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[ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's really micki, easily the kindt, most considerate, and genuinely good person i know. not even a close second. micki would do anything for anyone, anytime. i say that with no exaggeration. right, guillermo? >> that's correct. that's true. >> jimmy: and in addition to being nice beyond reason, micki is also a lot of fun to play pranks on. >> oh, my gosh! geez, oh, my god. okay, come on, jimmy. aah! aah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's the best. it's never-ending fun. all right. so this -- you're in for a treat here. [ laughter ] this goes almost five years back when my cousin micki and her husband eric had a second kid

and bought their first house. they searched for a long time, and finally found a house they loved. it's a nice house, and there were a number of interested buyers. there were a bunch of offers, but the woman who was selling it took a liking to them. it was her father's house. she grew up there and she liked the idea of micki and eric raising their children in that house. so even though they didn't make the highest offer, she sold the house to them. and micki was so grateful to this woman whose name is carol, she offered her an open invitation to come back and use the house anytime. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no joke. she said "anytime you want to, have a party here!" she told them that when they go out of town, they could park in the driveway. she said, "you can park in our driveway." she said "at christmas, we will decorate the tree out front the same way your dad did." and she does. and this woman, carol, could not have been more confused. she was like, "umm, okay. this person is crazy, but she's very nice." [ laughter ] and this is something i would joke about with micki all the time. "are you going to have carol over for thanksgiving?" "is carol parked in your driveway?"

et cetera, it's something i would bring up a lot. knowing that one day i would do something. [ laughter ] so now, they've owned the house for years, and micki still talks about carol and keeps in touch always inviting her to visit, always welcoming, always thankful. carol wants no part of her. [ laughter ] so over the summer, i have some free time and so i asked micki's husband eric to quietly give me the woman's name and email address. he gives me a hotmail address, which is gross, let's be honest, who has that? [ laughter ] so i signed up for a new email address that has carol's name in it. something like carol1963 and a last name. i sign up for a new gmail address and i send this message from carol. "hello micki. this is my new email address. please use this from now on and delete the hotmail one. i hope you are well. carol." and just a few hours later,

mic micki replies, "oh my gosh, carol! i literally just said your name to eric an hour ago and said that i wanted to check in and see how you are doing. then just got this email. sending you big hugs." so now i've made -- now the hook is set. [ laughter ] but i wait. i wait a month to respond. [ laughter ] i wanted to let it marinate. and a month later, i send this message to micki. "i'm not sure what your plans are, but we were thinking this might be a great year to have christmas at your house." is there any way you could be out of the house that whole week/weekend? tuesday the 22nd through the 27th. [ laughter ] we'd also like to bring our old furniture back in, so if we could clear yours out, that would be best. thank you so so much. you are so great to keep your promise!" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this is our staff in the room, so everyone here knows this will torture micki, because her nightmare is not keeping a promise. but her other nightmare is being put out of her home for christmas. laugh so she wrote back, "hi,

carol! we unfortunately don't have plans to be gone for christmas, with kids little, we like to be home on christmas morning. after christmas, we switch gears to franki's birthday, which is january 4th, so we don't normally go out of town. but, how about you and your family have an early christmas gathering here and make it your own with some of our help. we don't even need to attend. the moving of the furniture can be a bit tricky, maybe we can just decate it to your liking and preferred style. i can help make it really fun. the lights will already be outside on the house. your dad's christmas tree will be lit up with decorations and your family ornament in the middle. she does this, by the way. [ laughter ] "i'm sorry if this isn't ideal and what you hoped, but it can still be really special. i have always wanted you to still feel this is your home and so happy you feel comfortable to ask me! we are forever grateful you chose us. let's make this work! big hugs and smiles." [ laughter and applause ] so we go back and forth. if you see all of it, you won't believe it. [ laughter ]

but -- we had a family camping trip scheduled. we all got tested and quarantined and got on a bus together. so i asked micki's husband to print the exchange out and to encourage her to read it to everyone aloud. and so the saga picks up here. i'll let micki share "carol's" reply to the previous email to replay to her very kind offer. okay. i wanted to make this work. but if you are not even going to move out your stuff -- >> wait, who said this? >> this is what she writes. i want to make this work, but if you are not even going move all of your stuff out, what does a promise even mean. i know you have kids but kids don't even know where they are most of the time. >> what? >> she said they don't even know their -- >> most kids don't know their address. my hug-s are tiny now and my smile just turned upside down. this is just weird.

