Captioning sponsored by CBS >> WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING A MAJOR BREAKING STORY IN THE SPORTS
WORLD, MEDINA SPIRIT THE HORSE
THAT WON THIS YEAR'S KENTUCKY
DERBY HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR
STEROIDS FOLLOWING A DRUG
SCREENING.
NESS WITH FOLLOWING THIS
ACUSATIONS OF STEROID USE I'M
HEAR TRACKSIDE WITH MEDINA
SPIRIT TO HEAR IT STRAIGHT FROM
THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
MEDICINEINA SPIRIT, WERE YOU
USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING
DRUGS?
>> WHAT, I DISRNLT USE, JUST
HARD WORK AND TRAINING.
LOOK AT MY REGIME, THIS IS ALL
NATURAL.
AAHH.
>> APPARENTLY THE STEROID'S
FOUND IN YOUR SYSTEM LUBRICATES
YOUR JOIFNTS.
>> MY JOINTS ARE NO MORE
LUBRICATED THAN ANY OTHER HORSE,
INTERVIEW OVER.
>> OKAY.
>> NOW BEAT T I GOT TO TRAIN FOR
THE PREAKNESS.
MY GLUTES ARE ON FIRE.
AAHH, THEY'RE ON FIRE.
>> IT'S IT'S 'A' LATE SHOW
WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.
TONIGHT STEPHEN WELCOMES JAKE
TAPPER AND MUSICAL GUEST BILLIE
EILISH FEATURING JON BATISTE AND
STAY HUMAN.
AND NOW LIVE AT THE ED SULLIVAN
THEATER AT THIS BUILDING IN NEW
YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: OH LORD LOVE YA,
THERE ARE YOU.
GOOD TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO 'A' LATE
SHOW.
I'M STEPHEN COLBERT.
FOR GET GOOD
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE
AUDIENCE-FREE FORMER STORAGE
ROOM THAT HAS BECOME MY LIFE.
I'VE MISSED YOU, SIX FOOT
CEILINGS AND DEAFENING SILENCE.
WE'VE BEEN OFF FOR A WEEK, BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT NEVER STOPS?
THE G.O.P.'S PURGE OF ANYONE WHO
DARES QUESTION THE FORMER
SIR EATS A LOT.
CASE IN POINT
PRESIDENT, G.O.P. CONFERENCE
CHAIRWOMAN AND ONLY PERSON
NOTICING THE ZOMBIES BREACHING
THE BARRICADE, LIZ CHENEY.
CHENEY IS A HARD-RIGHT
CONSERVATIVE, BUT SHE WAS ALSO
ONE OF ONLY 10 REPUBLICANS WHO
VOTED TO IMPEACH THE YMCA-HOLE.
AS A RESULT, MAGAHEADS WANT TO
OUST CHENEY FROM HER LEADERSHIP
POSITION IN THE HOUSE, AND THAT
DRIVE JUST GOT THE SUPPORT OF
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND GUY
WATCHING HIS EX-WIFE SET FIRE TO
HIS MODEL TRAINS, KEVIN
MCCARTHY.
LAST WEEK, MCCARTHY GOT CAUGHT
SAYING THIS ABOUT CHENEY ON A
HOT MIC THAT HE DEFINITELY KNEW
WAS ON:
>> I THINK SHE'S GOT REAL
PROBLEMS.
I'VE HAD IT WITH-- I'VE HAD IT
WITH HER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE LOST CONFIDENCE.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
GOP?
BACK IN CHENEY'S FATHER'S DAY,
IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM WITH A
FELLOW REPUBLICAN, YOU DIDN'T
STAB THEM IN THE BACK.
YOU SHOT THEM IN THE FACE ON A
HUNTING TRIP.
AND THEN MADE THEM GO ON TV AND
APOLOGIZE TO YOU.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANYONE IN
GOVERNMENT AS WEAK AS KEVIN
MCCARTHY?
HE BARELY ESCAPED A MURDEROUS
MOB ON JANUARY 6TH, CALLED THE
PRESIDENT FOR HELP, WAS DENIED
ANY HELP, HELD THE FORMER
PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
RIOT, THEN SPENT THE NEXT FOUR
MONTHS SUCKING UP TO HIM.
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT SCENE IN
THE PRINCESS BRIDE:
>> MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA.
YOU KILLED MY FATHER.
AND THAT'S OKAY BY ME
>> Stephen: SO NOW, THE ONLY
G.O.P. PURITY TEST IS LOYALTY TO
MAYOR MCTREASON.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, RECENT
INTERNAL REPUBLICAN POLLING
FOUND THAT IN CORE BATTLEGROUND
DISTRICTS, THE EXPRESIDENT'S
UNFAVORABLE RATINGS WERE 15
POINTS HIGHER THAN HIS
FAVORABLES.
FAVORABLES, OF COURSE, IS HOW
THE BRITISH REFER TO THEIR
TESTICLES.
(HIGH BRITISH ACCENT)
OOH RIGHT IN ME FAVORABLES
ACCORDING TO THE G.O.P.'S OWN
NUMBERS, THE COVFE-FOOL POLLS
LOWER THAN JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY
AND EVERYTHING: PRESIDENT BIDEN
SMOKED HIM WITH A 54%
FAVORABILITY.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS ALSO
MORE POPULAR.
HE ALSO POLLED LOWER THAN
41% VS. KILLED BY CHINESE ROCKET
49% TED CRUZ'S BEARD CRABS.
BUT G.O.P. HOUSE MEMBERS MIGHT
NOT KNOW THEY'RE SHOOTING
THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT, BECAUSE
THEIR OWN G.O.P. LEADERSHIP
REPORTEDLY HID THOSE WEAK
POLLING NUMBERS AT RECENT
RETREATS.
SO THE G.O.P. IS NOW ONE BIG
GAME OF TRUTH OR DARE, BECAUSE
YOU DON'T DARE TELL THE TRUTH.
NOW, NOWHERE IS THE G.O.P.'S
COMPLETE RETREAT FROM REALITY
WORSE THAN THEIR SO-CALLED
ELECTION AUDIT IN MARICOPA
COUNTY, ARIZONA.
MARICOPA ALREADY HAD TWO
OFFICIAL AUDITS RIGHT AFTER THE
ELECTION, BOTH OF WHICH REVEALED
EXACTLY ZERO SHENANIGANS.
