Thandiwe Newton on Friendship with RuPaul, Hugh Jackman Impersonation & Working with Her Daughter

Thandiwe talks to guest host RuPaul about her movie Reminiscence on HBO Max, being a Scorpio, working with Hugh Jackman, doing an impersonation of him, shooting season four of “Westworld,” being a member of the Order of the British Empire, acting with her daughter Nico, and roller skating with RuPaul on Sundays at dawn.
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[@OohLaLush]

I'm living for both of their outfits. Especially, RuPaul's suit. ❤️💛💚💙

[@l.c.125]

YES ! ! !

[@Bostonceltics1369]

Lol that symmetry is nice 👍. Sort of looks like a rainbow Rorschach test hehe

[@cathyantoine2595]

Yes i love it

[@jonathandow684]

Especially against the backdrop ✨

[@murdoqruckus5243]

her acting from the movie “crash” is etched into my soul.

[@pankajraj3817]

This interview episode should have an Emmy nomination 👏🙌

[@RLSchanneltwo]

Those boots are everything!

[@keshac7411]

Indeed they are!

[@howard2689]

@@keshac7411 plan for

[@howard2689]

@@keshac7411 is

[@Sindollx666x]

Hahaha before I even saw the comments I said the exact same sentence to my roommate!

[@sandraperkins203]

Thandie 's styling is off the chain great! Hair jewelry boots dress perfect.

[@joyj1219]

Just 2 friends having a great time, thank you for letting us sit in.

[@jacquelineye8532]

I just love RuPaul hosting in this talk show setting. Thandie and RuPaul gel well in this interview, and the one other interview chemistry I’d love to see RuPaul do (again) is Cory Booker (obvs because they’re distantly related)

[@darkphoenix474]

Thandiwe*

[@AN-tp4rs]

Thandiwe

[@lonelyone]

Melanie is her actual first name

[@immeatom]

Love her in Westworld!!

[@12Itsmethatguy12]

I could listen to them banter all night.

[@heycarlxyz]

They should just make this RuPaul Live.

[@sageanderson7415]

This was amazing

[@LadyDayK87]

No she didn't do her "Beloved" voice 😁 She has such a fun personality. I'm a fan!

[@princessgabby5825]

OMG her outfit is EVERYTHING! She is a vision! Love her!

[@biegebythesea6775]

i LOVE that ru loves horoscopes! I really want him to have his own late night how. He's great!

[@ankitanand1700]

What a lovely suit he's wearing

[@soupsgord]

Thanks for saying what I was thinking!

[@essell.24]

Lovin' Thandiwe's bit as an Aussie

[@BriONeil]

Thandi's outfit is awesome!! 💗

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

Weird how so many of these comments are ignoring her very well known explanation of reverting her name and continue to call her by her Hollywood name she’s corrected 🤔

[@carys7417]

I actually did a double take seeing the thumbnail - I had no idea she’d changed her name back

[@isabellouis3833]

This interview is EVERYTHING!!!

[@smoothsheep]

This was EVERYTHING! I LOVE THEM!!!!!

[@MarielaDavina]

Brilliant interview! They’re having so much fun! 💚

[@carlosquintero8188]

Thandie Newton truly is one of the great actresses. And super smart and gorgeous.

[@donyaegt]

her personality is honestly the best omg

[@sookylala]

Thandie referencing kath and kim... she is amazing!

[@mbembaleba536]

Just say Thandiwe. It's an African name with a meaning...

[@lonelyone]

You can still say Thandi for short. It's one less syllable to pronounce.

[@mbembaleba536]

@@lonelyone no actually. She said it herself that she regrets letting people change her name because it lost its meaning which is "Beloved". So she told everyone to call her by her full name now. So calling her "Thandie" will upset her...

[@Angelica_h023]

Love this energy 💕

[@15tintin]

Wow 😳 shocked she called out the empire that is brave and honest 👏👏👏🔥🔥🏆🏆

[@Pizza-TimeStudios54]

Good news, She's gonna play the voice of Ginger in Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

[@ELWikiriWick]

Your an amazing host RuPaul.

