Paranoid about ordering take out, teaching yoga on instagram to calm my own damn nerves, and doing press for my new documentary the fight, which basically means running a press junket from that same corner of that same bedroom. Other than that though, its been super chill. But when im feeling my most anxious i think about the frontline workers, Grocery Store employees, sanitation workers, mail carriers. Shout out to the mail carriers especially during this time. I think about how hard theyre working and im truly grateful. A lot has been put into perspective during covid. I think were all feeling more grateful for our loved ones, and were aware of the fragility of life and the need to really look out for one another. Which is why im happy to fill in for jimmy so he could spend the summer catching exactly four fish. Come on, jumyy jimmy do better. All kidding aside, i love you jimmy. Actually, fun fact, between me and jimmy, together we have won seven naacp image awards. Thats true, look it up. And another fun fact, we are currently nominated for an emmy together for our work on live in front of a studio audience. I just love working with jimmy. And apparently for jimmy, while he sits in a hammock scrolling through his instagram. So listen theres a lot going on in america right now. I dont even know how you find the funny. I never thought id see the day when im having panic attacks thinking about the us postal service, but ladies and gentlemen thats 2020 for ya. The Democratic National convention got underway today, which i will be participating in on wednesday. Im super excited. This isnt my first time speaking at a convention. Many people think im drawn to politics because i starred on scandal, a show set in an alternate universe, where people actually care when a president does something wrong. But really im drawn to politics because im an american. And like you i get to have a say about who the people are that make the rules and decisions that guide our lives. And not just at the top of the ticket. We get to choose our local leaders as well. Part of my passion for politics and Civic Engagement comes from my parents. I have two wonderful parents. If you follow me on instagram, and if you dont shame on you, you already know my dad earl, who is hilarious. I like to post videos of him like this brilliant acceptance speech for his emmy nomination, which he didnt actually get. It is an honor to be a background teacher saying thank you to the academy for nominating both of my work, my work in live in front of a studio audience and little fires. I feel that it was probably some of my best work. Thank you. Hes a brilliant background actor. Honestly, if there was a bacademy award, he would win it. Hes the most adorable man in america and he loves to tell jokes. So when he heard i was doing my first late night monologue he said he wanted to pitch in and help out with my material because he doesnt think im that funny. So lets go to him now. Please say hello to my father, Earl Washington. Hey, dad. Hey, looking good. Thanks. Sounding great. Thank you, its your fault. I said, i love it. I love it. Dad, this is your latenight tv debut, how does it feel . You know, this is awesome. And its at a really strategic time you know, we are in such a turmoil with this plague and so, any kind of humor really, really works. And you know, some of the stuff that i do, which are bad dad jokes, are really interesting. You know why . Why. Because they sneak up on you. I mean, they really do. I mean, how do you know that its a dad joke . How . It becomes a parent. Oh. That was ridiculous. That is absolutely ridiculous. Thats good. Or, or, you know, the why does the cookie take himself to the hospital . Why . Because he felt crumby. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Some of your best dad jokes come from 610yearolds. Absolutely. But dad, dad, heres the problem. A lot of times when you are doing late night the jokes in your monologue should be centered around Current Events or politics you have any of those . I do, what is the most important progressive of water . I dont know. Aoc. Oh oh oh oh now, thats silly. Thats terrible. That is so that is terrible. That is so silly. But thats what makes it funny. I guess. Okay, you have time for one more, dad, im giving you one more. What oh, yeah. Is that mom producing you . Is mom your producer . No. No. No. No. No she just prodding me. How do vegans vote . How . Had. Kale. Election kale. I will just say, i will say, vote by kale. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Gosh. They vote by kale. Oh. They vote by kale. Oh, dad. You are amazing. I love you very much. Im so happy that you made my monologue better, so thank you for being the best dad. And you are so gracious. We have a great show four tonight. We are just getting started. We will meet an entire family of Health Care Heroes and we will be right back with Earl Washingtons costar from Little Fires Everywhere, my friend, reese witherspoon. Take the good, with the bad live the life you want to have send it off, with a bang whistling [ indistinguishable muffled words ] preorder now and get up to 150 samsung credit. Contactless delivery tarright to your door,very designed for your day. So you can work out, join in, and game on. Just download the target app and try it today. Of ten dollars or more by using promo code save20. Thats 20 off any combination of sandwiches, drinks and sides you can imagine. Combos. For days. Just use save20 online or on our app. Or an overdue brimakeover. Ll over. Get all your pet essentials right when you need them, with Curbside Pickup at petsmart. And enjoy 15 off when you buy online and pickup in store. My job is to help new homeowners who have turned into their parents. Im having a big lunch and then just a snack for dinner. So were using a speakerphone in the store. Is that a good idea . One of the ways i do that is to get them out of the home. Youre looking for a grout brush, this is garth, did he ask for your help . No, no. No. We all see it. We all see it. He has blue hair. Okay. Blue. Progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. Keep it coming. You dont know him. When you bundle with us. