quimby road, and the steep terrain proved to be challenging. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez was there tonight. she is now live in san jose with the latest lauren. >> yeah, you couldn't miss the glow of the fires as you were driving around san jose. the san jose fire department tells me they were responding to three separate fires, totaling to about 33 acres. as of around 10:00 this evening. it was 5% contained. now, from where we were standing, we could hear and see the night flying helicopters as they made several water drops. we were standing at a corner of evergreen valley high school. residents call the area the evergreen hills. the fire department said this was a unified command with cal fire, and they had an additional wildland task force from santa clara county fire department. so they had quite a lot of resources responding to this. the fire department could not confirm if any structures were threatened, nor could they confirm if residents were

evacuated. the spokesman did say since there were three separate fires, the smallest one is out now. cal fire did say access and terrain continue to make containment efforts difficult, but we will continue to follow what caused these three fires. we do know that forward progress has stopped. live in san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. all right, lauren, thanks very much. >> good to hear fort progress has been stopped. well happening tomorrow night, a listening session for parents to hear from oakland unified about a troubling situation with drinking water at a number of schools, unsafe levels of lead have been found in the water at 22 different used schools. testing was done earlier this year before the school year started. tomorrow's zoom meeting from 630 to 7 is designed to get families some answers on what the district is doing to respond to this problem. >> i don't even know. i've been an employee also, so for years i

haven't heard of this being an issue and i know it's been an issue. how did this happen over such a short period of time? or were we just not aware tiny, tiny minute amounts can still affect the way our blood is circulating, the way oxygen is carried to the brain? >> it can slow the early childhood development. >> the district says it is testing remaining schools and working on repairs to old pipes all week long. >> in the north bay tonight, leaders in san rafael have unanimously voted to create a sanctioned encampment for unhoused individuals. this comes as the city faces a legal battle over its homelessness response. the city is focused on the area along mahoney creek path near anderson drive. it's currently an encampment, but the city council passed a plan tonight to turn it into a sanctioned one. they will use $2.2 million in grant money to pay for resources to support the 47 people staying there. >> i'm so pleased that we have this way to move forward on

bringing change to the streets right now. >> the vote came after more than an hour of public comment and discussion. many neighbors raised safety concerns about unhoused people in their area, as others called for compassion. >> as a mother, as an individual, as a member of this active member of this community, i no longer feel safe walking down anderson drive. >> what this project is doing, in my opinion, is it's just perpetuating more of the segregation that we already hav. >> a federal judge has issued a restraining order to stop san rafael from sweeping another encampment in town. it's part of a lawsuit brought by an unhoused man who's lived in the spot for years. >> bart is back to normal tonight and for the morning commute after smoke on a train shut down service in part of oakland today. passengers say they were halfway between 19th street and macarthur station when they started smelling smoke. when the train stopped and the smoke got worse, they

had to jump onto the tracks. >> and that's when we heard more popping and more smoke. so i decided to go ahead and pull it. i had waited long enough. >> was scary, bart tells us. there was no fire, just a piece of equipment hitting the third rail. no one was hurt. a bart service was shut down at macarthur for more than an hour. trains were running again by four, but major delays lingered well into the evening commute. >> it's a story we've followed from the start. we first told you about this san francisco parking lot full of honking waymo robo taxis last monday here at 11, and has since gone viral. the noise from this corner of the city's soma neighborhood had stopped for a couple nights, but apparently the blaring horns are back after a software issue makes the driverless taxis honk when another car gets too close, which happens often in that small parking lot. our abc seven news team spoke with one neighbor, who is now live streaming the lot. >> i can't believe this is happening to me, so i'm just

going to set up a webcam in my window in a cereal box and like, you know, at least make the best of the situation. >> sophia says there was no honking last night, but there had been on the nights before. a waymo representative joined the live stream today to discuss the efforts to fix the technology. they say a software fix is on the way, but clearly not done yet. >> well, it is the modern way to go. off the map. we explain the growing trend of using this online blurb. >> plus, it's our pick for the best thing you'll see today. call it the brotherhood of the traveling airpods. one bay area man's years long journey that brought him right back home. >> crazy story. and take a look. up we'll take a full peek at the story and meaning behind tonight's stunning super

