The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Rudy Giuliani on "The Masked Singer" | Alexander Skarsgård

Episode Date: April 22, 2022

Rudy Giuliani is revealed as a contestant on "The Masked Singer," Trevor covers France's high-stakes presidential race and Alexander Skarsgård discusses his film role in "The Northman."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Our guest is the star of the Northman, which is one of the most hotly anticipated films of the year, and he's shirtless the whole movie. Alexander Scars God is joining us, everybody. And nothing to be talking about the big election in France. It is a very important story, but don't worry, I will be doing a silly accent too. But first, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, let's kick things off with the big media news. As you know, as you know, it's not nio.

There are now more streaming services than hot takes about Elon Musk, right? There's everything. There's Netflix, there's Hulu, there's Paramount Plus, there's HBO Max, there's Paramount Plus, and of course everyone's favorites, Paramount plus. And so, last month, seeing the gap in the market, CNN launched its own streaming service called CNN Plus. And this was a big deal. In fact, they said it would be the future of news. And if that's the case, the future is looking bleak. Less than a month after launching, CNN Plus announced today, the streaming service is shutting down.

It launched March 29th. Warner Brothers Discovery Networks made that decision, though, saying it was about quality, and quote, customers will be best served with a simpler streaming choice. Last week, CNBC reported that the streaming service had less than 10,000 views a day? About $300 million has been invested so far in CNN Plus. The plan, according to my sources, was to put a billion dollars into it over the course of four years, hoping to hit profit after four years. Wow, did they say that less than 10,000 views a day?

You could have just been on TikTok. That's wild. CNN Plus was such a disaster. They'll have to send Anderson Cooper to cover it in a tight black t-shirt. This is so insane. The craziest part of the story is that they said they spent $300 million on this thing. $300 million dollars. What did you do with that? Did you like

clone Wolf Blitz or something? No, because if you did that I'd actually watch that show. Yeah, I would. I've got breaking news. No, I've got breaking news. Oh! But you want to know what the worst part about the CNN plus thing is, is that I can't make jokes about all the shows on it because nobody knows what they are. Yeah, it's not fair. It's not like you're going to understand a joke about the CNN plus show, Jake Tapper's book club, because you don't even know if that's a real show. But it is. Or is it's? No, I'm kidding. It's fake. It's fake. It. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that's that. It's that. It's that I's that. It's that I's that. It's that. It's that I is. It's that I is. It's that I's that I's that I's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. It's that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that I's that I's that I's that's that I's that's that. that I's that. that's that I's that. that I's that I's that I's that I's that I's that I's that I's that I's that. that. that's a real show. But it is. Or is it?

No, I'm kidding. It's fake. It's fake. Ah, you believe me, it's actually real. You see, you don't know? That's my point, you don't know. It is a real show. Oh, it was a real show. All right, but let's move on to a different spectacular disaster.

Rudy Giuliani. Former aid to Donald Trump and lawyer who makes all his clients look innocent in comparison. Since his role in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, Giuliani has largely disappeared from public view like a snail retreating into its shell but way more disgusting. And if there's one thing America loves, it's a big comeback and last night Rudy got his. A little bit of controversy on the mass singer last night. Personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani

popped out of a giant rooster suit while singing a rendition of Bad to the Bone. She could tell the right away that I was bad to the bone. But as he revealed himself, this is what happened. Judge Kenjong stormed off the stage, apparently didn't like it, saying I'm done. Yeah, Rudy Giuliani just got voted off the masked singer, which means he's about to spend the next five years claiming that he actually won the mask singer. And I guess history, history was made last night because for the first time in the mask singer's history a contestant took off their mask and everyone was like, no, no, put it back on. Put it back on.

Put it on. We don't want to get. Put it back on. It's also weird how Rudy has the time to be on a game show. But he's too busy to testify in front of Congress. Like maybe they should have just tricked him, right? Congress should have just like made it seem like it was the Mars singer, combined the whole thing, tap him in the giant costume, and then sit in front of the January 6th committee.

Let's do it! Yeah, that's the game show America Needs. Bernie Sanders would be sitting there like, oh, based on his other disregard for democracy, I'm going to guess the rooster is Rudy Giuliani. Let's take up the mask and see, see the real bottom diced. It was him. I told you it was him. I could see the melting through the mask. All right. Let's check in on traffic without being on Roywood Jr. everybody.

