Hey! What's going on, everybody? I'm Trevor Noah,
and this is The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Today is March 16,
which means we are smack-dab in the middle
of Women's History Month.
And to celebrate, let's once again highlight
a random woman from history so we can thank her.
Let's see who we got today.
-(ding) -Oh!
Today is Anne Thompson,
the first woman to tell her boyfriend
that she doesn't give a shit
that Jango Fett's origin was retconned
in The Mandalorian.
God bless you, Anne Thompson.
Anyway, on tonight's show,
why Donald Trump won't help you get vaccinated,
the Catholic Church is making it rain,
and Tinder knows all your secrets.
So let's do this, people.
Welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
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ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch in New York City
to your couch somewhere in the world,
this is The Daily Social Distancing Show
with Trevor Noah.
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Let's kick things off
with some hot technology news about Tinder,
A.K.A. Postmates for chlamydia.
Tinder dates can be unpredictable.
I mean, the only thing you know for sure
when you meet up with a Tinder match
is that they're not gonna look
as good as they do in their profile pic.
But now Tinder wants to give you a little extra peek
behind the curtain.
NEWSWOMAN: Tinder will soon let users run background checks
on possible dates.
Match, which owns Tinder,
announcing an investment in Garbo.
That's a nonprofit that aims to let people run checks
with only their name and phone number.
So this means that users will be able to vet dates
with details such as their arrest record
or history of violence.
Background checks will not be free,
but Match says that it's working on a price
that will make it affordable for most users.
Yes!
A Tinder background check, baby!
This will help people avoid dating criminals,
and it'll help criminals find other criminals
to do crimes with.
Aw.
You know, if you ask me,
it's about time that they started this feature.
I mean, for one thing, it's way more efficient
than what people have to do now
to figure out if they're dating a criminal.
"So, are you into wine?
"Like, you know, have you ever made...
toilet wine?"
And if there are any guys out there going,
"Wait, I don't want a woman knowing all this stuff about me
before we even date," my man,
trust me, they already know way more
than a background check will tell them.
Before a woman goes on a date with you,
she and her friends have already scrolled through your Instagram
and the Instagrams of everyone tagged on your Instagram.
So they already know you still comment
on photos of your prom date, even though she has kids now.
They know everything.
And just to be clear,
just because someone has a criminal history,
it doesn't mean that you shouldn't date them, okay?
I'm not saying that. In fact,
depending on the crime,
it might even make them pretty appealing.
You know? Like, at first, you might swipe left
on someone who did time for insurance fraud.
But 900 horrible dates later,
you're gonna come back to him like, "You know,
"insurance fraud is really one of the smart felonies,
"when you think about it.
Let's go out for that drink."
Honestly, I want a background check
that'll look for other warning signs besides criminal history.
You know? Like, do they kiss with their eyes open?
Do they send you memes three weeks after they went viral?
Are they obsessed with astrology?
Or, even worse,
are they a Capricorn? (shudders)
Speaking of people who could use a background check,
the Catholic Church.
As an institution, the church has been involved
in many shady things over the past 2,000 years.
You know? The Crusades,
waterboarding babies,
that priest who keeps walking into a bar.
That guy has a drinking problem.
But now a major Catholic order
is trying to make good on one mistake from its history.
As calls for reparations
continue to grow across the U.S.,
Catholic priests have vowed to raise $100 million
to benefit descendants of enslaved people.
Leaders in the Catholic Church acknowledged
that the institution was built on the backs of slaves,
and they say this is a move towards racial healing.
It's a way of our asking for forgiveness
and making reparations.
$100 million.
That's huge.
Do you realize how many pieces of art from the Vatican
they're gonna have to sell to raise that much money?
Like...
one.
Still, this is great news.
The Catholic Church not just recognizing
that owning slaves was wrong
but making reparations to the descendants
for exploiting their ancestors.
And I bet it will be a wonderful moment
when the church presents those descendants
with the reparations.
(chanting): "This money is for owning
your great-grandfather."
"Uh, I thought this was for you guys touching us
when we were kids."
And I don't know how they plan to give out this money,
but, in my opinion,
I think they should keep it simple.
From now on, every collection plate
goes directly to a Black person,
and, that way, Black people can supervise
the whole process, too.
"Yo, yo, yo. Two dollars?
"Man, I saw you parking that Range Rover.
Come on, man. Come on. Do something."
Moving on to news from Ireland,
the country that ditched the royal family
before Oprah's interview.
