>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY!
FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST
FROM "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" AND
"NASHVILLE."
SHE NOW STARS IN BRAVO'S "DIRTY
JOHN."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE
SHOW," CONNIE BRITTON!
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( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HELLO!
>> HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: HAPPY
THANKSGIVING.
>> THANK YOU.
I LOVE THE TURKEY.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.
>> Stephen: YOU DO?
>> YEAH, I DO.
DO YOU NOT.
>> Stephen: I LOVE THE TURKEY.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST QUESTION
IS DO YOU PUT THE STUFFY IN THE
TURKEY OR ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE--
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> I PUT THE STUFFING IN THE
TURKEY WHERE IT BELONGS.
>> Stephen: YOU STUFF IT IN
THERE.
EXACTLY.
>> IF IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE
STUFFED IN THE BIRD THEY
WOULDN'T CALL IT STUFF.
>> Stephen: THEY COULD CALL IT
DRESSING.
AND THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE
STOPPED AT THE BORDER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S GET IT TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO LAND AT PLYMOUTH
ROCK.
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO CALL IT--
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR THE
COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> AND I'M SO GLAD I COULD
CONTRIBUTE THIS SMALL BIT
TONIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU
RESPONSIBLE-- ARE YOU
RESPONSIBLE FOR COOKING THE
FOOD?
ARE YOU THE MASTER OF THE
CHAMPION?
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
>> I LITERALLY JUST SNORTED AT
THE CONCEPT.
NOBODY WANTS MY COOKING,
SWEETIE.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
>> BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY WOULD
BE POISONED.
I DON'T HAVE THE TECHNIQUE.
I DON'T HAVE THE TALENT.
I APPRECIATE THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO COOK, AND I'M NOT ONE OF
THEM.
>> Stephen: YOU DO NOTHING.
YOU DON'T COOK ANYTHING.
>> I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
DON'T.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN BOIL
WATER?
>> YES!
OH, I CAN BOIL WATER.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN
DO, ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> AND I'M PRETTY PROUD OF IT
I MAKE POACHED EGGS.
AND IT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE
POACHED EGGS.
I HAVE CHEF FRIENDS WHO CAN'T
POACH AN EGG, BUT IICA!
I'M GETTING A LITTLE DEFENSIVE.
>> Stephen: NOT AT ALL.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
FORMER ROOMMATE WHEN YOU LIVED
IN CHINA.
>> KIRSTJEN GILLIBRAND, THE
SENATOR FROM NEW YORK.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
( APPLAUSE )
WERE YOU POLITICALLY ENGAGED
GROWING UP?
>> NO.
NOT REALLY.
I-- NO.
IN FACT, I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER
A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT
POLITICS.
IN FACT, I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH.
I GREW UP IN VIRGINIA.
>> Stephen: WHERE IN VIRGINIA?
>> LYNCHBURG.
>> Stephen: THAT'S JERRY
FALLWELL COUNTRY.
>> IT SURE IS, JERRY FALLWELL
COUNTRY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: I'M SORRY.
DO GO ON.
YES, SO, YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT
POLITICS.
>> NO, AND WE ACTUALLY-- IT WAS
A THING IN OUR FAMILY THAT YOU
DON'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS AND
THAT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT WHO
YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR AND
THAT'S PRIVATE.
>> Stephen: NOT EVEN AMONG THE
FAMILY?
>> NO, NOT REALLY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> NO, ALTHOUGH-- I DO-- THIS IS
GOING TO REALLY DATE ME.
I DO REMEMBER WHEN JIMMY
CARTER-- REMEMBER HE GAVE AN
INTERVIEW TO "PLAYBOY" AND MY
PARENTS WERE INCENSED BY THAT
AND IT WAS ON THE NEWS.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, YEAH.
DID HE SAY HE LUSTED AFTER
WOMEN?
>> YEAH, AND MY PARENTS THOUGHT
THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY WRONG.
AND THAT THEN PROMPTED THEM TO
HAVE THE SEX TALK WITH ME.
>> Stephen: DID THE SEX TALK
INVOLVE JIMMY CARTER?
BECAUSE THAT IS--
( LAUGHTER ).
>> NO, BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL
HAVE.
>> Stephen: LITERALLY, BECAUSE
THEY HAD TO SAY THE WORD
""PLAYBOY" THEY WENT THERE IT
IS.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO HAVE
THE SEX TALK.
>> NOW IS THE TIME.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE NOW SHE
KNOWS WOMEN ARE OCCASIONALLY
NAKED.
>> BECAUSE OF JIMMY CARTER!
>> Stephen: WOW.
DID ANYBODY CURSE GROWING UP IN
YOUR FAMILY?
ANY BAD WORDS?
>> NO, NO, I NEVER HEARD THE MY
MOTHER SAID A SWEAR WORD UNTIL I
WAS IN MY 20s AND THEN SHE
APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY.
SHE WAS MORTIFIED.
>> Stephen: WAS IT A GOOD ONE?
>> YEAH, IT WAS THE "F" ONE.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE KNEW THE
"F" ONE.
AND THEN SHE SAID IT.
AND THEN SHE WAS MORTIFIED.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO
SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE SEX TALK
WITH HER?
