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00:00From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:04Tonight, Niall Horan and Aaron Moriarty with the Kletos!
00:11And now, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:30Hi, everybody. Thanks for watching. Thank you for reporting so much.
00:37We are beaming to you from our studio in the City of Angels,
00:42where tomorrow, just about a five-mile drive, about a 90-minute drive,
00:47but five miles from here, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers
00:51are looking to start a three-peat with a loaded baked potato of a team.
00:55Tomorrow is opening day, but the season started tonight on Netflix of all places.
01:00They had a game between the Yankees and the Giants.
01:03They call it opening night. Opening night, you know, is crucial in baseball
01:06because if you lose the first game, it's very difficult to get any momentum
01:10going into the final 161.
01:13This is the first Major League Baseball game ever on Netflix,
01:17and after all the hype, it turned out to be just like any other game,
01:20except for the seventh inning when both teams were replaced
01:22by the cast of Stranger Things.
01:25And Steve Harrington hit two home runs off the Demogorgon.
01:29So, congrats.
01:30Speaking of Demogorgons, it was a weird day at the White House today
01:33where our First Lady, Melania Trump, hosted the second day of her global summit
01:38titled Fostering the Future Together,
01:41which is basically a commercial for AI in education,
01:45and she made quite an entrance.
01:46You can see they really are looking for the future because she had an unusual escort.
01:54One of those robots is Melania.
01:56Okay?
01:58The other is Figure 3, which is a humanoid that can complete simple household chores
02:05like doing laundry, loading the dishwasher, and it can teach your children.
02:09And in the corner there of the screen is the French First Lady, Bridgette McCrone,
02:13who picked a weird day to visit.
02:17No one's exactly sure what they should do here because, you know,
02:22the first, she's kind of suspicious walking alongside this robot
02:26as it approaches the First Lady of France, when Melania stops,
02:31and then, um...
02:35Sacre bleu.
02:37And it only got scarier from there as Melania pleasantly informed us
02:42that we will all soon be replaced by machines.
02:45The future of AI is personified.
02:49It will be formed in the shape of humans.
02:53Very soon, artificial intelligence will move from our mobile phones
02:58to humanoids that deliver utility.
03:02Did she say utility or...
03:03or fertility?
03:05Because that is competition in the bedroom her husband does not need.
03:10Maybe someday we will have a robot president.
03:13You know, it couldn't be worse than what we have right now.
03:15We did...
03:16We got a sneak peek at what might be in store for Team Trump
03:19come November at the elections.
03:21I mentioned last night, Mr. Ban mail-in voting
03:24voted by mail in a special election in Palm Beach.
03:27This is a district Trump won by double digits two years ago,
03:31and the district he lives in.
03:33But seems like maybe the magic is wearing off,
03:36because last night, a Democrat, Emily Gregory,
03:39scored a major upset over a...
03:43a Republican that Trump endorsed.
03:46She won one solidly red seat in the state legislature,
03:50which is a real kick in the golf balls for Mara Lardo.
03:54Let's just say there are a lot of tiny fist-sized holes
03:57getting punched in the White House drywall today.
03:59Two days ago, Trump said the Republican candidate,
04:03John Maples, had his complete and total endorsement,
04:06and that John will never let you down.
04:08And he's right, he won't, because he's back to work
04:10as a financial planner.
04:12He lost the race.
04:13The idea that Trump voted by mail
04:15at the same time he's trying to ram this
04:17Save My Fat Orange Ass Act through Congress right now,
04:21which is a bill that would do away with mail-in ballots,
04:24has put leaders in the GOP in a bit of a pickle.
04:27The squeaker of the House, Mike Johnson,
04:29was asked about this latest act of brazen hypocrisy
04:32and did a little tap dance around it.
04:35President Trump has railed against mail-in voting as rigged.
04:38He said it's a form of cheating as recently as Monday.
04:41But in yesterday's special election in Florida,
04:44he voted by mail.
04:45How do you square those two statements?
04:47Look, I think some states have handled mail-in balloting well.
04:51I think Florida's a good example of that.
04:52They don't allow fraud, and they have great systems.
04:55That is not true in other parts of the country,
04:58and that is the concern, especially in a state like California.
05:01Right, right.
05:04Florida, as we all know, is very button-down, very normal,
05:07whereas California, it's a madhouse.
05:10Listen, I've lived in both states.
05:12I've lived in Florida.
05:13I've lived in California.
05:14The only thing Florida does better
05:16is get manatees addicted to meth, all right?
05:19If you're looking to buy a hot dog from a woman in a G-string,
05:23Florida is the place you want to be.
05:25Otherwise, you're better off here.
05:27We are now on day 26 of Operation Epic Fury,
05:30and while most of America doesn't seem to feel like it's going great,
05:34the president very much does,
05:36largely because, according to NBC News,
05:39Trump gets a sizzle reel every day that only shows us attacking them.
05:44NBC said there's a daily montage.
05:46It typically runs for about two minutes, sometimes longer.
05:49He sees it every day.
05:51One official described the videos as a series of clips of stuff blowing up,
05:55and his video briefings are said to be fueling concerns among some of Trump's allies
06:00that he might not be receiving or absorbing the complete picture of the war.
06:05He's only seeing the positive stuff,
06:07which helps to explain why he keeps saying,
06:09we already won the war that is still going on.
06:12I mean, do you know how many lives and how much money we could save
06:15if we just quietly brought everyone home from Iran
06:18and showed him Call of Duty clips instead?