If you've always wanted to visit the Emerald Isle
for St. Patrick's Day,
well, it turns out you're not the only one.
NEWSWOMAN: An Arctic walrus was spotted in Ireland.
Experts with the Marine Conservation Society say
this young walrus likely fell asleep on an iceberg
and woke up miles away.
So scientists with the conservation society say
it's incredibly unusual to see the animals so far south.
They say he looks fit and well-fed
and should be able to make the trip back home.
Aw.
What an adorable story
of a walrus that went on a bender,
blacked out, and is lying to its family.
Seriously though, seeing a walrus this far south
is so cute.
And the good news is that, with climate change,
this is gonna happen more and more.
We're gonna get all sorts of Arctic animals floating down
on melting icebergs:
walruses, polar bears,
Santa's corpse.
It's gonna be so cool!
You know, I bet accidents like this
are how so many evolutionary leaps took place.
Like, have you ever seen a tapir?
Have you seen that thing?
I mean, the only reason those things exist
is clearly because, at some point in history,
an elephant drifted into a family of skunks
and they were all just like,
"Okay, I guess we're doing this."
And despite what everyone else feels,
I don't feel bad for this walrus.
I actually feel bad for all of his walrus friends
in the Arctic. Yeah.
Because when he gets back,
they're gonna have to listen to him going,
"Guinness just tastes better in Ireland.
"You guys have to go. Oh, my God,
"the Guinness here is horrible.
"Real Guinness? Oh, guys.
(chuckles) "You haven't lived.
And, by the away, it's 'Ire-land.'"
Moving on to our main story,
the COVID vaccine.
It's the reason all your friends have been dressing up
as Mrs. Doubtfire.
Where do things stand right now with the vaccine rollout?
Do you know?
Well, let's find out in another installment
of Keeping Up with Corona.
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The United States is now administering
2.4 million vaccine doses per day,
which is amazing.
In fact, it's one of the best vaccine rollouts in the world.
But there are still concerns
that many Americans are hesitant about getting the shot.
And that's a big problem,
especially because the country will soon be overrun
by the U.K. variant,
which is infecting thousands of Americans a day
and taking all their acting roles.
So, to stop that variant from taking hold,
America needs to vaccinate as many people
as quickly as possible,
which is why four top Americans
are trying to convince the rest of the country.
NEWSMAN: Former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter
have joined together to make sure Americans understand
the importance of getting the COVID vaccine.
The Ad Council put out two new public service announcements--
you see 'em here-- featuring all of those former presidents
and the former first ladies.
In order to get rid of this pandemic,
it's important for our fellow citizens to get vaccinated.
This vaccine means hope.
It will protect you and those you love
from this dangerous and deadly disease.
CARTER: I'm getting vaccinated because we want this pandemic
to end as soon as possible.
CLINTON: I want to go back to work,
and I want to be able to move around.
That's right, people.
If we all get vaccinated,
then Bill Clinton will be free to do whatever he wants,
which-- Wait.
Is that a good thing?
But this is really great to see, you know?
All these former presidents getting together
to help this cause.
The truth is, though,
people don't always like being told what to do, you know?
Sometimes you have to be a little more subtle,
or do it without them knowing entirely.
And when you think about it,
ex-presidents should be last in line for the vaccine,
because, let's be honest--
they're the least essential workers.
I mean, what do ex-presidents do?
All they do is, like, give speeches to Goldman Sachs.
I'm just saying, if George Bush gets the vaccine,
I better see him delivering my DoorDash order.
Oh, shucks, I just spilled everything,
but I hope you give me five stars. (laughs)
Now, you've probably noticed
that there was one president who didn't do the PSA--
Donald Jaundice Trump.
And I know normally,
Donald Trump not talking about coronavirus--
that would be a blessing.
I mean, the ad campaign wouldn't be great if it was like...
(as Obama): That's why everyone needs to get the vaccine.
(as Trump): Or just snort Ajax.
Works just as well.
Many people are saying it.
So many people.
But this just might be the one case
where Donald Trump can really make a good difference,
because it turns out, the people who are most reluctant
to get the vaccine are also his biggest fans.
NEWSMAN: A new CBS News poll finds
that a third of Republicans say they will not get vaccinated.
That's more than Democrats and Independents.
NEWSMAN 2: Dr. Anthony Fauci urging
former president Donald Trump to persuade more
of his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
I think it would make all the difference in the world.