it's still my home, why are you in it at christmas time. >> jimmy: it's a good question. and of course, micki answered it. because this woman's hugs are tiny now and her smile is upside down. >> we have time to figure it out, i'm determined to find a way to make it work for you and your family. >> you are so nice. >> now, okay, i'm, i don't -- oh. this was harder than childbirth. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: shall we continue? okay, so then carol responded, "you are very nice micki. maybe we can just come by at midnight to make soup in the sink? family tradition." [ laughter ] and this is micki's response. >> so then i just write, then soup it is. the sinks will be ready, cleaned, we can sing happy birthday to jesus together. you know what? jesus would want this.

[ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i don't know. i think at this point, even jesus would be like, "get this woman away from me!" [ laughter ] but micki is nicer than jesus. and so now that we've agreed on soup, i send her a list of ingredients i need. and keep in mind, this list i sent in the summer. christmas was fill five months away but i sent a very detailed shopping list. >> okay, so then she writes, great, great, this is what i need for the soup. >> what? >> sweet potatoes or regular potatoes or french fries put into half-inch cubes. butternut squash cut into star shapes, two cans of bacon boiled, with green beans, trim asked cut into one-inch-long segments. one big rock, cleaned. >> jimmy: bell pepper chopped to

bits. a yellow sponge thing, like they used to have in the old days. cauliflower, cut into very small bite-sized pieces. zucchini or yellow squash, chopped. >> fresh greens, kale, collard, greens charred, spinach and i have not heard of half of this. rigatoni -- two pounds of -- she got me at two pounds of confetti, unthrown. [ laughter ] i'm like, unthrown? like she knows me, i would be wanting to throw it. >> mom, that lady does not know you. >> she knows me. she knows me. four gallons of hc with a splash of creamed corn. make it kid friend ly. baba ganush. a pile of baloney, dotted with mustard. one watermelon, deboned. i don't know what deboned means. >> watermelon in soup with

vegetables does not go. >> expect us at sundown, will be robed and carrying our pets. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: we'll be robed and carrying our pets. i added this because micki does not love pets. she and her husband finally broke down and got the kids a bunny, because they don't like not having pets, that will come in a play later. [ laughter ] but she is excited about the confetti. so micki replied, "to be honest, i am not a cook or familiar with most of this." very true. "confetti is the most familiar to me and that's cool there is a food version of it to add." [ laughter ] eric and i can still pull it off. my mom will be with us too. we have a bunny now, maybe best to not bring the pets to avoid fighting. we will light the candle for your dad that i normally put out on new year's day for him." and then carol responded -- >> oops, confetti, was a typo, that should have been spaghetti. now i'm like -- the one thing that had me going and excited, she took it away from me.

she took confetti away from me. "sorry. i am glad your mom will be there had and thank you for lighting a candle for my dad. my father loved candles especially fire." >> what? >> guys. >> you are such a good person. >> thank you, did i ever mention he did time in prison for arson? >> woe. >> they blamed him for lighting a neighbor's car on fire when he got mad. when he got mad, he got mad. i guess we have that in common. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: sometimes you can spice things up with a little hint of menace. >> also, also, the pets are part of our family. so we have to bring them. >> oh. >> as a fellow animal lover, i'm sure you understand. that's where i'm like -- don't worry about the bunny though, our snake "bitey" is very

comfortable around rodents, and the dogs have been neutered. is there anything you need us to bring, please get it in advance so we don't have to make a trip. thank you, micki. >> jimmy: they have a snake named bitey who's very comfortable around rodents. micki is now concerned that the angry daughter of an arsonist is demanding to bring a snake into her home on christmas. [ laughter ] so she finally calls this nonsense off. oh wait, no, she doesn't. oh, no, she writes -- "no, you never mentioned your dad went to prison for arson. well, we all have bad days, i'm not judging. [ laughter ] i see how well he took care of his home and now after hearing this, glad he never burned it down. [ laughter ] life is too short to get that mad. if you ever do, just take a deep breath and know whatever it is you are going through will pass. rise up above it. i'm actually more of a human being type of person than animal. i don't wish them harm, i am just extra cautious, especially around kids. snakes especially. with that said, we can go over all details when closer. stay well and think happy

thoughts. everything will be just fine." [ laughter ] but will it be fine? i don't know if carol agrees with that. >> we are not leaving bitey at home, alone on christmas. ho, ho, no! ho, ho, no! >> jimmy: ho, ho, yes. so now 24 hours pass and i don't hear from micki, and i'm dying for a response. i'm up all night with this. so i send her a photo with no text. >> what is it? is that bitey? >> this is bitey. >> jimmy: that is bitey! so now, my angel of a cousin who does not like snakes at all writes back. "wow. fascinating and interesting. yellow is my favorite color." [ laughter ] i think they call that putting a positive spin. >> so then she said, then it's settled snakes and soup at midnight.

