1 00:00:01,168 --> 00:00:03,036 Hey, what's going on, everybody? I'm Trevor Noah, 2 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:05,439 and this is The Daily Social Distancing Show. 3 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:08,609 As you can see, I'm wearing a special hoodie today, 4 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:10,844 because after wearing a tuxedo at the Grammys, 5 00:00:10,878 --> 00:00:13,380 I have to ease myself back into normal hoodies. 6 00:00:13,413 --> 00:00:15,115 You know, you can't just go cold turkey. 7 00:00:15,148 --> 00:00:16,550 And I just want to say thank you to everyone 8 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:20,120 who tuned in last night, even the haters and the losers. 9 00:00:20,153 --> 00:00:22,623 I hope you enjoyed it because I know I had a great time. 10 00:00:22,656 --> 00:00:26,126 I danced with Cardi B, I emptied Doja Cat's litter box, 11 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:29,696 and I even joined the BTS army, yeah. 12 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:32,399 They're sending me to Iraq. I ship out on Friday. 13 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:33,934 Anyway on tonight's show-- 14 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:36,970 police are causing problems on two continents, 15 00:00:37,004 --> 00:00:39,873 Jaboukie Young-White learns the truth about the COVID vaccine, 16 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:42,609 and why Andrew Cuomo might have to update his LinkedIn. 17 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:45,345 Plus, the one and only Eddie Murphy 18 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,080 is joining us on the show. 19 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:48,715 So let's do this, people. 20 00:00:48,749 --> 00:00:51,618 Welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show. 21 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:55,489 ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch in New York City 22 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:58,358 to your couch somewhere in the world, this is 23 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:03,997 The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. 24 00:01:04,031 --> 00:01:07,568 Let's kick things off with a story out of Oklahoma 25 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:09,837 involving two of America's favorite pastimes-- 26 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:12,472 basketball and racism. 27 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:15,008 A high school basketball announcer in Oklahoma 28 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:18,445 is blaming his diabetes and a spike in his blood sugar 29 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:21,014 for the racist comments he made 30 00:01:21,048 --> 00:01:23,483 during a livestreamed state basketball tournament. 31 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:25,319 The Norman players started kneeling 32 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:26,720 during the national anthem, 33 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:28,956 and that's when the announcer, Matt Rowan, 34 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:31,725 hurled horrifying racist insults 35 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:34,094 at the Norman team that were caught on mike. 36 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,771 Rowan later apologized, saying in part, and I quote... 37 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:02,990 I'm not racist! I just suffer from diabetes! 38 00:02:03,023 --> 00:02:06,527 I bet the royal family wishes that they thought of that one. 39 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,895 I'm so sorry, Meghan. 40 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:10,330 Our blood sugar was spiking that day, 41 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:12,666 and for the past 600 years. 42 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:14,268 But, hey, I'm no doctor. 43 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:16,336 I mean, maybe diabetes does make you racist. 44 00:02:16,370 --> 00:02:17,838 In fact, I hope it does. 45 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:19,873 You know, it would make things so much simpler. 46 00:02:19,907 --> 00:02:23,076 Lincoln could have ended slavery with a box of granola bars. 47 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:24,912 It does make me wonder, though, 48 00:02:24,945 --> 00:02:27,648 how many close calls this guy has had before. 49 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:29,616 Like, were there times when he was running 50 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:32,085 through CVS, like, in the candy aisle like, 51 00:02:32,119 --> 00:02:35,956 "Ni... ckelback is my favorite band. 52 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:38,892 Oh, that was so close. Mm. So close"? 53 00:02:38,926 --> 00:02:41,228 In more sports news-- cheerleading. 54 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:43,263 It's the only socially acceptable way 55 00:02:43,297 --> 00:02:44,765 to stand on other people. 56 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,633 If you watched Cheer on Netflix 57 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:48,635 ten years ago at the beginning of 2020, 58 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:52,072 you know that cheerleading is a super competitive sport. 59 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:53,607 But one cheer mom 60 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,543 took her competitive spirit a little too far. 61 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:59,313 Now to that disturbing case involving deepfakes-- 62 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:02,382 videos that are manipulated to make it look 63 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:06,086 like someone did or said something they did not. 64 00:03:06,119 --> 00:03:09,156 NEWSWOMAN: It's a troubling new take on cyberbullying. 65 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,358 A mom in Pennsylvania is accused this morning 66 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:13,827 of using so-called "deepfakes" 67 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:15,863 to anonymously harass members 68 00:03:15,896 --> 00:03:17,831 of her daughter's cheerleading team. 69 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:19,800 NEWSWOMAN 2: Police say 50-year-old Raffaela Spone 70 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:22,336 digitally altered photos and videos 71 00:03:22,369 --> 00:03:25,372 of three members of her daughter's cheerleading squad, 72 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:27,274 known as the Victory Vipers, 73 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:30,677 depicting them naked, drinking and smoking from a vape pen, 74 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:33,914 and then sent the images to the girls and their coaches. 75 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:37,117 MATT WEINTRAUB: The essence of it was to knock them down, 76 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:39,119 essentially to try to shame them 77 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,787 or get them knocked off the team, 78 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,156 what appeared to be the motivation. 79 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:46,493 Wow. That is... 80 00:03:46,527 --> 00:03:47,961 really impressive. 81 00:03:47,995 --> 00:03:49,396 I can't believe 82 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:52,699 this 50-year-old mom learned how to make deepfakes. 83 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:54,935 Meanwhile, your mom has to call you up 84 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:57,604 every time she forgets her Paramount+ log-in. 85 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,973 Really? I have to say Paramount+? 86 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:03,243 Obviously, using deepfakes to bully teenagers is messed up. 87 00:04:03,277 --> 00:04:06,446 And not only is it criminal, but it can also backfire, 88 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,649 because you can't trust moms 89 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:11,552 to know what's not cool for teenagers to do. 90 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:15,822 Honey, I know you hate Trisha, so I posted a deepfake 91 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:20,427 of her doing shots with Megan Thee Stallion backstage. 92 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:23,430 Mom, that's the coolest thing she could do. 93 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:25,599 Not on a school night. 94 00:04:25,632 --> 00:04:27,234 And honestly, were the deepfakes 95 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:29,703 of the teens using vape pens really necessary? 96 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:31,705 I mean, you've already got them naked and drunk. 97 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:35,209 You don't need to be like, "And they're also basic." 98 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:37,845 But this is a sign that the future that awaits us 99 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:41,715 with deepfakes is going to be petty as hell. 100 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,183 You know, people are worried that deepfakes will be used 101 00:04:43,217 --> 00:04:44,685 to influence elections. 102 00:04:44,718 --> 00:04:47,421 But 90% of them are just going to be people pretending 103 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:50,524 to find mice in their tacos just so they can get free food. 104 00:04:50,557 --> 00:04:54,428 So I mean, the only solution to this is to never trust any video 105 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:56,530 that you ever see ever again. 