1 00:00:01,267 --> 00:00:04,704 >> RECENTLY, IN AN INTERVIEW ON "INFO WARS," KANYE WEST SPOUTED 2 00:00:04,771 --> 00:00:08,375 HATEFUL, HITLER-LOVING ANTI-SEMITISM, THIS FOLLOWING 3 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:12,779 HIS DINNER WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHITE SUPREMACIST NICK 4 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:16,883 FUENTES. BOTH TRUMP AND KANYE HAD THEIR 5 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:20,387 TWITTER ACCOUNTS REACTIVATED WHEN ELON MUSK TOOK OVER. 6 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:23,957 NOW THE G.O.P. HOUSE JUDICIARY HAS FINALLY TAKEN DOWN THEIR 7 00:00:24,023 --> 00:00:25,458 INFAMOUS TWEET FROM OCTOBER. 8 00:00:26,459 --> 00:00:41,341 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( SUNG TO SESAME STREET'S "ONE 9 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:46,713 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( SUNG TO SESAME STREET'S "ONE 10 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:48,948 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 11 00:00:49,015 --> 00:00:52,919 TONIGHT: 12 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:56,423 YES, WE CAN. 13 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:02,395 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON 14 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:06,666 NAOMI OSAKA AND MUSICAL GUEST SPOON 15 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:12,906 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 16 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:18,611 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 17 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:22,649 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 18 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:40,300 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 19 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:48,241 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 20 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:53,947 SEAT, EVERYBODY. WELCOME, WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, 21 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:55,715 TO "THE LATE SHOW." I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 22 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:58,852 I CERTAINLY HOPE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 23 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:06,392 I SPENT MINE BEING FANCY, ATTENDING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S 24 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,495 FIRST WHITE HOUSE STATE DINNER. JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL EVIE 25 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:11,798 McGEE-COLBERT AND HER DOUGHY PLUS-ONE. 26 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:16,836 ( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. 27 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,271 THE WHITE HOUSE IS NICE. CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WERE 28 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:21,307 BEAUTIFUL, AND THE WHOLE SHEBANG WAS THROWN IN HONOR OF 29 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:24,544 FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON, SEEN HERE MAKING HIS 30 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:29,349 GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE BLUSH. ( LAUGHTER ) 31 00:02:29,415 --> 00:02:39,726 THE STEREOTYPE-- HERE'S THE THING, THE STEREOTYPE IS THAT 32 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:41,828 FRENCH MEN ARE SUAVE AND CHARMING, AND EMMANUEL MACRON 33 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:44,163 DID NOTHING TO FIGHT THAT STEREOTYPE. 34 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:50,103 WHEN I MET HIM-- AND THIS IS TRUE-- HE LEANED IN AND 35 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:53,306 SAID "ENCHANTE" AND "OOH LA-LA, WAS MY BAGUETTE 36 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:58,578 BUTTERED." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 37 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:04,384 HER HAND ONE OF THOSE SORTA LIKE HALF-KISS, HALF-NODS, AND SHE 38 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:07,353 RESPONDED WITH THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN GREETING: A FULL-BODY 39 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:10,757 CHEST BUMP WHILE YELLING "GIT 'ER DONE!" 40 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:16,896 ( LAUGHTER ) COUNTRY, MY DARLING. 41 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:18,598 REALLY, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENING WAS A GREAT 42 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:22,602 PERFORMANCE BY OUR FRIEND JON BATISTE. 43 00:03:22,669 --> 00:03:33,112 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LISTENING TO HIS MUSIC HOPING 44 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:36,916 HIS JACKET WOULDN'T CATCH FIRE. SO, IT WAS A LOVELY EVENING. 45 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,519 JOE, YOU WERE THERE PLAYING THE DRUMS. 46 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:43,656 WASN'T IT AN AMAZING EVENING. WHAT AN HONOR, AN SALUTE HONOR 47 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:52,966 TO BE THERE. I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT 48 00:03:53,032 --> 00:03:54,100 BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY FOR HAVING US. 49 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:56,736 MY ONLY REGRET WAS THAT I MISSED NANCY PELOSI'S DAUGHTER 50 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:58,371 ALEXANDRA ASKING JOE BIDEN WHAT FOODS THE U.S. IS BEST KNOWN FOR 51 00:03:58,438 --> 00:04:01,608 BECAUSE, APPARENTLY, THE PRESIDENT REPLIED "HOT DOGS, ICE 52 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:05,511 CREAM, AND SPAGHETTI.'" ( LAUGHTER ) 53 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:20,159 HOW OLD HE IS-- AND HE IS-- BUT THEY NEVER MENTION THAT HE'S 54 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:22,061 GOT THE PALATE OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD. 55 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:23,763 I HOPE HE DOES THE MENU FOR THE NEXT STATE DINNER: 56 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:26,666 ( AS WAITER ) NUGGETS ON A BED OF CHEDDAR 57 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:31,104 GOLDFISH, FOLLOWED BY STRAWBERRY GO-GURT-- ( BLEEP ). 58 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:35,208 YOU GET THE IDEA. YOU GET THE IDEA. 59 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:37,977 THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT WAS WHEN I HIT THE DANCE FLOOR AND 60 00:04:38,044 --> 00:04:41,247 BUSTED A MOVE WITH WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY 61 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:43,549 KARINE JEAN-PIERRE. YOU SAW THAT, YOU SAW THAT, JOE. 62 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:44,684 AND I WAS CLEARLY THE BEST DANCER OUT THERE. 63 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:46,319 RIGHT, KARINE? >> I DON'T WANT TO-- DON'T WANT 64 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:50,089 TO COMMENT ON IT. ( LAUGHTER ) 65 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:54,193 >> Stephen: NOW, I DON'T WANT TO CLAIM TO BE A POLITICAL POWER 66 00:04:54,260 --> 00:05:02,535 BROKER, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE SAME DAY I PARTIED WITH 67 00:05:02,602 --> 00:05:05,104 JOE BIDEN, HE ASKED D.N.C. TO MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA THE 68 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:06,472 NATION'S FIRST PRIMARY STATE. SO I GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND 69 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:07,974 SUDDENLY, JOE BIDEN WANTS TO PUT MY HOME STATE FIRST. 70 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:11,577 YOU DO THE MATH. