watch the knife. watch the cards. ok, watch-- i'm going to use this knife to find your card. all right. this is really, really difficult to do, but i'm going to try it for y'all right here. watch. - ok. - ready? all right, yep. well you messed that up. i'm not-- take two! hold on, hold on, hold on. narrator: it's "celebrity sleepover." on tonight's show, la chargers star running back, austin ekeler. "the daily show's" dulce sloan is sounding off. chef anne burrell shows johnny who's the better italian. and magician mat franco returns to take a stab at football.

now, here's your host, johnny bananas. good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to "celebrity sleepover," the slumber party where you must be over 21 and famous to score an invite. i'm your host, johnny bananas. and with me tonight is the nfl star who traded in his pads for pjs sooner than he probably hoped-- star running back for the la chargers, mr. austin ekeler. hey. i appreciate you having me on, man. last time we talked, you had just been promoted to the starting position of the la chargers. you went from special teams. now you're one of the best running backs in the league. how has that journey been for you? oh, it's been a climb. my goal every year is to continue to build, build, build, build. and i put literally everything in my power into my opportunity-- and that's what got me another opportunity. and it started to snowball from there. running back is the most dynamic position on the field.

what would you say sets you aside from other nfl players? austin: i would say, as far as my style, i'm strong, which creates good balance, which creates good pad level, because i'm short as well. i'm also quick-- like, bursty, right? i'm not the fastest guy, i'm not going to outrun tyreek hill. but i'm going to be efficient. i'm going to get you 5, 7, 8, pop a 20 here and there. that type of play style lets me play for a long time, too, because i'm not taking all these hits. i'm not a bigger body, so i have a reduced amount of volume, too, for my team. so you're gonna be seeing me for a long time making these plays. do you ever wish that you would have pursued another career path, like being a rafting guide or something? i was. i was pursuing another career. football was my plan b. - that's amazing, dude. - yeah. shout out to my rafting career. it was shortlived, but it was a good time. so this season, the chargers were literally one field goal away from the playoffs and potentially going to a super bowl. that game against the raiders. that was nuts. is that constantly replaying in your head? are you still crushed? you need a hug? i'm here for you, man. that's one of the most legendary games i've ever played in. - it was. and the thing is, one of my best friends from high school,

we graduated together, went k through 12, he plays for the raiders, too. i was talking, because it was the scenario-- if we tie, we both go. i was like, the only way i see us tying is if it goes to overtime and it's down to the last few seconds. and it's like oh, one team could kick a field goal, but they might not want to risk it getting blocked and taken back or some weird thing happening like that. and literally the exact scenario happened. announcer: will it hold good? and raiders in, chargers out. austin: i was talking after the game, how i'm never going to forget that game. i got my jersey from that, man. from head-to-toe it's just green and grass. i saw it. yeah. man, it's like oh, it gives me the chills just remembering that. so we're going to transition a little bit to fantasy football. you're both a player and a manager for fantasy football. how'd you do? it was awful. it was terrible. i'm not in fantasy because i'm like, really into fantasy. i'm into fantasy because there's a huge community around that. it's not just the chargers fans. now it's my fantasy fans.

and so it's like, how can i interact with these people? it's like, all right. i'm going to start my own team, i started my own show. let me get into that a little bit and see what it's about. you're also very big into gaming, and you have over 30,000 followers on twitch. twitch player: ok, it goes back, it goes back. this one. this one. austin: i got it killed! oh! johnny: what's your secret to gaining and maintaining your fan base? oh man, it really came down to engagement for me. like, how can i get myself, as a person over to these people besides being a football player? so i was like, let me start streaming. whatever people want to play, i was like, i'm down to play. because that's what i want to do. i want to show you the different side of me, so that when i'm done playing, you're not like, oh, austin ekeler, yeah, he was a great running back. you're like, oh, i still follow austin because we have an engagement. i see him as a different type of a person, an all-around person. as good as he was on the field, he was even better at "warzone." right. i'm trying to create multiple strings to people. so that when football breaks, they're still holding on, they're still interested for a different reason. so whether you're gaming, whether you're catching passes, would you agree that being mentally sharp, hyperaware of your surroundings are key elements to your success?

absolutely. well, we're going to put those skills to the test. because after the break, we're going to see if you're just as sharp in the offseason with a special guest who's sleight of hand may be worthy of a lombardi trophy.