106 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:58,031 Including this video. 107 00:04:58,065 --> 00:05:00,000 I mean, I think I'm Trevor Noah. 108 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:02,503 But there's no way to know for sure. 109 00:05:02,536 --> 00:05:03,670 Let's move on now to an update 110 00:05:03,704 --> 00:05:06,340 about America's criminal justice system. 111 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:09,376 This weekend, the country marked one year 112 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:12,613 since police in Louisville, Kentucky, killed Breonna Taylor. 113 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:15,616 And while there is still much more work to be done, 114 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:19,820 the police have been willing to make at least one change. 115 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:21,588 It could soon become a crime 116 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:23,924 to taunt police officers in Kentucky. 117 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:26,927 The AP reports Kentucky lawmakers passed the proposal 118 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,129 through the state senate this week. 119 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,131 The bill says anyone who taunts, insults 120 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,934 or challenges a law enforcement officer would be guilty 121 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:35,469 of a misdemeanor and would face 122 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:38,005 up to 90 days in jail plus fines. 123 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:39,439 That's right. 124 00:05:39,473 --> 00:05:43,243 90 days for insulting a police officer. 125 00:05:43,277 --> 00:05:46,146 so whatever you do, don't say to a cop, 126 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,448 "Wow. I thought strippers would be in better shape," 127 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:51,185 or "Nice riot gear and face shield. 128 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:52,819 "You look like if a G.I. Joe had sex 129 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:54,087 with a Chipotle sneeze guard." 130 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:55,622 And whatever you do, 131 00:05:55,656 --> 00:05:58,525 do not try and tell Kentucky police any knock-knock jokes. 132 00:05:58,559 --> 00:06:00,194 You know they don't like knocking. 133 00:06:00,227 --> 00:06:03,530 Look, understandably, people are pretty angry about this. 134 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:05,599 But just put yourself in the position 135 00:06:05,632 --> 00:06:08,202 of a police officer in Kentucky, huh? 136 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:10,470 You're just doing your job-- breaking into someone's home 137 00:06:10,504 --> 00:06:11,872 and shooting them in bed-- 138 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:14,474 and then that person calls you a jerk? 139 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:17,611 It's like, "Hey, buddy, I've got feelings, too." 140 00:06:17,644 --> 00:06:19,746 But obviously, there are a lot of problems with this law. 141 00:06:19,780 --> 00:06:22,349 I mean, first of all, any protest against police 142 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:25,152 could land peaceful protestors in jail. 143 00:06:25,185 --> 00:06:27,020 And secondly, if you're married to a cop, 144 00:06:27,054 --> 00:06:29,957 you basically have to let them win every single argument. 145 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:33,193 Plus, you know that now cops are going to try to get people 146 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:35,796 to taunt them just to meet their arrest quotas. 147 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:37,231 Hey, what are you looking at? 148 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:39,733 You see anything funny? Huh? 149 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:41,668 Uh... no? 150 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:45,072 You're sure? Huh? 151 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:47,207 Now of course it isn't just the United States 152 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:50,577 where there are tensions between communities and the police, 153 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:52,546 as we are seeing in Great Britain, 154 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:54,648 where women are up in arms. 155 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:58,218 There is growing outrage and concern about women's safety 156 00:06:58,252 --> 00:07:01,288 in Britain after the killing of a woman. 157 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:04,191 NEWSWOMAN: 33-year-old London resident Sarah Everard 158 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:08,562 was kidnapped and murdered while walking home earlier this month. 159 00:07:08,595 --> 00:07:11,999 The suspect in connection with Sarah Everard's kidnap 160 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:14,501 and her death was actually a serving member 161 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:16,803 of the Metropolitan Police Force. 162 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:19,373 NEWSWOMAN 3: There was a vigil on the weekend. 163 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:21,074 Even Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, 164 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:23,710 made a private visit to lay flowers. 165 00:07:23,744 --> 00:07:26,380 But later on Saturday night, 166 00:07:26,413 --> 00:07:28,782 the police tried to break up the crowd. 167 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:30,651 (shouting) 168 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:32,886 The vigil was against lockdown rules. 169 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,056 But their heavy-handed tactics and these images 170 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:38,692 have horrified the nation 171 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:41,161 and helped fuel more protests last night. 172 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:44,064 (chanting): Sexist police, off our streets! 173 00:07:44,097 --> 00:07:47,134 NEWSWOMAN 3: "Sexist police off our streets," they shouted. 174 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:49,336 Okay. 175 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:51,171 What-what... what are these cops thinking? 176 00:07:51,205 --> 00:07:56,243 Getting violent at a vigil over an officer murdering this woman? 177 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:58,712 The only way those cops could have been more tone deaf is 178 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:00,347 if they had mansplained the protest chants 179 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:01,815 back to the women. 180 00:08:01,849 --> 00:08:03,584 You can't be going around breaking up a vigil. 181 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:07,521 A vigil is, by definition, the most peaceful of all gatherings. 182 00:08:07,554 --> 00:08:09,790 No one ever says "Yo, man, you got to come through. 183 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,925 This vigil is about to be wild!" 184 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:14,661 I swear, the police could avoid so many headaches 185 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:19,166 if they just hired one person whose only job is to ask, 186 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:21,768 "Is this something the good guys would do?" 187 00:08:21,802 --> 00:08:24,171 That way, when the police chief says, 188 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:25,906 "Okay, tonight, we're going to go 189 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,608 to a peaceful vigil and tackle women," 190 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:31,078 then that person can raise their hand, ask their one question... 191 00:08:31,111 --> 00:08:33,714 Is this something the good guys would do? 192 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:35,883 And we can avoid this entire situation. 193 00:08:35,916 --> 00:08:37,351 And part of the reason people were protesting 194 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:41,088 in the first place is that after Sarah Everard disappeared, 195 00:08:41,121 --> 00:08:43,190 police went door to door 196 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:47,160 telling women to stay home for their own safety. 197 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:48,862 Which lead many people to wonder, 198 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:51,732 why don't the police tell the men to stay home 199 00:08:51,765 --> 00:08:54,868 since they're the ones going around murdering people? 200 00:08:54,902 --> 00:08:56,970 But instead, they're telling women, 201 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:59,072 "Listen, lady, there's men on these streets, 202 00:08:59,106 --> 00:09:01,275 "so you better stay home, yeah? 203 00:09:01,308 --> 00:09:03,177 "Although there could be men in your home, too, 204 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:04,945 "so you can't stay there, either. 205 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:06,914 "Tell you what. Just hover in the air 206 00:09:06,947 --> 00:09:09,950 "about ten feet off the ground, and that should keep you safe 207 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:12,686 until we decide to do our jobs, love." 208 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:14,321 But let's move on now to our main story. 