SO THE REPUBLICAN ARIZONA STATE
SENATE ORDERED ANOTHER AUDIT,
THIS TIME BY THE PRIVATE
SECURITY FIRM, CYBER NINJAS.
ALSO THE NAME OF A
KNOCKOFF
LUKE SKYWALKER TOY.
APPARENTLY, THE CYBER NINJAS
HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE IN ELECTION
AUDITS.
OR PERHAPS THEIR YEARS OF
TRAINING ALLOW THEM TO AUDIT
ELECTIONS WITHOUT A TRACE.
CYBERNINJA!
HA!
EVEN THE FOAM ONES HURT A LITTLE
BIT
IT TURNS OUT CYBER NINJA IS
OWNED BY CONSPIRACY THEORIST
DOUG LOGAN, WHO RETWEETED S
MONTHS AGO PREDICTING THAT ANY
ARIZONA AUDIT WOULD INEVITABLY
UNCOVER HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
UNCOUNTED VOTES FOR THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
I QUESTION THE NEUTRALITY OF
THAT PREDICTION.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING,
I PREDICT THAT SOMEONE'S GOING
TO BREAK INTO MY NEIGHBOR
GLENN'S HOUSE WHEN HE'S IN BOCA
THIS WEEKEND.
AND MY POWERFUL SIXTH SENSE IS
ALSO TELLING ME THAT HIS FLAT
SCREN IS GOING TO LOOK GREAT IN
MY DEN.
BECAUSE THE TWO OFFICIAL AUDITS
FOUND NO FRAUD, THE CYBER NINJAS
ARE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
AND THE BRAIN.
BEACUSE THEY'RE EXAMINING
BALLOTS USING
MICROSCOPES AND ULTRAVIOLET
LIGHT, IN A HUNT FOR ANY BAMBOO
PARTICLES, WHICH BELIEVERS,
THINK WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE
BALLOTS WERE PLANTED BY CHINA.
THAT'S INSANE.
BAMBOO LITERALLY GROWS
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
IF YOU WANT TO PROVE THE BALLOTS
ARE FROM CHINA, YOU GOTTA LOOK
FOR LITTLE BITS OF PANDA FUR AND
TRACES OF IVANKA HANDBAGS.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE PAPER
BALLOTS, THE CYBER NINJAS ARE
NOW DEMANDING ACCESS TO
GOVERNMENT INTERNET ROUTERS AND
PASSWORDS.
C'MON, IT'S ARIZONA.
HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO FIGURE OUT
THEIR PASSWORDS?
TRY
CACTUSRIFLE-DREAMCATCHER-IT'S-A-
DRY-HEAT-69.
THE PASSWORDS WOULD GIVE CYBER
NINJAS ACCESS TO PEOPLE'S VOTING
HISTORY, HOME ADDRESSES, PHONE
AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, BUT
THAT'S NOT EVEN THE MOST
INVASIVE THING THEY WANT TO DO,
BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR PLANS
INVOLVED
CANVASSERS KNOCKING ON
RESIDENTS' DOORS TO ASK THEM
ABOUT THEIR VOTES.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NINJAS ARE
BEST KNOWN FOR: KNOCKING ON
PEOPLE'S DOORS IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT.
AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COMPLAINED, SENATE REPUBLICANS
BACKED OFF ON THE DOOR-TO-DOOR
CANVASSING, BUT KEPT THE OPTION
OPEN, PROMISING ONLY THAT
IF CANVASSERS ARE SENT OUT AT
SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THEY
WOULD NOT BE ARMED.
THANKS?
HOW IS THAT A THING YOU HAVE TO
PROMISE?
THAT'S LIKE FINDING A FLIER IN
YOUR MAILBOX THAT SAYS:
TROOP 167 WILL BE OUT THIS
WEEKEND SELLING COOKIES TROOP
...WITHOUT MACHETES.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THE GOP
HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE-- THANKS TO
RISING YOUNG STARS LIKE
IOWA SENATOR AND NOSFERATU'S
ACCOUNTANT, CHUCK GRASSLEY.
GRASSLEY HAS HELD PUBLIC OFFICE
SINCE 1959, AND HE'S CONSIDERING
RUNNING FOR AN 8TH SENATE TERM
NEXT YEAR AT THE AGE OF 87.
AS HE TOLD REPORTERS,
LISTEN, THERE'S NOTHING I SEE
THAT'S GOING TO KEEP ME FROM
SERVING ANOTHER SIX YEARS IF I
DECIDE TO DO IT.
(OLD MAN VOICE)
'COURSE, I DON'T SEE MUCH THESE
DAYS, GIVEN MY ARTHRITIC
RETINAS.
THIS MORNING I SPENT AN HOUR
EXPLAINING MY TAX POLICY TO A
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG REDHEAD WHO
TURNED OUT TO BE A TRAFFIC CONE.
I GOT TO SECOND BASE BUT
GRASSLEY IS DOING EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO STAY FIT FOR THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
THIS WEEK HE TOLD REPORTERS
CHUCK GRASSLEY STILL GETS UP AT
4 A.M. EVERY DAY AND OFTEN GOES
FOR A 2 MILE RUN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULD PUT
HIS BATHROOM THAT FAR AWAY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU FITNESS-HEADS
SAYING, TWO MILE RUN?
DO YOU EVEN LIFT, CHUCK?
DON'T WORRY, BROSEPH, BECAUSE
THE 87-YEAR-OLD DOES PUSH-UPS,
TOO.
WELL, I'M PRETTY GOOD AT THE
PUSH UP GAME MYSELF.
WATCH THIS:
JIM?
THANK YOU
AND TO ANYONE DOUBTING HIS
PUSH-UP PROWESS, GRASSLEY ASKED
REPORTERS: YOU WANT ME TO DO 35
FOR YOU?
I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO SEEM YOUNG
AND VITAL, BUT NOTHING SCREAMS
OLD MAN LIKE RANDOMLY ASKING
PEOPLE TO WATCH YOU EXERCISE.
(AS OLD MAN)
HAPPY GRADUATION, KIDDO.
YOU KNOW, I'M STILL A YOUNG BUCK
MYSELF.
LET'S STRIP DOWN TO OUR UNION
SUITS, GREASE UP, AND
GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLE.