thank you for changing your mind and opening your heart. opening my heart? i have been opening my heart. that might have been the worst part of all of this chain, that she ever thought that i ever regressed and closed my heart. my heart has been open this whole time. the kids are going to love bitey. >> no, i'm not. >> jimmy: and so micki agreed to host carol and her family and her dogs and bitey, the snake, over to her house, to make soup in the sink at midnight on christmas eve. [ laughter ] and i know this all sounds unbelievable, but that is micki. she is unbelievable. [ laughter ] i, at my real address, get an email from micki that says -- "buckle up! once settled on the bus, i have a story for you! nothing bad." now it was time to let her off the hook. >> micki, what would you say if, if, i told you that i was sending you those e-mails. >> no. oh, my god!

oh! >> no, i wasn't, i'm just joking. >> you couldn't have, you couldn't have, it's from her. >> yeah, i was just kidding. >> i don't know what i wish right now. >> no, i really did send them. >> it impossible. do you know her? do you know her? do you know her? oh! >> no, i don't know her. no -- well, did she get a new email address? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: then she hit me a lot of times. where is micki, oh, there is micki, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] merry christmas, micki, nicest person in the world. we have a great show for you tonight. christian serratos is here. we've got music from sabrina claudio. and we'll be right back with taylor swift.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, welcome back to the show. tonight, from "selena: the series" on netflix, she plays selena herself. christian serratos is here. [ cheers and applause ] then later, her album is called "christmas blues." music from sabrina claudio. [ cheers and applause ] we have new shows all this week with guests viola davis, kawhi leonard of the clippers, carey mulligan, daveed diggs, alanis morissette, and post malone, with music from lewis capaldi, and the bird and the bee featuring dave grohl. [ cheers and applause ] please join us for all of that. four days ago, our first guest surprise released her second album of the lockdown.

yesterday, she celebrated her 31st birthday, and tonight, she is here with us. her self-directed documentary, "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on disney+, and her new album is called "evermore." please say hello to taylor swift. hi, taylor. >> hi. >> jimmy: happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: did you have -- are you hung over? did you have cake? how was it last night? >> i actually prefer to hydrate while i dehydrate, so there was a lot of drink, water, drink, water. >> jimmy: you mentioned -- i know you mentioned this a bunch of times, 13 is your lucky number. you were born on the 13th. most people think that is an unlucky number, i was also born on the 13th, so i don't know, maybe they're right. [ laughter ] and you've been looking forward to this birthday, because 31 is 13 backwards. >> yes, so until i turn 113 or 131, this will be the highlight

of my life. [ laughter ] the numerology thing, when it doesn't take over on its own, i sort of force it to happen. like, with folklore and evermore, there's 16 tracks on folklore, 15 tracks on evermore, add them up, what do you get? 31. >> jimmy: 31. >> in my mind, it's just the opposite, it's 13 backwards. >> jimmy: right, right. >> that's all 31 is to me. >> jimmy: you should go to baskin-robbins today. >> i know, you know what? thank you for reminding me. they're open late, i think. >> jimmy: i want want get to the mystery surrounding, i have a theory and a lot of people have theories. i want to look at something that appeared on the cover of "folklore." if we zoom in, we can see -- it says "woodvale" in the tree. people are online going nuts saying that's the third album, you have not just recorded two, you are going for a third and the third will be called

"would the "woodvale," true or false? >> well this takes a bit of explanation. so i tend to be sort of annoyingly secret-agent about dropping clues and hints and easter eggs. it's very annoying but it's fun for fans and it's fun for me because they like to pick up on things. and they will notice a lot of things in photos and music videos or whatever. and sometimes i take it too far and i make a mistake. and, basically, when i was making "folklore," the album that came out back in july, i was too afraid to even unveil the title of the album to even my closest teammates and management. i didn't tell anybody the album title until right before it came out. so i came up with a fake code name that had the same amount of letters as "folklore." chose a random name, chose

