>> and i'm dan ashley. remember get up at 2:45 an >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- lena waithe, kelvin harrison jr., and music from allison russell featuring brittney spencer & brandi carlile, and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: well, hi there. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. welcome. thanks for watching. thank you for joining us at our headquarters in hollywood, where we were attacked last night by another devastating ted cruz twitter strike. [ laughter ] once again, i have found myself in a squabble with the senate's least-favorite senator, ted cruz. and once again, guess who started it? me. i guess i started it. [ cheers and applause ] last night on the show, i mentioned the fact ted cruz got some flack for being stupid.

he mocked an ad for the army, that featured a female soldier who was raised by two moms. he called our military "woke and emasculated." which i pointed out fairly, i thought, is funny coming from a guy who let donald trump use his testicles on the driving range. [ laughter ] i mean, look. he was trump's theon greyjoy. okay? [ laughter and applause ] and i guess that struck a nerve because, i'm at home last night, watching our guest, lena waithe's, show. i get a text saying cancun teddy just tweeted about you. [ laughter ] he wrote: "@jimmykimmellive keeps talking crap. really tough guy. here's a reminder, when we played one-on-one, i kicked his ass. he has to live with that forever. rematch, punk?" he's right. it's true. i do have to live with that forever. you have to live with being ted cruz forever. [ laughter ] which is so much worse. [ applause ] but i also have to live with that. so i paused the show, and

i was like, all right, what am i going to write back? it's late, by the way, he should be in bed by now. this is what he's up doing, watching me and getting mad about it. so i wrote back. "oh ted, you get so sad after you masturbate." [ laughter and applause ] which is undoubtedly what he was doing, undoubtedly. remember that time he accidentally liked a stepmom porno tweet on 9/11? of all days. [ laughter ] then he blamed it on somebody on his staff. that was a tough one. [ laughter ] 9-11, by the way, was the score of our game. he had 11 points, i had 9 points. it's funny, he posted a video of only the shots he made. and he's so proud of himself. meanwhile, neither one of us has nything to be proud of as far as that game was concerned. [ laughter ] this is true. between us, we made 20 shots. you know how many shots we missed? do you remember, guillermo? >> guillermo: like 25? more? i don't remember. >> jimmy: yeah, more than 25. [ laughter ] >> guillermo: i don't remember, i'm just trying to be nice. >> jimmy: 200 is the number. [ laughter and applause ]

200, we shot 10% from the field. [ laughter ] that game was uglier than him. okay? [ laughter and applause ] the charities we were playing for almost refused to accept the money, like, "you losers need this more than we do." [ laughter ] we were supposed to play to 21, and at a certain point, it seemed very clear we would never get there. so i pulled him aside, "do you want to go to 11?" like spinal tap, it went to 11. so there is nothing there to boast about. and secondly, and this is the most important point besides, you're a u.s. senator and a very convincing grandpa muenster impersonator who we would think has other things to do. [ laughter ] this is the most important part. after you won't game, do you remember what i did? "good game, thanks." i shook your disgusting hand. i couldn't complain it was rigged. i didn't ask for a recount on the referee. i didn't start a conspiracy theory about the basketball having a microchip in it. i accepted it.

i brought shame on my family and i embraced it. like i always do. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, listen. it was a terrible day. i lost a basketball game to a man who ate one of his own boogers during a presidential debate. [ laughter ] anyway, apparently i was mean to ted and he's very upset. if history is any indication, he's so upset, that means he'll be washing my car this weekend. [ laughter ] i look forward to that. [ applause ] in other government weasel news, governor ron desantis of florida signed a new law that would fine social media companies for removing anyone who's running for office in his state. according to this law, which they know won't hold up, banning a candidate from your platform would result in fines of up to $250,000 a day. gee, i wonder who lives in florida and was banned from twitter who may have had a tiny hand in this? [ laughter ] can you think of anyone? wreck-it ron was very proud of his toothless new legislation, and made a passionate case for why it kind of had almost nothing to do with donald trump.

