>> HI!
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW BOOK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HERE WE GO, IT'S CALLED "AMERICAN LIKE ME."
AND IT'S-- IT'S-- REFLECTIONS ON LIFE BETWEEN CULTURES.
WHAT-- WHAT-- WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO FOCUS ON THE AMERICAN
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND THE ROLE OF DIVERSITY IN OUR
SOCIETY, AMERICA FERRERA?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, I HAVE FELT THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
BUT IN RECEIPT TIMES, I'M QUITE SICK OF BEING TOLD THAT I AM NOT
AN AMERICAN, AND THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE NOT WHAT AMERICA IS
ABOUT, BOUGHT BAUZ I AM AN AMERICAN.
I'M A TRUE BLUE AMERICAN.
( APPLAUSE )
AND I'M REALLY KIND OF UPSET THAT PATRIOTISM HAS BEEN
HIJACKED FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I'M A PATRIOT.
I'M AN AMERICAN.
AND I LOVE MY COUNTRY.
( APPLAUSE )
OBVIOUSLY, YOUR PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES
FROM...?
>> HONDURAS.
>> Stephen: HONDURAS.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THEY LOVED AMERICA, TOO.
THEY NAMED YOU AMERICA.
HOW MUCH MORE EFFORT DO THEY HAVE TO PUT INTO IT?
>> STEPHEN, YOU HAVE TO READ THE BOOK BECAUSE IN FACT I'M NOT
NAMED AFTER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE ARE OTHER AMERICAS.
>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND?
>> SOUTH, CENTRAL -- >> Stephen: YOU ARE ON THIN
ICE, YOUNG LADY.
YOU JUST SCORED HUGE POINTS JUST NOW.
THERE ARE OTHER AMERICAS.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUE THEM.
>> OKAY, THAT'S NICE.
>> Stephen: FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
>> MY NAME DOES NOT REFER TO "UNITED STATES OF."
IT REFERS TO OTHER AMERICA S.
>> Stephen: BOTH CONTINENTS, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT REFERS TO ALL-- I'M NAMED AFTER MY MOM.
>> Stephen: YOUR MOM IS NAMED AMERICA, TOO?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A JUNIOR.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S NICE.
>> I TALK IN THE BOOK ABOUT HOW HARD IT WAS TO GROW UP WITH THE
NAME AMERICA BECAUSE I HAD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION SO MANY
TIMES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL AT HOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SINCE THE BIRTH OF YOUR SON?
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON I THINK YOU JUST ANNOUNCED YOU
WERE EXPECTING?
>> I WAS.
>> Stephen: AND NOW YOU HAVE A CHILD.
HOW LONG AGO WAS THE BABY BORN?
>> HE IS FOUR MONTHS OLD TODAY.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: OKAY, THAT IS CHALLENGING.
THAT'S A CHALLENGING-- THAT'S A CHALLENGING TIME PERIOD.
>> I'M HAVING AN AMAZING TIME.
AND I FOUND THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, HOW HARD IT IS, AND HOW TERRIBLE A
TIME YOU'RE HAVING.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW LIKE, "OH, HE'S GREAT, AND HE
SLEEPS AWESOME."
THEY'RE LIKE, "SHUT UP, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT."
>> Stephen: HE SLEEPS AWESOME?
>> HE DOES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GETTING SLEEP, TOO?
>> ISH.
I'M STILL BREAST FEEDING AND PUMPING AND ALL THAT AND I STILL
HAVE TO GET UP BECAUSE, WOMAN.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE, WOMAN.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD NAME FAIR BOOK, TOO.
"BECAUSE, WOMAN."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
YOU'RE A VERY COMMITTED ACTIVIST.
YOU-- BESIDES DOING THE BOOK, OF COURSE, YOU'RE AN ACTRESS.
YOU'RE AN ACTIVIST.
YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAUSES.
HAS HAVING A CHILD SLOWED YOU DOWN FROM DOING SOME OF THOSE
THINGS YOU LOVE TO DO.
YOU TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> I WAS AFRAID THAT IT MIGHT.
I WAS-- I WAS A LITTLE EXHAUSTED BY THE WORLD AS I WAS PREGNANT
AND NEEDED TO SORT OF STEP BACK AND TAKE A BREAK.
AND IT FELT AWESOME TO NOT BE ON TWITTER ALL DAY OR, YOU KNOW--
>> Stephen: ISN'T IT NICE?
>> IT'S SO NICE TO, LIKE, TAKE A BREAK FROM WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE WORLD.
