TV Sofía Vergara clarifies she did 'fake' cocaine in Griselda after hilarious Tonight Show slip-up "The cocaine that I did was fake! It was not real cocaine," the actress stressed through her laughter. By Emlyn Travis Emlyn Travis Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly with over five years of experience covering the latest in entertainment. A proud Kingston University alum, Emlyn has written about music, fandom, film, television, and awards for multiple outlets including MTV News, Teen Vogue, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Paper Magazine, Dazed, and NME. She joined EW in August 2022. EW's editorial guidelines Updated on January 17, 2024 12:58PM EST Sofía Vergara found herself getting hilariously tongue-tied when talking about doing drugs on her new series Griselda during Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show. The Modern Family actress, who stars as real-life Colombian drug dealer Griselda Blanco on the Netflix show, praised director Andrés Baiz for teaching her everything that she needed to know in order to play the queenpin onscreen. “I didn’t know anything,” Vergara confessed to host Jimmy Fallon. “He taught me how to smoke. He taught me how to do cocaine. He taught me a lot.” “Alright, hold on,” Fallon interjected as the crowd began to laugh. “He’s done a lot of great things for you.” Vergara explained that Baiz would visit her when she was preparing for the role and “he would tell me all these things” that would help her onscreen portrayal. “It was amazing because I was 51 years old and I didn’t even know how to, you know, how to light a cigarette,” she said. “I’ve never done cocaine. So it’s like, it was amazing. It was, like, a great experience.” Sofia Vergara on 'The Tonight Show'. NBC Vergara quickly realized the error of her ways as the audience burst into laughter. “No! No!” She shouted through her own laughter as Fallon attempted to remedy the situation for her. “You’re confusing me now with the questions!” “The cocaine that I did was fake! It was not real cocaine. It’s fake cocaine, but I had to pretend,” she clarified. “The cigarettes are also fake. Everything was, it’s fake. ” She then cheekily added, “But the acting was real.” Watch Vergara discuss Griselda — and a potential Modern Family reboot — in the clip above. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: Sofia Vergara had the best response to a TV host mocking her accent: 'How many Emmy nominations do you have?' Sofia Vergara shares pics of 'first Modern Family' reunion, cast celebrates the missing Dunphy Sofía Vergara walks off America's Got Talent stage after another Howie Mandel joke