>> the bill is for everyday floridians. this is what we said. and it would allow any floridian to be able to, um, to provide what -- what they're doing. so, um -- but i think -- i do think that's another issue that -- that has been brought to bear. when you deplatform the president of the united states but you let ayatollah co-makhom talk about killing jews, that is wrong. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah. the ayatollah died in 1989, by the way. [ laughter ] 17 years before twitter. but he corrected that on twitter. but we get it, ron. you know how when you go on a road trip, and you have to stop to pee at some sketchy gas station in the middle of nowhere, and the toilet seat has a swastika carved into it for some reason? and you think, "why would anyone to even touch, to carve anything into a toilet seat? let alone something horrible like a swastika?" anyway, florida is that toilet seat.

[ laughter ] [ applause ] there is a lot of nonsense going on. and much of it can be traced back to mar-a-lardo. [ laughter ] this is an ad that has been running on newsmax, and it's just brazen, one could almost call it "magnificent." >> biden is falling down on the job. badly. >> we cannot allow our country to be destroyed, and that's what's happening. >> president trump is fighting to elect america first republicans to stop biden's disastrous policies and he needs your help. >> send your money to donaldjtrump.com. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's right, send the billionaire your money, dummies, he wanted it. he's not even bothering to send a worthless commemorative window anymore, just send your money. last week on his website, he bragged about how his jet was being overhauled and repainted and how everyone will get to see it at his rallies that are coming up. gee, i wonder who's paying for that? [ laughter ] donald trump is the personal injury attorney of former presidents.

[ laughter ] and he's multiplying. he's got mini-trumps all over the place now. marjorie taylor greene, last week, she was complaining about being required to wear a mask on the floor of the house, and in an interview, compared it to the victims of nazi germany, having to wear yellow stars during the holocaust. and of course, most of her fellow republicans in congress said nothing about it until, i guess they got some pressure from the jewish community that they couldn't ignore anymore. and today, five days later, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said her comments were "reprehensible." and house minority leader kevin mccarthy put out a statement. he wrote, "marijuanaly is wrong and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the holocaust with wearing masks is appalling. the holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history. the fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling." okay, good start. "at a time when the jewish people face increased violence and threats, anti-semitism is on the rise in the democrat party and is completely ignored by

speaker nancy pelosi"? oh, you were so close. [ laughter ] you couldn't help yourself, could you? you had to g.o.p. in the pool. bring it back to nancy pelosi. [ laughter ] this marjorie taylor greene seems to be very focused on nazis. someone just dug this up. this is june of last year. she was speaking at a city council meeting and made a strong defense of statues honoring both hitler and satan. >> we're seeing situations where christopher columbus, george washington, abraham lincoln, all kinds of statues are being attacked. and it seems to be just a -- an effort to take down history. and whether i see a statue that may be something that i would fully disagree with, like adolf hitler, maybe a statue of satan himself, i would not want to say, take it down. but again, it's so that i can tell my children and teach others about who these people are, what they did, and what they may be about. >> jimmy: right. that's the way to learn about

history, build a statue and take your children to it. that's how i learned about rocky balboa. [ laughter ] it's a teaching moment. someone should build a statue of satan right outside her house. [ cheers and applause ] that way, she can explain to her kids who mommy is. she's one of the few people that make you think twice about the first amendment. [ laughter ] in happier news, i want to congratulate the team at fox 4 news in dallas. they are winners of our occasional award for "excellence in reporting." >> the vax and scratch program also starts today. anyone who gets vaccinated at a state-run site in new york this week will get a free scratch-off. the jack-off -- jackpot -- [ laughter ] for the medical ga multi-player lottery is $5 million. [ applause ] >> jimmy: yeah. that's -- dumb. all right. a lot of states are offering prizes if you get vaccinated, you get a prize or a hamburger

or beer or something. here in california, one unexpected side effect of the pandemic, is that people have stopped having kids. we are currently experiencing what they call "a baby bust." california will have 50,000 less births this year than last. experts believe it may have something to do with us being fat disgusting slobs all year. [ laughter ] and it's a problem. if we don't have babies, you know, it's not going to impact us now, but if 20 years who's going to clog the 405 between 5:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., then again from 2:08 to midnight? [ laughter ] something has to be done. first of all, usc needs to change their mascot. they can't be "the trojans" anymore. [ laughter ] it's not the right message. part of the issue is that people haven't been out mingling. but it's starting to happen. half the residents here in l.a. county are vaccinated fully. half of all states in the u.s. have now vaccinated half their residents. if you want to know which ones have not, check ted nugent's tour schedule.