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 71 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:21,654 # BECAUSE I AM NOT GOOD AT MATH, 72 00:05:21,721 --> 00:05:26,092 BECAUSE I WENT TO SCHOOL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 73 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:34,067 ( LAUGHTER ) MOVING THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC 74 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:38,071 PRIMARY CONTEST TO SOUTH CAROLINA IS A BIG BLOW TO IOWA, 75 00:05:38,137 --> 00:05:43,376 WHICH HAS BEEN FIRST IN THE NOMINATING PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT 76 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:45,311 FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY. AND WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY ALL 77 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,580 POLITICIANS AGREED TO START IT IN IOWA? 78 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:51,718 >> IT'S CORN! >> Stephen: THANK YOU, THAT'S 79 00:05:51,784 --> 00:05:52,885 TRUE. THANK YOU, SECRETARY CORN KID. 80 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:56,856 BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THAT MOVING SOUTH CAROLINA AHEAD OF IOWA 81 00:05:56,923 --> 00:05:59,592 WILL INVOLVE MORE MINORITY VOTERS, GIVEN THAT IOWA IS THE 82 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:05,565 COUNTRY'S SEVENTH WHITEST STATE. STILL, THIS CHANGE WILL BE HARD 83 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:10,503 ON IOWA'S MINORITY POPULATION: FRANK. 84 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:15,208 LAUGH HE SEEMS SURPRISINGLY HAPPY ABOUT IT. 85 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:20,146 SPECULATION IS THAT SOUTH CAROLINA HELPED BIDEN CLINCH THE 86 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:22,081 NOMINATION IN 2020, SO THIS MOVE MAKES IT ABUNDANTLY 87 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:27,386 CLEAR THAT HE INTENDS TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN 2024. 88 00:06:27,453 --> 00:06:29,956 ( LIGHT APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: SOME OF THE 89 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:32,625 AUDIENCE IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ( LAUGHTER ) 90 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:44,837 81, SO MAYBE NOT A "RUN" SO MUCH AS A VERY FOCUSED SHUFFLE. 91 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:50,510 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DINNER. SPEAKING OF PRESIDENTS: THE OLD 92 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:52,078 BAD ONE IS STILL OUT THERE. HE THREW A HISSY FIT THIS 93 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:54,080 WEEKEND, ONCE AGAIN WHINING THAT THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN 94 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:57,383 FROM HIM. BUT THIS TIME, HE ADDED A NEW 95 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:59,452 WRINKLE. QUOTE: "A MASSIVE FRAUD OF THIS 96 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:03,022 TYPE AND MAGNITUDE ALLOWS FOR THE TERMINATION OF ALL RULES, 97 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:05,324 REGULATIONS, AND ARTICLES, EVEN THOSE FOUND IN THE 98 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:10,496 CONSTITUTION." ( AUDIENCE BROOKING ) 99 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:12,498 YOU DUMMY. YOU CAN'T TERMINATE THE 100 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:16,302 CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION IS AMERICA. 101 00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:29,081 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU DON'T SEE MACRON RUNNING FOR 102 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:33,586 PRESIDENT OF FRANCE ON A PLATFORM OF OUTLAWING 103 00:07:33,653 --> 00:07:34,587 THREESOMES. ( LAUGHTER ) 104 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:38,624 CONSTITUTION. SO WHY IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT 105 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:42,261 CALLING FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTION? 106 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:46,098 WELL, IT'S A LONG, STUPID STORY, AND THERE'S A PENIS AT THE END 107 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:48,201 OF IT. ( LAUGHTER ) 108 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:52,138 IT ALL STARTED WITH TWITTER C.E.O. AND REJECTED VILLAGE 109 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:56,309 PERSON, ELON MUSK. ( LAUGHTER ) 110 00:07:56,375 --> 00:08:01,047 AN INTERNAL TWITTER REPORT SUPPOSEDLY EXPOSING LIBERAL BIAS 111 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:05,084 AT THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY DURING THE 2020 ELECTION. 112 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:08,955 NOW, MUSK GAVE THE REPORT TO JOURNALIST MATT TAIBBI, WHO ON 113 00:08:09,021 --> 00:08:10,623 FRIDAY POSTED A TWITTER THREAD SHOWING TWITTER EXECUTIVES 114 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:14,594 DEBATING HOW TO HANDLE TWEETS CONCERNING A DISCOVERED 115 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:17,330 LAPTOP BELONGING TO HUNTER BIDEN. 116 00:08:17,396 --> 00:08:19,098 AGAIN WITH THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP! 117 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:22,535 GIVE IT A REST! YOU DON'T HEAR ANYONE OBSESSING 118 00:08:22,602 --> 00:08:26,005 OVER THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S SON'S LAPTOP. 119 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:28,241 AND ERIC'S GOT A GOOD ONE-- IT'S MADE BY FISHER-PRICE, AND IT CAN 120 00:08:28,307 --> 00:08:30,810 TELL YOU WHAT SOUND A COW MAKES. 121 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:45,758 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "THE COW SAYS I'LL TURN STATES 122 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:46,692 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "THE COW SAYS I'LL TURN STATES 123 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:48,628 EVIDENCE." EVERYBODY IS TALKING, IS WHAT 124 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:52,064 I'M SAYING. THE HOT, JUICY SCANDAL NUGGET AT 125 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:55,368 THE CENTER OF THIS SUPPOSED TAKEDOWN WAS THIS EXCHANGE 126 00:08:55,434 --> 00:08:57,570 BETWEEN TWITTER EMPLOYEES: ONE RELAYED A REQUEST FROM THE BIDEN 127 00:08:57,637 --> 00:09:00,539 TEAM TO REVIEW FIVE TWEETS, AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE REPLIED, 128 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:02,675 "HANDLED THESE." OH, DANG. 129 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:05,811 HANDLED. AS WITH HANDS. 130 00:09:05,878 --> 00:09:09,916 SCANDAL HANDS. SCANDAL HANDLES! 131 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:13,719 SO WHAT WAS IN THOSE TWEETS THAT JOE BIDEN WAS SO DESPERATE TO 132 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:19,358 HAVE HANDLED? HUNTER BIDEN'S PENIS PICTURES. 133 00:09:19,425 --> 00:09:25,631 ELON WAS ALL OVER IT. HE REPLIED, "IF THIS ISN'T A 134 00:09:25,698 --> 00:09:27,833 VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION'S FIRST AMENDMENT, WHAT IS?" 135 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,636 I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT IS, EON. 136 00:09:30,703 --> 00:09:38,577 AND IF THE GOVERNMENT STOPS ME FROM TELLING YOU WHAT IS, THAT 137 00:09:38,644 --> 00:09:40,479 WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. 138 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:46,752 THIS IS NOT. # 139 00:09:46,819 --> 00:09:50,656 ( APPLAUSE ) NO. 140 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:54,593 EVEN THE USUAL HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP-THUSIASTS WERE YAWNING, 141 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:57,797 INCLUDING FORMER AIDE TO THE EX-PRESIDENT AND EVIL TWIN 142 00:09:57,863 --> 00:10:01,300 OF SEBASTIAN GORKA, SEBASTIAN GORKA. 143 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:06,038 IN RESPONSE TO ELON'S SUPPOSED BOMBSHELL, GORKA TWEETED: 144 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:10,076 "SO FAR, I'M DEEPLY UNDERWHELMED," ADDING, 145 00:10:10,142 --> 00:10:12,411 "BIG WHOP." ( LAUGHTER ) 146 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:16,082 COULDN'T EVEN MANAGE A FULL "WHOOP." 147 00:10:16,148 --> 00:10:18,484 THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE SPREADING HATE ON THE 148 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:21,020 INTERNET. THERE WAS ALSO DISGRACED SHOE 149 00:10:21,087 --> 00:10:25,124 SALESMAN YE, SEEN HERE POINTING AT THE PROBLEM. 150 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:36,002 ( LAUGHTER ) YE HAS BEEN ON A BIT OF A 151 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:40,840 NOT-SO-BEAUTIFUL, DARK, TWISTED, ANTI-SEMITIC FANTASY TOUR, 152 00:10:40,906 --> 00:10:44,577 CULMINATING ON THURSDAY WHEN HE TWEETED AN IMAGE OF A SWASTIKA 153 00:10:44,643 --> 00:10:46,112 INSIDE THE STAR OF DAVID AND WAS SUSPENDED FROM TWITTER. 154 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:50,649 BUT HE'S STILL WELCOME ON THE PRO-NAZI SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, 155 00:10:50,716 --> 00:10:51,984 "TWITLER." ( LAUGHTER ) 156 00:10:52,051 --> 00:11:06,565 OFF TWITTER A SECOND TIME, KANYE HAD A STRANGE DISAGREEMENT. 