Jennifer Beals, Ilene Chaiken  

Ilene Chaiken created The L Word and it became an absolute key reference for all the lesbians. We are forever grateful for such amazing creation. Jennifer remains as elegant as ever, she is everything!

Jennifer is a rare combination of intelligence, beauty, elegance and talent. It's like a vessel full of virtues that complement each other. And her voice is soft and lulling makes my heart beat faster.

I love Jennifer's intelligence. She is so quick AND thoughtful. Love her. 💜

I can't imagine being on the receiving end of Jennifer Beales' talented acting and not end up falling in love.

I met Jennifer Beals for like 20 seconds. She approached me at my work and asked for something. I barely spoke as I felt like she was just trying to do her errands and be done with her day. So she wouldn't have known that I knew who she was. And she was exactly like this even in a small dose. Polite, kind of soft spoken, and hesitant. I think a lot of celebrities know how to behave when people are paying attention. But when they think they aren't, their true selves come out.

Jennifer Beals is a classic. She overcame her shyness Infront of huge crowds and became an icon in two generations. Flash dance and now the LW. Thank you for sharing.✨❤️✨

Jennifer is graceful, sophisticated, purposeful and intentional. She draws you in and you want to hang on every word.

The original love of Tibette for decades. Oh, the best the couple of L Word that I love to see to be solid too, good to know that the creator wants them together in the end amidst ups and downs form the start. Jennifer and Laurel the chemistry and everything still there like the heart of the fandom that never dies. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you for sharing this. Jennifer is just the best. Her and Laurel just the best. Thank you so much for sharing ❤

We need movies with Bette and Tina!!!!

Jennifer Beals IS THE GREATEST celebrity of my lifetime. Jennifer has earned the right to have a HUGE ego with all her accomplishments but she doesn't. She is so humble and real. Amazing human 💓💯🥰

Thank you , #JenniferBeals for all that you do. And your compassion for the Gay community.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for recording this and sharing this discussion!! ❤

Thank you for sharing this video of three much admired women. Love Ilene’s suggestion of a spin-off of Bette & Tina as grandparents. With rumors that Jennifer and Laurel will be leaving the L Word Gen Q, I too had a wishful thought of a Bette & Tina spin-off- who knows🤞🙏❤️

Hopefully the L word never ends. I agree that it is more than ever needed and it is timeless ❤

I hate that no one but especially Ilene and Jennifer never publicly give credit to Laurel Holloman because Jennifer is the star but none of this would have been possible without Laurel 😡😡😡

What a lovely discussion! Thank you for recording this! Jennifer and Kara should definitely bring back "Our Chart! 😀

I’m heartbroken that she is leaving.

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful moment ! 💗💗

Thank you for recording this 🎉

Jennifer is amazing 😍😍😍

Thank you very much for sharing this video!

Love This! Thank You Jennifer Beals for playing BETTE PORTER and Ilene for Creating her and da LWord!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊😊😊

i love how fast this was uploaded i was scared i would have to wait for a long time

Thank you so much for posting this!

I wish the writers let Bette win the election to tell the story of what our future could be like 😔

Thank you for sharing this … means a lot 👍

Unfortunately the absence of Ilene is palpable….the new version is superficial, lacks the humor of the original, and just jumps around without any compelling storyline…the fact that the three OG actors are not given enough screen time together is one of the missed opportunities that is so very obvious; perhaps it is time for this to sunset…if it can’t be good…better for it to be over rather than destroy the essence of this ground-breaking show.

Brilliant got the link.will watch this later.still watching the live xx

Jennifer is the Best!! Hands down!!❤️

i love you tibette forever ❤️🤩💖

Jennifer what a lady, absolutely gorgeous inside and out, such a brilliant proforma

My dear Jennifer - tremendous actress and lovely individual. One comment on what was said by Jennifer "This generation needs to tell their stories, because they are the one who will save us." Well if the Gen Q characters and story lines are any representation of those who are going to save us, I think we are in real trouble. Leaving the show is a good and wise decision. The story line of discovering who one is and the life they want to live and finding the right partner for the life's journey is true of every human not just queer folks. Gen Q is not a story about the LGBTQ life style. Its the story of a life which features LGBTQ characters. No story line presented is unique to the LGBTQ community. In the original The L Word, there were significant story lines which were unique to the LGBTQ community: rejection by parents by Dana, prejudice in trying to adopt a child by Bette, prejudice on the work place by Max & Tina, ability to remain in the military by Tasha and others; all because they were LGBTQ... while some of those situations are better now, they have not disappeared. Gen Q story lines have no problem because they are LGBTQ. They have problems finding the right love interest and maintaining one longer than a few episodes. Throw in a few cheating incidences and you have the Gen Q story line for every character. And from what I can see, that is the same life style which every human has regardless of sexual orientation or life label one can choose. In my opinion, Gen Q stories are not LGBTQ stories; Gen Q are human stories as lived by LGBTQ characters. Substitute an entire different sexual orientation or gender identifying characters (including straight people) and they could be in the same story lines and not skip a beat. The uniqueness of the story lines in The L Word lived by LGBTQ characters is what elevated it to being the unique show that it was. The fact that they had attractive actors who had superior talents and committed to their characters and story lines sealed it's place in television history. They told real stories... Gen Q? Not so much. I admire Jennifer and Ilene for the gallant effort to praise and support Gen Q... but in my opinion, it fails on so many different levels... and none of that is the fault of the actors or producers. Good luck to you Jennifer and to you Ilene and I hope your future project turn out to be all the you hope they can be.

