Tavis Smiley: "I Got Played By Prince" | CONAN on TBS

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  • Tavis hung up on Prince three separate times before he realized it really was the Purple One calling him.
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Комментарии • 128

  • @timhulsizer
    @timhulsizer 8 лет назад +154

    I like how he addresses Andy at 1:35 to keep him in the convo. You're a class act, Tavis

    • @BigFatCock0
      @BigFatCock0 8 лет назад +17

      Andy gets paid no matter what.

    • @lowlypeasant
      @lowlypeasant 8 лет назад

      lol

    • @lowlypeasant
      @lowlypeasant 8 лет назад +1

      *****
      If you are not a liberal at 25, then you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 35, then you have no brain.

    • @BigFatCock0
      @BigFatCock0 8 лет назад +1

      +James McCracken Who am I subscribed to to make you think I'm a conservative?

    • @voravoravora
      @voravoravora 8 лет назад +2

      "not a conservative at 35, then you have no brain"? WHY?

  • @BenjaminDeCruz
    @BenjaminDeCruz 8 лет назад +83

    Album cover design, photo taken of Prince BY PRINCE lmao!! Love it!

    • @RandomNest
      @RandomNest 8 лет назад +2

      Words right out of my mouth! LOL.. I was about to comment the exact same quote and saw your's... Haa!... Love it!

    • @BenjaminDeCruz
      @BenjaminDeCruz 8 лет назад +1

      RandomNest Hahhaa lol!!

    • @Feasco
      @Feasco 8 лет назад +4

      matte & glossy prints by Prince

    • @chj2
      @chj2 4 года назад

      Album cover art by PRINCE😉👍

  • @CoreyAMoore
    @CoreyAMoore 8 лет назад +36

    I don't know if you guys saw the entire interview but it was very interesting and you could tell that Conan and Tavis have that mutual respect for each other. It was very interesting to me to see how Conan was intrigued by Tavis' story about Prince and Michael Jackson. This really was a great interview and I wish it was longer than it was.

    • @alfreddreamer9097
      @alfreddreamer9097 3 года назад +4

      I think Conan is obsessed with Prince. I think he's one of his biggest fans. I think he may have wanted Prince on his show but never could make it happen. So now he just lives vicariously through those have met him, etc. I don't know for sure, Im just guessing.
      Also Conan was extremely fascinated by Chris Tucker's Prince and Michael Jackson stories as well. You should RUclips Chris Tucker on Conan. It was hilarious. Lol

  • @Stbuster31
    @Stbuster31 8 лет назад +29

    Tavis is a great guy. Real, objective, genuine. Hard to find in journalism and media nowadays.

  • @ColinPoole
    @ColinPoole 8 лет назад +34

    Conan's like "I think I met him....once" there is no recovering from that statement. You either don't remember if you ever met Prince, or you don't remember that you got to meet Prince more than once.

    • @jacksonpage1580
      @jacksonpage1580 8 лет назад +10

      Based on the story he tells, it seems like he's sure of the fact that he met him. I think he was just trying to recall how many times.

    • @taoman85
      @taoman85 3 года назад +1

      If you're famous you can meet a lot of people. You can't remember everyone.

    • @jayy5164
      @jayy5164 2 года назад +1

      @@taoman85 trust me, you’ll remember meeting Prince.

    • @muzak913
      @muzak913 Год назад

      @@jayy5164 conan has met thousands of celebrities over the last 30 years

    • @jayy5164
      @jayy5164 Год назад +1

      @@muzak913 you would know if you met prince

  • @Sofidya-lp7mt
    @Sofidya-lp7mt 8 лет назад +15

    Thank you for this! Prince means so much to fans of real music and art. His legacy will live on with stories like this and above all, his music!

  • @II_GTA_FREEK_II
    @II_GTA_FREEK_II 8 лет назад +37

    It's nice that he tried to include Andy in the conversation. I know they don't have to, but it's just polite. And Andy is awesome, I'm glad that they always have him on the couch.

