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an all-new "closer look." featuring the 8g band with andy hurley. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. former president trump visited a chick-fil-a restaurant in atlanta yesterday, and as usual was the weirdest man alive. >> is business good? >> yes. >> making a lot of money? >> yes! >> get rich, right? [ light laughter ] >> seth: no, they're not getting rich. they're working for $7.25 an hour. do you think they own the company? that's like visiting an amazon warehouse and saying, "amazon, that's a big brand. which yacht did you take to work today?" [ laughter ] that's right, trump visited a chick-fil-a restaurant in atlanta yesterday and praised the restaurant for being closed on sundays, calling it, quote, "the lord's chicken." which is also what he used to call mike pence. [ laughter ] former president trump posted on truth social yesterday that

during his criminal hush money trial next week, he will be, quote, "forced to sit gagged before a highly conflicted and corrupt judge whose hatred for me has no bounds." so, you know, just like dinner. [ laughter ] former president trump attended a fundraiser last night hosted by an orlando personal injury lawyer who gave trump some really good fundraising ideas. "i slipped at the piggly wiggly, folks." [ laughter ] house speaker mike johnson met one on one yesterday with republican representative marjorie taylor greene for 70 minutes. and whatever you think of johnson, that is a long time to be stuck in a conversation with someone who's into crossfit. [ laughter ] the alabama secretary of state sent a letter to the democratic party this week warning that president biden could be excluded from its ballot because the democratic national convention occurs after the filing deadline. wow. there go biden's chances of winning alabama. [ laughter ] in a new profile in the

"atlantic," a former republican lawmaker claimed that florida congressman matt gaetz, quote, "used to walk around the cloakroom showing people porno of him and his latest girlfriend." gross, who calls it porno? [ laughter ] a metal detector enthusiast in scotland recently found more than 50 ancient coins in a farmer's field. that's great for him. it's just a shame girlfriends aren't made of metal. [ light laughter ] [ laughter ] looks like it's metal detector week in new york. [ laughter ] baze wrote it. baze is doubling down on the metal detector community, not me! i think you're heroes! wasn't for them, those coins would still be in a field, but [ bleep ] baze over there -- [ laughter ] that -- they find our artifacts, baze! krispy kreme is now offering a

kit kat cookie dream doughnut, which features a cookie dough filling and cookie crumbles topped with milk chocolate and cookie dough icing. and if that sounds good to you, i hope this also sounds good to you. [ dentist drill noises ] [ laughter ] and finally, it was dog therapy appreciation day. said one patient, "my mom was such a bitch!" [ laughter and applause ] that was the monologue, everybody! we are off and running. [ cheers and applause ] we've got a great show for you tonight. he's a tony-winning, emmy-nominated actor, and he's starring in a fantastic production of "doubt: a parable" at roundabout theatre company's todd haimes theatre on broadway. liev schreiber is back on the show, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] and you know her from "cougar town," "freaks and geeks," and "mean girls." she stars in "girls5eva," which is streaming now on netflix. our friend busy philipps is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] double episodes of "family trips," jorma taccone, one of the lonely island, is on "family trips" with me and my brother,

and it is all to promote "lonely island and seth meyers podcast." this is a podcast where me and the lonely island recap their fantastic digital shorts that were done at their tenure on "snl." you guys, donald trump lost a series of last detch -- last ditch, excuse me. i'm just gonna start over. donald trump -- no, you know what? i'm gonna stick with it. [ laughter ] attempts -- no, i'm gonna start over. [ laughter ] donald trump -- no i think you guys know. no i'm gonna start over. [ laughter ] donald trump lost a series of last-ditch attempts to delay his hush money trial, which means he is now just days away from becoming the first ex-president to face criminal charges in a courtroom. but trump apparently had enough time to stop by chick-fil-a, which earned him some fawning coverage from fox news. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: in just a few days, barring any unforeseen developments, we will all witness the unprecedented spectacle of an ex-president sitting in court for a criminal trial. as of now, that trial is set to move forward with jury selection