( LAUGHTER )
I REMEMBER-- I REMEMBER THE
FIRST TIME I HEARD MY MOTHER USE
A BAD WORD.
SHE DROPPED SOMETHING IN THE
KITCHEN.
AND I HEARD HER GO (BLEEP)!
AND I WENT, "MOM."
AND SHE GOES, "I'M SORRY, IT'S
JUST SOMETIMES SO SATISFYING."
( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE SHE COULD JUST REALLY
HOLD OUT THAT FIRST PART OF IT,
YEAH.
>> THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S GOOD INSTRUCTION FOR YOU.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> FOR LATER IN LIFE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
INSTRUCTION.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO
KNOW HOW TO SWEAR --
>> Stephen: IF YOU'RE GOING TO
DO IT--
>> SO IT'S FULFILLING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD MORE THAN
ONE FAMOUS ROOMMATE, WHICH IS,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FAMOUS--
>> I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT HOW
MANY FAMOUS ROOMMATES I HAD.
>> Stephen: I HAD NO FAMOUS
ROOMMATES.
DID I HAVE A FAMOUS ROOMMATES?
>> NO I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.
>> Stephen: NO ONE WANTED TO
LIVE WITH ME.
HERE YOU ARE.
YOU AND LAUREN GRAHAM RIGHT
THERE.
>> VERY, VERY YOUNG.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU ARE, THE
GILMORE GIRLS.
WHO WAS THE A BETTER ROOMMATE,
LAURA GRAHAM OR KIRSTJEN
GILLIBRAND?
>> LET'S SEE, KIRSTJEN WAS MY
ROOMMATE IN CHINA, AND WE WERE
SLEEPING ON STRAW MATTRESSES
WITH MOSQUITO NETTING AND
CONCRETE FLOORS.
LAUREN AND I WERE LIVING IN A
HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES THAT
BASICALLY HAD TWO BEDS IN IT,
AND WE LIVED ON RICE CRISPY
TREATS.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPARE
THE TWO.
>> Stephen: IT SOUNDS
STRANGELY SIMILAR, ACTUALLY.
>> ACTUALLY, YOU'RE NOT WRONG.
>> Stephen: A LOT OF HARDSHIP
THERE.
>> I CANNOT COMPARE THEM.
THEY WERE BOTH WONDERFUL
ROOMMATE S.
>> Stephen: YOU LIVED ON RICE
CRISPY TREATS.
DID YOU BUY THEM OR STEEL THEM
FROM SOMETHING.
>> WE MADE THEM.
OH!
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHY ARE YOU GASPING?
>> I FORGOT I KNOW HOW TO MAKE
RICE CRISPY TREATS.
>> Stephen: I WAS WONDERING
WHERE DID YOU GET--
>> THIS HAS BEEN SO INSIGHTFUL.
THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND MAKE
RICE CRISPY TREATS FOR
THANKSGIVING.
I DON'T HAVE TO GET THE CAVIAR
ANY MORE.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: WE MADE SOME GREAT
PROGRESS TODAY.
THE NEW SERIES IS "DIRTY JOHN."
>> "DIRTY JOHN."
>> Stephen: WHO IS JOHN?
AND WHY IS HE SO DIRTY?
>> WELL, JOHN-- IT'S BASED ON A
PODCAST.
IT'S BASED ON A SERIES OF
ARTICLES, AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT
PODCAST BY CHRISTOPHER GODDARD.
>> Stephen: ABOUT A TRUE
STORY.
>> A TRUE STORY THAT HAPPENED IN
OWNER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, A FEW
YEARS AGO.
A WOMAN WHO MET A GUY ON LINE,
AND THEN HE TURNED OUT TO BE
KIND OF A NOT GREAT GUY.
AND IT WAS-- IT'S A REALLY FAG
NAIGHT STORY.
AND PEOPLE WERE GRIPPED BY THIS
PODCAST.
IT'S GREAT.
SO WE'VE MADE AN EIGHT-PART
SERIES ABOUT IT, AND IT'S-- I
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
AWESOME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE.
YOU CAN TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> YES, THIS IS EARLY IN THE
STORY WHEN SHE HAS JUST MET
JOHN, DIRTY JOHN.
BUT HE'S NOT DIRTY YET.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WE'LL SEE.
>> WE'LL SEE.
>> YOU'RE AN ARTIST.
A DESIGNER.
COME ON.
TELL ME.
WHO IS YOUR HERO?
WHO IS SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE?
>> WILLIAM MORRIS.
HE WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT.
I JUST LOVE THE WAY HE THINKS.
>> HOW DOES HE THINK?
>> HE SAYS "DON'T EVER LET YOUR
HOUSES HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW TO BE USEFUL OR
BELIEVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL."
AND I WANT THE SPACES THAT I
GIVE MY CLIENTS TO FEEL THAT
WAY.
I CALL IT "APPROACHABLE DREAMS."
>> WHO WOULDN'T WANT ONE OF
THOSE?
>> Stephen: OH, HE'S DIRTY.
( APPLAUSE )
YOU CAN TELL HE'S DIRTY RIGHT
AWAY.
>> HE'S SO DIRTY.
>> Stephen: CONNIE, NICE TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
"DIRTY JOHN" PREMIERES THIS
SUNDAY ON BRAVO.
CONNIE BRITTON, EVERYBODY!