We have years of experience prosecuting imaginary voter fraud. Even with zero evidence, we will prove you lost because of glitches, not enough observers, too many observers, counted illegal votes, counted legal votes, sharpies werent allowed, sharpies were allowed, vote written on a sandwich, youre a terrible candidate, dead people voted, not enough dead people voted, and people voted. But dont take my word for it, listen to these satisfied customers. translated roger cornsworth is my lawyer for life because he made me president for life. translated i received two votes from my uncle one from him and the other from the dog i fed him to. translated if it wasnt for roger cornsworth, filipinos would be parading through the streets with my liver on the stick. We wont stop til your democracy is a pile of ash and your ego is soothed call today if you want power thats a cinchely call the attorneys cornsworth and pinchley 1800coupcoupcachoo announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight trambition impossible. Plus, stephen welcomes hugh grant and musical guest Sturgill Simpson featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Oh, what a strange and troubling world some people would like it to be. Yesterday, i was pouring champagne to toast the new administration, and today i will cut you if you come near me, because theres some crazy bleep going on out there on monday, our soontobe former president , citing baseless charges of nonexistent fraud, instructed government leaders to block cooperation with president elect bidens transition team. Heres the thing peaceful transitions are important. You dont see me starting the show every night getting in a knife fight with dave letterman. I wouldnt dare the guys got the reach those hoosiers are scrappy fun fact it was exactly four years ago today that barack obama sat down with the thenpresident elect, and you could tell obama was not happy about it. That picture is so weird. Remember when people touched each other . And its not just the president who is undermining confidence in our elections, so is Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, seen here dropping a live mouse into Lindsay Grahams cage. After being noncommittal about the whole president for life thing, yesterday mcconnell assured a worried nation itll probably be okay. Our institutions are actually built for this. We have the system in place to consider concerns, and President Trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. Stephen all hes saying is that, yes, people are concerned about that stick of dynamite, but the president is fully within his legal rights to light the fuse, okay. Scissors are in place to cut the fuse if it gets too close, okay . Great, whos got the scissors . Oh, wait, we gave them to the president. Im sure hell do the right thing. So the Republican Party is backing the president , not because they believe his conspiracy theories, but because they are afraid of making him mad, because they need his base. And they justify all that like this what is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time . No one seriously thinks the results will change. Should our entire political system be arranged to salve the feelings of the guy who lost. You never saw truman hold up a newspaper that said dewey defeats truman. Let him have this one for a few weeks. He needs it. This afternoon, we explored the downside of humoring the president , thanks to secretary of state and darkest timeline version of the dad from wonder years, mike pompeo. A reporter asked secretary of state pompeo whether the administrations footdragging would endanger national security. Heres what he said there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. Right . Stephen no, wrong. First, there wont be a second trump administration, unless tiffany wins in 2032 with the slogan, make america make America Great again again. Secondly, nothing this administration has ever done has been smooth. He couldnt even manage a smooth transition from stage to ground level. Third, your guy lost. Fourth, if that was a joke, you just bombed so hard you violated the geneva convention. This is dangerous. Hes the secretary of state. He represents america to other countries who just got the message that maybe the guy who lost isnt going to leave. You know all those dictators you visited, mr. Secretary . That wasnt supposed to be an internship. And pompeos not the only Administration Official indulging the president s beautiful dark, twisted fantasies. So is attorney general and jackassolantern, bill barr. Yesterday, barr broke with decades of Justice Department policies intended to keep Law Enforcement from affecting the outcome of an election, when he sent a memo instructing federal prosecutors that they could investigate specific allegations of voter fraud before the results of the president ial race are certified. So federal officials are now planning to intervene in our election at the request of their leader. That also has a bit of an international feel, doesnt it . During covid, this is the closest were getting to a vacation. as tourist such a fascinating country im going to drink coffee in little cups, order a croissant, poop standing up, and just enjoy the coup detat. Barrs move was so egregious, it led the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud, richard pilger, a career prosecutor in the d. O. J. s Public Integrity section, to step down from the post