  • @Yared-ou7wy
    @Yared-ou7wy 8 лет назад +60

    it makes me happy to see people reminacing about friendship

  • @vickielynn4370
    @vickielynn4370 8 лет назад +17

    Prince was a great musician. He will always be loved and missed. I still can't believe that he's gone. It's like one year he's here singing and another year,he's gone. Life is so unfair. I mean,I get it that we all have to die,but Prince died too soon. He was only 57 years old. He was a vegan. He didn't believe in eating junk food,doing drugs,drinking alcohol,and etc. He was a good looking man too! I have a crush on Tavis Smiley. I know all about him and his personal life. Much love to him. Rest in paradise,Prince. ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️

  • @hollywebb553
    @hollywebb553 8 лет назад +10

    This made me laugh! 😁 I love to hear stories about Prince that make me laugh. I needed that. Thanks, Conan 💜

  • @Gigifrancetexas
    @Gigifrancetexas 8 лет назад +18

    Love you & miss you, Prince. Love you too, T!

    • @Allaluca
      @Allaluca 8 лет назад

      Love you too J ^^

    • @Matdogg2k
      @Matdogg2k 8 лет назад

      +Allaluca I love her more

    • @Allaluca
      @Allaluca 8 лет назад

      Matdogg2k Love you too Mdoggy

    • @realrobh
      @realrobh 6 лет назад

      Kavalan I love you Kavalan

  • @jennifera777
    @jennifera777 8 лет назад +17

    Tavis is funny and a really cool cat. I can see why Prince sought him out for his interviews.

    • @charlenejames723
      @charlenejames723 7 лет назад +4

      Prince sought out people that he felt most comfortable with. Tavis Smiley, George Lopez, Chris Rock. People that he could express himself more freely.

  • @mawiiile706
    @mawiiile706 8 лет назад +12

    the real artist is an autonomous artist, big difference between the passion of art and the possession of a talent.

  • @Erickwhatever
    @Erickwhatever 8 лет назад +38

    Dave Chappelle warned you.

    • @ttlpwn34
      @ttlpwn34 8 лет назад +13

      Oddly enough, after lunch, Prince took Tavis back to the hotel and served him pancakes.

    • @Erickwhatever
      @Erickwhatever 8 лет назад +19

      +ttlpwn34 I wonder if Tavis bathed in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

    • @ttlpwn34
      @ttlpwn34 8 лет назад +7

      Erick Guevara Yeah, I hear its a great way to purify yourself.

  • @criscross1656
    @criscross1656 4 года назад +1

    Prince was versatile for sure. To play all those instruments the way he did....its hard! What talent 🎶🙂

  • @mfcyeahyouknowme
    @mfcyeahyouknowme 8 лет назад +19

    Prince always wins man... Don't you remember Chapelle Show?

    • @ttlpwn34
      @ttlpwn34 8 лет назад +2

      That cat can ball, yo.

    • @mfcyeahyouknowme
      @mfcyeahyouknowme 8 лет назад +3

      +ttlpwn34 #FoReal 'Then he took us inside & made us pancakes'. 😂😂😂 Prince is sick yo... And hilarious!!

    • @manskeincable
      @manskeincable 8 лет назад +4

      prince even used Dave Chappelle's picture as prince on his latest album. Love it.

    • @pennyandrews3237
      @pennyandrews3237 6 лет назад +1

      Blouses

  • @shenyaet3350
    @shenyaet3350 4 года назад +2

    Prince said that if someone tried to play him, they would only end up playing themselves on the king wrong 💜💜💜

  • @cutiepotooty
    @cutiepotooty 8 лет назад +3

    Great story Travis he will always be missed

  • @mariemoon1061
    @mariemoon1061 3 года назад

    💖Loved The Interview Thanks Conan And Tavis

  • @Afrimusican
    @Afrimusican 3 года назад +1

    Seriously you people need to listen to Peggy Mac and Susan Rogers, engineers who worked with Prince. Tavis ain't lying about the man's work ethic to craft his sound..FROM SCRATCH TO FINISHED ALBUM.

  • @shenyaet3350
    @shenyaet3350 4 года назад

    Prince was a man who couldn’t be played. RIP 💜

  • @joyceboyd8849
    @joyceboyd8849 6 лет назад +1

    I think Trav. knew just who was on the phone.
    he tried to cut prince up on that talk show when prince
    had hurt his toe.
    one of the call ins knew what time it was ' cause she
    told prince Trav. wasn't
    playing in his questions
    to prince. I could hear that
    too.
    his co worker years later
    came in to make him stiffer.

