1 00:00:01,168 --> 00:00:03,470 Hey, what's going on, everybody? I'm Trevor Noah, 2 00:00:03,504 --> 00:00:06,607 and this is The Daily Social Distancing Show. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,443 Today is February 24, which means 4 00:00:09,476 --> 00:00:11,945 it's the last week of Black History Month. 5 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:14,147 And that is why, once again, my friends, 6 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:16,416 I've decided to make new Black history 7 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:19,319 by becoming the first Black player 8 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:22,489 in major league baseball. 9 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:24,758 What? What do you mean that's been done? 10 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,760 Wh... wh... Hundreds of time... 11 00:00:26,793 --> 00:00:28,395 What are you talking about? 12 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:29,530 Well, I don't watch the... 13 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:31,031 It's boring. Why would I watch it? 14 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,299 Anyway, on tonight's show, 15 00:00:32,332 --> 00:00:33,800 we look at why Black people 16 00:00:33,834 --> 00:00:35,169 aren't getting vaccinated, 17 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:37,738 Dulcé Sloan tells you why Oprah is weak, 18 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:39,773 and we meet the dog 19 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,508 that's gonna put all of us in prison. 20 00:00:41,542 --> 00:00:42,876 So let's do this, people. 21 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:45,546 Welcome to The Daily Social Distancing Show. 22 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:49,349 -? ? -ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's couch in New York City 23 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:52,252 to your couch somewhere in the world, this is 24 00:00:52,286 --> 00:00:55,422 The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. 25 00:00:57,958 --> 00:00:59,593 Let's kick things off with an update 26 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:03,096 on the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol: 27 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:05,599 the day white supremacists entered the Capitol 28 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,634 without having to get elected. 29 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:09,703 Yesterday, Congress held its first hearings 30 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:12,206 on what went wrong with security that day, 31 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:13,941 and the testimony from the people in charge 32 00:01:13,974 --> 00:01:15,576 was not encouraging. 33 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:17,544 NEWSWOMAN: Former Capitol Hill security officials 34 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:20,981 and the acting chief of the D.C. metropolitan police 35 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:24,484 recounting the January 6 insurrection, highlighting 36 00:01:24,518 --> 00:01:28,488 major communication failures that led to the deadly riots. 37 00:01:28,522 --> 00:01:30,324 The day before the insurrection, an FBI memo 38 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:33,427 explicitly warning about the possibility of violence 39 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:36,930 was sent via e-mail, but never made its way to leadership. 40 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:38,332 NEWSWOMAN: Here's the intelligence. 41 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:40,434 "Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear 42 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:42,503 "glass breaking, doors being kicked in, 43 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:45,038 "and blood from their BLM and Antifa slave soldiers 44 00:01:45,072 --> 00:01:47,574 "being spilled. Get violent. 45 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:50,344 "Stop calling this a march or a rally or a protest. 46 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:51,945 "Go there ready for war. 47 00:01:51,979 --> 00:01:54,314 We get our president or we die." 48 00:01:54,348 --> 00:01:56,116 ROBERT CONTEE: I would certainly think that something as violent 49 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:58,385 as an insurrection of the Capitol, 50 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:02,122 uh, would warrant, um, you know, a phone call or something. 51 00:02:02,155 --> 00:02:05,058 Yeah, man, I agree with this. In fact, 52 00:02:05,092 --> 00:02:07,928 this was the first time in history an e-mail 53 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:09,563 should have been a meeting. 54 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:11,832 E-mail is the least effective way 55 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,601 to get an emergency message to anybody. 56 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:16,970 It goes: text, DM, 57 00:02:17,004 --> 00:02:19,473 message in a bottle that you throw into the ocean, 58 00:02:19,506 --> 00:02:21,542 and then e-mail. 59 00:02:21,575 --> 00:02:24,444 And if it's really not important, a phone call. 60 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:27,481 I mean, this was an attempted overthrow of the government. 61 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:29,716 It's kind of important that they hear about it. 62 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,685 I'm just saying, like, if it was me, 63 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:33,654 I would have sent an edible arrangement. 64 00:02:33,687 --> 00:02:35,289 You know how I know e-mail isn't an effective way 65 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:36,390 to get someone's attention? 66 00:02:36,423 --> 00:02:38,325 Because whenever you send an e-mail, 67 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:40,360 what do you have to do immediately after that? 68 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:43,130 You have to send a text asking, "Did you get my e-mail?" 69 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,132 The problem with e-mail is that we just get so many. 70 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:47,301 You know? It's easy to miss the one that says 71 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,770 "Insurrection at the Capitol," you know? 72 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:51,371 'Cause it might be below another e-mail 73 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:53,440 with three siren emojis like, 74 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:56,343 "Last chance for ten percent off colored contact lenses!" 75 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:59,046 And, I mean, I know which one's getting my attention... 76 00:02:59,079 --> 00:03:01,815 ladies. 77 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:05,385 But yesterday's hearing was just the beginning of a long process. 78 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:07,754 I mean, President Trump incited a mob 79 00:03:07,788 --> 00:03:09,356 that stormed the Capitol, chanting 80 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:11,959 "Hang Mike Pence." 81 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:15,529 That's something that was super upsetting to everyone. 82 00:03:15,562 --> 00:03:17,798 Well, almost everyone. 83 00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:22,569 Former Vice President Mike Pence is standing by his former boss. 84 00:03:22,603 --> 00:03:24,338 That's right, Pence told a group of conservative lawmakers 85 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:28,075 yesterday he maintains a close personal friendship 86 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:30,444 with the former president. 87 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:32,246 MANU RAJU: This is significant because of what happened 88 00:03:32,279 --> 00:03:34,381 on January 6 and pro-Trump demonstrators 89 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:37,084 coming into the Capitol looking for Mike Pence, 90 00:03:37,117 --> 00:03:38,285 and Donald Trump tweeting abo... 91 00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:40,120 attacking Mike Pence, 92 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:42,422 even during the Capitol riot. 93 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:45,659 But he did not express, I'm told, any ill will 94 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:47,661 towards the former president. 95 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:50,030 Banks told me, "I got the sense they speak often 96 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:53,300 and maintain the same personal friendship and relationship now 97 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,502 that they have for four years. 98 00:03:55,536 --> 00:03:56,770 (whoops) 99 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:59,773 Staying loyal after he sent a mob to kill you? 100 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:01,542 Man, that shows how committed Mike Pence is 101 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:04,411 to his principles: he won't even abort a friendship. 