157 00:11:06,632 --> 00:11:10,836 >> I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T LIKE NAZIS, AND I DON'T LIKE WHAT 158 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:14,573 SOME OF THE MAFIAS ARE DOING EITHER. 159 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,475 >> Stephen: WHOA! THAT IS UPSETTING AND THE WORST 160 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:17,543 CAREER-ENDING SEGUE INTO A COMMERCIAL BREAK EVER. 161 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:20,179 IT REMINDS ME OF CRONKITE'S FAMOUS SIGN-OFF: 162 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:21,580 >> AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I KILL DRIFTERS FOR FUN. 163 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:23,516 AND NOW A WORD FROM SMUCKER'S JELLY! 164 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:26,852 ( LAUGHTER ) TONIGHT. 165 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:29,922 MY GUESTS ARE JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON AND TENNIS CHAMPION 166 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:33,092 NAOMI OSAKA. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, 167 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:35,027 "MEANWHILE!" JOIN US. 168 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:10,029 WELCOME BACK. GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND, 169 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:14,667 EVERYBODY, LOUIS CATO "THE LATE SHOW" BAND." 170 00:12:14,733 --> 00:12:17,970 LOUIS, OH, MY LOUIS. >> Louis: OH, STEPHEN. 171 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:21,674 >> Stephen: LOUIS, I HAVE A GRAND ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT. 172 00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:25,945 AND IT IS ABOUT TOMORROW. TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO BE 173 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:28,547 SHOWING SOMETHING SPECIAL ON "THE LATE SHOW": A FIELD TRIP 174 00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:33,519 I TOOK IN AUGUST TO THE NORTHERNMOST U.S. MILITARY 175 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:40,726 INSTALLATION IN THE WORLD, THULE AIRBASE IN GREENLAND, THE TOP OF 176 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:43,863 GREENLAND, OPERATED BY THE FOLKING AT SPACE FORCE, SPACE 177 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:50,236 FORCE RUNS IT. IT WAS ALL THANKS TO THE U.S.O. 178 00:12:50,302 --> 00:12:55,441 WENT UP THERE TO VISIT THE TROOPS, SAY HI, AND EXPRESS OUR 179 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:56,609 APPRECIATION AND I GOT TO DO SO MANY 180 00:12:56,675 --> 00:12:58,444 EXCITING THINGS UP THERE. DO WE HAVE THIS FOOTAGE, JIM? 181 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:01,280 I HOSTED A KARAOKE BAR NIGHT FOR THE GUARDIANS STATIONED AT THE 182 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:03,649 BASE, I SAT DOWN WITH CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE 183 00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:09,121 SPACE FORCE, ROGER A. TOWBERMAN, AND I EVEN GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN 184 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:11,056 WHAT I ASSUME IS THE FIRST-EVER SIMULATION OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK 185 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:15,227 ON LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION. TUNE IN TO FIND OUT IF YOU 186 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:18,998 SURVIVED. I SAW SO MANY THINGS I NEVER 187 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:23,903 THOUGHT I'D GET TO SEE. IT WAS REALLY A PRIVILEGE. 188 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:30,242 AND EVEN THINGS I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T 189 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:31,443 IS THERE SECRET STUFF IN THERE?, 190 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:33,579 >> THERE IS SECRET STUFF. >> Stephen: AND I GET TO GO IN? 191 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:34,713 >> YOU GET TO GO IN. >> Stephen: CAN THEY COME IN 192 00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:37,349 WITH US? >> NO. 193 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:40,386 >> Stephen: THEY CAN NOT COME IN. 194 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:46,725 I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT I SAW, BUT THE THING I SAW WAS THE 195 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:49,862 THING I WAS WONDERING WHETHER I WOULD SEE. 196 00:13:49,929 --> 00:13:52,064 AND I SAW IT. SO IF I WANT TO SEE IT, IF YOU 197 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:56,268 WANT TO SEE WHAT I CAN SAY THAT I SAW, TUNE IN TOMORROW, AND OF 198 00:13:56,335 --> 00:14:00,706 COURSE, EVERY OTHER NIGHT LIKE THIS ONE. 199 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:10,716 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME INCREDIBLE GUESTS TONIGHT. 200 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:15,221 THE ACTOR JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON IS HERE. 201 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:19,692 AND TENNIS CHAMPION NAOMI OSAKA. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 202 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:23,128 RIGHT OVER THERE IN THE OL' JOKE WORKSHOP, HAND-SHAPING THE 203 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:27,366 NEWSIEST TONEWOODS LIKE NARROW GRAIN PINE, AND TOPICAL ITALIAN 204 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:31,170 ASH INTO A GRACEFUL VIOL SHAPE, THEN CAPPING THE NECK WITH AN 205 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:35,874 ELEGANT MAPLE SCROLL AND TUNING IT UP WITH A ROPE-CORE STEEL "A" 206 00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:39,178 AND "E," BUT GUT-STRING "G" AND "D," TO CREATE FOR YOU THE 207 00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:40,713 SPLENDID AND RESONANT AMATI DOUBLE BASS THAT IS MY 208 00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:44,650 MONOLOGUE. BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, 209 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:48,087 FOLKS, WHILE ON THE RUN AFTER GETTING CAUGHT CHEATING AT FIGHT 210 00:14:48,153 --> 00:14:52,725 CLUB-- I'M A BITER-- I STRAP A BROKEN HOCKEY STICK TO THE DIRTY 211 00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:58,564 BABY POOL I'M HIDING UNDER WITH SOME USED SURGICAL USED TUBING, 212 00:14:58,631 --> 00:14:59,798 SNORT A RAIL OF CRUSHED SUDAFED AND WAIL ON THE METH TWEAKER'S 213 00:14:59,865 --> 00:15:03,168 WASHTUB OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 214 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:13,212 >> MEANWHILE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 215 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:16,348 THAT'S THE ONLY INSTRUMENT I NEED. 216 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:19,685 MEANWHILE, IN FLORIDA, A MAN TRIED TO PROPOSE TO HIS 217 00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:22,288 GIRLFRIEND ON THE BOW OF A BOAT, "TITANIC"-STYLE, AND THIS 218 00:15:22,354 --> 00:15:24,657 HAPPENED: THERE THEY ARE STRIKING A 219 00:15:24,723 --> 00:15:27,259 "TITANIC" POSE. EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT. 220 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:32,364 NOW HE REACHES INTO HIS POCKET FOR THE RING, STARTS TO PULL IT 221 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:38,871 OUT AND-- WHOA! WHOOPSIE-TWO-MONTHS'-SALARY! 222 00:15:38,937 --> 00:15:43,175 DIDN'T YOU SEE "TITANIC"? NEVER LET GO. 223 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:49,481 HE MADE A TREMENDOUS SAVE OF THE RING, AFTER THAT DIVE, AND 224 00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:51,617 EVERYTHING IS FINE. BUT MAYBE WHEN YOU PROPOSE, YOUR THEME 225 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:56,555 SHOULDN'T BE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUSIDISASTERS IN 226 00:15:56,622 --> 00:16:00,592 HUMAN HISTORY. I FOR ONE, I LOOK FORWARD TO 227 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:03,896 THEIR GENDER REVEAL. >> OH, IT'S BURSTING INTO 228 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:06,065 FLAMES. PINK FLAMES! 229 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:10,703 IT'S A GIRL! OH, THE FEMININITY! 230 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:15,140 ( LAUGHTER ) MEN'S BRAINS, ACCORDING 231 00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:17,042 TO BEFORE-AND-AFTER M.R.I. SCANS. 