1 00:00:01,301 --> 00:00:04,003 >> ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING A REAL OR ARTIFICIAL TREE THIS 2 00:00:04,070 --> 00:00:04,804 HOLIDAY SEASON? 3 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:05,972 >> WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A CHOICE. 4 00:00:06,039 --> 00:00:09,609 TURNS OUT, BOTH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, SO WHAT IS A FAMILY TO 5 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:09,909 DO? 6 00:00:45,912 --> 00:00:50,083 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 7 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:58,091 TONIGHT: OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. 8 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:02,929 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: LADY GAGA 9 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:08,034 AND MUSICAL GUESTS WILL LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNET. 10 00:01:08,101 --> 00:01:13,773 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 11 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,644 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 12 00:01:17,710 --> 00:01:18,511 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 13 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:28,555 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 14 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:34,093 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 15 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:39,098 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT'S GOING ON? 16 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:44,737 TALK TO YOU LATER. 17 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:48,608 >> Jon: YEAH! 18 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:52,412 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME, 19 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:55,748 ONE AND ALL, TO "THE LATE SHOW." 20 00:01:55,815 --> 00:01:56,983 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 21 00:01:57,050 --> 00:02:01,588 IT IS THE TUESDAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 22 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:02,655 IT'S THE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND I'M STILL 23 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:03,556 WORKING. 24 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:05,058 YOU'RE WELCOME. 25 00:02:05,124 --> 00:02:10,697 ( LAUGHTER ) SOME PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE WHO 26 00:02:10,763 --> 00:02:15,535 SHALL REMAIN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES KNOCKED OFF EARLY, 27 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:16,870 BECAUSE TODAY, JOE BIDEN HIT THE ROAD TO SPEND THANKSGIVING ON 28 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,738 NANTUCKET, REVIVING A FAMILY TRADITION. 29 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:23,877 REMINDS ME OF THE FAMOUS THERE ONCE WAS A MAN IN 30 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:25,111 NANTUCKET WHOSE POLL NUMBERS 31 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:27,514 REALLY DID SUCK IT AT LEAST HE IS NOT 32 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,048 THAT ORANGE POL POT WHO ATE ALL HIS MEALS 33 00:02:29,115 --> 00:02:31,217 FROM A BUCKET. 34 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:38,124 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 35 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:41,060 THANK YOU. 36 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:48,735 THANK YOU. 37 00:02:48,801 --> 00:02:51,204 ONE LITTLE SNAG IN THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL HAS BEEN HIGH GAS PRICES, 38 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:53,072 SO BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE WILL 39 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:55,909 RELEASE 50 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVE. 40 00:02:55,975 --> 00:02:59,145 NOW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW-- THAT MAN DOES KNOW-- FOR THOSE 41 00:02:59,212 --> 00:03:02,815 WHO DON'T KNOW, THE STRATEGIC RESERVE IS A 42 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:04,751 SERIES OF CAVERNS FILLED WITH FOSSIL FUEL AND STRATEGICALLY 43 00:03:04,817 --> 00:03:07,353 LOCATED INSIDE RUDY GIULIANI'S HEAD. 44 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:10,256 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 45 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:10,957 ACCORDING-- OVERFLOWING. 46 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,525 GOT TO RELEASE IT. 47 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:15,028 GOT TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE. 48 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:17,063 ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE LARGEST RELEASE FROM THE 49 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,731 RESERVE IN U.S. HISTORY. 50 00:03:18,798 --> 00:03:21,668 AND IN RESPONSE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE 51 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:23,002 RELEASED THIS STATEMENT: (AS TEXAS TYCOON) 52 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:24,203 OIL! 53 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:24,737 BLACK GOLD! 54 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:29,042 SWEET DINOSAUR JELLY! 55 00:03:29,108 --> 00:03:32,312 WEST TEXAS DIRT MILK! 56 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:34,981 WE'RE RICH, WE'RE RICHER THAN JESUS! 57 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:36,482 IT'S NOT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 58 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:37,050 HE'S EXCITED. 59 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:38,384 HE'S EXCITED. 60 00:03:38,451 --> 00:03:40,853 >> IT'S A DIRECT QUOTE. 61 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,222 >> Stephen: HE HAS SOME GREEN. 62 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:44,691 IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THIS WILL WORK. 63 00:03:44,757 --> 00:03:46,359 ENERGY EXPERTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID SUCH A RELEASE WOULD DO 64 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,194 LITTLE TO LOWER PRICES AT THE PUMP. 65 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:52,332 IT'S ALSO NOT THE BEST LOOK RIGHT AFTER YOU COME BACK FROM A 66 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:53,266 CLIMATE CONFERENCE. 67 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:54,734 "WE MUST END OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS. 68 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,603 WHAT'S THAT? 69 00:03:56,669 --> 00:03:57,804 GAS IS $3.50 A GALLON? 70 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:04,010 LET THE RIVERS BE CHOKED WITH CRUDE OIL AND THE CARCASSES OF 71 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:04,911 PELICANS." 72 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:07,113 OF COURSE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 73 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:07,547 BURN! 74 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:12,719 BURN THE WORLD! 75 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:17,056 TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC, IN THE LAST MONTH, NEW INFECTIONS ARE 76 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:20,526 UP ABOUT 30%, JUST LIKE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR. 77 00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:24,097 IT LOOKS LIKE COVID CASES RISING IS A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION. 78 00:04:24,163 --> 00:04:25,298 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE "ELF ON THE SHELF" WITH "FAUCI 79 00:04:25,365 --> 00:04:27,066 ON THE COUCHY." 80 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:29,068 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 81 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:29,869 I'D BUY THAT. 82 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:30,436 I'D BUY THAT. 83 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:36,743 MARKET THAT, MAN. 84 00:04:36,809 --> 00:04:39,746 IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DECK THE HALLS, DO NOT WAIT. 85 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:41,514 EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING A CHRISTMAS TREE SHORTAGE. 86 00:04:41,581 --> 00:04:43,049 THAT'S OKAY, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN BUILD ONE FROM THE NEEDLES 87 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,051 STILL EMBEDDED IN MY CARPET FROM LAST YEAR. 88 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:48,755 IN A STATEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING CALLED 89 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:53,226 THE AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION, ASSURED CUSTOMERS 90 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:56,963 THERE WILL BE A CHRISTMAS TREE, BOTH REAL AND ARTIFICIAL FOR 91 00:04:57,030 --> 00:05:05,071 EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO CELEBRATE WITH ONE. 92 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:08,374 IT JUST MAY NOT BE THE EXACT KIND, SIZE, OR COLOR YOU WANT. 93 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:09,442 BUT NONE OF THAT REALLY MATTERS. 94 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,843 REMEMBER, ON THE FIRST CHRISTMAS, ALL JESUS HAD WAS A 95 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,078 PILE OF HAY. 96 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:12,812 THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN INDOOR 97 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,882 FIRE HAZARD. 98 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:19,519 ( LAUGHTER ) NO SECTOR-- JAR OF OILY RAGS. 99 00:05:19,585 --> 00:05:23,056 NO SECTOR IS SAFE FROM THESE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. 