TIKTOK JUST ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT EVERY USER UNDER
THE AGE OF 18 WILL SOON HAVE THEIR ACCOUNTS DEFAULT TO
A DAILY LIMIT OF ONE HOUR OF SCREEN TIME.
THIS SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR PEOPLE
TO GET AROUND IT. AT TIKTOK, IN AN ATTEMPT
TO ACT AS IF WE CARE, WE'RE ENACTING PROTOCOLS TO HELP LIMIT
TEENS' SCREEN TIME, LIKE A ONE-HOUR DAILY LIMIT.
BUT IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, AND IT WON'T, WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
FILLING THEIR FEED WITH FOOTAGE OF THEIR PARENTS GIVING ADVICE.
I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ART SCHOOL, BUT THERE'S A REAL
ART TO INSTALLING VINYL SIDING. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE
A FALLBACK PLAN. NOTHING WILL CAUSE YOUR TEENS
TO GET OFF THEIR DEVICE QUICKER. I KNOW YOU LIKE DOING THOSE
LITTLE TIKTOK DANCES. YA EVER TRY ZUMBA?
FRANK, YOU'RE HOLDING THE PHONE TOO CLOSE.
OH, LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
AT LEAST I KNOW HOW TO ORDER ON AMAZON.
SCREW YOU, HELEN. TIKTOK.
EH, WHO ARE WE KIDDING? THEY'LL WATCH THIS TOO.
Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT... UNBE-LEAK-ABLE.
FIRST, STEPHEN WELCOMES... MICHELLE YEOH
AND RILEY KEOUGH. FEATURING LOUIS CATO
AND "THE LATE SHOW" BAND. AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE
FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY,
IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT. Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY. HAPPY HUMP DAY.
GOOD FOR YOU. HELLO.
THANKS, EVERYBODY. PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, WON'T YOU
PLEASE? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME
WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. TONIGHT, THE BIG STORY
IS THAT CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT FAILED IN HER BID
ION TWO WIN REELECTION. AND FOR MORE ON
THAT, WATCH SOMETHING ELSE, BECAUSE I HAVE NO OPINION.
ANOTHER THING I HAVE NO OPINION ABOUT?
WHERE THE CORONAVIRUS CAME FROM! I WANNA KNOW WHERE IT IS NOW,
SO I CAN NOT BE THERE. ON SUNDAY, WE LEARNED THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BELIEVES THAT THE COVID PANDEMIC
WAS THE RESULT OF A LAB LEAK, A BELIEF THEY HOLD WITH
"LOW CONFIDENCE." THAT'S NOT REASSURING.
IT'S LIKE IF ARBY'S CHANGED THEIR SLOGAN TO "WE'RE PRETTY
SURE WHAT WE HAVE IS MEATS." IF I HAD TO GUESS.
GUN TO MY HEAD, I'D SAY MEATS. BACK IN 2021, IT WAS FIRST
REPORTED THAT THE FBI HAD "MODERATE CONFIDENCE" THAT
THE PANDEMIC WAS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENTAL LAB LEAK.
BUT THE FBI NEVER PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED IT,
UNTIL YESTERDAY, WHEN WE HEARD FROM FBI DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER WRAY, SEEN HERE ANNOUNCING THE ARRESTS MADE
IN "OPERATION BAZOOMBAS." YEAH.
MASSIVE FORCE. MASSIVE DISPLAY OF FORCE.
HE SAT DOWN WITH FOX NEWS AND DROPPED THIS OPPOSITE
OF A BOMBSHELL. THE FBI HAS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME NOW ASSESSED THAT THE ORIGINS OF THE PANDEMIC
ARE MOST LIKELY A POTENTIAL LAB INCIDENT IN WUHAN.
Stephen: MOST LIKELY POTENTIAL.
THAT IS DARN CLOSE TO HYPOTHETICALLY NEARLY
CONCEIVABLY IMAGINABLE MAYBE. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN POSSIBLE
AND PROBABLE, SO IT'S DEFINITELY
"PROSSIBLE." WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF INFINITE
PROSSIBILITY. STILL, EVERYBODY WANTS
A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THIS. AND I'M SURE IF THE FBI DIRECTOR
IS FINALLY GOING TO ANNOUNCE THIS ON TV, HE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT
OF DETAILS TO SHARE. THERE ARE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
DETAILS I CAN SHARE THAT AREN'T CLASSIFIED.
Stephen: OKAY, IF YOU CAN'T SHARE IT, MAYBE TELL SOMEONE
AT THAT CHINESE LAB, AND IF THEY LEAK IT, YOU'LL KNOW
YOU WERE RIGHT. IF THE FBI ISN'T WILLING TO
SHARE THE PROOF TO BACK UP THEIR STATEMENT, I AGREE WITH
DR. FAUCI WHO SAYS THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORIGINS OF COVID,
"WE MAY NEVER KNOW." IT'S A HARD TRUTH BUT A TRUTH WE
ALL LEARNED FROM THE CLASSIC PS PSA.