232 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:19,211 WAS THAT FOR SCIENCE OR JUST SO THE DADS COULD LIE DOWN FOR A 233 00:16:19,278 --> 00:16:23,515 WHILE? ( LAUGHTER ) 234 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:28,854 JUST PUT ME IN AGAIN. THE. 235 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:33,459 MEANWHILE, NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS IS LOOKING FOR A LEADER IN 236 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:34,960 THE CITY'S WAR ON RATS. COULD THIS BE A JOB FOR THE 237 00:16:35,027 --> 00:16:39,164 MAYOR'S ALTER EGO: ERIC CAT-AMS? 238 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:48,407 ( LAUGHTER ) BOSTON IS GETTING ATTENTION FOR 239 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:51,176 DISPLAYING A STATUE OF MICKEY MOUSE WITH GIANT LOBSTER CLAWS 240 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:55,180 FOR HANDS, WHICH LOCALS CALL "LOBSTA MICKEY." 241 00:16:55,247 --> 00:17:00,386 ♪ M-I-C -- SEE, HE'S GOT CLAWS K-E-Y -- WHY? 242 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:04,923 ♪ CUZ HIS MOM BANGED A LOBSTER! ( LAUGHTER ) 243 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:08,327 THAT'S THE LOCALS. THAT'S NOT ME. 244 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:13,632 I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT. MEANWHILE, IN WORLD CUP NEWS, A 245 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:17,403 FAN OF TEAM MEXICO HAD A PRETTY STRONG REACTION AFTER THEY WERE 246 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:21,940 ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. TAKE A LOOK: 247 00:17:22,007 --> 00:17:25,611 ( BLEEP ). ( BLEEP ). 248 00:17:25,677 --> 00:17:34,319 ( BLEEP ). YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO YOUR TV! 249 00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:35,587 THIS IS SOCCER. YOU GOTTA STAB IT WITH YOUR 250 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:42,094 FEET. ( LAUGHTER ) 251 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:44,296 MEANWHILE-- I GOT SOMETHING THERE. 252 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:48,867 MEANWHILE, THE SINGER PINK DROPPED THOUSANDS ON AN ABSTRACT 253 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:51,370 PAINTING BY CHIMPS AT MIAMI ART WEEK. 254 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:53,806 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THESE CHIMPS WHIPPED UP. 255 00:17:53,872 --> 00:17:56,909 HMM. OKAY. 256 00:17:56,975 --> 00:18:00,312 THAT'S ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL. CLEARLY, ALL THE BLACK 257 00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:04,583 REPRESENTS... ( CHIMP SOUND ) 258 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:06,084 BLUE CONVEY THEMES OF ( CHIMP SCREAM ) 259 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:14,426 MEANWHILE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 260 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:19,298 DRINK SODA MIXED WITH MILK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 261 00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:25,404 UGH, THAT IS DISGUSTING. PEPSI? 262 00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:28,740 ( LAUGHTER ) THE SODA COMPANY IS ENCOURAGING 263 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:31,643 CUSTOMERS TO TRY THE COMBINATION AND USE THE HASHTAG 264 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:41,720 #PILKANDCOOKIES. ( LAUGHTER ) 265 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:46,058 PEPSI AND MILK. DISPLU OH! 266 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:49,628 OH! >> Stephen: LET'S GIVE THAT A 267 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:55,601 TRY. LET'S GIVE THAT A TRY. 268 00:18:55,667 --> 00:19:00,973 ( GAGS ) >> Louis: OH, NO! 269 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:03,275 >> Stephen: I THINK I'M GONNA' PILK. 270 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:05,911 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF "THE PIANO LESSON" ON 271 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,113 BROADWAY, JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON. ♪ ♪ ♪ 272 00:19:25,063 --> 00:19:29,868 EVERYBODY! ONCE AGAIN. 273 00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:32,804 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM 274 00:19:32,871 --> 00:19:35,741 "BALLERS," "BLACKKKLANSMAN," AND "TENET." 275 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:39,244 HE NOW STARS AS BOY WILLIE IN "THE PIANO LESSON" ON BROADWAY. 276 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:43,815 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW" JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON! 277 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:56,962 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 278 00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:02,734 THANK YOU! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 279 00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:06,672 WOW. >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU 280 00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:07,873 ON. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 281 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:11,577 >> Stephen: CURRENTLY MAKING YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT IN AUGUST 282 00:20:11,643 --> 00:20:15,981 WILLIAMS' "THE PIANO LESSON," THERE'S A ""PLAYBILL"" FROM 283 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,116 OPENING NIGHT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY 284 00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:20,819 EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU GO TO WORK, YOUR WORK 285 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:24,923 IS AT A BROADWAY THEATER. DO YOU-- WHEN YOU GO TO THE 286 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:29,361 BARRYMORE THEATER DOES IT SINK IN-- I MEAN YOU ALREADY HAVE A 287 00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:34,266 WELL-ESTABLISHED CAREER, BUT WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE ON 288 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,901 BROADWAY, TO BE HEADLINING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 289 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:38,570 >> I MEAN, IT'S A TREMENDOUS BLESSING. 290 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:40,439 IT FEELS LIKE I'M IN THE BIG LEAGUES. 291 00:20:40,505 --> 00:20:44,476 EVERY TIME I'M GOING IN THERE I'M PART OF THE HISTORY, THE 292 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:47,379 BARRYMORE HISTORY, THE AUGUST WILLIAMS HISTORY, THE MAN WHO 293 00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:51,984 ORIGINATED THE ROLE I'M PLAYING, SAM JACKSON, HIS HISTORY. 294 00:20:52,050 --> 00:20:54,052 >> Stephen: SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIM. 295 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,922 >> SHARING THE STAGE WITH SAM JACKSON. 296 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:59,391 A LOT OF PRESSURE, OBVIOUSLY,ss TOO. 297 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,693 BUT I FEEL WELCOMED AND I FEEL LIKE I BELONG. 298 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,664 >> Stephen: THE PLAY IS TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES LONG, AND 299 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:09,134 YOUR CHARACTER BOY WILLIE, TALKS FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE THING. 300 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:13,772 IT'S LIKE "KING LEAR." HOW DO YOU MEMORIZE THAT MUCH 301 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:14,940 MATERIAL? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. 302 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:18,176 >> Stephen: IT IS A LITTLE MIRACULOUS TO BE ABLE TO GRAB 303 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,811 THAT MUCH STUFF AND HOLD IT IN YOUR HEAD. 304 00:21:19,878 --> 00:21:22,481 >> IT'S A TALL TASK BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT SETTING MY 305 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:24,950 INTENTIONS, KNOWING WHY I'M SAYING THESE WORDS AND KNOWING 306 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:31,556 WHO I'M SAYING THEM TO. ONCE I GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE 307 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:35,894 POLITE OF THIS CHARACTER AND UNDERSTANDING THE JIM CROW SOUTH 308 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,330 OF WHERE HE'S FROM AND THE HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE, THE 309 00:21:38,397 --> 00:21:41,366 CHARLES FAMILY, HIS FAMILY, IT MAKES THE WORDS COME TO LIFE, 310 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:45,370 AND YOU REALIZE HOW GREAT THESE WORDS THAT AUGUST WILLIAMS WROTE 311 00:21:45,437 --> 00:21:48,240 ARE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR MISSION BEHIND THESE WORDS. 