[@hadbetterdays]

Her Australian accent is perfect!

[@pagielicious]

I'm amazed at the number of people who seem to question her name Thandiwe vs. Thandie. It's kinda obvious that Thandie seems like a shortened version 🤔🙄

[@NellieKAdaba]

ok

[@RaymondHng]

Actually, the W in her original name was carelessly missed out from her first acting credit.

[@agrid2608]

​ Yes, Thandi is an abbreviation commonly used for Thandiwe or Nomthandazo or Thandiswa in South Africa.

[@krystleagyei2277]

I love their friendship 🥰

[@brandonfontaine362]

I remember her as Thandie Newton

[@nomusazondo451]

RuPaul's laugh omg amazing lol

[@PRLIBRE_SOBERANO]

Love Newton’s dress

[@princessresinista9080]

I love the rainbow dyed suit! So beautiful

[@susanbranchepoteet3175]

Love this.

[@Frikka3]

Somewhere one lone tear is going down Michelle Visage’s cheek because Ru still doesn’t know her daughters’ names, but Thandiwe

[@Deerych]

Ru Paul is an awesome host. Who knew?! Great job!

[@meshzy13]

GIVE MAMA RU A DAMN TALKSHOW PLS

[@KatyMontana434]

**UPDATE** I was not crazy. Most of her credits show Thandie Newton on IMDB Lol Am I going crazy or did anyone else think her name was Thandie Newton? Like I’m talking back to her ER days I thought this lol

[@LindaC616]

It was. Someone mentioned above that she "reverted ", so maybe she shortened her given name?

[@okayselect]

Her real name is Thandiwe, on her first film role they misspelled it as Thandie and she used it for most of her career. She recently decided to go back to her real name.

[@RoxeeE]

I thought that too until recently, I have actually only seen her on ER lol

[@noluthando6757]

@@okayselect True. It’s a Zulu name meaning “Beloved”

[@babilabub]

Ha ! A little of Kath and Kim there, Thandie !

[@richrnndz2]

I thought her name was Thandira, when I looked her up once, her name appeared as Thandira.

[@npbevo]

Damn she accent is quite good & I'm saying that as an Aussie. Although it is very kath & Kim.

[@glenw3979]

😲That Lime Greenish outfit and boots!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 looks Soooooo refreshing😋😋

[@prathermo]

My birthday twin November 6! Team Scorpio

[@aspiromy]

listen to moi lol

[@margarettaylor730]

Watching it now

[@Lommy9999]

KATH AND KIM!!!! 😻😍💕💗

[@jedition843]

A QUEEEN

[@akashinigami9284]

Does anyone know why she slightly changed her name from Thandie to Thandiwe?

[@misscidella]

Thandie is a shortened version of her name so Hollywood people could pronounce it. Her full name is Thandiwe it’s in Ndebele a Zimbabwean language

[@agrid2608]

She said herself that the name was given to her as a Zulu name by her mother. (South Africa, though the mother is from Zimbabwe)

[@heyadriennewright5874]

WestWorld has changed but I need to watch Season 2 & 3 over 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@isamarques5206]

I wanna see him and mizzy G 😩❤️

[@PlushBaybeee]

Team Scorpio !!!

[@realitylover4413]

I clean cuz i have OCD since 2014

[@bigboy6191]

She added a W

[@sexychocolate252]

Who makes ru paul’s suit

[@lynetteray2146]

I hope RuPaul will be the host of this show every time Jimmy is on vacation! I LOVE RUPAUL!

[@malilimago]

I wanna see Thandie Newton play Eartha Kitt in her biopic.

[@jonathandow684]

Great observation 🌟

[@simplyk7474]

I think the lady who play Billy holiday ,Andra day will be good as well. She looks like her too.

[@winxred12]

Oooohhhhh yeah

[@IanBrownMakeUpArtist]

Agreed

[@MasseurDavis]

Omgoodness 👀 😲, I said the same on a post. I spoken to her daughter Kitt a few years ago via Facebook, she told me a biopic has been discussed.

