all right, that is our report. w appreciate your time. >> from all of us here at abc 7 news t >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, awkwafina. from "richard jewell", paul walter hauser. this week in unnecessary censorship and music from mark ronson and anderson .paak. and now, take your place jimmy kimmel! chaus [cheers and applause] chaus. >> jimmy: i'm the host of the show. thanks for coming, thanks for, well, it's very nice. we have a lot to get to. it was, today it was an unpresidential day, even by our very unpresidential standards. you know, last night i complimented the president. i commended him for not throwing

a tantrum after 16-year-old greta thunberg was named person of the year. we all knew he wanted to be person of the year, we all know it bothered him. but he showed uncharacteristic resfrap restraint. he was on good behavior. sadly, that good behavior lasted just under 24 hours, because this morning, at 7:22 a.m., he wrote, so ridiculous, greta must work on her anger management problem then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend. chill, greta, chill, says the sweaty old man who's mad at a magazine because they didn't put him on the cover of it. and the fact that greta thunberg is a teenager, i'm old enough to remember a time when everyone at the white house had a full-blown hissy fit because a witness at trump's impeachment hearing

the gaul ll to say the word bar. this kid is very good. right after trump tweeted, she changed her twitter bio to a teenager working on her anger management problem, currently chilling and watching a movie with a friend. [cheers and applause] trump hasn't been roasted that thoroughly since the last time he locked himself in his tanning bed. then team trump flexed their come by muscles. this is from the official trump war room account. they photo shopped his head on greta's body, which should not be the first time donald trump has imagined himself on top of a young woman's body. but -- it's why he bought the ms. teen usa pageant. but the idea that orange hulk would accuse anyone else from

having an anger problem. let's go to the tape. >> what a stupid question that is. what a stupid question. but i watch you a lot. you watch a lot of stupid questions. >> should the -- >> quiet, quiet. get him out of here, get out! sit down, you weren't called. sit down, sit down. go back to uni vision. quiet, quiet, quiet. like to punch him in the face, i tell you. he's a sleaze. quiet, quiet, quiet. go ahead. >> since are you attacking our news organization. can you give us a chance? >> your organization's terrible. quiet. knock the crap out of him, would you? seriously. >> jimmy: the zen master. no one has ever been less self-aware than this man. aside from the obvious vomitousness, knocking a child with as berger's, the tweet he was responding to when he wrote this was written by roma downey, the actress gaticongratulating

greta. roma downey is married to mark burnett, and mark burnett is the producer of the "apprentice." so far we haven't seen raw footage, but if he starts a war with mark burnett's wife, he could let that footage out, and who the hell knows what, trump crushing sudafed and snorting it off a conference table? maybe punching his son don jr. in the face, pulling his penis out and forcing meat loaf to say how fat it is? all that footage gets released and maybe that's how greta thunberg saves the world. i had a bannhe had a banner day. he tweeted 91 times before noon.

if you do anything 91 times before noon you belong in a mental organization. we should come up with a new term for when he does this, like a don-soon or lie-phoon or titty-twister. this was his official schedule. he gave brief speech at 11:15, an intelligence briefing at noon and a party at 7:00. people in assisted living facilities do more than this in a day. we're spending a huge a energy trying to remove a man from office who is never in his office. that party tonight is, by the way, the white house congressional ball. last night i presided over the hanukkah celebration, and what a love fest that was. melania in particular ate it up. >> thank you, i love you too.

and i love ivanka, and i love jared, and i love our first lady. [cheers and applause] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: didn't we just witness the moment that the remainder of melania's soul exited her body? trump also gave a shout out to one of his favorite toys, mark levin, who took a really, a lot of time to get to the podium. >> where are you? i saw him. is that mark? come on, mark, get your way up. make a path. like we used to say in the military, make a path, make a path. >> jimmy: right, right, like we used to say in the military i wasn't in. make a path. the military! by the way, christmas is two weeks -- are you red eady for christmas, guillermo? or no? >> halfway. >> jimmy: who do you still have to buy for? >> my wife and my son. >> jimmy: that's your whole

family, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: we're going to work on fractions after the show. >> no, i got my mom, my grandma, my cousin. >> jimmy: what does benji, your son want this year? >> he wants a new ipad. >> jimmy: are you going to get that for him? >> of course. >> jimmy: will your mother-in-law be coming over for christmas this year? >> unfortunately, yes. >> jimmy: you know, the holidays can be a stressful time, especially with the election coming, but escape is on the way. >> the holiday season, the most wonderful time of the year. but also the most is stressful. >> so you are putting kids -- >> come on! >> you bleeding hearts! wah! >> can we just calm down? >> i don't think we need to talk this loud at each other. >> family gatherings can bring out the worst. >> are you done? can i bring you another? >> when you start to feel overwhelmed, don't reach for the liquor cabinet, head for the

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>> jimmy: you can always get in the bathtub. you know, we're three weeks away, not only from the end of the year but from the end of the decade, and i think we can all agree that this is a very stupid time to be alive. so we decided to have some fun with that. this afternoon we went out on the street. we asked people walking by about a bunch of current events we made up. these are news items that did not occur in 2019 or ever for that matter. but did that stop people from weighing in on them? let's find out in this year that wasn't edition of "lie witness news." >> we're talking about the biggest news stories of 2019. north and south korea were finally united. was that a big moment of happiness for you. >> i actually watched that live. it was a good thing to see, you know, donald trump kind of go in there and making peace. that was a good thing. i watched it on tv, and i watched north korea and south rea, i believe they went

somewhere and they kind of met, and they did that peaceful thing. yeah, it was a really good thing. >> you remember when the government shut down because the president couldn't get an mcrib? >> yeah, back in january? >> where were you when you heard? >> i was at work, i work at a natural gas company, so it's very conservative, so i'm very aware of when that kind of stuff happens. >> tell me about when kelly ann came in with a bucket of mcribs and said now the government may reopen, were you shocked? >> i thought it was funny, i would have done the same. >> how many mcribs did she have in that bucket? 40. >> were you surprised when he came on the climate march and grabbed the mic from greta thunberg? >> no. i was not shocked about that at all. >> what was about the look of thunberg's face? >> she was in shock. i would have had the same reaction. >> what did you think of bill cosby's come-back comedy tour?

>> he does look good for his age. that's for sure. >> you were a little proud of him? >> you know, it's tough to say that i'm proud of bill cosby. but, you know, i guess everybody does their own thing, so. >> why did president trump pardon millie, but not vanilly? >> because of a different religion i believe? because one is black and one is white. >> he's handsome and he fits the character perfectly. >> what did you think when you saw nathan landis for james bond. >> i couldn't wait to see the movie. >> were you outraged when the president made friendship bracelets with the taliban? >> i don't agree with a lot of things he does. that was one thing that pissed me off. >> when did you she? >> i don't know, i live with my

sugar daddy. >> reporter: what's your sugar daddy's name? >> dean buckerfield. >> how did you feel about billie eilish performing "bad guy ", did it feel like a stunt? >> no, he's a bad guy. george bush, imagine what he did to the economy. it freakin' sucks. i think billie eilish did a good job by performing "bad guys." i love that song. >> you wouldn't lie. >> i wouldn't lie. i'm like abraham lincoln. i never tell a lie. i'm 100 all day, every day, all night, till the day i die. >> jimmy: and probably well after that, too. all right, one more thing before we forge ahead. it's thursday night, means it's time to bleep and blur the big tv moments of the week whether they need it or not. it is this week in unnecessary censorship. >> you have [ bleep ] hard and you [ bleep ] is impressive, and i just want to [ bleep ] you

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margot robbie, brie larson and many more. and on monday night, the force will be very strong with us. we will be in primetime with the cast of "star wars: the rise of skywalker." rey, fin, poe, lando, c-3po, chewbacca, jj and more. for "jimmy kimmel live after darth: a star wars special." monday at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. here on abc. i also want to mention that, as of yesterday, the book that i wrote and illustrated became a number one new york "times" bestseller. "the serious goose." all the money i make from the sale of this book goes to children's hospital here in l.a. and children's hospitals all over the u.s. you can buy it wherever they sell books and if you want an autographed copy go to theseriousgoose.com to get one signed by me. in great, big black sharpie just, like the president! our first guest is a golden globe-nominated actor and rapper and bottled water too.