on monday, despite trump's many desperate attempts to delay it. >> for a third straight day, a new york appeals court rejected an attempt by donald trump's lawyers to delay his hush money criminal trial. >> the former president has pleaded not guilty to charges that he falsified business records related to a payment to adult film star stormy daniels. >> his defense team still scrambling with some last-minute legal maneuvers after failing to get the trial postponed. >> former president trump has tried no fewer than ten times to delay this trial. >> seth: trump tried to delay ten times and failed every time. it's like when my dentist's office catches me lying to cancel an appointment. "hi, sorry, can't make my cleaning today, my aunt is in town." "no, she's not." "yeah, she is." "what's her name?" "uh -- stormy daniels?" [ laughter ] trump filed ten motions to delay in just one case. combine that with his three other criminal trials, his civil cases, his various appeals, and he is piling up legal bills at a truly shocking rate. >> donald trump has spent -- are

you ready for this number? more than $100 million on legal bills since 2021. >> $230,000 is a huge amount of money. that's how much donald trump's save america pac has spent per day on the former president's legal bills in february. >> seth: first of all, it's very funny that you have to pay all the lawyers for all your criminal trials through something called "save america." save america from what, you? [ laughter ] also, $230,000 a day! for comparison's sake, you can buy a pristine 1967 chevy corvette with original transmission and teal blue interior for roughly the same price, which is perfect, because that's joe biden's favorite car. [ laughter ] biden should pull that thing up in front of the courthouse every day. "hey, donnie, what'd you spend your 230k on?" [ light laughter ] every day that trump drops that much money on lawyers, you should have to hear joe biden say the words "vroom, vroom, mother [ bleep ]." [ laughter ] over the weekend, trump held a high-dollar fundraiser with

elite wall street donors in palm beach where he raised tens of millions of dollars, some of which will likely go to his lawyers. as we mentioned earlier this week, the event was so fancy the evening's menu included an endive and frise salad, fillet au poivre, and pavlova with fresh berries for dessert. i guarantee trump has no idea what a pavlova is. he probably thinks that's the name of someone he dated. "pavlova? [ light laughter ] pavlova will be there? i thought we paid her off." [ laughter ] so that's what trump eats when he's behind closed doors with his rich buddies. but when the cameras are on and his supporters are around, he makes a big show of enjoying fast food, as he did on wednesday. >> we're on the scene right now in atlanta. that is former president donald trump taking a brief stop at a chick-fil-a, right before we came on the air with these images you're looking at. >> can i have 30 milkshakes? and also some chicken? >> seth: "and that's just for me, you can pour the milkshakes into one big trough and then just get me a straw."

[ laughter ] also, why do you mean, you want "some chicken"? [ light laughter ] you have to be more specific. it's chick-fil-a. everything's chicken. that's like walking into a hotel bar and asking for a glass of your finest alcohol. are you an undercover extraterrestrial? "i would like to taste some of your finest chicken meat, perhaps an arm or a beak." [ laughter ] although my favorite part of that clip was the small talk trump tried to make with the employees when he ordered. >> so can i have 30 milkshakes? and also some chicken? we'll take care of the customers. is business good? >> yes. >> making a lot of money? >> yes. >> get rich, right? thanks very much. >> seth: it's like he's never talked to normal human beings in his life. [ light laughter ] does he think they own chick-fil-a? although, if you ask me, they deserve to be rich. certainly richer than donald trump. and they deserve a raise for working that shift, because he for sure did not pay. "let's go 30 milkshakes and a bunch of chicken, and can i take

a look at your lay-away plans? [ light laughter ] i did think it was short for chick-fil-a-away." [ laughter ] although i will say, in fairness, it can be tough to make small talk in a restaurant. i mean, take it from me. >> hi, how are you? >> hi. >> hi. >> good to see you guys. you like ice cream too? >> yeah. >> seth: in my defense -- in my defense. [ applause ] i didn't plan on getting ice cream. i didn't know that was going to happen. it's not like i sat at home workshopping that line. "you guys enjoy frozen desserts?" no, that's not -- [ laughter ] now, presidential candidates from both parties have routinely made appearances at fast food restaurants and burger joints. for example, and this is true, joe biden has been to every single ice cream parlor in the continental united states. [ light laughter ] you should see his customer loyalty card. [ laughter ] yet it probably won't shock you to learn that trump's cult followers on fox news fawned

