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Jimmy Kimmel Live - Season 24 - Episode 03: Jimmy welcomes TV host Alan Cumming and actress Taylor Dearden.
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00:00From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:04Tonight, Alan Cummings and Taylor Kiernan with the Three Tones!
00:11And now, Jimmy Kimmel!
00:14Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:33Jimmy Kimmel, I am the host of the program.
00:35Thank you for welcoming us.
00:37Thanks for coming.
00:38Thanks for joining us here at our headquarters in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
00:44It is the one-year anniversary of the fires one year ago today.
00:48The fires that went on to devastate Altadena and the Pacific Palisades ignited.
00:53We remain grateful to the first responders who risked their lives to protect us,
00:57especially the firefighters who got out there.
01:00And of course, we also are grateful to the real hero, our President, Donald Trump,
01:08who turned on that giant spigot to allow all the beautiful water to flow bigly and freely
01:13from his vivid imagination to save us from the fires only two weeks after they went out.
01:19Thank you, Mr. President.
01:23Maybe next you can turn that spigot to release the Epstein files.
01:33El Presidente is now on day five of his side job running Venezuela.
01:38And in case you were worried that this is some kind of a brazen money grab,
01:43Chevron Don would like you to know this.
01:45He wrote,
01:45But I am pleased to announce that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over
01:50between 30 and 50 million barrels of high-quality, sanctioned oil to the United States of America.
01:55This oil will be sold at its market price, and that money will be controlled by me.
02:01Signed, Diddy J. Trump.
02:05This, are we, oh good.
02:08Don't worry, the oil money will be controlled by him.
02:11That way we know it will be spent honestly.
02:13And I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that oil companies spent almost half a billion dollars
02:19to get him elected.
02:20I'm sure if the windmill people had just asked, he would have invaded Holland instead.
02:25But Trump, and this is, I think, is interesting.
02:28Trump has been obsessed with Venezuela for a very long time and for an obvious reason.
02:35See if you can guess which country won the most Miss Universe titles after Trump bought that pageant in 1996.
02:43I'll give you a hint.
02:44It's not Tunisia.
02:45No, the winner is Venezuela, Venezuela, Venezuela, and Venezuela.
02:52There you go.
02:53Trump has personally crowned not one, but four Miss Universes from Venezuela.
02:59That last one, the one he's kissing, yeah, her name is Alicia Machado.
03:02She was 19 when she won.
03:04And the reason she's on an exercise bike in that photo is because she committed the only unforgivable crime in
03:09the Trump universe.
03:10She gained weight while she was Miss Universe.
03:13She says he called her Miss Piggy.
03:15He called her Miss Housekeeper, all of which he denies, but he can't deny this.
03:20When she won it, she weighed about 118 pounds.
03:22Too light for her.
03:23And actually, from what I understand, a little bit heavier.
03:26But I will say, when she won the contest, I had never seen anybody more beautiful.
03:31And she's totally beautiful now.
03:32But I think come contest time, what are you talking about in terms of weight?
03:36Our goal is to get her between 125 and 130.
03:39She will look 118 to you.
03:42That's when I knew he would one day be president of the United States.
03:46You can see why Jeffrey Epstein liked him, right?
03:49I mean, they've got a lot of...
03:50What kind of a pageant has a weigh-in?
03:52Is she fighting Sugar Ray Leonard?
03:55Last night, you know, we showed a clip of Ramble Stiltzkin yammering incoherently to Republicans in the House.
04:00And if you thought he sounded ridiculous in English, wait till you hear it on BBC Persia.
04:16I didn't know the Persian word for eh is eh.
04:20I mentioned last night that Trump says he's considering military action to acquire Greenland, if necessary, by force.
04:28Trump says we need it for national security reasons.
04:31Some Republicans are pushing back on this crazy idea.
04:35And none more forcefully than Mike Johnson, the squeaker of the House.
04:45Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my hollowed-out tree before the cookies burn.
04:49Thank you very much.
04:50He doesn't think it's appropriate to invade.
04:53And we all know how much Trump cares about being appropriate.
04:56Trump says he would prefer to buy Greenland, but if it's not for sale, we may just take it.
05:02And the dumbest part of all of it is we have had an agreement with Greenland and Denmark since 1951
05:08that says we could build military installations pretty much anywhere we want.
05:12The agreement allows us to construct, install, maintain, and operate military bases across the country.
05:18We can house personnel.
05:19We can operate ships, aircraft, etc.
05:22In other words, why would we invade the cow when we can get the ice milk for free?
05:27This business of strong-arming other countries, Greenland, Venezuela, is not very popular.
05:33He ran on the platform of staying out of other countries.
05:37They specifically said, he specifically said, they will not be a part of regime change.
05:42They don't want any part of that.
05:43And now that's exactly what they're doing.
05:45And so the White House has had to call in reinforcements to convince Magalan that this is a good thing.
05:51Senator Lindsey Graham has been leading that charge.
05:53He took a break from binge-watching Heated Rivalry to put on this dramatic show of support.
06:00There will be regime change in Venezuela through the ballot box.
06:04But who's in charge of Venezuela?
06:05Donald J. Trump.
06:06If you defy him, if you're one of the holdovers and you try to undercut him, what happened to Maduro
06:12is going to happen to you?
06:13The dictator, the thug is in jail in New York.
06:17Donald J. Trump, in my view, is the greatest president of all time.
06:22He's not going to date you, bro.
06:24He's got a wife.
06:26Who is this person?
06:27I mean, is that the same weird old lady who 10 short years ago said this?
06:32I want to talk to the Trump supporters for a minute.
06:34I don't know who you are and I don't know why you like this guy.
