The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump's First Day, Jan. 6 Pardons, Klepper Crashes Inauguration | Stephanie Hsu

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

Ronny Chieng on Trump pulling the U.S. out of international treaties and organizations, pardoning the January 6th rioters, dissing Melania, and celebrating with the YMCA. Josh Johnson joins freed insurrectionists on their next criminal adventure. Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Inauguration Weekend to talk to MAGA diehards who traveled near and far to witness Trump's... garbage truck? Actor Stephanie Hsu sits down to discuss her new Peacock series, “Laid.” She talks getting her big break in the “SpongeBob SquarePants” Broadway musical, and the importance of “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show. I'm Roy Chang. We got so much to talk about tonight. Maggot throws a party, Donald Trump rules by Sharpie, and Jordan Klepper freezes his ass off at the inauguration. But you know what? This is day one of the Trump administration, part two.

So let's get into our brand new segment, the second coming of Donald J. Trump. I'm gonna come. Yesterday was a momentous day for the country. The once disgraced president returning to office after four years ready to enact terrible revenge against his political enemies. But first, party time! And what a party it was!

Donald Trump got dressed up in a tux that actually fit him for a change. And made his grand entrance in front of a Windows 95 screen saver. And they played YMCA, which is America's new national anthem, I guess. While Donald Trump did a presidential jerk-off dance because that's not like a song that has his own extremely famous dance moves. Then they brought out a cake with an airplane on it which is the coolest thing any six-year-old boy can have. Wait are they giving him an actual sword to cut the cake? Don't give him a sword. Now he's dancing with the sword. And it's just a bad idea.

He really just swung that thing around. We were about three inches away from finding out whether Melania is cake. Oh, this was a long night of celebration and he ended it by thanking everyone who was important to him. Starting of course, with the person standing directly in front of him. I have a great family, I really do. I just look around.

My son Eric has been so incredible. Okay, I thought you were gonna start with Melania, but I'm sure you'll get to her next. Then you have, where is my Ivanka? Have you ever heard of Ivanka and Jared? Okay, you know what? Yeah. He's saving the most important person, Melania, for last. We have Tiffany's here someplace, and Michael,

let's cry our great golfer Don and Don and Chloe. Wait, who the fuck is Chloe? His wife is standing right there, he's just making up new family members? She does not look happy, okay? I don't know about the Panama Canal, but tonight the Slovenian Canal is closed. Look, it wasn't all partying and disrespecting his wife, okay? He also did some work, like actually a lot of work.

Yesterday that dude signed over 100 executive actions. I mean, look at them. He froze the federal hiring bill, something about genders. Then he said Cuba's a state sponsored terrorist now. He renamed a mountain. Dishwashers are less efficient. He can do that? Look, he has so many executive actions,

they have to like scroll through the tracks like it was an ad for, now that's what I call MAGA. And being the showman that he was, Trump wasn't gonna sign these behind a desk with a pen and paper like a nerd, okay? No, he turned this into an arena show. At Capitol One Arena in front of a crowd of supporters,

Trump putting into motion his day one actions. After President Trump signed the executive orders at a desk that was placed on stage, he had a pile of pins. Well, President Trump decided to toss the pins to some of his supporters Wow whoever caught that pen is so lucky I mean that is gonna be such a cool thing for those guys to show their kids once they get their visitation rights back and and and even after even after he got back to the White House,

he just kept signing. I mean, this guy was so in the zone, he didn't even know what he was signing. Withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Ooh. Oh. He's withdrawing from the World Health Organization like he's hearing the dessert options. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll have the tiramisu

and potential measles outbreak with that. I mean, if you could put anything in front of him yesterday, he would have signed it. Melania, now's your chance to update the prenup. Go, go, go, go. But you know. But you know what? I'm not gonna be shitting on President Trump, okay?

Okay, sure he pulled out of the WHO. Who are those guys? What are the odds there's ever gonna be a pandemic requiring global cooperation? So I'm gonna go to President Trump with an open mind. He won the election, which means he's a great guy who's right. So I'm sure his executive orders are reasonable.

Trump pulled the US out of the Paris climate accords. Okay, look, I know that sounds bad for these woke liberals, but like, does it really matter? One year we're in, next year we're out. We've been doing the hokey pokey of these guys for like 12 years. They don't even put us in the group chat anymore, okay? Also, news flash, Paris Accord, yo, we're not gonna reach the emission goals anyway, okay?

