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with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. guillermo. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. i thank you for watching. i thank you for joining us here -- [ cheers and applause ] -- in hollywood. it's very nice. i have to say, especially for those of you who are visiting us. they say hollywood is the entertainment capital of the world, but entertainment can come from any place. tonight's most entertaining story comes all the way from crockett county, tennessee, where one of the thousand-town sister from tlc was arrested after she said she was bitten by a camel. [ laughter ] that's right. 500 of the 1,000-pound sisters,

amy, is facing child endangerment and drug possession charges after she was arrested at the tennessee safari park in alamo. it's a drive-thru zoo, which are the best ones, by the way. [ laughter ] story says amy was bitten on the arm by a camel, though the ca camel's attorney disputes that. [ laughter ] either way, the cops came. when they got to amy's car, deputies were immediately overtaken by suspicious odors coming from the guest's vehicle, which the officers identified as magic mushrooms and cannabis. which isn't remarkable. do you have any idea how much your car has to smell for the cops to notice it at a zoo full of camels? [ laughter ] maybe the craziest part of the whole thing is somehow this didn't happen in florida. [ laughter ] it was in tennessee. can you imagine being the producer of "the thousand pound sister" show and a camel tries to shoot your store? tlc will be hearing from my lawyers. [ laughter ] [ applause ]

and then, across the ocean, we have the breakout star of the olympic breakdancing competition, reagan, the australian popper and lock history took the world by storm in paris this summer. today issued an official apology to the breakdance community for the backlash her performance caused, which i think is unnecessarily. i mean, besides ozone and turbo, reagan's the only breakdancer i ever heard of. [ laughter ] to me, she was the best part of the whole olympics. this poor woman got so much criticism, i don't think people realize, do you have any idea how much harder it is to make the olympic team when you're bad at your sport? [ laughter ] it's almost impossible. i say, good for reagan. and speaking of accomplished dancers, donald trump -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] ronald ray-gon, if you will, has not issued an apology to any of the artists whose music he's been playing at his rallies

without permission. a number of musicians, including rihanna and the rolling stones, sent trump a cease and desist, saying stop playing our songs. a judge ordered him to stop playing the song "hold on i'm coming" at his rallies. [ laughter ] he can still play it with his porn stars, but the rallies -- [ cheers and applause ] -- no. the estate of isaac haste, who cowrote the song, filed suit. isaac haste' children don't want their music associated with donald trump. where kamala harris pretty much gets to play whatever she likes. even beyonce. ♪ freedom freedom ♪ >> jimmy: that's "freedom," her official campaign song. beyonce allowed her to use it. while poor donald trump, all he's left with is this. ♪ ♪ fist pump fist pump roly-poly fist pump ♪ >> jimmy: i can think of no two

words that describe the trump presidency more precisely than "fish head." [ laughter ] last week, he got hit with what they call a superseding indictment in the case related to his attempts to overturn the election. special counsel jack smith was forced to refile his case after our supreme court ruled that trump's so-called official acts of president are immune from prosecution. prosecuting trump, it's like painting the golden gate bridge. as soon as you finish, you have to start all over again. [ laughter ] the court ruled that, according to the constitution, when you're president, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the top secret documents [ laughter ] you don't even have to ask. jack smith pulled a rabbit out of his hat and filed again, and last night trump waived his right to attend the arraignment in person. which i don't know, i think it's very disappointing -- i was looking forward to more court sketches of him sleep farting for three months. [ laughter ]

a year from now, he will either be president of the united states or president of the rikers island putting with a meatball team. [ laughter ] dottie dumb dumb has been pleading his case to anyone who will point a microphone at him, including a russian american podcast host named alexander brigman, who had an interesting question about trump's friend jeffrey epstein. >> there was a moment you had hesitation about epstein. why the hesitation? >> i don't think i had -- i mean, i'm not involved. i never went to his island. for surely. but a lot of people did. but fortunately, i was not one of them. >> jimmy: am i nuts, or does he sound disappointed? [ laughter ] "unfortunately." it came really close. wanted to go. heard it was a lot of fun. "fortunately, i couldn't make my schedule work out." [ laughter ] trump right now is in a tailspin. kamala is now leading even in the right-leaning polls, she's

