FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY GUEST FROM "BLOODLINE," "CHEF,"
AND "WHEN THEY SEE US."
HE'S CURRENTLY ON A 15-CITY TOUR WITH HIS SOLO PLAY, "LATIN
HISTORY FOR MORONS."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOHN LEGUIZAMO!
( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU!
♪ NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW FAR ♪
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, JOHN.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE.
IT'S NICE.
>> Stephen: IT IS NICE.
WELCOME TO THE LOVE SHACK ♪ LOVE SHACK BABY ♪
>> Stephen: HOW HAS YOUR SUMMER BEEN?
>> IT'S GOOD, TURNING AROUND.
>> Stephen: YOU ONLY GET SO MANY SUMMERS IN YOUR LIFE.
>> THAT'S DEPRESSING.
>> Stephen: I LIKE TO START LOW AND WE GET HAPPIER AS WE GO
ALONG.
>> I JUST TURNED 55.
>> Stephen: WHAT!
>> IF I WAS IN "LOGAN'S RUN" I WOULD BE GONE.
>> Stephen: HERE'S A HAPPY SUMMER NEWS.
LAST WEEK YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR RAYMOND SANTINA SR.
IN "AS THEY SEE US" WHICH IS ABOUT THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WORK-- TO BE AN ACTUAL A CHARACTER, A REAL
PERSON FROM THIS HARROWING STORY THAT IN SOME WAYS STILL HAUNTS
US?
>> SUCH A PAINFUL STORY.
AND I GOT A CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH THE DAD, RAYMOND SANTANA
SR. AND THE SON.
>> Stephen: JUST FOR THE FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT
KNOW.
THERE WAS A HORRIFIC ATTACK IN CENTRAL PARK.
>> 1988-- 1989.
ONE KID GOT OFF BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T CONFESS, WOULDN'T SEEN
ANYTHING.
AND THE REST WHO WANTED TO GO HOME AND WERE REALLY YOUNG
SIGNED CONFESSIONS AND DID VIDEOTAPES, AND THEY --
>> Stephen: LATER PROVEN-- LATER PROVEN INNOCENT.
>> EXONERATED.
>> Stephen: EXONERATED.
>> I ASKED HIS DAD HOW-- PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME, "HOW COULD YOU
SIGN THAT CONFESSION?
HOW COULD YOU LET YOUR SON ADMIT TO CRIMES HE DIDN'T COMMIT?"
THE DAD WAS A SINGLE DAD.
HE HAD A 24-HOUR GIG HE WAS AFRAID OF LOSING.
HE KNEW HIS SON WAS INNOCENT.
HIS KID OOFS HIS SON WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
HE COULDN'T HAVE RAPED THIS WOMAN.
HE WAS ACCUSED OF RAPE BE A WOMAN IN THE PARK, AND THE
D.N.A. NEVER MATCHED OR ANYTHING.
AND HE JUST SAID, "I KNEW MY SON WAS INNOCENT.
I KNEW HE WAS INNOCENT AND HE WOULD BE CLEARED IN THE LIGHT OF
DAY."
BUT THAT DOESN'T WORK IN THE COURT OF LAW.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET TO-- DID YOU GET TO MEET ANY OF THE
OTHER PEOPLE-- >> THE OTHERS.
I MET THEM ALL.
AND THEY'RE SO HOPEFUL, MAN.
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE GOING THROUGH THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM FOR THAT
LONG WRONGFULLY ASK THEY'RE STILL POSITIVE, HAPPY GO LUCKY
GUYS DOING POSITIVE THINGS IN THE WORLD.
( APPLAUSE )
DONALD TRUMP-- AND THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE FILM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HE NOTORIOUSLY PUT OUT A FULL-PAGE-- $85,000,
FULL-PAGE AD IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES," I BELIEVE--
>> ASKING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY TO COME BACK TO EXECUTE THESE
CHILDREN.
I MEAN, WHO DOES THAT?
WHO TAKES OUT-- SPENDS THEIR MONEY WANTING TO EXECUTE
CHILDREN?
YOU DON'T-- HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE FACTS.
HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN EXONERATED AND HE WOULDN'T
TAKE IT BACK.
>> HE DOUBLED DOWN, "WELL, THEY MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING."
>> Stephen: AFTER HAVING DONE AND HAVING MET THESE PEOPLE AND
GETTING THIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE PRESIDENT, HOW ARE YOU FEELING
ABOUT HIM THESE DAYS?
( LAUGHTER )
MAKES ME HORNY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WHAT!
>> THAT RAGE -- >> Stephen: I'M SORRY, YOU
GOTTA BACK UP.
>> I'M NOT BACKED UP.
I'M NOT BACKED UP.
>> Stephen: I DID NOT QUITE FACILITY LOGIC OF THAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS RAGE IN YOUR BODY, AND IT
TURNS INTO TESTOSTERONE, AND YOU GOTTA LET IT OUT SOMEHOW?
LOVE TRUMPS HATE.
>> Stephen: LOVE TRUMPS HATE?
>> I PROCREATE.
>> Stephen: YOU PROCREATE.
THAT'S YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH, IT HELPS ME UNPLUG-- MY POOR WIFE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE-- IT'S A-- I'M GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE ARMY
OF LATIN PEOPLE THAT WILL BE, LIKE, WORST THING THAT HE COULD
EVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
YOU'RE A NEW YORKER.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF OUR MAYOR BILL de BLASIO RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT?
