Jessica Alba & Gabrielle Union Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi I'm Jessica Alba.

And I'm Gabrielle Union.

[Both] And we are doing the Wired Autocomplete

Interview!

Yeah! Yeah.

[bright upbeat music]

Like are you kind?

Are you smart? Oh. [laughs]

Are you important? [laughs]

Does Jessica Alba know how to dance?

Yeah,

[Gabrielle laughing]

I do.

That's funny that that is a question.

You're Honey Daniels.

I'm Honey Daniels, true story.

Did Jessica Alba go to college?

Nope.

Does Jessica Alba have tattoos?

I have a few.

I have this one,

Padma in sans script which is lotus,

and it's the manifestation of spiritual beauty.

Got that after a breakup.

And then I have a couple of my kids star signs,

they're sort of up my arm.

There you go.

Does Jessica Alba drink?

Adult beverages

are something I do enjoy,

I prefer tequila of the liquids for adults.

Does Jessica Alba speak Spanish?

I wish.

Of everything in life, that is the one thing

I wish I could do.

[Jessica laughing]

How did Gabrielle Union meet Dwayne Wade?

The first time I ever met Dwayne was at an All-Star game,

and I was like, Oh my God!

I am a huge fan.

And then I realized it wasn't who I thought it was,

but that was actually the first time I met him.

And he was like, Oh my God!

And I was like, Oh wait, who are you?

What's your name?

Dwayne Wade.

I was like, Oh not who I, that's not who I thought it was.

How did Gabrielle Union start acting?

I actually got an internship

while I was the book buyback supervisor at UCLA

at a modeling agency called Fontaine,

and I was an office intern.

I would call in appointments for Hayden Panettiere,

and Shane West, and Jessica Biel,

and then they were wondering if I would be interested

in like modeling,

and I was like, Yeah.

And I got what I thought was the easiest internship

which was like I didn't think working with models

would be that hard.

It wasn't, and I got four units.

At the time I was taking 20 units

which was very challenging 'cause I was trying to just

finish college as fast as possible since I was paying

for it myself, so yeah that was it.

How old was Gabrielle Union in Bring It On?

I would've been like

27, 28?

[laughs] How was Gabrielle Union

discovered? How do you still look 25?

The modeling agency that I was working at

as office help making copies.

It was discovered that I could read,

they thought that there was a chance that I could

you know, memorize a couple pages of acting sides.

And then like literally the next week they were like,

Let's just make up a fake resume

and send you out on an audition.

So I went in, and I auditioned

for Saved by the Bell: The New Class,

and I booked it.

And I've been working ever since.

The secret was out, she can read.

Where Jessica Alba lives?

Los Angeles.

Where is Jessica Alba from?

The suburbs of Los Angeles.

I was born in Pomona, California

but I was actually kind of raised in a few different places.

My dad was in the military, I lived in Biloxi, Mississippi,

I lived in Del Rio, Texas, La Vern,

and San Dimas, California.

Home of raging waters.

[laughs] It's true.

Movie where Jessica Alba is blind.

The Eye.

I went and spent some time at a braille school,

an immersive braille program.

There's many different sort of like tools

that you can learn.

How to go and live very productive lives,

and so I got to spend some time there

and really learn about all of the great work

that those folks do, and how important

those types of immersive schooling environments are.

Where did Jessica Alba meet her husband?

I met him on the set of Fantastic Four,

he was working for the director Tim Story.

What is Gabrielle Union's real name?

Gabrielle Monique Union, now hyphen Wade.

What is Gabrielle Union's

birthday?

October 29th, 1972.

What song did Gabrielle Union walk down the

aisle to?

Which wedding?

First or second?

[Jessica laughing]

The first one was Endless Love,

the second one was

John Legend actually performed at our wedding,

and I walked down the aisle to,

what how does it?

Uh uh, oh jeez.

It was a John Legend song kids,

John, help me out here.

What Gabrielle Union,

oh what Gabrielle Union eats?

Like daily?

Like you want a caloric intake?

[Jessica laughing]

I eat everything.

You're very healthy.

Yeah, I tend these days,

especially when I'm working,

I stay away from gluten and dairy.

I am currently though looking for a home taco

that has a lot of grease made with real ground beef.

I don't want any fricken turkey, ground turkey

'cause that's some more bull[beep]

because I'm mildly hungover due to the tequila.

I guess you get to toss.

[board thudding]

Is Jessica Alba a singer?

Folks, I'd have to pay all of you to listen to me sing.

It's that bad.

Can we hear a little?

Nope.

Is Jessica Alba still acting?

You can find me in LA's finest.

Who is Jessica Alba mother and father?

Cathy Alba and Mark Alba are a really good time.

They are instant BFFs

to anyone within reach,

they love to crack jokes,

they enjoy sports, and large groups.

True story.

[laughs] What is Jessica Alba's background?

My mother is Caucasian,

her father is from Denmark, her mother is French-American.

My father is Mexican, but I actually have a large

percentage of Indigenous Mexican blood in me.

I did a genetic test,

and Harry Gates did the test for me.

And he said that he'd never seen as much

Native North American in anyone as he did in me,

so there you go.

What was Gabrielle Union's first movie?

My first movie that I shot

was 10 Things I Hate About You.

Really? Mm-hmm.

Oh I didn't know that.

What is Gabrielle Union's zodiac sign?

I am a Scorpio.

[Jessica laughing]

A true Scorpio.

Don't try me, and do you see this empty basket

of [beep]?

It's empty 'cause I don't give one.

What does Gabrielle Union's baby name mean?

I actually saw the name Taavia in some credits

on a film once 20 years ago,

and I was like oh that could be a cool baby name.

And then I sort of switched it to a K,

but it turns out that the name Kaavia actually

does mean something in other cultures.

Kaavia is a goddess in another culture,

in our home.

[laughs] How Jessica alba hair,

oh how to Jessica Alba hair?

I don't know.

I mean, do you

brush it? You mean today?

I definitely did not wake up like this.

A hairdresser named Jennifer Yepez did my hair today.

How is Jessica Alba?

Right now I'm having a little bit of a cold,

like a sinus-y bronchial situation.

My go-to cold remedy is lots of ginger,

honey, lemon, oh I Neti Pot

[Gabrielle shrieking] low flow days.

How tall Jessica Alba?

I used to be hovering at five seven,

but I'm pretty sure I've shrunken.

So who knows?

How old Jessica Alba?

Well I was born in 1981, figure it out.

Is Gabrielle Union related to Oprah?

What?

No.

Where did that even come from?

Do they think all Black people

that ever sat on Oprah's couch are her like cousins?

Is Gabrielle Union

from Nebraska?

Yes I am, Omaha, Nebraska.

Go Big Red!

Is Gabrielle Union

a delta sigma theta?

No, I never pledged a sorority.

I just, I was the book buyback supervisor.

I worked in a book store.

Is Gabrielle Union a twin?

Yes with Oprah.

[laughs] You're so. 'Cause we're related.

Thank you so much for Googling us.

Thank you. We had a great time.

Yeah.

Found out I was a twin,

and I'm related to Oprah.

[Jessica laughing]