209 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:16,356 Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, 210 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:19,493 and the only person who wishes it was still 2020. 211 00:09:19,526 --> 00:09:21,161 A few weeks ago, Cuomo was hit 212 00:09:21,195 --> 00:09:22,930 with sexual harassment accusations 213 00:09:22,963 --> 00:09:25,365 from two former staffers. 214 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:27,467 But much like coronavirus in New York nursing homes, 215 00:09:27,501 --> 00:09:30,404 the allegations have only been getting worse. 216 00:09:30,437 --> 00:09:32,673 NEWSWOMAN: In recent weeks, seven women have accused 217 00:09:32,706 --> 00:09:35,809 the governor of sexual misconduct or harassment. 218 00:09:35,843 --> 00:09:38,812 The sixth accusation came from the Albany Times Union, 219 00:09:38,846 --> 00:09:41,215 which reported that a female aide to Cuomo 220 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:43,884 alleges the governor aggressively groped her 221 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,286 late last year while she was alone with him 222 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,155 in his private residence. 223 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:50,090 And today, New York magazine says it interviewed 224 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:52,726 more than 30 women who have either worked with 225 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,696 or interacted with Cuomo, and found that bullying 226 00:09:55,729 --> 00:09:57,564 was a defining element. 227 00:09:57,598 --> 00:10:00,634 Jessica Bakeman, a journalist, said Cuomo's... 228 00:10:05,906 --> 00:10:09,142 Another woman, Kaitlin, said she was hired as an aide 229 00:10:09,176 --> 00:10:11,979 for her looks, and that she was verbally and mentally abused 230 00:10:12,012 --> 00:10:13,914 by him and his staff. 231 00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,916 Today's New York Times says its investigation 232 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,118 showed Cuomo's office is afflicted 233 00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:21,688 with a culture still rooted in the Mad Men era, 234 00:10:21,722 --> 00:10:24,858 including an expectation that younger female staffers 235 00:10:24,892 --> 00:10:28,128 wear makeup, dresses and heels, 236 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:31,665 because it was rumored that was what the governor liked. 237 00:10:31,698 --> 00:10:32,966 Whew! 238 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,303 These allegations are some serious shit. 239 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:38,772 Bullying and groping women. 240 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,674 A Mad Men office culture. 241 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:43,977 And pushing women to wear dresses and heels? 242 00:10:44,011 --> 00:10:46,480 I mean, it sounds like Cuomo basically thought of himself 243 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:48,582 like a bouncer outside a nightclub. 244 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:51,285 Which is convenient for him, because that might be his job 245 00:10:51,318 --> 00:10:52,753 in a couple of months. 246 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:54,488 And practically every day now, 247 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:56,924 there are more and more accusations piling up. 248 00:10:56,957 --> 00:10:59,259 It's getting so bad that he's gonna have to bring back 249 00:10:59,293 --> 00:11:02,763 his power point slides just to track the harassment claims. 250 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:04,965 I mean, just in the past couple of weeks, 251 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:07,901 we've heard about him harassing staffers, journalists, 252 00:11:07,935 --> 00:11:10,604 wedding guests-- it seems like no women in New York 253 00:11:10,637 --> 00:11:12,172 were safe from this guy. 254 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:14,308 At some point we're gonna find out the Statue of Liberty 255 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:17,211 only holds that torch so she can fend him off. 256 00:11:17,244 --> 00:11:20,280 Now, Cuomo insists that an investigation 257 00:11:20,314 --> 00:11:23,116 into these allegations will exonerate him. 258 00:11:23,150 --> 00:11:25,252 And while President Biden is willing to wait 259 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,254 and see where the investigation leads, 260 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:30,224 he might be the only one left. 261 00:11:30,257 --> 00:11:32,326 NEWSWOMAN: Governor Cuomo is digging in 262 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:35,329 despite a cascade of demands from politicians-- 263 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:37,264 many fellow Democrats-- 264 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:39,199 saying that he needs to step down 265 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:40,667 for the good of the state. 266 00:11:40,701 --> 00:11:43,537 Almost all of the state's Democratic congresspeople 267 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,172 are calling on Cuomo to go, 268 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,708 along with its two U.S. senators 269 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:51,411 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. 270 00:11:51,445 --> 00:11:53,447 Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence 271 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,482 of his governing partners, 272 00:11:55,516 --> 00:11:57,618 as well as the people of New York. 273 00:11:57,651 --> 00:11:59,486 NEWSWOMAN: Long-time congressman Jerry Nadler says... 274 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:07,928 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 275 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:10,731 and Congressman Jamaal Bowman jointly said... 276 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:19,273 That's right. No one wants anything to do with Cuomo. 277 00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:20,874 AOC wants him to resign. 278 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:22,576 Schumer wants him to resign. 279 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:25,712 His brother renamed his CNN show from Cuomo Prime Time 280 00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:28,015 to just It's Just Chris, Okay?? 281 00:12:28,048 --> 00:12:29,149 It's Just Chris. 282 00:12:29,183 --> 00:12:31,185 But yes, many Democrats say that Cuomo 283 00:12:31,218 --> 00:12:33,387 can no longer effectively lead New York. 284 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,455 And photos like this one aren't helping. 285 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:37,824 I mean, if you're walking around outside wearing a blanket, 286 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,960 you don't look like you're on top of things. 287 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:42,329 You look like you either got saved from a drowning car, 288 00:12:42,362 --> 00:12:44,498 or you live with 100 cats. 289 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:47,301 Or maybe his strategy is just to go in disguise. 290 00:12:47,334 --> 00:12:49,236 Maybe that's what he's trying to do. 291 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:53,740 Andrew Cuomo? No, I'm an old Italian grandmother, 292 00:12:53,774 --> 00:12:55,542 Nonna Maria. 293 00:12:55,576 --> 00:12:58,245 Okay, Granny, well, let's get you back into a nursing home. 294 00:12:58,278 --> 00:13:00,747 Oh, shit. That backfired. 295 00:13:00,781 --> 00:13:02,983 And remember, while all of this is going on, 296 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:06,620 New York is still in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. 297 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:10,557 The state is even dealing with its own New York mutation, 298 00:13:10,591 --> 00:13:12,726 which makes corona easier to catch, 299 00:13:12,759 --> 00:13:15,362 and also makes you weirdly defensive about bagels. 300 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,497 And if you want to convince people 301 00:13:17,531 --> 00:13:19,166 that you're still focused on corona, 302 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:21,935 it's probably a bad idea to have your vaccine czar 303 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:24,605 spending his time doing this. 304 00:13:24,638 --> 00:13:26,006 NEWSMAN: Now a report in The Washington Post 305 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:28,842 makes claims that one of Cuomo's top advisors 306 00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:32,846 and vaccine czar Larry Schwartz, may have crossed ethical lines. 307 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,249 Accused of making calls to county executives 308 00:13:35,282 --> 00:13:37,117 questioning their loyalty. 309 00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:39,620 NEWSWOMAN: One executive was so upset by the call, 310 00:13:39,653 --> 00:13:41,889 the person filed an ethics complaint 311 00:13:41,922 --> 00:13:44,258 with the State Attorney General's Office. 312 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:46,693 According to the report, one official believed 313 00:13:46,727 --> 00:13:49,162 getting vaccines to his area could suffer 314 00:13:49,196 --> 00:13:52,132 if Schwartz was not pleased with his response. 315 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:54,434 And the governor's office and Schwartz deny 316 00:13:54,468 --> 00:13:56,904 that the governor did anything wrong. 317 00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:59,907 Schwartz told the Post that when he made those calls, 318 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,010 it was not in his roll as a vaccine czar, 319 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:05,679 but only as Cuomo's friend. 