So, we go to the movies, but it’s hard because Michael got to sneak in the movie right before it start. Now, I’m sitting there like, “Where’s Michael?” And then I turn around and he’s like, “Hey Chris.” I’M LIKE, “OH MAN!” HOW LONG [laughter] YOU BEEN HERE? FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. Chris Tucker made Michael Jackson burst out laughing during the show, and he even messed up Jackie Chan’s name during filming.
That’s why nobody breaks celebrities like Chris Tucker. Chris could break Michael every single time they were together. >> YOU GOT THE FACE. YOU FORGOT TO COOK THE FOOD. YOU GOT THE FACE TODAY. FOOD WASN’T NO GOOD. YOU GOT [laughter] THE FACE TODAY. KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. HEY, YOU GOT THE FACE TODAY. HEY, YOU GOT ANOTHER TIME THOUGH, CHRIS WAS the one who ended up taking the hit.
>> Cool, cuz he call me sometimes check up on me see how I’m doing. He’s like, “How you doing, Chris?” He And when he really miss me, he call me Christmas. “Hey Christmas, how are you?” And only Chris could give us the experience of what it’s like to watch a movie with Michael. >> watching a movie, he’s the loudest person in there.
Really? Yeah, he’s watching THE MOVIE LIKE, >> [screaming] >> HE ALSO GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW incredibly generous Michael was. >> The first time I saw you do stand-up, there was a lot of Michael Jackson dancing. And then I just found out recently that you guys were pretty good friends. >> just we became friends, man.
I hung out with him a lot. And Michael was just so nice, man. You be around him and you just get happy, man. He would He would give you anything. If you like something, like I was just complimenting a flat screen TV he had and he gave it to me. I was like, I didn’t want the TV. But then the black came out of me. I start liking everything after that.
With Michael, things didn’t go too well, but with Charlie Sheen, it was a different story. >> Man, Charlie was the I’mma tell you, the nicest guy. He’s one of my best friends to this day. We don’t hang out that much, but he Charlie let me borrow his Ferrari, man, when I was like, I don’t know, 24 something like that.
Did you own your own? >> I didn’t have one then. I I just asked him cuz I was like fearless. Like, “Charlie, can you borrow your Ferrari?” He was like, “OKAY, SURE.” I WAS LIKE, “WHAT?” >> [laughter] >> I KEPT THAT FERRARI SO LONG, HE FORGOT I HAD IT. He was like, “Do you have my Ferrari?” I said, “I think I do.” He said, “Can you want to bring it back?” I said, “Okay, okay.
” And here’s the story of when Michael Jackson and Jackie Chan talked for the first time. >> Introduce Jackie to Michael yet? >> I don’t know. Have Michael I don’t know. Michael wanted to meet Jackie though. He always said to me, “I want to meet Jackie.” >> call me. He called me yet? He did call me one time. Really? >> I was asleep.
Uh can I have a Who’s speaking? This is Michael. My my my I said, “Michael what?” “Michael Jackson.” Okay. I said then hang up the phone then afternoon I wake up because I was in late night show. I wake up You know, big brother they call me big brother. You know who? Michael Jackson. I said, “No.” >> [laughter] >> Yes, Michael Jackson called.
I SAID, “WHY DON’T YOU CALL ME? WHY DON’T YOU CALL ME?” HE TALKED SO LOW he probably thought he was somebody was playing on the phone. >> Yeah, well it could have been that. It could have been the case. Speak up. MICHAEL JACKSON. >> [laughter] >> TWITTER, beat it. >> Well Another artist who shared great moments with Chris was Prince.
I just heard this noise behind me and I didn’t know what it was. He He just trying to get my attention. He was LIKE I WAS ASKING MY FRIENDS. I WAS LIKE, “WHAT’S THAT NOISE?” >> [laughter] >> HE WAS LIKE HE SAID, “MAN, THAT’S PRINCE TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.” So I turned around and I said, “Hey Prince, how you He’s small so I was like, “Hey Prince, how you doing?” And he’s so short you can see his feet on his driver’s license but he’s short.
>> [laughter] >> He talking to me but he was licking on his fingers when he was talking to me. I was kind of He was like, “How you doing? You like the show? How was the girl?” >> [laughter] >> Check out the day the two of them first met. >> I saw him in a club in LA one time, Prince.
