Wanda Sykes goes sporty

The following video is an interview made by Ellen DeGeneres with the American comedy actress Wanda Sykes. It is a funny and pleasant interview about the great experience that she lived with her family.

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After watching the whole interview, I can say that it was about...

1. The interview made by Ellen to Wanda Sykes was about several issues that Wanda lived during the vacations that she had with her husband and her children. First of all, she explained that her husband turned 40 after she turned 50, so they decided to celebrate going to a beach in France instead of skiing in the mountains. Then, Wanda explained that she used to practice snowboarding, but she left it; so now, she hates skiing even when Alex (her husband) loves it. After that, she explained a funny experience that she had the last time that she did snowboard in the Alps. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was the sports she used to practice.

2. The interview made by Ellen to the actress Wanda Sykes was about the funny thing that happened during her 50th birthday, where she decided to go to Saint Martin (which is one of her favorite places) with some of her friends and her wife. Then, she told a great story about her, when she went snowboarding in the French Alps with her friends, wife, and children. It could be said that the main idea of the interview is Wanda’s birthday celebration.

3. The interview made by Ellen to the actress Wanda Sykes was about her wife’s 40th birthday celebration in the French Alps accompanied by their children. Wanda said that Alex decided to celebrate her 40th skiing, even when Wanda didn’t like it too much; so she told a funny anecdote that she lived there, where she fell on the ground twice because she wasn’t that good at snowboarding. It could be said that the main idea of the interview was Wanda’s fails skiing in the Alps. 

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The Ellen Show. (2014, March 14th). Wanda Sykes Goes Skiing [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_aTuy8kMw&t=3s

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