>>> WE ALL KNOW THAT KEN JEONG IS ONE OF THE FRESHEST COMEDY
ACTORS IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT LET’S
REVIEW IT, SHALL WE?
>> HE HAD THE COMEDY "KNOCKED
UP."
UP." >> THEN HE CEMENTED HIS STATUS
IN "THE HANGOVER" STARRING AS
THE OVER THE TOP MR. CHAU.
>> ONCE AGAIN KEN STOLE THE
SCREEN IN "CRAZY RICH ASIANS"
WHICH BECAME THE HIGHEST
GROSSING ROM-COM IN A DECADE.
>> NOW HE’S IN A NETFLIX SPECIAL
CALLED, "YOU COMPLETE ME, HO."
>> TO BE RICH IN THE ASIAN
CULTURE, MY DAD WENT FROM FATHER
TO FREELOADER JUST LIKE THAT.
AS A KID, HE WAS LIKE, YOU
BETTER GET ME GOOD GRADES.
AFTER "THE HANGOVER" HE SAID,
YOU BETTER GET ME S CLASS
MERCEDES.
MERCEDES. >> THAT PRETTY MUCH IS ALL WE
CAN SHOW.
CAN SHOW. >> THAT’S IT.
THEN THE EXIT OFF THE STAGE.
>> YOU’VE SEEN IT.
>> IT WAS SO FUNNY.
THAT’S A BIG PLATFORM.
YOU’VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
YOU’RE PUTTING IT ON NETFLIX
WHICH IS A HUGE PLATFORM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> GOING IN, WHAT WERE YOU
THINKING WHEN YOU WERE STARTING?
>> IT WAS NERVE-WRACKING.
I HAD DONE STAND-UP FOR 15 YEARS
PRIOR TO THE FIRST "HANGOVER,"
BUT I DIDN’T DO STAND-UP FOR 10
YEARS.
YEARS. >> IT’S A MUSCLE RGS, RIGHT?
>> IT’S A MUSCLE, AND THAT
MUSCLE DEFINITELY ATROPHIED LAST
YEAR.
YEAR. I MISSED IT AND I JUST KIND OF
STARTED DOING JOKES.
IT CAME FROM THAT, AND IT WAS MY
MANAGER WHO SAID, MAYBE YOU GO
BACK TO THE CLUB AND SEE IF YOU
LIKE IT, MAYBE DO SOME CASINOS
AND THINGS AROUND COUNTRY.
>> TEST IT OUT.
>> TEST IT OUT AND SEE IF YOU
REALLY LIKE DOING THIS, WHICH I
DID.
DID. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET A
NETFLIX DEAL, AND THEN LATE LAST
FALL I SHOT THE HOUR.
IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVED, AND
YOU EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
SPECIAL, THAT SO MANY OF THEM --
THEY’RE GOOD, THEY’RE FUNNY, BUT
THEY’RE IN ARENAS.
THERE IS A CAVERNOUS FEEL TO
THEM.
THEM. MANY OF THEM START IN THE CLUBS,
THE IMMEDIATECY OF THEM ALL.
>> AND THAT CLUB IS WHERE I MET
MY WIFE.
MY WIFE. MY WIFE’S LAST NAME IS HO.
>> SO SHE’S TRAN HO.
>> TRAN HO.
THAT’S HER NAME.
>> I LIKE IT.
>> I LOVE YOU, SWEETIE.
>> SO DO I.
YOU CAN’T WATCH THIS SPECIAL
WITHOUT ADOREING HER.
WHAT A SENSE OF HUMOR THIS WOMAN
HAS.
HAS. >> THE BEST.
>> YOU SAID IT WAS HER IDEA TO
PUT HER NAME IN IT.
>> SHE WAS COOL WITH IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS?
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR FOLKS?
>> WE’LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN
WE COME TO IT.
BECAUSE TRAN HAS BEEN SO
SUPPORTIVE OF MY CAREER, LIKE,
BOTH SIDES OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE, SO
SHE REALLY HAS SET THE TONE.
IF TRAN SUPPORTS ME, THEN
EVERYONE SUPPORTS ME.
>> SHE’S RGEOUS.
WE HAVE A MINUTE FOR A GAME.
WILL YOU PLAY WITH US, KEN?
IT’S CALLED "I DOUBLE TAP THAT."
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME
SCENARIOS THAT YOU WOULD DOUBLE
TAP ON IF YOU LIKE THE PHOTO IN
INSTAGRAM.
INSTAGRAM. BRADLEY COOPER ROCKING OUT IN "A
STAR IS BORN."
>> C.
>> C. YES.
YES. >> THROWING A PUPPY BIRTHDAY
PARTY FOR YOUR POOCH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> USING THE NEW SWATH EMOJIIE M
EMOJI.
EMOJI. WOULD YOU DOUBLE TAP THAT.
>> NO.
>> NO. >> TRYING OUT THE DOUBLE SUIT
FOR MEN.
FOR MEN. WOULD YOU TRY THAT?
>> NO, I WOULDN’T.
>> HE HAS HIS STANDARDS.
>> THANK YOU, KEN.
>> WE LOVE YOU.
IT’S CALLED "KEN JEONG YOU