>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK! LATEST DRAMA, MY NEXT GUEST IS A
VERY'S FUNNY STAND-UP COMEDIAN WHO HAS A SPECIAL CALLED "HERE'S
EVERYTHING." PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE LATE SHOW" RICKY VELEZ. >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: I WISH I WAS THERE.
>> Ricky: I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.
YOU'VE GOT COVID AND YOU STAY HOME.
I HAVE COVID, I'M HERE, WHAT YOU DOING?
>> Stephen: YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE IF YOU HAVE
COVID. >> Ricky: I TOOK THE TRAIN
HERE! THE ONE RICKY, THAT IS
IRRESPONSIBLE AT BEST. >> LISTEN, IF I'M GOING TO BE
THE ONLY ONE HERE AT. SULLIVAN THEATER, TONIGHT IS MY
SHOW, ALL RIGHT? >> Stephen: OKAY.
IT'S ACTUALLY MY SHOW. >> Ricky: NO IT'S NOT.
>> Stephen: WHAT YOU MEAN? >> Ricky: I'M TAKING IT OVER,
OKAY? WELCOME TO THE LATEST SHOW RICKY
VELEZ! ♪ RICKY VELEZ, THE BEST EVER TO
EVER PERFORM IN. SULLIVAN THEATER ♪
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO MY SHOW!
>> Stephen: THIS ISN'T HOW PASSING THE BATON -- THIS IS NOT
HOW YOU GET A SHOW. >> Ricky: YES, IT IS, OKAY?
YOU ARE MY PSYCHIC NOW SO EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR STEVE.
YOU ARE STEVE NOW. >> Stephen: HELLO, HALE.
>> Ricky: AND IT'S TIME FOR MY MONOLOGUE, OKAY?
GOING TO START UP MY MONOLOGUE SOME SHOUT OUTS.
I WANT TO SHOUT OUT WHO DADDY DIAMONDS.
TT, AND MIKE BERKOWITZ. THERE WE GO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A LIST OF NAMES.
>> Ricky: LISTEN, SIDEKICK. IT'S TIME FOR MY FIRST GUEST.
EVERYONE, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PETE DAVIDSON, EVERYBODY!
THERE WE GO! THERE WE GO.
>> Stephen: HOLY [BLEEP]! PETE DAVIDSON CLICK YOU HAVE
BETTER GUESTS THAN I DO? I'VE NEVER HAD PETE DAVIDSON!
V2 AND YOU NEVER WILL, I PUT HIM IN CONTRACT.
SO, PETE, IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
>> FOR SURE, WHAT'S GOING ON, D DO?
>> Ricky: ACT LIKE WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
>> YEAH, MAN PARADIS >> Ricky: YOU'RE SUCH A STAR,
I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY PRODUCERS EARLIER JUST TELLING
ME THAT YOU LOVE TO GO TO SIX FLAGS.
>> I LOVE GOING TO SIX FLAGS, YEAH.
>> Ricky: YEAH, YEAH, I JUST -- IT WAS A LOT OF FUN WHEN
WE WENT, RIGHT? FICO OH, YEAH, WE WENT.
HOW DID YOU GET THE SHOW, DUDE? >> Ricky: I GOT IT BECAUSE
STEVE AND GOT CANCELED. >> Stephen: REALLY, YOU'VE
BEEN WAITING? [BLEEP] YOU!
THANKS! >> I DON'T GET IT, DUDE, WHY ARE
YOU AT WORK? >> Stephen: LOOK AT MY
ARMPITS, AND SWEATING THROUGH HIS SHIRT!
>> WE HAVE COVID TOO, WE RODE THE TRAIN HERE.
IF YOU ALL HAVE COVID IT'S FINE. >> IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY
SOMETHING, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR FEVER.
>> Stephen: OKAY. >> Ricky: YOU KNOW, THIS WAS
SO LAST-MINUTE, I KIND OF DIDN'T PLAN MUCH AND HONESTLY, THIS JOB
KIND OF SUCKS. LIKE YOU'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO
INTERVIEW YOU ABOUT BEING A CELEBRIY?
YOU MUST BE CRAZY! MR. COLBERT?
>> Stephen: YES? YOU TWO WOULD YOU MIND IF I JUST
WAS A GUEST INSTEAD? >> Stephen: NO, I WOULDN'T
MIND AT ALL. DAVIDSON, OUT.
