1 00:00:01,011 --> 00:00:02,812 Do you guys celebrate the NFL? 2 00:00:02,913 --> 00:00:05,148 -(crew laughing) -Yeah? Somebody? 3 00:00:05,248 --> 00:00:06,816 Nobody? I... 4 00:00:06,917 --> 00:00:08,251 So, here's the thing. I don't... 5 00:00:08,351 --> 00:00:11,488 obviously, I haven't watched American football my whole life. 6 00:00:11,588 --> 00:00:14,157 I don't really understand American football 7 00:00:14,257 --> 00:00:15,525 and, like, its rules. 8 00:00:15,625 --> 00:00:17,761 Because I saw that Aaron Rodgers got fined, 9 00:00:17,861 --> 00:00:20,897 like, for his... for violating COVID protocols. 10 00:00:20,997 --> 00:00:22,666 It was, like, $15,000 or something. 11 00:00:22,766 --> 00:00:25,235 But then I also saw another player got fined, like, 12 00:00:25,335 --> 00:00:29,139 for not tucking in his shirt, and his fine was, like, 13 00:00:29,239 --> 00:00:31,207 20-something thousand dollars. 14 00:00:31,308 --> 00:00:34,844 Did you see this? What is it, 26? 15 00:00:34,945 --> 00:00:37,280 Thought it was... Yeah, either way, 16 00:00:37,380 --> 00:00:40,850 $15,000 and $20,000, the one guy violated COVID, 17 00:00:40,951 --> 00:00:43,186 The other guy didn't tuck in his shirt. 18 00:00:43,286 --> 00:00:45,222 Like, I thought that CTE was just an issue with the players, 19 00:00:45,322 --> 00:00:47,490 but now I feel like even in leadership 20 00:00:47,591 --> 00:00:49,292 there are some guys are just like, "Aw, my head." 21 00:00:49,392 --> 00:00:51,461 "Yeah, $20,000 for that guy." 22 00:00:51,561 --> 00:00:52,796 I mean... 23 00:00:52,896 --> 00:00:55,999 What's that? I just got fined by the NFL? 24 00:00:56,099 --> 00:00:58,235 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square, 25 00:00:58,335 --> 00:01:01,438 in New York City, the only city in America, 26 00:01:01,538 --> 00:01:03,607 it's The Daily Show. 27 00:01:03,707 --> 00:01:06,910 Tonight-- Santa Claus isn't coming to town, 28 00:01:07,010 --> 00:01:09,412 officers who aren't gentlemen, 29 00:01:09,512 --> 00:01:12,182 and Will Smith! 30 00:01:12,282 --> 00:01:16,686 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 31 00:01:16,786 --> 00:01:18,588 Hey! What's going on, everybody? 32 00:01:18,688 --> 00:01:20,590 Welcome to The Daily Show. I am Trevor Noah, 33 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:23,560 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 34 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:26,129 ♪ ♪ 35 00:01:26,229 --> 00:01:28,765 We kick things off with YouTube, the place to go 36 00:01:28,865 --> 00:01:31,968 if you want to be radicalized but are too lazy to read. 37 00:01:32,068 --> 00:01:34,137 They're about to make a big change to the site, 38 00:01:34,237 --> 00:01:37,207 and if you don't like it, there's no way to tell them. 39 00:01:37,307 --> 00:01:42,212 YouTube is going to start hiding the dislike count below videos. 40 00:01:42,312 --> 00:01:45,482 That means when you hit the thumbs-down button below a video 41 00:01:45,582 --> 00:01:48,752 the person who made that video will still be able to see that, 42 00:01:48,852 --> 00:01:51,087 but the total number of dislikes 43 00:01:51,187 --> 00:01:53,256 won't be displayed to the public. 44 00:01:53,356 --> 00:01:55,892 YouTube says this is all in an effort to promote 45 00:01:55,992 --> 00:02:00,497 a more respectful relationship between creators and viewers. 46 00:02:00,597 --> 00:02:02,999 Apparently, groups of viewers are targeting 47 00:02:03,099 --> 00:02:06,536 a video's dislike button to drive up the count, 48 00:02:06,636 --> 00:02:11,207 turning it into something like a game with a visible scoreboard. 49 00:02:11,308 --> 00:02:14,110 And it's usually just because they don't like 50 00:02:14,211 --> 00:02:16,680 the creator or what they stand for. 51 00:02:16,780 --> 00:02:18,014 Yeah, finally. 52 00:02:18,114 --> 00:02:19,482 This is a great move from YouTube. 53 00:02:19,583 --> 00:02:22,118 You shouldn't be able to bully people on YouTube 54 00:02:22,219 --> 00:02:23,753 with the dislike button. 55 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:25,622 That's what the comments are for. 56 00:02:25,722 --> 00:02:27,123 You know? I like the comments. 57 00:02:27,224 --> 00:02:28,992 You can't just click a button, you've got to make an effort. 58 00:02:29,092 --> 00:02:30,527 You've got to open up the comment box 59 00:02:30,627 --> 00:02:31,995 and you've got to type something, you know? 60 00:02:32,095 --> 00:02:34,097 You've got to tell the creator to stab themselves 61 00:02:34,197 --> 00:02:36,099 with a rusty screwdriver. Effort! 62 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:38,235 And by the way, I like that YouTube is doing this, 63 00:02:38,335 --> 00:02:40,003 but you know what's going to happen here, right? 64 00:02:40,103 --> 00:02:42,005 I mean, getting rid of the thumbs-down button 65 00:02:42,105 --> 00:02:43,506 isn't going to solve anything. 66 00:02:43,607 --> 00:02:44,975 Trolls are too creative. 67 00:02:45,075 --> 00:02:47,310 What's going to happen now is, the first comment on every video 68 00:02:47,410 --> 00:02:49,980 is just going to say, "Thumbs down," 69 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,182 and then that's going to get 10,000 thumbs-up. 70 00:02:52,282 --> 00:02:54,818 If you ask me, I don't even know why they ever had 71 00:02:54,918 --> 00:02:56,620 a dislike button on YouTube. 72 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,222 Like, how are you going to dislike a free video? 73 00:02:59,322 --> 00:03:01,358 It's free, you asshole! 74 00:03:01,458 --> 00:03:03,693 The only response you should be able to leave on a free thing is 75 00:03:03,793 --> 00:03:05,762 "Thank you for this free thing." 76 00:03:05,862 --> 00:03:07,430 Don't be like, "I don't like it." It's free! 77 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:10,133 Don't tell me your opinions on free shit. 78 00:03:10,233 --> 00:03:11,968 Oh, speaking of the dislike button, 79 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:13,303 let's move on to politics. 80 00:03:13,403 --> 00:03:15,305 As various high-profile Republicans 81 00:03:15,405 --> 00:03:18,508 begin to think about running for president in 2024, 82 00:03:18,608 --> 00:03:21,745 one of their biggest considerations is what to do 83 00:03:21,845 --> 00:03:25,348 about the man who thinks he won the election in 2020, 84 00:03:25,448 --> 00:03:28,118 Donald J. Trump. 85 00:03:28,218 --> 00:03:31,087 Because that's basically what Trump is gonna be running on. 86 00:03:31,187 --> 00:03:33,623 You realize that, right? He was cheated the last time, 87 00:03:33,723 --> 00:03:36,793 so that means he deserves another four years 88 00:03:36,893 --> 00:03:39,062 or maybe 30 years as president. 89 00:03:39,162 --> 00:03:41,565 But it turns out there is one Republican 90 00:03:41,665 --> 00:03:43,900 who is brave or stupid enough 91 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,936 to stand in his way. 92 00:03:46,036 --> 00:03:47,571 Political blows from Chris Christie 93 00:03:47,671 --> 00:03:49,372 and former President Donald Trump. 94 00:03:49,472 --> 00:03:52,008 It started with comments the ex-New Jersey governor 95 00:03:52,108 --> 00:03:53,310 made over the weekend 96 00:03:53,410 --> 00:03:55,478 at the Republican Jewish Coalitions conference. 97 00:03:55,579 --> 00:03:56,846 Christie called on Republicans 98 00:03:56,947 --> 00:03:59,482 to move past Trump's baseless claim 99 00:03:59,583 --> 00:04:01,785 that the 2020 election was stolen from him. 100 00:04:01,885 --> 00:04:04,588 We can no longer talk about the past 101 00:04:04,688 --> 00:04:07,490 and the past elections. It is over. 102 00:04:07,591 --> 00:04:08,892 NEWSMAN: And now former President Trump 103 00:04:08,992 --> 00:04:10,360 is slapping back. 104 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:13,063 "Chris Christie was just absolutely massacred 105 00:04:13,163 --> 00:04:16,132 "by his statements that Republicans have to move on 106 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:19,135 "from the past, meaning the 2020 election fraud. 107 00:04:19,236 --> 00:04:22,105 "Everybody remembers that Chris left New Jersey 108 00:04:22,205 --> 00:04:25,742 "with a less than nine percent approval rating, a record low. 109 00:04:25,842 --> 00:04:28,245 They didn't want to hear this from him." 110 00:04:28,345 --> 00:04:29,613 NEWSMAN 2: Chris Christie then responded 111 00:04:29,713 --> 00:04:31,648 in an interview with Axios. 