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Tahj Mowry Says the Magic Word

Tahj Mowry Says the Magic Word

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"Baby Daddy" star talks about his hit Freeform show & participates in some magic tricks

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Young Hollywood

Hands out, normal. Okay. Okay? Thumbs down. Right hand over left. Squeeze tight. Okay. Thumbs down, pinkies on top. Ready? I'll go first. We need to talk about your tattoos.

Tahj Mowry

Oh yeah, we will. Okay. Here we go. Follow us, ready? One, two, and three. Go Nicole. Wait, what? Good. Young Hollywood. This is lit. We are in the building. What's going on? I'm taking over. Yay! Tosh is taking over on a Monday. I'm taking over. No, that's English. See? close, bro. Do it again. I'm taking over. I'm taking over. Over. Over. Over. It's not fair. It's not that's not fair for me. See, we've been trying to do the whole, "I'm good at English accents, but I can't do an Australian." It's okay. So we don't have baby daddy in Australia. You know, I was saying to the team like, we're so limited on the shows that we bring over. Yeah. We should get all these cool shows. Yeah, I think I think you'll get I think you'll get it soon. I know it's different for each country. I get tweets every every now and then. Actually a lot of them are when it when it starts airing in someone's country, like, "It just started. I'm so excited." Wow. And um, obviously they don't sound like a surfer like I just did. But um, but yeah, so it's cool. Maybe watching baby daddy shows. I don't know. I don't know. Cali life, right? Um, no, but yeah, so hopefully you get it soon though.

Young Hollywood

Oh yeah, let's see. Yeah. What's like your favorite part of like the show? Like why did you wanna sign onto it?

Tahj Mowry

Honestly, there's so there's a lot of favorite parts that I have. First of all, it's I think one of the coolest aspects about our show is that you don't get to see a a single dad portrayed on television a lot. Um, so that And you get to see a positive you know, a a good role model. You know Ben might not necessarily do the best you know, make the best decisions in the show all the time, but he is buckling down and raising uh you know, his kid. Um and and and taking the responsibility. I love that um it's a family show at its core. Um Tucker's not a part of the Wheeler family. Riley is now because, you know, they're uh her and Danny. But uh they're having a baby and um but you know, it's a big family. And we're like that on the set and off the set.

Young Hollywood

Look, let's get into a magic trick. Can you shuffle for us, Nicole?

Tahj Mowry

Yes. Bam. All right, let's do this guys. All right. You know, I don't know I don't know too many card games. Give it to me. Card games. I know. I'm just saying cuz I'm shuffling the cards. That's normally when you shuffle cards. What's that? Oh my God. Guys. Um, are the Jokers supposed to be in there as well?

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Tahj Mowry

Okay. Okay, cool. All right, here's the deal, right? You ready for this? You ready for this?

Young Hollywood

Yeah.

Tahj Mowry

Take one. Pick a card. P-A-C. Okay. Don't show me. Show Nicole, show all our viewers. I won't even look. All right? You with me? You remember the card? Yeah? Yes. You guys can talk back, it's not TV. All right, good? You're real close. Good? Yeah. Good. Check it here. Watch my hands. Ready? Don't move. Watch my hands. Ready? One, two. Honestly, if I snap, was this the card? Honestly, be honest.

Young Hollywood

No.

Tahj Mowry

No. Can you place out your hand like this? Was it the A, right?

Young Hollywood

No.

Tahj Mowry

Place Nicole, place your hand on top. Okay. What's the magic word? Let's watch Nicole. Thanks. Oh, please. I could have no, it's Tosh, man. You're in the studio. Come on, man. Come on, man. Here you go. One, two, three. Bam. Turn the card. Tosh. Stop it. Stop it. Let's play it, let's play it. How did you do that? Cheese. What? Can you Okay, cool. All right, cool. What's up? Control yourself.

Young Hollywood

So Tosh, if you go on a date, right? What do you do to impress? And I'm gonna teach you a really great magic trick to impress the next time.

Tahj Mowry

So that I can do the magic on the date or?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, you can. But like what would you do if you hadn't like what's your little in? What's your thing? Because I don't I'm big on wine, so I think wine is important.

Tahj Mowry

All right. So you So you know your wine enough to have a good I I know enough to ask someone else who knows about the wine. Are you? Are you? I know it tastes good. But I don't know I don't know too much about the I know a little bit but too much it's it's too much. Like you don't drink wine to talk about it. Right. Like I just find I just find the people that oh these tannins here. Oh God. Just the buttery just the woody people like that though.

Young Hollywood

We're gonna show them the magic trick, the the twist ten game thing, and then we're going to teach him. And you'll be able to take this and learn it and trust me. Okay. In a year's time or whenever you see me next, you'll be able to say, "Jay, you know what? I did it. And people love it." All right. So ready? Okay, this is what you do. Hands out, normal. Okay. Okay. Thumbs down. Right hand over left. Squeeze it tight. Okay? Thumbs down, pinkies are on top. Ready? I'll go first. We need to talk about your tattoos.

Tahj Mowry

Oh, yeah, we will. Okay. Here we go. Follow us, ready? One, two, and three. Go Nicole. Wait, what? You guys are a- I'm in Trish. Hi, Trish. Bam. I need this. This is not working. Okay. We'll do it again. Okay. Thumbs down. I'm tripping out right now. Squeeze. You got it? Yes. Switch your pinkies so it's like left pinky on top, so it's like that. There you go. Okay, watch this. Ready? Just go one, two, three. I am speechless. I have no idea what is happening and why I can't do this trick. I feel some kind of way about it. You're stubborn. You're a big stubborn. You're such a Taurus. You're such a Taurus. I don't really like it here anymore. Yeah. What?

Young Hollywood

Hands normal, Nicole. You with me? Okay. Okay. So this is what you do. Thumbs down. Right hand over left. Squeeze it tight. Squeeze your hands tight. Okay. Now look, I can't get out like this way, right? You ready for the secret? This is how I do it. All I do is I switch my hands. I said, "Oh, really cool tattoo there." See? See? There you go. There it is. Deception. Deception. Deception is key.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Tahj Mowry

    Featured guest and star of 'Baby Daddy'

  • Nicole

    Interviewer/host, participates in magic tricks

  • Ben

    Character from 'Baby Daddy' discussed by Tahj

  • Tucker

    Character from 'Baby Daddy' discussed by Tahj

  • Riley

    Character from 'Baby Daddy' discussed by Tahj

  • Danny

    Character from 'Baby Daddy' discussed by Tahj

  • Trish

    Mentioned by Nicole during the hand twist trick

FAQ

What show is Tahj Mowry known for in this interview?+
Tahj Mowry is known for his role in the Freeform show 'Baby Daddy'.
What does Tahj Mowry appreciate about 'Baby Daddy'?+
He appreciates that the show portrays a single dad, which is not often seen on television, and that it's a family show at its core.
Does 'Baby Daddy' air in Australia?+
At the time of this interview, the show was not airing in Australia, but Tahj hoped it would be available soon.
What kind of magic tricks does Tahj Mowry perform?+
Tahj Mowry performs a card trick and a hand-twisting illusion.
What is Tahj Mowry's advice for impressing someone on a date?+
Tahj Mowry mentioned being big on wine, suggesting that knowing about wine could be a way to impress someone.
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