WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "WHITE
COLLAR," "THE NORMAL HEART," AND "MAGIC MIKE."
HE NOW STARS IN THE NEW FILM "PAPI CHULO."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," MATT BOMER!
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>> WOW.
AMAZING.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO BE BACK.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU HAVE BEEN?
>> I'VE BEEN WELL, VERY WELL, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU LOOK FANTASTIC AS ALWAYS.
YOU'RE PUT TOGETHER LIKE A STAR, AS YOU ARE.
>> IT TAKES A TEAM OF TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT, DON'T YOU?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT YOUR
OUTFIT?
>> NO WAY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE SHOES AND NO SOCKS ON.
AND IT'S THE SUMMERTIME.
HOW DOES THAT NOT JUST TURN INTO A SWAMP DOWN THERE?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, I WEAR THEM FOR PRECISELY THE EIGHT MINUTES THAT
I'M ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: AND THEN THEY COME OFF.
>> AND THEN I THROW SOCKS ON.
BUT I ALSO HAVE THESE LITTLE SNEAKY SOCKS, OKAY?
>> OH, THANK YOU!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!
IS THERE THESE ARE A CHEAPIDATE DATERIGHT HERE.
THEY'RE EASILY IMPRESSED.
YOU-- WE HAD YOU ON BEFORE, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ANY
SORT OF INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE COHOSTING A BENEFIT FOR MAYOR
PETE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: MAYOR PETE BUTEIEGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HE'S AN IMPRESSIVE GUY.
>> HE IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE, AND I THINK VERY QUALIFIED FOR
THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: WE HAD HIM ON RIGHT THERE.
AND OF ALL THE PEOPLE I HAD ON, HE'S THE ONE WHO KIND OF-- OH.
TOOK ME BACK A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW THIS IS A PREJUDICE, BUT I DID NOT EXPECT THE MAYOR OF A
TOWN-- SMALL TOWN IN INDIANA-- RELATIVELY SMALL TOWN IN
INDIANA-- TO BLOW ME OUT OF THE WATER LIKE THAT.
>> SAME, SAME.
I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING HE'S SPOKEN ABOUT.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIM GOING FORWARD.
>> Stephen: REALLY FEELS LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE
GUY WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SOME POLITICIANS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TALKING TO
THEIR-- THEIR-- THEIR MESSAGING PEOPLE, JUT THROUGH THEIR
MOUTHS.
>> EXACTLY.
HE REALLY SEEMS AUTHENTIC AND HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN A
REALLY INFORMED WAY IN THE MOMENT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF-- HAVE YOU DONE A LOT OF
POLITICAL WORK, CONNECTIONS OF ANY KIND?
>> NO.
I'M-- YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PASSING FANCY IN POLITICS.
BUT OVER THE YEARS, I'VE MADE SOME FRIENDS IN POLITICS THAT I
THINK HAVE GOTTEN ME MORE -- >> Stephen: ME, TOO.
>> SURE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: LET'S PLAY-- LET'S PLAY "FRIENDS IN POLITICS
POKER."
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT.
LET'S SEE, WHAT HAVE I GOT HERE... THERE YOU GO.
>> I WAS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS ONE YEAR, WHICH YOU'VE
BEEN TO MANY TIMES.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
HOSTED, ACTUALLY.
>> WELL, THERE YOU GO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
STORY?
YOU ALREADY WON.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER.
>> YOU KNOW THERE'S THAT STATE DEPARTMENT DINNER THE NIGHT
BEFORE?
>> BEST PART OF IT.
IT NEVER GETS TELEVISED.
>> I BROUGHT MY MOM, THERE WERE ALL THESE LUMINARIES, OPRAH
WINFREY WAS THERE, PAUL McCARTNEY.
SO MANY PEOPLE AND YOU'RE STAR STRUCK.
AND I LOOKED ACROSS THE ROOM AND BILL CLINTON WAS ACROSS THE ROOM
AND HE KEPT LOOKING OVER AT MY TABLE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS LOOKING AT ME.
I WAS, LIKE, LOOKING BEHIND ME, AND THERE WAS A SECRET SERVICE
AGENT BEHIND ME, SO THEN I THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN SOME KIND
OF SECURITY BREACH AND WE WERE ALL IN TROUBLE.
ANYWAY, I ENDED UP LEAVING EARLY.
