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  • Do you think the moon landing was fake?

  • No!

  • We're picking up some deception here.

  • That's hilarious! It's hilarious!

  • Do you think the moon landing is fake?

  • No, not till now! Not till Stephanie puts that in me!

  • We've been talking about this for over a year.

  • I said this in the Emerald City.

  • I said one day we're going to do the Vanity Fair lie detector test together.

  • And I said we needed to finish the film first.

  • Ariana. Cynthia.

  • We've brought you here today to take a lie detector test.

  • One of you will be hooked up to the machine while the other will ask the questions.

  • And then you'll switch.

  • Who wants to be in the hot seat first?

  • Oh, that was quick!

  • Go ahead!

  • Why not?

  • Sure!

  • I feel like, why not?

  • Ari's ready.

  • The eyes closing.

  • Can it feel my general anxiety?

  • It can, that's what it's all about.

  • Cool. Oh, fuck me.

  • Ariana?

  • Yeah?

  • I'm going to ask you a few questions to calibrate the lie detector.

  • Is your full name Ariana Grande Butera?

  • Yes.

  • Were you born on June the 26th?

  • Yes.

  • Are you nervous?

  • Absolutely.

  • That I'm beaming, like, in the best way.

  • Ariana, you have seven albums and two Grammys.

  • Would you say you have a perfect work ethic?

  • I would say I'm a very hard worker.

  • I wouldn't say there's such a thing as perfect work ethic at all.

  • I think I'm a workaholic, so I wouldn't say perfect.

  • I think I have, like, maybe an unhealthy relationship to it.

  • That thing's probably scribbling fucking X's and O's over there.

  • Truthful.

  • Wow.

  • The next question here is, have you ever called yourself a workaholic?

  • Oh, yes, moments ago.

  • Do you ever take vacations?

  • I have taken vacations in my life.

  • Truthful.

  • I would like to go on one again.

  • You are a huge fan of Disney World.

  • Yes.

  • Would you ever go on a Disney cruise to relax?

  • No.

  • No, I think there's a line that we draw.

  • I know that was the truth.

  • Also, just, I think maybe I'm not a cruise person in general.

  • Ariana, you have a very dedicated fan base.

  • Would you say you love your fans?

  • Very much.

  • Yes?

  • Truthful.

  • Do you love them all the time?

  • I love them always, but I think sometimes they can hurt my feelings.

  • And sometimes I don't like them, but I love them always.

  • Does that make sense?

  • Yes.

  • She's being truthful.

  • Girl, I love you.

  • That was such a sweet answer.

  • I love you so much.

  • It's a hard relationship.

  • I know.

  • I think that's sort of, like, weirdly parasocial, but it feels very real to me.

  • So sometimes it's hard, but I love them very much.

  • Have you ever DM'd a fan just to chat?

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • All the time.

  • Yeah.

  • What about befriended a fan?

  • Yes, it's happened.

  • Okay.

  • Three times.

  • Very close friends.

  • That's very specific.

  • Very close, like seven to 12 years of friendship at this point.

  • Oh, cool.

  • Your fans are called Arianators.

  • Did you come up with that name?

  • No.

  • Do you like it?

  • No.

  • The machine is picking up some deception.

  • I don't like it.

  • I mean, I've accepted it.

  • Yeah.

  • But would I pick that?

  • Of course not.

  • That's insane.

  • She is being truthful.

  • Thank you, Stephanie.

  • The thing is, you know I can tell when she's telling the truth, because she gets the look of concern on her face.

  • You know how people have resting bitch face?

  • Yes.

  • I have resting constant fret face.

  • Truly.

  • That's what my mom says.

  • You're very interested in astrology.

  • Do you ever make rash judgments based on people's signs?

  • No, I try not to, because I think within each sign, there are many different kinds of each.

  • Truthful?

  • Truthful.

  • Did you look up if we were compatible before we started working together?

  • No.

  • That was a lie.

  • It was a lie?

  • I think I looked up your sign, but I didn't look up compatibility because I have Capricorn friends.

  • I know the compatibility well.

  • Stephanie.

  • Stephanie.

  • Stephanie.

  • Inconclusive.

  • But I definitely looked up your sign.

  • Yeah.

  • I don't know if I looked up compatibility because I know Capricorns.

  • Can you tell that I'm nervous?