over him for having the wisdom and courage to walk into a chick-fil-a and buy, as he put it, "some chicken." >> i'm thinking about how the fact that president biden buys himself an ice cream cone, but you know, i don't know if he buys them for everyone else. i haven't seen that part. go ahead. >> martha, i don't know if the president's done this for you. the last time we interviewed him at mar-a-lago, he wouldn't let us leave until he gave us mar-a-lago milkshakes. >> seth: what in god's name is a mar-a-lago milkshake? [ laughter ] that sounds like something trump would try to cover up by paying hush money to a porn star. "donald, why did you write a secret check for $130,000?" "let's just say i got a mar-a-lago milkshake. [ laughter ] from my dear friend pavlova." can you even imagine what's in a milkshake at mar-a-lago? if donald trump gets to pick all the ingredients, the chefs must have a recipe longer than a cvs receipt. okay, let's see here. a quarter cup of whole milk, one scoop chocolate ice cream, one scoop chocolate ice cream, ten scoops chocolate ice cream, a gallon of vanilla ice cream, six whole bottles of chocolate syrup including the container, adderall, ambien, amphetamines,

ketamine, a double whopper with cheese and fries, 45 ketchup packets, and some chicken, you choose which parts. [ laughter ] also, let me just say, i also don't know if joe biden has ever bought ice cream for his supporters, but i know exactly what the headline on fox news would be if he did. "ice cream socialist!" [ light laughter ] but the fox segment then took a very bizarre turn. it may not shock you to hear fox was fawning over trump for buying chicken, but i guarantee you have no idea where this is going next. >> the last time we interviewed him at mar-a-lago, he wouldn't let us leave until he gave us mar-a-lago milkshakes. which was -- i mean, again, the idea that democrats try to sell that trump is an awful human being, that he's adolf hitler, i don't know that hitler was regularly buying journalists milkshakes or walking into chick-fil-a or dairy queen like this. >> seth: i'm sorry, you don't know that he didn't? [ laughter ] i know. he didn't. they say crazy [ bleep ] all the time on fox news. but they're not willing to go

out on a limb to say for certain that hitler didn't buy milkshakes for journalists? [ laughter ] also, everyone knows hitler never went to chick-fil-a. he preferred to get his burgers from "nein guys!" [ laughter ] what are you even talking about hitler for? no one else brought him up! here's a good rule for life. you never want to be the first person in a conversation to bring up hitler. [ laughter ] and i'm not the only one who thinks it's a weird thing to say. check out the anchor's face while he's talking about hitler. i'm surprised she didn't just slowly duck down under her desk like this. >> i don't know that hitler was regularly buying journalists milkshakes -- [ laughter ] -- or walking into chick-fil-a or dairy queen like this. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: see, trump supporters love making broad, sweeping arguments comparing trump to historical figures that make no sense whatsoever. on wednesday, trump's daughter-in-law, lara trump, who he installed as cochair of the republican national committee, said trump has been treated worse than not just any

president ever, but any person in the history of the world. >> if you want to look at a family, and i'll say a man, in donald trump, who has had nothing but misinformation and disinformation, as they like to say on the other side of the aisle, thrown at him every single day. i mean, there's never been anyone in history, i don't think, that has taken as much incoming as donald trump. >> seth: first of all, he only takes incoming because he gives outgoing. the guy's viciously attacked everyone, from disabled people to gold star families to the institutions of american democracies to toilets that don't flush. although, now we've seen how many milkshakes he drinks, i think we know why. [ laughter ] second, anyone in history? history! even if you ignore, say, abraham lincoln, i think maybe julius caesar would like to have a word. the dude was famously betrayed by his best buds. can you imagine that happening to trump? what would trump even say? "et tu, rudy?" "oh, sorry, boss! [ laughter ] i was carrying this knife over to the table, and i tripped. [ laughter ] i was about to cut through some