112 00:04:31,748 --> 00:04:34,317 Look, I-I'm not gonna get into a back-and-forth 113 00:04:34,417 --> 00:04:36,786 with Donald Trump, but what I will say is this. 114 00:04:36,887 --> 00:04:39,022 When I ran for reelection in 2013, 115 00:04:39,122 --> 00:04:41,258 I got 60% of the vote. 116 00:04:41,358 --> 00:04:44,828 When he ran for reelection, he lost to Joe Biden. 117 00:04:44,928 --> 00:04:47,697 Uh, something tells me you are going 118 00:04:47,797 --> 00:04:49,599 to get into a back-and-forth with Donald Trump. 119 00:04:49,699 --> 00:04:51,101 I like how he's like, "I'm not going gonna 120 00:04:51,201 --> 00:04:53,870 get into a back-and-forth, but let me tell you my shit." 121 00:04:53,970 --> 00:04:55,071 This dude is taking a rock 122 00:04:55,171 --> 00:04:56,539 to a hornet's nest and being like, 123 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,909 "I don't want to get in a thing here, but..." (grunts) 124 00:04:59,009 --> 00:05:00,810 And, look, I do get Chris Christie's point, right? 125 00:05:00,911 --> 00:05:02,078 He wants the party 126 00:05:02,178 --> 00:05:04,447 to talk about Joe Biden's current failures, 127 00:05:04,548 --> 00:05:07,284 not about how China used mind control 128 00:05:07,384 --> 00:05:09,920 to delete Trump votes in Georgia or whatever the new story is. 129 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:12,989 But telling Donald Trump to stop obsessing 130 00:05:13,089 --> 00:05:14,624 over the 2020 results 131 00:05:14,724 --> 00:05:17,661 is like telling Gollum to maybe try a necklace 132 00:05:17,761 --> 00:05:20,497 or a bracelet or something. It's not gonna happen. 133 00:05:20,597 --> 00:05:22,866 Here's the thing. If Christie wants to play this smart, 134 00:05:22,966 --> 00:05:24,501 this is what he's got to do. 135 00:05:24,601 --> 00:05:27,103 He shouldn't tell Trump that he lost the election. 136 00:05:27,203 --> 00:05:30,807 He should agree with Trump that he won the election. 137 00:05:30,907 --> 00:05:34,344 Yeah. Because then he can say, 138 00:05:34,444 --> 00:05:36,746 "Look, Donald, I would love to support you, 139 00:05:36,846 --> 00:05:39,049 but you've already served two terms." 140 00:05:39,149 --> 00:05:41,585 And then Trump's mind would be blown. He'd be like, 141 00:05:41,685 --> 00:05:44,821 "Wait, I won? Then I'm the president now. 142 00:05:44,921 --> 00:05:48,391 "That means... I'm Joe Biden? 143 00:05:48,491 --> 00:05:51,394 But that's a bunch of malarkey." (gasps) 144 00:05:51,494 --> 00:05:53,430 All right, let's move on because there's one story 145 00:05:53,530 --> 00:05:56,399 that is dominating our lives today and probably forever: 146 00:05:56,499 --> 00:05:57,601 coronavirus. 147 00:05:57,701 --> 00:05:59,135 And we've got all the latest updates 148 00:05:59,236 --> 00:06:02,005 in another installment of Keeping Up with Corona. 149 00:06:02,105 --> 00:06:04,140 ♪ ♪ 150 00:06:06,243 --> 00:06:09,045 For over a year now, everyone has been asking 151 00:06:09,145 --> 00:06:12,349 two questions about the corona pandemic. 152 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:13,984 One: 153 00:06:14,084 --> 00:06:17,921 do masks make everyone's breath smell like shit or just mine? 154 00:06:18,021 --> 00:06:19,089 And two: 155 00:06:19,189 --> 00:06:21,191 if those thermometer guns really work, 156 00:06:21,291 --> 00:06:22,926 then why did we take our temperature 157 00:06:23,026 --> 00:06:24,761 up our butts all those years? 158 00:06:24,861 --> 00:06:27,397 Oh, and there's-there's actually another question 159 00:06:27,497 --> 00:06:28,865 that everyone has been wondering. 160 00:06:28,965 --> 00:06:32,435 When is the pandemic finally going to be over? 161 00:06:32,535 --> 00:06:35,372 Well, with COVID cases now stalling 162 00:06:35,472 --> 00:06:36,640 at a pretty high level, 163 00:06:36,740 --> 00:06:38,508 it is looking more and more likely 164 00:06:38,608 --> 00:06:41,177 that COVID may stay with us forever. 165 00:06:41,278 --> 00:06:42,445 Yeah. Like that uncle 166 00:06:42,546 --> 00:06:44,714 who said he was just passing through town 167 00:06:44,814 --> 00:06:46,783 and then 20 years later still has your room. 168 00:06:46,883 --> 00:06:48,451 Now, luckily for America, 169 00:06:48,552 --> 00:06:51,321 the pandemic will probably never be as deadly as it was 170 00:06:51,421 --> 00:06:52,756 thanks to vaccines. 171 00:06:52,856 --> 00:06:55,191 So you still have COVID but not the deaths. 172 00:06:55,292 --> 00:06:57,727 'Cause America has more than enough vaccines 173 00:06:57,827 --> 00:07:00,330 for every man, woman and child who doesn't listen to Joe Rogan. 174 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:03,033 In fact, the United States has so many vaccines 175 00:07:03,133 --> 00:07:05,669 that they finally decided to make it rain 176 00:07:05,769 --> 00:07:07,037 on the rest of the world. 177 00:07:07,137 --> 00:07:09,472 NEWSWOMAN: Now the U.S. is aiming to send more doses 178 00:07:09,573 --> 00:07:11,541 of the COVID vaccine to people living 179 00:07:11,641 --> 00:07:13,443 in conflict zones around the world. 180 00:07:13,543 --> 00:07:15,512 They include the Democratic Republic of Congo, 181 00:07:15,612 --> 00:07:17,047 South Sudan and Yemen. 182 00:07:17,147 --> 00:07:19,749 Reports say Secretary of State Antony Blinken 183 00:07:19,849 --> 00:07:22,485 announced a deal between Johnson & Johnson 184 00:07:22,586 --> 00:07:25,288 and the COVAX vaccine sharing program. 185 00:07:25,388 --> 00:07:28,191 Blinken says that less than 2% of the population 186 00:07:28,291 --> 00:07:31,294 living in conflict zones are vaccinated. 187 00:07:31,394 --> 00:07:34,164 America is sending the Johnson & Johnson vaccine 188 00:07:34,264 --> 00:07:35,966 to conflict zones? 189 00:07:36,066 --> 00:07:38,301 Hasn't Yemen been through enough? 190 00:07:38,401 --> 00:07:41,071 I mean, it's-it's bad enough that poor countries get T-shirts 191 00:07:41,171 --> 00:07:42,405 from the losing Super Bowl team, 192 00:07:42,505 --> 00:07:46,176 but now, now they have to get the third-place vaccine? 193 00:07:46,276 --> 00:07:48,078 By the way, 194 00:07:48,178 --> 00:07:50,614 you-you know how MAGA people are always at their rallies 195 00:07:50,714 --> 00:07:52,983 with the T-shirts that say "Trump won"? 196 00:07:53,083 --> 00:07:54,951 Do you ever wonder, did they get the T-shirts 197 00:07:55,051 --> 00:07:56,586 that were supposed to go to Africa? 198 00:07:56,686 --> 00:07:57,621 (man chuckles) 199 00:07:57,721 --> 00:07:58,955 (laughs) 200 00:07:59,055 --> 00:08:00,557 Maybe they were like, "No, no, keep them here." 201 00:08:00,657 --> 00:08:01,925 Maybe when the shipping shut down, they were like, 202 00:08:02,025 --> 00:08:03,360 "We can't send them to Africa," and they were like, 203 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:04,861 "All right, we'll wear them. It's fine. We'll wear them. 204 00:08:04,961 --> 00:08:05,962 We got this." 205 00:08:06,062 --> 00:08:07,831 And people in Africa were like, "Aw! 206 00:08:07,931 --> 00:08:10,567 So no one won and nobody lost." 207 00:08:10,667 --> 00:08:12,502 Anyway, look, I know there are a lot of reasons 208 00:08:12,602 --> 00:08:15,605 why it's better to send J&J to conflict zones 209 00:08:15,705 --> 00:08:17,173 than Moderna or Pfizer, right? 210 00:08:17,274 --> 00:08:18,675 It's easier to transport, 211 00:08:18,775 --> 00:08:21,077 and you don't need to depend on people being able 212 00:08:21,177 --> 00:08:23,880 to come back for a second shot. 213 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:26,082 But I wouldn't be surprised 214 00:08:26,182 --> 00:08:28,018 if there were some American officials who were like, 215 00:08:28,118 --> 00:08:29,786 "Well, we're not gonna waste the good vaccines 216 00:08:29,886 --> 00:08:32,255 "on someone who's just gonna step on a landmine tomorrow. 217 00:08:32,355 --> 00:08:33,723 Am I right, fellas?" 218 00:08:33,823 --> 00:08:35,792 And, look, it is a good thing. Don't get me wrong. 219 00:08:35,892 --> 00:08:37,827 I mean, the last thing a conflict zone needs 220 00:08:37,928 --> 00:08:39,763 is corona on top of that. 221 00:08:39,863 --> 00:08:41,231 The only downside of this 222 00:08:41,331 --> 00:08:43,633 is that now you might get people who are incentivized 223 00:08:43,733 --> 00:08:46,570 to come to the conflict zone just to get a vaccine. 224 00:08:46,670 --> 00:08:48,271 I hope that doesn't happen. 225 00:08:48,371 --> 00:08:49,539 'Cause, next thing you know, there's gonna be people 226 00:08:49,639 --> 00:08:52,509 from Nigeria interviewing to join the Taliban. 227 00:08:52,609 --> 00:08:55,612 "So, tell me, why do you want to join our glorious cause?" 