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and i was curious if by any chance you might know where the airpods are or if you've had anyone from denver recently arrive at your house and she said, ha, it's my son. >> thank you. they went to burning man and back. but one man's quest to find his lost airpods brought him to some new bay area friends, and some change for the better. this man from santa rosa tracked his airpods all over the country and eventually leading him back to a neighborhood nearby. >> and it turned out to be a happy ending for everyone. abc seven news reporter tim johns has more on the reunion. >> it's a reunion. two years in the making, and it all started back when edward ayton says he lost his airpods at the burning man festival in nevada in 2022, and it was just, you know, an hour or two away when i realized

that i'd forgotten my airpods. >> you know, it's that first moment you go to make the phone call and you realize you have to hold the thing up to your face. >> after he realized they were missing, ayton says he was able to track the airpods with the find my app on his phone. he began making videos on social media, documenting everywhere they went. eventually attracting thousands of viewers over the coming months, they traveled all over the united states. >> they spent time in iowa. they spent time in north carolina. we caught them walking down the street in new york at 3:00 in the morning. one night, which was really exciting. >> that was until just last week, when the airpods suddenly appeared in santa rosa, just minutes away from ayton's home. >> and i realized, i've got to go over there. i've got to go. i've got to go find them. >> so find them. he did. after knocking on the front door of the home where the airpods were located, ayton met chance colbert, whose dad peter had given him the airpods. i caught up with both of them on zoom, where chance proudly displayed

the airpods in question. >> they actually are. i thought it would be fitting that they are there, but i use every day. >> peter says he's not sure how he initially got ahold of the airpods, since he wasn't at burning man back in 2022. a realtor by trade, he thinks he might have gotten them from a house that he sold sometime after the festival before giving them to his son. after meeting chance and being reunited with his old airpods once again, ayton says he allowed chance to keep them. the only condition was that he had to make a donation to the local redwood empire food bank. >> we've all volunteered at food banks, specifically redwood empire, so yeah, when i when i heard his request, i was happy to oblige. >> as for ayton, he's happy this story had a good ending, something he hopes will carry on into the future. >> if we can, you know, have the story end with, you know, even a little bit more joy, a little bit more help, a little bit more people. you know, paying it forward then that to me is the best ending in santa rosa. >> tim johns, abc seven news. >> wow, that's a good story.

well, some people are taking an extra step online to try and prevent burglaries. they're blurring out their homes on the street. view of google maps helps to block anyone who might be casing neighborhoods ahead of time, and using the internet as a tool. the idea is to give thieves less material to work with by choosing to blank out their homes completely. >> what a great idea to harden your target, meaning to make your residents a little more anonymous so that people can't see what you have or what your house looks like. >> okay, here's how you do it yourself. find your home or business on google maps. click on report a problem on the lower right corner of the screen. you can choose what you want. blurred answer a few questions, then request google make the change. >> interesting idea. yeah. all right. happening now. you'll want to take a quick look up. if you haven't seen the moon, it might be worth a peek. not now. don't leave yet. do it after our newscast. >> i'd have to be outside. i guess that's not going to work. all right. we are in the midst of a super blue moon. the actual

peak was during the daytime today. but experts say this will last until wednesday morning. >> yeah, we took a good look at it tonight. it's fascinating. abc7 news reporter j.r stone has more on really a stunning nighttime show. >> it's much bigger than i thought it would be. >> you're looking at the super blue moon. >> it doesn't look like the moon. >> a version of a full moon recorded along the san francisco bay from sausalito. >> a full moon is always impressive. and when that moon is maybe a little bit bigger, i mean, that just just adds to the excitement. >> that's stanford university research scientist dan wilkins and while it may be called a super blue moon, that does not mean it appears blue. it means a supermoon experience will be coinciding with a blue moon experience. basically, the moon is closer than usual to earth. here's chabot space and science center's gerald mckeegan. >> it appears about 14% larger when it's near perigee, so it looks bigger in the sky. and that's what we call a supermoon. every once in a while, every two

years and seven months, roughly, you get four full moons during a season. when that happens, the third of the fourth full moons is called a blue moon. >> online. many of you sent me your super blue moon pictures. spectacular! yes but experts we talked with tell us that this sort of thing is much more common than, say, the northern lights that we've also talked about in recent months. so i guess the northern lights or the meteor showers would be a little more interesting to an astronomer. yes, yes, but that's not to say moon gazing isn't special. >> whenever people ask me about how they can get started with stargazing, and one of the things i'll always say, it sounds really simple, but just start by looking at the moon. it is so beautiful and there is so much to look at. >> if you miss seeing the moon monday night, don't worry, you'll likely be able to see a similar shot come tuesday night along the bay. j.r stone abc seven news.