"woodvale." wanted to see how it would look on album covers, mocked them up, then decided, i don't want to have a title on the album covers. and we forgot to take the fake code name off of -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that is really true? >> yes, yes. [ applause ] >> jimmy: this album is like the third season of "lost." we are finding clues where there are none. >> "evermore" had a code name, it was "november." but we remembered to take it off the mock-ups of the album covers before we released them, we learned our lesson. >> jimmy: i'm going to spread another rumor and theory. folklore starts with an "f," three syllables. it rhymes with evermore, starts with an "e." you've got "f," "e." now you're going to a word that starts with "d," third album, also three syllables and rhymes.

so that narrows it down to either dinosaur or dumb dell doer, one of those two will be the title of your album, yes? [ laughter ] >> i'm so tired, i'm exhausted, i've tired myself out, i have nothing left. >> jimmy: this is pretty good, this is you with paul mccartney on the cover of "rolling stone." [ cheers and applause ] that's a good picture to have. is this a picture that you will make it on the wall at your home? >> that, that's what all the walls are going to be made of. i'm building a whole new home with that on every wall. every brick has a little mini picture of that. none of the old homes are going to work anymore because they don't have enough of that album, that cover. >> jimmy: you went to paul's office in london. paul mccartney is 78 years old. at any point were you worried about killing a beatle? [ laughter ] >> i'm really glad i didn't talk to you before i went. >> jimmy: the interview is great. a couple of things i thought were interesting about your interview with him -- i think

it's fun to see artists interviewing each other -- that is you both, both of you, i know this about him, i did not know this about you. you do not mind to be asked to play music at parties. is that an accurate way of putting it? >> yeah, we like it. it's weird, it's like we like music. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: because, you know, a lot of people don't necessarily love it. i was talking to billy joel once and he said every time he goes to a party, suddenly a piano has been rented. [ laughter ] >> oh! well, that's happened to me too. but it's kind of like, you know, if the shoe fits wear it. i don't know. >> jimmy: right. >> like, i don't like being asked to do cartwheels at a party because i can't do a cartwheel. >> jimmy: interesting you would say that, i announced on the air a couple of weeks ago, that i'm going to start taking cartwheel lessons and i'm not kidding. [ cheers and applause ] if you would like to join, guillermo and i are going to -- >> is this a bit? >> jimmy: it's really not. >> it's real? >> jimmy: its 100% real. i have always wanted to know how to do a cartwheel.

i feel humiliated when little girls do it in front of me, and i want to be able to do it. >> it's terrible. it feels awful. >> jimmy: we're going to get an olympic athlete to teach us to do cartwheels. i'm getting off track here. [ laughter ] >> no, it's important. >> jimmy: when we come back -- >> >> we'll talk about this some other time, we both have the same shame. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: 13 and the same shame, we're really on a wavelength here. "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on disney plus right now. when we come back we'll see a clip from that, and more with taylor swift.

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prefer to keep it mysterious and not give anyone any hints what the songs are about. >> i think that, we had an opportunity with disney plus to create sort of a way to not only explain how we made these albums at that point, it was just one. but it was the same group that made the second album, it's a good place to go to see what our process was like. but we could explain it, because it was made under weird circumstances. and then we could also meet as a group. we'd never been in the same room before. aaron, jack and i had never all gotten to be together. so it was great. we quarantined for a while, and then got tested and got tested again, and then, had all the precautions taken. and it was really wonderful to get to share that. you know, after making that album. >> jimmy: for "evermore," you brought in all the guys from the national. were they getting mad at aaron

for writing great songs without them for you? [ laughter ] >> i think we should start that rumor. sounds like a good one. yeah, it was amazing because we wrote this song called "coney island." i'd kind of written the second verse as if i was matt berninger, the lead singer because matt has a very signature type of lyricism, and i was hoping if i wrote lyrics enough like what he might sing, he might say yes and sing on it. so we had the whole band play on it. matt said yes. it's a duet that i'm really proud of. and yeah, aaron is an amazing collaborator. he's got such -- he's so talented, he's so prolific, but he's also such a wonderful, kind, generous, creative person. and he has a lot of people who want to collaborate with him. so i sort of -- i sort of, like, grifted off of that. >> jimmy: well, you guys made

