Gabourey Sidibe on Being a Phone Sex Operator

YOU.
>>
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Jimmy: IT'S A BIG DEAL TO
WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE,
ISN'T IT?
IT'S A BIG JOB.
>> IT TOOK THREE WHOLE YEARS.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO READ
FIRST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: DID IT ACTUALLY TAKE
THREE YEARS?
>> IT TOOK THREE YEARS BECAUSE I
WROTE EVERY WORD BY MYSELF.
I'M GOING TO BE REAL COCKY ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE I'M SO SMUG.
I WROTE EVERY WORD.
>> Jimmy: I THINK THAT'S
IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SIT DOWN
FOR A FEW HOURS AND TELL STORIES
AND DO IT A COUPLE OF OTHER
TIMES AND SOMEBODY ELSE DOES ALL
THE WORK.
YOU DID ALL THE WORK YOURSELF.
>> NO SHADE TO THOSE PEOPLE, BUT
YEAH, I GOT BUSY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: YOU TYPED IT ALL OUT
AND EVERYTHING?
>> YEAH I WROTE ON A LAPTOP THAT
HAS BEEN ON ITS LAST LEG FOR
FIVE YEARS.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO THROW IT
AWAY AND GET A NEW LAPTOP
BECAUSE GOD FORBID I LOSE THE
STORY, I WOULD JUST BE DEAD.
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
E-MAIL THAT STUFF, I'LL TAKE YOU
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
WHAT THIS IS E-MAIL THING?
>> Jimmy: I'LL EXPLAIN IT, I'LL
BE YOUR I.T. GUY AFTER THE SHOW.
DO YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE EVERY DAY
YOU WOULD SET ASIDE A FEW HOURS
TO WORK?
>> OH, YEAH, UM -- YEAH, I
HONESTLY HAVE TO.
FOR EVERY DEADLINE I SAY, I'LL
HAVE THIS DONE BY FRIDAY.
BUT I MEAN LIKE THREE MONDAYS
FROM THAT FRIDAY?
WHO ARE THE DEADLINES WITH?
>> WITH MY EDITOR.
>> Jimmy: OH, I SEE.
>> BUT SHE UNDERSTOOD.
LIKE SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT I WAS
LYING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
FOR EVERY CHAPTER, I NEED TO
LIKE [ BLEEP ] AROUND ON THE
INTERNET FOR TWO WEEKS.
I NEED TO TAKE 47 NAPS.
NOT 46.
THE 47 IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> Jimmy: HOW LONG ARE THE NAPS?
>> THEY VARY FROM LIKE FIVE
HOURS TO FIVE DAYS, WHATEVER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ON 4/20, IT'S LIKE A LONG TIME.
>> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THE HARDEST
THING?
DID YOU WRITE ANYTHING THAT WAS
DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO PUT DOWN?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF IT
WAS -- I WRITE ABOUT MYSELF AND
ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD AND ABOUT MY
PARENTS AND MY FAMILY.
>> Jimmy: HAVE THEY READ -- HAVE
YOUR PARENTS READ THE BOOK?
>> NO.
I DON'T -- OKAY, SO I JUST SENT
A BOOK TO MY MOM.
I HAVEN'T SENT THE BOOK TO MY
DAD YET.
BUT I WROTE ONE CHAPTER ABOUT
WHAT I USED TO DO BEFORE I WAS
AN ACTRESS.
OR A SCREEN ACTRESS.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS.
>> SPECIFICALLY -- YEAH.
BUT SO LIKE -- THAT STORY ABOUT
ME BEING A PHONE SEX OPERATOR AS
EXCERPTED FOR A MAGAZINE.
AND MY DAD IS ON FACEBOOK NOW SO
HE SHARED IT.
THE STORY.
WITHOUT COMMENT.
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT ME BEING A
PHONE SEX OPERATOR.
SO STILL AHEAD OF ME AT ALMOST
34 YEARS OLD IS A CONVERSATION
HOW I USED TO DO PHONE SEX WITH
MY DAD.
>> Jimmy: NOT PHONE SEX WITH
YOUR DAD?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO, NO!
WHOO WHETHER OR NOT.
NO, NO.
>> Jimmy: YOU'D HAVE TO CHARGE A
FORTUNE FOR THAT.
>> NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S THAT LIKE, HOW
LONG WERE YOU A PHONE SEX
OPERATOR?
>> I -- OKAY.
