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00:00From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:04Tonight, Irvin Magic Johnson and Sarah Pidgeon with the Cleto!
00:11And now, Jimmy Kimmel!
00:15Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:20Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:30How are you?
00:32Welcome, Jimmy.
00:33I'm the host of the show.
00:36Thank you for joining us here in our studio.
00:38It is Monday.
00:40We're back.
00:41I'm glad you're...
00:41You know, when we left you last week on Thursday night, we were not at war.
00:46And today, we are at war.
00:48We are at war.
00:49And I used to say the one thing that surprised me about Donald Trump in a good way is that
00:54he hadn't gotten us into any wars.
00:56Now, there's nothing good about him.
00:58It's zero.
00:59In retrospect, we should have seen this coming two weeks ago when he convened the first meeting
01:03of his new Board of Peace.
01:06He met with the Board of Peace.
01:07Eight days later, we're at war.
01:10Turns out, they probably should have just given him that Nobel Prize.
01:13I mean...
01:14Remember Star Wars R2-D2 is playing Chester Chewbacca and C-3PO suggests he let the Wookiee
01:19win?
01:20We should have let the Wookiee win.
01:22Now, we have no arms.
01:23Poor Guillermo.
01:24This was...
01:24I know it was a tough weekend.
01:26Um, Guillermo, I know you and the Ayatollah were very close, right?
01:33Every morning, Guillermo would call him.
01:36He'd say, hola, Ayatollah.
01:37And they had a great conversation.
01:39Yeah.
01:39I'm sure you'll find a new Ayatollah.
01:41I bet you'll find an even better one.
01:43Yeah, I think I'll be okay.
01:44All right.
01:46This Ayatollah was 86 years old.
01:48I feel like they could have killed him by slamming a door really hard.
01:52It's early Saturday morning, just after midnight, the Pentagon launched what they are calling
01:57Operation Epic Fury, which is different from its original title, which was Operation Epstino
02:04Distracto.
02:06It was a...
02:10It was a sophisticated military strike.
02:13They did it in concert with Israeli forces.
02:15It required intense secrecy, which is why Donald Trump watched it unfold from his membership-only
02:21beach resort in Florida, from the very spot on which, just two months ago, Vanilla Ice performed
02:27on stage with a Ninja Turtle, just as the prophecy foretold.
02:33The president monitored the attack from his super secure bunker at Mar-a-Log.
02:37Don't worry.
02:38I'm sure these fabric curtains are totally soundproof.
02:43The ceiling is open.
02:45Trump probably just came in from the golf course.
02:47He's sitting there.
02:48He's sweating like a yam in a hat.
02:51He's...
02:51And for whatever reason, they released a photo with a map in the background that revealed
02:56all the Iranian-American target locations, which surprises me.
03:00It's not like them to be sloppy.
03:02He launched a top-secret military strike from the same kind of enclosure they used to sell
03:08hummus at a farmer's market.
03:10You know, people stay at Mar-a-Lago.
03:12They have guests on-site who rent rooms for...
03:15How does that work?
03:16Don't go in the cabana next to the pool house.
03:18They're having World War III in there tonight.
03:21Trump claims the operation in Iran could last four to five weeks or longer.
03:26And also that it won't be difficult.
03:28Of course, our supremacist leader launched this attack without getting approval from Congress,
03:34which is something regular presidents do all the time.
03:37Six Americans were killed in the counterattacks, which is terrible and tragic.
03:41And I hope that we show their families how grateful we are for this sacrifice that they made.
03:46And, of course...
03:48Yes.
03:48And, of course, our president would have gone over here to fight himself
03:54were it not for those pesky bone spurs that still haven't healed up.
03:57And, look, I think we could all probably agree that the world's a better place without the Ayatollah,
04:01but no one seems to understand why it was so urgent that we attack immediately.
04:05They got no approval from Congress.
04:07Even Ted Cruz said he saw no indication that Iran was close to getting nuclear weapons.
04:12And wasn't Donald Trump supposed to be the president of peace?
04:16I will prevent World War III as only I can.
04:20I will prevent World War III.
04:23We're not going to have World War III.
04:24I will prevent World War III.
04:26I will prevent, I promise, World War III.
04:29I promise I will be your peacemaker.
04:31I'm going to be a peacemaker.
04:32I'll be your peacemaker.
04:34I will be your peacemaker.
04:35Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled.
04:42I will get it settled before I even become president.
04:44I'll get that thing settled before I take the office.
04:47I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.
04:50I'll have that war settled in 24 hours.
04:53My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.
04:59That's what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier.
05:02Well, you're 0 for 2, I guess.
05:05Trump has been, now, after the bombing,
05:10calling for the Iranian people to rise up to topple the regime,
05:14which is the opposite of what he said he would do.
05:16Usually, you know, he usually only calls for the overthrow of a government
05:19when he loses an election, but now it's different.
05:22Immediately after the attack, the president offered this message of hope
05:26and liberation to the people of Iran.
05:29Now, okay, you ready? Can you handle this?
05:31Hamburgers for all.
05:34Well, you know what? That was him at Whataburger on Friday.
05:39That's what he should be invading, fast food restaurants.
05:42Trump is suddenly all about toppling regimes,
05:45which is interesting because I remember a time
05:47when the idea that a president would start a war
05:50because he couldn't make a deal was seen by some as a negative.
05:54Our president will start a war with Iran
05:57because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate.