of the delicious chick-fil-a you bought for us." [ laughter ] "i didn't buy it. i said you would pay for it." [ laughter ] but this is the state of the modern gop. it's not an institution with any discernible policy goals. it's simply a vessel for trump worship. here's arizona congressman andy biggs describing what he thinks the number one goal of house republicans should be. >> i think job one is to get president donald -- donald trump re-elected to be the president of the united states. >> seth: yeah, but what about passing laws? can you guys think a second thing to do with your time other than help trump? there's so much [ bleep ] you could fix. immigration, healthcare, child poverty, hell, maybe you could pass a law that says when you get to the counter at a fast food restaurant, you have to specify what, exactly, you're ordering. sorry, i'm going to circle back to this in a quick segment we're calling "seth circles back to something that's still bothering him from earlier in 'a closer look.'" ♪ [ laughter ] there's nothing worse -- nothing worse than a guy who gets up to the register and has no idea what he wants. we've all been there. it's 8:30, you're late for work, you're on line at starbucks, the guy right in front of you gets to the counter, goes, "hmm, you guys sure have a lot of sizes." [ laughter ]

and the baristas are just sitting there staring at him thinking, "even if hitler came to starbucks, he would have his order ready." [ laughter ] you can't just say you want "some chicken"! look at the menu before it's your turn to order. here's my pitch -- we put a shot clock at every counter in america with a buzzer. you get 10 seconds. if you're not done with that order, you hear this sound. [ buzzer ] then you've got to go back to the end of the line and think about what you did wrong. [ cheers and applause ] you know, i'm sorry, guys, i really am. [ cheers and applause ] i'm sorry about this rant. it's just that "curb" is over and i feel like there's a place for insane takes about social etiquette. [ laughter ] this has been "seth circles back to something that's still bothering him from earlier in 'a closer look.'" ♪ [ laughter ] so barring -- barring any unforeseen developments, trump will become the first ex-president to face criminal trial in just days. he's also still awaiting trials for interfering in the elections, subverting the vote count, and stealing classified documents that he then stored in his bathroom. next to the toilet where he deposits all his -- >> mar-a-lago milkshakes. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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got nervous. >> i got nervous. >> seth: you nailed it though, well done. our first guest tonight is a tony-winning, emmy-nominated actor you know from his work in "ray donovan" and "spotlight." he is starring in "doubt: a parable" at roundabout theatre, company's todd haimes theatre on broadway through april 21st. please welcome to the show liev schreiber, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> thank you. >> seth: thank you for making time for us. and now you're going to go and do a show tonight. >> yeah, that's going to be an interesting one. >> seth: you'll be all right, you'll be all right. you have described -- you've described "doubt" as a perfect play. what about it makes it a perfect play for you? >> well, you know, it's 90 minutes. we start at 7:00. you're on time for dinner. so in my mind -- >> seth: that's so nice. [ laughter ] i think for a lot of audience members, they're like, "sounds pretty perfect." >> that's it, that's it.

no, it's an extraordinary piece of writing by john patrick shanley. it's just -- it's the most economical, wonderfully layered, incredible play. i'm thrilled to be in it. >> seth: you play a priest, and you found out -- you got an offer for the part -- >> yeah. >> seth: -- after you were leaving mass, which is maybe -- >> odd for a jewish guy. >> seth: yeah, odd for a jewish guy. [ laughter ] so that really does seem like a sign, the one time you go. >> yeah. [ laughter ] no, i -- scott ellis, the interim artistic director of roundabout, called me, and he called me right after i'd come back from mass with my in-laws. you know, after seven years of "ray donovan" where i played a character who was abused by a catholic priest, playing marty baron in "spotlight," the guy who led the investigation of the boston diocese, i wasn't really eager to do another, you know -- [ light laughter ] >> seth: complete the trilogy? >> yeah. you know. [ laughter ] i said, i said to scotty, "i feel like i've kicked the catholic church enough."

[ light laughter ] and i also felt like, you know, going to this mass in my small town in montauk was really -- it was kind of moving to me. and after, you know, scott and i worked it out, i went to a lot of masses. a friend of mine, rob mckinley and i started like going to every mass we could as a sort of like a research thing for the show. >> seth: would you go to multiple masses a day? >> multiple mass -- yes, we would go to two masses a day. >> seth: wow, wow. >> i mean, i would go to two masses. it was interesting. >> seth: that's amazing for a jewish guy to be so much better a catholic than -- [ laughter ] >> i'm actually wearing a catholic medallion now. i'm making a transition. no. [ laughter ] >> seth: did you -- could you tell the difference between a good and bad sermon? i mean, going to a bunch -- >> absolutely. >> seth: okay, great. >> absolutely. >> seth: so there are -- there are good ones? >> yeah, there's a pragmatism. [ light laughter ] >> seth: i said that in a way that made it sound like i'm almost shocked. >> yeah, i almost missed it. >> seth: no, i didn't mean to. [ laughter ] >> well, thank you, i almost missed it. >> seth: i realized the audience heard it and i -- it was an accident. >> i heard the laugh, and i was like "oh, no, no. yeah, no -- absolutely. you know.

