David Oyelowo
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Now, the reason why you may sense a bit of trauma as I start telling this story is my mother was also tone deaf.
And she would insist.
We didn't want to tell you, so we had him come to tell you.
Who's the other person in this story who's tone deaf?
And she would take to singing when I was watching my cartoons, which is incredible.
That is the soundtrack of my childhood.
And you're just trying to enjoy your cartoons.
Like, Mommy, I can't hear David Banner.
I can't hear the Incredible Hulk.
And she was rebuking the name of Jesus.
Are you telling me I cannot sing?
So that's the backdrop to her saying, one day I'm going to sing at your wedding.
And so we had managed, because she wanted to sing during the ceremony, the wedding ceremony.
And we're like, absolutely no way.