06:01He's weak and he's ineffective.
06:03Look at that. Another prediction he got right.
06:06That's...
06:06Nostra Dumbass has done it again.
06:10But, hey, you know what?
06:12When your best friend was a pedophile
06:14and you're losing bigly in the swing states with an election coming up,
06:18what do you do? I'll tell you what you do.
06:20You fire the weapons of mass distraction.
06:22Yes, I believe that we will end up in a war with Iran
06:26because I think Obama views that as politically good for him.
06:29But he's losing in swing states.
06:31I have said for a year and a half that, in the end,
06:35we'll end up somewhere before the election,
06:37we will end up in a form of war with Iran.
06:41And I think he's doing it for political reasons.
06:43And since Obama didn't do it, Trump said,
06:45well, why not? I'll do it.
06:46And he...
06:48This is another one.
06:48This is from 2012.
06:50He tweeted,
06:50Now that Obama's poll numbers are in a tailspin,
06:53watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran.
06:56He is desperate.
06:58I guess at least we know why he did this.
07:01Only one in four Americans, by the way,
07:04believe the U.S. made enough of an effort
07:06at diplomacy with Iran before using military force.
07:09That includes many from his MAGA base,
07:11who feel that Trump violated his promise
07:13to keep us out of foreign entanglements and regime change.
07:17Secretary Pete Hegseth said,
07:18This is not a so-called regime change war,
07:21but the regime sure did change.
07:24Which...
07:25You know what?
07:25In times like these, I, for one,
07:27am grateful that the lives of the men and women
07:30in our military are in the experience capable,
07:33totally not at all shaky hands
07:34of the former weekend co-host of Fox and Friends.
07:37Right?
07:37They're so casual about this.
07:40Blob Vila hosted a Medal of Honor ceremony today.
07:43He was supposed to be honoring veterans
07:44who lost their lives in Afghanistan in World War II,
07:47but along the way he got distracted
07:49and started rambling about the curtains and drapes.
07:53I picked those drapes in my first term.
07:56I always liked gold.
07:58But I think we can save a lot of money.
08:00I just saved...
08:00I just saved curtains.
08:03He saved Christmas.
08:04He saved curtains.
08:06He saved drapes.
08:07He's a drapist.
08:08He's...
08:09Oh, sorry.
08:10You know what?
08:15He's...
08:16He's an alleged drapist.
08:19Would someone please check the expiration date on his brain?
08:22Meanwhile, Melania was in New York today,
08:25presiding over a meeting of the UN Security Council.
08:28This is the first time ever that a First Lady
08:31has presided over a Security Council meeting
08:33less than 72 hours after her husband started a war.
08:37It looks like the worst season of The Bachelorette yet,
08:39I will say.
08:40But even though it was her first time,
08:42Melania handled it like a seasoned old pro.
08:45Good afternoon.
08:47The 10,113 meeting of the Security Council is called to order.
08:57Very good.
09:00My husband wanted to be here, but your escalator is trying to kill him.
09:05And the First Lady was there purportedly to promote education
09:10and as a means to advance tolerance and peace around the world.
09:14And even though an event like this is largely ceremonial,
09:17an appearance by the spouse of the leader of the free world
09:20is significant.
09:22Collectively, your mission to maintain security
09:25while upholding the responsibility of preventing conflict
09:30during times of both war and peace is significant.
09:33That's right.
09:35That's how it's pronounced now.
09:38Actually, significant is her new signature perfume.
09:42AI is democratizing knowledge.
09:47Those poor UN translators.
09:50I mean, how do you say democratizing in Chinese?
09:54In fairness, she had a very long day trying on hats.
09:57So, on Friday in New York, former President Bill Clinton
10:01testified for more than six hours in front of the House Oversight Committee
10:04to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
10:08They had a lot of questions for Bill.
10:09They wanted to know about the 16 times he flew on Epstein's jet
10:13and also how many shoes Hillary threw at him
10:16when she found out he flew 16 times on Epstein's jet.
10:20James Comer, the Republican knucklehead of the committee,
10:23said Clinton was charming and showed Southern people skills.
10:27You know a guy smooth when he's subpoenaed to testify
10:30about a pedophile and leaves with a new fan.
10:34The Clintons have now, by doing it, by testifying,
10:39they put Trump in a tough spot because, on the one hand,
10:42Trump loves to drag them through the mud, especially Hillary,
10:45but, on the other, he's now the only president
10:48who palled around with a pedophile
10:50who hasn't answered questions under oath.
10:52I don't like seeing him deposed, but, you know,
10:56they certainly went after me a lot more than that.
11:00I don't like him. I don't like him.
11:02Look, I like him, and I don't like seeing him deposed.
11:06In fact, I believe we should stop deposing presidents
11:08permanently starting right now.
11:12You see, folks, the important thing to remember
11:15is that even though the president's name
11:17has been redacted hundreds of thousands of times
11:20from the Trump-Epstein files,
11:23he doesn't know anything about them.
11:25I don't know anything about the Epstein files, you know.
11:28I've been fully exonerated.
11:29Well, then, case closed, I guess.
11:31And, of course, the little MAGA fan club
11:33that's running this investigation, James Comer, Nancy Mace,
11:36and their fellow GO peons,
11:38even though there is a detailed, multi-part accusation
11:42of Donald Trump from a young teenage girl
11:45that none of us have seen because it disappeared,
11:48even though that's still being hidden
11:49by the Department of Justice,
11:51Republicans on the House Oversight Committee
11:53have the audacity to agree with the president's claim
11:56that he has been somehow exonerated.