leading. she's up especially bigly with young voters. according to the latest nbc news poll, 50% of voters from gen-z support harris, whereas only one-third prefer donald trump. the rest are voting for skipty toilet or something? [ laughter ] i don't know what that is. despite the fact that trump now has the full support of his mentally ill third party opponent robert f. kennedy jr. >> i -- i don't think that vice president harris is a worthy president of this country. i think we need to have a president who can give an interview, who can articulate a vision, who can put together an english sentence. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you know what? the human phlegmball is right, we do need a president who can put together an english sentence. [ cheers and applause ] we need a president who can put together an english sentence like this guy. >> democrats decided to shield and shelter crimical --

venezuela, did you just see meduro -- >> we see this spirit in the men and women who selflessless -- >> we have made america strong again -- >> the hummers, hamas terrorist invasion -- >> when they gaze upon yosemites. >> remember what other countries said, we don't want you -- to put defensive mishes. >> the state of california passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a stankuary. >> our army damd -- demand -- the ramparts -- >> maga maga -- boy -- >> god bless the united states shtates. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the only sentence donald trump can put together is a prison sentence. the other big trauma in trump world is someone hacked the twitter accounts of laura and

tiffany trump. somebody got on their accounts and attempted to direct trump fans to a crypto scheme. eric trump had to sound the alarm. he wrote, "this is a scam! laura, leah trump and, tiffany a. trump's twitter profiles have been compromised." it's funny because the words "this is a scam" could be the first sentence for everything eric has ever posted. [ laughter ] but they want you to know, do not be fooled by hackers, the only officially sanctioned crypto scams -- now i'm like him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] you know what? you know what? that's karma. that's why i'm not going to be president. [ laughter ] weirdly, the big winner of this election campaign so far is joe biden. joe biden's approval ratings are skyrocketing. according to a poll from "usa today," the president's approval rating is up 7 points to 48%. the last time joe had an approval rating this high was when he signed the declaration of independence. [ laughter ]

[ applause ] you know what, it's a good lesson. all you have to do to get people to like you more is stop running for president. [ laughter ] i mean, they didn't make a movie about ferris bueller's day on. [ laughter ] sometimes i forget biden's even still the president. over the weekend our commander in thirst trap was at the beach being off the bide bod. i don't blame him. it's very hot in l.a. too, it's over 100 degrees in the valley today. so we sent our news team to the beach today to santa monica where they filed this very special report. tonight's late summer heat wave edition of "breaking the news." >> breaking the news! beach edition! >> screaming ]. the beach, l.a.'s litter box. the sandy stink hole. the sea of debris. the used condom coastline.

whatever you call it, there's no reason to be here. unless you're a dead porpoise or a clueless tourist. where you from? >> germany. >> see? >> tonight -- >> six packs and fanny packs, why some sexy seniors don't know when to quit. i sit down with robert blake's old stunt double tonight. looking good. >> thank you. >> news alert! >> the olympics are over. i said, the olympics are over. why this show-off can't let it go. >> disqualified! >> the beach bathroom. why it's still the hottest spot in town for the village people. tonight. >> forgot to flush! >> here's something you never like to see at the beach, old ladies. without enough sun protection. here you go let me get you, let me get you, let me touch your body. >> reasonable request! >> protecting your outside from the inside. edible sun block.