I'm going to see you. What's happening on the road? Look, you know, before traffic, man, let me just say something about the CNN plus thing. I don't appreciate the fact that they didn't give it a chance. All right, look, I don't know how y'all do in Africa. But like, in America, like, if you're in a bad relationship, you don't, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like like if you're in a bad relationship, you don't break up, you get married. And then you add a kid and a house and credit card debt and another kid, you cheat on each other a little while, and then after 20 years you get a divorce. That's the American way.

You've got to give stuff a chance just because it looked bad. I think that's a terrible way. I mean that's probably why Afghanistan was so long, Roy. You should get out quickly when you realize you made a mistake. So when something's bad you're saying you should just end it? Yeah, that's what I'm doing? You should just end it? Yeah, that's what I'm doing? Oh, this is what I'm saying? Oh, that's what I'm saying? Oh, what about it? I'm doing this job. You going to end this? No, no. This is... Am I safe? It's my safe? Of course you're safe. This is great. What do you mean? This is going, this is going well. Just do the traffic and we're good. I think you should give me a little money. I'm because...

No, but you've look. I'm sorry to jam you up like this, but this Don't encourage him. Do the traffic. All right, if you just do the traffic, that's... I just don't feel comfortable doing... Look, can you just pay me now for the rest of the year? Just pay me now for the rest of the year. That's the first credit card on you. I'm not giving you my credit card. Let me getthe credit card. You don't have no credit card for the tomb. You don't have no credit card for you.

You got what the treaty. You may or may not know this, but right now Europe is experiencing one of its most uncertain periods in a long time. With a lot of questions that they have yet to answer. You may or may not know this, but right now, Europe is experiencing one of its most uncertain periods in a long time, with a lot of questions that they have yet to answer. You know, how involved should they get in the war in Ukraine? Should NATO continue to expand? Is Holland the same place as the Netherlands? And if so, why do they have two different names?

And with Angela Merkel no longer holding everything together like Europe's Lederhausen, all eyes have now turned to France. And it turns out before France can figure out what to do with Europe, they've got to figure out what to do with themselves. As we'll learn in another installment of, other countries have news too. For decades now, France has been one of the few countries in Europe you didn't have to worry about, right? They didn't make Nazis, they didn't go bankrupt, they didn't hire a wet tele-tubby as their prime minister. But this weekend, this coming weekend, as the French people gear up for a national election, everyone is wondering if this

is the moment when France goes off the deep end. A rematch runoff in the battle for the most powerful politician in France, current President Emmanuel Macron and Far Right candidate Marine Lepin. The two will face off on April 24th as a repeat of their 2017 election. This is the far right leader's third and final attempt at the French presidency. And if you go by the polls, she's never got as close as this. With the very latest polls suggesting more support for Marine Lepen, more people are asking whether France is on the verge of its own Brexit moments or Trump moments.

No! No! No! There's a possibility of a French Trump? Jesus, if you thought Donald Trump was horny before. I don't think the world is ready for what this election could bring. Can you imagine that? My fellow Parisians. The Mona Lisa is so hot, totally hot. But she needs to smell more.

If I win, we're going to make Mona Lisa smell again. Oh, so much smelling. So smiling. But yeah. France's current president, Emmanuel Macron is going up against far-right candidates, Marine Le Pen, right? In an election that is happening this Sunday. And yesterday, they up against far-right candidates, Marine Le Pen. Right? In an election that is happening this Sunday, and yesterday, they sat down for their first

and only debates of the campaign. And throughout the night, you could tell that these two do not get along. French President Emmanuel Macron sparring with his far-right rival, Maureen Lepin in a fiery high-stakes- night. Two politicians who clearly don't like or respect each other. The longer it went on, the worse the atmosphere. I find it so hard to follow you as you have made so many false accusations. No, but, but, oh, yeah, oh, but. Stop mixing things up. Do not give me a lesson on how to finance my plan. You know I know this fight was considered intense by French media but by

