>> James: LET'S MEET OUR
NEXT GUEST TONIGHT: HE'S A GRAMMY WINNING TRIPLE THREAT
YOU KNOW FROM "IN THE HEIGHTS," "HAMILTON," "A STAR
IS BORN" AND SO MUCH MORE, THE TALENTED ANTHONY RAMOS.
LOOK AT THIS GUY!
NOW, WE'VE GOT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
ANTHONY, I'M SO PROUD OF YOUR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN "IN
THE HEIGHTS!" IT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
THE FILM'S BRILLIANT.
YOU'RE BRILLIANT.
I MEAN, I CANNOT IMAGINE -- YOUR FAMILY MUST BE SO THRILLED.
WHAT DO THEY THINK OF THE MOVIE?
>> YEAH, THEY LOVE IT, MAN.
YOU MIGHT -- IT'S CRAZY.
SOME OF MY FAMILY'S IN IT.
MY SISTER IS IN IT.
SHE'S IN THE OPENING NUMBER DANCING SIX PEOPLE AWAY FROM ME
IN THE OPENING NUMBER.
MY MOTHER'S GOT -- SHE'S LIKE WHERE'S WALDO IN THIS MOVIE.
MY MOM'S GOT MAD CAMEO MOMENTS.
SO IT'S DOPE, MAN.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.
MY FAMILY -- LIKE, ONE OF MY UNCLES HIT ME UP THE OTHER DAY,
YO, I'M SO GRATEFUL WE FINALLY GOT THIS MOVIE TO EMBRACE OUR
HISPANIC HERITAGE LIKE THIS.
MY UNCLE IS 65.
THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
HE AN O.G.
>> James: I LIKE YOU SAID 65 LIKE THAT'S REALLY OLD.
I COULD FEEL IT IN THE ROOM.
A LOT WERE LIKE, OH, 65.
HE'LL BE DEAD REAL SOON.
>> I'M GOING MUTE MY VIDEO.
>> James: IN YOUR LIFE, YOU RECENTLY PASSED YOUR DRIVER'S
EXAM!
I WAS SURPRISED YOU COULDN'T DRIVE.
WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
HOW DID YOU -- WAS THE TEST -- DID YOU FIND IT STRESSFUL?
>> IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL!
THE TEACHER WAS COLD.
SHE WAS -- LIKE THANK GOD MY BOY DROVE ME BECAUSE I WAS IN MY
MOM'S CAR AND I -- I PULL UP AND SHE'S LIKE, DID YOU SANITIZE THE
SEATS?
I WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T GOT SANITIZER IN THE CAR.
THANK GOD MY BOY.
ALFREDO, YOU GOT SANITIZER IN YOUR TRUCK?
HE'S LIKE, YO, I GOT YOU.
HALLELUJAH.
SANITIZE THE CAR.
I DO THE DRIVER'S TEST.
WE STOP.
SHE SAYS PULL IN BEHIND THIS BLACK CAR.
SHE GOES, YOUR DRIVING'S FINE.
JUST REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR BLIND SPOTS.
I WAS AND LIKE -- SO DID I PASS?
AND SHE'S LIKE -- I SAID THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOU CHANGED MY LIFE.
I'M 29 AND I HAD MY PERMIT FOR EIGHT YEARS!
AND SHE WAS LIKE, IT'S OK.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE 60 GET IT.
AND I WAS LIKE, STILL!
IT'S -- YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS, BABE.
SO, THANK YOU.
I'M DOING TRANSFORMERS IN MONTREAL.
THEY'RE LIKE, I GOT TO DRIVE IN THIS MOVIE.
I GOT TO DO UNITED STATES? THIS CAR.
THEY'RE LIKE -- I GOT TO DO STUNTS IN THIS CAR.
THEY'RE LIKE, IT'D BE NICE IF YOU GOT YOUR LICENSE.
>> James: WAS IT A PART YOU GOT BECAUSE YOU HAD YOUR LICE
LICENSE.
THEN YOU SAID I LIED?
>> I SAID I COULD DRIVE BUT I DON'T HAVE MY LICENSE.
>> James: HA-HA.
THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
ANTHONY, YOU AND I, WE'VE SO MUCH IN COMMON.
LIKE ME, YOU'RE A FASHION MODEL.
I AM THE -- [LAUGHTER]
-- >> THE FACE OF GUCCI.
>> James: I'M THE FACE OF GUCCI, OK?