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>> jimmy: we've got a fun show for you tonight. john legend is here. and we'll be right back with peter dinklage.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there. welcome back to the show. tonight, he's an emmy, oscar, tony and 12-time grammy winner. john legend is with us. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, our guests are brian tyree henry and the second gentleman of the united states, kamala's husband, doug emhoff, will join us. [ cheers and applause ] with music from muni long. please join us, too. our first guest took home four emmys over eight seasons of one of the best tv shows ever. now, you can see him on the silver screen in the new western

“the thicket.” it opens in theaters friday. please say hello to peter dinklage. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you, peter? >> hi. >> jimmy: my gosh, your face is missing something. >> um -- i don't know. >> jimmy: beard, the moustache? >> i look like a fat baby. [ laughter ] or like a pencil eraser or something. >> jimmy: you think you -- now, you don't have the -- >> anything unattractive what is i look like. >> jimmy: i don't think so, i disagree. i think most of the time guys like me -- will have a beard because they don't have a great chin. you have, like -- really, like almost superhero-quality -- [ cheers and applause ] >> i mean -- facial hair for me is just about hiding. and it's a little difficult for me to hide.

so i do what i can. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> in order to hide. >> jimmy: yeah, but now people know you from your facial hair, so it might be easier to hide without the facial hair. >> oh, i didn't think about that. >> jimmy: did you warn your family that you were going to shave? because my dad once shaved his beard and moustache, and my sister burst into tears. [ laughter ] >> yeah. i mean -- yeah. my -- i'm doing a gig right now, so i changed everything up. i said to my 7-year-old son, "sorry, dad's got to shave his head, shave his beard." he said, "if you do that, i'm never talking to you again." >> jimmy: he did? >> yeah. and he was out here visiting me, and he was fine. >> jimmy: he spoke to you, so really, his word means nothing. [ laughter ] >> because there's a pool. and there's a pool here that he was like, "fine, that's a good deal "the pool -- >> made up for it. >> jimmy: everything's cool. did you work over the summer? >> nothing. >> jimmy: no, nothing. >> summers are just fantastic for doing nothing. >> jimmy: yeah. the kids like that? >> they're -- they go to a day camp.

and i lie on the couch. >> jimmy: even better, yeah. >> it's a weird -- summers have always been a strange thing. i think it's like -- everybody's gearing up for something that's just not happening. i have a hard time relaxing. don't normally. so it's -- summers are hard. >> jimmy: what did you do when you were a kid? i know you grew up on the jersey shore. >> well, back a long time asgoorks these kids going to camp nowadays, i was mowing lawns and painting rocks white. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: for real? >> yeah. i grew up in new jersey in the suburbs of new jersey, north jersey. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wait a minute. so they would actually -- >> and there was a lady in the neighborhood, octogenarian lady, lovely lady, and i -- i just painted her rocks white all summer. >> jimmy: she hired you, or you were just doing it as a prank? [ laughter ] >> i think she thought it was charity, maybe. i don't know. and then years before, i didn't

ever -- told her that my brother and i, our friends had a funeral for all our g.i. joes in her lawn. we went there late at night, had a funeral. so i was mowing the lawn on a funeral, on a cemetery, really. [ laughter ] because she was so old, we chose her lawn to have our toy cemetery. very dark. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> i feel like nowadays you get that checked out. [ laughter ] psychologically. but in the '70s, it was fine. >> jimmy: what would you spend the money on when you were a kid when you'd get paid for something like that? gum? >> yeah. 31 flavors, baskin-robbins. >> jimmy: ice cream, yeah, nice. >> yeah, more g.i. joes to bury. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: more g.i. joes. yeah, kids don't really play with g.i. joes anymore. it's kind of a weird thing. >> maybe barbies now. >> jimmy: we loved g.i. joes. >> the ones that were like this big. >> jimmy: the big g.i. joes with the kung fu grip. >> yes. >> jimmy: the evel knevil stunt cycle. >> right. >> jimmy: were you an evel

