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Jimmy Kimmel Live - Season 24 - Episode 109: Keke Palmer, Kareem Rahma, Kevin Morby
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00:00From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:04Tonight, Kiki Palmer, Kareem Rahman,
00:08and music from Kevin Moody with The Klee Tones!
00:13And now, Jimmy Kimmel!
00:31Thank you very much.
00:32Mr. Kareem Rahman, thank you for everything.
00:35Hi.
00:37I'm Jimmy. I'm the host of the show.
00:40As you were watching, we're coming here from Los Angeles.
00:43Thanks for joining us here on another weird day.
00:46There is so much nonsense.
00:47And I mean that in a very literal sense of the word nonsense happening.
00:53At the same time, there are also so many awful and scary
00:56and flat-out unbelievable things going on.
00:58The world has been turned upside down, mostly for no good reason.
01:02And so, today, we got a visitor,
01:05one of the very few people who might actually be able to tip things
01:09even slightly in a positive direction.
01:11The King of England is in the United States.
01:14King Charles and Queen Camilla are here
01:19to visit President Beef on Wellington.
01:22And also, they have quite an itinerary.
01:26They're going to New York.
01:27They're making a stop at the Wisconsin Dells.
01:30They're going to a screening of the Delaware's Prada 2 at the Burbank AMC.
01:35And I guess they're wrapping it up with a Phish concert in Vegas at the Sphere.
01:40Trump has a particular affinity for the royal family.
01:43And so, in Washington, they pulled out all the stops to welcome the King and Queen.
01:47The Department of Transportation lined the streets with what they thought was the Union Jack.
01:51The British flag turned out to be the Australian flag.
01:56So, they had to take them all down and swap them out.
01:59Somehow, they managed to screw everything up.
02:02It was a literal false flag operation going on there.
02:07Yesterday, the royals joined the Trumps for afternoon tea.
02:10And boy, would I love to be a fly on the cucumber sandwiches for that conversation.
02:15No way Trump was drinking tea, right?
02:18I bet they boiled some Diet Coke and put it in a cup for him.
02:23King Charles delivered a speech today before a joint session of Congress.
02:26His goal in this trip is to try to calm transatlantic tensions.
02:31Trump heard this. He said, the Atlantic is trans now, too?
02:35But Charles gave a good speech.
02:41He paid tribute to his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth.
02:45The monarchy is a strange thing.
02:46Imagine getting promoted because your mom died.
02:50You know, there's a story today that suggested that Trump and the King may be distant cousins.
02:54They might be related, which Trump saw and posted,
02:57Wow, that's nice. I've always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace.
03:01I'll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes.
03:04Okay, I'm sure they'll be thrilled to have such a formidable roommate in their home.
03:10You know, this idea that Trump might be the King's distant cousin is exactly the plot of the movie King
03:18Rock.
03:20I mean, look it up. It's spot on.
03:24Trump was very excited about hosting the King.
03:27And a lot of it is because Trump's mom was a great fan of the royal family.
03:31My wonderful mother, Mary McLeod.
03:34She came to America at 19.
03:37Met my incredible father.
03:41We loved him so much.
03:42We all loved him.
03:43We loved her.
03:43We loved him, Fred.
03:46And they were married for 63 years.
03:52And, uh, excuse me if you don't mind.
03:55That's a record we won't be able to match, darling.
03:57I'm sorry.
03:58It's just not going to work out that way.
04:01Wait a minute.
04:03Did he just make a joke about his death?
04:09My God.
04:11You should be fired for that.
04:15Only Donald Trump would demand I be fired for making a joke about his old age,
04:20and then a day later go out and make a joke about his own old age.
04:30Just when you think they've hit peak ridiculous, making a big thing out of this joke,
04:34they then top themselves and charge, criminally charged, former FBI director Jim Comey,
04:40who Trump doesn't like because he did his job and investigated him.
04:43They charged Comey once with obstruction and with making a false statement, which went
04:48nowhere.
04:49It got thrown out of court.
04:49So now they're charging him again, this time with threatening the president's life for this.
04:55This is not a joke.
04:56They charge him with threatening the president's life for this photo of seashells that spell
05:01out 86-47.
05:0386 is an old restaurant term.
05:05It means get rid of.
05:06And Trump is the 47th president.
05:08Trump's pets in the DOJ are claiming this is some kind of threat or call to violence,
05:13which even he should be embarrassed by this.
05:16Put that back up.
05:17That is not a threat.
05:18That is a piece of art your aunt with a beach house would buy on Etsy.
05:26But he's being charged with a crime.
05:29And acting attorney general Todd Blanche said the crime carries a maximum sentence of 10
05:34years in prison.
05:35And I'm guessing it's not the five star Bikram yoga prison he transferred Jelaine Maxwell to.
05:40He also said this wasn't politically motivated.
05:44And they just you know what they just don't like people named Jim is what I've learned.
05:48So last night America's mayor Rudy Giuliani rose from the grave to weigh in on the ongoing drama involving me.
05:56That I want you if you don't have it.
05:58I want you to dig out the the one from from maybe maybe one of the most distasteful human beings
06:08in this country.
06:08Jimmy Kimmel.
