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00:00And I, Quinta Brunson, Tiana Taylor, plus music from Tasha Cobbs Leonard and John Legend with the Kletos.
00:10And now, Jimmy Kimmel!
00:30Jimmy, thank you for watching. Thank you for joining us here. Please have a seat. We're in Hollywood. The award season and the norovirus are officially upon us again.
00:49You know, we'll be handing out awards every weekend for the next three months here, starting this morning with the nominees for the Golden Globes. And last night, they handed out the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, hosted by Donald Trump. Donald Trump was the host of the show. He's been boasting about hosting, saying, we've never had a president host the Kennedy Center Honors before, which, yeah, why do you think that is?
01:13We've also never had Neil Patrick Harris order a military strike on a fishing boat before.
01:20Trump was obviously very excited to headline this once prestigious event. He even waddled the red carpet where he was all fired up.
01:28How have you prepared the host tonight?
01:31Well, maybe I haven't prepared. Maybe you want to be a little bit loose.
01:35If you look at the great host, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, those are the greats.
01:41If you look at the not-so-greats, like Jimmy Kimmel, he used to be terrible.
01:48That is very hurtful.
01:53I thought we were friends. I don't know what's going on.
01:56He is really fixated. I'm starting to think he might have a crush on me.
02:01I thought we never had a president hosting the awards before.
02:03This is a first. I'm sure they'll give me great reviews, right?
02:06They'll say, he was horrible. He was terrible. It was a horrible situation.
02:12No, we'll do fine. I've watched some of the people that host.
02:15Jimmy Kimmel was horrible.
02:17Some of these people, if I can't beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent,
02:21then I don't think I should be president.
02:24Agreed.
02:27I'm with you.
02:27I don't think I've ever agreed with anything more than that.
02:36Do you think Iggy even knows I've never hosted the Kennedy Center honors?
02:41Maybe he's confusing me with Queen Latifah?
02:43As far as this who has more talent thing goes,
02:47it seems like he's challenging me to a contest,
02:49which, if so, I'm open to it.
02:51Let's do it. Let's have a talent competition.
02:52I'll come out. I'll tell a few jokes. I'll draw something.
02:58I'll play my clarinet. He can play golf,
03:01spank a porn star, and ruin a country.
03:04I'm kidding, of course.
03:05The truth is, Donald Trump is a talented...
03:07He's a very talented person.
03:09I mean, the man can sing.
03:13The man can act.
03:15Excuse me, where's the lobby?
03:17Down the hall and to the left.
03:18Thanks.
03:19He can dance.
03:21He does impressions.
03:27Yeah!
03:30He is athletic.
03:33Oh, he's shaking.
03:35And he's not only an amazing artist,
03:38he also is an incredible poet, too.
03:41So much talent.
03:43So much talent.
03:44The only way you can contain it is to lock him up.
03:47And I'll tell you something.
03:48The Kennedy Center is lucky to have him.
03:54Do you think the center will eventually be named the Trump Kennedy Center?
03:57I don't know. I hear that.
03:59But I don't know.
04:00That's not up to me.
04:01That's up to the board.
04:02That's up to the board.
04:03I appointed and am chairman of.
04:05That's totally up to them.
04:06You know, before he knocked down the White House, Trump ordered major renovations to the Kennedy Center.
04:11And he was pretty excited to talk about that, too.
04:14And we've done a lot of work.
04:15We've redone great marble floors that were beat to hell.
04:20And we've replaced him with the most beautiful marble, the statuary marble.
04:25They call it an Italy statuary, a great white and black marble that forms Greece in big parts of Italy.
04:34And Italy, during a time when Italy was extremely strong, and Greece, when Greece was Greece.
04:40You know, Greece was first Greece, then came Greece, too, which wasn't as good as Greece.
04:50And I have to say, I always wonder what Melania thinks when he starts rambling on and on about this construction stuff.
04:59And last night, we finally found out.
05:00It's a massive change.
05:01You know, the white against the white marble?
05:03The marble is being rejuvenated.
05:05They're great pieces of marble, but they've been let go, and they've been tired.
05:10And I always say, you can take a hundredth of an inch off of a piece of marble, and you have a brand new piece of marble.
05:16Nobody does it.
05:17It's not an easy process.
05:19Marble, he is always saying things about f***ing marble.
05:24He is just counting the minutes till those Epstein files come out.
05:29Trump said he was 98% involved in selecting the honorees at the Kennedy Center.
05:33The man doesn't know who half the scumbags he pardoned this month are, but he is laser focused on that.
05:38The honorees included George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, the band KISS, who are the only people who wear more makeup than he does, and our official ambassador to Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone.
05:49Got a Kennedy Center honor.
05:51There they are, Rambo and Dumbo together.
05:55Rocky and Bull Cankle with Gene Simmons looking on.
05:58Trump was also the recipient of an award this weekend.
06:01On Friday, he was given the first ever FIFA Peace Prize.
06:04FIFA, the governing body of soccer, got nervous because Trump was threatening to pull the World Cup out of blue U.S. cities like L.A. and San Francisco,
06:12which would have, it would have cost them a lot of money to move the games to Bakersfield.
06:16So they did something you could call a genius, and you might be right.
06:19They tapped into his disappointment from not winning the Nobel Peace Prize and created their own peace prize, the FIFA Peace Prize,
06:27which is like if NASCAR started handing out Peabody Awards.
06:30It means nothing.
06:32And no one, not even the president, knew who would get it.
06:35Have you been told that you were going to receive the inaugural Peace Prize today from FIFA?
06:39I have not been told. There's a rumor about it, but I have not been told.
06:44I don't know that I'm getting it. I haven't been officially noticed.
06:46I've been hearing about a peace prize, but I want to really save lives. I don't need prizes.
06:51Yeah, but if you're handing them out, I'll take two.
06:54I mean, he knew full well he was getting this dumb fake prize.