within hours. You know its bad when the guy from the Public Integrity section quit. Its like managing a restaurant and getting a letter of resignation from your rat turd remover. Even worse, barr admits that he did not see massive voter fraud, and that most of the allegations of voter fraud were related to individual instances that did not point to a larger systemic problem. But that has not stopped him from ordering investigations its like those signs in the subway if you see nothing, keep looking until you can pretend its something. So barrs taking america on a fishing expedition, and i think democracys fredo. Specifically, barr wants to look into ineligible voters in nevada and backdated mailin ballots in pennsylvania, claims that republicans have circulated in recent days without any evidence. Now the d. O. J. Is just chasing down urban legends that get passed around the internet. Get ready for their new task force to catch the slenderman. Hot tip hes married to ivanka now, i want to be clear there is nothing to any of these charges. So far. Soy far the republicans are goose egg for 10 in every lawsuits they have brought. In michigan, they complained that the counting of absentee ballots was fraudulent, but in court, they could not provide evidence of wrongdoing. Instead, republicans said they had information and belief. Your honor, we shouldnt need evidence to believe. Fraud works in mysterious ways. In another michigan case, a republican election observer said she had received allegations of improper vote counting on a sticky note by an unnamed poll worker. Yes, all americans must be on the lookout for the electoral theft from the archcriminal debs yogurt, do not touch. Also in pennsylvania, g. O. P. Lawyers complained that they did not have any election observers in the ballot count. But after the president s lawyer was forced to admit that they had a nonzero number of people in the room, the judge replied, im sorry, then whats your problem . Oh, you dont want to open that can of worms. as lawyer your honor, my client has both a Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the nuclear football. Id like to enter into evidence, my poopfilled pants. In arizona, g. O. P. Supporters alleged that vote tabulators were thrown off by the use of sharpie pens and, therefore, disqualified large numbers of votes. What . Sharpies arent reliable . You know, im beginning to suspect that hurricane didnt really hit alabama. It turns out, sharpie pens are, in fact, the best writing instrument to use with the machines because of their fastdry ink, so the voters who filed that sharpie suit have dropped that one and are intervening in the new case filed by the campaign. Sounds like somebodys been huffing the black pony. inhales deeply ill sue anything that moves get back the Republican Party isnt the only threat to our nation right now. On monday, the u. S. Passed 10 million total covid cases unless Rudy Giuliani says that half of those cases were illegal. Check with your local landscaper. But there is a glimmer of hope. Because this weekend, pfizer announced they were making headway on a potential covid vaccine. And esterday, the f. D. A. Granted emergency approval to a synthetic antibody treatment developed by eli lilly called and this is true bamlanivimab. Bamlanivimab. That is a toffee. The hard part is the vimab. Bamlanivimab. Why would you name it that . It sounds like a researcher just dropped a slice of pizza on her laptop. Sounds like a monster from lovecraft country. It sounds like a charming ikea credenza that goes beautifully with your farlov. laughter the drug looks promising. In clinical trials, it has been shown to reduce viral loads and rates of symptoms and hospitalization. Of course, thats not taking into account the increase in hospitalizations from people who choke on their tongues trying to say bamlanivimab. But there is a hopeful development in our fight against the global pandemic, so eli lilly is excited to get the word out about their new drug. If you or a loved one was recently diagnosed with covid19. Josh lyman is proud to announce the new treatment bamlanivimab. If you are suffering from coronavirus symptoms and are over 12, then bamlanivimab might be for you. Side effects of. Include nausea, diarrhea, headache, and confusion about why on earth a company picked this name. Patients should not take bamlanivimab if they are allergic to. So ask your doctor about okay, you know what, just inject bleach. This is why i wanted the zirtek gig. Stephen weve got a great show for you tonight. Hugh grant is here. But when we come back, meanwhile bamlanivimab. Weve made a lot of breakfasts. And along the way, we noticed something was missing. A warm cinnamon roll for breakfast, or with breakfast. A fluffy blueberry muffin, from the drive thru youre already driving through. A glazed apple fritter, which might find its way into your coffee. These are options every breakfasthaver should have, and now. They do. Meet the new bakery sweets at mcdonalds ba da ba ba ba ohhh. Im looking for coupon codes. Well, capital one shopping instantly searches for available coupon codes and automatically applies them. Its called shopping smart. Not hard. But i dont have a capital one card. You should get one but you dont need it for this. Just download capital one shopping to your computer. Its free ooooo, save me some cheddar so. Whens the party . I love fondue. Really . I never joke about hot cheese, susan. Me neither. Capital one shopping. Its kinda genius. Whats in your wallet . 