IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Support Your Village with Regina and Reina King
21 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What do Regina and Raina King share about their bond as sisters?
My mother had read that in China, they discipline their kids by kneeling on rice. So she said, you can kneel on rice for 10 minutes or... We take a break and you get the rest of these licks. Dag, that's just, that's commitment to the licks.
And Raina was like, I'll take the rice. I'll take the rice. And I was like, I just knew. I was like, if only I knew that I should have just got the rest of the licks.
Like you could have been finished. How about your mother researching Asian punishment?
You know, I mean, it's like that. A teacher. She's like, let me find some real good stuff. The licks don't work.
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Chapter 2: How did growing up in Los Angeles shape Regina and Raina's experiences?
She is also the founder of Me and You, a wine label established in honor of her son, Ian. Raina King is an actress and producer who has worked in entertainment for decades, both in front of and behind the camera. As an actress, her credits include Scrooged and Shirley. Regina and Raina are sisters and co-founders of the production company Royal Ties, a company recognized for developing projects
across genres with depth, range, and cultural relevance. All right. So without further ado, Regina and Raina King.
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Chapter 3: What was it like for Regina and Raina to transition from child acting?
It's been gentrified. Well, the people that live in the house that we grew up in when you were doing a little- I don't know.
I went and knocked on the door. They didn't answer. Oh.
Yeah. I'm wondering what race they are. But I would say middle class and upper middle class.
Yeah, we grew up prepped. Predominantly black. There might have been one white woman on our street at the end of the block.
Oh, really? Yeah, really. I mean, come on. Well, you didn't see her much. Did you know her name? No. Was it Mrs. Such and Such? No. You didn't even know her name.
I don't know.
I remember her name.
In my mind, I keep thinking Miss Gert, but Miss Gert was... No, Miss Gert was my babysitter. Your babysitter.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: How are Regina and Raina coping with the loss of their son and brother, Ian?
Yeah. It was a bit much. I just remember those summertime sliding on that plastic.
Or sticking. Or sticking to the plastic. Or the plastic will wear out and there'd be a slit in it. And it will cut you. It's like, now this couch is dangerous. It's clean. It's clean.
But it's dangerous. It's deadly.
I don't want to go over there. I don't want to go there.
Sitting on the couch. And how old were you then? Because I'm trying to figure out how early you all thought y'all were going to be actors.
I don't think we really thought that we were going to be actors. You know, it was like, you can act like you're somebody else. You can be something else. And we had been doing it all the time at home.
And I mean, the roller skating and... Someone saw us. Yeah. And asked us if we would... Tell the story, Raina.
Yeah, what do you mean roller skating and somebody asked you? We're at our mom's friend's with the blue couch.
Oh, okay. Shout out to mom. We love your couch.
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Chapter 5: What insights do Regina and Raina provide about sibling dynamics?
So it was just me and the set teacher. Yeah. So we used to bump heads. Right.
Okay. What's the story? Who had to get called? Who told off who?
Yeah, my mom got called a couple of times. But I think I was... because it's just me and this one adult and there's no other person to kind of bounce anything off of. So I found myself like challenging her. I learned a little French too. But so that was tough. So for me, it was a big yearning to get back to school where there are more kids. Like any show where there may have been
two or three other kids. It's like, oh, there's going to be four people. Oh, wow. And on set today with the set teacher. So I was really excited to get back to the regular swing of things. And I was coming back further ahead than, because it was fifth grade for me, because I was 10. And I was further ahead than where they were. Wow. Mm-hmm.
Wow. And you guys are four years apart. Four years apart. Have you always been close?
Hmm. Yeah, all right. Okay, okay.
It's like now we're like... That was right on time.
I think we've always been close, but we... It took me... When I moved out the house, when our relationship started becoming like... my other half. But I think it was, we've always been close. Like, I can talk about my sister, but you can't talk about my sister. You know, like, that's always been, and we always played together. We always, remember we used to play Mel's Diner in the backyard?
Oh my God. We did, and we had the mud pot.
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Chapter 6: How do Regina and Raina balance their careers and personal lives?
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Chapter 7: What are some memorable projects Regina and Raina have worked on?
So how did that conversation go over? What did mom say? And were you in the other room, Raina, listening?
I'm sure I was close by. No, yeah, I'm sure Raina's always close by.
Wow. I don't ever remember any pushback because I really did not want to go to college. And I applied because my mom's a teacher and that just wasn't going to happen. That was happening. And I got in. So there was nothing, you know, I'm working. I'm going to USC. Yeah. I don't want to wash dishes. Yeah. Why should I have to wash dishes?
And she was like, all right. And she couldn't really have that conversation. How are you going to take care of yourself? How are you going to pay the bills? Yeah, right, right.
Well, I actually could do that. Then 2 December was canceled.
Regina, who apologizes more, you or her, when you all get into it?
I'm just going to keep looking at you.
You think you apologize more? You think you apologize more? I don't. I don't. You don't. I think you apologize more. You do? Uh-huh. I was actually going to say the same. Oh, well. Okay. Because I feel like we... We're so sensitive to each other because, like, they're... It's just hard to even just imagine doing anything without her.
So when we know that we've disappointed each other, it just... It's an unspoken apology.
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Chapter 8: How do Regina and Raina reflect on their family's legacy and community?
Because, you know, I think a lot of times sibling rivalry is coming from somewhere, right? Mm-hmm. Because I think it's so easy to unintentionally as a parent pit one against the other just because of lack of awareness or, you know, one child might be technically easier on that parent than the other. Because personalities, you know, parents are people too.
And if you have more than one kid, you may click in a different way with the other. And if that's the case, maybe some of that, you know, sprinkles out. Yeah. So I just wonder if there's anything to think about.
I mean, we were going to... You may not want to, but you're going to your sister's recital or this thing. She was always making sure we were in situations that we had to do things together.
So in addition to always, I used to feel like Raina got away with everything. But, says the lady to my right. But I feel like my mom really made sure that she treated us individually differently. I didn't feel like I was treated like Raina and Raina didn't feel like She saw you both. Really, like our punishments were different.
You didn't have the rice punishment, did you? What was the rice punishment? Oh.
I like to tell the story. Okay, please. Oh, you want to tell the story?
I want to tell the story. The rice story.
Yes. Because Raina is probably not going to tell it all. It didn't have to be rice, I guess.
Yes.
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