Rita Moreno: 'For many years, I didn't like being a Hispanic person'

[@jordanmatthewstelck]

I still refuse to believe that she's 92. Like, she has more energy, charisma, and sass than any of these newbies.

[@HSfox]

😳😳 what!! She looks great

[@CaapriceTube1]

She looks AMAZING for 92.

[@briansmith6292]

Any age

[@daniellew.9957]

she's so sharp, too! love to see it

[@Boricua3lions1985]

It’s people like her that make me feel proud to be Puerto Rican. ¡Viva mi gente! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@vivianrodriguez2403]

I couldn’t agree more! 🇵🇷

[@Square-ow7oq]

Mexico loves Rita, Viva Puerto Rico!😊

[@curtismichael4703]

What a gifted, beautiful woman. As part of that EGOT crew her talent knows no bounds!

[@ramseso.8937]

Viva la raza? Di algo diferente!

[@reginaldblack8326]

No claim others. Tita is shouting Latina NOW because young people are proud. She don’t like herself or her people. Look at who she dated, her partners.

[@Gunna5067]

Rita Moreno is a gem! She can do anything and has a fantastic personality.

[@hyperionsupreme551]

She is incredible. I appreciate her transparency. We all need to hear her truth so that we can be encouraged to accept and love ourselves.

[@TheBella2u]

Wow, she’s 92, what a spirit.

[@ABC-v9u]

I am seeing an interview of Rita Moreno... Oh my goodness...she just turned 92! I want to be like her as I age!!

[@patriciacrawford2583]

I want be like her when I grow up

[@vincentruvo6988]

She's incredible.She still has all her marbles.

[@oneseeker2]

DNA and genes I guess

[@felixvergara5627]

A TRUE trailblazer, she opened doors for so many Latinos, ESPECIALLY Latino women, she was alive in a time when you had to change your name if White people were too uncomfortable pronouncing it...God bless her...

[@oscarman42]

One of the most deserving Oscar winners ever. She stole every scene she appeared in "West Side Story."

[@leaj3799]

Hey you guys! I’ve loved Rita Moreno since I was a child. Just re-watched The King and I with my 80 year old mother who has dementia but remembered seeing the movie in the theater as a child. Rita is a treasure and ageless in my mind. Glad to see her still going strong at 92. ❤

[@NotYoung3592]

She is still so very fab!

[@renesagahon4477]

At 92 this lady is unbelievable … sharp as they come and looks fantastic

[@amayer5388]

Rita Moreno living Latin legend 🙌

[@Cinjo6]

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Hoda doesn't appear to know that. Ms.Moreno was never an immigrant nor did she come to this country.

[@juanmachado1844]

Well, with the policies and the way it is structured, it pretty much is an immigrant experience

[@DeAndra750]

Lol she moved from puerto rico( rich port) to ny

[@gleemalv8310]

@@juanmachado1844 are you Puerto rican?

[@CeliniacForLife]

Has it always been a US territory?

[@Cinjo6]

@@CeliniacForLife Moreno was born American - so for a while.

[@Margesu]

I have always loved Rita Moreno.

[@dobazajr]

Can't believe she's 92. Good heaven's! She looks 20 years younger.

[@j.b.9260]

And she'd still be a hot 72 if that were true.

[@davanmani556]

She started in the business at age 7.

[@j.b.9260]

@@davanmani556 That's a long career.

[@MisterKelisi]

Love Ms Rita! Love that she switches from being so funny to sharing a wonder lesson from her past. Ms. Rita is America’s abuelita!

[@tresper3]

She is for real. It comes down to sense of humor and a good outlook.🤟

[@fiorebella3179]

we couldn't save. ONE DAY A TIME what an amazing show. if you haven't watched well you have to. you will laugh, cry and learn a lot.

[@ManChan-w5p]

Very few live to see 92 and still work.

[@elmobolan4274]

Money helps...

[@ManChan-w5p]

@@elmobolan4274 I agree but she ain't Disney or Marvel Comics Universe. She's old school and they didn't pay back then.

[@TimeWasp]

to make her look that good yes, money helps... but her mind and wit is something money can't buy, and she has it working in top condition.

[@elmobolan4274]

@jk3053 Money helps when u can get quality insurance...Money helps when u don't have to worry....Money helps when u can take the time to exercise/eat quality food and participate in special classes to keep strong-She deserves everything penny for her amazing talent but money helps u live a good, long life.

[@alexander2685]

Yes living well unlike the hard working people that make this country for what it is.