102 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:07,347 And I don't know where the line is between forgiving 103 00:04:07,381 --> 00:04:08,549 and being a doormat, 104 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:10,851 but Mike Pence crossed it a long time ago. 105 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:13,187 I mean, yeah, the bible says to turn the other cheek, 106 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:14,621 but at the same time, one of the ten commandments 107 00:04:14,655 --> 00:04:17,457 is thou shall not be a bitch-ass. 108 00:04:17,491 --> 00:04:20,627 I guess, at this point, there's nothing that Trump can do 109 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:23,230 to Mike Pence that would make Pence turn on him. 110 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,631 They basically have the same relationship 111 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:26,800 that we have with our Alexa. 112 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:29,002 Ugh! Alexa, I hate you. 113 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:30,838 I wish you would die! 114 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:32,506 I'm sorry you feel that way. 115 00:04:32,539 --> 00:04:34,641 Is there anything else I could help you with? 116 00:04:34,675 --> 00:04:37,377 And, finally, an update on policing in America. 117 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:40,180 One of the big problems is that police are too often 118 00:04:40,214 --> 00:04:41,815 called in to situations where they should 119 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:43,550 actually be the last resort. 120 00:04:43,584 --> 00:04:46,119 So, many activists have said that 121 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:48,989 we should find alternatives to cops as first responders. 122 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,691 You know, maybe health care professionals 123 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:52,459 or community members. 124 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:55,963 And now the NYPD is saying, "All right, I hear you, 125 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:58,966 but what about robot dogs?" 126 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:01,869 NEWSMAN: Meet Digidog, the newest member of the NYPD's 127 00:05:01,902 --> 00:05:03,704 technical assistance response unit-- 128 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:06,874 yes, a robot dog that's hounding city streets-- 129 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:08,775 assisting its handlers in saving lives 130 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,911 and protecting New York's finest. 131 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:13,213 Digidog took its first steps here in the Wakefield section 132 00:05:13,247 --> 00:05:15,516 of the Bronx today. The four-legged robot 133 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:18,118 was reportedly responding to a home invasion, 134 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,987 climbing the stairs of an apartment 135 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:21,855 here on West 227th Street. 136 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:25,025 MAN: It allows the NYPD to have 137 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:27,427 eyes and ears and also 138 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:29,463 talk to individuals 139 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,865 in life-threatening situations. 140 00:05:31,899 --> 00:05:33,634 This allows them to use 141 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:36,537 the least amount of force necessary 142 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:38,105 to resolve that situation. 143 00:05:38,138 --> 00:05:42,009 Wow! A robot dog? 144 00:05:42,042 --> 00:05:43,644 What a cool way for the police to say 145 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:46,413 they have too much money and should be defunded. 146 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:50,384 And this robot dog comes with tons of features. 147 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,986 It's got cameras, it's got a microphone, 148 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:54,421 it's even got an extra knife 149 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,423 that it can plant on an unarmed body-- 150 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:57,724 all sorts of things! 151 00:05:57,758 --> 00:05:59,793 But you got to give props to the police 152 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:02,262 for how they're marketing this robot. 153 00:06:02,296 --> 00:06:04,865 "Oh, look at our adorable dog." 154 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:09,136 No, it's a cop made out of steel. 155 00:06:09,169 --> 00:06:11,772 Like, they can call tear gas party smoke, 156 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:13,273 doesn't mean it's gonna sting any less 157 00:06:13,307 --> 00:06:14,441 when they blast you with it. 158 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:16,109 It will be funny, though, to see how people 159 00:06:16,143 --> 00:06:18,212 try to bribe a robot police dog. 160 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:21,915 Listen officer, how about we let this ticket slide and, uh, 161 00:06:21,949 --> 00:06:23,951 I give you ten minutes with my laser printer, 162 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:26,353 no questions asked. 163 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:29,756 And, look, I'm not saying robot dogs won't ever be useful. 164 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:32,526 I mean, they'd be great to send into a hostage situation. 165 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:34,294 I want a million dollars 166 00:06:34,328 --> 00:06:36,663 and a helicopter to get me out of here. 167 00:06:36,697 --> 00:06:37,764 You hear me?! 168 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:41,034 -You guys... -(barks) 169 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,703 -what? -(barks) 170 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,404 -What do you want? -(barks) 171 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:45,939 No, I'm not taking you out. 172 00:06:45,973 --> 00:06:48,342 -I'm doing a hostage thing. -(barks) 173 00:06:48,375 --> 00:06:49,676 -No, I... -(barking) 174 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:51,078 Okay, fine, I'll take you to the end of the block 175 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:53,480 -and back, okay? You got that? -(barking) 176 00:06:53,514 --> 00:06:55,382 All right, good boy, come on, come on. 177 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,251 Good boy. Yeah, look at you. 178 00:06:57,284 --> 00:06:59,353 But let's move on now to our main story: 179 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:01,355 the coronavirus vaccine. 180 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:02,623 It's the reason your grandma 181 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:04,892 is now FaceTiming you from a crowded bar. 182 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:07,327 Today brings some really good news: 183 00:07:07,361 --> 00:07:09,329 the FDA announced that a new vaccine 184 00:07:09,363 --> 00:07:11,665 from Johnson & Johnson has been proven effective, 185 00:07:11,698 --> 00:07:14,301 including against the coronavirus variants, 186 00:07:14,334 --> 00:07:17,237 and could be hitting the streets this weekend. 187 00:07:17,271 --> 00:07:20,107 Plus, unlike the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, 188 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:21,575 it works with one dose 189 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:24,411 and doesn't need to be kept in freezers. 190 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,847 So, this vaccine is basically as low-maintenance 191 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,316 as you pretend to be on your first date. 192 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:31,185 And with vaccine availability improving, 193 00:07:31,218 --> 00:07:33,820 more and more people are able to get their shots, 194 00:07:33,854 --> 00:07:36,356 and experts actually say that America 195 00:07:36,390 --> 00:07:37,558 will soon be giving out 196 00:07:37,591 --> 00:07:41,228 nearly two million doses a day. 197 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:44,798 So, with 330 million Americans, two million doses a day, 198 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:48,168 that means the pandemic will be over in... 199 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:51,271 Six? 200 00:07:51,305 --> 00:07:53,807 But this is still America, 201 00:07:53,841 --> 00:07:56,210 which means not everyone 202 00:07:56,243 --> 00:07:59,346 is getting access to the vaccines equally. 203 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:00,881 The big gap in who gets 204 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:03,217 the coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. 