put me on camera… and I killed it the first time,’ she added.
One take: She admitted that she did her rap in Back Home Ballers, which Meyers said was one of his favorite rap verses ever, she did in one take
She added that she hoped to get back into the comedy clubs this summer, and she was also looking forward to hosting the reboot of Supermarket Sweep.
Jones also joked that she wanted to talk to Meyers in his ‘little bitty attic,’ adding that he looks ‘tortured’ and what was up with ‘white people and attics.’
‘Is that a portal? Is that a portal to a land that y’all don’t want us to live in?’ Jones joked.
Attic: Jones also joked that she wanted to talk to Meyers in his ‘little bitty attic,’ adding that he looks ‘tortured’ and what was up with ‘white people and attics’