06:57That's why he showed up at the event.
06:59This whole scam was concocted by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino,
07:03who looks like Voldemort trying to sell you a timeshare.
07:06I have to say, Trump was so pleased.
07:10He hasn't been this happy since the day before Eric was born.
07:14Mr. President, this is your prize. This is your peace prize.
07:20There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.
07:28Right now.
07:29Okay, let me hold. Ah, fantastic. Excellent.
07:36He couldn't hand out all those Kennedy Center medals without getting one himself.
07:42You know how when you bring a birthday present to an eight-year-old,
07:44you have to bring another one for a five-year-old brother?
07:48This was basically that.
07:50This is truly one of the great honors of my life.
07:53And beyond awards, Gianni and I were discussing this.
07:56We saved millions and millions of lives.
07:58So many different wars that we were able to end, in some cases, a little bit before they started.
08:05That's right.
08:08Wars begin at the moment of conception.
08:10It's, uh...
08:11I think wars have to start before you end them, no?
08:14How would that work?
08:15Like, he calls up France and goes,
08:16Don't you even think about going into Finland?
08:18Everyone, putting a made-up medal around your neck and bragging about it is like masturbating
08:24and telling your friends you got laid this weekend.
08:26It is really...
08:28It's so...
08:30It's so sad.
08:34One of the greatest honors of his life.
08:36Everyone, even his family, knows this is a BS prize designed to keep him from screwing up the World Cup.
08:42Except for him, it is so...
08:43It's so deeply pathetic, it almost makes me feel bad for him.
08:46I want to thank, uh, by the way, uh, my family, my great first lady.
08:53Melania, you're right here, and thank you very much.
08:58See, that smile always gives way to pain.
09:01It never...
09:03Thank you, Melania.
09:04Your contractual obligations for the month of December are now complete.
09:07You really don't have to hand it to this FIFA guy.
09:10He spent $300 at a trophy shop.
09:12He got the President of the United States to do anything he wants.
09:15Mr. President, this way, this way.
09:18Or this way, whatever.
09:19You can do what you want.
09:21I will just show you how it works.
09:23I've done a few of them.
09:25Don't be scared, right?
09:27So, you have to, uh, basically mingle the balls a little bit.
09:31That's right.
09:32You mingle the balls.
09:34You mingle the balls, and then you fondle the shaft.
09:36I was...
09:37This whole thing is so embarrassing.
09:40It really is.
09:41Uh, look at his face when they-they show him the medal.
09:44He does this...
09:45And then he does this cringy little move where he kind of yoinks it out of the box.
09:50It's like the Grinch stealing the stars of Sidney Lee's Christmas tree.
09:57And then we have our-our lumbering dope grinning from ear to ear with this meaningless medal.
10:03Like a fat kid who gets a karate trophy for breaking a piece of balsa wood.
10:08And the-the FIFA guy is like, President Trump, are you such a big boy?
10:12You-you stop-so many wars.
10:15We have a golden pizza prize just-for you, because you're so, so good.
10:20Even the trophy looked like it didn't want to be seen there.
10:22Look at this trophy.
10:23It looks like-it's like an embarrassed teenager hiding his head in his hands.
10:30Meanwhile, the bombs keep dropping on our Secretary of War Crimes, Pete Hegseth,
10:35who's a front-runner for the next presidential pardon,
10:38after the so-called double tap on that boat,
10:41or should I say on the people who were in the boat before the boat was capsized by U.S. missiles,
10:47the president and top lawmakers from both parties say
10:50they want the video of the strike to be released.
10:53But Pete Hegseth, even though he claims it was all legal and clean,
10:56he doesn't seem so eager to want that.
10:58So, Mr. Secretary, you will be releasing that full video?
11:01We are reviewing it right now.
11:03Is that a yes or no?
11:04That is, for-the most important thing to me
11:08are the ongoing operations in the Caribbean?
11:11No, right.
11:14Listen, he doesn't have time to release potential evidence of war crimes.
11:17He's very busy committing new ones right now.
11:20Trump initially said he agreed the video should be released,
11:23but then he said he didn't say that, which he did say.
11:26So far, he's been standing by Pete Hegseth,
11:29but maybe not after he sees this.
11:31This is Pete Hegseth speaking about this very subject
11:34and the president nine years ago.
11:37It's typical Trump.
11:38All bluster, very little substance.
11:41The military's not going to follow illegal orders.
11:42If you're doing something that is just completely unlawful
11:45and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.
11:49That's why the military said it won't follow unlawful orders
11:52from their commander-in-chief.
11:54He talks a tough game, but then when pressed on it,
11:57he's an armchair tough guy.
11:59Now, Hegseth made those comments back in 2016
12:02before he had his spine removed
12:04or replaced with a Mar-a-Lago pool noodle, so...
12:07But it's really amazing.
12:08Everybody in Trump's cabinet just sold their soul.
12:11Hegseth calls him an armchair tough guy.
12:13J.D. Vance called him America's Hitler.
12:15RFK called him a buffoon.
12:17Cash Patel, well, he liked...
12:19I think he liked him from the beginning, which is worse.
12:21And then on the flip side, we have Marjorie Taylor Greene,
12:24who is now factoring into this...
12:26The big story here in Hollywood this weekend
12:28is Netflix buying Warner Brothers.
12:30Netflix reached a deal to buy Warner Brothers Discovery
12:33for $82.7 billion.
12:36Warner Brothers owns the rights to Harry Potter,
12:38Batman, Superman, for everything.
12:41They own every...
12:42If the deal goes through,
12:43Netflix will have everything on their app,
12:46but they have to get government approval first.
12:48Trump said he will be personally involved
12:51in the decision on the merger,
12:53which is a cute way of saying,
12:55I am currently accepting bribes
12:57to see if the merger goes through.
12:59But after the deal was announced,
13:00Netflix...