[@grant1088]

This beautiful woman is unstoppable she is amazing still making movie she is blessed in her right mind still working at her age . 3:48

[@BakiSmaki27]

She's doing amazing for 92! Looks great and mentally sharp.

[@yvettetorres7829]

Relatable personal history about feeling different as a Hispanic growing up in our country during the 70s,80s,90s. Love Rita Moreno ❤

[@DannyMercado-h8v]

🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷💯 queen love her 92yrs old /****

[@luishumbertovega3900]

She didn't 'came to this country from Puerto Rico' (2:52), she simply moved from Puerto Rico, no more intricate than that. 🇵🇷

[@fernnochez3555]

Puerto Rico es una colonia

[@luishumbertovega3900]

@@fernnochez3555 ¡ Que mal estás ! 😟 Para que lo sepas, Puerto Rico no es una colonia, Puerto Rico ES UN PERFUME !!!! 🇵🇷 😆😄😂🤣😃😅

[@chrisleal8459]

How can she say she didn't like being Hispanic person! She kept this hidden well. 😢

[@nico114334]

92 & her daughter is 57!

[@daddygrace253]

What is your point?

[@mindy2215]

I am 76 and my son is 58. So as somebody said, what is your point?

[@antmagor]

The movie looks absolutely intriguing. Will definitely see it. Certainly looks a great deal better than 80 for Brady, no offense to anyone who liked it.

[@ebby_ebby]

I liked 80 for Brady 😂

[@Ramon51650]

Rita absolutely nailed it when she stated that USA society has a history of making Hispanics feel inferior or less than. The opposite is true, and as she said, talk about it, and I would add read about Hispanic culture dating back to the 16th century. The latter has been hugely beneficial for me. 🇵🇷

[@Dubyular]

Love her. Always have!

[@Luna-sz9uq]

Wow, they both look stunning. I hope to live to be her age so I can hang out with my daughter too. ❤

[@ReneeBraxton]

I have liked this lady ever since she did the children's show, "The Electric Company!" "Hey you guys!" 😅

[@erictheisen3203]

What a great actress Rita Moreno was!

[@profscarlett]

Is

[@babypicassoeisenstein]

she's dead?

[@MM-ox5go]

This woman is 93 years old!!!....saw live in the view Monday and she is so lovely as she is on tv interviews

[@roxannevlogs7329]

An American treasure Rita Moreno 🥰👍🏼

[@sophiacromwell8017]

I remember her from the old tv show The Electric Company!! (Bill Cosby was on that show, too!). She’s great!

[@edithdlp8045]

Wow!!! I can believe she's 92. I took a guess before knowing her age and it was 70 or 80 at most. 😮😮😮

[@ReneeBraxton]

It just goes to show you that age is only a number. I am 60 and loving it . Except when I can't remember what happened yesterday or why I walked into a room in my apartment. 😅

[@j.b.9260]

Exactly. I'm 34 and I'm crushing.

[@latinamerican09]

She is amazing. God bless her. ¡Viva Puerto Rico!

[@carmenrodriguez01976]

How is she 92?? Wow what an amazing woman.

[@ritasanchez651]

Be Brown and Proud!! 🤎

[@whoopygoldburgh5070]

Be White cause it's Alright!

[@daddygrace253]

She is not Brown. Many Hispanics are white. Do you watch Univision and Telemundo because most of the Hispanics are white, not brown?

[@Square-ow7oq]

​@whoopygoldburgh5070 this is not a klan meeting

[@kintsukuroi6300]

This is not so much a concept of being brown. There is a historical aspect PR is an unincorporated territory of USA and as such there was a great economic co-dependance with aid and federal assistance programs. Even among the hispanic community which is made up of different latin American countries they view PR differently. For instance, I once heard from a South American hispanic saying 'PR is like the handicap child that will never be able to bring nothing to the home' Even now a days many PR healthcare professionals do not want to practice in PR because the whole island is on Medicare and Medicaid and their earning reflect that. Among the Mexican immigrants who work in construction and farming many view PR as the lazy bunch of the immigrant groups because is unheard of them working on such jobs. There are many people from different latin American countries but within there is classism/social standing based on income, education and lifestyle.

[@darrellpasion8925]

Not all Puerto Ricans or hispanic ppl are brown. Some are white some are black most are mixed. Hispanic or latinos are NOT a race. Understand

[@toomylight2311]

Laughter is the best medicine

[@HSfox]

She makes all Latin Americans proud! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@Kalabazas]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤She is amaizing !! Orgullo Latino ❤❤❤❤

[@libbyworkman3459]

I am looking at the difference between this set, and the sets of late night comedians. The comedians always sit higher than the person they are interviewing. I think it’s a difference between men and women-- men do tend to want to dominate.