American standards that was pretty chill. It was like yeah everyone stayed in their seats no one was screaming if anything it looked less like a debate and more like a stressed couple arguing at a restaurant you know. I was like no Brian I told you my parents gave me that money I don't want to spend it on crypto.. the the th. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I to told told told told told told told told told told told to told the. I told thi thi. I thi. I the. know? I was like, no, Brian, I told you, my parents gave me that money, I don't want to spend it on crypto. I told you, babe, it's not crypto, it's an NFT. What's the difference? What's the difference? All that was missing from that debate was that moment,

all that moment, you know, when you're having coming in in the middle of that whole fight. You know, just being like, okay, everybody. So the specials of the day are, ooh, I feel like I walked into something here. Did I, I'm feeling a little tension. Did he, did he say something to you? Is that what it is? Yeah, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, I, I, I, I, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, the, th, thi, the, thi, the, th.. th. th. the, the, th. thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, so, so, the, so, the, so, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, th.......... So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, t ttttttttttoday, tttttttttttttttoday, ttttoday, th. So, feel like you guys need to work something out. I'll come back. I'll give you some time. I'll be back in about 10 seconds.

Okay. Okay, bye-bye. Bye. Now, the stakes for this debate were probably the highest that France has ever seen. Because this election has gotten a lot closer than people expected. You see, when these these these in 2017, Macron beat Le Pen by 30%. But with only a few days left in this election,

recent polls have showed Le Pen within single digits. So she's not leading in the polls. But remember, neither was Donald Trump in 2016. Yeah, my point is, hopefully Macron visits whatever France's Wisconsin is. And there's a number of reasons, there's a number of reasons that Le Pen is catching up to Macron. The country has experienced a refugee crisis. There's obviously been a pandemic. And of course, there's rising inflation, which is why a lot of French voters are angry at Macron and saying things like this. New tax, new tax. Everyone talks about the taxes. The taxes. and saying things like this. Everyone talks about the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, this woman said,

we have no spending power, we just work and buy groceries to eat. We go out to restaurants less, we do less, otherwise it's really tough at the end of the month. I think France is collapsing from, you see something like this. Because no, because using your cuisine to comment on the dire state of your politics, that's the most French thing you could do. You know, our country is collapsing from the inside like like a souffle. No, because think about, I've never seen people in any other country make a metaphor like that on the news. Not once have I seen someone being interviewed in the streets of Nigeria

being like, our problems run deeper than the flavors of jolophorize, huh? That's not a thing. But of not a thing. But of course, elections are about choices. A lot of French people aren't thrilled with Macron's presidency, but they'll still take him compared to the person that he's running against. The notorious Marine Lippen. Because you see, she has a long history of being Islamophobic, of being xenophobic, uh, gorophobic. Basically, she doesn't like a lot of shit, is what I'm saying.

And on top of that, the people that she does like, tell you a lot about the type of leader that she would be. Lepen is a NATO skeptic. She wants to leave the EU and has modeled her campaign pamphlets. Lepen has a history of coseing up to President Putin, even putting a picture of them together in one of her campaign pamphlets. The policies I represent are the policies represented by Mr. Trump. They're represented by Mr. Putin.

That take didn't age well. She likes Putin. I mean, to be fair to her, they asked her about Putin in 2017. And back then, Putin was just undermining elections and poisoning people. It was still too soon to tell. She was like, I'm on the fence, you never know. But you see it's views like these that led to Le Pen getting crushed when she ran in 2012 and 2017. But here's what's dangerous about her. Just like a Terminator, she gets smarter with each sequel. Yeah, no, you see, after the last election, she started to rebrand as a kinder, gentler racist, you know?

Yeah, may I take you back to where you came from? And the way she did that, she did it by not abandoning her extremist views. No, she just doesn't mention them as much anymore. It's basically like when you do a zoom meeting at a thia, thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi., thi., thi., thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, a zoom meeting and then you point the camera at that one clean corner of your apartment. Do you know what I mean? Yeah now all of a sudden things seem under control but you've still got a family of raccoons eating leftover Chinese food on your couch. It's still the same world. And LePen hasn't stopped at just moderating her words. No, she's trying to revamp her image to cultivate a more more to ca. their their their. their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thine, thine, thine, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thoom, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thu, thu, thu, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi. thin, thin, thin, thin, the thi. the thi. the, of herself. Marine Lippen has wrapped herself in nice words and her cats. She's become a cat breeder. Everybody loves that.

This kitten is so beautiful that her name is Her Majesty. You know, I'm so adorable. Yeah, that's how you know Lepen had the worst possible image before because her PR people were like, You know it will make you more relatable? Becoming a cat lady. It's gonna help. So that's where France stands headed into the election this Sunday.