  • The machine's giving an indication of some nervousness.

  • Well, yeah, I need a glass of wine.

  • Yeah.

  • This is crazy.

  • Red, please.

  • This is insane.

  • Before we finish.

  • This isn't going where I thought it would go.

  • But I like it.

  • What else is in?

  • You are famously known for doing celebrity impersonations.

  • Hi.

  • Has anyone ever confronted you about an impersonation?

  • As in, like, they didn't like it?

  • Mm.

  • Ooh.

  • No, I don't think so.

  • No.

  • That would be terrible.

  • Truthful.

  • Have you ever confronted anyone who's impersonated you?

  • No.

  • Have you ever wanted to?

  • Yes.

  • In a fun way.

  • Yeah.

  • You're a huge fan of Drag Race.

  • Would you want to see this person perform as you?

  • Absolutely.

  • Anytime, anyplace.

  • I'm a massive Gottmik stan.

  • Which song?

  • I don't know.

  • Gottmik devours everything.

  • The Boy Is Mine or, like, something emotional.

  • Be honest.

  • Was being a guest judge on Drag Race harder than The Voice?

  • Hmm.

  • I wouldn't say one was harder than the other.

  • Just different.

  • Yep.

  • Truthful.

  • Love you.

  • You've released almost a dozen perfume lines.

  • Do you exclusively wear your own perfume?

  • I'd say, like, 99.9% of the time, yes.

  • Would you say it's the best perfume you've ever used?

  • I have my favorites, but, yeah.

  • I would say that.

  • Mm-hmm.

  • Truthful.

  • Ariana, who is the best-smelling celebrity you've ever met?

  • You.

  • Us.

  • That's the fun thing.

  • We both waft down the hall so we can tell when one is coming to set.

  • No one even has to check or ask.

  • It says, not yourself and not me.

  • I've never met anyone else.

  • Okay.

  • This is it.

  • She's being truthful.

  • She's being truthful.

  • That's it.

  • That's it.

  • In his lie detector test, Troye Sivan said that you were one of his favorite collaborators of all time.

  • You've collaborated with so many legends.

  • Do you think you could choose your favorite?

  • Was it this person?

  • Mariah is the queen of my life.

  • I think I have to say you.

  • Why did I know you were going to say that?

  • Because it's like, this is a very unique thing that we got to do.

  • And singing face-to-face together and hearing your voice in my ears, my raw ears, and your raw voice, is like the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life.

  • I mean, obviously Mariah, but obviously you.

  • Can't we have a tie?

  • She's telling the truth.

  • I know.

  • You will make me cry.

  • It's the truth.

  • Is there anyone you haven't yet collaborated with that you want to?

  • Is it this person?

  • Oh my goodness!

  • But haven't you collaborated?

  • Well, we have secretly collaborated.

  • We sang every song in the Great American Songbook together.

  • This is true.

  • Every day.

  • You once said you're not easily embarrassed.

  • Do you still stand by that?

  • I think I meant when I said that I was talking about when I was young, a young girl.

  • Like when I was young, I used to not be very embarrassable because I was just like, you know,

  • I think it was when I was younger that I meant.

  • Have you ever watched an old interview of yours and cringed?

  • Oh, absolutely.

  • And I'll do that with this one.

  • I'm sure.

  • Absolutely.

  • What about your past performances?

  • Cursed.

  • Cursed?

  • Yeah.

  • Leave it.

  • Where, why does everything have to be there forever, you know?

  • But like in a loving way.

  • Like I embrace, I celebrate what once was.

  • But wow.

  • Ho, you know?

  • What emotion comes up when you see this?

  • Oh my goodness!

  • We look like babies.

  • Where are we?

  • I have no idea.

  • I actually think it's very sweet.

  • I had a really hard time in the beginning with my red hair.

  • And I think I felt very pretty.

  • Oh, this day.

  • Shit!

  • Okay.

  • Yes, this was before I learned that I should have straight eyebrows and not Satan's arch.

  • So this was before that and this was two noses ago for Frankie.

  • So it's beautiful.

  • And my brother was there for support and for us to go on a red carpet together when we had no idea what it even was or what anything was.

  • But it's emotional to see.

  • You have an album called Dangerous Woman.

  • Can I ask you some rapid fire dangerous questions?

  • Holy, yeah.

