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necklaces for $250 a pop. the crosses are made from mother-of-pearl style translucent white enamel. the website notes all sales are final. >> hi, i am mike lindell, inventor of my pillow. thanks to my support of election conspiracy theories, i am flat broke. that's why i'm selling my cross for just $250. made with 100% pearl styled enamel. the same paint used to refurbish old tubs. but that's not all. i'm also having my yard sale. come on by and pick up a my one horse bookend for $0.35 or my posture strainer for 1.3 billion. still not interested? what about my kidney or my plasma? name a price. help me, america. before i have to start my only fans. >> announcer: it's "the late show
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with stephen colbert!" tonight... it's joe hard to say goodbye! kate winslet takes the colbert questionert. plus, stephen welcomes jharrel jerome! featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hello, friends. oh, my goodness. nice to have you here. thank you, folks! lovely, lovely to see you all. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. tonight's a little bit of a sweet and sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chip, it's the end of an era.
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because this is our last show of the biden administration. >> awww. >> stephen: it's been a good run. thank you for oral your efforts the next time you see me, donald trump will be president. and you may not see me. next four years, we're taking it one day at a time. last night, still-president biden gave his farewell address to the nation. now, in typical biden style, he kicked things along with a meandering metaphor. >> like america, the statue of liberty is not standing still. she's on the march and she literally moves. she was built to sway back and forth to withstand the fury of stormy weather, to stand the test of time, because storms are always coming. she sways a few inches, but she never falls into the current below. >> stephen: "what i'm saying is, run!
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the statue of liberty is alive! get out of there. it's alive! i saw it in a documentary "ghostbusters two!" you gotta spray it with the angry goo. don't cross the streams. who you gonna call? not me. joe biden out, everybody!" picked up this baby at circuit city. [applause] but the moment everyone's talking about is when biden took a page out of eisenhower's farewell address and warned america about internet billionaires, which he called the "tech industrial complex." it's been a threat since i was a kid. back then, we called it "radio shack." jim, let's hear some history. >> i have no doubt that america is in a position to continue to succeed.
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that's why in my farewell address tonight, i want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. and this is a dangerous -- and that's the dangerous concentration of power, in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america. >> stephen: thank you, sir, for that stark warning. but i gotta say, delivering it in your trademark low-power-mode whisper-ramble robbed it of a certain essential urgency. there's a reason paul revere didn't go on his midnight ride, saying [mumbling] "the burbish are rumaruh. the burbish are rumaruh. anyway, you guys, you guys know." but if you can listen past the sort of soft delivery, biden made some really good
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points, like this one about social media. >> americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation. social media is giving up on fact-checking. the truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit. >> stephen: that is true. or, as it was reported on facebook "biden performed a sex change operation on a migrant prisoner on live tv! donate now to melt belly fat!" biden harkened back to another dark time in american history when moneyed interests infiltrated our government. >> we've seen it before, more than a century ago. but the american people stood up to the robber barons back then. >> stephen: yes, the era that biden fears we're going back to was known as the gilded age. which is too bad, because i thought the gilded age was supposed to be fun. you lied to us, christine baranski! if you need proof that our age is all gilded up, this monday, the three richest men in the history of mankind,
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elon musk, jeff bezos and mark zuckerberg, will attend the inauguration, where they will be seated together up on the platform with trump's cabinet nominees and elected officials. [booing] sweet jesus in a skybox. that is the most corrupt-appearing thing i have ever heard. if we're gonna go full roman empire, then at least throw denzel washington in there or show me paul mescal's dusty butt! if you're wondering why these pasty money-buckets will be sitting on the dais like baron harkonnen, it's because musk gave a quarter billion dollars to trump's campaign fund, and both meta and amazon gave a million to trump's inauguration. amazon is sucking up to trump. amazon, i swear to god, you keep this up, and i might consider not needing same-day shipping. when i order nespresso pods
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the way i'm feeling right now, i'm so close, i'm so close to taking a stand because i'm starting to worry something terrible is going on behind the scenes that i don't want to know about the makes that possible. i don't want to support the oligarchy, but where am i supposed to get my espresso pods? from the store? do you know where that is? not at my house. and if that wasn't bad enough, zuckerberg will host a party for trump's inauguration. folks, you know that's gonna be a rager, 'cause, i mean, imagine going to a party where you get to talk to a master banter like mark zucks. >> screens just can't convey the full range of human expression and connection. they can't deliver that deep feeling of presence. >> stephen: "yeah, that's great, mark. that's awesome. my wife's calling me over. i'm not married yet, but i'm going to head over there and propose to that coatrack." okay?