you know her from the movie "crazy rich asians." starting tomorrow you can see her alongside dwayne johnson and kevin hart in "jumanji: the next level." please welcome awkwafina. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how you doin'? hey, congratulations on your golden globe nomination. >> thank you. >> jimmy: that came on monday, right? >> yes, came out on monday. >> jimmy: that's a very exciting thing. >> yeah, yeah. very exciting. >> jimmy: was it very exciting? were you up waiting to hear if you'd get nominated? >> um, no. >> jimmy: okay. good, good. >> and not because, you know, i had korean barbecue the night before, and it was very rich, and so i, i fell asleep, and i woke up, and i saw like a fleur

efleury of messages as i was waking up as if someone died. >> jimmy: you'd forgotten what was happening? >> yeah, i didn't, i wasn't reminded that they had come out that day. >> jimmy: i see. >> yeah, so it was that. and yeah, but -- >> jimmy: that would be weird if somebody did remind you, because then it puts a lot of pressure on being nominated. someone's like, by the way, nominations in the morning, and then it's like, what if they don't happen, then that person's a jerk. >> yeah, sure. the nominations in general, like the wrong date, never mind. >> jimmy: you know what i'm saying. it's all this korean barbecue. that knocks you out, huh? >> knocked me out, yeah. it was really great, though. >> jimmy: you brought something that i, tickled me great lay. your family was very excited. >> yes, they were. >> jimmy: they start the group texting you. >> yes. >> jimmy: explain what i'm about to see. >> my aunt linda is a little bit of a nut.

>> jimmy: there's always an aunt linda, and she 's always a nut. >> it was just an odd text for the nature. >> jimmy: so first of all, i like the name of the group, which is akwafina fan club. congratulations, congrats nora. this is awesome. you say thank you guys, when you finally wake up. then let's zoom in on aunt linda. >> here we go. >> jimmy: seriously, fam, curb yourselves of gluten, grains and beans, read up on lectin and how it poisons your body over time. try to eat one meal a d and cut out corn and soy, and even the organic kind. the seeds are all gmo. what a beautiful congratulations that was from aunt linda. >> i know, love her. >> jimmy: so she is not coming to the show, i guess.

>> no. >> jimmy: she's not even allowed at the farmer's market, your aunt linda. >> i think she yells at the people at the farmer's market, she's that type. >> jimmy: she's like that. >> aunt linda. >> jimmy: nothing more that you need to say than that. >> yeah, pretty much. >> jimmy: you used to work at a video store. >> yes, i did. >> jimmy: how long ago was that? >> when i was 16 years old. joil sti . >> jimmy: still at the end of video stores. >> we're getting put out of business. that's how we operated. >> jimmy: not giving you a raise or -- >> for everything. well, we're going to be out of business. we're going to be a thing of the past. >> jimmy: did they go out of business eventually? >> yes. >> jimmy: they were right. >> exactly. >> jimmy: did you hear from those people you used to work with in the senator. >> yeah, he texted me.

it was a great store. >> were you active in recommending films to people, things you wanted them to watch? >> yeah, always, they would ask me, and i would tell them, yeah. >> jimmy: would they get mad if you recommended something and they hated it. >> yes, there was one person who hated "inconvenient truth". and three were like, what kind of movie is this? i was like, a documentary. >> jimmy: was that person wearing a red hat with four letters on it by any chance? >> possibly, yes. >> jimmy: what was the first movie you ever saw, do you remember? >> yeah, when i was young, one of the first movies i ever saw was a "a league of their own", "betelgeuse" and "private parts." >> jimmy: howard stern's movie. >> yeah. >> jimmy: how old were you? >> 7 or 8. >> jimmy: that's the perfect age for "private parts." >> and just trying to figure out

everything that's happening. >> jimmy: was that the work of your dad? >> my dad and my uncle were obsessed with howard stern. my uncle had the "private p as parts"book. and i was like, who is this guy with the empire state building there. >> jimmy: it was in the media. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: so you were fascinated with this? >> yeah, and my dad was also obsessed with recording the e! show on and taping it and hoarding the tapes. >> jimmy: and whould you watch that? >> yeah. >> jimmy: so it was okay, you guys would watch it together? >> no, it wasn't okay. it was mortifying as i look back now. just like the different contests and whatnot. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and then when i was in my 20s, years later, we found the tapes, and he's like, you want to woo to watch them? it still didn't get better.