13:01I don't know if you got this,
13:02they sent an email to subscribers
13:03that said, nothing is changing today,
13:05which is what you tell your kids
13:06when you're getting divorced.
13:08But the other bidders were Comcast and Paramount,
13:12and Paramount is not giving up.
13:13Today, they launched a hostile takeover bid
13:15backed by a group of investors
13:17that include Jared Kushner
13:18and his Saudi benefactors.
13:20But at the end of the day,
13:21whichever company gets this
13:22is going to come down to whether the president
13:24would rather win the first-ever
13:26Netflix Warner Brothers Peace Prize
13:28or the HBO Paramount Medal of Honor.
13:31Today, Trump's mad at his buddy Larry Ellison,
13:34who owns Paramount, which owns CBS,
13:36which airs 60 Minutes,
13:38which last night aired an interview
13:39with Marjorie Taylor Greene,
13:40who did not have nice things to say about Trump.
13:43Trump responded.
13:44Today, he wrote,
13:45the only reason Marjorie Taylor Trader Brown,
13:48Greene turns Brown under stress,
13:51went bad is that she was jilted
13:53by the president of the United States.
13:55Certainly not the first time she has been jilted.
13:57Marjorie is not America First or MAGA.
14:00Her new views are those of a very dumb person.
14:03My real problem with the show, however,
14:05wasn't the low IQ Trader.
14:06It was that new ownership of 60 Minutes Paramount
14:08would allow a show like this to air.
14:10They are no better than the old ownership,
14:12who just paid me millions of dollars
14:14for fake reporting about your favorite president, me.
14:17Since they bought it,
14:1860 Minutes has actually gotten worse.
14:21Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way about 60 Minutes,
14:24and the last thing I want to do
14:26is upset you during this sensitive time,
14:28but I have one more bit of entertainment news to share,
14:31and that is that I have decided
14:32to extend my contract here at ABC for another year.
14:35Thank you all.
14:41And our show has been renewed.
14:48And so, uh, that's...
14:50Please, Seth said it's embarrassing,
14:52but our show's been renewed till May of 2027,
14:56or until the world ends, whichever comes through.
14:58But I thought about it.
15:00I decided I was given a lot of thought
15:02and decided I would like to spend less time with my family.
15:05And, um, so to our audience here and at home,
15:08I'm honored and humbled to be a part of your routine,
15:11whether it's in bed at night
15:12or during your morning toilet time.
15:15It means a lot to me to have your attention
15:17and to work with, uh, this great group of people
15:20for another year.
15:21My co-workers, even my co-workers,
15:22even the ones who do bad things,
15:24like, um, like, for instance,
15:26the ones who-who promise to hang out
15:28and maybe even sing a karaoke song with me
15:30at our Christmas party on Thursday night
15:33because, well, we've been friends
15:34ever since I discovered all five-foot-two of them
15:37working security in our parking lot.
15:39But then when our song came up...
15:42I end up standing there like an idiot,
15:46alone on stage with two microphones,
15:48singing a duet by myself
15:49because he told us he was going to the bathroom
15:52and instead snuck out to his car
15:54and went home the minute he finishes his dessert.
15:56So even people like that,
15:58I am excited to work with.
16:00Are you excited, Guillermo?
16:02Yeah, I'm very excited, Jimmy.
16:05But listen, I want to apologize.
16:07You do? Yeah.
16:08Yeah, I apologize.
16:09I promise you it won't happen again.
16:11Oh, you said that last year.
16:12No, this one, I swear to God...
16:14Oh, this year won't happen again again?
16:15No, it won't happen again, I swear.
16:18I'm gonna sing a duet with you.
16:20I promise you.
16:21Okay, Guillermo, that's great.
16:22Deal.
16:23Okay, great.
16:24Watch it.
16:25All right, let's get a picture of this.
16:27Deal.
16:28Because I'm gonna tell you something.
16:30I promise you.
16:31If you don't do it, I'm gonna sue you.
16:33Okay.
16:34You can do whatever you want.
16:36I am gonna take you to court, okay?
16:38Okay.
16:38Now go back to your chair
16:40and don't ever come over here again.
16:41All right.
16:42We have a fun show tonight.
16:44Tiana Taylor is here.
16:45We have music on Class of Class.
16:46Leonard with John Legend.
16:48And we'll be back with Quick Aggression.
16:54All right, and welcome back.
17:03Tonight, she is a force to be reckoned with
17:05in Paul Thomas Amberson's One Battle After Another.
17:09And her TV show, All's Fair, Tiana Taylor is with us.
17:12And then later, this is her Grammy-nominated album
17:16called Tasha Music from Tasha Cobbs' Leonard and John Legend.
17:20This week...
17:21Oh, we got good shows this week with Matthew McConaughey,
17:25Jamie Lee Curtis, Rachel Sennett, Regina Hall,
17:28Pete Buttigieg will be here.
17:29We'll have music from Howard Jones
17:31and The Pretty Reckless.
17:32And tomorrow night, David Letterman will join us.
17:34So please join us tonight.
17:36Our first guest tonight is an Emmy-winning writer
17:39and actor from Philadelphia.
17:41You can see the mid-season finale of Abbott Elementary
17:44Wednesday night here on ABC.
17:46And the next day on Hulu, please welcome Quinta Brunson.
17:48Thank you, guys.
18:06Hi, how are you doing?
18:08How are you?
18:09Hi, guys. I'm so good.
18:10How stylish you are. Really stylish.
18:13Thank you. Thank you.
18:14What do you have on?
18:16It's the man outside when they hand you things to sign.
18:20Yeah.
18:20There was a nice man, a nice bald black man,
18:22who said, I like this dress.
18:24Ladies should wear more dresses like this.
18:26And I thought that was the sweetest compliment in the world.
18:29Oh, good. Well, I'm glad you took it
18:30because some people might say,
18:32don't worry about what I'm wearing.
18:33Worry about what you're wearing, Baldy.
