Tracee Ellis Ross Calls For Her Mommy While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

mommy it's got to be the spiciest thing you've ever eaten in your life right it's not spicy that's rude what is that [Music] hey what's going on everybody for first week feast i'm shawn evans and you're watching hot ones it's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we're joined by tracey ellis ross she's a golden globe award-winning actress and queen of the sitcom whose 20-year plus-long career includes everything from hit tv shows and films to a people's choice fashion icon award she also stars of course in blackish currently in its eighth and final farewell season tuesday nights on abc tracey ellis ross welcome to the show thank you for having me i'm terrified well how are you around hot sauce because i know that you do like to mix hot sauce and potato chips but some people have said that frank's hot sauce is not actually hot sauce it's like a vinegar flavored something i'm trying to build some confidence i understand yeah i'm not great around hot stuff um but i feel like i want to be but like i was thinking about it last night as i was having nightmares and my brothers all used to like have competitions like who could eat the most wasabi like i was never that person so this is my moment at 49 i'm turning into that kid [Music] start at the handle this is classic so we're start and this is number one number one okay okay it tastes like a hot wing so from girlfriends handing the baton to blackish you've really been a dinnertime tv mainstay for decades from your unique perspective and maybe in this state of farewell season reflection have you given any thought to what you think distinguishes a good tv sitcom from one that's mediocre yeah i'm giving it a lot of thought um i think it's when you care about the people so um i was really drawn to this couple because they actually loved and liked each other because so often sitcom couples are based on eye rolling and like you hate your partner but that wasn't the case with bo and dre and so it was really intriguing to me and i think even uh handling marital issues and problems in a realistic way yeah you know i think a lot of times uh with the heavier topics or realer things sometimes it ends up like that saved by the bell episode where like jesse was addicted to like the diet pills you know it's like hard to did you just make us save by the bell reference it went there you know that's amazing please continue well you know because i mean like i think blackish that's just kind of distinguishes the show is that it can handle those sorts of issues while maintaining its comedic touch i think that was um the beauty of the show um and i think we earned those moments and it was really built into the dna of our show that we were able to kind of do i mean if you list the topics the themes of our episodes you'd be like that's not that's not a comedy like i'm not sure what are you talking about police brutality like you know postpartum depression um and i think we did we earned that stuff because it was anchored in reality you know it's a segway into the wings but it's like so much you can take in so much more spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down right when you're not being punched in the face when you're laughing you actually can take stuff in oh garlic all right i want to see which section take a big bite here we go oh that's warm smoky woody what let me tell you something the tip of my tongue is like girl i see you girl this is a hot number two this is the hottest number two that we've ever had really yeah i don't think i should lick my finger but i want to yeah it's it's different i'm gonna get me right now sophie's choice here it's coming to get me right now it's coming right up the back of my throat it's up the back of my rope i'm having like the coal miner cough we're only on number two [ __ ] wait i need ah it's all right i'm not licking my finger where do you find these things we actually spend more time than you'd ever think curating these lineups like every new season we're kind of out with the old and in with the news yeah so like noah from heatonis him and uh the show's creator chris schoenberger when they're figuring out the lineup sometimes i'll like walk in there and it'll look like i'm i walked in on something sketchy and they'll just have like hot sauce bottles all around like wings open they'll be like kind of dying because they've been eating spicy food like i feel like i walked in on something people that like once you start in the spicy world like it's it's like a world yeah it's like a it's a world i don't i don't live in yeah but you know what it's one that you'll get a crash course in today i'm getting a crash question i have to tell you i might want to take this home because i feel like this might be something to cook with well you know what you can take them all home we're gonna really some of them maybe and by the end i might be traumatized i might be like i don't want any of this [ __ ] i don't want to say it again [Music] this is psychological warfare that's that's the that's the tagline on our show okay all right well i now i feel really frightened i just threw a piece of the chicken on the floor like that's all right that's all right the studio has seen some things wow okay so you've worn many hats actor director producer