320 00:14:05,712 --> 00:14:06,813 Oh. 321 00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:08,482 That response is so gangsta. 322 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:10,017 I'm not calling you as the guy 323 00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:12,219 who has all the vaccines your area needs, 324 00:14:12,252 --> 00:14:14,855 I'm just calling you as Cuomo's friend... 325 00:14:14,888 --> 00:14:16,990 who has all the vaccines your area needs. 326 00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:19,526 I just want to know if you support him... 327 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,930 or if you like getting COVID-- it's just a question. 328 00:14:22,963 --> 00:14:26,066 And look, he can say that he was just calling as a friend, 329 00:14:26,099 --> 00:14:28,235 but he is the vaccine czar. 330 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:30,237 Like, he should be doing vaccine shit. 331 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,940 Like, where does he even find the time for chitchat? 332 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:35,876 Because I'm spending all my time in an alley behind Walgreens, 333 00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:38,178 trying to lick the insides of used syringes. 334 00:14:38,212 --> 00:14:41,048 Although, I guess it's not entirely his fault. 335 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:43,083 Like, it's not completely his fault, you know what I mean? 336 00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:45,419 They did make him the vaccine czar. 337 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:48,021 If you don't want people to abuse their power, 338 00:14:48,055 --> 00:14:50,691 maybe stop calling them czars, you know? 339 00:14:50,724 --> 00:14:52,693 Hey, you know those tyrannical rulers from the old days? 340 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,395 That's your job now. But, like, be nice, okay? 341 00:14:55,429 --> 00:14:57,831 So, Cuomo's attempts to stay in power 342 00:14:57,865 --> 00:15:00,167 are only giving people more reasons 343 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,002 to call for his resignation. 344 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:05,472 But Cuomo says it's never going to happen. 345 00:15:05,506 --> 00:15:08,809 And he has a very dumb explanation for why. 346 00:15:08,842 --> 00:15:10,477 NEWSWOMAN: New York governor Andrew Cuomo 347 00:15:10,511 --> 00:15:13,847 reiterating he's innocent amid mounting allegations 348 00:15:13,881 --> 00:15:17,251 and ongoing investigations into his alleged misconduct. 349 00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:21,355 The governor also saying he isn't going anywhere. 350 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:44,745 That's right. 351 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,747 From the time he became governor ten years ago 352 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:48,482 to his years as attorney general, 353 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:50,751 back to when he worked in the Clinton administration, 354 00:15:50,784 --> 00:15:53,387 Andrew Cuomo has never been part of the political club. 355 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:56,523 And if you disagree, you can drive your ass out of New York 356 00:15:56,557 --> 00:15:59,626 on the bridge they named after his governor dad. 357 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:03,030 But yes, Andrew Cuomo thinks that holding him to account 358 00:16:03,063 --> 00:16:04,698 for his actions is... 359 00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:06,700 "cancel culture." 360 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:08,802 Which is obviously making people pretty angry. 361 00:16:08,836 --> 00:16:11,138 Especially nursing home residents. 362 00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:13,340 They're like, "Bitch, you cancelled Gladys." 363 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:16,410 And I got to be honest, if this is cancel culture, 364 00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:19,746 well, then I have no idea what cancel culture means anymore. 365 00:16:19,780 --> 00:16:23,283 I guess it's, it's about letting Dr. Seuss books be racist, 366 00:16:23,317 --> 00:16:27,254 but also not letting politicians get away with sexual harassment. 367 00:16:27,287 --> 00:16:30,257 Cancel culture feels a lot like watching WandaVision. 368 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:32,526 Every time I think I get what it's about, 369 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:34,027 the next scene is, like: 370 00:16:34,061 --> 00:16:35,896 now it's about a purple witch 371 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:37,764 who's only pretend possessed? 372 00:16:37,798 --> 00:16:39,700 But this is the new playbook, you know? 373 00:16:39,733 --> 00:16:41,702 It's the new playbook for all these kinds of scandals. 374 00:16:41,735 --> 00:16:43,470 You just refuse to step aside, 375 00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:45,973 and you hope that things eventually blow over. 376 00:16:46,006 --> 00:16:47,407 It worked for Donald Trump. 377 00:16:47,441 --> 00:16:49,109 It worked for Ralph Northam. 378 00:16:49,142 --> 00:16:51,512 And Andrew Cuomo hopes it'll work... 379 00:16:51,545 --> 00:16:53,313 for Nonna Maria. 380 00:16:53,347 --> 00:16:55,315 All right, when we come back, Jaboukie Young-White decides 381 00:16:55,349 --> 00:16:58,418 whether to take the COVID-19 vaccine or not. 382 00:16:58,452 --> 00:17:00,587 And the one and only Eddie Murphy 383 00:17:00,621 --> 00:17:02,389 is still joining us on the show. 384 00:17:02,422 --> 00:17:04,458 So stick around. 385 00:17:04,491 --> 00:17:07,928 (lively Baroque-style orchestral music playing) 386 00:17:07,961 --> 00:17:08,028 ♪♪ 387 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:32,217 Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show. 388 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:34,620 Now that the COVID-19 vaccines are here, 389 00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:36,989 everyone is scrambling to get one. 390 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:39,057 Well, not everyone. 391 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:42,527 Our own Jaboukie Young-White has some concerns. 392 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:43,929 YOUNG-WHITE: For a year, I've been talking 393 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:45,564 to my good friend and vaccinologist 394 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:47,432 Dr. Hotez about one thing. 395 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:48,901 So, where's this vaccine? 396 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:51,937 The vaccines won't be out till the middle of 2021. 397 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,772 YOUNG-WHITE: But now that the vaccine's finally here, 398 00:17:53,805 --> 00:17:55,474 I'm not sure I want it. 399 00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:58,443 There's too many unanswered questions and concerns. 400 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,879 We've done this in less than a year. 401 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:03,348 Does that mean that safety is being compromised? 402 00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:05,183 NEWSWOMAN: If anything goes wrong with the vaccine, 403 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,719 the drugmakers that produce them aren't responsible. 404 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:10,122 YOUNG-WHITE: Yet Hotez is making it his mission 405 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:12,124 to get everyone vaccinated. 406 00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:14,526 We can and have to, uh, vaccinate, 407 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,229 uh, half a billion people by the summer. 408 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:19,565 We've got to vaccinate the American people 409 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:20,766 ahead of these variants. 410 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:22,734 We need more vaccines. 411 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,304 YOUNG-WHITE: Well, enough is enough. 412 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:28,340 Dr. Hotez. I've been seeing you everywhere 413 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:29,875 promoting this vaccine. 414 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:31,176 You got to stop. 415 00:18:31,209 --> 00:18:32,344 Well, wait a minute, wait a minute. 416 00:18:32,377 --> 00:18:33,478 When we spoke last year, 417 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,547 you were begging for that vaccine. 418 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:37,549 (scoffs) I barely wanted the vaccine. 419 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,017 You're exaggerating. 420 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:42,721 Give me a little taste of that sweet, little vaccine. 421 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:44,189 I will take three boxes 422 00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,959 of the Astra Zendaya OxyContin, please. 423 00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:49,061 W-Well, you didn't pronounce it quite right. 424 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:51,763 Okay, okay! Dr. Hotez, whatever! Just give me your secret stash 425 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:55,367 of Ascot Zendaya Ostrich Farm, please! 426 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,769 Okay, sure. But that was before I heard this. 427 00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:00,372 There's a lot of misinformation about vaccines. 