228 00:08:55,712 --> 00:08:58,381 "Oh, predominantly for the health benefits 229 00:08:58,481 --> 00:09:01,184 "and, uh, oh, also, death to America, of course, huh? 230 00:09:01,284 --> 00:09:02,686 "If that helps my application, 231 00:09:02,786 --> 00:09:04,087 you can put that in as well." 232 00:09:04,187 --> 00:09:06,489 So, it's good that more and more people around the world 233 00:09:06,590 --> 00:09:07,791 are getting vaccinated. 234 00:09:07,891 --> 00:09:10,694 But the problem is it might not be enough. 235 00:09:10,794 --> 00:09:12,128 Because it turns out 236 00:09:12,229 --> 00:09:15,665 people aren't the only ones who are spreading the 'rona. 237 00:09:15,765 --> 00:09:17,634 NEWSWOMAN: There's a study that reveals 238 00:09:17,734 --> 00:09:21,471 that deer are a widespread carrier of COVID-19. 239 00:09:21,571 --> 00:09:24,407 A study researched the North American population 240 00:09:24,507 --> 00:09:25,742 of white-tailed deer, 241 00:09:25,842 --> 00:09:28,445 and researchers say as much as 80% 242 00:09:28,545 --> 00:09:32,315 of the 445,000 Iowa population may carry the virus. 243 00:09:32,415 --> 00:09:34,818 NEWSWOMAN 2: Potentially bigger problems loom down the road. 244 00:09:34,918 --> 00:09:36,686 Questions still remain about COVID's effect 245 00:09:36,786 --> 00:09:38,622 on deer populations, and we don't know yet 246 00:09:38,722 --> 00:09:40,423 if the virus could survive with the deer 247 00:09:40,523 --> 00:09:43,093 and then mutate and infect people then, too. 248 00:09:43,193 --> 00:09:44,961 I knew it. 249 00:09:45,061 --> 00:09:47,330 I knew that, one day, the deer would get their revenge 250 00:09:47,430 --> 00:09:50,200 for what we did to Bambi's mom. 251 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:53,470 And I don't know about you, but I was shocked when I heard this. 252 00:09:53,570 --> 00:09:57,173 'Cause I didn't think that deer could get COVID. 253 00:09:57,274 --> 00:10:00,644 I mean, I thought they had herd immunity. 254 00:10:00,744 --> 00:10:02,879 (scatting) 255 00:10:02,979 --> 00:10:05,248 Ha-ha! Ha-ha! 256 00:10:05,348 --> 00:10:07,517 My man. 257 00:10:07,617 --> 00:10:09,419 But now scientists are worried 258 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:11,888 that corona might mutate in the deer 259 00:10:11,988 --> 00:10:14,391 and jump back into us humans. 260 00:10:14,491 --> 00:10:16,459 And you might be thinking, "Trevor, come on. 261 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,029 "It's not like humans are hanging out with the deer. 262 00:10:19,129 --> 00:10:20,630 We'll be fine." Yeah, yeah. 263 00:10:20,730 --> 00:10:23,767 That's what we said before that guy banged a bat. 264 00:10:23,867 --> 00:10:26,069 Look at us now. 265 00:10:26,169 --> 00:10:27,771 And we all agree- it was Batman who did that, right? 266 00:10:27,871 --> 00:10:29,105 It was probably Batman. 267 00:10:29,205 --> 00:10:30,540 I mean, who else has a thing for bats? 268 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,143 He's doing things in that cave. 269 00:10:33,243 --> 00:10:34,911 And I know we don't want to talk about this 270 00:10:35,011 --> 00:10:36,880 because he's our hero, but think about it, people. 271 00:10:36,980 --> 00:10:38,081 Think about it. 272 00:10:38,181 --> 00:10:39,449 If you want the crime-fighting Batman, 273 00:10:39,549 --> 00:10:40,784 you got to take the bat (bleep) Batman. 274 00:10:40,884 --> 00:10:42,352 It's a package deal. 275 00:10:42,452 --> 00:10:45,222 All right, and, finally, we've talked a lot 276 00:10:45,322 --> 00:10:47,824 about how the pandemic is causing labor shortages 277 00:10:47,924 --> 00:10:49,059 around the country. 278 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:50,527 I mean, it's the reason why these days, 279 00:10:50,627 --> 00:10:51,861 when you go to the drive-through, 280 00:10:51,962 --> 00:10:53,797 you have to spit in your own food. 281 00:10:53,897 --> 00:10:57,000 But now, labor shortages are even threatening 282 00:10:57,100 --> 00:11:00,270 the Jeff Bezos of The North Pole: Santa. 283 00:11:00,370 --> 00:11:03,006 NEWSMAN: And staff shortages are hitting The North Pole. 284 00:11:03,106 --> 00:11:05,575 Department store Santas are in short supply this season 285 00:11:05,675 --> 00:11:07,544 due to COVID concerns. One report found 286 00:11:07,644 --> 00:11:11,014 the number of available Santas is down 15%. 287 00:11:11,114 --> 00:11:13,984 NEWSWOMAN: Hire Santa helps people find and hire 288 00:11:14,084 --> 00:11:15,485 Santa's Helpers around the world for parties, 289 00:11:15,585 --> 00:11:17,254 mall appearances and more. 290 00:11:17,354 --> 00:11:19,623 It is a, uh, dramatic shortage. 291 00:11:19,723 --> 00:11:22,092 And we are already, uh, sold out 292 00:11:22,192 --> 00:11:26,029 across the country on several dates in December. 293 00:11:26,129 --> 00:11:27,364 NEWSWOMAN: Before the pandemic, 294 00:11:27,464 --> 00:11:29,499 Hire Santa said demand was already tight, 295 00:11:29,599 --> 00:11:32,302 but after losing some Santas to COVID-19, 296 00:11:32,402 --> 00:11:35,639 some retiring, and some concerned about COVID-19, 297 00:11:35,739 --> 00:11:38,642 it's led to a pinch on Santas this holiday season. 298 00:11:38,742 --> 00:11:40,710 Yeah, people, this is not surprising. 299 00:11:40,810 --> 00:11:42,612 Of course Santa got COVID. 300 00:11:42,712 --> 00:11:45,615 He spends half his time around unvaccinated children, 301 00:11:45,715 --> 00:11:48,485 and the other half around deer. 302 00:11:48,585 --> 00:11:50,720 I mean, the solution to this problem is pretty obvious. 303 00:11:50,820 --> 00:11:52,155 If you want more Santas, 304 00:11:52,255 --> 00:11:54,024 then you've got to offer them more money. 305 00:11:54,124 --> 00:11:55,592 Hell, if you raise the pay enough, 306 00:11:55,692 --> 00:11:57,727 you may even get the real Santa to sign up. 307 00:11:57,827 --> 00:11:59,896 I mean, that man has spent a thousand years getting paid 308 00:11:59,996 --> 00:12:01,431 in cookies and milk. 309 00:12:01,531 --> 00:12:03,466 A job at the mall-- that's a huge step up. 310 00:12:03,567 --> 00:12:05,101 For more on this, I want to bring in 311 00:12:05,201 --> 00:12:06,703 our very own Ronny Chieng, 312 00:12:06,803 --> 00:12:09,172 who's looking into this story at a local mall. 313 00:12:09,272 --> 00:12:11,174 Ronny, when you look at... 314 00:12:11,274 --> 00:12:13,944 Wait. Why are you in a Santa suit, Ronny? 315 00:12:14,044 --> 00:12:16,413 Uh, because I'm applying to be a mall Santa. 316 00:12:16,513 --> 00:12:17,981 There's a shortage right now. 317 00:12:18,081 --> 00:12:19,482 Don't you listen to your own show? 318 00:12:19,583 --> 00:12:21,117 Yeah, I know there's a shortage. 319 00:12:21,218 --> 00:12:22,719 And that's why I sent you to the mall. 320 00:12:22,819 --> 00:12:25,822 I just didn't think you would want to be a mall Santa. 321 00:12:25,922 --> 00:12:27,557 Yeah, why not? 322 00:12:27,657 --> 00:12:29,960 You get to sit down all day, you get a free winter jacket, 323 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:31,795 you can buy oxy from the girl at the Hot Topic. 324 00:12:31,895 --> 00:12:33,797 It's a great job. 325 00:12:33,897 --> 00:12:36,333 Yeah, Ronny, Ronny, like, here's what I'm saying. 326 00:12:36,433 --> 00:12:38,235 I just don't think that you would be right 327 00:12:38,335 --> 00:12:40,937 -as a mall Santa, you know? -Why not? 328 00:12:41,037 --> 00:12:43,873 Well, I don't know. Like, Santa has a certain... 329 00:12:43,974 --> 00:12:45,308 Like, how do I put this? 330 00:12:45,408 --> 00:12:46,776 Like, when you think of Santa, 331 00:12:46,877 --> 00:12:49,045 you don't think of a guy like you. 332 00:12:49,145 --> 00:12:52,582 Uh-huh, uh-huh. Oh. Oh, what-what are you saying? 333 00:12:52,682 --> 00:12:54,451 I can't be Santa because I'm Asian? 334 00:12:54,551 --> 00:12:56,319 Because I'm a handsome Asian man? 335 00:12:56,419 --> 00:12:58,855 That's racist, man. In 2021? 336 00:12:58,955 --> 00:13:00,857 But thank you for the compliment. (clears throat) 337 00:13:00,957 --> 00:13:02,893 No, no, Ronny. I'm... No, no, I didn't say that. 338 00:13:02,993 --> 00:13:04,327 I said, you can't be Santa, like... 339 00:13:04,427 --> 00:13:06,062 Because you're a dick, Ronny. 340 00:13:06,162 --> 00:13:07,530 All right, Santa needs to be nice to kids, 341 00:13:07,631 --> 00:13:10,233 and you're not nice to... people of any age. 342 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:12,369 What are you talking about, man? 343 00:13:12,469 --> 00:13:14,771 I'm fine with kids! I'll prove it. 344 00:13:14,871 --> 00:13:16,539 Look, look, act like you're a kid, okay? Let's... 345 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,941 Let's just role-play for a second, okay? 346 00:13:18,041 --> 00:13:19,442 Tell-tell me what you want for Christmas. 