[@stanthechanman]

This was a really great chat, although it felt a bit rushed. They could honestly just have had the whole hour dedicated to Thandiwe hanging out with RuPaul. I would listen to them do a long form podcast together.

[@natashabobrowski-khoury8511]

They do have a long chat on RuPaul’s podcast.

[@natashabobrowski-khoury8511]

They do have a long chat on RuPaul’s podcast.

[@lonelyone]

I really hate the talk show format where they have to rush through all their talking points. I kind of wish they would just focus on one guest per episode, but they're not always as charming and entertaining as Thandiwe.

[@yeskev]

I was surprised how great an interview that was for the show. Just two friends chatting away. Perfect match.

[@wendybutler1681]

Ru's podcast, with Michelle Visage, is "What's the Tea". He's a great interviewer because he's curious and interested.

[@itsjoeycaleb]

I think the Rupaul show didn’t work because it was daytime, but I would LIVE to see Ru do a late night show.

[@NellieKAdaba]

👍🏾

[@beneyboo3800]

Bingo!

[@america5108]

lets keep rupaul on late night PLEASEEEEE

[@AA-qt1hi]

I am enjoying this friendship that I wasn't aware of before. It was so much fun to watch them just banter girlfriends style!

[@RosieOleanderDallinger]

She needs to play Eartha Kitt!!

[@tessaamaru6940]

She will be good as Eartha Kitt

[@jrsierra4761]

Yaaaaas!!, we NEED a eartha kitt biopic, that would be amazing her life story is so sad and inspiring! If Thandie Cant do it, I’d be okay with Audra day!

[@MasseurDavis]

Its in. Talk, I asked Kitt, her daughter years ago, via Facebook.

[@beneyboo3800]

That’s all I see hear. I have never seen someone look, sound, act so much like another person. That is her role

[@Frikka3]

I love how RuPaul pronounces “psychological” as a Paris is Burning reference and how probably very few if any one there got it

[@kachi2782]

Did you get the Listen to me listen to me reference ?

[@FilmSureelist97]

As a Scorpio, thandies speech on scorpios was so true. We aren’t mean, we just have a strong personality.

[@R.A.A.]

as a Gemini ... I made my peace with Being called “Psychopaths” 😌💅🏾 not by people, many long articles on google ! This kind of obsession is flattering but putting Gemini in a category with serial killers is absurd 🤡 we’re diabolically smarter & slightly cuter ...hhhhh

[@keshac7411]

As a Scorpio, I wholeheartedly agree.

[@josephineo.b3599]

Absolutely. We are perceived as mean or too blunt but we are not. It's just inside.

[@aleahboone4323]

That Green is "Everything!!!". My Vibe, My Mood, in this interview with these two Superstar Scorpios, Pure Ever Essence ☺️☺️☺️

[@pwatson5766]

Ever Essence=Effervescence?

[@raynemichelle2996]

Highlighter yellow

[@Disney65Fan]

Scorpio ♏🦂♏🦂

[@Drthompsononthemic]

Thandiwe!!!! I wasn’t prepared for you to slay us with this outfit!!!! Sis, you could have sent a memo 😭😂.

[@chalkiememe4183]

OMG, I want those boots! Thandi is amazing.

[@TheSingingGardener]

I know Ru has tried to have her own talk show before but it wasn’t the right time….. IT’ S TIME!!!

[@alisondiaz1026]

Ummm, Rupaul is a guy, who is THE very BEST drag queen. He's been doing that since the 80s.

[@raynemichelle2996]

@@alisondiaz1026 Yeah but she can clearly host a show as well and she should.

[@mr.jonesy8521]

Her?

[@alisondiaz1026]

@@mr.jonesy8521 Yes, Rupaul is a man who dresses like a drag queen.

[@raynemichelle2996]

@@mr.jonesy8521 Either pronoun is acceptable. Typically I refer to Queens as she/her, even when they're not in drag, because that's part of the culture, but she/her when they're in drag always.