what's up, everybody. and welcome back to "celebrity sleepover." with me is nfl star, mr. austin ekeler, and the talented magician who threw me off my game the last time he was here-- agt winner and vegas headliner, mr. mat franco. how we doing? - welcome back, mat. - thank you. it's great to be back. austin, we've seen what you're able to do on the field. some would say that's magic. are you into magic? definitely. definitely. especially after i saw his show the other day. i'm just really excited for this opportunity right here. i even picked him out of the audience to participate in the show. there he is, in las vegas at the linq. and now here we are a few days later.

johnny: it's actually kind of amazing-- this is a magic trick in itself, this happening. i'm taking credit, yeah. so mat, without any further ado, take it away. why don't you blow our minds? i'll let you mix these up, austin. but it's important that you vouch, not just for johnny, but anyone watching at home, we haven't prearranged anything. you don't know what's about to happen. is that fair to say? why are you kicking them under the table when you say that? yes, there's no-- we've never met before! it's a glass table. no relation into this. mat: it's cool. and just look through the cards and take out one that you like. but i won't look as you do it. austin: all right. let's take this one out. and you'll notice, they're all different as you're doing that. yes, yes. i'll take the rest of the deck. show it to the camera. all right. did everyone see it? make sure you hold it for a good beat there. yep. got it. boom. put it back in? - yeah, sure, sure. - all right. now once you have it, don't forget it. keep it in your mind. we'll give the deck a little bit of a shuffle so that it's mixed up. now you'll notice, before we began, we actually have the two red aces here on the table. each one actually represents one of the uprights of the goalpost. - ok. hold on to the deck. now watch this. hold the deck right over here, and i'm going to take the two red aces.

now the cool thing, austin, that i haven't told you yet, is that your card, you took out any one, represents the ball. and the idea is to get the ball to go in between the uprights. watch this. done that before. don't move. watch. - ok. - watch the aces. can you see that? - yep. - yep. - yes. watch. whoa! austin, your ball's in between the uprights. one card and one card only appears between the aces. what was your card? the king of hearts. we have exactly-- the johnny: shut up! mat: the king of hearts. shut up! i will not shut up. wow. wow. what if we could take it a step further, right? and you're happy with this, yes? - yeah, that's fine. ok. i always give people a chance-- - i'll try and remember this. all right, [inaudible] magic trick, my friend. just stick it in about halfway so we can see where it is. all right, man. there you go. - and you see it? - yeah, i see it. i want to make sure the camera can see it, too. that's yours? - yes. it's about halfway down. how many cards down is that? maybe 20 or 30? yeah, let's say 24. now i might be able to control the card. people might think i can do that. to make sure i can't, could you shuffle the cards?

i will shuffle the cards. yeah, while you do that, i'm going to show you how we can find your card in a different way using-- johnny: yo! easy, mat. this ain't that kind of show, mat. no weapons on set, huh? yeah, well, you know, they make exceptions. no pressure. austin: that's what it is. all right, where's your card? watch the knife. watch the knife. watch the cards. ok, i'm watching. i'm going to use this knife to find your card. all right. watch. this is really, really difficulr y'watch.ght here. ready? all right, yep. no way. well you messed that up. - i'm not-- - take two! - hold on, hold on, hold on. - take two. help me find it? what was it, king, right? king of hearts? yep. i'm not sure where it landed. here's the king of diamonds. oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. yo, wait a second. what if-- johnny: what if. what if we can't find the card because it's no longer in plain sight? what if it all comes full circle? remember austin? i said your card represents the football.

yes. wait a minute. wait a minute. look and listen. [light rattling] ok. do you hear something? - no way. - i do. watch. i told you i would find your card with the knife. [laughter] austin: shut up. watch. austin: yeah, you got it. there's something inside there, austin. can you take a look inside the football? do you see something in there? can you reach in there? i don't want to touch it, austin. wait! is that your playoff hopes in there, austin? hold on. oh my god. come on, man. how did you do that? in the football. in the actual football. what? wow. well done. are you going to tell us how you did that? i know how you did that. you guys met in vegas. you were like, yo, we're going to trick this bananas guy.

i wish i could say that. i wish i could say that. - all right, gentlemen. i'm going to need a second to recalibrate my senses after that. but when we come back, we're sounding off on some controversial topics with "the daily show's" own, dulce sloan. [theme music]