18:35That's what I should have said.
18:36You're right. Never mind.
18:37That's for that guy.
18:38Um, congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination this year.
18:42You got a Critics' Choice nomination a few days ago.
18:48Yes, thank you so much.
18:48That's pretty exciting.
18:50I'm very excited.
18:50Especially Critics' Choice because, um,
18:52my co-star, um, Chris Perfetti was nominated
18:55and he plays Jacob on the show
18:57and he's just been doing fantastic work
18:59for the past five years
19:01and I'm really, really happy.
19:03And he's a very nice guy, too.
19:04He's so wonderful.
19:05Was he getting upset that everyone else was getting nominated?
19:07Never.
19:08He wasn't.
19:08He is the kindest man in the world.
19:10It's not a thought to him.
19:12He doesn't think about awards or nominations
19:13or anything except for acting.
19:16He's just an actor
19:17and he comes to do a good job
19:19and be on set, um, and do good work.
19:22So he's the exact type of person
19:24that you want to see
19:25something like this have something for it.
19:28You want to see somebody
19:29who doesn't care about it get it.
19:31Yes, that's what I like.
19:32In the same way you want to see somebody
19:33who doesn't drive win a car.
19:35No, for maybe a bad analogy.
19:40Yeah.
19:42Um, I want to ask you about the Eagles
19:43because they're playing on Monday Night Football tonight
19:46and not only are they on Monday Night Football,
19:47they're, like, at SoFi Stadium
19:49not so far from us.
19:50Yes, I was given some free tickets,
19:52but I had something else to do tonight.
19:54Yeah.
19:54Did you know that when you agreed
19:57to be on our show,
19:58you didn't put two and two together?
19:59No, I did not.
19:59In fact, they gave me the tickets.
20:01I went to the Bears game.
20:02They're not from Chicago.
20:07They're actually Bears.
20:09Um, I went to that game
20:11where the Bears whipped us.
20:13And so, um,
20:14I don't know if we need...
20:16Thank you!
20:17Um, but, so I got some free tickets there
20:19and I was like, you know,
20:20I don't know, I might have to work or something.
20:22They were like, just take them.
20:23I checked my calendar.
20:24I was like, I think I'm in the clear.
20:25I can go to that game.
20:27And on my calendar,
20:28it just said JK,
20:30which I thought meant joke.
20:32Like...
20:32Just kidding.
20:33Free jokey joke time.
20:34And no, it meant Jimmy Kimmel.
20:36So I had to cancel going to the game.
20:39Yeah.
20:40I'm happy to be here.
20:41I know you...
20:41I'm glad you're here.
20:42I know you're superstitious, though,
20:43because I remember you telling me once that,
20:45I think last season,
20:46you said you had to stop watching the games.
20:49And once you did stop watching the games,
20:51the Eagles won the Super Bowl.
20:52Yeah.
20:53Yeah, um...
20:54So maybe it's better
20:55that you're here right now.
20:56I think so.
20:56That's what I'm going to go with.
20:58Yeah.
20:58The Eagles.
20:59Yeah.
21:01Oh, speaking of the Eagles,
21:02I want to show you something,
21:03because this is something I saw
21:04a couple of weeks ago.
21:05I said, please save this
21:06for when Quinta is here.
21:07Oh, no.
21:08This is from a local
21:08Philadelphia public school.
21:10Uh-huh.
21:11First game, we're here.
21:12Go dark and down.
21:13Let's go down.
21:14Oh, yes.
21:15Oh, he's getting out.
21:16Go.
21:16Knock him out the game.
21:17Yes, yes, yes.
21:18Knock him out the game.
21:19He's out of the air.
21:21Oh, we got another one.
21:24Yes, yes.
21:25Yes, yes, yes.
21:26Nice work.
21:28Give him another one.
21:30That's going to live.
21:31Evil!
21:34Now, as a...
21:37As a pretend educator
21:40in the Philadelphia area,
21:42should children be behaving
21:44like that at school?
21:46Should they be?
21:47Yes.
21:48Uh, probably not.
21:51Mm-hmm.
21:52But does it lay the groundwork
21:53for them to become
21:54full-fledged Philadelphia
21:56sports fans?
21:57Well, they already are
21:59before they even get
22:00to that school.
22:01You know what I mean?
22:01It does seem like they were
22:02already filled with rage,
22:03weren't they?
22:04Yes, they are.
22:04You get that in the hospital
22:06the moment you're born.
22:08It's your doctor
22:09who's screaming,
22:10it's a boy,
22:11go birds at you
22:13when you're born.
22:14Doctor gives you a little
22:15slap, you slap the doctor
22:16right behind you.
22:17That's how it goes.
22:19Yeah, I'm not ashamed
22:20of that clip.
22:20I'm proud of it.
22:21You, um,
22:22you started,
22:23this is, you know,
22:24particularly fun charity,
22:26I think.
22:26Yeah.
22:27What are your charities called?
22:28The Quinta Brunson...
22:29Yes.
22:30I thought it was, like,
22:31a little obnoxious
22:31to have the name in it,
22:32but they thought it would make
22:33people participate more.
22:34But it's called
22:36the Quinta Brunson Fund
22:37for field trips.
22:39For field trips?
22:40Yes, so field trips
22:41were a really, really,
22:42really big part
22:42of my educational journey.
22:45The best thing about school?
22:46The best thing about school.
22:47Yeah.
22:48Really?
22:48The best thing about school.
22:50And, um,
22:51what many people don't know
22:53is that field trips
22:54are starting to go away
22:55in a lot of public schools.
22:56There's not a lot of money
22:57for field trips.
22:58Oh.
22:59Um, and so,
23:00I just wanted to find a way
23:02where I can make
23:02the most impact
23:03in the Philadelphia
23:04school district.
23:05It's not always easy
23:06to make things happen
23:08that you want to make happen,
23:09but field trips
23:10were so big for me,
23:11and I realized that
23:12that's one thing
23:13where all it really took
23:14was money.
