WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN ROASTING CELEBRITIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
PLEASE WELCOME THE ROASTMASTER GENERAL HIMSELF, MR. JEFF ROSS.
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>> HI, EVERYBODY!
YEAH!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> HOW ARE YOU, STEPHEN?
THIS IS SO COOL.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL THEATER.
>> Stephen: THANKS VERY MUCH.
IT'S OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
>> MAZEL TOV.
>> Stephen: THANKS VERY MUCH.
( APPLAUSE ) OKAY, PEOPLE-- PEOPLE THINK OF
YOU AS, LIKE, A MASTER ROASTER.
OKAY.
IS THERE A SECRET TO ROASTING SOMEBODY WELL?
I'VE DONE ONE.
I DID ONE.
I DID THE THE CHEVY CHASE ROAST MANY YEARS AGO.
AND IT IS-- LIKE, WHAT'S THE SECRET TO DOING IT RIGHT?
>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO GET A GOOD TARGET, SOMEBODY'S WHO MADE WHO
CAN TAKE JOKES.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> Stephen: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON YOU EVER
ROASTED?
>> WOW, WHOEVER IS NEXT.
IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
THAT WAS AN EASY ONE.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A THREE-PART MINISERIES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE JOKE.
>> HE DID PROMISE ME IF HE WINS, A RIDE ON HAIR FORCE ONE.
PRETTY GOOD.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT SO MEAN TO HIM.
>> AND I DID READ HIS BOOK.
"THE ART OF THE DEAL," IT HAD FOUR CHAPTER 11s.
( RIM SHOT ).
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> Stephen: I WOULDN'T GO FAR FOR THIS ENTIRE INTERVIEW.
PAY ATTENTION.
SO, ARE RULES-- ARE THE THERE RULES TO A ROAST, IN YOUR
OPINION?
DO YOU HAVE GROUND RULES FOR THE PERSON BEING ROVED?
>> I PRETTY MUCH LIKE TO THINK ANYTHING GOES AT A ROAST.
ONCE YOU VOLUNTEER TO BE THERE-- THAT'S THE KEY.
IF YOU VOLUNTEER TO BE ROASTED, ANYTHING GOES.
>> Stephen: SO YOU CAN'T AMBUSH ROAST SOMEBODY.
>> NO, I DON'T LIKE TO SNEAK UP ON PEOPLE.
THAT'S BULLYING, IN MY OPINION.
AS SOON AS SOMEBODY SAYS, "HEY, I WANT TO BE AT THIS ROAST."
WE ROASTED ANN COULTER AT THE ROB LOWE ROAST.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT.
>> Stephen: I HEARD ABOUT THAT.
I HEARD.
THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED YOU GUYS WERE TOO HARSH ON HER.
>> HOW COULD YOU BE TOO HARSH ON HER?
( APPLAUSE ) SHE'S A TOUGH LADY.
SHE COULD HANDLE IT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
>> SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON EVER TO HARASS ROGER AILES.
SHE'S TOUGH.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE
TO CALL HER A VERY BAD WORD, THE WORD BEGINS WITH A "K."
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND SHE WAS CALLED IT 19 TIMES ON STAGE.
19 TIMES.
>> AND THAT WAS JUST BY HER OWN FAMILY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( RIM SHOT )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I GIVE HER CREDIT --
>> WAS SHE OKAY WITH IT >> I GIVE HER CREDIT FOR SHOWING
UP AND BEING PART OF IT.
>> Stephen: BUT SHE WASN'T OBJECT OF ROAST.
IT WAS FOR ROB LOWE.
>> WE WERE WRITING ABOUT ROB LOWE, BUT WHEN I HEARD ANN
COULTER WAS COMING I WAS LIKE NOW WE CAN REALLY PUT THE GAS
ON.
HERE WE GO.
>> Stephen: IS THERE SOMEBODY YOU EVER WANTED TO ROAST?
>> WOW, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
YOU WOULD BE A GOOD PERSON TO ROAST.
YOU'VE BEEN MADE, YOU'D BE A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ROAST A BIG POLITICIAN.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK HILLARY WOULD EVER SIT FOR A
ROAST?
SHE SEEMS TO LIKE THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
>> THEY THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR HER, TO SHOW SOME VULNERABILITY.
>> Stephen: OH, REALLY?
>> YEAH, I THINK SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT SHE'S, YOU KNOW, NOT ABOVE
CRITICISM AND SHE CAN TAKE A JOKE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ONE.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THESE TWO GOING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN
THE DEBATES, LIKE TRUMP AND HILLARY, THERE'S A ROAST ASPECT
TO THIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST ATTACKING EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE NOT TALKING THAT MUCH ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT AN IDIOT THE OTHER PERSON IS OR HOW
INCOMPETENT THE OTHER PERSON IS.