06:22White House spokes team Caroline Leavitt released a statement pushing back on the story.
06:26She said anyone who has been present for conversations with President Trump
06:30knows he actively seeks and solicits the opinions of everyone in the room
06:35and expects full-throated honesty from all his top advisors.
06:39That sounds like him, right?
06:41I mean, this is the guy who said I know more about ISIS than all the generals.
06:46That's Donald, very collaborative Donald Trump.
06:49Just step back and think about this.
06:51Every day, they're bringing him these fun little action movies of us blowing stuff up.
06:56Everyone's telling him how great he's doing.
06:58He's got four whole cable networks dedicated to kissing his ass 24-7.
07:03His staff is terrified to ever bring him any bad news.
07:06And he has the memory of a worm at the bottle of a bottle of Muscal.
07:11And this is the man in charge of sending our children to war.
07:14At least the ones whose dads don't have a good podiatrist to get them out of it.
07:18It's really something.
07:19Our own government is making war propaganda videos for the person running the war.
07:25Even Kim Jong-un is like, that's a bit much.
07:28I don't know.
07:29By the way, that is another consequence of this war in Iran.
07:32The president's former pen pal, Kim Jong-un, says the lesson that he's learned is that you can't trust the
07:38sweet talk from the U.S.
07:39And as a result, he says he's going to make sure North Korea's nuclear status is irreversible.
07:44So I guess Trump wrote all those love letters for no reason at all.
07:48And to really rub it into his pumpkin face, Kim Jong-un was just reelected to a third term with
07:5499.93% of the vote.
07:57The other 0.07% are dead.
08:01They're deceased now.
08:03One of this war's biggest cheerleaders is Pete Hegseth.
08:06He is overtly enjoying it.
08:08It must be a rush to go from lowly weekend cable news anchor to dropping giant bombs.
08:13And you can see Pete is fired up.
08:15The president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon.
08:19The War Department agrees.
08:20Our job is to ensure that.
08:21And so we're keeping our hand on that throttle as long as it's hard as is necessary to ensure the
08:28interest of the United States of America are achieved.
08:30That's the moment the Cialis kicked in.
08:34It's unclear what, if any, actual conversations are happening with Iran.
08:38But one thing we do know is they won't be happening with Jared Kushner, a.k.a. Sheldon Cooper's evil
08:44twin.
08:45The Iranians have said they will not accept Jared Kushner or Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff,
08:52as negotiators.
08:53You know, the Iranians have a nickname for Jared.
08:55They call him the Sorrowful Broomstick, which sounds better in Farsi, but.
09:00And it's weird that the Iranians don't want to negotiate with Trump's son in law, whose primary job experience before
09:07this was holding Ivanka's purse.
09:09It seems very unfriendly.
09:11They want J.D. Vance to be the point person on talks, which is funny.
09:16I mean, this is the first time anyone has ever wanted to talk to J.D. Vance.
09:21Even his wife Usher was like, are you sure they said J.D.?
09:25Source said that Iran sees J.D. Vance as a more acceptable diplomatic figure than Witkoff and Kushner.
09:31In the same way, a canker sore is more acceptable than herpes.
09:35But you know how much you have to suck for someone to demand you be replaced by J.D. Vance?
09:41And it's not an easy position for Vance to be in because Trump hates it when anyone gets credit for
09:46anything.
09:47So it really isn't in J.D.'s best interest to do well in Iran because his White House key card
09:53might not work when he gets back to Washington, D.C.
09:56J.D.'s like, guys, can we please just get back to blaming immigrants for our problems?
10:01Remember the eating the cats and dogs?
10:03What happened to that? I love that.
10:05Anyway, the lives of millions of people are now in the hands of a man who struggled to order a
10:10doughnut.
10:11And whatever the outcome, the president has been very successful, you have to admit, in changing the narrative from the
10:17Trump-Epstein files to the war.
10:19There's been very little in the way of repercussions in this country, at least, for the many men who socialized
10:25with Epstein and did business with him, including one of his former lawyers, Epstein Powell and Trump sycophant Alan Dershowitz.
10:32Had President Trump been in charge in 1935, 1936, I think the Holocaust would have been prevented.
10:41I think he would have gone in after Nazi Germany.
10:43He would have destroyed it the way he is destroying Nazi Iran.
10:48And the Holocaust would have been prevented.
10:52It's incredible.
10:53Donald Trump is now stopping wars from before he was even born.
10:58He's a peacemaking time traveler.
11:02If Trump had been president, Anne Frank would have been wearing a MAGA hat and getting jiggy to Kid Rock.
11:08The Titanic would still be floating today had Donald Trump been born sooner.
11:14You have to give them points for imagination.
11:16You know, according to the New York Times, in some states, gas prices have now jumped more than 30%
11:22over the last two weeks.
11:23And according to the White House, no, they haven't.
11:27But what happened to all that oil we got from Venezuela?
11:30I thought we were going to be swimming in it.
11:31And on top of that, the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is preventing imports of nitrogen,
11:37which is a key ingredient in the fertilizer American farmers need to grow crops, to grow our food.
11:42The price of fertilizer has skyrocketed since the war started.
11:46But don't worry, because when the manure hits the fan, President old McDonald has a plan.
11:53Hello, everyone.
11:53This is your favorite president, Donald J. Trump.
11:56Recently, I started a war in Iran.
