you. >> yes. >> trevor: because that's the only person good enough. >> yes, it's because i'm so good, i'm so good, the only way that he could get killed, it would have to be me killing me. >> trevor: it's a crazy concept with wild technology. and i know you've talked about that a lot. but, i mean, this is another challenge. we have seen you play all types of characters. we've seen you just be the only person in the movie, just you and a dog. >> yes, yes. >> trevor: when you make a movie like "gemini man," everyone jumps to the assumption, what advice would you give your younger self. that's the immediate assumption you would have when you watch that movie. being a parent means you are a gemini man. you have many versions of yourself. you have your kids who weul know and love. what advice do you give them? what are the things you tell them that you don't want them to replicate in your life. you're successful, so it's hard to say don't make my mistakes. >> i made some pretty good mistakes. >> what do you hope they maintain in their lives while still maintaining what got to

you this level? >> from doing the deep study of "gemini man," and those - hey, romper stomper! get up! questions came up what, i really you got a visitor. - eric! - hey, romper stomper! found is nobody can know for - wow! i've never had a visitor before. you, right. - well, that's not all. people can know for themselves, i snuck something in for you too. but they can't-- they can't know - you did? for you, right? - you know how you told me you always wanted to see disneyland? i was making the decision when i - yeah. - [grunting] graduated from he high school between music and going to [water splashes] challenge. and my mother said, "you'll there's pirates of the caribbean. never make anything of yourself - whoa! - [grunting] if you don't go to college." here comes space mountain! right. [grunting] and, you know, that was-- that [water splashes] - oh, yeah! was true for her. >> trevor: right. - [grunting] it's a small world! >> it wasn't true for me. right. [water splashes] so i learned-- and with my kids, splash mountain comes next! [grunting] i got really humble, right, and not wanting to be on them as if i could possibly know the decisions that they need to make. so i learned to be open and to watch and to pay attention and

to trust that, you know, the same god that held my hand through the world is going to >> from comedy central's world hold theirs. news headquarters in new york, and i'm there to support their this is "the daily show" with journey, not to force mine upon trevor noah. them. ( applause ) >> trevor: wow. ( cheers and applause ) >> yeah. you're not old but you're definitely wise, will smith. thank you so much for being here man. it's great seeing you again. thank you for the movie. "gemini man" will be in theaters october 11. we'll be right back. >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show," everybody. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you for coming out, as always. thank you for coming out. wow! i'm trevor noah. let's do this thing. our guest tonight is an up-and-coming actor from west philadelphia, born and raised. the one and only will smith is joining us, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) so exciting. we're going to be chatting to him about his new movie. sleep this amazing? that's a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. our liquid has a unique botanical blend, also on tonight's show, there are crazy balloons on the loose. america is now under chinese law. and roy wood jr. finds the while an optimal melatonin level republicans who want to take means no next-day grogginess. down donald trump. so let's catch up on today's zzzquil pure zzzs.

headlines. naturally superior sleep. let's kick it off with the supreme court. america's highest court and the place ruth bader ginsburg goes in between workouts. ( laughter ) yesterday, the court heard oral arguments in a big case that could have major impacts on the workplace. >> the supreme court is back at work this week, and today it heard arguments in one of the most important cases of its new term. does existing law protect l.g.b.t.q. employees on the job? >> the justices heard the case of gerald bostock, fired from a county job in georgia, after joining a gay softball league. he sued, but lower courts threw his case out. they ruled that the 1964 civil rights act, signed by president johnson, which bans job discrimination on the basis of race and sex, among other factors, does not cover sexual orientation. bostock's lawyer says firing someone for being gay is discrimination based on sex. >> trevor: man, this is going to be a huge case. and we're going to have to wait

to see what the court decides. but if you ask me, it's crazy that you can fire someone for being gay. you know? i mean, like, if you get fired at work, it should only be for work reasons, like stealing or not showing up or saying you like the final episode of "game of thrones." you should be fired. ( laughter ) it's like a big deal. also, i've always wondered, how do you fire someone for being gay? you can't tell who is gay. if people haven't come out, you don't know. you don't know what gay is. are you going to have bosses walk up to employees, "you're fired for being gay." he's like, "i'm not gay, i'm just southern." ( laughter ) "oh, i'm sorry. i got confused. i'm sorry." you realize this ruling could halloween is awesome. also affect everyone, not just gay people. [trick or treat] yes, yes, yes, yes. [screaming in fear] because by this logic, if you extend the logic, anything you yay. do in your sex life could be grounds for losing your jobs. [laughter] yes! thank you. your sexual preference. that's what they're saying. if you're one of those people who is really quiet during sex, take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. you could lose your job at the mall. so you don't have to stash antacids here... if you're in to domination and humiliating people you could lose your job at verizon here... customer service. or, here. ( laughter ) and if you're the type of person kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. who doesn't believe in the one pill a day,

