Zoë Kravitz's Worst Date Stuck Her with a Giant African Tortoise

Big Little Lies star Zoë Kravitz explains how she ended up stuck with a turtle named Little Gary for an entire summer thanks to her worst date ever - not Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Zoë Kravitz's Worst Date Stuck Her with a Giant African Tortoise
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[@KDeceptive]

"Gary can't live here" :D

[@suzphillips8162]

Animal rescue peeps totally get this!!

[@bat2185]

Yes as if I didnt love her enough .Wonderful lady

[@jfs0]

She is gorgeous.

[@bboystone86]

joe87 I wonder if she'd date a $13/hr. worker.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

+B. Stone just try, man! We believe in you!

[@nasiatatum]

joe87 is she mixed. if so with what

[@ludd8146]

Nasia Tatum what does it matter if she is? 😯

[@jordanabeaulieu2530]

Bona People will post the dumbest comment and think it's funny

[@NM-dy1jn]

i feel like im the only person that thinks her hair looks good, shes freaking gorgeous.

[@thebitchisback2392]

fiji water She absolutely is! Not sure what her mom looks like now but she resembles what she looked like in the 80s. Lenny is hot too! I've always loved his work.

[@HolandaChiquita]

I think she's gorgeous too, and she can really pull this colour and style off. But I do feel that a darker colour suits her so much better!

[@whoreific976]

fiji water omg her skin is just 😍

[@bernlin2000]

I can assure you...you are not the only one

[@Thunda1986]

fiji water reminda me of the twins from the matrix

[@graceb7422]

the audience did not give her enough credit for how funny that story was hahaha

[@shanecrazy2607]

when ur hair and ur makeup and ur suit and ur heels match perfectly

[@bestmomcheck2046]

Right!

[@marymachabeli1644]

even the mic

[@Coe1303]

Professional stylist. It was comic relief to watch celebrity interviews/award shows and such in the 1980’s before they all had stylists. Some looked like they didn’t own a full length mirror. Haaa!!

[@Earthlove-bc]

Stylist ?

[@AishabellaSheikh13]

Lol when she brought up Nicole Kidman

[@fortytwo_]

GOOD JOB BRO

[@ban1o]

funny story nicole kidman was actually engaged to her dad at one point

[@Dave....]

Ore B Zoe's dad?

[@ban1o]

lenny kravitz yes

[@Dave....]

Ore B wtf when was they engaged?

[@sublimeluv7]

I love her for taking care of Gary.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Me too

[@miurtouissi1093]

Who's gary

[@acwyatt1279]

Gary's father LOL

[@hessu275]

"Good job bro" XD

[@mroutlaw3874]

🤔 NA HUMOUR

[@hessu275]

Well the story about the awkward date was funny, it sounded like a sarcastic comment from Zoe

[@criticalcrash]

LOL that guy probably stole Gary from a tortoise sanctuary while he and his mates were high af, and he didn't know what to do with it so he gave it to Zoe.

[@kkibela]

what if he just wanted the turtle out of his place so he could have a turtle free appartment to ask her back to...and then it backfired because she had to feed the turtle XD

[@redaizo]

Look at Joel, that's how you should listen to someone telling a story..

[@shirotakumi2936]

unlike Jimmy who keeps interrupting XD

[@otto9699]

He could have thrown in a few nods though lol she seemed sort of uncomfortable with his silence that's why she rarely turned his direction and only really did so whe she made a joke .

[@valeriebarocio1173]

Agreed!

[@jhalak104]

Yeah but my friends will never understand lol

[@tjtoonz]

Just realized that zoe is a really good story teller

[@ja4645]

I love when people bring up the Nicole Kidman story, this will never be not funny.

[@thebitchisback2392]

Verena Especially since her dad dated Nicole briefly.

[@egghold6285]

The bitch is back ! Her dad was engaged to Nicole.