06:38I think what you like about him, he appears to be strong when the rest of us are weak.
06:42He's a very successful businessman.
06:44He's going to make everything great.
06:46He's going to take all the problems of the world and put them in a box and make your life
06:50better.
06:51That's what he's selling.
06:52Here's what you're buying.
06:54He's a race baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.
06:58That's right.
06:59And that's what they like about him, you know.
07:02And now that seems to check every box on your Tinder profile, too.
07:06Lindsey Graham, he really has fallen in love.
07:08It reminds me of the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, you know.
07:11They hated each other first, Trump's Matthew McConaughey, Lindsey's Kate Hudson, and let
07:17me tell you, Kate is all fired up.
07:20To the Ayatollahs, you need to understand, if you keep killing your people who are demanding
07:25a better life, Donald J. Trump is going to kill you.
07:29That's right.
07:30And he won't stop killing you until he gets that Nobel Prize.
07:34What is happening?
07:36He's going to kick...
07:38You know what?
07:39Maybe they're trying...
07:40I know what they're doing.
07:42They're trying out a new slogan.
07:44Donald J. Trump is going to kill you.
07:48It's pretty good, right?
07:52This maniac.
07:54And he isn't just killing people overseas.
07:56An ICE agent today shot and killed an unarmed 37-year-old woman during an ICE operation in Minneapolis.
08:03They're there under the guise of protecting us.
08:05And, of course, our president weighed in with compassion.
08:08He wrote,
08:09I've just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis.
08:11It is a horrible thing to watch.
08:13The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator.
08:16And the woman driving the car, this is the woman who was killed, was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting,
08:23who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE officer who seems to have shot her in self-defense.
08:30Now, I saw this video.
08:32It didn't look like anybody got run over to me.
08:34It looked to me like a woman got scared and tried to drive away, and they shot her.
08:39That'll be for the court to decide.
08:41The mayor of Minneapolis, though, had this to say.
08:44They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense.
08:50Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly.
08:55That is bulls**t.
08:57This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.
09:07And I have a message for ICE.
09:10To ICE, get the f*** out of Minneapolis.
09:17Now, that is the church I want to see.
09:22To ICE, get the f*** out of Minneapolis.
09:32Now, in fairness, I also feel like I should mention the Trump administration did something good today.
09:38Kind of.
09:38They did something as close to good as they can possibly do.
09:43Our Secretary of Health and Human Services declared war on unhealthy processed foods.
09:50It's shocking that our own government helped to drive these cataclysmic changes in our diet.
09:56The damage is real, it is preventable, and President Trump has ordered it to end.
10:01He has?
10:03Are you sure he has?
10:05Because I, the Donald Trump that I know is the one who said this.
10:09Everyone loves something at McDonald's.
10:12There's always something to have.
10:15I like the fish.
10:17I like it.
10:20You could do a little bit more tartar sauce someplace.
10:23That's right.
10:23Just a little, just another dollop would be wonderful.
10:26Remember when Michelle Obama suggested we eat more vegetables or Republicans acted like she was the Babadook or something?
10:32Maybe he'll stop blowing up fishing boats if he tells them they're catching fillets.
10:37And then it was time for Dr. Oz, who that's right, he's in our government, to unveil our new and
10:43looser guidelines for drinking alcohol.
10:47Alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together.
10:50In the best case scenario, I don't think you should drink alcohol.
10:54But it does allow people an excuse to bond and socialize.
10:58And there's probably nothing healthier than having a good time with friends in a safe way.
11:01There is alcohol on these dietary guidelines, but the implication is don't have it for breakfast.
11:09Don't have it for breakfast.
11:11What do you think about that, Guillermo?
11:21Dr. Oz, Dr. Oz said don't have it for breakfast.
11:26What do you think about that?
11:27F*** that.
11:37Be honest, how does that taste?
11:40Terrible.
11:48Our historically healthy president does not drink, and that is definitely a good thing, because he already has enough trouble
11:55staying awake.
11:56Teddy Docevelt told the Wall Street Journal that, you know those videos, many videos of him nodding off during meetings?
12:03He says he's not sleeping, he's blinking.
12:07That's right.
12:07He has the rare ability to hold a blink for minutes at a time.
12:12And to showcase that ability, we put together this video montage of some of the many times he most definitely
12:20wasn't falling asleep on live TV.
12:30He's living.
12:37He's living.
12:39So, so quiet.
12:44It's so, so Wiedersehen.
12:57I'm so peaceful until...
13:04We got a good show for tonight.
13:09From the big hit show, The Pit, Taylor Dearden is here.
13:13And from another big hit show, The Traders.
13:17Alan Cumming, we'll be right back.
13:29Hi there, welcome back to our show tonight.
13:32You know her as Dr. Melissa King from the big hit show, The Pit.
13:35Taylor Dearden is with us, sorry about that.
13:39Tomorrow night, Dennis Leary and Rachel Maddow will join us.
13:42And we'll have music from the singing voices of K-pop demon hunters.
13:46Huntrix will be here.
13:47Have you watched the K-pop demon hunters game?
13:50No, I haven't watched it.
13:50You're not?
13:51Your son has not watched it?
13:52No, no.
13:52Do you know what it's about?
13:54It's about music?
13:55Killing something?
13:56I don't know.
13:57I don't know.
13:58I haven't watched it.
13:59Yeah, it's about demon hunters.
14:01Yeah.
14:01All right.
14:02So I was right.
14:03Some sidekick you are over there.
14:05Yeah.
14:06It was the beer, I think.
14:08Are you still on the beer?
14:09Yeah, yeah.
14:10Yeah, that's not going to feel good later.