>> it's pretty neat. >> it is. yeah, definitely. all right. let's take a look at the weather. yes. >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. hi, sandy. hi, there. >> yeah, dan and i want to show you some time lapses of the super blue moon. because those shots that j.r. got were amazing. but i do want to show you the view from our roof camera earlier tonight. you can see the breeze was blowing, but visibility was terrific enough to get this shot. now, here's a view from mount tam cam, and this was equally impressive tonight as we didn't really have fog to interfere except near the coast. we're starting to see some patches of fog beginning to form. a live view from our kgo roof camera, and you can see the craters on the moon. just mesmerizing. here's a look at live doppler seven. and while most of you are clear, tomorrow morning there will be some areas of fog right near the coast, 50s to 60s on your temperatures, so it is pretty mild out there. tomorrow as we start the day, fog will be very limited, patchy along the coast and around the bay and quickly moving on out

for sunshine in most areas. we're looking at 80s and 90s showing up by the early afternoon. i'll show you where they ultimately end up as we look at a beautiful view from our emeryville camera tomorrow, sunshine, a warmer day wednesday through friday. breezy, cooler weather and friday is going to be damp due to drizzle. slight chance of showers below average temperatures expected. here's the reason why. high pressure that is going to bring us a one day warm up. tomorrow is going to move on out of the picture, and this area of low pressure is going to drop down. as it does. it will start to deepen the marine layer, bring in some more wind and you will notice friday morning this trough will be moving through to our north, but it may squeeze out some drizzle and a few light showers, so don't be surprised if you do see this. now this computer model is the wettest of all of them, and it's showing a couple hundredths of an inch here and there, which we typically get in august. so it's not completely out of the question. 50s 60s on your temperatures in the morning,

clear inland, patchy fog right along the coast. and your afternoon highs will look like this. warmer than today. low 90s inland 60s coast side a little breezy, plenty of sun though. 67 and half moon bay all the way to 93 degrees in fairfield, 84 in san jose and 90 in santa rosa. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. we've got summer warmth coming. your way tomorrow. tomorrow will be in the mid 90s for the hot spots. cooling begins wednesday. you really don't notice it though until thursday and by friday we're talking only 60s and 70s don't worry, by the weekend things will warm back up again. if you like the wa

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staff have to carefully coax each mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate onto the scales. >> they enter all the data collected into the zoological information management system that's shared with zoos across the world. to compare information on their threatened species. the weighing started today, but it can take up to a week to complete. i would think that some animals are a little more desirable to try right away than others. >> yeah, i would think so too. the pig is doing okay there. all right. opportunity is knocking for the san francisco giants.

>> abc seven sports director larry beil is here. larry. >> dan. the giants just opened a series with the worst team in all of baseball. so would this be the night the bats erupt for the giants? that is ne

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giants open a series with the absolute worst team in all of baseball. tonight. the chicago white sox took the field with 30 wins and 95 losses. the giants should sweep these guys. no question about who this trio is rooting for and staying warm in the process. giants flashing the leather tonight grant mcrae, michael conforto, matt chapman with diving catches kyle harrison went five innings, allowed a run. the giants come up with four in the fifth. tyler fitzgerald continues to impress. rbi double to score mcrae two one. giants and then matt chapman. hi deep aloha. his 20th giants opened up a51 lead and then hold on for dear life. two on two out jordan hicks gets corey lee for the final out and the giants hand the sox their 96th loss five three. how about the a's and rays in oakland? well that is quite the costume