He's a very widely popular person among Republicans.
If he came out and said, "Go and get vaccinated.
"It's really important for your health,
the health of your family, and the health of the country,"
it seems absolutely inevitable
that the vast majority of people
who are his close followers would listen to him.
I just don't get it, Chris,
why they don't want to get vaccinated.
What? Of course they'll listen to him.
Trump can convince his followers to do anything.
The man convinced them to overthrow the government
and try to hang Mike Pence,
and that they all looked good in a busted red hat.
And I can't say I'm surprised. I can't say that I'm surprised
that Trump isn't making an effort to get people vaccinated.
I mean, the man barely did his job when he had his job.
You think he's going to start working now? For free?
But the funny thing is,
that even while Trump seems totally uninterested
in promoting the vaccine,
he's very interested in getting credit for it.
The former president isn't staying silent, of course.
He released a statement about the vaccine.
"I hope that everyone remembers
"when they're getting the COVID-19
"(often referred to as the China Virus) Vaccine,
"that if I wasn't president,
"you wouldn't be getting that beautiful shot
"for five years, at best,
"and probably wouldn't be getting it at all.
I hope everyone remembers!"
Oh, man. (laughs)
Oh, this dude.
Man, he misses Twitter so much.
'Cause, like, he used to be in the mix so hard, all the time.
Now he just gets to issue a statement every week like,
"Does anyone remember me? Hello?!
"I was the covfefe guy.
"We had good times.
Remember me? Covfefe!"
And, look, I get where Trump is coming from.
The vaccines were a scientific miracle
developed in record time on his watch.
You cannot deny that.
But that's what makes it so weird
that he's not out there promoting the vaccine.
Like, when Tom Brady won the Super Bowl,
he went and held the trophy and celebrated with his team.
He wasn't like, "Yo, I'm gonna sneak out the back.
Don't tell anybody I was here."
So, look, I don't know why Trump isn't promoting the vaccine.
I mean, maybe he doesn't want to help Joe Biden end the pandemic.
You know, maybe he's still trying
to unload all the hydroxychloroquine
that he bought last summer.
The question is, though,
why are Republicans so hesitant
to get the vaccine in the first place?
Well, it might be
because their most trusted friends are telling them
it can't be trusted.
There are things we don't know
about the effects of this vaccine.
How necessary is it to take the vaccine?
How effective are these drugs?
Are they safe? Is there a study on that?
May we see it? And, by the way,
how much are the drug companies making off this stuff?
I'm actually beginning to have doubts.
I've been telling my friends I'm going to get the vaccine.
They... You know, half of them agree,
and the other half think I'm absolutely nuts.
They wouldn't take it in a million years.
I don't know who to listen to.
Yeah, you see, Fox News isn't explicitly telling its viewers
not to take the vaccine.
They're just questioning whether you should,
over and over and over again.
Any you may think that that's irresponsible.
My favorite segment on Tucker's show
is when he fires off a bunch of questions
that he could easily google.
How effective is the vaccine?
Is the vaccine safe?
Are there any pizzerias near me?
What do child stars look like now?
And, you know, it's especially weird
to hear people on the news doing this.
Like, how does America still call this the news?
You're the one who should be giving people the answers.
And yet, you're asking it.
It's like a math teacher going, "What is multiplication?
"Who invented it? What is it going to be used for today?
Okay, class dismissed."
So, when it comes to promoting the vaccine,
Trump has disappeared faster than Chris Harrison.
And Tucker Carlson is more afraid
of Cardi B's legs spreading than COVID spreading.
So, is there any way to persuade conservatives
that this vaccine is good for them?
Well, I don't know,
but there is a new product that's giving it a try.
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All right, when we come back,
the brilliant Rebecca Carroll will be on the show
to talk about what it's like
to be adopted by a white family when you're Black.
Stick around.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Earlier today, I spoke with Rebecca Carroll,
an award-winning author, podcast host and Black culture critic.
We talked about her new memoir
in which she examines transracial adoption
and forging her own Black identity.
Rebecca Carroll, welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Thank you so much for having me, Trevor.
It's truly a pleasure to have you here
because you are, for so many people, a cultural icon.
You know, you're a critic at large.
You've interviewed some of the most notable voices
and faces in the world today.
You've had some of the most interesting conversations,
not just about life, but about race
and how it affects everybody's lives.
But today, we're having you on the show for a really, um,
similar, and yet, different reason, and that is
because you've turned that lens on yourself
with one of my favorite memoirs that I've ever read.