14:13Our first guest tonight is a Tony and Emmy Award winning movie mutant and the host of
14:19the most popular game show set in a Scottish castle ever.
14:23Season four of The Traitors premieres tomorrow on Peacock.
14:26Please welcome Alan Cumming.
14:43How are you?
14:44You look great.
14:46Thank you very much.
14:48Yeah.
14:50This is a fantastic outfit you have here.
14:53Thanks, Timmy.
14:54I'm actually jealous of this outfit.
14:56Though I could never wear it.
14:57It wouldn't work.
14:57It would be unacceptable in my circles.
15:01But here it looks great.
15:01It sounds like your skyline.
15:02Yeah, you look like the night sky.
15:04You do.
15:05You're filled with stars.
15:06You're not the first gentleman to have said that.
15:07Let me tell you.
15:10I'm wondering.
15:10I don't even know if you're aware of this.
15:12Well, I know you're aware of part of this.
15:13But first of all, I want to thank you for filling in for me and guest hosting the program
15:17over the summer, this summer.
15:19And last summer.
15:23So you filled in for one night here.
15:25And this, I think it was this morning we learned you were nominated for a GLAAD award for hosting
15:32that show.
15:33I know.
15:37It's a one for one.
15:38That's pretty solid.
15:40I know.
15:41It's so lovely.
15:42Yeah.
15:42I wonder if, I wonder who will get to keep the trophy.
15:46Because...
15:46We'll just fill the dick out.
15:48Yeah.
15:48I feel like, you know, it's our show.
15:50We should have it.
15:51Right?
15:53Or maybe...
15:53Yeah, it was me hosting that night.
15:55It was you hosting.
15:56And yet the name is still Jimmy Kimmel.
15:59But the name on the desk that night was Alan Cummings.
16:02It was.
16:03It was.
16:03It's going to be interesting to see if you win.
16:06If we can get two awards.
16:07If I win.
16:10If one of us or both of us win.
16:12If we win.
16:13Yeah.
16:13Uh-huh.
16:13Maybe we could split it in half.
16:16What, chop it down the middle?
16:17Yeah.
16:17Maybe we could split it.
16:18That would be the Solomon-esque way to do it.
16:20Yeah, yeah.
16:21When you were here, you interviewed the cast of the Fantastic Four of the movie.
16:26Yes, yes.
16:26Which is the hardest thing to do, I think.
16:28Well, they were pretty jet-lagged.
16:30Oh, that too.
16:31Okay.
16:32Yes, they were cute, but they were a bit tired.
16:34Well, just even interviewing a group of people is like feeding pigeons.
16:38Well, there were sort of layers.
16:39There were sort of, you know, the...
16:41There are chairs behind.
16:43The things that a baseball team match.
16:46Yeah, rafters.
16:47And then you have to worry about people being left out.
16:49You want to make sure everyone gets a little bit of time.
16:52It's like herding cats.
16:54Yeah, it is.
16:54But it was...
16:55But yes, they were...
16:56But they're poor things.
16:56It's like those press tours on those big films.
16:59You go around the world in a week.
17:01And then so you arrive back here and you're just...
17:03Oh, I nearly swore.
17:04You're just bamboozled.
17:06Yeah, we get them.
17:07Well, you know because you are part of the new Avengers movie.
17:12I am, yes.
17:12Playing Nightcrawler.
17:13Yes, indeed.
17:14So...
17:15And that whole cast is part of the Avengers movie.
17:18Yes.
17:19All of them were in it, too.
17:21So you went right away and then shot with them there.
17:24Yeah.
17:25But what was funny was my first scene with Pedro.
17:30He hurt his neck and had to go home.
17:33Really?
17:33I broke Pedro.
17:36Mr. Fantastic hurt his neck?
17:38I thought he was made out of rubber.
17:39That doesn't make any sense at all.
17:41Did you hurt his neck?
17:42Were you fighting with him at the time?
17:44No, I wasn't fighting.
17:45No, no.
17:46I was just sort of being.
17:48Were you fighting alongside him?
17:50Are you trying to get him into trouble again?
17:52Yeah, yeah.
17:52I would like to know a little bit of something, what's going on in the movie.
17:55Yeah, no, no.
17:56It wasn't.
17:56We were just together in a scene.
17:58And I wasn't fighting, no.
18:00But he's got these big long arms and everything.
18:03So it's quite complicated.
18:04And you've got the tail, though, right?
18:07I do have a tail.
18:08Yeah.
18:08But I didn't have my tail on at the time.
18:13Yeah.
18:13You didn't have your tail on at the time.
18:15Maybe if you had your tail on.
18:16And Pedro didn't have his arms on.
18:18He wouldn't have broke his neck, you know?
18:20Do you comic book fans?
18:22He got cupped.
18:23Do you know that thing, the cupping?
18:24Yeah.
18:24He showed me a couple of nights later at the hotel.
18:26Have you had that happen?
18:27I haven't.
18:28And I sort of think I'm one of these people who should.
18:31I do enjoy, you know, an alternative therapy.
18:34But it looks like...
18:36Have you seen it when they do the big...
18:37I've had it done one time.
18:39And I had spots on my body for, like, a month or something.
18:42Yes.
18:43Yeah.
18:43It creates big suction spots.
18:46It goes all the way up like that.
18:47Yeah.
18:47Yeah, you're polka-dotted for, like, a while afterwards.
18:49Yeah, that's what...
18:50I mean, I'm all for it, but it's the aesthetic part of it.
18:53I don't think it does anything.
18:54I'll be honest with you.
18:55I think it's an excuse for the massage therapy.
18:57is to go take a break.