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[applause] so much for dry january. zuckerberg will be hosting along with todd ricketts who is, of course, the inventor of rickets. it's gonna be a good few years for him, as well as fellow industrialist cornelius t. measles, theodore whooping cough, and phineas j. flogging a street urchin with your cane. these are the guys that biden warned us about, but truth be told, democrats have done precious little to prevent the rise of oligarchs. possibly because 83 billionaires supported harris. that's why biden's speech last night was the "geico presents the pfizer dire warning about the dangers of corporate influence" live from the crypto.com oval office, brought to you by slim jims new chile limon. "snap into caution!" [applause]
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everybody loves slim jim. every incoming president and vice president have official photo portraits taken for the occasion, and trump and vance just released theirs. let's take a look at the vice president-elect's. wow. nice. i love how that blue tie brings out the color of his dead soul. now let's take a look at trump's official inaugural portrait. gah! that is terrifying. is he trying to scare us? jim, can we pull out a little? aha! and when they got back, he had a hook for a hand. this week over in the senate, they're holding confirmation hearings for trump's nominees. one pick getting less than favorable reviews is his choice for director of national intelligence, former democratic representative and woman who lost her glasses and can't find the capitol, tulsi gabbard. the director of national
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intelligence was a very important job created after 9/11 to lead and coordinate communication between america's spy agencies. so it raises a few eyebrows that tulsi gabbard is known for repeating kremlin talking points, including blaming nato for russia's invasion of ukraine. even worse, when she met with senators to discuss her nomination for dni, gabbard couldn't say what the job actually is, and when republican senator mike rounds asked gabbard how she would handle specific elements of the job, she said she would have to just wait and see when she gets there. yeah! just wing it! this is exciting! she could be our first improv intelligence director. "thank you for coming out tonight, everybody. can we get a suggestion of a country to destabilize and an occupation? seriously, what is my job?" [applause]
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is a reminder to all of you, the top of tonight's monologue, biden's president the next few days and he spending his last weekend promoting new front of pack food nutrition labels that would rank the contents of sugar, fat, and salt. ooh, ooh, that's a tough one! i would marry sugar, i would screw fat, and i would kill salt. or salt would kill me. one of those two. to simplify the info on the labels, the amounts of different nutrients will be marked low, medium, or high. still too confusing. keep it simple. they should go with color coded: green is healthy, yellow is caution, and red, as always, is cherry or flamin' hot. but if they really want to stop people from eating junk food, they're gonna need something stronger than a label. you know those little speakers they have in some greeting cards? put those in every bag of chips. here, i'll demonstrate right now. >> stop!
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you have a family! stop! you have a family! stop! you have a family! >> stephen: sorry, i can't hear you over the crunch! we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are kate winslet and jharrel jerome. bu when we come back, "meanwhile"! join us, won't you? ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "the late show with stephen colbert" sponsored by liberty mutual insurance. only pay for what you need.