knevil guy? >> there was only one, of course, yeah. >> jimmy: did you know the 50th anniversary of evel knevil attempting to jump the snake river canyon -- >> 50 years. >> jimmy: is this weekend. >> wow. wow. there was only one. now i feel on youtube, everybody's evel knevil. >> jimmy: well, yeah -- >> trying to be. without the outfit. >> jimmy: for people who don't know, didn't experience evel knevil, there can never be another evel knevil. >> never, and the name alone is the greatest. the outfit, it's all about the outfit. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's right. growing up in jersey, were you a big springsteen fan as the law requires? >> huge. you cannot not be a big fan of him. and it just works out that he's also a brilliant singer/songwriter. but i was born on the new jersey shore. and actually, his manager, his first manager, when he was a teenager, lived next door us to. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> so he was always in the backyard playing when he was 16 years old. >> jimmy: bruce was? >> yeah, when i was an infant i heard his music.

so somehow, it probably hopefully seeped into me. i'm not a musician, but maybe -- >> jimmy: you say he was in the backyard playing, you don't mean playing on the white rocks you painted -- [ laughter ] >> this was about 15 years earlier. wlefs an infant. >> jimmy: oh, okay, when you were just -- oh, okay. your parents experienced this? >> yeah, my mom and dad went to a wedding reception, naturally in the '60s, in a surfboard factory. where bruce's first band was the band. >> jimmy: at the wedding? >> not the e street, whatever band he was in. at the wedding, yeah. we're all big fans, but my mom's one note was, "it was really loud." [ laughter ] "i had tinnitus." >> jimmy: have you ever discussed this with bruce? is he aware? >> we hang out all the time. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, no -- >> let me just get this straight. all actors want to be rock stars. no rock stars want to be actors. >> jimmy: i don't think that's true. >> the only people i get like, ooh, pee your pants nervous

around, is rock stars. >> jimmy: well -- >> if i ever met him -- i've never met him, but he's one of the -- >> jimmy: you've never met bruce? >> no, i don't think i could handle that. you have met him? >> jimmy: of course i've met him, i've met everybody. i'm not even from new jersey. >> you all know him? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: even guillermo knows him. >> guillermo: yes, yes. >> jimmy: yeah, guillermo's met bruce. >> you think you're cool until you come and sit here. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i know, that's what we -- that's why we're here. >> i met paul mccartney once. >> jimmy: that's good. >> he's a beatle. >> jimmy: he is a beatle, he's like the beatle. >> david bowie. >> jimmy: uh-huh? all right, i never met david bowie. >> tom waits? now you said rock stars don't want to be actors. but -- >> oh, good segue. >> jimmy: when we come back from commercial, i'm going to use your own work to prove you wrong. peter dinklage is with us. his movie is called "the thing ket." we'll be right back.

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really, you guys did a fantastic job with this one. it's based on a book that you discovered? >> i didn't discover it. joe lance dale wrote the book "the thicket." about ten years ago, my producing partner and i read this book, put the pieces together. it takes a long time to make a movie. then the pandemic happened. we were ready to shoot it in spain. then that delayed everything. >> jimmy: i see. >> so yeah, it's worth -- it was worth the wait, though. >> jimmy: >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, there's some really good acting in this particular film. >> yeah, that's make conblair and some guitar player. >> jimmy: a guitar player from a little band called metallica, james head field, is in the movie. [ cheers ] which is interesting. i think he's done a couple little things. how did you cast james in this movie? >> well -- it was running around -- we just wanted to fill it with incredible faces. because westerns, those are hard-living people. >> jimmy: right. >> they were surviving each and

every day. somebody said we some get somebody that looks like james heffield. and i said, "or we just get james hetfield." [ laughter ] i happen to know somebody who kno knows german lars of metallica. as you do in hollywood, you work it. suddenly i'm zooming with james hetfield. >> jimmy: "lars, we've got this movie, it's a really great project, we've been working on it on a long time, we don't want you in it." [ laughter ] "can we have james' telephone number, please?" >> yeah, that's really rough. again. "somebody likes the drummers." >> jimmy: have you seen metallica in concert? >> i did. i saw them in atlanta. holy smokes, they are the best. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ applause ] >> that is just a wall of -- a wall of power and sound like i've never heard live before. >> jimmy: was like the crew very excited when james showed up to