19:01Anyway, we're getting off track.
19:04Now that you're in this world, this Marvel, Sony,
19:08whatever world you're in...
19:09Yeah.
19:10Do you...
19:11Are people, like, chasing you around now
19:15for autographs and that sort of thing?
19:17Well, yeah, I mean...
19:19Well, it's the thing I've noticed
19:21that's a new phenomenon in general.
19:23I just...
19:24Is that...
19:25Well, because I did Nightcrawler a long time ago,
19:27and, uh...
19:28But now, there's these things called Funko Pops.
19:32Yes.
19:32Do you know them?
19:33Yeah.
19:33The little boxes with your sort of wobbly head.
19:36Bane of my...
19:37Oh, really?
19:39Really?
19:40That's the thing people want you to sign?
19:42Well, they have...
19:43Yes, but it's not the actual box.
19:45They have it sort of flat,
19:47and there's, like, about 12 of them in a thing like this,
19:50and little vinyl things,
19:51and so you sign the little plastic thing
19:53that I guess they put into the box.
19:55I'm not quite sure,
19:56but it means that instead of just one photo in the old days,
19:59you know, as a photograph,
20:00you'd say...
20:01Yeah, right.
20:01There's, like, 12 vinyl things, and...
20:04And you will stand there and do it and sign all of them?
20:06I mean, sometimes.
20:07Sometimes, yeah.
20:08But they're just...
20:09I just think,
20:10oh, they're bloody Funko Pops again.
20:13I just think it was...
20:14You know, you speak...
20:15I quite liked old photos,
20:17because, like,
20:17oh, there's me in a film,
20:18that film,
20:19oh, there's me in this film.
20:20No, it's just a vinyl thing
20:22that's going to be attached to a box
20:24with a wobbly head of you.
20:26Yeah.
20:26And it's going right on eBay, right?
20:28Right, yes.
20:29Yeah.
20:29I mean, I'm all for comment,
20:31but, you know, where's the fun in it?
20:32What is the most unusual thing
20:34someone has asked you to sign?
20:37Well,
20:38once, years and years and years ago,
20:40I was making a film in...
20:41It's actually nearly 20 years ago,
20:42I did this film in Minnesota,
20:44and it's...
20:44Because it's about to be the 20th anniversary,
20:46and it's called Sweet Land,
20:47in which I play a 1920s Minnesotan farmer
20:50and father of 10.
20:52I can butcher it up when I have to, Jimmy.
20:54Yeah.
20:55So I was there,
20:57and my wife was played by Alex Kingston.
20:59You know Alex, who used to be in the yard?
21:01And she and I were there,
21:02and we were at this party
21:05the midway through the film party.
21:07It was in this very rural place in Minnesota.
21:09And this lady said to us,
21:10oh, it must be very boring for you,
21:12you know, after your New York life to come here.
21:14And we were like, oh no, we love it here.
21:16Tomorrow, we're driving an hour to go to Target,
21:19and then later,
21:20we may be going to a restaurant.
21:23And I heard myself say it,
21:24I thought, I've got to get out of here.
21:27And so, next day,
21:28we drove the hour to the Target,
21:30and it was sort of,
21:31it really caused a bit of a scene,
21:33and this lady came up to me and went,
21:34I can't believe you're here.
21:36And I went, I can't either.
21:39And then this other lady said,
21:40would you sign this for my brother?
21:42I was like, yes, what, yes.
21:43And she signed the thing.
21:44I said, what is this?
21:45And she went, oh, it's the prescription
21:46for my brother's pink eye.
21:50I was like, ah!
21:53So I think that,
21:55that is definitely up there.
21:56I've signed a couple of boobs,
21:57and a few, and a few bums.
22:00Nice, nice.
22:00In my life.
22:01You were just in Las Vegas, I understand.
22:03I was, you know, I grew up in Las Vegas.
22:05Yes.
22:05And so, I'm interested in,
22:07what you're working on a play about Liberace.
22:09I'm directing, I run this theatre now in Scotland,
22:12Putlockery Festival Theatre.
22:13And so this summer,
22:13it's the first year of my programmed work,
22:16and I'm directing a play about Liberace.
22:19So you made a pilgrimage to Las Vegas.
22:21Yes, because, well,
22:22the Liberace Foundation are there, obviously,
22:26and they kind of, you know,
22:28they, you have to sort of get their blessing.
22:30Oh, you do?
22:31So I went to this house
22:33that is where the Liberace collection is housed.
22:36I've got the pictures here now.
22:37Here it is.
22:38Here you are.
22:38Now, this, was this Liberace's house?
22:41No, it was a house,
22:43it's actually called Thriller Villa,
22:45because it was Michael Jackson's house.
22:47Oh!
22:47So you come in,
22:48there's huge pictures of Michael Jackson,
22:50and then Liberace's,
22:51it's showbiz.
22:52Wow.
22:53And then you go downstairs,
22:54and there's all Liberace's things.
22:56It's amazing.
22:57Okay, so here we have, um...
22:59Actually, that's Jonathan,
23:00who's the man from the Liberace Foundation.
23:01He was asking me questions.
23:02And there's Lee on the shelf.
23:04Yes, there's loads of these.
23:06Wow.
23:06Were they small?
23:07How big were the outfits?
23:08Did they seem small to you?
23:10No, actually.
23:11They seemed sort of...
23:12I mean, he didn't...
23:13I mean, well,
23:14they're a bit sort of floaty.
23:15Do you know what I mean?
23:16They're sort of like wearing a cape.
23:17Did you ever meet Liberace?
23:19I did not.
23:20Did you?
23:20Yeah, kind of.
