The L Word's Jennifer Beals Plays the Nose Flute for Ellen DeGeneres

Beals also discussed the decision to reboot the groundbreaking series about queer women.

Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

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December 05 2019 9:26 AM EST

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With The L Word: Generation Q premiering this Sunday following the premiere earlier this week, the cast is making the rounds to discuss the reboot. Jennifer Beals, who's back as the iconic Bette Porter in the series, appeared on Ellen DeGeneres's show this week to discuss the series. But she also played something called the nose flute for her host.

"It's my walk of musical shame. I come from a family of musicians and I can't play an instrument," Beals says when DeGeneres points out that there is an instrument on the table between them.

"This is a nose flute. Do you want to try it?" Beals asks DeGeneres, who declines.

Beals then proceeds to play "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" on the instrument.

"It's really sad. That's the extent of my musical career," she says.

Of course, they also discuss Generation Q.

"Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey and I all expected something to replace the show right away. But nothing really replaced. Pose and those shows came considerably after the L Word. Orange Is the New Black occupied some of that space, but there was no lesbian-centric show," Beals says.