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Jon no, im going to be in the north. I wont be able to get back home, but im going to try to get down there for christmas ill be home for Christmas Stephen i know your mom would miss you if you werent there. Your dad would, too, but you gotta be there for mom. Jon mom, yeah, yeah, thats the one. Stephen do you have anything you can play, a little holiday music to get us going . Its already in all the department stores. Jon oh, yeah, yeah O Christmas Tree stephen i can hear the needles falling off that tree. Badabado e streejon batiste everybody. You know, i spend a lot of time carboloading the days biggest stories, groinstretching with the most vital headlines, and carefully applying the most informative, educational nipple tape to power myself through the news marathon that is my monologue. But sometimes, sometimes, not all the times, just sometimes. 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Stephen hey, everybody, welcome back to a late show. Folks, my first guest is a golden globe winner you know from notting hill, Florence Foster jenkins, and a very english scandal. Hes currently starring in the limited series, the undoing. Hey. Hey. Hes my patient. Get your hands off him. Im so sorry about your mom. Dont talk to him. I want you to know what happened to your mom, i didnt do it. All right, all right. Goto your room no, he should know that. He needs to know that, and so do you. There were lines i crossed, but i did not take her life. Stephen wow. Please welcome to a late show, hugh grant hello, hugh grant. Well, hello. laughs hello. Stephen nice to have you here. You say, welcome, and one thinks theres going to be clapping, and theres no clapping. Stephen no, theres no clapping. It is a little odd. Is this the first of these youve done in covid times . Yes. Stephen oh, youre going to love it. I find it im hating it already. Stephen the silence the silence, you can imagine anyriation you want at any time. You just paint the audience you wish. I cant i need constant affirmation and applause, even when im filming. Stephen well, hugh, i think you look great. Really . Not just saying that . Stephen for a man of your age, you look amazing. Well, i cant disagree. Stephen where in the world are you zooming in from now, mr. Grant . Im in london. Im in the west end of london, which is completely deserted. Were in another lockdown, in a hotel, which is also completely deserted. Literally, im sitting here alone in a large hotel. The only person ive seen is a little girl riding a tricycle in the corridors. Its very scary. Stephen is this the hotel from the shining, because i believe thats what happens in that movie . That rings a bell, yes. Stephen dont use the elevators is all i have to say. Dont use the elevators. How long have you all been in lockdown . Theres talks its spiking in the united states, too, and there are talks some of the big cities, especially, might have to lock down again. How long ago did that happen for yall . A week ago. Its supposed to be just for a month. And im not sure everyones got quite the same enthusiasm they had the first time around. Stephen no, of course not. Were all supposed to be in our homes, but ive never seen the streets more thronged with people. You actually have to form a line to get on to piccadilly. Stephen what is it supposed to be . What is the lockdown rule . Its supposed to be no restaurants, no bars, and only essential shops. But every shop seems to think that it is, in fact, essential, you know. Florists are open. Stephen well, you have to have a little cheer in your day. Yeah. Stephen how about how about in your household . Is everybody healthy . Have you guys been able to arb void it . Well i had it. My wife and i had it way back in the winter, so we stephen back in march. We have antibodies. Im rather proud of them. So were not going to get it, i dont think. Stephen you got it back in march . You actually had it . I got it in february stephen you know for a fact . You were tested . Well, ive had an Antibody Test only a month ago, and i still have those antibodies, so i know thats what it was. It became clear i mean, it started as just a very strange syndrome where i kept breaking into a terrible sweat. It was like a poncho of sweat embarrassing, really. And then my eyeballs felt about three sizes too big. And this feeling as though some enormous man was sitting on my chest, sort of Harvey Weinstein or someone. Stephen thats not good. I dont know what this is. And then i was walking down the street one day, and i thought, i cant smell a damn thing, and you start to panic. By then people had just started to talk about this as a symptom. And i started sniffing flowers, nothing. You get more and more desperate. I started sniffing in garbage cans. And then, you know, you want to smif strangers armpits because you just cant smell anything. And i eventually went home and sprayed my wifes chanel number 5 directly into my face. Couldnt smell a thing. I did go blind. Stephen wow. Thats why florists are essential workers at this point. Yes. Stephen its a test center. You go into the floral shop and say, give me a dozen roses. If they dont smell, youd toole down to the hospital and youll be fine. Yeah. Stephen how is quarantining i understand you have young children. Is this true . Yes, so i have dozens of