11:59Mr. Chairman, President Trump said today
12:02that he knew nothing about the Epstein files,
12:04and he was exonerated.
12:06Do you agree that he is exonerated in this manner?
12:09From all the evidence I've seen,
12:11he's been exonerated for a long time.
12:13Nancy, can I ask you?
12:15When Huff survivors said to you
12:17that President Trump was exonerated?
12:19Yes.
12:20Because they've only ever told me
12:21they want to see him questioned.
12:23Nope, I've never heard that from a single victim.
12:27Whatever happened to being struck by lightning?
12:31Where are you, God? Where are you?
12:37These clowns, you know, they made a deal with the Clintons.
12:40Clintons wanted their testimony to be live on television
12:42so we could all see it, but the Republicans didn't want that,
12:45which, I don't know, kind of tells you
12:46all you need to know about this.
12:48So they agreed on some rules,
12:49one of them being there would be no photos released
12:52from the deposition.
12:54That was an agreement that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert
12:57immediately violated on Thursday.
12:58She shared a photo of Hillary Clinton,
13:01so they stopped the testimony.
13:02James Comer promised it wouldn't happen again,
13:05and then it did happen again.
13:07Another photo went up.
13:08And then on Friday, Lauren Boebert posted a photo
13:11of Bill Clinton on her Instagram or whatever,
13:15proving once again whether it's a Beetlejuice musical
13:17or a congressional hearing,
13:19you cannot take this woman anywhere.
13:21Lauren Boebert is not among our best and brightest.
13:24She was on the Piers Morgan Show.
13:25One of the subjects was inflation.
13:27Piers asked her, I think, a very good question.
13:30He asked the Congresswoman this.
13:32What is inflation?
13:33Okay.
13:34The question from Lauren Boebert,
13:36a member of Congress who sits on the House Oversight Committee,
13:39is what is inflation?
13:41Well, inflation is when the price of things is over,
13:48is too expensive because of the federal government
13:54really squandering the tax dollars.
13:57So you have the Green News scam,
13:59hundreds of billions of dollars spent there to provide affordable energy,
14:04and it was not affordable.
14:05It was never free.
14:07It was never discounted.
14:08Okay.
14:08Well, first I want to congratulate Piers on not laughing.
14:12But this is an important subject.
14:14Inflation.
14:15I want to make sure everyone understands it.
14:17So what we've done is we've written out Lauren's definition.
14:20Thank you, Guillermo, of inflation.
14:24And you can, you know, take a screen grab of this or whatever.
14:28She says, well, inflation is when the price of things is over,
14:34is too expensive because of the federal government
14:40really squandering the tax dollars.
14:42So you have the Green News scam, hundreds of billions of dollars
14:46spent there to provide affordable energy,
14:49and it was not affordable.
14:51It was never free.
14:52It was never discounted.
14:55Lauren Boeber.
14:57You know what?
14:59I'm going to tell you something that's going to shock you.
15:01She never graduated high school.
15:03She got her GED at age 33,
15:04and they might want to think about taking it back.
15:08According to the Federal Reserve,
15:13the Federal Reserve says the definition of inflation is
15:16the increase in the prices of goods and services over time.
15:20Which, but she was so close, you know?
15:23You did a nice try, Lauren.
15:26You know what?
15:27This, give yourself a hand this time.
15:29We have a good show for you tonight.
15:31Sarah Pidgeon is here.
15:32Cy Smith is sitting in with the police phones.
15:34And we'll be back with Urban Magic Johnson.
15:37So check it out.
15:56Welcome back to our show.
15:58Tonight, you can see her in the new FX Hulu series,
16:00love story.
16:02John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
16:04Sarah Pidgeon is with us tonight.
16:07We have got all new shows this week with Zach Graff and Donald Faison.
16:12Ike Barinholtz.
16:13Wagner Mora will be here.
16:15Chris Fleming will be here.
16:16And Governor Gavin Newsom, the real one, not the fake one we usually have here,
16:20will be here with music from Tyler Ballgame and The Head and the Heart.
16:24And also sitting in with the Cletones all week this week.
16:27She is known as the queen of underground soul.
16:30Cy Smith is with us tonight.
16:32Welcome.
16:34Welcome, please.
16:34Thank you so much.
16:35And thank you for bringing the soul above ground for us here tonight.
16:40Oh, thank you so much.
16:41All right.
16:41No one man or woman has made more assist to bring sports titles to Los Angeles
16:47than this one.
16:48He is one of the all-time greats.
16:49He is a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers.
16:52Three-time World Series champion as co-owner of the Dodgers.
16:56Please welcome Irvin Magic Johnson.
17:20How are you?
17:21Oh, man.
17:22You look very snazzy.
17:24It's been a long time, my friend.
17:25It has.
17:26It's been like a year since I last saw you.
17:28Uh-huh.
17:28And you've been in the news a lot.
17:32I didn't know if I was going to see you again.
17:36Wait a minute.
17:37Is that your way of telling me that when the show is over, so is our relationship?
17:41No.
17:41OK.
17:42All right.
17:42Good.
17:42We're going to still be friends.
17:43I invited you on the yacht.
