Ariana DeBose Accidentally Dissed Meryl Streep While Filming The Prom | The Tonight Show

Ariana DeBose talks about playing the Bullet in the musical Hamilton, working with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman in The Prom and making her hosting debut on SNL.
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Ariana DeBose Accidentally Dissed Meryl Streep While Filming The Prom | The Tonight Show
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[@christianjohnsjohns8723]

The way she said Your Not Clapping as Meryl Streep was terrifying and hilarious LOL.

[@MattB0610]

It was a very good Meryl impression!

[@LTilli313]

Kinda makes me wonder if Meryl is as down to earth as other actors try to claim. I mean she is Meryl Streep, but I hope she's as kind and easy going as other stories I've heard.

[@EvaSofie]

@@LTilli313 Ariana forgot to clarify it was a joke, Meryl just playing around like her character would act.

[@LTilli313]

@@EvaSofie I hope so, I like Meryl Streep ... she gave me the impression she was kind of a bitch, but maybe I was taking her joke wrong. Like I said, alot of other actors have said she's not stuck up or anything.

[@annieb5157]

She deserves all the success coming her way. Such a fantastic actress, performer, and person. She should take home the Oscar for best supporting actress as Anita, in my opinion!!

[@andiflores4638]

And she did win the Oscar ❤️❤️

[@aydengibson6953]

And that's EXCATLY what she did

[@NobodysMusic]

ariana has come a super long way! so proud of her

[@losfp]

She was SO GOOD as the bullet. Just a superb talent. I hope she does more stage work, but maybe she'll just be a massive movie star instead. Go Ari!

[@alisky8551]

It is unbelievable how charismatic and loveable she is. Unbelievable!

[@ES99242]

She’s literally perfect no idea who she is but she seems like a queen

[@suryasrinivasan2030]

Lol, she IS a Queen!

[@ella9120]

She is an actress who started on broadway. She was in Hamilton and Donna, Bronx take and many more. She was Anita in the west side story and Alyssa in the prom movie and she was Emma in schingodon!

[@lopezlabbe711]

That Nicole impression saying Ariuana was so accurate!! 🤣

[@chickennuggets5180]

I have always loved the bullet she foreshadows every bodies death in Hamilton. At the beginning when Burr said “fools who run their mouth off wind up dead” she is in the bar and goes up to John and he is the first to die. She follows Hamilton in literally every scene they share along with tracing the bullet to him. She is the women who points Phillip to the the man talking trash about his father, which leads to the duel that kills him.

[@s1x6x1s]

i'm not familiar with her, haven't seen The Prom either. but she looks fun in conversations, naturally comedic, so i'll be keeping my eye on her.

[@OvSpP]

I love the journey that I have taken with her, discovering her last summer just as she’s becoming the star she was destined to be. It’s beautiful.

[@bexyPTX]

Ever since The Prom my mom has been absolutely obsessed with her, love to see all the attention she's been getting lately

[@denisefreitas6727]

She's amazing as Anita in West Side Story. Surely, she deserves an Oscar!

[@RakeshSharma-in5mz]

Full Andy Sachs. We stan a Devil Wears Prada stan.

[@shawnuel]

She also was fabulous in Schmigadoon!

[@lindsaylavender9110]

Oh Ariana I assure you tiktok has noticed your stroke of genius in creating the character of The Bullet

[@JG-sherminator]

AND she nailed the mysterious "awr" after the vowel....

[@idaf3028]

She’s a queen! Her Anita deserves an Oscar idc

[@emmoxley6762]

The bullet is one of my fav tracks to follow in Hamilton.

[@Ccilie]

A whole queen ! 👑✨ And her skin 🤩🍫 she’s glowing. Can’t wait to see what she wears when she receives her Oscar !

[@cayndii30]

I call her Bullet LOL. I always go omg that's Bullet!

[@nesssya]

What a character. The cadence of her voice reminds me a bit of Kate McKinnon

[@lindsaylavender9110]

They did some skits together when she hosted SNL and they are the duo we never knew we needed

[@delrey874]

I saw West Side Story and she deserves an Oscar.

[@luisaespinoza9509]

Not a big fan of musicals but she makes me wanna see everything she has done. Can’t wait to see the new West Side Story 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ninatunas4695]

I love her!! Such a sunshine 🌞 💛

[@khan85223]

Her voice tone is amazing

[@jackgordon4983]

She’s simply amazing

[@AdrianaLato]

i was so mesmerized by her in the movie

[@Marcepan541]

Wow. She is so charismatic!!

[@StephRosebud]

She is just darling. 🥰

[@NestorCaster]

She is magnificent! All my best hopes to one of the most beautiful persons I’ve never met!

[@mihaelamars]

I just met her and I'm on a mission to tell everyone on the frickin internet that she is the nicest, kindest human being in real life too!

[@lorievine22]

So lucky! 🥰❤️ She's radiating kindness and sunshine, and it must've been amazing to meet her. I hope to meet her too!

[@rociomargaritaromero2502]

My Queen 😍😍😍 She's so good at impressions too jajaja love her forever

[@matpat1]

ariana is such a star!

[@markmh835]

Tomorrow's superstar in the making. What a wonderful lady and entertainer.

[@stevet252]

I'm glad I saw that movie just because of her

[@chickennuggets5180]

OMG she’s so lovable😻😻

[@adonisg667]

Can't wait to see her in Argylle.

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

I am so happy for her. I think it's cool that she is an academy award winning actress.

[@DanielleA2023]

She's AWESOME!!!!!

