You look nice.
Thank you.
You look very nice.
- Thank you. - How are you?
Everything all right?
I am great.
I am in "The Lion King."
I know.
That's-- And by the way, you're not just in "The Lion King."
Yes.
You are the number one star of "The Lion King."
That's not true.
In my opinion.
Oh, well, thank you.
You might not be the most famous person
in "The Lion King," but you're the best
one in "The Lion King." - Oh, my god.
You really are.
Thank you, Jimmy.
And people will see that, and they will agree en masse.
- Thank you very much. - Yes.
I'm just so excited because--
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That was very nice.
Beyonce's going to hate you now.
I'm mostly excited because I'm going to be so rich.
- Yeah. - After this.
Yeah, that's great.
In just a matter of days, Jimmy.
Did they record you for toys, and that kind of stuff?
I'm a Happy Meal toy.
Excellent.
I'm, like, two different stuffed animals.
Nice.
And I'm in the movie.
The best part of all.
Which is pretty great.
You were just in--
I know, you just landed, like, an hour ago.
OK, this is how much I love you.
Yesterday morning we had a huge "Lion King" premiere in London.
And then yesterday morning, I was in London.
I flew to New York yesterday.
I was live on "Good Morning America" and Kelly Ripa.
This morning in New York, flew here,
came right from the airport, and here I am.
I'm glad you made it.
I really am.
I was worried.
I worry about this kind of stuff.
Yes.
We almost medevac'd you here, and you
got here with plenty of time. - I'm here.
I'm just thrilled.
You were in London for the royal premiere
of "The Lion King."
We had a royal premiere.
Which means the royals came to the premiere, right?
Yeah.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle came.
Uh-huh?
And Beyonce was there, and Sir Elton John was there.
And I was there, randomly.
And it was great.
And it was-- we were all kind of nervous.
Even Beyonce. You know, we were--
Really?
Yeah, because the royals--
They should be bowing to her.
Well, yeah-- that's true, actually.
- Yeah. - She's our American royalty.
Yes.
But what makes you nervous is that in the days leading up
to it, they email you a protocol.
Oh?
Of how you're supposed to greet Prince Harry and Meghan.
And they are very intense about it.
I bet.
I'm not kidding.
And it's-- you're supposed to say your Royal Highness,
you can't speak until your hands are,
like, in a handshake with his.
My plus one, my guest I brought with me--
my very good friend, Jared.
They said he had to stand behind me and not
speak unless he was spoken to.
What?
I'm not kidding.
I was like, does that same rule apply to Jay-Z?
I don't know.
I have a feeling it doesn't.
No.
But-- and I got really nervous,
because what do you say?
I was with Seth Rogen. Me and Seth Rogen play Timon
and Pumbaa in "The Lion King."
And we were standing next--
He's wonderful.
- He is wonderful. - He is.
He is great in the movie, too.
He is.
Not as good as you, but very good.
Well, thank you.
But we got-- I got nervous because your Royal
Highness sounds a little weird, and bowing feels weird.
Yeah?
I don't even know what they want you to do.
And in my head I'm like, what do you call her?
I kept-- I kept thinking she's Princess Markle,
but that sounds like a character on Super Mario Brothers.
Like-- and then they don't really call her that, anyway.
I completely freaked out.
Although they were very, very nice, and totally chill,
and down to earth, and lovely.
Did you exchange, like, phone numbers with them,
or anything like that?
No.
Not quite.
Did Jared get to speak?
Jared actually-- I think he got to say hello.
Uh-huh?
That was it?
And what's strange is that Meghan and I
went to the same college here.
We both went to Northwestern.
We were both theater majors, and we were there at the same time.
I didn't know her when we were there.
Oh, wow.
So we ended up having this very
casual conversation about our acting teachers
at Northwestern. - Yeah.
Yeah. And she was really cool.
And Harry was great.
Harry, by the way.
Harry.
Harry was great, too.
They were very nice, lovely, beautiful looking people.
Yeah, sure.
And have you now become, like, friendly with Beyonce?
Because I know this is a big thing.
- Yes. - You sing with Beyonce.
I am on a song with Beyonce.
Which is crazy.
Yes.
We start-- Seth and I start singing "Can
You Feel The Love Tonight?"
And then her and Donald Glover, of course, take over.
And I think Seth and I are on iTunes now.
Nice.
Yes.
We're, like, pop-- we're on the pop charts.
By the way, and I said this to my wife,
and she then said it right back to me-- we're like,
wow, Billy's got a great voice.
Like, a real singing voice.
Aw, thank you.
Yeah.
I started off thinking I was going
to be on Broadway as a kid.
That's the truth.
I opened my mouth when I was a kid
and had a good singing voice.
And I took singing lessons, and then I got older.
I started--
Did you go to, like, auditions, and stuff like that?
I went to auditions as a kid.
I really wanted to be a child star on Broadway.
Right?
But I was, like--
I was a big, fat, sweaty, gay, Jewish kid, right?
Shout out!
I know some of you are watching.
I really was, though.
Proudly.
And there's not much for a big, fat, sweaty, gay Jewish
12-year-old to do on Broadway.
And all the other boys are trying to play, like,
Gavroche in "Les Miserables."
Like, the, little, like, sprightly, thin European boy.
You know?
And I'm, like, belting songs out like Mama Rose.
You know, at, like, 14.
And now there you are, singing with Beyonce.
I am singing with Beyonce!
