A way of candy sorrow stuffed Jamie Lee Curtis throughout a TODAY present interview on Tuesday.
The “Freakier Friday” actor stopped by the present to share the magic of her upcoming Disney comedy, “Ella McCay,” however the second became one thing splendidly surprising, due to one thing blue Curtis noticed on host Craig Melvin.
“What’s the blue dot in your ear? Tell me the story,” Curtis requested.
“My daughter, years ago, she went to go get her ears pierced and she got cold feet, and in a moment of haste, I was like, ‘If I do it, will you do it?’ She’s like, ‘Yes!’” Melvin revealed.
“That’s gorgeous!” a gleeful Curtis responded. “That’s beautiful.”
The 2 ultimately mentioned the movie, which follows a hopeful younger lady (Ella McCay, performed by Emma Mackey) as she navigates her chaotic household and an surprising plunge into politics, with Curtis portraying the primary character’s aunt, Helen.
“What Ella McCay is going through is what I think we all are going through as a collective. We are all holding back. We’re all holding back our feelings of frustration and outrage,” the actor stated.
Issues took an emotional flip when Melvin introduced up a heartfelt video message to Curtis from health icon Susan Powter. The “Halloween” actor shared a private reference to Powter as the chief producer of the documentary “Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter.”
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“My hand in yours, and I’m grateful it is,” Powter stated earlier than thanking Curtis — who turned teary-eyed whereas listening — for giving a lot of herself to “thousands and thousands of people.”
Powter then punctuated the message with, “Thank you, Jamie Lee Curtis.”
“It’s why we’re here,” Curtis responded, voice catching with emotion. “It’s why you love what you do. It’s why you said to your daughter, ‘You know what, if I get it, will you get it?’ And you did.”
After some dialogue a few Ken Burns documentary, Curtis expressed admiration to Melvin for retaining the earring, in addition to to the present’s producers for permitting him to take action.
“I’m glad that you were able to say, ’This is important to me. This is my daughter, my connection to my daughter,” Curtis concluded.