205 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:05,052 Information from 23 states 206 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:08,021 that report COVID vaccinations by race and ethnicity 207 00:08:08,055 --> 00:08:10,123 shows a stark difference in the rollout. 208 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:12,259 NEWSWOMAN: Black Americans are hospitalized for COVID 209 00:08:12,292 --> 00:08:13,527 at almost triple the rate 210 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,463 and are at least 1.5 times more likely 211 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:19,700 to die from this virus than white Americans. 212 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:21,702 But just over five percent 213 00:08:21,735 --> 00:08:24,104 of Americans vaccinated are Black 214 00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:27,674 versus more than 60% who are white. 215 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:29,810 NEWSMAN: Cities like Philadelphia and Chicago 216 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:32,246 with the Black population double or triple 217 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:34,748 the percent receiving COVID vaccine. 218 00:08:34,781 --> 00:08:36,283 Unfortunately, in New York City, 219 00:08:36,316 --> 00:08:38,819 we learned that we had managed to vaccinate 220 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:42,256 more non-New York City residents here in New York City 221 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:44,958 than we had vaccinated Black, Hispanic 222 00:08:44,992 --> 00:08:48,595 and Native American New Yorkers combined. 223 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,898 Well, well, well, 224 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:53,967 if it isn't my old archnemesis, racism. 225 00:08:54,001 --> 00:08:55,569 What are you doing here? 226 00:08:55,602 --> 00:08:57,271 What's that? 227 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:58,539 Oh, you're pretty much everywhere? 228 00:08:58,572 --> 00:09:00,440 Yeah, that's-that's a fair point. 229 00:09:00,474 --> 00:09:01,942 But this is crazy, people. 230 00:09:01,975 --> 00:09:04,111 According to the available data, 231 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:07,814 New York has vaccinated more out-of-towners 232 00:09:07,848 --> 00:09:11,552 than minorities who actually live here in New York. 233 00:09:11,585 --> 00:09:14,254 I mean, they need to beef up the screening process. 234 00:09:14,288 --> 00:09:16,423 You know, like, before giving someone a shot, 235 00:09:16,456 --> 00:09:18,392 just ask them to walk six feet on a sidewalk. 236 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:20,727 And then if they stop and look up at a building to admire it, 237 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:23,130 you send their ass back to Connecticut! 238 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:24,932 And this isn't just a New York problem. 239 00:09:24,965 --> 00:09:26,400 This is an America problem. 240 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:28,669 Since Black people are getting sicker at a higher rate, 241 00:09:28,702 --> 00:09:30,804 they should be getting vaccinated at a higher rate 242 00:09:30,838 --> 00:09:32,105 because they need it more. 243 00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:33,907 It's the same reason you hand out free condoms 244 00:09:33,941 --> 00:09:36,877 on college campuses, not at a LARPing camp. 245 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:39,479 So, why are Black people falling so far behind? 246 00:09:39,513 --> 00:09:42,382 Well, let's find out why in another installment 247 00:09:42,416 --> 00:09:44,885 of If You Don't Know, Now You Know. 248 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:46,920 ? ? 249 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,896 There are two universal truths to living in America. 250 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:59,733 One: every holiday is a mattress sale in disguise. 251 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:01,902 And two: the wealthier you are, 252 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,638 the easier it is to access life's necessities. 253 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:07,708 And, unfortunately, that's one big reason 254 00:10:07,741 --> 00:10:10,310 why Black people are having a hard time 255 00:10:10,344 --> 00:10:12,212 getting the vaccine. 256 00:10:12,246 --> 00:10:15,782 Race and income really determine your access to resources, 257 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:18,218 um, and that's no different with, uh, COVID. 258 00:10:18,252 --> 00:10:20,988 NEWSMAN: Studies show more than 30% of Black adults 259 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:22,923 don't have broadband Internet, 260 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,325 leaving many without information online 261 00:10:25,359 --> 00:10:27,661 about where and how to get vaccinated. 262 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:29,329 If you don't have great high-speed Internet, 263 00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:30,831 if you don't have a computer, 264 00:10:30,864 --> 00:10:34,134 how can you jump in line to make an appointment? 265 00:10:34,168 --> 00:10:36,503 NEWSWOMAN: Black residents are significantly more likely 266 00:10:36,537 --> 00:10:39,072 than white residents to live more than a mile 267 00:10:39,106 --> 00:10:41,175 from the closest vaccination facility. 268 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,876 Researchers also found Black people 269 00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:45,512 are less likely than whites to live near a pharmacy, 270 00:10:45,546 --> 00:10:47,214 clinic, hospital or health center 271 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:50,851 that can administer COVID-19 vaccines. 272 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:53,487 NEWSMAN 2: Over 50% of the Chicago Black communities 273 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,390 were so-called pharmacy deserts, low-income neighborhoods 274 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,525 where pharmacies are far from the population 275 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,762 and people don't have regular access to vehicles, 276 00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:04,932 compared with just five percent in white communities. 277 00:11:04,965 --> 00:11:06,466 NEWSWOMAN 2: San Francisco's pharmacy desert 278 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,402 is zip code 94124. 279 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:11,371 92% of the population is Black and Hispanic, 280 00:11:11,405 --> 00:11:13,574 and there's only one retail pharmacy 281 00:11:13,607 --> 00:11:16,777 for the more than 35,000 people who live there. 282 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:18,645 Where do they go if they don't have 283 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,215 a personal or primary care physician? 284 00:11:21,248 --> 00:11:24,351 And the answer, in many cases, is there's nowhere to go. 285 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:26,553 That's right. Many Black neighborhoods 286 00:11:26,587 --> 00:11:29,923 don't even have a pharmacy. 287 00:11:29,957 --> 00:11:32,192 There are so few pharmacies that I'm surprised 288 00:11:32,226 --> 00:11:34,795 Republicans haven't made them voting locations. 289 00:11:34,828 --> 00:11:36,396 And this is especially messed up 290 00:11:36,430 --> 00:11:38,332 because in most white neighborhoods, 291 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,501 there are pharmacies everywhere. 292 00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:42,269 I mean, everywhere. 293 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:44,671 One time, I went into a Walgreens 294 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,974 that had a CVS inside of it. 295 00:11:47,007 --> 00:11:48,709 And it's also crazy 296 00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:51,245 how many people still don't even have broadband. 297 00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:53,180 Before America makes vaccination appointments 298 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,948 dependent on high-speed Internet, 299 00:11:54,982 --> 00:11:57,050 uh, maybe they should sign everyone up 300 00:11:57,084 --> 00:11:58,418 for high-speed Internet. 301 00:11:58,452 --> 00:11:59,853 And then a month later, once those people 302 00:11:59,887 --> 00:12:01,221 are done going through all the Internet porn, 303 00:12:01,255 --> 00:12:04,224 then they can get around to making an appointment. 304 00:12:04,258 --> 00:12:06,593 So, if you don't have the Internet 305 00:12:06,627 --> 00:12:07,961 to schedule an appointment 306 00:12:07,995 --> 00:12:09,329 and you don't have a local pharmacy 307 00:12:09,363 --> 00:12:10,564 to administer the shot 308 00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:11,832 and you don't have transportation 309 00:12:11,865 --> 00:12:14,301 to a vaccine distribution center, 310 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:15,402 what do you do? 311 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:16,803 I mean, at that point, 312 00:12:16,837 --> 00:12:19,540 you might as well just make the vaccine yourself. 