Interview Only: Actress Jenifer Lewis rejoices in surviving death. But screams about the presidential election.
The Stephen A. Smith Show
SiriusXM
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.
Stephen A. interviews “The Black Mother of Hollywood,” stage and screen actress Jenifer Lewis about her award-winning career, the recent presidential election, surviving a ten-foot fall, and her latest role in the Netflix animated film, “Spellbound.”
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? Welcome to the latest edition of the Stephen A. Smith Show coming at you at the very least three days a week over the digital airways of YouTube and of course iHeart radio. I hope everybody had a phenomenal Thanksgiving. |
| 0:24.2 | Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of talking to my next guest. |
| 0:27.8 | She's been called The National Treasure and the Black Mother of Hollywood. |
| 0:31.5 | With over 300 film and television credits, |
| 0:34.1 | she's best known as outspoken grandmother Ruby Johnson on a hit ABC comedy, Blackish. |
| 0:39.7 | She's joining me to discuss her latest project, the Netflix animated film, Spellbound, |
| 0:43.9 | and more. But I got to tell you something, there's a lot more to her than this upcoming |
| 0:49.2 | animated film. This woman is something special. She's incredibly candid. |
| 1:11.4 | And that was before she had a life-altering experience that just has shredded fear from her soul to make her even more candid than she has ever been, more direct and unapologetic than she has ever been, which obviously makes for a very interesting interview, |
| 1:17.5 | whether it's about her, it's about the industry, it's about her phenomenal work over the years, |
| 1:23.8 | it's about Kamala Harris and the latest presidential election, it's about Donald Trump himself or various other things that are on her mind. |
| 1:28.7 | This woman does not hold back. |
| 1:30.6 | It is very rare that I find myself a bit transfixed on someone to the point where I actually |
| 1:35.8 | forget to ask a damn question on some occasions. |
| 1:39.1 | But that's the kind of effect that she had on me. |
| 1:42.4 | By the way, in the process of all of that, did I say, did I remind you |
| 1:46.8 | that she is absolutely positively hilarious and fabulous? Because if I didn't, let me tell you, |
| 1:54.7 | she's fabulous and hilarious. Her name is Jennifer Lewis, and she's here up next, right here on the Stephen A. Smith |
| 2:02.8 | show. Please, trust me on this. Don't go away. |
| 2:11.7 | Okay, everybody, you know what time it is. It's time for Stephen A. Sports Picks. |
| 2:15.5 | Everybody knows I'm a sports junkie, and if you love watching this show, that probably means you are too. |
| 2:20.6 | Probably also means you want to be part of all the big time game action. |
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