i mean -- >> seth: yeah. >> well, maybe you don't know. >> seth: well, it's about a performer, right? >> well it's about reaching the congregation. >> seth: yeah. >> it's about talking about things that people care about. i think in any -- in any church, that's -- that's how you do it. and our play is set in 1964, which is like right in the middle of vatican two, which is when the catholic church stopped doing masses in latin and trying to be more accessible to the -- to the -- the parishioners. congregation. >> seth: so, for those who don't know the story, this is about -- you know, this is about a priest who's accused of -- of, you know, sexual misdeeds. >> uh-huh. >> seth: and it's also about the rush to judgment when someone is accused. >> yeah. >> seth: that piece of it does feel -- i don't know, as present today as it was not just in 1964 but also when the play was written. >> i said that to scott when he asked me about doing the play. aside from my hesitance about like poking organized religion any more -- any more than the beating it's already taking, was

that piece about, what does this play say 20 years later? i mean, 20 years later, we were in the thick of the catholic church scandal. but i think there's elements in this play now. how deeply polarized we are. sort of lost our capacity for nuance and complexity and things. in the rush to win, people have lost the notion of progress. and you've got this kind of, you know, state your position, i think, that for me feels a little bit like it's a result of social media. you know, these algorithms that sort of divide us and categorize it for the purposes of marketing. make you take a stand. i'm red, i'm blue, i'm israel, i'm gaza, i'm russia, i'm ukraine, i'm gay, it's all that stuff. and i think john really addresses that in this play. it sort of, for me, goes beyond the catholic church. >> seth: you also -- the play never answers the question of guilt or innocence. but i'm wondering as an actor, in your head, don't tell me the answer, do you -- did you have to decide whether he was guilty

or innocent? >> yes. >> seth: so you made a decision -- >> yes. >> seth: because i guess it would be impossible to act the part without knowing. >> well, i think that's part of -- you know, seeing the play different 20 years later. for me, it's -- you know, i -- i'm not going to be able to hide this, right? scott said to me when i -- when i thought about doing the role, "i never thought he did it." and if he didn't do it, what sort of issues does that bring up? in our rush to judgment? in our desire to sort of take each other down? those are the elements of the play that i think speak to this moment that we're in and the polarization certainly think we're feeling politically as we -- as we see, you know -- for instance, the ukraine aid bill getting held up in congress over sort of, in my opinion, what is silly politics. >> seth: you also do give sermons in the play. and much like what i imagine happens in sermons, at a broadway show, you have people coughing, crinkling.

>> yeah. >> seth: do you like that moment? does it make you feel like you're actually giving a sermon? >> you know, cell phones shouldn't really exist in 1964. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> so when one rings -- it's sort of a challenge in terms of how you improvise your way around that. >> seth: yes. i guess a priest in 1964 would just think the devil was there. [ laughter ] >> right. or the opposite. >> seth: or the opposite. >> aahh! [ laughter ] something divine about that sound. which i think is a better way to go if you're avoiding guilt. >> seth: yeah, yeah. keep you better in the play. >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: i've got a lot more to ask you about. thank you so much for being here. we'll be back with more with liev after this! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ to help protect from hiv, i prep without pills. with apretude, a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of hiv without daily prep pills. with one shot every other month, just 6 times a year. in studies, apretude was proven superior to a daily prep pill