right there, this is the way you want to start a game. first inning. jj bleday gets some high heat and crushes it into the right field stands. two run bomb his 16th, two zero a's. and that's all the support joe boyle would need. he goes six scoreless, striking out six. resistance is futile. and the a's blanked the rays three zero. well brock purdy survived yesterday's preseason game against the saints, but he sure didn't have much help. almost all of the niners starters on offense sat out of this game. mccaffrey, deebo kittle all out. no brandon aiyuk he's holding in. no trent williams he's holding out. purdy played three series 11 snaps and spent much of the time just running for his life. purdy will play friday against the raiders. knowing there's a fine line between getting those live reps and getting injured each week is different. >> i think it helps brock to play and you know, last year he didn't get to as much with his arm, but i thought it was good for him to get out there even though it wasn't two great drives. and i know he was really wanting to do it. and hopefully

it'll make him a better position for this when we go to the raiders to get out in the game and understand that, you know, there's a mental clock where you have to get the ball out or else you're going to get hit, or there's times where you do have to stand in there and take some hits, like that's the kind of stuff you can't get in practice and so it's just it's good reps for me. >> it's a good feel for me as a quarterback. you know, i didn't i didn't mind it. you know it's part of the game. >> best story of the day. we have a new member of the abc seven family, chris alvarez and wife chantel, welcoming baby priscilla on friday. she's so precious. 7 pounds, seven ounces. mom and baby are doing

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you're out there. so if you're searching for one final nighttime read, we picked something out for you tonight. it's a closer look into the reason behind a diverted flight leaving last week from sfo. the plane was heading to jackson hole, wyoming, but had to land in salt lake city. it turns out the issue was really unusual. that story is one of the top things people are clicking on right now on our website. it's up for you on the top news sidebar at abc seven news.com.

all right. >> thank you so much for watching tonight. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for >> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." with guest host rupaul. tonight -- maya rudolph, the finalists from "rupaul's drag race," and music from tommy richman. with cleto and the cletones. and now, rupaul. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ >> rupaul: hey! welcome, welcome. aw. welcome to "jimmy kimmel live!." i'm your guest host, rupaul.

[ cheering ] thank you. now i am the last guest host before jimmy comes back from vacation. you know, in the drag world, when your jimmy goes on vacation, that's called tucking. thank you. i'll be here all night. and boy, oh, boy, we have plenty to tuck about tonight, child. the three top finalists from "rupaul's drag race" are here. yeah. [ cheering and applause ] i can't wait. you know, drag is an unbelievable form of self-expression. it says, "i am who i am, and it also says i'm a fully realized whore named cupcake." "you got some money for me?" [ applause ] by the way, i'd like to con-drag-ulate my drag race

family. our show was just renewed for its 17th season and got nominated for ten emmys. [ cheers and applause ] i love it. i love my job. and i love being nominated for awards. but that's not really why i do it. i do it for the money. i do it for the money. guillermo, you also do it for the money too, right? >> guillermo: yeah, i love money, of course! [ laughter ] >> rupaul: hey, baby, how was your weekend? >> guillermo: it was great. i didn't do anything. >> rupaul: that's my kind of weekend. i spent the weekend watching this video of a very demure tiktoker named jools lebron.

>> my makeup for work, very demure, very mindful. i don't come to work with a green cut crease or look like a clown when i go to work. i don't too much. i'm very mindful when i'm at work. see how i look very presentable? the way i came to the interview is the way i go to the job. a lot of you girls go to the interview looking like imagine simpson and looking like selma. not demure. you see my shirt? only a little chichi out. be mindful of why they hired you. here is your reality check, diva. what is the name you like me to make it out to? [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> rupaul: you know, that tiktok has been viewed over 33 million times. and i love it so much, i asked jools to come and be on the show. i tracked her down, and here she is tonight. [ cheering and applause ]

so jools, jools, how am i doing so far? >> very demure, very mindful. >> rupaul: okay. tell me, what was going on when you recorded that tiktok? >> well, apparently the trauma that comes from working a retail job gets to you that you start saying demure on the internet. >> rupaul: where do you work? can you say? >> mariano's grocery store in illinois. very cutesy, very demure. >> rupaul: what does demure mean to you? >> i feel like demure is a mind-set. i used to be crazy and out of control, and then i found some demureity and along with that came success. >> rupaul: demurety? >> demurety is my purity. [ applause ] >> rupaul: a lot of celebrities,