428 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:03,508 I have accurate sources. 429 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:04,910 Horoscopes, memes, 430 00:19:04,943 --> 00:19:07,913 this guy who yells things outside my window. 431 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:10,215 MAN: The world is ending 432 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:12,351 in 2012! 433 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:14,953 I've been giving you the most accurate information 434 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:17,623 that the scientific community have to offer. 435 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,091 YOUNG-WHITE: The best they have to offer 436 00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:20,826 isn't gonna prevent this. 437 00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:23,595 I don't want Bill Gates putting a microchip in me. 438 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:24,830 I want Apple putting a microchip in me. 439 00:19:24,863 --> 00:19:26,231 That way, I'll look all sleek 440 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:28,567 and cost, like, four grand more for no reason. 441 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,069 Let me tell you something. Those anti-vaccine sites, 442 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,537 they're saying not only Bill Gates, 443 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:34,840 but they're saying me and, uh, Tony Fauci 444 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:36,141 were out there in Area 51 445 00:19:36,174 --> 00:19:38,277 putting those chips in the vaccines. 446 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:40,279 Oh, my God. 447 00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:42,547 What's Area 51 like? 448 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:45,984 -Are the aliens cute? -I've never been to Area 51. 449 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:48,720 You can't believe everything that you hear. 450 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,255 I heard the vaccine 451 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:53,091 will turn you gay. 452 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:58,463 Now, how would something like that happen? 453 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:00,933 And, if that is true, 454 00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:04,236 how can I get the vaccine 455 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:06,238 personally distributed to some celebs? 456 00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:07,606 I have a list, and I want to know 457 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:08,807 if they've already gotten it. 458 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,709 Um, Michael B. Jordan. 459 00:20:10,742 --> 00:20:12,344 Timothée Chalamet. 460 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:14,813 Pete Davidson. Logan Lerman. 461 00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:17,482 Daniel Kaluuya. Steven Yeun. 462 00:20:17,516 --> 00:20:19,885 There's no even plausible mechanism 463 00:20:19,918 --> 00:20:22,120 by which that's gonna happen. 464 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,422 YOUNG-WHITE: Huh. How about the fact 465 00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:24,656 that they're rushing the vaccine 466 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:26,992 like a couple on 90 Day Fiancé? 467 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:29,261 Rushing? We've been working on coronavirus vaccines 468 00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,063 for over ten years. 469 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,664 So, a decade of research, 470 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:35,567 and you still haven't found a way to turn people gay. 471 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,903 What is science for, even? 472 00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:41,873 Now, look, uh, vaccines don't modify your DNA, 473 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,842 nobody's sticking chips inside, 474 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:46,378 and they certainly are not gonna change 475 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:47,813 your sexual orientation. 476 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:49,648 How do you know all this information? 477 00:20:49,681 --> 00:20:52,517 Well, I spent my whole life developing vaccines, 478 00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:55,087 and I've also gotten the coronavirus vaccine. 479 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,189 Wait, wait, you were vaccinated? 480 00:20:57,222 --> 00:21:00,492 -Are there any fun side effects? -Any fun side effects? 481 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:03,762 I know I'm not going to go to the hospital or the ICU 482 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:07,633 or-or going to lose my life from COVID-19. 483 00:21:07,666 --> 00:21:09,101 YOUNG-WHITE: Oh, yeah. 484 00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:10,369 I was so worried about the side effects, 485 00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:12,204 I forgot about the main effect: 486 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:14,206 not dying. 487 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:16,108 See, that's what I'm saying. 488 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:18,443 Everyone needs to get this vaccine. 489 00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:21,580 One of the problems is that people don't have access 490 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:24,750 to places where we're delivering the vaccine, 491 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:26,818 especially in low-income neighborhoods. 492 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:28,387 We have to create more sites 493 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:30,088 where people can get vaccinated. 494 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,690 YOUNG-WHITE: But even if they have access, 495 00:21:31,723 --> 00:21:34,059 some people just don't want it. 496 00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:37,062 Vaccine hesitancy rates are pretty high, 497 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:39,431 uh, in, uh, African American neighborhoods 498 00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:40,632 and among people of color. 499 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,669 So, now going on just about every, uh, 500 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:46,605 African American talk radio station I can 501 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:48,173 to talk to them about the importance 502 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:49,575 of getting vaccinated. 503 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:51,176 Okay. Dr. Hotez, no offense, 504 00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:52,644 maybe you're just not the best messenger. 505 00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,514 Maybe I can help because I'm me 506 00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,115 and you're... 507 00:21:58,217 --> 00:22:00,919 -...that. -Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 508 00:22:00,953 --> 00:22:03,388 YOUNG-WHITE: Even though Dr. Hotez has the best intentions, 509 00:22:03,422 --> 00:22:04,823 he can't help the fact that the Black community 510 00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:06,258 doesn't trust white nerds. 511 00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:07,492 That's why I'm here to help. 512 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:09,728 Hello. I am Dr. Jaboukie 513 00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:11,530 here today with a very important message 514 00:22:11,563 --> 00:22:13,665 on why we need to get vaccinated. 515 00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:15,734 These antiviral properties 516 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:18,704 bind to the spike proteins in the body, 517 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:20,706 wh-which... (sighs) 518 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:23,141 Man, you know what, (bleep)? It works like Botox. 519 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:25,010 Okay? I'm 43. 520 00:22:25,043 --> 00:22:26,878 Look, soft. 521 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:28,714 Look, smooth. 522 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:30,482 Wait a minute, wait a minute, you can't say that. 523 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:32,384 You got the first part perfectly. 524 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:35,520 You can't go saying it's gonna work like Botox. 525 00:22:35,554 --> 00:22:36,922 Okay, what's the worst thing that could happen? 526 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,123 I save somebody's life. 527 00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:40,058 Yeah, you want to save someone's life, 528 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:42,027 but you can't say it's gonna work like Botox. 529 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,462 Fine, okay. 530 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:46,365 Studies have shown that it makes your dick bigger. 531 00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:48,467 You can't make those outrageous claims. 532 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,402 (chuckles) Of course, right. 533 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:51,837 Our dicks are already big. 534 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,071 It would just be weird at that point. 