1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:05,805 A local news website is reporting a disabled veteran is 2 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:09,809 calling out congressman George Santos claiming the lawmaker 3 00:00:09,876 --> 00:00:13,646 scammed him out of $3,000 for his dying dog's lifesaving 4 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:19,886 surgery. Santos closed the gofundme after 5 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:28,094 it raised $3,000 on social media, and disappeared. 6 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:31,398 >> Marley, there's something I need to tell you. 7 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:33,733 Remember how we were always saying we could afford your 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:38,605 surgery thanks to a guy named George Santos. 9 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:42,642 Don't believe it. You know his name is not even 10 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:46,513 George. It's like Anthony Devolder even 11 00:00:46,579 --> 00:00:49,115 though that sounds even more made up. 12 00:00:49,182 --> 00:00:52,685 I want you to know what I am putting in that guy's mail box 13 00:00:52,752 --> 00:01:03,496 as soon as I leave here. A big pile of your dukie. 14 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:07,000 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 15 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:12,038 TONIGHT: A DOGGONE LIAR! PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES 16 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:19,612 TREVOR NOAH AND STEPHANIE HSU 17 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:23,783 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 18 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:29,622 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE E SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 19 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:40,300 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! CHEESIER PLACE. 20 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:49,342 >> Stephen: HEY, NICE NICE TO SEE YOU. 21 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:52,779 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: GOOD SEEING YOU. 22 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:57,217 ALWAYS A PLEASURE. HAPPY WEDNESDAY, HAPPY 23 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,651 WEDNESDAY. HAPPY, HAPPY WEDNESDAY. 24 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:01,387 HAPPY WEDNESDAY, MY FRIENDS. >> STEPHEN, STEPHEN. 25 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:05,758 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME ONE AND ALL, WHAT A 26 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:12,398 GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. WHAT A MARVELOUS HUMP DAY 27 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:15,168 GATHERING WE HAVE TONIGHT. WELCOME TO THE SLATE SHOW. 28 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:23,142 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. (APPLAUSE) 29 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:24,344 THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A WEIRD COUPLE WEEKS, BECAUSE THE NEWS 30 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:32,252 JUST KEEPS CHEWING ITS OWN CUD. THEY'RE INTERESTING BUT 31 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,520 SAME STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 32 00:02:33,586 --> 00:02:36,055 FOR INSTANCE, EVERY NIGHT FOR THE LAST WEEK, I'VE BEEN TALKING 33 00:02:36,122 --> 00:02:41,427 ABOUT NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS, SEEN HERE SHOWING 34 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:45,331 OFF YOUR GRANDPA'S WATCH. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT 35 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:49,002 GEORGE SANTOS TONIGHT. TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 36 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:53,206 ANTHONY DEVOLDER. THAT GUY SHOULD NOT BE IN 37 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:56,409 CONGRESS. DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. 38 00:02:56,476 --> 00:03:00,880 JUST ASK HIS FORMER ROOMMATE, GREGORY MOREY-PARKER. 39 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:06,219 CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING ROOMMATES WITH GEORGE SANTOS? 40 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:08,288 "SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY SHARE OF THE RENT YET, BUT I NEEDED THAT 41 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:12,859 MONEY TO PAY FOR MY MOM'S THIRD FUNERAL. 42 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:17,730 IT JUST WON'T TAKE!" ACCORDING TO HIS FORMER ROOMIE, 43 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:19,899 SANTOS HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUTH. 44 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:24,304 >> HE LIED ABOUT HIS FAMILY HAVING A HOME ON NANTUCKET AND 45 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:30,243 THE CAPE. HIS MOTHER WAS A HOUSEKEEPER, IN 46 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:34,180 MANHATTAN, AND IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM FEASIBLE FOR HIM SUPPOSEDLY 47 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:37,917 TO COME FROM ALL THIS GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 48 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:40,687 >> Stephen: OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT WHAT IF THE MONEY 49 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:47,026 CAME FROM HIS DAD, THE FAMOUS "MAN FROM NANTUCKET?" WHOSE... 50 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:53,900 Y'KNOW... WAS SO LONG HE COULD... Y'KNOW. 51 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:56,202 PEOPLE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO SEE THAT! 52 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:59,205 MOREY-PARKER HAD ALWAYS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF SANTOS, BUT 53 00:03:59,272 --> 00:04:02,875 STARTED TO DOUBT HIMSELF WHEN SANTOS WON HIS RECENT ELECTION. 54 00:04:02,942 --> 00:04:06,512 >> BUT THEN I THOUGHT, WELL MAYBE I WAS WRONG, YOU KNOW, 55 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:10,516 AFTER THE ELECTION, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE D.C.C.C. AND THE R.N.C. 56 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:13,386 WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATED HIM AND AT LEAST 57 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:17,590 HIS OPPONENT WOULD HAVE DONE SOME OPP RESEARCH. 58 00:04:17,657 --> 00:04:19,559 >> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 59 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:20,760 >> Stephen: YEAH, ALL THIS INFO WAS ONLINE! 60 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:23,630 DID THE D.C.C.C. LOSE WIFI FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR AND HAVE TO GO 61 00:04:23,696 --> 00:04:32,305 "HMM, NOTHING ABOUT GEORGE SANTOS IN THE BRITANNICA. 62 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:37,844 CHECK THE FARMER'S ALMANAC!" TO BE CLEAR, MOREY-PARKER NEVER 63 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:39,512 HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH GEORGE SANTOS. 64 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:43,449 BECAUSE HE NEVER KNEW ANYBODY NAMED GEORGE SANTOS. 65 00:04:43,516 --> 00:04:46,319 >> I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN HIM AS ANTHONY DEVOLDER. 66 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:49,522 I'VE NEVER KNOWN HIM AS GEORGE SANTOS. 67 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:51,724 I ALSO KNEW HIM AS ANTHONY ZABROVSKY. 68 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,927 >> Stephen: YES, HE KNEW HIM AS "DEVOLDER" OR "ZABROVSKY," BUT 69 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:56,729 THIS TRICKSTER IS KNOWN BY MANY NAMES. 70 00:04:56,796 --> 00:05:00,566 THE NORSE CALL HIM "LOKI." IN WEST AFRICA, HE IS "ANANSI, 71 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,036 THE SPIDER." TO THE NAVAJO, HE IS "COYOTE." 72 00:05:03,102 --> 00:05:07,940 AND THE ANCIENT MAYANS CALLED HIM, "THAT LYING ASS-HAT." 73 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:12,578 ONE OF THIS CATHOLIC (APPLAUSE) 74 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:16,783 , OH, YOU SPEAK MAYAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 75 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:18,885 ONE OF THIS CATHOLIC POLITICIAN'S MOST FAMOUS LIES IS 76 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:23,256 WHEN HE CLAIMED HE WAS JEWISH. OR, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN: 77 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:27,994 >> I'M JEW-ISH. >> Stephen: WELL, NOW, HIS 78 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:34,934 ROOMMATE TELLS US ONE OF THE REASONS HE CLAIMED TO BE JEWISH. 