have done the demure video, including myself. who was the most surprising to you? >> i think j. lo, because she finally revealed what that orange drink from the block was. >> rupaul: what was it? demure? ! >> rupaul: all right. what do you think of my look tonight? am i showing enough chichi and not enough chocho? >> rupaul: the chocho appears to be tucked but the ecochichis a out. >> rupaul: would you point on guillermo where the yhocho is? >> i'd like to remain demure, please. >> guillermo: thank you, thank you. [ applause ] >> rupaul: okay. >> rupaul: jools, has anyone reached out to you to give a speech at the dnc yet? >> they actually have, but unfortunately, i had a wig

appointment. so -- >> rupaul: oh, yes, a wig appointment. okay. i know a little something about that. well, thank you for being here, jools. give jools a big hand. [ cheering and applause ] >> thanks, guys. >> rupaul: she's gorgeous. now of course the big story this week is the democratic convention in chicago. president biden's speech was the main event tonight. they decided to have biden speak on monday, in hopes that he'd be done by thursday. kamala and the democrats will lay out their vision for america this week, and donald trump has also been laying out his vision for america. >> she said kamala has one big advantage. she is a very beautiful woman. but i say i am much better looking than her. i think i'm much better looking. much better. i'm a better looking person than kamala.

[ laughter ] >> rupaul: okay. let me ask an expert about this. jools, would you say he's more demure, mindful, or cutesy? >> i'd like to remain demure again. >> rupaul: good answer. good answer. now people always complain that the news is too depressing, but that's not at all true. it's also too damn straight is what it is. i mean, come on. sports, traffic, weather, who cares? which brings us to a new edition of gayer news. [ applause ] archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of a man buried underneath the volcanic debris of pompeii who had a huge trove of precious jewels and coins.

in gayer news. mmmm-mmmm. my favorite kind of man, rich, italian, and dead. and child, that jawline. my goodness. listen, honey, i'm showing up at this funeral with a fresh copy of the will, honey. "yes, that's my husband under that ash, officer." because guess what? mama ru is getting pom-paid. a new study has found that a diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of heart disease and lead to a longer life. in gayer news, baby, if being fruity makes you live longer, call me miss methuselah, move

that's right, honey. move over, cher! because i love all fruit. the fruitier the better. kiwi, cucumber, zucchini. and you know how i prefer my fruit, by the foot. scientists believe mars can be inhabitable thanks to a new idea, blasting metallic glitter into the atmosphere that would allow crops to grow. in gayer news, blasting glitter? y'all trynna colonize mars or fire island, honey? that planet's gonna be gayer than the pool staff at nathan lane's beach house. careful what you wish for,

ladies, because the queens are about to put the "ass" inta nasa. [ applause ] "deadpool & wolverine" just became the highest-grossing r-rated movie of all time. in gayer news -- [ cheering ] >> rupaul: and that r stands for rrrrr! wolverine, you can dig your claws into me any time. baby i took one look at that aussie bossy, and my eucalyptus went bing boomerang. let's just say, i vege-might. [ applause ] and finally, jimmy kimmel has announced he will not host next year's oscars. the academy is still looking for

an emcee with hosting experience, pop culture knowledge, and a love of entertainment. in gayer news, i'm right here, bitch. [ cheering ] and that, is gayer news. we've got a great show for you tonight. the top three finalists from "rupaul's drag race" are here. [ cheering ] we have music from tommy richman. and we'll be right back with maya rudolph. ♪ >> lou: "jimmy kimmel live!" brought to you by nissan.

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>> rupaul: welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live," i'm rupaul. tonight, the finalists from season 16 of "rupaul's drag race" are with us. [ cheering ] yes. then later, a highly talented artist with a song that just went to number one, it's called, "million dollar baby." music from tommy richman. will be here. [ cheering ] and listen, i will be hosting all week long. and my guests include colman domingo, diane lane, sanaa lathan, fka twigs, and bill skarsgard. yes, a great lineup! now, our first guest tonight is a five-time emmy winner who's currently nominated for four more. her excellent show is "loot" on apple tv+. please welcome the next president of the united states, maya rudolph. [ cheering and applause ]

♪ >> rupaul: yes! oh, my gosh, they love you. i love you. >> i love you. >> rupaul: well, let me tell you something. you are never out of my consciousness. >> really? >> rupaul: when we're in the makeup room, raven puts me together. and inevitably a song comes on where she imitates you doing that dance. >> what dance? >> rupaul: well, raven is here. i'm going have her do it. let me try to do it. it's where you go -- raven, is right there. can you show? >> oh my god! >> rupaul: every single day.