  • Do you think the moon landing was fake?

  • Jesus Christ!

  • What do you take me for?

  • No?

  • No!

  • Inconclusive.

  • That's not a saying.

  • That's hilarious.

  • That's hilarious.

  • Do you think the moon landing is fake?

  • No, not until now.

  • Not until Stephanie puts that in me.

  • But, you know, we've been there.

  • The machine is showing deception.

  • You don't believe it.

  • That is hilarious.

  • Do you think the earth is actually flat?

  • No!

  • She may be telling the truth.

  • What in the fuck do you think I am?

  • Do you want to try asking her again?

  • Okay, do you think the earth is actually flat?

  • No!

  • The earth is round.

  • I think you were still thinking about the moon landing when you asked this.

  • Yeah, I'm thinking about a lot of things.

  • Is the Illuminati real?

  • I don't know.

  • She is being truthful.

  • Do you believe in aliens?

  • Yes.

  • What about ghosts?

  • Yes.

  • You seem popular in our film.

  • Did you ever get any work done to make yourself feel more popular?

  • To my face? To physical appearance?

  • Yes, I'm going to ask all the questions.

  • Oh, thank goodness.

  • Did you get your nose done?

  • No.

  • Did you get a boob job?

  • No.

  • Did you get a facelift?

  • Can you imagine? No, not yet.

  • I'm open.

  • Truthful.

  • Wait, and go back to the other one. Nose lift.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • There we go.

  • This is the best day of my life.

  • Okay.

  • Take that, you YouTube people.

  • Ready?

  • Yes.

  • Did you get a fox eye lift?

  • No, but I discovered it through people who thought I did and I said thank you.

  • Yeah.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • There we go.

  • What about a chin implant?

  • How do they do that?

  • No.

  • I've had fillers in various places and Botox, but I stopped like four years ago.

  • This we know, yeah.

  • And that is the extent.

  • But also, like, in full support of all people who do these things.

  • Work.

  • Whatever makes women, men, non-gender conforming people feel beautiful should be allowed.

  • Why do we care?

  • Anyway, what's next?

  • I want to keep going.

  • Keep bringing more.

  • Ari, have you gone to BBL?

  • Get the fuck out of here.

  • Yes.

  • She's being deceptive.

  • Of course, yes.

  • Would you?

  • I should go back.

  • I'll get more.

  • No.

  • No, that wouldn't work for me.

  • I don't think that's my thing.

  • No.

  • And I'm okay with that, you know?

  • Yeah.

  • Ariana, are you a good witch or a bad witch?

  • Ooh, complicated question.

  • Kind of the story of the film.

  • I think there's no such thing as a good witch or a bad witch.

  • I think we're all multi-dimensional, beautiful, complex beings that have goodness and wickedness within them.

  • Final question.

  • Oh.

  • Did you lie at any point during the lie detector test and we didn't catch you?

  • No.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • There you go.

  • This was the best day of my life.

  • Well done.

  • Yay.

  • I've wanted this for so long.

  • Are you ready for this?

  • I don't know.

  • I mean, technically this goes with my outfit, I will say.

  • Cynthia.

  • Yes.

  • I'm going to ask you a few questions to get a baseline.

  • Please answer honestly.

  • Is your name Cynthia Erivo?

  • Yes, but I have many other names in between.

  • What are they?

  • Stunning.

  • Perpetua also, because that's my confirmation name.

  • Confirmation.

  • Yes.

  • Are you from London, England?

  • Yes.

  • Are you ready to take the lie detector test?

  • I have no idea.

  • We are ready.

  • The machine has been calibrated.

  • Okay.

  • Let's get started.

  • Okay.

  • You've won an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony for your performance in Broadway's The Color Purple.

  • Are you aware that you are one award away from an EGOT?

  • Yes.

  • Do you know where all of your awards are right now?

  • Yes.

  • Where are they?

  • They're in my office.

  • On my bookshelf.

  • Be honest.

  • Is there such a thing as a fun awards show?

  • Yes.

  • Truly.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • The Tonys are usually my favorite.

  • It feels like I get to meet up with all the friends I haven't seen for a long time, and theater's where I started, so that's always really fun to be at.

  • Is hosting an awards show the worst possible gig?

  • No.

  • I really want to do it.

  • Oh, you do?

  • Yes.