quite a team there. and your boyfriend wrote some of the lyrics to some of the songs under a pseudonym, william bowry, did he choose it or you? >> he did. >> jimmy: is there a meaning to that? is it from the bowery hotel? i know people have speculated. >> you have to ask him, it's more his story than mine. >> jimmy: turn the camera around, see where he is. [ laughter ] i don't know if you know this, but i notice on the disney plus documentary, they bleeped out the f-word and you had profanity on the album, somebody on reddit made a chart tracking the amount of profanity in your albums from year to year. [ laughter ] it started with two "damns" on your first album. then you went totally clean. now you're up to four "f-words," taylor. [ applause ] >> it's just, it's just been that kind of year. you know? [ laughter ]

>> jimmy: well, i have to say, i mean, you have been so, it is crazy how productive you have been, and what you put out here. i feel like if you had been in charge of the vaccine, it would have been done in june. [ laughter ] >> oh. that's the nicest compliment anyone has given me. [ applause ] >> jimmy: thanks for being with us. happy birthday, merry christmas, "folklore: the long pond studio sessions" is on disney plus right now. this is her surprise new album, "evermore." it's out now too. taylor swift, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, taylor. be right with christian serratos.

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>> jimmy: hi, welcome back to the show. music from sabrina claudio is on the way. you know our next guest from the "twilight" movies and seven seasons of "the walking dead." her newest project is yet another true story, she plays selena in "selena: the series" on netflix. please welcome christian serratos. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: welcome, welcome. is that, is that for me? is that a gift? >> no. >> jimmy: oh, it's not. >> this is something that i learned to do in the quarantine and it kind of acts as like a stress reliever for me. >> jimmy: is that a rubik's cube? >> yes, correct, it's a speed cube, i became a supererd about it. >> jimmy: do you feel -- are you under a lot of stress right now? >> no, not necessarily stress but i'm doing things i've never done before, like sitting here with you. >> jimmy: i see, all right. >> yeah. >> jimmy: can you do it while you talk? >> i can, unless i'm enamored with you. which i might be. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i have a feeling you'll have no trouble. [ laughter ] a very eddie murphy-ish look you have there. i love that red suit you've got on. [ cheers and applause ] >> my ensemble, thank you.

>> jimmy: that's a bootleg rubik's cube, isn't it? >> no, it's a sophisticated one, i believe. i got really into it. and once i figured out how to do the standard one, i was like, well, i want to do it faster and faster and faster and how do i do that? look, i've already messed up. i did have, full disclosure, a beer backstage. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, you did. i like a drunk rubik's cube. i don't know that i have met a woman named christian? >> i have never met anybody else named christian. that is kind of why i dig my name and why i especially wanted my daughter to have kind of a unisex name, i had kind of, i would not say trouble with it, when i was younger. but people would often say, isn't that a boy's name? and i wanted to tell them constantly, "well, no, not if i have it." [ laughter ] but it gave me something to like, be strong about. and i wanted my daughter to be strong so i gave her a unisex name. her name is wolfie.

>> jimmy: your daughter's name is wolfie? >> it's wolfgang. not very common here. >> jimmy: is that a unisex name? >> i guess not, but what is a unisex name? >> jimmy: not wolfgang. [ laughter ] >> a name is a name. >> jimmy: it's a cool name for a boy or a girl, really. >> yeah. people get confused when i talk about her, because i'll say, i've got to get back to the wolf. people look at me kind of funny. [ laughter ] but yeah, i should be more clear about that. >> jimmy: is that tied to being in the "twilight" movies in any way, wolfgang? >> no, i'm a big fan of mozart and thought he had an incredible name. and i thought for a second, should i call her wolfgang amadeus? and my friend was, too much, calm down! [ laughter ] my husband's in music, it connected for me, it connected for him. so yeah, we went with wolfie. i always think it's strange, too that we decide other people's

names. if there was ever a point where she was like, i'm going to change my name, that would be okay. >> jimmy: that would be okay with you. >> yeah. >> jimmy: this is a little weird. if you let a baby decide their name, it would be wah. >> it's a place holder, yeah, we will call it a place holder. >> jimmy: most people know you from "the walking dead," which you have been on for seven seasons? [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, i have been on it for, you said seven seasons and that surprised me because i feel like i've been on for like a decade. but, yeah, that's kind of where i feel like i grew up. i'm from los angeles, and i was born and raised here, and i felt it was irresponsible to live somewhere without exploring any other towns. so i was really grateful to get the opportunity to live in georgia. it's been like, just an incredible experience to be on a show that was that loved and you know, that cast and we are all so tight and i'm just, i was so happy for that experience. >> jimmy: yeah, are you tired of being covered in mud and blood though?

