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Tonight,
Elon Musk rules the Twitterverse,
Jordan Klepper fingers Florida,
and Rosie Perez is here.
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Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
Thank you for coming out in person!
Thank you so much for being here. I appreciate you.
I like seeing human beings.
I'm so excited, because tonight... tonight we got
Jordan Klepper, who's on the show,
he went down to Florida to CPAC,
which is basically Republican Comic-Con, so you know
that's gonna be interesting. And on top of that, New York's
very own, Rosie Perez is gonna be joining us, everyone!
-That's gonna be great. -(cheers and applause)
We're gonna be talking about boxing and The Flight Attendant,
so let's do this, people.
Let's jump straight into today's headlines.
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All right.
I don't even need to tell you this, but the biggest news
of the day has been about Twitter.
A fun place to share jokes and
find out which celebrities are dead.
Now, you may remember, last week Elon Musk
became Twitter's largest shareholder
by buying ten percent of their stock,
which gives him majority control of Denzel expressing relief.
Well, now Elon Musk has decided
he doesn't want ten percent of Twitter.
No, he wants 100% of Twitter.
Yeah, because he has plans to make it the best
social media site in the world.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter,
all of the shares he does not currently own,
for $43.4 billion in cash.
He also says he wants to take the company private.
Musk writing a letter to Twitter chair Bret Taylor,
saying, "Twitter has extraordinary potential.
I will unlock it." -The-- A top priority I have,
I would have, is-is eliminating the-the spam and scam bots.
Um, and the bot armies that are on Twitter.
-(applause) -Um...
They make the product much worse. (chuckles)
Oh, shit. It's happening, people!
Elon Musk is attempting a hostile takeover of Twitter!
He's offering $43 billion,
all cash, take it or leave it.
Yeah, that was his offer. His actual offer.
"$43 billion, all cash, take it or leave it."
But you got to admit, it's a very "Indian uncle"
way to negotiate. You know? Yeah.
Indian uncles always think if they put cash at the end
of the offer, then you can't refuse, you know? It's like,
"Trevor, I'll give you $47 for your car."
What? No.
"Cash."
No-- it's a car! I'm not gonna give you th-- it's a car!
Now, because Elon Musk is Elon Musk, he didn't-he didn't
just make a normal offer. No.
He offered to pay $54.20 per share.
Yeah. Not $54.00 exactly,
no-- fifty... 420.
And that's how you know that you're too rich.
When you're spending an extra few million dollars
just to slip a weed joke in
to your takeover bid.
And he didn't even have to waste that extra money.
We already knew he was high when he said he would
quote, "Unlock Twitter's full potential, man."
Which by, the way, am I the only person who got freaked out
by that part, where he said that?
He says he wants to unlock Twitter's full potential.
I thought Twitter was unlocked. No, like,
is there, is there a locked version we don't know about?
Are there parts of Twitter that are still shut down?
Well, maybe let's keep them like that.
Yeah, never once have I logged onto Twitter and been like,
man, I just wish this place would let loose.
People really hold back on here. All nuanced and shit.
But that's the thing with Elon Musk.
Nobody knows what he's going to do.
He is super smart, definitely.
But he admits that he also loves dumb jokes.
So we don't know how this could turn out. This-this--
this could turn into Twitter into the best version of itself
or he could just rename tweets "farts"
and retweets "refarts."
The United Nations today, refarting a fart from
President Biden. Many farters online saying that
this fart went too far.
Moving on to Darfur.
Now, I know a lot of people, uh, don't like Elon Musk,
but I will admit some of the suggestions that he had
for Twitter are not that bad. All right?
He wants an edit button. I like that idea. All right?
He wants to make the algorithm more transparent, so we know
why things are trending or why tweets go places. I like that.
All right? And he wants to get rid of bots and scams,
which I love. I hate the bots on Twitter.
Do you know how many hours I've wasted talking to
@Oprah2467crypto, only to find out later
that it wasn't really Oprah?
