Trevor hey, whats going on everybody . Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Im trevor noah. Today is wednesday, the 11th of november. Which means, yeah, thats right, 1111. And in 10 minutes, its going to be 11 11, on 1111 which means you can make the ultimate wish. This is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor it has now been four, or possibly 12 days, since joe biden was declared the next president elect and Kamala Harris sassy white friend. And he has been busy trying to prepare his team for office, but its not going smoothly, because donald trump, oneterm president and tenant from hell, is still going through all the stages of grief denial, rage tweeting, undermining democracy, and back to denial. The president s latest moves indicate that he is not ready to concede any time soon and that he may not leave all that gracefully. Several sources throughout Government Agencies indicate that President Trump has put out the word through his staff that he does not want any federal agency cooperating with the biden transition team, and further, that he doesnt want any Government Agency doing anything that would imply that biden won the election. Were also learning that the white house has started to press these agencies to come out with a budget for next year, as if there will be no change at the white house. One Administration Official telling the washington post, quote, theyre pretending nothing happened. Were all supposed to pretend this is normal and do all this work while we know were just going to have to throw it away, a end quote. The Trump Administration is reportedly also continuing to vet new political appointees for jobs in a second trump term. President elect joe biden tuesday criticized President Trumps refusal to concede the election. I just think it is an embarrassment, quite frankly. The only thing that, uh. How can i say this tactfully . I think it will not help the president s legacy. Trevor shame, guys. Joe biden is right. Does donald trump really want denying the Election Results to be his legacy . Because id like to remember him as the president who kidnapped kids and helped kill 240,000 americans, not for this. And please tell me, how is trump still vetting candidates for new jobs . Whats that Job Interview like . trump so, tell me, where do you see yourself in five years . candidate no, bitch, where do you see yourself in five weeks . Trump is the kind of captain who would have been taking applications on the titanic. captain so, daniel, do you have any experience working on a sinking ship in . applicant um, should we leave . I see a lot of people jumping overboard. captain dont worry about them. Theyre just being dramatic. Let me show you where youll be sleeping. I mean, it must be so uncomfortable working in the white house right now, because everyone around trump knows he lost, but theyve got to go along with the lie. Thats got to be exhausting, especially when youre already running a fever from covid. But, look, im sorry, donald, this just isnt going to work. You cant pretend everythings fine when the whole entire world saw you get fired. If people in bosnia know you dont have a job, you do not have a job. Honestly, people, i dont think donald trump ever looked more pathetic than this. And, yes, im including the time he played tennis in his sport diapers. Because the only way he can overturn the election is to prove that there has been nationwide voter fraud, and truth is, thats just not panning out. Tonight the New York Times reports it has contacted Election Officials from both parties in almost every state who said there was no evidence of fraud or other as for pennsylvania, the president claims and i quote pennsylvania prevented us from watching much in the ballot count. The Trump Campaign went to federal court about this. Judge paul diamond, a george w. Bush appointee, heard the arguments, and by the end of the hearing, under questioning from the judge, the Trump Campaign lawyer admitted, contrary to his initial complaint, that there were, in fact, observers present. Similarly, the state judge in michigan dismissed the lawsuit over access to ballot counting. She cited lack of amicable evidence and whether the campaign had even sued the right party. In georgia, the campaign sued over late mailin ballots allegedly being counted, and the judge dismissed it, again for a lack of evidence. Trevor yup, trumps claims are being thrown out in courts all over the country michigan courts, georgia courts, federal courts even food courts are like, man, get your bullshit outta this panda express, donald hes getting thrown out of courts so fast, the bailiffs dont even say all rise. Theyre just, like, nah, yall can keep sitting. We wont be here long. You all just stay where you are. And heres the thing, guys. Everyone knows trump lost. Even donald trump knows that he lost, because, you realise, he hasnt shown his face since they called the race. You think that if donald trump thought he won, hed be in hiding . No. We know this guy. The guy would be holding victory rallies every day. Hed be flying around the country on top of air force one doing that weird jerkoff dance he does. And just so were on the same page reporters havent found widespread voter fraud, Election Officials havent found it, and the courts also havent found voter fraud. So now republicans are putting out the call for voter Fraud Investigation volunteers. Republicans continue to search for widespread issues. In texas, Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is offering up to a Million Dollars to