BUT WHAT THE HELL, IF 87-YEAR
OLD CHUCK GRASSLEY IS THROWING
OUT A PUSH-UP CHALLENGE, THEN I
GOTTA STEP UP.
I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING, CHUCK
GRASSLEY, BECAUSE I ACCEPT YOUR
OFFER.
YOU AND ME, HEAD TO HEAD, AND I
WILL WATCH YOU DO 35 PUSHUPS.
I AY BE 56 YEARS OLD FOR TWO
MORE DAYS, BUT I STILL HAVE WHAT
IT TAKES TO WATCH AN OLD MAN
SWEAT.
YOU KNOW WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LOT
OF ENERGY?
AMERICA.
BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND THE MAIN
FUEL SUPPLY LINE TO THE EAST
COAST SHUT DOWN AFTER WHAT IS
BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST
SUCCESSFUL CYBERATTACK ON OIL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY'S
HISTORY.
THE BATTLE FOR THE JUICE HAS
BEGUN WE SHALL MEET AGAIN BEYOND
THE FORBIDDEN ZONE, WHERE THE
SEAS ARE PETROLEUM AND THE
FOUNTAINS WILL BATHE US IN MOTOR
OIL.
NOW, SOMEONE LEND ME A CUP OF
UNLEADED PLUS TO JUMP-START UP
MY FLAME GUITAR.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY BELIEVES THE
INTRUSION IS THE WORK OF THE
CRIMINAL RANSOMWARE GANG KNOWN
AS DARKSIDE.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A JOB FOR:
CYBER NINJAS.
DARKSIDE CULTIVATES A ROBIN HOOD
IMAGE OF STEALING FROM
CORPORATIONS AND GIVING A CUT TO
CHARITY.
OKAY, BUT IF YOU WANNA BE SEEN
AS THE GOOD GUYS, MAYBE DON'T
CALL YOURSELF DARKSIDE.
MOTHER THERESA'S LEGACY WOULD BE
A LOT DIFFERENT IF SHE CALLED
HERSELF SISTER DEATH STRIKE.
EXPERTS BELIEVE THE PIPELINE
WILL BE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
SOON, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE
THE SHUTDOWN HAS SPARKED WORRIES
OF $3 GAS.
WHICH IS A LOT.
OR A LITTLE.
I HAVEN'T FILLED UP SINCE MARCH
OF 2020.
IF THERE ARE ANY HORSES
WATCHING, THERE'S BIG NEWS IN
THE WORLD OF HORSE-RACING.
LAST WEEK A HORSE NAMED
MEDINA SPIRIT WON THE KENTUCKY
DERBY.
BUT THAT WIN HAS SOME
NEIGH-SAYERS, BECAUSE MEDINA
SPIRIT'S KENTUCKY DERBY WIN IS
IN DOUBT AFTER FAILING A
POST-RACE DRUG TEST.
THIS IS THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE
ANIMAL DRUG SCANDAL SINCE THE
WINNER OF LAST YEAR'S
WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW,
HEISENBERG.
MEDINA SPIRIT TESTED POSITIVE
FOR ELEVATED LEVELS OF
BETAMETHASONE
OR AS IT'S CALLED ON THE STREET:
THE DEVIL'S OATS, HAPPY APPLES,
OR HORSE HORSE.
THIS SCANDAL IMPLICATES ONE OF
THE TITANS OF THE SPORT,
RENOWNED HORSE TRAINER AND MAN
WHO ANSWERS EVERY PHONE CALL
WITH TALK TO ME, BOB BAFFERT.
AFTER THE NEWS OF THE FAILED
DRUG TEST, BAFFERT CAME OUT
STRONG, AND DENIED THAT THE
HORSE HAD EVER BEEN TREATED WITH
THE DRUG.
AND THE HORSE CLAIMED IT WAS
JUST HOLDING IT FOR A FRIEND.
BAFFERT WANTS US ALL TO KNOW
THAT IT'S NOT HIMSELF HE'S
WORRIED ABOUT.
>> I GOT THE BIGGEST GUT PUNCH
IN RACING FOR SOMETHING THAT I
DIDN'T DO.
AND-- AND THIS IS REALLY, IT'S
DISTURBING.
IT'S AN INJUSTICE TO THE HORSE
>> Stephen: YES, THIS IS AN
INJUSTICE TO THE INBRED CREATURE
HE FORCES TO RUN IN A CIRCLE
WHILE BEING WHIPPED FOR THE
PLEASURE OF DRUNK HUMANS
SCREAMING GO FASTER OR BRENDA
WILL LEAVE THEM THIS TIME.
BAFFERT THEN GOT UP ON HIS
EXTREMELY HIGH HORSE AND POINTED
THE FINGER AT THE TRUE CULPRIT:
WOKE-NESS
>> THIS AMERICA IS DIFFERENT AND
IT WAS LIKE A CANCEL CULTURE
KIND OF THING.
>> Stephen: (AS BAFFERT)
WOKENESS IS KILLING THIS COUNTRY
IN MY DAY, THERE WERE ONLY 2
A AGAINERS MAN AND MR. POTATOE
HEAD, AND NOBODY CARED IF YOU
PUMPED SEABISCUIT SO FULL OF
GROUND-UP MONKEY GLANDS HIS
HEART EXPLODED IN A PHOTO
FINISH.
SPEAKING OF TROUBLED CONTESTS,
THERE'S HUGE NEWS OUT OF
TINSELTOWN, HOLLYWOOD,
LA-LALAND-IFORNIA.
BECAUSE
NBC HAS CANCELLED THE 2022
GOLDEN GLOBES.
NOW WHAT'S EVERYONE NOT GOING TO
WATCH?
THIS IS ALL THANKS TO ONGOING
CONTROVERSY WITH THE HOLLYWOOD
FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, WHICH
RUNS THE GLOBES.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS
REVEALED THAT THE H.F.P.A. HAS
ZERO BLACK MEMBERS.
THE ONLY WAY THE H.F.P.A. COULD
BE MORE WHITE IS IF THEY HOSTED
A NETWORK TALK SHOW.
NOW, THE ORGANIZATION HAD
PROMISED TO ADDRESS THEIR
PROBLEMS, BUT OVER THE WEEKEND,
DUE TO A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN
THE PROPOSED REFORMS, THE GOLDEN
GLOBES WERE BOYCOTTED BY
WARNERMEDIA, NETFLIX AND AMAZON.