23:15Right.
23:15Um, and permission slips,
23:16but that's not my business.
23:17And all the permission slips,
23:18the whole thing.
23:19So, I started this fund
23:21for anyone who wants
23:22to donate.
23:23You don't have to be
23:23from Philadelphia.
23:25Um, I donated $20,000
23:26to get it kicked off,
23:28and you guys don't have
23:29to match me.
23:29If you want to match me,
23:30you can.
23:32Um, yeah.
23:33Can I ask,
23:33what are your, like,
23:34do you have memories
23:35of field trips
23:36that you loved?
23:37Yeah, so,
23:37my teachers were amazing.
23:38Any book we read,
23:40they would try to take us
23:41to a field trip
23:41that, um,
23:42was inspired by the book.
23:44Really?
23:44Um, was, yeah,
23:45so, one,
23:46what I remember
23:46was going to
23:47Grand Central Station,
23:48because we read a story
23:49about a cricket
23:50that got lost
23:51in Grand Central Station.
23:53I don't remember
23:53the name of the book,
23:54um, but I remember
23:56the field trip,
23:56and that was only
23:57to New York.
23:58I'm from Philly,
23:59that's two hours away,
24:00but you'd be surprised
24:01how many kids
24:02from Philly
24:03never get to go
24:04to New York.
24:04That was my first time
24:06ever going there,
24:06and it changed my life,
24:08and I think that those
24:10field trips are important.
24:12I mean, I,
24:13I don't, I,
24:15I, we didn't take
24:15good field trips,
24:17um, when I was growing up.
24:18Yeah.
24:18I mean, in Brooklyn,
24:19we did.
24:20We would go to the planetarium,
24:21which was great.
24:21That's fun.
24:22And the Bronx Zoo,
24:22which was great.
24:23Right, right.
24:24But, um,
24:25when I was a Cub Scout,
24:26we took a field trip.
24:27Yeah.
24:27And we went to
24:27a Carvel ice cream store.
24:29You remember Carvel?
24:30Which I love,
24:31by the way.
24:32Yeah.
24:32But what happened
24:33was we went to the Carvel,
24:34Yeah.
24:35and we, uh,
24:35went behind the counter
24:36and saw how the machine
24:37worked,
24:38and then they sent us home.
24:39We never,
24:39we did not get anything.
24:40You didn't get any ice cream?
24:43That's cool.
24:44I, honestly,
24:45if I could go back in time,
24:46a lot of people say
24:47they would,
24:48there are a lot of things
24:48they would kill Hitler,
24:49whatever.
24:50Right.
24:50I would go back
24:51to just before that
24:52to find out what the hell
24:54these people were thinking,
24:55sending us,
24:56sending a group
24:57of seven-year-old boys
24:58to Carvel
24:59and not giving them
25:00any ice cream.
25:01That's cruel.
25:02And if your fund was around,
25:04boy, maybe we would
25:05have had ice cream.
25:06Hey, look,
25:07I think you would have.
25:08And if people want
25:09to donate to this fund,
25:10you can help
25:11little jimmies everywhere
25:12get that ice cream.
25:13All right,
25:13little jimmies
25:14going to make a donation
25:15to the fund as well.
25:16Christopher Brunson,
25:17Abbott Elementary,
25:18we'll be right back.
25:22Good morning, Janine.
25:26Good morning, Barbara.
25:27And happy birthday.
25:30What are you going
25:30to do to celebrate?
25:31Okay, so last night,
25:33I was still 29.
25:34I go to Rubenstein's
25:35and turn up with my friends.
25:36But today, I'm 30.
25:38Very adult.
25:40So I'll be going
25:40to a very mature dinner
25:41with Gregory and my mommy.
25:44Your mother?
25:45Yeah.
25:46Oh, and she is arriving now.
25:48Breathing past
25:48the front door biddies.
25:50Meet you in the room
25:50with the sad people
25:51and the free food.
25:52She's on her way here.
25:54That is from the
25:55mid-season finale
25:56of Abbott Elementary,
25:57which you can watch
25:58Wednesday night.
25:59Quinta Brunson is with us.
26:01Your mom is played
26:02by Taraji P. Henson,
26:03which is fun.
26:04Yeah, it's fantastic.
26:05Is she anything
26:05like your real mom?
26:07No, my real mom
26:08is wonderful.
26:08Wait, hold on.
26:09Hold on.
26:11Hold on.
26:12Not too much
26:13on Taraji.
26:13Taraji the person is great.
26:15The character,
26:16Veneta, is horrible.
26:17The character.
26:17My mom is amazing.
26:18Yes.
26:19Yes, yes.
26:20My mom's amazing.
26:20Just to be clear.
26:21No, this is a fictional
26:22mother that was put together
26:24by stories of many
26:25horrible tales of mothers
26:27that I was fascinated with,
26:28just people who had
26:29really, really horrible
26:30relationships with their mom.
26:31So you say to the writers,
26:32you're like,
26:33okay, we got this character.
26:34It's my mom.
26:35She's a terrible woman.
26:36Tell me about
26:37your terrible mom stories.
26:38It's more they just
26:41start talking about their-
26:42They just start telling them.
26:43Yeah, I don't mind for it.
26:45But you know what?
26:46I think it's great
26:47to be able to explore
26:48those kinds of relationships
26:49because a lot of people
26:50relate to them.
26:51Yeah.
26:51Need healing from them.
26:52Need to know how to deal with them
26:53and reckon from them.
26:54So, or reckon with them.
26:56So, yeah,
26:56I like being able
26:57to explore that.
26:58And sometimes,
26:59there's nothing,
26:59there's something about
27:00a true story
27:02that just,
27:03it hits.
27:04It just hits.
27:04Yeah, right?
27:05Yeah.
27:05Yeah, it's really good.
27:06Yeah.