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: we're back with liev schreiber, everybody. you have -- i mean, i would be terrified to do a broadway show, but you had something very scary happen to you recently where you had to leave a show after it started? >> the worst nightmare that an actor could possibly ever experience. i was in my dressing room, and i had a terrible headache. like a really bad headache. i thought it was maybe a fast food headache. but it felt a little stronger than that. and i'm walking down the stairs and i'm thinking, this is not normal, i don't feel okay. i saw amy ryan backstage. and you know how actors say things to each other, like you know, break a leg -- good show. and i suddenly noticed that i

didn't remember what i was supposed to say to her. and i'd said it at least 30 times by that point. so something was wrong. i also couldn't remember her name. so i knew something was -- was really wrong. >> seth: that's the second red flag, yeah. [ laughter ] >> yeah. so i kind of weaseled my way out of that interaction. you know, ha ha! keep going. [ laughter ] in my priest outfit. and i get over to stage left where i make my entrance from, and i see the play in the corner, there's a light on it, and i don't recognize it at all. and i look up to the stage manager and i go, something's not right. and he looks down and he calls places. and so i go on, and i do about the first six or seven lines. don't worry, this story has a happy ending. [ laughter ] i do the first six or seven lines of the play sort of automatically. and i realize i'm not connected, so i decide, let me try to get connected again. and the minute i do that, it all vanishes. the play is gone from my head. i'm looking out into a dark audience. i know i'm in a play, but i don't know what play i'm in.

i look down at my clothes, and i realize i'm a priest. [ laughter ] which is helpful, but not giving me any lines. [ laughter ] i come offstage. they all are very worried about me. i can see. they rush me to my dressing room. the next thing i remember is hearing my understudy doing the lines from the play and thinking it sounds really good, i wish i knew what it was. [ laughter ] my doctor shows up, who's a friend, and he's -- terrified expression. my wife shows up, she looks terrified. i think, okay, i've had a stroke, this is it. i go get the mri. no brain bleed, perfectly fine. might i add, a fairly good-looking brain. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] you showed me a picture backstage, it's good, yeah. it's good. >> like a 12-year-old girl. anyways. i -- i find out ultimately from a neurologist, i have something called -- i had something called transient global amnesia. and apparently, my wife looked it up online, it's brought on by

migraines and rigorous coitus. [ laughter ] my wife then asks me what coitus is. [ laughter ] well, you know. and i -- i said, "honey, that's sex. so it's like rough sex." and she said, "oh, you were having rough sex?" and i said, "no, no, i had a headache." [ laughter ] and that -- that's what happened to me. now, the guy said, "you'll never have this again, and it will be gone in eight to 24 hours." which i didn't believe. and, you know, a typical sort of jewish hypochondriac person, i'm convinced that i've had a stroke and they just didn't find it. i go home, i'm having paranoid episodes about our guests who are in the house. i just figure, i better go to sleep, because -- because i'm going to say something dumb. i go to sleep. i wake up. i remember the whole play. i call the theater and i say, "i'm coming up to do the matinee." and they're like, "no, no, your doctor said you have to stay away till tuesday." "no, i need to know that i can do the play."

and i never had another problem with it. i called -- i was embarrassed. i thought everyone would think i was lying and taking a night off from the theater. i have this obscure thing. i call a friend jonathan, and i say, "i had this thing, it's called transient global amnesia." ans without missing a beat he said, "oh, yeah, my friend nathan had that. he was having sex with his wife in the shower and lost two days." [ laughter ] so apparently, it really is a thing. and i guess -- >> seth: i'm so sad for you it got it via headache. >> i know. [ laughter ] when the other option is to -- to literally have your brains [ bleep ] out. i had to get it from a migraine. >> seth: i bet if i had amnesia from a migraine, my wife would see it as an opportunity to be like, "no, we had sex." [ laughter ] >> what i -- what i thought we could do then is probably look up all the people who had it and decide whether it was a migraine or a headache. [ laughter ] a migraine or rough sex. but that would probably take too long. >> seth: i thought it was a nice parallel when you mentioned

ukraine. you've made multiple trips. you have ukrainian ancestry and roots. you've spent time with zelenskyy. i mean, how do you feel? i mean, you mentioned the fact that the gop is holding up an aid bill and tying it to other demands and refusing to vote on it independently. it must really take you aback that people are citing what seems a very clear issue. >> it's striking to me. you know, when i think about -- i wrote something for "time" recently. and i -- we had an opportunity to write something, i thought, i have to write something for blue check. and i was thinking, "how do i really feel about this?" you know, a lot of people think it's because i'm of ukrainian ancestry, and i don't feel that way at all. i feel it's because i'm american, i care about this. and i think about my grandparents and the generation of americans who fought in world war ii and established our -- what we now know as our democracy. and the reason why we're the number one destination for