313 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:21,108 Which I tried, by the way, 314 00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:23,544 but I didn't have any mRNA in my house, 315 00:12:23,577 --> 00:12:25,379 so I just used barbecue sauce. 316 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:28,916 I mean, it didn't work, but my blood tastes delicious. 317 00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:30,117 But for the Black community, 318 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:31,752 the barriers to getting vaccinated 319 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:34,221 go way beyond a lack of resources. 320 00:12:34,254 --> 00:12:36,356 There's also a psychological barrier. 321 00:12:36,390 --> 00:12:39,726 Many Black people are just reluctant to get the shot. 322 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,930 'Cause the truth is they trust the medical community 323 00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:44,965 less than they trust the Golden Globes. 324 00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:47,768 And that suspicion may seem irrational to outsiders, 325 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,036 but trust me, 326 00:12:49,069 --> 00:12:52,739 it is grounded in some very real history. 327 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,075 There is, especially among the Black community, 328 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,510 a horrible history of mistreatment 329 00:12:56,543 --> 00:12:59,813 that has created distrust in doctors and medicine. 330 00:12:59,847 --> 00:13:01,815 WOMAN: African Americans were experimented on, 331 00:13:01,849 --> 00:13:04,918 used, essentially, to justify the cruelty of slavery, 332 00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:06,620 creating science. 333 00:13:06,653 --> 00:13:08,522 WOMAN 2: This book from 1851 334 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,757 titled The Natural History of Human Species 335 00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:13,594 echoed one of the most prevalent and dangerous beliefs 336 00:13:13,627 --> 00:13:15,095 in medicine at the time: 337 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:17,798 that Black people did not feel pain or anxiety. 338 00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:20,467 NEWSWOMAN: The federally sanctioned Tuskegee experiment 339 00:13:20,501 --> 00:13:23,203 sought to examine the long-term effects of syphilis 340 00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:26,106 by letting infected Black men go untreated 341 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,976 with no regard to the suffering it caused. 342 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:30,410 NEWSMAN: There was also Henrietta Lacks, 343 00:13:30,444 --> 00:13:32,746 a mother of five who, in 1951, 344 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:34,581 sought treatment for a tumor. 345 00:13:34,615 --> 00:13:36,350 She passed away later that year. 346 00:13:36,383 --> 00:13:39,586 Scientists, without her consent or her family's knowledge, 347 00:13:39,620 --> 00:13:41,989 harvested her cells for medical research. 348 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:44,024 NEWSWOMAN 2: The ties between race and medical treatment 349 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:45,726 have lasted hundreds of years 350 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:47,995 and are still alive in medicine today. 351 00:13:48,028 --> 00:13:50,130 The University of Virginia conducted a study 352 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,666 of 200 white medical students in 2016. 353 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:55,836 40% thought Black skin was thicker than white skin. 354 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:57,704 The study also revealed that some doctors 355 00:13:57,738 --> 00:14:00,274 think Black patients feel less pain. 356 00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:02,876 Uh, excuse me? 357 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:06,213 Black people don't feel pain? 358 00:14:06,246 --> 00:14:09,082 Well, I guess you've never met a man named Michael Jordan. 359 00:14:09,116 --> 00:14:11,451 He's been crying about everything for ten years. 360 00:14:11,485 --> 00:14:14,755 I mean, Black people invented the blues. 361 00:14:14,788 --> 00:14:17,191 Nobody feels pain like Black people. 362 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:19,993 Except for Adele. That woman has been through some shit. 363 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:22,796 But this is why so many Black people 364 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,199 are suspicious of the medical community. 365 00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:27,601 Because that community has betrayed them again 366 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:29,469 and again and again. 367 00:14:29,503 --> 00:14:30,971 And you're not gonna trust people 368 00:14:31,004 --> 00:14:32,739 who have betrayed you that many times. 369 00:14:32,773 --> 00:14:34,641 Uh, unless you're Mike Pence. 370 00:14:34,675 --> 00:14:36,176 But, unfortunately, 371 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:38,745 this mistrust actually hurts Black people, 372 00:14:38,779 --> 00:14:41,949 because these vaccines are safe. 373 00:14:41,982 --> 00:14:44,418 Believe me on this. White people would never let Martha Stewart 374 00:14:44,451 --> 00:14:46,553 get one if it was dangerous. 375 00:14:46,587 --> 00:14:48,222 I mean, if something ever happened to her, 376 00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:50,123 they would have no idea how to match their centerpieces 377 00:14:50,157 --> 00:14:51,124 to their napkin holders. 378 00:14:51,158 --> 00:14:53,026 It would be chaos! 379 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:54,761 And because this anti-vaccine sentiment 380 00:14:54,795 --> 00:14:56,096 is hurting the Black community, 381 00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:58,265 Black leaders are now stepping in to try 382 00:14:58,298 --> 00:15:00,200 and get the message out through an institution 383 00:15:00,234 --> 00:15:03,737 that the community does trust, the church. 384 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:06,673 NEWSMAN: Black churches have long been a source of guidance 385 00:15:06,707 --> 00:15:09,209 and strength for the community it serves. 386 00:15:09,243 --> 00:15:11,879 It's the reason why Black clergy across the country 387 00:15:11,912 --> 00:15:13,814 are teaming up with medical professionals 388 00:15:13,847 --> 00:15:16,917 and local officials to educate and encourage people 389 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:19,086 to get the COVID-19 vaccine. 390 00:15:19,119 --> 00:15:21,722 NEWSWOMAN: Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a virtual face-to-face 391 00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:24,391 with Baltimore's faith and community leaders. 392 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:25,792 We need your help. 393 00:15:25,826 --> 00:15:28,328 Part of a strategy aimed at getting a message in 394 00:15:28,362 --> 00:15:29,730 to the Black community. 395 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:31,064 NEWSMAN 2: On Friday, Black pastors 396 00:15:31,098 --> 00:15:33,400 from several Boston churches received their first round 397 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,502 of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. 398 00:15:35,536 --> 00:15:37,304 They're also here to educate and reassure 399 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,907 the minority community the vaccines are safe. 400 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,975 NEWSWOMAN 2: Reverend Liz Walker says she preaches 401 00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:45,913 about three things: truth, love, and lowering anxiety. 402 00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:49,349 Her focus now is spreading the truth about the vaccine. 403 00:15:49,383 --> 00:15:51,952 Half her congregation says they won't take it. 404 00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:54,121 Some believe God will save them. 405 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:56,056 I always respond that, 406 00:15:56,089 --> 00:15:57,791 yes, you should put your trust in God. 407 00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:00,327 But, remember, God uses doctors. 408 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,495 That's right. 409 00:16:01,528 --> 00:16:03,964 God uses doctors. 410 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:05,399 I mean, not all doctors. 411 00:16:05,432 --> 00:16:06,800 You know, Dr. Phil is the devil's work. 412 00:16:06,834 --> 00:16:09,369 But doctors who are actually doctors, 413 00:16:09,403 --> 00:16:11,438 well, they're doing the Lord's work. 414 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,507 And props to people like Dr. Fauci 415 00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:15,275 for speaking to Black churches 416 00:16:15,309 --> 00:16:18,145 and for not doing that thing that white people do 417 00:16:18,178 --> 00:16:19,379 when they visit a Black church, 418 00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:21,815 where they start talking like Martin Luther King, Jr. 419 00:16:21,849 --> 00:16:24,718 "And I can tell you that we as a people 420 00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:27,721 will get to herd immunity!" 