17:45I know you did.
17:47Let me tell you.
17:48That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
17:50And not being able to go was the worst thing.
17:52And I blame my children, really, for it.
17:54Yes.
17:55Open invitation.
17:57Is it really?
17:58Samuel L. Jackson said, make sure you invite him back.
18:00Cookie said, make sure invite you and your wife back.
18:03Oh, great.
18:04Oh, my God.
18:05That's such great news.
18:06Thank you for that.
18:08I've been, I've been, for those who don't know, I've been photoshopping pictures of myself
18:13into Magic's Vacation for like 15 years.
18:16Yes, yes, yes.
18:17And now I might appear in real, in real life in person.
18:20That's right.
18:20You were, first of all, I was thinking about this today.
18:24I don't think there's anybody in the world, and I didn't bother to search it, but I don't
18:28think there's anyone in the world who has more championships in various sports than
18:33you do.
18:34There can't be.
18:35There can't be.
18:37Do you ever think about them and add them up?
18:39It's about 18.
18:4118.
18:44Yeah.
18:45The Lakers, of course.
18:47The Dodgers.
18:48Dodgers.
18:49As co-owner.
18:49Yes.
18:50Yes.
18:50LAFC.
18:52LAFC.
18:52The Los Angeles Football Club.
18:54The LA Sparks.
18:55Uh-huh.
18:56And you know, I have e-sports championships as well.
19:00College championships.
19:01High school.
19:01Do you ever put them all on, the rings or the rings, like put them on your feet and just
19:07walk around?
19:07I would have to.
19:08But no, you know, Jimmy, I keep them in the vault.
19:13Me too.
19:13You know, and I don't wear rings or anything, but I do cherish the championships.
19:18You know, the Dodgers going back to back was just amazing.
19:21Yeah.
19:23Yeah.
19:23It's just amazing.
19:24And I think they might be their favorite to three-peat, which is a word that your friend
19:31and former coach Pat Riley owns.
19:33He trademarked that.
19:34That's right.
19:34If we three-peat, he's going to make a lot of money.
19:36He is going to make a lot of money, isn't he?
19:38He's smart.
19:38Has he mentioned this to you?
19:39Yeah.
19:40He's a smart man.
19:41Did he come up with three-peat?
19:43I don't know if he came up with it, but he trademarked.
19:46He trademarked it.
19:47Wow.
19:48And we had a wonderful time with him last Sunday getting his statue.
19:53He got a statue at Crypto Arena.
19:56That's right.
19:57He castigated you guys.
19:58Some of you were not, most of you were not wearing ties, and he didn't like that?
20:02He did not like it.
20:03Isn't that funny?
20:04He scolded us once again.
20:07Like we were still playing with the Showtime Lakers, and he was our coach.
20:11He's, why don't you have a tie on?
20:13You know?
20:14So he actually, you got to give him credit, because he actually made the NBA change everything
20:19to guys wearing sports jackets.
20:22He did.
20:22Yes, because the Lakers had to wear sports jackets when we played for Pat Riley.
20:27So then he's, and we're all, I'm 66 years old, and he's up there telling me,
20:32why don't you have a tie on?
20:33Yeah.
20:34Isn't that interesting how there are certain things in your life that no matter where,
20:37I mean, you are, you know, you're probably a billionaire.
20:40I don't know.
20:41You've got, but you have this relationship with this guy.
20:44Don't tell nobody.
20:44I thought we were friends.
20:46I thought it was a compliment.
20:49But you have this relationship with this guy who at one time was your coach, but you still
20:54have this kind of thing, right?
20:56Yeah.
20:56Where you think of him as the boss.
20:58Yes.
20:58And he is.
20:59And he has that aura about him.
21:02You know, when he comes in, he goes back into his role as the coach, and we go back
21:07into our role as the coach.
21:08He has an aura.
21:08I remember my mom suddenly being interested in basketball when Pat Riley would walk onto
21:13the court.
21:14You know?
21:15Yes.
21:15Yes.
21:16That aura.
21:16Yes.
21:16This is a statue of Pat, the statue you guys were there to celebrate.
21:21Yes, dude.
21:21Really, a very silly looking statue in my opinion.
21:24Did they have to put him in the clothing from that era?
21:27You know that he went to Chicago where they were designing the statue four times to make
21:34sure they got it right.
21:35To make sure.
21:35That's right.
21:36Well, he should have went five because this looks more like Nicolas Cage to me.
21:41What?
21:42Don't you think everyone should be naked like in the statues of old, the Greek?
21:47Wouldn't that be the way to go?
21:49I don't know if they would want us to be naked up there.
21:52Wouldn't this, like in this one, this is you, yes, you nude with a basketball.
22:03You see those hot pants we got on right there, right?
22:05Yeah, you got the hot pants on.
22:06Why didn't they give you the Fu Manchu?
22:08Did you say I wanted to be clean-shaven in this?
22:10Yeah, I wanted the younger guy look.
22:13I see.
22:13Okay.
22:14What made Pat Riley such a special coach?
22:17Easy.
22:18He's a perfectionist.
22:19You had to do everything right.
22:21He always preached making sure that we worked hard and we were mentally and physically tough.
22:29And then he always had an excellent game plan when we went against anybody, whoever we played against.
22:35And he was very demanding.
22:37So I love that because he coached me hard and everything that, all the skill sets that he was able
22:45to bring out of me,
22:46you know, I used them today in business.
