-That's what I'm talking about. They love you. We love you.
Welcome back. -Whew, been a long time, huh? -I think it's been a while.
-I want to say I have missed you, but I didn't even remember how long until the producers called me and told me it was, like, seven years. -Because you were nice enough to do Zooms, right? -Oh, we did Zooms, but it's not the same.
-No, no. This is -- I'm so happy to see you in person. I missed you.
-I know. Do I look better or worse? -You look better.
Are you kidding me? Phenomenal. You always do.
Are you kidding me? Please. -Been so long!
-I was going to ask you, though, because I know you lived in New York City for a while. -Yeah. -But I don't think that you are great with cold, I would say.
I don't know why. Am I wrong? -I mean, why, because I'm Latin and I'm hot-blooded and.
. . -Yes.
-You know, from the Caribbean. -Yes, all of those. -Those are the reasons I'm not good with the cold.
-You're not? -No, I have panic attack when I woke up this morning and I saw the snow. And I'm like, "We have to cancel this whole world tour for 'Griselda' because.
. . " -We'll reschedule.
We'll do it next year. -I don't think I can do it. -Do it in the summer.
Yeah. -But it was okay. I put -- I don't have boots for snow.
-No? -No, I don't. So I was like, oh, with this, and here we go.
-That's the way you do it. Yeah. Why do you like New York City?
-I love it. Who doesn't love it, New York City? I mean, it's the people.
[ Cheering ] It's the energy. I think that you have more options with men, also. [ Cheering ] I'm single now.
-That's right, you're single. -So in New York, there's more people. There's not only like actors or, you know, or directors.
I think there's, like, a bigger -- I'm going to spend more time in New York. -Really? -Yeah.
[ Cheering ] -So people are just interested in just stuff that they're interested in, yeah. And also it's just great food here in New York, too. -There's great food for when you go out on dates.
It's better, yes. -Yeah. You had a party at your house, and it was a "Modern Family" reunion.
Look at this. -Aww. [ Cheers and applause ] -It made me so happy.
Some of the most talented people, right there. Funny, funny human beings. -Can you believe that we finished Modern Family in 2020, and, you know, it was so emotional.
We were all like, "We have to be together a lot. We cannot just separate. " And then two weeks later, the pandemic hit.
-Wow. And so we didn't see each other for almost -- it's going to be four years until I did this thing in my house in November. -Wow.
-Was it emotional? -It was weird. It was crazy, because we we were together 11 years, five days a week.
-That's more than your family. -Yeah, it was hard. But, you know, we're always on chats, and the only one that is not really good because he's very old, is Ed O'Neill, so.
. . He's not good with them.
What? -He's not texting? -He's not good with the texting.
We joke about something or we say something, and he reacts like, 26 weeks later, it says. . .
-And then nobody knows what -- -26 weeks? -Yeah, nobody knows what he's talking about. -It's like, "Ed, that was last month.
" -Yeah, that was last year. -It was last year actually, yeah. When you get together and you make each other laugh, do you ever think like, "Oh, maybe it's time for a reboot?
" -No, it's only been four years. -How long do you have to wait for a reboot? -I don't know, but it doesn't seem right.
I feel like they need -- we need a little more time. Well, but we don't have much time because Ed is old, so. .
. [ Laughter ] -You have to do it, like, at least do a holiday special, maybe. -Yeah, we should.
Yeah, you should produce it. -Done. I like your style, yes.
I'm fascinated by your career, by the way, because I know we talked before on the show. You started in, like, dental school, right? -Yes.
-And then you became a model, and then you were a travel show host. -Yeah. -Then you were a famous comedic actor, and now you're a dramatic actor?
-Supposedly. -No. You've been working on this for a while.
-Yeah, like, for 15 years. But it was, like, a lot of things happening. It was a very, you know, controversial character.
She's a woman. She was one of the biggest drug dealers that ever existed in Colombia. And she was not really well-known.
And I think it was fascinating for me, because one of the reasons why she was able to get away with so much was actually because she was a woman, and they were never thinking that a woman was capable of doing all the horrific things that she did. The character is insane. I mean, it was a woman that was raising four kids while she was becoming, you know, a monster.
-Yeah, I mean, I know Pablo Escobar. -You know him? -No, no, no.
No, I never met him. I never met him, never. He's really bad at texting.
He's really bad at texting. 26 weeks later, he gets back to me. No, but I didn't know her story at all.
-No one, not even in Colombia, you know? And I grew up in the '80s, in the '70s, the '80s, the '90s, and it was like, everybody knew who they were. You know, the United States was looking for them.
I grew up during that time. I know that business. You know, my brother was part of that business.
He was killed in the '90s. I was very, like, I know this character. I think I can do it.
Some actors need to like, if they're going to play a doctor, they have to sit in a hospital for a while or if they're going to play an astronaut, they hang out with the astronauts. I didn't have to do anything, because I lived there, unfortunately, so I was like, I think I can play her. So hopefully, people will like it.
-It's beautiful. It's well-directed, by the way. It's Miami?
-It's Miami, but everything was filmed in Los Angeles. But I mean, the casting is amazing. It's mostly Latin American actors, the best Latin American actors right now.
The director is an amazing director that I wanted to to work with, Andy Baiz. And he was my anchor during the filming, because I had never done anything but Gloria Pritchett. I don't know anything.
And he taught me how to smoke. He taught me how to do cocaine. He taught me -- -Alright, alright, hold on, hold on.
He's done a lot -- He's done a lot of great things for you. -He would go to my house before, when I was getting ready to play this character, and we would sit, and he told me all these things, and you know, it was amazing, because I was 51 years old and I didn't even know how to, you know, how to light a cigarette. I had never done cocaine.
It was amazing. It was a great experience. [ Laughter ] -No.
No! -Absolutely no. -The show was.
-You're confusing me! was a great experience. -No, you're confusing me now with the questions.
-The show was a great experience. -The experience, yes. -The drugs -- -The cocaine that I did was fake.
-It's not real cocaine. It's fake cocaine. -Yes, you're an actor.
-But I had to pretend. -The cigarettes are also fake. Everything was.
It's fake. But the acting was real. [ Laughter ] [ Applause ] -That's the best.
That's the best line ever. I want to show everyone a clip. The acting is real here.
Sofia Vergara in "Griselda". Take a look at this. -I already have a supplier, so.
. . -Yeah.
But you just took out territory. I think you're gonna need a lot more. I seem to remember you saying you were all about volume.
Just think about how much more you can make cutting mine. -You can get more, huh? 'Cause, I mean, you look like.
. -Like a housewife covered in blood? I moved cocaine for 10 years, Medellin to New York, and you have no idea what I have gone through since.
So to me, this is nothing. -Yes! Sofia Vergara, everybody.
Sofia and I are doing something fun after the break. Stick around.