incentivize, encourage, and reward people for reports of voter fraud, even though there has been no evidence of any there. Right now, were in an evidencegathering phase. Thats why we have a hotline, and were asking people to let us know if they have any of these irregularities that they saw. Well pursue them, and then well pursue legal action. The Trump Campaign has set up this voter fraud hotline, basically where they could field calls about these allegations of voter fraud. Im told, actually, a lot of those calls have been prank calls that have been coming in. laughing trevor oh, man, these poor trump lawyers. Theyre going to be going into court like,your honor, i have a sworn affidavit proving voter fraud from a mr. Seymore butts. And his good friend, bend over. And theyre both very concerned. But what did they expect . Theyre going to ask people to call in. The only calls anyone makes anymore are prank calls. Any other reason, youd just text. Even when your granny calls you now, shes like, hello sweetie. Is your refrigerator running . Well then maybe you should catch, is you losers. And i love how that one guy is offering a Million Dollars for evidence of voter fraud. One Million Dollars thats how you know theres no voter fraud, man. You never offer a Million Dollars for shit you think might happen. Its always like, uh, yeah, ill give you a Million Dollars if cheryl goes to prom with you. If you ask me the real surprise isnt that the campaign was so desrat they set up a fraud hotline. Theyre not charging 3. 99 a minute for it. You only have 70 more days to profit all the presidency. And i know it may seem like a longshot that someone would just come forward with a piece of evidence that would blow this whole thing wide open and hand the election to donald trump, but guess what . Last night, thats exactly what happened. Ish. A woman claiming to be a nevada poll worker telling Laura Ingraham last night about the fraud she says she witnessed firsthand. voice distorted i went out to go for a walk on my break, and i probably had 150, 175foot stretch where i was walking, the biden van was parked along this stretch. And i was walking to it. About 150 feet. I was walking. And i could see these people hand over what appeared to be white envelopes, just hand over onto this table. And as i got closer, the envelopes were being torn open, there were two men there were two people dropping the envelopes, and two people ripping them open and turning and facing the van and drawing on them, or marking them. And as i walk by, one of them looks at me, and the whole line moves as i walk by them, and it scared me. Trevor oh, my god fox news found tpain. I wondered what happened to him seriously, i dont know what that was, but that voice sounds like what a rovoice sounds like when they go through puberty. Dont worry, jared. Any day now. And, look, i understand why that whistleblower was scared and wanted to hide their identity. Vote fraudsters are some of the most dangerous, violent criminals around. When they get put in prison, they find the biggest, baddest dude in the prison yard and vote right in his face. Dangerous also, its crazy that sorry, hold on. Okay, my control room is telling me that theres another anonymous poll worker who wants to tell us about election fraud, boy this is really weird, because i dont have a control room or aneer piece. But i want to get to the bottom of this, so joining us now in a daily show exclusive, an anonymous poll worker. What up, african . I mean, hello, trevor noah. Ive never met you. Trevor okay, thats a little weird. But thank you for joining us. Lets get straight into it. You say you witnessed election fraud. Yeah, it was crazy, man. So i was down in philadelphia, right. So i was counting ballots in philadelphia, right . Then on my right, i saw a dude wearing a joe biden tshirt, and he was tearing up ballots for donald trump and i asked him, i say, hey, bro, what are you doing in . And he said, im committing voter fraud for joe biden. It was crazy. Said it just like that. Trevor wow, that is really crazy and very specific. And it wasnt just that i looked to my left, and there was Joe Biden Joe biden was standing right there with a bunch of black panthers, and they were xeroxing ballots for him and i said, are you joe biden . and he looked at me and said, yeah, this is a true story then i was so messed up by that, man, i was so messed up, i went outside for a smoke. And there in the parking lot was a karate sensei, right . And he was there with his whole class, and they were just karate chopping ballots in half. Chopping up ballots for trump, man. Im telling you what i saw. I know what i saw. Trevor okay, enough of this. Roy, i know its you. No, no, its not me. This is not roy. Trevor its you, i know by your karate chop. Only one person does karate chops like that. Its you, roy. Turn on his lights. I know its roy. Thats not me. Thats not me hey, hey, trevor, whats up, man. You were just talking to the poll work ethat was here. Thats crazy. Trevor roy, what are you doing . What are you doing . I know youre not a trump supporter. Why would be you working with him to undermine the election . No, im not a trump supporter but i am a supporter of getting a Million Dollars. Im trying to get paid. Thats crazy. Trevor roy, this is unethical. Youre trying to spread claims of voter fraud. Thats going to undermine democracy. I didnt think about that, trevor. I didnt think about that. And you are right, this election americas democracy is too vawb to risk losing its instigate over a couple of false allegations. I take back everything i said, man . Trevor thank you so much. If jubd gives me a Million Dollars. Trevor roy, theres no money. Cut his camera. Cut this. Theres money. Hey, turn my lights back on trevor no, turn everything off. Theres no money for you, roy. Turn my lights hey, Trevor Trevor sorry, guys i really thought we had a real scoop there. Tell you what, when we come back, well look at some fun news to get all of this trump taste out of our mouths. And then dont forget, halsey is joining us on this year, our driveways have brought us all closer together. And been our gateways to the world. For over 30 years, lexus has been celebrating driveway moments. Heres to one more. The lexus december to remember sales event. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. 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Players ready for this weekends Masters Tournament in augusta, georgia, golfer jon rahm showed off during yesterdays practice round, skipping his ball on purpose across the pond and onto the green on the 16th hole. The ball tracks around the edge of the green, funnels toward the flagstick, and rolls into the cup. It was a hole in one, if you can believe that. Trevor okay, that was insane but it also sucks that it was during a practice round. The perfect shot when it doesnt count. I feel bad for that guy, because weve all had that day when youre staying at home, all of a sudden youre having the perfect hair day, everything looks tight. Then, the next day, you have a date, and its the one day you wear your underwear outside your pants. And youre like, ahh, crap you should have seen me on sunday but you know who i really feel bad for . The guy behind him on the course, because how do you top that . You cant just get a hole in one, because he did that and skipped the ball across the pond. The next guy is going to have to try and skip his cart across the pond. Oh, shit and i hope that the p. G. A. Learns from this moment. This video got over 10 million views in just a few hours, which never happens for a golf highlight. So, clearly, what golf needs is more fun trick shots, bring in more tricks, add a few obstacles, and maybe a tunnel where first dates can share an awkward kiss. And some windmills. Now thats the kind of game people want to watch. Wait, thats a thing. But lets move on to some good news for people who love reading, and also convenience. Forget the usual vending machines you might find on college campuses. A couple of new dispensers at b. Y. U. Are offering food for thought. A vending machine full of short stories. Fighting and pulling, she wept at once with sudden wild abandonment. These stories are from around the world. There are some translations. There are classics. Theres contemporary literature. Weve had them up for about a week, and weve dispensed almost 2,000 stories already. They said she had died of heart disease, of the joy that kills. Why go to a candy dispenser when you can have a piece of good literature instead. Trevor why go to a candy dispenser when you can have a piece of good literature instead . I mean, this is a cool idea, but i feel bad for the kids who went to her house on halloween last week. Who wants three musketeers . yaaaaay . By Alexandre Dumas awwww lets egg this house also ill tell you this, you do not want to get the wrong vending machine after youve been out drinking all night. You just wanted some doritos, and now the whole town is throwing rocks at some lady, like, what the hell . And its extra awkward if one gets stuck. You cant shake the machine full of short stories. I paid for a terse allegory about growing old, goddamn it give it to me although, if you ask me, they should combine the two and have a vending machine where they print the story on a bag of funyuns. Yeah, then you can eat while youre reading. Oh, it was a dark and stormy night nom nom nom. And catherines heart was aflame nom nom nom. And, finally, a really heartwarming story about a new yorker and her new feathered friend. What a turnaround for this onetime sick swan. Tonight, the story of a woman out for a ride on her bike who discovered the swan and helped to save her life. While taking in the beautiful day, she noticed a lone swan who could barely move. I just couldnt leave her there. So i approached really slowly with my jacket to try to throw it over her body and her head. Ariel carried the 17 pound frightened swan a mile back to her bike. Some kind drivers gave them a lift to the subway station, and then they dropped they hopped on the a train. Fellow straphangers do not even bay named after jamaica bay minding her own on the train like any other commuter. New yorkers are so used to so many crazy things happening, it does not faze them. Trevor of course no one is surprised by a swan on the subway. This is new york. Last year, i got mugged by a duck. Oh, shit. But its true, people, nothing fazes new yorkers on the subway. You look up from your phone, and theres a swan, theres a guy jerking off, theres a swan jerking off. Just go back to your phone, no eye contact. Thats the truly. Although, i think its funny that swans get Better Health care in america than humans. Like, imagine a guy throws a bag over your head, tosses you in a van, and then takes you to get your mole checked out for free. Tell me thats not better than your insurance plan. But kudos to this lady for caring enough about a swan to carry it onto the subway. Although, i dont know why, when she does it, shes a hero, but when i do it, im banned for life from the zoo. How is that fair . . Oh, and in case youre