Thank you so much for sharing 👍❤️

Yes a Better and Tina spinoff🙂👍♥️

#mniwiconi #waterislife Thank you for standing at Standing Rock, #JenniferBeals

I got caught up in season 1 , I had no idea that I would be watching the entire series, it was a great show to watch and hoping for a season 4. If not with Paramount and Showtime collaboration- hopefully with another network.

Jennifer Beals Jesteś najlepsza. Uwielbiam Cię oglądać i słuchać choć nie znam j angielskiego . Jestem w trakcie nauki . Twoja wierna fanka z Polski

Oh Isn’t Jennifer just divine ❤

It's clear to me that if Black lesbian stories are to be told, we can't look towards shows like The L Word/The L Word Generation Q to tell them. #PiBetteForever

Bless you so much for sharing this with us is this the full panel if you don’t mind me asking but bless you 🤍🤍🤍

Jennifer is class & humility personified. 😊

Ilene Chaiken…I’ll watch you for the next ten years if you continue to tell stories like you have been….reach out to Leisha, Kate and Jennifer…they are such icons to the gay community…aside being amazing actors…they are intelligent and understand the world and how gay exits in this world…

No wonder it's been quite hard for me to get into Gen Q despite having loved the original.🤦🏾‍♀️It certainly wasn't created with a non Gen Z demographic in mind.🤷🏾‍♀️ Anyways I'm still looking forward to all the Bette and Tina shenanigans/ drama this season.☺️

🙏🙏🙏 for sharing with us.🥰

Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

Merci pour cette vidéo. Ilene come back to write a new L’ story. We need you, the Lesbians need you.🏳️‍🌈

it's toxic as hell. why in the hell does tina not want bette as she is

Linda te amo Bete

🇧🇷 A Jennifer Beals é fantástica 🌟👏👏👏🎬

A nice discussion. I can't say that the storyline of having tibette was actually warranted for good television.....thus the ratings....when Bette and Tina could have been happily married at the onset of Gen Q. The Storyline of Bette seeking public office and Tina with her job away would have been more plausible and engaging (moving on from a subject that Ilene had resolved in the Original series). Some of Bette's personal challlenges could have been addressed while still happily married to Tina and the couple could have been focusing on living life together! But the GenQ quality has not changed even in the first episode of Season 3. But I thank Ilene & Jennifer for this discussion. I don't think any fan thinks a reboot wasn't warranted. But it hasn't proven good watching caliber. Maybe somone else could have brought the New Generation on the screen with engaging characters and good story writing. So, the proof is in the ratings..... As far as the Twitter reference, I think you assume everyone watching the show is in agreemment with your remarks. You do know Twitter lost a large following due to disallowing freedom of thought. And now it is thriving. So - I don't know what the point was of mentioning Twitter because you don't believe in it. Twitter wasn't okay before Elon came in. You thought it was because it was going the way you wanted it to. You want to talk about being inclusive as Liberals but only if everyone agrees with you.....then go do what the Conservatives had to do...migrate to like minded platforms. BUT that defeats the claim of Liberalism stating it includes everyone!

This season is getting in my nerves. Why is beals not in it for so many episodes and what happened to Gigi?? The Lword is not the same without Beals, Shane and Alice!!!

I always soak up whatever Ilene Chaiken has to say. she's fucking BRILLIANT!

Jennifer always talks of the new Generation. How new, how political they are. And which stories of this generation are told in GenQ? There were even more destructive, drug addicted characters. And which story was new? Are these stories representative? Is that the right way to fight for equality? Is that political? I remember the original L Word as highly political and supper well packed in entertainment. And let us be honest, there is still a lot to do in society. I was very exited for the new show and it turned out wrong especially for the representation of the young generation. I am so sorry for that.

Quiero ver subtitulado español 🇪🇦🙏

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she’s so fine 😩how is she older than my mom

Jeez the public can't keep it quiet when they talk. Not respectful

DO MORE REGULAR INTERVIEWS LIKE TREVOR NOAH!!!!!!!!!!

When you make up movie 🎥

All of you need to get STRAIGHT and walk the RIGHTEOUS PATH. GOD IS COMING SOON.

Bette Porter helped Elon Musk buy Twitter 😳😳😳😬😬😬😬

Why can’t she drive a Tesla?

Did she really get naked in episode 1 season 1 or Cgi

Love the L Word. But Trump 2024