>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS A CO-HOST OF THE RADIO SHOW "THE
BREAKFAST CLUB."
HIS LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION SHOW RETURNS THIS THURSDAY WITH
A NEW NAME: "HELL OF A WEEK WITH CHARLAMAGNE THE GOD."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD!
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>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> HOW ARE YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M DOING WELL.
THAT' MIQUESTION TO YOU.
THE THING I LIKE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S
FEELINGS?
YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION I KNOW YOU MEAN IT.
HOW ARE YOU CHARLEMAGNE.
>> HOW AM I?
I'M DOING BETTER THAN THE CHOCO TACO.
GOD HAS NOT BIS DISS CONTINUED ME YET.
I'M HERE.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE BORN?
>> 1978.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN THE CHOCO TACO.
>> 40.
>> Stephen: YOU LOOK BETTER THOUGH.
>> I MADE IT FARTHER THAN THE CHOCO TACO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> THAT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU STAYING OPTIMISTIC AND DEALING
WITH YOUR ANXIETY THESE DAYS?
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY OPEN ABOUT YOUR-- YOUR ISSUES
WITH ANXIETY, WHICH I HAVE AS WELL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO FUNCTION THESE DAYS?
>> THE SAME THINGS, THERAPY, BREATHING EXERCISES, MEDITATION,
EDIBLES.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PESSIMISM HAS NEVER WON ANY
BATTLES SO THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE CHICKEN LITTLE AND
THE SKY IS FALLING, LIKE MY THERAPIST SAYS, "YOU HAVE TO
FEEL YOUR FEELS."
SKY IS FALLING.
LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT.
>> Stephen: IT DOES NOT HELP TO DENY IT.
>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES YOU GO CRAZY BECAUSE YOU WATCH THE NEWS AND YOU FEEL
LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T SPEAKING TO THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT I FEEL
IS AT HAND.
AND I THINK IT'S THE URGENCY OF THE MATTER.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6
HEARINGS?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY THERE.
WHEN I WATCH IT, MY FIRST FEELING, WHEN I SAW THE FIRST
TIME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IS GRATITUDE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE WORLD WITH A
SENSE OF URGENCY AND DOING THEIR JOB.
( APPLAUSE )
OF THEM SO FAR?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M SKEPTICAL.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE RIGHT THING GETS DONE.
BUT I THINK THE MEDIA HAS TO STOP SAYING THINGS-- WELL,
ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE , YOU KNOW, "SHOULD DONALD TRUMP BE
PROSECUTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE INSURRECTION?"
LIKE, IT'S LIKE, "NO, MAKE A STATEMENT.
DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE
INSURRECTION.
RIGHT, YOU KNOW.
>>
>> I FEEL LIKE IF THEY DON'T PROSECUTE HIM THEN, YOU KNOW, IT
GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, "SEE, ANOTHER WITCH HUNT."
YOU KNOW, IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, "SEE, THEY
KEEP DIGGING FOR THINGS, BUT THINGS AREN'T THERE."
IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE HIM AND PROSECUTE HIM, WHICH IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO DO, DO IT.
SIMPLE AS THAT.
REMEMBER LAST TIME I WAS HERE-- I THINK IT WAS THE LAST TIME I
WAS HERE EYE SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOUR THINGS THAT NEEDED
TO BE DONE TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY.
YOU HAVE TO PROSECUTE EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN WANT ATTEMPTED COUP
OF THIS COUNTRY ON JANUARY 6.
>> Stephen: YEAH, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT?
WHAT ARE THERE CONSEQUENCES FOR?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHY DO WE HAVE THIS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
YOU DON'T LET THE DEMOCRATS OFF THE HOOK.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BE
TOO HELD ADMOWBL THIS MOMENT?
>> BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE IN POWER RIGHT NOW, YOU
KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART.
THEY HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY-- THEY HAVE THE HOUSE.
THEY-- THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE THE SENATE, BUT IT COULD BE
A 50-50 FOR SOMETHING LIKE GETTING RID OF THE FILIBUSTER.
THEY COULD VOTE TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND PROPERLY
LEGISLATE, IF THEY COULD GETEC ON BOARD, THE JOE MANCHINS, AND
OTHER DINOS IN THE PARTY.
THAT'S "DEMOCRATS IN NAME ONLY."
I DIDN'T MEAN THAT LIKE OLD.
NOT OLD AND PREHISTORIC BUT THAT KIND OF DINO.