wondering, the woman and swan made it to their destination safely, and guys, things are going swimmingly. Ariel promptly brought the swan to the Wild Bird Fund where she used to work and where she knew bay would get proper care. Bay loves her kibbles and salad. You can tell she is happy by her hearty appetite and her wagging tail. She is having such a great time, workers noticed that she started honking to a male swan in the other room. So they let the pair swim together. Who knows . Maybe this rescue story will turn into a love story by the time the swans are healthy enough to go back into the wild. Trevor hold on, hold on, the swan is getting it too good now. Now its got Free Health Care and salad and a man . I mean, this is a beautiful story, but its going to make single people feel like shit. Homeless birds are finding love during a pandemic and my lonely ass is eating cold chicken in my underwear . But congratulations on finding true love, subway swan. I know people will tell you it wont work because youre from different worlds. Youre from jamaica bay. Hes from the upper west side. Youre from different worlds, but remember, in the end, youre just two beautiful animals who love to peck childrens eyes out. When we come back, Michael Kosta goes down to mexico for some recreational surgery. And halsey is still coming up, and halsey is still coming up, so stay tuned. Hello hello there he go, my baby never answers in the room steps outside, or puts it on snooze he just do whatever he do ou ee ou ou ee ou hello hello hello hello hello hello but to someone whos tired of always ordering delivery hey google, play salt fat acid heat on netflix. Its the google dinein motivator. Nest hub from google. Garcia,sims coming its the google dinein motivator. Really dude . Not cool. 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Im gonna show you guys how to make my famous holiday rolls, cause tis is the season first up, youre gonna wanna knead the dough. Yeah yeah, good give it some life, ya know . Then youre gonna wanna talk to the dough like its your exboyfriend. Carl im not giving you the sweatshirt back yeah, and ive stretched it so it wont even fit you anyway slaps oh, i thought you liked the slapping. Uh, okay guys. Youre not doing it. Your rolls are gonna be terrible. Keep kneading everybody its the most talked a chip so cheesy, year. So jalapenoey. It could only be called lays cheddar jalapeno. Gotta have lays. Swipe, lift, spin, dry. Slam, pan, still. Fresh move, move, move, move aaaaand still fresh. Degree. Ultimate freshness activated when you move. Trevor welcome back to the daily social distancing show. Before covid locked us all indoors, Michael Kosta discovered a border town in mexico that had an unusual tourist attraction. So he sunk his teeth into the mystery to file this report. Im Michael Kosta, filing this report from more city, mexico . Shut up, dog were doing a thing. Guard dogs, barbed wire, cavity searches. This Mexican Border town is run by a cartel, no, not a drug cartel, something even more cruel, dentists. Over 600 of them operate here, and youll never guess who their biggest customers are. The Mexican Border town of Los Algodones has been seeing a steady stream of americans looking for dental care. Thats right, americans are flooding into this border town for dental care, and theyre not even ashamed of it. These are seven crowns. Wow. Im getting ready to do all of these, nice and white. I came down here and i got every single thing done they needed and i have had not one infection, not one bit of pain. Beautiful teeth everyone of my teeth in my mouth are mexican teeth. Are you worried about your mouth being from mexico but your body being american . Is everything getting along . So far, yeah, its doing pretty good. laughs american teeth, mexican teeth. Yeah, maybe the teeth look good, but isnt it risky . If i know anything about mexico and i dont its that their dentists are all bad hombres with chain saws. I went to talk to an american tooth jockey in arizona. If something does go wrong down there you have no rights, and i have seen some very bad stuff done that i have had to fix. The worst is the patient had his third molar taken out. When they were drilling they severed the next tooths root out. Thats the mandickular vain. The mandibular. I know, this one here, bang, l4. No. Are americans in this caravan of cavities even aware of the dangers theyre about to face . Youre in what has been described as a thirdworld country. You dont have rights as an american citizen in mexico, and youre okay with all this. Well, i mean, i. I mean i guess i just went by the oldschool yelp review. Look, we all know that yelp is bullshit, whatever, katie h. But the question redains why are americans risking foreign surgery . To get to the real story i would have to go mouth to mouth with one of these dangerous mexican dentistsas. You hear the horror stories, theres a guy with a chain saw ripping over my mouth. You dont do that . Absolutely not. It seems crazy to me that so Many Americans cross the border into mexico to receive dental care. In the united states, there are oifer 60 Million People without dental insurance, so thats why theyre coming here, looking for cheaper price, and they find a good facility. Do you have a chain saw back there. No, i dont. The 74 million americans who dont have dental insurance cant afford to get their teeth done in the u. S. A. , so these people are really economic refugees. I figure i saved, like, probe, almost, you know, like 55,000 probably. Yeah. And what do you do with that money . Well, you know, i have a serious gambling addiction, right. Youre taking the money you saved in mexico back to the American Economy . Right. You seem like an american man,. A true american. A true more tha american. Im a republican. What do you say to your republican peers who say youre giving the money and giving it to the mexicans. Im retired and need to save every dollar i can. Dental care in the u. S. Is more expensive than any other developed country. Hey were number one is it a product of mexico being cheaper or is it American Health care being exuberant in its costs . Yeah. Yes both. Yes. We have to follow regulations, rules, malpractice is a part of it. Everything i buy costs money. The building costs money. Every lab i use costs money. Do you have a sports car . No. Okay. I see these americans crossing the border, and go, wait a second. We have the best health care in the world, dont we . Correct. How does that make you feel . You know, i would rather see you go to mexico and get dentistry done than not at all. I want people to have a healthy mouth. Its clear that dr. Land cares about people, even if they cant help him with payments on his corvette. And maybe in the future, americans will be able to have dental care that wont bankrupt them, but until then, mexico is calling with its pleasant climate, friendly people, and 70 off preventive root canals. speaking spanish adios. All right, hit me with it. Trevor thank you so much, kosta. All right, stick around, because when we come back, ill be talking to the brilliantly talented halsey. Talented halsey. You dont want to miss it. When we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com try and get 2 months free. Daily social distancing show. Earlier today, i spoke with grammynominated singersongwriter and activist halsey. We spoke about her life, her poetry, and so much more. Halsey, welcome to the daily social distancing show. Thank you for having me. Trevor you are an artist who has truly experienced the full spectrum of what it is like to be a musician. You know, you created music on sound cloud. You worked hard to be noticed when nobody would notice you. And now, you know, people would look back on your story and go, like, youre one of the most streamed ayersts in the world. You have over 6 billion streams. It seems like its overnight success but when you look at your journey, what does it feel like . When you look at your own journey, does it feel like it was overnight, or do you go, man, this has been a long time coming. Thank you, by the way. Its kind of a little bit of both. I in some ways feel like ive been doing this for 20 years. Im 26, and i wake up in the morning sometimes and im, like, its been a long road. Like my life is almost over. And other times i kind of you know, i put out my third album in january of this year. And i remember putting it out and thinking to myself, like, i feel like my first album just came out. This is such a this is such a rush to have that happen. But i think that kind of that paradoxical perception of time is probably exactly what im supposed to be feeling when im living a type of life that i long dreamed about having and didnt really think i was going to have. Trevor you are one of the people i have seen who has never forgotten not just the place youve from in life, but also the fact that so many other people are still there. You know, you are really outspoken and fighting for in fighting for, you know, peoples rights. Youre out on the streets marching during the black lives matter protests. You were at the womens march right after donald trump became president. You shared some of the most personal stories. What is it about the world youve left behind that you never leave behind . I witnessed a lot of that dichotomy living in l. A. Because it has some of the, like, moment successful, comfortable, richest people, and then some of the absolute most impoverishes and displaced and unhomeland. And watching those two walks of life coexist in this bubble is a real eyeopener because ive been on both sides of it. You know, i work at a Resource Center for unhomed young people in l. A. Who the facility remind me of one i used to visit when i needed razors or i needed deodorant. I was a starving artist in new york. And i think its about keeping yourself immersed in your community and interacting with those people instead of living only interacting of people who are of your class or of your race or of your creed. Its, like, broaden your horizons. Understand other walks of life and that gives you a perspective i think is really valuable. And im still learning stuff every day that i dont know about people. Trevor thats probably one of the things that draws people to you, it stems from the music, but they all have a different reason why they appreciate you. One of those has now been your new boork a collection of poetry. And ill start by talking about the cover. I was like this is a beautiful piece of art. This is cool. I wonder what this was. And oh, you did the art as well. Then i wondered how much art do you do . So its the music, and then you paint, and then you do poetry as well. And then, like, what else . Juggling . What else is there . No, i oh, gosh. Its funny, its like all of my hobbies end up becoming part of my job. Trevor right. Because originally painting was just kind of the thing i did for me for fun. And then i started incorporating it into my work little by little. The poetry is like i write all the time, and some things you cant sing, you know. And i just wanted to put it out there and let people let people