421 00:16:27,754 --> 00:16:30,891 "Hey, man, you can just use your normal voice." 422 00:16:30,924 --> 00:16:32,726 (high-pitched): "Oh. Thank God. 423 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:34,761 (clears throat) My voice was killing me." 424 00:16:34,795 --> 00:16:35,996 And if you ask me, 425 00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:40,534 Black church is the number one place to reach Black people. 426 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,703 I mean, the only other place that would make sense 427 00:16:42,736 --> 00:16:45,405 is a Verzuz on Instagram 428 00:16:45,439 --> 00:16:47,140 and a Black barber shop. 429 00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:48,342 But that one wouldn't work, 430 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,943 because then they'd just get sidetracked debating 431 00:16:49,977 --> 00:16:51,645 which vaccine is the greatest of all time. 432 00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,680 "No, man, listen up. 433 00:16:53,714 --> 00:16:57,451 Polio is the greatest vaccine of all time!" 434 00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:59,887 "The hell it is, man. What about mumps?" 435 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,288 "Mumps?! 436 00:17:01,321 --> 00:17:04,258 Man, don't bring that mumps bullshit into my shop." 437 00:17:04,291 --> 00:17:05,692 Look, the point is 438 00:17:05,726 --> 00:17:08,061 encouraging vaccination through the church 439 00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:09,997 is a great idea. 440 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,865 It's actually something that The Daily Show 441 00:17:11,899 --> 00:17:13,267 wants to get behind, 442 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:16,603 which is why we asked Pastor Roy to help us out. 443 00:17:16,637 --> 00:17:20,674 Thank y'all for logging on to the Lord this morning. 444 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:23,143 It has come to my attention that some of y'all 445 00:17:23,177 --> 00:17:25,279 are looking at the COVID vaccine 446 00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:28,415 the way Jesus looked at Judas during the Last Supper, 447 00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:29,550 suspicious. 448 00:17:29,583 --> 00:17:32,352 And, look, I understand that the medical community 449 00:17:32,386 --> 00:17:35,856 has done unholy things to Black people. 450 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:37,824 But I'm here to tell you 451 00:17:37,858 --> 00:17:40,294 to put your trust in the trinity 452 00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:42,629 of Moderna, Pfizer, 453 00:17:42,663 --> 00:17:44,464 and Johnson & Johnson. 454 00:17:44,498 --> 00:17:46,266 'Cause if you get the 'rona, 455 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:48,402 Jesus can't put his hands on you. 456 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:49,803 He's social distancing. 457 00:17:49,837 --> 00:17:51,572 So I want you to let Jesus 458 00:17:51,605 --> 00:17:54,875 and that vaccine into your soul. 459 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:56,109 Or least into your left shoulder. 460 00:17:56,143 --> 00:17:57,778 Look, I don't think y'all hear me. 461 00:17:57,811 --> 00:18:01,215 -? ? -I said... 462 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:05,886 I want you to let Jesus and that vaccine into your soul! 463 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,120 See, I need some help in here. 464 00:18:07,154 --> 00:18:08,922 Somebody get me my soldiers of the Lord. 465 00:18:08,956 --> 00:18:11,825 -(clapping) -I want you to baptize yourself 466 00:18:11,859 --> 00:18:14,194 in the healing waters of the vaccine! 467 00:18:18,732 --> 00:18:22,870 Push out the Antichrist and let in the antibodies. 468 00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:34,481 I want you vaccine atheists to believe. 469 00:18:34,515 --> 00:18:35,616 Preach, brother! 470 00:18:35,649 --> 00:18:38,919 Do not be led astray by false Facebook prophets. 471 00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:46,360 Let the vaccination be your salvation 472 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:47,895 from your isolation. 473 00:18:47,928 --> 00:18:48,929 Amen! 474 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:52,399 ? Go outside! Go outside! ? 475 00:18:52,432 --> 00:18:53,934 ? Go outside! Go outside! ? 476 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:55,669 ? Go outside! Go outside! ? 477 00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:56,837 ? Go outside! ? 478 00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:57,971 (whoops) 479 00:18:58,005 --> 00:18:59,673 Blessed are the immune, 480 00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:01,942 for they shall inherit the earth, 481 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:04,411 from the movie theater to the gym, 482 00:19:04,444 --> 00:19:08,115 all the way to the promised land of Red Lobster! 483 00:19:15,222 --> 00:19:16,423 Now, I ain't gonna hold y'all up. 484 00:19:16,456 --> 00:19:18,091 I think we made the point. 485 00:19:18,125 --> 00:19:20,027 Also, I got to wrap this up. 486 00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:21,929 My little boy got a clarinet lesson over Zoom. 487 00:19:21,962 --> 00:19:24,031 I only paid for the free 40-minute version. 488 00:19:24,064 --> 00:19:26,366 Uh, praise Jesus, 489 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,569 and God bless Dr. Fauci. 490 00:19:28,602 --> 00:19:32,039 And I'll see you next week for the booster shot. 491 00:19:32,072 --> 00:19:34,074 ? ? 492 00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:38,278 Oh, yes! 493 00:19:38,312 --> 00:19:39,680 I can feel it! 494 00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:40,881 All right, when we come back, 495 00:19:40,914 --> 00:19:43,016 Dulcé Sloan tells us why Black women 496 00:19:43,050 --> 00:19:44,985 aren't as strong as you may think. 497 00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:47,621 And Andra Day is joining us as a guest. 498 00:19:47,654 --> 00:19:47,721 Don't go away. 499 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,822 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 500 00:19:50,823 --> 00:19:52,023 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 501 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,624 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 502 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:54,770 IT’S NO SECRET THAT BLACK WOMEN 503 00:19:54,804 --> 00:19:56,820 HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO DEAL WITH 504 00:19:56,821 --> 00:19:57,669 NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES. 505 00:19:57,703 --> 00:19:59,595 BUT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 506 00:19:59,597 --> 00:20:00,765 DULCE SLOAN LOOKS AT A POSITIVE 507 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:03,577 STEREOTYPE THAT STILL HAS A 508 00:20:03,612 --> 00:20:05,958 NEGATIVE IMPACT IN ANOTHER 509 00:20:05,959 --> 00:20:08,902 EPISODE OF "DUL-SAYIN’." 510 00:20:08,903 --> 00:20:11,073 ♪ ♪ ♪ 511 00:20:11,075 --> 00:20:14,537 BLACK WOMEN, WE GAVE YOU 512 00:20:14,538 --> 00:20:16,025 OPRAH, BEYONCE, AND ALL YOUR 513 00:20:16,059 --> 00:20:16,903 FAVORITE REACTION MEMES. 514 00:20:16,905 --> 00:20:19,024 I’VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THEY LIKE 515 00:20:19,025 --> 00:20:21,374 THEIR WOMEN LIKE THEY LIKE THEIR 516 00:20:21,409 --> 00:20:23,662 COFFEE: STRONG, BLACK, AND HOT 517 00:20:23,663 --> 00:20:25,321 ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU SECOND-DEGREE 518 00:20:25,355 --> 00:20:25,865 BURNS. 519 00:20:25,899 --> 00:20:27,347 CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, 520 00:20:27,349 --> 00:20:28,084 DARIUS. 521 00:20:28,085 --> 00:20:30,472 BUT THE THING IS, NOT ALL BLACK 522 00:20:30,473 --> 00:20:33,335 WOMEN ARE STRONG, AND EVEN THE 523 00:20:33,336 --> 00:20:34,841 ONES THAT ARE STRONG AREN’T JUST 524 00:20:34,842 --> 00:20:35,757 THAT. 525 00:20:35,791 --> 00:20:38,569 WE LIKE DOORS OPENED FOR US, 526 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:39,281 TOO. 527 00:20:39,282 --> 00:20:41,924 ESPECIALLY BY SOMEONE WITH 528 00:20:41,958 --> 00:20:44,592 BICEPS, LIKE MICHAEL B. JORDAN, 529 00:20:44,594 --> 00:20:46,984 AND LIKE MICHAEL B. JORDAN. 530 00:20:46,985 --> 00:20:48,853 HAIR LIKE MICHAEL B. JORDAN. 531 00:20:48,888 --> 00:20:50,918 BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STRONG 532 00:20:50,952 --> 00:20:52,863 BLACK WOMAN STEREOTYPE IS 533 00:20:52,864 --> 00:20:54,592 INGRAINED IN AMERICAN CULTURE. 534 00:20:54,593 --> 00:20:57,274 IT HAS A LONG HISTORY BAS OLD AS 535 00:20:57,308 --> 00:20:58,289 MORGAN FREEMAN AND BETTY WHITE 536 00:20:58,323 --> 00:20:58,779 COMBINED. 537 00:20:58,781 --> 00:21:01,297 NOTICE, YOU MAY BE WONDERING 538 00:21:01,331 --> 00:21:03,585 WHAT IS A STRONG BLACK WOMAN? 