312 00:21:48,306 --> 00:21:50,642 >> Stephen: THE BETTER THE WRITING, THE EASIER IT IS TO 313 00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:55,080 MEMORIZE, IS WHAT I HAVE FOUND. >> EEHHH... 314 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,716 >> Stephen: NO. >> SOMETIMES BAD WRITING YOU CAN 315 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:02,320 COVER UP WITH AN AD LIB THERE. THIS IS LIKE SHAKESPEARE. 316 00:22:02,387 --> 00:22:04,389 YOU CAN'T AD LIB. YOU CAN'T ADD STUFF. 317 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:07,325 YOU HAVE TO SAY THE WORDS AND WHEN YOU RESPECT THE WORDS THEY 318 00:22:07,392 --> 00:22:09,961 WORK FOR YOU. >> Stephen: THE PART OF BOY 319 00:22:10,028 --> 00:22:12,497 WILLIE AS YOU WERE SAYING WAS ORIGINATED BY SAMUEL L. JACKSON 320 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:14,232 IN 1987. NOW HE'S YOUR COSTAR. 321 00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:18,136 WHEN YOU'RE ON STAGE-- CERTAINLY NOT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDST OF 322 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:20,806 PERFORMANCE, BUT WAS THERE ANY TIME IN MAKING THIS, IN THE 323 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:24,176 REHEARSAL PROCESS, WHERE YOU THOUGHT, "I WONDER WHAT HE WOULD 324 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:26,778 HAVE DONE IN THIS MOMENT?" OR DO YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE 325 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:30,282 BECAUSE HE'S RIGHT THERE? >> ALL KIND OF PRESSURE. 326 00:22:30,348 --> 00:22:33,285 SOMEWHAT LIKE I WHOORND HE WOULD HAVE DONE IN THIS MOMENT. 327 00:22:33,351 --> 00:22:34,753 I HOPE I'M NOT DISAPPOINTING HIM. 328 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:37,656 HE'S LOOKING AT ME CRAZY RIGHT NOW. 329 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:41,727 AM I MESSING UP? OR IS THIS SAM SAYING YOU... 330 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:46,198 I FEEL SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM HIM. H'S BEEN VERY GRACIOUS AND SO 331 00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:49,034 HELPFUL AND INFLUENTIAL IN MY DEVELOPMENT IN MY OWN WAY FOR 332 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,936 THE CHARACTER. >> Stephen: WELL, HE THINKS 333 00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:53,605 THE WORLD OF YOUR PERFORMANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU SAW HIM 334 00:22:53,672 --> 00:22:57,275 WHEN HE WAS ON THIS SHOW BACK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT 335 00:22:57,342 --> 00:23:00,979 HOW HE WASN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, 336 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,982 OF COURSE, HIS WIFE IS THE DIRECTOR. 337 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:07,919 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Stephen: AND THIS IS WHAT 338 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:11,456 HE SAID ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE: >> THE AUDIENCE IS REALLY LIKE, 339 00:23:11,523 --> 00:23:13,625 "OH, MY GOD." YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE-- THEY 340 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:16,628 LOVE HIM SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE WHAT HE WANTS AND WHAT 341 00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:18,997 HE'S DOING. AND I BELIEVE IT. 342 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,501 AND I'M MOVED BY IT, AND I'M SITTING THERE JUST THINKING, 343 00:23:22,567 --> 00:23:24,736 THIS IS A GREAT PLAY TO DO EVERY NIGHT. 344 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:26,872 I'M SITTING THERE ENJOYING THE PLAY AND, YOU KNOW, HOPING 345 00:23:26,938 --> 00:23:31,576 THAT-- IT'S LIKE, OH, NO, DID I MISS MY LINE? 346 00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:36,982 ( APPLAUSE ) HE'S A-- HE'S A TOUGH CRITIC. 347 00:23:37,048 --> 00:23:39,451 YOU KNOW, HE'S VERY HARD TO PLEASE. 348 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:41,419 SO I FEEL-- I MEAN, THAT'S GREAT. 349 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:43,555 THAT'S VERY MOVING THAT HE SAID THAT. 350 00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:46,024 YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, I FEEL SUPPORTED EVERY TIME WE DO 351 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:49,427 THAT PLAY, LIKE THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME IN CHARACTER, IT FEELS 352 00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:57,402 LIKE HE'S A PROUD UNCLE, HE AND POTTS, I FEEL SUCH A CERTIFICATE 353 00:23:57,469 --> 00:24:00,572 OF AND SUPPORT FROM THEM. THEY WERE HAZE MING DURING THE 354 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:03,441 REHEARSAL PROCESS. I HAD THE BANANA CHIPPEDZ. 355 00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:07,078 THEY DIDN'T EAT BANANA CHIPS IN 1936. 356 00:24:07,145 --> 00:24:12,083 YOU BETTER GET SOME PORK RINDS. I SAID PORK RINDS? 357 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:15,821 YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD. 358 00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:18,657 JUST LITTLE STORIES LIKE THAT THEY APPRECIATE. 359 00:24:18,723 --> 00:24:21,259 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT 360 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:23,228 BACK WITH MORE JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, EVERYBODY. 361 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:23,929 STICK AROUND. 362 00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:35,440 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF "THE PIANO LESSON," AT THE ETHEL 363 00:24:35,507 --> 00:24:39,911 BARRYMORE THEATRE ON BROADWAY, JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON. 364 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:45,283 "THE PIANO LESSON" IS ABOUT A FAMILY'S PRIZED FAMILY HEIRLOOM, 365 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:50,088 THE PIANO ITSELF. DO YOUR PARENTS-- YOUR PARENTS 366 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:53,491 DENZEL AND PAULETTE WASHINGTON, DOES THE WASHINGTON FAMILY HAVE 367 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:56,862 ANY PRIZED HEIRLOOMS, ANYTHING THEY HOLD ON TO? 368 00:24:56,928 --> 00:25:00,232 >> THEY'VE DEFINITELY PASSED ON THE ART OF PRAYER AND, YOU KNOW, 369 00:25:00,298 --> 00:25:03,802 SPIRITUALITY, AND I CERTAINLY INSERT IT IN EVERY ASPECT OF MY 370 00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:09,307 LIFE. AND SOMETHING ALSO IS MY UNCLE-- 371 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:13,612 MY MOTHER'S BROTHER-- SHE GOT WHEN HE PASSED WAY, SHE GOT HIS 372 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:16,581 CHAIN AND SHE GAVE IT TO ME. I'M WEARING THAT CHAIN ON THE 373 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:19,384 FRONT OF THE ""PLAYBILL"." YEAH, SO IT'S RIGHT THERE. 374 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:20,952 A LITTLE PIECE OF IT RIGHT THERE. 375 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:23,688 SO IT'S ALWAYS A REMINDER THAT HE'S ALWAYS WITH ME AND 376 00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:27,993 SOMETHING THAT I CAN JUST HOLD ON TO AND SOMETHING VERY DEEP, 377 00:25:28,059 --> 00:25:33,598 CLOSE TO MY HEART. ( APPLAUSE ) 378 00:25:33,665 --> 00:25:38,236 LIKE, YOUR PRAYER, YOUR PRAYER PRACTICE, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE 379 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:41,873 PRAYER YOU GO BACK TO, OR IS IT ALWAYS SORT OF IMPROVISATIONAL 380 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:44,809 WHEN YOU GO IN? >> I GOT SOME GO-TO SINCE I WAS, 381 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:50,248 LIKE, EIGHT YEARS OLD. GOD BLESS MOM, DAD, RITA, RICK, 382 00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:52,517 OLIVIA, MALCOLM. >> Stephen: THERE'S NOTHING 383 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:55,587 WRONG THAT. >> THOSE ARE MY STRONG GO-TOES. 384 00:25:55,654 --> 00:25:59,791 OTHER TIMES IT'S, YO,UN WHAT I NEED. 385 00:25:59,858 --> 00:26:02,227 I NEED YOU." >> Stephen: IT'S LIKE WHY ARE 386 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:05,830 WE TAKING TIME TO LAY OUT ALL YOUR PROBLEMS? 387 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:07,165 HE KNOW. >> HE KNOWS. 