WELCOME BACK.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE SPECIAL THING THIS FRIDAY.
WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU THE INTERVIEW THAT WE DID ON TUESDAY
WITH JESSICA WILJAMS.
FANTASTIC INTERVIEW.
SHE'S A WONDERFUL GUEST AND HAS A GREAT STORY SHE'S ABOUT TO
TELL ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW J.K.
ROWLING AND I'M IN THE STORY IN A STRANGE WAY.
AND I GOT MY TWITTER APP OPEN RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE WHEN THE
INTERVIEW IS OVER, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THE ANSWER IS TO
THE QUESTION I ASK.
CHECK THIS OUT.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN TELL THE PEOPLE WHO YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND
IS?
>> I RECENTLY GOT TO MEET J.K.
ROWLING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND I AM A HUGE HARRY POTTER
FAN.
I'M 27 AND I FEEL LIKE I GOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF POTTER
MANIA AT THAT AGE.
MOM TAKE ME OUT AT MIDNIGHT.
I WANT TO GET A BOOK.
YEAH, I TOTALLY MET HER.
HOW IT HAPPENED, MAYBE MY SECOND YEAR ON "THE DAILY SHOW," SHE
STARTED FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER.
AND I GOT REALLY FREAKED OUT AND I WAS LIKE, MAYBE IT'S LIKE
SHE'S FAKE FOLLOWING ME LIKE, WHEN BARACK OBAMA FOLLOWED,
LIKE, A MILLION PEOPLE AND OKAY, WHATEVER.
SHE HAD ACTUALLY FOLLOWED ME.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU KNOW SHE ACTUALLY FOLLOWED YOU?
>> BECAUSE SHE ONLY FOLLOWED MAYBE 300 PEOPLE AT THAT TIME.
I WAS LIKE OKAY, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
THIS IS VERY REAL.
( LAUGHTER ) AND SO THEN I KIND OF STOPPED
TWEETING.
I GOT TWITTER SHY.
IT'S LIKE WHAT DO YOU SAY AT THE ALTAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,
WHEN YOU GET THERE?
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO HER?
>> YEAH, LIKE WHAT DO YOU SAY?
WHAT DO I SAY TO HER?
SHE ENDED UP D.M.''ING ME.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS HARRY
POTTER WHICH MEANS I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS HER AS BECAUSE
BOTH OF OUR BIRTHDAYS ARE JULY 31.
SHE WAS LIKE, "HEY, IT'S ME."
AND IN MY HEAD I WAS LIKE, "I KNOW."
SHE SAID I WAS LOOKING UP PEOPLE I SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY WITH
AND I SAW YOU WERE ONE OF THEM AND I WAS GOING TO WISH YOU A
HAPPY 'OUR BIRTHDAY" WHICH I BLOODY FORGET AND SHE PUT, WHICH
IS TYPICAL ME.
AND SHE SAID ANYWAY I THINK YOU ARE FUNNY, BRAVE, AND
COURAGEOUS, AND I ALWAYS KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD "DAILY
SHOW" WHEN YOU'RE ON.
AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, SOBBING.
I WAS-- I WAS LIKE-- LIKE, I WAS DEAD.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT DID YOU SAY BACK JIEFS JUST LIKE, "THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
WHY WHEREDO I START?
I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOUR STORIES AND I JUST THINK YOU'RE
AMAZING.
ALSO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO
WRITE BACK RIGHT AWAY.
>> I DIDN'T, ACTUALLY.
I TOOK, LIKE A WEEK BECAUSE I WAS DRAFTING.
I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS TRASH, THIS IS TRASH."
>> Stephen: DID YOU SHOW IT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW FIRST?
>> I DID, I DID.
I WAS, LIKE, REALLY WORKSHOPPING IT AROUND TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
I WAS LIKE THER THERE ARE NOSBAD IDEAS AND THEN THERE WERE A LOT
OF BAD IDEAS.
THE MAIN THING I DID WANT TO KNOW WHAT HOUSE I WOULD BE IN IF
I WENT TO HOG WART S.