  • @renesrelics
    @renesrelics 5 лет назад +1

    RIP Prince

  • @Matdogg2k
    @Matdogg2k 8 лет назад +1

    Damnit Tavis if you don't focus that camera over here!

  • @Penguinssss
    @Penguinssss 8 лет назад +1

    Didn't give two shits about prince. Now I want to hear that 'all prince' album.

    • @leroystanks
      @leroystanks 8 лет назад +1

      That's like the first three or four albums. Possibly others throughout the years.

    • @Xxs0cc3rch1ckxX
      @Xxs0cc3rch1ckxX 8 лет назад +5

      most of his albums were "all prince" albums lol

    • @suzeesix
      @suzeesix Год назад +1

      The first 5 albums were all Prince.

  • @dja-troit6608
    @dja-troit6608 4 года назад

    It took me nearly a year to watch my first show of Tavis...it was during a commercial break like they did everyday while I was watching Rap City that Tavis would say what the topic would be for that night which was "The use of the N word".... So I started watching him since that episode.....and I was fortunate to watch that interview he did with Prince... I believe it was 99 or 00

  • @taoman85
    @taoman85 3 года назад

    This must've been before Tavis got in trouble.

  • @charlenejames723
    @charlenejames723 7 лет назад +6

    How pathetic these people are who claim to know anything about Prince. Prince only invited certain people into his world. Not everyone was invited. And if you disrespected him, that was the end of your relationship with him. But this I do believe, Tavis Smiley did have friendship with Prince for many years.

  • @Afrimusican
    @Afrimusican 3 года назад

    Yo when did Tavis do this and howdid I miss it

  • @juswolf22
    @juswolf22 6 лет назад

    Surprised prince kept calling back

    • @springdaye4451
      @springdaye4451 6 лет назад

      He probably understood why Tavis didn't believe it was really him. Esp since during that time he was using the symbol and not his name.

  • @ladyjaybird1501
    @ladyjaybird1501 2 года назад

    ❤️❤️

  • @joyceboyd8849
    @joyceboyd8849 6 лет назад

    hanging up like that was
    unprofessional or disrespect. still up there

  • @shenyaet3350
    @shenyaet3350 4 года назад

    The rapper Foxy Brown told a similar story about Michael Jackson. She said that when he called her, she hung up on him, because she didn’t really think it was him. She thought it was a prank caller.

  • @ROCKNROLLFAN
    @ROCKNROLLFAN 8 лет назад +2

    why would he hang up on Prince three times cuz that was very rude.....

    • @DJ-vu9lx
      @DJ-vu9lx 5 лет назад +2

      Thought it was a prank.

  • @Rid
    @Rid 8 лет назад +1

    Prince started on the piano not drums js haha

    • @bohwe43
      @bohwe43 8 лет назад +2

      Prince made it a habit to lie to the public and media but his friends knew the real him. Prince obviously told Tavis the truth considering the fact they were personal friends for 20 years. Their interviews were really great and informative. Prince made it seem as if he was poor growing up but his best friend Andre Cymone said that he moved into Prince neighborhood and that the neighborhood was upper middle class, and Cymone family was from the hood. But Prince told Tavis Smiley that as a kid he had elipsey , but his parents did the best they could with the little they had.Also, Prince said he was teased at school, but Jimmy Jam said that he was popular because he was in a band and on the basketball team. And Prince image was that of "universally" acceptable but a black woman that interviewed him in the 90s said that she was surprised that he was "black blackety". These examples have nothing to do with the "drums" statement, but just to point out that Prince public image was a complete lie, and only his real friends knew the real him. His personal friends such as Van Jones said that if a person mentioned being Prince friend, that would be the end of their friendship.

    • @annt.7785
      @annt.7785 8 лет назад +1

      What he told tavis, he told everyone else in public interviews so no he didn't lie to anyone. And who is black blackety? Is that his pet dog lol? Or is that like saying "ethnic"?

    • @bohwe43
      @bohwe43 8 лет назад

      Those statement was written by the black female reporter that interviewed him, not my words.

    • @annt.7785
      @annt.7785 8 лет назад

      I'm asking you want does it mean though. I know she said it. If you know what it means since i've never heard that word before.