GET OUT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR MEETING
YOU VIRTUALLY CARRIED >> YEAH THE BEST!
TAKE YOUR CHAIR. >> Stephen: NOT THAT EASY, IS
IT? LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR GROUP IN QUEENS, WHICH MAKES YOU A BORN
AND BRED NEW YORKER. >> Ricky: OH OH, MY GOD, YES I
DID! >> Stephen: WHAT YOU THINK
MAKES SOMEONE A REAL NEW YORKER? >> Ricky: I HAVE THIS ARGUMENT
A LOT. IT'S MOSTLY THAT YOU WERE BORN
IN NEW YORK. I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE LIVED
HERE FOR TEN YEARS, WE DON'T ACCEPT YOU, YOU ARE NOT PART OF
IT. IT'S LENOX HILL OR JAMAICA
HOSPITAL. >> Stephen: I THOUGHT THIS WAS
THE ONLY CITY WHERE YOU GOT TO BECOME A NEW YORKER.
>> Ricky: YEAH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ROBBED ON THE F TRAIN, YOU
ARE NOT INVOLVED. >> Stephen: OKAY, LET'S SEE IF
YOU ARE A REAL NEW YORKER, DO YOU HAVE A GO TO DELI ORDER?
YOU TO GUESS I DO. >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT?
>> Ricky: CHERRY VALLEY QUEENS, THE CORONA.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE CORONA? >> Ricky: IT IS A BREADED
CHICKEN CUTLET, BACON, CHEESE, BARBECUE SAUCE AND ONION RINGS.
THE BEST PART ABOUT CHERRY VALLEY IS IT'S WHERE YOU WENT IN
HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S OPEN 24 HOURS. IT'S OPEN 24 HOURS AND IT'S ALSO
WHERE YOU GO TO FIGHT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.úSO THAT'S WHAT WE.
YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU WANT TO HAVE A
GO-TO PLACE YOU MAKE >> Ricky: YOU DON'T WANT TO
HAVE A BLACK EYE AND AN EMPTY BELLY.
>> Stephen: WE HEARD THIS, I HAVE ONE.
I HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE. I WOULD DESCRIBE THE SANDWICH --
I HAVEN'T BITTEN INTO IT YET, BUT I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS
UNBELIEVABLY DENSE. >> Ricky: THE OTHER THING IS
IT SECURES COVID. SO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE --
[LAUGHS] THE WHOLE THING.
YES. I THINK I HAVE ONE AS WELL.
>> Stephen: NO. >> Ricky: WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS
ON IT? >> Stephen: I THINK COVID AND
MANY OTHER THINGS WILL BE FLEEING MY BODY THIS EVENING.
>> Ricky: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT GETS IT OUT FAST.
THAT IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. >> Stephen: THERE'S ONE THING
A REALLY GOOD MICROPHONE LIKES, IT'S A SANDWICH.
>> Ricky: YEAH. >> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE I'M
DOING ASMR WITH YOU. >> Ricky: EVERYBODY RELAX.
>> Stephen: YOU WANT TO THE FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
IN QUEENS, WHICH IS FOUNDED BY THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE GREAT
TONY BENNETT. DID YOU MEET TONY?
THAT HE COME VISIT THE SCHOOL? >> Ricky: YEAH, TONY WAS IN MY
SCHOOL A LOT. HE WAS A GREAT PART OF THE
SCHOOL AND HE JUST MADE US LIKE A PART OF WHAT HE WAS DOING
ALWAYS. I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS COMING
OUT WITH THE BILLY JOEL ALBUM, HIM AND BILLY JOEL DID AN ALBUM,
AND YOU KNOW, BEING AROUND -- I MEAN, LADY GAGA WAS AROUND, ALL
THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE AROUND AND YOU BECAME KIND OF
JADED TO IT SO HE BROUGHT US TO "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" TO WATCH
HIM PERFORM. >> Stephen: SO YOU ARE HIS
SQUAD? TO YEAH, KIND OF.
HE BROUGHT THE BOYS WITH HIM, YOU KNOW?
SO HE -- >> Stephen: YOU LOOK
BEAUTIFUL! >> Ricky: AND THEN WE -- ME
AND MY FRIENDS DECIDED WE HAD SEEN HIM PERFORM TOO MUCH SO WE
SKIPPED. THEY BROUGHT US TO THE CITY AND
WE JUST WENT TO CENTRAL PARK. >> Stephen: YOUR BEST FRIENDS
WITH PETE DAVIDSON, AS WE JUST LEARNED.