22:48So I'm a better, not only I was a better basketball player, but I'm a better man today because of
22:53Pat Riley.
22:54Because of Pat Riley.
22:54Yeah, that's just about as good as you get.
22:56Yeah.
22:57So you were at one time a co-owner of the Lakers.
23:02That's right.
23:02And then you became a co-owner of the Dodgers with Mark Walter, who bought the team.
23:07That's right.
23:07And now he has purchased the Lakers.
23:10Yep.
23:10So are you now your co-owner of the Lakers now?
23:13Or does that not carry over?
23:15No, it doesn't carry over.
23:17No, it doesn't carry over.
23:17But I'm advising Mark.
23:19You know, we came up with, hey, let's work together.
23:21But let me advise you on not just the Lakers, but everything that he owns.
23:27He has, when you think about Chelsea's soccer team, the Dodgers, of course.
23:33Oh.
23:33You know, so he has a lot of different teams that he owns.
23:36So just become an advisor with the Lakers.
23:38So with the Lakers, would you now, like, weigh in on, like, Rob Palenka, the general manager
23:46of the team?
23:47Would you say, you didn't get along with him, right?
23:51Or did you get along with him?
23:52We mended defenses.
23:54You mended defenses.
23:55Yes.
23:55Because I believe, and I know I don't get to consult with Mark Walter, but I think Rob Palenka
24:00should get, like, a lifetime contract just for pulling off that crazy Luka trade.
24:05I mean, I still don't know what happened there.
24:07I mean, that's...
24:08Yes.
24:09And, listen, a young superstar, too.
24:13Remember, I think, what, he was only 25, 34?
24:16Right.
24:17And to come to the Lakers in a trade that basically, you know, giving up Anthony Davis
24:24and a young player.
24:25Another great player.
24:26Exactly.
24:27Yeah.
24:27But Laker fans are happy with the trade.
24:30And, no, I'm not going to advise him on, unless he asks me my opinion on something.
24:36Gotcha.
24:37But other than that, you know, Rob will answer to, straight to Mark.
24:42Just like Lon Rosen just got the president's job here, answer straight to Mark.
24:48So, and so I'm good.
24:50If he asks me a question...
24:51You will answer that question.
24:53I will answer that question.
24:53Would you make changes to the draft lottery the way it is structured right now?
24:58For sure.
24:58For sure.
24:58You would.
24:59For sure.
24:59Do you believe that teams should be allowed to tank games?
25:03To lose games?
25:04You would never do something like that.
25:06Oh, man.
25:07It burns me up.
25:08But, when you were drafted, number one, there was a coin toss between the Lakers and the
25:13Bulls, right?
25:14That's right.
25:15Which is really crazy to think about.
25:17That was 1979.
25:18Yes.
25:19And the Lakers won that coin toss.
25:21Oh, I was so happy.
25:22Yeah.
25:25Because the Bulls weren't very good at that.
25:27No.
25:27No.
25:28And the Lakers had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
25:30Yeah.
25:30And come to L.A. instead of Chicago?
25:33Oh, man.
25:34I take that all day.
25:35Were you there to witness the coin toss?
25:37No.
25:37No.
25:38We were waiting by the phone.
25:39Uh-huh.
25:41And Commissioner O'Brien had called and said, hey.
25:45Do you know if it was heads or tails?
25:47No.
25:48And didn't care.
25:49You didn't care.
25:50As long as I was coming to L.A. and playing with Kareem.
25:52Because, Jimmy, what people don't know, if Chicago had a one, I could go back to
25:57school.
25:58Oh, really?
25:58At that time, you can opt to go back to school.
26:02Would you have done that?
26:03Oh, yeah.
26:03You would have.
26:04Oh, yeah.
26:04You would have went back to Michigan State.
26:06I would have went back to Michigan State.
26:10Michigan State is ranked, like, number eight, I think, right?
26:13Yeah.
26:13Yeah.
26:14They're playing awesome right now.
26:15With all the teams that you own, with the various Sparks and the L.A. Football
26:19Club and .
26:21Washington Spirit.
26:22Mm-hmm.
26:22Yeah.
26:23Commanders.
26:23Yes.
26:24Commanders.
26:24Have you thought about buying Michigan State University?
26:30Wouldn't that be fun for you, though?
26:32That would be awesome.
26:35Magic Johnson is with us.
26:47Hi, I'm Doug Henning, here to tell you about an amazing thing.
26:51NBC's get high on yourself week.
26:52You can be somebody with a plan of your own
26:57You can stay long and you won't be around long
27:02You can be somebody with your own voice of you
27:06Just by acting yourself in whatever you do
27:11You can be somebody who doesn't just love you
27:15Let your own stop be yourself
27:27Where you be coming up with this
27:30There's an endless supply of videos of you doing things that
27:37That's crazy
27:38Do you remember that day?
27:39And I can't sing
27:40Why you bring that one out?
27:42But my hero was it
27:44Muhammad Ali or Irve Villachez
27:46No
27:48Please tell me you and Irve got a photograph together
27:50Oh, we did
27:51Oh, you did
27:52Oh, we did
27:52But Muhammad is my hero
27:54Is he your all-time favorite?