100 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:24,757 CASE IN POINT: EVEN SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS ARE IMPACTED BY THE 101 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:27,260 SHORTAGES. 102 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,162 YES, APPARENTLY, ALL THEIR LITTLE DANCE MOVES ARE STUCK AT 103 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:31,197 THE PORTS. 104 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:36,736 AND I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE ACTUAL FOOTAGE. 105 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:39,405 ( ABBA'S "DANCING QUEEN" PLAYS ( LAUGHTER ) 106 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:45,044 IN TOMORROW TIMES-- OH, I'M WATCHING IT. 107 00:05:45,111 --> 00:05:47,313 I'M WATCHING IT OVER THE HOLIDAYS. 108 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:52,685 I LOVE ME SOME MERYL STREEP DANCING. 109 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:54,754 NOW, IN NORMAL TIMES, COMPANIES PAY INFLUENCERS TO HOCK THEIR 110 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:59,892 MERCHANDISE ON THE SOC MEADS, BUT THE ISSUE NOW IS THAT 111 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:03,029 BRANDS DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH STOCK TO 112 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:05,264 FULFILL ORDERS IF A PRODUCT ENDS UP GOING VIRAL, SO SOME BRANDS 113 00:06:05,331 --> 00:06:09,068 ARE USING INFLUENCERS TO PROMOTE A WIDER BREADTH OF PRODUCTS, 114 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:12,772 RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON A FEW ITEMS, AND KEEPING THE MESSAGING 115 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:13,706 MORE GENERAL. 116 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:17,043 WHICH EXPLAINS THIS RECENT INFLUENCER TIKTOK: 117 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:24,784 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 118 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:36,763 >> Stephen: BUT, THINGS-- ( APPLAUSE ) 119 00:06:36,829 --> 00:06:37,530 I RECOGNIZE HER. 120 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:39,132 >> Jon: I DO, TOO. 121 00:06:39,198 --> 00:06:45,071 >> Stephen: I RECOGNIZE HER. 122 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:47,106 BUT THINGS MAY BE LOOKING UP, BECAUSE SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS 123 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:47,774 ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EASING. 124 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,008 GREAT NEWS FOR SANTA. 125 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,543 OTHERWISE, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO FILL HIS SACK WITH WHATEVER 126 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:53,045 THEY HAD AT THE RITE AID CHECKOUT. 127 00:06:53,112 --> 00:07:02,121 ( AS SANTA ) HO, HO, HO! 128 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:03,956 WHO WANTS A HOLLY JOLLY ISSUE OF "WOMAN'S WORLD"? 129 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:05,424 SOMEONE'S GETTING 10 EASY TIPS TO TONE THOSE FLAPPY ARMS, SOME 130 00:07:05,491 --> 00:07:09,061 LITTLE GIRL'S GETTING A KNOCK-OFF iPHONE CHARGER? 131 00:07:09,128 --> 00:07:11,764 IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT IT'S PINK. 132 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:14,700 ( LAUGHTER ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 133 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:16,369 IN CONGRESS, THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE IS STILL INVESTIGATING 134 00:07:16,435 --> 00:07:21,107 WHO PLANNED THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL, AND THEY JUST 135 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:24,443 SUBPOENAED A COUPLE OF BIG ONES. 136 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:28,881 FIRST UP ON THE DOCKET: FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ALLY, 137 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:29,749 PARDONED CRIMINAL, AND COLONEL SANDERS... 138 00:07:29,816 --> 00:07:36,055 ( BOOING ) SANDERS AT THE SWINGERS' CLUB, 139 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:37,290 ROGER STONE. 140 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:39,358 STONE HELPED PLAN THE RALLY THAT PRECEDED THE INSURRECTION, AND 141 00:07:39,425 --> 00:07:41,060 THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO KNOW WHY HE WAS INVITED TO LEAD THE MARCH 142 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:44,230 TO THE CAPITOL FROM THE RALLY, BUT CURIOUSLY DID NOT ULTIMATELY 143 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:48,568 ATTEND THE RALLY OR GO NEAR THE CAPITOL. 144 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:49,802 THAT IS SUSPICIOUS. 145 00:07:49,869 --> 00:07:52,338 IT'S LIKE THE HEAD OF THE PROM COMMITTEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN 146 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:57,043 "CARRIE" SAYING, "LOOK, I KNOW I PLANNED THE DANCE, BUT I THINK 147 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:57,710 I'M GOING TO STAY HOME. 148 00:07:57,777 --> 00:07:59,412 BY THE WAY, TAKE THIS PONCHO. 149 00:07:59,478 --> 00:08:00,213 NO REASON." 150 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:01,747 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 151 00:08:01,814 --> 00:08:05,618 ALSO A LITTLE SODA WATER AND LEMON JUICE GETS IT RIGHT OUT OF 152 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:06,586 THE CARPET. 153 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:11,657 RIGHT OUT OF-- THE COMMITTEE ALSO WANTS TO HEAR 154 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:17,063 FROM DISGRACED CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND PORK MEATBALL WITH 155 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:18,764 FREEZER BURN, ALEX JONES. 156 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:23,269 JONES IS IN SOME HOT WATER FOR HELPING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR 157 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,770 THE JAN. 6 RALLY, AS WELL AS BELLOWING THIS AT A CROWD THE 158 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:28,708 NIGHT BEFORE: >> I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THIS IS 159 00:08:28,774 --> 00:08:32,645 GOING TO END, BUT IF THEY WANT A FIGHT, THEY BETTER BELIEVE 160 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:33,846 THEY'VE GOT ONE! 161 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:36,949 >> Stephen: WELL, NOW WE DO KNOW HOW IT ENDS: WITH ALEX JONES 162 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:41,053 UNDER OATH, IN CONGRESS, TRYING TO SELL THE COMMITTEE HIS 163 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,025 VITALITY SUPPLEMENTS: "MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A WEAK-MINDED 164 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:52,531 MEMBER OF THE DEEP STATE, YOU NEED MY PROSTAGUARD PILLS. 165 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,767 TAKE 'EM WITH TWO CUPS OF MY PATENTED MALE-ENHANCEMENT SERUM, 166 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:56,969 AND I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY: IF YOUR TOILET WANTS A FIGHT, YOU 167 00:08:57,036 --> 00:09:00,239 BETTER BELIEVE IT'S GOT ONE!" ( APPLAUSE ) 168 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:07,647 "YOU BETTER-- IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!" 169 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:09,916 A LITTLE CROSSOVER. 170 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:16,522 "WHITE WINE FEVER!" SPEAKING OF THE FORMER 171 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:20,960 PRESIDENT'S CRONIES, WE'VE GOT SOME NEWS FROM HIS EX-FIXER AND 172 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:23,029 JURASSIC PARK LAWYER ABOUT TO GET STEPPED ON BY A T-REX, 173 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:24,230 MICHAEL COHEN. 174 00:09:24,297 --> 00:09:28,234 COHEN GOT OFF OF HOUSE ARREST JUST YESTERDAY, AND HIS FIRST 175 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:29,368 STOP WAS CNN. 176 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:32,138 >> I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS PROMISE TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR 177 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:36,509 VIEWERS, THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED-- AND RIGHT NOW I AM 178 00:09:36,575 --> 00:09:40,513 THE ONLY ONE, BUT I WILL NOT BE THE ONLY ONE AT THE END OF THE-- 179 00:09:40,579 --> 00:09:43,616 >> FOR THIS CRIME? 180 00:09:43,683 --> 00:09:44,517 >> FOR THIS CRIME AND FOR OTHERS. 181 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:45,551 >> WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED? 182 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:47,219 >> WELL, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INVOLVED. 183 00:09:47,286 --> 00:09:52,525 ERIC TRUMP WAS INVOLVED, >> Stephen: (AS ERIC) 184 00:09:52,591 --> 00:09:53,826 "HELP ME, DAD. 185 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:54,727 DAD, HELP! 186 00:09:54,794 --> 00:09:59,565 I'M TOO PRETTY FOR JAIL. 187 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:00,533 IT'LL DESTROY MOM. 188 00:10:00,599 --> 00:10:05,137 ALSO SECOND MOM, THIRD MOM, AND PORN STAR MOM. 189 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:09,909 SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL CALLS ME." 190 00:10:09,976 --> 00:10:12,578 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 191 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:13,813 THANK YOU. 192 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:17,116 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 193 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:22,588 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 194 00:10:22,655 --> 00:10:24,223 COHEN ALREADY HAS SOME JOB PROSPECTS. 