who is now a lightsaber-wielding jedi killer in "obi-wan kenobi" on disney plus, please welcome moses ingramhen we first got to school, and so that's the name that i chose, moses. >> jimmy: when you were a little kid, you chose that? >> no, it was more like 21. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> i'd just gotten to school. >> jimmy: i see, okay. >> i prayed, the next morning i woke up, i heard "moses." >> jimmy: and the red sea parted, now here we are. [ laughter ] >> waited for me, it was great. >> jimmy: has it sunk in to you, have you felt the effects of being now a part of the "star wars" universe? >> it's crazy. >> jimmy: it's crazy. >> it's crazy when it's fast. i feel like the last few days have been at warp speed. >> jimmy: well, you're even using the terminology now. [ laughter ] >> warp speed, yeah. >> jimmy: are you aware -- i'm sure you're aware of the fact that nerds are going to be following you everywhere you go the whole rest of your life. [ laughter ] >> nerds are cool now, so it's not like one of those things. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my way of thinking, nerds were always cool.

from obie juan canobie, moses ingram is with us.mattel starring friday, featuring shakey graves. [ cheers and applause ] on thursday night, oh, we are in primetime as we are each year around this time for the return of "jimmy kimmel live!" game night ahead of game one of the nba finals on the east coast, after the game on the west coast. our guest will be adam sandler. so please join us for all that. our first guest tonight is one of the funniest people there is, you can listen to his podcast and see him live on the slight return stand-up tour where, on august 31st, he'll become the first comedian to headline fenway park. please say hello to bill burr. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, thank you. it's very good to see you. i was watching that game, game 7. and i was thinking about you and i was wondering if you were -- when you watch a celtics game 7 like that, do you -- are you quiet? do you go crazy? do you celebrate? what do you do? >> no, i kind of -- i have kids now so i can't watch the whole game because -- >> jim

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"obi-wan kenobi" star moses ingram revealing she's received racist messages online.ving you exclusive access ahead of the ceremony that kicks it all off. ♪ >>> bts in d.c. the k-pop stars meeting with president biden making a dynamite white house appearance with an important message. ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ >>> and we're kicking off pride month with a huge celebration like only "gma" can do. surprising one very deserving volunteer. >> and we want to say -- >> all: good morning, america! [ cheers and applause ] >> all: good morning, america! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i was born this way ♪ >>> why not for the third time. good morning, america. that's right. we are kicking off pride month with a pop-up pride party. you see it going on right there. sam champion, he's with our team in lake worth beach, florida. >> big surprise for wayne, a volunteer at a center that supports members of the lgbtq community in south florida. he has no idea where they're taking him or the celebration we have in store for him that's coming up. >> very excited about that. >>> also exc

tonight, bill burr, moses ingram and trixie mattel. with cleto and the cletones.[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. thanks for watching. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate it. after a long and beautiful weekend here in sunny southern california, guillermo i

lywood, it's "jimmy tonight -- bill burr, moses ingram, and music from trixie mattel featuring shakeythe cletones. and now -- jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, welcome. i'm jimmy. well, thank you. very nice. hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. i am the host of the show. thanks for watching. thank you for coming. [ cheers and applause ] we are back to work after a long and beautiful weekend here in sunny southern california. guillermo is back from covid quarantine. [ cheers and applause ]

soon after the official "star wars" account tweeted, proud to welcome moses ingram to "star wars" family for the story to unfold. if anyone intends to make her feel unwelcome, we have only one thing to say, we resist. later, they added there are more than 20 million species in the "star wars" galaxy, don't choose to be a racist. sending racist dribble is racist. have we learned nothing from when captain kirk hits lieutenant uhorah? what fans took issue with is "star wars" insinuating the ashes of a few [bleep] people represent them as a whole when they reminded "star wars" of their previous coward he's when it -- cowardice when it came to china. in 2019 when the force awakens was released, the poster featured the black actor but the chinese version minimized his presence. there's one evil empire "star wars" won't resist. meanwhile other fans pointed out "star wars" content features many black actors like billy d. williams or the fact james earl jones played darth vader's voice for years long before i was born. let's take a look at a clip from the first episode. >> obi-wan, you shall meet

but a subset of star wars fans never got the memo as racism ripples through the galaxy over moses ingramitor on the new series obi-wan kenobi. abram revealed on instagram that he has received hundreds of racist messages, including degrading racist insults, threats and slurs. jason johnson is back with me. i know a secret that you are going to be at comic-con. i am super duper jealous. king of the black nerds! jason johnson. >> yes, yes. >> so -- go ahead. go ahead. >> as part of my credibility, i have to point out, that she is actually not a sit, because of the rule of two and that is my nerd rule. here is the thing. it is what i do, it's what i do. here is the thing, joy. the racism is so ridiculous. i was so excited for the segment to point this out. behind me, with all my fun co-pops, i've got all the black women, from spider-man to star wars, to ghost busters, to batman. all these african american women. our friend, event nicole brown, she was the host for the star wars celebration last weekend in anaheim. so, anybody who has a fundamental problem with black women being in science fi

moses ingram has made her debut in the disney plus series but she says she's received hundreds of racisten threatening her life. fans, so to speak are so angry that disney has the audacity for a fantastiy franchise. >> we love moses. >> i also see those of you out there who put on a cape for me and that really does mean the world to me because you know, there's nothing anybody can do about this. there's nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. i question what my purpose is and even being here in front of you saying that this is happening. >> entertainment tonight host and contributor joins me now. first of all, hearing her talk about the idea of nothing you can do about this, i mean, it's just shocking to me. you're talking about star wars. we can believe in r2d2 and the baby yoda and all these different characters but a black woman in star wars, that's the part where we can't suspend dispolid disbelief. what's your reaction? >> a will the of this is, you said shocking. i'm not sure i'm shocked by it because it's not first time we have seen the fans show the worst side of themselves. it