DISTANCING SHOW, I’M TREVOR
NOAH.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, THE 1ST OF
DECEMBER.
we made it to December!
WHICH MEANS THERE’S ONLY 50 DAYS
LEFT UNTIL DONALD TRUMP LEAVES
THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAS TO START
DOING HIS OWN LAUNDRY AGAIN.
ANYWAY, COMING UP ON TONIGHT’S
SHOW:
MELANIA SAVES CHRISTMAS, SPACE
ALIENS ARE STEALING OUR IDEAS,
AND ROSIE PEREZ IS JOINING US ON
THE SHOW.
SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE!
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
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FROM TREVOR’S COUCH IN
NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR COUCH
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, THIS IS
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW" WITH TREVOR NOAH.
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Trevor: RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS
LIKE THE ONLY STORY THAT MATTERS
EVERY DAY IS THE CORONAVIRUS.
IT’S TAKEN OVER ALL OF OUR NEWS,
ALL OF OUR ATTENTION, LIKE SOME
SORT OF VIRUS.
BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS
STILL A TON OF OTHER NEWS GOING
ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
SO LET’S CATCH UP ON SOME OF IT,
IN TODAY’S EDITION OF
"HEADLINES."
LET’S KICK IT OFF WITH MELANIA
TRUMP, FIRST LADY TO HAVE THE
UNITED STATES AND THE ONLY TRUMP
FAMILY MEMBER WHO’S ALREADY IN
PRISON.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT THE LAST
TIME MELANIA MADE NEWS IT WAS
BECAUSE AN EX-FRIEND OF HEARSE
LEAKED A RECORDING OF HER WHICH MADE HER SOUND LIKE A SCROOGE.
Trevor: OKAY.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IS
NOT A GOOD LOOK, ESPECIALLY IN
AMERICA.
THE ONLY DECORATIONS AMERICANS
LOVE MORE THAN CHRISTMAS ARE
THOSE CANDLES THAT SMELL LIKE
DESSERT AND THOSE BOWLS OF DRY
FLOWERS THAT LOOK LIKE A SNACK.
THEY ARE NOT A SNACK.
SO AFTER THAT LEAKED RECORDING
CAME OUT, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
IMPORTANTT THAT, THIS YEAR,
MELANIA MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE
REALLY, REALLY DOES GIVE A
(~BLEEP~) ABOUT CHRISTMAS, AND
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE ROSE TO THE
OCCASION.
AND SHE MAY HAVE LESS THAN
TWO MONTHS TO GO IN THE WHITE
HOUSE BUT MELANIA TRUMP IS
DECKING THE HALLS.
TODAY THE FIRST LADY UNVEILED
THIS YEAR’S WHITE HOUSE
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND SHE
AVOIDED ANY CONTROVERSY WITH A
TRADITIONALLY FESTIVE LOOK.
JUST RELEASED VIDEO FROM FIRST
LADY MELANIA SHOWS THE HALLS
FILLED WITH FESTIVE DECORATIONS.
THE THEME FOR HER FINAL HOLIDAY
SEASON AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.
EACH ROOM HAS ITS OWN COLOR
SCHEME AND THE CHRISTMAS TREES
ARE ADORNED WITH CRAFTS MADE BY
CHILDREN FROM ALL 50 STATES.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF
TRADITIONAL STYLE DECORATIONS,
OF TREES WITH WHITE LIGHTS AND
RED ORNAMENTS.
THERE’S ALSO A VILLAGE HOSPITAL
TO HONOR FRONT LYNN WORKERS AMID
THE PANDEMIC.
Trevor: OH, THEY EVEN HAVE
A LITTLE ORNAMENT HOSPITAL!
GIVEN HOW CROWDED THE REAL
HOSPITALS ARE RIGHT NOW, THAT
ONE BETTER GET READY TO START
TAKING TINY PATIENTS.
BUT ON THE REAL, THOUGH, I THINK
THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
I MEAN, IT IS A LITTLE STRANGE
THAT THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGE COVED MORE THAN THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BUT STILL
IT’S SOMETHING.
AT THE SAME TIME, I KIND OF FEEL
BAD FOR MELANIA, YEAH, BECAUSE I
THINK SHE WAS RIGHT IN THE FIRST
PLACE, NO ONE CARES THAT MUCH
ABOUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
BEFORE YOU SAY YOU DO, YEAH, YOU
SAY THAT, BUT YOU HAVE ONE TREE.
SHE HAS TO DECORATE THE ENTIRE
WHITE HOUSE.
IF YOU HAD TO DECK AT A TIME 100
ROOMS, YOU WOULD ALSO END UP
BEING LIKE (~BLEEP~) THIS
CHRISTMAS STUFF!
BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS BUSTED
MELANIA HAS TO BE MORE CHRISTMAS
THAN MARIAH CAREY.
ARE YOU HAPPY?
IT LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS THREW UP
ON MY HOUSE.
YOU CAN TELL IT GOT TO HER
BECAUSE SHE WENT MORE
TRADITIONAL.
REMEMBER 2017 THE TREES SHE DIED
WITH GOAT BLOOD?
2018 SHE SPRAY PAINTED SANTA’S
NOT REAL ON THE WALLS.
THAT’S OUT THERE.
FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO
ANOTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES, SEA
TURTLES.
CONTRARY TO PUBLIC BELIEF, PGA
TURTLE IS NOT EASY.
THE SHELL MAKES IT HARD TO LET
ANYONE IN.
THIS WEEK SOME OF THESE LITTLE
GUYS CAUGHT A BREAK.
IT’S NOT ONLY PEOPLE WHO
FLOCK TO FLORIDA IN COLD
WEATHER, 40 SEA TURTLES WERE
FLOWN TO THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM
CAPE COD YESTERDAY AFTER
SUFFERING FROM COLD STUNNING
AFTER THEY WERE EXPOSED TO
FRIGID WATER TOO LONG.
THE CAMP’S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES
ARE CONSIDERED AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES.