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you're a boy or a girl, but i do know your dad's a little bitch. that's what we learned. ( applause ) ( cheers and applause ) you know what kills me about this video is they went after the balloon like it was the only way ton their kid's gender. like, 10 years from now, the kid's going to be like, "mom, am i a boy or a girl?" they're like, "we'll never know until we find that balloon." and the balloon, the balloon flew away like it was woke as hell. the balloon was like, "i reject the premise that this gender is something that can be predetermined!" ( applause ) i'll be honest with you, like, i actually think gender reveal parties are come dumbledorf. i don't know why anybody does them. they play it out now. nobody cares what gender the kid turns out to be. we need dad reveal parties. at a new thing i thought of. where the mother invites the

potential fathers, and then the d.n.a. test is in the balloon. that will be way more excite, and you should have a surprise ( applause ) and you don't lose anything. you don't lose anything. there are still going to be sticks and someone will definitely still be jumping over a fence. it will be like, "james, you said you were just a friend." all right, that's it for the headlines. let's move on to our top story. ( applause ) the n.b.a., 29 of the world's best basketball teams and, also, the knicks. ( laughter ) the regular season hasn't even kicked off yet, but there's already been a ton of drama. now, have you . been keeping up, last week, the general manager of the houston rockets posted a tweet in support of the prodemocracy protests in hong kong. and the n.b.a. quickly put out a statement distancing themselves from that tweet. what was funny about this, though, was that the english version of the statement was very different from what it was being translated to for the chinese incident. so, like, in english the

statement was basically, hey, china, we're sorry you're offended." the mandarin was, "rest assured, china, we will feet feedthis man to the wolves." laf laugh then here in america people were pissed that the n.b.a. was kowtowing to china. so yesterday, they went into damage control mode. ask things have only escalated from there. >> there's new fallout this evening in the n.b.a.'s firestorm with china. >> the n.b.a. tonight fighting back after being blasted for caving to china's communist government. comugzer adam silver, defending houston rockets g.m. daryl morey. >> we are not apologizing for darrell exercising his freedom of expression. >> shortly after adam silver, fresh backlash from the china's regime. canc lung a brooklyn nets event at a shanghai school. >> china has started pulling down signage. >> at least two retailers have

pulled merchandise from their website. china state tv said it won't broadcast or stream n.b.a. pre-season games in china. >> trevor: oh, no! not the pre-season! no! ( laughter ) nobody cares about the pre-season games. fans in america are like, "cuban them here as well? can you... "yeah, the pre-season is just like the boring stuff we're forced to sit through before the main event. like, khanna banning pre-season is like disney getting rid of its lines. "i'm sorry, but you'll have to go straight to the rides from now on. i wish it didn't come to this!" "oh, no." still, china is seriously pissed off about the tweets and they're pissed off about the response from the n.b.a. and they aren't just taking pre-season games off the year. they're cancelling number events, ripping down n.b.a. signs everywhere. everything n.b.a. related is basically banned-- no basketball, no lebron, no jumping, yeah. you see a puddle, you just walk right through that shit.

and you can have donuts, but no dunkin'. ( laughter ) and all office workers in china, if you need to throw something in the trash, none of this, no buzzer beaters. you get out and place it gently in the bin. ( laughter ) so china is basically going to war with the n.b.a. all because of a single tweet. and as surprising as that may seem to some people, the truth is, this kind of thing has been happening between china and american companies a lot. >> the n.b.a. not the only one feeling the heat, either. u.s. jeweler tiffany also under fire after tweeting an image of a chinese model covering one eye with people believing it was done in solidarity with those hong kong protests. >> nike, bowing to pressure from beijing, pulling a sneak frert chinese market. >> activision has suspended a professional video game player and taken away his prize money. >> apple took the taiwan emoji off its keyboard if you are in hong kong omaco. >> marriott apologized to the chinese government. >> verpsaki, givenchy, and coach issued apologizes.