347 00:13:19,542 --> 00:13:21,311 -Um... -Tell me what you want. Come on! 348 00:13:21,411 --> 00:13:22,612 Oh, okay. Um... 349 00:13:22,712 --> 00:13:25,248 (as child): Oh, Santa, I want a fire truck 350 00:13:25,348 --> 00:13:26,950 and a Nintendo Switch. 351 00:13:27,050 --> 00:13:29,019 (sputters) Man, (bleep) you, kid. 352 00:13:29,119 --> 00:13:30,754 I don't even have a Nintendo Switch! 353 00:13:30,854 --> 00:13:33,390 Ask your parents. They're the ones getting you all this shit. 354 00:13:33,490 --> 00:13:35,692 You see? Ronny, this is the shit I'm talking about. 355 00:13:35,792 --> 00:13:37,627 Okay, okay, okay, yeah, you know what? 356 00:13:37,727 --> 00:13:39,629 Uh, actually a good point. 357 00:13:39,729 --> 00:13:41,598 But, uh, while I'm here, I'm just gonna go eat free samples 358 00:13:41,698 --> 00:13:43,700 at the food court until they call security. So, peace out. 359 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,735 All right, well, good luck with that, but don't talk to kids. 360 00:13:45,835 --> 00:13:47,103 And bring me back some of those little Cinnabons, please. 361 00:13:47,203 --> 00:13:48,638 -Oh. (mumbles) -Yeah. 362 00:13:48,738 --> 00:13:50,640 Don't complain about the stuff, as well. It's free. 363 00:13:50,740 --> 00:13:53,009 All right, when we come back, Desi Lydic will take a look 364 00:13:53,109 --> 00:13:54,978 at the veterans America should never forget. 365 00:13:55,078 --> 00:13:56,646 You don't want to miss it. 366 00:13:58,122 --> 00:13:59,423 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 367 00:13:59,523 --> 00:14:02,627 Women's contributions in history often get overlooked. 368 00:14:02,727 --> 00:14:05,529 So to solve the problem, we turn to Desi Lydic 369 00:14:05,630 --> 00:14:07,565 for a special Veterans Day edition 370 00:14:07,665 --> 00:14:09,367 of not His-tory, 371 00:14:09,467 --> 00:14:11,869 but of Hist-Her-y. 372 00:14:11,969 --> 00:14:14,205 ♪ ♪ 373 00:14:16,674 --> 00:14:20,211 A lot of people think America's first female soldier 374 00:14:20,311 --> 00:14:23,047 was Demi Moore in G.I. Jane, which is not true. 375 00:14:23,147 --> 00:14:24,749 Although she was the first Marine 376 00:14:24,849 --> 00:14:27,018 to strip her way through West Point. 377 00:14:27,118 --> 00:14:29,120 The truth is, there have been women fighting wars 378 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:31,088 since the beginning of America. 379 00:14:31,188 --> 00:14:33,491 During the Revolutionary War, Deborah Sampson was 380 00:14:33,591 --> 00:14:35,826 the first known woman to enlist. 381 00:14:35,926 --> 00:14:38,229 And to do so, she had to pose as a man, 382 00:14:38,329 --> 00:14:40,197 which had its ups and downs. 383 00:14:40,298 --> 00:14:43,534 On the one hand, she had to put herself in grave danger. 384 00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:46,504 On the other hand, she didn't have to wear a corset anymore, 385 00:14:46,604 --> 00:14:49,407 which, if you ask me, is worth risking your life for. 386 00:14:49,507 --> 00:14:51,542 And Sampson didn't just fight in the war. 387 00:14:51,642 --> 00:14:52,943 She kicked ass. 388 00:14:53,044 --> 00:14:55,646 She led a raid that captured 15 men. 389 00:14:55,746 --> 00:14:58,349 That's right, a woman took down 15 men 390 00:14:58,449 --> 00:15:00,217 without the help of Ronan Farrow. 391 00:15:00,318 --> 00:15:03,287 In the Civil War, another woman named Malinda Blalock 392 00:15:03,387 --> 00:15:05,189 also posed as a man to enlist. 393 00:15:05,289 --> 00:15:07,591 It's weird that America doesn't know her story, 394 00:15:07,692 --> 00:15:09,527 because she fought for the Confederacy. 395 00:15:09,627 --> 00:15:11,929 You'd think there'd be statues of her all over. 396 00:15:12,029 --> 00:15:14,598 But Blalock was secretly a Union sympathizer 397 00:15:14,699 --> 00:15:16,233 trying to desert the Confederates 398 00:15:16,334 --> 00:15:17,668 and escape up north. 399 00:15:17,768 --> 00:15:19,804 But before she could, she was shot in the shoulder 400 00:15:19,904 --> 00:15:22,206 and discovered as a woman by an army doctor. 401 00:15:22,306 --> 00:15:25,209 That's a huge sacrifice, because as soon as your doctor 402 00:15:25,276 --> 00:15:28,913 realizes you're a woman, all your premiums go up. 403 00:15:29,013 --> 00:15:30,548 After Blalock was discharged 404 00:15:30,648 --> 00:15:32,083 for the crime of having a vagina, 405 00:15:32,216 --> 00:15:33,517 she escaped to Tennessee 406 00:15:33,617 --> 00:15:34,952 and joined up with the Union army, 407 00:15:35,052 --> 00:15:37,755 helping it to win the Civil War, end slavery 408 00:15:37,855 --> 00:15:41,292 and defeat racism in America once and for all. 409 00:15:41,392 --> 00:15:43,060 At least, that's what my nephew's textbook says. 410 00:15:43,227 --> 00:15:45,029 He goes to school in Texas. 411 00:15:45,129 --> 00:15:46,864 By World War I, woman didn't have 412 00:15:46,964 --> 00:15:48,499 to Drag Race their way into service. 413 00:15:48,599 --> 00:15:50,868 They were actually allowed to enlist. 414 00:15:50,968 --> 00:15:53,871 In 1918, Opha May Johnson was the first woman 415 00:15:53,971 --> 00:15:55,706 to join the Unite States Marine Corps 416 00:15:55,806 --> 00:15:57,274 along with 300 other women. 417 00:15:57,375 --> 00:16:00,211 And they came to be known as the marinettes. 418 00:16:00,311 --> 00:16:01,712 Although, to their credit, 419 00:16:01,812 --> 00:16:04,548 Marine officials distanced themselves from that nickname. 420 00:16:04,649 --> 00:16:07,218 Probably because "marinette" sounds less like soldiers 421 00:16:07,318 --> 00:16:08,819 and more like a dance troupe 422 00:16:08,919 --> 00:16:11,088 that does high kicks on the battlefield, 423 00:16:11,188 --> 00:16:12,657 which is really just giving the enemy 424 00:16:12,757 --> 00:16:15,926 unrealistic expectations of what their legs should look like. 425 00:16:16,027 --> 00:16:18,462 By World War II, women weren't just fighting on the ground. 426 00:16:18,562 --> 00:16:20,298 They were taking to the skies. 427 00:16:20,398 --> 00:16:22,400 America had a shortage of pilots, 428 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,669 so women were trained to fly military aircrafts. 429 00:16:24,769 --> 00:16:27,204 These women were known as WASPs, 430 00:16:27,305 --> 00:16:30,207 which stood for Women Air Force Service Pilots 431 00:16:30,308 --> 00:16:33,811 and not, as many believe, Wet Ass Service Pilots. 432 00:16:33,911 --> 00:16:35,112 This is just another example 433 00:16:35,212 --> 00:16:37,214 of women getting to step up during the war 434 00:16:37,248 --> 00:16:39,550 to do jobs previously reserved for men. 435 00:16:39,650 --> 00:16:41,886 Flying planes. Playing baseball. 436 00:16:41,986 --> 00:16:44,288 Women even had to fill in for mansplainers. 437 00:16:44,388 --> 00:16:46,357 See, the reason they call it World War II 438 00:16:46,457 --> 00:16:47,858 is because it's the second one. 439 00:16:47,959 --> 00:16:50,094 It's a math thing. You wouldn't understand. 440 00:16:50,227 --> 00:16:52,763 I got to go hammer some shit. 441 00:16:52,863 --> 00:16:55,232 World War II saw another first for women 442 00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:56,567 when Charity Adams Earley became 443 00:16:56,667 --> 00:16:59,437 the first African American female Army officer 444 00:16:59,537 --> 00:17:01,238 and led the first battalion of Black women 445 00:17:01,339 --> 00:17:02,873 to be stationed overseas. 446 00:17:02,974 --> 00:17:05,076 Which means, without her inspiration, 447 00:17:05,176 --> 00:17:06,210 we never would have had 448 00:17:06,310 --> 00:17:08,379 Beyoncé's Super Bowl halftime show. 449 00:17:08,479 --> 00:17:10,181 Earley was given the daunting task 450 00:17:10,214 --> 00:17:12,850 of delivering airplane hangars full of undelivered mail 451 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,318 to the soldiers fighting in Europe. 452 00:17:14,418 --> 00:17:16,487 And she did such an amazing job 453 00:17:16,587 --> 00:17:18,990 that she was eventually promoted to lieutenant colonel, 454 00:17:19,090 --> 00:17:20,491 which, back then, was the highest rank 455 00:17:20,591 --> 00:17:22,193 a woman was allowed to have, 456 00:17:22,226 --> 00:17:25,496 just above HBIC and girlboss. 457 00:17:25,596 --> 00:17:27,832 But not every woman fighting in World War II 458 00:17:27,932 --> 00:17:30,801 was as visible as Army officers and Air Force pilots, 459 00:17:30,901 --> 00:17:32,203 and, in one case, 460 00:17:32,303 --> 00:17:33,804 that was on purpose. 