[ laughter ] they're all on there. as we begin to emerge from our covid cocoons, sales of grooming products have gone up. deodorant, condoms, and teeth whitener are in high demand. did people not know we could still see their teeth on zoom calls? [ laughter ] i don't know. alarm clock sales doubled in april. last year, we didn't need alarm clocks. last year our alarm clocks were waking up to a message from netflix making sure we're still alive. [ laughter and applause ] all in all, things are looking up. and every week, we like to look back to the way things were exactly a year ago. it's that magical time once again, as we turn back the clock to one year ago this week, in a new edition of "this week in covid history." >> this week in covid history, as we close may 2020, the president continues to lead the way. the fairway. who whoopsie! sorry, vp. >> how dare he play golf when so

many people have this virus, and the president said, i'm trying to do a message we can do this safely. >> leading the way is important, the president trying to do that, sometimes on the golf course. >> most times it's on the golf course. what's this? breaking news. >> joe biden makes his first public appearance wearing a mask. >> vice president biden wearing a mask -- >> as we mentioned, he's wearing a mask -- >> he was wearing a face mask. >> it's mask hysteria. >> he didn't need to wear it. >> biden, like anybody else wearing a mask, looked ridiculous. >> it's peculiar, in the basement next to his wife, he's wearing a mask. >> i thought it was unusual he had one on. >> what does the masked bandit have to say for himself? >> president trump retweeted a photo of you wearing it, trying to belittle you for wearing a mask. >> he's a fool. absolute fool. >> we know that the masks aren't doing any good. i'm a sheep, i'll do whatever the governent tells me to do. >> that's a man we can trust, one who surely won't be forced to step down from his job in

disgrace. [ laughter ] as we close the week, a new movement takes to the streets. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> and president trump says, count me in. >> maga loves the black people. thing.always says the "white" - this has been "this week in covid history." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: looked real. we have a good show tonight. kelvin harrison jr. is here. we've got music from allison russell, brittney spencer, and brandi carlile, and be right back with lena waithe so stick around! [ crowd cheering ] [ engine revving ] [ race light countdown ] ♪ ♪ when you save money with allstate

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tonight, from the new movie "monster" on netflix, kelvin harrison jr. is here. then later, a talented canadian singer-songwriter. her new album is called "outside child," music from allison russell with brittney spencer and brandi carlile. [ cheers and applause ] that is quite a group. tomorrow night, emily blunt and diego boneta will join us. we'll have music from the new "american idol" chase beckham. and thursday, emma stone, rory scovel and music from chloe moriondo. so please join us for every bit that have. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight is a very busy writer, producer, record label owner, and sneaker-lover who does some acting in her spare time. she is co-writer and star of "master of none," season 3, "moments in love" available on netflix now. please say hello to lena waithe. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. it's very good to see you. [ cheers and applause ]

how are you doing? >> good to see you. i'm good. >> jimmy: you know what i was thinking about you last night as i was watching the show, and i was wondering, is it a lot of work to be this stylish? [ laughter ] you come out with stuff, you put it together, and it looks cool. >> oh my gosh. >> jimmy: i wonder if it takes a lot of energy. >> no, not much. >> jimmy: really? >> i just, like you know what, this is -- you know what it is, i try to be very intentional. this is a black queer designer, this is a black woman out of london, this is a cool brand called savant. these are fear of god. i try to wear black and brown designers. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and they reach out to you? or do you search for them? >> you know, it's a mix of both. i like what i like. sometimes i befriend the designer and that's cool because they send you stuff. [ laughter ] i dress for comfort first, intentionality second, yeah. >> jimmy: one of the things that my wife and i were enjoying watching the show last night -- >> thank you for watching it, i was going to give you a hard time if you didn't. [ laughter ] i was like, tell him to watch