79 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:40,707 IT WAS TO AIM HIS SHAM CHARITY. >> HE HAD A PET CHARITY, FRIENDS 80 00:05:40,773 --> 00:05:45,812 OF PETS UNITED. IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO HELP OUT 81 00:05:45,878 --> 00:05:49,015 WITH, YOU KNOW, SICK ANIMALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 82 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:55,688 HE USED ZABROVSKY FOR HIS FRIENDS OF PETS UNITED, HIS 83 00:05:55,755 --> 00:06:00,326 GOFUNDME, AND HE WOULD SAY, "OH THE JEWS WILL GIVE MORE IF 84 00:06:00,393 --> 00:06:02,328 YOU'RE A JEW." >> Stephen: SO NOT ONLY IS HE A 85 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:06,666 LIAR, HE'S ANTI-SEMITISH. SO WHAT IS THIS CHARITY? 86 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:11,337 SANTOS RAISED MONEY FOR SOMETHING HE CALLED "FRIENDS OF 87 00:06:11,404 --> 00:06:14,207 PETS UNITED." BUT NO SURPRISE, THE I.R.S. HAS 88 00:06:14,273 --> 00:06:16,042 NO RECORDS OF A CHARITY WITH THAT NAME. 89 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:20,313 OKAY, BUT HAVE THEY CHECKED FOR "FRIENDS OF PETS DEVOLDER"? 90 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:22,615 AND THE PARTICULARS OF WHAT SANTOS DID WITH THIS FAKE 91 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:26,519 CHARITY ARE PRETTY BAD. BUT DON'T WORRY, THEY GET WORSE. 92 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:30,156 BUCKLE UP. ONE OF SANTOS'S VICTIMS WAS A 93 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:34,560 DISABLED VETERAN WHO WAS TAKING CARE OF HIS BELOVED SERVICE DOG, 94 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:36,696 AND THEY WERE LIVING IN A TENT ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. 95 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:38,231 THE DOG NEEDED SURGERY, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. 96 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,801 SO THE VETERAN GOT IN TOUCH WITH SANTOS'S CHARITY, SANTOS 97 00:06:41,868 --> 00:06:44,871 SET UP A GOFUNDME FOR THE DOG'S SURGERY, AND WHEN IT REACHED 98 00:06:44,937 --> 00:06:47,607 $3,000, HE CLOSED IT AND BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO 99 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:52,411 CONTACT. EVEN THOUGH THE VET KEPT CALLING 100 00:06:52,478 --> 00:07:03,489 SANTOS ON THE NUMBER SANTOS GAVE HIM: 800-588-2300-EMPIRE. 101 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:06,459 WELL, THERE IT GOIS (APPLAUSE) 102 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:13,633 THANK YOU, I TRAINED FOR AWHILE. AND YET SHOW THIS GETS WORSE. 103 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:15,535 YET, SOMEHOW GETS WORSE. WHEN THE VETERAN FINALLY GOT 104 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:16,869 AHOLD OF SANTOS TO SCHEDULE HIS DOG'S SURGERY, SANTOS REFUSED TO 105 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:21,774 GIVE HIM THE DONATIONS, SAYING HE WOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND USE 106 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:25,845 IT FOR "OTHER DOGS." YES "OTHER DOGS" LIKE MAX, AND 107 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:36,222 SKIPPER, AND ROVER DEVOLDER. (APPLAUSE) 108 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:40,259 , SURE. 5 WILL 88. 109 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:42,228 WHEN HE HEARD THIS, EVEN KEVIN McCARTHY SAID, "THAT IS IT. 110 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:45,665 GEORGE SANTOS HAS GOT TO GO... SIT ON TWO HOUSE COMMITTEES! 111 00:07:45,731 --> 00:07:49,569 SMALL BUSINESS AND SCIENCE. WELL, THOSE TWO MAKE SENSE. 112 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:52,205 HE SAID HE HAS A DEGREE FROM THE BILL NYE SCHOOL AT THE SHARK 113 00:07:52,271 --> 00:07:54,907 TANK ACADEMY OF BUSINESS-SCIENCE. 114 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:56,809 HE EVEN PLAYED FOR THEIR VOLLEYBALL TEAM: THE FIGHTING 115 00:07:56,876 --> 00:08:08,187 BARBARA CORCORANS! (APPLAUSE) 116 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,923 SANTOS ISN'T THE ONLY COO-COO DUMB-DUMB WHO SNAGGED A 117 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:17,263 COMMITTEE SEAT, BECAUSE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WILL BE SEATED ON 118 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:20,199 THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. WHERE SHE'LL FINALLY BE ALE TO 119 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:24,737 INVESTIGATE THE GAZPACHO POLICE, AS WELL AS THE CAMPBELL'S 120 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:29,175 CHUNKY-STYLE BORDER PATROL. AND NOW FOR A MORE FUN, 121 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:34,013 LIGHTHEARTED TOPIC, LET'S OPEN POWER, HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE 122 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,681 PREPARING AN EMERGENCY PLAN FOR BREACHING THE DEBT LIMIT. 123 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:40,519 OOOH, I'VE GOT A PLAN: DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO 124 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:55,468 TECHNICAL, ALL YOU YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS AAAHHH. 125 00:08:55,534 --> 00:09:00,139 TECHNICAL, ALL YOU YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS AAAHHH. 126 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:01,173 OKAY, THE UNITED STATES HAS TO PAY ITS BILLS. 127 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,475 NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION. 128 00:09:02,541 --> 00:09:08,314 BUT BECAUSE WE ARE IN DEEP WITH SOME SERIOUS PEOPLE. 129 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,715 "I WANT YOU... TO PAY OUR BILLS. OR THEY'RE GONNA TAKE MY THUMBS, 130 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:16,789 CHARLIE!" SO WHAT DOES THE G.O.P. WANT IN 131 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:21,160 RETURN FOR NOT SHOOTING THE WORLD ECONOMY IN THE HEAD? 132 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:23,696 WELL, REPORTEDLY, SOME REPUBLICANS PLAN TO ASK FOR 133 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:27,266 SPENDING REDUCTIONS... TO ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS 134 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:33,973 MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. 135 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,976 THEY WANT TO CUT TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN 136 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,411 HISTORY. I GUESS THAT'LL FREE UP MONEY 137 00:09:38,477 --> 00:09:39,545 FOR THEIR NEW INITIATIVE: DROWNING KITTENS AND SLAPPING 138 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:47,753 YOUR MOM. LAST FRIDAY, TREASURY SECRETARY 139 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:51,324 JANET YELLEN WROTE TO HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY WARNING 140 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:55,461 THAT THE U.S. WILL REACH THE DEBT LIMIT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 141 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:58,798 19, 2023. 2023? 142 00:09:58,864 --> 00:10:01,400 THAT'S GOT TO BE YEARS IN THE FUTURE! 143 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:11,777 WHEN IS THAT, APPLE WATCH? AAAAAAAAAHHH! 144 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:13,479 (APPLAUSE) IF IN FACT, WE REACH THE DEBT 145 00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:17,249 LIMIT TOMORROW, WHICH IS IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, TREASURY 146 00:10:17,316 --> 00:10:21,087 SECRETARY YELLEN SAYS THEY'LL SHUFFLE SOME MONEY AND WE WON'T 147 00:10:21,153 --> 00:10:24,490 ACTUALLY DEFAULT UNTIL EARLY JUNE. 148 00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:30,463 SO METAPHORICALLY, TOMORROW THE G.O.P. WILL TIE THE U.S. ECONOMY 149 00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:33,799 TO THE TRACKS IN THE PATH OF A SLOW-MOVING TRAIN. 150 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:46,479 LUCKILY, THAT'S JOE BIDEN'S FAVORITE VEHICLE AND ONLY SPEED. 151 00:10:46,545 --> 00:10:50,716 ELSEWHERE, ELSEWHERE-- DON'T WORE HEE ABOUT ME, MAN. 152 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:53,753 THERE'S CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA'S FROZEN FOOD AISLE, ALASKA. 153 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:56,155 LAST SEPTEMBER, IT WAS HIT WITH A MAJOR TYPHOON WHICH CAUSED 154 00:10:56,222 --> 00:10:59,792 FLOODING AND WIND DAMAGE. FEMA CAME IN TO HELP, AS THEY 155 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:02,528 DO. JUST ONE PROBLEM-- THERE'S A 156 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:06,665 LARGE NATIVE POPULATION THAT SPEAKS THEIR INDIGENOUS 157 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:09,735 LANGUAGES. AND FEMA'S TRANSLATIONS OF THIS 158 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:13,806 IMPORTANT INFORMATION WAS JUST A HAIR... COMPLETELY WRONG. 159 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:15,674 FOR INSTANCE, WHEN NATIVE PEOPLE TRIED TO GET PAPERWORK ON 160 00:11:15,741 --> 00:11:18,744 DISASTER RELIEF AID, THE INSTRUCTIONS HAD PHRASES LIKE 161 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:22,915 "YOUR HUSBAND IS A POLAR BEAR, SKINNY." 