Support Your Village with Regina and Reina King
1/21/20261 hr 5 min
On this week’s IMO, Regina and Reina King join the show to talk about their bond as sisters. The two share what it’s like to be Los Angeles born and bred, their early forays into child acting, and how they have been grieving the loss of Regina’s son, Ian, who died in early 2022.
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First 90 secondsRegina King· Guest0:00
my mother had read that in China, they discipline their kids- Oh, yes.
Reina King· Guest0:03
Oh.
Regina King· Guest0:03
By kneeling on rice.
Craig Robinson· Host0:04
Kneeling on rice, yes.
Reina King· Guest0:05
Yeah.
Regina King· Guest0:05
So she said, "You can kneel on rice for 10 minutes, or we take a break- Continue the rest [laughing] ... and you get the rest of these licks."
Reina King· Guest0:12
Dang, that's just- And so, um- That's, that's commitment to the lick.
Craig Robinson· Host0:16
[laughing] [laughing] Yeah.
Regina King· Guest0:16
I was... And Reina was like, "I'll take the rice! I'll take the rice."
Reina King· Guest0:18
"I'll take the rice."
Regina King· Guest0:18
I just knew. I was like, "Reina-" If only I knew- I was like- [laughing] ...
Reina King· Guest0:22
that I should have just got the rest of the licks.
Craig Robinson· Host0:24
[laughing] Yeah. [laughing] Yeah.
Michelle Obama· Host0:24
Like, you could have been finished.
Craig Robinson· Host0:25
Yeah.
Reina King· Guest0:25
How about your mother researching, uh, Asian- [laughing] [laughing] Asian corporal punishment ... punishment? Right. You know, I mean, it's like that.
Craig Robinson· Host0:32
Asian torture.
Michelle Obama· Host0:33
A teacher. Torture.
Reina King· Guest0:33
Right? She's like, "Let, let me- Yeah, yeah ... let me find some really good stuff."
Regina King· Guest0:36
How could I- Punishment.
Reina King· Guest0:37
That don't work. Right, right.
Michelle Obama· Host0:40
[upbeat music] This episode is brought to you by Theraflu.
Craig Robinson· Host0:48
Hey, little girl.
Michelle Obama· Host0:51
Craig Robinson, what's happening with you? [sighs] I like your sinks. I have those.
Craig Robinson· Host0:56
You have these?
Michelle Obama· Host0:57
Yeah, I do.
Craig Robinson· Host0:58
11s, in black?
Michelle Obama· Host0:59
No, not the same, but I have that style, that high-top patent leather.
Craig Robinson· Host1:03
No, no, 11s are what they are, not the size.
Michelle Obama· Host1:05
Oh, okay. I didn't know that.
Craig Robinson· Host1:06
It's a- I don't know what things are called. Poor thing. Uh, yeah, I see that.
Michelle Obama· Host1:08
It's like, "No, I don't wear an 11."
Craig Robinson· Host1:10
[laughing] [laughing] Especially not a men's 11. [laughing] Jeez!
Michelle Obama· Host1:15
[laughing] [laughing] Oh, my goodness.
Craig Robinson· Host1:18
Ah, what's going on?
Michelle Obama· Host1:20
Uh, you know, excited, um, that to be here.
Craig Robinson· Host1:24
Yes.
Michelle Obama· Host1:25
Um, excited with our guests that we will introduce at some point.
Craig Robinson· Host1:29
I know. We gotta have