I DON'T KNOW. Stephen: SOME PEOPLE DON'T
NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING TO HAVE SOME PRETTY
STRONG OPINIONS. TAKE GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE
AND... [BOOS]
Stephen: AND ESCAPED DIORAMA OF A NEANDERTHAL FEMALE,
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. YESTERDAY, GREENE WAS AT
A SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON COVID. SHE WAS AGAINST MOST OF THE
PRECAUTIONS, LIKE MASKS, AND VACCINES, AND LOCKDOWNS.
AND SHE MADE A PRETTY CONVINCING POINT ABOUT THE
PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.
THE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 WAS DEVASTATING TO OUR COUNTRY
AND IT'S GOING TO BE YEARS BEFORE WE REALLY KNOW
THE EFFECTS AND THE OUTCOME ON OUR SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY
ON OUR CHILDREN. WHAT IT DID TO OUR CHILDREN'S
MATH AND READING LEVELS IS HORRIFIC.
HERE'S WHAT IS SHOCKING TO ME. THERE ARE 1 MILLION 524--
524,480-- THIS IS OVER ONE MILLION,
1.5 MILLION. Stephen: OKAY.
RIGHT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I KNOW WATCHING THAT MADE MY MATH LEVEL DROP.
I'M GONNA SAY BY AT LEAST 1 POINT TWELVITY-NINE-107.5
BEST OF THE '80s, '90s, AND TODAY.
♪ 867-5309! ♪ 588 ♪
GREENE CLARIFIED WHERE SHE'S COMING FROM WITH ALL THIS COVID
INFO. I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
Stephen: THANK YOU. NO ONE THOUGHT YOU WERE
A DOCTOR. THE VIBE I GET IS "NURSE WHO
POCKETS THE CODEINE." SPEAKING...
REALLY? ALL RIGHT.
SPEAKING OF NURSES, YESTERDAY JOE BIDEN WAS IN VIRGINIA BEACH
TO GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND HE CHEERED UP
THE CROWD WITH A FEELGOOD STORY ABOUT BEING IN THE ICU.
BY THE WAY, YOU DOCS ARE GOOD, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY
ANGELS IN HEAVEN, THEY ARE ALL NURSES, MALE AND FEMALE.
YOU KNOW WHY? YOU GUYS LET US--
YOU GUYS MAKE US-- ALLOW US TO LIVE, BUT NURSES
MAKE YOU WANT TO LIVE. WHEN I WAS AT WALTER REED
ALL THAT TIME AFTER A COUPLE CRANIOTOMIES, I WAS LYING THERE,
AND I HAD A NURSE NAMED PEARL NELSON, MILITARY.
SHE'D COME IN AND DO THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK YOU LEARNED
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL-- IN NURSING SCHOOL.
[LAUGHTER] Stephen: IS IT OVER YET?
I CAN'T LOOK, BUT I ALSO CAN'T LOOK AWAY.
I FEEL LIKE I'M WATCHING A CHAINSAW JUGGLER
WITH A CASE OF THE SHAKES. OKAY, EVERYONE AGREES NURSES ARE
HEROES, I UNDERSTAND, GO ON. SHE'D WHISPER IN MY EAR.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER. Stephen: YES, WHEN YOU'RE
IN A COMATOSE STATE, NOTHING IS MORE COMFORTING THAN
SOMEONE GETTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR HEAD AND GOING
[WHISPERING] ASSA-FASSA-WADDA-KASSA-FASSA-FA.
MAYBE SOME ASMR. [CRINKLING]
STAY ALIVE. [CRINKLING]
[WHISPERING] SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR.
MMM. MMM.
FRITOS. HE WENT ON.
SHE'D ACTUALLY BREATHE ON ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS
A CONNECTION, A HUMAN CONNECTION.
SHE EVEN WENT HOME AND BROUGHT BACK HER PILLOW FROM HER OWN BED
BECAUSE THE ONE I HAD WASN'T COMFORTABLE.
Stephen: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR STORY.
[WHISPERING] "I'VE BROUGHT MY OWN PILLOW.
AHHHH. DON'T WORRY, IT'LL ALL BE
OVER SOON. ASSA-WASSA-ASSA-WASSA.
SHH." HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE?
HOW LONG WAS THAT? THERE'S SOME TROUBLING NEWS FROM
TENNESSEE, THANKS TO REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND DAD'S FRIEND SAYING
"WOW, YOU REALLY GREW UP OVER THE SUMMER", BILL LEE.
LEE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE SIGNING TENNESSEE'S SWEEPING NEW
ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS WILL BAN
GENDER-AFFIRMING TREATMENT FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
COME ON. TRANSGENDER OR NOT, ALL TEENS
STRUGGLE WITH FIGURING OUT RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR BODIES.
YOU THINK UNILEVER HAD GROWN ADULTS IN MIND WHEN THEY MADE
AXE BODY SPRAY IN GOLDEN MANGO? YOU KNOW THEIR MOTTO.