[@ericarona8599]

Girl Yass they're both iconic.

[@FilmSureelist97]

She is very underrated

[@monicabrandt6234]

HER BOOTS ARE LIFE!!!! THE WHOLE OUTFIT SLAYS BUT THE BOOTS....YO

[@theaniacz]

This was great! I feel the audience wasn’t getting all of the jokes and quirky moments tho 😅

[@mehboobkm3728]

Was there an audience?

[@oskarl7213]

the audience was so boringgg!

[@Neojhun]

LMAO Her Kath-ish "Aussie" accent broke me.

[@minervaminavera2347]

“Listen to me listen to me”

[@marlenegonell]

I need Rupaul to have his own show again ASAP! He is just amazing!

[@reskb]

But did you watch the last one?

[@ericdenham9522]

I have a friend who legitimately thought his name was Huge Ackman! LOL.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Thandiwe Newton is someone you would have on your crew 24/7. So smart and talented.

[@donalokeeffe7504]

Brilliant interview. Easy and charming and their chemistry is amazing. I could have watched an hour of this 👏👏👏👏👏

[@mikenance6240]

43 year old white straight dude. I got no problem saying i love me some rupaul. Thandie is so fn hot as well. I love it when she said "twisty poo". Great interview.

[@derrickdicaprio]

What a WONDERFUL interview! Can Jimmy like 'STAY on vacation'?

[@katediallo696]

Her Aussie accent is on point 👌🏼

[@Baliane22]

She’s British

[@okayselect]

@@Baliane22 She's referring to the Australian accent she puts on in the interview.

[@Baliane22]

@@okayselect I was being tongue in cheek

[@onelovehw]

Aussie and Brit fighting dang go 4it

[@Be1smaht]

I love Rupauls laugh

[@freelikeyve]

TANDY-WAY! I finally got it

[@jake7441]

Rupaul hosting is such a sweet treat in this universe

[@kluv44]

Loved this interview. She is hilarious and RuPaul needs his own late night show

[@jkxkr]

Thandiwe is that Queen. Such a smart woman 🙌🏽👑

[@mteokay1246]

True. Graduate of Downing College of Uni of Cambridge

[@kellielejeune4272]

RuPaul and Thandiwe have the most beautiful chemistry! SO CUTE!

[@eu_o_andy]

when she said her daughter is 20 I was like wait how old is she

[@mehboobkm3728]

48, like she said in the interview!

[@TheOneWhoDings]

Thandiwe mesmerizing as always

[@bryceewy3083]

That Kath and Kim reference revived my soul.

[@reggienhappiness8851]

“Whatever” best line in pursuit of happiness

[@NewMessage]

I'm a Scorpio too. The best definition I ever heard for it is "The type of person who would spoon feed their pet cobra".

[@ehammi]

Scorpio here. Could you help me understand this saying?

[@ajcahill7254]

Wow, she is truly luminous.

[@TheGlazedBook]

He got that letterman laugh on Lock

[@enders6109]

This is a petition for RuPaul to be the new host of LIVE. I'd be watching every episode.

[@drakec6781]

She Is always dope !!!

[@soupsgord]

Time for a Ru Paul talk show. He would easily rival Oprah.

[@NellieKAdaba]

He had a show last year or so, a daytime one, but it didn't last unfortunately.

[@soupsgord]

@@NellieKAdaba he needs a late night format I think. He did so well on Jimmy’s show!

[@squaresdavid7439]

Hells YEAH!!! I'm a Scorpio too! Scorpios are the BEST!!!!!

[@thesmileyeffect]

I have been curious about the correct pronunciation of her name, so I love that Ru said it. I love it so much more than Thandie. UPDATE: So excited to know that WW is returning!!!

[@prlifter393]

I didnt know she was british. I love her role on the movie Beloved back in the day!!

[@jchangaus]

Just two gal pals kiki-ing. Love it.

[@wendybutler1681]

Scorpio is passion. Never known one who didn't have a quirk, usually harmless.