-Thank you for coming back to the show.
-Thanks for having me. -Every time you come,
you always have a good -- a fun Met Gala story
or some fun story to tell me. -I do.
Well, it's 'cause it's about Cher.
-If it's about Cher, you came to the right place.
-Really? Do you love her as much as I do?
-I love Cher. -Okay, so I was at the Met Ball.
Cher was the musical guest and nobody knew.
-Oh, it's a secret. -It was a secret.
-Secret Cher. -And then out she comes...
-Yes. -...and she's dancing
around the stage in the same --
what looks to be the same outfit from "Turn Back Time."
-She looked phenomenal. -It was, like, bananas, right?
-Yeah, she looked phenomenal. -Cut to her, she's --
Cut to her singing across the stage.
-Yeah-huh. -And I'm like
hand up in the air, waving around.
And she sees me,
walks right to me, and grabs my hand.
[ Audience "Oohs" ] And I mean like,
it was a personal -- 'Cause we're friends, you guys.
[ Laughter ]
-Uh... -Like, I don't -- yeah, no.
-What? -Yeah.
-You're friends with Cher? -Totally.
[ Laughter ] -You're such a good actor.
-Well, I had a light-switch plate cover that
was in my bathroom in my apartment for a LONG TIME...
-Did you really? -...that was from
the first concert I ever went to, which was a Cher concert.
-She picked you out and found you?
-She literally saw me, and she was like...
♪ Turn back time ♪ -No, she did not do --
-And then she saw me. "Hey, hey."
It's not great. It's not great.
-She did not go... ♪ Turn back time ♪
-♪ Time-uh ♪ ♪ Time-uh ♪
♪ Time-uh ♪ -♪ Time-uh ♪
-♪ Time-uh ♪ -♪ Turn back time-uh ♪
-♪ Time-uh ♪ -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
I have a video of you freaking out,
if you don't mind me showing this.
-You have a video? -Yeah.
Here's the video of Sarah freaking out watching Cher.
This is real. Take a look at this.
[ Cheers ]
♪♪
-Oh, my God! What?!
-Wow. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I was like, "What?!" -"What?!"
-"What?!" -"What?!"
-"What?" -Uh, anyways --
-♪ I found someone ♪ -Uh, well, I heard --
We have to talk about... [ Laughter ]
..."Abominable." -"Abominable."
-"Abominable." -Okay, great.
-You are a voice in that animated film.
-Which I've never done before, which is totally scary.
'Cause usually when you're acting with a person,
you're engaging with them. -Yeah.
-When you do a voice-acting thing,
-You're basically in a booth with no one.
And everyone is always like, "It's so great.
You don't have to put on clothes.
You can wear your pajamas to work."
And I'm just like, "I want to be in a costume.
And I want to" -- You know.
-Yeah, I mean, I like wearing clothes, yeah...
-Yeah, what I wear at night... -...when I work.
-...is like nothing, so... [ Laughter ]
Well, I'm just saying. [ Cheering ]
-Oh, my goodness. -I'm just saying.
-You don't wear, like, a flannel nighty?
Like a -- -No.
Like a onesie with feet and everything.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-You should think about that. -I'm gonna.
-They're breathable. -With a little flap that...
[ Laughter ]
-But then, "Goldfinch." -"Goldfinch," yeah.
-I mean, walk me through this. Because this is like --
This is a -- People are surprised --
-Yeah. I don't know if you guys have read the book.
It's a beautiful book. -I tried.
[ Laughter ]
-800 pages is just too much for you, right?
-It is beautiful and great. And I go, "I get it."
And then it turns -- then it went into a different story,
and I go, "What happened?"
[ Laughter ]
It's all right. Well, we can cut this out.
-Okay, we'll cut that part out
where it sounds like it's not good.
-No, it is really good. I really got into it.
I go, "Oh, yeah. The museum, the whole thing."
They go, "It's not even about that."
-It's really not about that. And I don't come into it
till the part that it's not about that you're clearly
not interested... -There's like four chapters
about the museum. -That's true.
-It's not about a museum. -It's not about a museum.
-So I read four chapters that's not about anything,
and I'm like, "What am I gonna do?
This book..." And you know what I said?
-"I'm not reading it."