"MOM, I DID SHOWER!" TENNESSEE ISN'T JUST COMING FOR
THE YOUNG ONES. THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE'D
SIGN A BILL THAT WOULD RESTRICT DRAG SHOWS.
YES, HE WANTS TO SEVERELY LIMIT DRAG.
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID NOT CREATE THIS COUNTRY SO MEN COULD
WEAR FRILLY SHIRTS, SILK STOCKINGS, AND POWDERED WIGS!
THAT'S GOOD. Stephen: SPECIFICALLY,
THE BILL CRIMINALIZES "ADULT-ORIENTED"
PERFORMANCES BY "MALE OR FEMALE IMPERSONATORS."
WHICH MEANS THE CITIZENS OF TENNESSEE WILL FINALLY BE SAFE
FROM REBA MCENTIRE! OH, YES.
REBA IS EXPOSING OUR CHILDREN TO TEMPTING BUCKETS OF BREASTS
AND THIGHS. TO DEFEND TARGETING THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY, GOVERNOR LEE CLAIMS THE BILL WOULD PROTECT CHILDREN
FROM BEING "POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO SEXUALIZED ENTERTAINMENT."
OKAY, BUT "SEXUALIZED" IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTROL THAT?
"IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT NONE OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHERS WEAR OPEN-TOED SANDALS AND HAVE A REALLY LONG MIDDLE
TOE, ALMOST LIKE A FINGER? REAL GRACEFUL.
HIGH ARCH. THAT WOULD BE WRONG.
I'LL SEND YOU SOME PHOTOS." PLUS, THIS WHOLE STUPID BILL
IS REDUNDANT, BECAUSE TENNESSEE ALREADY BANS OBSCENITY IN FRONT
OF MINORS. IT WAS LANDMARK LEGISLATION.
IT'S WHY THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS HAD TO
PUT ON A BRA. EVEN, OH, YEAH.
EVEN TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS ARE CONFUSED BY THIS BILL.
WHEN IT WAS BEING DISCUSSED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
ONE REPRESENTATIVE RAISED AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
IF WE'RE HAVING A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING SHOW AT A
COUNTY FAIR, AND SOME PROMOTION DECIDES TO HAVE A BRA
AND PANTIES MATCH, IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
POTENTIALLY A CRIME? Stephen: "AND WHILE WE'RE ON
THE SUBJECT, WHAT ABOUT, SAY, IF SOME OF THE BLUE RIBBON
COWS HAVE A WET T-SHIRT CONTEST? YOU KNOW, REAL TASTEFUL STUFF.
CLEAVAGE BUT NO FULL TEAT. I MEAN, VIDEO TAPED
FOR DISTRIBUTION. WOULD THAT BE A CRIME?
OR COULD SOMEONE SELL THAT IN THE LOBBY TODAY
FOR $24.99 ON DVD?
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE CAN'T DEFINE WHAT DRAG IS?
GOVERNOR BILL LEE. BECAUSE THE DAY BEFORE
HE ANNOUNCED HE'D SIGN THE BILL, A PICTURE OF HIM EMERGED
DRESSED IN DRAG IN HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, OKAY.
OKAY, ADMITTEDLY THOSE ARE SOME GREAT GAMS.
BUT I'M SORRY, THOSE PEARLS? GOVERNOR, REMEMBER
WHAT COCO CHANEL SAID ABOUT ACCESSORIES.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE, LOOK IN THE MIRROR, AND STOP
TRYING TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS WITH YOUR BASE AT THE
EXPENSE OF REAL HUMAN BEINGS, YOU DICK.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE MICHELLE YEOH AND STAR OF "DAISY JONES
AND THE SIX," RILEY KEOUGH. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK,
"MEANWHILE"! JOIN US, WON'T YOU?
♪ ♪ ♪ PLAYERS ONLY LOVELY WHEN
THEY'RE PLAYING ♪ Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
THAT'S "THE LATE SHOW" BANDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LOUIS, TONIGHT, TWO TREMENDOUS WOMEN ON THE SHOW.
COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT WE HAVE RILEY KEOUGH WHO IS IN THE
SERIES "DAISY JONES & THE SIX." BEFORE THAT, WE HAVE TRULY A
WORLD TREASURE, MICHELLE YEOH IS HERE FROM "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
ALL AT ONCE." A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT.
FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN THE OLD NEWS WORKSHOP,
HAND-SHAPING THE FINEST STORY MAHOGANY INTO AN ELEGANT,
CONTINUOUS CURVED FRAME WITH TAPERED LEGS, THEN ADDING
THE MOST TOPICAL GOOSE DOWN CASED CUSHION SO THAT YOU MAY
LOUNGE ON THE EXQUISITE 18TH CENTURY HEPPLEWHITE BOWBACK
SETTEE THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. BUT SOMETIMES, WHILE FLEEING
THROUGH THE DOCKS AFTER PUNCHING A POLICE HORSE, I RIP A DIRTY
TARP OFF AN ABANDONED BOAT AND JAM THE CORNERS INTO SOME
LAMP POSTS WITH A RUSTY BUTTER KNIFE AND AN OLD RAIL SPIKE,
THEN NOD OFF IN THE FILTHY DRIFTER'S HAMMOCK OF NEWS
THAT IS MY SEGMENT, "MEANWHILE."