AND I JUST FOUND OUT HIS GODFATHER TO YOUR SON.
>> Ricky: YES. >> Stephen: HOW OLD IS YOUR
SON? >> MY SON IS FIVE.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HE LIKE AS A GODFATHER?
GOOD PRESENCE? OF SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOU TO
THINK HE WOULD RAISE A CHILD IN A SPIRITUAL MENTOR TO WHICH YOU
HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED? >> Ricky: THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
WILL SAYS. YES.
YES. HE'S THE BEST.
MY SON ADORES HIM MORE THAN ANYBODY AND HE JUST -- HE'S
REALLY GOOD TO US AND HE CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT
GODFATHER AND SOMEONE THAT I'M PROUD TO HAVE MY SON LOOK UP TO.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING A DAD?
>> Ricky: MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING A DAD IS ALLOWING MY
SON TO EXPLORE EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO EXPLORE.
WATCHING HIM GROW UP AND BE THE PERSON HE IS AND NOT TRYING TO
SHAPE HIM AND LETTING HIM SHAPE HIMSELF.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHO HE IS AT FIVE MACK
>> Ricky: YES AND NO. BECAUSE LIKE EVERY DAY HE BLOWS
MY MIND. IT JUST CHANGES DAILY WITH HIM.
HE -- OUT OF NOWHERE IN 5 I GUESS A COUPLE OF KIDS HAVE LIKE
LOST GRANDPARENTS IN HIS CLASS, SO MY WIFE IS JEWISH, I GREW UP
CATHOLIC, AND HE HAS FOUND GOD HIMSELF.
IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. >> Stephen: WHAT'S HIS GODLIKE
MAKE HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST ITSELF?
>> Ricky: THE OTHER DAY WE WERE WALKING HOME FROM A
RESTAURANT, IT WAS JUST ME AND HIM AND HE JUST TURNED TO ME AND
GOES I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM. AND I WAS REALLY IKE AFRAID
THAT I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE LIKE THE BIRDS AND THE BEES
CONVERSATION. >> Stephen: HE WAS GOING TO
GIVE YOU THE SEX TALK? WE TO YEAH COME ON
SEVENTH AVENUE. AND I LOOK DOWN ON HIM AND HE
GOES GOD. AND I GO THANK GOD!
THANK GOD! AND HEAT -- I DON'T KNOW WHO'S
TELLING HIM WHAT, BUT RECENTLY A KID HIT HIM IN THE FACE AT THE
PARK, WHICH IS JUST SAD AND WHATEVER.
>> Stephen: A KID HE KNEW OR JUST SOMEONE RANDOM?
>> Ricky: LISTEN, HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK SO HE
AIDED PRETTY WELL. A KID HE WITH IN THE KID, AS HIS
MOTHER CAME OVER TO SCOLD HIM AND TAKE HIM AWAY, MY SON
SCREAMED ACROSS THE PARK IN FRONT OF ALL THE PARENTS "GOD
MADE YOU WRONG!" [LAUGHS]
SO -- HE'S DEFINITELY -- >> Stephen: THAT PACKS A
PUNCH. >> Ricky: HE KNOWS MORE THAN
WE ARE TEACHING IMPURITY >> Stephen: NOT ONLY IS THAT
INSULTING BUT IT IS CONFUSING TO A CHILD.
>> Ricky: I ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED USING IT IN MY OWN LIFE.
IT'S GREAT TO SAY TO ANOTHER ADULT.
>> Stephen: RICKY, THANKS FOR BEING ON, THANKS FOR ROLLING
WITH THE SWITCH UP AT THE LAST MINUTE.
UP GIVE MY BEST TO YOUR GUEST PETE DAVIDSON.
>> Ricky: STEPHEN, I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
PLEASE FEEL BETTER FAST. WE NEED YOU HERE.
WE NEED YOU MAKING LAUGHS, SIR. >> Stephen: TICKETS FOR
RICKY'S NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL SHOW ON NOVEMBER 7TH ARE ON SALE
NOW. RICKY VELEZ, EVERYBODY!
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK! THANKS, RICKY!
>> Ricky: APPRECIATE YOU, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: CHEERS!