195 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:29,061 EVEN WHILE HE WAS STILL ON HOUSE ARREST, COHEN WAS SEEN SITTING 196 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:40,306 DOWN WITH A VERY MASKED KANYE WEST, MAKING KANYE THE COHEN 197 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:41,807 COHEN CLIENT WITH THE SECOND-LEAST-BELIEVABLE HUMAN 198 00:10:41,874 --> 00:10:42,908 FACE. 199 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:43,843 COHEN ADDRESSED THE MEETING: >> YOU WERE SEEN RECENTLY 200 00:10:43,909 --> 00:10:45,411 MEETING WITH KANYE WEST, ALSO KNOWN AS YE. 201 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:46,312 HE'S CHANGED HIS NAME. 202 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,247 ( CROSSTALK ) >> WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? 203 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:52,551 >> I WOULD RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT. 204 00:10:52,618 --> 00:10:53,953 ONE THING THAT I'VE DONE VERY WELL, VIRTUALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE 205 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:56,522 WAS HELP RESOLVE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE. 206 00:10:56,589 --> 00:11:00,159 WE'LL CALL IT BEING A FIXER, RIGHT. 207 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:04,530 THIS TIME, THOUGH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT 208 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:08,534 WITH YE ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH PORN STARS OR "PLAYBOY" 209 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:11,170 PLAYMATES. 210 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:12,238 A LOT OF IT IS BUSINESS RELATED. 211 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:15,141 >> Stephen: THAT BUSINESS? 212 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:20,546 LEGALLY GETTING AWAY WITH CALLING THIS A SHOE. 213 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:22,114 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, COHEN SEEMS PRETTY 214 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:25,551 TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THIS ARRANGEMENT. 215 00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:28,521 BUT I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING: COHEN'S A "GOLD DIGGER." 216 00:11:28,587 --> 00:11:32,525 THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN IT "ALL FALLS DOWN." 217 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:36,262 HE USED TO WORK FOR A "MONSTER," BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP 218 00:11:36,328 --> 00:11:40,533 "POWER," "THE GOOD LIFE," AND 219 00:11:40,599 --> 00:11:42,268 "ALL OF THE LIGHTS." 220 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,537 NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS "BOUND 2" BE A CIRCUS. 221 00:11:44,603 --> 00:11:48,240 I WISH THEY BOTH WOULD JUST "RUNAWAY." 222 00:11:48,307 --> 00:11:50,242 BUT THEY WON'T. 223 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:55,147 THAT'S JUST MY "BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY." 224 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:56,348 "LIFE OF PABLO." 225 00:11:56,415 --> 00:11:57,583 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 226 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,952 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 227 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:02,321 MY GUEST IS LADY GAGA. 228 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:03,456 STICK AROUND. 229 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:38,824 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 230 00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:45,397 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN RIGHT OVER THERE! 231 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:52,238 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 232 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:53,339 >> Jon: YEAH! 233 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:56,408 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT-- WE'VE GOT SUCH A SHOW TONIGHT. 234 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:57,843 WE'VE GOT SUCH A SHOW TONIGHT. 235 00:12:57,910 --> 00:13:01,347 BEFORE WE GET TO THE SHOW, BEFORE WE GET TO THE SHOW, 236 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:04,350 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANT TO-- I JUST WANT TO POINT 237 00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:08,954 OUT JUST FOR A SECOND AND TAKE A MOMENT TO MARK THE FACT THAT 238 00:13:09,021 --> 00:13:11,023 TODAY GRAMMY NOMINATIONS WERE ANNOUNCED. 239 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:15,594 AND THE ARTIST WITH THE MOST NOMINATIONS, THE MOST HONORED 240 00:13:15,661 --> 00:13:18,764 ARTIST THIS YEAR WITH 11 NOMINATIONS IS MR. JON BATISTE 241 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:22,768 RIGHT THERE. 242 00:13:22,835 --> 00:13:24,470 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 243 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:29,475 >> Jon: WOOOO! 244 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:29,842 THANK YOU. 245 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:34,446 THANK YOU. 246 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:34,880 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 247 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:38,751 THANK YOU! 248 00:13:38,817 --> 00:13:41,787 MAN! 249 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:42,354 AAAAHHHH! 250 00:13:42,421 --> 00:13:43,222 >> Stephen: HERE WE GO. 251 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,791 HERE WE GO. 252 00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:52,898 BEST-- BEST TRADITIONAL RAN "B" PERFORMANCE. 253 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:56,869 BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO, BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, BUT 254 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,737 AMERICAN ROOTS SONG. 255 00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:02,474 BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION, BEST SCORE 256 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,476 SOUNDTRACK FOR "SOUL." 257 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:06,312 BEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR "FREEDOM." 258 00:14:06,378 --> 00:14:08,847 RECORD OF THE YEAR FOR "FREEDOM." 259 00:14:08,914 --> 00:14:11,917 AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR "WE ARE." 260 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:12,751 DAMN! 261 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:17,957 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) COME ON! 262 00:14:18,023 --> 00:14:20,593 THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. 263 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:21,794 JON-- OKAY. 264 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:24,496 AND I-- I JUST-- HERE'S THE THING-- JON WHEN YOU FOUND OUT, 265 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:27,666 WHEN YOU HEARD THESE NOMINATIONS, WHAT DID YOU THINK? 266 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:31,904 >> Jon: WELL, I HEARD THE FIRST TWO, AND THEN AFTER THAT, 267 00:14:31,971 --> 00:14:35,274 THERE WAS SO MUCH HOLLERING IN THE ROOM. 268 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,743 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT I HAD TO GET AN UPDATE 269 00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:40,246 EVERY TIME ANOTHER NOMINATION CAME IN. 270 00:14:40,312 --> 00:14:46,185 AND I JUST WAS SITTING THERE BY THE EIGHTH ONE, AND I WAS JUST 271 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:49,255 LIKE-- I WAS-- I WAS-- ACTUALLY TO MYSELF-- I WAS TALKING TO 272 00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:50,356 GOD. 273 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:53,626 I WAS LIKE, "THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS FOR ME TO LEARN. 274 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,762 THERE'S SOMETHING-- IT'S GREAT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING IN 275 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:59,398 MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. 276 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:01,066 AND THIS IS HAPPENING. 277 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:05,070 AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS THAT'S BIGGER THAN ME AND JUST 278 00:15:05,137 --> 00:15:07,506 ADULATION FOR ME THAT I HAVE TO LEARN IN THIS. 279 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:12,278 SO I'M SO GRATEFUL, AND THE AGREEMENTS THEY CHANGE THE THE 280 00:15:12,344 --> 00:15:16,548 PROCESS THIS YEAR TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT. 281 00:15:16,615 --> 00:15:19,852 SO ARTIST-- IT WAS MY PEERS WHO LISTENED TO THE RECORD AND THEY 282 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:22,087 HAD THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR VOTE TO. 283 00:15:22,154 --> 00:15:26,759 SO, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY-- I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORK. 284 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:29,261 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORK 285 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:30,763 ON THE CRAFT. 286 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:34,967 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU ALSO-- YOU ALSO TWEETED. 287 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:35,567 >> Jon: YES. 288 00:15:35,634 --> 00:15:38,103 >> Stephen: TODAY. 289 00:15:38,170 --> 00:15:38,871 WHAT IS THE COINCIDENCE? 290 00:15:38,937 --> 00:15:40,639 >> Jon: I'M ALWAYS IN THE NUMBERS. 291 00:15:40,706 --> 00:15:42,374 I WAS BORN ON 11-11. 292 00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:45,010 11 NOMINATIONS AND I WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11. 