be a part of this? >> yeah. but we shot up in calgary, canada. you know, canadians are known to be the kindest people. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: that is true. >> like new yorkers. no. [ laughter ] very patient. but they waited. there was -- you could feel the buzz when he arrived. but everybody was really nice, and they waited. as soon as we were up, "picture up on james." they went, selfies. he was so great. >> jimmy: did you get the sense at all, because james is such a -- besides being a great musician, he's such a big, tough guy. >> he's huge, yeah. >> jimmy: did you get the sense that he was nervous at all about -- >> i think so. but i think -- nervous is like what you want to be. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> i hope he's still nervous when he goes on stage playing that incredible music, because it gives you something to live for. >> jimmy: you are -- >> you should still love doing it. >> jimmy: you're shooting a movie right now with al pacino. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: does that make you nervous? >> it did at the first. like for a nanosecond. and because he's so incredible,

that just goes away. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> it's just being with another actor who's one of the greatest actors of all-time, but he makes it easy for youo just put that aside. >> jimmy: how does he do that? does he have like a thing that he does at the beginning? >> the great pacino hug, kind words, and patience. >> jimmy: so he talks about work that he's seen that you've done before? >> yeah, no, it's not about me. >> jimmy: oh. >> it's all about what we're working on and then i just wait for good stories from the old days. >> jimmy: i see, i see. >> i'm very cool about getting the stories. >> jimmy: are you? >> i try to be. >> jimmy: how do you do it? >> tell me the stories, please, al, please, please, please. >> jimmy: okay. >> the guy was in "the godfather." >> jimmy: yeah. you're like, tell me something about brando or something like that? >> "serpico." >> jimmy: do you learn from a guy like that, or are you at the point you're not learning anything more because you're so good at this? >> no, hopefully i'm going to be

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. our next guest is known for making music to make love to. now, he has an album for the children who come out of that lovemaking. [ laughter ] it's called "my favorite dream." please welcome john legend. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: how are you? well, you look very stylish. very handsome. >> that was a -- that was a perfect way to frame the situation. >> jimmy: what situation? what do you mean? >> the fact that babies are conceived to my music. >> jimmy: that's right. >> and then, and then, now i've created something for the babies that come out of it, that's amazing. [ laughter ] i didn't think of that it way, but now that you've said it -- >> jimmy: it's a warning is what it is. "don't get too crazy or else you're going to have to buy this one." then you need to be singing along. >> there you go. >> jimmy: first of all, i want to ask about this, because you look just like you. >> yes. it's me. >> jimmy: i mean, that is so you right there. [ laughter ] >> at some point in their lives, all four of my kids have looks pretty much exactly like that. >> jimmy: hold on i want to see something. >> oh-oh, oh-oh. you're drawing a beard on there?

[ laughter ] >> jimmy: give me just a second. >> i was 2 1/2, i couldn't quite grow a beard yet. >> jimmy: you couldn't? how long -- >> i was working on it. >> jimmy: how old were you when you first grew your beard? >> the first time i had a beard i was probably 17, 18. >> jimmy: really, that young, huh? >> yeah. >> jimmy: oh, all right. now let's see. let's see if anyone can tell the difference between this guy right now. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> it's me. let's see the side by side. [ cheers and applause ] it's me. >> jimmy: it's beard and moustache night here. i assume you made this album for your kids? >> i made it for my kids, but i made it for everybody's kids too, of course, yeah. >> jimmy: do your kids like to hear you sing? >> they do, they like it. they're enjoying the new music, they dig it. >> jimmy: it's funny. i think most kids don't like hearing their parents sing. maybe when you're a baby. >> maybe they're not john legend, apparently. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: that's right, they're not. you sing them to sleep? do you have lull la byes that you -- >> sometimes, but i feel like sometimes singing is a little distracting if i'm in the room seeing to them. playing them the music on low, it actually helps them go to sleep. >> jimmy: you put the music on speakers in the room or whatever? >> i have a song called "go to sleep" on the album. >> jimmy: oh, that's good. >> it's like hypnosis. it puts you in a trans. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you use on it chrissy as well? [ laughter ] it doesn't work on adults? >> i haven't tried that. i'll figure that out later. >> jimmy: chrissy and two of your kids sing? >> they sing on the song called "l-o-v-e." i was working on the arrangement. the album was produced by on, amazing producer rehe sent me voice notes, a few ideas what was they could sing. i had them singing in my studio, and they did a good job.