A GROUP OF PILOTS CALLED TURTLES
FLY, TOO, AND DONATE THEIR
AIRCRAFT R AIRCRAFT AND TIME TO
HELP THE TURTLES RECOVER.
THE TURTLES WILL BE RETURNED TO
THE OCEAN IN TIME FOR MATING
SEASON.
Trevor: TELL ME THAT’S NOT
ADORABLE.
THESE TURTLES WERE FREEZING BUT
NOW BECAUSE THEY’RE IN FLORIDA
THEY’RE NICE AND WARM AND THEY
ALL HAVE STDs.
DID YOU SEE THEM GET PUT INTO
THAT BANANA BOX TO FLY?
THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF SPIRIT
AIRLINES CUSTOMERS, ETCH THE
TURTLES DON’T GET ENOUGH LEG
ROOM.
THIS WHOLE FLYING THEM SOMEWHERE
ELSE IS GOING TO MAKE THE OTHER
ANIMALS JEALOUS.
THERE WAS PROBABLY A DUCK
MIGRATING WITH THE PLANE SAYING,
I HAVE TO FLY MYSELF?
I’M A LITTLE JEALOUS, I’M
FREEZING MY ASS OFF BUT NOBODY’S
FLIELG ME TO FLORIDA FOR FREE.
I ALSO WANT TO SPREAD COVID IN
THE CLUB.
( COUGHING )
THIS GIVES US AN INSIGHT.
IF A TURTLE GETS FLOWN TO WARMER
WEATHER, THEY CALL IT
PRESERVATION.
IF AN INSTAGRAM MODEL GET THE
SAME THING SHE’S CALLED A HO.
DOUBLE STANDARD MUCH?
AND THE MYSTERY THAT HAS
EVERYBODY TALKING.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SILVER
MONOLITH THAT APPEARED IN THE
ARIZONA DESERT HAS NOW
DISAPPEARED.
IT’S NOT KNOWN WHO REMOVED IT.
DO WE THINK IT’S ALIENS?
GOT TO BE.
IF YOU WEREN’T THINKING THIS
WAS ALIENS, YOU MAY NOW.
I THINK IT’S ALIENS.
YEAH, IF ALIENS ARE GOING TO
COME TO EARTH, 2020 WOULD BE THE
YEAR, THOUGH, RIGHT?
THIS WOULD BE THE ONE.
Trevor: I CAN’T BELIEVE I
HAVE TO SAY THIS BUT CLEARLY
THIS IS NOT ALIENS, RIGHT?
THIS IS SOMEBODY RIPPING OFF TO
ONE SPACE ODYSSEY.
UNLESS IT IS ALIENS AND THEY’RE
RIPPING OFF TO ONE?
THAT WOULD BE REALLY DEPRESSING.
IMAGINE IF YOU FOUND OUT ALIENS
GOT THEIR IDEAS FROM WATCH
MORGUE MOVIES.
THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH HUMANS AND BE, LIKE, I AM
GLORNAX THE WISE AND THIS IS --
MY WIFE.
BUT HERE’S MY QUESTION, WHY ARE
WE SO DESPERATE TO DISCOVER
ALIENS, GUYS?
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CRAZY SHIT
IS ALREADY DOWN ON EARTH.
HAVE YOU SEEN A PLATYPUS, A
VOLCANO?
LOOK AT THIS FISH AND TELL ME IT
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN
THAT’S ABOUT TO TORTURE PRINCESS
LEIA.
AND NOW YOUR HIGHNESS, WE
WILL DISCUSS THE LOCATION OF
YOUR HIDDEN REBEL BASE.
( SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC )
Trevor: AND IF THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE SOME ABSTRACT
ART, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT BELONGS IN THE DESERT.
KEEP THAT GARBAGE OUT OF SIGHT.
I’M TIRED OF ARTISTS PUTTING UP
RANDOM SHIT AND SAYING IT’S A
COMMENT ON THE HUMAN CONDITION.
NO, SAVE THAT FOR A MYSTERY THAT
SPEAKS TO LIFE AND NATURE.
WHAT ARE THE DOGS PLAYING FOR,
HIGH STAKES?
IT IS RALE STRANGE THIS MONOLIST
DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE
BECAUSE NOW WHERE IT’S GONE
WE’LL NEVER KNOW.
WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO PUT
THIS GIANT SLAB THING?
Trevor: PUT IT IN THE
BEDROOM, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
WE’LL JUST NEVER KNOW.
MOVING ON TO THE OTHER GLOBAL
PANDEMIC THAT JUST WON’T GO
AWAY, RACISM.
WE ALL KNOW HOW VIDEOS OF POLICE
BRUTALITY HAVE LED TO RISE OF
THE "BLACK LIVES MATTER"
MOVEMENT HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IT TURNS OUT SIMILAR UPRISINGS
ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD
MOST RECENTLY IN FRANCE.
FRENCH POLITICIANS ARE TO
REWRITE A SECURITY BILL AMID
OUTRAGE OVER POLICE ASSAULT ON A
BLACK MAN.
EVIDENCE OF OFFICERS BEATING
THIS MUIZATION IN HIS PARIS
STUDIO WAS CAPTURED ON CC-TV.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROTESTS
IN PARIS AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AGAINST ARTICLE 24
OF THE BILL WHICH WILL REGULATE
HOW PEOPLE SHARE FILM OR PHOTOS
OF POLICE.
CRITICS SAY THE NEW LAW COULD
STOP PEOPLE EX POAGZ POLICE
BRUTALITY.
Trevor: TURNS OUT FRANCE
WAS ABOUT TO PASS A BILL THAT
OUTLAWED SHARING VIDEOS OF THE
POLICE.
NOW THAT THE POLICE WERE CAUGHT
ON VIDEO BEATING AN UNARMED
BLACK MAN THEY ARE GOING TO TRY
TO REWRITE THAT BILL.
SO IN A WAY THAT WAS HAVE BEEN
GOOD TIMING ON THAT BEATING
BECAUSE IMAGINE IF IT HAPPENED
AFTER THE LAW HAD PASSED?
THAT GUY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE
THEY BEAT ME FOR BEING BLACK!
NO, DO YOU HAVE VIDEO?
