- Sometimes you just gotta get on your knees,
and ask for it.
- Story of my life.
- Yeah, same!
- It's a face-off between
the hosts of American Ninja Warrior,
Akbar vs. Matt Iseman.
In this episode we got a rip in the pants
and a Cher-inspired dance.
- I love Cher.
I'm believing that he's for people right now.
He is both boys and men.
- I'm happy to see the arms displayed,
I'm very, very fine with that.
- I know, those are some real guns.
- There's a lot of guns in this whole program.
- If you have an upper body that has that many shapes,
why would you wear a vest?
I, for one, think that the vest is a distraction.
[Justine Marino] Lip-syncing speaking lines is
another level of lip-syncing.
[Jeffery Self] It's definitely another level of lip-syncing
and it's certainly another level of creepy.
- Yeah. Totally.
- They don't do them songs anymore. People don't usually
stop the song and start talking to you anymore.
[Jeffery Self] John Legend watch your back.
[Justine Marino] I know, it's coming for her.
- Akbar is doing a masterclass in gaslighting.
The song is about begging for forgiveness on bended knee.
And here, we see Chrissy Teigen on bended knee apologizing
to him.
What's happening?
- I can't wait to see how Matt's gonna top this.
- Let's see, Matt.
- I think he's coming at this song immediately with an idea
of what he won't do.
And I like that, that's how I approach a situation.
I don't, when I show up to a party I know,
here's what I know I'm not gonna do.
Which is have fun.
- Specifically with Matt Iseman, we have to question
what he won't do for love.
Based on what I'm seeing,
waxing his chest is off the table.
- I think he's giving me more Scream Killer at the Red Fair
vibes.
- Yes, absolutely.
- Can we like get a freeze frame on Chrissy's face?
I mean, I also didn't see that hip thrust coming,
Chrissy, so...
This is the reaction gif that twitter gets now.
- He has such dad energy that it's like I'm proud of him
and also like, the kid that's like, oh my god, dad...
[Jeffery Self] I never thought I'd say this but
I'm gonna say it: too much pelvic thrust.
- Yeah, I agree.
Throw a little bit of a bulge in there.
- Throw a bulge in there, for sure.
- For those at home playing along,
we're on at least number 18 in the hip thrust counter.
I think we'll make it to at least 30 when the song is
winding down.
I feel like these jeans are distressed,
his hips were distressed, I'm distressed.
This is really like a moving performance.
[Justine Marino] This is a really cute alley
they're dancing in.
- Yeah it's, uhm, in Vancouver.
- Oh!
- The hair is so excellent on this show.
Like, whoever is in the wig department deserves
all the money, because this is incredible.
- I love an actual pants slip.
- I love a pants slip, and I love
Chrissy Teigen in an overall.
- I know, she looks great!
- I wish I had a matching jumpsuit that
you could cut back to and it was just
me wearing it suddenly.
- Chrissy's trying to spray paint with silly string.
Chrissy! That's now how it works, babe.
Can somebody get Chrissy?
- Is it bust a move, or busted move?
- Oh shit that's the ultimate 90s diss.
- Why did they give him spray paint and Chrissy
silly string?
Like, they didn't trust Chrissy with regular spray?
Alright that was good but, something tells me
Matt has some tricks up that fabulous sleeve.
- All of my interests are here.
You've got Cher, diverse group of male dancers.
Chrissy's wearing a light up wig.
Is it my birthday?
- I've never been to Burning Man,
but I assume this is what happens.
- This is exactly what happens at Burning Man.
- Okay, I take back what I said about taking off clothes.
- That's a good tuck.
He brought his parents to Lip-Syncing Battle,
and then threw all of himself at them.
This is a lot for the whole family,
and the whole squad to take in.
- If you wait 'til you're successful to disappoint
your parents, it's okay.
- That's a really, really, really good thing to remember.
Wow, absolutely!
There's no way you don't win that.
- No, he won, for sure.
- Is Matt's dad Dick Cheney?
- The Lip Sync Battle champ is
Matt Iseman!
- Look at that face, that's the face of a winner.
- That is a winner.
- And a frightening man.
- That face is gonna
haunt my dreams for the rest of my life.
- I guess it's true what they say, you know,
Akbar did a great job but Matt Iseman did it
backwards and in heels.