>> jimmy: why not all the kids? are a couple of them no good? [ laughter ] >> they're too young, honestly, they're not ready. but they actually love that song a lot. they dance to it. even though they didn't sing on it. i think they don't realize they were excluded from the backing vocal yet. >> jimmy: they'll figure it out eventually, and there's going to be trouble, you'll have to record another one of those is what's going to happen. your daughter did the artwork? >> yeah, she did all the artwork for the singles. the one i'm doing tonight "always come back." she designed that cover for "always come back." she designed the single cover for "l-o-v-e." >> jimmy: when you need her to draw stuff for your album, do you give her notes? >> yeah, i gave her some notes. i gave her suggestions for what to do. then a couple times, we had to iterate. >> jimmy: i see. >> you know. try it again. >> jimmy: oh, really? you had a couple of try agains? >> a couple. this one, i think, was take one. but there were a couple of the

covers that needed a second take. >> jimmy: and did you say, like, "okay, the soon's always come back, so draw the family in front of a house"? >> yeah, i said something like that. it's her idea to make it a rainbow house. and the sunshine and all her stuff, she added her flavor to it. >> jimmy: my daughter doesn't take notes at all. [ laughter ] >> how old is your daughter? >> jimmy: she's 10. "here's the drawing." "it would be great if you did this." "yeah, roll it up and put it up your ass." [ laughter and applause ] >> luna's not 10 yet. we'll knock on wood and hope she doesn't get that way. >> jimmy: oh, you brought a video that's very, very cute. >> yes. >> jimmy: and that i appreciate greatly. >> yes. >> jimmy: do you mind if we share this? >> because you're a hit in our house with the kids, too, and we read your book to our kids. >> jimmy: that's very nice. this is a video that john brought along. >> what are you doing? are you being silly goose? >> yeah. >> yeah?

>> jimmy: i like that. that's like slobber goose you got there. >> yes. [ laughter ] we love the silly goose book. we've been reading it to all the kids since luna was born. so, you know, it's a big part of the family. >> jimmy: very nice. i'm very flattered by >> yes. >> jimmy: you did "let's go crazy" at the dnc. >> yes, that was fun. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: was that a fun night for you? >> that was so fun. you know, i was walking through the halls of the arena, and i was pretty starstruck. because i watch the news a lot. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, yeah. >> i recognize a lot of people i see on, like, all the news shows i watch. i was pretty starstruck seeing senators -- >> jimmy: who were you excited to see? tell me. >> senators and governors. governor shapiro was there. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> senator klobuchar. all these people that probably most person americans are like, who? [ laughter ] this is my superstars. >> jimmy: and probably like amy klobuchar is like, what, you're a fan of mine?