THEN, THE FINAL BOMBSHELL: TODAY
WE LEARNED IN PROTEST OF THE
ONGOING CONTROVERSY, TOM CRUISE
HAS RETURNED THE THREE GOLDEN
GLOBES HE EARNED.
THAT'S RIGHT.
TOM WAS SO MAD, HE PAID FOR
SHIPPING.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING FAST, AND
WE HERE AT LATE SHOW MEDIA
SOLUTIONS ARE DOING EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO KEEP YOU UP TO THE
MINUTE ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS ON THE THING THAT'S
NO LONGER HAPPENING.
BUT I DO WANT TO URGE MY SHOW
BUSINESS COLLEAGUES TO TAKE
THINGS SLOW HERE.
YES, THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS
IS AN OUTDATED AND ARGUABLY
RACIST ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY
WERE JUST BEGINNING THE PROCESS
OF REFORM.
FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE ARTISTS,
ALL THE DREAMERS WHO HOPED TO
ONE DAY SEE THEMSELVES UP THERE
ON THAT SPARKLING STAGE, GIVE
THE H.F.P.A. TIME TO REFLECT,
LOOK INWARD, AND-- WHAT'S THAT?
THERE'S NO CATEGORY FOR LATE
NIGHT?
OH, THEN (BLEEP) EM.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT, MY GUESTS ARE JAKE
TAPPER AND BILLIE EILISH.
TOGETHER, SAME TIME?
DEFINITELY.
STICK AROUND.
A SLATE SLOW WIT
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BAM. LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR GOOD
FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE.
JORN, HEY, MAN, IT'S GOOD TO YOU
HAVE BACK ON THE EAST COAST,
WERE YOU OUT THERE OUT WEST TOO
LONG FOR MY COMFORT.
>> Jon: YEAH, THAT WEST COAST
ENERGY IS DIFFERENT, I'M GLAD TO
BE BACK.
>> Stephen: I CAUGHT YOUR
PERFORMANCE ON ABC.
WHAT WAS THAT TELEVISION PROGRAM
WERE YOU ON?
>> Jon: IT WAS AMERICAN IDOL,
YES, I WAS SLIDING ACROSS THE
FLOOR.
>> Stephen: YOU SURE WERE, YOU
WERE KILLING IT, YOU WERE
KILLING IT.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED.
I WAS HAVING FUN, MAN IT WAS
GOOD TO PERFORM LIVE AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE SENSATION
BACK IMMEDIATELY.
IT'S LIKE OH YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REALLY?
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO PERFORM LIVE AT ALL.
>> Jon: I THINK WILL YOU GET
IT RIGHT BACK.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, SOON,
SOON, SOON, YEAH, SOON.
>> Jon: I KNOW, I'M HOPING.
>> Stephen: I CANNOT WAIT TO
SHARE THE STAGE WITH YOU AGAIN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC LEFT IN
YOUR HANDS FOR AMERICA TO ENJOY
AT THIS MOMENT?
>> Jon: OH YEAH.
ALWAYS IN THE HANDS AND IN THE
HEART, BABY.
♪
>> Stephen: JON BATISTE,
EVERYBODY, THANKS, JON, I WILL
SEE YOU SOON.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED.
FOLKS
>> Stephen: MY FIRST GUEST
TONIGHT IS THE CNN ANCHOR AND
CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
WHO HOSTS THE LEAD AND STATE OF
THE UNION.
PLEASE WELCOME, JAKE TAPPER
MY FRIENDS AND YOURS, GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> NOW THIS IS, WE'VE SPOKE THEN
COVID SOMETIMES WE'VE DONE THIS
THING.
FROM YOU HOME WITH YOUR
FANTASTIC POLITICAL MEM
BEAL-- MEM BILLIA BEHIND YOU S
THAT ACTUAL LOCATION OR
GREENSCREEN.
>> I'M AT CNN BUT I WILL CONFESS
THIS IS MY NEW FANCY
GREENSCREEN, THE ILLUSION OF AN
OFFICE, THE ILLUSION THAT I
COULD WALK OVER THERE AND OPEN
THAT DOOR.
THAT DOOR DOES NOT EXIST THERE
IS ALL MAKE BELIEVE.
>> Stephen: JUST ANOTHER LIE
BY CNN.
>> ST NOT A DIRECT LIE, MORE OF
AN IMPLICATION OF A LIE.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU MISLEADING
THE OFFICE.
>> IT IS LIE-- WELL WORK ABOUT
THAT NEW YORK CITY SCENE BEHIND
YOU.
>> Stephen: WHAT, THIS IN?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT IS A LIVE
SHOT OF NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS.
>> IS IT?
>> Stephen: HEY, TAXI!
I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.
GET START THE METER.
>> I THINK I SEE A BURMA SHAVE
AD BACK THERE.
SOME LADY SAYING 23SKIDOO.
>> Stephen: NOW THEN JAKE,
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TALKING
SINCE WE GOT A NEW, WE'RE A
HUNDRED DAYS INTO THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
A THIS POINT DO Y'ALL OVER AT
CNN GO MAYBE WE WERE A LITTLE
TOUGH ON THE LAST GUY.
MAYBE-- MAYBE WE GOT TOO SWEPT
UP.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: NO?
WHAT HAVE THE COMPARABLY
MODERATE AND-- BORING ISN'T
THROWN AROUND A LOT BUT
CERTAINLY NOT A BLOOD
PRESSURE-RAISING DAYS HAVE BEEN
LIKE.
>> YEAH.
WELL, IT'S-- I MEAN IT IS S'MORE
LIKE WHAT WE'RE USED TO UNDER
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
MERE IS AN EXAMPLE.
I HAD TO ADD AN ANCHOR STOP
DOING PRETAPED INTERVIEWS DURING
TRUMP BECAUSE, HERE SAN EXAMPLE.
AT 2 P.M. ONE TIME I DID A
PRETAPED INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR
CHRIS CHRISTIE.
AND THEN MY SHOW AIRS AT 4 P.M.
ON WEEKDAYS EASTERN.
AND BETWEEN THE PREINTERVIEW AND
THE SHOW AT 4:00, TRUMP FIRED
SCARAMUCCI.