06:15I have to say it hurts to be called distasteful by a man who farted his own pants off in
06:21front of Borat's daughter.
06:24But excuse me, you know what?
06:25I'm being rude.
06:26I interrupted the mayor.
06:27Please go ahead with the broadcast.
06:29Kimmel was making believe that he was hosting the White House correspondence dinner, which I think he did once.
06:37I don't know.
06:38Probably only once.
06:39And about four people watched it.
06:42I mean, bomb as usual.
06:44This is supposed to be a comedian.
06:52Am I?
06:53Is there something funny?
06:55Could you play it one more time, Ted?
07:02He went through the he went through the bother of putting up like a little stage and.
07:09Right.
07:10He's also like an incompetent jackass.
07:14I have to say it's confusing to be called an incompetent jackass by a man who accidentally held a press
07:20conference outside a dildo store.
07:25Who doesn't seem to have any understanding of when videos are running and when they aren't and has a gallon
07:32of squidding dribbling off the top of his head.
07:35But do you think does this man have any family members who can come get him already?
07:41Team Trump has been using the attempt and attack at the White House correspondence dinner to get out of paying
07:48for the ballroom, he said would be paid for by private donors as a gift to America paid partly by
07:55him.
07:56But now and this is a classic Trump move.
07:58He wants us to pay for it to the tune of four hundred million dollars.
08:02But keep in mind that even though we would have to pay for it once the ballroom is finished, none
08:08of us will ever be allowed to set foot in it.
08:10And while it may seem crazy to be talking about a ballroom with a war going on, it is.
08:16It is insane to do this again.
08:19Anybody who suggests that we have an event like this in the times in which we live in a facility
08:25like Hilton, that's crazy.
08:29We're going to have to accommodate the times in which we live.
08:33And Eric, you nailed it.
08:35There are people out there that are nuts.
08:38And that is why they have no choice but to barricade themselves inside a solid gold drone proof ballroom.
08:45And I love that Trump put Lindsey in charge of the ballroom push.
08:51We're going to introduce legislation that would authorize four hundred million dollars to be spent to secure the to build
09:01a presidential ballroom.
09:02Underneath there will be a lot of military stuff.
09:05The estimate is three hundred thirty two million.
09:08We're going to do four hundred million because I think it's probably going to take more.
09:12Private donations can be used, but I think they should be used for buying China and stuff like that.
09:19China and stuff like that.
09:20You're going to spend three hundred million dollars on China and stuff like that.
09:23The only thing Lindsey Graham loves more than war is dinnerware.
09:26He just send in the gravy boats.
09:32Lindsey Graham.
09:33Man, does this guy have the finger on the pulse of the average American.
09:37All he wants is to cha cha past the president's bedroom with a limoge porcelain teacup in his hand.
09:44But his fellow Republicans are split.
09:46A funding bill would likely require 60 votes in the Senate, which is unlikely to happen.
09:51Lindsey Graham can't just wave his little mermaid bubble wand and make it so.
09:56And if he could, he wouldn't be constantly begging for money.
09:59I need your help.
10:01I hate to say this, but I've been outraged twice by Democrats.
10:04Please go to Lindsey Graham dot com and help me if you can.
10:07I've been with President Trump at every step.
10:09The Democrats have money.
10:10I don't know where they're getting all this money, but I need your help.
10:13Lindsey Graham dot com.
10:14Please help me if you can.
10:16Please help me if you can.
10:18Lindsey Graham dot com.
10:19Like a hostage video.
10:20It would be less embarrassing if he was selling pictures of his feet.
10:25If you need money, start an OnlyFans.
10:29So this foil shooting at the Hilton on Saturday night has created a lot of waves.
10:33One of them was it took the focus off of FBI director Cash Patel, who is weathering a storm of
10:40stories about drinking on the job, which is something he absolutely positively would never, ever do.
10:47We will analyze all evidence immediately to make sure that we safeguard this country.
10:52Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, thank you for your leadership.
10:54Attorney General, Homeland Secretary Longman.
10:56Thank you for your partnership.
10:58Well, get that man a roadie cup, for God's sake.
11:01And of course, all of this self-inflicted stupidity is it's a distraction from inflation and the price of gas
11:09and the grifting and the Trump Epstein files they claim don't exist.
11:15And the fact that we are still fighting a war that the president declared we won on the first day.
11:22We're now on week nine of the war.
11:24Trump is said to be dissatisfied with the latest proposal from Iran to reopen the strait.
11:29But a spokesperson for the White House told the New York Times that the United States will not negotiate through
11:34the press.
11:35That's right. The United States negotiates exclusively through unhinged social media posts from the president's toilet in the middle of
11:43the night.
11:44But most people, sadly, I guess, aren't paying attention to any of this.
11:50Most people are more interested in the movie about Michael Jackson than the war in Iran.
11:54You know, Michael, Michael made $97 million over the weekend.
11:58It's the biggest opening ever for a biopic, even though it leaves out a lot of stuff.
12:04It starts with him in the Jackson five.
12:07It goes all the way to him becoming a superstar.
12:09But it ends before he becomes an old white lady who lives in an abandoned amusement park with a monkey
12:17in a leather jacket.
12:19It's not a complete story.