  • That was my next question.

  • Oh.

  • Yeah.

  • Fabulous.

  • I'd love to host the Tonys at some point.

  • Let's do it.

  • Was that the truth?

  • Truthful.

  • Is Defying Gravity the hardest song you've ever had to sing?

  • No.

  • What is?

  • I'm here.

  • Vocally or emotionally?

  • Both.

  • I'm going to be the Capricorn that's going to be very, very controlled, freaky, and be like, did I tell you?

  • Am I singing?

  • Yeah.

  • Having Stephanie there is very...

  • Reassuring.

  • It's nice.

  • Yeah.

  • I think I may have delivered most of the thing to them.

  • Okay.

  • You said in 2021, in an interview, that this person gave you the best advice.

  • Yes.

  • The best advice is that you're allowed to say no.

  • Would you ever say no to her?

  • I'm not sure.

  • Nine times out of 10, I'm probably going to say yes.

  • Even if the advice is, you should say no.

  • I would go yes.

  • What if she asked you to rob a bank?

  • I would probably say yes.

  • Fine.

  • Am I telling the truth?

  • Truthful.

  • What's up?

  • Let's go.

  • Would you ask me to be your accomplice?

  • No.

  • Why?

  • Because I think you would freak out.

  • Why would I freak out?

  • I love a mission.

  • You do love a mission.

  • Actually, you know what?

  • I can come in the car.

  • You know what?

  • I'm going to take that back.

  • I'll hold your gummies.

  • Your vitamin gummies.

  • I know that you're down.

  • I'm down.

  • I'm down as fuck.

  • You are.

  • I might not do much.

  • That's actually for real.

  • But I'll be there for you.

  • You will.

  • Okay.

  • Fine.

  • Okay, I'll be there.

  • Yeah.

  • Let's go.

  • You have performed many live concerts in your career.

  • Have you ever forgotten lyrics while on stage?

  • Absolutely.

  • What song?

  • I think I forgot lyrics in Don't Rain on My Parade.

  • That was interesting.

  • I don't think it matters when you sound like that.

  • Thanks.

  • You know what I mean?

  • Yeah.

  • Thank you.

  • Have you ever...

  • Oh, come on.

  • We know the answer to this.

  • Have you ever considered phoning it in and lip syncing?

  • Never.

  • Yeah, no.

  • It really upsets me.

  • I'm really...

  • And I don't actually think I'm good at it.

  • I can't convey what I want to convey if I'm lip syncing.

  • Of course not.

  • And I think it's a real skill.

  • I just don't think I have it.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • That is a silly question.

  • That is silly.

  • Moving on.

  • Do you still get nervous before a show?

  • Yes.

  • Have you...

  • Ooh.

  • Has any actor or singer left you starstruck?

  • Kendrick Lamar.

  • He left me starstruck.

  • I thought he was exquisite.

  • She's being truthful.

  • We've been traveling a lot together recently.

  • Would you consider yourself a good traveler?

  • Yes.

  • Do you have any bizarre travel superstitions?

  • Not superstitions.

  • I have, like, things that I like to do before I travel and things that I like to take with me when I'm traveling.

  • But no superstitions.

  • When we get to our hotel rooms, do you have any weird habits?

  • I don't think it's a weird habit.

  • I unpack and move in.

  • Yes.

  • Even if it's for a day.

  • Yeah.

  • I'm moving in.

  • Do you clean the whole room before you touch anything?

  • No.

  • Will you stay on the 13th floor?

  • What's the 13th floor?

  • I don't fucking know.

  • I'm staying on the 13th floor.

  • If the room is good on the 13th floor, I'm staying on the 13th floor.

  • Yeah.

  • I'm dying.

  • We're good.

  • Yeah.

  • So you once ran a half marathon and then performed in two Broadway shows the same night.

  • Yes.

  • Are you sure you're human?

  • No.

  • Truthful.

  • Do you ever have extremely lazy days after days like that?

  • Not really.

  • What is the longest you've binge-watched something in a day?

  • The longest?

  • As in hours?

  • Yeah, like in a day.

  • I mean, I've watched something for a whole day, but sometimes it's just on in the background.

  • I have a couple of hours where I'm alert and paying attention, but I've watched a series in a day.

  • What series?

  • Gossip Girl.

  • Absolutely.