This world is over. It's just an excuse to go to Paris, which overrated. Okay, so fine. He's taking us out of anything that involves the rest of the world, okay? I'm sure there's other executive orders that aren't any worse. Among the many executive orders

President Trump signed on Monday was this one, pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days. He says the United States should broker a deal to own half of the platform. I think the U.S. should be entitled to get half of TikTok and congratulations, TikTok has a good partner. See? Yo, he brought back TikTok. Just as my brain was regaining its higher order functions.

I mean, oh my God, that was close. Now, if you remember, that was close. Now, if you remember, TikTok was originally banned because everyone thinks it gives China too much influence over Americans. And to be fair, before I started using TikTok, I was a white guy from Iowa, okay? But the point,

the point is the people have spoken, okay? We want China to change our brains. The point is the people have spoken, okay? We want China to change our brains. What absolute idiot even thought of banning it in the first place? We're looking at TikTok, we may be banning TikTok. Okay, yeah, thank you President Trump for saving us from that guy. What I'm saying is all these executive orders aren't bad,

okay, I mean, what else is he doing? And Trump is gonna try through executive order from that guy. What I'm saying is all these executive orders aren't bad, okay? I mean, what else is he doing? And Trump is going to try through executive order to end birthright citizenship. It's a constitutional right that those born on American soil are US citizens regardless of their parents' immigration status. Okay, okay, that does sound like a major change. Birthright citizenship has been in the constitution for over 100 years. But on the other hand, should you just be a US citizen just because you were born here?

I mean, I think all citizens should have to prove that they're truly American by taking a quiz on American history and failing it. Okay? If your score, if your score is above 60, you're going back to Asia, or whatever shithole country has educational standards. And to be fair, nothing too extreme so far.

I mean, it sounds like there's a campaign Trump that says things to win, and then there's a President Trump who rules more moderately. Overnight, with the stroke of a pen, President Trump issuing sweeping pardons to nearly all of the rioters charged for their actions on January 6th.

So this is January 6th? Trump even granting clemency to the more than 600 people charged with assaulting or resisting law enforcement. Oh! OK, look, freeing violent criminals from prison seems less moderate and more like something Bane did, okay? But you know what?

If you know your history in that situation, Batman fixed it, okay? So concerns are overblown. And look, these guys have been in prison for like two whole months already, okay? I'm sure they've learned their lesson. Jacob Chanseley, we know him as also the QAnon shaman. He put out something on social media where he said, "'I got a pardon, baby. "'Thank you, President Trump.

"'Now I am gonna buy some mother effing guns.'" Oh! See, he learned his lesson. For more on the J6 pardons, we go live to senior legal correspondent, Josh Johnson. Josh, Josh, Josh, where the hell are you? I'm at a bank, you silly goose. Everyone get on the f***ing ground, I ain't playing! Josh, Josh, what, are you robbing a bank?

Of course not. This is a bank robbery, get on the floor! Okay, look, it definitely looks like you're robbing a bank. Sure, it looks like I'm robbing a bank because I'm in a bank holding a gun, demanding money from tellers who are crying, and we'll see what happens if they do not come up out of this money, all right?

But I'm wearing a MAGA hat. And as the J6 Partons clearly established, you can't be wearing a MAGA hat and doing a crime at the same time. Okay, wait. Hang on, how does the hat change the fact that you have a gun aimed at people's heads? Without the hat, I'm robbing a bank.

With the hat, I'm peacefully protesting a rigged financial system. Sandra, I'm robbing a bank. With the hat, I'm peacefully protesting a rigged financial system. LAUGHTER Sandra, I've been very clear. I want the lollipops, too! All right? The great ones, okay? Sorry, Ronnie. Multitasking.

Okay, Josh... Josh, how do I know how the police are gonna arrest you? And if they do, I'm a political hostage. Much like these people who I'm currently holding hostage. All right? Sandra, the little pins with the chain, all of it in the bag! How many times do I have to tell you?

Okay, Josh, oh my God, Josh, did your gun just go off? That was my bad. All right? I mean, these triggers are so funky, you just touch them and they go off. Okay, I think you're in big trouble now. I mean, I would be if I didn't have a second hat. Okay, look, save some of those hats for me.