27:56Yeah, he's literally the greatest
27:58Oh, man, I love him
27:59And he also taught me a lesson, too
28:03He called me one day and said
28:05Magic, you've got to be more than just a basketball player
28:07You've got to do good in the community
28:10Get back to the community
28:11And I want you to do more
28:13So I owe a lot to him
28:15So you did that video?
28:17Yeah
28:20Yeah, that was it?
28:21That was it?
28:22No
28:23But to be a kid and watching Ali fight with your dad
28:28Yeah
28:29What was it called?
28:30Closed circuit?
28:31We had to go to the movie theater
28:32Yeah, closed circuit?
28:33Oh, did you do that?
28:33Yes
28:34Back home?
28:34Yeah
28:34Back home
28:35You would go see those fights?
28:36Exactly
28:37And then to actually meet him and then be in this video with him
28:40It's just unbelievable
28:41Did you ever see him fight live if you go to Vegas?
28:44Oh, yeah
28:44Yeah
28:44You would go to those fights?
28:45I would go to the fight
28:46They were at Caesar Palace outside
28:48Yeah
28:48And it was the time of my life to finally get to see him live fight instead of on closed
28:54circuit
28:54Was it a situation where you could go back and say hello to him afterwards or was that not happening?
28:58Oh, yeah
28:59Oh, yeah
28:59Oh, yeah
28:59Oh, really?
29:00After it was over, yes
29:01Yeah
29:02You could do that
29:02And it was cool just hanging back in the green room waiting on him after the fights
29:08Because he was showing me magic
29:10Come here, magic
29:11Let me show you some magic
29:12Oh, yeah
29:13He did magic tricks
29:13Oh, yeah
29:14He did tricks all the time
29:15So after a fight, he would then do magic tricks for you?
29:18He'd do magic tricks
29:20And it was so funny because he actually thought he was very good at it
29:27And I didn't want to let my hero down
29:30So I said, yeah, you great
29:34Yeah, that's interesting
29:36Yeah, he probably
29:37Nobody probably ever said, not that great
29:39I've seen that one
29:40Exactly
29:41You put on the gloves and bam
29:42Yeah, besides the respect, you could lose all your teeth
29:46Right
29:47At the same time
29:48You, um, uh, next month is, I don't know if you know this
29:51The 30th anniversary of the one and only time you got an NBA suspension
29:57Oh, man
29:58Do you remember what it was for?
29:59Wow, this is supposed to be a great show
30:01You know, I'm seeing my friend
30:04You bring up this video now
30:06Let's bring up this video here because
30:09Here's the play
30:12Magic thought he was fouled
30:13Voiced his displeasure
30:15And there's the bump
30:18And you got thrown out of the game
30:20Suspended for how many games?
30:21I think one
30:22One game
30:24Commissioner Stern called me and gave me some stern words
30:27Did he really?
30:29Oh, yeah
30:29Really?
30:30Oh, yeah
30:30Did you say, uh, I'm magic?
30:32I'll give you some stern words
30:33No, he said, you're supposed to be the face of the league
30:36And you bump into the referee and get kicked out
30:39Don't ever do that again
30:40Yes, sir
30:41Really?
30:42And so, uh, that was a big mistake
30:46It cost me some money
30:47Fairly mild, though, wouldn't you say?
30:50Cost me a little money
30:50Compared to some of the things that we see now
30:52Yeah, well, but, you know, that's not my, my style and who I am
30:57How does it work when you get, uh, um, fined like that?
31:01Do you have to write a check?
31:02Yeah, and at that time they were giving all the money to charity
31:05Oh, they don't anymore?
31:06I don't know
31:07Uh, I had to ask Commissioner Stern
31:09Do you get the deduction for that charitable donation?
31:13Well, that seems like a criminal act
31:15Yeah
31:17And we need that out here in California
31:19Yeah
31:20Absolutely
31:21All right, so, uh, hey, I have a question about the Dodgers
31:24Because, um, uh, you've got a great team
31:26Yeah
31:27People are very, very excited going to these games
31:29Why is there only yellow mustard at Dodger Stadium?
31:33There's no brown mustard
31:35There's no Gulldon's mustard
31:36The type of mustard that, that is meant
31:39That the Lord meant to be on a hot dog
31:42All we have is yellow
31:43Is that a Lakers bias that you brought to the team?
31:46Because I like yellow
31:47You like yellow?
31:49Mm-hmm
31:49Really?
31:50That's right
31:51And that goes so good on a Dodger dog
31:55It's, listen
31:57That's, that's fine for children to have on a Dodger dog
32:00So what is, what is your preference?
32:02The brown mustard
32:03The brown, nice brown
32:05I hate that
32:06Gulldon's mustard
32:06I hate that
32:07You don't like it
32:08No
32:08And you won't let me have it
32:09No
32:11Is there any scenario
32:12Just bring some in
32:14Where fans would be allowed to bring in their own mustard?
32:16Yeah, just bring it in your pocket
32:19And then when I go to security and they go
32:22What's all this mustard?
32:23I go, Magic told me
32:24I'm going to show them this clip
32:26I'm going to tell him, I'm going to tell him he's okay
32:30All right
32:31Well, it's great to see you
32:32And you too, my friend
32:33Congratulations
32:33Thank you
32:34Is it ever, is
32:34Do you ever get tired of winning?
32:36No
32:36No
32:37No
32:37That's imaginary, right?
32:40That's why I'm so mad at tanking
32:41I can't believe God will even go for that
32:43I know, you don't like that at all
32:44I don't like that
32:45Man, that's terrible
32:47What?