12:21Janet Jackson doesn't even exist in the movie.
12:24His only sister in the movie is Latoya.
12:26And they don't go into any of the many allegations, which is odd for a movie about someone's life.
12:32But also, would you go to a movie about child molesting?
12:35I don't know.
12:36Seems like it might take some of the attention away from the moonwalking.
12:38But controversy aside, whenever a major blockbuster drops, we send our in-house film critic Yaya to review it.
12:45Here he is once again talking about the movie Michael.
12:52Action!
12:53Hi, it's me Yaya.
12:55I talked about the new movie, Michael Jackson.
12:59Rest in peace.
13:01And he's the cop.
13:03I watch him and I do Jackson five.
13:06I meet him.
13:07He's super nice guy.
13:09He said to me,
13:10Yaya, I like you.
13:12Can I take a picture with you?
13:14Can I take a picture with you?
13:15Say yes, please.
13:16And I take Sylvie by my hand.
13:19And I kiss him in his head.
13:21He have oil too.
13:22Too much oil.
13:23And I meet his two, three brothers, Frido, Jamar, and Peter.
13:29And I meet his sister, Latoya Jackson.
13:33And I got a lot of famous music people.
13:36Alton Jones, Angel Bird, Humberding, Tom Jones.
13:41I saw Frankie Sinatra.
13:42I asked him in Atlantic City.
13:44He told me not right now, next time.
13:47And he died.
13:47What can I do?
13:49Anyway.
13:49Michael, one day he do commission for Pepsi Cola.
13:53And he have too much oil in his hair.
13:55He walk next to the fire.
13:57And his hair got fire.
13:59I swear.
14:01Everything I said true.
14:02You have monkey stay with him in the house.
14:04His name Pablo.
14:07Michael Jackson also, he go to courts.
14:10A lot.
14:10People say Michael do bad sexy.
14:14Dijaj, he say he's innocent.
14:16Innocent.
14:17Innocent.
14:18You understand?
14:20Another guy.
14:21He have problem with sex.
14:22Kevin Spacey.
14:24Bob Daddy, he have a lot of baby oil.
14:27Also, the guy, he do the commission and he's so fat for Subway.
14:32Jesse.
14:33And he's in the jail.
14:34And I don't know what the problem.
14:37Go watch the movie.
14:39Good movie.
14:40Michael, you do moon dance.
14:47Oh!
14:48Oh!
14:49Oh!
14:52Maya, it's okay.
14:57Beat it, Yaya.
14:58We had a fun show for you tonight.
14:59From Subway Takes, Kareem Rama is here.
15:02We have music from Kevin Morby.
15:03And we'll be right back with Kiki Palmer.
15:10Well done.
15:15Well done.
15:17Hi, here.
15:18Welcome back tonight.
15:19Our gentleman you know from his popular underground interviews on Subway Takes.
15:25His new one is in a taxi.
15:27It's called Keep the Meter Running.
15:28Kareem Rama is here with us tonight.
15:30And then later from A Love of Texas,
15:33this is his album, Little Wide Open.
15:35It comes out May 15th.
15:36Kevin Morby is here.
15:38Tomorrow night, we will be joined by
15:41Goldie Hawn and the Deli Boys
15:43with music from Duran Duran and Niall Rogers.
15:46Our first guest tonight is an Emmy-winning actor
15:48who was named one of Time 100's
15:50Most Influential People of 2026,
15:53and it's only April.
15:54Her new movie is called I Love Boosters.
15:56It opens in theaters May 22nd.
15:58Please welcome Kiki Palmer.
16:13How are you?
16:16Hey!
16:18What a great audience.
16:20Very good to see you.
16:21Well, I'm excited to see you.
16:22I'm impressed that you're here,
16:24because you have so many jobs,
16:26maybe like a Ryan Seacrest-level number of professions.
16:29Oh, my gosh, yes.
16:30I live for it.
16:30Love Ryan.
16:31Acting, singing, hosting, television shows,
16:37author, podcast host.
16:39Pilates instructor.
16:41Pilates instructor?
16:42Really a Pilates instructor?
16:43Really.
16:43I have an app, Practice by Palmer.
16:45Get into it.
16:47You do?
16:48Yes.
16:49Wow.
16:50Can I ask you a very dumb question?
16:52Yeah.
16:53No question is dumb.
16:54This one is.
16:57What is Pilates?
16:59Oh.
17:00I've always wondered what it is.
17:02Well, Pilates is an exercise practice.
17:05Basically, it's a little bit similar to yoga,
17:08but not really.
17:09It's a little more active,
17:10and it was started by a man named Joseph Pilates.
17:13Oh.
17:13Very modest.
17:14That's why he named it after himself.
17:15I still feel like I don't know what it is, though.
17:18Like, it's just, it's kind of, is it,
17:20how is it different from yoga?
17:23Because you're not in as many static poses.
17:27OK.
17:27So, you know, you're always kind of moving.
17:30It's not as intense as what you would think
17:31of a natural strength training workout.
17:34A lot of it you can do without any other tools.
17:36You can do it right on the mat.
17:38You know, a little ab prep, a little planking going on,
17:41a little bit of, you know, double leg stretch, you know.