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and you're a star. and you shine. that's what you do. that's what you do every day. [inspirational music] welcome back to "celebrity sleepover." now my next guest is a stand-up comic, correspondent on "the daily show with trevor noah," and an animated character in every sense of the word. ladies and gentlemen, say hello to dulce sloan. hello, friends. i got to say, i love the ensemble you're rocking today. you got the memo, we're doing tie-dye. yes. i'm wearing skims, and i'm wearing a cover-up, because this is a whole bra shirt situation, that would be for a significant other. i don't know you that well, so you know you can't see the whole situation i got going on over here. it leaves a little bit for the imagination, though. what's life like in the big apple these days?

it's cold, and it's always going to be cold. it's a trash city that should be burned down immediately. so you know what it is. can you tell me how you really feel about new york city? there's no reason you should hear your neighbors breathe and pay that much rent. you're known for your work on "the daily show with trevor noah." let's talk about black women's equal pay. you guys want to talk about black women's equal pay? [applause] but you also star as honeybee shaw in the animated series, "the great north." i'll handle him. i know how to push his buttons. 'allo, gardener. oh yeah, that is delightful. how would you describe your brand of comedy? employable, i think, is the best way. because i don't think it's observational comedy. it's, these are the things that are happening in my life. and it's just the way that i break them down and then let people know what's going on. because i have boobs big enough for each of them to have their own boyfriend. i'm just out here trying to get a husband is really what my focus-- what my ministry is. what would your definition of the perfect guy be? what are you looking for right now?

one, someone who can afford half the bills and rent in this apartment. handsome, supportive of what i'm doing and my career and not intimidated by what i'm doing with my career. throw a pair of tie-dyed pajamas on that guy and you're basically talking to him right here. listen. don't be playing with my emotions, bro. don't be out here try to talk to the girl and be flirting with me and stuff and you out there in la dating some little blonde influencer girl. don't play me like that, bro. well listen, dulce, i got to say, i appreciate you telling like it is. and because you obviously don't hold anything back, i want to get your take on some touchy subjects in a segment we're calling, "sound off with sloan." ok. first topic. how do you feel about adult slumber parties? usually when i have them, i am drunk and naked. but regular slumber parties are great. i kind of went the opposite direction. adult slumber parties, for me, involve fully clothed, no alcohol. when i was little is when we did the naked drunk slumber

parties. i hope that you didn't do anything that could get you canceled now, because we're going back in time canceling people now. cancel culture has become a very real thing as well. has that affected, in your opinion, comedy at all? and if so, how? i don't think about cancel culture, because i don't be talking reckless on the internet. because there's freedom of speech, but there's not freedom of consequence. so if you talking reckless, somebody might throw hands, and you have to be prepared for that. how do you feel about ghosting? the thing i get-- i don't get ghosted that much, i get zombie'd a lot. zombie'd? yes. it's like, you'll talk to a guy, and then he'll disappear. and then he will come back from the dead. like, some guy texted me last week, and the last time i talked to him was december of 2020. you want to know my problem? i'm either going to text you back in three seconds or three months. there's nowhere in between. see, and one of those is unacceptable. if you waited three months to text somebody back, you weren't thinking about them, because you weren't texting them.

so you didn't care to start with. i had a friend that, when he had an iphone, he'd have to leave his phone in the bushes outside the bar if he wanted to go out, because then his girlfriend's tracking his phone the entire night. but then if you turn it off, then they're wondering, why are you turning off the find my phone feature? or don't do dirt and then your girlfriend won't find the need to track you. or tell her, we're going boom, boom, boom. this is his fault. i have no sympathy for this situation. all right, well listen. it's been an absolute pleasure having you at my sleepover. you should change your name from here on out to picante. ok? because i feel like you burned my ass once or twice here. listen sir, sometimes you got to grill a plantain. you know, a little tostones maduros situation. you was out here being a raw banana. now i cooked you up. whipped cream complements me better. but listen, if you want to throw me in a pan of hot oil, listen. i'm willing to try anything twice. what you're not going to do is keep flirting with me on this tv and it not be about that life when these cameras is off. you understand? you set this up, it's game time now, baby. i'm going to be out in that los angeles like, excuse me.