NO, BECAUSE IT’S ILLEGAL TO HAVE
VIDEO.
TOO BAD.
WITHOUT VIDEO IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
WE CAN’T SAY WITHOUT THE VIDEO.
GOES TO SHOW YOU, WHETHER
AMERICA, FRANCE OR NIGERIA, THE
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT LINE IS
ALWAYS THAT POLICE BRUTALITY IS
NOT A PROBLEM.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE DISCOVER
VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS
OTHERWISE.
IT’S NO PRIZE THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT WANTED TO BAN
FILMING.
IT’S EASIER TO GAS LIGHT THE
PUBLIC WHEN THERE’S NO EVIDENCE
TO THE CONTRARY.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THE FRENCH
NEED TO BE ABLE TO FILM THEIR
POLICE SO THAT THEY CAN PROVE
THIS.
AND BECAUSE FRANCE MAKES BETTER
POLICE BRUTALITY VIDEOS.
I MEAN, THEY’VE GOT ARTISTIC
ANGLES, THE BLACK AND WHITES,
THE MELANCHOLY MUSIC UNDERNEATH,
VERY SOPHISTICATED.
FINALLY, WE’RE ABOUT ONE MONTH
AWAY FROM THE FIRST DOSE TO HAVE
THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
I KNOW.
CRAZY, RIGHT?
FEELS LIKE IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY
WHEN WE WERE PUNCHING GRANNIES
FOR TOILET PAPER.
BUT IT WILL STILL BE AT LEAST
SIX MONTHS BEFORE THERE’S ENOUGH
VACCINE FOR EVERYBODY, WHICH
MEANS THE FIGHT IS NOW ON TO
ELBOW YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF
THE LINE.
TODAY, A C.D.C. ADVISORY
PANEL IS MEETING TO VOTE ON
RECOMMENDATIONS ABWHO WILL GET
THE VACCINES FIRST, ONCE THEY’RE
APPROVED BY THE F.D.A.
WITH ONLY ENOUGH MEDICINE FOR
ABOUT 20 MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,
AUTHORITIES ARE HAVING TO
PRIORITIZE.
ALREADY, HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE
SAID SENIORS WITH UNDERLYING
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND DOCTORS
WHO TREED COVED PATIENTS SHOULD
BE PUT AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE,
WILL ULTIMATELY BE UP TO STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO CHOOSE
WHERE THE DOSES GO FIRST.
Trevor: OOOH, THIS IS GOING
TO BE THE BIG DRAMA OF 2021, WHO
IS GOING TO GET PRIORITY FOR THE
VACCINE.
BECAUSE, LOOK, EVERYONE AGREES
THAT THE FIRST GROUPS WHO SHOULD
GET THIS VACCINE SHOULD BE THE
FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
RIGHT?
THEN PEOPLE NAMED TREVOR.
THEN SENIORS, VERY IMPORTANT TO
PROTECT OUR SENIORS.
THEN PEOPLE NAMED TREVOR AGAIN.
IN CASE THE FIRST TIME DIDN’T
TAKE.
THEN WE PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE.
WE’VE JUST GOT TO GET THE ORDER
RIGHT.
I KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO
PRIORITIZE PEOPLE BASED ON RISK
AND HEALTH, BUT IF YOU ASK ME,
AMERICA HAS ALREADY FIGURED OUT
THE BEST WAY TO DECIDE HOW TO
DISTRIBUTE AWARDS.
THAT’S RIGHT, I’M TALKING ABOUT
VACCINE ANYBODY JAY WARRIOR!
OH, YEAH SCH WHO WANTS TO
SURVIVE?
WE’LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, JOE BIDEN IS
SELECTING HIS CABINET.
MEANWHILE, DONALD TRUMP IS
FELICIAING HIS FANS. STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT HOW.
FOR THE PAST MONTH, THE TWO BIG
STORIES IN POLITICS HAVE BEEN
JOE BIDEN PREPARING TO STEP INTO
THE PRESIDENCY WITHOUT BREAKING
MORE BONES, AND DONALD TRUMP
REFUSING TO STEP DOWN FROM THE
PRESIDENCY BECAUSE HE INSISTS ON
KEEPING THE WHITE HOUSE HULU
ACCOUNT.
SO LET’S SEE WHERE THINGS STAND
IN OUR SOMEHOW STILL ONGOING COVERAGE OF VOTE GASSUM 2020.
Trevor: LET’S BEGIN WITH
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN, AMERICA’S
CONTROL-ALT-DELETE.
HE’S BEEN ASSEMBLING HIS
ADMINISTRATION AND LOOKS LIKE
HE’S PUTTING HIS BEST FOOT
FORWARD.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS
UNVEILING KEY MEMBERS OF HIS
FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL
SECURITY TEAM TODAY.
THE PLAYERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND
NOTABLE FOR THEIR DIVERSITY.
IF CONFIRMED, ALEJANDRO MY YORKS
WILL BE THE FIRST LATINO AND
IMMIGRANT TO SERVE AS SECRETARY
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
AVENUE YELL HAINES WILL BE THE
FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LINDA
THOMAS-GREENFIELD A CAREER
DIPLOMAT IS REPRESENTING THE
UNITED STATES AT THE URN.
HE ANNOUNCED HIS WHITE HOUSE
COMMUNICATION TEAM, ALL FEMALE,
INCLUDING MOTHERS OF YOUNG KIDS.
Trevor: AN ALL WOMEN
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND A
NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM THAT IS
RACIALLY DIVERSE.
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST
WILL BE, LIKE, WHAT AN HONOR TO
BE WITH SUCH A WOKE
ADMINISTRATION.
A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM OF ALL
WOMEN WILL BE A REFRESHING
CHANGE.
LET’S BE HONEST, MEN ALWAYS
LYING ABOUT SIZE TO TRY AND
IMPRESS PEOPLE.
DON’T BE FOOLED, THIS TEAM ISN’T
AS DIVERSE AS SEEMS ON THE
SURFACE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR FIELDS.