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] welcome back to jimmy kimmel live. Im not jimmy kimmel. Im kerry washington. I will be hosting again tomorrow night. Ill chat with Stacey Abrams and have music from chloe and halle. My guest tonight is, on any given day, an awardwinning actress, activist, entrepreneur and my coproducer and costar my work wife, in the currently emmy nominated miniseries Little Fires Everywhere. Why did you take this job . To protect my kid. From what . From you. I thought we were friends. White women always want to be friends with their maid. I was not your maid elena, and i was never your friend please welcome my friend, reese witherspoon. Hi hi hi big hugs. So good to see you. Its so good to see you. Im so proud of this beautiful baby that we made together in our five nominations for Little Fires Everywhere. I just want to acknowledge that from your company, hello sunshine, your three shows. Little fires everywhere, morning show, big little lies, you have a combined 18 nominations. Like that is legal, like you are legal. That is crazy. 18 nominations, congratulations, reese. Thank you so much, i think sometimes we are the forward facing ones but you dont know theres so many people that work behind the scenes. Im so happy for my team and company, they worked so hard to get us here and its just a great, its a great thing to be able to put out stuff that you are proud of so. Go. I have worked right next to team sunshine. You have an amazing, amazing crew. So, have you decided what you are wearing on your couch at this years emmys . You know, i dont know anything about the emmys. I mean, other than, i think jimmys hosting it. But he is not here to take our questions about what its going to be. We have a lot of followup questions. Jimmy, come back from vacation. You are gorgeous. I mean this dress that you are wearing is so stunning. Im trying to reenter life in a way that works. I love it. I love i. Y are you going to gather all the kids and pets and parents and say, you have to watching me . Oh, my gosh. I guess so, yeah. I mean, its going to be sort of a different experience. Are we all going to be in our pajamas . Im definitely im eating takeout for sure. Yes, yes, yes. So, i want to talk about your amazing son he a single this summer. He released a song this summer. Its called long run and its on the spotify charts and he is the producer and we could not be prouder of him. He shot his first music video. You have to tell me. I want to post it everywhere. When you post it on instagram, i notice and i wonder if its my future. He is older than my littles. He seemed both really happy and proud that you were so proud of him, but also a little embarrassed. Oh do you often like embarrass your kids intentionally, unintentionally . Is it just my path . I say if you are not embarrassing your children, you are not spending enough time with them. Thats basically my goal. Yes, that is its your job as parents to really like, really ramp up the embarrassment. So i heard a story actually about you in the third grade which made total sense to me, because you are such an amazing badass producer and boss lady. I heard that you, this sounds like something from the bronx had going on, you had a side hustle out of your desk in the third grade, is that true . I did, i actually started my First Business other than like a Lemonade Stand was in the third grade. My brother bought banana clips at the mall. And i would personalize them with peoples names. He was like, sister, we can get great margins on this if i buy them for . 25 and we sell them for a dollar if you just put paint pens and put their names on it. And i had a whole thing going in third grade and i got shut down and i actually did not get suspended but i had to stay after school because i got paint pen all over my desk and i got in trouble for defacing school property. Oh, my goodness. But i love that even though you got in trouble, you didnt, like that spirit did not die. You stayed in that like side hustle, im going to make it happen. Im going to take over the world from my tiny desk to my 18 nominations. Oh, you know, i just always, i have always been curious and interested about business. I have always been wanting to change systems and learn how things work and so, yeah. Even when i was little. I cant turn it off either sometimes im like can i just turn it off. I have a million ideas every week too. And some of them are not that good. But thats okay. Right . Just staying in that creative mentality and being willing to take the risk. Like, you only get to success when you are willing to fail along the way. Theres yeah, and i failed, kerry. I have failed. Same, same. I have but you know what . I learned so much from every single moment and i, yeah, you just learn to be graceful through failure and you learn to take away the message. I love you so much, we can talk for a million years but we will offline and do it in our own time. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me, and im so excited you need to do it all the time. You are so good at this. Oh, thank you, no, no, Little Fires Everywhere is available on hulu, thank you, reese. When we come back were going to honor a whole family of healthca so stick around. All in this together family were taking a chance family like birds of a feather family take off your shoes and dance thats your weathered deck, crying for help. While you do nothing, its inviting those geese over for target practice. Today, lets stain. Cause if you stain your deck today, they cant stain your deck tomorrow. Behr. Exclusively at the home depot. Come on tucker, lets go. K . Tuck, tuck, do you want a walk boy . Tucker, do you want to go out . When the whole family needs an excuse to get out, nutros clean recipe will help your dog keep up. You cant claim that because its inanimate people ask me what sort of a person should become a celebrity accountant. 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Welcome back to jimmy kimmel live. Im kerry washington. Since everythings bigger in texas, instead of just one healthcare hero, were going to honor a whole family of them. Live from dallas. Please welcome all five nurses from the ginigeme family, enuma, dera, jide, kosi and uche. Enuma, how are you all related, can you explain it . This is my wonderful and beautiful daughters. And my fantastic son in law. Five nurses, five nurses in one family. At what point do you all get a reality show and i produce it . I heard that you have been working nonstop during the pandemic. Who is the best nurse in the family, be honest. Um we are all good nurses. We all have our strengths so, i dont have an answer. Very graceful. Its an elegant answer. Kosi and jide, you recently had a baby girl, in march, yeah . Yes. We did. And you are both back at work and treating patients . Yes. Do you worry about bringing germs home . Yes, we actually worry about that and thats why, when ever we get home, we try, we always take off of our uniforms at the garage, and take a shower, and you know, we clean up, to avoid as much possible bring aing bac home. And the baby is almost six months now . Yes. So this is the family profession, has she expressed an interest in nursing . Yeah. Im doing online courses for my msn right now, she is taking classes with me, she is learning. I love it. So, dera, dera, i understand that congratulations are in order, yeses . I know people are not supposed to ask you this, but a little will birdie told me that you are expecting . Yes. Congra t congrats, do you know the gender. . No. Raise your hand if you think its going to be a girl . Oh, three for girl. Okay. And raise your hand if you think its going to be a boy . Okay. 32. Well, dera, i really relate to olivia pope and i often feel that i need to fix confusion, we called your doctor last week and i bribed him with a scandal tshirt and he told me the gender. And i am drunk with power. No, like a good nigerian, its martinellies, really, this the should be a family affair, lets invite your brother and husband to join us. Oh, so we have all the great nigerian names and then ben and jake. Not too much, not too. My nigerian name is namby though. You share that with my husband. Is that baby essie . Yes. Sorry. [ baby crying ] oh, look at baby essie. Oh, so cute. Okay. So, these boxes, these boxes that we were handing on out were shipped to texas overnight, no peaking, since you are five proud nigerian nurses. I wanted to bring a special guest for the culture as we say. My nigerian brothers and sisters, please meet nigerian singer and songwriter, burna boy. Hello. Thank you so much. Yes. Okay. So burna boy. Boy. Count us down, count us down. You give us a one two three, and then everyone open the boxes. Are you ready . Yes. 3, 2, 1, open [ screaming ] okay. Okay. Wait, listen, listen. I have one more surprise. Our friends at irobot want to thank you by sending each of you 5,000 to spend however you like. And as an added thanks, because of all you do, irobot is sending each of you their topoftheline roomba robot vacuum so that cleaning is one less thing to worry about when you get home. Jake and benn, ill send you scandal tshirts. Burna boy, keep making that music. Thank you to the ginigeme family. Thank you to burna boy and thank you to irobot. Well be right back. Congrats thank you its not just fast its super fast. We like it. Its eeeeeyooouuuuuuuu fast curious how do you spell eeeeeyouuuuuuuuu . . . Get boost mobiles shrink it plan, and watch your bill shrink to 35 month after just 6 ontime payments. Plus get a free Samsung Galaxy a11 when you switch, all on our new, upgraded network. Theyeah, theyre identical. E. 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Thats all the time we have tonight. Id like to thank reese witherspoon, the ginigeme family, Earl Washington and of course, my lifes true inspiration, jimmy kimmel. Ill see you here tomorrow with Stacey Abrams and music from chloe and halle. Nightline is next. Goodnight. Oh, oh, thats terrible. Now, thats terrible. Tonight, unconventional convention. Kicking off the first ever virtual dnc, first Lady Michelle obama. I know joe, he was a terrific vice president. He will tell the truth. And senator bernie sanders. An opponent turned ally. Rallying behind their party as president ial ticket. We need joe biden as our next president. And spotlighting three national crisis, the pandemic, the economic fallout and the renewed racial reckoning. George should be alive today. Breonna taylor should be alive today, ahmad arbery should be alive today. Our polital