THAT'S THE ONLY HAMMOCK I NEED. MEANWHILE, IN ROYAL HAUNTINGS
NEWS, AFTER THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND PASSED AWAY, THE DUCHESS
OF YORK, SARAH FERGUSON, ADOPTED HER BELOVED DOGS.
AND NOW, SHE SAYS THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GHOST MAKES
HER CORGIS BARK, CLAIMING, "WHEN THEY BARK AT NOTHING,
AND THERE'S NO SQUIRRELS IN SIGHT, I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE
THE QUEEN IS PASSING BY." POSSIBLY.
OR, HEAR ME OUT. IT'S THE GHOST OF A SQUIRREL.
EITHER ONE. MEANWHILE.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN APOLOGIZED TO HIS MOM
FOR HIS SEXY NEW CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR ADS," SAYING
"BEFORE THE STEAMY PHOTOS DROPPED, I WAS LIKE, MY MAMA'S
GONNA HAVE TO SEE THIS. I'M SORRY.
IT'S OUT HERE. I'VE GOT MY BUSINESS ALL OUT IN
THE STREETS. LITERALLY."
I CAN TOTALLY RELATE. I HAD TO APOLOGIZE TO MY
ENTIRE FAMILY WHEN THEY RELEASED MY ADS FOR FOR "EUROSAUSAGE
SWIM SLINGS." MEANWHILE, AFTER A ROBBERY IN
PHILADELPHIA, A U-HAUL VAN TOOK PHILLY POLICE ON A CHASE THAT
HIT SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 90 MILES PER HOUR.
90. NOW WE KNOW WHAT "U"
WAS HAULING: ASS.
MEANWHILE, AN INTERNATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MISSION HAS
UNCOVERED THE REMNANTS OF WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE
A 5,000-YEAR-OLD RESTAURANT IN SOUTHERN IRAQ.
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFIED IT AS AN ANCIENT RESTAURANT WHEN THEY
FOUND THE REMAINS OF A BARTENDER DOING COKE BY THE DUMPSTER.
SOMEBODY. I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF
RESTAURANTS. SOMEBODY IS DOING COKE BY THE
DUMPSTER. MEANWHILE, AS I HAVE NOT
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, FLACO THE OWL ESCAPED FROM THE
CENTRAL PARK ZOO LAST MONTH, WORRYING HIS KEEPERS, BUT
THEY NOW SAY HE'S DOING WELL LIVING IN CENTRAL PARK AND
"HUNTING THE CITY'S PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF RATS."
ALTHOUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THESE ARE NEW YORK CITY RATS, SO FLACO HAS TO BRING
THEM DOWN WITH A 50 CAL BUSHMASTER.
MEANWHILE, A CHINESE TECH INVENTOR
HAS ROLLED OUT A NEW KISSING DEVICE THAT ALLOWS MONOGAMOUS
LOVERS SEPARATED BY LONG DISTANCE TO VIRTUALLY SMOOCH
USING SILICON LIPS. THE DEVICE HAS ONLY JUST BEEN
RELEASED, AND I'M BEING TOLD SOMEONE'S ALREADY GOTTEN THEIR
PENIS STUCK IN IT. VERY UPSETTING.
VERY UPSETTING IMAGE.
THE DEVICE IS CALLED: "REMOTE KISS."
BECAUSE IT'S NOT REMOTELY A KISS.
MEANWHILE, A TODDLER RATTED OUT A FUGITIVE'S LOCATION TO
KENTUCKY COPS. NOT A GREAT STORY
FOR THE PRISON YARD. "HOW'D YA GET CAUGHT?"
"METH DEAL WENT SOUTH AND MY CREW TURNED ON ME.
YOU?" "BRAYDEN WAS MAD 'CAUSE I
LIMITED HIS SCREEN TIME." HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WITH MULTIPLE WARRANTS.
THEY BROKE INTO A LIVING ROOM FULL OF GROWN UPS WHO REFUSED TO
SAY ANYTHING, BUT SUDDENLY THE TODDLER STOOD UP AND SAID
"SHE IS INSIDE THE ROOM NEXT TO THE BATHROOM!"
AND "IT IS GOOD TO BE HONEST. WE SHOULDN'T LIE."
[APPLAUSE] CLEARLY SOMEONE HASN'T READ
THE CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOK "WHERE THE SNITCHES
GET STITCHES." MEANWHILE, FRESHLY TWICE-RETIRED
QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY IS RUMORED TO BE CONSIDERING "A NEW CAREER
IN STAND-UP COMEDY," WITH ONE INSIDER CLAIMING BRADY
"DOES A GREAT IMPERSONATION OF FORMER TEAMMATE
ROB GRONKOWSKI." THOUGH, TO BE FAIR, SO DOES
A CINDERBLOCK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
MICHELLE YEOH.