17:44Yeah, I don't like any of that stuff, but yeah.
17:47Yeah, no, it hurts my stomach.
17:48It's fun, especially on the reformer.
17:50I'd love to get you on a reformer.
17:52Yeah, I've seen those machines.
17:54Oh, yeah.
17:54Maybe sometime.
17:55I would try it.
17:56Yeah.
17:57I could use some reform.
17:58Yes.
17:59It's good for alignment.
18:00Reformed.
18:01Is it called a reformer because it reforms your body?
18:03I mean, I think, I mean, it could be true.
18:05I don't know if that's exactly why,
18:07but it definitely does get you into alignment.
18:09And on top of all these things,
18:10you are exercising, you're working,
18:12you have a son, your son is three years old.
18:16He's the best.
18:17His name is Leo?
18:18Yes.
18:19We call him Leo for short.
18:20His name's Leotis.
18:21Leotis.
18:22Yeah, it's a very old school vibe.
18:23Okay, all right.
18:24And are you having fun with him, I assume?
18:27I'm having the best time.
18:27Does he do Pilates with you?
18:29He actually does do Pilates with me.
18:31It's the cutest thing.
18:32In the morning, he'll get on the reformer with me,
18:35and then he'll get on the floor,
18:36and he'll try to do a little push-up.
18:38Okay.
18:38It's really cute.
18:39It does sound cute.
18:40It's so cute.
18:41And is he working yet?
18:43Does he have a job?
18:44Well, you know, that's what we're working on.
18:45Okay, yeah.
18:46That's what we're working on,
18:46because he is very bossy.
18:48I think he could be a good little baby director.
18:50We've never seen that before.
18:51Oh, he is.
18:52A baby director would be a great...
18:54A little Doogie Howser, but in the media.
18:57What movie came out of a three-year-old director
19:00would be pretty great?
19:02Something with monster trucks and spiders.
19:04Oh, he likes monster trucks and spiders?
19:05He loves it, and YouTube.
19:07I've got to get them off of there.
19:08Yeah, yeah, you do have to get them off of there,
19:09because there's no getting it.
19:11Once they're in there, that's it.
19:12They love the flipping.
19:13They don't...
19:13Yes, that's what they like.
19:14That's what they like,
19:14the control of going to whatever they want.
19:16Yes, and I think it's probably really bad for their brain.
19:20Yes.
19:21And yet, we allow it anyway when we want to sleep.
19:23Well, you know, everything in moderation,
19:24including moderation.
19:26That's...
19:28That's good.
19:29I like that.
19:30You're...
19:31Now, your mom...
19:32Yes.
19:33Is she still your manager, your mom?
19:35Yes.
19:36She is.
19:36She's still a part.
19:37She's the foundation of the Kiki Palmer business.
19:39And that's not a problem for you?
19:41It's not.
19:42It's not.
19:42It's not a problem for me.
19:43Good, good.
19:44She comes with you everywhere you go.
19:46She's backstage right now.
19:48Does she live with you?
19:50She doesn't, but I think that she does feel
19:52that my house is her house as well.
19:54I was actually on the phone with her the other day,
19:56and she's coming up, you know, to my house,
19:58and I think there were, like, just trucks blocking the way,
20:01and she said, hold on, Kiki, I need y'all to move out the way
20:04because I need to get to my house.
20:07Like, this ain't your house, though, Jared.
20:10But I understand, if you said,
20:11I need to get to somebody else's house,
20:13they may say, no, you're not going.
20:14Exactly.
20:15This is a good point.
20:16So does she make her...
20:17Does she act like it's her house when she's in the house
20:19or just when she's outside it?
20:20She does.
20:21And I think the biggest tell is that,
20:23and guys, I'm telling you, this is really not my doing.
20:26She puts pictures, solo pictures of me up in my own house.
20:29I swear I'm not doing that.
20:30People come to my house, and they're like,
20:32wow, what is this selfie picture of you doing up there?
20:35I'm like, my mom put that up there
20:36because she really...
20:37She has this thing where she's like,
20:38wow, Kiki, look at how much you've accomplished.
20:42Look at you.
20:42You remember that?
20:43You look so beautiful.
20:44Then I'm like, mom, why did you put this here?
20:45It looks like I'm obsessed with myself.
20:48Do you then take this stuff down?
20:50You follow her...
20:51I mean, I keep it up because, well, you know,
20:52it's giving the feng shui, so...
20:55Don't mess up a good thing.
20:57You recently purchased an Airstream trailer.
20:59Yes.
21:00Is that to put your mother in, or is that for...
21:03I literally love this Airstream.
21:05So, you know, I'm a Midwestern gal.
21:06I'm from the rural, you know, suburbs of Illinois.
21:09And I've always loved...
21:10Y'all know, we like the little, let's go back fishing,
21:12get a little sardines out the can.
21:14Let's be in the, you know, RV.
21:16So I wanted this to go, like, on a big trip with my family,
21:19like, just, you know, traveling through America.
21:21Yeah.
21:21And I haven't been able to do it yet
21:23because I don't know how to hook it up to a car.
21:27But you bought it.
21:28And now, you're not allowed to put, like,
21:30the family in the trailer while you're driving, right?