>> Stephen: I HEARD ABOUT THIS, TOO.
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> I DIDN'T ASK HER VIA D.M., BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO TWEET
AND ALSO IT SEEMED LIKE SUCH A BIG DEAL.
IT'S TO BIG A DEAL TO SLIDE HER D.M.s ABOUT.
MY BOYFRIEND WAS LIKE-- WE WERE AT A BAR, MAYBE A MONTH AND A
HALF AGO, AND WE WERE DRINKING AND HE SAID, "SHUD.M. HER.
AND I WAS LIKE WHAT?
HE & HE SAID, "YOU SHOULD MESSAGE HER."
AND I DID LIKE A SHOT.
AND I WAS LIKE, "HEY, JOJO."
>> Stephen: IS THAT YOUR NAME FOR HER OR IS THAT EVERYBODY'S--
>> IT'S MY NAME FOR HER.
IT'S, LIKE, IGNORANT.
IT'S MY NAME FOR HER.
IT'S DEFINITELY JOANNE.
I SAID, "HEY, JOJO, IT'S JESSICA.
I WANTED TO SEE HOW YOU ARE DOING.
AND SHE MESSAGED ME BACK A BUNCH OF STUFF AND SAID WHEN IS THE
NEXT TIME YOU WILL BE IN LONDON.
I PROMISE I'M NOT THIS BLABBY AFTER THE FOURTH COCKTAIL.
I WAS VERY OVERWHELM GLD THAT LED TO THIS?
>> YES.
SO HERE'S A PHOTO OF ME AND JOJO.
IT'S AMAZING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S AMAZING.
I WAS NERVOUS -- >> Stephen: GO ON AND TELL
YOUR STORY.
I JUST WANT TO CHECK SOMETHING OUT.
I JUST WANT TO CHECK OUT IF SHE FOLLOWS ME.
>> WELL, SHE PROBABLY DOES.
I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT MEETING HER.
I WAS WORRIED IT WOULD BE,IC OF, LIKE A REALLY BAD TINDER DATE
WHERE WE BIT INTO A PIECE OF SALMON AND WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO
SAY TO EACH OTHER, BUT WHEN I MET HER SHE WAS REALLY, REALLY
DOOL COOL.
AND WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON WHICH RULED.
SO MUCH SO, SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT, DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE
TIME?" AND I WAS LIKE, "I ACTUALLY
REALLY LIKE TO PLAY THE CYNS."
AND SHE WAS LIKE YOU PLAY THE CYMES, TOO.
WHICH IS BANANA.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HER TWITTER NAME.
JKFOULING.
FOLLOWS ME!
>> I'M GOING TO FOLLOW HER.
>> YOU HAVE TO.
I'M GOING TO DRAG YOU FOR NOT FOLLOWING HER.
>> Stephen: LET ME HIT HER UP RIGHT HERE.
I'LL SAY, "HEY, JOJO.
HYPHEN, STEPHEN COLBERT HERE.
COMMA.
JUST HANGING WITH JESS.
PERIOD.
SHE SAYS YOU PUT HER IN... WHAT HOUSE?
>> SHE TOLD ME I WAS GRYFFINDOR.
>> Stephen: GRYFFINDOR HOUSE.
PERIOD.
HOLY (BLEEP).
SIRI KNOWS HOW TO SPELL GRYFFINDOR.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> SHE'S LIKE, "I KNOW."
>> Stephen: I KNOW WE JUST MET.
COMMA.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
COMMA.
BUT WHAT HOUSE WOULD I BE IN?
QUESTION MARK.
HOPE WE MEET SOME DAY.
PERIOD.
I LOVE YOU.
STEPHEN.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
BEFORE THAT EVEN AIRED ON TUESDAY NIGHT?
ON TUESDAY NIGHT, JO JOHIT ME BACK.
SHE WROTE, "DEAR STEVIE, DEFINITELY RAVENCLAW, BUT WITH
GRYFFINDOR UNDERTONES.
BOOM!
THERE IT IS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU SO MUCH, J.K.!