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Taraji P. Henson And Normani Hilariously React To Getting Sprayed With Water During Game Show - Blavity

During an episode of NBC’s  The Tonight Show:   That’s My Jam , R&B singer Normani and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson lost in a lyrical contest that challenged their memory skills, Billboard reports . The pair competed in a star-studded lineup round called “Slay It Don’t Spray It,” where contestants are tested on their knowledge of how well they know a song in the style of karaoke. If one team fumbles over the words, the microphones in front of them will spray water in their face. However, for the team that recites all the lyrics correctly and “slays it,” their opponent gets sprayed instead. Henson and Normani went up against singer Rita Ora and New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi in the Doombox booth. The first song was Jennifer Lopez’s "Waiting for Tonight." Normani and Henson started off strong until the lyric “I’ve dreamed of this love for so long,” which was incorrectly replaced with Henson’s “this love is so special, it’s strong.” Water erupted from the mics, causing Normani...
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