461 00:17:33,904 --> 00:17:37,541 Virginia Hall was one of the Allies' most important spies. 462 00:17:37,642 --> 00:17:39,443 She recruited resistance fighters, 463 00:17:39,543 --> 00:17:41,512 directed them to the Allied invasion, 464 00:17:41,612 --> 00:17:44,649 rescued 12 fellow agents out of an internment camp, 465 00:17:44,749 --> 00:17:46,984 and she did it all with a peg leg. 466 00:17:47,084 --> 00:17:50,087 You kidding me? I take a sick day when I stub my toe. 467 00:17:50,221 --> 00:17:53,357 The Nazis called Hall "the enemies' most dangerous spy." 468 00:17:53,457 --> 00:17:55,126 But she was more affectionately known 469 00:17:55,226 --> 00:17:56,861 as the Limping Lady of Lyon. 470 00:17:56,961 --> 00:17:59,163 And she gathered intelligence from everywhere-- 471 00:17:59,230 --> 00:18:01,499 from nuns to brothel owners-- 472 00:18:01,599 --> 00:18:03,934 basically anyone who spanks men with a ruler. 473 00:18:04,035 --> 00:18:07,171 Hall was truly a master of espionage, 474 00:18:07,238 --> 00:18:10,574 like James Bond without all the pouting and STDs. 475 00:18:10,675 --> 00:18:13,778 But it wasn't all sunshine and jet fuel for women veterans. 476 00:18:13,878 --> 00:18:16,180 The families of the women who died while serving 477 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,450 didn't get any survivor benefits or burial expenses. 478 00:18:19,550 --> 00:18:21,185 And the women who made it through the war 479 00:18:21,285 --> 00:18:24,188 didn't even get veteran status until the late '70s. 480 00:18:24,221 --> 00:18:25,823 Which is so messed up. 481 00:18:25,923 --> 00:18:27,858 Also, if you're not an official veteran, your dog 482 00:18:27,959 --> 00:18:31,095 doesn't get excited when you surprise him by coming home. 483 00:18:31,195 --> 00:18:33,564 -(dog whines) -Barely even looks up. 484 00:18:33,664 --> 00:18:35,566 So this Veterans Day, we salute the women 485 00:18:35,666 --> 00:18:37,301 who have kept America safe. 486 00:18:37,401 --> 00:18:40,571 They paved the way for all the brave women fighting today. 487 00:18:40,671 --> 00:18:42,373 And the ones who will fight in the future 488 00:18:42,473 --> 00:18:44,775 once the robot apocalypse kicks off. 489 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:48,112 And they also inspired me... 490 00:18:48,212 --> 00:18:50,548 to avoid the line for the women's bathroom. 491 00:18:50,648 --> 00:18:53,017 ♪ ♪ 492 00:18:53,117 --> 00:18:54,618 Thank you so much, Desi. When we come back, 493 00:18:54,719 --> 00:18:56,220 the legendary Will Smith will be joining me 494 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,623 right here on the show. You don't want to miss it. 495 00:19:00,191 --> 00:19:01,459 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 496 00:19:01,559 --> 00:19:03,527 My guest tonight is an Academy Award-nominated actor, 497 00:19:03,627 --> 00:19:05,296 producer and musician. 498 00:19:05,396 --> 00:19:07,565 He goes by the name Will Smith, and he is here to talk 499 00:19:07,665 --> 00:19:09,900 about his new film King Richard 500 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,536 and his highly anticipated memoir. 501 00:19:12,636 --> 00:19:14,238 -Oh, okay, okay. -WOMAN: Yeah. 502 00:19:14,338 --> 00:19:16,207 Y-You all need to look around? 503 00:19:16,307 --> 00:19:17,875 You can check on in the cupboards. 504 00:19:17,975 --> 00:19:19,543 Maybe you can go check under the beds 505 00:19:19,643 --> 00:19:21,378 to make sure there's no monsters. 506 00:19:21,479 --> 00:19:23,314 It's a little wet for practice, don't you think? 507 00:19:23,414 --> 00:19:24,715 Don't the girls have schoolwork to do? 508 00:19:24,815 --> 00:19:28,486 They do their homework. Tunde's first in her class. 509 00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:30,287 Lyn and Isha are, too. 510 00:19:30,387 --> 00:19:33,724 RICHARD: That's right. Girls, spell "civilization." 511 00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:37,628 GIRLS: C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N. 512 00:19:37,728 --> 00:19:39,830 -Oh, Mr. Williams, this is really not necessary. -Hold on. 513 00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:42,032 Hold on. You want to check on the kids? 514 00:19:42,133 --> 00:19:44,235 Let's check on the kids. 515 00:19:44,335 --> 00:19:46,036 Will Smith, welcome to the show. 516 00:19:46,137 --> 00:19:47,938 Oh, good to... good to be here, man. 517 00:19:48,038 --> 00:19:49,807 -Appreciate y'all. -Do you enjoy watching that? 518 00:19:49,907 --> 00:19:52,476 Oh, my goodness. It's, like, Richard Williams, man. 519 00:19:52,576 --> 00:19:55,246 You know, he is such a unique, 520 00:19:55,346 --> 00:19:58,816 um, and-and powerful man. 521 00:19:58,916 --> 00:20:02,920 He is... he is, uh, so many different things, 522 00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:05,289 -Right. -and you love him or hate him, you know. 523 00:20:05,389 --> 00:20:09,226 But his-his daughters and his family just, 524 00:20:09,326 --> 00:20:11,595 they-they revere this man. 525 00:20:11,695 --> 00:20:13,264 And, you know, that was the thing 526 00:20:13,364 --> 00:20:16,100 that was so interesting to me, because he's been vilified 527 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,769 -and villainized publicly. -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 528 00:20:18,869 --> 00:20:22,173 But the love in his family is spectacular. 529 00:20:22,273 --> 00:20:23,941 There is something to playing somebody 530 00:20:24,041 --> 00:20:27,978 in a way that doesn't provide a caricature of them, 531 00:20:28,079 --> 00:20:29,847 -Mm-hmm. -but shows you their character. 532 00:20:29,947 --> 00:20:32,183 -Yes, yes. -and that's what I really enjoyed about this film 533 00:20:32,283 --> 00:20:34,318 is, you know, we often hear about dads 534 00:20:34,418 --> 00:20:36,454 who are, like, you know, ultracompetitive, 535 00:20:36,554 --> 00:20:38,689 they want their kids to succeed at all costs or whatever. 536 00:20:38,789 --> 00:20:40,691 But I know, before I watched the movie, 537 00:20:40,791 --> 00:20:42,693 I didn't know the full extent of Richard Williams. 538 00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:44,628 I knew Venus and Serena. I was, like, I know their dad, 539 00:20:44,729 --> 00:20:46,197 but I was like, oh, he's one of those dads. 540 00:20:46,297 --> 00:20:48,332 -But he wasn't one of those dads. -He really is not. 541 00:20:48,432 --> 00:20:50,401 No, he was a dad who was trying to create excellence, 542 00:20:50,501 --> 00:20:53,070 -but he did it in a unique way. -He did it in a very unique way, 543 00:20:53,170 --> 00:20:58,843 and it was so different from what I expected him to be. 544 00:20:58,943 --> 00:21:01,579 You know, I have hundreds of hours 545 00:21:01,679 --> 00:21:06,550 -of film and audio on him. -Oh, wow, wow, wow. 546 00:21:06,650 --> 00:21:09,920 So I was able to track him over, you know, almost two decades 547 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:13,290 of interviews and things like that, and his book, 548 00:21:13,391 --> 00:21:16,727 and his entire family was involved with the process. 549 00:21:16,827 --> 00:21:22,199 And I asked Venus, I was like, "What did... what did he do?" 550 00:21:22,299 --> 00:21:25,936 And she said it was almost like a Jedi mind trick, right? 551 00:21:26,036 --> 00:21:28,939 Because he never pushed them to play tennis. 552 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:31,108 When they were in trouble, their punishment was 553 00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:33,377 -that they couldn't play tennis. -Right. 554 00:21:33,477 --> 00:21:35,946 And they would be itching and scratching and clawing, 555 00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:38,916 "Please, Daddy, let us play, please let us practice." 556 00:21:39,016 --> 00:21:42,520 And he had figured out a way that, you know, 557 00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,855 tennis was fourth or fifth 558 00:21:44,955 --> 00:21:48,526 on the list of their family priorities. 559 00:21:48,626 --> 00:21:53,531 -Wow. -They were using tennis to cultivate family 560 00:21:53,631 --> 00:21:56,801 and to cultivate, um, 561 00:21:56,901 --> 00:22:01,705 you know, human beings to go into the world and serve. 562 00:22:01,806 --> 00:22:05,009 We've seen you play real people in films. 563 00:22:05,109 --> 00:22:07,845 -Yeah. -You know, we've watched you on these journeys, you know, 564 00:22:07,945 --> 00:22:10,114 whether it's Ali, whether it's Pursuit of Happyness, 565 00:22:10,214 --> 00:22:12,883 you know, we see you inhabit people's lives. 