293 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,980 >> Stephen: HERE'S ANOTHER COINCIDENCE ABOUT THIS IS THAT 294 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:53,986 IF SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, SHOULD JON BATISTE BE 295 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:56,655 NOMINATED THIS MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ASKED ME ON A 296 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:59,124 SCALE OF ONE TO 10, I WOULD HAVE SAID 11. 297 00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:05,798 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 298 00:16:05,864 --> 00:16:08,901 >> Jon: YEAH. 299 00:16:08,967 --> 00:16:15,574 >> Stephen: CONGRATS. 300 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,343 FOLKS, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL ARTIST, 301 00:16:17,409 --> 00:16:20,813 PHILANTHROPIST, FASHION ICON, AND MOVIE STAR. 302 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:23,582 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," LADY GAGA. 303 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:24,116 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 304 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:34,159 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 305 00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:40,599 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 306 00:16:46,805 --> 00:17:00,486 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 307 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:06,191 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HOW'S IT GOING? 308 00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:08,093 >> Stephen: IT'S GOING GREAT. 309 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:08,627 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 310 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:12,498 >> WOW! 311 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:14,767 WOW! 312 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:18,137 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT IS-- IT'S SO 313 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:19,071 LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK. 314 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:20,806 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 315 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,541 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 316 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:26,578 THIS IS-- I'M-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 317 00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,046 I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE. 318 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:28,947 >> Stephen: OH, MY GOSH. 319 00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:29,948 >> GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. 320 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:31,383 >> Stephen: IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. 321 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:34,753 >> IN "NARCOS," MY HOME. 322 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:36,355 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 323 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:37,389 YOU. 324 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:41,593 >> Stephen: HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY YEAR, STARTING 325 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:46,732 WITH SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INAUGURAL. 326 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:50,769 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 327 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:54,506 WHAT WAS THIS-- WHAT WAS THIS MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU? 328 00:17:54,573 --> 00:18:00,512 >> YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS I'VE EVER HAD 329 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:05,918 AS A MUSICIAN AND A PERFORMER. 330 00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:09,588 EVERY PERFORMER HAS SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THEM ABOUT 331 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:11,123 WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO. 332 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:13,892 FOR ME, I LOVE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC SMILE. 333 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:16,829 AND I HAD TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS TO TALK TO THE WHOLE 334 00:18:16,895 --> 00:18:17,930 WORLD. 335 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:20,899 AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SING TO 336 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:24,803 EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FANS AND TO 337 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:27,940 THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM, BUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 338 00:18:28,006 --> 00:18:30,742 BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS BEEN ON FIRE. 339 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:34,346 AND EVERYBODY DESERVES LOVE. 340 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:35,481 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 341 00:18:35,547 --> 00:18:38,250 >> Stephen: AND WHAT-- WHAT BETTER WAY THAN THE NATIONAL 342 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,885 ANTHEM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY AGREE ON. 343 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:44,590 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS A COMPLICATED TUNE. 344 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:45,257 AND -- >> Stephen: YEAH. 345 00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:46,458 >> IT WAS A COMPLICATED TIME. 346 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:48,727 >> Stephen: YES! 347 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,730 I LOVE YOU FINDING THE FLAG IN THAT MOMENT, THAT OUR FLAG WAS 348 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:52,498 STILL THERE. 349 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:54,666 THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT. 350 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:55,834 >> THANK YOU. 351 00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:57,469 >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH THAT MOMENT YOURSELF? 352 00:18:57,536 --> 00:19:00,906 I IMAGINE THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IS SO RESONANT TO THAT SPOT 353 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,175 WHERE YOU WERE STANDING, WHERE THE INSURRECTION HAD BEEN. 354 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:07,813 >> WELL, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH MICHAEL BERIDDAN, 355 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,348 WHO IS MY MUSICAL DIRECTOR. 356 00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:15,988 HE IS ALSO THE CONDUCTOR FOR MY SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, MY JAZZ SHOW. 357 00:19:16,054 --> 00:19:18,190 HE DOES BOTH POP AND JAZZ. 358 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,458 HE'S BRILLIANT. 359 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:22,761 AND HE DID THAT ARRANGEMENT WITH ME, WITH THE MARINE CORPS BAND. 360 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:28,066 AND WE DECIDED TO HOLD ON "THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE." 361 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:32,404 AND WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT THIS MOMENT, IN ADDITION TO IT BEING 362 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:35,908 EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL FOR ME AS A SINGER WAS THAT, BELIEVE IT OR 363 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:38,744 NOT, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED THE FLAG. 364 00:19:38,810 --> 00:19:43,682 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DIDN'T TELL YOU. 365 00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:45,851 >> NO. 366 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:47,119 ( LAUGHTER ) NO. 367 00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:51,690 YOU KNOW, SO I HAD GONE OUT THE DAY BEFORE TO THE CAPITOL, WHICH 368 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:54,660 WAS KNOW-- IT WAS-- THE ENERGY WAS POWERFUL. 369 00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:58,964 AND IT WAS TENSE BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH VIOLENCE A WEEK BEFORE. 370 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:02,734 THERE WAS-- THERE WAS SUCH RAGE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE SAW WITH 371 00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:06,505 OUR OWN EYES IN A WAY THAT I THINK WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A 372 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:07,739 REALLY LONG TIME. 373 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:11,143 AND I WENT OUT TO MY REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO, AND 374 00:20:11,209 --> 00:20:13,779 I'M A PROFESSIONAL, AND I WANTED TO GO TO REHEARSAL. 375 00:20:13,845 --> 00:20:17,583 AND I PLANNED TO FIND THE FLAG AND POINT TAT AS I SANG THIS 376 00:20:17,649 --> 00:20:18,817 PART. 377 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,185 AND WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE THE 378 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:23,088 FLAG, AND WHEN I GOT OUT THERE, I STARTED TURNING, AND I WAS 379 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:27,759 LIKE, "OH, GIRL, JUST KEEP TURNING AND MAYBE IT WILL SHOW 380 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:28,560 UP." 381 00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:34,566 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 382 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:38,737 TURNS OUT, THEY STILL KEPT THE FLAG UP ON THAT BEAUTIFUL DAY. 383 00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:39,471 AND I FOUND IT. 384 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:41,373 AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. 