but naturally i'm very interested in the time in your career when you're a tv host on lifetimes the dish when you're a tv girl living in my tv i'm gonna sing it but i gotta get all this meat out my mouth hold on i was saying the um the song what do you call it what do you call the theme theme i was saying the theme song for that uh show cause i'm a tv girl i live in your tv and i'm a tv girl yeah is there a sub-genre of hosting that you found to be the least pleasant you know for me personally it's a red carpet correspondent always a nightmare for me interesting no i really enjoyed it it was also so early in my career that i was just like yay this is amazing i love talking to people so american music awards i did twice black girls rock i did like eight times once by myself my favorite part of hosting is the outfits coming up with the outfits and i love it it's you know i said i love conversation like i love like being in conversation with people so to me it's like a giant conversation like you're in like a giant conversation with the audience and i love a captive audience i love it i'm like they're all just out there not just me that's great [Music] so this is the angry goat phoenix okay here we go oh this is gonna sneak up i'm already dying yeah got that i shouldn't have talked i should just let it go down oh my god yeah actually it's really coming now it's really coming it's like a slow train it's like no i do too that's like a slow train yeah i got the watery eyes and then this is the part where i'll just say you know how you're like with my fingers be careful around the eyes thank you you'll sweat or something and you'll want to you'll want to switch don't do that but don't swipe don't swipe don't swear okay so okay okay everybody we are here so you have many characters but in particular i'd be remiss not to talk about the life and times of tea murder your rap alter ego in which you rely on siri to decode hip-hop slang and esoteric rap references yes to date what's the most perplexing rap song that you've come across like have you figured out what the no flex zone is yet hell no i think we might be in the flex zone right now no i don't know what the noflex zone is i here's what happened with t murda yeah because of trying to not only decode but also rap along you realize the skill nicki minaj talks so fast and i try over and over again very hard really makes you appreciate what they do well you know what though you also have a real history because in the early 2000s during that mtv sketch comedy show lyricist lounge quick shout out to wordsworth did you are you friends with wordsworth do you know but i love wordsworth i love words i'm still friends with wordsworth tell wordsworth i said hi what up words did you have a favorite rapper cameo in that show because it had pretty big stars mo stuff absolutely but we had everyone on there mary j blige i mean we had q-tips they were all slick rick they were all on there um that show was really great and really fun and was also at the beginning of my career look at you just pulling out all my [ __ ] this is fantastic that's what we're doing we are going as my mouth thaws out um yeah i but most deaf i mean and because he like popped my rap cherry that didn't sound right that's wrong i'm sorry i don't mean it i didn't have sex with him it was rap i'm sorry i didn't mean that i'm sorry i would have it's a lovely gorgeous man but i did it i thought i was only gonna make it to three oh wish me luck mommy daddy come on and join me good luck oh god there's a little lever pull in here you know i feel like we go kind of mild you know what it's too spicy there is another one spicy this one is like this nice and steady but it's like it's not this it's like like this and i think maybe a little bit of a cumulative effect yeah well that's a good thing to know i will say that it makes my nose run well while you use the kleenex tracey ellis ross we have a recurring segment on our show called explain that grammar we do a deep dive on our guest instagram pull interesting pictures that need more context so we'll pull up the picture over here on the monitor you just tell us the bigger story okay this is a good one there's a really good story with naomi so for my 18th birthday so i had supermodels plastered all over my wall naomi cindy christie linda they were all over my wall growing up and my mom got um uh a phone call to do to walk in the terry mugler fashion show and terry thierry mugler at the time it was just the height of fashion paris fashion week he would do these extravaganza shows that were not just like fashion shows he would have performers like delight and lip sync and all these performers would it was amazing my mom knew i wanted to be a model my mom said it's my daughter's 18th birthday i will only come if you let her come and walk to did the show and then i went back the second year when i went back the second year they asked me to wear this um rhinestone top that had rhinestone dollar signs that sort of covered my breasts and i was 19 years old like sort of and these like red latex pants and i was supposed to open it up at the end of the runway and shake my boobs and the truth is like it wasn't covering my boobs and i was like i can't do this my mother's gonna kill me there's no way and naomi said to me darling do you want to be a model or not and i was like i want to