    • @annt.7785
      @annt.7785 8 лет назад +2

      Porsche Weaver Oh ok thank you. I can't believe a reporter would say that, weird.

  • @ripmyheadof
    @ripmyheadof 8 лет назад

    Conan goes on holiday every three weeks...cushy cushy

  • @C.H771
    @C.H771 3 года назад

    Amazing how these people can get other people's phone number without that person giving them their number?

  • @malvavisco10
    @malvavisco10 8 лет назад +5

    How did he get "played' by Prince if it was really Prince calling, though?

    • @malvavisco10
      @malvavisco10 8 лет назад

      Dustin Phenix
      What part of pretty flower makes you think I'm a "his," dipshit?

    • @popeye697
      @popeye697 8 лет назад +11

      He said Prince was interviewing him to see if he felt comfortable being interviewed by Tavis on camera. That's what being played by Prince was supposed to mean

    • @malvavisco10
      @malvavisco10 8 лет назад

      Timeka Mauldin
      *you're

  • @lovesymbol7880
    @lovesymbol7880 6 лет назад

    This white guy is funny af

  • @paulira7407
    @paulira7407 3 года назад

    “Frankly you could be naked...”
    Tavis seemed a little too eager to partake in such a joke.

  • @KimberlySmith-iy8bi
    @KimberlySmith-iy8bi 6 лет назад

    LMBO!!!!! Can you imagine getting a phone call from Prince on a Saturday Morning... I probably would've hung up too not believing it was Prince. Then i would've said to myself. ( you would think if your going to prank someone, At least make it realistic. Lol. Man I would've felt horrible if It really was him and i hung up the phone. ..

  • @hmngbrd
    @hmngbrd 7 лет назад

    Funny.

  • @KayExposesTruth
    @KayExposesTruth 4 года назад +1

    This interview put the nail in the coffin for travis to confirm he participated in Prince revealing secrets during the interview he aired... ie tavis lost his show & accusations that followed...

  • @shewhoiskay1
    @shewhoiskay1 7 лет назад

    I cant help but to laugh, Conans thumbnail looks like The MASK, Jim Carey's character. lol IF Conan was green. No Conan is a handsome dude.

  • @kinoko7667
    @kinoko7667 8 лет назад

    DO A NEW REMOTE!!!!!!!

  • @elujan6001
    @elujan6001 3 года назад

    😘💋O(+> FOREVER!!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💋

  • @joejoejoejoejoejoej
    @joejoejoejoejoejoej Месяц назад

    American chat shows are so crass 🤮 ❤

  • @sebastianluchs752
    @sebastianluchs752 8 лет назад

    Seccond

  • @lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x
    @lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x 2 года назад

    clickbate title

  • @IndianHoney
    @IndianHoney 8 лет назад

    : )

  • @smturab_
    @smturab_ 8 лет назад

    First like

  • @Yoshi062995
    @Yoshi062995 8 лет назад +1

    Not going to lie, his accent is confusing me.

  • @ryane231
    @ryane231 8 лет назад

    First

  • @elgurideparana2796
    @elgurideparana2796 8 лет назад

    who's that prince guy?

    • @charlenejames723
      @charlenejames723 7 лет назад +2

      Are you joking? Only the greatest musician that ever lived.

  • @CarlosPerez-wt8ff
    @CarlosPerez-wt8ff 6 лет назад +1

    Fake story

  • @frenchieblack1
    @frenchieblack1 8 лет назад

    shameful back door bragging

    • @ThePurpleMushroom
      @ThePurpleMushroom 8 лет назад +2

      Conan brought it up.

    • @frenchieblack1
      @frenchieblack1 8 лет назад +1

      I am Perfection Yeah but it's like, ok Tavis no one really understands why you're famous and yet you're claiming you "big leagued" Prince. It's like, why would he assume a random person knew his phone number, you know? And yet this may very well have happened.

    • @thatjackal74
      @thatjackal74 8 лет назад

      Tavis used to be really big, talk show hosts are always really famous while they work and then fade away after they stop working.

    • @frenchieblack1
      @frenchieblack1 8 лет назад

      jakob clark I'm a TV guy, I remember hearing about his show but never seeing it. Actually, I was introduced to him through comedians horrible imprecations of him.