♪ ♪ Stephen: THAT IS "THE
LATE SHOW" BAND RIGHT THERE. I WISH ALL OF YOU WERE HERE TO
HEAR THEM TONIGHT. IT'S ELEVATED.
IT'S UP THERE SOMEHOW. IT'S A VIBE.
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR
YOU KNOW FROM "CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON,"
"TOMORROW NEVER DIES," AND "CRAZY RICH ASIANS."
SHE'S NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HER PERFORMANCE
IN "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE."
♪ ♪
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW,"&
MICHELLE YEOH! ♪ ♪
[APPLAUSE]
PLEASE. Michelle: THANK YOU.
WOW. Stephen: HOW LOVELY TO HAVE
YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
Michelle: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Stephen: I WANT TO GET INTO "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL
AT ONCE" RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
THIS FILM IS "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE."
THE PERFORMANCES, SUCH BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES, HEARTFELT, TENDER,
EXCITING AT THE SAME TIME. ACTION, SCIENCE FICTION.
IT'S A FAMILY DRAMA. IT'S PSYCHOLOGICAL INTRIGUE.
DID YOU HAVE SOME SENSE WHEN YOU ARE MAKING THIS FILM HOW MUCH IT
WAS GOING TO GRAB THE AUDIENCE BY THE RIB CAGE?
Michelle: I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE.
YOU DESCRIBED THE MOVIE SO WELL. Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A
SENSE THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL?
Michelle: FROM THE SCRIPT I KNEW I HAD REALLY A GEM,
UNPOLISHED BY GEM. IT WAS WACKY, WEIRD, WONDERFUL.
WHAT RESONATED WITH ME WAS THIS VERY ORDINARY AGING IMMIGRANT
WOMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND FAILING MISERABLY. BUT THEN THE DANIELS GAVE HER AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXTRAORDINARY, TO BE A SUPERHERO.
THAT WOMAN IS LIKE OUR MOMS OR OUR AUNTIES.
Stephen: SO FAR, YOU HAVE WON FOR YOUR PORTRAYAL A
GOLDEN GLOBE, YOU HAVE WON THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD.
YOU NOW HAVE AN OSCAR, OSCAR NOMINATION.
YOU HAVE CALLED THIS A ROLE YOU HAVE BEEN REHEARSING TO PLAY ALL
YOUR LIFE. HOW SO?
WHY IS THIS THE ROLE YOU BEEN POINTING TOWARD?
Michelle: LIKE YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, THE MOVIE'S FIVE
GENRES. SCIENCE FICTION, COMEDY, DRAMA,
ROMANTIC, LOVE. I REALLY TRULY FELT THAT IT WAS
BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU TAKE ON, GATHERING IT ALL.
A YOUNGER PERSON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL ALL OF THIS.
BUT AT MY AGE, 6-0. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WELL, I GUESS 60 IS THE NEW PRIME, OKAY.
WHAT CAN I SAY? [LAUGHTER]
Stephen: I WANT TO SHOW A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE PREP THAT
YOU DID. HERE'S YOUR COPY OF THE SCRIPT.
THERE IS THE COVER OF YOUR COPY. THIS IS THE THING THAT I LOVE.
TELL ME WHAT THESE TABS ALL MEAN IN THE SIDE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY. THE AMOUNT OF PREP.
WHAT DO THE COLORS REPRESENT? Michelle: YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND YOUR SCRIPT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INSANE
SCRIPTS. IT DEALS WITH NOT JUST ONE
UNIVERSE. GOING ACROSS EIGHT
MULTIUNIVERSES AND THEN EVERY UNIVERSE HAS THEIR OWN STORY TO
TELL. AND WHO IS EVELYN WONG?
THAT IS THE KEY. YOU MUST HAVE A SOLID
FOUNDATION. WHEN I RECEIVED THE SCRIPT I
SAID TO THE DANIELS, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE HER NAME.
SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE CALLED MICHELLE.
I LOVE DANIEL QUAN. YOU KNOW, SO I SAID BECAUSE THIS
WOMAN, SHE DESERVES A VOICE, SHE DESERVES TO BE SEEN.
IF YOU CALL HER MICHELLE, YOU AS AN AUDIENCE WILL KEEP GOING,
THAT IS MICHELLE TRYING TO PLAY THIS AGING IMMIGRANT WOMAN BUT
WE STILL SEE MICHELLE. I HAVE TO ALLOW EVELYN TO HAVE
HER OWN VOICE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY EVELYNS IN THE WORLD AND
THEY SHOULD GET A CHANCE TO BE SEEN AND HEARD AND TO BE A
SUPERHERO. Stephen: MY WIFE'S NAME IS
EVELYN. UNRELATED TO THE FACT THAT SHE
SHARES THE NAME, I'VE NEVER SEEN HER CRY SO OPEN HARDLY THEN SHE
DID AT THE END OF THAT FILM. Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A
DAUGHTER? Michelle: I HAVE A
DAUGHTER. SHE WASN'T WITH US IN THAT
MOMENT. BUT WE HAVE A DAUGHTER.