385 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:46,511 >> Stephen: I-- I-- I HAD HEARD THAT THIS, AGAIN, THIS 386 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:51,583 BEAUTIFUL DRESS THAT YOU WERE WEARING, THAT THAT WAS 387 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:55,654 BULLETROOF, THAT IT HAD FABRIC SEWN INTO IT. 388 00:20:55,721 --> 00:21:01,693 >> YEAH, THERE WAS A BULLETPROOF VEST SEWN INTO THE DRESS. 389 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,796 AND IT WAS-- IT WAS A SCARY TIME IN THIS COUNTRY. 390 00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:07,566 AND I CARE A LOT ABOUT MY FAMILY. 391 00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:12,504 AND AS A PERFORMER, I UNDERSTAND THAT I PUT MYSELF IN ALL TYPES 392 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:14,539 OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT I LOVE. 393 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:18,110 AND SO I DID THAT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY FAMILY AS WELL, SO 394 00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:21,313 THAT MY MOM AND DAD AND MY SISTER WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT. 395 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:27,886 BUT THAT DRESS, YOU KNOW, IS A SCAPARELI DRESS, AN ITALIAN 396 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:31,023 DESIGNER, AND EVERYTHING I WORE THAT DAY WAS INSPIRED BY THE 397 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:32,224 ITALIAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTION. 398 00:21:32,290 --> 00:21:35,861 IN A LOT OF WAYS, I FELT LIKE THAT DAY WAS A REVOLUTION FOR 399 00:21:35,927 --> 00:21:39,064 THIS COUNTRY, AND RAY REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK PAST 400 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:42,501 THE RESISTANCE AND LOOK FORWARD INTO A TIME WHEN WE CAN BE 401 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:46,772 KINDER AND WE CAN BE BRAVER AS A NATION, AS PEOPLE. 402 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:53,545 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S WORTH 403 00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:54,780 PLAYING FOR. 404 00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:57,783 THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, I ASKED YOU HOW, WITH ALL THE 405 00:21:57,849 --> 00:22:01,620 PRESSURES OF YOUR WORK AND ALL THE THINGS YOU TAKE ON, THE 406 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:05,157 THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT, HOW YOU ARE RELAXED AT THE END OF THE 407 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:06,024 DAY. 408 00:22:06,091 --> 00:22:07,759 AND YOU SAID A GLASS OF WINE AND CRYING. 409 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:08,226 >> A CRY. 410 00:22:08,293 --> 00:22:08,894 >> Stephen: A CRY. 411 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,629 IS THAT STILL HOW YOU DO IT? 412 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:12,397 >> JUST WITH TEQUILA NOW. 413 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:15,434 >> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE-- I HAVE A LITTLE-- WOULD YOU LIKE A 414 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:15,967 LITTLE TEQUILA? 415 00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:18,503 >> YEAH, FOR SURE. 416 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:21,740 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 417 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:26,745 THIS IS REALLY FULL SERVICE OVER HERE! 418 00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:28,613 >> Stephen: YES. 419 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,217 ON THE OPENING-- ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THIS SHOW SIX YEARS 420 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:36,088 AGO, GEORGE SENT ME A BUNCH OF TEQUILA AND I'M VERY, VERY 421 00:22:36,154 --> 00:22:36,621 GRATEFUL TO HIM. 422 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:37,756 >> THANK YOU, GEORGE. 423 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:38,490 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 424 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:38,890 RIGHT THERE. 425 00:22:38,957 --> 00:22:39,991 >> ALL RIGHT! 426 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:42,160 IT'S A PARTY NOW ( LAUGHTER ). 427 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:44,362 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 428 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:48,533 NOW, YOU OF YOU'VE BEEN-- OH, YOU WANT A LIME? 429 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:58,577 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU-- VERY TASTY. 430 00:22:58,643 --> 00:23:05,016 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU-- VERY TASTY. 431 00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:11,690 >> YOU CAN DO SOME LIVE EDITING AROUND THIS PART. 432 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:15,227 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN ACTIVIST FOR YOUNG 433 00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:17,362 PEOPLE AND THE L.G.B.T. 434 00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:18,130 COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. 435 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:20,532 WHAT DO YOU DO-- ( APPLAUSE ) 436 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:26,738 DES THAT ACTIVISM ITSELF HELP WARD OFF DESPAIR, GIVE YOU HOPE? 437 00:23:26,805 --> 00:23:29,708 ( SIGHS ) >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 438 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:34,613 IT WARDS OFF DESPAIR AS MUCH AS IT REMINDS ME THAT WE ALL HAVE A 439 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:35,280 VOICE. 440 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:36,214 AND IT'S JUST HOW YOU USE IT. 441 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:37,382 THAT'S OUR WEAPON. 442 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:41,686 THAT'S THE-- THAT'S THE KINDEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE, IF WE 443 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,755 CHOOSE TO WIELD IT KINDLY. 444 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:48,126 FOR ME, I-- I UNDERSTAND AND I UNDERSTOOD WHEN I WAS YOUNG, 445 00:23:48,193 --> 00:23:52,197 AROUND MAYBE 21 YEARS OLD, THEY HAD A PLATFORM WHERE I COULD 446 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,965 SPEAK AND TALK TO THE WORLD. 447 00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:57,636 AND, LOOK, WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 448 00:23:57,702 --> 00:24:01,540 I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WATCH WHAT I DO. 449 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:04,810 WHEN I DECIDE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. 450 00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:09,147 AND HOW I CHOOSE TO USE THAT SPACE AND TIME IS SOMETHING THEY 451 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:10,315 CARE ABOUT. 452 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:18,290 SO FOR ME, SPEAKING ABOUT L.G.B.T.Q.-PLUS RIGHTS IS A PART 453 00:24:18,356 --> 00:24:21,760 MIGHT HAVE DESTINY AND A PART OF WHAT I BELIEVE MAKES IT POSSIBLE 454 00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:23,495 FOR ME TO HAVE THIS WORK MATTER. 455 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:26,765 TO ME, REALNESS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND THE REALITY OF 456 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:31,703 THE WORLD, IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT DEAD IN THE EYE, THEN ALL OF 457 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:36,041 THIS IS AN ILLUSION,s AND IT MAKES THE ART MATTER LESS. 458 00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:38,710 BUT THIS IS ALSO WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 459 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:40,478 YOU'VE ALWAYS PUT HEART INTO YOUR WORK. 460 00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:42,848 YOU ALWAYS PUT WHAT MATTERS INTO YOUR WORK. 461 00:24:42,914 --> 00:24:46,117 SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BECAUSE, LIKE, I REALLY RESPECT HIM, AND 462 00:24:46,184 --> 00:24:48,453 I KNOW THAT YOU DO, TOO. 463 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,255 >> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 464 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:51,456 THANK YOU VERY MUCH ( APPLAUSE ) 465 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:54,793 WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT DON'T GO AWAY, 466 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,862 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE LADY GAGA, EVERYBODY. 467 00:25:07,205 --> 00:25:10,175 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH LADY GAGA. 468 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:15,280 YOU ARE PLAYING THE PERFECT ROLE IN "HOUSE OF GUCCI." 469 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:19,718 WHERE YOU PLAY PATRIZIA REGGIANI. 470 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:20,785 >> REGGIANI. 471 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:21,319 >> Stephen: REGGIANI. 472 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,188 >> WELL DONE! 473 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,357 ALL RIGHT! 474 00:25:25,423 --> 00:25:34,165 ( SPEAKING ITALIAN ) HE SPEAKS BETTER ITALIAN THAN I 475 00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:35,400 DO! 476 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,102 >> Stephen: AND HERE YOU ARE-- HERE YOU ARE AT THE OPENING 90. 