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a tremendous artist with an unmistakable voice who is irreplaceable as someone who showed us the beautiful and the bizarre and the bizarrely beautiful and beautiful because it was bizarre. in any time a unique voice from alone the business that we are all in, it's a sad day. i never got to meet mr. lynch, but david, thank you for showing us dreams on screen. [applause] folks, if you watch the show, you know i spend most of my time right over there wandering the kathmandu news valley, harveting the finest, most topical gwaisasi, sisau, and haldu story wood, which i build into a square base platform with a tiered roof with copper and gold covering and two
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it is truly, truly shocking that an nfl football player would eat a squirrel on camera and not be aaron rodgers tripping balls on ayahuasca. meanwhile, a new study says that paper straws aren't as eco-friendly as you think. but hey, at least they don't work and make everything taste like paper. researchers analyzed dozens of different brands of paper straws and found that they contain "forever chemicals," which are chemicals named after how long it takes to drink a milkshake through a paper straw. meanwhile, in tv news, actors from the tv show "severance" did a little promotion for the launch of season 2 this week, reenacting the popular show inside a glass cubicle smack-dab in the middle of grand central terminal. not to be outdone, netflix is promoting "squid game" by murdering some guy on the c train. meanwhile, we just found out that walmart is refreshing its logo for the first time in nearly two decades.
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two decades! that must be a huge change. let's take a look. here's the old logo. and this is the new one! well, it's certainly "bold." [applause] all right. i'll drink on that one. and if you think walmart stopped with the name, then [bleep] you and the jazzy you rode in on. because the ambitious visionaries in their marketing department also updated the trademark icon from this to -- wait for it -- this! amazing! it's a totally different cat butthole! [laughter] meanwhile, down under, "marble-sized mystery balls have caused the closure of nine sydney beaches."
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very strange. usually when a beach is shut down due to the appearance of "mystery balls," it's just alan. you guys know alan. meanwhile, in italy, a soccer team called lazio "fired their far-right eagle mascot handler penis posts." he "posted the footage on social media after having surgery on saturday to implant a penile prosthesis to improve his sexual performance." bonus: it also gives him a new place for the eagle to perch. [applause] [laughter] meanwhile, as i'm sure you know, tiktok is set to shut down in the u.s. this sunday. with tiktok going away, users are migrating to a different
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video sharing platform, the chinese-owned app "rednote." wow. people really hate instagram reels. there's one huge downside for americans. unlike tiktok, rednote is designed for a chinese audience and the app's default language is mandarin. mandarin? oh, no! now people might not read the terms and conditions! meanwhile, in entertainment news, in an interview this week, rob lowe revealed he once recorded a yacht-rock demo with the band toto while high on cocaine. [dinging] and that sound means we have it! the new most '80s sentence ever said out loud! there it is. rob lowe, cocaine, toto. narrowly breaking the record set by last year's "heather locklear
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kate, you know i enjoy talking to you. your latest film is incredibly fascinating and a beautiful, moving portrait of an artist. you are a beautiful and artist herself. as much as i've had the opportunity and the privilege of talking to you, i just don't spend enough time with my guests sometimes to find out who they really are so we've corrected something called the colbert questionert. we have ergonomically designed, heart seeking questions. >> kate: i am ready don't believe you. >> stephen: that penetrated straight to the soul of someone and if you answer honestly reveal you to the world. >> kate: is there a prize? it feels as though you set that up that there is a prize. >> stephen: you are less lonely. >> kate: [laughs] >> stephen: you are fully known. not seen through a glass darkly but clearly. are you prepared, do you have the courage to take the colbert questionert? >> kate: i do.
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is it a rapid-fire thing where i'm going to get anxious? people we can do it as slowly as you want. we can start it easy, and it rough. >> kate: okay. [laughs] okay. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: kate winslet, the first question, what is the best sandwich. >> kate: i think probably just grilled cheese. you can't beat a good grilled cheese. >> stephen: a follow-up. what cheese are you using? on the outside, are you doing butter or mayonnaise or anything? >> kate: definitely better on the outside. definitely crafts on, and it's got to be a good sharp cheddar. >> stephen: what was the first concert you attended? >> kate: oh, my. you member the band aha? ♪ take on me ♪
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♪ take on me ♪ >> kate: i love martin, the lead singer. morten herget. spew an english band? >> kate: i am pretty sure they are from norway. >> stephen: where did you see them? >> kate: tottenham court road in london, not optically nice venue. i remember thinking this was expensive. i am way at the back. >> stephen: don't they know i'm kate winslet? what is the scariest animal? >> kate: i'm honestly not brilliant with cows. listen. no, no, no, listen. but listen. here's the thing. someone said to me you've got to learn how to read a field of cows. you've got to be careful. if they turn, they've gone. i said what do you mean? if their tails are swishing in their flicking and there's flies, it means they are not
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happy. they might charge you. oh, my god. this is a thing i never knew. i go hiking all the time and regularly footpaths will take you through fields of cows. and i have decided they are going to stampede me. >> stephen: has this ever happened? >> kate: it hasn't. actually there was a time when my mother was alive and she and i were on a walk and some cows were catching up with us. >> stephen: catching up with you or stampeding you? was there a stampede? following you home like bo-peep. >> kate: they were slowly bo-peeping it and they did speed up. really truly, borderline couple of gallopers. >> stephen: not galloping, threatening a gallop? >> kate: there are a lot of stories in england about people having very nasty run-ins with cows, very real ones. so i am extremely wary of the field of cows.