I told her my deepest secrets! And I gave her money!
I mean, yeah, in hindsight, it was weird that
Oprah was asking me for money, but she seemed so real.
That-that would catch anyone, guys.
And this is also a risky business move
because if you kick all the bots off of Twitter,
that's, like, 99% of the platform.
Right? Who's gonna be left? Huh?
Yeah, it's like trying to ban
all sex criminals from Hollywood.
You're just gonna be left with Paul Rudd and Baby Yoda.
That's gonna be it.
Sorry, what's that?
Baby Yoda did what?
Sorry, guys. It's just Paul Rudd now.
That's all that's left.
All right, but let's move on from Twitter
to another place where nobody get along
and nothing gets done:
the U.S. Senate.
For decades now,
one of the most prestigious members of the Senate
has been Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from California.
Right? She's been a leading voice
on environmental issues and LGBTQ rights,
and she was the first woman ever
to chair the Intelligence Committee,
which was a big deal.
But recently, some of her colleagues
have been voicing concern about whether the senator
still has the capacity to do her job.
And at 88, they're wondering if it's time
for the senator to step down.
Some members of congress are reportedly expressing concerns
about Senator Dianne Feinstein's memory.
Now, the San Francisco Chronicle
reports it spoke to four U.S. senators,
three of whom are Democrats,
a California Democratic member of Congress
and several former Feinstein staffers.
All of them say her memory appears to be getting worse.
Now, the Chronicle says one of them
even started talking to other people in Congress
to see if they could convince her to resign.
NEWSMAN: An unnamed Democrat in Congress
who has worked with the senator for 15 years
had to reintroduce themselves several times
during a recent policy discussion.
Feinstein also allegedly repeated several questions
during that encounter.
Oof. All right, this is a tough one.
It really is. I mean, on the one hand,
you don't want to expel Senator Feinstein
just because she's old, right?
But on the other hand, if she is losing her faculties,
you can't have her making decisions
that affect the entire country. You know? This-this...
Like, this reminded me of my grandfather.
Right? He used to babysit me when I was younger.
Which was fine. Which was fine.
Until I realized that his mind was slipping
and I could trick him.
Yeah. Like one day, I tricked him
into spending all the family's grocery money
on Tamagotchis instead of food.
(laughter)
And that night, when my mom got home,
she saw there was no food.
And she made me eat my grandfather.
(laughter)
No, I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking.
She just beat the shit out of me, that's all.
But you know what? I'm glad it happened.
Yeah, 'cause it inspired me to work hard
so I could make enough money to buy my own Tamagotchis,
and look at me now, Mom. A grown man with 10,000 Tamagotchis.
I did it, Mom. You can't touch me.
Yeah. How do you like me now?
(applause)
By the way, if anyone wants 10,000 Tamagotchis, DM me.
Here's the thing.
Everyone in Congress is asking the question now
because of the story.
Should there be an age limit?
Right? Because there's already a minimum age,
so people are saying there should be a maximum age.
I think if you're not gonna have a maximum age,
then it's only fair that you get rid of the minimum.
You know? Yeah. 'Cause right now,
you have to be 30 years old to be a senator.
Why? Huh? Let's be honest.
You-you could vote for Senator Baby.
Yeah. Sounds ridiculous, but think about it.
Senator Baby isn't fleeing to Cancún
during a power failure, huh?
-Senator Baby... -(cheering and applause)
Senator Baby is responsible.
Senator Baby isn't cheering on insurrectionists. No.
Senator Baby wants one thing and one thing alone:
bah bah.
And you might not know what bah bah is,
but do you know what Rand Paul is talking about
90% of the time?
I rest my case.
(laughter)
Like, do you realize
the average age of the Senate is 64?
Average age.
And I'm not saying that they can't do their job.
I'm just saying how invested are you in the future of the planet
if you'll be leaving soon? You know?
No, I-I... Hey,
I know how I treat the urinal at Disney World.