>> I THINK THERE'S SEXUAL TENSION BETWEEN THOSE WHO.
I THINK WE CAN FIND IN HER E-MAILS THAT THEY'VE BEEN
BANGING IT THIS ENTIRE TIME.
IT'S POSSIBLE.
>> Stephen: IT IS POSSIBLE.
ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, JEFF ROSS.
>> WE NEVER KNOW.
HE COULD BE OUR FIRST ORANGE-AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
HAY WON'T EVEN PLAY "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" ANYMORE.
IF WILL BE ♪ OOMPA, LOOSMA.
I'M GOING TO BUILD A WALL AROUND YOU ♪
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SHOW ON COMEDY CENTRAL.
"JEFF ROSS ROASTS COPS."
WHY ROAST A COP?
THAT REALLY SEEMS DANGEROUS.
THEY'VE GOT GUNS, RIGHT?
>> THEY REMINDED ME OF THAT, QUITE OFTEN, ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: WHO DID YOU ROAST?
ANY OLD COPS?
>> NO, I TRIED ALL THESE DIFFERENT POLICE FORCES AROUND
THE COUNTRY, BIG CITIES, AND THE ONLY ONE TO STEP UP AND SAY
YESTERDAY WAS BOSTON'S POLICE DEPARTMENT
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT MUST BE WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.
WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT HERE.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> HOW ARE YOU, EVERYBODY?
I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE DOUBLE
PARKED.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME HERE.
THIS IS REALLY COOL.
I'VE NEVER PERFORMED IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE ROOM FULL OF YOUTUBE
CELEBRITIES BEFORE.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF
YOU GUYS JUST CAME INTO MIDDLE OF THE ( BLEEP ) ROOM.
ALL RIGHT, FINE.
YOU GUYS ALSO HAVE A RICH CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THIS TOWN.
YOU HAD BOSTON TEA PARTY HERE.
WHITEY BULGER WAS FROM HERE.
TOM BRADY IS FROM HERE.
( LAUGHTER ) OH, COME ON!
THAT ONE REALLY LET THE AIR OUT OF THE ROOM, HUHING?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU WENT THERE AND
TO THEIR FACES YOU INSULTED THEM FOR HOW LONG?
>> FIVE DAYS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AND THEY LET YOU
WALK OUT?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL THE FACT THAT YOU WERE NOT PUT IN CUFFS
IMMEDIATELY IS THE DEFINITION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE.
>> I DID-- I DID GET AWAY WITH A LOT.
AND ON THEIR CREDIT, THEY LET ME IN.
AND THEY LET ME ROAST THEM.
ANDIPED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH COPS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY DID YOU IT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WAS TO FIND OUT?
>> WHAT THEIR JOB'S REALLY LIKE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT MAKES THEM LAUGH, AND TRY TO HUMANIZE THE POLICE BECAUSE
EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE COPS IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING THE COPS IN THE WAY
THAT IT I DID.
AS A COMEDIAN I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE WORLD.
THEY LET ME IN, AND I MADE FUN OF THEM.
AND I LIVED!
>> Stephen: STLG YOU LEARNED THAT YOU THOUGHT MIGHT IMPROVE
POLICING OR PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT?
>> BOSTON'S TRYING VERY HARD TO BE TRANSPARENT.
THEY HAVE COMMUNITY POLICING THERE, WHERE THE COPS GET OUT OF
IT THEIR CARS.
THEY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
THEY MIGHT NOT ALL LIKE EACH OTHER, THE COPS AND THE
COMMUNITY, BUT THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG START.
AND I NOTICED-- THE WHOLE SHOW STARTS AT A BLACK LIVES MATTER
RALLY AND THEN I GO AND ENGAGE COPS.
AND I NOTICED ON BOTH SIDES IT'S DIVISIVE.
THE BLACK LIVES GROUP SAID, "WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?"
THE COPS SAID, "WE DON'T TRUST YOU.
WE DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON."
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE, PEOPLE, THE MOST OPEN MINDS ON BOTH
SIDES NEED TO GETTING IT AND START TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S DEEP.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NICE TO SEE YOU, MAN.
>> APPRECIATE THAT, MAN.
>> Stephen: "JEFF ROSS ROASTS COPS" AND LIVES TO TALK ABOUT
IT, AIRS SATURDAY ON COMEDY CENTRAL.
JEFF ROSS, EVERYBODY!