YEAH, EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCED.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
NEVER HAVE TOLERATED THIS KIND
OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
INCOMPETENCE.
SHAME ON YOU, JOE BIDEN.
SHAME ON YOU.
MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
REALITY, DONALD TRUMP’S ATTEMPT
TO CLING TO OFFICE FACED ANOTHER
SETBACK YESTERDAY, WHEN
WISCONSIN AND ARIZONA BECAME THE
LATEST STATES TO FORMALLY
CERTIFY BIDEN’S VICTORY.
AND THE ARIZONA CEREMONY
HAPPENED AT A PARTICULARLY
AWKWARD MOMENT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
AS THE GOVERNOR WAS SIGNING
THE CERTIFICATION COMETS DOCUMEN
CELL PHONE BUZZED WITH RING TONE
OF HAIL TO THE CHIEF.
DOOCY PREVIOUSLY SAID HE SET
THAT SONG FOR CALLS COMING FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS TIME HE MUTED THE PHONE AND
SET IT ASIDE AS HE SIGNED
DOCUMENTS THAT MADE TRUMP’S LOSS OFFICIAL.
( PHONE RINGING HAIL TO THE
CHIEF )
Trevor: THAT IS COLD.
SENDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO VOICEMAIL LIKE
HE’S SPAM?
WHICH HE IS, BUT STILL...
YOU KNOW "FOX & FRIENDS" WERE
WATCHING THIS LIKE, GOOD TRICK,
WE HAVE TO TRY THAT.
WHAT MAKES THIS MOVE GANGSTER IS
HE KNEW TRUMP WAS WATCHING HIM
ON LIVE TV.
WE ALL HAD THE MOMENT WHERE WE
THINK SOMEBODY’S IGNORING THE
CALL OR THE TEXT BUT TO ACTUALLY
SEE IT, TO SEE HIM LOOK AT HIS
PHONE, SEE YOUR NAME AND THEN
PUT IT AWAY?
OOOH!
THAT HAD TO HURT.
TRUMP WAS PROBABLY SITTING
THERE, LIKE, THIS IS SO PAINFUL,
I’M GOING TO CALL MELANIA AND
TELL HER HOW BAD IT HURTS.
( PHONE RINGING )
AU, I GUESS MELANIA ALSO CAN’T
COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
AS UPSETTING AS THE LOSSES ARE
FOR TRUMP, IT’S EVEN MORE
FRUSTRATING FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS
BECAUSE THEY MUST BE WONDERING
HOW THEIR GUY CAN POSSIBLY STILL
BE LOSING ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY
DONATED TONS OF MONEY FOR THE
LEGAL BATTLES AGAINST THE RIGGED
ELECTION.
WELL, TURNS OUT THAT THAT’S NOT
WHERE ALL THE MONEY MAY BE
ACTUALLY GOING.
THE PRESIDENT’S UNFOUNDED
CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD AND
MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THE
2020 ELECTION ARE PROVING TO BE
LUCK RAYTIVE FOR TEAM TRUMP AND
ALLIES.
A SOURCE TELLS CNN THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS POLITICAL OPERATION HAVE
RAISED MORE THAN $170 MILLION
SINCE ELECTION DAY.
NOW, A FRACTION OF THIS MONEY
WILL LIKELY GO TO FUND WHATEVER
IS LEFT OF THE PRESIDENT’S LEGAL
FIGHT HERE, BUT MOST OF THIS
MONEY THERE IS VERY FEW
RESTRICTIONS ON ANY OF THIS, AND
MOST OF IT WILL LIKELY GO TO
FUND THE PRESIDENT’S OWN
PERSONAL ACTIVITIES.
HE CAN TAKE THAT PIGGY BANK
WITH HIM FOR WHATEVER HE WANTS
TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
Trevor: OH, I SEE YOU
DONALD!
I SEE YOU!
HERE WE WERE, ALL THINKING THAT
YOU WERE REALLY CHALLENGING THE
ELECTION RESULTS.
YOU WERE JUST HUSTLING.
LOOK AT THIS DUDE.
EVEN AT THE VERY END OF HIS
PRESIDENCY, DONALD TRUMP IS
GRIFTING HIS OWN SUPPORTERS OUT
OF THEIR MONEY.
I GUESS THE ONE THING HE DOESN’T
NEED TO RECOUNT IS HIS BALLS
BECAUSE, CLEARLY, THIS MAN HAS A
MASSIVE PAIR TO GO OUT LIKE
THIS.
I MEAN, DAMN, WE ALL KNEW HE
WOULD PROBABLY GRIFT HARD ON HIS
WAY OUT BUT HUSTLING
$170 MILLION FROM HIS OWN
SUPPORTERS?
WHOO!
IT’S ONE THING TO STEAL ALL THE
SHAMPOO BOTTLES FROM THE HOTEL,
BUT TRUMP IS TAKING HIS PIANO
FROM THE LOBBY AND THE POOL WITH
HIM. WHEN WE COME BACK, TALKING TO
ERNEST CLINE ABOUT HIS SEQUEL TO
"THE DAILY SHOW."
EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR ERNEST
CLINE.
WE TALKED ANT HIS HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED SEQUEL "READY PLAYER
TWO."
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW."
THANK YOU.
I AM A BIG FAN.
Trevor: I AM A MAJOR FAN OF
YOURS BECAUSE TO HAVE THE WORLD
YOU CREATED WITH THE WORK THAT
YOU’VE DONE AND BECAUSE OF
HOW -- I ALMOST WANT TO SAY I
GUESS HOW MUCH TRUTH TELLING YOU
TOLD, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN TELLING
A FUTURE STORY, FEELS LIKE YOU
TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
PRESENT.
"READY PLAYER TWO" WAS A SMASH
HIT, ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING
BOOKS OF ALL TIME, AND THE MOVIE
WAS A SMASH HIT AS WELL.
AND NOW BOOK IS ALREADY A
SEQUEL.
IT’S IS STORY OF A NOT TOO
DISTANT FUTURE WHERE EVERYBODY
BASICALLY LIVES IN A VIRTUAL
WORLD.
NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE OUTDOORS OR
DO ANYTHING AND OUR TRUE
PLEASURE IS LIVING IN A VIRTUAL
REALITY, WHICH MAY SEEM
FARFETCHED WHEN YOU WROTE IT BUT
IT SEEMS WE’RE EDGING CLOSER AND
CLOSER TO THAT.
IT DOES.
IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME HOW
QUICKLY THE PREDICTIONS I MADE
ESPECIALLY ABOUT VIRTUAL REALITY
AND THE ADOPTION OF VIRTUAL
REALITY TECHNOLOGY HAPPENED.
IT’S ONLY BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE
"READY PLAYER ONE" WAS PUBLISHED
AND THERE WERE NO VIRTUAL
REALITY HEAD SETS AVAILABLE.
NOW THERE ARE COMPETING BRANDS
AND I USE IT ALL THE TIME.
Trevor: YOU WROTE ABOUT
WHAT IS MANY PEOPLE’S CHILDHOOD
DREAM, LIVING IN A VIRTUAL
REALITY, CREATING AN AVATAR,
FLYING, BECOMING A DRAGON, AN
IRON GIANT, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT IS THE
FANTASY IS COUCHED IN THE
REALITY OF IN AND AROUND THE
TOLL THAT IT HAS ON HUMAN
BEINGS.
WE SEE REAL LIFE PEOPLE NOT
KNOWING HOW TO INTERACT.
WE SEE PEOPLE ADDICTED TO, LIKE,
THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE OF THIS
THING AND TO THE WORLD WHERE
THEY CAN BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
YOU CLEARLY LOVE THE SCIENCE
FICTION.
IT’S NOT EVEN FICTION ANYMORE,
BUT YOU LOVE THIS WORLD.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU’RE
ALWAYS REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT
MAKING IT SEEM LIKE A COMPLETE
FAINTCY.
TALK ME THROUGH HOW YOU PLAY
WITH THAT AND WHY YOU THINK IT’S
SO IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE
REARED OF HOW DANGEROUS THIS
TECHNOLOGY COULD BE.
THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
I FEEL LIKE ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY
IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE USE IT AND
SOMETIMES THE PERILS OF THAT
TECHNOLOGY DON’T BECOME APPARENT
RIGHT AWAY.
SOCIAL MEDIA IS RELATIVELY NEW,
10, 15 YEARS, AND ONLY NOW ARE
WE BEGINNING TO SEE THE HUGE
SOCIOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS IT
CAN HAVE AND ALSO JUST THE WAY
IT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE PERSONALLY.
AND THAT’S TRUE OF THE INTERNET
IN TOTAL, THEY DRASTIC RIALTER
OUR LIVES AND CHANGE THE WAY
PEOPLE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER
IN BOTH GOOD AND BAD WAYS.
SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOW BOTH
SIDES TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND
ALSO JUST THE ADDICTIVE NATURE
OF SOMETHING THAT’S REALLY
ENJOYABLE AND FUN, THE IMPULSE
IS TO DO IT TO EXCESS.
SO I ALWAYS TRY TO SHOW THE
CHARACTER STRUGGLING TO FIND
BALANCE WITH THEIR LOVE OF
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH ISING?
I DO IN MY OWN LIFE.
Trevor: ONE OF THE BIG
REASONS I’M A FAN OF YOUR WORK
IS YOU DID SOMETHING I MISSED IN
THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION AND
FANTASY FOR SO LONG AND THAT IS
YOU HAVE DIVERSITY.
EVERY FANTASY STORY WOULD BE,
LIKE, WOW, NO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
THESE FANTASY WORLDS, BUT YOU
HAVE A DIVERSE CHAST R CAST OF
CHARACTER.
IT’S NOT FORCED.
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT REAL PEOPLE
WHO PLAY VIDEO GAMES, WHETHER
JAPANESE KIDS OR WHETHER IT’S A
BLACK WOMAN STRUGGLING BEING AN
LGBTQIA IN THE WORLD.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DID THAT
COME ABOUT?
IT SEEMED SO NATURAL.
T IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE YOU’RE
POWING TO ANYTHING BUT IT REALLY
INFORMS THE STORY AND THE
CHARACTERS.
THAT’S PART OF MY WORLD VIEW
AND OWN EXPERIENCE BEING A GAMER
AND VENTURING OUT.
IT’S UP WITH OF THE THINGS I
LOVE ABOUT THE INTERNET AND
VIDEO GAMES IS BY CREATING AN
AVATAR YOU CREATE AN ALTERNATE
IDEALIZED VERSION OF YOURSELF
AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW
OTHER PEOPLE SEE YOU.
THE INTERNET CAN STRIP AWAY A
LOT OF PREJUDICES THAT WAY BY
ALLOWING PEOPLE JUST TO CONNECT
AS PURE INTELLECT, YOU KNOW, AND
I THINK THAT’S BEEN A REALLY
POWERFUL THING IN MY OWN LIFE
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET TO KNOW
SOMEBODY AND FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW
THEM REALLY WELL WITHOUT EVER
BEING IN THE SAME TIME ZONE.
SO I THINK THE INTERNET CAN BE A
POWERFUL TOOL IN CREATING EMPTY,
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE I
WANTED TO EXPLORE IN "READY
PLAYER TWO," THE IDEA OF THE
VIRTUAL REALITY ALLOWING YOU TO
WALK A MILE IN SOMEBODY ELSE’S
SHOES.
I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS
WE’RE FACING TO NOW CAN BE
TRACED BACK TO A LACK OF EMP
ANY, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF
TECHNOLOGY CREATED A WAY FOR YOU
TO SEE HOW OTTOER PEOPLE FEEL.
IF PEOPLE DON’T DO IT ON THEIR
OWN, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE
WAS AN INVENTION THAT WOULD
ALLOW YOU TO WALK A MILE IN
OTHER PEOPLE’S SHOES.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS I
WANTED TO READ INTO THE STORY.