That's not my house.
And just to be clear, just to be clear,
people are like, "Oh, that's ageism."
No, look, I'm not saying that being younger
guarantees your brain works, okay?
Like, look at Madison Cawthorn.
He's 26. He's having all these delusions
of, like, cocaine and orgies in Congress,
which you know isn't a real thing.
People in Congress aren't having orgies.
And if they were, they'd probably be terrible.
You know? Like, "I respectfully remind
"the gentlelady from Minnesota that she's out of order.
The gentlemen from Montana was supposed to go second."
(laughter)
"And as for me, I yield the remainder of my time.
I got a lot more excited than I thought."
(laughter and applause)
"A lot more."
All right.
Let's move on to some sports news.
It is NBA playoff season,
that magical time of the year when the league's best players
battle it out for the championship
and the Knicks go on their annual fishing trip.
Now, there's always a lot of drama in the NBA playoffs,
but last night,
one player got a little too dramatic.
The Charlotte Hornets had a rough night in Atlanta.
Charlotte getting frustrated in the fourth quarter.
Miles Bridges gets ejected
after a fan yells at him on the way out.
He threw his mouth guard, hitting a girl in the stands.
After the game, Bridges called his actions unacceptable
and went on Twitter to see if he could contact that young lady
to make up for what he did.
I was upset about a call.
I was aiming for the guy that was screaming at me,
and it, you know, saying it hit a little girl,
so that's definitely unacceptable on my part,
and I take, you know, full responsibility.
Okay. All right.
First of all, good on Miles Bridges
for taking responsibility,
you know, for throwing his mouth guard into the crowd.
I like that he said it. He's like, "Look, man,
I shouldn't have done that." Uh, I will also say this--
if you're a basketball player who shoots for the heckler
but you hit a teenage girl...
-kind of proved the heckler's point. -(applause)
That's your only job.
And, to be fair, that girl played horrible defense.
But, still, I'm not blaming her. I'm not blaming her.
Now, you know, if you follow sports, you may have noticed
that this feels like it's a bit of a trend recently.
You know? Fans antagonizing the players
or players losing their shit with the crowd.
Like, a few days ago, Kyrie Irving,
he got in the face of a fan who shouted something at him.
But then it turned out that he got angry at the wrong fan.
Right? Yeah. And then, in the Premier League,
Cristiano Ronaldo slapped a kid's phone out of his hand
because he was injured and the kid was filming
and then he was frustrated.
And he said sorry afterwards, but, still,
people, like,
I don't know if confrontations are getting worse
because of COVID and, like, athletes and fans are angry,
but it does seem like everyone needs to chill.
Okay? Yeah.
If you're a professional athlete,
you have to accept that part of your job
is getting yelled at by strangers.
It's part of the job. All right?
Just comes with the territory. Certain jobs do.
It's the same way strippers know
people are gonna be throwing money at them.
Yeah. If you were a stripper
and you have a fear of flying objects,
you're in the wrong job, you know?
If you're like, "Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
Just deposit it into my account!"
That's not how this works.
Athletes have to learn to ignore it.
You know? If you don't want to get yelled at by strangers,
there are a lot of other jobs where that doesn't happen.
Like-like, I've never once been at the dentist's office
just like, "Boo!
"Yo! This dude sucks at scraping my gums!
"Boo!
You're not even a real doctor!"
But I will say this-- the fans also need to chill.
Remember, athletes are human beings.
All right? Have some respect. Have some compassion.
Because a lot of the fans right now are filming themselves
saying crazy shit to athletes
because they know if they get a reaction,
they're gonna go viral.
Right? Like last month, one dude heckled a player
on the Portland Trailblazers
by talking shit about his grandmother
who had recently died of COVID.
-(gasping) -Exactly.
Guys, I'm sorry, if you're looking for heckling material
in the obituaries, that's taking things too far.
All right? Say something about the game and move on.
That's a shitty thing to do.