I saw him in his security came over and got me. He said, “Prince want to meet you.” I said, “What? Prince want to meet me? Yeah.” So we went over in VIP VIP. I said, “Hey Prince.” And we like looking over at everybody else downstairs. He said, >> [music] >> “You played that part in Fifth Element. I was supposed to play that part.” I said, “For real?” He said, “I didn’t like the costumes. I didn’t like that.
” [laughter] And I looked at him and I said, “What you got your butt hanging OUT YOUR PANTS, LOOK.” HE SAID, “WELL, THIS IS MY DESIGN, my design.” >> Not even Jackie Chan is safe from Chris’s jokes. >> Jackie was so nice and I was so comfortable, but [cheering] Jackie would give me a gift every day. First Rush Hour, Jackie Chan would give me a gift.
Every day he would finish in my trailer. Yeah, I’d be like, “What is going on?” I’m like, “HE’S SO NICE.” And I had to buy him something out the while. I said, “I got to get him something.” But then I realized he’s from China, they make everything over there. He was getting it for free anyway. >> [laughter] >> The truth is, Chris knows a lot of people and Ben Affleck proved that.
He knows everybody. Like, I’m not even kidding. You can bring up a name, it doesn’t matter if it’s like Muhammad Ali, Paul McCartney, Jesus. You know, CHRIS IS LIKE, [laughter] “YEAH, THAT’S MY BOY.” I’m like, “What do you mean that’s your boy? How do you know?” Like, not only did he know Michael Jordan, I was like, “There’s this guy Howard White who works at you I know Howard White. He’s my friend.
” I’m like, “This is an unbelievable.” You know everybody? I kind of do, you know, AND I >> [laughter] >> I MEAN, BEN AND MY BUDDY DAVE CHAPPELLE and I always joke around like, “You know everybody, man. You everywhere. WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?” I’m like, “I’m in Saudi Arabia with the king.” Oh my god. >> right back, he’s giving gifts away.
> He’s giving gifts away. But the complete opposite happens when he’s back in his hometown. >> Do they leave you alone in Atlanta? Uh sometimes, man, but people, you know, they they sometimes cuz they don’t see a lot of celebrities, so they be coming up to me looking at me like, “Hey man, you you?” “You you?” I’m like, “Yeah, I’m me.
You you?” >> [laughter] >> I’m like, “What you doing out here in THE GROCERY STORE SHOPPING?” I’M GOT TO EAT TOO, I’M GETTING SOME FOOD. YOU THINK I’M A SUPERHERO? I GOT TO WAIT FOR MY CARD, MAN. This time, Chris Tucker needed a lot of patience to answer one of the weirdest questions he’s ever been asked. >> Have you ever thought, Chris, if you had 20 seconds to live, what your last joke would be? My last joke would be I wouldn’t be joking around if I had 20 seconds to [laughter] live.
I’d be like, “I’ll get EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WHATEVER I GOT LEFT, YOU CAN HAVE IT.” SON. [laughter] IT’S SERIOUS, MAN. I WOULDN’T BE JOKING HERE. >> YOU’D HAVE TO GO out with a joke. Oh, no. I would be like, man, go go get some Don’t DON’T DRIVE MY FERRARI. >> [laughter] >> I WOULD SAY STUFF LIKE I WHO’S GOING TO BE LIVING IN MY HOUSE? STUFF like that. I’d be concerned.
>> And the time he went to Hong Kong had everyone cracking up. >> you feel about it? Cuz I See, my fear is that all people in Hong Kong will think all Americans now are like Chris Tucker. Oh, man. Hong Kong. >> [laughter] >> I was the only black person in Hong Kong. I was looking for black people. I said, where the black people at? No black people? No, no.
They thought I was Kobe Bryant, man. They didn’t know who I was. >> Really Kobe Bryant? LIKE, KOBE! KOBE! SIGN MY AUTOGRAPH! KOBE! WE LOVE YOU! Where is Shaq? Having Jackie Chan as a tour guide made the whole experience even funnier. >> Same food. What’s he like in China with Jackie Chan? Is it just ridiculous? >> He’s the man. Jackie owned everything.
He’s like, you like hotel? >> [laughter] >> He said, you like hotel? I said, yeah. My hotel. That’s my hotel. So, I got to do more movies. But he really just goes everywhere and just be like Walks around with like 15 people and then I’m like in the back of the 15 people. JACKIE, WAIT UP. HOLD UP. THIS DON’T LOOK RIGHT, MAN.