23:21It looks like I'm meeting him there,
23:22but I didn't...
23:23Oh, there's my dog.
23:24There's Lala.
23:24When I was 16...
23:26When I was 16-year-old...
23:28Here's another one.
23:28I was 16 years old,
23:29I was at the, um...
23:30Oh, no, wait.
23:31That's Donald Trump's...
23:32Sorry, I don't know how I got in there.
23:35When I was 16 years old,
23:37I was at the Mayfair Market,
23:38which is a supermarket
23:39on the Las Vegas Strip.
23:40Yeah.
23:41And I saw Liberace in the supermarket
23:43wearing a hairnet
23:44and buying meat.
23:47True story.
23:48Is that a euphemism?
23:49No, he was buying meat.
23:51That was literally...
23:53And then, finally, we have...
23:55Oh, and this is my favourite thing.
23:56It says...
23:58It's Liberace's cookbook.
23:59I don't have my specs.
23:59I don't have to go click it.
24:00It says what?
24:00Hundreds of delicious recipes for you
24:02from his seven dining rooms.
24:04That's right.
24:05That's why he had to go buy more meat.
24:08He's cooking hundreds of delicious recipes.
24:11And look at the...
24:11The ex-Belere things are all pianos.
24:14Oh, that is beautiful.
24:16Amazing.
24:16He's unbelievable, Liberace.
24:18I...
24:19I'm...
24:19Well, obviously, I'm directing this place,
24:21so I'm kind of researching him a lot,
24:22but I'm really fascinated by him
24:24and just everything about him
24:26and just his legacy
24:27and, you know,
24:28he was such a pioneer in many, many ways.
24:30He was, and his signature is...
24:32I believe we actually have...
24:33This is Liberace's...
24:35What he would sign...
24:35Now, imagine getting this on a Funko Pop.
24:39There would be no room.
24:40I mean, look at that.
24:41How great is...
24:42That must be the best signature
24:43in the history of celebrities.
24:45That is tremendous.
24:46He commits.
24:47We're going to take a break.
24:48When we come back,
24:49we'll talk about your big hit show,
24:50The Traders.
24:51Alan Cumming is here with us.
25:00Hi, there.
25:01We are back with Alan Cumming.
25:03He's the host of season four of The Traders,
25:06which premieres tomorrow.
25:08Tomorrow.
25:08And people are absolutely...
25:10For those who haven't seen the show,
25:11explain the idea of the program.
25:12A lot of celebrities and reality stars
25:16go to a castle in Scotland
25:18where I play this person
25:19who's sort of this laird,
25:21in crazy costumes,
25:23lala my dogs in it,
25:24and I make them do this psychological torture
25:28and make them fall into very cold lochs.
25:33And each night,
25:34there's three traders are chosen,
25:35I tap them on the thing,
25:36and then they kill a person.
25:39Not literally, of course.
25:40And then also they banish a person.
25:43So it starts with quite a lot of people,
25:44but it goes down very quickly.
25:46And if The Traders...
25:48It's actually great
25:49because you get to watch people
25:51being forced to lie.
25:53And also we know who the baddies are
25:56from the start.
25:56Right, yeah.
25:57It's sort of a sociological psychological...
26:00Who do you have on the show this season?
26:02Oh, we have Lisa Rinna.
26:05Lisa Rinna?
26:06We have Dorinda.
26:09She got put out straight away last time.
26:11And so she's coming back.
26:13So you brought her back.
26:14Okay.
26:14Brought her back from the dead.
26:15You have some real housewives?
26:18A lot of them.
26:19There's four real housewives this time.
26:21Portia.
26:22And we have...
26:23Oh, and the Kelsey mom.
26:24Travis and...
26:25Travis, Donna.
26:26She's a lady.
26:27Donna, yeah.
26:28Such a sweet lady.
26:29Yeah, that's funny.
26:30Did she enjoy her experience?
26:33I hope so.
26:35There's a really cute moment
26:36when I...
26:37In the first episode
26:38when I asked them all
26:39and sort of interviewed them
26:40and I said...
26:41And I said,
26:42How are you feeling, Donna?
26:43How are you feeling, Donna?
26:44And she went,
26:45A little weird.
26:46Like that.
26:48It's so cute.
26:49Were you at all intimidated
26:50by the idea of perhaps
26:52having to banish
26:54Taylor Swift's future mother-in-law
26:57from a...
26:57I mean, that could get you killed.
26:59Well, the thing is,
27:00a lot of the...
27:01I wasn't,
27:02but the contestants,
27:04the players,
27:05talk about it quite a lot.
27:06Right, because they will feast on you.
27:08They will swarm up.
27:09Yes.
27:09They will attack you.
27:10Yeah, they're sorry.
27:10I'm a bit worried about the Swifties.
27:12What they'll do if we...
27:13So that's quite fun.
27:15It's another added layer of menace.
27:16Now, this outfit
27:17that we mentioned earlier
27:19would be a great outfit
27:20for you to wear tomorrow
27:21because you're getting a star
27:22on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow.
27:27She's a fun day, right?
27:29Pretty good.
27:30Yeah.
27:31It's like nuts.
27:33Do you know where the star
27:34will be located?
27:35I do.
27:36I know who I'm next to.
27:37I'm next to Tab Hunter,
27:39Humphrey Bogart,
27:41Steve Irwin,
27:43Crikey, that's a great crook,
27:46and Johnny Cash.
27:48Oh, Johnny Cash.
27:49Wow.
27:50That's a pretty good corner
27:51to be on, yeah.
27:52I think it's on Hollywood and Vine.
27:54I'm not quite sure,
27:55but I thought...
27:56You don't get to choose.