[@aupabloom7058]

Verena instead of saying 'never be not funny' lol you should say 'will always be funny'

[@carolynegerszegi6944]

LOL. I prefer 'never be not funny'. It's funnier. ;-)

[@gladiatorinasuit3094]

It's funny that zoë mentioned nicole kidman dating jimmy because zoë's dad lenny was ENGAGED to nicole for a while haha. it's a small world.

[@GTanya07]

Jimmy will always attached to Nicole like forever i guess LOL

[@vamanosninja4143]

Tanya Sparrow The funny thing is her dad was engaged to Nicole.

[@GTanya07]

Vamanos Ninja omg i forgot about that LOL

[@vamanosninja4143]

Tanya Sparrow Crazy town

[@Jo-chilin]

He'll never let it go, I mean how could he haha

[@coconutsciencegirl9232]

haha because she had a crush on him...

[@chrisbkirov]

"If a turtle is introduced in the first act of the story, it needs to be used in the third." - Anton Chekhov

[@globalklaus]

Waiting for Jake Gyllenhaals video, where he explains himself.

[@fetB]

you know.. actors. They have a busy life. Lets cut him some slack

[@bensneed1078]

globalklaus it wasn't jake gyllenhaal read the description

[@quizzlybear]

wait what happened? did her and Jake have a bad experience

[@kbworld9199]

I wonder if it was actually him

[@Historyrhymezz]

no it was a joke

[@badmoonsoul2019]

I looooove her hair

[@mm-lh1nt]

She's so cool and funny and beautiful

[@keelarussell2922]

She's really beautiful, looks so much like her mom.

[@elainehope4865]

wow, really I was thinking yes, but also definitely her DAD!

[@VintageFramedPop]

she is sooo cool

[@aquariansunrise8981]

her parents are two of the most delicious humans to walk this earth. she is as stunningly gorgeous as both her parents.. #lisabonet #lennykravitz

[@allygurngemoeder2795]

LettyLaLetty Hernandez and her step dad 👀👀👀👀

[@MonMon-pu4ts]

LettyLaLetty Hernandez it aint over til its over

[@ellex10]

Quite possibly more attractive than them

[@jackierodriguez1291]

yasssss

[@king_royal_nyc239]

My dream wife lol

[@reedahgong5]

Who the hell is Gary's dad I'm dying to know.

[@leemab4035]

She looks like khaleesi

[@bekahsierra7313]

Right? That's super weird, considering Jason Momoa is her stepdad.

[@anrina]

I only clicked on this video because of that! I wanted to see if she really did look like her. She totally DOES.

[@ShaunaRose1111]

She looks like her mother.

[@Amina-vy6yx]

Agreed. But there's only one true mother of dragons

[@AstroMartine]

was literally gonna say the same thing.

[@han7942]

She’s so funny. Love how cool she takes care of Gary

[@TheKrazysexykool]

When you first get a 30 lbs African tortoise, what spirit moves you to think, "Dude, I think I will name him Gary?" Gary is the most antitortoise name ever. That guy never deserved Gary

[@pyrosho804]

Isn't Gary spongebobs snail as well?

[@GIULIA-vd2mu]

No thats Garfield

[@avahengehold122]

Pyro Sho yes that's Gary

[@EvelynRobinson22]

And also Jimmy's female golden retriever lol

[@HolandaChiquita]

Gerrit...

[@ameliamarcurius7033]

lol yes

[@cierrablue]

That's got to be one of the best stories ever.

[@gabrielavillalpando100]

She has an awesome personality !

[@anthonymeyer-beer7002]

Cool Story.. she has beautiful teeth

[@paigeturner6865]

"Gary can't live here" 😂💗

[@Indiviidual]

Zoe: "Im not gonna say names" Guy in the back: "Say a name" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@18CYN18]

Glad Gary found a better home.. twice! Zoe seems so down to earth. I'm not surprised.. Lisa and Lenny seem like such sweet people.