anyone in the world who wants to improve their station in life is because of the freedoms and liberties that come out of our democracy. and ukraine is on the front line of a global war, in my opinion, on democracy. and i think, not to -- not to suggest that in any way america is the -- policing the world for democracy. but that at the very least, we should be in solidarity with them and that we should be supporting them. so many of us have come from these countries that were struggling under these autocrats and dictators. and it just feels very close to home for me. not really as a ukrainian, but as an american. i feel like we've lost those -- those values a little bit, or we've forgotten what those values are, what it is to be american. >> seth: that's a really important message. and thank you for being so vocal about it. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for being here. break a leg tonight. >> thank you. >> seth: always such a delight.

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and "freaks and geeks" as well as movies like "mean girls." she stars in season three of "girls5eva," which is streaming now on netflix, let's take a look. >> you guys? i made my own clothes out of stuff at the hotel loofahs, the comforter. this, this is the new me. totally original. still very hot. but on my terms. this is not to appeal to your sack, buddy, okay? >> good, it doesn't. >> oh. >> my thing's an older lady in a raincoat. >> seth: please welcome back to the show our friend busy philipps, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> well, and that clip featuring your own -- >> seth: our own writer, john lutz. scene stealer john lutz. >> i mean, he got the laugh.

>> seth: yeah. >> so? >> seth: he actually was the one who picked the clip tonight, that's so weird. >> that's so interesting. >> seth: "find something good for busy." and he's like "this works." >> but all jokes aside, i truly had the greatest time, season three, working with john lutz. >> he's the best. >> he is a real dream, guys. >> seth: yep. i'm working on two decades of being a collaborator with john lutz. i know how good it can be. >> well you're very lucky. >> seth: i want to check in your kids because i'm always happy to hear about birdie and cricket. i can't believe how old they're getting. how are they doing? >> so birdie's 15, almost 16. cricket is 10, almost 11. they're doing great. they're real new yorkers. >> seth: that's really awesome. >> it's weird. >> seth: yeah. >> because i'm very l.a. and they were born at cedar sinai. and i legit thought i was having, like, l.a. kids. [ laughter ] and then we moved here in 2020, and i started doing "girls5eva." and cricket's like, "i gotta go to the bodega and get my bagel"

in the morning. i'm just like, what is this? what is happening? [ laughter ] >> seth: that's how long it takes, it only takes four years to be in new york. >> it only takes for children especially. >> seth: yeah. >> they're like sponges. >> yeah. >> so they've really soaked up all the goo on the street -- [ laughter ] they are in. >> seth: that's what it's there for, to be sucked up. >> that is so true. and then my older daughter decided that she wanted to go to boarding school. and i was like, "great, so i guess we'll look." we're on the east coast now, this is a thing east coast people do. >> seth: hotbed of those. >> yes. and then she said, "i would like to go to this boarding school in sweden." [ laughter ] >> seth: you know, parents are allowed to say no. >> this is a point that so many people on my instagram have brought up, seth. >> seth: okay. >> but the fact of the matter is, we were kind of playing chicken with her. i think birdie's dad, mark, and i were feeling like there's no way she's going through with it. >> seth: oh, interesting. because it would be more value

if she decided it was a bad idea? >> correct. >> seth: right. >> she did not decide that. [ laughter ] >> seth: so she's going -- she's in sweden? >> she is currently in sweden. [ laughter ] >> seth: wow. have you -- has she adapted to swedish life? is it different for her? >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: okay. >> that's how -- >> seth: that's how they say it. >> yeah. hey hey. [ light laughter ] >> seth: if i go to sweden and do that and people look at me sideways, i'm going to be very mad, busy. >> well, i walk into -- i walk into a store. there's great shopping in stockholm. so when i go visit her, i have my own days. and i go in. the woman, the person working there, will say, "hey hey." because also, i have blond -- i look like i could be swedish. >> seth: 100%. >> ish. this is not in either of our families. this is a -- she picked it because of a netflix show. >> seth: okay. >> that she liked called "young royals." >> seth: sure. >> that takes place at a swedish boarding school. guys, i'm not saying that i'm the best parent. [ laughter ] i'm just saying, these are the choices we make. >> seth: right. >> anyway, yes. they'll say, hey hey. and then as soon as i open my