IF THEY COULD GET EVERYBODY IN LINE THEY COULD VOTE FOR THE
FILIBUSTER.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU DO THAT.
IF JOE MANCHIN AND KRISTEN CINEMA?
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PULL A PAGE OUT OF THE GUY'S NAME YOU DON'T
LIKE TO SAY ON THIS SHOW AND BOOK AND SHAME THESE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: HE SHAMED THEM BY SAYING WE'LL VOTE YOU OUT.
ARE YOU WILLING TO LOSE A COUPLE OF SENATORS.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE THEM NOW.
EVERYBODY SAYS, "JOE MANCHIN WHAT IF HE GOES TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
YOU DON'T HAVE HIM NOW!
YOU VOTE TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, EXPAND THE SUPREME
COURT SO YOU CAN PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
AND YOU CAN PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE
FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT.
TO ME, MAN, THE ONLY THING ON THE BALLOT COME THE MIDTERMS AND
2024 IS DEMOCRACY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REALIZE, WE'RE IN THE END SCAM GAMENOW.
LIKE, WE'RE LITERALLY IN THE END GAME NOW.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUR OWN INFINITY STONES AND
BRING PEOPLE BACK AT THIS POINT.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO, PEOPLE ARE SAYING-- MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE ARE SAYING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULDN'T RUN AGAIN.
AND I KNOW YOU WERE A BERNIE FAN, WEREN'T YOU?
>> UHM-- >> Stephen: WHO WAS YOUR FAN?
>> I LIKE BERNIE.
BERNIE IS COOL.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE NOBODY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL DID THE BEST WE COULD, RIGHT?
I'M A BIG FAN OF THE FOUR AGREEMENTS.
THE LAST AGREEMENT IN THE FOUR AGREEMENTS IS ALWAYS DO YOUR
BEST.
WE ALL JUST DID OUR BEST.
WE DID OUR CIVIC DUTY AND WENT THROUGHOUT AND VOTED FOR THE
PERSON THAT WE THOUGHT YOU KNOW COULD PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THOSE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROTECTED ALL WAIT
RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: WELL-- >> THAT'S WHY-- PEOPLE ALWAYS
SAY, "JUST VOTE, JUST VOTE, JUST VOTE."
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN VOTING.
I'M GOING TO ALWAYS VOTE.
LET'S KEEP IN MIND WE VOTED FOR PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE
GOING TO PROTECT US FROM THE BAD GUYS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BAD
GUYS ARE WINNING.
IF THE BAD GUYS ARE WINNING, THE MEDIA IS COMPLICITY.
THEY'RE GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU THINK THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN IS?
>> Stephen: NO, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN BUT A
LOT OF THE STUFF IS HAPPENING ON A FEDERAL COURT LEVEL, LIKE THE
SUPREME COURT, AND THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT
UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE OPENINGS ON THAT COURT.
>> OR YOU VOTE TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND THEN YOU EXPAND
THE SUPREME COURT.
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED EVERY
POLITICAL STRATEGY EXCEPT FOR COURAGE.
IT TAKES POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
( APPLAUSE )
THURSDAY, OVER ON COMEDY CENTRAL.
>> . .
>> YOUR LATE-NIGHT SHOW IS BACK FOR A SECOND SEASON.
NEW NAME.
"HELL OF A WEEK."
>> "HELL OF A WEEK."
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, WHY THAT NAME "HELL OF A WEEK"?
>> LOOK AT THE TIME WIERS IN.
I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS SAID THAT-- YOU SAY
THAT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK EVERY WEEK.
YOU KNOW.
"IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A WEEK."
>> Stephen: EVERY DAY FEELS LIKE A HELL OF A WEEK THESE
DAYS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, AND IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A WEEKLY TALK SHOW.
THAT'S TECHNICALLY TERM.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM "GOD'S HONEST
TRUTH."
>> I THINK IT GOES TO MY STRENGTH, MY COMMUNITY.
SITTING AROUND AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE.
LET'S BE CLEAR, MAN, TRYING TO DO IT ALONE, THAT'S A LOT OF OF
HEAVY LIFTING.
>> Stephen: THE IDEA OF BEING ON STAGE ALONE TELLING JOKES,
THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.
>> HEY, MAN.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK CHARLEMAGNE ABOUT HIS
INVOLVEMENT WITH A BEAUTIFUL NEW MUSEUM IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA, STICK AROUND.