SO I BECAME A PHONE SEX OPERATOR
WHEN I WAS 21.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND
ABLE TO DO DUMB STUFF, RIGHT?
YOU'RE 21.
YOU GET AWAY WITH IT.
I DID IT FOR TWO MONTHS.
THEN I GOT PROMOTED BECAUSE
THERE ARE OTHER JOBS TO HAVE AT
A PHONE SEX OPERATION.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
>> Jimmy: YOU WERE PROMOTED?
>> NO.
ACTUALLY, RECEPTIONIST.
>> Jimmy: OH, OKAY.
>> WHICH IS JUST AS DUMB AS
HOOKER.
I BECAME THE RECEPTIONIST OF THE
COMPANY.
THEN I BECAME AN OPERATOR.
NOT UH, UH!
NOT THAT ONE, THE ONE THAT TAKES
THE CREDIT CARD OPERATOR.
THAT WAS ME, MONITORING
[ BLEEP ] OVER THE PHONE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THAT WAS ME.
THAT WAS ME.
>> Jimmy: THEN LIKE YOU'RE NOT
DOING IT RIGHT?
>> I'M JUST LIKE, HEY!
HEY!
YOU GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
SHAFT!
HEY, HEY!
BE NICE!
>> Jimmy: SO DAD SHARED THIS
STORY ON FACEBOOK, OKAY.
>> WITHOUT COMMENT.
THAT'S THE SCARY PART.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> THE FACT THAT HE -- I LIKE --
DID YOU READ IT?
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S HE GOING TO
SAY, REALLY.
WHAT CAN HE SAY?
I DID IT, I CAN'T UNDO IT.
>> Jimmy: IT IS KIND OF A NICE
THING FOR HIM TO DO, TRYING TO
GET PEOPLE TO BUY YOUR --
>> HE'S SO SUPPORTIVE.
>> Jimmy: IS HE REALLY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
.
>> Jimmy: OH, NO.
>> SO STUPID MY LAUGH, SORRY.
>> Jimmy: SO HE WILL GET THE
BOOK EVENTUALLY?
>> YEAH, PROBABLY.
HE'D BETTER.
>> Jimmy: I SEE, OKAY.
YOU'RE NOT CLOSE WITH YOUR DAD
RIGHT NOW?
>> WE'RE FINE NOW.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING THE
BOOK, THOUGH, WE WEREN'T AT ALL.
I WASN'T TALKING TO HIM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WRITING
ABOUT HIM, ALLOWED ME TO SEE HIM
LIKE AS A HUMAN.
AND THERE'S LIKE THIS --
SPEAKING OF MY DAD AND ALSO MY
LAUGHS, MY DAD HATED MY LAUGH
FOREVER.
>> Jimmy: OH, NO, THAT'S
TERRIBLE.
REALLY?
>> I MEAN, LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE,
A 3-YEAR-OLD SNORTING EVERY FOUR
SECONDS?
LIKE MY LAUGH IS NOT THE CUTEST.
IT WORKED ON THE PHONE, OKAY?
HONESTLY, REALLY QUICKLY, REALLY
QUICKLY, EVERY DUDE THAT CALLED
ME LOVED MY PHONE -- LOVED MY
NOISE.
MY LAUGH.
I MADE SO MUCH MONEY.
HA HA HA!
THEY LOVED IT.
MY DAD LIKE HATED IT WHEN I WAS
A KID AND I LAUGHED SO MUCH.
HE USED TO SAY TO ME, THIS IS
HORRIBLE, MY DAD'S LIKE A NICE
GUY NOW.
HE WOULD TELL ME THAT IF I KEPT
LAUGHING, THAT HE WOULD -- THAT
HE WOULD GLUE MY MOUTH SHUT,
GLUE MY ASS SHUT, AND WHEN I
FARTED I WOULD EXPLODE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: WHAT?
WOW.
>> WHICH IS LIKE HILARIOUS.
MY DAD'S LIKE VERY AFRICAN, MY
DAD'S SENEGALESE, WENT TO SCHOOL
IN FRANCE.
HE'S LIKE HIS WHOLE PERSONALITY
IS BEING A CAB DRIVER AND
WATCHING FRENCH NEWS.
THAT'S HIS ENTIRE PERSONALITY.
>> Jimmy: IS HE A CHARACTER IN
THE CAB?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN YOUR DAD'S
CAB?
>> NO -- I'VE BEEN IN MY DAD'S
CAB, NOT BY ACCIDENT.
LIKE HE SEEMS -- HE'S JUST LIKE
A DAD.
BUT HE'S LIKE UNINTENTIONALLY
FUNNY.
LIKE YOU'LL EXPLODE IF YOU FART?
MY DAD'S A COMIC GENIUS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE STILL MAKES ME GIGGLE.
>> Jimmy: WELL, AND THAT STORY
UNLESS THE BOOK.
>> IT'S IN THERE.
>> Jimmy: WELL, I TELL YOU, I
CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS.
THIS IS GABBY SIDIBE'S BOOK.
"THIS IS JUST MY FACE TRY NOT TO
STARE" COMES OUT MAY 1st.

Gabourey Sidibe on Being a Phone Sex Operator

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