I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF MOMS AND DAUGHTERS WHO WERE CRYING
THAT WAY, TO ME, AS MUCH AS I WAS ENJOYING THE FILM, I WAS
COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR THE EMOTIONAL DEPTH OF THE ENDING.
WERE YOU PREPARED FOR THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE ENDING?
Michelle: IMPACT. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE
MOVIE, THIS WAS QUITE AN INCREDIBLE SHOOT.
WE DID THIS MOVIE IN 38 DAYS. Stephen: EXTRAORDINARY
GIVEN HOW MUCH YOU ACHIEVED, AND RIGHT BEFORE COVID.
Michelle: ON THE DAY OF COVID LOCKDOWN, THAT WAS OUR
LAST NATIVE CHUTE. THEN WE ALL WERE SEPARATED.
WE WERE BONDED. WE STARTED OFFICE CAST AND CREW
BUT WAITED UP HIS FAMILY. WE HAD TO DO TOGETHER IN THE
DANIELS HAD A LOVELY RITUAL. EVERYONE HAD COME OUT FROM
WHATEVER CORNERS OF THE BUILDING.
IT GROUNDED US BECAUSE IT GAVE US A BASE WHILE WE WERE
WANDERING THROUGH ALL THESE UNIVERSES.
THIS BASE WAS ROCK-SOLID. EVERYBODY WOULD GATHER.
BEING AN INDIE FILM, EVERY MINUTE COSTS MONEY.
WE TOOK THE TIME TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN THE EYES.
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WE SAW EACH OTHER.
EVERYONE KNEW THAT WE WERE THERE TOGETHER.
WE WERE FAMILY. THERE WAS NO HIERARCHY.
WE WERE ALL EQUALS BORING OUR LOVE INTO THIS LITTLE GEM AND
POLISHING IT. FOR 15 MINUTES, WE WOULD DO
WARM-UP EXERCISES. WE WOULD TAKE TURNS AND LEADING
THE WARM UP, COURSE JAMIE LEE. I DID LIKE THE DRAGON DANCE.
ALL THE CREW NORMALLY THAT YOU DON'T SEE BECAUSE THEY ARE BUSY,
VERY BUSY DOING PROPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY WOULD COME OUT
AND FOR 15 MINUTES WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER'S EYES AND SAID COME
ON. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT OUR HEART AND SOUL BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE IN IT AND WE LOVE IT. SO WE EMBRACED EACH OTHER, LIKE
THE EVERYTHING BAGEL. Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
MICHELLE YEOH, EVERYBODY. STICK AROUND.
Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE RIGHT HERE WITH THE STAR OF "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL
AT ONCE," MICHELLE YEOH. THE GOLDEN GLOBES, THERE WAS A
GREAT MOMENT IN YOUR SPEECH AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES THAT PEOPLE
LOVED. LET'S PLAY THIS.
ALONG CAME THE BEST GIFT. "EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL
AT ONCE." SHUT UP, PLEASE.
I CAN BEAT YOU UP, OKAY. I THANK YOU.
Stephen: THEY TRIED TO PLAY YOU OFF.
THAT WAS INSTINCT. Michelle: YES.
THE VERY FEISTY INSTINCT THAT SOMETIMES GETS A LITTLE OUT OF
CONTROL. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING ON
THAT STAGE. FIRST TIME NOMINATED FOR A
GOLDEN GLOBE. FIRST TIME WINNING.
IT WAS LIKE MY FIRST, OUR FIRST, AND YOU ARE NOT GETTING ME OFF
THAT STAGE. BACK OFF.
Stephen: NOT YOUR ONLY HONORS THIS YEAR.
"TIME" ALSO NAMED YOU 2022 ICON OF THE YEAR.
CERTAINLY, THAT'S A LOVELY OUTFIT.
CERTAINLY A TRAILBLAZER. THE FIRST ASIAN WOMAN TO BE
NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS OSCAR.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOU WERE THE FIRST WHEN YOU GOT THE
NOMINATION? Michelle: ACTUALLY THERE
WAS ANOTHER FIRST. Stephen: FROM THE 1930s?
Michelle: SHE HAD TO HIDE HER IDENTITY.
SHE WAS OF HALF ASIAN DESCENT. HER MOTHER WAS FROM INDIA I
BELIEVE. SHE ALWAYS CAME OUT ACTING
PURELY AS A BRITISH WOMAN. SO SHE HAD TO HIDE IT.
DURING THE SAG AWARDS WHEN WE WON FOR THE ENSEMBLE, WE ASKED
JAMES, PLEASE REPRESENT US AND SPEAK FOR US.
HE SAID WHEN HE STARTED 60-SOMETHING, 70 YEARS AGO, HIS
FIRST MOVIE WAS WITH CLARK GABLE.