WE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER. HE SAID, OH, then come on, restaurant. We going to restaurant. >> [laughter] >> His impressions are absolutely hilarious, like this one of Donald Trump. Is Donald Trump your president? Uh what Do you consider him your president, Donald? >> [laughter] >> You mean Donald? Are you serious? Believe me. Believe Believe me.
>> [laughter] >> I know Chris Tucker. He’s a great comedian, great guy. I like him. I’m It’s true. I do like him. I met him. Well, I didn’t say much, but I said, “Hello.” >> [laughter] >> Believe me. And also Bill Clinton while telling a story about their trip to Africa. >> I went to Africa one time with Bill Clinton. That was fun.
We went to like three, four countries in Africa. And Clinton was great, man. I started doing impressions of of Bill Clinton, And he started liking it. He was like, “Oh, That sounds just like me.” I said, “Oh, that sounds good. That sounds great.” “I like that.” He invited me to Africa, man. He invited me.
He said, “Tucker, you want to go to Africa with me? I think you’ll like it. You’re black. I’m black. I think you’ll like it.” His impression of Michael Jordan is so natural. It feels like the real one is there. >> You’re going to have to wear some Jordans now when you do [music] your stand-up. >> That’s right. People going to be looking at your shoes.
>> I wear Jordans once. They’re the most comfortable shoes. And every time I see Michael, he look at your shoes. First thing he do is look down at you. What kind of shoes you got? Reebok? Man, you crazy. What Get out of here. Get out of here. >> [laughter] >> You got to have on Jordans when you go in front of Michael.
Well, that’s That’s Michael, man. >> You do a good MJ as well. >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Michael be Oh, he You got to have a lot of self-esteem around Michael. You go to his party be like, “How you getting here? I I didn’t invite you.” No, I didn’t invite you. But [laughter] yes, you did. >> No, no, no, no. Get him out of here.
Get him out of And hanging out with Michael Jackson was always fun. >> We go to the movies. Both of us like going to the movies. So, we go to the movies. >> But it’s hard because Michael got to sneak in the movie right before it start. So, Michael coming in like with a ninja suit on. He’s hiding in all black. All of a sudden, I’m sitting there and I’m like, “Where’s Michael?” And then I turn around. He’s like, “Hey, Chris.
” I’M LIKE, “OH, MAN.” >> [laughter] >> HOW LONG YOU BEEN HERE? ABOUT 5 MINUTES. >> [laughter] >> I’m sorry. And of course, we can’t forget him trying to hit Michael Jackson’s high notes. >> You do sing Michael Jackson. >> DANGEROUS. THAT IS SO DANGEROUS. YOU ARE [cheering] YOU AND MICHAEL THANK YOU.
That’s an odd choice of songs of all the Michael Jackson songs to go with Dangerous. Their friendship even involved long, expensive flights [music] just to see each other. >> Cuz I took a private plane to New York. Took a private plane to New York cuz Michael told me, you know, when you finish Rush Hour, come see us.
So, I knew he was there. I called him before I went cuz I was going there for something else. And I kept leaving a message. Michael, I’m in New York. If you’re around, I’d love to see you. >> [music] >> And I didn’t hear anything. So, I got on that same private plane, flew back to Los Angeles. You know, I was done.
Soon as I landed, I got a message from Michael Jackson’s office like, “Michael want to meet you tomorrow in New York City.” I was like, “What?” >> Don’t tell me you’re going to go back. I went right up to the captain seat and I said, “Take me back to New York.” He said, “Well, it’s going to cost.” I said, “I don’t care.
You got my credit card. Just take me back.” >> [laughter] >> I took I I I paid I paid it. I was in a expensive plane, too. I don’t know what it was, G4 or whatever. I said, “Take me back. I’m about to I didn’t tell him what I was doing. >> it. It was worth it, man. Every dollar. And that’s how we became friends. It was like I don’t know how much it was, but it was crazy.
Not even his own mother is safe from his impressions. >> My mama, man, she didn’t play, man. My mama made us go to church. We didn’t even sin yet. We still had to go to church. I get up. YOU ALL GOING TO CHURCH. I’m going to Can’t the preacher come here sometimes? You always going to him. Can the preacher be on the kitchen table, mama? Get up.