162 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:26,318 THAT IS EITHER CONFUSING NONSENSE WORDS, OR GEN-Z SLANG I 163 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:29,221 HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH YET. "YOUR HUSBAND IS A POLAR BEAR, 164 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:30,523 SKINNY. NO CAP, FAM. 165 00:11:30,589 --> 00:11:32,725 BIG SLAY. BOOTS THE HOUSE DOWN, MAMA. 166 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:37,930 DRIP?" (APPLAUSE) 167 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:40,733 BOOTS THE HOUSE DOWN. BOOTS ON THE HOUSE? 168 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,604 AND OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE NEED ACCURATE INFORMATION IN A 169 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:47,339 DISASTER. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TRAPPED IN 170 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:50,276 A RAGING INFERNO AND BE TOLD TO STOP, DROP, AND CHUBBY 171 00:11:50,342 --> 00:11:55,147 NARWHAL. TURNS OUT THESE WEIRD AND 172 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:59,085 INSULTING TRANSLATIONS WERE DONE FOR FEMA BY AN OUTSIDE COMPANY. 173 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:03,856 I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE COMPANY'S C.E.O. 174 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:04,723 (APPLAUSE) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 175 00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:06,559 TONIGHT! MY GUESTS ARE TREVOR NOAH AND 176 00:12:06,625 --> 00:12:10,463 STEPHANIE HSU. 177 00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:51,570 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: CORY WONG OVER ON 178 00:12:51,637 --> 00:12:58,744 GUITAR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK. 179 00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:01,180 AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU NOT ONLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 180 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:03,883 AND PLAYING, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO HAVE YOU HERE. 181 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:09,388 BUT THANK YOU ALWAYS COMING DRESSED AS A BUSINESS CASUAL 182 00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:10,789 GONGALIER. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING 183 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:13,459 FAMILIAR TO ME ABOUT THAT OUTFIT. 184 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:16,262 WELCOME BACK. MY FIRST GUEST IS A COMEDIAN, 185 00:13:16,328 --> 00:13:18,564 AUTHOR, FORMER HOST OF THE DAILY SHOW, PLEASE WELCOME BACK 186 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:30,276 TO THE LATE SHOW, IT'S TREVOR NOAH. 187 00:13:30,342 --> 00:13:45,224 ♪ NICE TO SEE I. NICE TO SEE YOU. 188 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:46,392 ♪ NICE TO SEE I. NICE TO SEE YOU. 189 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:48,627 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU 190 00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:49,962 TOO. THANK YOU TOR DRESSING FOR THE 191 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:51,764 OCCASION. >> I TRIED. 192 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:55,067 >> Stephen: NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS ON THE LATE NIGHT 193 00:13:55,134 --> 00:14:00,105 SHOW YOU SHOULD WEAR A COAT. p>> I LIKE, THIS YOU KNOW, THE- 194 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:02,908 DAYS ARE OVER FOR ME, ACTUALLY THEY HAVE JUST BEGUN. 195 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:06,178 >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR POST DAILY SHOW CAREER. 196 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:09,281 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Stephen: ON YOUR RUN. 197 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:11,784 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE BEGINNING. 198 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:18,157 >> Stephen: YOU GOT, YOU HOSTED YOUR LAST DAILY SHOW, 199 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,893 PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, LAST MONTH. 200 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,329 DO YOU EVER, EVEN AT THIS POINT, AFTER SEVEN YEARS, 160 A YEAR, 201 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:26,065 SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING GOING 202 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:28,667 WHAT AM I DOING ON THE SHOW TONIGHT BEFORE YOU REALIZE YOU 203 00:14:28,734 --> 00:14:31,670 DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TONIGHT. >> NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT TOOK 204 00:14:31,737 --> 00:14:34,540 I WOULD SAY TWO WEEKS. AND THEN I REALIZED I DON'T NEED 205 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:37,042 TO KNOW. I JUST DON'T NEED TO KNOW. 206 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:38,310 >> Stephen: DO YOU NOT FOLLOW THE NEWS. 207 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:40,846 >> NO, I FOLLOW THE NEWS BUT I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. 208 00:14:40,913 --> 00:14:43,682 CAN I CHOOSE WHEN TO FOLLOW. BEFORE YOU WAKE UP, WATCH THE 209 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:46,252 NEWS G TO SLEEP. >> Stephen: BEFORE YOU GO TO 210 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:48,354 BED. >> EVERY DAY, THE NEW, THE NEWS, 211 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:51,423 I WAS TELLING SOMEONE, I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE AFTER 212 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:53,859 PARTY I WAS AT AND IT IS AMAZING, EVERYONE IS HAVING A 213 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:58,230 GOOD TIME, PEOPLE DANCING. THERE IS REE HANNA HARRY STYLES 214 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:00,933 AND I'M IN THE CORNING WHAT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW, WHAT IS 215 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,835 HAPPENING. OH WAY, THE DEBT CEILING, IS 216 00:15:02,901 --> 00:15:06,205 THAT WHAT? NO, NO,. 217 00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:08,140 >> Stephen: YOU ARE A REALLY GOOD DANCER BY THE WAY. 218 00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:10,009 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Stephen: EVEN FAKE DANCING. 219 00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:12,311 >> Stephen: THAT WAS REALLY NICE. 220 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:13,746 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: LET ME ASK YOU, 221 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:18,150 WHAT DID YOU LOVE ABOUT IT? >> I MEAN THE PEOPLE. 222 00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:19,585 >> Stephen: YOU GOT TO WORK WITH. 223 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:22,955 >> YEAH I GOT TO WORK WITH. YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT INSPIRED 224 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:27,259 ME FOR MY ENTIRE RUN, DOING AN EVENT, I THINK IT WAS JERSEY AT 225 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:33,032 A FUNDRAISER AND I, THIS WAS MAYBE RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED AND 226 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:36,535 YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE TAKE THE JOY THAT YOU EXPRESSED ON THE 227 00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:41,173 SHOW AS THE JOY OF DOING THE SHOW ON TELEVISION, BUT THIS IS 228 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:47,212 A MANIFESTATION OF THE SHOW-- I O SAY DO THE SHOW. 229 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:51,083 >> THIS IS A PRIVILEGE. >> LIKE ALL THE THINGS THAT 230 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:56,522 EVERYONE HERE EXPERIENCED LIVE, THAT MAYBE-- AND THEN THE THINGS 231 00:15:56,588 --> 00:16:01,994 THAT YOU EXPERIENCE, EVERYTHING I WILL MISS THE CULTURE, THE 232 00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:03,395 VIBE. >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE 233 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:07,399 GRIND. >> I WILL-- . 234 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:11,737 >> Stephen: WE WERE HAVING DINNER TOGETHER, IN SPRING, WE 235 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:14,006 WERE IN OUR JOBS ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 236 00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:16,108 >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: I SAID HOW IS IT 237 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:19,578 GOING. AND YOU SAID PARAPHRASING, I DID 238 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:21,780 NOT EXPECT THE PACE TO BE THIS RELENTLESS. 239 00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:24,183 I SAID YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE GRIND. 