them. Stephen good. Im quarantined with three, a boy and two small girls. I had i am old, but i had children very late in life. So, yes, ive been locked up well, the first time for three and a half months with a fouryearold ask a twoyearold girl. But the answer its been all about barbies. I dont know if youve got kids stephen i do, i have three, but theyre past barbie. Is one ever past barbie . Because i played with them, the barbies. And to start with you think im just being nice, and i realized even after my girls went to bed, i was still playing with the barbies. Stephen sure. You have the right you have the right to a malibu dream house as much as the next person. I think i do. And i enjoyed making them fall in love. They became very fond of each other, these two barbies. Stephen go on. In fact, i think one of the them one of them was barbie and one was elsa, i think, from frozen, and they developed an affair. I photographed them kissing each other and sent them to friend. Thats what happened in a really long lockdown. Stephen no way my audience is turning away right now. This is super bowl ratings. Hugh grant describing barbie porn, thats a huge bump. Well, you get desperate. Stephen we have to move on from barbie porn to your new limited series the undoing where brace yourself you are playing a charming englishman who may or may not be a sociopathic murderer, as we saw in the clip just at top there. I think he is. And i want to see your reaction to that. Youre the murderer nothing. See, thats exactly how a murderer would laugh. Thats a sociopathic laugh. laughs yes. Well, or no. Who knows . Stephen did you did you are you it . Obviously, you cant tell me truth, but i want to ask anyway for the audiences sake. Did you do it . Did your character do it . Well. Stephen simple question, senator. Where are we now . This goes out this week. We have watched three episodes. Of course he hasnt done it. Hes not a perfect man. He had an affair. He let Nicole Kidman down badly. He had an affair with this hot momma from school, he hasnt behaved well. Do you have goggle box in america. Stephen goggle box . Do we have that here . No. Whats goggle box . We have a show where people watch theyre filmed watching tv shows, and its very funny, real pure. Stephen reaction videos. I like those. Yeah, and ive been watching them watch our show. And ive particularly enjoyed their reaction to me having sex with this hot nother, and then going home and sex sex with my wife, nicole. Oh, look at that, hes a dirty doggy. Double dipped. laughing stephen im gonna leave that one right there im gonna leave that one right there, mister okay. Stephen okay, so, do you watch yourself, by the way . I just saw you were you watching you in in that clip . Do you ever watch yourself perform . Yeah, i watch it, yeah. Im quite interfering. I like to, you know, make notes during the edit and bully the director. Stephen oh, they love those actors. I know i know theres nothing a director likes better. They love me. Stephen an actor going, you know how i would edit this. Just a bit more me. Stephen i always say, you know what the show needs . A little more Stephen Colbert. Exactly. Stephen i understand that you are and i dont understand this term at all a reluctant actor. What does that mean . Is it hard to convince you to do roles . Most actors are out of work, hugh . Yeah, so i sound spoiled. Stephen yeah. Its only fear. I developed a fear, a sort of stage fright about 20 years ago out of nowhere in the middle of filming notting hill, in fact. I suddenly just started sphitzing, and couldnt remember my lines and i live in fear of fear. But im better now. Stephen nothing to fear but fear itself, hugh. I dont know if you know that. Yes, thats right. Thank you, youre full of pearls. laughter . Stephen ive been called full of other things, so perlz ill take. Always delightful. I know you dont do a lot of this stuff over in the united states. Really grateful that you stopped by. Thanks for being here. No, no, well, thank you for having me. Stephen the undoing airs sundays on hbo and streams on hbo max. 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You were supposed to be on the show back in april, but we had to postpone that because you had the covid, right . Yeah, i got the rona. Stephen you got the rona . When did you actually get it, march, april . Hard to say, we were on the road in europe in late february in europe and came back and jumped right into a u. S. Arena tour in march, so played the last show in charleston on the tenth of march, and the next day, i woke up feeling like a buck full of buttholes, and we canceled about three shows that weekend. I went home, and the next morning i was in the e. R. Stephen i actually just talked to hugh grant and he had corona about the same time and hes in europe so maybe you got it from the same place, europe. According to the doctor i saw, it wasnt in europe at that time, so it was impossible i contracted it. But my Blood Pressure seemed to argue. Stephen did you lose the sense of taste and all that kind of stuff . I didnt have that. I had an intense frontal lobe headache for three days, extreme fatigue, which i thought was exhaustion for about a week before i got real heavy. We were playing shows, and certain notes werent coming that easy. I thought i was maybe a little out of slap. But, yeah, when i got and about the same we got home, when it really hit, i guess i would describe it