27:07And what did you do
27:08for your own 30th birthday?
27:09For my 30th birthday,
27:11I went to Vegas.
27:13Oh, you went to Las Vegas.
27:14I went to Las Vegas.
27:16I went to Las Vegas.
27:18I went,
27:19I stayed at the Cosmopolitan.
27:21I didn't do anything special.
27:23I went to one of those
27:23weird little shows downstairs.
27:25Oh, a lounge show?
27:27Yeah, it's like the weird ones
27:28where it,
27:29they're,
27:30it's like a play,
27:31but they're naked.
27:32Oh.
27:33Do you know what I mean?
27:34I don't know why
27:35they're naked.
27:35Well, they're naked
27:36to get people to come to you.
27:38Yes.
27:38Yeah.
27:38See, I was there
27:39for the story.
27:40I was like,
27:40what,
27:40this doesn't connect.
27:41Why is the alien
27:42having sex with the maid?
27:44I don't understand.
27:45I was confused.
27:47So why didn't you go,
27:48why did you go to that show?
27:49Did you,
27:50it seemed just strange to you
27:51and you thought
27:52that would be the one to see?
27:53I thought it was
27:53going to be a fun show
27:54about space.
27:55And then I get in there
27:56and titties.
27:58I was very confused.
27:59I didn't know.
28:00I had never been
28:01to a Vegas show before.
28:02That was my first time
28:03and I just thought,
28:05I thought the,
28:05I thought the Cosmo
28:07was a family establishment.
28:09I didn't know
28:10that's what they were doing.
28:11You know what,
28:11none of it is really
28:12for the family.
28:13They say it is
28:14and there are spots
28:15you can go,
28:16but yeah,
28:17no, no,
28:17there's, yeah.
28:18But it's good
28:19that you didn't bring
28:19any kids along with you
28:20because that would have
28:21been quite a surprise.
28:22You're also speaking
28:24of kids in Zootopia 2,
28:26the sequel to Zootopia.
28:27Yes.
28:28Yes, Zootopia 2.
28:30Really exciting.
28:30My kids loved that movie.
28:32That's great.
28:33The first one
28:34was so wonderful.
28:35I was so honored
28:36to ask to be part
28:37of the second one.
28:39It's an incredible,
28:40incredible movie.
28:42If you haven't taken
28:42your family yet,
28:44it's a great movie.
28:44I think everybody did.
28:46It seems like everybody
28:46in the world
28:47went to see it already, right?
28:48I know, I know.
28:49Yeah, it was either
28:50like that or Wicked
28:51over the break.
28:52Well, I promise you,
28:54yes, we will be seeing
28:55that movie over and over
28:56and over and over
28:56and over and over
28:57and over again.
28:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:59I'm excited.
28:59Well, it's great to see you.
29:01The mid-season finale.
29:03Yes.
29:03Mid-season finale
29:04is what we're calling it.
29:05It's like halftime
29:06of the season.
29:07Yes.
29:07Don't you have that too,
29:09here?
29:09No, no.
29:09We just keep going
29:10and going and going
29:11until people throw up.
29:12I hope you keep going
29:13and going and going
29:14for really long.
29:14Well, thank you.
29:15I appreciate that.
29:16The great Quinta Brunson,
29:18everybody.
29:18Abbott Elementary,
29:19Wednesday nights,
29:208, 30, 4, and 8, 6.
29:22Watch it the next day
29:23on Hulu.
29:23We'll be back
29:24with Tiana Taylor.
29:33All right, there's a lot
29:34of that.
29:35These are from
29:35Kasa Cobb's Leonard
29:36and John Legend
29:37is on the way.
29:38Our next guest
29:39is having a very good year.
29:40Her album, Escape Room,
29:41is up for a Grammy.
29:42She has a hit TV show
29:44on Hulu
29:44called All's Fair.
29:45And this morning,
29:46she was nominated
29:46for a Golden Globe
29:47for the movie
29:48One Battle After Another.
29:50This is a new consciousness.
29:52A new consciousness?
29:53Yeah.
29:55I'm not your other buddy.
29:58I'm not your mother.
30:02You want your power
30:03over me,
30:04the same reason
30:04you want your power
30:05over the world.
30:07You and your crumbling
30:10male ego
30:10will never do this
30:11revolution like me.
30:12One Battle After Another
30:13is in theaters
30:14and on demand now.
30:15Please welcome
30:16Tiana Taylor.
30:17How are you?
30:40Hey, y'all.
30:41Yeah.
30:43You know what?
30:43You look like an award winner
30:45in this outfit.
30:46Oh, my God.
30:47I knew I was coming
30:48to see you today.
30:49I was like, let me throw
30:50on my suit.
30:51Congratulations.
30:52I just mentioned,
30:53I mean, you seem to have
30:54been nominated
30:54for all the awards
30:55there are.
30:56You might get
30:57a FIFA Peace Prize
30:58while you're out.
31:00Maybe.
31:01Take me through
31:02your morning.
31:03Do you wake up
31:04to find out
31:05if you're nominated?
31:06How does it work?
31:07Yeah, it's crazy
31:08because I had got
31:08my feet and nails done
31:09late last night
31:10and I wound up
31:12falling asleep
31:13on the couch.
31:14And usually,
31:14I'm like a 7 a.m.
31:15waker-upper.
31:16Okay.
31:17The nominations
31:17came on at 5.
31:19Right.
31:19For some reason,
31:20it was like,
31:20I just kept tossing
31:21and turning
31:22and then my people
31:23was in the kitchen
31:24making noise
31:25and I sleep light.
31:25So I woke up
31:26and it was on.
31:27I was like,
31:27ah!
31:27And I tried
31:28to turn back around
31:29and go back to sleep
31:30but then I couldn't.
31:31So I was just
31:31sitting there watching.
31:33My stomach was
31:34in my booty.
31:35I was just like,
31:35what is,
31:36what's about to happen?