32:48What?
32:48It was a game on purpose?
32:50What?
32:50It's unthinkable
32:51Oh, man
32:52You're making me mad just thinking about it
32:54And I'm not even playing no more
32:58Magic Johnson, everybody
32:59The back-to-back Blue Series champion
33:01God will go for their season
33:03March 26th, right here in LA
33:05And we'll be back with Sarah Pidgeon
33:07This week on Jimmy Kimmel Live
33:15Zach Braff and Donald Faison
33:18Ike Barinholtz
33:19And Governor Gavin Newsom
33:21Plus music from Tyler Ballgame
33:24And The Head and the Heart
33:32Hi, welcome back
33:34Cy Smith is sitting in with the Glee Tones
33:36Our next guest is a Tony-nominated actor
33:39Bringing a tragic love story back to life
33:41In the very popular limited series
33:43Love Story
33:44John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette
33:47No disposable cameras on every table
33:49No party favors
33:50No
33:51No bridal shower
33:52Who needs that?
33:54No father-daughter dance
33:55In fact, I don't want my father there, period
33:58Period
33:58No brunch
34:00Who needs to eat?
34:02I think it should be someplace romantic and remote
34:05Rustic
34:06It should feel like we're the only two people there
34:09And to pull it all off
34:11We just have to elude every single journalist in the country
34:14Yeah
34:16It should be easy enough
34:17Watch Love Story
34:19John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette
34:21Thursdays on FX and Hulu
34:23Please welcome Sarah Pidgeon
34:36How are you?
34:37I'm great
34:38Yeah
34:38I'm so happy to be here
34:40I'm happy to have you here
34:41Congratulations on your
34:42You know, your show's very, very, very popular
34:44Ah, yes
34:45Everyone's talking about it
34:46So it seems
34:47It's so amazing for it to be out in the world
34:49Are you feeling that?
34:50Or is it something like
34:51You don't really have a point of reference on
34:53Whether you're getting a lot of feedback
34:54No, I'm
34:55Yeah, I think I'm feeling it
34:56There's been a lot of conversations that I've had with family
34:58With friends
34:59With, um
35:00Not a whole lot of people on the street
35:02I haven't really been walking about
35:03But, um
35:04Yeah, everyone seems to be really enjoying it
35:06And it's just
35:06You know, out on the street
35:07There are a lot of billboards here in L.A.
35:09Yeah
35:09Is that the case in New York as well?
35:11Uh, I haven't seen any in New York yet
35:13I've seen a lot of pictures that friends have sent me
35:15From billboards in L.A.
35:17I know we're on a coffee cup now
35:18Oh, congratulations
35:19Yes, thank you
35:21A lifelong dream
35:22Um, but it's
35:25It's very
35:26I mean, it's just a surreal experience
35:28When you're a kid, um
35:30Dreaming of acting
35:32Do you ever
35:33You think, oh man
35:34If I could just get on a coffee cup
35:36That, I have that exact thought
35:38You're probably too young
35:39To even remember
35:40When JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
35:43Were on the cover of every tabloid
35:45All the time
35:46Yeah, I was, I was born in 1996
35:48So my nostalgia from the 90s
35:50Is not so much a lived experience
35:52But, I mean, I guess being on the show now
35:54The, the set design was so transportative
35:57And I think I, I do have that nostalgia now
35:59For, uh, a shared nostalgia
36:01And all the music
36:02There's a lot of music
36:03Oh, there's some insane needle drops
36:05In the show
36:05Yeah
36:06It's, it's, I mean
36:07There's a soundtrack on Spotify
36:09Uh, should anyone be interested
36:11Oh, there is
36:11The main special soundtrack
36:13For the thing, yeah
36:14Yeah, that's when you know
36:15You have something big going
36:16I, I guess so
36:17That's a new marker
36:18You, um
36:19Did people ever tell you before
36:21Because you do look like Carolyn Bessette
36:22Had you ever heard that
36:23From people before
36:25I, I think I'm still trying to figure out
36:27Who my doppelganger is
36:28Um, but my team actually, uh, photoshopped blonde hair
36:33Onto my, my, I have very naturally dark hair
36:36Oh
36:36Um, so I think maybe that helped
36:38With convincing production
36:39That, that this was the right move
36:41Yeah, have you ever been blonde?
36:44No, I'm gonna be bald
36:45But I've never been blonde
36:47Oh, that comes
36:48Maybe that'll be what's next for me
36:49Who knows
36:50Can you imagine if I was blonde at one point?
36:52You look great
36:53I'm sure I would
36:54Very, you know, we'll work on that
36:55Maybe we'll do it right now
36:57This is what I would look like
36:58With blonde hair
36:59Okay
37:00And then the audience is delighted
37:02By this reaction
37:04Yeah, no, blonde's probably not my color
37:06I think you need to pull it off
37:07Um, you shot, you shot the show
37:09In New York City
37:10Yes
37:10Uh, in many of the actual locations
37:13Where these two were spotted
37:15They were followed everywhere they went
37:16Yes, they were
37:18I mean, that was
37:18It was kind of wild to wrap your head around
37:20That, that lived experience that they have
37:22This is, uh
37:23Now, this is a side-by-side
37:26Comparison
37:26Of, uh
37:27The paparazzi caught the real JFK
37:30And Carolyn fighting in the park
37:32I watched this video today
37:33Yeah
37:33They were really, really going at it
37:35They were going at it
37:35Yeah, they were a passionate duo
37:36And then you guys did the same thing
37:39Now, did people
37:41Did, first of all
37:42Why, why the wardrobe change?