11:58It's not a war, but it is a war.
12:01And for reasons I don't care to understand, we are out of fertilizer.
12:06Fertilizer is an old-fashioned word that means poop.
12:10Toilet potatoes, nature's meatballs, reverse food, whatever you want to call it.
12:15Our farmers need it.
12:16It's a problem.
12:17And I alone can fix it.
12:19Introducing Trump Fertilizer, made in the USA, for the USA, by me.
12:26Every little nugget comes from inside my own body,
12:29fueled by a steady diet of KFC, Chick-fil-A, hot dog, Trump steak, Mar-a-Lago wedding cake, pizza,
12:38Goya,
12:38and, of course, taco bowls, the bowl you can eat.
12:42All of this travels through my stomach into my large intestine
12:46and then through my other large intestines.
12:48I have no small intestines.
12:50My intestines are all big, huge intestines.
12:54And into the bag.
12:56From my back door to your front door.
13:01Our beautiful farmers, this is my gift to you.
13:04My crops are your crops.
13:06Trump Fertilizer.
13:08Because even my number twos are number one.
13:15He is good for something.
13:17Okay.
13:18We're gonna take a break.
13:20When we come back, we have something special planned.
13:22We're gonna play a game in which music superstar Niall Horan takes on his number one fan.
13:27So stick around.
13:28We will be right back.
13:43Hi there, welcome back to the show.
13:45If you were a fan of popular music, you probably know at least a little bit about our guest tonight.
13:50His name is Niall Horan.
13:51And we wondered if there might be a fan out there who knows more about Niall than he does about
13:57himself.
13:58We're about to find out.
13:59It's time to play Who Knows Niall.
14:05Our Niall super fan happens to work right here at our show.
14:09We're very excited about this.
14:11Her name is Rachel.
14:11And she's such a fan that when she had a car accident on her way to one of Niall's concerts,
14:17she ignored her doctor, removed her neck brace without authorization, and broke out of the hospital to go.
14:23What?
14:24She is so committed to Niall, she should be committed.
14:28Please welcome Rachel, everybody.
14:29Rachel.
14:31Hi, Rachel.
14:32How are you?
14:33Yeah.
14:35Are you excited, Rachel?
14:37I'm really excited.
14:38How old are you now, Rachel?
14:40I'm 30.
14:41Okay.
14:41That's too old for this.
14:42You know that, right?
14:43A little, but I don't think you ever outgrow Niall.
14:45All right.
14:46This will be your last hurrah.
14:47Here we go.
14:48All right.
14:48Let's meet your opponent.
14:49Okay.
14:50He has a new album.
14:51It's called Dinner Party.
14:52It looks just like this.
14:54It comes out June 5th.
14:55Please welcome Niall Horan.
15:02Hi.
15:04Hi.
15:05I see you, Rachel.
15:08We love you very much.
15:11Niall, are you, do you think, how do you think you're going to do here tonight?
15:15Probably not as good as her, to be honest.
15:17All right.
15:17But we'll find out.
15:18Are you ready to do it?
15:20Nope.
15:21Nope.
15:21Hi, Doc.
15:22Well, we got to begin anyway.
15:24I will ask a series of questions about Niall.
15:26If you know the answer, buzz in.
15:28You get a correct answer.
15:29It's 10 points.
15:29If you don't get it correct, the other person has a chance to steal those 10 points from you.
15:35The winner gets a valuable prize.
15:36Not just a valuable prize, a valuable prize possession.
15:39Are you ready to play?
15:40Yes.
15:41Here we go.
15:41Let's find out.
15:42Who knows Niall?
15:43The first question.
15:48On Niall's last tour of the show, Live On Tour, how many shows did he play?
15:54I think Rachel buzzed in first.
15:56Even though Niall's buzzer went first, I'm going to say Rachel.
15:59Go ahead.
16:00It was in the 80s.
16:01I would say, like, 87 or 88.
16:0587 is absolutely correct.
16:08That is right.
16:12All right.
16:13Rachel has 10 points.
16:14You knew the answer, right, Niall?
16:16Oh, yeah.
16:16OK.
16:17All right.
16:18Next question.
16:19They get harder as they go along.
16:20Early in his career, what article of clothing did Niall consider his lucky charm?
16:26Rachel.
16:27Socks.
16:28Socks is right.
16:29Did you not know that?
16:35Rachel's got an early lead.
16:36I just wear a black belt.
16:37OK, it's fine.
16:38I just wear a black belt now.
16:39It's good.
16:39It's good.
16:39In 2012, Niall was attacked by what kind of animal?
16:47Rachel.
16:48Who am I?
16:50I feel like you tweeted about it or something, but I feel like it was, like, a squirrel.
16:55It is a squirrel!
17:02You don't remember that?
17:03I do now.
17:05OK.
17:05It's all coming back.
17:06I promise I know all of this in a very, like, cool, normal way.
17:10Oh, yeah, yeah.
17:10Sure.
17:11It's not weird.
17:11Totally super cool.
17:12It's like a fun way.
17:14By the way, you know what?
17:15I recognize you straight away when I see you.
17:18Do you?
17:18I heard you talk about her car crash.
17:21Yeah.
17:21And I remember her in the crowd on tour with a sign that said, I've just been in a car
17:26crash.
17:28I shouldn't be here.
17:30And I was like, yeah, you absolutely should not be here.
17:34I had to.
17:35That you remember.
17:36Getting attacked by a squirrel.