[@coffeegirll]

Does anyone else remember her mom being on the Cosby Show??❤

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes, and that her mother was married to Lenny Kravitz.

[@jellbell513]

Ariana Cupcake yes and a different world listen Bonet

[@darkmodehaley]

Yep me 🙋

[@leeleelayla5]

Any one remember her grandmother is Helen from The Jeffersons

[@jahrules8674]

What else did her mother do ?

[@katerinapatrova5806]

Anyone here after hearing she's gonna be Catwoman?

[@AngelLoveQuinnx]

Katerina Patrova yup

[@shannonfoley8515]

Yep

[@AndThenShwarmaAfter]

i love her almost as much as her mother & father: seems to be a bunch of amazing human beings this family

[@NellieKAdaba]

I feel the same

[@firebaby7]

you know, life ain't fucking fair sometimes... this girl was blessed with the best of both her gorgeous mother and her amazing father..... i'm sitting here like, wtf happened to my face? lmaoooooooo

[@sandraseng5]

Best dating story ever 😂

[@Seraphim7]

I love how you could hear some of the audience 'Aww-ing' when Zoe said she donated Gary to the turtle sanctuary ^.^

[@kelsey3824]

She is so mesmerizing and an amazingly funny story teller! Super chill

[@psychoutt]

This guy you dont really know calls you after he leaves this giant african tortoise at your house & doesn't say anything asks you on a second date, this is insane so obviously I say "Yeah, What time you wanna go? What time should I be there?" I JUST DIEDD 😭

[@Flip_0k9]

0:37 the way she looked at the audience just made the whole set up to the story ten times better.

[@kathyms.]

Aww...We love you Gary🐢

[@vamanosninja4143]

Katherine Mercado Gary is bigger than that.

[@kathyms.]

Vamanos Ninja Yup! A 30 pounds GIANT African Tortois

[@kathyms.]

Vamanos Ninja Yup! A 30 pounds GIANT African Tortois

[@edgegym5062]

I think that was the first story one of his guests told where Jimmy did NOT interrupt but was actually riveted and let her finish instead of chiming in with his own stories. I love Jimmy dont get me wrong but it was nice to see him actually listening

[@koipond5011]

Her dad was actually engaged to Nicole. She just revealed it.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes

[@jamisharifa5638]

where is my divergent fam??

[@nonoa.2979]

👋👋

[@buttcheeksguy]

i just realized zoe was on divergent and her dad was on the hunger games

[@jamisharifa5638]

lol ur username though!! XD

[@itysh5240]

Here

[@ANTONIUSBLCK]

you and i are like my buttcheeks after all the shit that goes between us we always get back together okay, you get a 'thumbs up' for the username alone. Omg 😂😭😂

[@MsBeloved89]

Good job Jimmy for letting her tell her story. Props!

[@2minutetopics]

Definitely some shit Jake Gyllenhaal would do.

[@menatulah434]

she looks like the black Denaerys 😂

[@digitalbritt2k]

Menatulah biracial*

[@EnsiMochi]

She does!

[@starlajones5558]

Zoe is prettier. Also, she looks black, that's why "Menatulah" thought she was black. She even wears braids in her hair like blacks. She looks black. And guess what, there's this black girl I know who looks just like her. Someone told her that she looks like Zoe and her mother Lisa Bonet. They told her years ago that she looks like Lisa Bonet, and recently told her that she looks like Zoe and a couple of weeks ago.. Must be true to say she looks like both Zoe and Lisa in different time period. Also, this girl is just a little bit more prettier than Zoe, yep, that's right.

[@fcssefvvgattrfdx487]

Starla Jones she is black

[@dba_luke1327]

@@digitalbritt2k she's black

[@kingthanos4964]

That is an absolutely awesome story

[@teejohnson585]

she is so genuine. I'm obsessed now😍

[@EnriqueOrtiz-ql8tw]

she looks like a mixed daenerys targaryen

[@lephoquebleu8302]

Enrique Ortiz Funny that you say that. She auditionned for the Han Solo movie and Emilia Clarke got chosen instead of her (I don't know who would make such a foolish decision).