21:33I know.
21:33Which defeats the whole purpose of the trailer for me.
21:37I know, because it's like,
21:38I should have actually gotten an RV,
21:39because these, you can't even ride in them
21:41when you're on the road.
21:42So it's like, we're going to be cramped up in the car
21:43while the RV, while the thing on the back, like...
21:45And yet, can I tell you something?
21:46Because I also have my whole life dreamed
21:49of having an Airstream trailer, which I do not have.
21:51But I did buy an RV.
21:52Oh!
21:53And it...
21:54And I couldn't possibly recommend it less.
21:57Oh!
21:59What's so bad about it?
22:00Everything is bad.
22:01I think we all felt like we were going to be
22:02National Lampoon.
22:03You know, we thought we were going to be like,
22:04Yay!
22:05Well, in some ways, it's good
22:07for everyone other than the person driving it
22:10and repairing it every five minutes.
22:12Ugh.
22:12But if you're the one driving it,
22:15which I'm guessing you might be...
22:17Uh-uh.
22:17No.
22:18Oh.
22:18No, that's the problem.
22:19I got to find somebody with the car and the driver.
22:22Oh, yeah.
22:22Well, then you're going to be fine.
22:23Yeah.
22:23Yeah, if you don't have to drive it, it's fine.
22:26No, but stick with the Airstream.
22:27I think it's probably better.
22:29Yeah, I like it.
22:30And my mom uses it at her office.
22:31It's right in front of my yard.
22:32Oh, she does?
22:32Oh, yeah.
22:33I come out there and see her.
22:34She's like, I'm just in a...
22:35I'm just in a trailer.
22:37Just in her trailer.
22:39Just in her trailer.
22:39That's right.
22:40Are there pictures of you in the trailer, too?
22:42Tons.
22:43And my son.
22:44Gigi Balmer's here.
22:45Her movie is called I Love Boosters.
22:47It comes out on May 22nd.
22:57What's your color?
22:58You're not here for me.
23:01Okay.
23:02Yo, yo.
23:02Get the f*** back.
23:05Oh, Christy.
23:06Christy.
23:06What are your thoughts on the velvet game?
23:08Christy Smith knows we exist.
23:10Low-class urban bitches.
23:14With all due respect to urban bitches.
23:24Did she just call us urban bitches?
23:26It's so early, 2000s.
23:28That is Kiki Palmer and Demi Moore in I Love Boosters, which is not about COVID shots.
23:37It is...
23:38Well, explain...
23:38This is...
23:39This movie's a crazy movie.
23:41It is.
23:41Please explain what's happening.
23:42It is.
23:43So a booster is someone who steals clothes and sells them at a discount price.
23:47So, you know, it's kind of community service.
23:49Um, and it's Poppy Liu, Naomi Aki, Taylor Page, and myself, and then great people in the cast,
23:55Lakeith Sandsfield, Don Cheadle, so many, uh, Demi Moore.
23:58Don Cheadle is, like, you wouldn't even know it's Don Cheadle in the movie.
24:02Even when we got on set, we were like, I can't wait to meet Don.
24:05I can't wait to meet Don.
24:06And they were like, that's Don.
24:08Really?
24:08It was crazy, because he really went into just an extreme character look for the role,
24:13which was...
24:14It's fabulous.
24:15Seeing him in that, you, you know, you'd be like, dang, Don.
24:17I can't think of a better compliment than your co-stars not realizing it's you...
24:22Yes.
24:22...when you're playing a character.
24:23He must have been thrilled.
24:25Yes.
24:25He's really cool, too, and I've always loved him.
24:27He is a lot of fun.
24:28Fresh Prince of Bel-Air days.
24:29That was your first time working with Don?
24:30Yes.
24:31Or whoever that was in that...
24:34Yes, first time working with Don, first time working with Boots, and what an experience.
24:38You had a...
24:39It was fun making the movie?
24:40It looked like it was fun making the movie.
24:42Very fun making the movie.
24:43The visuals, and then also just being with the girls all day.
24:46You know what I mean?
24:47So we were just all gagging, talking, laughing, and it was a short shoot, so a lot of long
24:51time...
24:52You know, we was there for hours and hours.
24:53It was, because it looks really good.
24:54It looks like you guys spent a lot of time on this movie.
24:57How short was it?
24:58I mean, what?
24:59Maybe like just a month?
25:00Oh, wow.
25:01I think.
25:02I could be wrong, but it was quick.
25:02Now I see how you're doing all these jobs.
25:04You did the whole movie in a month.
25:06Yeah, that is true.
25:08They've got us on a strict program.
25:09You have another job.
25:11Is this tomorrow night?
25:12You're hosting the...
25:13Billboard Women in Music.
25:15The Billboard Women in Music.
25:16Yes, I'm looking forward to that.
25:19Not only are you hosting the show, you're performing at the show.
25:23Yes.
25:23I'm so excited because...
25:25So Boots, Boots Riley, even before he was directing and writing, he was a great musician.
25:29So he had this idea of us doing this EP that his daughter Alina also wrote on.
25:33So I get to perform one of the songs, Text Message Unsent, which is on the soundtrack of the EP
25:38for the movie.