Josh Johnson, everybody. We'll see. When we come back, Jordan Klepper went to the inauguration, so don't go away. I'm gonna take you away. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Welcome back to The Daily Show. Donald Trump was inaugurated yesterday, and wherever Donald Trump goes,

Jordan Klepper is not far behind in another edition of Fingers the Pulse. -♪ The Trump Coronation is a weekend full of the usual pump and circumstance and, strangely, a victory rally celebration the day before the actual celebration celebration. So I headed to our nation's frozen capital to witness the festivities. The golden age of America has arrived. Not only are we excited here in the U.S.,

but the world is excited. We're excited to get rid of the old administration, you know, just wipe the slate clean. You do that with like dope dance moves or something? No, we do that with crypto and AI. But it wasn't all fun and games. Trump was elected to deal with serious issues. But I think the Gulf of America is a good idea, a good name change.

Yes. And why stop there? I mean, New Mexico, that's horseshit. Yeah. Right? People are coming out in support of more nationalist governments and making sure that we can actually support our people and our globalist elites. Stay out globalist elites.

Absolutely, that is exactly what we want. Are you excited to see Elon Musk up there? I am and MAGA isn't just for one kind of people. We are for the American people and everybody that that encompasses. I think you're going to need everybody to get together to push out those globalist elites. Absolutely. So let's get the richest man in the world from South Africa to come here and do it. I completely agree.

We want to see him do, day one. Well, I want to see him pardon everybody from January 6th. While I'm free, I want to see our January 6th prisoners. Right away. I hope that happens right away. Pardon all of them? Yes, all of them. Really?

Yes. Do you pardon everybody from January 6th? I think the majority of the people should be pardoned, honestly. But this guy who stole the podium, shouldn't he be pardoned? Yes, for sure he has. Yeah stole the podium, shouldn't he be pardoned? For sure, yes. Yeah, I mean, what's the heck? Who hasn't grabbed a little Snickers bar

or a tote of an American democracy and walked out the door, huh? This guy shooting a gun outside the Capitol, should he be pardoned? I don't think he should have shot a gun. That's a foul opinion. I know. That's a little different situation there.

Call me old-fashioned. Definitely not. This guy with a gun shooting a gun outside the Capitol? Most opinion. I know. That's a little different situation there. Call me old fashioned. Definitely not. This guy with a gun, shooting a gun outside the Capitol? Most definitely, he should not be pardoned. There were 2.1 million people there. They didn't all storm the Capitol. None of them were armed.

Well, some were armed. Who? This guy, this guy with a gun outside the Capitol. Should he be pardoned? Did he shoot the gun? Is that a real gun or is that a fake gun? He shot the gun up in the air yes yes he said because because

yeah i think you should be pardoned because i don't think you should be all used i think you should be part of what what what about this guy's brain a bear spray at the police officer once that's a part of that's a tough one who was there from the same day

you know that's genuine jerry six uh... the most photographic crime in human history yeah okay we can show me eight million more on pro-partner where was this at the government and respect if you've ever seen this image no No, I have not seen that. You've seen any of these images? Some of them, but not these. Really? Maybe the ones, maybe the media that I'm following is not, is not showing these.

What media did you follow? Oh, conservative. Did you watch the January 6th hearings? No, I didn't. No. Okay. So this is new. So that's my fault. I should have been better informed, yes. I will say that's a refreshing thing to hear. In the end, it didn't matter because Trump just pardoned this guy and 1500 of his friends. But this weekend is about joy. One thing you're most excited about seeing today? Donald Trump at 5 o'clock. That's it.

And the garbage truck. And the garbage truck. Yes, this garbage truck. And the garbage truck. Yes, this garbage truck. The MAGA garbage truck that went viral during the campaign will reportedly hit the streets during the inauguration day parade. And these full grown adults who voted for the president were really, really pumped. The garbage truck is here? Yeah. No.

I didn't know that. The garbage truck is here? No, I didn't know that. The garbage truck is here? No, I didn't hear that. I did hear it was coming, yeah. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about? The garbage truck is here. Have you heard about that?

No, the one that Trump sat in? People were hyped to celebrate a new chapter in America. But as Inauguration Day arrived, there was a wrinkle. The ceremonies have been moved inside. And it meant thousands of MAGA faithful were left to aimlessly wander the empty National Mall. Sparsely attended as of now. Yeah, it's a little calm. I'm kind of surprised at how small the crowd is.

Is that disappointing? Yeah, because I would have liked to have seen a little bit more. Don't you think it's kind of the perfect metaphor? Yeah, I guess so. He's inside hanging out with the billionaires while all of his supporters are outside in the cold? Yeah, but I think that MAG has a tough crowd anyway.