[@angelamitchell6657]

I see the resemblance. Both are gorgeous!

[@Swameh]

Literally my favorite human right now. Great story

[@mengjan8963]

She's really cool and a great story teller!!!

[@Dorilana]

Cutest story. God I love her personality. She's a smart lovely lady. :)

[@rachelkim5776]

omg what's her blush/ contour ... she looks amazingggg she's glowin

[@ebonybattle7428]

she should be a lot more famous than she is .. can't wait to see her role in fantastic beasts and where to find them

[@secretstumbles321]

This is the first time I ever hear Zoë Kravitz speak and I am already amazed by this angel.

[@bangfob8646]

She is a great storyteller!

[@oliviarivera7751]

Love that she's an animal lover! What a beautiful soul

[@vivienmanzek]

OMG, that story is great!😂

[@elaf1553]

She’s so beautiful it hurts.

[@gnlilu6972]

Lol 😂 I want more stories of Zoe!

[@TheMkgirl77]

She’s a great story teller

[@startin]

She's such a great storyteller!

[@jedibasschoke]

She took Gary to the 'turtle' sanctuary where he drown to death. Gary can't swim, because he's not a turtle.

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

LOVELY STORY....ENJOYED IT👍👍😘 SHE WAS KIND OF COMEDIC TELLING IT TOO😂😂

[@lucinda4203]

I love zöe Kravitz

[@symone1176]

Fascinating Little Turtle Story!

[@pibly7784]

I loved this !

[@neetylovescake]

She’s flawless like her mother and father ❤️

[@estheratwine8771]

The suit the hair the shoes the everything is just😍

[@Tarotgenius]

This is the best story ever

[@sagamba]

She look black version of Emilia Clarke in game of thrones (khaleesi)

[@WalkerMara]

what a cute little story!

[@mindtheprivacy]

I've heard her tell a couple of stories. She's too good at telling the craziest stories!

[@JanyllHquez]

Her and her dad are one of the coolest laid back ppl ever

[@pibly7784]

Love her outfit. Classy.

[@j.jareol]

That's such a cute story!!!

[@LaMisplacer]

She seems awesome. And great story

[@BrownMartian]

In the end, Gary won Zoe! XD

[@dinagreen8508]

She "Looks Exactly" like her Mom & Dad, spitting image of them. ☺️🌹💕☺️🌹💕☺️🌹💕

[@Henkenbergen]

does anyone know what's the name of the outro-song is?

[@DBSbluedevil]

she's hilarious and GORGEOUS!!

[@theradioheadhead3491]

Love this story haha So funny

[@Normally_aspirated]

She is one of the most charismatic people I have seen in recent memory

[@luhole]

That is amazing. I love her.

[@micheller6484]

Blessed with beauty and talent just like her mother

[@whosthesavagenow6379]

great story! gary needs a social media profile~he'd be huge!

[@yesjosephraja89]

She is an amazing talker too...

[@andreah1104]

I don't know how anyone can dislike this!

[@yazzyTaughtMe]

Omg I'm fuking dying on the story 😭😂😂😂

[@wahwahmels41]

“My turtle Gary, loser!” - jimmy Lol 😂 Yas

[@LonelyMind]

omg cheers to Gary!!

[@MariaMagdalenaBujor]

She is stunning and cool.One of the best celebrity's kids out there

[@txews]

she's a lovely, gorgeous individual, i love her . .

[@xKeepTheFaithx]

Lol! I love her 🐢

[@gabrielledesouter2804]

Wow 🤩 she is beautiful and funny 😄 priceless! ❤️

[@oxforddictonary]

That was actually an awesome story lolllll

[@muhammedbs2967]

The only jimmy fallon’s guest who knows how to chat