SO THESE INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS
CHRIS YE WAS COMPLEATLY
WORTHLESS.
SO HE IS GONE DZ.
>> Stephen: SO HE IS GONE AND
THE NEWS DOESN'T CHANGE AS FAST
AS IT DID BEFORE, SO THAT.
>> HE'S NOT ENZ TIRELY GONE, I
WOULD SAY BUT YES.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE RIGHT,
HE'S STILL WITH US DOWN IN
FLORIDA.
AND HIS INFLUENCE ACROSS THE GOP
IS ENORMOUS.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE
WEDNESDAY WHETHER TO OUST LIZ
CHENEY FROM HER LEADERSHIP POST
BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY, YES, SHE
VOTED FOR THE IMPEACHMENT.
BUT IT IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
SHE WILL NOT UPHOLD THE LIE THAT
THE ELECTION WAS A FRAUD.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN THE GOP RIGHT NOW?
I REALLY, I PERSONALLY THOUGHT
THAT SHE WAS PUTTING HER MONEY,
SHE WAS BACKING THE RIGHT HORSE
HERE.
AS WAS KENSINGTON, IT SEEMS LIKE
THE GOP IS PUTTING ALL HIS CHIPS
ON A GUY WITHOUT DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO RUN A CASINO.
>> AND THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU
LOOK AT TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS
IN SWING DISTRICTS, SPETTIVE
QUONGAL DISTRICTS, HE'S NOT
POPULAR WITH THE VOTERS THAT
REPUBLICANS NEED IN ORDER TO WIN
BACK THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ALTHOUGH HE'S VERY POPULAR WITH
REPUBLICAN-BASED VOTERS.
SO THIS IS IS A BIG GAMBLE,
TRULY, BY KEVIN McCARTHY.
HE'S DOING THIS BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO BE THE SPEAKER AND THINKS HE
CAN ONLY DO THAT WITH TRUMP'S
SUPPORT.
BUT WHAT IS SO INTERESTING IS
LIZ CHENEY IS BEING TO BE
REPLACED BY A CONGRESSWOMAN FROM
HE LEASE STEFANIK, SHE BY ANY
MEASURE FAR MORE LIBERAL THAN
LIZ CHENEY.
HE LEASE STEPAN-- STEFANIK BY
ANY MEASURE FAR LESS RELIABLY
SUPPORTIVE OF THE TRUMP AGENDA.
SO WHY SUPPORT HE LEASE STEFANIK
OVER LIZ CHENEY.
ENTIRELY AS YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF
ONE THING.
LIZ CHENEY WILL NOT LIE ABOUT
THE ELECTION AND SHE WON'T LIE
ABOUT THE INSURRECTION.
AND THAT IS IT.
SO WE'RE SEEING THE ENTIRE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NOT ONLY SAY
WE'RE ALL IN WITH TRUMP, MOST OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE
LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE.
NOT ONLY SAYING WE ARE ALL IN
WITH TRUMP, THEY ARE SAYING WE
ARE ALL IN WITH HIS LIE.
IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT TRUMP AND
HIS POSITIONS OR HIS POLICIES.
IT IS ABOUT HIS LIES, WE ARE
DOUBLING DOWN ON THE LIE.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU HAVE SAID,
AN THIS MADE HEADLINES, THAT YOU
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
INTERVIEWING OR HAVING SOMEBODY
ON THE SHOW WHO PROMULGATES THE
LIE THAT THE ELECTION WAS A
FRAUD OR THAT THE JANUARY
6th INSURRECTION WAS NOT
SUCH.
LIKE WHY-- ARE YOU SURPRISED
THAT THAT MADE NEWS THAT YOU
SAID I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THOSE
PEOPLE.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN TO ME T IS NOT A POLICY,
RIGHT.
I HAVEN'T BOOKED ANY OF THEM.
BUT IT NOT LUKE I AM SAYING I
NEVER WILL BECAUSE I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT TOMORROW'S NEWS IS
GOING TO BE.
BUT AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE THIS
SAY LIE THAT IS DEMON STRABBABLY
FALSE, THROWN OUT BY REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR, REPUBLICAN ELECTION
OFFICIALS REPUBLICAN APPOINTED
JUSTICES, U.S. SUPREME COURT,
ALL EVIDENCE, AND WE KNOW THAT
IT A DANGEROUS LIE THAT HAS LEAD
TO DEATH AND AN INSURRECTION.
SO YEAH, I KIND OF FIND IT NAWSH
THAT PEOPLE THINK THIS IS
NOTABLE.
SHOULDN'T ALL OF US IN THE NEWS
MEDIA BE AT LEAST HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION?
WHAT IS THE WORTH IN HAVING
SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO LIE
ABOUT THIS ELECTION ON OUR SHOW.
INTEREST ARE PLENTY OF
REPUBLICANS NOT WILLING TO DO
THAT LIE, I HAVE HAD THEM ON.
THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, THE
GOVERNOR OF UTAH, THE GOVERNOR
OF ARKANSAS, CONGRESSMAN
KINSINGER, MITT ROMNEY, OTHERS,
THERE ARE PLENTY OF REPUBLICANS
WE CAN TALK TO.
ISN'T IT, SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
WONDERING, IF THEY ARE WILLING
TO LIE ABOUT THE ELECTION, WHAT
ELSE ARE THEY WILLING TO LIE
ABOUT.
AND IF WE KNOW THEY'RE THAT
WILLING TO LIE, ARE WE WASTING
OUR VIEWERS TIME?
>> Stephen: WELL, LET'S TALK
ABOUT SORT OF AN EXTENSION OF
THAT LIE WHICH IS THE ARIZONA
AUDIT.
>> CRAZY.
>> Stephen: HOW CRAZY IS IT.
I KNOW STEFANIK IS IN FAVOR OF
IT, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE HAS ON
HER RESUME TO TAKE OVER FOR LIZ
CHENEY.
DO WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON OUT
THERE OR CAN THE PRESS GET IN TO
FIND OUT.
>> THE PRESS HAD TO SUE TO GET A
CAMERA BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY IT WAS
ONLY BEING LIVE STREAMED, THE
ONLY CAMERA WAS FROM OANN WHICH
NOT ONLY IS PROMUL GATOR AND
SPREAD OF THE BIG LIE BUT ALSO
FUND RAISING FOR THE BIG LIE.