HE WAS VERY SAD BECAUSE THEN THE CAUCASIAN ACTORS GOT THE CHINESE
ROLLS AND THEN THEY TAPED THEIR EYES TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY SAID
THE CHINESE ACTORS WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR THEY WERE NOT
BOX OFFICE AND THIS IS WHAT JAMES HAD CARRIED ALL OF HIS
ENTIRE LIFE AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE WON AN AWARD.
Stephen: THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS YOUR FATHER.
Michelle: YES, WHO PLAYS MY HORRIBLE FATHER BUT HE'S
ACTUALLY QUITE A NICE GUY. THERE'S SO MANY OF THESE FIRSTS.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER PING-PONG OR YO-YO
BECAUSE YOU FLUCTUATE BETWEEN FEELING VERY SHOCKED AND VERY
OVERWHELMED WITH JOY BUT THINKING, HOW CAN I BE THE
FIRST? I KNOW OF SO MANY AMAZING
ACTRESSES AND ACTORS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STOOD ON THEIR
SHOULDERS. SO MANY BESIDE ME AND MORE AHEAD
OF ME. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT
WOULD BE SUCH A THING OF THE PAST WHERE THIS IS THE NORM THAT
YOU SEE FACES LIKE OURS THAT THEY ARE BEING NOMINATED.
BEING GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THOSE ROLES SO THAT WE CAN
HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. Stephen: WELL, ONE, ONE OF
THE UPCOMING ROLES THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IF YOU ARE
CURRENTLY FILMING "WICKED," A MOVIE ADAPTATION OF THE BROADWAY
MUSICAL WHICH RELATES-- REUNITES YOU WITH THE
"CRAZY RICH ASIANS" DIRECTOR. THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE SINGING
ON CAMERA. HAVE YOU DONE IT?
Stephen: I AM-- YOU ARE PREPARING?
Michelle: I AM PREPARING, WORKING ON IT.
Stephen: DOES THIS MAKE YOU NERVOUS?
Michelle: HELL YEAH. Stephen: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FILM.
"EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE" IS IN THEATERS AND
STREAMING NOW ON SHOWTIME. MICHELLE YEOH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF "DAISY JONES
AND THE SIX," RILEY KEOUGH.
♪ ♪ Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD,"
"THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE," AND "ZOLA."
SHE NOW STARS AS DAISY JONES IN THE NEW MINISERIES
"DAISY JONES AND THE SIX." WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO
KNOW? WHY DID YOU WANT TO JOIN THE
BAND IN THE FIRST PLACE? YOU.
WHAT ABOUT ME? I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU.
OR LIKE WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. YOU FEEL FAMILIAR TO ME.
DOES NOT HAPPEN TO YOU OFTEN? NO.
Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," RILEY KEOUGH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HELLO.
HI. HOW ARE YOU?
Stephen: I'M FINE. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOOD. Stephen: USED ARE THE NEW
SERIES, "DAISY JONES & THE SIX." WHO IS DAISY JONES?
WHO ARE THE SIX? WHAT'S HAPPENING?
DAISY JONES IS ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS AN ASPIRING
SONGWRITER WHO ENDS UP JOINING A BAND.
SHE IS THE SIXTH. THERE SHE IS.
IT'S BASED ON A BEST-SELLING BOOK BY TAYLOR JENKINS READ.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MOST FAMOUS BAND IN THE '70s OF
FAKE BANDS. Stephen: HAD YOU READ THE
NOVEL BEFORE YOU READ THE SCRIPT?
Riley: I DID. I GOT A CALL FROM MY AGENT AND
SHE SAID HELLO SUNSHINE IS DOING A PROJECT CALLED "DAISY
JONES & THE SIX" THAT THAT POINT I HADN'T READ THE BOOK OR DIDN'T
KNOW IT WAS BUT I HAD THIS WEIRD PREMONITION THAT I WAS GOING TO
PLAY DAISY IN THIS SHOW. Stephen: IN WHAT FORM DID
THIS PREMONITION TAKE? Riley: I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE THESE KINDS OF THINGS SOMETIMES.
IT WAS, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE SPOOKY, BUT I DO.
Stephen: DO THEY OFTEN COME TRUE?
Riley: YEAH. I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Stephen: DOES IT FEEL LIKE DEJA VU WEN IT HAPPENS AND YOU
REALIZE YOU HAVE A PREMONITION ABOUT IT OR YOU WAKE UP IN THE
MIDDLE THE NIGHT AND THINK I WILL GET A TICKET TOMORROW.
Riley: IT'S KIND OF LIKE I KNOW SOMETHING.
I DON'T SEE THE FUTURE BUT I KNOW CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN. WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND, HE CAME
OUT OF THE GAS STATION ON OUR SECOND DATE AND I THOUGHT, I'M
GOING TO MARRY HIM AND HAVE KIDS WITH HIM.
I JUST KNEW. WE DIDN'T SAY "I LOVE YOU" YET.
Stephen: AT WHAT POINT DID YOU TELL HIM THAT?
Riley: IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THAT THAT POINT.
Stephen: TOUGH TO GET A THIRD DATE.
