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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "THE GOOD PLACE,"
"VERONICA MARS" AND "FROZEN."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW."
KRISTEN BELL.
KRISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS AT THE ED SULLIVAN
THEATER WITH 500 PEOPLE JUMPING UP AND CHEERING YOUR NAME AND
YOUR LOVELY HUSBAND CAME ON AFTER YOU AND HAD THE SAME
THING.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
IT IS A SHOW WE ENJOY DOING BUT IT'S A LITTLE HELD TOGETHER WITH
BAILING WIRE AND DUCT TAPE.
>> I LIKE A SMALL -- I LIKE AN INTIMATE VIBE.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN, LIKE ALL OF US,
QUARANTINED, SECLUDED, DEALING WITH THE COVID FOR FOUR MONTHS,
AND YOU'VE GOT TWO YOUNG GIRLS, RIGHT?
HOW OLD ARE THEY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: OKAY, GOOD.
DON'T PRESSURE THEM BY GIVING THEM A NUMBER.
JUST LET THEM DECIDE.
>> BECAUSE THE NUMBERS CHANGE EVERY YEAR.
>> Stephen: IT'S CONFUSING.
WHAT?
>> Stephen: IT'S CONFUSING.
AND EVERYTHING AFTER SIX THE A WASTE OF NUMBERS IN MY OPINION.
THEY SHOULD GET TO SIX AND STOP.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE FIVE AND SEVEN AND THEY ARE VERY TALKATIVE.
IT'S LIKE HAVING -- IT'S TRULY LIKE HAVING TWO CRAZY PARAKEETS
STAPLED TO YOUR SHOULDER ALL AFTERNOON WHERE THEY'RE JUST
TALKING SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS PAINFUL, THE STAPLES.
DO YOU HAVE ALONE TIME?
YOU NEVER GET TO LEAVE THE HOUSE AT THIS POINT.
>> SOMETIMES.
WE TRIED TO STEAL AWAY FOR A HIKE THE OTHER DAY, AND, SO, MY
SISTER WAS HERE WATCHING THE KIDS, WE MASKED UP AND WE WERE,
LIKE, WE'LL WALK DOWN THE STREETS, THERE'S A GOOD HIKE
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
AND MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY AND
SAID, UH, ARE YOU GOING TO DO A SEX?
>> Stephen: WOW!
WOW!
>> BY SURPRISE.
WE TALKED TO HER ABOUT WHAT SEX IS, BUT WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT US
DOING IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
AND DAX SAID WE WOULD LOVE TO BUT IT'S ILLEGAL PUBLICLY, BYE!
AND CLOSED THE DOOR.
>> Stephen: I LIKE THE SINGULAR OF THAT, A.
A SEX.
>> YEAH, A SEX, ARE YOU GOING TO DO A SEX.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I GO DO A SEX WHEN I MAKE THE DISCO.
>> YEAH.
OR A HIKE.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
HOW ARE THE KIDS KEEPING THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE KIDS CAN
GO SQUIRRELY, TOO.
OUR KIDS ARE UP AND OUT SO WE CAN MAKE A SEX ANYTIME WE WANT.
>> WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE.
THIS IS FUNNY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN LATELY LIKE
TILL 8:30, 9:00, AND THEY CAN GET UP NOW AND NOT HAVE TO -- I
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, TURNING THE OVEN ON,
THEY KNOW NOT TO.
LATELY THEY LIKE TO MAKE FORTS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPANDING
INTO MOVING FURNITURE, SO I WILL WAKE UP AT 8:30, AND NONE OF THE
FURNITURE IN THE ROOM PREVIOUSLY WILL BE IN THE ROOM.
>> Stephen: THEIR ROOM.
THEIR ROOM WILL BE EMPTY OF FURNITURE.
>> ANY ROOM OF THE HOUSE.
NOTHING'S OFF LIMITS.
THEY'RE TIE RANTS.