Trevor: IN "READY PLAYER
TWO," I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL IT,
BUT JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE
STORY IS WHAT IF YOU COULD BE
IMMERSED, WHAT IF YOU COULD FEEL
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN A GAME,T
WHAT IF YOU COULD FEEL WHAT
SOMEBODY ELSE IS FEELING.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING PARTS IN
THE STORY IS PEOPLE ARE
EXPENSING FAMINE, SOMEBODY
STAFFERRING, EXPERIENCING A
WAR-TORN REGION AND IT CHANGES
THEIR EMPATHY.
BUT IN "READY PLAYER TWO," YOU
SHOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAINTAIN
YOUR EMPTY AND YOUR LEVEL OF
WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU
BECOME PART OF THE CLASS, YOU
KNOW.
YOU’VE GOT POSSIBLE WHO IS THIS
LEGEND WHO FIGHTS THE MAN AND
WINS FREEDOM OF THE OASIS, BUT
QUICKLY HE’S THE BILLIONAIRE AND
WANTS TO MAKE THE MONEY AND THE
MOVES.
BUT IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE
HE’S NOT A VILLAIN, BUT WE COME
TO REALIZE QUICKLY HOW YOU CAN
MAKE THE WRONG MOVES IF YOUR
ENVIRONMENT CHANGES
DRAMATICALLY, AND THAT’S BEING
SUPERRICH, YOU THINK VERY
DIFFERENTLY.
YES, AND ALSO HE’S A
TEENAGER.
BECOMING THE C.E.O. OF A HUGE
COMPANY OR Facebook OR TWITTER
WHEN YOU’RE THAT AGE AND MAYBE
DON’T HAVE THE WISDOM TO HANDLE
IT, THAT’S SOMETHING I KNEW WHEN
I TOLD THE STORY THAT THESE
CHARACTERS WOULD ALL HAVE TO
CONFRONT.
IT’S SOMETHING THE C.E.O.s OF
OUR BIG TECH COMPANIES ARE
CONFRONTING THE IMPLICATIONS OF
OUR TECHNOLOGY NOW AND THE
PROFOUND WAYS THAT IT AFFECTS
EVEN THE WAY PEOPLE THINK.
ALREADY THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL
MEDIA IS PLUGGED DIRECTLY INTO
OUR BRAIN IN SOME WAYS AND IT’S,
YOU KNOW, AFFECTING EVERYTHING
AROUND US.
SO I’M GLAD YOU PICKED UP ON
THAT.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY PART OF THE
FUN OF TELLING THE STORY.
Trevor: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE REAL WORLD, YOU LOOK AT THE
AMAZONS, THE Facebooks, THE
TWITTERS, SnapchatS, TIKTOKS,
WHATEVER IT IS, THERE’S NO
DENYING THEY CONSUME A PART OF
OUR BRAINS AND WILL FORM HOW WE
SEE AND THINK OF EACH OTHER AS
HUMAN BEINGS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE REAL
WORLD AND THE C.E.O.s AND THE
COMPANIES THEY’VE CREATED, WHAT
DO YOU HOPE THEY’LL UNDERSTAND
ABOUT WHAT THEY MADE AND APPLY
TO THE PRODUCTS TO MAKE THEM AS
ETHICAL AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
HUMAN RACE?
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, SOME
EFFORT TO MAKE THE TECHNOLOGY
ETHICAL AND NOT JUST OPENLY
ALLOW THIS BASICALLY MIND
CONTROL DEVICE THEY’VE CEDE TO
BE USED BY ANYONE TO SOW THE
SEEDS OF DISINFORMATION.
IT’S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE’VE
REQUIRED LIKE TELEVISION
NETWORKS AND RADIO NETWORKS FOR
DECADES, BUT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY
ROSE UP WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT,
AND NOW IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT’S
SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL AND IT’S
KIND OF STILL LIKE THE WILD WILD
WEST.
NOW WE’RE STRUGGLING TO REIN IT
IN AT THE TIME WHEN IT FEELS
LIKE IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
Trevor: GOT TO REIN IT IN
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
I COULD TALK TO YOU FOR HOURS
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE BOOK WILL
LAST YOU FOR HOURS AND I HOPE
EVERYBODY GETS IT.
IF YOU’RE A FAN OF VIDEO GAMES,
THE FUTURE AND THE PRESIDENT,
YOU WILL LOVE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
TIME, FOR WRITING AN AMAZING
STORY AND FOR INCLUDING EVERY
SINGLE KID WHO ACTUALLY PLAYS
THE VIDEO GAMES THAT THEY’RE SO
OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I’M EXCITED FOR EVERYONE TO READ
"READY PLAYER TWO" AND EXCITED
FOR THE NEXT FILM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TREVOR.
Trevor: "READY PLAYER TWO"
IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. DON’T GO AWAY.
EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS
ROSIE PEREZ.
WE TALKED ABOUT LIVING IN THE
CORONA TIMES AND HER BRAND-NEW
MINISERIES "THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANT."
THIS IS SO EXCITING.
CORPORATE ESPIONAGE!
SHHH!
DID YOU GET THE FLASH DRIVES?
I DID, INDEED, ALL
UNTRACEABLE.
WELL, UNTRACEABLE FOR
LONG ISLAND, THAT IS.
WONDERFUL, SO YOU WILL
DOWNLOAD THE FILES WE REQUESTED
OFF YOUR HUSBAND’S COMPUTER AND
PASS THE FLASH DRIVE ALONG TO
MR. HUFF.
OH.
Trevor: ROSIE PEREZ.
WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL
DISTANCING SHOW."
(LAUGHING) HI.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
HOW YOU DOING?
Trevor: I’M DOING GOOD,
CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
BETTER YOU’RE ON THE SHOW WITH
ME.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SHOW THAT
IS BLOWING UP EVERYONE, PEOPLE
ARE LOVING ON HBO MAX, "THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT," I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE JOURNEY
YOU’VE HAD WITH CORONAVIRUS,
BECAUSE, FOR MANY PEOPLE,
CORONAVIRUS IS THIS NEW THING
THAT HAS DISRUPTED OUR LIVES,
YOUR LIFE HAS ALSO BEEN
DISRUPTED, BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE
CAN SAY THAT THEY HAD
CORONAVIRUS IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
TALK ME THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT JOURNEY.