566 00:22:12,983 --> 00:22:14,685 -Yeah. -We see you inhabit who they are. 567 00:22:14,785 --> 00:22:16,854 And I wonder how much of them now sticks with you. 568 00:22:16,954 --> 00:22:18,956 Do you feel like you're part of the family now? 569 00:22:19,056 --> 00:22:21,726 Yeah, absolutely. It's, uh... 570 00:22:21,826 --> 00:22:25,396 You know, Serena walked onto the set, you know, 571 00:22:25,496 --> 00:22:27,832 and I was fully in character, 572 00:22:27,932 --> 00:22:30,134 and she was like, "Dad?" 573 00:22:30,234 --> 00:22:32,636 -(laughing) -You know I was, like... (gasps) 574 00:22:32,737 --> 00:22:34,004 (laughing) 575 00:22:34,105 --> 00:22:36,273 Um, but, you know, it's... 576 00:22:36,373 --> 00:22:38,142 you know, when you... when you do these types of things 577 00:22:38,242 --> 00:22:40,111 -that are about people's lives, -Yeah. 578 00:22:40,211 --> 00:22:43,080 and... it wipes away every other desire 579 00:22:43,180 --> 00:22:46,684 other than wanting to please the family. 580 00:22:46,784 --> 00:22:49,420 -Oh, okay. -If you make a movie about somebody's life 581 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,289 and they don't like it, it is horrific. 582 00:22:52,389 --> 00:22:53,824 -Has that ever happened to you? -Uh, no. 583 00:22:53,924 --> 00:22:55,159 -Well, you-you know, I mean... -(laughs) 584 00:22:55,259 --> 00:22:56,594 -Oh, you're saying theoretically. -I'm saying, 585 00:22:56,694 --> 00:22:58,129 -you know, theoretically. -You're like, "Theoretically, 586 00:22:58,229 --> 00:22:59,430 -for these other actors..." -Hypothetically. Right. Yeah. 587 00:22:59,530 --> 00:23:01,165 -(laughs) -"If you mess it up, it's bad for you. 588 00:23:01,265 --> 00:23:03,501 I'm Will Smith. I mean..." (laughs) 589 00:23:03,601 --> 00:23:05,870 No, but I felt like... Uh, you know, I felt like that 590 00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:08,005 -every time I-I go into this. -Right. You feel the weight. 591 00:23:08,105 --> 00:23:10,408 You feel the weight of it. It's, like, somebody's life, 592 00:23:10,508 --> 00:23:13,711 and you're going to, you know, commit it to screen. 593 00:23:13,811 --> 00:23:15,446 And, uh, Venus and Serena, 594 00:23:15,546 --> 00:23:18,682 they agreed to be executive producers, 595 00:23:18,783 --> 00:23:20,851 and they were with the project all the way through, 596 00:23:20,951 --> 00:23:22,486 but they were withholding 597 00:23:22,586 --> 00:23:24,755 whether or not they were gonna put their name on the film 598 00:23:24,855 --> 00:23:26,924 -until after they saw it. -Wow. 599 00:23:27,024 --> 00:23:28,125 -You know. -That's pressure. 600 00:23:28,225 --> 00:23:29,460 Yeah, that was a lot of pressure, 601 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,661 -you know. -Yeah, that's pressure. 602 00:23:30,761 --> 00:23:34,632 I feel like this story was amplified 603 00:23:34,732 --> 00:23:37,501 by your experience with your father, 604 00:23:37,601 --> 00:23:40,037 -and I say that having read your book now. -Oh, for sure. 605 00:23:40,137 --> 00:23:42,106 -Yeah. -You get what I'm saying? Congratulations, by the way. 606 00:23:42,206 --> 00:23:43,774 -Thank you, thank you. Thank you. -Congratulations. 607 00:23:43,874 --> 00:23:48,145 Um, many people can live a-a really fantastic life. 608 00:23:48,245 --> 00:23:49,413 Many people can write a great book. 609 00:23:49,513 --> 00:23:50,915 There are few people who I think can translate 610 00:23:51,015 --> 00:23:52,583 a fantastic life into a fantastic book. 611 00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:54,018 -I think that's what you've done here. -Oh, thank you, man. 612 00:23:54,118 --> 00:23:55,619 -For real. Because it's-it's... -I love that. 613 00:23:55,719 --> 00:23:58,722 It's raw. It's-it's confusing to many because... 614 00:23:58,823 --> 00:24:00,057 You say it in the book. 615 00:24:00,157 --> 00:24:03,027 -Mm-hmm. -Will Smith consists of two people. 616 00:24:03,127 --> 00:24:05,062 -Yeah. -The Will Smith that we all know and love 617 00:24:05,162 --> 00:24:07,131 and then the Will Smith that that character 618 00:24:07,231 --> 00:24:09,600 -was created to protect. Right. -Protect. Absolutely. 619 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:10,901 And yet what I find 620 00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,737 is people are reading excerpts from the book, 621 00:24:12,837 --> 00:24:14,572 and they're like, "Will Smith wanted to kill his father? 622 00:24:14,672 --> 00:24:16,006 -Will Smith..." -(laughing) 623 00:24:16,107 --> 00:24:17,641 "Will Smith and Jada were gonna break up? 624 00:24:17,742 --> 00:24:20,277 Will Smith thought his kids were disappointed in him?" 625 00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:23,214 And I'm like, "Are you reading the book? Are you...?" 626 00:24:23,314 --> 00:24:25,249 So, let-let's start at the beginning. 627 00:24:25,349 --> 00:24:28,586 You know what it's like to be raised by a father 628 00:24:28,686 --> 00:24:31,889 who's not perfect but also pushes you towards perfection. 629 00:24:31,989 --> 00:24:34,225 -Absolutely. -When you were portraying Richard Williams, 630 00:24:34,325 --> 00:24:35,993 were there aspects of you 631 00:24:36,093 --> 00:24:38,162 that were maybe even understanding your dad more? 632 00:24:38,262 --> 00:24:39,730 -Yeah. -Was there compassion that was building 633 00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:41,932 that goes with that-that disappointment 634 00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:43,334 that you sometimes felt in him? 635 00:24:43,434 --> 00:24:44,869 You know, I was working on the memoir 636 00:24:44,969 --> 00:24:48,239 while I was doing King Richard. 637 00:24:48,339 --> 00:24:50,007 -Oh, I didn't know that. Okay. -And the, you know... 638 00:24:50,107 --> 00:24:53,944 So, the picture of myself and my father 639 00:24:54,044 --> 00:24:56,313 and Richard Williams was all blending 640 00:24:56,414 --> 00:24:59,650 into, you know, a process of growth 641 00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:01,285 -and evolution and revelation. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 642 00:25:01,385 --> 00:25:05,022 Um, and a big part 643 00:25:05,122 --> 00:25:07,058 of being able to understand Richard Williams 644 00:25:07,158 --> 00:25:09,326 was in my understanding of my father. 645 00:25:09,427 --> 00:25:10,594 You know, that, you know, 646 00:25:10,694 --> 00:25:14,131 -post-World War II generation Black man. -Yes. 647 00:25:14,231 --> 00:25:18,035 You know, that knows how to do everything with their hands. 648 00:25:18,135 --> 00:25:20,838 You know, they got the toolbox, and they can fix the... 649 00:25:20,938 --> 00:25:22,239 -fix the refrigerator. -You're building that wall. 650 00:25:22,339 --> 00:25:23,707 -Yeah, right. Exactly. -You're building that wall. 651 00:25:23,808 --> 00:25:25,810 You know, that was the thing with-with my father. 652 00:25:25,910 --> 00:25:28,813 Wanted us to be able to do things with our hands. 653 00:25:28,913 --> 00:25:32,249 -Yes. -Richard Williams was very, uh, similar in that way. 654 00:25:32,349 --> 00:25:34,718 Um, and then the process, for me, 655 00:25:34,819 --> 00:25:37,088 of questioning my own parenting 656 00:25:37,188 --> 00:25:40,758 -and developing and growing with my own parenting. -Huh. 657 00:25:40,858 --> 00:25:44,128 What I learned and grew into, 658 00:25:44,228 --> 00:25:47,064 which was a transformation for me with Richard Williams, 659 00:25:47,164 --> 00:25:51,035 is Richard Williams was aligned 660 00:25:51,135 --> 00:25:54,739 with what his daughters wanted to do. 661 00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:57,508 He was following them where they wanted to go, 662 00:25:57,608 --> 00:26:00,878 and he was pushing them where they already wanted to go. 663 00:26:00,978 --> 00:26:04,181 And that was a very subtle but very critical difference 664 00:26:04,281 --> 00:26:06,550 that I was able to, you know, 665 00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:09,453 make that adjustment in-in my parenting. 666 00:26:09,553 --> 00:26:11,756 The book Will, I would say, 667 00:26:11,856 --> 00:26:15,793 is one of the most anticipated and yet unexpected memoirs 668 00:26:15,893 --> 00:26:17,128 -that has... that has ever come out. -Mm-hmm. 669 00:26:17,228 --> 00:26:19,597 Because for so long, you've been an enigma. 670 00:26:19,697 --> 00:26:20,731 -Yeah. -You know? 671 00:26:20,831 --> 00:26:22,400 Wait, man, you can't say that on TV. 672 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:23,734 (laughing) 673 00:26:23,834 --> 00:26:25,603 Are you crazy? 