>> i had a great time. it was really fun performing there, but also seeing democracy in action. it was fun. >> jimmy: and the spirit in the room was as we saw on television? >> it was electric. it was electric. >> jimmy: it was, yeah, yeah. no good deed goes unpunished. >> yeah. >> jimmy: your wife posted this. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: text exchange -- >> xwoit in trouble. >> jimmy: before your wife post aztecs exchange between you, does she check with you? >> no, no. >> jimmy: not at all? >> we're past that, past that. >> jimmy: did you do it, you know there's a possibility? >> yeah, you know, she likes to roast me sometimes in public. this was one of those moments. >> jimmy: it's like having tmz in your house a little bit, right? i've noticed over the past few days, my wife keeps videotaping me doing things. and i know it's something for instagram. and it's driving me crazy. >> you know what, the mistake we made, we both married funny women. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and they're -- >> jimmy: next wife, not going to be funny at all. [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. sometimes -- exactly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: no humor.

>> sometimes we're the victims of their humor. >> jimmy: yes, yes, exactly. >> it doesn't work out so well. >> jimmy: i like to be the perpetrator, not the victim. >> exactly. >> jimmy: this is a private text conversation that you got -- you were subject to after your performance -- >> yes, i was supposed to tug my ear. chrissy is like, how are you going to tell us that you love us? >> jimmy: thinking of us. >> that you're thinking of us. you should tug your ear. okay, i'll do that. i shouldn't have said that, because i got out there on stage, i'm performing, and i was really just focused on giving a good performance. and i was not focused on fulfilling my promise to luna. and i did not tug my ear. and chrissy outed me on this. [ laughter ] this failure of mine. >> jimmy: a carol burnett-style tug on the ear. >> yeah, so here's my ear. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: now you're tugging your ear, yes, exactly. >> trying to make up for it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: unfortunately, the kids are sound asleep. >> yes, yes, yes, yes.

>> jimmy: yeah, not a single ear was tugged. oh, my god, i completely lost it. you did. but you did a good job. >> did a good job. >> jimmy: too bad it won't matter to our children. [ laughter ] i wonder what that dot dot dot -- >> yeah, dot dot dot. >> jimmy: menacing dot dot dot is going to be. so you're going to do a song. >> yes. >> jimmy: and this would be a great time for people to wake their kids up. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and gather them around the television. >> or not. let them sleep. that's when we have all the recording devices. you can play it for them in the morning. >> jimmy: yeah, that's one way, yeah. for me, it would be better if you wake them up. [ laughter ] >> okay. the instant ratings. >> jimmy: what song are you going to do here tonight? >> tonight's song is "always come back." this is the debut live performance of the song. and "always come back" i wrote because, you know, we travel. >> jimmy: you go out on the road. >> yeah, i go out on the road. lots of parents go out for work or have to leave their kids for one reason or another. we always say, mommy and daddy, we always come back. so i wrote a song about it.

>> jimmy: john legend. his album is called "my favorite dream." it is out now. we'll be back with music from john legend, stick around!

>> jimmy: thanks to peter dinklage. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time for him. “nightline” is next. but first, his new album for kids is called "my favorite dream." here with the song "always come back," john legend! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ i may go to all those unfamiliar places stranger towns with stranger faces ♪ ♪ way out there it's okay my dear ♪ ♪ i may ride the planes and trains and distant highways ♪

♪ but i know i'll be finding my way home ♪ ♪ though i'm gone just know it's not for long ♪ ♪ and no matter where i might roam i'll always come back to always come back to always come back to you ♪ ♪ i'll be just a call away when i'm not with you when you're down then love will lift you up ♪ ♪ my love our love's enough ♪ ♪ each and every star we wish on is the same no matter where we are on earth won't change ♪ ♪ when i can

i'll be back there again ♪ ♪ and no matter where i might roam i'll always come back to always come back to always come back to you ♪ ♪ like the dawn always brings us the sun like the moon comes when the day is done ♪ ♪ oh it's true i will always come home to you ♪ ♪ like the rainbow that follows the rain

the joy's comin' right after the pain ♪ ♪ well i'm sayin' i'll be back home ♪ ♪ again again ooh ♪ ♪ i'll be back home again again ooh ♪ ♪ oh i'll always come back to ♪ ♪ always come back to always come back to you ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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