Sofía Vergara Tells Bewildered Jimmy Fallon She Learned “How To Do Cocaine” On ‘Griselda’ Set: “It Was A Great Experience”

It looks like Sofía Vergara took her role as Griselda Blanco very seriously. On Tuesday night’s (Jan. 16) episode of The Tonight Show, the actress hilariously led the audience to believe she did cocaine on the set of the upcoming Netflix miniseries Griselda.

The show, in which Vergara stars as the titular character, is based on the real-life Colombian businesswoman who, aside from caring for four children, ran a profitable drug cartel in the 1970s and ’80s.

According to the Modern Family star, director André Baiz became her “anchor” as she learned to master the role.

“I didn’t know anything. He taught me how to smoke. He taught me how to do cocaine. He taught me a lot,” she said, before the audience erupted into laughter and host Jimmy Fallon nervously chimed in, “Alright, hold on, hold on.”

However, an oblivious Vergara continued, “It was amazing because I was 51 years old and I didn’t even know how to, you know, how to light a cigarette. I’ve never done cocaine. So it’s like, it was amazing. It was like, a great experience.”

The audience began cackling once again, prompting Vergara to finally catch on to what she was implying.

“The cocaine that I did was fake,” she quickly clarified. “But I had to pretend. The cigarettes are also fake. Everything was, it’s fake. But the acting was real.”

Vergara’s naturally funny nature not only came through while chatting about her latest project, but also while talking about the close relationship she shares with her former Modern Family castmates.

“We’re always on chats. The only one that is not really good because he’s very old is Ed O’Neill,” she joked about her onscreen husband. “He’s not good with them. He’s not good with the texting. We joke about something or we say something and he reacts like 26 weeks later. And then nobody knows what he’s talking about.”

When Fallon wondered if we’d be getting a reboot from them any time soon, Vergara reminded him that it’s “only been four years.”

“It doesn’t seem right. I feel like we need a little more time,” she said, before quipping, “Well, but we don’t have much time because Ed is old so.”

In the meantime, you can catch Vergara in Griselda when it premieres on Netflix on Jan. 25.