-We were just talking about you maybe a couple months ago,
'cause we had a hashtag called #worstfirstdate.
And our very own Questlove sent a tweet out,
and he said, "Had dinner with Rosario Dawson.
Let Mos Def and his three bros crash the party.
Mos casually ordered her a $500 birthday cake.
It wasn't her birthday.
Six more people crashed. Bill was $1,400.
I didn't have $1,400.
Worst first date and last first date."
Do you remember this date? -Was that a date?
-It was a dinner. -It was a dinner?
-Whoa! -Wait a minute.
Wait. Why are you trying to play me?
-You what it is?
We were so New -- Well, I'm New York.
-It was a dinner.
-It's a thing of, like -- I feel like that at that moment --
-Wait. You totally backpedaled so fast.
He's like, "Oh, it's a dinner.
You're the one who said it was a date.
-It's the "Love Jones" kind of, like, era,
where, like, we hung out, and maybe there was, like,
something there, but we were not explicit about it,
so it was hard to even know, maybe,
'cause if it's also -- If it was a date,
there was like 10 dudes on it.
Like, I didn't know.
-It's like "The Bachelorette," yeah.
Who do you give the rose to? Did you get a rose?
-No, I got the bill. -Yeah, he got the bill.
You didn't get a rose. You gave him the bill.
That's fantastic.
-You know, but we stayed friends.
-Okay, good, good, good, all right.
-So that's the most important part.
-Yeah, yeah. Look -- You're blushing.
-I'm not blushing.
-Speaking of dating, though -- You're both blushing.
-I love you so much.
-Speaking of dating, you are dating Senator Cory Booker.
-Yeah, he's here. He's in the greenroom.
-Oh, cool. How fun is that? -Yeah, it's really fun.
-That's pretty cool.
What is -- I know he dropped out of the race for president,
but people were very excited that you
could have been First Lady.
They'd like First Lady Rosario Dawson.
-Yeah, it definitely was strange when I endorsed him,
'cause then I always felt like I was promoting people
to vote for him, but really for me, you know?
-You're like, "Dude, I want to be First Lady"?
-I could definitely feel my grandmother
in heaven smiling at the idea.
You know, my mom was a teenage mom,
and then, all of a sudden, she's validated with her daughter
becoming an actress and then doing all of this
good community work and then, on top of that,
potentially being First Lady
after living in a squat in an abandoned building.
Like, it's a crazy, amazing story,
and just even the idea of it was really beautiful.
-Would you ever run for office?
-I've been called "Senator Dawson,"
actually, weirdly, for a lot of years,
'cause I co-founded a voting organization,
which is 15-years-old this year, Voto Latino.
-Oh, yeah. That's right.
-So, we've been doing voter registration and GOTV
and census initiatives and even helped to co-found
National Voter Registration Day,
if any of you have heard of that, NVRD.
-Absolutely. -So...yeah --
-You must be busy right now, huh?
-Yeah, it's a really big year, no matter what.
So, it's exciting, actually, 'cause Cory and I
are gonna probably hit the road and start, you know,
pushing people to make sure they're registered
and filling out their census forms
and also voting "down ticket," because all of those seats
are really critically important in this election.
-Yeah, that's smart. -Yeah.
-We know Cory.
We've had him on this show a couple of times.
He seems like a pretty smooth guy.
How does Cory Booker -- -Really? No, I'm kidding.
-Really?
-He's, like, dad jokes and, like -- He's not, like --
That's actually what I kind of loved about him.
He's very nerdy, and we bond on being really nerdy.
-How did -- Really? -Yeah.
-How did he get your number?
-We, you know, both ended up getting invited to
Sarah Silverman's annual rooftop party.
I'm sure you've been invited or gone to it, right?
-Yeah, sure. -It's a lot of comedians.
-"It was a dinner.
It was a dinner."
It was not a date. It was a dinner.
I was busy that night. -I don't know what's happening.
-I was busy. I was over at Questlove's house.
We were playing...
-Anyways, one of those things that she always keeps inviting,
even though I'm so often not in town.
And I remember, when I got there, my friend Tal --
Awesome shout-out to Tal, female bassist.
Like, Sarah goes, "Cory Booker just texted me.
He's coming." And I was like, "Okay."
And then he came in,
and he's tall and brilliant and amazing.
And we talked and kind of
hovered around each other all night.
And then, like, we both stayed late
at the party, so we kept talking.
And everyone kept leaving.
And then he finally was like,
"So, how would one get in touch with you?"
And I was like --
-"How would one get in touch with you"?
-"You are one of the most brilliant men
I've ever spoken to.
I'm sure you can figure it out what that is."
It's not smoke signals." -Yeah.
-It's definitely not smoke signals.
-And he figured it out.