he had everything to say when i was across the country, but as soon as the young lady shows upti joh) oh, i was just joking. nah, nah, nah. don't play with me. byeee. mwah! after the break, we're turning up the heat with my favorite chef and host of "worst cooks in america," anne burrell. [theme music]

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now, as you can see, we are not in my living room. because joining us in my kitchen, the woman who needs no introduction, chef anne burrell. well hey, johnny. i couldn't get you to accept my hand in marriage, so i will take being able to get you in the kitchen in your pjs. i guess that's a great consolation prize. but you could never get me out of my pjs. time to call the fire department? johnny: you're not only the host of "worst cooks in america," you are a world-renowned chef. you're also a two-time author, and you have your own line of cookware. is there anything in the chef's world that anne burrell cannot do or has not already done? yes. johnny bananas. woohoo! [laughs] this is getting hot. i'm having the swoons. we know how much you love cooking italian. i love bragging about being italian. so we're going to play a little game called "who's the better italian."

the rules are simple. spin the wheel and you land on a color to reveal the question you face. get the answer right, or suffer the wheel of consequences. (italian accent) the wheel of conseguenza. you ready? i am the better italian. even though i'm not italian. you're about as italian as olive garden, chef anne. wheel of conseguenza, turn, turn, turn. tell me the conseguenza that chef anne burrell will have to learn. red. pavarotti pesto. you know who pavarotti is, right? luciano pavarotti. one of the greatest opera singers of all time. no, i thought he was a plumber and he was on that game with mario. [laughs] yeah. whoever gets the answer wrong has to dip their finger in pesto and draw a mustache on their faccia. italian narrator: first question-- anne has two maine coon cats named nancy and marcia. according to italian sayings, how many lives do cats have?

that would be nine lives. seven! [buzzer] no? whoo! ready? ooh, yeah. [singing opera] and it's delicioso. bravissimo! oh, green! verde! this is actually very true, is "olive you." whichever one of us gets this wrong has to take a full shot of olive oil. really? i'm going to take mine straight out of the bottle. italian narrator: anne burrell is not only known for her amazing culinary dishes, but also her wild hairstyles. what wild animal is the national animal of italy? the wolf, the lupa. i'm going to go with cougar, because i know there's a lot-- i've been to italy. there's a lot of cougars in italy. [buzzer] oh! it's not the cougar, it is the wolf! bam! take that shot. here we go. yeah, there you go.

that's a greasy banana if you ever asked me. oh my god, my whole mouth is-- it's like, slippery. [cackles] that's she said. spin, spin-- [bleep] pink. this game is called "mamma mia." you're going to have to code your hands in baking flour, and you're going to have to say "mamma mia" as you slap your face with both hands-- like "home alone." italian narrator: anne has authored two cookbooks, one of them entitled, "cook like a rock star." what is the star sign of italy? gemini. so i was going to go gemini, too. italian narrator: you both answered correctly-- ok. italian narrator: --therefore, you both have to face the consequence. what kind of [bleep] up rules are these, man? aah! we're going to do the ol' mamma mia. all right. 1, 2, 3. mamma mia! [upbeat italian singing] (slow motion) mamma mia! always a wild saturday night with you, johnny b. always has been and always will.

wheel of conseguenza, spin, spin, spin. yellow! holy cannoli, we're playing cannoli on a string. eat the cannoli as it's dangling. but you can't use your hands. that's an eclair. that's not italian, that's french. so you know what, i will take a point deduction. italian narrator: you've heard of famous renaissance artist like leonardo da vinci, donatello, and raphael. but what weapon does teenage mutant ninja turtle donatello use? i have no idea. i was older than "teenage ninja turtles." twin-- that's what i'm going to go with, twin [inaudible].. [buzzer] what? what was it? italian narrator: the correct answer is bo staff. oh. all right. ugh! [comical string music] it's so hard! i feel like i'm back in college and getting smacked in the face with a cannoli. all right! you are the winner. i just want to thank you for coming to my kitchen.

oh, yeah! based on the rules of the game, you're the better italian. thank you so much for having me on, and it was so good to beat you. ciao, [speaking italian]. thank you so much. well, and that's why she's a world famous chef. nobody takes down a cannoli like chef anne burrell. well friends, that brings us to the close of another celebrity-packed sleepover for me to write about in my journal. thanks for crashing the party, and until we meet again, be well, good night, and sweet dreams. [theme music]