25:39What does that mean, Text Message Unsent?
25:41Unsent.
25:41You know, so it's like when you want to say the things that you, you know, to this person that
25:45you love,
25:46but you just know it's never going to go anywhere.
25:48So it just stays in a text message unsent.
25:51Now, are you nervous about, you know, about doing this, about performing?
25:55Because it's quite a lineup you've got there.
25:57You've got, I mean, really, Mariah the Scientist, LeVay, Tate McRae, Tiana Taylor,
26:02a whole bunch of different stars.
26:04The K-pop Demon Hunters.
26:06Oh, my gosh.
26:07Huntrix is there.
26:08That took my house by storm.
26:09Oh, did it?
26:11Did it really?
26:11Those Demon Hunters were with us.
26:14Really?
26:14That song?
26:15Leo likes the Demon Hunters?
26:16Yes, that one tune that is in my head.
26:19They're performing, too.
26:21Oh, they, yeah, right.
26:21Yeah, that's, congratulations.
26:23They got the Academy Award, too.
26:24Will you bring Leo along with you to the show to see Huntrix, the Demon Hunters?
26:29He doesn't want to be there.
26:30He doesn't want to be there.
26:30He tells me all the time, Mommy, you bother me.
26:33Oh, really?
26:35I think he gets tired of my life a little bit.
26:37It's a little too much for him.
26:38Does he, is he independent?
26:40Very independent.
26:41Oh, really?
26:41Oh, yeah.
26:42We've just spent a lot of, so he goes to school, but just recently we were in Toronto,
26:45so we're spending, like, you know, more time than usual because he didn't get to be with
26:49his friends.
26:49When we get back home to L.A., he's like, Mommy, I need to go to school by myself.
26:55Yeah, so apparently TikTok says he has a secure attachment.
26:58Oh, really?
26:58You know, so I feel that, you know, we're doing the right thing.
27:01I see.
27:02You psychoanalyzed him on TikTok.
27:04And I don't know if that's the right thing, but you know what?
27:06No, it is.
27:06They say that's the best way to handle kids.
27:08They do.
27:10Well, it's great to see you.
27:11Congratulations on all this stuff.
27:13And the movie, it's called I Love Boosters.
27:15It's in theaters May 22nd.
27:16Kiki Palmer, everybody.
27:17We'll be back with Kareem Rahma.
27:24Welcome back.
27:25Kareem Rahma and Kevin Morby are on the way.
27:28But first, we take a moment to answer the questions no one would ever ask.
27:32It is time for three ridiculous questions with Elizabeth Banks.
27:48Would you rather have one very long arm or one very short leg?
27:55I have a question.
27:57Follow-up question.
27:59Okay.
27:59Can I wrap the arm around myself?
28:02I'll say yes, you can.
28:03Then I think a million percent the arm.
28:06Like, the leg, I can't get around like that.
28:10Go half-cocked.
28:11Yeah, yeah, no, yeah.
28:12You need two short legs.
28:13But the arm, I could save kids up in buildings, on bridges.
28:18So I would use it for good.
28:20Okay.
28:20And not to steal things.
28:22Do you think that deep down, airbags want to be deployed?
28:27Yes.
28:28Yeah.
28:28Don't we all want to have purpose and be useful?
28:31But they're kind of dead once they do get deployed.
28:34Well, they can get stuffed back and do a thing, can't they?
28:38They're just done.
28:39They're one and done.
28:40Yeah.
28:41I still think they want it.
28:42I think they want it bad.
28:44What are your thoughts on the high-five?
28:47I'm generally pro the high-five.
28:49You are?
28:50Yeah.
28:50You're making me feel like it's been appropriated incorrectly from something.
28:56No, it just makes me very uncomfortable for some reason.
28:59I don't know.
29:00I don't know why it is.
29:01I love to high-five a child.
29:03You high-five other adults?
29:05Not in earnest.
29:06In jest.
29:08Yeah.
29:08All right.
29:08So the high-five.
29:10Oh, come on.
29:12You can do it.
29:15I didn't feel great about it.
29:16It was in jest.
29:18It's okay.
29:18Oh, it was in jest?
29:19Yeah.
29:19It's in jest.
29:20Excellent.
29:21Casa Migos Tequila.
29:23The answer to all of life's ridiculous questions.
29:31Hi, everybody.
29:32Even from Kevin Morby is on the way on his show, Subway Takes.
29:36Our next guest built a career doing the thing that most New Yorkers hate to do,
29:40which is talking to strangers on the train.
29:42Now he is talking to cabbies on Keep the Meter Running.
29:45It premieres May 13th on YouTube.
29:47Please welcome Kareem Rama.
30:05So for those who don't know what you do, which has become very, very popular, so I think
30:10most people probably do, you are on the subway, takes are people's opinions on various subjects,
30:18and you debate it.
30:19You argue with them.
30:20Yeah.
30:20For a living, I get to sit in the subway and talk to strangers.
30:23It's quite a nice experience.
30:25And it's a really good idea, I think.
30:27And I find myself, when I watch it, wanting to join in the argument or the agreement or
30:32whatever it is.
30:33Well, you have an open invite.
30:34Okay, thank you.