17:37No.
17:37No memory of that at all.
17:39All right, Rachel, you got a big lead here.
17:42Come on, Niall.
17:43Here we go.
17:43I'm trying.
17:44Which now famous phrase did a reporter exclaim when Niall fell caddying for Rory McIlroy?
17:52Niall.
17:53Oh, no, Niall.
17:54Well, let's look at the clip.
17:56Hi, Rory.
17:57Hi, Niall.
17:58Thanks very much.
17:58Oh, no, Niall.
18:00That is exactly right, Niall.
18:01You're on the board with 10 points.
18:05You know what's weird?
18:07Funnily enough, I remember that one.
18:09That one you remember?
18:09Yeah, I remember that.
18:10It helps to be followed by cameras wherever you go.
18:13Correct.
18:13Next question.
18:14In 2012, Niall threw away a piece of half-eaten toast that was later put on eBay.
18:21What was on that toast?
18:23Rachel.
18:24Vegemite.
18:24Vegemite is right, Rachel.
18:28I wanted to buy it.
18:29Next question.
18:30On which day in history did Niall get his braces off?
18:34I need the day and date.
18:37Yes.
18:38Or just the date.
18:40Rachel.
18:41Okay, so it was in April.
18:43That's right.
18:43Because it was before I saw you.
18:45I think it was Take Me Home tour.
18:47So I remember you got your braces off before I saw you in concert.
18:49So I think it's like, it's like April.
18:54Of what year?
18:562013.
18:57That is right, Rachel.
19:02Oh, come on.
19:04Literally, the back of my head.
19:07Niall, do you even remember having braces?
19:09You know what?
19:10Well, I've tried Invisalign about eight times since.
19:12So yeah, I remember having braces.
19:13You do.
19:14Okay.
19:15Wow.
19:16Uh-huh.
19:18That's...
19:18I hope I still have a job after this.
19:21You might be in a mental institution after this.
19:25Describe the very first photo Niall posted on Instagram.
19:29Oh, my God.
19:32Rachel.
19:32Okay, so you used to post, like, rooms.
19:37You'd post a picture of your room, like, in a hotel.
19:40Uh-huh.
19:41And I think it was either, like, a photo of you watching golf,
19:44or it was, like, a fan was in your room.
19:46Like, not a fan.
19:47Like, a fan.
19:48Like, it's hot.
19:49I remember that.
19:50I feel like that was your first photo.
19:51No, no, you didn't.
19:54That is correct, Rachel.
19:56I'm a fan.
19:58Is there any point going on?
20:01I'm so sorry.
20:02All right, I'm gonna throw one more just for the hell of it.
20:04You have no chance of winning this, Niall, but...
20:07Which grocery store chain did Niall's father work for?
20:11Niall.
20:11Tesco.
20:12That's right, Niall.
20:13You got enough.
20:16Congratulations, Rachel.
20:18You know Niall better than Niall himself.
20:21Lou, what did Rachel win?
20:22Rachel has won a real stage-ward Niall clothing ensemble.
20:28Oh!
20:29The actual clothing Niall was wearing for the show tour.
20:34There it is for you.
20:36Hang around.
20:36Oh, I hope you wear that to work tomorrow.
20:38I like every day.
20:39That is splendid.
20:42Congratulations.
20:45There you go, Rachel and Niall.
20:46I'm so sorry I was so bad about you.
20:48All right, Niall.
20:49Niall, will you remain, or are you gonna get the hell out of here?
20:51Yeah, I'll remain.
20:52You'll see.
20:53Niall Horan will be back with us when we return.
20:55Thank you, Rachel.
20:57Congratulations.
20:57We'll be back.
21:08All right.
21:09Hey, welcome back to the show tonight.
21:12From her big hit program, The Boys, Aaron Moriarty is with us.
21:15Tomorrow, we have a special night with Charlie Puth and David Cross and music from Charlie
21:22Puth and Coco Jones.
21:24David Cross will not be invited to join the performance, unfortunately, for him.
21:28You know, our first guest from earlier when a crazy woman who works here knew a lot about
21:33him.
21:34He has a new album.
21:35It's called Dinner Party.
21:37It comes out June 5th.
21:38Please welcome Niall Horan.
21:55That had to be a little weird, huh?
21:58Wow.
21:59What just happened?
22:01I mean, you know, I know you run into fans all the time, but to have, like, that much
22:07particular knowledge about your life.
22:10I'm shook.
22:11That was very, very impressive.
22:13The braces.
22:14The braces.
22:14When I got my braces off.
22:15That's the one that got me.
22:16When she started with April.
22:18Yeah, that was extraordinary.
22:19I remember getting them off, but I had no idea what year it was, what month it was.
22:23Well, luckily, Rachel knows.
22:24Yeah.
22:24If you forget anything from here on.
22:27I'll take her to my next orthodontic apartment.
22:31Were you ever as crazy about someone as Rachel is about you?
22:37No.
22:38No.
22:39I mean, there's things I grew up on that I love.
22:42Like, I love the Eagles, the band The Eagles.
22:44Oh, all right.
22:45I'm absolutely obsessed with them.
22:46Did you go see them at The Sphere?
22:48I haven't seen them at The Sphere.
22:49You haven't, huh?
22:49But that's my next thing I want to do.
22:52I've seen them at The Forum a few years ago.
22:53I've seen them.
22:54My first ever concert when I was four years old was an Eagles concert.