[@jimmykiko5510]

I appreciate her for paving the way for Latinos in Hollywood and a time of difficulty for any body else.

[@monicat.4880]

SHE IS THE BEST❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@j.b.9260]

I'm 34 and I'm attracted to a 92-year-old.

[@patriciacrawford2583]

Love it Love it that is one of my favorite favorite female actress Ms Rita Moreno who was just wonderful in “ West side Story “ and she did one day at a time but it ran for a short time but it was funny well I consider myself a huge fan of a beautiful Latino sister

[@marcinhomm]

She was in the sitcom Happily Divorced with Fran Drescher. Amazing!

[@H.so.]

LEGEND & ICON!

[@cameronadams6101]

There’s no way she’s 92?!! She looks beyond amazing! Omgg

[@Y3C0868]

Love Love Love herr

[@jmk2530]

Wow! What she said about how she used to feel about herself. And wow! 92? She looks way younger than that.

[@jbak87]

At 2:52 when the interviewer says, "when you came to this country from Puerto Rico," Puerto Rico is a territory of the USA. It is not a country.

[@Chr1st1an11]

Yeah well the white tv hostess doesn't know about geography or history

[@fernnochez3555]

Puerto Rico es una colonia no es parte de USA

[@jbak87]

@@fernnochez3555 PR es una colonia del USA. Y es parte de USA.

[@tuconexionlocal7516]

@@fernnochez3555pfft!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@31betperez]

Puerto Rican legend witness of the struggles of being different in the United States.

[@marielafgilmore]

“Are u saying good bye to me?” 😂

[@aidacordero7122]

I love Rita. People used to tell me that I looked just like her, and that's an honor.

[@yudyjorge4055]

fantastic Latina, opening the doors to other girls with so much talent, breaking down English barriers😊

[@EduardoMartinez-io1ik]

Rita you are the best of the best of the best!!

[@MsBackstager]

What a sassy classy lassie! More power to her!

[@alexander2685]

Always accept your roots and if your privileged to be in the spotlight pave the way for others that's what makes you shine.

[@robertodelapava5737]

VIVA RITA!

[@Chr1st1an11]

I met her because her acting in The Nanny

[@sct296]

She looks amazing!

[@yaraviera4444]

Waoo..she so pretty..gorgeous

[@oceansky6207]

Puerto Rico is part of America… she didn’t immigrate anywhere lol

[@JWilson-up2eu]

Not according to Trump! And imagine...those islanders can also Vote! Well, only the Presidential primaries.

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Hugs!❤

[@shellydawn5966]

92! Wow! Amazing 🤩😍🤩

[@ElJefeNLA]

I was gonna say who put that horrible wig on this Icon? But the Icon herself chose it, OK, I love it! LOL

[@chrisleal8459]

Rita start a podcast asap!!

[@virginiaparedes1077]

Love 💕 Rita wow 🤩 very nice 👍 daughter god bless 👍👍👍👍🙏✨🦋✨💜✨💜✨🙏🇪🇨🙏💥

[@phine_27]

unfortunately, many people still feel this way about different minorities.........nothing has changed much from those times....smh....

[@cafeconlechegrl]

My mother is Afro-Latina but thank God she didn’t receive that much racism in Nee York or Miami

[@stacystoltz8722]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gleemalv8310]

Puerto Rico DNA is another level

[@cycarr1434]

There a misconception that people from Puerto Rico are immigrants “ Hello we are USA citizens “ we migrated that it!!

[@HeleneOl-os3uq]

Isnt it true for any other person as well not just Puerto Ricans ? Heh

[@carlamanrique8602]

Love her She is soooooo funny in happily divorced with Fran Drescher

[@christinemoore2997]

I just started watching love it

[@stacystoltz8722]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@charlita25]

I love ❤️ her earrings

[@cruzmalibu4361]

“You came to this country from Puerto Rico” ? Hoda….we learned, maybe in the first grade, that Puerto Rico became part of the US in 1898, nearly 60 years earlier than Alaska and Hawaii. You absolutely should have known that…🇵🇷🇺🇸

[@miss.phyllisreneefoster9547]

I REMEMBER MS MORENO THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER, WAS ON THE ELECTRIC COMPANY MY BROTHER AND I USED TO WATCH THE ELECTRIC COMPANY SESAME STREET, ZOOM, AND ALL THE KIDS' PROGRAMS IS WHERE I FIRST SAW HER, THEN I SAW HER IN WEST SIDE STORY SHE WAS WONDERFUL IN WEST SIDE STORY SHE CAN DANCE SING SHE IS A LIVEN TREASURE AND SHE LOOK LOVLY AT THE OSCARS. GOD BLESS HER IN EVERY WAY AMEN.

