Things got deep duringJamie Lee Curtis' visit to theTodayshow on Tuesday.
The Oscar winner was on the morning show to discuss her new filmElla McCay, but things went off course when Curtis noticed host Craig Melvin was wearing an earring in one ear. Before the co-anchor could begin questioning her about the comedy movie, Curtis asked Melvin to tell her the story of the blue earring.
Melvin handled the turned tables well, explaining he got the earring in support of his 9-year-old daughter Sybil.
"My daughter, years ago, she went to go get her ears pierced and she got cold feet, and in a moment of haste, I was like, 'If I do it, will you do it?' And she was like, 'Yes!'" Melvin shared with theHalloweenstar.
"Oh, come on!" Curtis exclaimed. "That's gorgeous!"
Melvin thanked Curtis before veering the conversation back to her upcoming project, confessing that the moment had him "blushing now."
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But Melvin's story was clearly still on Curtis' mind since she continued to reference his reasoning for getting the colorful bling throughout the rest of her interview. When Melvin brought up a thank you message fitness icon Susan Powter sent Curtis for sharing her story as an executive producer of theStop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powterdocumentary, the actress got emotional as she connected the note and the anecdote Melvin previously shared.
"It's why we're here," she said, getting choked up. "It's why you love what you do. It's why you said to your daughter, 'You know what, if I get it, will you get it?' And you did."
She went on, tearing up, "It's a beautiful thing you did that and I love that you keep it. And I love that these people didn't make you say, 'Eh, you know, I don't want you to have an earring.' I'm not joking! I'm glad that you were able to say, 'This is important to me. This is my daughter, my connection to my daughter.'"
The interview ended on a sentimental note as Melvin and Curtis embraced with the co-anchor telling the actress, "I just love you, everything about you."
Finding Susan Powterexplores Powter's current life in Nevada, where she sustains herself with a low-paying gig as an Uber Eats driver after shady business deals and what she labels a dishonest team around her led to the loss of a nearly $300 million fortune.
Directed by Zeberiah Newman, the documentary picks up years after the '90s health and wellness figure — perhaps best known for 1992'sStop the Insanity!weight-loss infomercial — disappeared from the spotlight.
During aninterview withEntertainment Weeklylast October, Curtis called the documentary a critique of societal behaviors.
"It was an indictment of how we discard human beings as they get older in this country. It's an exploration of the incredible cruelty that we inflict on older people and the lack of resources, and the lack of dignity offered to these human beings who've lived before us and have been in service to us and have given us the lives we all are now living," Curtis said at the time. "It's an indictment to every family who has shuttered away the elderly in that forgotten, awful way that they do. It is an indictment of how we treat older people in our work lives."
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powteris now playing in select theaters.
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