[@OddOneOut665]

She DESERVED to be the First Guest, dammit!!!!

[@chickennuggets5180]

She is so slept on BUT THE OSCAR SAYS IT ALL👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Be1smaht]

She looks sensational

[@carlcwms]

She is the total package and seems fun to date.

[@lordundhimself1310]

She is like…WOW, wow, wow 🔥

[@ClaytonChick8]

"I'm playing an inanimate object." #theatrelife

[@TankUSA]

She is Fine fine. Like extra fine! Jesus wept fine. Wow.

[@lawrenceveelo9387]

I literally did NOT know who she was before SNL this past weekend. lol I think the world will know the OTHER Ariana by next month! 👏

Ariana DeBose est la plus belle actrice de notre temps ! Waouh ! Elle est vraiment incroyable !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nattywho]

I don’t know who she is either, but why in the hell would someone say that to her…people are ridiculous! All you have to do is a little googling!

[@katyscott87]

Exactly! Thank you! I had to peel myself away from the KZbin comments for her SNL promo, where basically half of the comments were just "Who?" or "Who TF is she?" And I get that most people haven't heard of her yet, cuz most people aren't Broadway nerds. That's fine. But A: as you pointed out... we are already on the internet as we speak. Enter her name into KZbin, IMDb, Wikipedia, Google, ibdb, and you can find her resume. If you are genuinely curious, you have the tools. B: It seemed like most of the comments were simply using their own ignorance as if it were a diss to her. Which says a lot more about who they are as a person, than it says about where she is in her career.

[@Lommy9999]

They clap after every Meryl take?! Wow that's insane.

[@EvaSofie]

The Prom is a musical, so she means at the end of the number they were doing, not every take.

[@dawnalexander5750]

Simply marvelous looking....

[@shawnmisamore]

Omg she is super weird but in the best possible way. Haha.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Alright.

[@xlDysenterylx]

Holy Captivating Charisma, Batman!

[@Flower-br8pm]

She was definitely Death itself. Every person she interacts with directly dies, like, in the next scene. The first soldier, John Laurens, and flirts with Phillip right before the duel! She is DEATH dressed as a Bullet!

[@nothudanasir]

Anyone wanna watch her in something wonderful watch her in the show shmigadoon on Apple TV she BLEW me away and it’s the first thing I saw her in

[@rick90604whittier]

She is Hollywood.

[@aravinth007vt]

Wow she's very pretty... wow

[@cczwhite]

Explain yourself!🤣

[@fundifferent1]

LMAO, this shady as interview. She shaded Meryl Streep and "Carol"

[@EvaSofie]

I think Meryl was kidding, usually does about that, like acting in the way her character in the movie would, , would’ve been nice if Ariana clarified that lol.

[@marissamoore3577]

She didn't shade Meryl, Meryl was just teasing her. She told the same story in another interview and she said she was just joking with her.

[@EvaSofie]

@@marissamoore3577 you have a link to it just in case?

[@marissamoore3577]

@@EvaSofie it was in 2020 when she was doing press for the Prom.

[@EvaSofie]

@@marissamoore3577 There’s many interviews so that doesn’t help lol

[@boosadan28]

MY ELPHABA...

[@116Eggleston]

I have a big crush on her. It’s too bad I’m not her type.

[@NellieKAdaba]

🤔 I hope you find someone for you.

[@sllawson6]

She’s like my Ariana but sillier (Yes, I do know an Ariana who looks somewhat like DeBose only she’s a thousand times gigglier)

[@lakierabryan254]

She reminds me so much of Gina Rodriguez!!!

[@NellieKAdaba]

I love Gina Rodriguez.

[@purplecowmovement7677]

What a beautiful black woman

[@markmh835]

Afro-Latina, actually.

[@Deking24]

@@markmh835 same thing

[@AshleyandWesley]

‘Congrats Everyone Who Is Early & Found This Comment!” ⚡️☘️

[@manuelgomez5707]

😋😋😋😋yummie

[@desireereeves3958]

Jimmy you don't have to talk the whole time your guest is talking too. It's okay to just listen 😅 take a chill pill.

[@terencewright9972]

She is a 🦊🦊🦊

[@Historian212]

Fallon still the worst interviewer of all time. Talking over the guest, jumping on the high point of her Meryl Streep story, ugh. Can’t believe after all this time he’s still That. Bad.

[@ikodum]

I was just thinking the same thing!!!! Dude, just shut up and let the guest talk.

[@markmh835]

When will NBC ever wise up and remove him?

[@CataclysmiCCalyx]

Who is Meryl Streep?

[@staticlux]

she’s great but snl made her look absolutely horrid

[@BucyKalman]

Ariana comes across as rather arrogant in all the interviews she has given since West Side Story.

[@seandavidson2707]

Ariana Debose is prettier than Ariana Grande.

[@marcmiller3754]

🤮🤮

[@xerxhoovhoov7649]

Oh jimmy Fallon so annoying!!!

[@ladyluck4541]

She's finally getting the credit she deserves! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpPdcnyvhLalrdk

[@remona-_tapmetohavesexwith5083]

She deserves all the success coming her way. Such a fantastic actress, performer, and person. She should take home the Oscar for best supporting actress as Anita, in my opinion!!

[@matpat1]

ariana has come a super long way! so proud of her

[@AshleyandWesley]

‘Congrats Everyone Who Is Early & Found This Comment!” ⚡️☘️

[@AshleyandWesley]

‘Congrats Everyone Who Is Early & Found This Comment!” ⚡️☘️