>> jimmy: dad was not uncomfortable at all. >> dad loves stern. >> jimmy: in certain company, not with your daughter. and aunt linda allowed this to happen? >> no. no. i don't think aunt linda would -- >> jimmy: she's pretty focussed on kourn rig on corn right now. >> grains, yes. >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by turtle beach and roccat gaming accessories for consoles and p-c. paul... (paul) aw thanks... and did you know you can give your family the gift of savings with both an unlimited plan... (sprintern) ...and the powerful new iphone 11 included (paul) ...for just $35 a month when you switch? (sprintern) whoa, what a deal! (paul) and, sprint has a 100% total satisfaction guarantee so you and your family can try out the network and see the savings for yourself. (sprintern) so cool, now open it! (paul) is it the iphone 11? (sprintern) what? how'd you guess? for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com.

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all these guys, dwayne johnson was here the other night. >> yeah. >> jimmy: he, for christmas, bought his mother last year a house, and then followed it by buying his father a house. will you be buying homes for your family this holiday? because you're in the movie, too. >> yeah, no, i was in that movie. no. no. >> jimmy: you will not? >> maybe a nice chair. >> jimmy: mm-hm. >> you know? >> jimmy: have you bought yourself a house? where do you live now? >> i just moved to lach.a. >> jimmy: you did. did you do that because you really wanted to or you felt like for professional reasons it would be better? >> you know, i did want to, because i love l.a., and i'll tell you why i love l.a., growing up in new york. my dream was always to drive a car to target, go to target. you load your things in there. your thongs in there. and then, and then you drive home, and then you go into the mouth of your house and drop off what you bought, instead of taking four trains home with

like, you know, a small house, you know? >> jimmy: yeah, you know what? i'm totally with you on that. i like to go to costco, and i like to get stuff i don't need. >> yeah. >> jimmy: like 48 batteries. >> yeah! >> jimmy: and i think about that all the time when i'm in new york, because i've never lived in new york city. i'm like, how are these people shopping? >> they're not. they are, and they're bringing on the train, you know what it's like holding a 48-pack of tissue paper? >> jimmy: i've seen that, and it's no good. >> it's no good. >> jimmy: you, being a home owner, is that stressful for you. >> you know, i thought i would be a really chill homeowner, like come on by, dude. i have a friend that's been living there for a long time or something, but no, i'm horrible. i have a mini stroke, a friend clogged my downstairs toilet and i found myself yelling at him like my dad would, you know i have to pay for everything that happens in this house, right? and i do my little, walk over to

things, check out a crack, i always have a thing. >> jimmy: inuh-huh. my dad was always checking the walls. and we always made fun of him. your hands are on the walls, why are your hands on the walls. now i find myself looking at the walls, and going why are these children putting their hands on the walls! >> this little titanic smear, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: are you that all balanced all the time that you have to -- spiderman is in the house. they're all over the walls. >> yes. >> jimmy: yeah, you have to protect the walls. >> protect the walls at all >> jimmy: what's going on for christmas? you have a plan? you going home? >> um, probably not. my dad ruined thanksgiving, i've had enough. >> jimmy: you know what would be a fun thing, invite your friends over to the house, let them clog up the toilets. the yuletide clog, a tradition for you. >> that would be very festive, yes. i love t. >> jimmy: the movie is called

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> great, great. >> jimmy: that will be your theme song, whenever you come to this show. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you will be serenaded with that. >> i was hoping for that or "iris", by the goo goo dolls. it's a little more personal, though, a little more personal. buddy, i've been here before. >> jimmy: to the show? >> yeah, not as a guest, obviously, you would remember that. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i sat, no, i sat, this is years ago, me and my buddy scott d daly sat the second row like where you're at now. i still remember because you are that good. it was flava flav. >> jimmy: wow. what year was this?