240 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:27,353 TO GET THE GRIND, IT HAS TO KIND OF FEED YOU, YOU HAVE TO LEAN 241 00:16:27,419 --> 00:16:30,122 INTO THAT STRESS AND ANXIETY. >> FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN UNDERSTAND 242 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:35,627 WHAT THIS IS LIKE, MAKING A DAILY TELEVISION SHOW IN MANY 243 00:16:35,694 --> 00:16:38,897 WAYS IS LIKE PLANNING A WEDDING. IMAGINE PLANNING A WEDDING, YOU 244 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:41,800 ARE THINKING WHO ARE THE GUEST WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR WHAT 245 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:44,169 IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHO WILL MAKE A TOAST WHAT WILL THE 246 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:47,706 SPEECH BE ABOUT, WHAT IS EVERYBODY EATING WHO IS SITTING 247 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:50,409 WHERE, HOW IS IT GOING. AND THE WEDDING HAPPENS AND YOU 248 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:53,278 ARE LIKE WE ARE DOING ANOTHER WEDDING TOMORROW. 249 00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:56,615 YOU THERE IS NO HONEYMOON. SO I DO MISS THE DISCIPLINE. 250 00:16:56,682 --> 00:17:00,986 I MISS THE JOY THAT CAME FROM CRACKING IT EVERY DAY, I DON'T 251 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:04,089 MISS THE GRIND. I MISS THINKING ABOUT 252 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:08,627 THINGS-- SO SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE I ENJOY THE FACTS THAT I 253 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:14,166 GET TO BE, I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION YET. 254 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,335 THAT SOIRCHEDS LOVELY, HOW OFTEN DID YOU GET BACK TO SOUTH 255 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:17,836 AFRICA. WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED YOU WERE 256 00:17:17,903 --> 00:17:19,538 GOING BACK ALL THE TIME. >> IS WITH. 257 00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:23,742 >> Stephen: EVERY WEEKEND. >> EVERY THIRD WEEKEND. 258 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:26,712 >> Stephen: STILL A LOT. >> BUT IT'S HOME. 259 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:29,014 >> Stephen: A 16 HOUR FLIGHT. >> BUT THAT IS LIKE DRIVING 260 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:33,318 THROUGH THE TUNNEL. >> Stephen: I GUESS SO, THAT'S 261 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:35,921 FAIR, THAT'S FAIR. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, 262 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:38,624 STICK AROUND. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 263 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:42,327 TREVOR NOAH THAT GUY RIGHT THERE. 264 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:51,637 >> Stephen: THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, THAT FELLA RIGHT THERE, 265 00:17:51,703 --> 00:17:55,641 THAT'S TREVOR NOAH. IN FEBRUARY, I DONE HAVE THE 266 00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:56,875 DATE YET. >> FEBRUARY 5th. 267 00:17:56,942 --> 00:18:02,548 >> Stephen: FEBRUARY 5th WHICH IS A SUNDAY. 268 00:18:02,614 --> 00:18:03,816 >> A SUNDAY. >> Stephen: YOU ARE HOSTING 269 00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:06,218 THE GRAMMYS, SECOND, THIRD TIME? >> THIRD TIME. 270 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:12,090 >> Stephen: THIRD TIME, NICE. I THINK THAT GRAMMYS HAS GOT TO 271 00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:14,993 BE THE BEST AWARD SHOW. >> BY FAR. 272 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,762 >> Stephen: THE MOST ENTERTAINING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 273 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:18,897 DOING ENTERTAINING THINGS. >> THIS IS THE THING I TRY AND 274 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:22,167 TELL PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO BE A FAN OF THE 275 00:18:22,234 --> 00:18:24,670 GRAMMYS BECAUSE YOU ARE INVARIABLY A FAN OF MUSIC. 276 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:27,639 THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE GRAMMYS SELFISHLY IS EVERY TIME 277 00:18:27,706 --> 00:18:32,411 I GO TO THE GRAMMYS, I DISCOVER A NEW ARTIST THAT I DIDN'T FULLY 278 00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:34,646 APPRECIATE AND DIDN'T LOVE FOR THE REASONS I SHOULD HAVE YOU GO 279 00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:39,318 TO THE GRAMMYS, YOU KNOW THE ARTISTS YOU KNOW, WILL YOU KNOW 280 00:18:39,384 --> 00:18:40,752 BEYORNS, YOU KNOW ADELE. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE. 281 00:18:40,819 --> 00:18:43,522 AND THEN YOU DISCOVER ARTISTS WHO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, THEY 282 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:46,525 PERFORM LIVE IN WAYS THAT YOU COULDN'T MANAGE LIKE BRANDI 283 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:50,896 CARLILE BECAME AN INSTANT FAVORITE, EVERY TIME SHE 284 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:53,432 PERFORMED AT THE GRAMMYS IN THE REHEARSAL, THE DAY OF THE SHOW, 285 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:56,735 THE LIVE SHOW, I WAS WATCHING THIS PERSON, HOW IS THIS HUMAN, 286 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,872 HOW IS SHE DOING THIS. >> Stephen: SO POWERFUL. 287 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:05,444 >> THIS IS PERFECT BUT YOU EXPERIENCE MUS NIK A WAY 288 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:08,313 THAT-- AND YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF MUSIC. 289 00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:10,315 FOR ANYONE WHO IS, IT IS WONDERFULTO SEE, TO EXPERIENCE. 290 00:19:10,382 --> 00:19:14,353 A CONCERT FOR EVERYBODY. AND ARTISTS JAMMING TO OTHER 291 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:18,891 ARTISTS, SO YOU WILL SEE BAD BUNNY MOUTHING ALONG A TAYLOR 292 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:20,259 SWIVEL SONG AND ARE YOU JUST LIKE WHAT? 293 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:22,227 LOOK AT THIS. >> Stephen: ONE OF THE 294 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:26,298 WEIRDEST THINGS, I NEVER HOSTED BUT OPENING TEN MINUTE SET MANY 295 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:32,738 YEARS AGO. AND YOU KNOW, MAKING JOKES ABOUT 296 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:37,075 JAY-Z IN THE FRONT ROW AND I GO BACKSTAGE AND CHILLING FOR A 297 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:41,813 SECOND AND THERE IS BEYONCE AND LADY GAGA AND SLASH AND THIS IS 298 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,417 THE CRAZIEST-- CRAZY GROUP OF PEOPLE. 299 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:47,286 >> Stephen: YES. >> ST EVERYBODY'S BEDROOM POSTER 300 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:49,888 COME TO LIFE. THAT IS WHAT THE GRAMMYS IS. 301 00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:52,691 >> Stephen: OKAY. SO WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT, 302 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:55,827 SPEAKING OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE MUSIC. 303 00:19:55,894 --> 00:19:58,163 >> WHAT WAS MY FIRST CONCERT. I COULDN'T REALLY GO TO CONCERTS 304 00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:01,833 WHEN I WAS A KID, I GREW UP VERY RELIGIOUS SO I WAS LIMITED TO 305 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:06,405 GOSPEL MUSIC. SO THAT IS ALL I COULD LISTEN 306 00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:09,474 TO. AND THEN CHRISTIAN RAP, ISN'T AS 307 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:17,849 COOL AS IT DOESN'T SOUND. AND SO I REMEMBER THERE WAS A 308 00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:20,852 TALENT SHOW AT SCHOOL. AND THEY WERE LIKE EVERYONE 309 00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:23,789 SHOULD COME AND PERFORM. AND I HAD THIS CHRISTIAN RAP CD 310 00:20:23,855 --> 00:20:25,891 THAT MY MOM BOUGHT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS DOING RAP AND MY 311 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:28,927 MOM WOULDN'T LET ME LISTEN THE RAP OTHER KIDS WERE, I AND I GOT 312 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:31,663 THE RAP, TREVOR WHAT SONG, I'M GOING TO RAP. 313 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:37,202 AND THEY'RE LIKE GO GIVE ME A J. >> J, YOU GOT YOUR J, GIVE ME AN 314 00:20:37,269 --> 00:20:38,570 E. E. 315 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:42,074 YOU GOT YOUR E. GIVE ME AN SUS, AND THE CROWD, 316 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:46,445 EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL IS LIKE IS HE SPELLING JESUS? 317 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:51,383 IT WAS-- YEAH. >> Stephen: QUICK WHAT RHYMES 318 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,953 WITH ECCLESIASTES. GOSPEL, POP MUSIC IS A SMALL 319 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:58,590 POP. >> IT IS ACTUALLY. 320 00:20:58,657 --> 00:21:01,326 >> Stephen: PEOPLE SAID WHEN THEY WERE SWITCHING FROM GOSPEL 321 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:05,063 TO POP MUSIC THEY TOOK ALL THE JESUS AND TURNED THEM INTO BABY. 322 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:08,333 >> IT REALLY WORKS. WHEN YOU SEE THE PARTS. 