>> James: BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU'VE COME ON A GOOD NIGHT, AN
EXCITING NIGHT, DURAN DURAN PERFORMING LATER IN THE SHOW.
AND I UNDERSTAND AS ALL OF US, BIG FAN, BIG FAN.
>> HUGE. I REMEMBER I WAS IN LONDON, THEY
WERE PERFORMING AT THE BIG HUGE 02 ARENA.
I HAD MY MOM FLY INTO LONDON, SHE WAS COMING IN FOR SOMETHING
ELSE AND I HAD TO GETS TAKEN STRAIGHT TO THE ARENA.
SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL THEY STARTED
PERFORMING AND SHE JUMPED UP LIKE THE REST OF GA GLFL US AND
WE HAD THE MOST AMAZING NIGHT. >> James: SAME FOR YOU.
>> I NEVER SAW THEM. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THEM,
THEY HAVE A BALANCE ODD THAT I LOVE CALLED BOX FULL OF HONEY.
AND I WANTED TO ASK THEM WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.
>> James: OKAY, I THINK WE CAN FIND THAT OUT.
I WILL ASK IT LATER, I WILL ASK IT LATER IN THE SHOW, BOX FULL
OF HONEY. >> YEAH.
>> James: I IMAGINE IT IS JUST ABOUT A BOX OF HONEY, LIKE
WINNIE THE POOH THING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> OH BOTHER. >> I THINK THAT IS ALL ABOUT
APPROXIMATE T IS ABOUT. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE USE SPLIT
MEANINGS IN MUSIC. >> EVER.
>> James: NOW ROSARIO, LAST TIME WE SPOKE ON GLOORNLINGS
WERE YOU ON THE EAST COAST. ARE YOU OUT HERE FOR AWHILE.
DO YOU ENJOY IT OUT HERE, IS THIS, DO YOU ENJOY COMING TO LOS
ANGELES. >> I DO.
I LOVE IT OUT HERE. I LIVED OUT HERE FOR 15 YEAR, I
LOVE TO BE WORKING OUT HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS SO I'M REALLY
GLAD I SOLD MY QUARANTINE OVER. >> BUT I KEPT MY -9D 17.
OF ALL THE ONES YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE THE-- .
>> James: THIS IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
>> THAT SAN OLD OLD SCHOOL NEW YORK AREA CODE.
>> James: 212 IS THE ONE. >> THAT IS LIKE A LAND LINE,
THAT IS WEIRD. >> IN THE SWAG BAG.
>> James: I MEAN JOHN, YOU HAVE SOME BIG PROPERTY NEWS IN
YOUR LIFE. YOU RECENTLY PURCHASED YOUR
FIRST HOME. WHERE IS IT, TELL US ALL ABOUT
IT, WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO FINALLY TAKE THE PLUNGEE ON THIS.
>> I'M PLAYING JOE EXOTIC IN THE JOE VERSUS CARROLL-- CAROLE.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS LIME DAMN, I AM 58 YEARS OLD,
I'M GOING TO BUY ME A HOUSE. AND YOU CAN'T DO IT IN NEW YORK.
AND IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMICnd AND I WAS
HANG OUT IN NEW ORLEANS WHICH IS ONE THE FEW CITY THRAS GOT ITS
SOUL IMPACT, A SPIRITUAL PLACE ALOT OF FRIENDS ARE MOVING
THERE, I FOUND A HOUSE THAT BELONGED TO AN OCCULT CHURCH.
NOT SATANIC BUT JUST OCCULT. >> James: SURE, YEAH, DOES IT
NEED ANYTHING DOING TO THE HOUSE.
>> IT NEEDS A LITTLE RENOVATION, I AM IMAGINE YOU ARE PRETTY
HANDY. >> I'M BRINGING IN A
VOOD PRIEST ES WHO ISES WILL A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, NOT TO
CLEAR THE ENERGY, TO MOVE IT YOU DON'T WANT TO DENY THE HISTORY.
>> James: BUT ARE YOU HANDEER AROUND THE HOUSE.
>> I'M NOT AT ALLK I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A LIVE-IN
CARETAKER,. >> James: WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR
IN A LIVING CARETAKER, WHAT SORT OF ATTRIBUTES.
>> EASY ON THE EYES BUT DON'T [BLEEP] WHERE YOU EAT, YOU KNOW
WHAT I TALKING ABOUT. >> James: YEAH, DON'T GO WITH
ANY OF THAT BOX FULL OF HONEY. >> SOMEONE HANDY WITH A POWER
TOO, WHICH COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF MY LESBIAN FRIENDS.
IT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO IS RELIABLE BUT ALSO ENJOYS A HOT
TUB, SOMEBODY I COULD BE COMFORTABLE IN A HOT TUB WITHOUT
WITHOUT FEELING THAT KIND OF TENSION.
>> YEAH. >> James: THAT IS WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMEONE YOU
CAN BE IN A HOT TUB WITH NO SEXUAL ENERGY.
>> I WANT TO PLATONIC HUSBAND. GOOD WITH THE POWER TOOL.
>> James: YEAH. >> ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ALL WANT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO LAST. BECAUSE YOU TAKE SEX OUT OF THE
EQUATION T LASTS. >> James: IT LASTS, I LIKE
THIS IDEA. >> DM ME ON INSTAGRAM IF YOU
WANT TO BE MY CARETAKER. >> James: NOW ROSARIO, YOU
WERE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, NUR YU SERIES, DMZ PREMIERED THERE.