27:58It's just the luck and the draw.
27:59Yeah, they put you
27:59where they want to put you.
28:00I actually had a sort of weird fantasy
28:03that I wanted to be
28:03in the kind of skankiest kind of...
28:06You're not far off.
28:09That might be
28:10the most famous intersection
28:12at least in the country.
28:13I don't know, right?
28:14Hollywood and Vine, yes.
28:15Yeah, Hollywood and Vine.
28:15It's a good place to be.
28:16Well, yeah.
28:17Until you find somebody
28:18sleeping on you.
28:19Right, yes.
28:20Or, like, dogs will pee on me.
28:22So for those who don't know
28:23how it works,
28:24a crowd will gather,
28:25your fans will come
28:26to see it happen,
28:27and then you have
28:28a couple of people
28:29that you choose to speak in.
28:30Who do you have
28:31speaking for you?
28:32I have speaking for me
28:33Monica Lewinsky
28:33and Brian Cox.
28:35Now, that is a very...
28:36Together at last.
28:38Interesting and seemingly
28:39very random...
28:42Yes.
28:43Brian Cox, of course,
28:44was Logan Roy on Succession.
28:46He's this great actor.
28:48He directed you in a film?
28:49He directed me in a film,
28:50which actually I'm going to...
28:51On Sunday,
28:51it's closing the Palm Springs
28:52Film Festival called Glen Rothen.
28:54So we played brothers in it,
28:55and he directed it.
28:56And I've known him for centuries.
28:58You have.
28:58He seems absolutely great.
29:00He's a darling.
29:01He's a real hoot.
29:02And how do you know
29:03Monica Lewinsky?
29:04I know Monica
29:04because we met at a party
29:07years and years ago,
29:08like, you know,
29:09quite sort of early on
29:11in her being known,
29:13and there was a party
29:16that she was invited to,
29:17and we just got on
29:18like a house on fire.
29:19And it was just...
29:19It was crazy.
29:20Like, it was the days when,
29:21you know,
29:22it was like leaving
29:23the party with Elvis.
29:25It was just people were like,
29:25ah!
29:27And so I've seen her,
29:28you know,
29:29over the years
29:30be kind of reclusive
29:31and try and sort of
29:32find her way,
29:33and then have this
29:33incredible resurgence
29:35and become this amazing,
29:36you know,
29:37powerhouse woman
29:38and be so successful.
29:40It's a really beautiful thing.
29:41And when he looked,
29:42I'll be honest,
29:43I looked at the piece of paper
29:45that said,
29:45I was talking about the star,
29:47and it said,
29:48Cox, Lewinsky,
29:50and Cumming
29:51on the...
29:52LAUGHTER
29:53And I thought maybe,
29:55knowing you,
29:56because I remember
29:56your cologne...
29:58Yes.
29:58I thought maybe
29:59you did that on purpose.
30:00Is that not...
30:01No,
30:02I just can't help it.
30:03LAUGHTER
30:03Yeah, my...
30:04I used to have this fragrance,
30:06and it was called Cumming.
30:07Right,
30:08I remember that.
30:09And I had,
30:09and the body lotion
30:11was called Cumming All Over.
30:13LAUGHTER
30:15And my favourite thing,
30:16I still have these,
30:17because it's a long time ago,
30:18but the soap
30:19was called Cumming in a Bar.
30:21LAUGHTER
30:23LAUGHTER
30:23Well, you are going to fit in
30:24very well
30:25a lot of Hollywood involved.
30:27LAUGHTER
30:29It's great to have you here.
30:30Thank you for being here.
30:31Season four of The Traitors
30:32premieres on Peacock.
30:34Tomorrow,
30:35Alan Crumman, everybody.
30:36We'll be right back
30:37with Taylor Dillon.
30:39LAUGHTER
30:43Tomorrow on Jimmy Kimmel Live,
30:46Dennis Leary,
30:47Rachel Maddow,
30:48plus music from EJ,
30:50Audrey Nuna,
30:51and Ray Avi,
30:52the singing voices of Huntrix
30:54from K-pop Demon Hunters.
30:56Join us next week
30:57with guests Michael B. Jordan,
30:59Noah Wiley,
31:00Johnny Knoxville,
31:01and Chris Pratt.
31:03LAUGHTER
31:11Welcome back to the show.
31:12Our next guest landed
31:13on one of the better lists
31:14to come out in 2025,
31:16Time Magazine's
31:17Best TV Characters of the Year.
31:19She plays Dr. Melissa King
31:21on the Emmy Award-winning series
31:23The Pit.
31:24What's going on with you?
31:25You usually ride in here
31:26on your unicorn
31:27tossing wildflowers.
31:29Unicorn?
31:29Never mind.
31:31Is everything okay
31:32with your sister?
31:34Oh, yeah, she's great.
31:35It's just this...
31:38I would...
31:39Spell, girl.
31:42Um...
31:43Well, a couple of months ago,
31:45I got named in a...
31:46Well, practice law suit.
31:49And so, um...
31:50Today is the...
31:51The deposition.
31:53Season 2 of The Pit
31:55premieres tomorrow
31:56on HBO Max.
31:57Please welcome
31:58Taylor Dearden.
31:59CHEERING
32:13Welcome, welcome.
32:15You're all sparkly, too.
32:17I'm sparkly, too.
32:18I know.
32:19I think we're kind of
32:19matching almost a little bit.
32:20This is kind of weird, right?
32:22Really trippy, yeah.
32:23How...
32:24Well, how long have I known you?
32:25How old were you
32:26when we met,
32:27would you say?
32:27Maybe nine?
32:28Maybe nine, yeah.
32:29Something like that.