[@TrishJacobs-u6k]

That has to be a shame to even be said

[@MrFunkadeIic]

"...coming into this country..." and "...being an immigrant..." Sweety, she just moved from Puerto Rico to the states. No different than a citizen from Washington DC (territory) grabbing a U-HAUL and moving to Virginia.

[@kintsukuroi6300]

But PR maintains its own cultural history/precepts embedded in their lifestyle and PR is an unincorporated territory of USA. Thus, in the details lies the concept that both were presenting.

[@MrFunkadeIic]

@@kintsukuroi6300 Someone born in California and moving to New York does not have his/her culture and lifestyle embedded in him/her? A Texan who moves to Florida suddenly stops liking brisket and now eats gators?

[@kintsukuroi6300]

​@@MrFunkadeIic PR is not a state of the USA. PR It is officially known both as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and as a Free Associated State of Puerto Rico. Although they are U.S. citizens, residents of Puerto Rico - whether born there or moved there - cannot vote in presidential elections and do not have representation in Congress beyond one non-voting member. USA Congress made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens in 1917, about 19 years after taking control of the island. Later, when the island passed its 1952 constitution, Congress decided to make Puerto Rico a commonwealth. PR has its own CONSTITUTION and in worldwide events such as olympics, panamerican games, pageants and other world wide events PR sends its own representation just as the UNITED STATES of America sends its own.

[@MrFunkadeIic]

@@kintsukuroi6300 A pageant is not an indication of a political status. Samoa sends their own people to pageants and they are also a US Territory. To educate you further, each state has its own Constitution. And when a PRican takes a plane and lands in Orlando, they can automatically vote as long as they register to vote in their county. The same rights that apply to mainland citizens apply to them. There are some exclusions such as voting for the president and electing a representative. But those are unconstitutional practices if you ask me since PRicans are US citizens like everyone else in the 50 states. At the end of the day, my point was that PRicans are free to travel within the 50 US as they please since it is part of their country. Read my original post, somebody from Washington DC which is also a territory can easily move to Virginia by renting a U-Haul. Same for PRicans. Have a good one

[@kintsukuroi6300]

@@MrFunkadeIic Fine they can travel freely in the USA but at their core when it comes on how Puertoricans feel many many see themselves as immigrants this is how they feel and in the interview that was clearly conveyed too.

[@youbetcha6880]

She absolutely doesn't look like she's 92.

[@nancyelmon4544]

For some reason I can see her living for another 20 years.

[@libbyworkman3459]

The pageboy hairstyle is very similar to the one Jamie Lee Curtis wore in everything everywhere all at once.

[@glorialovesChrist]

She was dating Marlon Brando. In the 50s. I hope she makes a Biopic

[@osphranterrufus]

Well, truthfully she only spent a few days of her youth in PR and looks like she's from Vermont so she really don't have to, it's a choice.

[@riverotters]

wow, her daughter looks so much like her. Rita's starting to look a bit like June Foray herself.

[@alewolf7]

Still very upset One day at a time ended at season 3 😢

[@obscurelyvague]

People can change their gender. You can change you culture or heritage too.

[@dandan-el5uw]

oh MADRE

[@clairdelunefan]

A true triple-threat!

[@toomylight2311]

Has she had work done ??!

[@ovedfranco7664]

She must’ve had and has a miserable unhappy life.

[@tmofog]

Didn't she pretend that she was Italian?

[@kallen868]

???...She played an Italian in The Four Seasons.

[@reginaldblack8326]

Rita hates being Latina just as Hoda hate being Egyptian.

[@annemccarron2281]

I hated being from the south. People, including family, can make you ashamed of who & what you are. It took me DECADES to get over it and I worked diligently at it. Thank goodness I did. My sister is in her 70's & has made very little, if any progress.

[@nicholaslandolina]

Lol

[@nicholaslandolina]

;)

[@joederocco9321]

great performer but enough of the latina stuff. latina is a city in italy ,next to rome. rome italy is the birthplace of the latin culture. read a history book .rome and latin are hand in hand 3000 yrs ago , the spanish culture is castillian. its own rich culture .only italians are latin and italy is the only country where they also speak latin .remember actor rudolph valentino born in rome in was called the latin lover in the 1920 s and 1930s