535 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,172 Throw away your shea butter, 536 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,375 because it will cure ashiness. 537 00:22:56,408 --> 00:22:58,143 None of those things are true. 538 00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:59,544 You know what? This isn't working for me. 539 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:00,812 Get the (bleep) vaccine. 540 00:23:00,846 --> 00:23:03,282 You know what? I'm-I'm with you, Dr. Jaboukie. 541 00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:05,784 Everybody get the (bleep) vaccine. 542 00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:06,952 Finally! 543 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:09,254 This is Dr. Jaboukie signing off. 544 00:23:09,288 --> 00:23:11,290 And remember, once vaccinated, 545 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:13,258 you'll never be pulled over by the cops again. 546 00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:14,893 HOTEZ: No! No, no, no. 547 00:23:14,927 --> 00:23:17,262 It doesn't do anything with that. 548 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:22,100 Thank you so much, Jaboukie. All right, when we come back, 549 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,970 the one and only Eddie Murphy is joining me on the show, 550 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:25,070 so don't go away. 551 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,742 Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show. 552 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:31,143 Earlier today, I spoke 553 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:33,846 with legendary comedian and actor Eddie Murphy. 554 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:37,049 We talked about making the sequel to Coming to America 555 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:40,085 and when we might see him back onstage. 556 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,288 (buzzes) 557 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:44,256 So, what you doing back here, Idiot Amin? 558 00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:45,691 I have just discovered 559 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:47,359 that I may have a son here in this land. 560 00:23:47,393 --> 00:23:49,094 How much child support she getting from you? 561 00:23:49,128 --> 00:23:50,729 The king pays no child support. 562 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,232 No child support for 30 years, and you came back? 563 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:55,100 You's a dummy! 564 00:23:55,134 --> 00:23:56,602 (laughing) 565 00:23:57,636 --> 00:23:59,004 Eddie Murphy, 566 00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:00,572 welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show. 567 00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:02,741 Oh, thanks for having me. 568 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,110 I feel like you-you, you know, you seem like the kind of person 569 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:07,780 who's almost the least affected by the pandemic, 570 00:24:07,813 --> 00:24:09,315 because I feel like you always stayed at home 571 00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:10,849 before the pandemic. 572 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:13,619 I've been sheltering in place and washing my hands constantly, 573 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:16,188 using Purell for over 30 years. 574 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:17,489 -(laughs) -Yeah. That's something I've known 575 00:24:17,523 --> 00:24:18,757 about Eddie Murphy my whole life. 576 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:21,527 They go and like, "Eddie Murphy washes his hands." 577 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:22,962 Like, that was a thing I knew about... 578 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:25,364 I knew Eddie Murphy: comedian, jokes, actor. 579 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:26,999 But then the third fact I knew about you 580 00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:29,635 was Eddie Murphy washes his hands. 581 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,370 "Very clean. He's a terribly clean man." 582 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:32,871 (chuckles) I'm very clean. 583 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,673 When was the last time you were sick? 584 00:24:34,707 --> 00:24:36,909 -Sick, sick? -Yeah. 585 00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:38,844 Uh... 586 00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:41,013 Maybe about two years ago, 587 00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:43,782 I caught the flu at the Golden Globes. 588 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:46,251 That's why Eddie Murphy doesn't go out. 589 00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:49,655 And the time before that, I caught the flu at the Oscars, 590 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:51,190 like, two or three years before that. 591 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:54,526 It's those big crowds of people getting trophies. 592 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,662 -(laugh) -The virus is in the room. 593 00:24:56,695 --> 00:24:59,431 (both laugh) 594 00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:02,368 People have grown up with you. People have-have emulated you. 595 00:25:02,401 --> 00:25:04,603 There's no stand-up comedian who hasn't been touched by you. 596 00:25:04,637 --> 00:25:06,672 There's no film or there's no comedic actor 597 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:08,207 who doesn't have a little bit of Eddie Murphy 598 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,942 in how they perform. 599 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,777 We see it in Coming 2 America now. 600 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:13,178 You know, it's like... it's like a celebration 601 00:25:13,212 --> 00:25:16,482 of a movie that was genre-defying back then. 602 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,684 I mean, I remember watching that movie, going like, 603 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:20,619 "I've never seen Africans portrayed like this 604 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:22,588 in an American film." 605 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:24,690 You know, seeing, like, regal Africans, 606 00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:26,759 seeing rich Africans. 607 00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:29,561 I mean, Zamunda was-was Wakanda before Wakanda in that way. 608 00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:31,297 It was just like, "What-what is this place, 609 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:33,632 you know, where the royal penis is being cleaned?" 610 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:34,933 You know what I mean? 611 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:37,136 (both laugh) 612 00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:38,937 When you, uh, when you... When you decided 613 00:25:38,971 --> 00:25:41,006 to make Coming 2 America, the sequel, 614 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,374 I-I'm sure it wasn't an easy choice. 615 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:43,976 Why did you say yes? 616 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:47,313 It was an easy... It was a totally easy choice. 617 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:48,647 It kind of happened organically. 618 00:25:48,681 --> 00:25:51,784 It wasn't like, uh, somebody pitched it, 619 00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:53,118 and I was like, "Oh." 620 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:54,820 What happened was the movie became 621 00:25:54,853 --> 00:25:56,655 a cult movie over the years. 622 00:25:56,689 --> 00:26:00,059 -Right. -And-and I've re... I-I've realized, 623 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:01,694 you know, there's an audience for this movie 624 00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:04,129 if I can figure out a way to connect those dots. 625 00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:08,033 There's an audience for a sequel to the movie. 626 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:10,135 But that was, you know, 25 years into it. 627 00:26:10,169 --> 00:26:12,204 People started, you know, dressing up as-- 628 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:14,506 On Halloween, people get dressed up as some of the characters. 629 00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:16,842 And they have a-a restaurant in L.A.-- 630 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:19,044 uh, I think it's called Fat Sal's-- 631 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,514 they turn their restaurant into a McDowell's restaurant. 632 00:26:22,548 --> 00:26:23,949 Right, right. 633 00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:27,086 And on VH1 shows Coming to America 634 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,054 24 hours straight on Christmas. 635 00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:30,656 -So it's stuff like that, you know? -Right. 636 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,157 So that's what made me go, 637 00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:33,859 "There's an audience for the movie." 638 00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:36,128 I loved how, the movie, 639 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:38,530 it was-- it was new enough to be, like, 640 00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:40,299 you know, new for a new generation, 641 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:41,867 but I love that you guys brought back 642 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,802 so many of the same characters. 