539 00:21:03,587 --> 00:21:06,236 IT’S THE IDEA THAT BLACK WOMEN 540 00:21:06,270 --> 00:21:07,814 ARE EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT, 541 00:21:07,815 --> 00:21:09,628 NATURALLY SELFLESS, TOO PROUD TO 542 00:21:09,662 --> 00:21:12,169 ASK FOR HELP, AND CAN SUCCEED 543 00:21:12,203 --> 00:21:13,224 WITH NO RESOURCES. 544 00:21:13,225 --> 00:21:14,813 SO, BASICALLY, EVERY CHARACTER 545 00:21:14,814 --> 00:21:16,587 PLAYED BY VIOLA DAVIS. 546 00:21:16,621 --> 00:21:19,099 THE IRONY IS THE STRONG BLACK 547 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:20,900 WOMAN STEREOTYPE WAS STARTED BY 548 00:21:20,934 --> 00:21:22,398 BLACK WOMEN TO COMBAT ALL THE 549 00:21:22,432 --> 00:21:23,147 NEGATIVE ONES. 550 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:24,683 SEE, IN THE AFTERMATH OF 551 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:26,907 SLAVERY, THERE WERE REALLY ONLY 552 00:21:26,942 --> 00:21:29,484 TWO STEREOTYPES OF BLACK WOMEN: 553 00:21:29,485 --> 00:21:32,323 YOU WERE EITHER SOME SEX 554 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:35,015 TEMPTRESS JEZY BELL, OR A MAMMY 555 00:21:35,016 --> 00:21:37,027 JUST THERE TO SMOTHER PEOPLE IN 556 00:21:37,028 --> 00:21:37,736 HER WOMB. 557 00:21:37,771 --> 00:21:39,877 MARY CHURCH DURLE COINED THE 558 00:21:39,911 --> 00:21:41,192 STRONG BLACK WOMAN MOTTO, 559 00:21:41,194 --> 00:21:42,673 "LIFTING AS WE CLIMB." 560 00:21:42,675 --> 00:21:44,902 AND I GET WHAT SHE WAS GOING 561 00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:46,616 FOR, BUT LIFT AS WE CLIMB? 562 00:21:46,617 --> 00:21:47,558 EVEN BODY BUILDERS DON’T DO BOTH 563 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,054 AT THE SAME TIME. 564 00:21:49,055 --> 00:21:50,837 YOU CAN’T EXPECT AWE BLACK WOMAN 565 00:21:50,838 --> 00:21:53,558 TO DO MORE THAN SCHWARTZ NARG IN 566 00:21:53,592 --> 00:21:54,227 HIS PRIME. 567 00:21:54,228 --> 00:21:55,930 BUT OVER TIME, SOCIETY SHRANK A 568 00:21:55,932 --> 00:21:56,963 BLACK WOMAN DOWN TO JUST HER 569 00:21:56,964 --> 00:21:57,416 STRENGTH. 570 00:21:57,418 --> 00:21:59,614 AND THE POPULAR PERCEPTION NOW 571 00:21:59,616 --> 00:22:01,321 IS THAT BLACK WOMEN CAN BEAR AND 572 00:22:01,322 --> 00:22:02,414 OVERCOME ANY BURDEN. 573 00:22:02,415 --> 00:22:06,943 WE SEE IT ALL OVER OUR CULTURE. 574 00:22:06,944 --> 00:22:08,714 IN MOVIES LIKE "THE COLOR 575 00:22:08,748 --> 00:22:08,923 PURPLE. 576 00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:09,158 ." 577 00:22:09,159 --> 00:22:12,237 ALL MY LIFE WE HAD TO FIGHT. 578 00:22:12,271 --> 00:22:14,199 AND HOW CAN WE FORGET "GHOST" 579 00:22:14,201 --> 00:22:15,850 WHERE WHOOPI WHOOPIE GOLDBERG LI 580 00:22:15,884 --> 00:22:18,274 HAS TO LET A WHITE MAN USE HER 581 00:22:18,276 --> 00:22:19,315 BODY TO RUB FOREHEADS WITH HIS 582 00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:19,697 FIANCE. 583 00:22:19,731 --> 00:22:21,448 EVEN WHEN BLACK WOMEN ONLY HAVE 584 00:22:21,450 --> 00:22:23,066 ONE LINE, IT’S STRONG AS HELL. 585 00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:24,651 MOVE, OR YOU WILL BE MOVED. 586 00:22:24,652 --> 00:22:25,495 DAMN! 587 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:27,744 AT LEAST LET HER SAY HELLO. 588 00:22:27,778 --> 00:22:29,781 BUT DULCE, WHAT’S WRONG WITH 589 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:31,822 BEING PERCEIVED AS STRONG? 590 00:22:31,856 --> 00:22:33,365 ISN’T IT A GOOD THING? 591 00:22:33,366 --> 00:22:33,737 NO. 592 00:22:33,771 --> 00:22:35,834 NOT IF BLACK WOMEN DESTROY THEIR 593 00:22:35,835 --> 00:22:37,063 MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH 594 00:22:37,097 --> 00:22:38,853 TRYING TO LIVE UP TO IT AND NOT 595 00:22:38,855 --> 00:22:40,310 IF PEOPLE THINK BLACK WOMEN ARE 596 00:22:40,345 --> 00:22:42,166 SO STRONG THEY MAKE THEM DO ALL 597 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,212 THE WORK ON THEIR OWN. 598 00:22:44,213 --> 00:22:45,181 LOOK AT STACEY ABRAMS. 599 00:22:45,215 --> 00:22:46,196 SHE HELPED DEMOCRATS WIN 600 00:22:46,197 --> 00:22:48,734 GEORGIA, AND BEFORE YOU KNEW IT, 601 00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:50,311 SHE WAS BEING ASKED TO DO 602 00:22:50,312 --> 00:22:52,313 VACCINE DISTRIBUTIONS, THE NEW 603 00:22:52,347 --> 00:22:53,969 YORK SUBWAY, AND KIM AND KANYE’S 604 00:22:54,003 --> 00:22:54,461 MARRIAGE. 605 00:22:54,462 --> 00:22:55,856 THE STEREOTYPE EVEN REACHES THE 606 00:22:55,890 --> 00:22:56,705 DOCTOR’S OFFICE. 607 00:22:56,739 --> 00:22:58,637 BLACK WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO 608 00:22:58,638 --> 00:23:00,626 BE PROPERLY DIAGNOSED. 609 00:23:00,627 --> 00:23:03,396 THEY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER MATERNAL 610 00:23:03,397 --> 00:23:05,033 MORTALITY RATE, AND THEY’RE LESS 611 00:23:05,034 --> 00:23:05,975 LIKELY TO BE BELIEVED ABOUT 612 00:23:05,977 --> 00:23:07,945 THEIR SYMPTOMS AND PAIN. 613 00:23:07,946 --> 00:23:09,730 SO A BLACK WOMAN BASICALLY HAS 614 00:23:09,732 --> 00:23:11,161 TO BE A DOCTOR TO KNOW 615 00:23:11,163 --> 00:23:13,083 EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH HER 616 00:23:13,117 --> 00:23:14,829 BODY AND THEN CONVINCE ANOTHER 617 00:23:14,864 --> 00:23:15,840 DOCTOR THAT THAT’S WHAT’S 618 00:23:15,841 --> 00:23:16,062 HAPPENING. 619 00:23:16,064 --> 00:23:18,740 I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. 620 00:23:18,741 --> 00:23:20,505 I HAVE CONTUSIONS, LACERATIONS 621 00:23:20,506 --> 00:23:22,089 AND INTERNAL BLEEDING. 622 00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:24,144 GET ME A MORPHINE DRIP AND PREP 623 00:23:24,145 --> 00:23:25,102 SURGERY STAT. 624 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:26,894 WE’LL GET YOU A COUPLE OF 625 00:23:26,895 --> 00:23:27,754 BAND-AIDS AND YOU’LL BE FINE. 626 00:23:27,756 --> 00:23:28,159 WHAT? 627 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,230 SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A BLACK 628 00:23:30,231 --> 00:23:32,063 WOMAN STRUGGLING AT WORK OR 629 00:23:32,064 --> 00:23:34,041 TRYING TO LIFT A BOX, HELP HER. 630 00:23:34,042 --> 00:23:35,817 DON’T JUST STAND THERE LIKE 631 00:23:35,819 --> 00:23:37,045 YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE WONDER WOMAN 632 00:23:37,047 --> 00:23:37,714 IN ACTION. 633 00:23:37,715 --> 00:23:39,965 IN FACT, IF YOU’RE IN THE NEW 634 00:23:39,966 --> 00:23:40,426 YORK AREA... 635 00:23:40,427 --> 00:23:42,963 I’M MOVING THIS WEEK. 636 00:23:42,997 --> 00:23:45,386 AND I COULD USE SOME HELP. 637 00:23:45,388 --> 00:23:46,290 MOVING MY COUCH. 638 00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:48,167 BECAUSE I’LL BE DAMNED IF I’M 639 00:23:48,202 --> 00:23:53,421 GOING TO PULL MY BACK LIFTING MY 640 00:23:53,423 --> 00:23:54,514 OWN COUCH. 641 00:23:54,548 --> 00:23:57,867 Trevor: THANK YOU SO MUCH 642 00:23:57,868 --> 00:23:58,531 FOR THAT DULCE. 643 00:23:58,532 --> 00:23:59,704 I WISH I COULD HELP YOU MOVE, 644 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:00,735 BUT I’M BUSY ON WHATEVER DAY 645 00:24:00,737 --> 00:24:01,498 THAT IS. 646 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:02,782 ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK, 647 00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:04,068 THE MULTI-TALENTED ANDRA DAY 648 00:24:04,069 --> 00:24:05,603 TALKS ABOUT PLAYING THE 649 00:24:05,638 --> 00:24:08,348 LEGENDARY BILLIE HOLIDAY. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT. 650 00:24:10,312 --> 00:24:11,997 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 651 00:24:11,998 --> 00:24:13,893 EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH 652 00:24:13,895 --> 00:24:15,541 SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND ACTOR, 653 00:24:15,542 --> 00:24:16,093 ANDRA DAY. 654 00:24:16,127 --> 00:24:20,385 WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGACY OF 655 00:24:20,386 --> 00:24:21,807 BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER PORTRAYAL 656 00:24:21,808 --> 00:24:22,765 OF THE LEGEND IN HER NEW 657 00:24:22,799 --> 00:24:24,950 MOVIE THAT’S JUST GOTTEN HER TWO 658 00:24:24,984 --> 00:24:26,594 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS. 659 00:24:26,596 --> 00:24:27,408 █0NO, JOE. 660 00:24:27,410 --> 00:24:29,122 I WANT TO SING THE DAMN SONG, 661 00:24:29,123 --> 00:24:30,296 ALL RIGHT? 662 00:24:30,297 --> 00:24:31,695 THE CLUB ADVERTISES IT. 663 00:24:31,730 --> 00:24:33,146 PEOPLE PAY GOOD MONEY TO COME 664 00:24:33,147 --> 00:24:35,395 HERE AND HEAR ME SING IT. 665 00:24:35,430 --> 00:24:37,622 I TOLD YOU 100 TIMES, PEOPLE 666 00:24:37,657 --> 00:24:38,733 IN HIGH PLACES DON’T WANT YOU 667 00:24:38,767 --> 00:24:39,833 SINGING THAT SONG. 668 00:24:39,835 --> 00:24:43,603 AND I’VE ASKED YOU OVER A 669 00:24:43,604 --> 00:24:46,330 HUNDRED TIMES WHAT PEOPLE, JOE? 670 00:24:46,364 --> 00:24:48,101 WHAT YOU LOOKING AT HIM FOR? 671 00:24:48,102 --> 00:24:51,212 I’M THE ONE WHO PAYS YOU. 672 00:24:51,213 --> 00:24:53,038 THE GOVERNMENT. 673 00:24:53,072 --> 00:24:54,419 Trevor: ANDRA DAY, WELCOME 674 00:24:54,420 --> 00:24:55,815 TO THE "THE DAILY SOCIAL 675 00:24:55,816 --> 00:24:56,696 DISTANCING SHOW." 676 00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:58,811 THAT’S WHAT IT IS, ISN’T IT 677 00:24:58,845 --> 00:25:00,182 ( LAUGHING ) 678 00:25:00,183 --> 00:25:02,213 I ENJOY IT JUST AS MUCH AS THE 679 00:25:02,248 --> 00:25:02,716 REGULAR "DAILY SHOW"." 