As somebody who is so used to asking people about their lives,
was it easier or harder to ask yourself questions
about where you had come from and how you had come to be?
Thank you, Trevor, for such a delightful
and kind and generous introduction.
I am really, really thrilled to be here,
uh, and appreciate you so much.
So, I thought it would be, given the fact
that I had interviewed so many people, like, I thought,
"Oh, yeah, I'll just turn it," as you said,
"on me and ask myself some questions."
Turns out, that's now how memoir writing works.
(both laughing)
Uh, neither is it about, you know,
sort of stringing, um, memories together.
It's really a craft.
And so that was the thing that...
that I was most concerned with
and also, the most sort of, um, focused on.
And I know that the story is interesting, 'cause I lived it.
-Right. -But... but the most important thing for me
was to figure out the arc and the craft
of-of writing this memoir.
And I think a lot of things had to happen.
I had to get grown.
Uh, I had to own the experiences.
And I also had to make sure that... the...
the narrative arc only answered the question of whether...
what was... what was mentioned or included
-survived the White Gaze. Right? -Right. Right.
So there were a lot of experiences, obviously,
that I could have included, but that was the process for me
of really, like: Okay, but does that speak
to surviving the White Gaze?
"Surviving the White Gaze" is such an apt description
for what it feels like you went through.
Because for those who don't know a piece of your story,
you-you... you were rai...
you were adopted by a white family,
raised by this family in an all-white neighborhood.
I mean, you didn't see another black person
until, I think it was, what, the age of-- was it six?
Yeah. Six years old.
And you-you tell these stories, and what's really interesting
in the book is how you have your story, as a child
who's adopted by a white family,
and then we learn more of your story, you know,
reconnecting with your birth mother,
reconnecting with your birth father.
And so we'll talk a little bit more about that,
but let's start with the...
with the adoption family.
One of the most controversial conversations that people have,
especially in American today, is: Should white people
be adopting black children?
Some people say no, never.
And then others will say: How can you...
Would you rather have a child not have parents...
you know, than to have white parents who maybe aren't,
you know, well versed in their cultural existence
or how to raise a black child?
And you have an interestingly nuanced point of view on this,
because you lived it.
How would you respond to people who say:
Should white people adopt black children?
So, let me preface my answer by saying,
I was very loved, um, and I believe, uh,
that transracial adoption can work.
What I also think is that it presents a dynamic
that mirrors the kind of foundational relationship
between black folks and white folks.
I am not likening transracial adoption to slavery.
I'm saying that the foundational dynamic
between black folks and white folks
in this country-- and other countries,
but in this country-- is white people setting the tone,
setting the structure, setting the standards,
deciding what is valuable, making choices
for those who don't have any rights, really. Like, and...
So that's what black kids are in these families.
And so if white parents adopt black children
and they don't make very conscious decisions
about incorporating, including, immersing,
valuing, just valuing blackness,
-Right, right. -then it's deeply problematic, right?
It's not just one doll, it's not just one poster,
it's not just one, um, you know, uh, mentor.
It's really an immersion process that has to happen,
um, and that doesn't happen.
Um, and so should white parents adopt black children?
If they are prepared to raise black children
into black adults, then yes.
That's-that's... It seems simple,
and yet it's one of the most complicated things to do,
especially in a country where race
is as fraught as it is in America.
Because you talk about, in the book,
about how your parents didn't even know how to do your hair.
Something that seems innocuous.
You never think of having to know
how to do your child's hair, because it's just hair,
and yet it is so much more than just being hair.
There are parents out there who may say:
Look, I don't want my child to be brought up black.
Why can't they be just raised as a Johnson?
It doesn't have to be about black or white, Rebecca.
Why can't they just be raised as a family member?
Why do I have to remind them of their blackness?
Why do we have to exclude them from the family?
What do you think they're missing
when they say these things?
The idea of just being a Johnson... (laughs)
is in keeping with this notion of race-lessness,
or color-blind,
or post-racial,
which is basically, the message is:
I will value you only if I strip you of something
that is so critically important to you.
Right? Like, I want you to see that I am black.
That's important to me.
I don't need you to bring it up in every conversation, you know?
-(laughs) -That's... but that's the thing, right,
is that so many white people think:
Well, if I'm recognizing your blackness, I'm "othering" you.
No, if you're recognizing my blackness,
you're recognizing what a phenomenal legacy
and culture and people that I come from.