22:58Is that what you think of, or at least thought of, when you thought about California, Southern
23:02California?
23:03You had the Eagles, yeah.
23:04Yeah.
23:04And, like, all of that music.
23:06All that Laurel Canyon, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell.
23:10That's your thing.
23:11That's my thing.
23:12Old head, young shoulders, Jimmy.
23:13How did you get into that as a young kid?
23:15My dad, he was just obsessed with them.
23:19Actually, both my parents, and they just had a vinyl player in the living room.
23:22And, like, I was looking through that collection recently, and it's crazy.
23:26Like, early, like, 7-inch Lionel Richie stuff.
23:31Uh-huh.
23:31Early, like, Rumors, Fleetwood Mac.
23:34Like, my mum has, like, her original poster that was in the window when she bought Hotel
23:38California album the day it came out.
23:40And I was just like, oh, my God.
23:42Oh, your parents were poster people.
23:45That's extraordinary.
23:46Correct.
23:47Yeah.
23:47So, can I get, can I have the album and the poster in the window, too?
23:50Which is a bit Rachel-esque.
23:52You know...
23:54Yeah.
23:55I have a feeling, my dad might have a poster of you in his, um...
24:00You know what?
24:01In his bedroom.
24:03Look at him.
24:03There he is.
24:08I think so, too.
24:10I think so, too.
24:11What's going on with you and my dad?
24:12How would you describe your relationship?
24:15I think you should explain this.
24:18I wish I could.
24:19I can't really explain it.
24:20He just loves you.
24:21I mean, he's just decided.
24:22I mean, they're here a lot.
24:24A lot of celebrities come through.
24:26It's you and Post Malone are his two guys.
24:31Two tattooed-up legends.
24:33I see this.
24:34I love this man.
24:35And he uses the Irish stuff as the excuse.
24:37But the truth is, we've had hundreds of Irish guests here at this show.
24:42Bono is sad here.
24:43He never bothers Bono, leaves Bono alone.
24:45Yeah.
24:46Very unusual.
24:47Now, everywhere I go, I see him, it feels like.
24:50I was at The Voice.
24:51I was a coach on The Voice for a few seasons.
24:54Oh, there you are at The Voice.
24:55Yeah, with my dad, yeah.
24:56And I just remember being like mid-performance.
24:59And I just looked over to my right.
25:01And I was like, is that Kimmel's?
25:04What?
25:06I was like, I can't believe it.
25:07And I think he was wearing that Mayo shirt.
25:09He is wearing the same, he's got the same jersey.
25:12Yeah, right, yeah.
25:13What a man.
25:14That's his costume.
25:14How was your Irish trip?
25:15Oh, it was great.
25:16We had a great time in Ireland.
25:17You told me you were going.
25:18The whole family were going.
25:19We did.
25:19We had a wonderful time.
25:20Really a great time.
25:21And you are going on tour of what?
25:23Ireland of the whole UK, right?
25:26Yeah.
25:26Is that tour starting when?
25:27It starts in September.
25:29I go UK and Ireland and then into Europe.
25:32And then we're still to announce more dates.
25:34But you know what usually comes next.
25:36Will you come to North America or you don't know yet?
25:39It's not announced, but yeah.
25:40Actually.
25:41OK.
25:41All right, all right.
25:42Thanks.
25:42Yeah.
25:44My dad.
25:45My dad's buying tickets right now.
25:48Come on.
25:49This is your new album.
25:50I mentioned it before.
25:51It's called Dinner Party.
25:52Mm-hmm.
25:53And you met your girlfriend at a dinner party.
25:55Is that why you called it dinner party?
25:57Yeah.
25:57Whose dinner party did you meet your girlfriend at?
25:59It was at my house.
26:01Oh.
26:01It was a mutual friend that, obviously, mutual.
26:06And she was kind of a late addition.
26:08It was kind of like.
26:09Was it a setup by chance?
26:11Yes.
26:11Like, was it one of those things where your friend said, oh, I think, yeah, I'd like to
26:15hook these two up?
26:16Never ask the question.
26:17Oh.
26:18Should get to that.
26:18Yeah.
26:19But no, it definitely, it worked out in the end.
26:22It worked.
26:22Whatever the plan was.
26:23But yeah, it was, you know, you don't see those things as like big deals.
26:28And then six years later, it's.
26:30You look back and it's a big deal.
26:31Yeah.
26:31You're like, that worked.
26:32Did you cook for the dinner party?
26:34How does a dinner party work at your house?
26:35I was honestly probably Uber Eats if I'm being really happy.
26:38Oh, OK.
26:39Does that count as a dinner party?
26:41I was a single bachelor in an apartment in London at that time.
26:44I see.
26:44I wasn't that.
26:45It was more drinks.
26:46It was more of a drinks party than it was a dinner party.
26:48Do you have adult things like that, like dinner parties at your house?
26:52Oh, these days.
26:52Yeah.
26:53You do.
26:53I turned 30 a few years ago, Jim.
26:55Yeah.
26:55But I don't know.
26:56Things have changed.
26:57Yeah.
26:57I mean, things are different now.
26:58Sometimes people aren't into that kind of stuff, but you are.
27:01How do you get people to leave a dinner party at your house?
27:03I'm not going to lie.
27:04It's pretty tough.
27:06We built a pub in the basement.
27:08Oh.
27:10And I mean a pub.
27:11I don't mean a bar.
27:13You mean a pub.
27:13Yeah.