31:37And I guess
31:38what we was watching
31:39was delayed
31:39because then my whole team
31:41called me on a group chat.
31:41It was like 20 of us.
31:42Oh.
31:43Well, my agents,
31:43everybody called me like,
31:44ah!
31:45Congratulations!
31:46And I was like,
31:46wait, they didn't say it yet.
31:47Hold on,
31:47what's happening?
31:49Yeah, so.
31:50Somebody had hit pause
31:51on your DVR.
31:52Yeah, I was like,
31:53I'm a little delayed.
31:55Who's most excited
31:56in your family about this?
31:57My mom.
31:58Your mom?
31:58My mom.
31:59Everybody is super excited
32:00but I actually get scared
32:02when I'm nominated
32:02for something
32:03because she will, like,
32:05almost catch an asthma attack.
32:07I'm like, girl,
32:07you have to calm down.
32:08Oh, really?
32:09No, she's like,
32:09ah!
32:10Ah!
32:10Ah!
32:11Ah!
32:11I'm like,
32:12mom?
32:13Like,
32:14you know,
32:15I'd be scared.
32:16I'm like,
32:17winning is scared.
32:18Yeah, right.
32:19It's scary.
32:20Winning is scary
32:20because my mom
32:21is like hyperventilating.
32:22I'm like, girl,
32:23you got to calm down.
32:24How are you going to handle
32:25this with your mom
32:26if she comes,
32:26will she come with you
32:27to any of these shows?
32:28That's what I'm saying.
32:28I'm going to,
32:29she is going to come with me
32:30but we're going to have
32:30to have a little talk
32:31before we go
32:33and get this popping
32:34because it's like, girl.
32:35A doctor with you
32:36is really what you need.
32:37That's what I'm saying.
32:37I mean,
32:38I'm already in culinary school.
32:39I'm thinking maybe
32:39I should just go to school
32:40for, you know,
32:41to be a nurse as well.
32:42You are going
32:43to culinary school.
32:44Right.
32:44Yeah,
32:45maybe it would make sense
32:46to take a paramedic class.
32:47You know what I'm saying?
32:48I mean,
32:48at this point,
32:49I'm doing,
32:50I'm doing everything.
32:50I love that you're
32:51going to culinary school.
32:52In the middle of this,
32:53you've got all this stuff
32:54going on with the music career
32:56and the acting career
32:57and you're like,
32:58I'm going to learn to cook.
32:59Yes,
32:59because culinary,
33:00cooking,
33:01the art of it,
33:02keeps me grounded.
33:05You know,
33:05it gives you the time
33:06to be in the kitchen
33:07and be quiet.
33:08Right.
33:08You know what I'm saying?
33:09And really just like,
33:10cook and smell the food
33:12and taste test all the food
33:14and eat all the food.
33:15You know what I'm saying?
33:15And when you say
33:17you're going to culinary school,
33:18do you go to a place
33:19and you're in a class
33:21with other students
33:22learning how to chop
33:23and that food?
33:23Yeah,
33:23so I go to Escoffia.
33:25They actually do have a campus,
33:27but of course,
33:28I'm here with you.
33:28I can't be on campus,
33:30so I get to do it online,
33:31which is actually harder
33:32because you don't have
33:33your chef there to say,
33:35no,
33:35fix this,
33:36fix this.
33:36It's kind of like,
33:37figure it out.
33:38So you keep up
33:39no matter where you are.
33:39I keep up no matter where.
33:40I was on my way
33:41to the one battle
33:42after another premiere
33:43doing my discussion panel
33:45and my discussion forums.
33:47I don't play no games.
33:48I take pride
33:48in making sure
33:49my schoolwork is turned in.
33:51I'm a straight-A student.
33:54I'll be so proud.
33:56I'll be so proud.
33:57What do you like making?
33:58What are you learning to make
33:59and what do you enjoy making?
34:01You know what's crazy?
34:02Out of everything,
34:02I've been learning so much.
34:03I mean, like,
34:04fabricating protein,
34:05all types of stuff.
34:06But my favorite,
34:07and I think it's the kids' favorite,
34:08is making pizza from scratch.
34:10Making pizza from scratch.
34:12Yeah, it was really,
34:12really good,
34:13but it wasn't like
34:14DiGiorno,
34:15delivery of DiGiorno.
34:16It wasn't that.
34:16Like, it's like real
34:17brick-style, like, pizza.
34:20But I also made
34:20butter from scratch,
34:21cornbread,
34:23um,
34:24whipped cream,
34:26uh,
34:26palms puree,
34:28uh,
34:28pilaf rice,
34:30all types.
34:30I mean,
34:30I'm learning.
34:31I even opened up
34:32my palate
34:33to a lot of things
34:34that I thought
34:34Oh, it's now making you
34:35eat more things.
34:35Yeah,
34:36I've never been a fan
34:36of zucchini.
34:37Until now.
34:39Until I made it.
34:40It's so much stuff
34:41that I'm like,
34:42ooh, I would never,
34:42ooh, ooh.
34:43Did you, did you?
34:43How am I gonna pass
34:44this test?
34:45But then...
34:45I know you like
34:46to bring food,
34:47uh, as I recall,
34:48to the award shows.
34:49I sneak food.
34:50I smuggle food
34:51into the award show.
34:51You smuggle food
34:52into the award show.
34:53Yes, I do.
34:53Which is smart
34:54because they go on
34:55for four hours
34:55and nobody has
34:56anything to eat.
34:57Yeah, just as long
34:58as I don't get banned,
34:59you know?
35:00Yeah, well, no,
35:00I don't think
35:01you can get banned for that.
35:02In fact,
35:02people get pretty excited.
35:03In fact,
35:03at the Golden Globes,
35:04it's like a circular table,
35:06right?
35:06You know what?
35:06I heard that the food
35:07be good at the Golden Globes.