30:35Anytime you want to come on the show.
30:36Well, we're right here right now, so we might as well.
30:38Like, so for instance, some of the takes that you will debate with people, more men should
30:43wear lip gloss.
30:44Now, where do you stand on that?
30:46100% agree.
30:47100% agree.
30:48There are only two options, 100% agree or 100% disagree.
30:51There's no middle ground, especially in America.
30:53It's just, 100% agree, 100% disagree, move on.
30:57This one I love.
30:58If aliens landed on Earth, people would stop caring after two weeks.
31:02100% agree.
31:03But it's because we would want to f*** them.
31:10Yeah.
31:10That's what we would, we would, we would go, oh, that's cool.
31:13And then immediately, the next day, it would be on Pornhub.
31:16Yeah, I'm sure it would make its way there.
31:19But for me, I don't feel like it would be my first inclination.
31:21No?
31:22No, I'd probably like to just feel them out and see if they're...
31:25Feel?
31:25Yeah, well, yeah, you're right.
31:26You want to, exactly, everyone wants to feel an alien.
31:30Bath mats are disgusting.
31:32See, this one, I'm, it's tough because, because they're there.
31:35There's no tough, there's only agree or disagree, I think.
31:41Can't have a tough.
31:43100% disagree.
31:45Disagree.
31:45Yes.
31:45Okay, all right.
31:46How about you?
31:47I'm with you on disagree.
31:49I mean, listen, it's better to have a bath mat than to not have a bath mat, right?
31:52I agree.
31:53Okay.
31:53What's the dumbest opinion you've heard in these arguments?
31:56One that comes to mind is that only gay people should be allowed to own dogs in New York City.
32:05100% agree.
32:06100%.
32:07Absolutely.
32:09It kind of makes sense.
32:11There are too, there are too many dogs in New York.
32:13And you know what?
32:13If you love dogs that much, be gay.
32:18Right?
32:20Totally, yeah.
32:21Do you have people now coming up to you and hitting you with their thoughts and takes?
32:26Yeah, and it happens in the most unexpected place.
32:29Like where?
32:30Recently, I was peeing, as we all do, at the airport, at JFK, and I'm standing at the urinal, enjoying
32:39myself.
32:40Right.
32:41And then I feel someone looking at me.
32:44They're right next to me.
32:45Uh-huh.
32:45And they keep going like that.
32:48And I'm like, okay, this guy's either a real creep, or he's going to tell me his take.
32:53Yeah.
32:53For sure.
32:54Did he have a dog?
32:58We didn't get that far into the conversation.
33:00All right.
33:00But he did have a take.
33:02Okay.
33:02And it was as perverted as he was.
33:04Oh, what was it?
33:05It's that because there's already a seven-year itch, we may as well make it a rule that every
33:11seven years, everyone gets to cheat on their partner.
33:14And it's like the purge for sex.
33:16Oh, interesting.
33:17What's the period of time?
33:19Just a day.
33:20Just a day.
33:20Yeah, it's like the purge.
33:22I mean, and I...
33:23Let me tell you what would happen to me.
33:25And it'd go with seven years, and then nothing would happen all day long, and I'd be right
33:30back in for another seven years.
33:31You just watch...
33:33You just watch a movie?
33:34You watch Titanic?
33:36I can't do that.
33:37And he...
33:38And I was like, oh, that's a good one, man.
33:39Like, give him one of these.
33:41And he goes, wait, are you going to disagree or agree?
33:43Oh.
33:44I go, oh, my God.
33:45I go, 100% disagreed, dude.
33:46And then I just walked out of there.
33:47Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:48You can't get into a whole thing with a guy.
33:50People seem to think that they can just throw all sorts of...
33:52So you're saying you prefer people keep their penis in when they ask you these questions?
33:57I think that's reasonable.
33:58Look, I don't mind if the penis is out.
34:00I am doing this on the train.
34:02Oh, right, right.
34:02There are penises all over.
34:04Like, like, you know, there's penises, there's people playing bongos, there's guys jumping
34:08around doing dances, there's, like, you know, we're giving money away.
34:11It's a whole...
34:12It's a live audience.
34:13Yeah.
34:14It's pretty much like this.
34:16So you now will bring celebrities.
34:19It started with you're just interviewing people who happen to be riding the train.
34:22Now you're bringing various celebrities in to get their opinions on this show.
34:27And you've had, like, who has been on the show?
34:29Bateman was on the show.
34:30I know that.
34:31Bateman, your good friend Bateman.
34:32Yeah.
34:32Cate Blanchett.
34:33Okay.
34:34Spike Lee.
34:35Great.
34:35Wow, great.
34:36Woody Harrelson.
34:37Do you ever run into them coincidentally on the train, or is it always pre-planned?
34:42You know, Ethan Hawke, he was just sitting there.
34:44He was.
34:44Yeah, he was just sitting there being a cool guy.
34:46I said, hey, man, you look really familiar.
34:49And he was like, you look familiar.
34:50Are you the guy?
34:51I'm, of course I'm the guy.
34:52That's fun.
34:53And then we got into it right away.
34:54That's fun.
34:55And now you've got a show where you get in cabs and you talk to cab drivers.