You all going to church. Make that man late. She always tell me I’m making her late. And she ain’t dressed, neither. around with her bra on. You all making that man late. I CAN’T GET DRESSED FOOLING AROUND WITH Y’ALL. And as a dad, he admits he’s super protective. >> He wants to come to Vegas. He wants to come to Vegas.
But what he don’t know, I’m coming with him. He’s not going to know I’m here, though. I see. I’m going to be watching him behind slot machines looking at >> [laughter] >> I’m going to tell waitresses, “No, don’t give him no beer. Just take him some Take him some milk. Take him some milk.” THAT’S MY BABY. WATCH OUT FOR HIM, PLEASE.
Are you like that even still to at this age? >> that. I’m bad. >> You are, yeah. >> Yeah, I’m one of them protective dads. >> Yeah. Well, that’s good. There’s nothing wrong with that. Does he find it annoying? No, I think he’s cool with it cuz cuz I’m rich. I don’t know. I don’t know. He even managed to turn firing his own family into a hilarious story.
Don’t have your family working for you. Because my family worked for me in my comedy club and I went there, the club wasn’t making no money, but everybody had new cars. And that’s what My brother was drinking up all the inventory. He said, “I got to try this stuff, man, to make sure [laughter] it ain’t spoiled.” How long did it last? About a year.
That was it. >> Who made the call to shut it down? I did. I was like, “This is over. I’m not making no money. This is going to mess up my moving money.” >> Were they upset with you? Yeah, my dad was upset with me cuz he was the cook. He was like, “What am I going to do now?” >> [laughter] >> I said, “BE MY DADDY.” AND EVEN THOUGH HE’S rich today, Chris Tucker has gone through a lot of the same things we all have.
Hate my neighbors, man. I got neighbors that borrow all the time. You ever had A NEIGHBOR THAT BORROW YOUR AND KEEP IT SO LONG YOU HAVE TO BORROW IT BACK? I TOLD YOU GOT A BROOM I CAN BORROW, MAN. NO, YOU STILL GOT MY GODDAMN BROOM. THAT AIN’T ALL, MAN. I got a rats and roaches like Crips and Bloods in my house, man.
Check out what it was like between him and his family before fame. I invited them down to the club and from, you know, being from Georgia and like you said, they, you know, being a comedian, like, “What?” They was all laughing at me like, “All right, I’m going to come down and see you perform.
” And I went I invited them down to the comedy club and they was down there and I was on the list, but you know, being [music] a comedian, you might you might not get to go up. >> guaranteed. >> So, I didn’t get to go up that night. So, I had to ride all the way home and they was in the car, “I thought you was a comedian.” You know, why you didn’t go up and all this stuff and I said, “Okay, one day I’m going to go up. Y’all going to see.
” So, now they they ask me for money every day and I said, “I thought you was going to pay me back.” When you going to pay me back, though? Once the money started coming in, he made some classic beginner mistakes. >> I had a good time. What did you spend money on? >> I ooh, I spent I was spending too much money.
I had like I was I didn’t know I was just acting crazy. I bought two houses right next door to each other. It was crazy. I said, “I’ll take that one, too. I don’t want nobody to mess with me.” I was like, I was borrowing stuff for myself. >> that’s got to be crazy. I said, “You got some sugar I can borrow?” You know, we got some sugar. I’m you and you me, man.
It got crazy. It got crazy. >> Well, I bet. I bet Speaking of houses, check out what Kevin Hart had to deal with having Chris as a neighbor. >> We were buying our first house in LA and we’re coming to this neighborhood and I didn’t know that Chris lived in the neighborhood and this is when Chris was like having the taxes problem, right? So, I’m like in the house and they’re like showing me things, they want to renovate some things and Chris comes by and all all he says from outside is, “PAY YOUR TAXES, MAN.”
>> [laughter] >> AND I’M LIKE NO LAUGH? I’M LIKE, “WHAT?” >> [laughter] >> It’s Chris Tucker. He comes in, “Yeah, man, just pay your taxes, man.” I was like, “Chris, what the YOU DOING [laughter] HERE?” HE WAS LIKE, “WELL, I’m here, man. I got a house down here, too, man. They told me he was coming.