388 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,801 YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, SO, PLEASE. 389 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:13,004 >> Stephen: WELL, YOUR FAMILY IS NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE. 390 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:16,174 DID YOUR FOLKS GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE BEFORE YOU DID BROADWAY 391 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:19,177 FOR THE FIRST TIME? >> YES. 392 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:22,914 MY MOM ACTUALLY SHE'S SEEN IT I WOULD SAY 29 TIMES, INCLUDING 393 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,350 LAST NIGHT AND HAS NOTES FOR ME, STILL. 394 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:29,788 SHE TOOK ME TO DINNER. I THINK I'M DOING GREAT, "SO, 395 00:26:29,854 --> 00:26:32,157 THOUGHTS." I WAS LIKE, OH, MAN. 396 00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:34,492 >> Stephen: THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 397 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:37,395 >> LITERALLY, THOUGH, SHE SAID THAT. 398 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:38,930 >> Stephen: "UPSTAGING SAMUEL." 399 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:41,066 >> "THE JUMP, JUST MAKE IT HIGHER." 400 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:45,904 BUT JUST GREAT-- THEY'RE GREAT SUPPORTIVE PARENTS. 401 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:48,907 MY FATHER TALKS ABOUT OWNING YOUR SPACE AND BELIEVING WHAT 402 00:26:48,974 --> 00:26:50,241 YOU'RE SAYING MY MOTHER THE SAY WAM. 403 00:26:50,308 --> 00:26:52,377 >> Stephen: I LOVE THAT "OWNING THE SPACE." 404 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:55,780 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? >> STANDING STRONG AND NOT BEING 405 00:26:55,847 --> 00:27:00,685 AFRAID TO STAY STILL AND DELIVER THE LINES AND NOT BE AFRAID TO 406 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:03,888 MOVE AND TALK TO YOUR PARTNER, FINDING THE SPOT ON STAGE THAT 407 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:06,825 FEELS THE MOST COMFORTABLE AND NATURAL FOR THE CHARACTER TO BE 408 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:08,760 IN WHILE DELIVERING THE MONOLOGUE OR THE CONVERSATION. 409 00:27:08,827 --> 00:27:10,495 >> Stephen: WHERE IS YOUR POWER SPOT? 410 00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:13,398 >> I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT! ( LAUGHTER ) 411 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:16,001 THE FAMILY SECRETS? >> YEAH, YEAH. 412 00:27:16,067 --> 00:27:19,604 I'M TRYING TO MANIPULATE TO GET THIS PIANO FOR THE CHARACTER, SO 413 00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:22,107 I CAN'T GIVE AWAY MY POWER SPOTS. 414 00:27:22,173 --> 00:27:24,476 >> Stephen: THE FUNNY THING IS THE REASON I ASKED, WHEN I 415 00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:27,278 FIRST STARTED THIS JOB, BEFORE IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED I WAS 416 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:30,648 GOING TO TAKE OVER FOR DAVE, WE CAME IN EARLY ON A SATURDAY 417 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:33,918 MORNING-- REMEMBER, TOM-- WE DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER ANYBODY 418 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:38,189 AND CAME IN AT 8:00 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING,s AND WE KNEW 419 00:27:38,256 --> 00:27:40,592 THE THEATER WOULD BE TRANSFORMED. 420 00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:43,161 AND I WAS WONDERING WHERE I WANTED TO STAND ON STAGE TO DO 421 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,363 THE MONOLOGUE. I WALKED AROUND AND SAID, "COULD 422 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,564 YOU MOVE THIS PILE OF BOXES. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT FEELS 423 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:49,467 LIKE." AND THEY MOVED IT AND I SAID, 424 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:52,971 "YEAH,s THIS FEELS RIGHT." AND I LOOKED DOWN, AND UNDER MY 425 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:55,974 FEET IS THE RED DOT WHERE DAVE STOOD. 426 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:57,976 OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE YOU DO THE MONOLOGUE. 427 00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:00,512 IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT FEELS GOOD. 428 00:28:00,578 --> 00:28:02,881 AND IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THE FEELING. 429 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,949 >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT DEEP. 430 00:28:05,016 --> 00:28:08,086 I CAN'T SAY, "SAM STOOD HERE." THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID 431 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:10,522 ABOUT KNOWING WHEN IT DOES FEEL TRUTHFUL. 432 00:28:10,588 --> 00:28:13,825 I KNOW THE GREAT STEVE HENDERSON, WHO IS A MENTOR TO 433 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:16,494 ME, WHO IS ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW. 434 00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:19,064 HE TOLD ME, DON'T GET IT RIGHT, GET IT TRUE. 435 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:22,267 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO AIM YOUR PERFORMANCE TRY TO BE AS 436 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:24,636 TRUTHFUL AS POSSIBLE AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE POSITIONS, 437 00:28:24,702 --> 00:28:28,973 BODY POSITION, POSTURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TELL THE BEST 438 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,875 TRUTH OF THE CHARACTER AT THE TIME. 439 00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:34,846 AND IT VARIES DIFFERENT NIGHT. IT COULD BE DIFFERENT. 440 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:37,482 THAT'S WHAT IS EXCITING ABOUT LIVE THEATER, JUST BE OPEN TO 441 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,784 THE CHANGE AND BEING ABLE TO DO WITH IT. 442 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:43,888 >> Stephen: JOHN DAVID, IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 443 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:50,095 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. "THE PIANO LESSON" IS AT THE 444 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:51,863 ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE THROUGH JANUARY 29. 445 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:52,997 JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON, EVERYBODY! 446 00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:55,834 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TENNIS CHAMPION NAOMI OSAKA. 447 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:14,986 I KNEW I'D FIND IT EVENTUALLY. ( APPLAUSE ) 448 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:19,924 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A FOUR-TIME GRAND SLAM 449 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:23,428 TENNIS CHAMPION. SHE HAS JUST WRITTEN A NEW 450 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:25,897 CHILDREN'S BOOK CALLED "THE WAY CHAMPS PLAY." 451 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,599 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," THE CHAMP HERSELF, NAOMI 452 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:34,839 OSAKA! ♪ ♪ ♪ 453 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:48,786 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 454 00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:50,655 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 455 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,857 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER DONE 456 00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:57,061 A LATE-NIGHT SHOW BEFORE? >> NO, THIS IS MY-- WOW! 457 00:29:57,128 --> 00:30:00,965 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LOVELY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 458 00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:02,634 BEING HERE. >> NO, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. 459 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,202 >> Stephen: I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU. 460 00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:06,738 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: NOW, AS YOU SAID, 461 00:30:06,804 --> 00:30:10,341 THIS LATE-NIGHT DEBUT, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR DEBUT IN NEW YORK CITY. 462 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:12,677 THIS IS THE TOWN WHERE YOU GOT YOUR START. 