SURE.
WE WERE IN BANGKOK AND FILMING
THE TRYING"THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT"
ACTUALLY IT WAS THE LAST OF
NOVEMBER, AND I JUST IMMEDIATELY
HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS,
KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I WAS FEVERISH, HAD A HORRIBLE
COUGH.
IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS
STEPPING ON MY CHEST, I WAS VERY
LETHARGIC AND SCARED.
WHEN I WAS ON SET, I KEPT LAYING
DOWN IN BETWEEN TAKES.
ACTUALLY KAYLIE CUCKOO
INSTAGRAMED A PICTURE OF ME
LAYING ON THE BED.
SHE LAID ON THE BED WITH ME.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
( LAUGHTER )
THEY CALLED THE DOCTOR ON SET
BECAUSE I BECAME THAT WEAK.
AND THE DOCTOR SAID I HAD TO
RUSH TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
IMMEDIATELY.
Trevor: WOW.
WHEN I GOT THERE, IT WAS LIKE
A MOVIE.
I MEAN, THEY TOOK MY VITALS IN
THE WAITING ROOM AND THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN ALL THESE PEOPLE CAME
WITH ALL THE P.P.E. AND RUSHED
ME IN.
Trevor: WOW!
AND I WAS GETTING SCARED AND
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MEREDITH
CAME WITH ME AS WELL AS MY
MONITOR KAREN, AND THEY’RE
WHEELING ME ON A GURNEY.
I SAID, OH, MY GOD AND TARK SAID
CAN I GO WITH HER?
SHE SAID, ARE YOU KIN?
HE SAID, NO.
I SAID, STUPID!
YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID YES.
AND, SO, THEN, MEREDITH SAYS,
I’M HER SISTER.
NOW, MEREDITH IS BLONDE AND
BLUE-EYED, TYPICAL LOOKING WHITE
WOMAN, AND THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT
ME AND I GO, IN LAW.
IN LAW.
( LAUGHTER )
AND THEY LET HER COME IN,
SURPRISINGLY SO.
BUT SHE COULDN’T COME IN THE
ROOM THAT THEY QUARANTINED ME
IN.
Trevor: RIGHT.
AND THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCK
HAD TOLD ME, THEY PUT TWO
I.V.s, ONE WAS A RED BAG OF I
DON’T KNOW WHAT, AND THE OTHER
ONE WAS YOUR STANDARD I’M V.,
AND SHE WAS ASKING ME, IS IT
OKAY IF WE -- I SAID GIVE ME
EVERYTHING.
I TOLD HER, I SAID, I FEEL LIKE
I’M DYING.
SHE SAID, WELL, WE THINK THAT
YOU HAVE THIS NEW RESPIRATORY
TRACT INFECTION THAT WE DON’T
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BUT IT
IS COMING FROM CHINA.
Trevor: WOW!
AND A LOT OF TOURISTS ARE
GETTING IT, BUT WE DON’T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT WE DO
KNOW THAT IT’S RAPID IN THE
DESTRUCTION OF YOUR BODY.
AND I JUST CLOSED MY EYES, AND I
REMEMBER SEEING JUST MY HUSBAND
AND MY SISTER AND MY FATHER, WHO
IS DECEASED, AND I SAID, OH, MY
GOD DON’T LET ME DIE IN BANGKOK.
SHE LAUGHED AND SAID YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO DIE.
I SAID YOU JUST TOLD ME DOOMSDAY
IS UPON ME.
Trevor: RIGHT.
SO THEY FIXED ME UP, YOU
KNOW, WELL ENOUGH THAT I WAS
ABLE TO FINALLY LEAVE THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, AND I REMEMBER
HER LAST WORDS TO ME WAS NEVER
GO OUTSIDE, NEVER STAND IN FRONT
OF ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT A
MASK.
YOU’RE NOT ONLY PROTECTING
YOURSELF BUT YOU’RE PROTECTING
OTHERS.
THAT’S WHY I HAVE MY MASK ON
WITH YOU BECAUSE I DON’T WANT
YOU TO MAKE ME SICK AND WHAT YOU
HAVE IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
I SAID, WHAT’S THE NAME?
SHE SAYS, WELL, WE DON’T KNOW
YET.
Trevor: IT IS AMAZING THAT
YOU NOT ONLY RECOVERED BUT THEN
MADE IT A MISSION TO EDUCATE
OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO STAY
SAFE.
I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE A
LIFE-LONG NEW YORKER.
WHEN YOU AGREED TO GO TO PRESS
CONFERENCES WITH GOVERNOR CUOMO,
WHEN YOU AGREE TO BE PART OF THE
BRIEFINGS AND PART OF THIS, WHAT
ARE YOU HOPING TO ACHIEVE FOR
NEW YORK AS A WHOLE?
FOR THEM TO WAKE UP, TO
UNDERSTAND HOW DEADLY AND
SERIOUS THIS WAS, AND THAT WE
HAD TO RESPECT EACH OTHER --
JUST LIKE THAT DOCTOR SAID TO ME
IN BANGKOK, YOU KNOW, I WANTED
NEW YORKERS TO RESPECT ONE
ANOTHER, I WANTED AMERICANS TO
RESPECT ONE ANOTHER BY WEARING A
MASK, IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
I’VE HELPED THE GOVERNOR WITH
OTHER THINGS, LIKE WITH HIS
HURRICANE MARIA RELIEF AND ALL
OF THAT STUFF, BUT FOR HIM TO
CALL ME, I SAID, WOW, I TOLD MY
HUSBAND, I SAID, ISN’T THAT
CRAZY THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS?
Trevor: RIGHT.
AND WHEN I WAS THERE AT THAT
PRESS CONFERENCE, I WAS HOLDING
BACK THE EMOTIONS, I REALLY WAS,
BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE
THAT BE THE FOCUS.
Trevor: YEAH, I KNOW WHAT
YOU MEAN.
I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY
ADULT AND MATURE AND SAY,
LISTEN, MAN, THIS IS REAL.