how long ago? >> this must have 2013 or -- i don't know. >> jimmy: how many kids was flava flav up to? >> he was up here slinging, he had spicy chicken, he gave it to the audience. >> jimmy: oh, right, it was a cooking demonstration. >> it felt like a dream, not an aspirational dream, but a dream like how much did i drink last night. it was good, it was fine. it was fun. >> jimmy: yes, he opened a, not a chain maybe, i don't know if it still exists, but he opened his own fried chicken restaurant. >> you know what it is? it's a saturated market. there's a lot of fast food options. >> jimmy: it's a literally saturated market. where are you from? where did you grow up? >> saginaw, michigan. i didn't know we'd get that response. >> jimmy: our warmup guy, don, is from saginaw, and he tells

the audience this every single night, and no one really evercares, but he tells everybody every single night. you both are saginawens. what do you go by? >> saggen-awesome. >> jimmy: that would make for a nice tee shirt. >> someone is literally making plans for it as they watch this show. >> jimmy: i know you probably got here by a plane or something like that, but why did you move to los angeles? >> i wanted to act. i immersed myself my entire life. i was obsessed with it. and i went to be a background extra in a movie, and it was a movie written and directed by lance black, he wrote "milk." >> jimmy: right. >> and i just saw him at the audition, and i figured i'm not going to get a speaking part, so i said hey, i just wanted to say congrats on "milk", it's a beautiful film. i love your speech, i'm a christian. and when you said god doesn't hate gay people, that needs to

be said, thank you. i was ready to walk away, and he said there might be a part for you, let me get your name, and he brought me back, and i booked like the big part in the movie. >> jimmy: he remembered you from that? >> from that. he brought me back. >> jimmy: he didn't even know if you could act and he gave you that part? >> i did have to audition, but i was pretty, i was aggressive and immersive. the guys i was auditioning against worked at like sam goody. >> jimmy: this is back home. >> this was back home in michigan. i made some money and moved to l.a. two months later. >> jimmy: do you keep in touch with him at all? >> i try not to bother him. he's a busy guy, got a family, doing speaking engagements. i text him once a year to say lance black gave me my start. >> jimmy: i bet he takes pleasure in that. he'll be excited to see new this movie, by the way, i thought was great, and were you fantastic in

it. it's called "richard jewell". this is the story of the man who is now deceased, who was wrongly accused of planting a bomb at the olympics in atlanta. it was, and, you know, it's a sad, it is a sad story, for sure. >> it's heavy, you know. it's one of those movies that, it's sort of like you have to google it afterwards because some of the things seem so unbelievable. and then you find out they're real, but it's pretty jaw-dropping. >> jimmy: by the way, speaking of it being real, i mentioned this to sam rockwell when he was here. i was there, in, i was working in a radio station, i was in the parking lot. >> oh, seriously. >> jimmy: at richard jewell's apartment complex. >> what? >> jimmy: with the media depicted in the film. and it is exactly as i remembered it. i mean exactly as i remembered it, and it's a very strange experience to see that. it's almost watching like a home movie or something, but i happened to be there covering

the olympics. i was a sports guy on the radio station. and this happened. it became the big story, and we were out in the parking lot just waiti waiting for something. i doesn't know what. >> that's nuts. suddenly, everybody's like, maybe we'll just stay here to see what we get and we'll put it on whenever, you know. >> jimmy: is it intimidating to be directed by clint eastwood? >> no, and it should have been. and i don't say that out of any poise or arrogance. it's like he puts you at ease. he reminds you, he's a film fan himself, and a lot of the great directors i've worked with, spike lee, clint eastwood, they all show that they're still fans and people and family men, so it deescalates the nerves, but i was more nervous to meet bobbi jewell, richard's mom. she came on the lot, and i was, i got the part, holy cow. and i go in and

th they couldn't have been sweeter. and she goes, you look just like richard. you look just like my son. and she says you're doing things like him that you don't even know you're doing like him. it felt like the ultimate signoff to get her approval. >> jimmy: were you intentionally doing things like him? >> i was looking for bombs, no. i, i was very, i think it's just some inherent stuff, you know, we do have similar tendencies and traits, you know. i'm sure. >> jimmy: you do, you think so, huh? >> more than, a lot of the characters i play, whether good guys or scummy guys, i got a lot in common with a lot of them. there's a reason i get these parts, know what i mean? there's a reason. >> jimmy: do you think that clint eastwood is someone you will keep in touch with regularly? over the course of your life? >> god, i hope so.