27:14I don't mean a trolley.
27:15I mean, I built a pub in the basement and it has to be the worst idea I've ever had.
27:19Why?
27:20Because pubs close in London at 11 o'clock.
27:23Last order is 10.30.
27:25It's no 2am finishes like here.
27:27Right.
27:28And it's just, I wonder where we're going next.
27:31Ah.
27:31Yeah.
27:31So all of a sudden I've got a house full of people.
27:34But I do have a little kind of side entrance to the house that I can just kind of ferry
27:38people out the door.
27:40I'm actually pretty good at it.
27:41It's music off, lights on, on your way.
27:44Oh, okay.
27:45All right.
27:45That's the way we do it here.
27:48The ignorant Irish kicks in every now.
27:50That is an Irish exit.
27:51Literally, right?
27:51Yeah.
27:52Do you write songs in the pub?
27:54Are you doing any work in there?
27:55I have a piano in there.
27:57I've written a few drunken ones, I'm sure, that didn't make the airways, but yeah.
28:01There is a line in one of the songs on your new album, a song is called Flowers, that you
28:07did not write, you found.
28:08Yeah.
28:08Tell them what the line is.
28:10Yeah.
28:11Well, the line is, your eyes could grow flowers.
28:14And it came through a tweet that I'd seen.
28:17It was like a comment to something I tweeted.
28:19I don't even know what the tweet is.
28:20And it just said, your eyes could grow flowers.
28:23And I remember being in the studio at the time, kind of ran into a corner, had nothing
28:27to write about.
28:28And I looked at this comment, and I was like, I'm going to write that.
28:32Like, write a song about someone who doesn't know how powerful they are as a person, even
28:39through the smaller things.
28:40And your eyes could grow flowers.
28:42It's a beautiful line, but also sounds unsanitary, if you think about it.
28:47It's very strange.
28:50And do you know who, did you, like, do you remember who wrote it?
28:53Did you take note of who wrote it at that time?
28:56Funnily enough, no.
28:57And I've tried to, I've tried my hardest to find this person.
29:02Like, we, I've got the whole record label, the whole management team, everyone's on it
29:06trying to find this person.
29:07But all the other fans are going, it was me, it was me, it was me.
29:09Right, right, yeah.
29:10So if you're, if you're out there, is this, can I look down this camera?
29:13Is that on?
29:14Yeah.
29:14If you're out there, please get in touch.
29:15I'd love to give you some percentages for the songwriting.
29:18Oh, really?
29:19Yeah.
29:19For sure.
29:20I think it may have been my dad who wrote that line, yeah.
29:23You know, he's, he does love the garden, so that could have been him.
29:31Oh, really, yeah.
29:32You were here for the first time in 2015 with your friends in One Direction.
29:37You were seven years old, as I recall at that time.
29:40Yeah, I loved that.
29:41And we were talking about like that world that you were in where anything you guys posted
29:46became this like this huge, huge, huge thing.
29:49And I don't know if you remember, but I gave you a gift at that time.
29:52Um, it was a potato.
29:55Oh, yeah.
29:55And what I was hoping was that you guys would post the potato, and you, it did indeed do
30:00that.
30:01Yeah.
30:01And the potato became, it had its own Instagram page.
30:04It had hundreds of thousands of followers.
30:07Um, again, this was 11 years ago.
30:10Have you been a, have you, did you guys keep the potato?
30:13Uh, where is the potato now?
30:15It, it, it started to sprout.
30:17And we thought that that was the end of its life.
30:20And you haven't seen it?
30:22Weirdly enough, no.
30:23Oh, I haven't seen it since.
30:24Wait.
30:25Well, Niall, I have a surprise for you.
30:28It's here tonight?
30:29Some of you haven't seen for years.
30:31It is here tonight.
30:35That is the 1D potato.
30:37Wow.
30:37You may remember it originally.
30:39There's a, you know, it's got a little wear and tear on it, but.
30:43This is what it looked like when I gave it to you.
30:45I'm not, I'm not sure I'm gonna kiss this one.
30:48No, don't eat that or you will die.
30:51I know.
30:51I can tell by the smell of it.
30:53Yeah.
30:54It's sticky.
30:55Yeah, so.
30:55Yeah, maybe.
30:56Take it back up, guys.
30:57Maybe we should take, let's take a photo.
30:59Yeah.
30:59Do you wanna take the photo with the potato?
31:00Oh, this would be nice.
31:01And you will get this too.
31:04Oh.
31:06Oh, wow.
31:09Well, it's great to.
31:12It looks a little bit more like a squid now than a potato.
31:15It looks like something else.
31:16I just don't wanna say what it is.
31:18It's great to have you here.
31:20We're excited about the tour.
31:21We hope you come here to L.A.
31:23I will bring my dad to the show when you do.
31:26The new album is called Dinner Party.
31:28It comes out on June 5th.
31:30Niall Horan, everybody.
31:31Thank you, Niall.
31:32We'll be back with Aaron Moriarty.
31:40Tomorrow on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Charlie Poof, David Cross, plus music from Charlie Poof featuring
31:48Coco Jones.
31:58All right.
31:59Welcome back.
32:00Our next guest plays Starlight on the popular superhero show that your children should definitely
32:05not watch.
32:06The fifth and final season of The Boys premieres April 8th on Prime Video.
32:11Please welcome Aaron Moriarty.
32:27How's it going?
32:28Good.
32:29How are you?
