The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Omar Epps On Reflecting On A Lifelong Friendship | Morris Chestnut On Black Male Friendships

Episode Date: January 3, 2024

Actor and producer Omar Epps shares stories from growing up with Marlon Wayans (including an unforgettable night with Tupac), the reason he doesn't have a favorite acting role, and the inspiration beh...ind his debut young adult novel "Nubia: The Awakening." Plus, Actor and producer Morris Chestnut discusses the limited series "The Best Man: The Final Chapters," why it's important that the franchise puts a spotlight on Black male friendships, and why he learned to never talk smack with comedians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:17 egos and accounts of the extraordinary power of decency. Listen on the I-Heart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You're listening to Comedy Central. My guest tonight is actor, producer, and author, and he just so happens to be my best friend in the world. His new book is called Nubia, The Awakening. Please welcome my it, Omar! Yeah, you know. Looking good, brother. I mean, it's a little weird because we grew up together.
Starting point is 00:02:11 We knew what I'm in high school. I know Omar. What are you doing to me? I know him since high school. And when we first met, Omar in high school, he used to carry around this little blue ball. He was skinny, had a big ass head and shoulders. But he looked like an arrow, but you could just put him in the thing and sling him. He's had a big ass head and he had this little blue ball and he would just bounce it all around.
Starting point is 00:02:36 And all I could think was, I'm going to kick his ass. For no good reason because the thing was, you remember, you, because, because, you, because, because, the the tha, because, because, because, because, because, the tho, because, because, because, thi, thi, because, because, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, they, they, they, the, the, they, thin, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He was, he was, thi. He was, thin, thin, thin, th. He was, th. He was, th. He was, th. He was, th. He was, th. He was, they. He was, they. He was, they. He was, he was, he was, he was, the thing was you remember Rocky the like the first movies he had the blue ball so that was my thing I was like drinking raw eggs and bouncing the blue ball like Rocky and so I thought I could kick somebody's ass and plus in the cafeteria I used to chill with all the girls you know I'm saying and so Marlon was jealous I wasn't jealous I wasn't jealous I well I just thought you it was he thought I was jealous. I wasn't jealous. I wasn't jealous. I, I, I, well, I just thought you, it was. He thought I was gag. You know what I'm saying? He got a little blue ball, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:03:15 He's double-dutching. I'm like, something up. But then I found out that you had a devious plan. Your plot was to hang around the girls and be the friendly guy and you be friends over time and wear them down. You ain't shit. You know, hey, persistence. It works. You know, we got to have resilience. We actually didn't like each other until we almost fought. And we had we was in the lock one and then we got each other in the headlock. Yeah, we got to the stalemate. Yeah and we were stuck. We were the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. t. t. t. the. the. t.. the.. the. the. the. the. P. P. P. P. P. Pers. Pers. Pers. Pers. Pers. Pers. Pers. Pers. t. Pers. Pers. t. Pers. Pers. Pers....................................................................................................................................................... to the stalemate. Yeah, and we were stuck. No, because we had the same technique. I remember I had you like this, and you was digging this part of your wrist into my jaw. And I was digging that into your head.
Starting point is 00:03:52 And he was like, yo, we got the same technique. We should join forces. Yeah. You know what's funny is it's the truth. That's what makes it funny. We literally got stuck and then we got cool after that and we've been thickest thieves ever since then. Yeah, I'm glad I'm glad. Yeah, what people don't know about Omar is like you're a really funny dude. You're actually one of funniest dudes. I know. What people don't know about Omar is like, you're really funny. they. they don't know. What they don't th th th th th th th they they th they they th they th they they they they they th they th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thu thu th. We th. We th. We th. We thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu. We thu thu. We the the the the. We the. We the. We the. the. that. that. the. that. the. that. the. thi tha. thi tha. thi the. the. tha. the funniest dudes I know. I mean you ain't never did a comedy. I want you to do more comedy. I know. But what they don't know about me is that I can act. So we both have the same skill set. You know, yeah. But see almost not a comedian so they're inspected from you. So you know I could say anything. You say the same thing and you get slapped. I get laughs. Because you light skin. I th th th th th th they they they they they they they th they they they they they they they they they they they th they th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I tho. I th. I want th. I want th. I they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they're they they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're th. I th. I th. I th. I that. I want that. I want tho. I tho. I thoooo. I thooooo. I thoo. I thoo. I tho. I the. thing, and you get slapped. I know, because you light skin. We've been going through this since high school.
Starting point is 00:04:49 We both say the same thing. People get offended when I say it, I'm like, what? He just said the same thing? So you go, oh, he's a different color black. Yeah. What's like your most monumental moment in our friendship? In our friendship? Yeah, like what do you remember?
