Shemar Moore's father ran with the Black Panthers and his mother left Boston for love in the late 1960s. Ahead of S.W.A.T. Exiles on Starz, Shemar opens up about the parents who made him. He shares the card his mother gave him that still sits in his office, how their love story shaped his name, what growing up mixed taught him about finding his lane, and why Hondo comes into the new series carrying more than ever.
New episodes of S.W.A.T. Exiles stream Fridays on Starz. @shemarfmoore
Recorded at SiriusXM Urban View.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 A dedication to Grandma
1:06 "I'm big in there"
1:45 Shemar turns the questions around
2:12 Leap and the net will appear
4:06 There's only one Shemar Moore
5:49 "You didn't invent this"
7:06 Career and identity
9:07 Lessons from his mother
10:00 A love story from the late 1960s
11:27 How he got the name Shemar
12:10 Loving v. Virginia and the Great Migration
13:39 Learning civil rights from both sides
15:09 Growing up mixed
16:15 Light skin, dark skin
16:42 "King Light Skin"
18:28 Roots in East Oakland
20:58 Playing Hondo
21:29 The only Black male lead on network TV
22:44 A new generation in S.W.A.T. Exiles
24:16 What changes on Starz
24:47 Hondo's darkest chapter
26:11 Stories that get room to breathe
26:41 Selling the show
27:13 Where to watch
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