35:00Why did you decide to switch to cab drivers?
35:03Well, my father, this is a relaunch of the show, and my father was a cab driver when he moved
35:08to America in 1969 and passed away when I was young.
35:10And I always had this kind of like, you know, weird attraction to older gentlemen that aren't
35:17peeing next to me.
35:19And every time I get in the cab, I just have the most amazing conversation with the cabbies.
35:23So I decided to get in the car and say, take me to your favorite place and keep the meter
35:27running.
35:28And we go on the wildest adventures.
35:30Where have you gone?
35:31I've been to the Russian bathhouse with Eugene and Igor.
35:35And there, the depression was beaten out of me.
35:39You know, they beat the depression out of me.
35:41Yeah, they beat the depression out of me.
35:42They hit me with branches, right?
35:42They hit me with branches.
35:43I went fishing with a Korean guy named Young at Bear Mountain, which is an hour away from
35:47New York.
35:47And I did the night shift with a guy named Mark.
35:536 p.m. to 6 a.m.
35:55Just the whole time?
35:56Yeah.
35:56Wow.
35:57It was the first time I got to sit in the front seat of the cab.
36:00What was that like?
36:00And then we just picked people up.
36:02I mean, it was hedonistic.
36:04When your dad was a cab driver, did you ever ride with him in the cab?
36:08I don't remember, but I did.
36:09I rode with him in the car, and we sat in silence.
36:12Well, that's good.
36:12We sat in silence as he smoked cigarettes and thought longingly out the window about
36:17all of the mistakes he'd made.
36:19Really?
36:19Interesting.
36:20That's what it felt like.
36:20I don't know.
36:21He wasn't.
36:21Yeah.
36:22Well, yeah.
36:23Yeah.
36:23Dads don't really talk.
36:27They really don't.
36:28It's kind of a dad thing.
36:30And as I've become a dad, I've also become quite silent.
36:34Have you?
36:34Yeah.
36:35Yeah.
36:35My wife's always like, what are you thinking about?
36:37And I'm like, I wonder if that bolt is loose.
36:41What bolt?
36:42The one on the upstairs bathroom.
36:45Is it loose?
36:46And does she 100% agree or disagree?
36:50Most of the time, she agrees.
36:51Will you?
36:52Is the next step for this, you riding around in a Waymo alone?
36:58Talking to yourself.
36:59That would be a very special episode.
37:01Maybe thinking about the bolt.
37:03Yeah.
37:03Are you worried about Waymo's wiping out this show?
37:08No.
37:09No.
37:09No.
37:09I think we're going to be okay.
37:11I mean, you can't talk to a Waymo.
37:12And I don't want to.
37:13I spend enough time alone.
37:14You can talk to a Waymo, but they'll put you in a home if you do.
37:19And I just escaped from one.
37:20I don't want to go back.
37:21You're never bringing me back.
37:22You're never going to get me back in there.
37:23Well, it's a very fun idea.
37:25And it's called Keep the Meter Running.
37:27It premieres May 13th on YouTube.
37:31Kareem Rama, everybody.
37:33Thanks for being here.
37:34We'll be back with Kevin Morby.
37:42Thanks to Kiki Palmer and Kareem Rama.
37:45Apologies to Matt Damon.
37:47Nightline is that's her first.
37:48This is his album, Little Wide Open.
37:51It comes out May 15th.
37:52Here with the strong javelin, Kevin Morby.
38:25Don't be concerned, babe.
38:29At least not yet.
38:30I am still happy to be breathing.
38:35You know I have been.
38:38You know I have been.
38:40A travalin.
38:45Through the air.
38:47And down the highway.
38:49Like a javelin.
38:53For this old cow town in the Bible belt.
38:59Remember when they asked this baby.
39:02How it felt.
39:04To be alone here.
39:07In the middle of the middle of America.
39:11Remember when the sun goes behind the moon.
39:18And the earth goes black.
39:22Mama, it's like that.
39:33I longed forever, babe.
39:36Is it just one day?
39:38The day we go in.
39:40Then we escape.
39:43My husband.
39:46Or my husband.
39:48Could this be our life, babe?
39:51Could you be my wife, babe?
39:54Everything in demand.
39:56Into a beginning now.
39:58And when you fall, you get back up in.
40:03In time we'll eclipse you now.
40:05In time we'll eclipse you now.
40:06In time we'll eclipse you now.
40:08And when you fall, you get back up in.
40:11For this old cow town in the Bible belt.
40:17Remember when they asked this baby.
40:20How it felt.
40:23Be alone here.
40:24The two of us in the middle of America.
40:32When the sun goes behind the moon.
40:36And the earth lights up.
40:39Mama, mama, mama, that was us.
40:42Time for the picture now.
40:45Time for the picture now.
40:47When you fall, you get back up in.
40:50Mama, that was us.
40:52Time for the picture now.
40:57When you fall, you get back up in.
41:00Mama, mama, that was us.
41:02Time for the picture now.
41:04Time for the picture now.
41:07When you fall, you get back up in.
41:10Mama, mama, that was us.
41:12Time for the picture now.
41:14What's gonna spin you around.
41:17When you fall, you get back up in.
41:20We'll see you now.
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