Know if youve been paying attention, it has been a thrilling 24 hours of television. We had an unbelievable rose bowl game last night. Did you see the trojans won that game . We had a lot of trojan fans i see here in the audience. [ cheers and applause ] i dont care, i mean whatever, you know . We had an episode of the bachelor the likes of which have not been seen since shark week. [ cheers and applause ] because of those two shows you probably missed the premiere of the new Celebrity Apprentice which is hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger who in case you dont know is the guy who used to be the most preposterous celebrity we ever elected to office. Now he is on television on reality television, taking over for donald trump. And it did not go well. Theyre all tying the lowest ratings number last night on the premiere, not many people watched. Allow me to catch you up. They give these celebrities an assignment. For their first assignment arnold challenged the mens team and the womens team to go back in time and kill him before he agreed to take this job. [ laughter ] unfortunately for him they failed. I have the i have to be honest, i have no idea who half the celebrities on the show are. Even when i googled some of them the google was like, who . Theres a lot of the speculation as to what arnolds catch phrase would be. Trump always said youre fired. He had to come up with one too. They thought about it for months. Team arnold and the shows producers, they got together, kicked a lot of ideas around. Ultimately they came up with this. Who is taking the most risks is really what it comes down to, so therefore, carrie, youre terminated. Now get to the chopper. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy of course its youre terminated. Get to the chopper. Those are two of the only sentences in english he knows. [ laughter ] and when arnold says get to the chopper, you better bet he means it. The worst thing about this experience is not earning a penny for my charity. The Humane Society of the united states. Jimmy hold on, we need to look at that again, theres no way she is in that helicopter. They made it look like here we go. There she gets in the helicopter. Okay . And now theres the pilot. Theres not a person in the back. Empty helicopter. [ cheers and applause ] maybe she fell out . Has anyone seen Carrie Keegan . The other elimination was carney wilson, i feel shes been on every reality competition show like four different times. This time arnold mixed things up a bit. It was a very risky thing to, do clearly. Therefore, carney, youre terminated. Hasta la vista, baby. Jimmy oh, got that in. Hes like a talking doll with a pull string in the back. Hasta la vista, baby, is what he said to the maid when she told him she was pregnant with his child, did you know that . [ audience moaning ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, everyone. Thank you. Thanks. You know what . They got to put the maid on that show. [ laughter ] you know, Charles Manson got out of prison today. They took him to the hospital. He would be great on the new Celebrity Apprentice too. You wouldnt have to google him. [ laughter ] donald trump is still executive producer of the Celebrity Apprentice. It didnt hit me until last night that this show had to get a new host because their old one was elected president. [ laughter ] i mean, i feel like dancing with the stars had to find a new judge because bruno was chosen to lead a mission to mars or something. I wonder if donald trump is happy that the apprentice bombed without him, or was he rooting for it . Because hes the executive producer. I bet he was happy. But maybe he has more important things to worry about now. Like this. This is the cover of a book cnn is publishing about him. He doesnt like the photo. In fact, he tweeted, unprecedented explores the 2016 race and victory, hope it does well, but used worst cover photo of me. They made his face burnt sienna, he prefers sunset nacho. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] its not a great photo. But its not the worst photo. This would be the worst photo to put on the cover. [ laughter ] if all goes well that image will be engraved on a coin one day. In our nations capital, our new congress is back to work. And it is a mess already. House republicans, last night the first thing they did when they came to work was vote to disband something called the office of congressional ethics, the group that investigates any congressional wrongdoing. That was the first thing they did. Its the political equivalent of shooting out the surveillance cameras before you rob the bank. [ laughter ] then they got a lot of criticism from their constituents, from democrats, from speaker paul ryan, and from donald trump, who tweeted, with all that congress has to come on do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog as unfair as it may be their number one act and priority . Focus on blah, blah, blah draintheswamp. The republicans got together, oh crap, now everyones against us. They had an emergency meeting and they reversed. The first thing they actually did, they immediately undid. Which is absolutely perfect. Meanwhile, guess whos coming to the inauguration now . It was announced today that bill and Hillary Clinton will be at the this might be the first inauguration where the former president and first lady are patted down for weapons as they enter. [ laughter ] but they say hillary has been debating for weeks whether to go, and ultimately decided she would attend in order to pay respect to the democratic process. Or maybe to pay her last respects to the democratic process, im not sure. Bills just going for melania. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] he likes to look at her. Wouldnt that be the greatest . Wouldnt that be the single greatest hookup of alltime . 50 50 hillary pulls a red wedding at that inauguration. Or at least a kanye. Yann . Anyone get a hatchivemal for christmas . The hard to get toy this holiday season. Its a plastic egg that hatches and an adorable furry creature, a robot comes out and makes noise. But theres some controversy now about the noises these hatchimals are making. I guess theyre supposed to say, hug me. Some parents believe theyre saying something else. Oh, oh jimmy i dont know, maybe the hatchimal is looking to make other hatchimals . Guillermo what did that sound like to you . Guillermo [ bleep ] me. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy it sounded like that . It did . Guillermo yeah. Thats what i hear. Jimmy thats a first for us. 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Welcome back to the show. Taraji p. Henson and music from mike posner coming. Today was the first day back to work after the new years break. You ask your coworkers how their vacation was and immediately tune out after they start answering. Also today is a day you thank people for gifts. I give a lot of gifts out for christmas and i get a lot of gifts probably in return. I think half the gifts i get are, crap, jimmy and molly sent us a gift, we better get some. Then we get scones four days after christmas. Heres a problem i had this year over and over again. About 5 of the gifts i get come with no tag. Theres no note. The card falls off. Then i have to figure out where theyre from. Which is almost impossible to do. And thats annoying. But this year i had a new problem. This wasnt an accident. This year, a lot of the gifts i got, the giver of the gift only wrote his first name on it. So i got four gifts in four different boxes from will. From will. I know five wills. And that doesnt count bills or billys or williams. I know five guys who go by just will. I hope that i will find the will who send me a jar of granola, but i still have not. I got a food basket from tony. I am italian, okay . [ laughter ] i have an uncle tony, a neighbor tony, there are between three and five tonys work here, i know tony romo, my accountants name is tony. I know two women named toni. I have more tonys than linmanuel miranda. I have no idea who sent this food basket to me. Now i have to send an email asking various tonys in my life, did you get me this food basket . If they didnt get me something, they feel bad. No, i did get you something but it might not get there till after christmas. Anyway. Tony, whichever tony you are, thank you for the food basket. I ate it. [ laughter ] you will not get a thank you note from me because i ate that too. [ laughter ] next year, maybe a last name would be really great for me. For anyone else suffering from this terrible problem. Meanwhile, this is interesting. Theres a mcdonalds now at the vatic vatican. Vatican city. Golden arches right there, right in front of st. Peters basilica. Now you can get fat again at the vatican. [ laughter ] plautds applause [ applause ] some people in italy and cardinals are upset. Not only is there a mcdonalds right next to the vatican, it opens the door for other fast food chains to move in, and they are moving in. Chipopele. Papa john the baptist. Churchs chicken. Little diocaesars. Ash wendys. North starbucks. In and out, but only if youre married. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you. This is good from or nbc affiliate in l. A. Which gets tonights award for most creative way to protect the anonymity of a source. The owner of h. I. D. Evolution asked us to conceal his identity since the crooks have not been arrested. I just felt completely shocked and vulnerable. Jimmy i dont know about you, i love when it young people can combine their love of disguise with a passion for floral arranging. All right, its time for a game. This has got to be the easiest game ever invented called dont talk into the mike and win 10. The idea is, you understand, selfexplanatory, dont talk in the mike, then we give you 10. Lets play the game. Dont talk into this microphone and win 10, knock. Okay. You lost. Dont talk into this mike and win 10. You ready . She talk . Oh, im so sorry. Want to play dont talk into the mike and win 10 . Dont talk in the mike what does that mean . That means you just lost. Dont talk into the mike and win 10. Okay . Okay. Oh, too bad. You want to try again . All right, yeah. Do you want to try again . What . See ya. Dont talk into this mike and win 10. All right. No, you lost already. Gimme the microphone dont talk into this microphone and win 10, okay . You ready . I couldnt hear you. Whats your name . Tyler. Game over. Do you want to play dont talk into this mike and win 10 . Does that mean yes or no . Would you like to play dont talk into this mike and win 10 . Yeah. Oh. Hi, dont talk into this microphone and win 10. What . You just lost it. Oh. So youre not supposed to talk. The name of the game is dont talk into this microphone and win 10, okay . Okay. You lost again. That sucks. Dont talk into this mike and win 10. Are you ready . You want to play . Do you want to win . Dont talk into the mike and you win 10. Dont talk and you win. Dont talk and you win. Do you want to play . Do you want to play . Do you want to win . Here you go. You did it [ bleep ]. Youve got to give him the 10. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. No 10 for you. [ bleep ], [ bleep ] out of here, dont do that. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy today on our show we have music from mike posner, from fences jovan taraji p. Henson every l certified preowned lexus comes with an unlimited mileage l certified warranty. 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Jimmy welcome back to the show. Tonight from the Denzel Washington movie fences, jovan adepo is here. He is also on the show the leftovers. Then later, hes a grammy nominee. His latest album is called at night, alone. Music from mike posner. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night on the show, we have another good one. Tomorrow night, Kevin Costner will be here, andy richter will join us, as will the very funny k. Trevor wilson. And thursday, mel gibson and music from fantastic negrito. [ cheers and applause ] which is quite a lungful. Im going to try to get them together. I think that would be great. Our first guest tonight is a golden globewinning actress, a bestselling author and the tarajiest guest weve ever had. Starting friday, she adds nasa math genius to her resume in the criticallyacclaimed new movie Hidden Figures. Please welcome taraji p. Henson. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy how are you . Im good. Jimmy enjoying the new year so far . I am. Were in day what . Jimmy were in day four. Whos counting . Its a new year. Jimmy somebodys counting, yeah. Yeah. Jimmy whatd you do over the break . Go out of town . I did. I got a little r r on a private island. Jimmy on a okay. I wanted to ask you about a tweet that you sent out. You said, i will, capital letters, own my very own private jet to take me to my very own private island, godis. What prompted this . Did you have a terrible experience on a plane of some kind . Who likes tsa . [ laughter ] i mean, if im going to dream big, go for it. If i want to own my private island, who flies commercial to their own private island . Jimmy youre right. The jet cant even land on the private island. Youre going to have to leap out of the plane. Exactly. Jimmy then swim to the island. Yeah. Jimmy i dont think ive ever been on a private island. Is it good, right . Its amazing. I mean, you know. Jimmy they have wifi on the island . Uh jimmy forget it then. You can stay on airplane mode. Jimmy id rather be on Rikers Island with wifi. Your producer said that. Jimmy i would rather be in alcatraz. No, thats terrible. Jimmy its true. It may be terrible. The things social media is doing to us . This is terrible. Jimmy yeah, yes. So what did you do . How many people were there . Maybe ten of us. Jimmy ten people. Yeah, and i didnt have to worry about being caught on the beach in a compromising position. Jimmy oh like not sucking in. The rumor is now im pregnant. Jimmy is there a rumor youre pregnant . You know, people say things. The bloggers pick it up. Now people believe it and i have to answer it when i come on a show like this. Jimmy yeah, i wasnt even going to ask. I didnt think you were pregnant. Thank you. Because there were no pictures taken. Jimmy congratulations. Youre having a baby . [ laughter ] [ applause ] im confused, im sorry. See why we need wifi . So we can verify this kind of stuff. Exactly. I can shut down the rumors. Jimmy my wife is pregnant and she went across the street to cvs today. And a guy im going to try to she texted this to me. A guy looked at her in the face and said, hey then looked at her stomach and went, whoa wait, was that his clue not to hit on her . Jimmy its a pretty good clue as far as they go, yeah. I think so. Jimmy when youre on an island, a small island with a small group, you obviously have to get along with the people. Do you at any point during the trip decide like, okay, say we all get stranded here, who are we going to eat first . [ laughter ] i never think like that. Jimmy you dont think like that . I try not to. Then i wouldnt enjoy the vacation. Jimmy what if there were somebody really delicious on the island . [ laughter ] i barely eat animal flesh. Jimmy oh, yeah, youd be in a lot of trouble, id be in the coconut trees. Trying to catch a fish or Something Like that. Jimmy this story, this movie that youre in, is a great such a great story. And i always wonder, how the hell did i never hear this story before . Have you heard this story before . Never. Jimmy tell us a little about the story itself. Well, this story is about women who had a lot to do with the nasa program in the 60s. During the great space race. And this one woman in particular, which i portray her, katherine johnson, who is still very much alive, shes 98 years old. Jimmy wow, 98. Yes, 98. And she was the brilliant mind jimmy shed be the one you eat, right . At 98. [ laughter ] i mean, no offense. Listen, youve got to eat somebody what happened here . Now im eating my hero, what is happening . Jimmy a heros delicious with all the stuff on it. Might as well give me my wings. Jimmy im sorry. I know ive ruined your story. You did. How do i get back . Jimmy i dont know, theres really no way back in. Maybe we should take a break. Okay. Jimmy in fact, in the audience, look around, think about who you might want to eat, well come back. Taraji p. Henson is with us. The movie is Hidden Figures. Well be right back [ cheers and applause ] with sleep number, theres an adjustment for that. Tilt your tormentor and put those snores to sleep. Does your bed do that . Come into a sleep number store and save 600 on our best selling mattress. Its a no brainer. The go point is 2,any 90 miles from where we want colonel grant to land. If we assume thats the bahamas, 544 miles an hour, 46. 