be a model she said then you wear what they give you and i was like okay i'll wear it so i put my little boobs out and shook myself down the right way marshall a little butt back off and i ended up staying friendly with naomi and that was new year's eve but there's even more to this story i'm gonna give it to you right now really in a nutshell quickly yes yeah yeah that was after we saw sandra bernhardt in concert and then we were on our way to madonna's house wow and that was right when she had the sex book out and she opened the door to her apartment and she was wearing a bra it's a there's a theme going on yeah yeah yeah she was wearing a bra that had nothing covering her boobies and she had on a mask and a skirt a pet leather skirt and a whip and we walked in the door and i was just like oh my god this is gonna be quite a new year's eve swear to god and then uh and also naomi dressed me so that was her coat and her dress and i had my shoes on but she did not like what i wore what i had on and i think i'm 22 there wow yeah come on lots of boobs in this that story [Music] oh it comes to get you yep mm-hmm okay wait this is weird okay yes it's coming and it's on the right side of my mouth where i chewed and you're doing so good i'm i'm frightened by how good i'm doing i feel like i'm about to get killed no i think i think we i think you were just you're beyond frank's i think you limited yourself at frank's did you take it easy on me no we don't do that just say what you will about me but i am a chicken wing talk show host of the highest dignity [Music] so as you mentioned your intro stack and style icon awards who's been your most stylish character would you say like is there a role that stands out to you from a costume design perspective well from a costume design perspective i will say that michelle cole is the most unbelievable costume designer she was on blackish she did bernie mac living single i mean it's just unbelievable what she's done and what a treat it was working with her and i think beau was pretty great however i think joan clayton like sort of stands the test of time um and first season on girlfriends was a lot of my own clothes i still have a lot of them can't fit in them but that's not the point um the fact that we were wearing louboutins back then joan carol clayton in her suits impeccable and i feel like they stand up over time like that show was 20 years ago now and i'm still like yeah all right this [ __ ] is gonna be bad it says 13 angry scorpions and i've got one scorpion on my neck you do i'm a scorpio my birthday's october 29th anyone out there knows that i'm very big on birthday so the countdown is on you guys should get the gift shopping going um 13 angry scorpions i this is the one i've been wanting [Music] okay here we go balenciaga clothes come to my rescue and help me through oh my god yeah media it's immediate it's a media it's like a like a barbecue sauce from hell it's a barbecue sauce from [ __ ] hell i feel like have you ever seen in the delivery room they put a bar over the bed for you to hold on to and put your feet on yeah we need one of those i need one of those it's okay so if you ever agree to do anything with first we feast again eventually we have to get you on our show snacked as i understand that you're a professional when it comes to snacking oh i sometimes i don't eat meals just snack have any of the sauces that you've had so far do you think any of them could replace franks as a go-to hell no frank's is like a tasty seasoning these are like a slap you in the face or as this next one that's coming oh no one it says it says pucker butt yeah and then you got beyond insanity in front of that the thing that's weird right now is up in my gums in the gum area above my front teeth it's really sassy yeah it's like a warm up oh boy i spit on myself i'm okay do you still snack hack with lenders mini bagels no but god i really love those as a child what i would do why am i like an old man i'm like god i really love those as a child listen what i'm no it's the best idea it's working out so i would almost open the whole pack of lender's mini bagels i would do four butter four cream cheese and i would do tempty and then you could do two with temp tea and jam and then the rest were butter with cinnamon and sugar that sounds delicious and i don't think any of these would work on those i want you to know that i can feel a layer of fire on the inside of my intestines that is just like it's like i'm gonna fire you up it's like all in there and it's it's gonna be serious later okay so what is this [Music] this is so rude i'm going into a deep meditative state okay me too [Music] oh it's so hot right away it's so it's so hot oh my god mommy it's got to be the spiciest thing you've ever eaten in your life right it's not spicy that's rude what is that why would you do that who eats that what is that for what is that for i think specifically for this show in this moment who's thought of that oh you're a bad person what do i i don't even know what i want no no i made a saltine yeah go for the saltine oh [Music] oh my god so those who follow you know that you're in rarefied air when it comes to being a globetrotter in fact the recent covetour profile described you as the queen of solo travel what's your name sean who are you who why are we here is there an audiobook that you can recommend