Starting point is 00:05:08 Oh man, it's, honestly, there have been so many. I mean the birth of your kids and you know, obviously God bless, mama loves passing and just, just us growing up man, just being innocent kids in the city. I remember we used to be like, all right, let's not take the train of the bus, let's walk, you know, down from 66 in Amsterdam and walk for 40 blocks and, you know, maybe meet a girl, get a slice of pizza. Those are really sweet memories. All my memories is like, I don't know when you fell asleep and Omar's asleep and his eyes open like there. Yeah, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, to to thus, thus, just, just, just, just, just, thus, thus, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t, t, t, to just, to just, to just, to just, to just, to just, to just, to just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just, to me me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, thususus.. And me him and Tupac Shakur was hanging out because y'all did juice together. Oh my goodness.
Starting point is 00:05:51 Oh my goodness. Oh my God's sleeping like this. Oh my God's like, he was a funny dude. So Omar was a funny dude. And Omar went and took his balls and put him out, and put him right near Omar's mouth, so it looked like Omar's like there. I remember one time. Why did you just do that?
Starting point is 00:06:16 I didn't know. Because you're talking about all these sad memories. I'm my love passing it. You know, I remember the baby's born and the umbilical cord in the shape of it. Yeah, that's, n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n-a, th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho thoom. tho tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. thea. to to to. toke. toke. toke. toke. toke. toke. toke. toke. You know, I remember the baby's born and the umbilical cord in the shape of it. Yeah, that's all. Nigger, where's the jokes? Come on now. We had some good times.
Starting point is 00:06:31 I was mad at Park for that, though. I was super mad. Like, yo, son, you really going to do that? Yeah, but you always get mad. You ain't you ain't got, you ain't got, you got, you got, you got, you got to work, you got to work, you got work, you got work work work work work work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work to work their their th. their their th. their th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their thi. their thi. thi. thi. thi. to to thi. thi know if somebody took their nuts out next to your mouth while you sleep like that. That would have went viral right now. This is when we used to take Polaroids. Yeah but see you should have walked up like that.
Starting point is 00:06:55 Bop just hit them one time. I was sleep. And it was just did like a like a speedback. B. B. B. B. B. B. B.ba-ba- The funny thing, you know, kids, you get mad a lot. Remember one time, okay, we, uh... I don't even know what's going to happen right now. Okay, one time, like, we was in, remember you got caught stealing the orange store and then, oh, goodness. Oh, goodness. Oh, was a shoplifter. And I didn't know this.
Starting point is 00:07:25 I found out. He was a shoplifter. And we went to the, we went in the store. It was a store on 42nd Street. Yeah. Me and you and Mitch went. And, you know, I felt like I should be, you know, you know, you know. This was at the time when do the right thing was out. And the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. to. to. to. the. the. the. the. We. We. We. We. We. We. We. We, we. We, we. We, we. We, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we went. We. We, the. We, the. We went. And, the. And, t. And, the. We went, the. And, the. And, too. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the right thing was out. And the man said, we get to the counter and I go pay for my chips. And Omar's at the counter. And the guy goes, what about the juice in your pocket? And I said, what juice? And the guy goes, the juice. And Marla goes, yeah, what juice?
Starting point is 00:07:57 And they turned to do the right thing. Like, man, you're doing it because because, you, you, you, you, you because I'm light skin. The dark skin brother because he's a different color dark black. You're going to blame him. And then the guy's going right there. Because I got the juice in my pocket. And Omar goes in his pocket. He don't pull out a juice. It wasn't like a little juice. He pulled out like a 96 ounce bottleottle of juice And I saw this and I immediately would oh my god I'm telling everybody I left the store the next day Omar came to school I laughed so hard the next day Omar came to school and Then everybody kept walking up to him. There was like a crack he was on the he was on the escalator and all he heard Oh my god caught stealing. Oh my got caught stealing. Oh my got caught stealing. Oh my got caught stealing, oh my got caught stealing? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, got caught? Oh, got caught? Oh, oh, oh, got caught. Oh, the? Oh, the? Oh, the? Oh, the the the the? Oh, the the? Oh, the the? Oh, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the??????? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I the? I? I the? I the? I the? I the? I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. I the. I the. I the. I th. I the. I to him. It was like a crack, he was on the, he was on the escalator. And all he heard was, oh my God got caught stealing. Oh my God caught stealing. Oh my God caught stealing.