You kept your journals. You know, you kept your letters.
You kept your memories as they were at the time.
It really makes the stories come alive,
and makes some of them even more painful, you know?
I would love to know how you deal with the paradox, at times,
of talking about racism or talking about the ignorance
that some white people will have
with regards to dealing with race,
but then still explain to people that you have white family
who you love and who loved you
and who you work with, et cetera.
Like, how do you deal with explaining that paradox
to other people?
That's a really good question
in that...
especially with the book coming out
and managing, sort of, the fallout,
for lack of a better term,
of how my white family has received the book,
and, you know, sort of foolishly, maybe,
I thought writing this book would be, in some ways,
a kind of offering, a kind of gift for them
to kind of understand, um, what my experience was like.
Uh, but I think that they have felt
kind of betrayed, almost, that, um...
or-or... defensive,
or all of the things that white people feel
when they're sort of, like: Whoa. I don't...
I didn't realize that I was right in the room
-Right. -when this black person was feeling this.
-Right. -And it just happens that that black person
is their sister or their daughter.
I have spent a lifetime...
trying to, you know, be okay with, um...
with-with the whiteness of... of my foun... of my foundation.
Um, and that's why it was so important to me
to meet my black birth father and to raise my son,
who is mixed, but as a black child, as a black boy.
He read your book, by the way, and loved it.
-Thank you. -He's a teenager. Yeah.
Um, and so, you know, it's not about explaining, I think.
It's really about, um,
just walking in the identity that I am.
Right? So Surviving the White Gaze,
it's about surviving, but it's also about becoming.
So it doesn't, you know-- even in conversations
-that I have with my... with my son, -Right, right.
You know, it doesn't make my son any less black
-because his dad is white. -Right.
Well, I honestly hope that everyone reads the book.
And I think for every different reason.
I think for parents with their children, adopted or not.
I think for people who are struggling with identity,
whether they're mixed or not.
I think it's a fantastic book, and I thank you
for taking the time to join me today on the show.
Trevor, thank you so much for having me.
-I really, really appreciate it. -Thank you very much, Rebecca.
Surviving the White Gaze is available right now.
And be sure to check out her forthcoming audible podcast,
Billie Was a Black Woman.
All right, when we come back, I'll be talking to a rising star
in the modeling world, Precious Lee.
You don't want to miss it.
Welcome back to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Earlier today, I spoke with Precious Lee,
who's the first black curve model
to appear in American Vogue,
and the first to be featured
in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
We talked about her journey in the fashion industry,
and what it's like being on the new cover of British Vogue.
Precious Lee,
welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Thank you for having me.
It is an absolute pleasure to have you.
I'm even shocked that you have the time
to be my guest on the show, um, because you're doing everything.
You're genuinely doing... I'm gonna read
just some of the things that you're doing.
Um, you-you... First African American curve model
to appear in American Vogue.
The first Black plus-size model to grace
the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
And last January, you officially became
the face of Versace
alongside Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner.
And your Instagram bio says "making history,"
which I feel like means you're the first person
who has an Instagram bio that's actually accurate.
-Congratulations. -(laughs)
Thank you. That's so cute.
Welcome to the show. How-how is life?
What is life for you right now?
Life is fab.
I mean, you know, progressing forward
with all of the craziness that's happening, it's just like,
the emotional stress it's been
to literally exist as being Black
and then to have the opportunity
and so much, like, amazing people to work with
and, like, reaching my dreams in a pandemic,
in the middle of this revolution,
it's like...
It's amazing in general,
but this timing, it just makes it so profound.
Like, everything is, like, amplified
because it just means so much to me
to be able to thrive in this setting.
It-it almost is paradoxical because, you know,
I-I talk to friends
about how everybody during this time
has a little bit of guilt if they experience any joy
because of the collective state of despair that the world is in.
But at the same time, I always say
we need to see that joy so that we can remember joy.
I mean, being a Black woman, a dark-skinned Black woman
who's breaking barriers in the fashion industry--
which, for years, let's be honest,
has been a very specific type of white--
is an amazing thing for so many people to see.
You started off your career going, "You know what?
I'm gonna be a lawyer. Let me dabble in acting."
A lot of people laughed at you and said,
"You're wasting your time.
You-You're not gonna be in modeling."
You know, "Don't dabble. Don't waste anything."
And yet here you are today. How do you see that journey?
I mean, it's just such a beautiful story
that I'm grateful I can tell.
