On this show I actually,
with my producing team and partners,
I got to build the vampires.
I got to build what they look like.
Which we spent months
developing these creatures that are scary.
I mean, if you were in a room with these people,
first of all, you probably wouldn't make it out,
but you would run for your life.
(audience laughing)
That's fun that it even freaked you out.
That's great!
Yeah. I mean, Damien was, you know,
it was funny and sexy and starky.
And he could have his fangs out and crack a joke.
No. These people are not cracking jokes.
They're going to eat you.
They're going to scare you.
But it's the world. But were you
always into vampires?
Because you went from Vampire Diaries to V-Wars.
I grew up on Lake Pontchartrain,
which is the lake that looks out over New Orleans.
When I was a kid, because the lore of vampires
in New Orleans and rice and everything.
The whole mystique, yeah.
You could sit on the shore of the lake
and look out at the city
and see this twinkling and sparkling,
and I used to think, "They're over there."
Because I grew up it was vampires and Marie Laveau.
(laughs) All right.
Things that scared the sh-- (audience laughs)
Nice safe, baby!
(audience clapping and laughing)
Well I--
I just came--
I just came from Sirius XM,
where I've been all morning.
wow, It's so fun over there And you can pretty much
say whatever you want there.
(audience laughing)
Sorry.
That's okay.
We work around it here.
We have a lot of fun in the edit babe,
Let me tell you.
(audience laughing)
A lot of (beep) flies here. (laughs)
(audience laughs and claps)
So your beautiful wife, Nicki Reed.
Also tangential
to the vampire world. Who wanted
me to give you some love.
She adores you.
Oh God, she's so beautiful!
I know!
Look at that picture!
It's crazy!
So it was sort of meant to be.
You're both vampirery.
Does your kid have fangs?
It's pretty wild, isn't it?
Yeah.
It is pretty wild.
Her and I laugh about this all the time.
What are the chances that,
I mean, I say this in all humility,
it was just sort of the numbers speak for themselves.
Twilight and Vampire Diaries are in arguably the biggest
vampire franchises Oh absolutely!
In history. In history!
And two of the-- (audience claps) Thank you.
And two of the people that are-- (audience claps) right.
And two of the stars of those
Come together!
That film.
That's what I said.
Does your kid go out during the day?
(audience laughs)
She does.
(laughing) I'm just kidding.
(audience laughing)
Actually, by the way on V-Wars,
there's a storyline about that exact thing.
Shut up!
And I just, yeah, I've been outlining this.
It's pretty--
it's pretty dark but it is awesome!
Oh I love dark!
But here's the deal.
I'm going to be really honest with you.
I have to get to season two to tell the story so.
We are going to get you to season two, aren't we?
Yes!
(audience cheers and claps)
You're also involved in animal rescue.
I'm very passionate about.
You are!
This woman!
Thirty-six million dollars we've raised for non-kill
shelters so far with our food.
Thirty-six million dollars.
Thirty-six million dollars
we've given away to non-kill shelters.
(audience claps)
So, I want to get involved and
Nutrish is the name of our brand.
I eat all of the cat food and dog food
to prove to people the quality.
I'm not kidding.
I'm completely serious.
I add a little salt.
But I do that to prove that the quality of it,
we have every type of diet for every type of animal.
And it does so much good.
It saves so many lives.
All right. Where is your foundation?
We're gonna get into this.
We have to get into this. Yeah, we gotta--
Guys, cut the camera.
No, I'm joking.
(audience laughing)
So nine years-- The Ian Somerhalder
Foundation is our ninth birthday,
which is also my birthday in four days.
I'm turning forty-one,
the foundation is turning nine.
And it was this journey to
become-- because of the success with The Vampire Diaries,
I knew I had this large platform.
To be an amplifier for the voices that weren't being heard.
That couldn't speak as loudly as they needed too.
And it's been one amazing journey that span the whole globe.
And you know, we have this
emergency medical animal grants program.
So if you're a rescuer or you're an individual,
you find an animal you rescue,
and you can't afford the medical treatment.
I mean we get tens and tens and tens of thousands
of applications, where obviously we can't fill them all.
But I mean we're I think
in we're in the twenty-five
It can go a long way.
hundred animal range where we've saved.
Everything from, you know snakes to sea lions to
pelicans but That's amazing.
Lots of dogs, cats, horses and all that.
We have to get our foundation involved
because, we give to people that rescue chimps,
three-legged goats, horses.
I feel like a three-legged goat right now.
(audience laughing and clapping)
Congratulations man.
Thank you for all the work that you do with animals.
And lets bring ISF together and
Lets do it! I will eat
this dog and cat food too.
(crowd clapping) Alright! Did you hear him!?
Hey! Did you hear him!?
(crowd clapping)
That says sweeps (giggling).
Hey, thank you for being so amazing.
Oh my god, of course.
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