-That's how you do it right there.
Maya Rudolph. -Thank you, ladies.
-Looking gorgeous.
And, also, by the way, also looking stunning over here
on the cover of "Hollywood Reporter."
Ooh-la-la! -Thanks, Jimmy.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, my friend.
-I was reading about you in -- Well, I read this article,
but I want to say it was a little gossip column.
-Oh, really? -You were in the gossips.
You were in the papers. -Oh, yes.
-You had a dinner with Vice President Kamala Harris.
-I sure did. I sure did, Jimmy. -Well, what was that like?
Because you never met her. I know you did --
-First of all, I just want to say, I didn't leak it.
Like, how does everybody know?
-Yeah. No, you would never snitch.
-I don't want to be in trouble. Like --
-Maya's not a rat. You would never do that.
-I'm not a rat. -No.
-Snitches get stitches. -Exactly right, yes.
-And I -- There was Secret Service everywhere.
So I was like, "I'm not guilty."
-Yeah. You're like, "I'm forgetting
what I'm doing right now.
None of this happened." Yeah. But what was it like?
-It was fantastic. -You had never met her when --
-No -- Yeah, I had only met her on Zoom.
And I say "only" not like I was like,
"Oh, I can't wait to meet Kamala Harris."
Like, it was a big deal. -It was a big deal.
-But in the old days, when you worked at "Saturday Night Live"
and you were doing a political impression,
those people would usually come through
the building, and you would get to meet someone
you were impersonating.
But because it was COVID, I never got to meet her.
But we did a fundraiser together.
It was Amy Poehler, Hillary, myself, and Kamala.
It was very cool. -Wow!
-So I thought that was it, and I was like, "I'm good."
It's great.
But then I got to go to dinner with her
and the first Second Gentleman, Doug.
-Doug. -Yeah. Yeah.
-You got to meet Doug. -I got to meet Doug.
Or I should say, Doug got to meet me,
'cause he was pretty excited.
He was so nice. [ Cheers and applause ]
-He was like --
-He was -- he was so excited that there were two Kamalas.
-Two Kamalas.
You had double -- Yeah, he loves his wife.
-He really loves his wife. They love each other.
It's quite beautiful.
-Did she mention the impression
or you don't really talk about it?
You just talk about -- -No, Doug mentioned it.
-He did? -A lot. Yeah.
-He brought it up? -Yeah.
-Oh, my gosh.
Do you get -- I mean, I've met people
I've impersonated before and I kind of don't bring it up.
-Yeah, I don't like to mention to people that I ape them.
"Hi. I ape you."
-I ape you, yeah. -I mean, I do it for fun.
I'm, like, doing it because you love the person.
You know. It's like you're Mick Jagger.
It's, like, something you would have been doing
in your bedroom anyway.
-Yeah. -Or, like, in the shower.
-That's correct. I would totally be doing that.
By the way, I saw you at the season finale --
I saw you on the season finale with Natasha Lyonne,
who was great.
-She was.
-And I didn't go to the show
because I kind of like to stay --
I like to just watch the show.
-'Cause you don't like going out at 11:30 at night
and getting up at 4:00 in the morning?
-I'm too old.
I'm too old now to stay up that late.
But, no, I heard that, afterwards,
you had the after party
and you and some of The Roots had a rager.
-Yes. My band, Princess, got to play with
some of the these fine musicians you're looking at right here.
-In the ice rink downstairs?
-In the ice rink, where people ice-skate,
we got to play the after party.
-But I heard you crushed it.
It's, like, a Prince tribute band.
-We are a Prince tribute band, guys.
We are Princess. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Princess. -Yes.
-I heard it was off the chain.
-It was really fun because we brought
Wendy and Lisa out from The Revolution,
from Prince's original band, yeah.
-Didn't you freak out? -Yeah.
I mean, Wendy and Lisa, for me, are, like --
Like, I would daydream about singing with them in my bedroom,
again, or in the shower or in my car still, like --
-No, I mean, but seriously, though, that's --
I know how much of a fan you are.
-It's everything.
And, you know, it's Prince's original, like -- It's his band.
It's the band that I connected to his music with and to,
so I feel like it's very personally --
life moment, full circle, fulfilling.
-You're so talented. I love you got to do that.
And -- Good. It was, like, the best news.
I heard that, I'm like, "Why was I not there?"
I was so jealous. -It was pretty fun.
There was some -- People were getting a little loose.
There was an older gentleman in the front row all night.
-Yeah. -Oh, really?