have it and get to know me a little bit in this time where its so difficult to connect with my fans the way that im used to. As a musician, i dont know when ill be allowed back on the stage again and thats very sad. Trevor i love when you say that. When people ask me why i wrote my book, i say, there are is this things i cant say in my stup. There are some things that dont have a punch line and i wanted to talk to people about. Thats what i wondered when i was reading through this. Some of it felt like it could be lyrics. There were some moments in the poem where i thought this could be lyrics to a song, but the poem itself is the poem. When you sayer what you share in your stories, you know, whether its talking about going through a miscarriage, whether its talking about surviving sexual assault, whether its talking about some of the things that most people hide from even the closest human beings to them, youve shared with the public en mass. Yeah. Trevor i know that its therapeutic for you, but what do you hope it will do for others who hear your stories . Well, i mean, i certainly initially feel like i have a sense of responsibility because i do find that people in my position very often only share the good, you know. So i do feel responsible to share kind of my transgressions and my tramas in a way obviously, i still keep some things to myself, because i have to have some boundaries. But i was kind of an open book from the start so i wanted to keep being that way. When i was growing up, i just i i was born in 1994. So, you know, the pop star generation they grew up with very tailored and very sterile. Everyone was incredibly talented. It was one of the greatest crop of musicians we have ever had in that era. But everyone was also very polished. We saw what the record label wanted us to see. We saw images that were publishepublished in magazines. Obviously, that started changing when the pop roxy era evolved and then all dark stuff was being shared when the ayerst didnt want it to be. Trevor right. So i think now its about kind of finding a nice balance between pulling back the curtain in a way that i have control over. And, also, you know, learning to keep some stuff to myself, because its healthy to do so. But i think my fans just deserve it. And, also, like, its getting increasingly harder to let people get to know you with the way social media is evolving. I think you have to keep adapting to let people in, in new ways as the world changes and this was one for me. Trevor when you talked about being bipolar, it was really interesting because many people have shared the story. Not many people, i think, have created music or created art while in a manic state. You said, im manic, and thats what you called the album. Walk me through what thats like. Like, what would you hope people understand about being bipolar that they dont get . My main goal in talking about it was to get people more comfortable with the idea of talkintalking about mental heal, because i find often that the Conversation Around Mental Health is very supportive in theory, and then when someone actually starts displaying symptoms, like psychosis or anxiety or depression, everyone kind of goes like, ewww, thats a little too much. Can we go back to just talking about all the good parts, like the things youve overcome and how strong you are . And i dont always want to talk about how strong i am. Sometimes i want to talk about how weak i am because of it, too. Its not about what ive overcome its about what im still trying to overcome and thats really important. I find that happen a lot where people will say, you know, we need to be more accepting. We need to normalize this. We need to make this part conversation, which sounds good in theory but thats pretty performative if youre going to chastise or outcast a person once they start displaying their symptoms. And that makes it hard for people at home struggling with Mental Health problems watching you chastise people in the public eye. Theyre like, wow, thats how theyre reacting to that. Im never telling them what im going through i try to, i guess, make it digestible in a way. Im still figuring it out. Im 26. So i have a long way to go for figuring out what the exact science is for discussing Mental Health in a palatable way. And fifigure it out, you know, maybe maybe ill be in for a new career path. Trevor ill tell you this, whether its halsey or ashley or whatever other name, the talent is going to stay the same. I dont think youll be stuck anywhere. Congratulations on your success. Thank you for talking with us and see you next time on the show. Thank you trevor halseys poetry collection, i would leave me if i could, is available now. Okay, were going to take a quick break, but well be right trevor thats our show for tonight. But before we go remember thanksgiving is coming and remember because corona is still a thing, there are a lot of seniors stuck at home at greater risk than ever before. Especially those who dont know where their next meal is coming from. But meals on wheels is out there in the streets delivering meals to elderly americans every day to keep them safe and nourished in communities across the country. If you can help them out and in any way, please donate at the link below. Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wear a mask, and if you see two swans out on their first date, then mind your own business love is love now, here it is, your moment of zen. applause . And i i dont know know whats in your head or heart. 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