323 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,836 ARETHA, EVERYBODY, I MEAN THERE IS DEFINITELY A LINK. 324 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:14,172 MUSIC IS STILL MUSIC AT THE END OF THE DAY SO YEAH, I THINK THE 325 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:19,044 FIRST REAL CONCERT WAS CALLED-- BACK IN THE DAY WHEN 326 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,812 CIGARETTES WERE ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE, THERE WAS A CONCERT 327 00:21:20,879 --> 00:21:24,516 IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IT WAS EVERYBODY FROM K SWIFTED TO 328 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:28,654 NAUGHTY BY NATURE T WAS EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME 329 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,858 AND THERE WERE THREE STAGES WITH EVERYONE WAS PERFORMING 330 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:37,496 SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH I THINK THEY THOUGHT MADE SENSE AT THE 331 00:21:37,562 --> 00:21:39,231 TIME. >> Stephen: CIRCUS. 332 00:21:39,297 --> 00:21:42,134 >> LIKE YOU WOULD BE WATCHING SOMEONE PERFORMING AND THEN JUST 333 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,903 ON THE OTHER SIDE, BABY, BABY, I KNOW. 334 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,472 AND EVERYONE SCREAM. AND YOU ALL RUN TO WATCH THAT 335 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:50,208 AND HEAR SOMEBODY SING ON THAT SIDE, TRY TO ONE TO WATCH THAT. 336 00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:51,176 >> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU AT THIS POINT. 337 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:52,844 >> HOW OLD WAS I. I DON'T REMEMBER. 338 00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:56,048 >> Stephen: I I'M AFRAID THAT IS THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, I 339 00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:58,550 DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK 340 00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:00,285 HERE. YEAH, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 341 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:05,023 TREVOR NOAH EVERYBODY. 342 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,838 >> Stephen: THIS MAN RIGHT THERE YOU KNOW HIM, THAT'S THE 343 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:21,907 HOST OF THIS YEAR'S GRAMMYS, TREVOR NOAH. 344 00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:27,112 I'M GLAD WE HAVE YOU HERE PHYSICALLY BECAUSE THERE HAS 345 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:32,350 BEEN SOME DANGER, YOU REENTLY TOOK, WHEN DID YOU DO THIS? 346 00:22:32,417 --> 00:22:34,619 >> SO THIS WAS OVER THE DECEMBER HOLIDAYS. 347 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:37,122 >> Stephen: SO YOU LEAVE THE SHOW, AND ARE YOU LIKE I'M GOING 348 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:41,727 TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, I WILL GO TO COSTAR RICA. 349 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:44,596 >> THAT IS MY ANNUAL TRIP, HAVE I BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE 350 00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:49,334 SAME GROUP OF FRIENDS GOING, WHAT WITH RENOW 14, 15 YEARS 351 00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:54,005 FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WE STARTED OUR CAREERS TOGETHER, DIFFERENT 352 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:56,041 PATH, DIFFERENT JOURNEYS BUT EVERY YEAR WE MAKE SURE WE GO ON 353 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:59,511 A FRIEND'S TRIP. DOESN'T MAT WHERE ST, SOMETIMES 354 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:02,614 SOUTH AFRICA, SOMETIMES CALIFORNIA, THIS TIME COSTA 355 00:23:02,681 --> 00:23:04,683 RICA. WE DO SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY 356 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,919 WANT TO DO. FOR THE EXPERIENCE. 357 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:10,055 FORCE EVERYBODY. >> Stephen: DON'T WANT TO OR 358 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:12,791 OH, THAT SCARES ME. >> YEAH, THAT DON'T WANT TO DO. 359 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:15,327 SO PEOPLE ARE LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO DO THAT. 360 00:23:15,393 --> 00:23:18,363 I AM LIKE THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD DO IT. 361 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,665 THIS YEAR I PICKED WHITEWATER RIVER RAFTING. 362 00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:23,168 >> Stephen: THIS IS IN COSTA RICA. 363 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,669 IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY VIGOROUS RIVER. 364 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:26,938 >> ST FANTASTIC. >> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE ABOUT 365 00:23:27,005 --> 00:23:28,406 TO GO OVER THE FALLS. AND THAT IS YOU RIGHT THERE. 366 00:23:28,473 --> 00:23:33,812 >> THAT IS ME RIGHT THERE. >> Stephen: NOT PADDLING. 367 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:36,181 >> SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, NO, NO, ARE YOU NOT SUPPOSED TO, POINTS 368 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,350 WHERE YOU PADDLE AND POINTS WHERE YOU DON'T. 369 00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:43,421 YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE GUIDE ON THE PACK BACK, OUR GUY SAID 370 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:48,326 PAD WILL WHEN I SAY STOP, STOP, PUT THE ORES UP, WHEN I SAY 371 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:51,997 PADDLE, I AM LISTENING, STOP, GO, I'VE GOT IT, THAT IS WHAT I 372 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:53,832 AM DOING, RIGHT. AND THEN COMING TO RAPID T WILL 373 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:57,736 BE GREAT, ALL RIGHT, READY FOR T RAPIDS ARE GREAT, COOL, THIS IS 374 00:23:57,803 --> 00:24:02,774 EASY, THIS IS FUN. AND THEN-- IT'S-- . 375 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:04,442 >> Stephen: TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. 376 00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:10,515 >> SO THIS IS JOY, THIS IS FUN. ME REALIZING THIS IS WHAT I HAVE 377 00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:16,454 WANTED TO DO, THIS IS FUN. >> Stephen: OKAY. 378 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:21,493 >> SO THAT'S NOW NOT ME ANY MORE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE 379 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,429 FRIEND, AND SHE HAS FLIPPED I SIDE DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU 380 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:28,133 HAVE TO ADMIT IT IS A PRETTY AMAZING PICTURE. 381 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,534 >> Stephen: IT IS. >> SHOES. 382 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:31,336 >> Stephen: IT'S A WONDERFUL PICTURE TO LOOK AT. 383 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:35,173 >> YES, BUT WHEN ARE YOU IN IT, IT IS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU DON'T 384 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,409 KNOW THAT IT HAS HAPPENED YET. YOU HAVE DONE RIVER RAFTING. 385 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:39,978 >> Stephen: I HAVE. >> HAVE YOU EVER GONE OUT OF THE 386 00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:42,047 BOAT. >> Stephen: NO, MY MOM POPPED 387 00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:44,349 OUT OF THE BOAT, THAT WAS SHOCKING. 388 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:46,585 THE PHOTO OF ME AT THAT POINT IS WE'RE ALL IN THE BOAT TOGETHER 389 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:51,156 AT THE TOP OF THE RAPIDS AND HALFWAY JUST ME GOING-- AND MY 390 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,291 MOM IS GONE OVER HERE. >> YEAH. 391 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:55,994 YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT. THAT IS THE CRAZY THING ABOUT IT 392 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:58,663 IS YOU DON'T KNOW. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, NO 393 00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:02,634 BOAT UNDER YOU, THE WATER IS ON TOP OF YOU, THE BOAT SON TOP OF 394 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:05,871 YOU AND YOU ARE LIKE I DON'T THINK I'M IN A BOAT ANY MORE BUT 395 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:07,939 YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PADDLE. >> Stephen: AND THIS IS THE 396 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,641 WELL PASSED WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT HAS HAPPENED. 397 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:15,146 >> SO THAT IS THE FACE WHEN I REALIZE THAT I-- TO GIVE YOU 398 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:17,883 FULL CON TEFNTLE I WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME UNTIL ONE OF MY 399 00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:20,886 CLOSEST FRIENDS DECIDED TO PULL ME DOWN INTO THE WATER, TO TRY 400 00:25:20,952 --> 00:25:24,756 TO LIFT HIMSELF OUT. WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A COMMON 401 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:27,893 THING THAT HAPPENS. >> Stephen: YOU LOOK BOY ANT 402 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:30,662 TO ME. I COULD USE YOU AS A RAFT. 403 00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:32,731 >> HAVE I BEEN TOLD THAT MANY TIME, THANK YOU. 404 00:25:32,797 --> 00:25:35,000 >> Stephen: YOU SAID RIVER RAFTERING, THIS EXPERIENCE IS A 405 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:37,769 MED A FOR FOR LIFE. >> I TRULY THINK IT. 406 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:39,838 IS I THINK IN LIFE YOU ARE ON A RIVER. 