THE OTHER DAY THEY PUT ALL OF THE FURNITURE IN THEIR ROOM
IMEPT THEIR BUNK BED BECAUSE IT'S TOO HE HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE
LITTLE IKEA BOOKSHELVES.
THEY PUT EVERYTHING INTO THE BATHROOM, OVARY SINGLE THING IN
THEIR ROOM THAT THEY SHARE WAS SHOVED INTO THE BATHROOM.
I WOKE UP AND WALKED INTO THE BATHROOM AND I HAVE TO LIKE A
JOHN HUGHES MOVIE, WHERE UNCLE BUCK WALKS INTO THE ROOM AND
EVERYTHING FALLS ON HIS HEAD.
I SAID, THIS MAY SEEM FUNNY TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ALL
BACK.
THEY SAID, WE CAN'T LIFT IT.
I SAID, HOW DID YOU GET IT IN?
THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> Stephen: DID YOU MAKE THEM DO IT?
>> I DID MOST OF IT.
>> Stephen: SO THEY WON.
WERE THEY MAKING A CLUBHOUSE OR WAS IT TO PRANK MOM?
>> THEY'RE JUST BORED.
EVERYBODY'S BORED, STEPHEN.
THEY'RE JUST BORED.
>> Stephen: WELL THEY SHOULDN'T BE.
NO ONE SHOULD BE BORED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK, "THE WORLD
NEEDS MORE PURPLE PEOPLE."
OKAY.
WHO ARE THE PURPLE PEOPLE AND WHY DO WE NEED THEM, KRISTEN
BELL?
>> WELL, WE NEED THEM BECAUSE THIS BOOK -- YOU KNOW, YOU WRITE
CHILDREN'S BOOKS TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE.
MY FRIEND BEN AND I TWO YEARS AGO WERE SITTING AROUND AT A
FAMILY DINNER AND WE REALIZED OUR KIDS WERE OBSERVING EVERY
BIT OF CONVERSATION THAT SOUNDED LIKE DEBATES BECAUSE, TO BE
HONEST, IT WAS MOSTLY POLITICAL.
WE HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SEEING THIS VERY POLARIZING
POLITICAL CULTURE UNFOLD IN FRONT OF OUR CHILDREN.
THEY WERE SEEING RED VERSUS BLUE EVERYWHERE.
THEY WERE SEEING TEAMS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
MY HUSBAND STUDIED ANTHROPOLOGY.
WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT'S OUTDATED THAT TELLS US TO FIND AN US AND
THEM BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY IT HELPED US AS HUMANS.
BUT NOW IT DOESN'T SERVE ANYTHING AND ALL THE FIGHTING
FELT LIKE TOO MUCH, SO WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME LANGUAGE, SOME
SOCIAL IDENTITY LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWED OUR KIDS LOOK TOWARDS
OTHER HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT JUST SEE ENEMIES.
SO RED PLUS BLUE EQUALS PURPLE.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND TO SAY THAT PURPLE PEOPLE COME IN EVERY COLOR, AND IT'S
THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN THINK FOR YOURSELF, YOU CAN STAND UP FOR
OTHER PEOPLE, YOU CAN FIND THINGS IN COMMON, EVEN WHEN YOU
DISAGREE, AND YOU CAN BE UNIQUELY YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLD IN LINE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S DELIGHTFUL.
A LESSON FOR ALL OF US.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS.
DID THAT OCCUR TO YOU ABOUT THE ONE-EYED, ONE-HONORED FLYING
PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS WHEN YOU NAMED THIS?
>> I BARELY REMEMBER THAT SONG AND I'M HOPING --
>> Stephen: I SHOULD REVEAL TO YOU I'M 78 YEARS OLD.
>> YOU LOOK GREAT!
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S AULD NIVIA I USE.
>> THE CREAMS.
>> Stephen: WELL, KRISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
GIVE OUR BEST TO DAX.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR WALKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HER NEW BOOK THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PURPLE PEOPLE
IS AVAILABLE NOW.
KRISTEN BELL, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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