it, man. >> jimmy: in the show you're not you. >> no. >> jimmy: you're playing a character, obviously. but you wore the same clothes for quite some time. >> yes. that was hard. i was like, did she switch it up? they're like, no, this is the same day. i'm like, i understand, but i switch outfits, though. [ laughter ] you know? i do that. they were like, no, man, continuity. okay, okay, okay. >> jimmy: last time i saw you i think was when you were a contestant on "who wants to be a millionaire." >> yes. >> jimmy: that was an interesting end, bass you played it safe and stopped at -- how much money? >> was it $125,000? >> jimmy: i think you were at the $125,000, but you stopped and collected the $64,000, right? yeah, because i was afraid of getting the question wrong. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and then my phone a friend gave me the right answer, and i didn't choose to believe her. and so therefore, when you told me what the answer was, i'm going to -- i'm still ticked about it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: your phone a friend told you, your friend who was there with you -- they were in

agreement but you didn't want to risk it. >> no. >> jimmy: cynthia erivo was your phone a friend, actress. >> yeah. >> jimmy: was she annoyed with you? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: she was, yeah. [ laughter ] >> livid. i was like, you didn't sound confident, you know. but i'm happy we took some money away. my plan is to come back and redeem myself. >> jimmy: $64,000 is pretty good. [ cheers and applause ] >> pretty good. i can do better next time. >> jimmy: do you have a strength now? i felt like maybe you went to the lifelines too quickly. >> i know. but look, i had to get you for the time fill. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, right. >> it was like too white a show for me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that right? >> and i was just like -- gosh, i'm not, you know -- if it was a friend's question i would have gone in there, but yeah. >> jimmy: wait a minute, "seinfeld" was too white for you, "friends" isn't? >> maybe a close second, you're right, you're right. [ laughter ] pretty white. but hold on, they had ayesha on there. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> they had gabrielle union in there. "seinfeld," i don't know. [ laughter ]

>> jimmy: yeah, right. what are your favorite sitcoms of all time? >> of all time? "a different world" obviously is up there for me. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's so funny, because -- you named your production company helmund, right? >> yeah, hillman, a hbcu. the old-time stuff. i love "friends" definitely. >> jimmy: you love jennifer aniston. >> jennifer is the homie. >> jimmy: you met jennifer? >> at the "morning show" premiere. you know how you see a president who's a former president but you still have to call them mr. president? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah? >> that's what it's like when she's in the world. there's an assembly line of people waiting to bring their respects, bringing oils and sage and all kinds. [ laughter ] i was like, this is amazing. like, what? what is happening? >> jimmy: yes. people will actually like fall unconscious when they see her. >> yeah >> jimmy: they go absolutely crazy.

>> yeah, yeah. "the morning show" premiere was nutty, like man. i got to talk to her after she's super chill, laid back. such a lovely human. >> jimmy: did you bring up" friends"? >> i did not. >> jimmy: the "friends" reunion is coming. >> it is. i'm going to watch this. i tell the "friends" cast this. they've got to bring the heat. "fresh prince of bel air" reunion set the bar pretty high. >> jimmy: oh, right, yeah. >> they brought the thunder, it was like a therapeutic session, childhood memories, like i just hope somebody from the "friends" cast got something they want to get off they chest. [ laughter and applause ] if not, i don't know what we doing here. because will was like, look, i got things to straighten out, okay? you're going to watch me do it. i was like, well, here we are, let's go. "friends" got to come with something, we'll see. >> jimmy: who knew there was so much tumult on the set of "fresh prince" at that time. >> it was a lot going on. i didn't know.

>> jimmy: i didn't know either. >> they switched the moms, that was cool back then. now? black children going to have something to say to you, they're going to say, wait, what? what's going on? >> jimmy: you can't switch the moms. >> you can't switch the moms. >> jimmy: they switched the dads on other shows, like "bewitched." >> oh, they did. >> jimmy: suddenly there was another darren, another guy named dick. two guys named dick played two guys named darren. >> that's how it was lack in the day. they did not care about your livelihood, like look, we can cast somebody else and nobody will care. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that happened on "the hogan family" also i think. >> now you can't get away with that. >> jimmy: you can't. >> people going to have conversations. >> jimmy: now they'll go in, they'll graphically edit you out of a show. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: so you never were in the show in the first place. [ laughter ] >> i'd rather be recast. >> jimmy: i think so too. >> like, keep me in the reruns at least. you know how it's weird, some seasons of a show, like oh, this is the bomb.

another season, different actor playing the same character. >> jimmy: i was watching one of those old tv channels. did you know they went back through all the old episodes and replaced bill cosby with lavar burton? [ laughter ] i was totally shocked. i couldn't believe it. >> i didn't know that. >> jimmy: yeah, they did. >> you know what, at least i can watch it again now. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: lena waithe is here. her show is "master of none, moments in love." be right back. >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by smirnoff red, white, and berry. enter to win the summer of your dreams at 2021dreams.smirnoff.com.