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>> stephen: good to know. >> kate: it's not really that good to know but it's a question that you asked. >> stephen: i learned something about cows. if they switch their tails, run. >> kate: i've got to get better at coping at that. they're not really scary, are they? they are not. no. >> stephen: apples or oranges? >> kate: apples. however. going to be so cross with me. my husband. you know, phobias of balloons or clowns, strange things. >> stephen: cows? >> kate: that's not a phobia. that's a legit fear. >> stephen: we all agree. >> kate: my husband, a like nails on a chalkboard or polystyrene, my husband has at about a person biting in the apple. he would never bite into an
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apple. his hairs will be on his arm. he's going to kill me. >> stephen: is a sliced apple okay? >> kate: no. even a grated one is a chal challenge. as you can imagine, the children and i am afraid. we will go up behind him. he's like "oh!" it really is. it's like you've poured hot water over his skull. he is in proper pain and will block his ears and leave the room. >> stephen: wow. >> kate: what you think happens when we die? >> kate: i have absolutely never thought about actually actually. i haven't. what happens when we die? i guess i suppose i think we probably carry on in another version of ourselves. i suppose that's what i think
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but i'm not religious in any w way. >> stephen: like a consciousness or energy of us? >> kate: i am very aware of my mother being around me. there are times. okay, i get it. you want me to take my hair down. >> stephen: you get a wink from the universe every so often? >> kate: yes. there are times i'm definitely like okay, she's there. it will often be if i was feeling nervous about something. we'll give me a bit of a steady hand. >> stephen: that's lovely. we have to take a break right there. when we come back, kate winslet will complete the colbert questionert. introducing new eroxon gel, the first fda-cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. eroxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and your partner can experience the heights of intimacy. new eroxon ed treatment gel. and my progressive rep was super helpful. tom hayes is passive progressive. can experience the heights of intimacy.
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>> stephen: hey, everybody. i am here with the star and producer of the new movie "lee," kate winslet. we return to the colbert questionert already in progress. favorite action movie. >> kate: does "the abyss" count? i really thought that was extraordinary. i am a sucker for that stuff. >> stephen: claustrophobic though, that movie? >> kate: yes, must've been very. but to watch. >> stephen: she drowns.
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he watches her drown. >> kate: it's not very nice to watch that scene. you've just taken me back there. very distressing. >> stephen: can you imagine, two james cameron movies, you watched titanic, when it goes down to just cross "the abyss." window or aisle? >> kate: window. >> stephen: don't have to go to the bathroom that often? >> kate: i was just thinking that.& i do have to go to the bathroom quite a lot which is probably irritating to the person on the isle but i will always go window. i just need to keep a check on things.3 >> stephen: the engine, or the clouds? >> kate: just keep it in check. earth is still there. clouds and trees. i do love the view out the window of a plane. i absolutely love it, especially if it's going over snowy mountains. i love that. >> stephen: favorite smell. >> kate: favorite smell. wood smoke. love the smell of wood smoke. >> stephen: least favorite
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smell? >> kate: least favorite smell. i'll tell you what happened to me the other day actually and it really was vile. what i am about to tell you is not what you think it is that i'm going to say. i was desperate for a pee and i was driving with a friend from upstate back into the city and we stopped at a gas station and there is one of those bathrooms, you know that's on the outside of the building. i went to use the bathroom, walked into the bathroom, and no, he did not stink of poop but someone had gone and they're fully just to smoke a cigarette. it was, it was so repulsive, i got back in the car and i changed all of my clothes because it was very horrible. cigarette smoke in a very enclosed place. >> stephen: earliest memory? >> kate: earliest memory is when i was 2 years old.