680 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:03,312 Trevor: THANK YOU VERY 681 00:25:03,313 --> 00:25:03,651 MUCH. 682 00:25:03,652 --> 00:25:05,398 I APPRECIATE THAT, I REALLY DO. 683 00:25:05,399 --> 00:25:06,528 BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER, LET’S 684 00:25:06,529 --> 00:25:08,092 START WITH THE CONGRATULATIONS 685 00:25:08,093 --> 00:25:10,437 THAT ARE IN ORDER. 686 00:25:10,438 --> 00:25:12,806 TWO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS, 687 00:25:12,807 --> 00:25:15,825 WHICH IS HUGE FOR YOUR WORK ON 688 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:17,319 THE NEW BILLIE HOLIDAY MOVIE. 689 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,728 AND WHAT’S REALLY IMPRESSIVE 690 00:25:18,762 --> 00:25:20,013 ABOUT IT IS NOT JUST THE 691 00:25:20,015 --> 00:25:20,415 NOMINATIONS. 692 00:25:20,450 --> 00:25:21,998 THIS IS YOUR DEBUT ACTING ROLE. 693 00:25:21,999 --> 00:25:24,115 I MEAN, WHAT A WAY TO START. 694 00:25:24,117 --> 00:25:26,203 YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY WHAT A 695 00:25:26,204 --> 00:25:26,995 WAY TO START 696 00:25:27,029 --> 00:25:27,560 ( LAUGHS 697 00:25:27,561 --> 00:25:28,182 ( OPINION. 698 00:25:28,184 --> 00:25:30,191 AND IT WAS ALMOST A WAY TO END 699 00:25:30,225 --> 00:25:31,903 WHILE I WAS ON SIT. 700 00:25:31,905 --> 00:25:34,247 IT WAS LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE 701 00:25:34,248 --> 00:25:35,424 TAKEN ME OUT. 702 00:25:35,459 --> 00:25:38,681 BUT, NO, I MEAN NOW I’M 703 00:25:38,716 --> 00:25:40,781 DEFINITELY MORE BALANCED AND I 704 00:25:40,782 --> 00:25:42,128 FEEL KIND OF AT A HEALTHIER 705 00:25:42,129 --> 00:25:42,478 PLACE. 706 00:25:42,512 --> 00:25:44,571 I DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT AT FIRST, 707 00:25:44,572 --> 00:25:46,487 BUT I’M REALLY GLAD THAT I 708 00:25:46,489 --> 00:25:47,849 DIDN’T AND I DIDN’T SORT OF 709 00:25:47,883 --> 00:25:49,154 SELF-SABOTAGE MY WAY OUT OF IT. 710 00:25:49,188 --> 00:25:52,379 BECAUSE IT’S AN HONOR TO BE A 711 00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:53,842 PART OF BILLIE’S STORY AND 712 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:55,808 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND TO HELP 713 00:25:55,810 --> 00:25:57,571 BRING THE TRUTH OF HER LIFE TO 714 00:25:57,605 --> 00:25:58,423 THE PUBLIC EYE. 715 00:25:58,458 --> 00:25:59,668 Trevor: BILLIE HOLIDAY, 716 00:25:59,669 --> 00:26:01,663 PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW AS THE 717 00:26:01,665 --> 00:26:03,204 MUSICIAN, BUT WHAT MAKES THE 718 00:26:03,206 --> 00:26:04,941 FILM SPECIAL IS YOU SHOW US 719 00:26:04,942 --> 00:26:06,310 BILLIE HOLIDAY AS THE CIVIL 720 00:26:06,312 --> 00:26:07,752 RIGHTS ICON, AS THIS WOMAN WHO 721 00:26:07,787 --> 00:26:08,958 IS FIGHTING AGAINST THE SYSTEM 722 00:26:08,992 --> 00:26:11,300 THAT IS TRYING TO SHUT HER DOWN. 723 00:26:11,334 --> 00:26:13,193 TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 724 00:26:13,227 --> 00:26:14,587 THAT STORY AND THE PART OF HER 725 00:26:14,589 --> 00:26:15,988 LIFE THAT PEOPLE DON’T REALLY 726 00:26:16,023 --> 00:26:16,424 KNOW ABOUT. 727 00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:17,070 ABSOLUTELY. 728 00:26:17,072 --> 00:26:19,106 TO PUT IT FRANKLY, IT WAS THE 729 00:26:19,107 --> 00:26:20,617 PART OF HER LIFE THAT PEOPLE 730 00:26:20,618 --> 00:26:21,490 WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO KNOW 731 00:26:21,524 --> 00:26:21,811 ABOUT. 732 00:26:21,846 --> 00:26:24,004 PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE 733 00:26:24,005 --> 00:26:26,230 REASON THEY KNOW BILLIE HOLIDAY 734 00:26:26,265 --> 00:26:29,158 AS THIS SORT OF TRAGIC DRUG 735 00:26:29,193 --> 00:26:30,861 ADDICT BUT LIKE A GREAT JAZZ 736 00:26:30,862 --> 00:26:32,042 SINGER BECAUSE THAT WAS THE 737 00:26:32,076 --> 00:26:33,477 NARRATIVE FED TO US AS A PEOPLE. 738 00:26:33,479 --> 00:26:35,342 BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO 739 00:26:35,376 --> 00:26:36,607 KNOW IS SHE WAS SORT OF A 740 00:26:36,609 --> 00:26:36,855 GENESIS. 741 00:26:36,889 --> 00:26:38,034 SHE WAS THE BREAKOUT MOTHER OF 742 00:26:38,068 --> 00:26:39,121 CIVIL RIGHTS. 743 00:26:39,123 --> 00:26:41,080 SHE WAS THE FIRST MARTYR IN THE 744 00:26:41,082 --> 00:26:42,706 WAR ON DRUGS. 745 00:26:42,708 --> 00:26:45,432 SHE WAS SINGING ABOUT A SONG OF 746 00:26:45,433 --> 00:26:46,540 LYNCHING IN AMERICA, IN DEFIANCE 747 00:26:46,541 --> 00:26:48,001 OF THE GOVERNMENT. 748 00:26:48,002 --> 00:26:49,070 AND SHE WAS INTEGRATING 749 00:26:49,105 --> 00:26:49,405 AUDIENCES. 750 00:26:49,439 --> 00:26:51,379 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A FIGHTER, AND 751 00:26:51,381 --> 00:26:52,726 DOING IT ALL ON HER OWN. 752 00:26:52,728 --> 00:26:54,248 WE DID NOT HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS 753 00:26:54,282 --> 00:26:55,849 MOVEMENT AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, 754 00:26:55,850 --> 00:26:57,862 AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE IT IF IT 755 00:26:57,864 --> 00:26:59,080 WASN’T FOR HER SACRIFICE, SO SHE 756 00:26:59,115 --> 00:27:00,372 IS A HERO. 757 00:27:00,373 --> 00:27:02,072 Trevor: SHE’S A HERO 758 00:27:02,073 --> 00:27:03,495 BECAUSE SHE WENT UP AGAINST 759 00:27:03,530 --> 00:27:04,865 ARGUABLY THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE 760 00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:06,752 IN THE WORLD AT ONE TIME, AND 761 00:27:06,754 --> 00:27:07,638 MAYBE NOW, THE UNITED STATES 762 00:27:07,639 --> 00:27:07,883 GOVERNMENT. 763 00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:09,787 IT’S A REALLY SCARY STORY. 764 00:27:09,822 --> 00:27:11,714 TALK ME THROUGH YOUR ROLE AND 765 00:27:11,748 --> 00:27:14,243 WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU█ç TO PL 766 00:27:14,244 --> 00:27:16,071 THIS WOMAN WHO, ON ONE HAND, IS 767 00:27:16,106 --> 00:27:18,430 THIS AMAZING ICON WHO IS 768 00:27:18,432 --> 00:27:19,512 PERFORMING AND REALLY 769 00:27:19,546 --> 00:27:20,089 ENTHRALLING AUDIENCES. 770 00:27:20,090 --> 00:27:22,063 AND ON THE OTHER HAND, A WOMAN 771 00:27:22,064 --> 00:27:23,932 WHO IS DEALING WITH HER FEARS, 772 00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:25,455 HER INSECURITIES, AND THE DARK 773 00:27:25,490 --> 00:27:26,919 WORLD THAT SHE IS A PART OF, 774 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,272 WHETHER SHE LIKES IT OR NOT. 775 00:27:28,273 --> 00:27:29,879 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND I LOVE 776 00:27:29,914 --> 00:27:31,327 THAT YOU SAID THAT JUST NOW, 777 00:27:31,328 --> 00:27:32,470 WHETHER SHE’S A PART OF IT OR 778 00:27:32,471 --> 00:27:32,767 NOT. 779 00:27:32,768 --> 00:27:34,713 ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR ALL THE 780 00:27:34,714 --> 00:27:36,264 TIME IS, YOU KNOW, BILLIE 781 00:27:36,298 --> 00:27:37,409 HOLIDAY IS A VERY COMPLICATED 782 00:27:37,443 --> 00:27:37,938 FIGURE. 783 00:27:37,939 --> 00:27:40,071 AND I’M LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING 784 00:27:40,072 --> 00:27:41,976 COMPLICATED ABOUT A BLACK CAREER 785 00:27:41,978 --> 00:27:44,182 WOMAN TRYING TO LIVE FREE. 786 00:27:44,183 --> 00:27:45,230 WHAT’S COMPLICATED IS THE 787 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:45,964 CIRCUMSTANCES. 788 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:48,823 SHE’S IN THE 30s, 40sING, 789 00:27:48,824 --> 00:27:50,388 AND 50s, AND THE ENTIRE 790 00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:54,180 GOVERNMENT WAS USING THEIR FORCE 791 00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:56,844 AND ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 792 00:27:56,879 --> 00:27:59,701 FORCES AND FIGURES. 793 00:27:59,735 --> 00:28:02,108 ONE OF THE PROBABLY MOST 794 00:28:02,142 --> 00:28:02,744 DIVISIVE. 795 00:28:02,745 --> 00:28:05,333 THE ENTIRE SYSTEM COMING AFTER 796 00:28:05,334 --> 00:28:07,637 HER, FOR SING A SONG ABOUT 797 00:28:07,638 --> 00:28:09,500 RACIAL TERROR, AND THAT SHE LOST 798 00:28:09,534 --> 00:28:11,319 HER FATHER TO JIM CROW. 799 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,032 SHE WAS RAPED AT 10 AND PUNISHED 800 00:28:14,033 --> 00:28:15,897 FOR BEING RAPED BY A 40-YEAR-OLD 801 00:28:15,932 --> 00:28:17,606 MAN, WAS SENT TO A BROTHEL, 802 00:28:17,607 --> 00:28:19,353 RAISED IN A BROTHEL. 803 00:28:19,355 --> 00:28:22,290 AND SHE USED THAT AS A WAY TO 804 00:28:22,324 --> 00:28:24,159 DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA OF IT. 805 00:28:24,193 --> 00:28:25,019 THERE WAS NOTHING COMPLEX ABOUT 806 00:28:25,053 --> 00:28:26,467 HER. 807 00:28:26,468 --> 00:28:30,781 SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND SHE WAS 808 00:28:30,816 --> 00:28:32,614 A-- THAT’S WHAT MADE ME 809 00:28:32,615 --> 00:28:34,164 APPRECIATE HER AND LOVE HER. 810 00:28:34,199 --> 00:28:35,272 THERE WAS A SENSE OF URGENCY. 811 00:28:35,306 --> 00:28:36,220 Trevor: RIGHT. 812 00:28:36,222 --> 00:28:37,448 PERFORMING THIS ROLE AND 813 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:39,291 SINGING-- YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS 814 00:28:39,293 --> 00:28:42,166 ON YOUR SHOW AND DOING IT IN THE 815 00:28:42,167 --> 00:28:44,116 CAST IT WAS PAY HOMAGE TO BILLY 816 00:28:44,117 --> 00:28:46,913 AND PAY HOM ANNUAL TO OUR PEOPLE 817 00:28:46,948 --> 00:28:48,390 AND BRING THE SONG INTO A NEW 818 00:28:48,424 --> 00:28:48,621 ERA. 819 00:28:48,655 --> 00:28:50,606 ON SET IT WAS DIFFERENT, AND IT 820 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,157 WAS THE FIRST TIME I SANG THE 821 00:28:52,192 --> 00:28:53,712 SONG AND REALIZED THIS IS NOT A 822 00:28:53,713 --> 00:28:54,849 BEAUTIFUL SONG. 823 00:28:54,883 --> 00:28:56,850 THIS IS AN UGLY SONG. 824 00:28:56,852 --> 00:28:59,416 IT’S A HORRIFIC SONG. 825 00:28:59,451 --> 00:29:02,245 THE BULGING EYES, TWISTED MOUTH, 826 00:29:02,279 --> 00:29:04,461 AND THE BURNING FLESH. 