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oh-oh, what's up? chaka, don't be mad, chaka. you still mad at patty? uh-huh. i don't know when that feud gonna die. there you go, uh-huh, uh-huh. i see you, okay. ♪ i'm every chicken ♪ get in! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is lena waithe with the chickens, season 3 of "master of none, moments in love." it is currently on netflix. was that your first time working with farm animals? >> it was, yeah. [ laughter ] i was like surprisingly comfortable. i think aziz was surprised too, he's like, "you're so at home in this farm." i'm like, yeah, i don't know, my roots. i love that it's just natural. like that's all. it's definitely me ad libbing and goofing around.

>> jimmy: did you name those chickens? >> i did, i did. [ laughter ] they seemed to be like wanting each other to get out of their space, wanting to open the spot they were on. oh, these are the divas. [ laughter ] these are diva chickens. and so i was just like, what's up, chaka? chaka, patty, gladys, definitely a tina in there. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: a tina, yeah. >> for sure. >> jimmy: and the whitney song at the end. >> of course. >> jimmy: you mentioned aziz. because i watched you guys on the first two seasons of "master of none." it might as well be a different show, other than aziz being in it a little bit, it's like -- it's really a totally different feel. >> yeah. it's definitely a departure. i think -- how i think of us as the show, we're kind of like a band, you know what i'm saying? we came together for two albums then went to solo projects, then came back together again. i think what happened was myself, aziz, we grew up a little bit, we had a little bit more life experience. i think that's what the show

represents. it's about who you are in your 20s as friends is very different than who you are in your 30s, you're married, you move to upstate new york, you're trying to build a family. you don't have as much time to hang out and spend time with your friends or figure out how to balance work and love. so that's what we wanted to get into, because we wanted the show to kind of grow up with us. i think we did just that. >> jimmy: you guys sat down and you wrote the show, when you wrote it did you say, we're going to make this primarily dramatic? this will be a love story, a story about a couple -- i don't want to give too many details away. >> we didn't go into it thinking we would make it dramatic. i think we wanted it to be honest, i think we wanted it to be a reflex of the conversations aziz and i were having as friends. he was in london doing what aziz does, walking around in a tailored pant -- [ laughter ] watching french movies. you know. >> jimmy: eating things. >> i was like, you know. [ laughter ] sure, he's very -- you know, he's stylish and chill. he's thinking about things. you know, and so he sent me

stuff he was watching, like these french movies that require a lot of patience to sit and get through. he was like, i think we should try to do what they're doing, keep the camera still, tell a complicated story, leave with more questions than answers. and i said, okay, cool. [ laughter ] you know, so he's sent me -- he sent me scripts and that's the quickest way to get me going. i started doing my past. we literally wrote five episodes and "moments in love." >> jimmy: you did a great job, it really is just like a pleasure to watch. it's beautifully directed as well. >> he released -- aziz directs all the five episodes. and i definitely think he was nervous, because he was stepping into a space that he hadn't stepped into before. i told him to trust himself, and i think he really did that. he took a bunch of risks and took a bunch of swings. and i was right there with him. we just got really vulnerable and weren't afraid to leave it all on the celluloid. because we shot on film. we shot, you know in london, but we're cheatig it for upstate new york. >> jimmy: that house that you

were in is fantastic. >> the house is a complete build. >> jimmy: really? >> everything you see is built by amy williams, our amazing production designer. we converted a mall into a stage into a set. and when you see -- you see us outside, we went to a location to shoot. everything you see is me -- >> jimmy: that was a mall? >> it was a mall. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> it was supposed to be a mall. >> jimmy: there's a hot dog on a stick, an orange julius where that beautiful house is? [ laughter ] >> every day i came to work, am i in high school? what's happening? after school? no, we'd go to work in this big set, we made it feel really intimate. it was a phenomenal work experience, it was great. >> jimmy: your other show "the chi" is on showtime right now. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, season 4. we're still here. they can't get us. >> jimmy: do people in chicago love having that show? chicago has a lot of shows. >> true. i think chicagoans are embracing us more. whenever you do a show about a city, somebody in that city gonna say, uh-uh, nah, not correct. you know, and we got a lot of

