Da’Vine Joy Randolph Reveals A Dim Sum Moment Gone Bad For Graham Norton

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It all started with dim sum, said Da’Vine Joy Randolph. It ended with knives pulled, screaming, and a near-death feeling. Speaking on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, the Holdovers film star talked about the time when she and her best friend were enjoying a dim sum meal.

Suddenly, strange noises erupted, and people started scrambling into the restaurant. “We’re having amazing dim sum brunch and my back — it’s crazy when you have a near-death experience, the details, you remember everything — my back was to the door and I hear this kerfuffle and I see people rushing in, so my brain’s like, ‘Is this a flash mob?’” Randolph said. “Because, like, why is everyone rushing in?

But I was like, ‘Uhh, that’s not on trend anymore. We haven’t done that in a long time.’” Her friend disappeared, and Randolph was even more nervous. “I’m like, ‘That’s weird,’” she said. “Then people start screaming, so then my brain’s like, ‘Something’s going on.’” Randolph began looking for a way to protect herself as diners fled out a nearby exit. “There’s a kitchen with barnyard doors, swinging doors, so that was the closest thing to me, and so I go into [it],” she said. “So, in my brain, I’m like, ‘They’ve got knives.

Good ones.'” She then began collecting as many knives as she could. “I don’t know why. I Wolverine’d it and I’m doing these yoga breaths of fire, and I’m like, ‘This is it.