827 00:29:04,495 --> 00:29:06,182 I DIDN’T WANT THEM CLAPPING. 828 00:29:06,216 --> 00:29:07,994 GO DO SOMETHING, BECAUSE I MIGHT 829 00:29:08,028 --> 00:29:10,699 DIE AFTER SINGING THIS TONIGHT. 830 00:29:10,701 --> 00:29:12,202 SO IT IT DEFINITELY TRANSFORMED 831 00:29:12,203 --> 00:29:13,547 Trevor: YOU COULD HAVE 832 00:29:13,548 --> 00:29:15,174 TAKEN THE EASY ROUTE IN PLAYING 833 00:29:15,209 --> 00:29:16,436 THE ROLE THAT YOU DID, BUT YOU 834 00:29:16,437 --> 00:29:17,108 DIDN’T. 835 00:29:17,109 --> 00:29:20,122 I MEAN, YOU LOST ALMOST, WHAT, 836 00:29:20,123 --> 00:29:23,607 40 POUNDS TO PLAY THIS ROLE. 837 00:29:23,641 --> 00:29:25,772 YOU ALSO TOOK ON SOME OF 838 00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:26,678 BILLIE’S VICES. 839 00:29:26,679 --> 00:29:28,286 YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED SMOKING-- 840 00:29:28,287 --> 00:29:29,537 YOU DON’T SMOKE. 841 00:29:29,538 --> 00:29:31,159 YOU KNOW, YOU SURROUNDED 842 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,094 YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE 843 00:29:33,128 --> 00:29:34,799 STRUGGLING WITH DRUGS AS WELL TO 844 00:29:34,833 --> 00:29:36,307 UNDERSTAND ADDICTION, TO SORT OF 845 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:37,189 UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS GOING 846 00:29:37,191 --> 00:29:37,912 THROUGH. 847 00:29:37,913 --> 00:29:40,079 WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF 848 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,470 INHABITING THAT SIDE OF BILLIE 849 00:29:41,472 --> 00:29:42,503 HOLIDAY’S WORLD? 850 00:29:42,504 --> 00:29:44,375 I MEAN, THE HARDEST PART-- 851 00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:46,369 LISTEN, IT TOOK A TOLL ON MY 852 00:29:46,403 --> 00:29:46,914 FAMILY, RIGHT. 853 00:29:46,916 --> 00:29:48,153 BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, WHEN 854 00:29:48,188 --> 00:29:49,200 YOU’RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND 855 00:29:49,235 --> 00:29:51,073 YOU’RE PREPARING FOR IT, YOU’RE 856 00:29:51,074 --> 00:29:52,152 NOT GOING THROUGH IT BY 857 00:29:52,153 --> 00:29:52,628 YOURSELF. 858 00:29:52,629 --> 00:29:54,752 SO ON MY FAMILY, ON MY COMPANY, 859 00:29:54,753 --> 00:29:57,102 ON MY STAFF, ON MY BAND. 860 00:29:57,137 --> 00:29:58,601 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY. 861 00:29:58,602 --> 00:30:00,099 YES, STUDYING THE ADDICTION, 862 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:01,843 LOST WEIGHT, THE DRINKING AND 863 00:30:01,844 --> 00:30:04,010 THE SMOKING, AND OTHER THINGS AS 864 00:30:04,012 --> 00:30:04,541 WELL, TOO. 865 00:30:04,543 --> 00:30:06,325 I DON’T TYPICALLY CUSS. 866 00:30:06,326 --> 00:30:08,981 FOR ME I MADE A PERSONAL VOW TO 867 00:30:08,982 --> 00:30:09,917 BE ABSTINNENT FOR LAST SEVEN 868 00:30:09,918 --> 00:30:10,620 YEARS. 869 00:30:10,621 --> 00:30:13,134 THAT’S NOT A SIDE I ENGAGE IN 870 00:30:13,136 --> 00:30:14,028 EITHER. 871 00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:15,665 IT WAS DEFINITELY CHALLENGING. 872 00:30:15,699 --> 00:30:17,538 BUT I THINK THE HARDEST PART 873 00:30:17,572 --> 00:30:20,325 WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT NOW WAS 874 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,804 COMING OUT OF IT. 875 00:30:22,805 --> 00:30:23,773 YOU KNOW... 876 00:30:23,774 --> 00:30:25,597 I LIVED AS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING 877 00:30:25,631 --> 00:30:27,645 FOR THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE, AND 878 00:30:27,646 --> 00:30:28,929 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO I AM IN 879 00:30:28,930 --> 00:30:29,622 THIS SEASON OF MY LIFE. 880 00:30:29,624 --> 00:30:30,646 Trevor: WOW. 881 00:30:30,647 --> 00:30:32,430 AND REALLY, REALLY KIFL. 882 00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:34,090 AND I REMEMBER A MOMENT ACTUALLY 883 00:30:34,124 --> 00:30:36,119 ON SET, YOU KNOW, LEIGH WOULD 884 00:30:36,153 --> 00:30:38,174 ASK ME, HE SAID -- WE WERE DOING 885 00:30:38,176 --> 00:30:40,598 THE SONG "ALL OF ME." 886 00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:43,632 HE SAID, "THROW BILLIE AWAY. 887 00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:45,385 AND GIVE ME ANDRE." 888 00:30:45,419 --> 00:30:47,887 ITRIED, WE GOT IT IN THE MOVIE, 889 00:30:47,922 --> 00:30:50,576 BUT I I WAS BREAKING DOWN IN THE 890 00:30:50,611 --> 00:30:54,453 FILM AS YOU SEE IN THAT MOMENT. 891 00:30:54,487 --> 00:30:57,324 I FELT LIKE I LET HIM DOWN. 892 00:30:57,358 --> 00:30:59,170 I SAID,," LEIGH I DON’T KNOW WHO 893 00:30:59,171 --> 00:31:00,792 THE ( BLEEP ) I AM." 894 00:31:00,793 --> 00:31:01,594 I’M SORRY. 895 00:31:01,628 --> 00:31:03,235 I’M NOT SURE IF I’M SUPPOSED TO 896 00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:04,390 BE CUSSING. 897 00:31:04,425 --> 00:31:07,488 I AM TRYING TO GET A FOOTING FOO 898 00:31:07,522 --> 00:31:09,351 MY LIFE AND FIGURE OUT WHO I AM. 899 00:31:09,353 --> 00:31:10,488 GOD IS GREAT, AND PATIENCE AND 900 00:31:10,489 --> 00:31:11,631 I’LL GET THERE. 901 00:31:11,632 --> 00:31:13,427 Trevor: I’LL TELL YOU THIS, 902 00:31:13,428 --> 00:31:14,516 YOU’VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB 903 00:31:14,517 --> 00:31:15,404 TELLING THE STORY. 904 00:31:15,405 --> 00:31:16,286 IT’S NO SURPRISE YOU WERE 905 00:31:16,321 --> 00:31:16,536 NOMINATED. 906 00:31:16,571 --> 00:31:18,422 I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. 907 00:31:18,423 --> 00:31:20,273 AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU 908 00:31:20,274 --> 00:31:23,362 TAKE ON AFTER THIS IS ALL DONE 909 00:31:23,363 --> 00:31:25,223 AND AFTER YOU FOUND THE NEW 910 00:31:25,224 --> 00:31:27,480 ANDRA FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF 911 00:31:27,481 --> 00:31:28,168 YOUR LIFE. 912 00:31:28,169 --> 00:31:29,216 HOPEFULLY SHE’S GREAT. 913 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:30,580 WE’LL SEE HOW IT GOES. 914 00:31:30,614 --> 00:31:32,012 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 915 00:31:32,013 --> 00:31:33,165 Trevor: THANK YOU, SO MUCH, 916 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:34,665 ANDRA. 917 00:31:34,699 --> 00:31:36,695 TAKE CARE. 918 00:31:36,730 --> 00:31:38,822 "THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE 919 00:31:38,823 --> 00:31:40,093 HOLIDAY" WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 920 00:31:40,094 --> 00:31:40,708 HULU ON FEBRUARY 26. 921 00:31:40,709 --> 00:31:41,438 OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A 922 00:31:41,439 --> 00:31:43,772 QUICK BREAK, BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. 923 00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:46,871 Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go, 924 00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:49,073 this month is Black History Month, 925 00:31:49,106 --> 00:31:51,609 so please consider supporting an organization 926 00:31:51,642 --> 00:31:54,512 called Free Black Therapy. 927 00:31:54,545 --> 00:31:56,347 Their mission is to connect black therapists 928 00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:58,816 with black and African American individuals 929 00:31:58,849 --> 00:32:01,052 who lack adequate funds or health insurance 930 00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:03,154 so that they can be treated for free. 931 00:32:03,187 --> 00:32:05,056 By supporting Free Black Therapy, 932 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:06,957 you're helping black people in need 933 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:09,827 to get culturally competent mental health care 934 00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:11,696 as well as supporting black therapists. 935 00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:13,564 So if you're able to help in any way, 936 00:32:13,597 --> 00:32:15,833 then please, donate at the link below. 937 00:32:15,866 --> 00:32:19,003 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wear a mask, 938 00:32:19,036 --> 00:32:22,440 and please remember to spay and neuter 939 00:32:22,473 --> 00:32:24,542 your police robot dogs. 940 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:27,445 Now, here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 941 00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:30,314 Audio was captured of an American Airlines pilot saying 942 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:32,717 he spotted, potentially, a UFO. 943 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,158 You're gonna ask me again, aren't you? 944 00:32:41,192 --> 00:32:43,160 I'm just gonna say yes. You've beaten me down. 945 00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:45,196 There are tons of aliens out there, 946 00:32:45,229 --> 00:32:47,131 some maybe even in this studio. 947 00:32:47,164 --> 00:32:48,466 -Oh. Wow. -Yeah. 948 00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:50,968 -I might be one. -? Dun, dun, duh! ? 949 00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:51,068 (beeping)