35:09Oh, so they do have food
35:10at the Golden Globes.
35:11Yeah, they said
35:11it's a round table.
35:12You've been there.
35:13No, I've never been
35:13to the Golden Globes.
35:14You've never been
35:14to the Golden Globes?
35:15No, no.
35:15You're gonna come
35:15celebrate your friend?
35:16Well, I...
35:17I'm not saying
35:17I'm gonna win.
35:17I'm just saying.
35:18Yeah, I'll come with you.
35:20Sure.
35:20We're gonna have on our suits.
35:21Will your parents be mad?
35:23Or your mom be mad?
35:24No, I just think
35:24you gotta bring an inhaler.
35:26Okay.
35:26You know,
35:26you're gonna have to work.
35:34She's so happy.
35:35She was on the plane today,
35:36didn't have no Wi-Fi,
35:37so she couldn't get
35:37on the group chat call today,
35:39so she's in the text like,
35:40I'm losing it on this plane!
35:42At all times,
35:43there's no Wi-Fi!
35:44She finally got the Wi-Fi.
35:45By the way,
35:46you were absolutely
35:47great in the movie.
35:48I did want to say that.
35:51And then...
35:53You and Leo
35:54really do some making out,
35:56and I mean,
35:57there's some...
35:57there's licking involved.
35:59Oh, my God!
35:59There's all sorts of stuff
36:00happening there.
36:01That's all you got from that?
36:02Well, it's not all I got,
36:04but it's the top-line item.
36:07And so, do you...
36:10Like, did you...
36:10When you work with Leo,
36:12were you like a...
36:14Titanic,
36:14you're too young for that, right?
36:16You know what's crazy is,
36:18technically,
36:18I was too young for Titanic.
36:20I was not too young
36:21to be in front of a windowpane
36:23singing Celine Dion
36:25with everything in me.
36:26Like, literally,
36:27when Titanic came out,
36:29it would be...
36:29I was like seven or eight,
36:30first of all, you guys.
36:31And I would be in the hallway
36:33playing around
36:33with my friends.
36:34Like, we all play in the hallway,
36:35and my mom would play,
36:37you know,
36:38the Titanic soundtrack out loud.
36:40And while all the other kids
36:41is playing,
36:42my ear is to the door,
36:43and I mean,
36:43I'm singing every night.
36:46I mean,
36:46I'm like singing my heart
36:48out like I'm in front
36:48of a windowpane,
36:49and it's raining.
36:50You hear me?
36:50I said,
36:51listen,
36:51I am too young
36:52to be this invested
36:54into the Titanic
36:55and Celine,
36:56but it was just everything.
36:58And you loved
36:59the movie itself?
36:59I loved the movie itself,
37:01yes.
37:01I loved the movie,
37:02I loved the soundtrack,
37:02like, everything.
37:03I was mad
37:04when my girl threw
37:06the chain back
37:07in the pool.
37:08Right.
37:08I was upset about that.
37:09You already threw Jack.
37:11Now you're gonna throw
37:12the chain.
37:14Yeah, she's very inconsiderate.
37:15The only thing she's gonna do
37:15is put something
37:16under that water.
37:17She's gonna let it go.
37:19She let that hand go,
37:19oh, you frozen, goodbye.
37:21And then put the chain
37:23in there.
37:23I said, oh, my God.
37:24I don't even know
37:25what to congratulate.
37:26Congratulations on all
37:27of the things, I guess.
37:28Yeah, maybe next time
37:30you come back,
37:31we could do some cooking
37:31or something like that.
37:32That would be so much fun.
37:33You could show us
37:34something that you've learned.
37:35Yeah.
37:36Yeah.
37:36Diana Taylor, everybody,
37:37one battle after another.
37:39It's in theaters
37:39and Hansa Van Now
37:40and the secret of all stairs
37:42tomorrow on Hulu.
37:43We'll be back
37:44with Tasha Cobbs-Lennard
37:45and John Legend.
37:51Her Grammy-nominated album
37:53is called Tasha
37:54here at the song Church
37:55with help from John Legend,
37:57Tasha Cobbs-Lennard.
38:06Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
38:14Oh, oh, oh, oh.
38:19Where is the choir?
38:19I can hear them singing.
38:22Where is the preacher?
38:25I can hear him preaching.
38:28Where are those church bells?
38:31I don't hear them ringing.
38:34Where is that feeling?
38:37And where's the piano with all of his pain
38:45And where are those people with all of their praising
38:51And all the emotion that I have been chasing
38:57Where is that feeling, yeah, yeah
39:01God, it's just you and me now
39:07You tell me what to do now
39:10Teach me how to have church on a Monday
39:14You can be my company
39:18Here's my heart, you take the lead
39:21Teach me how to have church on a Monday
39:25Now I'm understanding
39:39You're more than a building
39:42When the service is over
39:45I'll still be singing
39:48You'll meet me right here
39:51I'll be waiting
39:54Oh, what a feeling
39:56Hey, yeah, yeah
40:00God, it's just you and me now
40:04You tell me what to do now
40:07Teach me how to have church on a Monday
40:11You can be my company
40:15Here's my heart, you take the lead
40:18Teach me how to have church on a Monday
40:23Oh, oh, oh, oh
40:28Oh, oh, oh, oh
40:34Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
40:38Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
40:42Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
40:46You can be my company
40:50Here's my heart, you take the lead
40:53Teach me how to have church on a Sunday
40:58Oh, oh, oh, oh
41:03Here's my words of joy, yeah
41:06Oh, oh, oh, oh
41:09Make any of the world in place
41:12I want to put a smile on your face
41:16On a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
41:19Every day, yeah, yeah
41:22Teach us how to have church
41:27Yeah
41:28Thanks to Quinta Brunson, Tiana Taylor
41:39Tajikov, Leonard, and John Legend
41:41Apologies to Matt Damon
41:42Nightlight is next
41:44Thank you for watching
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