>> mercedes-benz is offering an apology. >> gap issued a sincere apology. >> delta saying we apologize deeply for the mistake. >> trevor: china gets offended by a lot of shit like the guy at work who takes everything personally. "i like your shoes." "you don't like looking at me feet?" "i do like your feet." "gross, you're a pervert." these companies don't have to take orders from china about what to say or how to act but they do it because nobody wants to lose access to a billion chinese customers. it's a powerful incentive, so powerful, in fact, that china's influence is affecting how americans can act on american soil. >> tonight's game between the 76ers and china's team guangzhou loong lions, went on as planned as an international firestorm hangs over the wells fargo center, and on the sideline, "the walking dead" and his wife held free hong kong and free h.k. songs confiscated by security in the first quarter. in the second quarter both got

kicked out of the game when wachs started yelling "free hong kong." as someone who used to live there, he supports the movement. >> trevor: that's right, fans in philadelphia got kicked out of a basketball game last night for chanting, "free hong kong." i didn't realize yelling shit at a basketball game was against the rules. that must have been so confusing for the other fans. the guy next to him was probably like, "hey, ben, simmons suck a kardashian ( bleep )." get out! not you, the free hong kong guy. that stuff about the kardashians, that was i had various, carry on. for more on the complicated relationship between china and american businesses we turn to our senior n.b.a. correspondent, ronny chieng, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) ronny. this is a really, really contentious issue right now. what are your thoughts on all of this? >> trevor, this whole thing is more disappointing than every meal i've eaten at p.f. chang's. okay. that place is fake chinese. i'm so glad general tsao, isn't

around to see what they've done. i'm shocked how the american companies have behaved. it's complete bullshit and they should be ashamed of themselveses. >> trevor: this takes guts. everybody else seems afraid to speak up about china, but you taking a stand is very brave. >> well, someone has to say it. in fact, i want to talk to china directly. ( speaking chinese ) ( laughter ) ( applause ). >> trevor: wow! ronny, like, i don't understand what you're saying, but i can feel your passion, man! >> trevor, please, i'm not finished. >> trevor: preach, brother, preach! ( cheers and applause )

wow! wow! >> trevor: ronny, that is amazing. did you-- did you mention me? i thought i heard my name. >> oh, yeah, yeah, i said you're my hero and my friend. ( laughter ) >> trevor: i'm honored, ronny. you're my hero and my friend. how do i say that in chinese? >> close enough. >> trevor: ronny chieng, everybody. we'll be right back.

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." it may be news to you that there is also a republican primary happening right now. and the reason you may not know about it is because maybe the g.o.p. doesn't want you to. you see, the party has already canceled any sort of primary challenge in five states. the question is what has got them so scared. roy wood jr. investigates. >> with all the focus on the democratic primary, people forget that there's also republicans lining up to snatch the nomination from trump. but who the hell are these guys? let's just say one of them is running on a very different party line. >> donald trump is a raging racist. >> what kind of republican candidate calls trump a racist out loud? >> i'm a fiscally conservative, socially liberal republican.

>> i don't even know what that means. >> all about l.g.b.t.q. and all about medicinal marijuana, you know, 20 years before anybody else was. >> let me get this straight-- you called trump a racist. >> right. >> support gay marriage. support legal weed. >> yeah. >> jesus christ. you're a democrat, man. ( laughter ) that's democrat shit coming out of your mouth. >> i'm not running as a democrat. i'm running as a republican directly against donald trump in the primary. >> your ( bleep ) sin is blue. >> it's light blue. i didn't design that. i think there are a lot of people in this country who will vote in the republican primary who are thirsty for something new. >> oh, i see what you're doing. you're positions yourself as the healthier version of trump, right? like trump zero. >> you could certainly say that. i dont have demons propelling me forward. >> same republican taste, but just none of those filling demons. >> taste great, less filling. you got it. the problem for weld is 87% of

trump voters think trump is doing a good job, even with all this impeachment shit. so i assembled a focus group of trump voters to see if there really are republicans thirsty for something new. we all know this is our leading brand right now. what drew to you this brand in 2016? >> not a politician. >> he's a fighter. >> wants to get things done. >> was there a moment offer voted for donald trump, that you went, "holy shit, i voted for rireality show host?" >> yes, instantly when i filled in that bubble i did think... did i make a mistake? and it took a little while to kind of settle down. >> see, that didn't hit me until charlottesville. >> shouldn't be an issue for someone to say, you know, nazi are bad. white supremacy bad. don't do it." >> how many of you are concerned by his hesitancy to condemn whies supremacy or anything racist? how many of you all are concerned about the fact that he tweets too manytoo much?