477 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:41,206 THERE ARE YOU ARE AT THE OPENING NIGHT, ROCKING THE PURPLE, RIGHT 478 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:42,574 THERE. 479 00:25:42,641 --> 00:25:46,077 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU PLAY THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE 480 00:25:46,144 --> 00:25:48,647 WIFE OF MAURIZIO GUCCI. 481 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:53,518 AND WHO PLOTS HIS DEATH AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS 482 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:54,586 CHARACTER? 483 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:56,588 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD DESCRIBE HER AS REAL. 484 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:57,856 SHE'S A REAL WOMAN. 485 00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,424 SO THIS IS NOT JUST A CHARACTER. 486 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:05,196 THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS STILL ALIVE TODAY, AND SHE SERVED 487 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:06,364 DECADES IN PRISON. 488 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,800 AND SHE WAS VERY IN LOVE WITH MAURIZIO GUCCI. 489 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:11,836 AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT WHEN THEY GOT 490 00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:14,973 MARRIED, HE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY AND A JOB. 491 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,975 HIS WHOLE FAMILY TURNED THEIR BACK ON HIM. 492 00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:18,443 >> Stephen: BECAUSE HE MARRIED HER. 493 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:20,345 >> BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MARRY HER, YEAH. 494 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:25,250 AND SHE WAS THIS-- THIS OUTSIDER WHO WAS NEVER AS SHINY AS THE 495 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:31,790 GUCCIS, AND SHE WAS FROM A MUCH LOWER CLASS THAN THEM. 496 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:34,926 HER FATHER RAN A TRUCKING COMPANY, AND FROM ALL OF THE 497 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,528 JOURNALISTIC INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THEY DID TO PREPARE 498 00:26:36,594 --> 00:26:39,431 FOR THIS ROLE, I DISCOVERED ALSO THAT THEY WERE BELIEVED TO BE IN 499 00:26:39,497 --> 00:26:41,766 CRIME AS A FAMILY. 500 00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:47,205 SO, ALSO, WHAT I ALSO DISCOVERED WAS THAT WHEN SHE PUT THE HIT 501 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:54,546 OUT ON M MAURIZIO TO BE MURDERED IN 1995, THEY WERE DIVORCED. 502 00:26:54,612 --> 00:26:58,183 SO THERE ARE LANDMARK MOMENTS IN HER LIFE AND IN THEIR LIVES 503 00:26:58,249 --> 00:27:01,119 WHERE MONEY WAS BELIEVED TO BE AT STAKE BY THE PRESS, WHEN 504 00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:03,254 ACTUALLY THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL GAIN FOR HER. 505 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:07,425 SO WHEN I MET WITH SCORK MY DIRECTOR, WHO I HAVE TO SAY IS 506 00:27:07,492 --> 00:27:10,795 JUST AN INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR, AND I LOVED WORKING WITH BRADLEY 507 00:27:10,862 --> 00:27:11,997 COOPER. 508 00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:14,232 I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO WORK WITH RIDLEY SCOTT RIGHT AFTER. 509 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:17,202 HE'S JUST AMAZING. 510 00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:21,606 >> Stephen: AND ADAM DRIVER, AND AL PACINO, JEREMY IRONS. 511 00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:23,208 AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST. 512 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:23,708 SALMA HAYEK. 513 00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:24,809 >> AMAZING, AMAZING. 514 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:29,748 I SAID TO RID, "HEY, DO YOU THINK SHE EVER LOVED HIM?" 515 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:33,585 AND THAT WAS AFTER I HAD READ THE SCRIPT A COUPLE OF TIMES, 516 00:27:33,651 --> 00:27:35,787 AND I HADN'T DONE REAL DIGGING YET. 517 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:37,956 AND HE SAID, "THEY WERE IN LOVE." 518 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:43,028 I ABANDONED THIS IDEA THAT SHE WAS A GOLDDIGGER AND I WONT THIS 519 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:44,929 REAL JOURNEY OF RESEARCH ABOUT HER. 520 00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:48,633 >> AND FEEL SHE WAS PUSHED OVER THE EDGE SO FAR THAT SHE MADE A 521 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,101 TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE MISTAKE. 522 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:54,272 AND I THINK SHE'S SITTING IN MILAN SOMEWHERE WITH DEEP 523 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,407 REGRET. 524 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:58,309 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU STAY RIGHT 525 00:27:58,376 --> 00:27:59,210 THERE. 526 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:00,645 NOBODY MOVE. 527 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:01,212 NOBODY MOVE! 528 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,515 NOBODY GETS HURT! 529 00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:05,784 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE LADY GAGA, EVERYBODY. 530 00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:19,130 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO BE 531 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:20,031 ABLE TO. 532 00:28:20,098 --> 00:28:23,902 HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH LADY GAGA. 533 00:28:23,968 --> 00:28:24,569 YES, I AGREE. 534 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:25,070 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 535 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:25,937 >> THANK YOU! 536 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:30,175 >> Stephen: THIS IS TRUE. 537 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:31,643 WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT HERE. 538 00:28:31,709 --> 00:28:36,281 CAN YOU-- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CLIP IS? 539 00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:37,515 COMPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENING? 540 00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:41,986 >> YEAH, THIS CLIP, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND ALSO YEARS OF 541 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:48,726 PREPARATION, THIS CLIP IS AFTER WE WENT TO A VERSACE SHOW. 542 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:50,728 AND VERSACE WAS HUGE DURING THIS TIME. 543 00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:53,965 AND MAURIZIO, MY HUSBAND, HAS A TALK WITH A FASHION DESIGNER 544 00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:56,534 THAT'S AT THE SHOW WHO ESSENTIALLY TELLS HIM THAT GUCCI 545 00:28:56,601 --> 00:28:58,369 IS NOT AS GREAT AS IT COULD BE. 546 00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:00,872 SO THEY GO HOME, AND SHE'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT HE 547 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:03,775 NEEDS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COMPANY. 548 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:09,314 AND WHAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED ABOUT PATRIZIA IS SHE SAID TO HERSELF, 549 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:11,616 "LOOK, MAURIZIO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF 550 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:12,817 YOU. 551 00:29:12,884 --> 00:29:14,519 YOU HAVE THIS COMPANY, THIS EMPIRE JUST SITTING IN YOUR LAP. 552 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,654 YOU SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OF IT." 553 00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:20,925 IN THIS SCENE SHE'S TRYING TO SHOW HIM WHAT HE'S GOT, AND 554 00:29:20,992 --> 00:29:24,262 SHE'S ALSO TRYING TO REMIND HIM SHE'S PART OF THE FAMILY, TOO. 555 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:25,964 >> Stephen: JIM. 556 00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:29,901 >> DO YOU WANT TO BE LEFT IN THE DUST? 557 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:33,638 DO YOU WANT TO KEEP SELLING COFFEE MUGS IN AIRPORTS? 558 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:38,843 IS THAT YOUR LEGACY? 559 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:44,516 IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH. 560 00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:47,852 ALDO AND PAOLO, THEY'RE POISON. 561 00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:52,857 THEY'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS COMPANY, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. 562 00:29:52,924 --> 00:29:53,958 THEY HAVE TO GO. 563 00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:58,730 AND YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ( BLEEP ) BUSINESS ORGANIZED. 564 00:29:58,796 --> 00:30:05,303 >> PATRIZIA, THEY'RE MY FAMILY. 565 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:10,742 >> SO AM I. 566 00:30:10,808 --> 00:30:13,945 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WANT TO-- I WANT 567 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:18,416 TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE. 568 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:22,887 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STAYED IN CHARACTER FOR MONTHS. 