674 00:26:25,703 --> 00:26:27,304 -You-You've been... -You an enigma, too. 675 00:26:27,405 --> 00:26:28,672 (laughing) 676 00:26:28,773 --> 00:26:30,741 (laughs) 677 00:26:30,841 --> 00:26:32,276 But-but, for real, you've been-- you've been the guy 678 00:26:32,376 --> 00:26:33,544 who's, like-like... 679 00:26:33,644 --> 00:26:35,813 -It's-it's Will Smith, but it's like... -Mm-hmm. 680 00:26:35,913 --> 00:26:37,214 We see you in the black suit. 681 00:26:37,314 --> 00:26:38,749 -We see you flashing the eyes, you know? -Yeah. (laughs) 682 00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:40,851 We see you running down that-- screaming down the bridge 683 00:26:40,951 --> 00:26:41,952 with the shirt open. 684 00:26:42,052 --> 00:26:43,354 -You-You're running. -In slo-mo. 685 00:26:43,454 --> 00:26:45,089 -In slo-mo, too, with the... -I mean, you... 686 00:26:45,189 --> 00:26:46,190 -...with the cape billowing. -The shirt and the thing. 687 00:26:46,290 --> 00:26:47,458 -Do you know what I mean? -Yeah. 688 00:26:47,558 --> 00:26:49,460 -Like, we-we know that Will Smith. -Yeah. 689 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,529 And then we see you at the premiere, and it's you and Jada. 690 00:26:51,629 --> 00:26:53,664 You know? And it's-it's the kids and it's everything. 691 00:26:53,764 --> 00:26:55,332 It feels like there's been a... 692 00:26:55,433 --> 00:26:57,668 like a-- literally a, you know, A.D. 693 00:26:57,768 --> 00:26:59,270 -and B.C. period in your life, you know? -Mm-hmm. 694 00:26:59,370 --> 00:27:02,540 There's-there's before Will reveals himself... 695 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,909 -Mm-hmm. -...and there's everything we're living in now. 696 00:27:05,009 --> 00:27:07,845 -Yeah, yeah. -And-and the book feels like that. 697 00:27:07,945 --> 00:27:09,880 You know? It-it feels like you've gone, 698 00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:11,615 "All right, I'm gonna-- I'm gonna take you 699 00:27:11,715 --> 00:27:13,250 -behind the scenes." -I'll tell you behind the scenes. 700 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:14,452 -Right. Absolutely. -Which we've done in movies. 701 00:27:14,552 --> 00:27:15,986 -We've never done with your life. -Yes. Yeah. 702 00:27:16,087 --> 00:27:17,655 A big part of my motivation 703 00:27:17,755 --> 00:27:21,559 was I felt like I have, um... 704 00:27:21,659 --> 00:27:25,229 experienced enough and reflected enough 705 00:27:25,329 --> 00:27:28,232 um, you know, suffered enough 706 00:27:28,332 --> 00:27:31,402 that my, uh, advice could be valuable. 707 00:27:31,502 --> 00:27:33,237 -Okay, okay. -Right? You know? 708 00:27:33,337 --> 00:27:38,375 So the-the things that I now understand 709 00:27:38,476 --> 00:27:41,145 were, you know, cultivated 710 00:27:41,245 --> 00:27:43,013 in-in the battlefield. 711 00:27:43,114 --> 00:27:45,382 -Right. Right. Survival. -You know? It's-- Yeah, survival. 712 00:27:45,483 --> 00:27:47,685 Yeah, we're not-- You know, when-when I'm talking 713 00:27:47,785 --> 00:27:49,820 about something, I'm not talking about theory. 714 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,823 -I'm talking about tested, um, experience. -Right. 715 00:27:52,923 --> 00:27:56,594 So, I-I feel like... 716 00:27:56,694 --> 00:28:00,264 And-and not that who I was w-wasn't true. 717 00:28:00,364 --> 00:28:01,866 It's-- You know, that i-- that is true. 718 00:28:01,966 --> 00:28:04,468 It's just not the whole story. 719 00:28:04,568 --> 00:28:06,070 -Yeah. -And so, for me, I just wanted 720 00:28:06,170 --> 00:28:09,540 to take the filter off for... 721 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,375 I guess, two reasons. 722 00:28:11,475 --> 00:28:14,311 -Uh, one, I thought it's more helpful. -Right. 723 00:28:14,412 --> 00:28:16,781 You know, for somebody who wants to, 724 00:28:16,881 --> 00:28:20,284 uh, build their life, for somebody who wants to follow, 725 00:28:20,384 --> 00:28:24,021 um, and do some of the things that-that I've done, 726 00:28:24,121 --> 00:28:26,991 it's more helpful if I tell you the truth. 727 00:28:27,091 --> 00:28:28,492 -Right? -I like that. Okay. 728 00:28:28,592 --> 00:28:33,230 You know? And then the other part of it is... 729 00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:35,666 I-I get to be more free. 730 00:28:35,766 --> 00:28:38,803 It's like a-a whole weight is lifted 731 00:28:38,903 --> 00:28:41,472 that I don't have to be perfect, 732 00:28:41,572 --> 00:28:43,274 that I'm allowed to be imperfect. 733 00:28:43,374 --> 00:28:45,376 I'm allowed to put on 30 pounds 734 00:28:45,476 --> 00:28:47,511 -during the pandemic, you know? -(laughs) 735 00:28:47,611 --> 00:28:49,146 I'm allowed to do all of that. 736 00:28:49,246 --> 00:28:51,348 Um, and, you know, 737 00:28:51,449 --> 00:28:55,119 there-there's a certain, um... 738 00:28:55,219 --> 00:28:57,822 -emotional invincibility... -Mm-hmm. 739 00:28:57,922 --> 00:29:00,558 ...that is being cultivated 740 00:29:00,658 --> 00:29:02,193 that, uh, I just love. 741 00:29:02,293 --> 00:29:05,596 I love not being swayed by people's opinions. 742 00:29:05,696 --> 00:29:08,032 When you talk in the book, I-I love that you've been careful 743 00:29:08,132 --> 00:29:09,467 to tell your stories. 744 00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:10,968 -I know this from writing my book. I made sure. -Yes. 745 00:29:11,068 --> 00:29:12,403 I was like-- I talked to my mom. I was like, 746 00:29:12,503 --> 00:29:13,871 -"Hey, are you cool with me writing this?" -"Are you--" Yes. 747 00:29:13,971 --> 00:29:15,172 -Absolutely. -And I was like, "These are my stories 748 00:29:15,272 --> 00:29:17,241 or the stories that you can find in the press." I'm not-- 749 00:29:17,341 --> 00:29:20,177 -I'm not telling anybody else's story in that way. -Absolutely. 750 00:29:20,277 --> 00:29:21,879 -Which is really hard. -You-- Yeah. You-You've been 751 00:29:21,979 --> 00:29:23,748 -really good with that, respecting Jada in this. -Yes. 752 00:29:23,848 --> 00:29:26,083 -Yes. Absolutely. -And-and Jada's got Red Table Talk, 753 00:29:26,183 --> 00:29:27,852 and then you've got-- Do you guys ever, like, 754 00:29:27,952 --> 00:29:29,520 fight about it that way? Do you ever go like, 755 00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:30,788 "Hey, you can't say that there" 756 00:29:30,888 --> 00:29:32,056 or "You-- How can you say that there?" 757 00:29:32,156 --> 00:29:34,191 Or do you ever feel like you have to negotiate 758 00:29:34,291 --> 00:29:36,127 where the boundary exists? 759 00:29:36,227 --> 00:29:39,029 So what I did was a, uh... 760 00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:41,031 a two-week book camp 761 00:29:41,132 --> 00:29:43,300 right before I finished the book. 762 00:29:43,401 --> 00:29:44,568 So I had written it. 763 00:29:44,668 --> 00:29:47,838 And I called everybody I talk about in the book 764 00:29:47,938 --> 00:29:49,707 and brought them down to Miami. 765 00:29:49,807 --> 00:29:52,510 And, for two weeks, I read everybody every word 766 00:29:52,610 --> 00:29:54,578 that I said about 'em. 767 00:29:54,678 --> 00:29:56,781 And it was a-- 768 00:29:56,881 --> 00:30:00,818 an extremely powerful, uh, 769 00:30:00,918 --> 00:30:03,154 therapy session, going through this stuff. 770 00:30:03,254 --> 00:30:05,589 -Wow. -My mother and I had never talked 771 00:30:05,689 --> 00:30:09,026 about my-my father's abuse. 772 00:30:09,126 --> 00:30:10,561 -Wow. -And it was the first time... 773 00:30:10,661 --> 00:30:13,764 -You guys had never talked... -We had never talked about it. 774 00:30:13,864 --> 00:30:16,100 We had never... Not one time. 775 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,902 -So... -And I'm-I'm fifty... 776 00:30:18,002 --> 00:30:19,670 -I was 52 at the time. -This is wild, Will. 777 00:30:19,770 --> 00:30:22,973 And I read her the chapter, and that was the first time 778 00:30:23,074 --> 00:30:25,576 that we ever... we ever discussed it. 779 00:30:25,676 --> 00:30:28,646 -And she said, "Go ahead." -And yeah, she was... You know. 780 00:30:28,746 --> 00:30:30,514 First of all, she was shocked. She couldn't believe 781 00:30:30,614 --> 00:30:32,349 that my young mind had processed it. 782 00:30:32,450 --> 00:30:34,418 -Oh, wow. -In-in... in that way. 783 00:30:34,518 --> 00:30:36,954 But it was so cathartic, 784 00:30:37,054 --> 00:30:39,023 and reading everything. 