56 degrees, 2,990 miles okay. So that puts your landing zone at 5. 0667 degrees north, 77. 3333 degrees west. Which is here. Give or take 20 square miles. Jimmy that is taraji p. Henson, Hidden Figures. Opens everywhere on friday. When youre doing a calculation like that, that was really you writing it all on the board, that wasnt cgi . No, that wasnt a jimmy is it hard . How do you remember that stuff . I had to have a chalkboard put in my apartment where i was staying. Its like choreography. Talk while im writing, i dont know what im writing, i really dont. Im not wired mathematically, it was horrible. Thats when i knew i was an artist. But its okay. Math is not for everyone, its okay. Jimmy even if you were very good at math that seems like it would be extremely difficult to remember. Yeah, well you know, memorization. You cram, cram, cram. Its almost like choreography because i had to do the math, i had to say the lines so that it looked natural. It had to look like i knew what i was talking about. Im an actress. Jimmy oh, thats the secret. [ applause ] we had a mathematician who made sure the numbers we were putting on the board were correct. You know, there are people out there like, oh, that was wrong jimmy right, you cant have anything wrong. You cant have anything wrong. Jimmy because there are ten nerds who will be angry. The nerd attack. Jimmy you had a screening the first lady had a screening of the film at the white house. Yes. Jimmy that had to be great. They have a Movie Theater at the white house . They have everything. Jimmy they have everything, yeah. How many seats are in the Movie Theater . It looked like a small one like this. It wasnt this far, like the screen was maybe here. Jimmy then do you sit there and watch yourself while the first lady is watching you . Actually, i did not. I came after. Because we had other press to do that day. Jimmy it would be weird to be looking over at her, right . It would probably be weird for her. Id be like [ laughter ] watching her every move. Jimmy i think it would be weird for her. It would be weird for her, yeah. Jimmy was the president there as well . We didnt know. You go to the white house, they say youre going to see the first lady. Are we going to see the president . Theyre like, we dont know. Then at the last minute she walked in with him holding hands. We just went crazy. Jimmy you did, yeah. Yeah. Theres a picture of Octavia Spencer on the internet, circulating internet. A total ugly face. They almost caught my ugly face but i pulled it together real quick. I was like. Aahhh [ applause ] jimmy does that happen to you much . You meet somebody, you get starstruck . It happened twice in my lifetime. Prince and Carol Burnett. Jimmy really, wow. Wow, carol. Carol burnett. Jimmy what happened . I started shaking. She was like a comedy icon for me. I grew up in the hood, i needed things to escape. The Carol Burnett show, i loved her laugh. As a kid i just i got the humor. Jimmy same thing in our house, we loved that show. Carol burnett was here, i kept looking at her going, oh my god, Carol Burnett is here, its really crazy. What about prince . Everybody who has met prince has a strange story. Did you have a weird encounter with prince . Yeah. It was weird for him. [ laughter ] jimmy it was. Yeah. I held on to his hand too long. Jimmy oh, you did. Yeah. I shook his hand and i was just like [ laughter ] he looked and he realized and he passed it off to the next person. That went really bad. Jimmy he passed your hand . He passed my hand off like it was this piece of paper. Jimmy he did not. My arm flopped after that. It was like, that was awkward. Jimmy wow. When does empire come back on . Oh, when does empire come back on . Jimmy guillermo . Guillermo summer. Jimmy summer. He just makes things up. Thats not true. Jimmy it comes back in march. Theres now a fight happening in the audience. Comes back in march. When you were off, when youre not working, do you and Terrance Howard spend time together . Yeah, the whole crew. Jimmy was he on the island . No, he did not. I didnt want to see anyone i worked with. Jimmy the last time he was here, he told me a story about numerology and how important the number 9 was. Yes. I know. And 1 minus 1 equals 2 does it . Jimmy no, it doesnt. Hes told me that so much im starting to believe it. Jimmy but you write it on the board. I do not. Im the girl who shies away from numbers. Whenever he starts that, taraji, did you know that and i walk away. Jimmy you dont indulge that. I do not indulge. Its all here. Jimmy very good to see you, congratulations on the film. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy Hidden Figures opens everywhere on friday. Taraji p. Henson, everybody. Well be right back with jovan adepo. [ cheers and applause ] hey dad wishes do come true. The lincoln wish list sales event is on. Get exceptional offers on the lincoln family of luxury vehicles. The final days of the lincoln wish list sales event are here. Get a new 2017 lincoln mkc with zero down and a complementary first months payment. Hey, ready foyeah. Big meeting . Uh, hello . A meeting . Its a big one. Too bad. We are double booked diarrhea and abdominal pain. Why dont you start without me . Oh. Yeah. 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Flavors like these are big. And for just 15. 99, they cant last. So hurry in. Jimmy hi, welcome back to the show. Still to come, music from mike posner. Our next guest is very young but he only does great things. You know him from the leftovers on hbo and now, he costars alongside Denzel Washington in his first feature film, fences. What law is there to say i got to like you . None. All right then. Dont you eat every day . Answer me when i talk to you, dont you eat every day. Yeah. As long as youre in my house you put a sir on the end of it when you talk to me. Yes, sir. Got a roof over your head . Yes, sir. Got clothes on your back . Yes, sir. Why do you think that is . Because you . I know its because of me. Why do you think that is . Because you like me . Jimmy fences is in theaters now. Please welcome jovan adepo [ cheers and applause ] jimmy have a seat. By the way, i know youre here to talk about the movie but i love the leftovers last season, you did a great job on it. [ cheers and applause ] great character. Was that your First Television job . No, that was my first s. A. G. Job. My First Television job was one of those crime reenactment shows. Called blood relatives. Jimmy what network was that on . I think it was an investigation discovery channel. Jimmy abowho did you play . A victim . A High School Football player, name desean jackson, i think. And he was being charged for killing his mother. Jimmy oh. Thats like the ongoing theme. Jimmy for naming him doucheshaun . [ laughter ] so then you get this great show on hbo. Right. Jimmy your first thing. Thats so crazy. Had you gone to a lot of auditions and stuff . I was auditioning for the last five or six years, going in and getting really close to getting big jobs, careeropening jobs. Jimmy like what jobs did you almost get that you did not get . I was actually in the running for straight out that compton. Jimmy which parts . I was auditioning for all the parts. [ laughter ] jimmy at once . Did you separate them . I wanted to do it at once. I wanted to show, i can switch characters on a whim. They were like, one at a time, pace yourself. One character they did not want to consider me for, i was a little upset, easy e. Jimmy why did they not consider you . A difference in height. Jimmy easy e was a little guy. I had a solution. Put every other actor on apple boxes and i could do the scene on my knees. Did you explain that . I tried. Jimmy they didnt listen, wow. I bet theyre mad at themselves right now. Youve had really a meteoric rise. Being in this movie that Denzel Washington directed. Right. Jimmy and you costar with Denzel Washington in the movie. That has to be an incredibly intimidating was it intimidating . All of it. Even from the audition experience. It was one of those things where you get the opportunity, where you get to meet one of your heroes. This is a guy, i watched all of his movies, reenacted all of his monologues in the mirror in my bathroom. Sad to admit. And was horrible at it because im not denzel. But just having that moment when i was going to meet him. I remember standing outside of the casting office. And i was hearing him read with another guy. And i was like, i got to show him im not afraid, im going to get this part, ive got to show shim im not intimidated. I was holding a face like this. As soon as he opened the door, jovan adepo . I was like, oh, denzel, whats up, baby it was one of the most challenging auditions. But definitely the most rewarding. Hes sitting there, looking at you. Does he indicate whether hes happy . Obviously he was happy with what you did because he hired you. Can you tell . Does he have a poker face through the whole thing . You know, he has the look. Jimmy uhhuh. Then when you go, does he get up and say, hey, that was great, well see you again . Or you have no idea what happened . Only said, good job, son. Left me to just wonder how i did. I stressed myself out. Jimmy how long was it before somebody called . Oh, man. It had to be two and a half weeks. Jimmy thats just terrible. It really is. [ laughter ] almost abusive. Way too much. Jimmy its crazy. So inappropriate. Jimmy in addition to this being your first movie, you have your first movie premiere, the red carpet and all that stuff. Who did you take to that . Actually, my parents came. Both my parents, my dad and my mom. And their spouses, theyre divorced and remarried. Jimmy did you ask them or did they just tell you they were coming . My mom said she was coming. As soon as i got the job and i told her, im working with denzel shes like, im going to pick my dress up for the premiere. Im like, sure, mom, lets do it. Jimmy did they want to meet denzel right away . My dad. Huge fan. I get i get movie fandom from him. He was so excited to meet denzel. He said, im going to go up to him and say, my man. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i said, please do not do that. You want to show these guys that you think theyre cool and regular guys. I was like, dad, please do not say that. Jimmy any time a dad says, you know what im going to do when i meet him . It never results in anything positive. Never. Jimmy so where do your parents live . Where are you from . I was born in england, raised in waldorf, maryland. Jimmy so how did you come out to l. A. . Did you come on your own . I did. I went to bowie state university, majored in political science. I was transitioning into wanting to become a screenwriter. And i had the advice of a writer out here, told me i had to move to l. A. To make that happen. So i had done plays in high school, done a couple of plays for my church. And it was a lady that went to my church. She was like, you have a knack for acting, consider pursuing it. I was like, no, actually, im going to be playing professional football. When youre a kid you want to be an astronaut or a pro baseball player. Mine was football. I was a bench warmer the entire time. Most of the time in high school and in college. I was like, probably not going to get drafted or get invited to the combine. But thats okay. Jimmy you got to play a Football Player in the movie. I did. Broke my heart. Jimmy thats kind of close. Did you know anybody . Did you have a Family Member out here . I did, i had an aunt and uncle who helped me establish how to get head shots taken, you know. Start submitting for things. My first actual connection to the industry i would say was the lady at the church in maryland. She was like at the time she was like, i have a sister in the industry, if you ever decide to take acting serious, let me know, ill call her. Shes doing okay. I said, okay. Fast forward to 2011 when i moved out here. I called her up, introduce me to your sister . Shes like, yeah, her names viola. It was viola davis. Jimmy wow. [ cheers and applause ] she told me her name but i didnt know who she was at that time. Id watched movies but i was into sports, in my own world. Jimmy did viola go, no, im not helping some kid from your church. I dont know their conversation. Diane is her older sister, the oldest. She was like, youre going to meet this kid. Youre going to help him out. Shes like, okay. Jimmy she did. She did, her and her husband were handson as far as helping me establish myself as an actor, develop my craft. Jimmy thats a great thing. Absolutely. Jimmy when you win an award you better thank her, remember that. Of course. Jimmy okay, all right. Dont forget. Write it down. Ive already done it. Jimmy maybe tattoo it on the front of your hand or Something Like that. Why not. Jimmy congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] on this hugely successful young career. Jovan adepo, fences is in theaters now. Be right back with mike posner of reach for far too long s have Health Insurance. Thats been out how . They enrolled through covered california. 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But first, this is his album called at night, alone. Here with the song i took a pill in ibiza mike posner i took a pill in ibiza to show avicii i was cool and when i finally got sober felt 10 years older oh screw it it was something to do im living out in l. A. I drive a sports car just to prove im a real big baller cause i made a Million Dollars and i spend it on girls and shoes but you dont wanna be high like me never really knowing why like me you dont ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone you dont wanna ride the bus like this never knowing who to trust like this you dont wanna be stuck up on that stage singing stuck up on that stage singing all i know are sad songs sad songs darling all i know are sad songs sad songs im just a singer who already blew his shot i get along with old timers cause my names a reminder of a pop song people forgot and i cant keep a girl no cause as soon as the sun comes up i cut em all loose and works my excuse but the truth is i cant open up now you dont wanna be high like me never really knowing why like me you dont ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone you dont wanna ride the bus like this never knowing who to trust like this you dont wanna be stuck up on that stage singing stuck up on that stage singing all i know are sad songs sad songs darling all i know are sad songs sad songs i took a plane to one more time let me hear all i know is sad songs sad songs note i took a plane to my home town i brought my pride and my guitar all my friends are all gone but theres manicured lawns and the people still think im a star i walked around downtown i met some fans on lafayette they said tell us how to make it cause were getting real impatient so i looked em in the eye and said you dont wanna be high like me never really knowing why like me you dont ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone you dont wanna ride the bus like this never knowing who to trust like this you dont wanna be stuck up on that stage singing stuck up on that stage singing all that i know are sad songs sad songs darling all that i know are sad songs sad songs this is nightline. 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