569 00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:23,688 >> I DID. 570 00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:25,223 >> Stephen: OKAY, WHAT A CHALLENGE-- 571 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:26,391 >> LIKE SOMEBODY I KNOW. 572 00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:30,195 >> Stephen: WELL, WELL, YES, I CAN THE SAME CHARACTER FOR A 573 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:30,828 LONG TIME. 574 00:30:30,895 --> 00:30:32,063 >> FOR YEARS. 575 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:33,164 >> Stephen: FOR YEARS. 576 00:30:33,231 --> 00:30:38,836 FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT-- WELL, DO YOU 577 00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:41,406 THINK PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE USE AND THE PURPOSE OF METHOD 578 00:30:41,472 --> 00:30:42,574 ACTING? 579 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,511 >> I THINK THAT THERE'S A SORT OF IDEA AROUND METHOD ACTING 580 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:48,379 THAT IT'S CRAZY, AND THAT WE'RE CRAZY. 581 00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:52,417 BUT I THINK THAT FOR THOSE OF US THAT COMMIT OURSELVES TO METHOD 582 00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:56,387 ACTING, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT US THAT'S JUST FULLY 583 00:30:56,454 --> 00:31:00,525 COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THE ART ON A CELLULAR LEVEL, THIS WE'RE 584 00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:02,060 DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. 585 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:03,695 I FEEL IT WHEN I SING. 586 00:31:03,761 --> 00:31:05,663 I FEEL IT WHEN I MAKE MUSIC. 587 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:07,632 AND I FEEL IT WHEN I'M ACTING. 588 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:12,837 WHEN I SING JAZZ MUSIC, I-- I CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE 589 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:16,674 AND HONOR TO TAKE WITH ME ALL THE GREAT MUSICIANS OF THE PAST 590 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:18,743 AND BRING FORTH THIS GREAT MUSIC. 591 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:22,647 SO I DO THE SAME WHEN I'M WORKING ON CHARACTERS. 592 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:25,149 AND WITH PATRIZIA, IT WAS MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO STAY IN 593 00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:30,388 CHARACTER ALL THE TIME ( SPEAKING WITH AN ACCENT. ) 594 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:32,590 WHEN I CALLED MY MOTHER, WHE I CALLED MY FATHER. 595 00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:34,926 >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT ONLY IN THE REALITY OF THE CHARACTER, 596 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:38,496 YOU'RE IN THE ACCENT AT THE TIME, LIVING YOUR LIFE. 597 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:41,032 HOW DID YOUR FAMILY TAKE THIS. 598 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:44,035 >> IF I CALLED YOU ON THE PHONE I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU JUST 599 00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:44,902 LIKE THIS. 600 00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:46,938 I WOULDN'T HAVE PRETEND I WAS PATRIZIA. 601 00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:50,074 YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, "( BLEEP ), I'M ON THE PHONE 602 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:50,842 WITH PATRIZIA." 603 00:31:50,908 --> 00:31:53,144 AND WHEN I WOULD CALL MY MOTHER -- 604 00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:55,079 >> Stephen: SHE HIRED PEOPLE TO KILL HER HUSBAND. 605 00:31:55,146 --> 00:31:57,015 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE NERVOUS. 606 00:31:57,081 --> 00:32:02,353 >> I KNOW, BUT IN ANOTHER WAY, WHAT IT DID FOR ME IS, LIKE 607 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,256 SINGING, LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, LIKE A MUSCLE, IT 608 00:32:05,323 --> 00:32:09,127 ALLOWED ME TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH SPEAKING IN A WAY WHERE IT 609 00:32:09,193 --> 00:32:12,330 WOULD BE NATURAL TO ME, SOA THAT I COULD BE IN A SCENE, LIKE THE 610 00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:15,533 ONE YOU JUST SAW, AND I COULD SPEAK NATURALLY TO THE ACTOR, AS 611 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,635 OPPOSED TO PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THEY DON'T KNOW. 612 00:32:17,702 --> 00:32:18,770 >> Stephen: THAT MAKES SENSE. 613 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:23,741 >> IT'S LIKE IF EVERYBODY SWITCHED INSTRUMENTS ON STAGE 614 00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:26,210 WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO YOU'RE SO GOOD. 615 00:32:26,277 --> 00:32:28,479 EVERYBODY WENT, "DON'T COME FOR ME. 616 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:30,148 I GOT THE PIANO." 617 00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:34,786 BUT MY POINT IS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO A GOOD JOB, AND 618 00:32:34,852 --> 00:32:36,554 STAYING IN CHARACTER FOR ME WAS ESSENTIAL. 619 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,656 AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. 620 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:40,091 IT'S JUST HOW I DO IT. 621 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:44,228 AND I'VE DONE IT THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, MEANING WITH MY 622 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:45,396 MUSIC. 623 00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:48,399 I'VE BEEN ASKED SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, "YOU CHANGE ALL THE TIME 624 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:51,135 AND YOU BECOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU HAVE A PERSONA." 625 00:32:51,202 --> 00:32:54,972 I THINK THAT ACTING WAS INJECTED INTO EVERYTHING I'VE ALWAYS 626 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,007 DONE. 627 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:57,408 AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'M LIKE A CHILD WITH ART. 628 00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:02,013 I THINK ART IS THE SECOND MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD. 629 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,716 I THINK NATURE COMES FIRST. 630 00:33:04,782 --> 00:33:05,750 >> Stephen: OKAY. 631 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:09,087 ( APPLAUSE ) WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK. 632 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:10,421 BUT DON'T GO AWAY, BECAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE WILL 633 00:33:10,488 --> 00:33:11,989 BE MORE LADY GAGA IN JUST A MINUTE. 634 00:33:25,169 --> 00:33:33,544 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE LOVELY AND TALENTED LADY GAGA. 635 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:38,416 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT LIVING ARTISTS, 636 00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:41,886 TONY BENNETT, WHO YOU'VE HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH. 637 00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:45,356 WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED SINGING WITH HIM, WE HAD YOU ON THE OLD 638 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,992 GIG WHEN I WAS IN CHARACTER. 639 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:51,396 AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR-- YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 640 00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:53,531 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE TONY BENNETT'S FRIEND? 641 00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:55,433 >> I LOVE TONY SO MUCH. 642 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:59,470 HE IS MY MUSICAL COMPANION. 643 00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:06,077 I'M SO CLOSE WITH HIS FAMILY, WHICH,SH, INCLUDES HIS AMAZING 644 00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:09,514 WIFE, SUSAN BENEDITO. 645 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:11,549 HE IS A REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING. 646 00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:13,284 HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. 647 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:16,421 HE ALSO MARCHED WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 648 00:34:16,487 --> 00:34:21,359 HE USED TO SNEAK DUKE ELLINGTON IN THE BACK OF HOTELS TO PLAY 649 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:22,593 JAZZ MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG. 650 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:27,865 HIS COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND TO HUMANITY IS SOMETHING HE 651 00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:32,770 HAS TAUGHT ME FROM A YOUNG AGE TO TAKE WITH ME IN ALL THAT I 652 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:33,337 DO. 653 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:34,472 I LOVE HIM VERY DEEPLY. 654 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:39,177 AND WATCHING HIM BEGIN HIS JOURNEY WITH ALZHEIMER'S YEARS 655 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:43,848 AGO, I REMEMBER I WANTED TO MAKE GOOD ON A PROMISE I MADE TO HIM 656 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:46,017 BECAUSE OUR ALBUM "CHEEK TO CHEEK" WENT NUMBER ONE. 657 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:49,554 AND I CALLED HIM AND I SAID, "HEY, TONE, WE'RE NUMBER ONE ALL 658 00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:51,622 OVER THE WORLD WITH THE JAZZ RECORD." 