They're prepared to be left in the cold. Yeah, absolutely. Expectations definitely changed. We had planned on being here. We were really excited for the parade. Have you thought about trying to get inside the rotunda? Not really. I feel like that one's gonna be a little tough for us today.

Really? For you guys? I mean, judging by your outfit, can't you just, like, climb the walls? Or, uh, judging by your outfit, can't you just, uh, break a window? Yeah, I mean, I personally probably wouldn't break a window. That would really hurt my hand, especially in the cold. What's the Bible like here right now?

Very relaxed. It is relaxed. Sombra almost. I mean, what died? A free press? Mmm... I don't think anything died. I think we're all just kind of relaxed.

Oh, shit. I'm... I'm sorry. Turn around slowly, slowly. Don't spook it. Is that... Is that the garbage truck? I don't...I don't know. I've got something that I think is gonna bring a smile to your faces. Really?

You know what's gonna be here today? What? The garbage truck. Oh yeah, I saw one! What?! Oh my gosh! I'm excited! We can't leave. We can't go home. We have to stay. Well, and... You say you saw one. You don't know...

Yes, I know. I saw one. I saw one today. I saw it pass by. You don't know if it was the garbage truck. No, I don't know if it was the one. Regardless, you seem excited by it. Oh, yeah, I'm very. I love your PJs, by the way. Thank you.

I think we know who's gonna run in 2028. Thank you, Jordan. When we come back, Stephanie Hsu will be joining me on the show, so don't go away! Applause Applause Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is an Academy Award nominated actor who stars in the Peacock original comedy series Laid. Please welcome my good friend Stephanie Su!

Oh my gosh! Wow! Wow! They love you! Dude, they didn't even stand up for me! Ronnie! They love you! Thanks for coming on the show! Your show! I'm so excited to be here! Yeah, it's great to see you again. I haven't seen you in so long.

Yes. This show you just did, you filmed it, what, like two years ago? No, last year! Only last year? Yeah, last year. Yeah, last year. I was in the studio, and I was like, I'm so excited! I'm so excited!

I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so excited to be here. Yeah, it's great to see you. I haven't seen you in so long. Yes. This show you just did, you filmed it, what, like two years ago?

No, last year. Only last year? Yes, last year. We shot it really fast in Vancouver. Yeah, that's right. I remember when you shot it because you turned down my pilot to do this show. Okay, allegedly, but I don't remember this. Oh, yeah.

Well, that means you didn't even see it. Your reps turned down. My reps are blockading you from me. But it looks like you made the right choice because my pilot didn't get picked up and your show did. Okay, well thank you so much. It's a great show, it's super funny. We actually were in like three projects together.

Every single movie slash TV show where there is one Asian person, you're in it. You're the next person. Yeah. And I think you just proved that. Yeah, and I pride myself just proved that. Yeah. And I pride myself on being that. Heck yes.

Please call me if you have more than one Asian in your thing. I do have a funny story about shortcomings. But this was not going to be my surprise. No, okay. Okay, my funny story about shortcomings was that... Which is the thing we did together, was the first clip. Yeah. He did it to the part where we smooch.

We do smooch. Which I... And after Randall would call cut, Ronnie would be like... What do you mean? We would like smooch and then Randall would be like cut and he'd be like... Yeah. Scene's over.

Yeah, as soon as the director says cut, my job is done, woman. I'm not, what do you mean to linger in the kissing? Like once, yeah. Once the love scene, once the director says cut, I'm like, I'm out. Married, yeah. No, I respected it.

I was like, no, I really respect this man. Wouldn't it be weird if I didn't stop though? Of course, right, I know. Yeah, but that's like an act. I don't know as an actor, does it take a while for you to get out of the scene? I don't know, I'm like, no, I'm, my erection dies down immediately.

OK. Well, this is a good pivot to my surprise, which is that over the holiday, I watched a new comedy special, and it was so funny. Oh, oh, oh, that's good. I just wanted to shout that out. Wait, this is your surprise that you watched my comedy special on Netflix?

No, it's not. Well, because, you know, people here come and talk about their stuff, but I want to shower you with some love. Oh, it's not. Well, because people here come and talk about their stuff, but I want to shower you with some love. It's OK. I get enough attention on this show. My name's in the. Yeah, I know.