463 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:17,048 WELCOME HOME, FOR ONE THING. HERE YOU ARE-- TELL ME ABOUT 464 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:21,085 THIS. WHO IS-- WHO IS THIS LITTLE 465 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:22,854 GIRL? HOW OLD IS SHE HERE PLAYING ON A 466 00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:26,891 PUBLIC COURT IN NEW YORK? >> I KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER. 467 00:30:26,958 --> 00:30:28,860 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER 468 00:30:28,927 --> 00:30:30,428 THOSE EARLY LESSONS? >> YES. 469 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:34,132 SO I REMEMBER, LIKE, GRINDING ON THOSE COURTS, AND MY DAD 470 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:36,367 ACTUALLY-- I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD TELL YOU THIS -- 471 00:30:36,434 --> 00:30:38,002 >> Stephen: OH, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD TELL US NOW. 472 00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:42,473 >> I JUST REMEMBER WATCHING ALL THE OTHER KIDS, LIKE, TAKE THEIR 473 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:46,144 SUMMER VACATIONS, AND WE HAD TO BE ON THE COURTS, WHICH I'M 474 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:49,414 HAPPY HE MADE US DO IT NOW. BUT AT THE TIME I WAS SO JEALOUS 475 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,618 OF EVERYONE ELSE. BUT I THINK I WAS, LIKE, FIVE, 476 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,887 MAYBE. GIVE OR TAKE. 477 00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:59,357 >> Stephen: YEAH, THAT'S WHEN MY MOM HAD ME START DOING 478 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:01,426 MONOLOGUES. ( LAUGHTER ) 479 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:05,063 >> OH, MAN. >> Stephen: THEY SAY IF YOU 480 00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:07,332 CAN MAKE CORN LAUGH, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING. 481 00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:10,568 LAUGH SO WHEN YOU'RE BACK IN TOWN WHAT, DO YOU LIKE TO DO, 482 00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:12,537 COMFORTS OF HOME? WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO WHEN 483 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,372 YOU'RE HERE? >> MY GRANDMA LIVES HERE. 484 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:17,208 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. >> AND, ALSO, SHE STILL LIVES IN 485 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:20,078 THE PLACE WHERE I GREW UP, SO I LOVE GOING BACK THERE. 486 00:31:20,144 --> 00:31:23,815 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. >> AND THEN I LOVE JUST WALKING 487 00:31:23,881 --> 00:31:24,983 AROUND. >> Stephen: YEAH. 488 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:26,884 >> BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN NEW YORK, ONCE YOU STEP OUTSIDE, 489 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:30,588 YOU'RE KIND OF FORCED TO GO, LIKE -- 490 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:33,958 >> Stephen: IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN THE RAPIDS OF A RIVER. 491 00:31:34,025 --> 00:31:36,661 YOU GET SWEPT ALONG, EXACTLY. START PADDLING. 492 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:40,131 >> I LIKE THAT FEELING. >> Stephen: ANY GO-TO FOODS 493 00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:42,533 WHEN YOU'RE BACK HERE SCWHROO I LOVE HAITIAN FOODS, AND FLORIDA 494 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,803 AND NEW YORK IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF FIND GREAT 495 00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:48,506 HAITIAN FOOD. SO I MAKE A NOTE TO ALWAYS TRY 496 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,875 WHENEVER I'M HERE. >> Stephen: ANY 497 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:51,943 RECOMMENDATIONS? >> FOR YOU. 498 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:56,881 >> Stephen: YEAH. HAITIAN FOOD, ANY HAITIAN DISHES 499 00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,283 I SHOULD TRY. I'M NOT FAMILIAR. 500 00:31:58,349 --> 00:32:01,386 >> WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE FOODS. >> Stephen: I LIKE HOT DOGS 501 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:03,254 AND ICE CREAM AND SPA GETTING. 502 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:15,133 >> UHM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIKE JAMAICAN PATTIES, THERE ARE 503 00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:18,336 HAITIAN PATTIES. THEY'RE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 504 00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:27,245 >> Stephen: SURE. >> THERE'S A VEGETABLE SOUP, 505 00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:28,613 LIKE LEGUME. A STARTING DISH. 506 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,015 >> Stephen: I'LL TAKE THAT AS A WARNING. 507 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:35,253 NOW, YOU'RE AN ICON, YOU KNOW, ALREADY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. 508 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,024 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). NOT EVERYBODY-- NOT EVERYBODY 509 00:32:40,091 --> 00:32:44,729 KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. I LOVE THIS STORY. 510 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:47,932 YOU TWEETED THIS. IT SAYS, "I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS 511 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:51,903 YOUNG UNTIL AN TRADITION CAME TO MY HOUSE AND ASKED ME IF MY 512 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:54,939 PARENTS WERE HOME. >> YEAH. 513 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:56,774 >> Stephen: SO YOU'RE IN YOUR HOUSE. 514 00:32:56,841 --> 00:32:58,843 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU'RE IN YOUR 515 00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:01,879 HOUSE. AND THE ELECTRICIAN SAYS, "WHERE 516 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:06,851 ARE YOUR FOLKS? >> HE SAID, "WHERE ARE YOUR 517 00:33:06,918 --> 00:33:08,986 PARENTS." AND HE ALSO SAID, "THIS IS A 518 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:11,522 NICE HOUSE. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS DO?" 519 00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:14,592 >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER REVEAL TO HIM THAT YOU'RE NAOMI 520 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,828 OSAKA? >> NO, THAT'S WEIRD. 521 00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:21,899 ( LAUGHTER ) WEIRD. 522 00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:23,267 I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. 523 00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:26,037 DO YOU ENJOY NOT BEING RECOGNIZED? 524 00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:29,674 IT'S PLEASANT SOMETIMES. I'M NO INTERNATIONAL TENNIS 525 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:31,776 START, BUT IT'S PLEASANT TO BE ANONYMOUS AT TIMES. 526 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:35,246 >> I LIKE IT. I WOULD STAY THIS WAY, YEAH. 527 00:33:35,313 --> 00:33:40,418 BECAUSE, OKAY, SO, FOR ME, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE 528 00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:43,554 RECOGNIZE MY NAME MORE. LIKE, THE FULL NAME. 529 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:46,190 >> Stephen: YEAH. >> AND SO IT'S-- WHENEVER I GO 530 00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:50,561 TO THE AIRPORT OR-- THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES I GO TO THE 531 00:33:50,628 --> 00:33:53,831 AIRPORT, AND I DRESS LIKE A BUM. SO I HAVE, LIKE -- 532 00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:55,733 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIKE A BUM? 533 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,270 WHAT'S A BUM IN YOUR OPINION? >> MAYBE NOT. 534 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:02,340 THAT'S MEAN. I JUST HAVE, LIKE, IS SWEAT 535 00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:04,842 PANTS AND A HOODIE ON. >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT WEARING 536 00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:07,945 THIS AT THE AIRPORT. >> SO I'LL HAVE A BEANIE ON. 537 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:10,782 AND I GUESS I LOOK LIKE A GUY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE-- YOU