Starting point is 00:08:49 Orange, strawberry, banana juice. Yeah, ha ha ha ha ha. Yeah, that actually happened. You were so mad. You were so mad. You were so mad. Oh, my God. That actually happened. We went to performing art.
Starting point is 00:09:07 Shout out to LaGuardia High School. Shout out. What was your favorite role of all the, because you've done a lot of great work. Yeah. I remember like, your whole career. I remember like, man, there was one role you did higher learning. Yeah. I remember I watched that movie and your ending scene was so powerful.
Starting point is 00:09:31 I was sitting there in awe. I was speechless. And at the end of the movie, he's just walking away. And I said, in my head, I said, bro, you're walking toward a million dollars right now. I remember you actually saying it. And then it happened. Youard a million dollars right now. I remember you actually saying it. You got a million dollars for your next movie. And I was just so proud because I was like, damn, I ain't treating for shit no more. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:09:52 What was your favorite role? You know what, you know, I always look at it like, I feel like each role is a piece of a mosaic that's a bigger thing that will be done once it's said and done for once my time on this earth is done. So I don't have a favorite role. I pour the same amount into every role that I pour into the next one. For me, but as you know, there's nothing like the first. You know that first, yeah, that first role is just like, oh, you know it's crazy. As you was telling me that, what, what, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th. th. th. the th. the thi. thi. the thi. thi, the thi, thi, thi, the thi, the thi, thi, the the the thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. ti. today. today, today is today is today is today is today is today is today is today is today, that that that first role is just like, oh, you know it's crazy as to,
Starting point is 00:10:25 as you was telling me that I was sitting there going, what, did you learn the word mosaic? What? What are you talking around? What are you talking about? This? Ha ha ha! No, but you're an author now, man. This, this, this, this, this made me so proud of you. This book, I was like, this is the dude that cut every class is writing books. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:54 I couldn't even read your notes that you passed in me in class that was in some graffiti or weird language, but man, I'm so proud of you. What inspired you to write this book? Well, I just, it's a, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, th. th. th. thea, th. th. thea, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th..................... It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's, the. It's, the. It's, the. It's, the. It's, the. It's, the.to write this book? Well, I just, it's a coming of age book about these three teens. It takes place in 2098. And I just was imagining, what's the world gonna look like? Like, what's society gonna look like? And more importantly, for me, because we're born and raised in New York. What's New York gonna look like, you know, to those kids? And I just started dissecting, dissecting it and breaking it down
Starting point is 00:11:30 and really trying to look through the eyes of a budding mind. You know, because I'm really, you know, my mother was educated. So I'm really into speaking to kids at different schools and things of that nature and offer what I can. and that this is my offering th is my th is my th is my th is my th is my th is my th, th, the the the the the the the thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thia. I thia, I thia, I thia, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi. I thi. I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. I'm thia, thia. Wea. Wea. We're thiaugh, thi. Wea, thia, thia, thia, thia, thi, thi of that nature and offer what I can. And this is my offering in that way of, hey, climate change has happened. It's about classism, it's about sexism, it's obviously it's about racism, it's still in there. All the isms. And then how do we, you know, spend that on its head? Because it's really about these kids who are like trying to figure themselves out because you know that that 14
Starting point is 00:12:08 15 year old stages are awkward part of life like just just for anyone so it doesn't matter where you come from you can be from Arkansas and Nebraska or you could be from an urban space like Chicago or New York or Atlanta or whatever and there's I believe that there's something in there for every kid to take away Because it's also about escapism to give them something to like get them through the next day, you know I read the book and it's amazing and I'm very proud of you. Thank you. I swear it wasn't to that explanation you just gave me. I thought you cheated off somebody to write this book, but now I know. You do know those big words.
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Starting point is 00:15:34 Hey, I'm on the Leslie Jones show. Oh my God, boy is testing. Thank you guys. Thank you. Oh my God. You are the epitome of Black Don't Crack, bro. You are beautiful. Thank you. Let me just say though, first of all, you were so kind and generous from the whole cast and the whole production. Thank you for all the post that you did for us when the streaming show came out. We truly, we appreciate you. Yeah, we appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. Thank th. Thank th. Thank the th. Thank. Thank. Thank. Thank. the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Thank th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Thank you. th. Thank you. th. Thank you. th. th. Thank. th. th. th. Thank. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th whole production thank you for all the post that you did for us when the streaming show came out. We truly, we appreciate you. I was telling the truth. It is one of the best things I've watched in a long time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And you know I knew it was going to be good because you guys have great actors, y'all are already good actors, it's a great plaque, you have a great director, and you spend time on everything, it's just so appreciated. Thank you so much.