Like, you-you're at a professional basketball game.
It's supposed to be fun.
Why are you so angry?
I see people in the stands all the time.
(angry gibberish sounds)
This is fun.
I almost feel like NBA games need to add, like,
a courtside therapist for the fans.
Yeah, I-I guess when I-- when I screamed
that LeBron sucks donkey balls, I was...
(sighs): I... I was really angry at my dad
for never hugging me. I...
Le-LeBron reminds me of my dad.
He left to go to another city
and he pretended like it was normal
and that's why I hate LeBron...
-(crying) -(applause)
So, my advice would be
for everyone to take the temperature down just a notch
and remember that the point of going to a game
isn't to try and get a professional athlete
to beat the shit out of you, okay?
The point of going to the game
is to bribe your kids with snacks
so they pick you in the custody battle.
Remember what it's about.
It's about love.
All right, finally,
let's talk about homelessness.
It is a big problem in America,
and not everyone is offering helpful solutions.
For instance, in Tennessee,
yesterday, the state senate passed a bill
that would make it a crime to sleep under bridges.
Yeah.
Which I guess could save lives,
given the state of infrastructure in this country.
But I don't think that-that's what they were going for.
You know? They just don't want to have to look
at homeless people anymore so they made it a crime.
But here's-here's my question-- whenever they do this,
what are the homeless people supposed to do?
Right? When you make it a crime.
What-- Like, what do you think's gonna happen?
You think they're gonna be like,
"Well, if sleeping under this bridge is illegal,
"I-I guess I'll finally buy
"that townhouse I've been looking at.
Eh, it was all about my options."
'Cause, honestly, these policies are pretty typical
of the approach to homelessness in many parts of the country.
And, now, the reason that people are talking about this bill
in particular, this one,
is because of this really inspirational story
that one Republican told during the debate.
Mr. Speaker, I haven't given y'all a history lesson
in a while, and I wanted to give you a little history
on homelessness.
19 and ten, Hitler decided
to live on the streets for a while.
So for two years, Hitler lived on the streets
and practiced his oratory and his body language
and how to connect with the masses,
and then went on to lead a life
that got him in the history books.
So, a lot of these people, it's not a dead end.
Very interesting angle to take.
(Southern accent): Yeah, that's right, folks.
Uh, Hitler was homeless,
and it made him a better person. Mah.
Yes, don't despair, homeless people.
If you really apply yourself,
one day, you, too, could do genocide.
(laughter, groaning)
(his voice): Like, just-just checking.
The Hitler in this inspiring story-- is this Adolf Hitler?
Yeah? Like, there isn't another Hitler
somewhere in history who was an astronaut or something, right?
You know, it's just like, "Hey, I'm Hitler."
"What?!" "Yeah, yeah, the Olympic skater,
Steve Hitler."
"Oh, shit, you should just go by Steve, man. Yeah."
(laughter)
You realize comparing homeless people to the worst person
in history is definitely not gonna help them, right?
Because who's going to want to help homeless people now?
It's gonna be people like, "Ah."
"No, I'm not giving you money.
You could become the future Hitler."
And by the way, who even knew that Hitler was homeless?
-Did you guys know that? -PEOPLE: No.
I didn't... I didn't know this.
I don't know about you, but it creeps me out
-when people know too much about Hitler's life. -(laughter)
Yeah, there's something really disturbing
about anyone who's like, "Did you know
Hitler's favorite fruit was the mango?"
(laughter)
"I'm-I'm just... I'm just gonna go over here now."
It's a weird thing.
All right, that is it for the headlines, which means
it's time for us to check on in
on this weekend's weather forecast
with our very own Desi Lydic, everybody.
(applause and cheering)
Hey.
Good to, uh... good see you, Desi. How are you doing?
-Great. Good to see you. We're back with our audience. -Yeah.
-(applause and cheering) -It's great.
It's a good day. It's a good day.
Also, you'll like this.