32:30Yeah.
32:30I know your mom and dad,
32:31and you went to high school
32:32with my son, Kevin.
32:33Yeah, and we played baseball
32:34together when we were younger.
32:35You guys were on a
32:36little league team together
32:37that your dad was the coach of.
32:38That's right.
32:39You had the ponytails
32:40sticking out the back.
32:41Always, yeah.
32:41And, yeah, and you,
32:43when you guys were in,
32:44my son, Kevin,
32:45he was in the plays with you,
32:47and you guys were at
32:48the high school plays
32:49and all that,
32:49and you were always
32:50really great in those plays.
32:52And then it turned out
32:54that you were an actor.
32:57It's crazy, right?
32:58It's weird how that worked,
33:00really, I guess so.
33:01And also, I should mention,
33:02you worked here for a summer.
33:04I did.
33:05I was a PA
33:05between my junior
33:07and senior year of college.
33:08Yeah, PA is a production.
33:09So what were your jobs?
33:10Explain what your jobs
33:11were as the PA.
33:12Like, runner, essentially.
33:13And also, for anything
33:15on the street,
33:15we had to try and gather people
33:17to do the answers and stuff.
33:19Right, when we tricked people
33:20into saying stupid things.
33:21Yeah, exactly.
33:21Yeah, right.
33:22So you had to go out there
33:23and go get those people?
33:24Yeah.
33:25Yeah, and that's no fun at all,
33:26is it?
33:27It's so hot, yeah.
33:28Did that make you think
33:29that maybe this wasn't
33:30a great job,
33:31a great business to go into?
33:34No, it felt very like,
33:36yeah, I got to earn it somehow.
33:37I see, I see.
33:39And it was a good experience
33:40overall, would you say?
33:41Absolutely, yeah.
33:42No incidents, no problems,
33:43nothing like that?
33:44No, just Guillermo
33:44always tried to make us
33:45drink with him.
33:51Is that true, Guillermo?
33:52I don't remember you.
33:56It's because you were drunk
33:57is why you don't remember that.
33:59Wow, that's, and so now,
34:01oh, and you guys just got
34:02nominated for,
34:03what they call it,
34:04the Actor Award.
34:05It used to be called
34:05the SAG Award.
34:06You got nominated
34:07for Best Ensemble Cast,
34:08would you like that?
34:13And congratulations on that.
34:15Do you get approached now
34:17by doctors everywhere you go?
34:20Not as,
34:21not approached as much as I,
34:22we do get like emails
34:24or Instagram messages and stuff.
34:27It's pretty incredible.
34:28Yeah.
34:28Yeah.
34:28Do you find that
34:29if you wear glass,
34:31you don't wear glasses
34:32typically, right?
34:33Yeah, it's glasses
34:34and it's the braid, really.
34:36If I don't have the braid,
34:37it's hard.
34:37I'm like the only one
34:38that doesn't get recognized
34:40all the time.
34:41Yeah, it's weird
34:41because it's like Superman
34:43in a lot of ways.
34:43Yeah, oh, it's great.
34:44Right?
34:44Full on Clark Kent,
34:45but reversed.
34:46And so when you are approached
34:50by a doctor
34:51who does recognize you
34:52or whatever,
34:53do they want to talk
34:53about the show
34:54and how realistic it is
34:56and all that kind of stuff?
34:57Yeah, there'll be
34:57all sorts of things
34:58that have come up
35:00that have been wonderful
35:01about like how they can
35:03finally talk to their families
35:04about what they do
35:05or specific diagnoses.
35:07Really?
35:08Yeah.
35:09People who are doctors
35:10don't talk to their families,
35:12don't want to know
35:12what's going on?
35:14Yeah, they don't want
35:15to burden them
35:15with like how hard
35:17their day could be
35:18and a doctor reached out
35:20from New Mexico
35:20who said that
35:21for the first time
35:22his family gets
35:24what a hard day means
35:25for him
35:26and they're able to-
35:27Wow, that's pretty great.
35:29Pretty cool.
35:29Wow.
35:30Because I find it
35:32interesting too
35:34because when I go home
35:36I do nothing but complain.
35:38Yeah, yeah.
35:38My family is well aware
35:40of any little-
35:41anything that bothers me
35:43during the day
35:43is recounted in full.
35:45Yeah, I feel like
35:46their families used to hear
35:47just like weird butt stuff
35:49but after that
35:50you know,
35:51it's like good stuff too.
35:51It is true
35:53when you meet a doctor
35:54it's like you almost
35:55have to stop yourself
35:56because you know
35:57like you want to get to
35:58like the third question
35:59will be
36:00so what's the weirdest thing
36:01you've seen up somebody's butt?
36:03That's actually a note
36:04a doctor gave
36:05one of the writers
36:05was you don't have
36:06nearly enough butt stuff
36:07on the show.
36:08Really?
36:10All right.
36:11Oh, so that's
36:11driving the medical industry
36:13in a lot of ways.
36:15So people should keep
36:15putting things in their butts.
36:17Yeah, yeah.
36:17The weirder the better.
36:18We'll feature it.
36:19Have you had a situation
36:20where you have
36:22had to act
36:23had to call upon
36:25what you've learned
36:26on a medical show
36:28to help somebody?
36:30Yeah, I mean
36:31I think a lot of it is
36:34you know
36:35I'll run towards something
36:36and I don't really know
36:38why I have run towards them.
36:40Like what kind of thing?