407 00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,773 YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THE RIVER IS GOING TO BE LIKE IT WILL BE 408 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,109 MOMENTS WHERE IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND CALM. 409 00:25:44,175 --> 00:25:45,911 MOMENTS WHERE THERE ARE RAPIDS THAT SHAKE YOU UP. 410 00:25:45,977 --> 00:25:47,946 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE LIKE. 411 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,481 WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL IS THE PEOPLE YOU ARE IN THE BOAT WITH. 412 00:25:49,547 --> 00:25:53,251 SO I AM GLAD I CHOSE THOSE PEOPLE FOR MY LIFE, FOR THAT 413 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:56,354 BOAT RIDE, FOR THAT JOURNEY. >> Stephen: NOT KNOWING ONE 414 00:25:56,421 --> 00:26:00,926 WOULD TRY TO DROWN YOU. >> TRY TO SAVE HIMSELF, IN THE 415 00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:03,461 PROCESS HE PULLED ME DOWN. >> Stephen: WASN'T TRYING TO 416 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:05,764 DROWN YOU, MERELY DIDN'T CARE WHETHER YOU LIVED. 417 00:26:05,830 --> 00:26:08,566 >> MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES NO ONE TELLS YOU WHEN YOUR 418 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:14,105 LIFE FLASHES IS THAT YOU ALSO REMEMBER RANDOM THINGS, LIKE E I 419 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:19,411 WAS JUST LIKE AH, THAT IS WHERE I LEFT THAT CONTROLLER. 420 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:20,946 LIKE RANDOM THINGS LIKE THAT COME INTO YOUR HEAD. 421 00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:24,149 >> Stephen: AND THERE IT IS, EXACTLY RIGHT. 422 00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:25,116 SO ARE YOU BACK ON THE ROAD WITH A TOUR. 423 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:26,384 >> I AM. >> Stephen: HOW IS THAT, YOU 424 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:29,220 GET TO GO OUT THERE AND LIVE THE LIFE ON THE ROAD WHICH YOU DID 425 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:31,256 FOR MANY YEARS. WAS THAT FUN TOR YOU, DO YOU 426 00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:32,524 ENJOY THAT. >> I LOVE IT. 427 00:26:32,590 --> 00:26:35,760 I MISS MEETING PEOPLE IN PERSON. I MISS MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY 428 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:39,297 RSM THE THING I LOVED ABOUT THE DAILY SHOW WAS I WAS IN A WORLD 429 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,635 WHERE I WAS CONSUMING NEWS. THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T 430 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:47,706 ENJOY ABOUT IT WAS THAT THE NEWS WAS OFTEN DEFINED BY A PLACE, 431 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:49,908 OFTENTIMES THE COAST OR WHERE THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. 432 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:53,345 BUT YOU WOULDN'T GET A REAL SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE 433 00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:55,180 EXPERIENCING. SO WHAT I LOVE ABOUT STANDUP IS 434 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:58,450 YOU GET TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT I THINK I KNOW 435 00:26:58,516 --> 00:27:00,719 ABOUT A PLACE AND ITS PEOPLE, AND WHAT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY 436 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:03,221 THINK ABOUT THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. 437 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:06,791 SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE IDEAS OF GEORGIA BUT THEN I GET TO GO DO 438 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:10,895 SHOWS IN GEORGIA AND GET TO MEET GEORGIANS AND TALK TO THEM, AND 439 00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:14,466 GI TO DINNERS AND CAFES AND RESTAURANTS, SAME IN INDIA. 440 00:27:14,532 --> 00:27:17,702 HAVE I IDEAS ABOUT INDIA AND THEN I GO THERE, IT REFINES ME, 441 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:21,473 CHANGES MY POINT OF VIEW, GETS RID OF SOME OF MY BIASES. 442 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:24,642 GETS RID OF SOME OF THE IGNORANCE THAT WE ALL HAVE 443 00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:26,077 PLACES WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. SO I LOVE THAT PART OF THE 444 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,346 JOURNEY. AND THEN ON MONDAY I DON'T HAVE 445 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:31,583 TO WORRY ABOUT GEORGE SANTOS S THAT HIS NAME? 446 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:38,189 >> Stephen: SOMETIMES, THAT IS SOMETIMES HIS NAME. 447 00:27:38,256 --> 00:27:39,324 GOING ON THE ROAD MEETING PEOPLE IS THE BEST THING. 448 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,993 >> IT IS AMAZING. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO GO, ONE 449 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:45,196 LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 450 00:27:45,263 --> 00:27:50,702 WHEN YOU WERE ON HERE, BECAUSE YOU PLAY AI BOT GRIO IN THE 451 00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:53,805 BLACKS PANTHER UNIVERSE. >> I DO. 452 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:56,508 >> Stephen: I HAD FORGOTTEN THIS. 453 00:27:56,574 --> 00:28:00,879 AND I HAD SOME OF THE CAST ON. AND I WANTED TO GO WATCH IT 454 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:03,281 RECENTLY AND I WENT WHY IS THAT VOICE SO FAMILIAR. 455 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:06,618 AND I WENT THAT IS TREVOR, THAT'S TREVOR. 456 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:09,654 AND IT S I LOOKED IT UP. OH YEAH, I FORGOT. 457 00:28:09,721 --> 00:28:11,089 BUT I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU. 458 00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:14,692 >> OKAY GO. >> Stephen: CHUR SI ON THE 459 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:17,462 ROPES, AND YOU ARE SAYING I AM WORKING ON IT. 460 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:21,833 LIKE THERE IS SOME URGENCY FROM GRIO, PLEASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU 461 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,035 DON'T CARE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THESE PEOPLE. 462 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:26,304 >> I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, STEPHEN,. 463 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,840 >> Stephen: THAT IS THE KIND OF VOICE I DON'T WANT TO HEAR. 464 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:33,511 >> AS AN AI WHAT I TRY AND DO IS GET INTO THE ROLE OF WHAT I AM 465 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:35,180 PERFORMING. I AM AN ACTOR IN THAT MOMENT, 466 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:37,348 STEPHEN. AND SO NOW IMAGINE IF YOU WERE 467 00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:40,218 TALKING TO YOUR AI. IMAGINE IF YOU PULLED UP, AND 468 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:46,624 YOU SAID TO YOUR AI, WERE YOU LIKE CALL 911 AND SIRI WAS LIKE 469 00:28:46,691 --> 00:28:47,892 AAAHHH. >> Stephen: NO, WAIT, STOP, 470 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:51,329 STOP, CANCEL. LITERALLY. 471 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:58,169 I HAD TO CANCEL YOU, SIRI WAS CALLING 911 AND THEN IT HEARD ME 472 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:01,473 SCREAMING ON THE WAY. >> EXACTLY. 473 00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:03,908 AMBULANCE IS ON THE WAY RIGHT HERE NOW. 474 00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:06,978 >> Stephen: YOU CAN SEE TREVOR HOSTING THE GRAMMYS ON FEBRUARY 475 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:10,181 5th ON CBS. IT'S TREVOR NOAH EVERYBODY. 476 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:11,983 YOU REMEMBER HIM. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 477 00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:14,953 STAR OF EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. 478 00:29:15,019 --> 00:29:18,156 STEPHANIE HSU, STICK AROUND. 479 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:36,774 >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 480 00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:41,746 STAY. FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS 481 00:29:41,813 --> 00:29:44,916 AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, SHE'S 482 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:48,620 BEEN NOMINATE FOR A SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARD AND SPIRIT 483 00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:53,725 AWARD FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT 484 00:29:53,791 --> 00:30:05,870 ONCE. >> YOU AND YOUR-- . 