that in the beginning. >> jimmy: i do that with las vegas all the time. like, no, not. >> no, sadder. [ laughter ] but i think, you know, for -- i think for chicagoans, you know, we're very protective, very particular. i think we finally got to a place with them where they're like, okay, okay, okay, cool. it's like, i'll take glit this is homegrown, we will accept it as ours. >> yes, yes, yes, nice. >> jimmy: you had a birthday last week? >> may 17th, i turned 37. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: 37, that's not a big birthday. did you have a thing? >> well, here's the thing. i've been wanting to go to the movies for so long because i can't do that anymore. so luckily, my crew and a very special person in my life rented a theater and we saw "bad boys," a classic american film. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: really in the theater? >> yeah, man. >> jimmy: that is your favorite movie? >> "bad boys," the first one, to me is pretty perfect. it's just like -- because i

think i wanted to be mike lowery but was always marcus. [ laughter ] it's literally where i get my personality, between trying to be cool but really just the person that's afraid of their bodies. [ laughter ] but trying to be a cop. >> jimmy: i'd like to see the reunion. that would be a good reunion special, will apologizing to whoever he was in "bad boys" with? >> i know, those two reunite every few years. >> jimmy: that's do. >> so relive those iconic characters and i'm grateful, i hope they keep doing it until they're in a retirement home. >> jimmy: great to see you. congratulations on everything you've got going on. lena waithe. season 3 of "master of none, moments in love" on netflix now, and season 4 of "the chi" sunday nights on showtime. be right back with kelvin harrison jr.

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>> jimmy: welcome. >> thanks. >> jimmy: you're very talented, i'm sure you know this. you think f yourself as very talented? >> i don't think about it too much. i got my daddy to tell me that one. >> jimmy: i said this was a new movie. i found out that it's new to netflix, but it's -- what year did you shoot this movie? >> 2016. >> jimmy: 2016. this is like -- i mean, part of it must have been covid delay, right? >> oh, no. i think it was -- we went to sundance. t sundance, we were looking for a buyer. the whole thing happened. now we finally got the movie on netflix. >> jimmy: i see, a sales thing. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: how old were you when you made the movie? >> i was 21. >> jimmy: 26 now? >> i'll be 27. >> jimmy: 27 now. between -- you've had like a dozen movies come out since you made this one, right? >> trying to keep it going. >> jimmy: you won the s.a.g. award for "the trial of the chicago 7." [ cheers and applause ] which was really fantastic. you're from new orleans? >> yes. >> jimmy: yeah. and this is -- i thought this

was kind of interesting, your dad was not only a musician, both your parents, mom a seerin, your dad was a band teacher in school. >> yes, that was interesting. >> jimmy: good or bad? >> if you were getting in trouble in class, the teacher would try to pull you across the hall, let me talk to your daddy. >> jimmy: really? >> dad would come out and you give him the look, where does your loyalty lie? i've got to go home with you, what you going to do? >> jimmy: usually the dad would give the kid that look. you were giving dad that look? >> i run that house. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you were running the house, yes. >> sorry, mama. >> jimmy: it does sound like you ran the house. we have a photograph here. >> oh my god! >> jimmy: this is your -- you and your dad. >> yes. >> jimmy: your dad's playing sax, you're playing the trumpet. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: your sisters here? >> yeah. >> jimmy: they're twins, right? >> yeah, they're bad. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are they musicians now? >> not anymore, no. >> jimmy: they're not a lot of fluting that goes on. there's very limited, as far as

playing the flute goes. what do they do your sisters? >> my sister's in the air force, moved to england, the othersy is a nurse. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow, that's great. how about that. they're doing something important with your lives, you're wearing makeup and dressing up in costumes. >> you know how it is, man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you enjoying yourself, having fun? >> i'm having a good time. >> jimmy: are you? you don't seem that convincing. [ laughter ] are you really having a good time? your mom and dad in the movie are played by jennifer hudson and jeffrey wright, who are -- obviously jennifer hudson won an oscar, jeffrey wright is a fantastic actor. is that intimidating to you, or are you that confident that it doesn't fai doesn't fairs you? >> i was scared about meeting jennifer. our family is musicians, we watched "american idol," voted every night for jennifer. i meet her, oh my god, it's