mouth, they're like, "can i help you with anything, ma'am?" >> seth: have you embarrassed your daughter in sweden? >> i mean, i'm a constant embarrassment to -- >> seth: yeah, yeah, internationally. >> internationally. yeah, really actually now internationally. that's so fair. like for -- okay, for instance, we went to the -- a mall there, and there were two escalators going down, and one of them was broken. and everyone was just lying -- lining up to just take their turn to go down the escalator. i was like, walk down the other escalator, the broken escalator. >> seth: yeah, it's just stairs. >> it's just stairs, seth. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> birdie was like, "absolutely not." >> seth: really, she wouldn't walk down it? >> no, because it was just like -- we just wait our turn and we just do -- you know. >> seth: wow. look at that. >> the swedes have a term, lagom, which translates to "not too much, not too little." i have never been lagom. [ laughter ] i am only too much.

>> seth: you did -- you were -- giving yourself a hard time, but you are an incredible mother. you brought your girls to an olivia rodrigo concert. >> yes. >> seth: msg. look at this. [ cheers ] that's birdie there rocking a dress that is your dress from the '90s. look at that. >> yeah. that -- >> seth: '90s fashion is back. >> it is, baby. i think that's me at, like, this -- the "scream" premiere or something. like some premiere in los angeles when i was a very young actress. >> seth: yeah. >> and -- yeah, and i held on to a bunch of my dresses. and your producer was so sweet. he's like, "did you hold on to them in the hopes that your daughter would wear them again someday?" and i was like, "no, i held on to them in the hopes that i would wear them again someday." [ laughter ] >> seth: speaking of premieres, you had a very novel "girls5eva" premiere here in new york city? >> we had the greatest, greatest time. which is the third season of the show.

if you haven't seen it, we play four women who were a part of a '90s pop group that get sampled by a present-day artist and they try to make a comeback, present day, in their 40s-plus. and it's really funny. >> seth: it's so funny. >> and really great. so for our third season premiere, netflix was like, you know what would be amazing? you've got sara bareilles, renee elise goldsberry, paula pell and you. you're going to sing, and we're going to do this big premiere. so we were all so excited. and they said, "and in front of the palace theater, we're going to build a little stage, and we're going to put you in a stretch hummer limo. and we're going to roll up, and you're going to come out and sing the song." but for people who aren't from new york or don't know, we were getting ready at the plaza hotel, which is across the street from the theater, the palace theater, directly across the street. [ laughter ] so we got into this stretch hummer limo, and it -- this is not a joke -- it pulled forward,

like -- 30 feet? [ laughter ] and then we exited. it was a very "girls5eva" moment. >> seth: that's great. so you got in one side and got out the other side? >> basically that's what happened, seth. >> seth: that's amazing. it was a very "girls5eva" moment. it was a nice tie-in to the show. >> it was a nice tie-in to the show. and also, like true to form, we are such our characters in the car. renee was sort of like just looking in a -- "does anyone have a mirror?" and looking, and sara bareilles was like taking a really sweet video of all of us. and i was like, "guys, can we just have one moment where i just want to say, no matter what happens, i love you guys so much." and paula pell is like, "no, don't you, don't you ever, don't you get me started, i, no --" it was just -- it was amazing. it was really beautiful. >> seth: it was an amazing show. you guys are a great group. >> thank you so much. >> seth: also, this is so amazing. you've got a new talk show, "busy this week," which is going to be on the home shopping network -- [ cheers and applause ] qvc, only here in new york city.

>> yeah, seth, because you're so good at this job, there are no spots available for women. >> seth: oh, well, yes. >> no, but i love qvc plus and hsn plus. i've worked with them before and done a special with them. and i said to caissie st. onge, who was my show runner on "busy tonight," "do you think we could talk them into giving me another talk show on qvc plus?" she was like, "yeah, that's where your audience is, let's do it." so we did it. >> seth: so excited. it's great. i'm so happy to have you back in the game. thank you so much for being here. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, busy philipps. "girls5eva" streaming now on netflix. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ engineered to minimize noise. and built for adventure. which can also be your own quiet cabin in the woods. the fully electric q8 e-tron. an electric vehicle that recharges you.

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