-All night. -Oh, man.
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Yeah.
-You know, fans are excited about this.
Disney just released the first photo to the upcoming sequel to
"Enchanted," called "Disenchanted."
-"Disenchanted." -"Disenchanted."
And it sounds fantastic,
because you play the part of the villain.
-Yeah, with Amy Adams. -I love Amy.
-So cool! [ Cheers and applause ]
The coolest.
-Look at you. You're playing the villain.
Is that fun to play the villain?
-Oh, my God, it's the most fun.
It's like -- -You can do everything.
-Yeah, you get to be, like, arch and big and, like --
It's like, you know, if anyone had ever said like,
"Oh, you get to be the villain," I'd be like,
"Oh, I'm --" You know,
when I first thought of playing a villain,
I was like, "I don't want to be the bad guy."
It's the most fun you will ever have.
I have, like, a carriage with horses and, like,
I got to be rude to people
and, like, I got a crown and long nails.
And it was so fun.
-Disney knows how to do it up, man.
-Oh, my God, it's the coolest thing in the world.
A Disney villain? -Yeah.
-I'm joining some serious ranks.
-And Amy Adams is fantastic, by the way.
-Amy Adams is basically perfection.
She's a perfect human being. She's an unbelievable actress.
But, like, I loved the first "Enchanted"
and I love Giselle, the character she plays.
But I didn't realize --
I know Amy, but I didn't know her as Giselle.
So, the first day that I got to work,
she was already in costume and makeup
and she started speaking to me like Giselle.
And I found myself, like -- I felt like a little kid.
I was like...
-"You're a princess."
-Yeah, it felt like being at Disneyland
and talking to a princess.
Her face is different somehow when she's Giselle.
-Her eyes. -Her eyes are twinkly.
And, like, her hands are really beautiful.
And I felt like, "Okay."
-Yeah. And then you have to, like, be the villain to her,
which is just so fun.
-It was real fun.
-Let's talk about "Loot" and how funny this is.
Oh, my gosh. I love the premise of it.
You are so good in this. -Thank you, bud.
-There's so many good little, like,
Maya Rudolphy aside jokes that you're like,
"Oh, that is so funny" that you have to, like,
watch it four times.
Even just the way you can Moonwalk out of here,
and just, like, that's not part of --
You do those little bits.
But who came up with the idea for this?
-It was Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard,
who I worked with on a show called "Forever"
with our buddy Fred Armisen.
And they did "30 Rock" and "Parks and Rec"
and they're great, great, great writers.
And they just said to me like, "How would you like to play
this woman who is married to, like,
the most powerful man in the world, and they get divorced.
They don't have a prenup, so she's left with $87 billion."
-Billion dollars. -It's like, "Great."
Yeah, billion with a "B."
-So, $87 billion.
And then she has to decide like, "Hey, is this my life?
Like, do I like this material life,
all these material things?"
-Yeah, or just, like -- I've been thinking about it
a lot because of the show.
Like, I think we would all not be sad
to wake up with $87 billion.
But then, at the same time,
what enters my mind is like,
"And what are you going to do with it?"
Like, a social responsibility
after you buy like a couple islands.
-Yeah. Your character is very conflicted
because she is used to living that life
and swapping a champagne for a fresher champagne.
-Exactly. -And -- Yeah.
-It must be nice. -It must be nice, yeah.
But it's super-fun, and I want everyone to check it out.
It's on Apple TV+. Here's a clip.
Here's Maya Rudolph in "Loot." Take a look.
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-So, the Wells Foundation -- tell me about some of
the things that your organization
is focused on specifically.
-Of course.
One of the things that we're very passionate about is -- Oh!
Ooh!
Wow. That one's got a little --
a little heat to it, doesn't it?
My goodness. I'm just gonna have a little...
-Yeah, are you okay?
-I'm good.
I'm so sorry. It's so hot.
-Come on! -He's amazing.
-He's brilliant. Sean Evans is a genius.
I love that guy. -I love him.
-We've had him on the show a couple times,
and you have -- I mean, I only --
I mean, Da Bomb -- You make it to Da Bomb,
and, really, that happens to your stomach.
And -- But he's so genius.
He takes his time with the questions as you're sweating.
-He's unbelievable.
I can't -- He eats all of those every single time.
-Yeah. He's the greatest.
Well, I can't say he's the greatest
because Maya Rudolph is here.
Come on. -Wait a minute. Guys!
-"Loot" premieres this Friday on Apple TV+.