We know Anthony Anderson as an actor, an opera singer, a producer, and a host. But did you know he tried to do standup?
Today, when he and the cast from G20 were on The Jennifer Hudson Show, he shared that story with the host, Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Antony Starr, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Christopher Farrar, and Sabrina Impacciatore.
How did it go? “I got booed off the stage,” he said. “I went up there, I guess I wasn’t that funny. So, they turned my mic off within the first 15 seconds. And I was like, ‘I don’t need a mic,’ and threw my mic on the stage. So I started to try to tell jokes with no mic, so they turned the lights off on the stage…So I had to walk off the stage. And, I walked out the back door to my car and drove with the heat on, and the windows rolled up. And I cried. So people couldn’t tell I was crying, they thought I was sweating.”
It all worked out because he probably would not have had the success he has had had he become a standup comedian.
Watch this clip all the way until the end. That is when you can see Will Trent’s Rodriguez show off his professional Salsa moves as he dances with Davis and Hudson at the same time. Now, we know why he was so good during that Disco scene! That has been my favorite moment from the FBI procedural, and I adore that show and its star!
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