659 00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:55,059 AND HE SAID, "HEY, LADY--" THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS ME. 660 00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:57,662 HE CALLS ME "LADY." 661 00:34:57,728 --> 00:35:02,333 "HEY, LADY, WE NEED TO MAKE A COLE PORTER RECORD. 662 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,602 ALL COLE PORTER SONGS. 663 00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:05,803 ALL LOVE SONGS." 664 00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:08,473 I SAID, OKAY, TONY, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WE'RE NUMBER ONE ALL 665 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:09,740 OVER THE WORLD." 666 00:35:09,807 --> 00:35:14,979 "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH WE HAVE TO MAKE A COLE PORTER RECORD." 667 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:17,949 AND I SAID YESTERDAY, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER HIS 668 00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:18,816 ALZHEIMER'S STARTED TO SET ON. 669 00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:21,819 AND I SAID LET'S GO INTO THE STUDIO NOW. 670 00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:23,054 AND WE DID. 671 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:28,526 WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WHEN JAZZ BEGINS, THIS MAN LIGHTS UP IN A 672 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:31,395 WAY THAT IS SUCH MAGIC. 673 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:36,467 IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT ANYBODY THAT HAS A FAMILY MEMBER OR 674 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:40,638 SOMEBODY THAT THEY LOVE THAT IS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S OR 675 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:48,412 DEMENTIA, MUSIC IS-- MUSIC IS MAGIC. 676 00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:50,481 MUSIC IS A MIRACLE. 677 00:35:50,548 --> 00:35:54,652 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THIS-- ON 678 00:35:54,719 --> 00:36:00,391 SUNDAY, ON SUNDAY, ON CBS AND PARAMOUNT+, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO 679 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:04,629 SEE "LON LAST TIME, AN EVENING WITH TONY BENNETT AND LADY 680 00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:05,730 GAGA." 681 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:08,065 IT FEATURES TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS YOU ALL DID LAST AUGUST. 682 00:36:08,132 --> 00:36:10,535 AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A CLIP HERE IN JUST ONE SECOND. 683 00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:14,105 WHAT SONG ARE WE SEEING? 684 00:36:14,171 --> 00:36:15,339 >> "ANYTHING GOES." 685 00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:18,142 WHICH WAS FROM OUR PREVIOUS RECORD, BUT THIS WAS GREAT WE 686 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:21,512 DID THIS THIS NIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR TONY TO SING 687 00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:24,582 SONGS THAT HE KNEW WITH ME A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HIS 688 00:36:24,649 --> 00:36:25,750 ALZHEIMER'S SET ON. 689 00:36:25,816 --> 00:36:28,586 BUT IT'S AMAZING, THE WHOLE NIGHT, WE SANG SONGS ALSO THAT 690 00:36:28,653 --> 00:36:29,420 WERE NEW. 691 00:36:29,487 --> 00:36:31,122 HIS SHORT-TERM MEMORY WAS STILL THERE. 692 00:36:31,188 --> 00:36:33,457 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE "ANYTHING GOES NOW." 693 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:37,628 BUT THIS IS THE COLE RECORD FROM THE 20s. 694 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:44,468 >> Stephen: ANYTHING GOES ♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪ 695 00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:49,974 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ THE OLDEN DAYS OF STOCKING WAS 696 00:36:50,041 --> 00:37:03,654 LOOKED ON AS SOMETHING SHOCKING NOW HEAVEN KNOWS ANYTHING GOES. 697 00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:10,361 ♪ WHO ONCE KNEW BETTER WORDS NOW ONLY USED FOR LETTER WORDS, 698 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:16,701 WRITING PROSE ♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪ 699 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:23,207 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, LADY, THANK 700 00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:24,308 YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 701 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:25,409 >> THANK YOU. 702 00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:26,644 >> Stephen: "HOUSE OF GUCCI" IS IN THEATERS TOMORROW. 703 00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:28,779 STICK AROUND, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU'LL SEE A SPECIAL 704 00:37:28,846 --> 00:37:32,950 PERFORMANCE FROM LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNETT. 705 00:37:45,296 --> 00:37:47,331 ( APPLAUSE ) TODAY, THEIR ALBUM, "LOVE FOR 706 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:50,401 SALE" WAS NOMINATED FOR SIX GRAMMYS TODAY. 707 00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:53,838 AND NOW, WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF "ANYTHING GOES," 708 00:37:53,904 --> 00:38:01,712 LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNETT >> HEY, TONE, LET'S SING 709 00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:02,980 "ANYTHING GOES." 710 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:03,781 >> OKAY. 711 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:06,317 >> BECAUSE NOWADAYS, ANYTHING GOES. 712 00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:07,318 I'LL START IT OFF, OKAY? 713 00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:09,954 >> OKAY. 714 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:10,821 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 715 00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:11,689 ♪ IN OLDEN DAYS, A GLIMPSE OF STOCKING 716 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:12,523 ♪ WAS LOOKED ON AS SOMETHING SHOCKING 717 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:19,530 ♪ NOW HEAVEN KNOWS ANYTHING GOES 718 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,767 ♪ GOOD AUTHORS TOO WHO ONCE KNEW BETTER WORDS 719 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:25,536 ♪ NOW ONLY USE FOUR LETTER WORDS WRITING PROSE 720 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:31,509 ♪ ANYTHING GOES THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD TODAY 721 00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:35,312 ♪ AND GOOD'S BAD TODAY, AND DAY'S NIGHT TODAY 722 00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:37,515 ♪ AND BLACK'S WHITE TODAY WHEN MOST GUYS TODAY 723 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:42,520 ♪ THAT WOMEN PRIZE TODAY ARE JUST SILLY GIGOLOS 724 00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:50,428 ♪ AND THOUGH I'M NOT A GREAT ROMANCER 725 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,463 ♪ I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOUND TO ANSWER 726 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:57,068 ♪ WHEN WE PROPOSE ANYTHING GOES 727 00:38:57,134 --> 00:39:00,304 ♪ GO! 728 00:39:00,371 --> 00:39:04,475 GO! 729 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:14,518 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 730 00:39:14,585 --> 00:39:23,994 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 731 00:39:24,061 --> 00:39:25,262 ♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪ THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD TODAY 732 00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:27,598 AND GOOD'S BAD TODAY, ♪ AND DAY'S NIGHT TODAY 733 00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:30,301 AND BLACK'S WHITE TODAY ♪ AND MOST GUYS TODAY 734 00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:34,805 THAT WOMEN PRIZE TODAY ♪ ARE JUST SILLY GIGOLOS 735 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:37,975 AND THOUGH WE'RE NOT ♪ SUCH GREAT ROMANCERS 736 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:40,478 WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ♪ BOUND TO ANSWER 737 00:39:40,544 --> 00:39:50,221 WHEN WE PROPOSE ♪ ANYTHING GOES 738 00:39:50,287 --> 00:39:50,921 >> IT'S TRUE. 739 00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:52,456 ANYTHING GOES ♪ ANYTHING GOES 740 00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:58,963 ANYTHING GOES ♪ ♪ ♪ 741 00:39:59,029 --> 00:40:04,468 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 742 00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:09,540 ...♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 743 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:11,509 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 744 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,577 >> THANK YOU! 745 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:16,447 THE LEGENDARY MR. TONY BENNETT. 746 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:25,923 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE CONCERT SPECIAL, 747 00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:28,459 "ONE LAST TIME: AN EVENING WITH TONY BENNETT AND LADY GAGA," 748 00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,661 WILL AIR ON CBS AND STREAM ON PARAMOUNT+ THIS SUNDAY. 749 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:34,031 LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNET EVERYBODY! 750 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:35,299 THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW. 751 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:37,535 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE ROSAMUND PIKE AND PETER 752 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:38,369 JACKSON. 753 00:40:38,435 --> 00:40:39,904 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 754 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:41,038 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!