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i do remember this vividly. i was at my nursery group or preschool group or whatever you want to call it. the teacher had hidden a little fluffy teddy bear. i was waiting outside the room to go in, as 1 of 12 children, to hunt to where she had hidden the teddy bear and i spotted it straight away and it was propped up against the leg of a little armchair and i spotted it. i'm so delighted with myself because in my head i had been determined but i was going to be the first one to find it and i just saw it straight as i walked in the room and that was my earliest memory. >> stephen: cats or dogs? >> kate: dogs. i have two dogs. >> stephen: you only get one song to listen to for the rest of your life. what isn't? it doesn't mean you have to continually listen to it but when you do go to listen to music, this is the song you get. >> kate: oh, goodness.
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what would the song be? asked me the next one and i'll come back to it. >> stephen: why wouldn't you answer the previous question? >> kate: because i'm thinking. i didn't prepare. i thought it would be better. >> stephen: rip cord, don't think about it. one song. go. ♪ country roads ♪ >> stephen: john denver. ♪ to a place of along ♪ ♪ west virginia ♪ ♪ mountain mama ♪ ♪ take me home ♪ ♪ country roads ♪ >> kate: at such a wonderful song. has to be that. >> stephen: that's a great one, it's fantastic. >> kate: i love that one. >> stephen: what number am i thinking of? >> kate: 7. >> stephen: no. >> kate: okay. >> stephen: described the rest
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of your life in five words. >> kate: exciting. full, hilarious. [laughs] spontaneous, lengthy. >> stephen: congratulations. you are known. kate winslet, everybody. the start of the movie "lee." we'll be right back. with new mcvalue at mcdonald's, you can buy one and add one for a dollar. enjoy meal deals, and treat yourself to deals in the app. there's always ways to save... ...all day, everyday. get more than you expect with new mcvalue
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♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! welcome back, everybody. ladies and gentlemen, my next guest tonight made his film debut in the academy award-winning film "moonlight," and won an emmy for his performance in "when they see us." he now stars in "unstoppable." please welcome to "the late show," jharrel jerome! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ hey, thanks for being here. lovely to meet you. as i said, you debuted, your
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first film was in the oscar-winning "moonlight." in ma for the netflix series "when they see as." now you are a new movie with jennifer lopez and don cheadle, at the ripe old age of 27. i want you to know as someone who was an actor when he was 27, i'm cool with your success. >> jharrel: good. >> stephen: my 27-year-old self is very mad at you but i'm very happy for you. what has this been like for you? it's a bit of a rocket ride. >> jharrel: i'm on the colbert show right now, so let's start with that. it's a roller coaster. trying to keep my feet on the ground. this film for me was five years in the making. i got cast in 2019. it's the first time i've sort of experience or project that changed my life. i played a wrestler who was born with one leg. i had to get in the gym a lot, a lot, more than i like. >> stephen: 2019 you get cast
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and covid delays it. i assume the strength delays it. >> jharrel: 2020 we start training and we shut down for a year and a half. come back and train again for eight months, five days a week. we start shooting for ten days and then the writers strike starts. >> stephen: you have been forced to be in shape for almost five years now. >> jharrel: forced. and paid to be in shape. >> stephen: you are home. he went to laguardia high school, not too far from here. [applause] that said procedures arts high school with graduates like timothee chalamet and nicki minaj and jennifer aniston. i'm curious, having not gone to one of those,do you have to audition to get in? >> jharrel: oh, yeah. intense thing i could have possibly done. i was 13. are you mad at me for that? >> stephen: what? >> jharrel: 13. >> stephen: my 13-year-old self was playing "dungeons & dragons." it was fine. >> jharrel: the audition was
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about 1400 kids throughout the city, all five boroughs. i'm from the bronx. i get on the train. shout out. it was a nine hour audition so i went through four different rooms. it was a masonic hallway a, i'm with 80 other kids and we do the audition. they are like, good. wait in hallway b. hallway b. 80 more kids. hallway c and that went on throughout the day until 1400 turned into maybe 500, turn into 100, turn into 40 students left. i honestly felt like i was doing an "american idol" audition. >> stephen: doom or what you did? did you have to do a monologue? >> jharrel: i had to do two. dramatic and commonly. at the time i did the monologues i had no idea what her monologue was. my mom googled it. she was like a "mono log."