AND THE NEXT DAY A SECRET SERVICE AGENT APPROACHED ME AND
SAID, "HEY, WHY DID YOU LEAVE EARLY LAST NIGHT?
PRESIDENT CLINTON REALLY WANTED TO MEET YOU.
HE NEVER MISSES AN EPISODE OF "WHITE COLLAR."
SO I...
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S A NICE FEELING.
>> YEAH.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS WATCHING, I GUESS.
WE ENDED UP BECOMING FRIENDS, I MET HIM AT HIS OFFICE --
>> Stephen: FRIENDS!
YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH BILL CLINTON.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO TEXT HIM RIGHT NOW?
>> Stephen: YES.
>> SELFIE.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE FRIENDLY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU YOU PLAYED D.C. COMIC SUPERHERO,
NEGATIVE MAN.
>> NEGATIVE MAN.
>> Stephen: IN DUNE PATROL.
>> DUNE PATROL.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU AS SUPER HERO?
LEGALLY, ALL ACTORS AT SOME POINT HAVE TO BE A SUPER HERO AT
THIS POINT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT'S A REQUIREMENT.
>> Stephen: WITH THEATITIS EYE ASSUME THERE WEREATITIS.
>> I LOVE THE SHOW.
I'M SO PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A CHARACTER-DRIVEN
SHOW WHEN YOU DON'T ALWAYS FIND IN THE SUPER HERO WORLD.
BUT I WILL SAY THE FIRST TIME I WORE THE SUPER SUIT, I SHARE THE
ROLE WITH ANOTHER ACTOR WHO SLIKE, A 25-YEAR-OLD VEGAN WHO
DOES A LOT OF THE PHYSICAL BITS IN THE COSTUME.
>> Stephen: OKAY >> SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN I
PUT IT ON, IT WAS LIKE WEARING SPANX.
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO SLOW THIS DOWN.
THERE WERE LIKE 100 PEOPLE WATCHING.
IT HAS A BIG BUDGET.
I WENT TO DO THE FIRST STUNT WHERE I HAD TO DUCK UNDER THIS
THING THAT WENT NEAR ME-- I'M ALREADY OVER-ACTING, WITH THAT
DUCK.
I WENT DOWN, AND THE PANTS RIPPED FROM MY BUTT ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO MY ANKLE.
AND I TURNED AROUND, LIKE, TO FOLLOW THE THING THAT HAD PASSED
OVER ME, AND I AMANDA THE ENTIRE CREW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU SHOULD CHARGE
MONEY FOR THAT.
>> THAT'S HOW I MET THE CREW.
AND IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE.
NO -- >> Stephen: YOUR NEW FILM
"PAPI CHULO."
>> YEAH, ARE YOU PAPI CHULO.
>> I THINK IT'S UP FOR INTERPRETATION.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES PAPI CHULO MEAN?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS DEPENDING ON
YOUR CULTURE.
BUT IT CAN MEAN ANYTHING FROM SEXY GUY TO PIMP DADDY.
>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE NOT PAPI CHULO?
>> NO, IT COULD BE MYSELF OR ALEJANDRO PATINO, WHO I PLAY
OPPOSITE IN THE FILM.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A WEATHERMAN.
>> I'M AN L.A.-BASED WEATHERMAN WHO IS NOSEDIVING TOWARDS ROCK
BOTTOM.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF YOU DOING THE WEATHER.
WHAT HAPPENS HERE?
>> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FILMFILM HE HAS BEEN SUPPRESSING
A TRAUMA THAT HAPPENED THOIM AND IT CATCHES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE FORECAST, THE WEATHER FORECAST.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> NOT ONLY IS THE DIAL TOUCHING THE BIG 104, BUT THOSE DEVIL
WINDS ARE BLOWING HOT AND DRY FROM THE MOJAVE DESERT DOWN
THROUGH SAN BERNARDINO AND RIGHT ACROSS THE GREATER LOS ANGELES
AREA.
THE SANTA ANA ARE BRINGING THEIR USUAL FIRE WARNING.
THE HOT, DRY, GUSTS, A REAL HAZARD-- WOOO.
BEG YOUR PARDON.
THE HOT, DRY GUSTS ARE A REAL HAZARD...
( VOICE BREAKING ) >> Stephen: WOW.
FORECAST IS DARK.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WELL, MATT, SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: "PAPI CHULO" IS IN THEATERS NOW.
MATT BOMER, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.