785 00:30:39,123 --> 00:30:43,594 And, you know, I got through a couple of chapters 786 00:30:43,694 --> 00:30:46,464 with-with Jada, and, you know, she... 787 00:30:46,564 --> 00:30:49,366 she said, "I want you to tell your story. 788 00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:54,238 I don't want to dilute what your experience was." 789 00:30:54,338 --> 00:30:55,906 -Mm-hmm. -And she said... Well, you know, 790 00:30:56,006 --> 00:30:57,508 of course I was having a completely 791 00:30:57,608 --> 00:30:58,876 -different experience. -Right, right, right. 792 00:30:58,976 --> 00:31:01,612 But she said, "I want you to be free 793 00:31:01,712 --> 00:31:04,415 to-to tell your story." 794 00:31:04,515 --> 00:31:05,750 This relates to, like, everything 795 00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:07,118 -that the media consumes. -Yup. 796 00:31:07,218 --> 00:31:09,053 There's an element of like, um, 797 00:31:09,153 --> 00:31:10,588 it's almost like a piranha fish syndrome 798 00:31:10,688 --> 00:31:12,156 -that happens online, you know? -Yup. Mm-hmm. 799 00:31:12,256 --> 00:31:13,657 Once there's blood in the water, they want to... they want 800 00:31:13,758 --> 00:31:15,126 to keep eating at a thing until they gnaw it 801 00:31:15,226 --> 00:31:16,627 -to the bone. -Yeah. Exactly. 802 00:31:16,727 --> 00:31:18,629 Sometimes it'll feel like people are trying to make it, like, 803 00:31:18,729 --> 00:31:20,631 "Oh, Jada's coming for Will. You see what she said about Will?" 804 00:31:20,731 --> 00:31:22,900 -Right. -They take her words out of context. 805 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,235 -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -They write headlines that don't match 806 00:31:24,335 --> 00:31:25,569 -what the people are saying. -Absolutely. 807 00:31:25,669 --> 00:31:26,971 I get angry 'cause I watch, and then I'm like, 808 00:31:27,071 --> 00:31:29,006 "That's not what you said." You know what I mean? 809 00:31:29,106 --> 00:31:31,108 As a couple, you have to protect yourselves 810 00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:34,645 -because you are a couple. Any family unit does. -Right. 811 00:31:34,745 --> 00:31:36,414 But-but is there a part of you that goes like, 812 00:31:36,514 --> 00:31:37,715 "You know what? We're going to shut this down. 813 00:31:37,815 --> 00:31:39,116 -We're not going to say anything"? -Mm-hmm. 814 00:31:39,216 --> 00:31:41,185 Or-or have you taken a different approach? Do you go like, 815 00:31:41,285 --> 00:31:43,220 "No, this is what we're doing and how we're going to do it"? 816 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,456 So, there-there's... 817 00:31:45,556 --> 00:31:49,894 there's nothing to really protect ourselves from. 818 00:31:49,994 --> 00:31:53,164 -Mm. -Right? It's like... 819 00:31:53,264 --> 00:31:54,865 -The malice. -The malice. 820 00:31:54,965 --> 00:31:56,233 None of that, you don't? 821 00:31:56,333 --> 00:31:58,269 So, that only speaks 822 00:31:58,369 --> 00:32:02,106 to other people's level 823 00:32:02,206 --> 00:32:04,742 of consciousness 824 00:32:04,842 --> 00:32:08,946 and a lack of loving kindness 825 00:32:09,046 --> 00:32:12,616 -on their part that doesn't say anything about us. -Okay. 826 00:32:12,716 --> 00:32:15,886 -Right? So our job as a couple... -Mm-hmm. 827 00:32:15,986 --> 00:32:19,523 and our job as individuals is to purify our hearts 828 00:32:19,623 --> 00:32:22,393 as much as we possibly can 829 00:32:22,493 --> 00:32:26,130 to never do that to other human beings. 830 00:32:26,230 --> 00:32:27,998 -I hear you. -To not add to the chaos, 831 00:32:28,099 --> 00:32:30,034 and to not add to the darkness 832 00:32:30,134 --> 00:32:32,136 and to figure out as much as possible 833 00:32:32,236 --> 00:32:36,006 to only add, uh, love, 834 00:32:36,107 --> 00:32:40,711 and hopefully, understanding to the pot. 835 00:32:40,811 --> 00:32:44,682 I embrace it as a part of my job in this world 836 00:32:44,782 --> 00:32:50,921 to provide whatever medicine, whatever elixir I possibly can. 837 00:32:51,021 --> 00:32:54,291 And not even thinking about that person as somehow beneath me. 838 00:32:54,392 --> 00:32:55,860 No, I got... You'll see in these pages. 839 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,328 I got some purifying to do myself. 840 00:32:57,428 --> 00:33:00,464 -All right, before I let you go, this is a book. -Yup. 841 00:33:00,564 --> 00:33:03,100 -Yes, that's a book. -A book. A book means a movie's coming. 842 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,735 -Ooh. -I mean, that's how it works. 843 00:33:04,835 --> 00:33:06,237 -That's how it works. -You make a good book, 844 00:33:06,337 --> 00:33:08,038 -people want to make a movie. -Since when? Since when? 845 00:33:08,139 --> 00:33:09,507 Hold on. You're making up things now. 846 00:33:09,607 --> 00:33:10,708 That's how it's always works. That's how it always... 847 00:33:10,808 --> 00:33:11,876 it's always worked. That means 848 00:33:11,976 --> 00:33:13,577 somebody has to play Will in the movie. 849 00:33:13,677 --> 00:33:16,313 -Yes. -Who's playing will? 850 00:33:16,414 --> 00:33:20,151 If you're willing to get a fade, it's you. 851 00:33:20,251 --> 00:33:21,485 Don't tempt me, Will Smith. 852 00:33:21,585 --> 00:33:23,087 -If you're willing to cut it into fade. -Yo. 853 00:33:23,187 --> 00:33:24,488 -Your hair is pretty right now. -Will, 854 00:33:24,588 --> 00:33:26,357 -I've already got some of the ears. -(laughing): Right. 855 00:33:26,457 --> 00:33:28,559 You can't see it behind the 'fro. 856 00:33:28,659 --> 00:33:30,428 This man's playing with my emotions again. 857 00:33:30,528 --> 00:33:32,596 This man's playing... Thank you so much for joining me. 858 00:33:32,696 --> 00:33:34,231 -I appreciate you man, as always. -Good to see you again. 859 00:33:34,331 --> 00:33:35,433 -Thank you. Bye-bye. -Always, man. 860 00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:37,301 King Richard will be in theaters 861 00:33:37,401 --> 00:33:39,336 and HBO Max November 19, 862 00:33:39,437 --> 00:33:41,439 and this memoir, Will, is available right now. 863 00:33:41,539 --> 00:33:42,706 We're going to take a quick break, 864 00:33:42,807 --> 00:33:44,375 but we'll be right back after this. 865 00:33:46,256 --> 00:33:47,558 Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go, 866 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:49,927 consider supporting K9s For Warriors. 867 00:33:50,027 --> 00:33:52,062 This is a really great organization that is focused 868 00:33:52,162 --> 00:33:54,565 on providing highly-trained service dogs 869 00:33:54,665 --> 00:33:57,901 to veterans who are suffering from service-connected traumas. 870 00:33:58,001 --> 00:34:00,104 Now, with the majority of the dogs coming 871 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:02,306 from high-kill rescue shelters, 872 00:34:02,406 --> 00:34:04,608 this innovative program allows both veteran 873 00:34:04,708 --> 00:34:06,443 and dog to heal together. 874 00:34:06,543 --> 00:34:08,212 So if you want to support them in this work, 875 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,347 then please donate at the link below. 876 00:34:10,447 --> 00:34:13,817 Until next time, stay safe out there, get your vaccine 877 00:34:13,917 --> 00:34:16,854 and remember, if you see a deer with a red nose, 878 00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:18,455 that's not Rudolph. 879 00:34:18,555 --> 00:34:19,923 That (bleep) got COVID. 880 00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:22,259 Now, here it is-- Your Moment of Zen. 881 00:34:22,359 --> 00:34:24,328 Just this week, Big Bird from Sesame Street 882 00:34:24,428 --> 00:34:26,230 indoctrinating our five-year-olds. 883 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:28,899 Then the giant pigeon took to Twitter to announce 884 00:34:28,999 --> 00:34:31,969 to everyone how it felt about getting the shot. 885 00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:34,605 Not the first time these little felt communists have tried 886 00:34:34,705 --> 00:34:36,073 to infect the minds of our youngest 887 00:34:36,173 --> 00:34:37,608 and most vulnerable children. 888 00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:39,376 Decade ago, I called out Kermit, 889 00:34:39,476 --> 00:34:41,278 that cute little, green monster commie. 890 00:34:41,378 --> 00:34:42,980 The invite's still open, Miss Piggy, 891 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,784 if you or your emasculated frog boyfriend, Kermit, 892 00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:50,988 ever wanted to join this desk. 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