That's nice of you. Yeah, thanks for coming to the, when I was on tour with. Oh, wait, you never came a single time. This is a roast. We always miss each other geographically, because you were doing it in LA, and then I was in New York, and then you were in New York, and then I was in Vancouver. No then you were in New York and then I was in Vancouver. No I don't think it yeah. I'm on the mailing list. Yeah I know. But thanks for watching it. It's so funny. I appreciate it. It brought me a lot of joy.

Yeah but we're here to talk about me. Good I love backstage she's like I have a surprise for you. I'm not gonna tell you what it is. I'm gonna say it on air. And her surprise was promoting my special. That's... I don't think you know what a surprise is. No, it's embarrassing you in front of your loving fans. Yeah, that's right. That's what it is.

Guys, okay. Everyone here is loving it. I promise you, the comments section is hating this one. So, tell us about L.A.D. Tell us about L.A.D. Okay, yeah, L.A.Did is a dark comedy rom-com. It's about a woman in her 30s, Ruby Yao, who's having a hard time finding love. And she starts to find out that everyone

she's ever slept with is dying in mysterious ways in the order that she slept with them. So she has to be like, am I the problem? And sort of that's the umbrella of her sort of like love quest search of warning all her previous lovers and then getting tangled in some triangles along the way. Yeah. Just to be clear, I mean, it's not like the dying of STDs.

No, no, no, it's not that. It's not that. No, no. That's obviously the. It's a comedy, you know? Right. Yeah, so. I mean, that's the allegory

but it's not it's not actually people dying of gonorrhea it's kind of like I'm not sure you can do yeah oh you can't dive in I don't know I'm not I don't know I wouldn't know you just lost your chance in the comment but like because it's it's kind of like final destination a little bit. Yeah. When people die, it's always like some weird out left field. And I watched it. It was super funny.

I got to tell you, I'm not just saying it, it's super funny, it's very watchable. You're great in it. Thank you. You know, every time, everything I watch you in, it's like you're so talented, you've got comedic timing out the wazoo. But you come out, you come from this like, experimental theater background. I do.

So how did you get it to this place where you can, you're nominated for Academy Awards for realism, realism acting, but you come from this, I don't know what you're doing in experimental theater in New York. It's a lot of like rolling around on the floor, you know? And it's a lot of like... Like just...

A lot of what? Just freezing? You know what I'm saying? Oh, like freezing? Well, just like shapes, you know what I mean? Just like abstractions. Yeah, it's weird. It is weird, but it's also, you know what it is actually, what I think about it, I mean

there's like clowning involved too where people do like mask work or like clowning work. It's just like big art space actually. It's not like, things are maybe not as mainstream, but I actually think the thing that experimental theater gave me was permission to be like a full artist and be like fearless. And I think, you know, when we were first starting out, I just like, that space was not available in a mainstream way for me. Oh, for you? Yeah.

Or... Wait, you mean what was not available? Like the... Well, there was no Joyride. There was no Everything Everywhere, you know? There was like 16 candles, you know? You mean work. There was no Joyride, there was no Everything Everywhere, you know, there was like 16 candles, you know? You mean work, there was no work, there was no jobs. There was no work, there was no jobs.

So do you mean you went to experimental theater because you couldn't get a job or because you wanted to do it? I think because I wanted to like fully do what I was capable of doing. Right, you were a pure artist in that way, that's what was surprising my first menu I was like oh she's like a legitimate actor like artist like for me I like I tell dick jokes in bars. That's an art form too. It is but it's not like it's art. It's not really odd. It's like I'm like this close I'm like just whipping my dick out. Like I mean a a bar, yeah, oh I guess it is, I guess it is. I guess bad stand-up comedy is experimental theater in a way. Honestly I did do comedy, I was like in the sketch world and the reason why I decided

to not continue down that path was because the hours are so crazy. You have to stay awake so late. Yeah, I feel like shit. Even at an early age, I was like, how does one start at midnight? Yeah, we're all mentally ill because of it. Because we're starting late, and then we're just not sleeping, and then we're just... And then did you consciously get out of experimental theater

because you are like, I'm done with it, or like, it's time to get a real job? No, I actually, there was a casting director who like sort of discovered me and put me into a table read of the first ever potential, maybe one day this will be SpongeBob Musical on Broadway, SpongeBob the Musical on Broadway. So it was like when they were first developing it

and they just needed extra, like honestly, non-equity actors, because I was not in the union. They needed to hire some extra people to do funny voices. Scabbing! Yeah, I was scabbed. And then I stuck with that for like five years. It was just this two hour table read in the Viacom building and they kept asking me back.

