Marlon Wayans gets emotional on stage talking about his parents, breaking down in tears during a filmed special. He shares the pain and complexity of his feelings in a vulnerable moment.
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I got people cracking me up, God, all right, for 57 minutes, and then it hit me. I was running from my own pain. And I was talking about my mother, and I just started-- I broke down. I cried. I was just like-- 'cause the reality of my parents didn't go and hit me. Yeah, I didn't hit you until then. It did, but it was supposed to hit me in a show. Right. Well, I'm filming a special, and it did. And I was like, all right, cool. And I was gonna cut that out, but I was like, no, keep it in. Because I need people to understand that I like you, I'm hurting. Black goes on, and we still look for smiles.