Comic and Television persona Leslie Jones sat down with the At the moment present yesterday morning. She spent 5 seasons on “Saturday Evening Dwell,” and opened up on TODAY about her new e-book, “Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir,” the place she chronicles private particulars of her life. She additionally shared her love for Chris Rock and MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki and his khakis. Extra inside and a video clip….
Leslie mentioned that she is worked up to share her story with us…
Now, I’m gonna be sincere: A few of the particulars is likely to be obscure as a result of a b*tch is fifty-five and she or he’s smoked a ton of weed. However whereas bits is likely to be a contact hazy, I can promise you the underlying fact is REAL. Whether or not I’m speaking about my childhood rising up within the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig by means of the darkest elements of our nation and praying I wouldn’t get murdered, what Chris Rock informed Lorne Michaels, that point I needed to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL, and yeah, I’ll inform you all about Ghostbusters and the nudes and Grocery store Sweep and The Day by day Present . . . I’m sharing all of it in these pages. It’s not straightforward being a lady in comedy, particularly while you’re a tall-*ss Black girl with a trumpet voice. I’ve to combat in order that nobody takes me with no consideration, and nobody takes benefit. These are the tales that specify why. (Cue the Regulation & Order theme.)
Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager and Leslie Jones
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