32:29How are you?
32:29Are you a Niall Horan nut?
32:31Are you?
32:32Obviously, how can I not be?
32:33Yeah.
32:34How can I not be?
32:34Yeah, you're up to the right age.
32:35My favorite bit though was the potato.
32:39I'm still laughing from it.
32:41You know what?
32:42I want a surprise like the potato.
32:44I don't know if anyone is prepared backstage for that.
32:45You can have the potato because Niall didn't want it.
32:48Yeah.
32:49I love that.
32:49That sad little potato has no home right now.
32:52And if you want to adopt it, of course, we're going to have to send a team out to
32:55your house to make sure it's suitable.
32:57I feel like that's going to turn into a horror movie.
33:01Yeah.
33:01I think it already did.
33:03Yeah.
33:03Yeah.
33:04Who are you like into?
33:05I asked Niall this question.
33:06He said the Eagles.
33:07Who was your like idol as a kid?
33:09You know, my idol as a kid was actually Britney Spears.
33:12Oh.
33:13Obviously, the queen.
33:14Amazing.
33:15Uh-huh.
33:16But like to a degree, it was very unique.
33:18Like as a child, I was so infatuated with her that I remember-
33:22How old are we talking about?
33:23I was talking about five.
33:25Oh.
33:25Oh, great.
33:26Like five.
33:26Like I was like, I was obsessed with her.
33:28Wow.
33:29But like in weird ways, like the way it would manifest with myself would be like,
33:33like I was addicted to sugar because I wasn't allowed in my household growing up.
33:38Right?
33:38So I had to have oral surgery at five years old.
33:42I had to have eight cavities of root canal and a silver tooth performed.
33:46Wow.
33:46Because I was sneaking sugar.
33:47And then the way the Britney Spears element like came into it was that like I-
33:53Whatever happens to a five-year-old who's getting that extensive kind of like oral surgery,
33:58you can't put them under.
33:59An adult, you'd put them under.
34:01Oh.
34:01But you get a five-year-old drunk basically.
34:04You guess them.
34:04Yeah, you guess them.
34:05And so my parents could hear me from the waiting room singing hit me baby one more time.
34:11Like with my-
34:12Wide open at the five-year-old like, hit me baby one more time.
34:17With like the laughing gasp to my dentist at five.
34:21I was like, give it to me.
34:22Wow.
34:23So that's how my Britney Spears-
34:24But that was my fixation as a child was Britney Spears.
34:27In a way that's a very Britney Spears thing to do, you know?
34:33Wow.
34:33Wow, at five years old.
34:35Wow.
34:35That's crazy.
34:36Yeah.
34:36So this- I mentioned the boys.
34:38It's not- you know, people see a superhero show and assume it's for the family.
34:42Yeah.
34:43This one is not for the family.
34:44It's rated-
34:45I would say not.
34:46It's an R-rated endeavor.
34:47I would say X-rated at times.
34:49X-rated sometimes.
34:50Yeah, I would say X-rated at times.
34:52Like I- I've worked with- I was- I was thinking about this one season.
34:56I think my co-star Karen and I are female actresses that have broken the record.
35:01Am I allowed to say dildo?
35:03Yes, you may say it.
35:05Yeah.
35:05Okay.
35:06That have worked with as many dildos as we've worked with.
35:09I think we've-
35:09One second.
35:10We've broken the record.
35:11That was the word she whispers to me.
35:12Yeah, that was like, am I allowed to use that word?
35:15I think we've broken the record.
35:16We aren't adult- like, you know, that kind of actresses, but I think we've broken the record
35:21in terms of how many dildos we've used as like, background props or even like, utilized
35:26as weapons in fights on a TV show.
35:29So to say the least, it's not for children.
35:30No.
35:31I've even learned about weird things on that show.
35:33Like, sex toys?
35:35The sex toys out there, guys, are crazy.
35:37Go ahead.
35:39Oh, my God.
35:44I'm actually thinking of one specifically because we shot an episode called Herogasm.
35:49Yeah, right.
35:50Yeah.
35:51And Herogasm was an episode that basically, it's a superhero orgy, right?
35:57Because on the show, the question is, if superheroes really existed, would they be good?
36:01And the answer is probably not.
36:02They would be drunk on power.
36:03They would be .
36:04And they would be egomaniacs, sociopaths, what have you.
36:07And so, there is an episode dedicated to, like, the hyper-sexualization that can happen.
36:13Like, when you're given everything you want, stuff gets weird sexually, right?
36:17Like, you might explore other.
36:18So, I'm working on this set all week, and it's an orgy set of superheroes, right?
36:25And I just walk onto set, and I remember being like, oh, what's this?
36:30And sticking my finger in it, and everyone's like, don't.
36:33What are you doing?
36:33Why would you do that?
36:34You don't know where that's been.
36:35And then going to use hand sanitizer, and pumping it into my hand, and like, because
36:41it was during COVID times, and people were like, that's lube.
36:43That's not hand sanitizer.
36:46So, that's the kind of props we're working with.
36:48But can I just say, that lube is a really good hand moisturizer.
36:53Is it?
36:54Guys, you remember COVID times when, like, our hands would get really dry?
36:58Yeah.
36:58All I'm saying is, if another pandemic happens, and you need to overtly sanitize your hands,
37:04lube is a brilliant moisturizer.
37:06Wow.
37:06This is how things get discovered.
37:08You know?
37:09All I'm saying is, yeah.