I set up a booby trap in my building
to catch whoever's been stealing my neighbor's paper
before I could steal it.
-So... -Huh. That's a good thing for a bad thing.
-Oh, well, well... -Oh, yeah, we'll get him.
-We'll get him, or her. -(laughter)
What's going on, Desi?
-Yeah. -So, what's been going on?
God, that story. How crazy.
Did that guy actually use Hitler as an inspiration story?
-Right? -Are we doing that now?
Are we doing, like, "hashtag Hitler Goals"?
I mean, it's bad enough.
Like, girl boss culture already makes me feel so unaccomplished.
Now I got to live up to Hitler?
-Well, I don't think you have to. -It's not fair.
-I... You know? -No, it's, like, too much pressure, man.
It's not cool. Although I will say,
if it works, I will use that tactic
to get my kid to finish his dinner.
Yeah. Do you know who would eat all this broccoli?
Hitler. If he can do it, so can you.
That's gonna be a weird thing to teach your kid, I think.
-You know? -Yeah, yeah. Also that mouth guard thing.
What the hell?!
Trevor, have you ever been hit in the head with a mouth guard?
-I actually have once, yeah. -Me... me, too.
-You have? -Yeah, like, every day in third grade.
And fourth. And fifth and sixth.
-AUDIENCE: Oh! -Yeah, it was tough.
The teachers were super mean at that school.
(laughter)
That's a very strange school that...
Anyway, Desi, um, what's going on
-with the weather this weekend? -Oh, come on, Trevor.
The weather?
I mean, we know each other better than that.
We can cut the small talk.
I'm not your neighbor in the elevator.
Let's have a real conversation, you know, heart to heart.
Tell me, what are your deepest, darkest fears?
No. No, I want to know what the weather is.
-It's not small talk. Um... -Here's another one.
When was the last time you cried?
No, I-I...
You can tell me. It's just you, me, all these lovely people.
-No, it's not small talk. -Let me help you.
-I'm saying, the weather. -Yeah.
I was talking about weather, like, behind.
-It's behind you. -Oh, God, yeah.
The past is always haunting us right at the back door, man.
-Can't escape it. You really can't. -No.
-No, no, I'm... You see, I... This... -Here's a question.
Are you asking about the weather,
or is it your inner child?
That's what I want to know.
What is it specifically about the weather
that's triggering you?
-It's the picture that's behind you. -Yeah.
-Yeah. -It's like the news. We do...
It is. It's hard. It's like,
you can keep those memories, right up here
-and they just come knocking, man. -They're not memories.
I feel like nobody's trying to make a news show with me.
-Yeah. -Um, you don't understand...
Yeah, I'm glad we had this talk
because I could tell, you were really frustrated.
-I-I have gotten frustrated, yeah. I, uh... -Yeah.
Well, I'm glad I could help. Is there, uh...?
You need anything else from me while I'm here?
No, we're good. We're good. Desi Lydic, everybody.
-Thank you so much. -Hey, hey.
-(applause and cheering) -We're all out of time.
All right, we'll be right back with Jordan Klepper
and the Republicans right after this.
It's the weather.
(cheering, applause)
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Welcome back to The Daily Show.
Recently, our very own Jordan Klepper
traveled down to Florida to finger the pulse
at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
It led to some unexpected interactions
and one very unexpected place.
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KLEPPER: Every year, CPAC brings together
all the brightest minds and salespeople
in the conservative world.
And with the world careening from crisis to crisis,
I've come to Orlando to find out where their movement is going
and brace myself for what's to come.
People are asking the question who the future
-of the Republican Party is. -Trump.
-It's Trump. -Trump is the Republican Party.
-CPAC is Trump. -I'm here to support
the greatest president ever, Donald J. Trump.
-Donald J. Trump's the greatest president ever? -Yeah. 100%.
If you look at the Trump administration on paper
as a report card, it was stellar. It just was.
-In what sense? -The numbers.