effie from "dreamgirls." [ laughter ] i don't want to mess this up, why is this kid running this is? >> jimmy: your family got to meet her? >> yes. >> jimmy: did they tell her they voted for her? >> my mom definitely probably told her. [ laughter ] couldn't help herself. >> jimmy: were you nervously listening in while your parents talked to her, or like whatever? >> i was in the corner like, what you doing? what you doing? >> jimmy: having musician parents in new orleans, i would assume means that you know musicians or famous people who come in and out of there. is that the case for you? >> yes, so my dad, trombone shorty used to come through the house. >> jimmy: really? >> harry connick jr. was in my dad's band, my dad's music teacher was marsalis. all around the house. >> jimmy: they'd hang around your house? >> they call -- blanchard, all those guys, i didn't know who they were. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did the instruments come out? did people start playing? >> oh, yeah, for sure, always

playing. >> jimmy: really? at your house? >> at my house. >> jimmy: and you had -- i mean, this is like what we imagine that happens. but then, you know, a lot of times, like i'll tell you something, cleto with the saxophone, he's a great saxophone player, never wants to play at a party or anything. [ laughter ] i'm like, hey, cleto, why don't you get the stuff out? yeah, yeah, right, i'm good, i'm all right. [ laughter ] cleto, what he's saying is the really famous guys will do that. [ laughter ] >> cleto: right, i'll work on that. >> jimmy: i'd appreciate that. [ laughter ] so then you got into -- did you get in the theater program at school? >> i started in high school. i did like "hairspray." tat was it. i did a shakespeare play freshman year. i was bad, though. >> jimmy: really? worse than the other kids? >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: really? >> because i didn't get the part. so my best friend got the part. and i say, hey, man, i'll do a deal with you, if you drop out, to let me in. he was like, fine. i forgot what the deal was, i

guess i gave him my homework, but he was smarting than me, i don't know why i did that. >> jimmy: you bought the role from him? >> well, you know. [ laughter ] then i tanked. >> jimmy: really? how about that. did you do it right before? did you not have a chance to rehearse or what? >> oh, i just -- i just didn't understand shakespeare. "a midsummer night's dream." i didn't know. >> jimmy: you heard shakespeare and thought, i better got in on this? >> i was like, this is hot, this is highbrow. >> jimmy: ever hear from that friend? >> no actually. >> jimmy: i wonder if he was like, i could have been in "the trial of the chicago 7," i would have a s.a.g. award right now, everything would be going great for me. and here i am parking cars in front of a hilton. >> oh, no, i hope that's not what's going on. >> jimmy: it might be. yeah. sounds like you had a little experience as an agent before you became an actor. >> i probably should have been. >> jimmy: yeah. what are you working on now? >> working on this movie called "the chiarelli" in georgia,

practicing violin. >> jimmy: that's not something you played growing up? >> no, no. >> jimmy: aren't you doing a movie -- shot the movie about b.b. king? >> yes, the elvis movie, yeah. >> jimmy: with tom hanks, yeah, oh, and baz letterman and all that. >> yeah, yeah, it's fun. >> jimmy: do you play the guitar? >> no. >> jimmy: all these instruments in your family and none of them have come in handy at all for you. [ laughter ] >> oh, dang. i played piano and trumpet, grew up playing, then i quit because my daddy, he was intense. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, all right. i know how that goes, yeah. it's great to have you here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: kelvin harrison jr., everybody. his movie is called "monitor," it's on netflix now. we'll be right back with allison russell! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ the new samsung galaxy s21 this looks different. it is. show me. just hit record! see that? you're filming in 8k. that's cinema quality.

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>> jimmy: see what happens, cleto, let me go through this again. sometimes what they'll do is they call it jamming. >> cleto: right. >> jimmy: they'll get together and they'll jam. >> cleto: i have heard of that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i want to thank lena waithe, i want to thank kelvin harrison jr. thanks to allison russell, brittney spencer, brandi carlile. apologies to matt damon. tomorrow night, emily blunt and diego boneta, with music from chayce beckham. "nightline" is next. thanks for watching, good night.

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