>> my dear friend jack mcbrayer calls that the tripleback. >> rupaul: the tripleback. >> it has no name. >> rupaul: okay. >> i just used to do it when i did whitney houston. [ laughter ] >> rupaul: i love it. >> thank you. >> rupaul: yes. we call it the maya. that's right. >> what an honor. >> rupaul: raven does it every single day. >> that's so raven. [ laughter ] oh my god. i'm already having fun. >> rupaul: are you? good. >> i am. you're so good at this. >> rupaul: thank you. >> you really have. [ cheering ] >> rupaul: thank you. you know, we love to have fun. we love to have fun, and that's why we love miss maya rudolph so much. were you always a fun kid? >> i mean, i thought i was fun. i was probably a little too loud. >> rupaul: okay. >> but yeah, i used to do shows

in my living room a lot. yes. for anybody who was home. >> rupaul: now the career that you have, which is huge, is it the career that you had planned for yourself? >> it's funny. i guess it is. i never really thought about it that way. i always wanted to mix everything that i love. i love music and i love comedy, and i love wigs and characters. >> rupaul: yeah, yeah. >> yeah, you're right. i guess it is. >> rupaul: you have a brother? >> i have an older brother. >> rupaul: is he like you? >> he is the reason i think i wanted to be funny. my dad and my brother, we used to watch mel brooks movies together. my brother, he is older, so he was always the person i was trying to be as cool as. and he was the funniest one. and all of his friends were making funny jokes. he liked parliament funkadelic. he was so cool, you know. and we used to watch a show

called "make me laugh" when i was a kid. it came on i think after "the gong show." because i'm young, i'm 27. >> rupaul: yeah, of course. we knew that, yes. [ applause ] >> and make me laugh, for those of you my age, it was a comedians would have 60 seconds to make a person laugh. we would play it at home. >> rupaul: died you make your brother laugh? >> all the time. but he made me laugh more than anything. >> rupaul: you grow up in a show business family. all i want to talk about is your mother, minnie ripperton. i just loved her so much. and i know that your father was a huge artist at one point. >> he was a songwriter. >> dad and my mom wrote "loving you" together. [ applause ] he is still a songwriter. and he is a music producer for

many, many years. >> rupaul: right. >> but then he used to go, i think when i was baby, my mom didn't like leaving us at home, so she made him go on the road and play guitar with her. >> rupaul: and your mother left us. how old were you when that happened? >> 6. >> rupaul: 6, wow. everybody knows that song, you know, and we try to sing it to that high note. i'm going start low. ♪ la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la la, ahhhhh! [ laughter ] >> is that how you did it? [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> it's the only way to hit the note. [ laughter ] >> rupaul: now what's your father doing today?

>> he is still writing songs still. in the most beautiful way. i think it's why whenever people meet my dad, they say that's your dad? they used to think he was my husband. >> rupaul: really? >> but he looks really young. i said it so low. he looks so young. and he is just full of life. and he is happy. i think he is doing what makes him happy. but he has been writing songs since i came out. >> rupaul: i always admired great songwriters, always have. did you at one point think that you would be a singer? >> i think i was too smart to know that, like, when minnie ripperton is your mom, it's not like oh, i can do that. you're hmm, okay. so that's the best you can do. >> rupaul: sure. >> what do i want to do? but what i realized honestly is i never really stopped singing and making music. i'm a very musical person. it just became a part of the dna of what i do. i grew up watching, i used to

love the bette midler specials, and mixing comedy with humor just seemed normal to me because i think when you grow up in any household, whatever the family business is normal. >> yeah. >> and so for me, music is very much a part of who i am. whether i like it or not. and i did try to get away from it a little bit. but they keep pulling me back in. >> rupaul: every time. so your kids, are they musical? are they talented? >> they are very naturally musical. they're dancers or, yeah. >> rupaul: how many kids do you have? >> four. >> rupaul: do you know who the father is? >> nope, no. [ laughter ] nope. it was so fast. >> rupaul: i know. you know. would you advise them to not -- i mean, show business is a tough business. >> it's funny, my 11-year-old, she is so clever, and she asked me all these interesting questions in the car. i'm justng goi ask you some questions, okay?