AND YOU ARE -- NOW, YOU'RE A CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR MODEL.
WHY HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THIS BODY FROM US?
LOOK AT THIS GUY!
HE'S UNBELIEVABLE!
>> WOW, THANKS, BROTHER.
>> James: WHY HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING THIS ALL COVERED UP?
>> CLOSE.
>> James: WHY?
IF I HAD THAT BODY, I WOULD NEVER WEAR CLOTHES EVER.
I WOULD CONSTANTLY LOOK FOR -- I'D BE CATCHING IT AND TRIPPING
OFF AND BE LIKE, OH, I GUESS I'LL STAY LIKE THIS THE REST OF
THE DAY.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.
I THINK I WAS THE BACKUP.
I'M NOT GOING TO HYPE MYSELF UP.
I THINK SOMEONE COULDN'T DO IT AND DROPPED OUT AND THEY WERE
LIKE, YO, SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE WAS LIKE, YO, WHAT ABOUT THIS
GUY ANTHONY RAMOS AND SOMEONE WAS LIKE, COOL.
>> James: YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN SHAME.
I DIDN'T KNOW -- IN SHAPE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS.
YOU WERE AN ATHLETE BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW'D YOU END UP GETTING INTO THEATER?
>> MAN, I AUDITIONED FOR WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS TALENT SHOW AND IT
WAS A MUSICAL.
I WAS PLAYING BASEBALL.
THAT'S WHAT I DID.
I WAS ON THE WRESTLING TEAM.
I ALWAYS LOVED TO SING.
MAN, MUSIC WAS MY FIRST LOVE.
ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
AND I AUDITIONED FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A TALENT SHOW.
THE DIRECTOR IS LIKE, CAN YOU READ THESE LINES?
I'M LIKE, NAH, I DON'T DO THAT.
SHE'S LIKE, YOU NEED TO DO IT IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THIS MUSICAL
AND I'M LIKE, OH, OK, COOL.
I DID IT.
THEY GAVE ME A LEAD PART IN THE MUSICAL.
IT'S CRAZY.
I GOT ON STAGE, MAN, AND IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME I FELT
ANYTHING LIKE THE WAY I FELT WHEN I PLAYED BALL, IF NOT EVEN
MORE.
LIKE THIS LOVE FOR BEING ON STAGE AND PERFORMING FOR PEOPLE.
>> James: I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU DID, BECAUSE OF ALL THE
INCREDIBLE WORK YOU'VE GIVEN US THESE PAST FEW YEARS AND GIVING
US RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM "LOVE AND LIES" WHICH
COMES OUT TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL SUCH FANS OF YOURS HERE.
TELL US ABOUT THIS ALBUM.
TELL US ABOUT THE NEW MUSIC.
>> I MEAN, THIS ALBUM IS MY SOPHOMORE ALBUM.
MAN, THIS ONE IS LIKE FIRST ONE -- I TELL PEOPLE IT WAS LIKE
STORY TIME.
THE SECOND TIME IS LIKE RIDING THE NITRO AT SIX FLAGS.
IT'S THIS ROLLER COASTER THAT AIN'T COMING DOWN FOR A WHILE.
AND, UM, EVERY SONG, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE CARIBBEAN VIBES,
AFRO BEATS AND REGGAETON VIBES AND THE R&B VIBES AND STRAIGHT
UP THE MIDDLE POP AND MUSIC THAT WAS BIG IN THE 80'S AND 90'S,
EVERY KIND OF FLAVOR I ALWAYS LOVED GROWING UP I PUT ON THIS
RECORD.
IT'S SEXIER.
IT'S DARKER.
IT'S STRAIGHT, LIKE, IT'S A STRAIGHT PARTY ALBUM.
AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW, MAN.
I KNOW I WANT TO FEEL GOOD.
I SAID I WANT TO MAKE AN ALBUM THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FEEL AFTER THIS ALMOST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE
HAD.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE PEOPLE FEEL AS GOO THAT HAS ALBUM MAKES ME
FEEL.
>> James: THEY ABSOLUTELY WELL.
I'M CERTAIN OF IT.
I REALLY AM.
THANK YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE YOU'VE GIVEN US
WHICH YOU'LL SEE.
ANTHONY WILL PERFORM HIS NEW SINGLE "LOSE MY MIND" WHEN WE
COME BACK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
ANTHONY RAMOS.