Tyrese Drops Bombshell About Shocking Feud With Ving Rhames Since ‘Baby Boy’

Actor Tyrese Gibson recently opened up about his lingering feelings for Ving Rhames, stemming from their roles in John Singleton’s 2001 film Baby Boy. According to Tyrese, what fans see on screen reflects real tensions and there may be real conflict between the 2 stars.

In an exclusive interview with the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, Gibson revealed how deeply the character dynamics of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), Mel (Ving Rhames) and his on-screen mother, Juanita (AJ Johnson), hit home. He said that to play the role, he was able to right away draw on his upbringing within the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles and the relationships his real-life mother had with men when he was young.

The film’s portrayal of Rhames’ character, Mel, entering his home and taking over a fatherly role moved Gibson. The dynamic was so deeply personal and difficult for him on set that he still feels those unresolved feelings in 2024, greater than 20 years after the film hit theaters.

Wallo, one in all the podcast hosts, talked about his own childhood experience when a mother’s boyfriend tried to intimidate him and force him to observe a movie.

“I didn’t feel his presence,” Wallo said, referring to one in all his mother’s partners.

“Your mom can talk to certain guys and you can feel one or two… and if he’s gone, you don’t feel anyone else,” he explained. “Because all of you can have that father-son connection, even if he’s not your father.”

Tyrese chimed in, saying the boy’s behavior was “rude.”

Wallo continued, saying he thought of telling the guy, “Bro, you don’t run this place. This is my mom’s place.”

Gibson said he could relate to that and explained the way it affected the way in which he performed his role.

He wondered how the role had erased his actual experience with the script.

“I didn’t play ‘Baby Boy.’ Ving Rhames definitely pissed me off,” Gibson said, before adding: “To this day I don’t like n—g. I swear to God, you all think I play.”

He went on to dissect the venom he still holds against Rhames, saying, “I still don’t give a damn, man, I don’t care where we are, what we’re wearing, what we’re doing, what event… It could be the Golden Globes, I see that nigga across the room and I’m like, ‘Dude, fuck that nigga.'”

Neighborhood Talks published a snippet of the interview was posted on Instagram, and lots of fans joined in on the 20-year-old’s misplaced grudge.

Some feel sorry for Gibson, who remains to be traumatized, while others imagine the actor remains to be deeply affected by his role.

“I traumatized this man,” one fan wrote, while one other noted, “So he’s definitely Jody in real life, oh well.”

“All these actors in this movie do the same thing all day long,” one fan wrote. “They were so into the game they weren’t even acting anymore. They became the characters and Jody felt that grip on his head.”

Some viewers commented on the authenticity of Rhames’ performance, commenting, “I knew that choke hold was real,” while others recalled the epic fight the 2 had on screen, “Period, Tyrese! When he licked your head, I WAS MAD FOR YOU.”

Even the way in which he reacted to being choked by Rhames’ character, together with his latest admission that he wasn’t actually acting but just living his real life, had fans reassessing the film, with fans writing, “Did he really call out for his mom? That was the first thing he said while the guy was choking him.”

Some noted that for the reason that scene still makes Tyrese emotional, “that means Ving played his role VERY WELL,” as one commenter said.

Another stated that knowing Tyrese was still in shock from filming the fight between him and Rhames “makes the scene that much funnier.”

Rhames, for his part, viewed his role from a unique perspective.

In an interview with ScreenSlam Rhames discussed his character’s role as a one that tries to set a positive example.

“I said, ‘You know, this is a character that I think kids can learn something from,'” he said. “Or gangsters can learn something. This is a guy who is, as we say, an ex-OG. OG stands for original gangster, and he’s really trying to change his life.”

He said his character was also “trying to set an example for Tyrese’s character named Jody,” a task that was hopefully intended to tug Jody out of “some of the pitfalls that can happen.”

Despite Rhames’ intentions, it appears the extraordinary emotions Gibson experienced on the set remained unchanged.

In the identical vein, one person said, “How the hell is Jody supposed to get an interview. Where’s Tyrese?”

Tyrese has made headlines over the past yr for expressing his emotions on social media for the world to see. Much of that outburst is said to his very public custody battles together with his ex-wives and what he considers absurd alimony payments.

However, she is now coming into the highlight as she has a brand new film, “1992,” which is able to premiere in theaters on August 30.