-The economy? -The economy.
-Down. -Well, I'm talking
about before the COVID economic collapse.
We don't count the whole term. We can cherry-pick numbers
that make him look like a fantastic president.
Why are you so obsessed with Trump?
I like how he's funny. He's as funny
-as he is political. -How is he funny to you?
The 2015 debate,
he was like, "Lyin' Ted, Little Marco,
you're fat. You're stupid." I just loved it.
I-I felt like his personality was my personality.
It's like he has a 15-year-old's sense of humor.
Exactly. But that is... I love that.
So, you wanted a 15-year-old as president,
-and you got one. -100%.
KLEPPER: Clearly, this was still Trump's party.
But this trip wasn't about R and R.
Is this what I think it is? It's a Trump sex swing?
Or S and M.
That's nice.
-And then you get somebody... Then it's like this. -Oh.
KLEPPER: It's about the GOP and their party's plan
to tackle the issues that face America.
They want to destroy the-the neutral family.
-Who does? -But, uh... The left. The Democratic Party.
You can't use the words "mother," "father."
Am I gonna get in trouble
if I use the word "mother" or "father"?
They'll try to correct you.
KLEPPER: What do you think of the trans issue right now?
That seems to be a big talking point here.
I don't think it should be indoctrinated into kids.
-Indoctrinated. In what way? -(chuckles)
Indoctrinated in what way?
Um, putting trans flags
in elementary kids' schools' rooms
because they're pretty colors.
-Those flags, they offend you? -They don't offend me.
I think they cause problems for young people.
-To see a flag like that in their school. -No.
To have colors like that
and then associating it to something else.
What are the colors? I actually don't even think
-I know the colors. -Neither do I.
But they're pretty offensive.
Uh, they're colorful,
and kids like colors.
KLEPPER: But even though the theme of CPAC
was the culture war,
what about the war war?
Whose fault is what's happening in Ukraine right now?
Well, of course it's Biden's fault.
He didn't do anything to, uh... to protect the nation,
-to protect those people. -When you look at what happened
between Russia and Ukraine, you have to point the finger
at the leader of the United States of America.
Of course. You-you have to.
Biden helped make Ukraine so important
by all of the dealings that they were doing in it.
How should a leader handle someone like Vladimir Putin?
-Peace through strength. -Peace through strengths.
What do you think about Donald Trump
when he called Vladimir Putin a genius?
Was that him being tough?
I think he has a way of, um...
playing with words.
Yeah, definitely. Like saying the-the opposite
-of what a patriot would say. -Yes.
And then he gets the media riled up.
He disregards his own intelligence community
and, instead, he kisses the ass of Vladimir Putin.
But that's him just being smart.
It's being a wise guy.
He's being a wise guy.
The MAGA crowd's obsessions were predictable.
Is this a little much?
But there was a new infatuation I was surprised to hear.
Because, for the first time at CPAC,
people were applauding another country.
Hungary's on the forefront.
When you see people like leaders in Hungary, uh,
talking and speaking the way that Donald Trump did
when he was in office, it inspires me.
I think Hungary is a positive example
about how being a confident conservative
can really do wonderful things for a country.
KLEPPER: That's right. Conservatives here
were looking for inspiration from Hungary,
the Central European country
that's been steadily sliding away from democracy
under its right-wing leader Viktor Orbán.
Trump has endorsed Orbán twice,
and Tucker Carlson has done a week of shows
and a special about Hungary.
It's not my job to defend Hungary,
only to learn from it as an American
and try and hold up the lessons for us to emulate.
KLEPPER: CPAC is doing a special event from Hungary in May,
and there are even conservative speakers from Hungary
here in Orlando.
God bless you, God bless America.
God bless, Hungary. And of course, let's go, Brandon.
KLEPPER: So I decided to pack a backpack full of rapid tests
and Trevor's AMEX card to finger the pulse international style.
♪ ♪
I arrived in beautiful Budapest
to find out how similar these two movements really are.