MASK UP.
IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
IF THAT CAN HELP, DO IT.
DO IT.
Trevor: LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE NEW SHOW.
IT IS GENERATING QUITE THE BUZZ,
AND IT’S A REALLY FUN CONCEIT.
YOU KNOW, "THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANT."
WHEN I SAW THE TITLE, I THOUGHT,
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO BE A
ROMANTIC COMEDY, A STRAIGHT
COMEDY?
AND, NO, THIS IS A DARK BUT
SOMETIMES FUNNY AND REALLY
GRIPPING SHOW ABOUT, LIKE, A
MURDER MYSTERY.
AND WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, I
REMEMBER BEING, LIKE, OH, ROSY,
THIS IS WONDERFUL, YOU’RE
PLAYING SUCH A NICE CHARACTER,
THIS IS GREAT.
NOW I’M NOT SO SURE.
THE SHOW COMES OUT WEEKLY, BUT
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU PLAY A REALLY
SHADY CHARACTER IN THIS WORLD.
YOU WILL FIND OUT.
THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY.
BUT MEGAN, MY CHARACTER, IS
DEFINITELY KEEPING A BIG, FAT
SECRET, AND IT’S, YOU KNOW,
SLOWLY GOING TO BE TEARING HER
APART.
AND, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I LOVE
PLAYING THIS CHARACTER BECAUSE,
AT FIRST, THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS, YOU KNOW, HAD IN MIND
HER BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE
TOUGH, AND I SAID, NO, THIS
WOMAN IS MENOPAUSAL, SHE HATES
HER LIFE, HER.
♪
-- HER MIDDLE
CLASS LIFE WHICH IS ACTUALLY
FABULOUS, SHE JUST CAN’T SEE IT,
AND HER ONLY FRIEND IS CASSIE,
WHO DOESN’T FEEL THE SAME WAY
ABOUT HER.
I SAID, THAT’S PRETTY SAD.
AND WITHOUT JUDGING HER, I
WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING
SPECIAL TO IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
Trevor: I KNOW EXACTLYT
WHAT YOU MEAN, YEAH.
WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE SHOW?
WHAT AS ROSIE PEREZ YOU SAID I’M
GOING TO DO THE SHOW.
A DRUNK FIRST CLASS FLIGHT
ATTENDANT WHO SLEEPS WITH
PASSENGERS AND WAKES UP NEXT TO
ONE OF HER CONQUESTS AND HE’S
DEAD?
I WAS IN.
( LAUGHTER )
BUT ACTUALLY, I TURNED IT DOWN!
I DID.
I TURNED IT DOWN INITIALLY
BECAUSE I CAN’T STAND TRAVELING,
I DETEST IT, I HATE THE WHOLE
THING.
Trevor: REALLY?
YES, I CANNOT STAND IT.
Trevor: AND THIS SHOW,
WEREN’T THE LOCATIONS AROUND THE
GLOBE?
YES, THAT’S WHAT -- KAYLIE TO
HER CREDIT REFUSED TO TAKE NO
FOR AN ANSWER AND MET WITH ME.
SHE SAID, YOU KNOW IT’S CALLED
"THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT."
I SAID, YES, THAT’S WHY I’M
SAYING NO.
WE WERE CRACKING UP.
AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE TEN MINUTES, SHE
CHOMPED MY ASS OFF.
SHE JUST DID IT.
BUT INSIDE I’M GOING, OH, MY GOD
I’M SO IN.
I’M SO GLAD SHE DID THAT BECAUSE
WE HAD A BLAST, AND EVERYBODY ON
THE CAST IS STELLAR.
JUST STELLAR.
Trevor: THEY REALLY ARE.
I LOVED IT.
Trevor: I TELL YOU NOW, I’M
GLAD SHE CHEWED YOUR HEAD OFF
FOR NOT DOING IT, I’M GLAD SHE
PUSHED YOU AND YOU SAID YES
BECAUSE IT’S AMAZING SEEING YOU
ON ANYTHING WILL YOU REALLY IN
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN A TON OF FUN.
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE
SECRET IS, ROSIE PEREZ, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME ON
THE SHOW.
THANK YOU.
Trevor: DON’T FORGET, "THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANT" IS AVAILABLE
NOW ON HBO MAX.
WE’LL TAKE A BICK BREAK BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
SHOW FOR TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE
GO, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THERE’S
AN IMPORTANT RUNOFF ELECTION
COMING UP IN GEORGIA, AND IF
YOU’RE WATCHING THIS FROM
GEORGIA, I WANTED TO REMIND YOU
THAT THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO
VOTE ONLINE FOR THAT ELECTION IS
NEXT MONDAY THE 7th OF
DECEMBER.
AND IF YOU’RE NOT IN GEORGIA,
YOU CAN STILL HELP BY SUPPORTING
GROUPS LIKE "18 BY VOTE" THAT
ARE WORKING TO ENGAGE YOUNG
PEOPLE TO VOTE -- ESPECIALLY THE
ESTIMATED 23,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN
GEORGIA WHO WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO
VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION,
BUT WHO WILL TURN 18 IN TIME TO
VOTE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION ON
JANUARY 5.
SO IF YOU’RE ABLE TO HELP OUT
AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE,
CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW.
UNTIL TOMORROW, STAY SAFE OUT
THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND
REMEMBER --
IF YOU WANT TO BE FIRST IN THE
LINE FOR THE VACCINE, JUST SHOW
UP COUGHING.
EVERYONE ELSE WILL GET OUT OF
THE WAY.
NOW, HERE IT IS -- YOUR MOMENT
OF ZEN.
TODAY A NEGRO SEAMSTRESS ROSA
PARKS BOARDED A BUS AND TOOK A
SEAT.
SHE WAS TOLD TO GIVE HER SEAT TO
A WHITE PASSENGER WHO JUST
BOARDED AND SHE REFUSED.
THE INCIDENT SPARKED A YEAR’
BELONG BOYCOTT OF THE MONTGOMERY
BUSES AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY FOREVER.