37:10Wow.
37:11Now you know.
37:11What was the thing you put your finger into that you weren't supposed to?
37:14It was, like, an upside down, like, little apparatus of, like, a human girl.
37:21And, like, I put my finger in a hole I shouldn't have.
37:25Because, you know, like, I don't know where it's been.
37:28I can't even describe it.
37:29But.
37:30But you put your finger in it.
37:31I put my finger in it.
37:32And the, the, I gotta say, like, the, the, the shape of the dildos on that set.
37:38You guys don't understand what people, maybe you do.
37:42They're super real.
37:42And by the way, I don't like to kink shame.
37:44I don't like to kink shame.
37:46You, um, on, uh, last season you played two characters.
37:50I did, yeah.
37:50You played Starlight.
37:51Yes.
37:51And then an evil shape-difter version.
37:54Which was so fun.
37:55Which is, you know, Michael B. Jordan just won the Oscar for playing.
37:59Twins like that.
38:00He was amazing.
38:01Yeah.
38:02And should you, I remember talking to him about the role and how he would approach,
38:07um, presenting each character differently.
38:09Did you have, like, a trick that you did to remember who you were doing?
38:13So, many tricks.
38:14First and foremost, I would, like, like, feel myself, like, going throughout, like, errands
38:21around my household just to, like, watch myself and Aaron, like, the mannerisms I have
38:25and trying to be, trying to be able to transcend them.
38:28But the other thing, I was like, okay, I need to figure out some sensorial way to, like,
38:32slap myself into this character.
38:35It's gonna be, like, perfume.
38:36It's gonna be, like, I don't know, something that, like, makes me feel like all of a sudden,
38:41like, I can, like, develop that sociopathy instantly because I would go back and forth
38:45between the characters.
38:46So, I was listening to a podcast, like, I don't know why.
38:50It was, like, Swole Bros talking about powerlifting.
38:54And one of them was like, yeah, dude, like, I use smelling salts and all of a sudden I feel
38:58like the Hulk.
38:59And I was like, smelling salts?
39:00So, I was in Canada and I looked on Amazon and they were legal if you were 21 and above.
39:05So, I ordered smelling salts and I was like, this is gonna be perfect.
39:08I leaned in.
39:09I ordered them.
39:10They arrived at my house in Canada.
39:13And I leaned in to smell them.
39:14Have you ever tried them?
39:15No.
39:18When I tell you, I ricocheted back.
39:21Like, I had been slapped in the soul.
39:24But then, like, seconds later, I was like, oh!
39:26Like, I felt like the Hulk.
39:27So, I used smelling salts.
39:29So, like, it became this ritual where they're like, okay, Aaron is switching from Annie
39:33to the shapeshifter.
39:35Give her a few seconds.
39:36Let her smell the smelling salts.
39:37I would smell them.
39:38I'd be like, oh, .
39:39And then, all of a sudden, I would turn it into, like, I mean, that's not gonna turn you
39:42into a sociopath, but I was looking for something to, like, like, slap my soul, basically.
39:47Just push you in that direction, right?
39:48I don't recommend it.
39:49I'm certain I lost brain cells.
39:51But it, I'm telling you, it is a really, really instant way to, like, slap you into another
39:56dimension.
39:57Now, I kind of want to try it.
39:58I think, okay, everyone on set tried them because of me.
40:02Oh.
40:02And they looked at me afterwards.
40:03They're like, you're crazy.
40:05Oh, they did.
40:06The fact that you do this before every scene isn't, it hurts.
40:08It's so uncomfortable.
40:09So, this is the last season of the show.
40:11Yeah.
40:12Did you take anything, a souvenir from the set?
40:15I did, but it's, the souvenir that I took, it's such a spoiler.
40:22Like, it's my, it's so sweet.
40:23I can't wait until the show comes out because it's such a beautiful spoiler and it's so symbolic
40:29of, like, where the, the trajectory of, I can't, I can't say anything.
40:34Um, it's so symbolic of my character Annie, of my relationship with Huey, whether that goes in a negative
40:43direction or a positive direction.
40:44I'll always look at that relationship as one of the entities on the show that, like, has been one of
40:50my favorites to explore.
40:52And it's a very symbolic souvenir, but I can't tell you, but it's so cute.
40:57So.
40:57You can tell me.
40:59You have no idea.
41:00It's like as big of a spoiler as it gets.
41:02Really?
41:03Oh, yeah.
41:03It's so cute.
41:04Oh, spoiler.
41:05Tell us now.
41:07I'm dying to know what it is.
41:07Some snipers are going to come out and shoot me down as I say it.
41:10All right.
41:11Yeah.
41:11So I did.
41:12And I can't wait to reveal it.
41:13Oh, maybe they'll give you a lifetime supply of smelling salts.
41:18Probably.
41:19You're working for a company that makes your show and the smelling salts you use on the show.
41:23Literally.
41:23Literally.
41:23Yeah.
41:24Well, it is great to see you.
41:25We're excited for the final season of The Boys.
41:28It premieres April 8th on Prime Video.
41:30Erin Moriarty, everybody.
41:32Thank you, Erin.
41:40All thanks to Niall Horan and Erin Moriarty.
41:43Apologies to Matt Damon.
41:45We ran out of time for him.
41:46Nightline is next.
41:47Join us tomorrow with Charlie Puth, David Cross, and Coco Jones.
41:51Thanks for watching.
41:52Good night.
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