i hope he's not sick of me. he's been seeing a lot of me recently. i make him laugh, too, you know. i don't know thousahow to put o. i'm the same person with everybody. i had fun making him laugh. >> jimmy: what makes clint eastwood makes him laugh? >> i think sponts nayity. he's so used to what he does. he's made like 30-some movies. keeping it moving. there was a day when we did the karaoke scene, which thank god isn't in the film, seriously. we had a karaoke scene that got cut. and clint looked at me and goes, "do you even know how to sing"? and i just, everyone's looking, like 40 crew members are looking at my after he says that and and said ♪ l is for the way you look at me ♪ i'm talkin' to you, clinty. i did a whole frank sinatra thing and he looks at me and

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ and then there were two right now we got to start somewhere how far to go ♪ ♪ i don't care just when i thought you leave me blue you come around ♪ ♪ outta nowhere just when i thought you leave me there you came back cool ♪ ♪ you came back cool my company is leaving the minute that you tell me we gotta move ♪ ♪ 'cause without you i'm a sloucher ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh but with you ♪ ♪ i'm ambitious such a monster when i'm not near you ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ but together we can't stop look in the mirrors right now we have to start somewhere ♪ ♪ start somewhere how far to go i don't care baby, i don't care ♪ ♪ just when i thought you leave me blue so blue you come around ♪ ♪ outta nowhere a hundred million people just to smother the mood i had to plead to get ♪ ♪ them all out the room but then there were two ooh, yeah yeah ♪ ♪ just when i thought i'd seen it all i stand confused my understanding ♪ ♪ is weak and i been seriously thinking

it might be through 'cause without you ♪ ♪ i'm a sloucher ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh but with you i'm ambitious such a monster when ♪ ♪ i'm not near you ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh but together we can't stop look in the mirrors ♪ ♪ right now we have to start somewhere start somewhere how far to go ♪ ♪ i don't care baby, i don't care just when i thought you leave me blue ♪ ♪ so blue you come around outta nowhere a hundred million people ♪ ♪ just to smother the mood i had to plead to get them all out the room but then there were two ♪ ♪ ooh, yeah yeah big boss tailor-made garments ♪ ♪ the only thing i needed was reason to be cautious if i call it like i see it ♪ ♪ then i would say i'm starting to become a decent human being without losing my monster ♪ ♪ i started at the beginning all that matters is the common ground ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ that we live in and getting this bread like park pigeon how far to go ♪ ♪ i never paid attention ooh, ooh, ooh when i'm with you i can complete any ♪ ♪ big or small mission right now we have

to start somewhere how far to go ♪ ♪ i don't care just when i thought you leaving blue you come around ♪ ♪ outta nowhere right now we have to start somewhere how far to go ♪ ♪ i don't care just when i thought you leaving blue you come around ♪ ♪ outta nowhere a hundred million people just to smother the mood i had to plead to get ♪ ♪ them all out the room but then there were two ♪ [cheers and applause]

this is "nightline." tonight, richard jewell. >> the act of terrorism transforming one man's life forever. >> a great deal of anger with people, anger at whoever was responsible for this overnight. >> a heroic deed dissected. a life destroyed. >> did you do it? >> no sir, i didn't >> now the interrogation video seen for the first time. >> i don't know if i should call my attorney or not. >> the search for vindication hitting hollywood. plus, emma chamberlain. >> i wanted a coffee and i made it happen. >> the larger than life youtube personality. proud and unapologetic about her ups and downs. >> i became severely depressed. >> not afraid to be herself in the face of online haters.

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