>> it never really gets old. there's funny things that happen all the time as a result. for instance, we had i think press to do on a saturday and we had to get on a plane and go do press. it did not dawn on any of us that we were doing a night shoot on friday. we all committed to do press and wrapped at 5:00, 6:00 a.m., and had to go straight to the airport. we had shot this really big fight sequence, so we had blood and dirt all over us. so by the time we wrapped, we got straight in the car, went to the airport. hair and makeup was throwing us warm towels to try to get as much off as we could. but that stuff is relentless. so we got to the airport and we went through security and i did not have time to tie my shoe laces. and atlanta is like, it's the largest airport in the united states, i think. so there's like a new york subway train that runs through the entire airport and it was packed, it's always packed and the doors open and i get out and i'm at a full sprint with a costar. and i trip over my shoelaces. i think i skidded like five feet

head-first into a wall. and i had blood all over me, so people had assumed that i had the worst injury. [ laughter ] so one of the stewardesses saw me fall, when we got onto the plane, and she said, are you okay? you have blood coming out of your ears and everywhere. i had to assure her that it was me working on a show. it was hair and makeup and i'd be fine. and i was looking forward to sleeping on the plane, because we had to go straight to work. and it just wasn't going to happen. because she was worried that i was concussed, she forced me to stay awake. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? >> i know. and josh mcdermott is a sweetheart, he assured me that he was going to stay awake with me, and he was knocked out in ten minutes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: right, right. >> and i wanted them to be -- >> jimmy: he chose die. >> yeah. but we got off the plane and like paramedics were brought on and everything, it was a whole scene. >> jimmy: really? you've got one minute left to finish that thing. >> oh, no!

let me do it quickly. >> jimmy: you're playing selena. can you think about selena while you're doing this? >> i can, yes. >> jimmy: the show is popular, you've been picked up for season two. >> we've already filmed it. >> jimmy: you've shon season two? >> yeah, everything's complete. i'm super happy with the response, and i'm so excited everyone finally gets to see all the hard work. it's something that i'm super proud of. am i giving everyone anxiety? i have anxiety. >> jimmy: how bummed are you going to be if we go to commercial and you haven't finished that? >> not bummed at all. >> jimmy: oh, wow! [ cheers and applause ] well done. you did it. "selena: the series" is on netflix now. christian serratos. thank you, christian. we'll be right back withna clau! >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

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christian serratos, thanks to cousin micki, apologies to matt damon. "nightline" is next, but first, her album is called "christmas blues." with the song "warm december," sabrina claudio! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ it's gonna be a warm december making memories to last till next november ♪ ♪ it's gonna be a warm warm december cause this holiday i got you with me ♪ ♪ as we cuddle up next to the fireplace we'll be burning up our own flames ♪ ♪ hanging like a thousand

mistletoes so i can kiss you everywhere you go ♪ ♪ i didn't even make a list this year cause everything i need is all right here ♪ ♪ in those eyes it might be freezing outside ♪ ♪ but it's gonna be a warm december making memories to last till next november ♪ ♪ it's gonna be a warm, warm december cause this holiday i got you with me ♪ ♪ unwrap my love then open me up it's a season of giving so let

medical give you what you want ♪ ♪ i didn't even make a list this year cause everything i need is all right here ♪ ♪ in those eyes it might be freezing outside ♪ ♪ but it's gonna be a warm december making memories to last till next november ♪ ♪ it's gonna be a warm, warm december cause this holiday i got you with me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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tonight, lovers torn apart by the pandemic. an expectant mother going into labor alone. her foreign fiance stranded overseas. >> i would have loved to be there. just hold her hand or talk her through it, give her encouragement. >> travel restrictions forcing the expectant dad to just watch and wait. >> i'm just playing sean can get here and we can be a family. plus, long-distance longing. couples half a world away taking extreme measures to reunite. >> you don't know when you're going to see your partner next, when you haven't seen them in five months. i think you'd be ready to do a lot of things you wouldn't do otherwise. >> "nightline," "love under lockdown," will be right back.