Like, I've always wanted to, like, live out loud.
And me wanting to become an attorney
literally was a dream that was created from middle school
and from the advocacy
in representing the Native Americans
against President Andrew Jackson in a mock trial.
And I was like, "This is it.
"I got to help people. Like, this is crazy.
People are treating people like this? No."
So, for me to, like, go from that
to, like, really listening to my intuition, as well,
and, like, following, like, my heart
and not just necessarily this plan...
And if I didn't do that,
like, I wouldn't be sitting here, probably,
talking to you right now.
And I'm just so grateful that my story
is something that I was the main writer of.
-Right, right. -Like, I have been manifesting these things,
and I've been working hard, and I haven't allowed anybody
to tell me any differently.
And even when they did, it, like, it didn't matter.
And, so, to have that tenacity to get to this place now,
it just makes my story just more, like...
Me more willing to tell and share
because it's not just my journey.
It's a journey that could literally, like, empower someone
to do something that they're more than capable of doing
that they wouldn't have done before.
You-you do that every single time
you take a picture.
Every single time you are put onto a magazine cover.
Because whether we like to admit it or not, as society,
we are shaped by the things that we are seeing.
Right? Whether it's on-screen,
whether it's on a magazine, whether it's in a film,
those are the things that give us an idea of what the world is.
And now you are part of the shaping of that world.
Did you ever take a moment
to think about how impactful that would be?
Or did it hit you out of nowhere?
Well, the advocacy portion of law
was what, like, connected me with that.
-Of course, right. -And once I learned that there was
a larger platform, even, um, for advocacy in fashion
and I could do something that I genuinely love doing...
Um, like, I found out
who Steven Meisel was by...
There was a mood board generator that they used to have,
um, that you could, like, make your mood boards
and create the photographers, the stylists.
And so many of the pictures I loved so much,
I realized eventually they were all from the same photographer,
and it was Steven Meisel.
And that was when I locked in,
and I was like, "This is the man."
Because it was just something that brought...
It integrated my creative instinct
as well as my sense, innate sense
of advocacy and leadership.
-NOAH: Right, right, right. -LEE: Like, being able to, like,
walk down a runway and it not just be
just completely about the garment.
It's about the moment. It's about what it's creating
and, like, creating space by, like...
You know, doing the things that I love
is what made me stay.
So, I have a agree in mass media arts
from Clark Atlanta University.
I got to sign to a big agency in New York,
and I said, "You know what? This is not like me,
"but I'm going to give it one year.
And if it's not epic, I'm going to go to law school."
And that was a little bit ago.
A little couple years ago.
(laughs) And, so, you know, for me to be able to, like,
find new ways of connecting to my career
and new ways connecting to fashion, to media,
and-and wanting to transform imagery
is not just something on a superficial level for me.
Psychologically, the children that are watching
and ingesting the things that we're putting out,
like, to be able to be a part of expanding
the mentality, um, and the perception of beauty
for so many young kids and just people in general...
And, like, men. Like, I've had men to come up to me
on the street, and, like, people just come up and say like,
"Thank you for, you know, doing this
because my little sister loves you."
-Or, "My daughter loves you." -Wow.
And, for me, those things are
why I've connected myself to this industry and continued
and didn't listen to all of those wack haters
telling me anything else that I already knew was ridiculous.
Well, now the wack haters get to see you
on the cover of British Vogue
and hopefully on every other major publication
that comes out.
Presh, thank you so much for joining me on the show.
I hope to see you again when we get
the next cover and the next one
-and the next one after that. -Yes.
-Bye, Trevor. -Take care. Bye.
Don't forget, the April issue of British Vogue
is on newsstands right now.
All right, we're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
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Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen.
MAN: In a dimension between left and right,
between space lasers and birtherism
lies a dimension of the imagination.
It's an area we call
The Marjorie Zone.
KELLY: Don't mess with Marjorie Taylor Greene
on the House of... U.S. House of Representatives
or in the gym. Take a look at this.
I've not seen these kinds of pull-ups
since the Marine Corps.
GREENE: I'm a big fan of CrossFit
and participant and used to own a CrossFit gym,
-so it's something I enjoy. -Well, you want to see somebody
do, uh, not exactly full pull-ups,
uh, me.
I, uh... This is just from a few minutes ago, actually.
I-I... You think you're going down all the way,
-but you really don't go down all the way. -(laughs)
Hey, there's some kipping. I love it.
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