-Hey!
-Hi, Jimmy.
-Oh, thank you so much for doing our show.
I appreciate it.
You know, I'm the biggest fan of
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,"
so I have to talk about it.
And I know I'm not your audience,
but I loved it so much.
I know you guys are actually pretty close in real life.
Right? -We are. We totally are.
-I've seen photos of you guys out. I'm like, "What?"
Like, I would probably freak o-- I might cry
if I ever saw the whole -- you guys all together.
-[ Laughs ] Well, let's make that happen, Jimmy.
I want to see you cry. -No, don't make me cry.
But I do love you guys.
-Well, there was one time where -- well, they surprised me
with a bachelorette party that I didn't want.
But they took me to a restaurant, and, of course,
at each of our place was, like, a pair of jeans
and arts and crafts.
So that night, like, restaurant-goers were treated to
watching "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" decorate jeans.
-[ Laughs ] Oh, my gosh.
-Then the liquor came, and then it got more exciting.
-[ Laughs ]
-People got to watch us decorate jeans inside of a restaurant.
-What a good group.
Hey, America, I want to talk to you about -- we're five days
from Election Day, and I just want to thank you.
You're doing so much great work to help encourage people
to vote and keeping people informed.
I follow you on Instagram and all the socials.
But you do a thing called America AF
where you answer simple questions about voting.
It's safe to watch-ish. It's bleeped.
-[ Laughs ]
-What made you start doing this?
-Well, you know, back in 2018 when we were trying to
get people out for the midterm elections,
I realized that, like, a lot of people didn't even know
what the midterm elections were or, like, what the point
of the midterm elections are.
Why they're important, why they matter.
And I realized I had this tool to just, like, speak directly to
at least the people who followed me
on social media and tell them.
And so I just started trying to explain things,
and I remember asking people like, "Why aren't you voting?
Like, just tell me. I need to know. Like, why?"
And, you know, I'm expecting these big ideological, you know,
reasons of like, you know, "The system's rigged.
Nothing's ever going to change."
And then the responses were like,
"I don't have a car to get to the polls."
Like, "I don't know what I.D. I need."
"I don't know where to go to get registered."
"No one's ever asked me --"
Like, all of these super-simple problems
to solve with information, with resources,
and I thought, you know, "I'm going to do what I can do
with my platform to give information to the people
who are following me."
It feels like the thing people come up against the most
is like, "Does it really even matter?
Does my vote matter?"
You know, and I was lucky enough to speak to this, like,
superhero election law attorney.
Again, like, I'm a big nerd.
Like, that's what gets me excited.
I get to speak to, like, an election law attorney,
Marc Elias, and, you know, I asked him like,
"Does every vote matter?"
And he just said, "Oh, my God, does it matter."
Like, in 2018, we lost a Senate race in Florida
by one tenth of 1%.
Do you know what would be happening right now
if there was another Democrat in the Senate?
So one of the things people have to remember is that, you know,
we're not just voting for the president.
You're voting for senators and congressmen
and district attorneys and sheriffs,
people who make such a massive impact in your community
and arguably have just as much
if not more impact than the president.
So showing up and voting in those local races
often comes down to just tens of votes.
And so it so matters that we show up.
-I want to talk about your new initiative called She Se Puede.
-Good pronunciation, I love it.
-Not bad? Thank you. -Not bad.
-I appreciate that.
Can you explain how this started and what it is?
-Yeah. She Se Puede is a new online platform that I launched
with my dear friend Eva Longoria and also a number of
other amazing Latinas across business and politics
and organizing and activism.
And it's a new lifestyle platform for Latinas.
It's a place for us to be celebrated and to be empowered
in everything from, you know, raising children, cooking meals,
our workouts, asking for a raise,
and also our engagement civically.
I mean, the numbers of Latinas
are so often spoken about in this country.
But numbers don't equal power.
Power equals power.
And in order for us to really make a difference
and to be reflected and represented in this country,
we need to be empowered to use our -- use the power
of our numbers to change the way politics happen in this country,
to change the way our communities are treated.
And so the civic-action piece is
a really big part of She Se Puede.
But it's really about celebrating and reflecting
every aspect of our lives.
-Yeah, good for you.
I want to talk about "Superstore"
because Season 6 premiered tonight.
And next week is your character's final episode.
-That's right, yeah.
-You were about to film this episode in March,
and then the pandemic hit, so you came back again this season.
And you had to basically say goodbye
to everyone twice or three times?
-Yeah, I had, like, my final table read three times.
And it was -- it was just a mess.
I mean, I, like, sobbed like a baby the first time.
-Of course. -I couldn't even get words out.
And then the second time, I didn't know it was going to
be my last table read, and then --
so when the final day finally came, I had nothing to give.
I had, like, cried all the tears.
I said goodbye. -"Yeah, I'm exhausted.
You know I love you." -Yeah.
-But I'm happy that you got to come back
and finish it the right way.
-Totally.
And I -- You know, I did 100 episodes of the show.
I love the show.
I'm so glad that it's going on
and that the fans are going to
continue to watch it and love it.
And I'm always going to be a fan of the show.
And it was such an amazing five years of my career,
and I'm always going to be grateful for it.
-I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's America Ferrera in "Superstore." Take a look.
-And Zephra is adamant that we follow the CDC recommendation of
washing your hands for a full 20 seconds.
-20 seconds?
That's like literally forever.
-It's about the length of two "Happy Birthdays."
So just sing that and you'll be fine.
-Yeah, but whose name do we insert?
I have a friend named Ty
and I have a friend named Alexandria Genevieve.
Those are two wildly different timeframes.
-Just say the name Emma.
-Oh, God.
Is this your way of making us sing "Happy Birthday"
to Emma because all of her friends ditched her
on her birthday this year?
-No, that didn't happen.
Emma is very popular,
and she's dating a very cute boy name Braden.
Very cute.
I don't mean cute like I think he's hot
because I'm an adult and that would be weird.
Whatever. Just wash your hands. There's a virus.
-America Ferrera.
"Superstore" airs Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.
And make sure you check out shesepuede.org.