It was a little bit delayed, but I think
of you now as a big child star.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
I actually got you a little present,
because I know this is a major thing in your life.
And I wanted you to have something to commemorate it,
because you know--
I think people will obviously know you sing with Beyonce.
But this could really help.
You mind if I open it?
Because otherwise, it's not much of one of those talk
show gifts. All right, so this is--
I don't know if you're an overalls kind of guy,
but this is for you.
This is a--
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It says--
Oh, my god.
I'm on a song with Beyonce.
- By the way-- - So that's yours.
By the way, this would have fit
me perfectly as a sweaty, gay, fat 12 year old.
Oh, no!
It's a little lion.
- That is not a lion. - Well, then go check it out.
What is it? - That is not a lion.
It's a furry bird.
It looks like a lion.
It's not a lion.
Let me get a closer.
Look excuse.
All right, let me see what we're dealing with here.
It's a lion!
Run for your life, Pumbaa! - Wait!
Hey, Timon! Wait, wait, wait!
Timon, wait!
It's a little lion!
It gets bigger.
That is Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen in "The Lion King."
It opens tomorrow.
It's a fantastic movie.
Thank you.
It really is great.
No one's going to dislike this movie.
Everyone is going to love it.
Oh, thank you.
Well, Jon Favreau did an amazing job.
- He really did. - He really did.
They worked on this movie for years.
It looks unlike any other movie you've ever seen.
I mean, you saw it, you were at the premiere.
It's just gorgeous, and it looks so real.
And--
I heard they killed, like, 100 animals to make this movie.
They did. They had to.
But it was worth it, because it's going
to make a billion dollars.
They didn't kill any animals.
- No animals were harmed. - They're all fake animals.
No animals are even in the movie.
Yeah, exactly.
When was the first time you sang in public?
Ever?
Yeah, ever.
Oh, man.
I think I was, like, in--
actually, in kindergarten, I swear, there was a talent show.
And I got up, and I sang.
What did you sing?
Do you remember?
Yes.
I sang "Karma Chameleon" from Boy George and Culture Club.
Yeah.
Because of course I did.
Shout out to Boy George, by the way.
Icon.
Did you play the harmonica along with it?
I didn't play the harmonica, no.
You have to for that song.
So while we're on the subject of music,
you tweeted something a few weeks ago at Taylor Swift.
You directed it to her attention.
Yes.
And I want to know the backstory here.
But you tweeted, I guess I was too
gay for the Taylor Swift video.
OK.
That sounds harsh without context, Jimmy.
OK.
So Taylor Swift made this lovely, very pro-LGBT video.
Right.
You know, she's a great ally.
And literally every gay person on television was in the video,
except for me.
I'm not kidding.
Neil Patrick Harris.
All the Queer Eye guys.
RuPaul.
Laverne Cox.
Billy Porter.
They literally-- they dug up Liberace,
and they put him in the video.
And I was never called.
Really?
And I'm-- I wasn't angry.
I was just hurt. - Oh, I don't blame you.
You know?
Because I've been a proud gay man
all my life, until this video.
I mean, you know-- - You felt excluded.
Yeah. - So I felt a little excluded.
And you want to put that out there
because you want people to know, I didn't say no to this.
- No. - I just wasn't invited.
I would have loved to have been in the video.
Has Taylor responded swiftly to this?
- She has not. - She has not?
She has not.
But-- yeah.
Maybe she's saving up to do a video with just you.
- Just me? - Yeah.
About what?
How great straight people are?
I'm not doing it.
She had her chance.
I'm going to do a video about how great straight people are
with Brooks and Dunn.
Just to level the playing field.
Brooks and Dunn.
The band liked that joke a lot, yes.
Are you in a relationship right now?
I'm not.
You're not?
I've been single for a long time.
Something terrible happened to me recently.
What happened?
No joke.
This is true.
I was banned from Tinder.
You're laughing, but I am going to die alone.
Do you understand?
I-- first of all, I was banned from Tinder.
I've been on Tinder for, like, seven years, and I'm very nice.
I don't do anything naughty or weird.
You know, I'm a normal person.
And they banned me all of a sudden, and I say, why?
They didn't give me an explanation.
They just said, you violated the terms of use.
And I said, I've been single for seven years.
You violated the terms of use!
I didn't violate anything!
That's a really good point.
I was furious.
Did you call any-- can you even call Tinder?
You can't call them.
You know?
I guess you could sext them.
I don't know.
Are you-- this has been resolved?
It's been resolved.
It was finally resolved.
Thank you, Tinder.
But yeah, I'm back on Tinder.
Everyone get excited.
Why did-- why did they kick you off in the first place?
What was that?
Did they explain why they kicked you off?
Well, I guess because I'm a public person,
maybe people thought it was a fake profile.
Oh.
Which actually happened to my friend, Andy Cohen.
They kicked him off. - Oh.
Or maybe they just don't like gay people.
I don't know!
No, they don't.
They're very nice to gay people. It had nothing to do with that.
Yeah.
But yeah, I guess someone reported me as being fake,
but it is really me. - OK.
Why not?
Why can't I be on Tinder?
So if someone's in this area, as that's how Tinder works,
right?
No, that's Grindr, Jimmy.
Oh.
And I'm surprised you know how that works.
Yeah.
Be cool, man.
Billy Eichner-- not only is he here, he's on Tinder,
and he's in "The Lion King."
It opens in theaters tomorrow.
Thank you, Billy.
We'll be right back.
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