643 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:45,604 I mean, like, my-my favorite characters easily 644 00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:46,805 are the barbershop fellows. 645 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,140 Like, I mean-- You know what I mean. 646 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:50,042 Everyone from Saul to the dudes in the chairs. 647 00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:53,379 Did you ever go out into the streets as those characters 648 00:26:53,412 --> 00:26:55,781 just to test the characters in real life? 649 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:57,883 Oh, yeah. When we first put them on, we'd go out 650 00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:00,452 and play around in those makeups. 651 00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:03,122 Like, you would go out as the old dude from the barbershop? 652 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:05,391 Absolutely. A couple times we went out in that-- 653 00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:07,693 those makeups, just to talk to people 654 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,929 and s-- you know, see if the makeup is working. 655 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,765 'Cause I don't know if this story's true or not, 656 00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:15,868 but Arsenio told me that you wanted to see 657 00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:18,404 how convincing you could be as an old man 658 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:22,641 and you-you decided to go and, like, flirt with older ladies 659 00:27:22,675 --> 00:27:24,877 just to see if you were in, like, the right bracket. 660 00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:27,613 No, not-not for-- not to see how convincing I was. 661 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,715 To see how convincing the makeup would be. 662 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:32,451 -Right. -So I flirted with some older-older woman 663 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,553 when I was an-an older man. 664 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,188 -And? -(chuckles) 665 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:37,623 And-and I got the pussy. 666 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,658 -No, I'm just kidding. (laughing) -(laughing) 667 00:27:44,029 --> 00:27:47,666 -Oh, man. -Actually, some of the easiest pussy I ever had. 668 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,569 Be surprised how easy old women are. 669 00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:52,604 (laughing) 670 00:27:53,973 --> 00:27:55,674 Oh, man. You-you... 671 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,409 "Oh, your back is so strong." 672 00:27:57,443 --> 00:27:59,445 (laughing) 673 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:04,149 Did you ever feel like living like that? 674 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:06,018 Or, like, not-not living like that but going out like that? 675 00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:09,788 Because Eddie Murphy is-is an insane superstar. 676 00:28:09,822 --> 00:28:10,990 I mean, I remember there was a time 677 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,257 when you went around with bodyguards, 678 00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:13,759 but it was, like, for a short moment in time. 679 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:15,594 And then you were like, "I don't-- I don't do this." 680 00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:17,796 But I wonder if Eddie Murphy-- Like, have you ever just thought 681 00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:19,665 to yourself, "I'm just gonna go out as a different character 682 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,667 and see what life is like"? 683 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,670 I used to go out with bodyguards back in the early days 684 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:26,572 when I toured 685 00:28:26,605 --> 00:28:30,009 -or when I was at the club every night. -Right. 686 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:33,812 ...around people drunk every night 687 00:28:33,846 --> 00:28:35,814 and you're one of the faces, 688 00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,983 you should have some people around you, so... 689 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:41,387 But after-after that period, I never, you know... 690 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:43,255 You know, I got rid of them, and... 691 00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:46,392 I kind of don't really go out that much. 692 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:48,527 You know? So... 693 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,063 I kind of have my little... 694 00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:53,399 world that I'm in and... 695 00:28:53,432 --> 00:28:56,368 not really doing a lot of going out. (chuckles) 696 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:59,104 And if I do, it's to some controlled place. 697 00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:01,707 Right, right, right. It feels like you were... 698 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:04,176 ...first part of your c-- first part of your question was what? 699 00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:06,478 No, I wanted to know if you just went out like that ever. 700 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:09,348 You know? If you-- if-- Just to be, like, free, as Eddie Murphy. 701 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:10,950 Just to-- just to be like, "Yeah, I can just do 702 00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:14,687 -whatever I want." -Yeah, I could-- I just go out as-as me, 703 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,522 you know, to controlled places, 704 00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:19,558 you know, for the most part. 705 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,160 And I never put on the makeup. 706 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,295 'Cause you're not really free if you go out in those makeups. 707 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:26,532 It's like, "I'm free! I'm this other guy." (chuckles) 708 00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:29,168 You know what? I did a movie called Norbit years ago, 709 00:29:29,201 --> 00:29:32,371 and, uh, uh, uh... where I had no mustache. 710 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:35,674 The only movie I've ever done in my whole career 711 00:29:35,708 --> 00:29:37,343 where I had no mustache. 712 00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:41,580 And, uh, I'm-- with no mustache, I'm unrecognizable. 713 00:29:41,614 --> 00:29:44,984 -Huh. -Like, me just walk-- If I cut my mustache off, 714 00:29:45,017 --> 00:29:48,420 I could walk into-- I literally have gone to Mr. Chow's 715 00:29:48,454 --> 00:29:51,624 with no mustache and walked past, you know, 716 00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:53,959 photographers and I'll just walk right p-- 717 00:29:53,993 --> 00:29:56,562 going up to people that I knew, famous people, 718 00:29:56,595 --> 00:29:58,631 and talking to 'em for a second, and they'll be like, 719 00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:01,033 "Who is this?" And they'll realize. (chuckles) 720 00:30:01,066 --> 00:30:03,002 -Wow. -I'm a totally different person. 721 00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:05,037 -It's just that. -And I don't like it. I don't like it. 722 00:30:05,070 --> 00:30:07,706 I didn't like it. I didn't like the whole "being just a guy." 723 00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:10,209 -You know, I was just... -(laughing) 724 00:30:10,242 --> 00:30:12,344 "I think I'm ugly. I think I'm ugly." 725 00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:14,747 The way they were acting, the way they were acting, 726 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,715 I think, without my mustache, I might be 727 00:30:16,749 --> 00:30:19,251 not just regular guy but an ugly regular guy. 728 00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:22,154 Listen, girls wasn't giving me no kind of energy or nothing. 729 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:25,357 I walked in. No-- It was very sh-- I hated it. 730 00:30:25,391 --> 00:30:28,327 I grew my mustache back as quickly as possible. 731 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,329 (laughing) 732 00:30:30,362 --> 00:30:32,398 When-when we look at your career now, 733 00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:34,266 um, you've done everything. 734 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:37,202 And you've always talked about how your family's your legacy. 735 00:30:37,236 --> 00:30:41,407 But, selfishly, your fans want more stand-up from Eddie Murphy. 736 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,841 Are you coming back to the stage? 737 00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:44,677 Yeah, that-- The plan was, 738 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:47,579 I took off from making movies in 2011. 739 00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:50,082 -Right. -And then six, seven years go by and I'm like, 740 00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:51,317 "Okay, all right, I'm-- 741 00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:52,985 "I've-I've recharged my batteries, 742 00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:54,753 and I want to go do some stuff." 