>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY NEXT
GUEST FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," "TRAINWRECK," AND
"IBIZA."
PLEASE WELCOME VANESSA BAYER!
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>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME!
>> Stephen: DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY?
"IBIZA."
>> YOU DID.
>> Stephen: NOT IBITHA?
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, WHEN I SAY IT THAT
WAY: I WATCHED YOUR SHOW A LOT.
I SAW ANNE HATHAWAY.
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE LOVES DRAG RACE AND YOU
SURPRISED HER WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS A NICE MOMENT.
>> I STARTED WATCHING DRAG RACE AND I --
( LAUGHTER ) -- OR -- BUT I ALSO LOVE REAL
HOUSE WIVES.
>> Stephen: IT'S A GOOD SHOW, IT'S A GOOD SHOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> AND 90-DAY FIANCEÉE.
>> Stephen: I NEVER MET ANY OF THOSE, YEAH YEAH.
STILL GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, THOUGH.
>> OH, YES.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A VERY PERSONAL PROJECT.
>> YES!
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "HOW DO YOU CARE FOR A VERY SICK
BEAR?" >> YES.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> IT'S A CHILDREN'S BOOK I WROTE WHEN I WAS 15.
I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA.
SOMETHING I EXPERIENCED DURING THAT TIME WAS MY FRIENDS REALLY
RALLIED AROUND ME SO MUCH, AND, SO, I WANTED TO WRITE THIS BOOK
ABOUT IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S SICK, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN DO
TO SORT OF HELP THEM, AND IT'S REALLY TO BE THERE FOR THEM.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S LOVELY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY POSITIVE PERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AND DID THAT PRE-DATE YOUR DIAGNOSIS?
OR WAS THAT A RESULT OF WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH AS A TEENAGER, DO
YOU THINK?
>> I THINK I WAS ALWAYS SORT OF A POSITIVE PERSON AND I THINK
THAT HELPED A LOT WHEN I WAS SICK, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT,
WHEN I WAS SICK, IT REALLY IN SOME WAYS MADE ME FUNNIER
BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS JOKING AROUND WITH MY FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CANCER, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM THAT FUNNY,
BUT WHEN YOU -- >> Stephen: IT HAS THE FUNNY
"C" SOUND.
( LAUGHTER ) >> EXACTLY.
YOU GOT IT.
I'M GOING TO START USING THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT I DID THINK, LIKE -- AND I
ALSO JUST EXPERIENCED THIS THING LIKE LAUGHING DURING HARD TIMES
HELPS, IT'S SO HEALING AND IT MAKES EVERYONE FEEL AT EASE, AND
IT'S JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL THING.
>> Stephen: SURE.
O IT'S KIND OF WHY I ENDED UP GOING INTO COMEDY IS BECAUSE
OF THAT EXPERIENCE IS THAT WELL, YOU ALSO WORK WITH MAKE A WISH,
DON'T YOU IN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU A MAKE A WISH KID?
>> I WAS.
>> Stephen: IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHAT WAS YOUR --
>> WHAT MY WISH WAS?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
O I ENDED UP GOING TO HAWAII WITH MY FAMILY, WHICH WAS REALLY
WONDERFUL, BUT, INITIALLY, I WANTED TO IMMEDIATE JARED LETO
AS MY WISH.
>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR ARE WE TALKING HERE?
>> IN THE '90s KIND OF THING, LATE '90s.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS HE DOING?
I LOVED MY SO-CALLED LIFE, IT'S STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE
SHOWS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
AND I WAS JUST SO IN LOVE WITH HIM.
SO I WAS, LIKE, I'M GOING TO MEET JARED LETO, AND THAT'S
GOING TO BE MY WISH.
THEN I CHANGED MY MIND AND TOLD MY PARENTS I WOULD RATHER MEET
JARED LETO WHEN WE WERE PEERS.
VERY CONFIDENT TEEN, SO CONFIDENT.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE 16 AND 100%, LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK
TOGETHER.
>> I SAID I WOULD ACTUALLY RATHER MEET HIM WHEN WE'RE
PEERS.
>> Stephen: OTHERWISE, IT WOULD BE WEIRD.
>> SO THEN WE CUT TO -- >> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT THAT
IS?
I HAVE THIS BACK HERE.
>> YES, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
I WAS PRESENTING AT THE MTV VMAs, AND WHO WAS ALSO
PRESENTING?
JARED LETO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO I MET HIM.
( APPLAUSE ) WE MITT AS PEERS.
>> Stephen: AND HE POSTED THIS.
>> YES!
JARED LETO POSTED A PHOTO.
IT'S NOT EVEN A BIG DEAL, YOU GUYS, BUT HE --
( LAUGHTER ) -- POSTED A PHOTO OF US.
>> Stephen: DID YOU TELL HIM?
YES, WE TOLD HIM THAT STORY.
HE WAS SO NICE ABOUT IT.
IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.
MY BLIND CONFIDENCE AS A TEEN REALLY PAID OFF.
>> Stephen: GOOD FOR YOU.
THERE'S A LESSON IN THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW THE BOOK, AS YOU SAID BEFORE, IS ABOUT
SUPPORTING FRIENDS.
HOW DID YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT YOU WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH
SCHOOL?
>> YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN MY GRADE WAS SO SUPPORTIVE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF MY FRIENDS FROM THAT TIME ARE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS
FROM THIS DAY.
BUT EVERYONE IN MY SCHOOL WAS SO NICE TO THE POINT, I WOULD BE,
LIKE, SO AND SO IS SUCH A NICE GUY.
AND THEY WOULD BE, LIKE, HE'S A HUGE DICK HEAD AND A BULL J.
>> Stephen: BUT HE WAS NICE TO YOU.
>> EVERYONE WAS SO SUPPORTIVE AND WANTED TO BE THERE FOR ME
EVEN IF THEY WERE DICKHEADS.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU IN TREATMENT?
IT HAD TO BE HORRIBLE.
>> ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
THE FIRST YEAR WAS MORE INTENSE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I FINISHED THE SUMMER BEFORE MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD AN END OF CHEMO PARTY.
WHICH WAS COOL.
THE POLICE CAME BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT MY BROTHER'S BAND WAS
PLAYING TOO LOUD.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNDERAGE DRINKING WATER AND THEY CAME IN
AND BUSTED MY END OF CHEMO PARTY.
IT WAS, LIKE, WHO ARE YOU MONSTERS?
HOW DARE YOU?
>> Stephen: YOUR BROTHER HAD A BAND?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF BAND?
KIND OF A PUNK BAND, AND THEY WERE PLAYING IN OUR BACKYARD.
SO IT WAS A NOISE DISTURBANCE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PART OF THE BAND IS THIS DID HE LET YOU
PLAY FOR HIM?
>> HE LET ME OPEN FOR HIS BAND.
WHEN I WAS LIVING IN CHICAGO, HIS BAND WOULD COME TO CHICAGO,
AND THEY WOULD BE A HARD CORE PUNK BAND.
>> Stephen: WHY EXIT?
YEAH, AND THERE WOULD BE ALL THE PUNK KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE
AND I WOULD OPEN FOR THEM AND MAKE JOKES ABOUT HOW NONE OF
THEM HAD JOBS AND STUFF.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEY'RE, LIKE, WHY IS SHE ON
STAGE AT THIS SHOW?
THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
>> Stephen: WELL, SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THE BOOK IS "HOW DO YOU CARE FOR A VERY SICK BEAR?"
IT'S IN STORES TOMORROW.
VANESSA BAYER, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
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