-"Can't wait for the movie to come out."
[ Laughter ]
"I'm really excited." 'Cause everyone who read it said
it's one of the best books they ever read in their life.
-It is. -Yeah.
-Yeah. -Oh, yeah, no.
-Oh, no. -No spoilers.
I'm gonna read it before the film comes out.
-Oh, you are? -Yeah, when is it coming out?
-It's out now. -Yeah, I can't read it.
[ Laughter ]
-It's out. Right now. -Right now, yeah.
What can we say about the film that we haven't said?
-Well, you said nothing about it.
[ Laughter ]
-Well, I haven't read it, so I don't really --
I don't quite know what it's about, yeah.
-Yeah, no. -The beginning
has nothing to do with the end. -That's right.
-There you go. -The movie spent -- the story --
Mm. [ Laughter ]
I don't know. I didn't read it, either.
-Oh, my gosh! Oh, my goodness!
-I'm kidding! I'm kidding.
-No, I know you are. -I love this book.
-Yes. [ Laughter ]
-And I love this movie. -Okay. Yes.
-You got to see it. -Goldfinch is a bird, right?
-"Goldfinch" is a famous painting that hangs in the Met.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-I had that written down there. -I'm gonna tell all your fans...
-So "Goldfinch" is -- -"Goldfinch" is a painting.
-I go to The Met all the time. -Do you?
-I go, "Get out of the way. I want to see 'Goldfinch.'"
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-And I stand there, I go, "There it is.
Oh, my gosh. Do you believe what this is?"
-"Out of the way!" -"Out of the way!"
-"Everybody move!" -"Everyone move, move, move!"
-"I gotta see the 'Goldfinch'!" -"What is the problem?"
"Take your headsets off. Go to the other room.
Time for Jimmy to see 'Goldfinch.'"
[ Laughter ]
Now, "Goldfinch." -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-I don't want to spoil it for anyone.
-No, you couldn't possibly spoil it
'cause you don't know what's happening.
[ Laughter ]
-What I can -- I almost imagine it is...
-Sure. -...a child goes to a museum
to go see "Goldfinch." -Yes, he does, with his mother.
-Yes, with his mother. -And on that day...
-Something happens. -...terrible thing happens
in the museum. -In the museum.
-He loses his mother. -That's correct.
-Right. -And that's where --
-And that's when the story begins,
which is when you decided to close the book.
[ Laughter ]
You're like, "Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no. Nope."
-"I thought it was gonna be a museum drama."
-"I thought it was the thing about the 'Gold--' I am out.
I thought this was about people desperate to see a painting."
-Yeah. -And actually, nope.
-"Now it's about human emotion." -"Mom's dead, and I gotta go."
-"I -- Yeah." -"I got to go."
-So this is all about his kind of --
-His journey. -His journey in life.
-And something happens with the painting
on the day of this terrible thing
where he ends up having this painting.
And then maybe someone tries to take the painting from him.
-Oh. -Whoa.
-All right. [ Laughter ]
Did we say too much? -Might have, yeah.
-Yeah, okay, yeah. -Gave away the plot, basically.
[ Laughter ] You know, yeah.
-Do you guys want to hear the plot, or you don't care?
[ Cheers ]
-I don't know... -All right, well,
we can't say much about the plot except that, if you want to --
d-If you want to watch Ansel Elgort and you want to see
Nicole Kidman and you want to see Jeffrey Wright,
from "Westworld," and you want to see
me in a bikini, then I think you should probably watch --
-Yes, here we go! [ Cheers and applause ]
Here's a clip of Sarah Paulson in "The Goldfinch."
Take a look at this.
-Hey, buddy.
Long time no see.
-Hi.
I'm Xandra. With an "X."
-So we just got into LaGuardia about two hours ago.
I'm out in Las Vegas now, and, uh...
Well, things are pretty different for me, and, uh...
Son, we're straight off the plane, and, uh...
Well, we wanted to see you straightaway, of course.
But, also, need the key to the apartment.
Yeah, I'm here to start taking care of stuff.
-You should be proud of your pops.
51 days sober.
-I guess I should've called, but, well, I figured
it was easier just to come and get you.
-Get me?
-Sarah Paulson, everybody.