And that sort of helped me transition into doing theater sort of full time. Oh, so it wasn't even mounted. It was just the table read for five years. Yeah, well, we did like a table read and then we did workshops developing it. Right, but it wasn't even staged. You were just developing it for like five years.

Then in the last few years, we did like, we were out of town, blah, blah, blah. And then got a call one day that was like, we're going to Broadway, do you want to come? And I was like, okay. You're in there now. So it was kind of, it wasn't ever like a conscious choice to leave experimental theater.

Yeah, look, we all have different paths, but what's interesting about that, I'm always like, I'm always interested in the people who just like pursue passions without thought of money. Yeah. You know, cause I feel like you want even, you're doing experimental theater, like you definitely want trying to get famous.

Yeah, totally. You were just like trying to get like these shapes out of your body. Yeah, I was trying to get the shapes out of my body. Trying to get the shapes out, and then, dude, you got enough shapes out that you got nominated for an Oscar. I know. It was crazy, yeah.

I'm so happy. It was so crazy. Thank you, yeah. So like, how was the Oscar for those of us who will never do that? Like, what's the, like, as a show business professional, there's the art and then there's the business side. So when I watch people, like people who are up for Oscars,

the business side of me knows, the show side of me admires the artists and the business side of me is like, oh, they're gonna do a lot of campaigning. It's gonna be like a presidential campaign. Did you feel that way when you were up for the Oscars? Well, honestly, you know, it was like, because we got to do it together with Michelle,

Key, and the Daniels, with Jamie, like, it felt like a bunch of friends being like, we are going to stand in this light together. But also, before I decided to do Laid... Before I decided to do Laid... You turned on my pilot. I allegedly turned on your pilot. You definitely turned it down.

Oops. Or I didn't see it. I'm really bad at texting and emailing. You did not even read it. But if I was coming off an Oscar nomination, I wouldn't do a pilot either. So by the way, I'm just joking about blaming you for it. I actually don't feel like I saw it.

Yeah, OK. That's all right. Anyway, sorry. Whatever. We'll talk about it later. Yeah, Oscar. So I ran into Ali Wong on the airplane before I signed on to Laid, and she was on her way to the Gotham Awards for her performance in Beef.

And she was like, it was the first award of award season, and she was like, what is like award season like? Like I don't know, I feel like, like I don't want to stand in the light, you know? And I was like, you were amazing, and you deserve to, like, stand and own all the effort that you've put in for all these years to get to where you are. And she won! And she won.

But then also, then at the tail end of that conversation, we, like, talked about award season, then I was like, I was like, hey, have you ever heard of, like she's worked with Nanachika Khan. And Nanachika directed her comedy specials. And I was like, what do you think of Nanachika Khan? I also worked with her. Yes, well you are in, if there's an Asian person,

Ronnie was there. Yeah, I was in Young Rock. Yes, yeah, okay. I was like this cowboy agent. Cowboy agent. I was a cowboy agent. Yeah, I knew that. I think I'm a mustache.

And that's what the pilot was about. Anyway, so. But Notch is our showrunner, one of our showrunners, and the director of Laid. And I was like, what do you think of Nanachka Khan? And Ali was like, I would recommend any person to work with her if they got the chance. And after that flight, I was like, I'm going toade. Sold. Yeah. Yeah. Synchronicity.

Lade. Yeah, became Lade. Was that an underwhelming story? It wasn't underwhelming. It was like I was asking about your Oscar experience then you you turned it into talking about how Ali Wong is awesome. It was a it was a nice deflect. The Oscars were, I mean, yeah. It was like, yeah. It's really, well, you know, when you do something you care about, it feels less crazy to like stand, stand. Sure, behind it. And show up and like stand behind it.

And that movie changed so many people's lives that it was like, thank you. Yeah, it was good. That it was like, it's not even just for me. It's for every single person who's watching and sees themself a part of this. So. So rehearsed, so rehearsed.

Okay. No, but Stephanie, you're the best. No! No, no, you're the best. You're the best. Thanks for coming on the show. Thank you for being a friend. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing your talent. You're the best. I love doing stuff with you. Everybody, late. It's streaming now on KeyCcock. Stephanie Hsu, everybody. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Sorry, after that.

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