Cynthia Erivo was a guest on The Ellen Show with Tiffany Haddish hosting. Tiffany is much like Drew Barrymore used to be at the beginning of her talkshow – she talks about herself a lot and it’s annoying. I’m not going to expand on that, but I definitely could. Tiffany complimented Cynthia on her nails, which are always an impeccable accessory to her high fashion outfits. Cynthia admitted that she gets tired of people asking her how she does things with those fabulous nails. She said that she functions better with long nails than she does without them. Tiffany also mentioned that Cynthia, at 35, is just an Oscar away from an EGOT! I didn’t realize this about her. Cynthia was nominated for Best Actress and Best Original Song in 2020 for Harriet. Here’s more from her interview and the video is below.
“Do you ever get tired of people asking ‘how do you do anything with those nails?'”
Yes I do because I function better with the nails than I do without. If I’m using my phone I use the side of my fingers. You don’t use the pads. If I’m using the computer I just use the nails like my fingers.“If you get a loose nail do you use crazy glue or gorilla glue?”
I actually find a good nail glue.On people thinking she’s American
In the United Kingdom they’re only just realizing I’m from the United Kingdom.
[From The Ellen Show on YouTube]
I’ve only tried medium-length acrylic nails a couple of times in my life and found it hard to type. Cynthia’s nails are almost double the length I had! I understand why people ask her about it but also how it could get tiresome to hear that. Cynthia is super fit and runs half marathons. I wonder if she lifts dumbbells and how she works around her nails. (She might only wear them for special occasions because in a recent yoga video she has natural nails.) I googled that and found this cute video of a woman named Stacey with nails about Cynthia’s length who lifts. She uses the bars with weights, not dumbbells in that video, and just changes her grip.
After that segment they did a really cute skit where they had to play roles in different accents like “Nigerian cheerleader” and “German yoga instructor.” Cynthia was fabulous at it and Tiffany was goofy but she was a good sport.
Cynthia is promoting her series Roar on Apple TV and she will also be starring in the Wicked movie as Elphaba. I know she’s not everyone’s favorite for good reason, but I think she’s going to get that EGOT before she’s 40!
Photos credit: Avalon.red, Instar and via Instagram
My natural nails tend to be strong and fast-growing with a long nail base that anchors them so I usually have nails that are about 3/4 of an inch long. I have never used acrylics or had nails as long as hers but I do have long nails. I have no trouble typing or lifting weights or any other difficulties. When I do have a problem is if I cut the nails very short or break one down below the finger tip. Because my nails are usually long, the tips of my fingers aren’t exposed and are protected so when the nails aren’t there, the fingertips are extremely sensitive to touching anything.
I’m sorry for asking this but how do you wipe with nails that long?
That would be my first question too
I totally agree with her on being able to function better with long nails.
After having long nails for a while, you just become used it. When I don’t have nails that’s when I feel like I can’t do anything. Haha. I make a million more typos on my phone when I have itty bitty short nails. I’m now accustomed to life with long nails.
Probably uses a bidet.
With nails that long, the “pressure” would loosen/snap them off if they weren’t “freshly” done (speaking as someone who had *really* long acrylics back in the 90s).
That makes sense
Uhm, I use toilet paper? My nails aren’t coming into contact with my body. The paper is. And they aren’t sharp. And I wash my hands thoroughly.
I don’t know much about her. What is the ” good reason” not to like her?
https://twitter.com/eBoPeep/status/1044195140737404930
Thank you
No one asked you and you didn’t read the article or even respond to the subject.
I know she’s not everyone’s favorite for good reason…
sorry but what is the reason? did I miss something?
I must be a horrible representation of a female because I can’t stand having very long nails, and men with long nails is a total turnoff. So much crap gets under nails and unless you’re getting weekly professional care, ugh, what a pain in ass. I can type well over 100 wpm, but certainly not with nails lol. And as a pianist, well manicured short nails were expected or no lesson that day lol. When I live life, all day every day, I’m cleaning or cooking or running errands or whatever, and I have to have full usage of my hands without a single fleeting worry about my nails and the money spent perfecting them. Maybe I’m defective!
If you are, then I am too, lol. My fingernails repel polish like it’s their worst enemy, so a manicure invariably chips within minutes, and years of professional cooking trained me not to wear it anyway so even though I have an office job now, I have short, unpolished nails. I love that Cynthia loves hers, they are little works of art! I like that we all have the choice to present ourselves as we like. I also don’t understand or have the skill to do the full-face makeup with lashes and 14 blended shades of eyeshadow, but I appreciate that some people do and that’s great!
I have always kept my nails fairly short. One of my piano teachers used to comment if she could hear clicks on the keys. Also getting a nail caught in between the keys hurts like a bitch. And I have to be even more careful with nail length when playing violin because if the nail is too long it makes pressing the string trickier.
I really enjoyed that barbell brigade video with Stacey D. So cute. Thanks! I don’t keep my nails long or wear makeup, but any type of question like that….”how do you do x with y?” gets sooooo annoying. I just do it. I’ve found myself asking questions like this before, so I understand, but in the future, stop and think, am I really interested, or am I just so boring that this is the only thing I can think to ask this person.
I have acrylics like these and I share her feelings. I’m also not sure how it became acceptable to ask people how they wipe their rear ends or why it isn’t WILDLY RUDE to do so.
But why? Genuinely want to learn.
Do you understand that, regardless of your genuine desire to learn, it is invasive of you to demand strangers to disclose their bathroom habits to you?
I guess? I’ve never demanded it of a stranger – but personally I wouldn’t mind. I find the subject fascinating!
No one is “demanding” anything, good Lord. They asked a question. If you’re so triggered by the question, don’t respond. How rude!
I love posts that include stuff about nails!! Thank you
Re: downstairs sanitation and long nails, I’m rotfl!! A bidet advertiser needs to get on the long acrylics and use these two trend fads symbiotically lol
She is a goddess and I believe her about functioning better with long nails, I get it, though it would NOT be my experience at all. Sexy, beautiful lady.
Grant: Really? A person asks a stranger, “How do you wipe your a**?” and the recipient says, “That’s really inappropriate of you to ask me,” and your takeaway is that recipient of the question is A) rude and B) triggered? That’s some serious mental gymnastics. I continue to think that asking strangers and acquaintances about their bathroom hygiene is not polite, but that’s just me.