AND I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID THEY MIGHT NEVER CARE AGAIN, THAT I
MIGHT JUST, YOU KNOW, STAY IN MY LITTLE BUBBLE, RAISE A GREAT
LITTLE SON, AND JUST BE HAPPY.
BUT IT WASN'T -- >> Stephen: YOU WERE AFRAID
YOU MIGHT BE HAPPY?
>> YEAH, I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT -- >> Stephen: GOD, DON'T LET ME
BE HAPPY WITH MY CHILD.
>> I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT CHOOSE HAPPINESS.
BUT VERY SHORTLY AFTER HAVING MY CHILD, IT WAS-- I DON'T KNOW-- A
WEEK AFTER I GAVE BIRTH THAT IMAGES OF CHILDREN BEING RIPPED
AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS AT THE BORDER BEGAN TO EMERGE.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
>> AND I-- AND NOT ONLY DID I HAVE THE SAME FIRE AS BEFORE,
BUT IT ALL MEANS THAT MUCH MORE WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT, AS YOU
KNOW.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE, YES.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING ON AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT LEVEL.
>> HE WAS FOUR WEEKS OLD.
I LEFT HIM WITH HIS DAD, GOT ON A TRAIN AND WENT TO D.C. TO
RALLY WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND PUMPED ON THE
TRAIN THERE AND BACK BECAUSE, WOMAN.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE, WOMAN AND YOU TELL ME, YOUR-- YOU'RE
URGING EVERYBODY TO TAKE ACTION.
YOU CAN TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
>> YES.
THIS IS LINDA SARSOR, WEARING A JACKET THAT SAYS, "NOVEMBER IS
COMING."
( APPLAUSE )
THIS IS OUR CHANCE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST REAL CHANCE TO PUT A CHECK ON THE INSANITY
THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND IF WE DON'T SHOW UP TO VOTE--
( APPLAUSE ).
( CHEERS )
CHANCE TO PUT A REAL CHECK ON IT AND TO SAY WE EMPLOY THESE
PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WHEN HAS IT EVER BEEN MORE OBVIOUS THAT WE NEED ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR US?
WE NEED ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO BE STANDING UP AND UPHOLDING
OUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTING US, AND THEY HAVE FAILED.
THEY ARE FAILING.
AND SO WE NEED TO SHOW UP AS THEIR EMPLOYERS AND SAY, IT
DOESN'T WORK FOR US" AND VOTE OUT THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DOING
THEIR JOBS AND BRING IN SOME NEW AND INSPIRING AND EXCITING
CANDIDATES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: "SUPERSTORE" RETURNS THIS COMING UP WEEK FOR
ITS FOURTH SEASON.
>> FOURTH SEASON.
>> Stephen: WE-- WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
THIS WAS-- LET ME SEE WHAT ORDER ORDER.
I SHOULD PUT THIS OUT FIRST.
"THIS IS US" PUT OUT THESE ADS.
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
THEY'RE ALL OVER.
THIS IS ONE OF YOUR FELLOW NBC SHOWS.
SO YOU GUYS PUT UP THIS.
"NOMINATED FOR ZERO EMMYS."
THERE YOU GO.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> THIS IS JUST HONESTY.
>> Stephen: THIS IS JUST HONESTY?
>> IT'S RADICAL HONESTY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR SHOW.
WE'VE HEARD OF THAT SHOW, "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY."
SO... YEAH.
>> Stephen: I THINK I SAW IT ON HULU, "HOLLYWOOD REPORTER."
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE SEASON?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE SO FUN.
I THINK WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS SHOW, MY FAVORITE
THING ABOUT THIS SHOW IS THAT IT'S A COMEDY ABOUT PEOPLE FROM
ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO ARE EVERYDAY, HARDWORKING PEOPLE.
AND WE GET TO TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, OUR-- OUR SEASON PREMIERE SORT
OF TOUCHES ON THE ISSUES OF #METOO, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH
ALL DIFFERENT POLITICAL BELIEFS AS CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW.
MY FAVORITE THING IS WE CAN TAKE ON THESE ISSUES, OUR WRITERS CAN
BE SMART AND FUNNY ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS PEOPLE WHO
DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER BUT WHO CAN COEXIST AND BE KIND TO EACH
OTHER.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, AMERICA, IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
"AMERICAN LIKE ME: REFLECTIONS ON LIFE BETWEEN CULTURES" IS IN
STORES NOW.
AMERICA FERRERA, EVERYBODY!