37:44I mean, what
37:44You gotta
37:45I don't understand that at all
37:47That's a mistake
37:47But, um
37:48You got it perfect there
37:49Did people watching in the park
37:52Know what you guys were doing here?
37:54There were a few
37:55I think that were clued in to
37:57You know, because we shot all over the city
37:58There were a lot of people that, um
38:00There were some regulars
38:01That would come to set sometimes
38:02Oh, regulars?
38:03Yeah
38:03There was actually this, like, six-year-old boy
38:05That was really fascinated
38:06Who lived in Tribeca
38:07That would just show up onto set
38:08I think they let them call, like, action
38:09And cut a few times
38:10Really?
38:11Um, yeah
38:11But this one, there was, uh
38:13We actually had a citizen alert
38:16Filed on us
38:17Called on us
38:17There was, like, a couple having domestic dispute
38:20Really?
38:21Yeah
38:22They didn't notice the crew around you?
38:24No
38:24Yeah, I guess
38:25Maybe they thought it was, like, reality television
38:26That's a great compliment
38:27In a way, really
38:28It is, yeah
38:30You're from, uh
38:31You're from where?
38:32Detroit?
38:33There's Detroiters
38:33Yes
38:34There's Detroiters here today
38:35Yeah, we have a couple of Detroiters here
38:36But if you get married
38:38They will totally hook you up
38:39Well, oh, amazing
38:41I'm, well, to be clear
38:42I'm from a suburb of Detroit
38:44Uh, Birmingham
38:45Okay
38:46Yes
38:47Oh, my God
38:48Who knew there was so much 248 love?
38:50Is that where you started acting, or?
38:52Uh, I started acting
38:53At a summer camp in northern Michigan
38:55Called Interlochen
38:56And then I started doing community house plays
38:58Um, I recently did a play in New York
39:01Stereophonic
39:02So it's, the theater's always been a part of my life
39:04Right
39:04You got nominated for a Tony for that
39:05Yes
39:06Yeah, that's what guys are doing
39:07Thank you
39:09Was that your dream from a young age?
39:12Oh, I guess I, you know
39:14There was sort of this Rolodex of things
39:16That I wanted to do with my life
39:17There was a time where I really wanted to be a dermatologist
39:19But my mom was like
39:21You're only going to be looking at old people's skin
39:23For, like, most of the day
39:25Um, there's been nothing wrong with that
39:27And worse, by the way
39:28Nothing wrong with that
39:29Nobody goes into a dermatologist
39:30And goes, my skin's gray
39:32Just give me a once-over
39:33Exactly
39:34Yeah
39:34Yeah, you're always there for a reason
39:36Um, yeah
39:38Skin
39:38Anyways, I decided I wanted to be a doctor
39:41Or, not a doctor
39:42An actor
39:43Right
39:44You can maybe one day play a dermatologist
39:46And your dreams will be realized
39:47That'd be riveting
39:48That'd be riveting
39:50You never know
39:51Maybe a dermatologist will kill somebody
39:53That's a Ryan Murphy show right there
39:55Yeah, that is
39:55You know what?
39:56It kind of is
39:57I think he kind of has a show like that going right now
40:00And the beauty?
40:01Is that what you're talking about?
40:02Uh, yeah, exactly
40:03Yeah
40:03And you were at the Actor Awards last night, correct?
40:06I was
40:06How did that go?
40:08Oh, it was so magical
40:09Was it?
40:10I feel like I've said pinch me moments
40:11And surreal so many times now
40:13But, uh, to be in that room
40:15And hear the legends of industry
40:17Who pinched you?
40:19Oh, I am not naming names
40:22But, yeah, to hear, like, Harrison Ford talk about being in a room with his peers
40:26And, you know, I don't know if he was actually
40:28I don't think he has any idea who I am
40:30He probably was thinking of you specifically
40:31Yeah, you were one of his peers
40:33But that was, I mean, it was just
40:35It was a really beautiful night to be in a room with actors celebrating actors
40:38Did you get to meet Harrison Ford?
40:40No, no
40:41In my dreams
40:43Yeah, well
40:44I'm sure it'll happen
40:45I mean, it's not that, you know
40:46It seems reasonable to assume it might happen
40:49You were one of his peers, for God's sake
40:50Exactly
40:51I'm essentially a friend
40:52At this point
40:53A fellow dermatologist in a lot of ways
40:56That's a duo that we need on screen
40:58Yeah, right
40:58Yeah
40:59Well, it's great
40:59Congratulations on the show
41:01The show, if you haven't seen, it's called Love Story
41:03John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
41:05You can watch it Thursday nights on FX and Hulu
41:08Sarah Pidgeon, everybody
41:10Thank you, Sarah
41:11We'll be right back
41:19All right, well, I want to thank Irvin Magic Johnson and Sarah Pidgeon
41:23Apologies to Matt Damon
41:24Thanks to Cy Smith
41:26We'll see you in with Cleetone
41:27She'll be back tomorrow night
41:28My line is next
41:29Join us tomorrow with Ike Barinholtz and Governor Gavin Newsom
41:33Thanks for watching
41:34Good night
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