AND YOU HAD SOMETHING, I ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE AT OUR HOLIDAY
PARTY HERE ON THE SHOW, YOU HAD A TATTOO ARTIST AT THE AFTER
PARTY. >> YES.
>> James: DID YOU INDULGE, DID YOU GET ONE.
>> I DID, IT WAS SO INTERESTING. THERE ARE TA TOON-- TATTOOS
HERE, THAT IS SO CUTE, LIKE TEMPORARY ONES OR STICKERS OR
SOMETHING, NO, THEY ARE TATTOO ARTISTS HERE SO I GOT A TA TOO.
I GOT A STAR, IT IS NOT IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW T IS IN THE
BLEEZY SCABBY PLACE SO I WILL SAVE T YOU WILL SEE AT THE VEBT
ALLLY BECAUSE I GOT IT ON MY KNEE, BLACK STAR FOR IN HONOR OF
DAVID BOWIE'S LAST ALBUM, YEAH. MY DAD WENT TO THE SAME HIGH
SCHOOL AT MEATLOAF RIP AND IT OCCURRED TO ME AFTER THE FACT OH
YAIRKS THE LONE STAR STATE SO I GOT A STAR.
PEOPLE WERE GETTING DMZ TATTOOED ON THEMSELVES SO I'M REALLY GLAD
THAT SHOW IS AMAZING. >> James: THAT IS, I SPOKE
JOHN, YOUR STAGE PLAY THAT BECAME A MOVIE HEDWIG AND THE
ANGRY INCH, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, YOU WROTE, DIRECTED IT, STARRED
IN IT. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I DIDN'T
REALLY EVER KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS FOR TO YOU GET A THEATRE TO
COMMIT TO THE SHOW BACK IN THE BEGINNING.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE TURNING POINT?
>> WE WERE TOO DRAGGY, TOO PUNKY, MY COCREATOR WHO WROTE
THE SONGS, WE COULDN'T GET-- I WAS DOING REGULAR ACTING BUT
HEDWIG DIDN'T WANT. I WAS OFFERED THE ROLE OF THE
DRAG/TRANSCHARACTER IN RENT, A PUERTO RICAN.
AND I WAS LIKE-- I GOT THIS OTHER BITCH OVER HERE, IN A
BLOND WIG BUT NOBODY WANTED US, SO OUR AMAZING DIRECTOR PETER AS
KIN AND PRODUCER BUILT A THEATRE FOR US IN A FLOP HOUSE HOTEL ON
THE RIVER CALLED THE RIVER VIEW, NOW, AND WE BUILT THE THEETDER
IN THERE FOR US. >> AND HOW LONG BEFORE YOU JUST
SUDDENLY FELT LIKE OH, PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY LOVING THIS?
>> PEOPLE DIDN'T COME IN DROVES. ALL OF THE THEATER PEOPLE WERE
SCARED OF IT. DRAG IS CONSIDERED LOW CLASS,
YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME. WHEN I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
ANOTHER ART FORM YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH.
AND MY HEROS WERE BOWIE AND IGGY POP AND LITTLE RICHARD A LOU
REED AND THEY ALL WORKED THE GINDER, RIGHT, PUNK ROCK WAS
INVENTED BY A BLACK DRAG QUEEN, AND THAT WAS A PERSON THAT MADE
BOWY HAPPEN SO WE ARE IN THAT TRADITION OF QUEER ROCKERS BUT
PEOPLE STARTED NOT COMES AND THEN CELEBRITIES STARTED COMING,
SUDDENLY LOU REED, DAVID BOWIE, GLENN CLORKS PATTI LUPOAN, THE
BROADWAY GIRLS AND ROCKERS STARTED SHOWING UP.
THEN GALLAGHER. >> James: LOF THAR, WELL I'M
SO THRILLED THAT THEY MADE THAT LITTLE THEATER FOR YOU BECAUSE
ST WILL BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS.
>> THANK YOU. >> James: NOW ROSARIO, LET'S
CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR NEW MINI SERIES DID MZ, EXPLAIN WHAT
ST ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY. >> DMZ STANDS FOR DEMILITARIZED
ZONE, BASED ON A COMIC THAT CAME OUT ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO T IS
TAKING PLACE EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE SECOND CIVIL WAR AMERICA HAS
GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE SPLIT INTO THE UNITED STATES AND FREE
STATES OF AMERICA AND I'M LOCKING FOR MY SON, THE ONE
PLACE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO, THE DMZ.
I CAN SAY WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS IT WAS MARCH
2020. A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, WHEN WE WERE
LITTLE-- FILMING IT WE WERE WONDERING IF PEOPLE WANTED TO
SUSPEND THEIR DIS BLEACH AND IMAGINE SUCH A THING HAPPENING.
AND WATCHING IT AT THE PREMIER, I HADN'T SEEN IT YET AND I WAS
IN TEARS F IS ACTUALLY ALMOST TRIGGERING BECAUSE IT IS SO
PRESH ENT AND THE STORY BEHIND T THE IDEA BEHIND IT I THINK IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE UNLIKE THE COMIC WHICH ONLY FOCUSES A A LOT
MORE ON THE DYSTOPIAN WAR ASPECT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE
AND COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU BUILD YOURSELF OUT OF IT WHICH I THINK
IS JUST SO CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE NARRATIVE
RIGHT NOW. >> WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
I'M SO HAPPY.