Phylicia Pearl Mpasi Initially Got Turned Down for ‘The Color Purple’ 

The resemblance between Fantasia and Phylicia is amazing 😍

Damn, her and Fantasia look almost identical. I see why they chose her for the role, she looks just like her.

jhud is gorgeous all the ladies too. Fantasia is absolutely stunning 😍

What I love about Jennifer is that when she was doing the press tour they always dismissed and downplayed Jennifer because Murphy, Beyonce, and Foxx were the big names. Like Jennifer actually gave her space to speak and allow her to talk as equals just the same as the other heavyweights. This is why I think Jennifer is an excellent host.

praise God for her being the choice congratulations to her

Her hair.❤❤❤

🌟 YOU ARE THE CHOICE 🌟🥂💜 THAT'S A WHOLE MESSAGE 🌟⭐🌻🦋 AS'E 🦋👑👑👑

I saw a special pre-screening this past Saturday and she was phenomenal!🎉They all were! I have to see it again and again!💜💜💜

Phylicia and Fantasia really look alike. She's really beautiful.

Omg!!!!! The background is soooo pretty ! But Phylicia and FANTASTIA GOT THAT FACE AND MOUTH THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE SISTERS❤❤❤❤

I just love jenn vide ❤always so cool sweet and down to earth so well spoken 🎉 I just love her what a amazing beautiful powerful voice 😊

If Fantasia gets a biopic in the future I know Phylicia would be the first person they call cause she looks exactly like her it’s incredible

Oprah did THAT.. we NEED to see darker skinned women and men represented on screen. I'm tired of the industry not being diverse. Both women are also beautiful people in real life (spirits not superficial)

Pearl looks just like fantasia!😮

Phylicia is beautiful. Congrats girl. ❤

Baby the braids are giving❤❤❤❤

Wow! She looks like Kandi (Real Housewives of Atlanta) .. .

Is Phylicia Fantasia's sister because she really resembles her ?

Yes J that hairstyle 👍🏽

All of the ladies here are beautiful, and deserving ❤️. I am so happy for them. OMG, Fantasia and Pearl, just wow!!! Great job in the casting department. 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

YOU may have to go through some things, but it is necessary and supposed to happen that way. You may get 50 NO's before you finally get a yes, but you must GO, even after the NO!!!

Beautiful QUEEN!!! Beautiful spirit!!!❤❤❤❤

Well done ❤

That Is So Awesome.. ❤

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi is a beautiful lovely lady!¡!💋🖤💛 The lovely sweetheart Halle Bailey💋🖤💛!¡! YEAHHHH... Fantasia, beauty of a lady indeed. Jennifer Hudson gorgeous lady. I'm crushin'👑🖤💛 right now yo!¡!

Jennifer is a GREAT FRK talk show host. Big⬆️s to her. #ChicagoGirl❤

This makes me want to see the movie that much more❤

Had there not been a studio audience, I would’ve called bs and said it was AI. Congrats ladies! I’m hearing great things!

Phylicia n fantasia look alike!!!

I thought that was Fantasia at first and was confused because I already seen a pic of this interview and her hair was short like it usually is. I was confused af 😅

Jennifer nails always so lit 🔥 ❤😍

“It may be, in the years to come, on your head may rest the laurel leaves of victory, and on your breast, may hang jewels fit to grace the diadem of an eastern potentate; nay, more than these, with light added to the coming light, your ambitious feet may tread round after round of the ladder that leads to fame in our mystic circle, and even the purple of our Fraternity may rest upon your honoured shoulder. But never again from mortal hands - never again until your enfranchised soul shall have passed upwards and inwards through the Pearly Gates shall an honour so distinguished, so emblematic of all purity and innocence, be conferred upon you, as that which we now bestow.” The foregoing is a familiar part of the lecture given to the newly initiated Freemason on his being invested with the distinguishing badge of an entered apprentice Mason

The shade on Taraji's face when she said Oprah.

Saw this movie today on Christmas & I loved it! All the performances were phenomenal! ❤❤❤

I can’t wait till tomorrow ma and I have our tickets, front row, recliner seats

WHERE IS HALLE??? This is crazy! All of these photo ops and interviews and she’s completely left out of them all!! Not even a zoom call. What the hell is this?!?

She favor Tasia..

She did amazing

Nice to see the first Celine recognized!! The original movie, they left her out.. which was weird… where is she?

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She low key shaded Fantasia with the "do you realize you read very young?" Haha.

Miss Hudson is so exquisite

I concur with previous comments. Phylicia looks just like fantasia as they could be sisters

FBA only

Phylicia was awesome in her role 👏👏👏👏⭐️👏👏👏👏

She looks just like Fantasia 👍

Where's pregnant Halle lmao she's been very much missing during the press run for one of the biggest movies of the year...

It's so funny to see the comments about Phylicia & Fantasia resembling one another...because I've actually known Phylicia's older sister for years. Had no idea she had a sister who was an actress. When I saw Phylicia, I thought her sister had done a WHOLE career change 😅

The pushing of this disrespectful way of a black woman

Instead of remaking all the classics, why not just idk come up with new movies.

Where is Whoopi?

im stuck on how thats celie for real. i never seen her play in anything else and its been so many years like even to hear her real accent. like wow this movie will be very interesting

Oh babe that’s Fantasia doppelgänger for sure!!

Oprah sitting up there like as if Knight

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Omg i thought she was Fantasia in the trailer this whole time lol

Jennifer said that Felicia sitting up there with all these icons, how is that there's only one icon sitting up there and that's Oprah and if those other ladies keep doing what they're doing they will become icons but they're not now, and y'all know Felicia don't look like Fantasia that's a dam shame, don't be saying my Fantasia look like that and I don't mean ugly she just don't look like her.

Who’s the lady in the pink?

Tahraji facial expression lol

"Icuns"

And Phylicia did a very good job in the movie…

She looks like Fantasia

Fantasia face lol. What a strange reaction.

She looks like that lady from power, ghost’s wife.

They have the same mouth 😮

Look at the haters

If on sight was a person it would be X…JS

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"Chosion..." poisened by Oprah and chosen? Sounds about right. Jk.