BUT BEYOND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING
INTO, IT IS RUN BY A LIAR, AS
SOMEBODY WHO EMBRACES THE BIG
ELECTION LIE.
AND I MEAN IT'S COOKOO FOR COKEO
PUFFS, THAT IS NOT A CLINICAL
DETERMINE BUT THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR, WE SAW THEM PUTTING BALLOTS
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS, UV
LIGHTS, WHY WERE THEY DOING
THAT.
THEY EXPLAINED ONE OF THE RUMORS
IS THAT 40,000 BALLOTS CAME FROM
ASIA WHERE THE BALLOTS WOULD BE
MADE WITH BAMBOO THREAD.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR BAMBOO IN
THE BALLOTS BECAUSE OF THE
SECRET CHINESE BALLOTS.
IT'S CRAZY.
AND THIS, THIS IS-- BY THE WAY,
MARICOPA COUNTY, NOT LIKE IT
MATTERS BUT MAYOR
COPY-- MARICOPA COUNTEE, THE
BALLOTS 2.1 MILLION, THE
ELECTION BOARD IS RUN BY
REPUBLICANS, THEY ALREADY DID
TWO RECOUNTS.
THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA IS NOT
ONLY A REPUBLICAN, A
TRUMP-SUPPORTING REPUBLICAN.
IT SHOULDN'T MATTER BECAUSE
DEMOCRATS, THEY DON'T, IT IS NOT
LIKE THEIR ELECTIONS ARE-- WE
SHOULD QUESTION THOSE, BUT NOT
REPUBLICANS, BUT THESE ARE
REPUBLICANS OWN ELECTIONS.
THAT IS WHO RAN IT.
IT IS JUST, IT JUST WATCHING
PEOPLE GO HAND THE REIGNS OVER.
I ASKED KENSINGER, HOW MANY OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY BELIEVE
THIS CRAZINESS.
HE SAID HE THINKS ONLY ABOUT
FIVE.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 150 AND 200 OF
THEM VOTING TO OUST CHENEY BASED
ON THESE LIES.
>> Stephen: AND IS THAT.
>> BECAUSER IN'S TERRIFIED.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY'RE
TERRIFIED OF THE PRIMARY.
>> TERRIFIED OF LOSING A
PRIMARY, TERRIFIED OF THE
VOTERS, TERRIFIED OF TRUMP'S
GRASP ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF
JAKE TAP
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF "THE DEVIL MAY DANCE" JAKE
TAPPER.
LET'S GO FROM SOMETHING REAL TO
SOMETHING FAKE, IT'S FICTION,
JAKE, IT'S CALLED "THE DEVIL PAY
DANCE."
>> YES, SIR WITH.
>> BY JAKE TAPPER TRK IS YOUR
SECOND NOVEL, THE FIRST ONE THE
HELL FIRE CLUB ABOUT THE-- THE
HEYDAY, IS IT-- THOSE ARE THE
KENNEDY YEARS IN D.C., RIGHT?
>> THE-- THESE, THE McCARTHY
YEARS EISENHOWER YEARS IN THE
HELL FIRE CLUB.
>> Stephen: I MEANT KENNEDY
WHEN HE WAS IN THE SENATE.
>> YES, OF COURSE.
AND THIS IS KENNEDY AS
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, IT IS MY
CHARACTER FROM THE HELL FIRE
CLUB GOING TO INVESTIGATE
SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTUALLY A
REAL STORY WHICH IS IN 1960, AS
YOU KNOW, SINATRA REALLY HELPED
KENNEDY GET ELECTED, IN MANY
WAYS.
>> Stephen:-- CHAIRED THE
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE.
>> YEAH, AND HE THOUGHT KENNEDY
WHAT STAY WITH HIM WHEN HE CAME
OUT TO CALIFORNIA AS PRESIDENT.
AND HIS RANCHO MIRAGE COMPOUND,
HE HAD BUILT UP, HE HAD ROOMS
ADDED AND PHONE LINES ADDED AND
A HELI PAD BUILT.
AND THEN BOBBY, AND THEN BOBBY
KENNEDY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
WAS INVESTIGATING ORGANIZATIONED
CRIME AND IT OCCURRED TO HIM,
WELL, I'M INVESTIGATING
ORGANIZED CRIME, AND SINATRA IS
FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THESE GUYS
THAT I'M INVESTIGATING LIKE SAM
GIANCANA, MAYBE MY BROTHER
SHOULDN'T STAY OUT.
THERE THAT IS A REAL STORY, IN
THE BOOK ATTORNEY GENERAL
KENNEDY KIND OF BLACK MAILED
CHARLIE AND MARK RECEIPT, MY
HEROS TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE
TO SEE IF SIN APP-- SINATRA
REALLY IS MOBBED UP.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU LEARN
IN WRITING THIS BOOK THAT YOU
DID NOT KNOW BEFORE ABOUT THOSE
YEARS.
>> I DON'T THINK I REALIZED
BEFORE, AND I DID A LOT OF
READING.
I DON'T THINK I REALIZED HOW
MUCH I THINK JOHN F. KENNEDY
BROKE FRANK SINATRA'S HEART.
BY LIKE SINATRA WE ALL KNOW, HE
HAD HIS HEARTBROKEN BY EVA
GARDNER, ONE OF HIS SEVERAL
WIVES BUT THAT WAS THE ONE THAT
REALLY HURT HIM.
AND I THINK HE REALLY LOVED
PLUTONICALLY, HE REALLY LOVED
JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THIS
CONFRONTATION THAT I AM TELLING
YOU ABOUT THAT REALLY HAPPENED,
I THINK IT REALLY DESTROYED HIM.
>> Stephen: JAKE, LOVELY TO
SEE YOU.
THE BOOK IS "THE DEVIL MAY
DANCE."
HELL FIRE CLUB WAS WONDERFUL,
THIS HAS GOT TO BE BETTER
BECAUSE IT IS THE SECOND BOOK,
NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
>> LOOKING FOR A COLBERT BUMP
AND I KNOW YOUR PEOPLE WILL GIVE
ME ONE.
>> Stephen: LET'S BUMP IT UP.
