-Our next guest is a very funny comedian
you know from her viral lip-sync videos of President Trump.
Her new special, "Everything's Fine,"
is streaming now on Netflix. Let's take a look.
-Pres. Trump: Maybe it's a different one.
-Man: It better not be the publicist.
No, it's her. It's her. -Yeah, that's her with the gold.
I got to use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her.
You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful --
I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet.
You just kiss. -[ Laughter ]
-I don't even wait.
Hey, when you're a star, they let you do it.
You just kiss. You just -- You can do anything.
-Please welcome to the show Sarah Cooper.
How are you, Sarah?
-I'm good. That was some good editing there.
Cut it off right before the big line.
-Oh, no. We'll make sure we get it in.
We'll get it in for the rerun.
Hey, it's so nice to meet you.
I, like many people, was introduced to you
via these videos you made where you lip-sync Donald Trump
and in a way that I think presented the words
that he was saying in a way that we weren't used to seeing
and really laid bare how little sense he made.
When did you realize that this was an effective way
to present him and what he was saying?
-Um, I think I realized that
after people started sharing them
and getting really excited about them
and the news media was really getting into them,
because for them, they have to be impartial,
and so this was a really succinct way
of showing how empty his words were
without having to do any, like, editorializing.
And so that was really when it hit
that it was newsworthy as well as entertaining and funny.
And I think people just really enjoy being able to laugh
without having to see his face,
and that was kind of the big difference
between what I do and what most sort of "impressionists" do.
And I don't even really call it an impression.
But I think when that video where he was talking about
injecting, you know, Lysol into his veins went viral,
I realized that people were really excited to see
Trump's words come out of my mouth for some reason.
-With that said, a lot of people wonder
not just about someone like you, but someone like me --
they would ask, "Are you disappointed
that he lost the election?"
Is it safe to say that is as not true for you as it is for me?
-I am so happy.
I'm so happy, but I'm more relieved than anything else
because, to be honest, Tuesday,
it wasn't looking good for Democrats,
and I was looking at my videos, and I was like,
"If he wins, these won't be funny anymore."
If he was actually able to escape everything
that we've tried to get rid of him,
including me with these videos trying to point out to everyone
how he was completely incompetent,
then these videos would just be sad.
But now that he's lost, they're even more hysterical.
So I'm very relieved for that.
-They will have a far longer shelf life, I agree.
You have -- I've noticed
you mentioned that he has blocked you on Twitter.
I assume... -Yeah.
-...that the President blocked you on Twitter
because of the videos, but it actually predated that?
-Yep. In 2017, I responded to one of his tweets.
I was one of the angry ones responding to all of his tweets.
And I said that he was unfit for office, and he blocked me.
And he has still blocked me to this day.
I checked just today, and I'm still blocked.
It's very sad.
He's very fragile, very sensitive man.
I can't imagine what he's going on through right now,
but I think, you know -- Do you remember
that time where somebody accidentally deleted
his Twitter account for like a few hours?
-Yeah. -We need to bring that guy back.
Let's just -- It just needs to go --
He needs to stop tweeting.
I know he would love to continue,
but we need to move on.
We have to move on. We have to move on, Seth!
-Yes. I think it seems like he's more than ready to move on.
He seems to be taking it very well.
-Yeah. -I want to ask about this,
as well, that some Trump fans in watching your videos
maybe responded more positively than you would have thought.
-Yeah. I mean, at first, I was like,
"Maybe they don't realize that I'm making fun of him?"
You know, maybe they're watching this, and they're like,
"Oh, a Black woman who likes Trump!
Maybe I'm not racist after all." You know?
And I would get comments like,
"I love Trump, but this is hysterical,"
and so I'm like, "What are you laughing at?"
But now I think it's just --
You can enjoy them on multiple levels.
On one level, you can see, like,
the satire and the irony of what is happening,
and another level, it's just, like, bizarre
to see his voice coming out of my mouth
and the facial expressions I make, so...
I'm okay with it now. I've come to accept it.
Especially since he lost, I'm okay with it.
If he had won and then people had pointed to me like,
"Oh, maybe she actually helped him with these videos,"
then I would have been -- I would have been distraught.
-You -- I want to talk about the Netflix special, as well.
You have a ton of great guest stars.
Helen Mirren, as we saw in the clip, Jon Hamm.
Natasha directed it.
And then Fred Armisen, as well, our band leader.
And you were -- Is it true
that you were excited to be working with Fred?
-I was super excited.
I met Fred, like, seven years ago
at a South by Southwest panel.
I took a picture with him afterwards.
And I -- I was just, like, a huge fan of his.
And when I was working with Natasha Lyonne,
who was director of the special, she was texting me.
And she said, "Fred's here, and Fred, you know, read
some of the stuff, and he likes it."
And I was like, "Oh, my God.
Fred Armisen is reading this, and he's liking it?
This is incredible."
And then Natasha said,
"Fred thinks that you don't know who he is."
And I said, "What?" Yeah.
Apparently, he truly believed that I didn't know who he was.
And so I was able to send this picture as proof
that I knew exactly who he was.
-There you go. There's a -- -Yeah.
And I even got his glasses. I mean, I was a big fan.
I even used to -- I didn't tell him this,
so I hope he's not watching this,
but I used to own the domain FredArmisenFans.com.
[ Laughter ]
-I'm assuming you flipped that for a pretty penny.
-I mean, I was hoping Fred would come back at some point
and be like, "I need this domain, Sarah.
I'll give you a million dollars for it."
But it just never happened.
-Well, now he knows it's out there.
By the way, that really is a story.
And, Fred, I do hope you're watching.
That's a story about Fred being very needy.
-[ Laughter ] -Is it?
I thought it was humility. Is it neediness?
-No, it's like, "I don't think she knows who I am."
Come on, Fred. Fred!
-Fred, you fooled me. -You've had a really --
I mean, it's been a crazy year for a lot of people,
but your year has had a lot of very positive things
that maybe would have been hard to predict
at the beginning of the year.
You guest hosted for Jimmy Kimmel.
You appeared at the DNC.
Were you able to take stock and appreciate the year
you were having as it was happening?
-No, I wasn't. It was -- It just --
You know, this year has been so emotionally draining
that I feel like I was experiencing all these emotions
and I just didn't have time to process them.
Like, it just hit me that I was in bed with Jon Hamm.
Like, I -- It still hasn't even really hit me yet
that that actually happened.
And I think in a year, maybe it will hit me again.
But it will -- It's just so strange
because, you know, yes, a lot has changed,
but, at the same time, I'm still just, you know,
at home working from home.
You know, I'm doing all these interviews from home.
Like, so a lot has changed, but then nothing has changed.
It's been -- It's really weird.
But everyone is telling me to really enjoy this moment,
so I'm trying to enjoy this moment, but at the same time,
everything feels very surreal.
-Well, we certainly enjoyed having you here.
Congratulations on everything. It's been great to speak to you
and great to meet you. -Thank you so much, Seth.
It was awesome meeting you.
And I have SethMeyersFans, too.
-That's the one Fred's going to want to buy.
"Everything's Fine" is streaming on Netflix.