and i'm not saying i want to do these things. i just want to know what you're going to say. how would you feel if i got a tattoo. >> rupaul: oh my goodness. >> but very -- these are -- i really hope she is not planning on getting a tattoo at 11. but my point is like they were very interesting questions. but one of them "and how would you feel if i wanted to be an actress or if i wanted to act as a kid?" like, i think i'd like you to be a kid first. i think that would be nice for you. and then you can take that stuff that you learned and do it. because it's really hard. >> rupaul: what was your first job? >>ify first like official, official job was on a television show called "city of angels" it was a steven bochco. they lost the guy that was playing the cop, and can you come right away? and i said okay. and tailored his pants to fit

me. and my line was "they want you inside, sir." [ laughter ] so i knew i'd made it. >> rupaul: it's so funny coming from a show business family and your husband is from a show business family. i know of his father. >> you do? you know about ernie? >> rupaul: ernie anderson is the most famous voiceover. i'm of an age, where i know "this friday on the love boat." yes. was he comedy partners with tim conway? >> that's right, in cleveland. they started out together in cleveland. and they had a comedy album together. and they did a lot of -- they worked at a television station where they could get i think the cheaper time. so they did some late-night stuff. and that's where ernie started his show called gulardi, which for people from cleveland was a

big deal. for us in l.a. it was elvira or mystery science theater 3000. but it was taking pretty bad b movies, horror movies, and he had this character named gulardi who had this very big mustache and a long beard. this was i think late '60s. >> rupaul: wow. >> it was very ahead of its time, very funny. started doing that. and when he came out to l.a. with tim, he became the announcer for the carol burnett show. >> rupaul: that's right. and did some of the skits too. amazing growing up in a show business family like that. how would you not? i love it. i just love you so much. >> i love you so much. and i really tried hard not to fan girl too hard when i met you the first time where i forced you to embrace me backstage. we were at the emmy, and i realized it was a nonconsensual embrace. i made you come in so fast, i don't know if he asked for this. but i'm giving it hard. but my point is you mean so much

to me. and you have such a tremendous influence on me and have had one for so many years. and you're such a beacon of light for me. and i'm going cry. so i'm going to try not to. i try to do right by you so often in the things that i do. >> rupaul: the kindest thing. i love that. >> it's true. >> rupaul: thank you, myia. we'll be right back right after this. we'll be back. ♪ geico can help when you get a flat tire with their easy app and 24-7 help. to the right now... to the left! no, to the left. watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out! is the gps playing the “cha cha slide”? no. now it's time to get funky. funky is not a direction. to the right now... to the left! go to the right, to the right, to the right! freeze. everybody clap your hands. [claps] whatever you need, from coverage to service, get more with geico. ♪how low can you go♪ (vo) when the internet said “red lobster's going away...” your boy, flavor flav, said “not today!” with geico.

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you have such a sweet relationship with your son. >> you think howard is my son? >> is he not? i'm so sorry. >> oh, no big whoop. no big whoop, girlfriend. [ laughter ] now big whoop, girlfriend. oh, no, no big whoop, girlfriend. hi. oh no big whoop, girlfriend. we're cool, girl. hey, girl, worry cool. >> you need to leave now. [ cheering and applause ] >> rupaul: welcome back. i'm here with maya rudolph. that was a clip from "loot." with something like that, do they let you run with it and do what i don't you want? >> in that particular moment, they did let me run. they don't always. but no big whoop.

that was a little running. >> rupaul: on apple tv+. >> yes. >> rupaul: are you having fun with that? >> i am. it's a really fun show. i love that show so much. ron funches plays my cousin, not my son. and so many people. it's getting to play. it's getting to play with wonderful people, which always makes me feel funnier. and i also love a workplace comedy where it kind of feels like family. >> yeah, yeah. because, obviously, you came from "snl," where you got your chops. >> i did. and will we, will we -- i am getting laid tonight. wow! [ cheering ] >> rupaul: will we be seeing kamala on "snl" any time soon? >> interesting that you brought this up, because no one's asked me.