THE IT COMES OUT
HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK. >> Stephen: MY NEXT GUEST IS A SEVEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING
SINGER AND SONGWRITER WHO JUST
ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOW-UP TO HER
RECORD-SMASHING DEBUT ALBUM AND
HAS A NEW BOOK CALLED "BILLIE
EILISH."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE
SHOW," BILLIE EILISH
HELLO, BILLIE EILISH.
>> HELLO, STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO
MONTHS, IT'S GOOD, ONLY TWO
MONTHS SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER
LAST TIME.
THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOME
AWAY FROM HOME.
I'M GLAD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE
HERE.
BUT I GOT, A REAL QUESTION FOR
YOU.
I LOOK BASICALLY THE SAME AS I
DID TWO MONTHS AGO.
NOW YOU'RE BLOND.
AND THERE HAS BEEN, AND I LOVE
IT.
BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME RUMORS,
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS
OUT ON THE INTERNET AND I WANT
YOU TO SETTLE SOMETHING FOR ME.
WHEN YOU WERE LAST HERE ON THE
SHOW, WERE YOU IN FACT WEARING A
BILLIE EILISH WIG.
>> STEVE, I WAS JUST AS BLOND
THEM AS I AM NOW.
I WAS WEARING A BILLIE EILISH
WIG, I WAS, I WAS.
>> Stephen: HA.
>> I HAVE PICTURES FROM THAT
DAY, HAVE I PICTURES THAT I TOOK
RIGHT BEFORE THAT WITH FULLIE
BLOND HAIR AND THE EXACT SAME
OUTFIT.
>> Stephen: AND THE HAT HELPS
TOO, THE BUCKET HAT HELPS TOO TO
HIDE THE JOIN, SO WHAT DO YOU
DO, DO YOU HAVE TO GO, DO YOU
HAVE TO GO TO A WIG MAKER AND
SAY MAKE ME A WIG THAT LOOKS
LIKE ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO KNOW THAT I DON'T
LOOK LIKE THAT ANY MORE.
HOW DID THAT GO DOWN SNM.
>> SO FROM BLACK TO BLOND, IS A
BIG THING AND TO DO IT RIGHT AND
TO DO IT WHERE IR'S NOT
MURDERING YOUR HAIR AND KEEPING
IT HALEY, YOU KNOW, I DID THE
FIRST PROCESS, AND THEN WAITED
LIKE TWO WEEKS SO THAT IT COULD
KIND OF HEAL AND THEN AGAIN AND
WAITED TWO WEEKSES AND WAITED A
WEEK, AND BLAH BLAH BLAH, I JUST
KNEW THAT IT WOULD HAVE THESE
PROCESSING PERIODS WHERE IT
WOULD LIKE INSANE.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK
INSIDE.
SO I-- BUT I NEEDED SOMETHING
QUICK, SO I LITERALLY ORDERED AA
BILLIE EILISH HALLOWEEN COSTUME
WIG ON AMAZON.
>> Stephen: LIKE WAS IT SORT
OF PLASTICKY KIND OF?
>> YEAH, IT WAS AWFUL, IT WAS
THE UGLIEST THING I HAD EVER
SEEN IT WAS LITERAL LEIGH A
FULLY BLACK WIG LIKE THIS LONG,
PLASTIC, AND THE GREEN WAS JUST
LIKE ONLY HERE.
DON'T DO THAT.
BUT THE THING WAS, I
WASN'T-- I AND THEN I HAD A
PROFESSIONAL ONE PAID BUT IT WAS
REALLY MADE QUICKLY AND YOU
KNOW, THE THING WAS, I WASN'T
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY A
PLANK ON THE INTERNET OH GOD, IS
SHE HANNA MONTANA.
NO I JUST LOOKED [BLEEP] CRAZY
AND I NEEDED TO LOOK NOT CRAZY.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO
LOOK CRAZY, BILLIE.
ALL YOU WANT IS FOR YOUR EYES TO
BE JET BLACK AND FOR BLACK INK
TO COME OUT OF YOUR EYES WHEN
YOU CRY AND FIRE TO COME OUT
MUCH YOUR MOUTH.
YOU DON'T WANT CRAZY HAIR.
>> YEAH, CORRECT.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU LOOK LIKE
ARE YOU IN A TRAILER, YOU LOOK
LAKE YOU ARE TALL LEIGH ON A
SHOT SOME PLACE.
I RECOGNIZE HONEY WAGON WHEN I
SEE ONE.
WHERE ARE YOU?
>> I AM IN IN MY TRAILER FOR A
LITTLE CONFIDENTIAL SHOOT THAT
I'M DOING FOR AMAZON PRIME DAY,
SO-- .
>> Stephen: IS THIS AN AMAZON
PRODUCTION AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME
WHAT IT IS, IS THAT WHAT IS
GOING ON.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS IT THE LORD OF
THE RINGS, ARE YOU IN NEW ZE
LAND RATE NOW, ARE YOU AN ELF.
CUZ YOU LOOK LIKE AN ELT RIGHT
NOW.
>> DO I?
WITH THANK YOU, NO, I'M NOT AN
ELF, NOT AN ELF.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU, THIS IS,
THIS-- THIS GT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION.
THIS IS YOU ON THE COVER OF
BRITISH VOGUE.
LOOKING HIGHLY STYLISH.
RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU SHARED THIS COVER ON
INSTAGRAM YOU BROKE YOUR OWN
RECORD OF GETTING TO A MILLION
LIKES.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS LESS THAN
SIX MINUTES.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU THESE
DAYS TO GET THAT KIND OF INSTANT
ATTENTION.
S NICE WHEN PEOPLE NOTICE YOU
BUT DO YOU STILL GET EXCITED BY
THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSE?
>> I DO GET EXCITED.
I THINK IT MORE JUST MAKES ME
NEVER WANT TO POST AGAIN.
CUZ IT'S LIKE A WEIRD, LIKE I
FEEL LIKE I WANTED TO POST MORE
WHEN LESS PEOPLE CARED.
AND NOW THAT MORE PEOPLE CARE, I
IT IS LIKE SCARY TO ME.
BUT I MEAN IT IS AMAZING.
I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO
WEIRD THE DAY THAT ALL THOSE
PICTURES CAME OUT BECAUSE I
WOULD POST ONE AND SEE BILLIE
EILISH HAS BROKEN THE RECORD FOR
THE FASTEST PICKER EVER LIKED
AND I WOULD POST ANOTHER ONE AND
WOULD SAY BILLIE EILISH JUST
BROKE THE OTHER RECORD SHE JUST
BROKE WITH THE NEW FASTEST
PICTURE EVER LIKED.
