-Sofia Vergara! Yay!
Thank you so much for being on our show.
Oh, my gosh. You look great, bud.
Where are you quarantining right now, and who are you with?
-Right now, I'm in the basement in my house in Los Angeles.
I'm with my son. Actually, I've been lucky.
I've been with my favorite people,
trapped here, with my son, my niece, my husband, the dogs.
We have each other. Everybody has a task.
My son has become an amazing cook.
He's the one that is in charge of cooking.
Thank God, 'cause I don't know how to do anything,
and Joe doesn't know how to do anything.
My niece loves --
Believe it or not, she loves to wash dishes.
And she doesn't even -- -She loves to wash dishes?
-Always. Always.
It's like a therapy, she says.
And she doesn't even use the dishwasher.
She's super, like, hard-core old-fashioned,
and she stands there, washes all the dishes,
which I love that. [ Laughs ]
-Yeah.
She could stay here, if she wants.
-Yeah. I am the disinfectant.
I disinfect everything around the house.
I'm making sure that everything, you know, boxes are disinfected,
the counter, the refrigerator, everyone.
I put the Purell on everyone's hands, face, everywhere.
-Did you ever think -- 'Cause I know you're doing
so many things now that, like, after you finished
"Modern Family," that you'd be even busier than you were
when you were doing "Modern Family"?
-No. And you know what?
I was so scared after finishing "Modern Family,"
because I was like, "What is going to happen?"
I mean, what are the odds of an actress
finding a job like "Modern Family" again
in their career?
11 years of that magic, of that love.
You know, I was very, very, very scared.
Well, not scared, just worried.
And so when they proposed to me to do "AGT,"
I was like, "What? Me? What do I know about anything?"
And to find another job that I actually love
and I'm enjoying... -You're crushing it.
You're perfect. You're great on that.
You're great on "America's Got Talent."
-Yeah, but when they told me that, that is something
that never had occurred to me that I was going to do.
And I'm like, "What do I know about anything?
I don't know anything about music or dancing."
I mean, I know, but I'm not an expert on anything in the world.
So, but then I realized, it's like, you know,
I'm just gonna be, like -- like the people that
are sitting in their house with their TV,
and I'm just gonna say what I feel,
what it makes me feel, and be honest with who I am,
and that's it.
-Is there a certain act that come on, and you're like,
"No, absolutely not," as soon as you see it coming out?
Is it a magician or is it --
Where you go, "Ah. Just stop.
I don't like it. It's not my thing"?
-Well, sometimes I wonder -- There's people that come,
and I don't know if they're really honest
that they think they deserve to be there and win $1 million,
or they're just doing it for the fun of it.
So that's kind of weird. But also, I realized something
I had never even thought in my 47 years of life --
I don't really enjoy the ukulele.
-The ukulele? -Ukulele. Yeah.
I don't -- I don't know. I don't love it that much.
When the act comes out --
I never even thought of a ukulele until now.
-Such a cute little sound, though.
Isn't kind of fun? -What is it?
It's so tiny. It is not a guitar.
It's not -- What is it?
And it's -- I don't know.
I mean, I'm not saying there are not acts
that are good with the ukulele, but it's not my favorite.
It doesn't excite me.
-So if someone walks out with a ukulele,
your first thing is -- what do you say in your head?
-Well, at the beginning, I didn't know that the ukulele
was going to cause me this. I didn't know.
I had never thought -- I don't know.
I think of the ukulele and go, "Why?" or stuff like that.
-Yeah. -And, uh...
So now I do -- But I do try to be fair.
I do try to open my heart, and I say,
"Okay, it's a ukulele," but, you know...
[ Both laugh ]
-You start off by saying, "Okay, look.
You're at a disadvantage because you chose the ukulele.
I didn't choose that for you. You choose it."
-No, and I try to be fair. I give them the chance.
I don't just push the red button because the ukulele showed up.
No, I give them the chance.
-I want to thank you so much for coming on our show.
And everyone who comes on our show,
we ask if there's a charity
or something you want to spotlight or highlight,
and you choose kiva.org.
-Yes. -This is really cool.
It's not actually donating so much, right?
-Well, you know, it's something that,
when this whole thing happened, I really, you know --
I'm sure you do. Every one of us that is
in the entertainment business, and we have a voice,
we try to do things, you know, to help, to be part of the help.
And so I wanted to not just donate money,
and I've always been very interested
and very involved with microfinance.
I think it's more important to be able to help people
start their own business, get them going,
than just giving them, you know,
food for a month, because that goes away.
So it's better to really give them, like, a future.
And I think the best thing that has worked for me,
and I've been working with it for a long time,
is microfinance.
And, Kiva, that's what we're doing.
We're gonna help --
Well, the fund is, right now, for people that has been
not able to get --
You know, usually, you go to a bank,
you got to venues like that
to be able to get funding for your business.
But when you don't have anything,
nobody's gonna lend you money, but we will.
You know, we will give you this money.
100% of the proceeds is for people,
and so that they can start the business.
You know, we made a $50 million fund.
We have already raised $10 million, so we still --
You know, we're going.
-I love that you choose this. This is great.
You know, we've been doing this show now for probably
around 40 episodes, and this is the first time
this charity has been brought to my attention.
So I appreciate you talking about this,
and I'm sure everyone affected and getting helped by this...
-Yes. -...appreciates it, as well.
-Microfinancing changes lives.