36:41I feel like
36:41actually recently
36:42there was a guy choking
36:43in a restaurant
36:44and I just sprinted
36:46right to him
36:47and I just stood there
36:48and kind of went
36:49I'm an actor
36:50I don't think
36:51I
36:53I shouldn't touch
36:54Line
36:54So sorry
36:56Sorry, the doctor
36:57didn't teach me yet
36:58so I gotta
36:59I don't know
37:00So did he die?
37:01How did that end?
37:02Yeah, it was a shame
37:03It was a real shame
37:04Have you had any
37:05like did they give you
37:06any real training?
37:07Have you had any real training?
37:08Yeah
37:09We do a boot camp
37:11every year
37:11and this year
37:12was more of a
37:13refresher boot camp
37:14kind of going through
37:15the procedures
37:15we'll be going through
37:17Uh-huh
37:17And I actually
37:19had some training
37:20before too
37:20which is random
37:22You mean in real life
37:23training or acting training?
37:25Yeah
37:25Yeah, real life
37:26but a long, long time ago
37:27I went to this weird camp
37:30that was
37:32You went to wound camp?
37:34I went to wound camp
37:35I went to Owieville
37:36Um, and it was
37:39it was this bizarre camp
37:40in 8th grade
37:41where we pretended
37:43to be EMTs
37:44and were trained
37:45and did unbelievably
37:46ridiculous things
37:48And the hook was
37:49because like
37:50I'm going to tell you
37:51something
37:51and it may make you mad
37:52I sent my son
37:53Kevin a space camp
37:55He didn't go to
37:56people or bleeding camp
37:57I'd love to see
37:58Kevin fit
37:59in any of those
38:00He's big, yeah
38:01He was smaller back then
38:03He was much smaller
38:04but yeah
38:04So, you mean
38:05you went to
38:06who sent you to this?
38:08It was my school
38:09my middle school
38:10It was mandatory
38:12and we got trained
38:14in the gym
38:16and no one
38:17really told us
38:18what this camp was
38:18and then we went
38:19away to this camp
38:19and I remember
38:20the first trauma
38:24We were at lunch
38:25and we noticed
38:25like one of the people
38:27from my group
38:27Ben Anderson
38:28actually
38:29was missing
38:30and we were kind of like
38:31what's going on
38:32and we were given
38:33radios
38:34and we just hear
38:35like
38:36and it's like
38:37there's a kid
38:38who's been mauled
38:39he's beyond a fence
38:41some mountain lions
38:43got to him
38:44run
38:45and we're just like
38:46oh my god
38:46and we just grab
38:48our gear
38:48and like our backboard
38:49and we just kind of run
38:50and we find Ben
38:52who is by the way
38:54a Broadway actor now
38:57and he
38:57has full on
39:00like
39:01prosthetic makeup
39:02his guts are out
39:04we're
39:05by the way
39:05we're 13 years old
39:08we're all brace faced
39:09with acne
39:10and just the odor
39:11is just
39:12it's bad
39:12and he's screaming
39:15again Broadway
39:17and we just have to
39:19go underneath
39:21this fence
39:22and like
39:22army crawl
39:23to grab him
39:24pull him through
39:25and then treat him
39:26and it was
39:27so scarring
39:29immediately
39:30and
39:30and
39:31every single day
39:32and every meal
39:33would have a new
39:34trauma afterwards
39:36what kind of a
39:37crazy camp
39:40did you make
39:41s'mores
39:42no
39:43no
39:43well I mean
39:44there was fire
39:44but
39:45not for s'mores
39:46really they had fire
39:48they had fire
39:48what kind of fire
39:50happened
39:50well everything got
39:51bigger and bigger
39:53and worse and worse
39:54and then
39:54the final
39:56the final one
39:58was
39:58we were at dinner
39:59and
40:00more than half
40:01of the students
40:02and teachers
40:03were gone
40:03and we all just
40:05kind of looked
40:05at each other
40:05like oh no
40:08I don't
40:09I don't want
40:09to do this
40:11and we all
40:11went back
40:12to our bunks
40:13and it was like
40:131130 at night
40:14and we hear
40:15the radio
40:16and they put
40:17so much production
40:17value in this
40:19I'm from LA
40:20so
40:20yeah
40:21and they
40:22said there was
40:23a plane crash
40:31and we're like
40:32I don't think
40:33there was
40:35but we all
40:36had to just
40:36we kind of
40:37sprinted
40:38through this
40:39campground
40:40and I'm not
40:41kidding
40:41they had like
40:42the fuselage
40:44they had an
40:45entire wing
40:46they had real
40:47seats
40:47and like
40:48the cabin
40:50and also
40:50a ring of
40:52fire
40:52around it
40:54but it was
40:55just like
40:55two duraflames
40:56and then like
40:57six feet
40:57and then two
40:58duraflames
40:59and six feet
40:59so we could
41:00just walk
41:00around
41:02but it was
41:03the most
41:03intense thing
41:04ever
41:04our principal
41:05was in a tree
41:05with a pole
41:06through her
41:10it was just
41:12it was bizarre
41:12do you feel
41:13like you learn
41:14anything that
41:14would be useful
41:15in your later
41:16life at that
41:17camp
41:17crippling anxiety
41:21and no more
41:22camp
41:22well it paid
41:23off
41:24kind of
41:25I guess a
41:26little bit
41:26maybe
41:27I guess it
41:27kind of worked
41:28yeah
41:28season two
41:29of the pit
41:29it premieres
41:30tomorrow night
41:30on HBO Max
41:32Taylor Dearden
41:32everybody
41:33thank you
41:34Taylor
41:40thanks to
41:41Alan Cumming
41:42and Taylor
41:42Dearden
41:43apologies to
41:43Matt
41:44I'm right out of
41:44time for him
41:45nightline is next
41:46thanks for
41:46watching
41:47good night
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