as it felt like somebody had a ratchet strap around my chest, around low, mid160s Blood Pressure. Stephen wow. So how long did it take for to you recover . Those symptoms seemed to almost evaporate as soon as they came on, about a couple of days, and i had three weeks of what i would describe as extremely intense fatigue. And after that i feel like i have super powers now, i guess. Stephen before we talk about the new album, i want to revisit my personal Favorite Song of yours, the one you and i recorded together, obviously about the last happy place. The watch fell house. Jim, can we hit it . cheering well you want some good food when your night out ends and the big yellow sign is your new best friend they got waff fells and bacon, coffee, too but an allstar breakfast comes with some rules stephen we looked so young, stirnlgil. What was that 10 years ago. Stephen three years ago, i would say. Have you hit the watch fel watc, lately. I have three boys and occasionally on the weekend i give mom a break and take them to the waffel house. Not often, though, because that bleep will literally kill you. Stephen youll go down happy, thats for sure. What i missed the most was the days of youth spent many a late night in the waffel house. Probably the most interesting people i met in my life was in a wafffell house at 3 00 a. M. Me and chip rolled in at 2 00 a. M. And say, well take this half of the menu. You can just point to the pictures. You dont have to be focused enough to read. Well, i want to talk about the new album. Its fantastic. Blowing up. Everybodys digging it. Sturgill simpson, can the you grass. This is bluegrass but your songs rerecorded in bluegrass. How did you First Encounter bluegrass . My paternal grandfather was a bluegrass freak, and at a very young age, probably far too young, started shoving it down my throat, whether i wanted him to or not, and my musical palette wasnt ready to receive it. And youre seven, eight years old. Its very heady music. A lot of people downplay it as hill bill stuff. You have to really its like hillbilly jazz. You have to know your way around and its work, i guess. So later on, when i rediscovered it, i spent about 10 years in my 20s just utterly obsessed. And i always wanted to do this. Im probably closer to anything a bluegrass musician at heart. But, you know, you go to nashville. You make country records. And i just wanted to go back and rererecord by back category the wa i thought the songs should be heard. Stephen you recorded the album at the butcher shop, coowned by john pryne. This is a great photo of you riding with john pryne on his motorcycle there. How did you get to know john . How did you all meet . I recorded a sailors guide to earth at the butcher shop with David Ferguson who used to own the studio with john. They were good friends. We finished the record, and i was in there mixing it one day, and i was pretty in the zone, head down at the board, and i guess i took a break, hit the space bar, and when i turned around, john was sitting in a chair in these plaid pants just kind of looking i had no idea how long he had been sitting there. I hit vapor lock. I kind of freaked out. You come face to face with your hero. And he was like, thats pretty good. And he said, do you want to go get some meat loaf we had lunch and any time i came up to the town we grabbed lunch and i picked him up. I had a tuned up race car and wed get on it. He was kind of a car guy. Along with myself and many others, he was a mentor and very giving with his time and wisdom. And we were all greatful to get to know him. Stephen i understand that when john passed, he left something for you, that you received something from the john pryne estate. Yeah, i just recently became the new owner of his 2008 porsche 911 turbo. Stephen now, i dont know why it surprises me that john pryne had a 911 turbo. Oh, hes a total car guy. He had a burch of old cadillacs. The 911 was his bucket list dream car. I mean, its only got about 20,000 miles on it, but its showroom. Stephen are you giving it a workout . Oh, i like music and cars that go real fast, man. But i have three children. I feel like i just had a fourth with the responsibility that comes with this thing. But i just cant tell you. Its bittersweet, but it will be something i treasure the rest of my life. Stephen well, youre also going to play a song for us tonight. What are you playing for us . 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Oh, how the breakers roar they keep pulling me farther from shore thoughts turn to a love so kind just to keep me from losing my mind so enticing deep dark seas deep dark seas its so easy to drown in the dream oh, and everything is not what it seems this life is but a dream shatter illusions that hold your spirit down open up your heart and youll find love all around breathing and moving are healing and soothing away all the pain in life holding you down bone breaks and heals oh, but heartaches can kill from the inside so it seems so it seems oh, im telling you its all a dream its all a dream its all a dream its all a dream its all a its all a dream stephen Sturgill Simpson, stephen thats it for a late show, everybody. Tune in tomorrow when my guests will be Olivia Colman and gillian anderson, and musical guest, kylie minogue. James corden is next, but first, lets say good night with some music from jon batiste and stay human. 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