-Last time you were here, I don't know if you remember,
you played a game with me and Usher and Reese Witherspoon.
And, yeah, and you -- you -- you lost.
But it's okay. -I don't think we lost, though.
I'm pretty sure we won.
-No, no, no, you didn't.
It's funny that you think that, but no.
But you were very cute. You were nervous.
-I was -- I was freaking out.
I met Usher backstage,
and it was probably the worst thing for my confidence.
'Cause first of all, like, my outfit was ridiculous.
-It was not. -No, it was ridicu--.
I had this white jean jacket on,
a bright red T-shirt, and some blue jeans.
I was the American flag.
-Red, white, and blue, man.
-I was in -- I was in all the wrong shades of the colors,
so it wasn't even good.
-It was good.
-No, it was terrible. -You should see me skiing.
That's real -- That's -- That's real bad.
I mean, I am -- I am so embarrassed.
I am the worst person to ever ski.
-It can't be that bad. -Oh, I'm so bad at --
-Actually, I mean, it could be pretty bad.
-People come up to me, and they say, "Can you please leave?
You're ruining our vacation.
Just get off the mountain or do something else."
-I doubt that. -I get so nervous.
And I just about -- And I'm not going down anything fast
or really even steep.
I'm not sure if I even really were skiing.
I might have been, like --
But I remember someone was like,
"Dude, you should get a massage after this
'cause you're going to be -- your legs are going to be sore."
And I go, "My arms are sore."
And they go, "Oh, you're doing it wrong, dude."
-You're not supposed to be using your arms.
-My arms are really, like --
-It's generally a leg-intensive sport.
And the arms are -- I mean, you can --
Maybe, like, your pole play -- I don't know.
What, were you skiing on your hands?
-I have no idea what was happening.
I'm just -- I'm awful. -I'm sure you're fine.
You just need to go out and try again.
I'll take you.
-See, now I don't know if I'm believing you right now.
-I probably don't have time to take you, actually.
-You definitely won't. [ Laughter ]
-Sorry. -Come on. Let's hang out, man.
Show me what's up. -We are.
-Oh, yeah, we are now. Yeah.
What a season for you, though.
17. -Thank you.
-17! [ Cheers and applause ]
Do you understand what you're doing?
Dude, the record was, what, 14?
You shattered that thing.
You're just amazing.
I told you this backstage.
But I think that you're awesome even before you even ski.
-Oh, thanks. -You just look so cool.
And you're, like, there. I'm like, "Oh, she already won."
Even though -- I was like -- Before the competition --
-Well, my biggest goal is to look cool before I do it.
'Cause then when I do it, then I'm like --
either I'm going to fail and not look cool,
but at least I looked cool before.
Or I'm going to do well, and I'll look cooler,
and that'll be great.
-But do you worry about crashing?
You're going like 100 miles an hour.
-Oh, it's not quite 100.
-98? Something like that.
-Yeah, I -- To be honest, I do worry.
There are some athletes, some racers who are, like --
fear is a non-issue for them.
But I definitely have fear. -Yeah.
-I definitely worry about crashing.
But I just try to avoid that as much as possible.
-Yeah, that's good advice for anyone, yeah.
But I like how you have a sense of humor about it.
Because this is one of you kind of getting basically --
-Yeah. -About to crash there.
But you said, "Doing the 'Bird Box' challenge."
-[ Laughs ]
-Can I just go through some of your stats?
-Um, okay. -Yeah. Sorry.
17 World Cup victories.
First-ever athlete to win all six World Cup disciplines.
First-ever athlete to win four globes in overall,
super-G, giant slalom, and slalom.
That's ins-- That's everything.
That's everything. [ Cheers and applause ]
That's everything.
You're also -- You're also number one in prize money
for both women and men on the tour, the top earner.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Does that feel good? -That's something I -- Yeah.
That's actually something I'm super excited about.
And, I mean, I think I'm less proud of the fact
that that is actually true
and more proud of the fact that it's an opportunity.
'Cause there is -- In ski racing, I think it's --
It's definitely leading -- paving the way
or leading the way as far as there is no pay gap.
There is no gender pay gap in ski racing.
And that is really cool.
[ Cheers and applause ] -That's fantastic.
-Yeah. -That's great.
-And it's really cool to say that I at least, you know,
I'm able to essentially out-earn the men
based off my performance.
It's, you know, equal pay for equal work.
And I'm really excited that --
It's not that I want to be out-earning the men.
It's just that the opportunity is there and --
Yeah, you do.
Who are you? Come down here.
I don't know if you're allowed to.
-[ Laughs ]
Good for you, pal.
You just posted a video of you shuffle dancing.
-Yes.
-To celebrate the end of your historic season.
-Yeah. -I just loved it.
I want to just -- I just want to show the clip.
'Cause it made me laugh.
[ Up-tempo music plays ]
All right, now I was -- I was wondering
if you could teach me the shuffle dance.
-I feel like you probably already know how.
You want to learn? -Yeah, I want to learn from you.
-I can't do it in these shoes. Can I take my shoes off in here?
-Yeah, take your shoes off. Go for it.
Let's do the shuffle dance. Here we go.
[ Cheering ]
-All right. -All right.
-All right, well, before that, I have a gift for you.
I almost forgot. It's a credit card.
Just kidding.
It's a -- It's a ski pass.
It's good at 38 different resorts
around the world, actually.
But there's plenty -- Not that you --
-You really did this?
-You don't seem to enjoy skiing that much.
-I love it. No, I do.
-You can probably get some hot chocolate or something.
-Thank you very much.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You are the best. All right.
Let's shuffle dance to commercial.
What do I do? I go -- -All right.
-Is it like Running Man?
-Yeah, it's like the Running Man.
-All right, and then how do you go?
Off to the right? -Sideways.
[ Up-tempo music plays ]
-All right, ready?
Oh, that way.
♪♪
Not bad.
Our thanks to the most dominant skier on the planet,
Mikaela Shiffrin.