  • Old school version.

  • Yes.

  • Yeah.

  • You recently celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts with this person.

  • Yes.

  • Were you nervous to meet him?

  • No.

  • Did you curtsy?

  • Yes.

  • Did you practice your curtsy?

  • No.

  • Inconclusive.

  • Did I?

  • Well, you know why?

  • It's because I didn't practice, but they kept talking about it, so they made us do a curtsy so they could see it.

  • But I knew how to curtsy because I've done it a thousand times before.

  • I curtsy during my shows.

  • That's how I bow.

  • Did you watch back your curtsy to make sure you did it correctly?

  • No.

  • Is there even a video of the curtsy?

  • No.

  • Have you ever misspoke at a high-stakes event like that?

  • I don't think so.

  • I can't see it.

  • No.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • Okay.

  • Cynthia, you are a Capricorn and like to follow the world of astrology, yes?

  • Yes.

  • Occasionally.

  • Would you say you exhibit a lot of Capricorn traits?

  • Absolutely.

  • So you consider yourself ambitious?

  • Yes.

  • A trailblazer?

  • Yes.

  • Mischievous?

  • Yes.

  • Would you say you are a woman who demands R-E-S-P-E-C-T?

  • You know what?

  • Yeah.

  • Do you know what my astrology chart is?

  • I didn't research it.

  • By heart.

  • Come on.

  • Pisces, yes.

  • I'm kidding.

  • I'm kidding.

  • I'm joking.

  • I should have researched it.

  • I really wanted to, too.

  • We have each other on CoStar.

  • Yes.

  • But I don't know what anything says.

  • But I wanted to research it.

  • I wanted to look for it.

  • Actually, this is a Capricorn coming through.

  • Mike, I'm Capricorn rising.

  • That I didn't know, actually.

  • That's good.

  • Yeah.

  • Can we do some rapid fire questions?

  • Yes.

  • Do you think the moon landing was fake?

  • No, I don't.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • What was I then?

  • I don't think it was fucking fake either.

  • I think that video, you don't think that video was a little like, you know.

  • No, I've never ever questioned it.

  • Because so many people have been to the moon since then.

  • But that's what I'm saying.

  • But then why aren't there more videos like that?

  • I don't know.

  • But I don't think it's fake, though.

  • I don't think it is either.

  • Am I gullible?

  • I don't know why Stephanie fucked me up like that.

  • She really got me.

  • Oh, God.

  • The whole world's going to think that I think that.

  • No.

  • And I'm from Florida.

  • You know what I mean?

  • No.

  • This is a nightmare.

  • This is a nightmare.

  • Listen, half of the world thinks that it didn't happen.

  • Some of the world thinks it did.

  • But I think it happened.

  • You're missing the point.

  • I know it happened.

  • It's OK.

  • Let me help.

  • Ariana Grande believes that the moon landing is real.

  • Of course I do.

  • It happened.

  • This is just a machine thing.

  • OK?

  • She believes what I believe.

  • All right.

  • Do you think the Earth is actually flat?

  • The Earth is flat?

  • No.

  • Is the Illuminati real?

  • I think they are.

  • Do you know?

  • No.

  • I don't know anyone in there.

  • Does she know?

  • She's telling the truth.

  • Don't you even think that that's because I'm a part of it?

  • Because I know some of you are going to do that nonsense.

  • OK?

  • I wish we had more time.

  • Yes.

  • Here with Stephanie, but also on Earth.

  • Yeah.

  • Anyway, do you believe in aliens?

  • Yes.

  • Do you believe in ghosts?

  • Yes.

  • Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

  • I think I'm a combination of both.

  • Because that's what makes us human.

  • Yeah.

  • I think that's what makes us interesting.

  • You're more good than bad.

  • Like, I think you're more good than bad.

  • We love you.

  • I love you.

  • That made me emotional.

  • I don't know why.

  • Because, you know, we see it in each other.

  • We see the truth.

  • Yeah.

  • Right, Steph?

  • Correct.

  • OK, final question.

  • Did you lie at any point during this lie detector test and we didn't catch you?

  • No.

  • She's telling the truth.

  • Great work, ladies.

  • Yay.

  • Yay.

  • Yay.

  • I think we did fucking great.

  • That was excellent.

  • Thank you.

Do you think the moon landing was fake?

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