What do you think about what's happening with Ukraine?
If it is not Putin's fault, is it Biden's fault?
This makes me feel at home, I got to say.
Yup, there is a lot here to unpack,
and I did in my new half-hour special.
(chanting in foreign language)
Lock her up!
(chanting stops)
I thought I heard, "Lock her up."
If you want equality,
-hit the road, Jack. -I think, yes.
KLEPPER: I asked all the hard-hitting questions.
What is Hungarian for "ass licking"?
-(speaking Hungarian) -"Shag nallow. Shag nallow." -Yes, sir.
-Actually, we have "shag nallow" in America, too. -Oh.
KLEPPER: And I investigate the GOP's obsession
with this barely democratic democracy.
WOMAN: only chance for us is to band together.
It's like Suicide Squad. Did you see Suicide Squad?
-Yeah, of course I did. -Actually, I didn't.
-Is it like Suicide Squad? -No.
No. Shit.
So the government knows all
-your contacts? -And has access to all my messages.
KLEPPER: Tune in April 21.
Oh. Awful.
-Awful. I told you. -Yeah.
Hold on one second.
(clears throat)
You don't happen to know my wife's phone number, do you?
-(heart beating) -(applause and cheering)
Thank you so much for that, Jordan,
and we're really looking forward to it.
All right, when we come back, New York's very own
Rosie Perez is joining me right here so stay tuned.
(applause and cheering)
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Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is
Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated actor Rosie Perez.
She's here to talk about the new season
of the HBO Max series The Flight Attendant.
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-Hello? -Cassie.
Megan? Uh, hi.
Uh, listen, I can't really have
one of our weird off-the-record chats,
if you don't mind. Just tell me you're good, okay?
-'Cause I really got to go. -All right, listen,
did you get a key in the mail? (gasps)
Megan, are you there?
-(laughter) -Please welcome Rosie Perez!
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-What's going on? -Welcome.
Thank you.
-Wow. -Welcome back to The Daily Show.
-Aw, thank you so much. -It's so good to have you here.
And congratulations on season two
of The Flight Attendant. That's really exciting.
Yes, it's very exciting.
Like, when you started the show,
did you think it would receive
the amount of acclaim that it has?
Because, I mean, it got tons of Emmy nominations.
-Mm-hmm. -People have raved about it.
It's no surprise that it got renewed.
But when you start a show, do you have a feeling
where you go, "Yeah, this is... this is just gonna keep going"?
When I first read it, I said, "This is a weird show."
(laughter)
And I turned it down 'cause I don't like traveling.
-I-I hate flying. -Yeah, we spoke. Yeah.
And, um, I'm glad that I said yes. (chuckles)
Um, it was the first scene
that I had with Kaley Cuoco.
I just knew it. I just knew it.
First day, first scene,
out the bag, I said, "This is gonna be a hit."
The two of you do have an amazing chemistry.
And-and, you know, to your point of the characters,
what I loved right at the end of season one
is that your character...
I mean, it was one of the most amazing monologues.
If you haven't watched the show, watch it,
and then specifically this scene.
Y-You know what I'm talking about.
It's this beautiful moment
where your character has this-this monologue
where, you know, she talks about,
you know, the invisible woman.
And it's-it's this beautiful journey
where we-we learn about menopause
but in an intimate way.
It's not like a caricature of what menopause is.
What was-- what was special about that scene for you?
It was special because, in Hollywood,
they don't allow women to age. You know?
And you have to do all this shit to your face and body.
You know? I'm serious.
-I love to eat, honey. I can't do it. -(laughs)
-I just can't do it. You know? -(cheering and applause)
I can't.
I mean, I try!
But it was-- it was very important to me to...
to embrace the age.
I thought it would be okay because...
just because you turn a certain, uh, age
doesn't mean you're dead.
You know? But when you do turn a certain age,
your mind is going crazy.
It is. Especially when it's menopause.