743 00:30:54,787 --> 00:30:56,455 And I was like, "You know what would be really cool? 744 00:30:56,488 --> 00:30:57,823 To do some stand-up." 745 00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,591 But I don't want to just jump back out there, 746 00:30:59,625 --> 00:31:02,594 having not had a new movie out in years, 747 00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:04,663 so I was like, "Let me go do so stuff 748 00:31:04,697 --> 00:31:07,266 to-to kind of remind them that I'm funny." 749 00:31:07,299 --> 00:31:09,501 So, like, I did, uh, Dolomite, 750 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,071 and then we went back to Saturday Night Live. 751 00:31:12,104 --> 00:31:14,807 And then the plan was to do Coming 2 America. We did that. 752 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,910 Then the plan was to go and do stand-up. 753 00:31:17,943 --> 00:31:20,446 But then the pandemic hit. So this last year 754 00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:22,047 when we were all sheltering, that was the year 755 00:31:22,081 --> 00:31:24,717 I would have been out trying to get my shit back together. 756 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:26,218 Right, right, right, right, right. 757 00:31:26,251 --> 00:31:28,587 So as soon as we get back to, you know, 758 00:31:28,621 --> 00:31:30,789 people can sit in a room again and you can go, 759 00:31:30,823 --> 00:31:32,524 then I'm gonna go start workshopping 760 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,026 and getting the act together and-- 761 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:36,228 The plan is to do it again. 762 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:38,230 Eh. Well, we're looking forward to it. 763 00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:40,666 It's, uh... it's been an amazing journey, 764 00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:43,335 having you in our lives. Thank you for releasing a movie. 765 00:31:43,369 --> 00:31:44,436 Thank you for getting back onstage. 766 00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:45,671 And thank you for being you. 767 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,239 -Keep washing your hands. -Oh, and thank you for being 768 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:48,907 -in the movie. To-To... -Oh, no, are you k-- 769 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:50,909 -are you kidding me? -Totatsi Bibinyana? 770 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:53,245 -T-Totatsi Bibinyana. -(laughs) 771 00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:55,714 -MURPHY: That's a great name. -(laughs) 772 00:31:55,748 --> 00:31:57,016 I was like, "I know it's authentic, 773 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:59,285 -'cause he's from South Africa, so I know that's..." -(laughs) 774 00:31:59,318 --> 00:32:01,954 I made up all those other names. Those are not real names. 775 00:32:01,987 --> 00:32:03,188 Most of them are, like, uh... 776 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:05,758 My mother's name in it was, uh, Aoleon. 777 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:08,294 That's not-- that's not a real name. I totally made that name-- 778 00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:11,430 "Jaffe Joffer" is a totally made-up name. 779 00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:13,532 (laughing) 780 00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:16,235 "Totatsi Bibinyana" sounds very authentic. 781 00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:18,237 It-it really does. Well, "Bibinyana," 782 00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,205 a lot of people don't-- "Bibinyana" is actually like-- 783 00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:21,840 it's a play on-- it-it-- technic-- 784 00:32:21,874 --> 00:32:25,110 if you say it properly, it means "small penis." 785 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:27,646 So there was a little joke, a inside joke 786 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,916 -for-for South Africans. -Exactly. 787 00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:32,584 Yeah. Like, my brother came up to me and he was like, 788 00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:34,320 "Hey, man, who-who called you that, 789 00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:36,288 "because I don't know if these Americans know 790 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:38,090 what they called you." And I was like, "Oh, no, 791 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:39,959 that-that was on our side." He's like, "Oh. 792 00:32:39,992 --> 00:32:41,627 "'Cause that sounds like... 793 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,696 -That sounds like a..." -And is "Totatsi" something, too? 794 00:32:43,729 --> 00:32:45,097 No, no, no. That was just, like, a South African-- 795 00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:46,966 just, like, play on the name and then-- 796 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:48,934 It was a last name that sounds like it. 797 00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:51,403 -It sounds like it. -"Little Dick Totatsi." 798 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:53,172 That's what your name, Bibinyana, means. 799 00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:55,674 -Totatsi... -Well, it sounds-- it sounds like it. 800 00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:57,643 Sounds like "small dick." But it isn't. 801 00:32:57,676 --> 00:32:59,511 -It sounds like it. You know? -Okay. 802 00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:01,313 Just to give it some of that-- just to give it some of that. 803 00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:03,182 But thank you for having me, man. Thank you so much. 804 00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:05,184 -Thanks for doing it. -I'm excited to see you on the-- 805 00:33:05,217 --> 00:33:07,353 on the stage again, Eddie. And, um... 806 00:33:07,386 --> 00:33:09,888 Yeah, man, keep washing your hands, keep doing you. 807 00:33:09,922 --> 00:33:11,790 -And I appreciate you. -Yeah, man. 808 00:33:11,824 --> 00:33:14,326 I appreciate you, too. And thank you for having me. 809 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,996 And congratulations for all the success you've been having, man. 810 00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:19,865 -You've really... Funny brother. -Thank you, sir. 811 00:33:19,898 --> 00:33:22,434 Don't forget, Coming 2 America is available now 812 00:33:22,468 --> 00:33:24,203 on Amazon Prime Video. 813 00:33:24,236 --> 00:33:25,638 All right, we're gonna take a quick break, 814 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:25,738 but we'll be right back after this. 815 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:29,908 Well, that's our show for tonight. But before we go, 816 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,809 remember, it's Women's History Month. 817 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,979 So please consider supporting Black Girls Code. 818 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:38,016 It's an organization dedicated to leveling the playing field 819 00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:40,051 for girls of color in STEM. 820 00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:41,519 By supporting Black Girls Code, 821 00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:43,688 you're helping empower young girls who use technology 822 00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:47,292 to change their lives and all of our lives for the better. 823 00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:49,160 So if you can help out, go to the link below 824 00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:50,595 and do whatever you can. 825 00:33:50,628 --> 00:33:52,931 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, 826 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:54,799 wear a mask, and, remember, 827 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:56,434 if you say the N-word, 828 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:58,136 I'm sorry to inform you, 829 00:33:58,169 --> 00:33:59,971 you've got diabetes. 830 00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:02,640 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 831 00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:04,676 ? ? 832 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,612 NEWSWOMAN: Scientists plan to send a sperm bank to the moon 833 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:10,782 as a "modern global insurance policy." 834 00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:14,285 -NEWSWOMAN 2: They're sending 6.7 million species? -Uh-huh. 835 00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:15,820 Yes. 836 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:18,256 Wow. They've been collecting for a while. 837 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:19,991 And I want to-- I want to know, like, 838 00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:22,794 where-- what is the collection gonna look like? 839 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:24,462 What are they gonna put it in 840 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:26,564 to keep everything separated? 841 00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:28,233 NEWSMAN: My question is, like, 842 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,901 whose stuff are they gonna get? 843 00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:31,703 How'd you like to be one of those guys? 844 00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:33,371 It's always gonna be there. Anyway... 845 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:34,939 -Let's not go there. Let's just move on. -(laughs) 846 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:35,039 -We're gonna go to the... -? ?