>> he's got nothing to do but sit on the toilet and tweet about god knows what? >> let it go. >> show your hands if you feel agitated the way things have gone in the last two, three years. >> embarrass said better word. >> what about embarrassed? well, what if i told you there was an option other than trump that is republican? >> cool. >> yeah. >> you would be open to that. >> sure. >> i would like to introduce to you trump zero. >> he's a politician. >> he's old! >> trump's old! >> i never said-- i mean, yeah. >> that's jill stein. it's the-- the next election cycle is jill stein. >> but his name is bill weld. >> but, i mean, you could put lipstick on a pig. it's still a pig. >> shut the ( bleep ) up. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i just need to show them that weld's policies are the flavor they're looking for, even if it takes all day. he's fiscally conservative,

never been bankrupt. doesn't tweet at 3:00 in the morning. probably watched "jeopardy!" he's in bed at 6:40. hand-off approach to markets and-- and a hands-off approach to grabbing women's genitals. bill weld says that the government should never be able to stop you from holding a gun or another man's penis in your hand if you're married and gay. show of hands if you're with him. oh! looks like trump voters are thirsty for change. now, based on everything that we've discussed today, stand up if you would consider voting for bill weld. ( laughter ) now, stand up now. when i say stand up. damn! so no weld? i hope that doesn't mean what i think it means. how many of you are still open to voting for trump again in 2020? but charlottesville! you just said-- you're not sure

if he knows nazis are bad. >> stick with the evil that you know. >> you've got to be ( bleep ) kidding me! i'll be right back. good news, they all agree that you're a republican. bad news: you're going to lose. >> it could be that the three of us running against trump taking up votes from him so we can zoom in the primary, and then, like, the last five sitting presidents who had a primary challenge, they go on lose. it wouldn't be win, but it would be a good thing. >> so even if you don't win, you and the other republicans running against trump could be enough to sink him. >> you must have done well in school. >> i did not. ( laughter ). >> oh, okay. well... >> there you have it. bill weld: a man who is prepared to lose for the good of us all. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: roy wood jr., everyone. we'll be right back. ♪

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>> don't shoot him! >> trevor: please welcome will smith. ( cheers and applause ) >> wooo! love that! love that! wooo! ( cheers and applause ) >> that's enough. that's-- that's all we have time

for. ( laughter ) >> trevor: it was good. it was worth it. >> yeah. >> trevor: welcome back to the show, my friend. >> man, i am so happy to be here. >> trevor: good to see you. you look happy. >> yes. >> trevor: i mean, you always look happy, but i'm honestly going to say you look happy. >> yeah, this last year has probably been the best year of my adult life. >> trevor: what-- when people say that, they normally mean like, "i got a raise." but you are will smith. >> yes. >> trevor: so if will smith says, "this has been the best year of my life," we're, like, what were the other ones? what is-- why? why would you say that? what does that mean? >> you know, on my 50th birthday, i went-- i jumped-- i did the bungee jump thing, the helicopter over the grand canyon. >> trevor: right, right, right. the thing white people told you to do, right? >> yes. ( laughter ) >> trevor: i remember. that i remember that. >> it's why you need white friends. >> trevor: that is true, that is true. ( laughter ) >> so i did the bungee out of the helicopter, right. but it was a bigger thing than

that for me, right. i had painted myself into a little bit of a-- of a will smith corner, right. so there were things-- because i had kids, and because i was will smith, there were things i couldn't say and things i couldn't do, and certain projects i couldn't take. and i had sort of painted myself into a little bit of a fearful corner. and that sort of marked a moment where i told myself, "that's it. i'm going to do what i want. i'm going to say what i want. i'm going to live the way i want, without the fear of somehow losing something that-- that-- that was precious i've created." and i've been more free and more joyous and more peaceful than in my entire adult life. >> trevor: that is truly-- ( cheers and applause ) --amazing to hear. because, like, people would never think-- people would never think that will smith could be at that place in his life. in a weird way, i feel like that is the story of "gemini man," right? >> exactly. >> trevor: because in the film,

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