-You're like, "What the hell is going on?" -(laughs)
(chuckles) You know? And, um...
So I really wanted to bring that.
And I was really happy that the executive producers, uh,
you know, uh, Steve Yockey,
Meredith, uh, Lavender and Marcie,
they were like, "Go with it."
You know? And I was like, "Great."
You know? And I-- And-and you're right.
I get so much response
-from women of a certain age saying, "Thank you. -Mm-hmm.
Thank you. My husband doesn't think I'm crazy now."
-You know? -I love that.
-Yeah. -It-it really has been amazing to watch, you know?
You know, and-and I feel like Rosie Perez, as a whole,
it's like I-I feel like you're in a moment right now,
you know, which-which is such a wonderful thing, you know?
It's-it's Flight Attendant, of course.
And then-- You were one of my favorite moments
from the Oscars. Just that scene of, like,
the reunion of-of the cast of White Men Can't Jump.
You know, that was really cool to see onstage.
I was pissed off at them though.
-You were? -I was.
'Cause I said-- I just said to them,
"I have a train.
Just pick it up."
'Cause they had us sit back.
-Yes. -"And fluff it, let it go and let me walk out."
-Okay. -They said okay.
And then I see-- I see on the playback,
-they were holding it the whole time, cracking up. -(laughing)
And they were high off their asses.
(laughing)
-I thought that was a joke, no? They... -No!
Oh, man!
Oh, that's-that's-- Okay, you see,
now, this is what I'm loving.
-(laughs) -We're getting the behind-the-scenes now.
We're getting the behind-the-scenes.
You-you-- I feel like you're-you're living
in an exciting time right now.
Y-You're back in New York now for a little bit.
The boxing. Madison Square Garden.
April 30, there's going to be the biggest
-women's boxing title. -(applause and cheering)
-Oh, my God. -First time, first time ever, ever
that it's going to be a women's boxing headline at MSG ever.
Yes. They are the main event.
It is Amanda Serrano. She is Puerto Rican!
-(applause and cheering) -Um, and, uh, versus Katie Taylor.
-Uh-huh. Yeah. -And she's no joke.
You know, these are really two tough women
who are at the elite level.
It's not just a silly fight.
This is going to be a banger.
I will say this.
I did not have a lot of love for Jake Paul.
-I have never met him. -Uh-huh.
Um, just because of the antics and all of that.
-Right. -You know, I don't know him personally.
I have no... nothing personally against him, but I was just
-like, "Whatever." -Right, right.
The fact that he put on this fight
against Amanda Serrano versus Katie Taylor
at Madison Square Garden April 30, um,
is something to give him a lot of credit for.
Because there... That fight should have happened years ago.
-Mm. -And a lot of promoters did not pay attention.
Even the promoters that are co-promoting the fight.
-Wow. -You know, Amanda Serrano deserved that fight.
She deserved more.
Katie Taylor was getting paid, and Amanda Serrano was not.
She is a seven division, seven-time world champion.
-Seven division? -Seven division.
And now she's getting a real payday.
Now she's getting, like, seven figures.
And I hate to say it, but it's all because of Jake Paul.
-Kudos to Jake Paul. -You know, so I got to...
I got to give him credit. But you know what?
-Stay the hell out of the ring, Jake, you know? -(laughter)
(applause)
Oh, man, I could talk to you forever.
Thank you so much for joining me on the show.
-Thank you for that. -I appreciate you.
I loved seeing here. Season two of The Flight Attendant
premieres April 21 on HBO Max.
We're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
-(applause and cheering) -Thank you.
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FRANK NICELY: I was gonna give you
a little quick history lesson.
My grandson one time asked me, he said,
"Papi, did the South really lose the war between the States?"
-I said, "Well, son, it's too early to tell." -(laughter)
I said, "If you look at... if you compare
their northern cities, to our southern cities..."
I think can I tell my grandson
the war between the states is going on, and we're winning.
Thank you. (laughs)