DON'T HAVE 538 00:34:10,848 --> 00:34:13,684 TO RESPOND TO THAT. ( LAUGHTER ) 539 00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:20,558 AGENT, AND THERE WAS ONE TIME WENT UP THERE, AND THE LADY WAS 540 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,227 LIKE, "OKAY, NEXT, SIR, PLEASE COME. 541 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:24,762 THE. SO I JUST WALK UP TO HER AND I 542 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:28,332 HAND HER MY PASSPORT, AND SHE READS MY WHOLE NAME, AND SHE 543 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:33,004 JUST GETS SO SHOCKED. AND IT'S JUST SO FUNNY TO ME. 544 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:36,507 SO THEN SHE'S LIKE, "ARE YOU...?" 545 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:39,477 AND I'M LIKE, "YEAH." AND I JUST TAKE MY PASSPORT AND 546 00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:42,613 I LEAVE. >> Stephen: I LIKE THAT ONE. 547 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:43,848 "ARE YOU...?" "YEAH." 548 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:48,820 WELL, YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK HERE. IT'S CALLED "THE WAY CHAMPS 549 00:34:48,886 --> 00:34:50,488 PLAY." IT'S A CHILDREN'S BOOK. 550 00:34:50,555 --> 00:34:54,592 AND I'M CURIOUS WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO PLAY LIKE A CHAMP? 551 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:56,861 >> SO -- >> Stephen: THERE WAS A CHAMP 552 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:59,163 MENTOR? >> YOU KNOW, BOTH OF MY PARENTS 553 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:02,300 WOULD SAY THEMSELVES. ( LAUGHTER ) 554 00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:05,002 CHOOSE? >> YOU KNOW, I TELL THEM 555 00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:07,605 WHATEVER THEY WANT TO HEAR. ( LAUGHTER ) 556 00:35:07,672 --> 00:35:09,740 >> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD DAUGHTER. 557 00:35:09,807 --> 00:35:15,446 THAT'S A GOOD DAUGHTER. YOU'VE BECOME A CHAMPION IN YOUR 558 00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:20,751 OWN RIGHT OF MENTAL HEALTH, OF PEOPLE BEING OPEN ABOUT HOW THEY 559 00:35:20,818 --> 00:35:22,353 FEEL. ( APPLAUSE ) 560 00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:30,127 SAID IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY, WHICH IS SORT OF CONTRARY TO 561 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:35,199 WHAT IS THOUGHT OF AS THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OF SPORTS. 562 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:38,402 MENTAL TOUGHNESS, GET BACK IN THERE, AND SUCK IT UP. 563 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:40,538 WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT FOR YOURSELF? 564 00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:42,673 WHERE DID YOU FIND THE PERSONAL COURAGE IN THE FACE OF THAT KIND 565 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:44,876 OF PRESSURE TO BE OKAY WITH NOT BEING OKAY? 566 00:35:44,942 --> 00:35:48,446 >> THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. 567 00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:51,449 UHM, I THINK FOR ME... I'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT TO 568 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:56,587 KIND F, LIKE, STICK IT OUT, OR, LIKE, WORK THROUGH IT. 569 00:35:56,654 --> 00:36:00,224 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE LESSON, BECAUSE IT HAS 570 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:02,994 GOTTEN ME THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE. 571 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:07,832 BUT THERE WAS JUST A POINT WHERE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, LIKE, WHY? 572 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:10,635 YOU KNOW? AND NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT, 573 00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:14,472 LIKE, IF I AM FEELING THIS WAY, WHY WOULD I KEEP PUSHING THROUGH 574 00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:18,476 IT WHEN I CAN KIND OF CONFRONT IT AND FIX IT AND THEN CONTINUE 575 00:36:18,543 --> 00:36:21,078 ON MY JOURNEY? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 576 00:36:21,145 --> 00:36:27,818 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ATHLETES-- HAVE OTHER ATHLETES 577 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:30,922 REACHED OUT TO YOU OR ANYTHING TO SAY THAT THEY WERE INSPIRED 578 00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:33,324 OR MOVED BY YOUR EXAMPLE? >> YEAH. 579 00:36:33,391 --> 00:36:37,895 SO, ACTUALLY, I WAS KIND OF HUDDLED UP IN, LIKE, MY HOUSE 580 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:39,864 FOR A WHILE AFTER THAT WHOLE THING HAPPENED. 581 00:36:39,931 --> 00:36:44,502 AND THEN I WENT TO THE OLYMPICS, AND THERE WERE SO MANY ATHLETES 582 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:47,939 THAT CAME UP TO ME, AND I WAS SO SURPRISED, AND ALSO HONORED, 583 00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:52,810 BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT I WATCH ON TV, AND I, LIKE, I FELT 584 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,745 REALLY GRATEFUL AND I FELT REALLY SUPPORTED. 585 00:36:54,812 --> 00:36:58,349 SO IT WAS COOL. ( APPLAUSE ) 586 00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:02,753 LOVELY TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 587 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:06,457 HERE. HER BOOK, "THE WAY CHAMPS PLAY," 588 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:07,491 IS ON SALE NOW. NAOMI OSAKA, EVERYBODY! 589 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,093 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY SPOON. 590 00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:24,208 >> Stephen: THEIR ALBUM, "LUCIFER ON THE SOFA," IS 591 00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:28,579 NOMINATED FOR BEST ROCK ALBUM AT THE 2023 GRAMMY AWARDS. 592 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:35,653 PERFORMING "WILD," SPOON. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 593 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:45,630 ♪ I WAS REMINDED EVERY MEASURE 594 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:50,735 ♪ OF RIDING TRADE WINDS BURIED TREASURE 595 00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:57,108 ♪ I GOT ON FINE WITH MODERN LIVING 596 00:37:57,174 --> 00:38:03,047 BUT MUST I BE SUCH A CITIZEN ♪ AND THE WORLD 597 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:08,586 STILL SO WILD CALLED TO ME 598 00:38:08,653 --> 00:38:18,195 ♪ I WAS LOST I WAS KEPT ON MY KNEES 599 00:38:18,262 --> 00:38:24,301 ♪ TRIPPERS AND ASKERS THEY SURROUNDED ME 600 00:38:24,368 --> 00:38:29,040 ♪ ALL THEM DESCRIBING HOW THEY'D LIKE ME 601 00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:33,911 ♪ ALL THEM WANTING SOMETHING SPECIAL 602 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:38,249 ♪ BRING 'EM ROSES SING THEM BLUES 603 00:38:38,315 --> 00:38:41,752 ♪ AND THE WORLD STILL SO WILD 604 00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:54,298 CALLED TO ME ♪ I WAS CAUGHT 605 00:38:54,365 --> 00:39:09,246 I WAS LOST ON MY KNEES ♪ ♪ ♪ 606 00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:10,047 I WAS LOST ON MY KNEES ♪ ♪ ♪ 607 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:18,522 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I LOOKED FULL OVER 608 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:23,327 ALL THE LIES AND ♪ APPEALING TO ME 609 00:39:23,394 --> 00:39:30,434 ADVERTISING ♪ AND I WAS LIVING TIGHT 610 00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:37,608 EVERY NIGHT ♪ AND THE WORLD 611 00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:44,115 STILL SO WILD CALLED TO ME 612 00:39:44,181 --> 00:39:50,821 ♪ I WAS LOST I WAS KEPT 613 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:58,395 ON MY KNEES ♪ AND THE WORLD 614 00:39:58,462 --> 00:40:12,943 STILL SO WILD ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 615 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:17,014 FANTASTIC. HEY, MAN. 616 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:21,652 THANK YOU. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. 617 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,320 >> SPOON, EVERYBODY. THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 618 00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:24,421 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN I VISIT THE TROOPS IN GREENLAND. 619 00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:25,489 GOOD NIGHT.