SO IT HAS BEEN CRAZY, A VERY
REAL SURREAL WEEK.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A BOOK
ALSO.
AND THE BOOK IS CALLED, BILLIE
AISLE YOU WERE AND ST HUNDREDS
OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU SINCE YOU
WERE A LITTLE GIRL.
HERE IS-- PRETTY GOOD ONE.
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD ONES RIGHT
THERE.
AND ALSO, ALSO, BEAUTIFUL
PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FANS TOO.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR
FANS.
RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU POST SO MUCH ON
INSTAGRAM, YOU HAVE GOT 84 POINT
MILLION FOARLS WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT A BOOK FOR YOU, WHY A
BOOK, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR IT
TO BE IN A BOOK RATHER THAN JUST
SHARING IT DIGITALLY?
>> I THINK IT'S JUST MORE, IT'S
MORE-- IT'S MORE POWERFUL.
IT'S MORE PERSONAL AND I JUST
FEEL THAT AS A FAN, I WOULD
HAVE, AN WOULD NOW LOVE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF AN ARTIST
THAT I AM A FAN OF.
YOU KNOW, IT STARTS FROM LITERAL
LEIGH MY BIRTH, BEFORE I WAS
BORN UP UNTIL WHEN WE STARTED
MAKING IT.
WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST
YEAR AT SOME POINT.
AND I JUST, I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED
PICTURES.
I TAKE, I TAKE SO MANY PICTURES
A DAY.
HAVE I SO MANY PICTURES HAVE I
TO OFFLOAD BECAUSE I NEVER HAVE
ENOUGH STORAGE.
I TAKE SO MANY PICTURESK I
RECORD EVERYTHING.
I FILL WILL EVERYTHING.
I TAKE EVERYBODY'S PICTURE, I DO
IT ALL THE TIME AND I ALWAYS
HAVE SINCE I WAS A KID.
I LOVE PICTURES AND I LOVE
LOOKING THROUGH PICTURES, IT IF
THEY ARE MINE, IF THEY ARE MY
FRIENDS, IF THEY ARE, YOU KNOW,
WHOEVERS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
REALLY CUTE TO MICK A WHOLE LIKE
LIFE-LONG STORY THROUGH
PICTURES.
CUZ IT, YOU KNOW, MY LIFE IS
KIND OF CRAZY AND IT'S COOL TO
HAVE A LITTLE MEMORY OF IT.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO HAVE A
NEW ALBUM, IT IS COMING OUT,
HAPPIER THAN EVER.
COMES OUT IN JULY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE
TASTE OF IT TONIGHT ON THE SHOW.
WHAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE
SONG YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM,
"YOUR POWER."
>> SO I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
ALBUM, FIRST OF ALL STSM MY
FAVORITE THING I'VE EVER
CREATED.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST SO
PROUD OF IT.
AND FEEL SO COCKY ABOUT IT, I
GOT TO TELL YOU.
AND "YOUR POWER" I WOULD SAY IS
MY FAVORITE SONG THAT I HAVE
EVER WRITTEN.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE I
DON'T LIKE ANY OTHER SONGS, I
JUST-- THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT
IT THAT I JUST-- I MEAN I REALLY
FEEL VERY KRRK ORGANIZE CKY
ABOUT IT, I THINK THERE ARE JUST
TIMES IN LIFE WHERE YOU SHOULD
BE ALLOWED TO FEEL COCKY ABOUT T
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
APOLOGIZE TO ME.
>> I JUST, I AM VERY PROUD OF
MYSELF WITH THIS SONG.
I FES.
AND I FEEL THAT I CAN NEVER TOP
IT, A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT IS YOUR POWER AND I'M
GOING TO SING IT.
>> Stephen: HER NEW BOOK
BILLIE EILISH IS AVAILAB
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. AND NOW, PERFORMING "YOUR POWER," FROM HER ALBUM, "HAPPIER
T
♪ ♪ ♪ (ACOUSTIC GUITAR)
♪ ♪ ♪ (GENTLE MELODY)
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ TRY NOT TO ABUSE YOUR POWER I KNOW WE DIDN'T CHOOSE ♪ TO CHANGE
YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA LOSE
♪ YOUR POWER
BUT HAVIN' IT'S SO STRANGE
♪ SHE SAID YOU WERE A HERO
YOU PLAYED THE PART
♪ BUT YOU RUINED HER IN A YEAR
DON'T ACT LIKE IT WAS HARD
♪ AND YOU SWEAR YOU DIDN'T KNOW
♪ NO WONDER WHY YOU DIDN'T ASK
SHE WAS SLEEPIN' IN YOUR CLOTHES
♪ BUT NOW SHE'S GOT TO GET TO
CLASS HOW DARE YOU?
♪ AND HOW COULD YOU?
WILL YOU ONLY FEEL BAD
♪ WHEN THEY FIND OUT?
IF YOU COULD TAKE IT ALL BACK
♪ WOULD YOU?
TRY NOT TO ABUSE YOUR POWER
♪ I KNOW WE DIDN'T CHOOSE
TO CHANGE
♪ YOU MIGHT NOT WANNA LOSE
YOUR POWER
♪ BUT HAVIN' IT'S SO STRANGE
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS SPECIAL
♪ YOU MADE ME FEEL
LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT,
♪ YOU WERE THE DEVIL
LOST YOUR APPEAL
♪ DOES IT KEEP YOU IN CONTROL?
FOR YOU TO KEEP HER IN A CAGE?
♪ AND YOU SWEAR YOU DIDN'T KNOW
♪ YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS
YOUR AGE HOW DARE YOU?
♪ AND HOW COULD YOU?
WILL YOU ONLY FEEL BAD
♪ IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY KILL
YOUR CONTRACT?
♪ WOULD YOU?
TRY NOT TO ABUSE YOUR POWER
♪ I KNOW WE DIDN'T CHOOSE
TO CHANGE
♪ YOU MIGHT NOT
WANNA LOSE YOUR POWER
♪ BUT POWER ISN'T PAIN
♪ ♪ ♪
♪
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST
WILL BE MICHELLE OBAMA.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT, GOODNIGHT.
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