I’m just telling you pay your taxes, man.” >> [laughter] >> And he left. >> And while enjoying the rich life, he tried getting into golf. Too bad the skills didn’t come with it. >> Uh-huh. Let’s talk about your golf tournament and what it benefit. >> I’m not that good. I I got to work on a little bit more cuz when I tee off, like birds fly away.
Ducks get out of the water, turtles run away, it’s [laughter] the I heard a bird laughing one time I had teed off. HE WAS >> [laughter] >> I SAID, “MAN, YOU CAN’T DO IT.” THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SERIOUS TRIBUTE TO Jackie Chan, but with Chris Tucker on stage, that’s impossible. >> Working with a legend a living legend was amazing.
Every day I couldn’t wait to come on the set to see Jackie Chan. Even I was late most of the time, but when I got there Jackie was there waiting with his legs crossed and “Where’s Chris Tucker? We are late, you know.” But he didn’t complain, you know, he knew I was this young kid who, you know, didn’t know his lines, but he went with the flow.
It was just It was just an honor working with you and I can’t wait to work with you again and you You work with so many other actors, too. You made a lot of people rich, Jackie. >> A lot of people rich. Of course, his chaotic personality follows him onto set, like in Rush Hour. Man, this is cool that Hong sent us to Hong Kong.
What’s that line? >> [laughter] >> May I offer you some peanuts? She, she, she. >> [laughter] >> The friendship between him and Michael was unmatched, but there was one thing that made Chris Tucker cross the line. One time I did something real cool with Michael though. I went over Barry Gibb’s house from the Bee Gees.
You know Barry Gibb. I was like, “Damn, this is fly.” And we were sitting there and all and hanging out and stuff and and I said, “God damn, I’m seeing Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson.” And all of a sudden both of them start singing. They were singing “How Deep Is Your Love?” I said, “God damn.” It was just me and a dog looking at a dog.
He wasn’t even surprised. I was like, “God damn, this is fly.” Michael start singing first, man. I never heard him sing live before. He was like, “How deep is your love? How deep is your love? How I really need to know. I believe in you.” And then I got caught up and came in, “Come to you all the suffering.” And then Michael was like, “No, Chris.
No.” >> [cheering] >> “No, Chris.” Growing up with multiple siblings also taught him a few tricks for hiding food. Uh uh Frosted Flakes, all that. Because I I’m the youngest of six kids. We hide the cupcakes cuz they’d be gone. By the time my mama get home, you say, “Mama, I got that groceries for you. I got that.
” >> [laughter] >> You take it in there and you hide THEM CUPCAKES. YOU KNOW, you take out three or four of them. “Mama, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CUPCAKES?” “HEY, MAN, mama just bought two of them, man. >> [laughter] >> I’m sorry.” “You know you hid them cupcakes.” >> A simple mistake led to some hilarious moments in Rush Hour.
Chris kept calling Jackie Chan by his real name. Jackie, we like to see that. We we like to see that. Now, Jackie, we would love to see that. Wouldn’t we love to see that? His name is Lee, god damn it. Lee, we would love to see that. We would love to see that. Wouldn’t we Lee? And before filming even started, these two were already creating hilarious moments from their very first meeting.
He didn’t say any He didn’t say anything in the first meeting when we met each other. >> you mean? He didn’t say anything. His managers we had all our managers and agents around. >> other? >> We was in a meeting and then we was talking about the movie getting ready to do the movie and Jackie didn’t say nothing the whole time.
He was just like shaking his head. >> [laughter] >> Okay. Okay. Okay. And I I pulled the director to the side after meeting I said, “Does he speak English, man? We It’s no way we can do this movie if he don’t speak English, man. I got to have him communicating with me.” He said, “Don’t worry. He’s just checking you out. He’s just checking you out.
That’s what they do. Just He’s Chinese. He’s just checking it out.” And check this out. Him talking about the time they went to the movies together. We would go We would do stuff like go to the movies and Michael [music] was so famous he had to disguise himself. And we would come downstairs I’d be like, “Where’s Michael?” Michael be covered up like, “I’m over here, Chris.
” “Michael?” Michael, that’s you? Yeah, Chris. I thought we was going to the movies. You’re not even dressed. I am dressed, Chris. You know, I’m trying to be secret, too. You know, I’m hiding myself. Then Michael laughing louder than anybody. Everybody know Michael’s laugh. HE’S LIKE, >> [screaming] >> I WAS LIKE, “MICHAEL, SHUT UP.”