Riley: I THOUGHT IF I TELL HIM NOW, HE WILL LEAVE ME HERE
IN AUSTRALIA AT THE GAS STATION. Stephen: PEOPLE DON'T KNOW,
YOUR ELVIS PRESLEY'S GRANDDAUGHTER, THIS IS A STAGE
THAT HE FAMOUSLY PERFORMED ON. DID PLAYING A ROCK STAR COME
NATURALLY TO YOU? IS IT IN THE GENES IS WHAT I'M
SAYING? Riley: I THINK THAT I AM
MUSICAL. I HAVE AN EAR.
I CAN CARRY A TUNE. BUT MUSIC WASN'T SORT OF MY
THING. I WAS ALWAYS MORE INTERESTED IN
FILM AND ACTING AND WRITIN AND FILMMAKING.
I HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD AT IT ACTUALLY AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
Stephen: WELL, THE FILM, THE SHOW IS BEING RELEASED THIS
FRIDAY. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A SHOW.
THERE'S A WHOLE COMPANION ALBUM WITH SONGWRITING BY MARCUS
MUMFORD, BEBE BRIGDERS, AND JACKSON BROWNE.
DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
Riley: ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED ME WHEN I SIGNED ON
WAS WOULD YOU GO ON TOUR AND I WAS LIKE YEAH, SURE, WHATEVER.
YOU KIND OF LIE TO GET JOBS. Stephen: NOW YOU HAVE TO GO
ON TOUR. Riley: NOW I AM HERE ON
TOUR. NO.
I NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD HAVE AN ALBUM.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO MUSIC.
IT'S SO INCREDIBLE. WE HAVE A WHOLE RECORD COMING
OUT, INCREDIBLE SONGWRITERS ON THE RECORD.
Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER, DAISY, PERFORMS IN A STADIUM
FULL OF PEOPLE. HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
Riley: IT FELT, WE HAD REHEARSED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A
HALF BECAUSE SAM AND I, THE OTHER LEAD SINGER, HAD NEVER
SAYING BEFORE. IT WAS LIKE A YEAR OF BAND
REHEARSAL FOR US. AND YEAH, WE ENDED UP BEING A
PRETTY CONFIDENT BAND AND BY THE TIME WE WERE PLAYING STADIUM
SHOWS, WE WERE ALL EXCITED TO BE THERE.
AND WE GOT REAL AUDIENCES WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING.
THEY WERE PAID. THEY LOVED US.
Stephen: THAT HELPS. THESE PEOPLE ARE FREE.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, YOU ARE BEHIND IT.
YOU ACTUALLY, LAST YEAR YOU RELEASED YOUR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT,
IT MADE A SPLASH. HE WON THE PRESTIGIOUS CAMERA
D'OR AT CANNES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS FILM.
Riley: I DON'T LIKE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE HAVE
REALLY HIGH EXPECTATIONS BUT IT WASN'T SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THE
FILM. IT WAS RELATIONSHIP MY
CODIRECTOR AND I AND THE WRITERS OF THE FILM KIND OF HAD FOR
SEVEN YEARS. THE SCRIPT ONLY TOOK US ABOUT
NINE ONTHS ONCE WE FIGURE THIS STORY OUT.
Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WEREN'T ACTUALLY AT CANNES
WHEN THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT. IT WAS SHOWN AND GOT A NICE
RESPONSE AND YOU LEFT. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE OR
YOU HAD TO GO TO WORK? Riley: I DIDN'T WANT TO BE
THERE. NO, I REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE.
I WAS SHOOTING "DAISY JONES." I WAS IN GREECE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A QUICK POP OVER FROM GREECE TO
CANNES BUT I HAD TO GO ON TO BOATS AND THREE AIRPLANES.
I HAD TO GO FOR A DAY AND THEN I HAD TO GO BACK TO SHOOT IN MY
CODIRECTOR LANDED IN GREECE AND WE GOT A PHONE CALL THAT WAS
LIKE, CAN YOU COME BACK TO CANNES?
WE RELY, THIS MEANS-- I THINK THIS MEANS WE ARE
WINNING SOMETHING WHICH WAS REALLY CRAZY BECAUSE WE WERE
TOTALLY SHOCKED THAT WE EVEN GOT INTO CANNES TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN THERE WERE COUPLE AWARDS AND I WAS ON SET ON THE
BEACH AND IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY. I WAS WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM
OF THE AWARDS AT CANNES. THEY CALLED THE RUNNER-UP, AND
IT WASN'T US. SO I WAS LIKE, WHOA, THIS IS
CRAZY. AND THEN CALLED.
MAYBE THERE IS ANOTHER AWARD I'M MISSING.
WE CERTAINLY COULDN'T WIN THE CAMERA D'OR AND WE WON.
Stephen: ON YOUR BIRTHDAY IN GREECE.
Riley: YEAH. Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU
HERE. "DAISY JONES & THE SIX"
PREMIERES FRIDAY ON PRIME VIDEO. RILEY KEOUGH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE STEVEN SPIELBERG
AND COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS. STICK AROUND FOR JAMES.
GOOD NIGHT! ♪ ♪