Starting point is 00:16:29 Thank you so much. Thank you so much, I'm just watching, everybody out there, the TV land, thank you. Now, I'll talk to you this about early. I know every time somebody meets you. I know I said, if I ever meet Morris Chestnut, the first thing that's going to come out my mind, my mouth is, why did you zig that down that alley? I get that all the time. I get that all the time. I cry every time on that part. Do you?
Starting point is 00:16:55 Every time. Well, you know, now I mean, I've cried the sequel. Oh, that's right. You can't be in the seat. Is it gonna be a sequel? No, I don't be a sequel. Oh, man. Because I'll tell you, especially when your mama was looking at the car and she was like, ah, I don't know. My baby pass and thanks. Oh my God is so good.
Starting point is 00:17:16 Yeah, thank you. Most people stick around, you know, a long time in this business and they don't look as good as you. How you keep it so try. Thank you, thank you. You know, I just try to live right, eat right, and exercise and drink a lot of water and all that type of stuff. Are you like a heavy exercise person? Like you work out every day, you have a trainer? I work out a lot. Yes, I'm always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm. I'm always. I'm. I'm always. I'm. I'm I'm always. I'm. I'm. I I I I I I I I I'm. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I'm I I'm. I'm. I'm I'm I'm I'm always. I'm always. I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always I'm always. I'm always. I'm always I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always. I'm always at the gym, like probably six, seven days a week at least. Really? How many more days is in the world? Well, you know, I mean, for the most part, when I'm when I'm really always at the gym.
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Starting point is 00:18:25 listen I mean you know a lot of people they do enjoy the movie they do have a lot of questions and they always say to me sometimes what will you know I want to make sure my best man didn't sleep with my girls and all that type of stuff but yeah okay so you get a lot of that I get a lot of that I get a lot of that I the story the story the story the story the story the story the story the story the story the story the story the story is is is is is is is is is about the story is about the story is about the story is about is about is about is about is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the you know navigating several friendships and a lot of drama and stuff. Now do you have a lot of drama in your actual life? I don't actually I don't. I have listen so I have I do have a close-knit friend group I have you know friends I've been friends with since you know second grade and you know a lot of friends I've been friends with a long time. Our only drama is when it comes to sports
Starting point is 00:19:02 and you know when my team loses I got to hear a lot of mess but luckily I'm an Eagles fan in the Eagles fans in the house. So we're doing all right this year so I've been delivering a lot of I've been delivering a lot of drama to some people in my in my friend group. Morris it's about the Giants here okay thanks. Wow okay you're right hey it's gonna be a good game though. It's gonna be a good game. We gonna win. My condolences to you guys early though. No, my condolences to you.
Starting point is 00:19:29 To you, thank you, man. Giants, eagles, thanks. Thegues, eagles, I'm gonna, hey, I'm gonna get on social media. I'm a talm'a, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, to to to to to to to to to to to to to that. I've learned. Never talk smack with a comedian. I did a long time ago, I did a movie with Bill Bellamy and Dio Huley. And I just, and when I did that movie, I realized to never say anything.
Starting point is 00:19:55 Because you, no, you can't because comedians, you guys are so perceptive. And you guys see everything you hear everything so I will not talk smack to you. Oh, that's okay. It's okay Morris you can talk smack you. Now the one thing I appreciate about the franchise is how they have black men being being friends and being real. How do you think like how important it is do you think the portrayal of friendships and relationships between black men is portrayed on TV? I think I think it was
Starting point is 00:20:28 very important for it for our movie just for the because listen this life that happens there's drama that happens and you know you're friends with somebody long enough there's bound to be some type of disagreements and arguments and all that type of situation however with our film it shows that we can overcome that is like no the the the the the th th the th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thi. the. the. th it shows that we can overcome that. It's like no matter what your differences are, no matter what type of argument or disagreements you get into as a brotherhood you can still come together and be there for your brother. So I think that's one of the things that's helped this series prevail throughout the years. Yeah, you know I think yes, definitely. One of my favorite scenes is when thiiiiiiiiii thi thi thi thi thi the thi thi thi that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the that's th. That's the that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the the that's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. the. the. theeat. theeat. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. that's the. of my favorite, one of my favorite scenes is when he's going through the divorce and you guys came over and just started sitting at the table like, we're about to play cards,
Starting point is 00:21:12 food, come out of doubt, yes. That just made my heart. But I'm going to tell you my favorite part, the way you dealt with your son. Oh yes. It was, it was so good. Because every time you were, every you the you, every you, every th, every th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th,. Every thing, because every time you were prayed, I would be like, you have the wrong prayers, bro, you got the wrong prayer. He was like, let God change it, make God change it.
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