485 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:11,109 >> CAN'T BE. >> IT ISN'T THAT I CAN'T BE 486 00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:14,179 HERE. OR THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE 487 00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:17,282 HERE. >> HEY. 488 00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:23,588 >> OH YEAH. >> SEE I CAN PHYSICALLY BE HERE. 489 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:32,230 BUT WHAT YOU MEANT TO SAY IS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. 490 00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:38,036 >> HAND BEHIND YOUR BACK, COME ON. 491 00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:45,510 >> WELL,. >> LET'S DO THAT. 492 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:51,883 SEE, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THAT 493 00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:56,754 WORD. >> PLEASE WELCOME TO THE LATE 494 00:30:56,821 --> 00:31:11,703 SHOW STEPHANIE HSU. 495 00:31:11,769 --> 00:31:22,814 SHOW STEPHANIE HSU. 496 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,950 >> SACRED CHAIR. >> Stephen: SO NICE TO MEET 497 00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:28,987 YOU, THANKS FOR COMING ON. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, I'M SO 498 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:30,054 EXCITED. >> Stephen: YOUR FILM, 499 00:31:30,121 --> 00:31:33,524 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE HAS MADE AN A NOR 500 00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:35,693 MOUSE-- ENORMOUS SPLASH OVER THE PAST YEAR SIPS IT CAME OUT. 501 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,931 ARE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED BY HOW MEANSFUL THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN SO 502 00:31:39,998 --> 00:31:43,301 TO MANY PEOPLE. >> WELL, THE DANIELS, THE 503 00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:45,503 DIRECTORS ARE BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL WEIRDOES AND I 504 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:51,976 REMEMBER WE FILMED THE MOVIE IN 2020 ACTUALLY BEFORE THE 505 00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,045 PANDEMIC. AND SO IT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG 506 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:55,913 JOURNEY. BUT I REMEMBER GOING UP TO DAN 507 00:31:55,980 --> 00:32:00,118 ONE DAY AND SAYING TO HIM, DANIEL, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE 508 00:32:00,184 --> 00:32:02,987 MOVIE, DANIEL, THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO 509 00:32:03,054 --> 00:32:06,924 THE THEATERS, YOU KNOW. BECAUSE I'M A CHAIN SMOKER 90 510 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:10,795 YEAR OLD NEW YORK PRODUCER. AND I THINK I KNEW THAT THE 511 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:13,364 SCOPE OF IT WAS SOMETHING INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. 512 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,834 BUT I DEFINITELY COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WOULD DO WHAT IT 513 00:32:16,901 --> 00:32:19,404 HAS DONE. AND IT'S BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL TO 514 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:22,373 JUST SEE PEOPLE REALLY RECEIVE IT. 515 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:27,679 AND BELIEVE IN MOVIES AGAIN AND ALSO FEEL KIND OF UNITED IN THIS 516 00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:31,182 WILD, WILD LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD. 517 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:37,689 >> Stephen: IT'S-- IT'S FUNNY. IT'S FUNNY, IT'S EXCITING. 518 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:40,925 IT'S BIZARRE ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. 519 00:32:40,992 --> 00:32:41,926 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: AND YET AT THE 520 00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:45,430 SAME TIME IT MANAGE THIS EXTRAORDINARY EMOTIONAL 521 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:48,633 CONNECTION BETWEEN YOURSELF AND MICHELLE YEOH WHO PLAYS YOUR 522 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:52,303 MOTHER AND THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, I HAD NEVER SEEN EFI, 523 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:56,007 MY WIFE, I NEVER HAD SEEN MY WIFE CRY THAT HARD AT ANYTHING. 524 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:59,877 IN ANY MOVIE, I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE MEDICATED. 525 00:32:59,944 --> 00:33:02,980 >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY T IS INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF 526 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:05,550 PEOPLE WHO COME UP TO US AFTER THEY SEE THE MOVIE WHEN THEY 527 00:33:05,616 --> 00:33:09,120 TALK TO US, EVEN TALKING TO US THEY WILL START TO GET REALLY 528 00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:10,788 EMOTIONAL. AND IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL 529 00:33:10,855 --> 00:33:14,592 ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU REALLY FEEL THAT SOME CORD HAS BEEN STRUCK 530 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,462 AND EVERYONE IS JUST KIND OF BESIDE THEMSELVES. 531 00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:21,165 IT IS ALSO REALLY INTENSE SOMETIMES. 532 00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:22,734 >> Stephen: I'M SURE IT IS. THIS IS ALSO INTENSE. 533 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,638 NEW YORK TIMES CALLED YOU THE BREAKOUT STAR, FILM STAR OF 534 00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:29,140 2022. AND PUT YOU ON THE COVER OF THE 535 00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:35,213 ART SECTION. (APPLAUSE) 536 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:36,180 >> NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT, YEAH. 537 00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:37,348 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU. 538 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,784 AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE I SHOW IT TO 539 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,786 THE REST OF THE WORLD. >> OKAY, THAT PHOTOGRAPH, MY 540 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:45,690 BEST FRIEND TOOK IT AND ACTUALLY IS HERE TONIGHT AND THEY WERE, 541 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:49,093 SO THAT NEW YORK TIMES ART SECTION CAME OUT THIS WEEK. 542 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:53,030 AND THEY WERE IN THEMPEE HAVING A HARD DAY IN THERAPY AND THEY 543 00:33:53,097 --> 00:33:55,867 WALKED OUT. AND THERE I WAS ON THE FLOOR, 544 00:33:55,933 --> 00:34:00,738 LAYING SPEWED ON A NEW YORK DIRTY STREET. 545 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,006 AND I LIVED IN NEW YORK FOR 11 YEARS. 546 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:06,644 AND TO BE SOMEONE'S DISCARDED PAPER FOR A RAT TO PEE ON, IS 547 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:12,650 LIKE I'VE PEAKED, YOU KNOW. I MADE IT, I MADE IT. 548 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:16,754 >> Stephen: YOU ARE ON THE AWARD SHOW CIRCUIT RIGHT NOW. 549 00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:22,093 MICHELLE YE OW AND KI-W-I BOTH WON AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES. 550 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,062 YOU GOT YOUR OWN NOMINATION AS I SAID, THERE IS OSCAR BUZZ FOR 551 00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:27,799 THE FILM. ARE AWARD SHOWS, I ASSUME THIS 552 00:34:27,865 --> 00:34:30,001 IS YOUR FIRST ROUND OF AWARD SHOWS. 553 00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:31,602 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: ARE THEY ALL YOU 554 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:32,870 THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE CRACKED UP TO BE? 555 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:36,107 >> YOU KNOW, EARLY SON SOMEONE SHOWED ME THIS VIDEO OF COURTNEY 556 00:34:36,174 --> 00:34:38,576 LOVE AND AMAZING YOU SHOULD GOOGLE.COM IT. 557 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:42,280 BUT IT IS COURTNEY LOVE, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A GRUNGE QUEEN AND 558 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:45,917 WAS GETTING A A LITTLE BOUGIE AND GETTING PUSHBACK FOR PEOPLE. 559 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:48,786 AND SHE DID IN THIS PRESS INTERVIEW SHE SAYS A LOT OF 560 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:52,557 CRAZY THINGS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAYS IS YOU KNOW, IF 561 00:34:52,623 --> 00:34:55,827 I GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THE OSCARS AND WEAR A FABULOUS GOWN 562 00:34:55,893 --> 00:34:58,996 AND LOOK ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, THEN I'M GOING TO [BLEEP] TAKE 563 00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:01,699 IT. SO I I HAVE BEEN REALLY 564 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,869 CHANNELING MY INTERNAL COURTNEY LOVE. 565 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,471 YEAH. >> Stephen: WELL, HAVE A GOOD 566 00:35:06,537 --> 00:35:07,638 TIME. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 567 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:10,174 >> Stephen: HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> YEAH, WELL, THIS IS A BIG 568 00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:13,778 SORT OF ROCKET RIDE MOMENT FORP YOU. 569 00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:15,012 YOU HAVE BEEN PERFORMING FOR A LONG TIME. 570 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:19,383 YOU DID A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE THEATER IN EXPERIMENTAL THEATER. 571 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:22,687 AND THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT 572 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:23,654 PEOPLE. WHAT KIND OF EXPERIMENTAL 573 00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:26,491 THEATER DID YOU DO. >> WELL, I HEAR YOU ARE 574 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:28,559 EXPERIMENTAL THEATER. >> Stephen: I DID A FAIR 575 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:31,062 AMOUNT OF BLACK BOX EXPERIMENTSAL THEATER IN CHICAGO 576 00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:33,831 WHEN I WAS STARTING. >> TOTALLY, ME TOO. 577 00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:38,803 I MEAN I, YOU KNOW, MY CROWNING PERFORMANCE WAS IN A SHOW CALLED 578 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:43,608 WAR LESBIAN WHICH PLAYED A HAND. 579 00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:45,076 >> Stephen: JUST A HAND. WERE THERE OTHER PARTS. 580 00:35:45,142 --> 00:35:47,378 >> THE RIGHT HAND IS HERE TONIGHT ALSO. 581 00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:49,981 YEAH. YEAH. 582 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:51,649 >> Stephen: IS THAT YOUR FRIEND. 583 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:54,485 >> THAT IS MY FRIEND, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I PLAYED A CAT. 584 00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:58,623 A LOT OF INANIMATE OBJECTS. >> Stephen: YOU PLAYED AN 585 00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:01,592 INANIMATE OBJECT. >> I MEAN I PLAYED A COMPUTER ON 586 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:03,361 BROADWAY, ACTUALLY. SO THAT WOULD BE SO DOWNTOWN. 587 00:36:03,427 --> 00:36:06,364 >> Stephen: SURE. BUT YOU PLAY A ROCK IN THE 588 00:36:06,430 --> 00:36:08,799 MOVIE. >> I KNOW. 589 00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:09,967 >> Stephen: SO YOU WERE PREPARED FOR THAT. 590 00:36:10,034 --> 00:36:13,404 >> IT IS MY WHEELHOUSE. >> Stephen: YES. 591 00:36:13,471 --> 00:36:17,308 WHAT WAS ST IT LIKE TO WORK WITH MICHELLE YEOH, SUCH AN ICON. 592 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:20,311 WHAT IS SHE LIKE ON SET, PLAYFUL, JUST DOING THE WORK, 593 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:23,414 SOMEONE WHO STAYS IN CHARACTER ALL THE TIME WHAT IS SHE LIKE. 594 00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:27,685 >> SHE REALLY IS INCREDIBLE. SHE IS SNOT ONLY A TOTAL BAD ASS 595 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:32,890 AND COMPLETELY-- THE CRAFT BUT SHE REALLY MAKES EVERYONE FEEL 596 00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:35,059 LIKE FAMILY AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE MOVIE WAS ABLE 597 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:37,028 TO WORK BECAUSE SHE WAS OUR MAT REE ARC. 598 00:36:37,094 --> 00:36:42,934 AND YOU KNOW, AS REAL AND POISED AND BEAUTIFUL AS SHE S SHE IS 599 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,902 ALSO SO SILLY. SHE IS REALLY WEIRD SO I'M 600 00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:49,040 REALLY HAPPY THAT SHE GOT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LET HER 601 00:36:49,106 --> 00:36:51,776 FREAK FLAG FLY ALSO. YEAH. 602 00:36:51,842 --> 00:36:54,779 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT-- 603 00:36:54,845 --> 00:36:56,948 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: THIS IS ACTUALLY A 604 00:36:57,014 --> 00:37:00,051 PICTURE FROM THE FILM. THIS SAY PICTURE OF YOU AND 605 00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:02,987 MICHELLE YEOH AS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BUT THIS SAY PICTURE 606 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:04,589 FROM YOUR LIFE, ISN'T IT. >> IT IS. 607 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:09,660 IT IS A PICTURE OF ME AND MY MOM NAL THE PRODUCTION JUST PHOTO 608 00:37:09,727 --> 00:37:13,130 SHOPPED MY MOM'S FACE OUT AND THEN GLUED MICHELLE'S FACE ON. 609 00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:16,968 WHICH IS I THINK MY MOTHER'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT. 610 00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:20,037 SHE IS ALSO PEAKED. >> Stephen: WHAT IS GOING ON 611 00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:24,275 IN THIS PHOTO HERE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS A TRADITION. 612 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:29,280 YOU SHOT THIS LEADING UP TO THE COVID PANDEMIC BUT YOU FINISHED 613 00:37:29,347 --> 00:37:32,149 RIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT. >> WE FINISHED THE DAY THAT 614 00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:34,085 EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. >> Stephen: IN MARCH. 615 00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:36,387 >> MARCH IS OFth, 2020. >> Stephen: OKAY. 616 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:40,791 THAT IS GOOD LUCK. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, WHAT 617 00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:43,160 IS GOING ON HERE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT LUCK. 618 00:37:43,227 --> 00:37:46,731 >> SO I ALWAYS SAY THAT OUR MOVIE HAS BEEN PROTECTED BY SOME 619 00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:52,536 WU WU IMAGINE QUAL SPIRITUAL THING. 620 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:54,305 AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME FROM IT. 621 00:37:54,372 --> 00:37:57,541 BUT THAT PHOTO IS A CAST AND CREW PHOTO ON THE FIRST DAY WE 622 00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:00,978 DID A TRADITION THEY DO IN HONG KONG ON HONG KONG SETS WHERE YOU 623 00:38:01,045 --> 00:38:06,217 COVER THE CAMERAS IN RED, OKAY, SOMEONE IS FROM HONG KONG. 624 00:38:06,283 --> 00:38:11,756 , YOU LAY OUT A SUK ELLING PIG, SORRY IF YOU ARE VEGAN AND 625 00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:16,093 EVERYBODY IN THE CREW AND CAST ALL HAVE INCENSE STICK. 626 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,364 BASICALLY YOU BLESS THE SET FOR SMOOTH SAILING. 627 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:24,969 AND THE DIRECTORS AND THE LEAD ACTORS TAKE A BIG KNIFE AND WE 628 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:29,507 HOLD OP TO THE KNIFE AT THE SAME TIME AND YOU CUT THE PIG FROM 629 00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:32,410 HEAD TO TAIL TO BLESS AND EASEFUL SHOOT. 630 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:35,379 AND SO WE DID THAT ON THE FIRST DAY. 631 00:38:35,446 --> 00:38:37,848 AND I THINK BACK TO THAT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE SO MUCH MAGIC HAS 632 00:38:37,915 --> 00:38:42,286 BEEN HAPPENING FOR US. AND WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS 633 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:45,389 SUCCESSFUL AS WE WE ARE. NO ONE BELIEVED IN US. 634 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:49,326 AND FOR IT TO NOW BE A MOVIE THAT HAS SHIFTED THE WORLD OF 635 00:38:49,393 --> 00:38:54,765 CINEMA AND ALSO IS IN YOU KNOW, OSCAR CONVERSATION, IS PRETTY 636 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,067 WILD. >> Stephen: I WANT TO POINT 637 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:56,834 OUT-- (APPLAUSE) 638 00:38:56,901 --> 00:39:01,238 WHILE THIS IS GOOD LUCK. >> YES. 639 00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:02,540 >> Stephen: WHILE THIS IS GOOD LUCK FOR ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO 640 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:06,811 POINT OUT IN THE SCENE THAT WE SHOWED TO INTRODUCE YOU, ONE OF 641 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:13,017 YOUR COSTARS IS A PIG. >> YES, IT'S NOT THAT ONE. 642 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:15,753 >> Stephen: THANK YOU, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. 643 00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:17,254 EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE IS 644 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:21,158 STREAMING NOW ON SHOWTIME. STEPHANIE HSU, EVERYBODY. 645 00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:24,829 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 646 00:39:40,878 --> 00:39:42,613 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 647 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,715 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE ADAM 648 00:39:44,782 --> 00:39:46,250 KINZINGER. STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN. 649 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:50,721 GOOD NIGHT!