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we practiced it i went into the audition. they accepted me into the school. >> stephen: was your dramatic audition? >> jharrel: it was real deep. it is about me confronting my best friend's mother and my best friend's funeral. >> stephen: is that a true story? >> jharrel: no! no, no. it was from a teenage monologue. we were supposed to grab -- >> stephen: that's how good of an actor you are, you sold me. [applause] i love this. you kept us in your pocket the whole time you're there? >> jharrel: my freshman year. >> stephen: show me. who is this? >> jharrel: that is my mother. that is my beautiful mother. i did keep that in my pocket until i got to the age where i was like, why the hill is this in my pocket? for me, i'm a kid from the bronx so eighth grade going to high school in the middle of the city was a big culture shock for me and i was always nervous, i was always the kid in the back
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of the classroom so for me having her in my back pocket felt -- i don't know. it made me feel safe. took that picture on the dmi laguardia audition. >> stephen: you didn't even know at this point. >> jharrel: was after i got there and she said i think you're going to get in because they kept us all damn day. >> stephen: in the movie "unstoppable," your on-screen mom is played by none other than jennifer lopez right there. how is it having j.lo as your mom? >> jharrel: oh, my goodness, i'm going to say for the fifth time, i'm from the bronx. i'm dominican. growing up, i'm pretty sure jen -- i haven't told her this but i'm pretty sure she was my screen saver for at least a month. so i freaked out. funny enough, i called my mom and i was i guess who's playing my mom in the movie. first of all, she's like "who? who? who is going to do me better than me?" i'm like, jennifer lopez. she just shut up. >> stephen: that's fantastic.
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tell me, who are you playing? >> jharrel: i am playing anthony robles, real person. anthony is an incredible, incredible human being. he was born with one leg and decided to go into collegiate wrestling. he became a monster on the mat. he was undefeated his entire senior year and he became an ncaa champion. >> stephen: here are you two together. he has a role in this film? >> jharrel: he played my body double in my stunt double. >> stephen: the wrestling is him? >> jharrel: a little bit of make him a little bit of me but a lot of him. it was amazing. often is an actor playing somebody might have a quick moment of time with them or you read a book or something. he not only was my body double but he trained me as a wrestler, and he got into the gym with me on most every day. >> stephen: we have a scene. >> jharrel: on the bench? >> stephen: i'm not sure. and if i don't know and you don't know, why don't we
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discover it together? >> if i don't win, if i come in second, for the rest of my life i'll be telling everybody that i came this close. and they'll listen. phil smiled. they'll smile. but for the rest of my life, everyone will just... feel a bit sorry for me. coach, if i win, having only one leg won't be the most important thing about me. i'm running out of time to be someone. >> stephen: "unstoppable" is out now on prime video. jharrel jerome, everybody. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause]
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heidi covey: so, i have an eye disease that causes blindness. i have moments where i get a little bit sad because i just can't see things that i used to. dr. stanley taught me to trust in the lord even when you don't want to. god is such a faithful father. nothing that happens to us isn't without his eye upon it. >> stephen: that's it for "the late show, everybody." tune in next week when i'll be joined by michelle yeoh, john dickerson, and drew brees! good night!
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