on a particularly long plane ride to pass the time i have so many audiobooks i can recommend i love an audiobook it doesn't stop okay i'm going to tell you about it right now their eyes are watching god and it's almost like a play there's a guy by the name of casey casey leymond who wrote a book called heavy that will not take you for a long plane ride it's a short it's a fast listen um can't think of anything else right now because everything's on my tongue you are failure sorry you're a bad wing let the wing know let the wing know you're a bad wing and you're a bad wing and don't talk to the other ones because the other ones are good wings my butt is gonna bucker some [ __ ] up [ __ ] right there it's like your body's trying to like fight it so it's like so much saliva it's in my mouth it's like insane like i'm like okay because like i got this here we go okay so i've heard you say that you credit being a theater major at brown for helping you to discover your craft was there an acting class or a student production early on that you would describe as a watershed moment your acting journey absolutely i will tell you about it right now i was in an acting class with lowry marshall we had an exercise there is a phrase there's a man on a roof and he's going to jump and we had to stand in front of the class one at a time and i think i touched my nose because i know him is that weird no nothing nothing is weird okay nothing is weird so um i said there was a man that was on a roof and he was going to jump off three different ways and i won and i was like if this is what acting is where i get to use my imagination everything about myself i get to act from my full body i'm in i'm sold so i don't want to eat that last wing i don't blame you one bit i'm scared oh my god but i made it this far i've used this entire box to choose we're down to the color but you know what are you doing oh yeah sorry so uh it's tradition around here on the last one to put a little extra on the last wing but you don't have to no no no i'm not yeah yeah don't worry don't worry i've gone this far don't worry i need to wipe my no my eye i mean just like this you're a crazy person that right you know what you're literally like a glutton for death we made it did we though almost no tomorrow is going to be the telltale sign there yeah let me know i'm so scared all i got was skin whoa oh this is awful but the good news tracy ellis ross is we've run the hot ones gauntlet and just a little more light lifting before we call it a day and you're a performer of many gifts but as we've learned today one of the strongest ones your ability to make audiences laugh i've heard you say that you don't even think of yourself as a funny person but rather someone comfortable being silly so that in mind i want to play a quick accent association game i'll just point to a bottle you channel the first alter ego that comes to mind when you think about what it was like to eat that sauce uh uh 13 angry scorpions they're very angry scorpions make my my even more directions they will come at you from above below my heart and they will definitely get you in the halls to bomb beyond insanity oh my god are you ready they are the mom those people are like [ __ ] here okay i'm like and then your favorite name the pucker butt every time i go to the theater and i see a person a person who doesn't understand how to enjoy the theater i think to myself you little pokebot you're a little [ __ ] going out with fireworks tracy ellis ross taking on the hot ones gauntlet and living to tell the tale she'd only had frank's red hot today a crash course and she conquered and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you tracy ellis ross this camera this camera this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life what do i have going on in my life let me tell you something right now my only focus is trying to get the fire the fire out of my mind my mouth my nose my body no what do i have going on okay blackish our farewell season please watch it's such a gorgeous thing to see the johnsons go away pattern beauty patternbeauty.com hair products for the curly coily and tight textured masses you guys can get yourself hydrated juicy and joyful with pattern products and i have hair tails coming there's so many things but that's enough and all i have to tell you is do not [Music] do not use da bomb hot sauce [Music] that was crazy that was really crazy and so much fun i love the questions and the things that you brought up and it's so hard to think when it's hot in your [ __ ] mouth it's the best way to do an interview it's like magic hey what's going on hot ones fans sean evans just want to say thank you so much for watching today's episode and if while you were watching you thought to yourself you know what i would love to try that at home well guess what now you can because the season 17 hot ones hot sauce box is now available heatness.com heatness.com heatness.com to get your hands on the sauces look at how it looks on the inside so pretty oh we got boom mic problems the box is so big and you know what always with the cautionary tale be careful around the eyes hot ones season 17 the full sauce lineup now available at heatness.com [Music] bye

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Length: 25min 2sec (1502 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 27 2022