( LAUGHTER )
IT'S LIKE DO ONE OFFICE RIGHT BEFORE YOU TAKE ON ANOTHER ONE.
( APPLAUSE )
AND DO THE MAYORING RIGHT.
RIDE A SUBWAY AND TRY TO GET SOMEWHERE SOME DAY.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU RECOMMEND, PERHAPS, THAT HE DROP
OUT AND COME BACK TO THE CITY AND TAKE CARE OF US HERE?
>> YEAH, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE
ANYWAY.
WHY DON'T YOU STEP OFF AND FIX THIS AND WE'LL TALK.
>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU LIKE, THERE ARE 20-- I THINK I HAVE
THIS RIGHT-- THERE ARE 25 DEMOCRATS RUNNING--
>> TOO MANY.
>> Stephen: WHO STANDS OUT TO YOU?
WHO DO YOU LIKE?
>> HIEWLIAN CASTRO.
I LOT THAT CAT.
I HAD THE HIM 10 YEARS AGO.
HE WAS WHAT, 30.
HE WAS SO BRILLIANT, SO SMART, SO COMPOSED.
I WANT HIM TO WIN.
PLUS HE'LL MAKE STEPHEN MILLER SO ANGRY IF HE WINS.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
HE'S GREAT, ACTUALLY, HE WAS SITTING IN THAT CHAIR THREE DAYS
AGO.
>> I SAW THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD FEEL THE GREATNESS RUNNING UP THROUGH
YOUR BODY OVER THERE.
>> WOW!
I FEEL IT.
I FEEL GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT A ONE-MAN SHOW THAT YOU STARTED IN
2017.
IT'S CALLED "LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS."
>> RIGHT, CORRECT.
>> Stephen: NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THRAFT TIME YOU WERE ON
HERE.
YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT ON THE ROAD.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN SORT OF TEACHING THIS "LATIN HISTORY
FOR MORONS" OUT IN NOT NEW YORK OR, YOU KNOW, NOT A MAJOR
METROPOLITAN AREA.
>> IT'S DIFFERENT.
I DID IT AT THE APOLLO, AND THEN DID NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.
AND THEN I WAS IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN.
YEAH, MADISON, WISCONSIN.
AND IT WAS--
>> NO WAY.
WERE YOU THERE?
IT WAS VERY QUIET.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT THING.
I SAW A LOT OF CORNFIELDS AND GO, "WHAT AM I DOING HERE?"
AND THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY QUIET,
VERY POLITE.
AND, YOU KNOW, GRATEFUL AT THE END "THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT
HERE.
THANK YOU"-- LIKE, WAS THERE SOMETHING WRONG COMING OUT HERE?
DOES NOBODY COME OUT HERE.
>> Stephen: IT HAS A POINT BUT THIS IS ALSO COMEDY, RIGHT?
>> OH, YEAH, IT'S A COMEDY.
THEY'RE LAUGHING THEIR BUTTS OFF, BUT THE POINT IS --
>> Stephen: WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS RESPECTFUL SILENCE IN
COMEDY.
>> NO, NO, UNLESS YOU'RE PERFORMING IN CANADA AND YOU
KNOW THEY'RE RESPECTFULLY SILENT WHEN YOU'RE DOING COMEDY.
THEN IT'S OKAY AND ACCEPTABLE BUT NOT IN AMERICA.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO SOME THINGS WE MORONS-- I'M A MORON
ABOUT LATIN HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT >> LATIN PEOPLE ARE THE SECOND
OLDEST ETHNIC GROUP IN AMERICA AFTER NATIVE AMERICANS.
WE ARE THE ONLY ETHNIC GROUP TO FIGHT IN EVERY SINGLE WAR
AMERICA HAS HAD.
WE'RE THE MOST AWARDED MINORITY.
I'M TALKING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS.
10,000 UNKNOWN LATINOS FOUGHT OUT OF 80,000.
>> Stephen: WHERE WERE THEY LIVING?
>> THEY WERE LIVING IN THE SOUTH, SOUTHWEST, VIRGINIA,
CUBAN WOMEN IN VIRGINIA SOLD THEIR JEWELRY, HOOP EARRINGS,
DOOR KNOCKERS, GOLD TEETH, TO BEAT THE PATRIOTS.
IN VIRGINIA, FLORIDA, ALL THE TOWGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SOMETIMES THEY WERE RIDING ON THE WRONG SIDE.
IN THE CIVIL WAR THERE WERE 20,000 OF US WHO FOUGHT NORTH
AND SOUTH.
WE GO WHEREVER THEY PAY US.
YOU KNOW HOW WE DO THAT.
I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE AUDIENCE TAKES AWAY FROM
YOUR SHOW ULTIMATELY?
>> I WANT AMERICANS TO KNOW THAT WE HELPED BUILD YOUR COUNTRY,
AND THAT WE DESERVE THE SAME RESPECT AS EVERY OTHER AMERICAN.
AND I WANT EVERY LATIN PERSON--
TO WALK OUT FEELING THAT THEY BELONG AND THAT THIS IS THEIR
COUNTRY ASK NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT FROM THEM.
>> Stephen: WELL, JOHN, WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS" IS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND
THE U.S. RIGHT NOW, AND "WHEN THEY SEE US" IS CURRENTLY
STREAMING ON NETFLIX.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.