A moderate incumbents with weak approval numbers hoping to hold off a xenophobic Putin ally who's coming back for one last shot at the presidency. And you know, that's what I love about French politics. It's just so different from the USA. All right, when we come back, Alexander Skosgod is going to be joining me on the Daily show. My guest tonight is Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Alexander Scarsgard. He's here to talk about his latest role in the Viking Epic the Northman. Please welcome.

told to talk about his latest role in Award winning actor, Alexander Scarsgard. He's here to talk about his latest role in the Viking Epic, the Northman. Please welcome, Alexander Scarsgard! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The man himself. Alexander Scarsieard. Yeah, five times over? Twenty years ago. twenty years ago. Welcome to the daily show.

First things first. You were on, you, were you on Stephen Colbert's show yesterday, weren't you? Yeah. Yeah. You were on, you, were you on Stephen Colbert's, th you, th you, th you, th you, th youthe Daily Show. First things first, you were on, you were on Stephen Colbert's show yesterday, weren't you? Yeah. Huh. Yeah. And Stephen Colbert tested, he said today he tested positive for COVID, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, he did. We may or may not have made out. Things got blurry after the show.

No, I, yes, I was on Stephen Colbert's show last night and I've tested pot. You were saying? I've tested on negative. Extremely negative three times today, so I should be fine, but this is probably a good idea. Oh yeah, let's make this a very awkward first date. This is a... this is my first time being in this situation. Yeah. This is nice. This is like Putin's table when he talks to people.

Yeah, yeah. That's what this is. Yeah. Let's figure out what we're doing. We can, we've got the show. Thank you for having this. This is my first socially distanced interview I like this. This is you know we got the vibe going on Congratulations on the movie. I thank you like first of all I love Vikings. I love no really I grew up loving Vikings just like the mythology Like you know the dragons the stories the stories the everything because you know you'll watch stories or you read stories as a kid. Yeah, but Viking stories always always it was like the best combination of everything and you took what 10 years to get this movie going? Pretty much. Yeah, pretty much 10 years. Yeah.

I feel like it's pretty it's like your heritage. You are like a Viking essentially. Well, I was born in Sweden and I'm from a Swedish family and my last name scar. Scar actually means Scorres, a Viking name, Gward means farm, and it's allegedly a place on one of the islands outside of Sweden. So you're Viking. Who knows? It was a thousand years ago, but according to my grandfather, we're direct descendants of Scala.

Eliza, let me say something. If I have any name, if like my last name was Trevor, Giant Slayer, I'd be like, yo, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I If I have any name, if like my last name was Trevor Giant Slayer, I'd be like, yo, I slay giants, I'm related to people slay, just just claim it. So let's talk about the film a little bit, man. It's I was actually, it's funny, I was in the movie, I was watching everything everywhere all at once and that's when I saw the first trailer for your film and it was epic like I mean it's every this one scene where you grab like someone throws a spear at you and then like your character grabs a spear throws it like that was the moment you know when you watch a trailer I was like I'm in I'm buying I'm buying my tickets no it's one of the most epic looking movies everything well we want that was kind of the reason I wanted to make the movie because I had never seen a big a big the epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic epic to the to to to the to the to the the movie I to to the movie I to to the movie I to the movie I to the movie I to to to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I the the movie I to make I'm to make I to make I to make I to make to make to make to make to make the movie I'm to make to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I to make I the movie I to make I the movie I the movie I the movie I the movie I the movie I the movie I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the movie that took the mythology seriously or really went

in deep into the mythology and where you could experience the fantastical world, the mythology, the spirits through the eyes of someone a thousand years ago. So that was kind of the goal in starting it. Well you've done it man it looks amazing you look amazing in it. I mean you know you like you know like when you the state is getting better and better, actually. If, uh, if Stephen didn't have COVID, we would probably be making out as well. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you for being, thank you for being negative and being so positive and

joining up. Alexander Ston, Everybody, The Moceman opens in theaters April 22nd. We're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. over tonight. Keep watching because Jordan Tapper Fingers the Globe, Hungary, for democracy is coming up next. Until tomorrow, stay safe out there. And for the French elections this weekend, Marianne Lepin, may you be as successful at CNN Plus. Watch the Daily Show, weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus.