Will forte. Musician and actor ben platt. An allnew closer look. Featuring the 8g band with jon theodore [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well. And now if you dont mind, were going to get to the news. President biden released a video yesterday challenging former President Trump to a debate which appeared to have five jump cuts and they werent even trying to hide it. Good evening my fellow americans. [ laughter ] seth President Biden and former President Trump agreed yesterday to face off in a pair of summer debates. I dont know. It feels like the only summer debate you should have at that age is johnsons versus gold bond. [ laughter ] former President Trump was accompanied to the courthouse today by republican representatives matt gaetz and Lauren Boebert. Well, i get it, its good publicity for boebert and Good Practice for gaetz. [ laughter ] oh, so this is what courts going to look like . [ laughter ] all right according to a new analysis, former President Trump spends only 11 of time talking about policy plans. The other 89 is mostly recapping the plot of the Hannibal Lecter movies. [ laughter ] red dragon did you see that one . Not as good as the original. Maybe if youre on a plane. It might be good for a plane. red dragon. [ laughter ] democratic president ial candidate jason palmer announced yesterday hes ended his campaign, and he knew he made the right decision when the announcement echoed. [ laughter ] a wild turkey was spotted this week on the streets of brooklyn. Even crazier, it was on a leash. [ laughter ] yeah. Its my emotional support turkey. I got it for my half birthday. [ laughter ] ive been really down cause my favorite coffee place closed. [ light laughter ] uber announced yesterday it will offer uber shuttle which allows users to reserve seats in a vehicle heading to one destination like an airport or concert. Those guys are amazing. First they invent the taxi and now they invent the bus. [ laughter ] how do they silicon valley, man [ light laughter ] the nfl has announced they will have a black friday game for the second year in a row. Its the only black friday event that causes more concussions than walmart. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] producers have announced that the golden bachelor will air this fall and, fellas, youre going to like what you see pictures of her grandkids. [ laughter ] and finally, the makers of oreos yesterday unveiled new packaging inspired by the star wars franchise. The way it works is, the first three oreos are pretty good. The next three are pretty bad. [ laughter ] and the rest the rest you eat just because you ate the first six. And that was the monologue, everybody [ cheers and applause ] here we go here we go weve got a great show for you tonight. He is an emmynominated actor you know from snl, the last man on earth, nebraska and macgruber. Hes currently starring in bodkin on netflix. One of my dearest friends in the world, will forte is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] its always a special night when will is around. Hes an emmy, grammy, and tonywinning singer, songwriter, and actor you know from dear evan hansen and parade on broadway. His threeweek residency at new yorks Palace Theater starts may 28th. Ben platt is also back on the show [ cheers and applause ] hey, this is very exciting. Red nose day is back for its tenth year raising lifechanging funds to help kids facing poverty across the u. S. And around the world. Donate now at rednoseday. Org and watch the special right here on nbc may 23rd at 8 00 p. M. It is a good cause and a wonderful organization. Moving on. Matt gaetz and Lauren Boebert were heckled outside the manhattan criminal courthouse today where they appeared along with several other maga weirdos in support of donald trump. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth if youre planning a trip to new york any time soon youre probably familiar with some of the mustsee landmarks and Tourist Attractions we have here. Broadway, the m m store, central park, the m m store, times square, the m m store, the American Museum of natural history, and moma which is of course a fancy way of saying the m m store. [ laughter ] but there is a new mustsee hot spot that is the top of the itinerary for every out of town visitor we have here. The donald trump hush money trial at the manhattan criminal courthouse. Its a show of support for donald trump. Republicans vying to be his running mate turned out in force at his trial today. You just saw both senator j. D. Vance of ohio and senator Tommy Tuberville of alabama. Rick scott joined donald trump in court on friday. Vivek ramaswamy, congressman byron donalds, congressman corey mills. Doug burgum, tim scott, marco rubio. Donald trump has brought more friends with him to court. A big entourage today. No less than nine lawmakers showing up for former President Trump this morning. Youve got representatives matt gaetz, Lauren Boebert, andy biggs, michael cloud, among others. Seth man beavis and butthead are everywhere. [ laughter ] seriously, there are more republican members of congress at trumps criminal trial than there are at the capitol. Just going to throw this out there. It might be a good day to storm it [ laughter ] you see, trump is under a gag order and cant attack people involved in the case the way he wants to, so his workaround is to summon his army of puppets to do his bidding. The problem is character witnesses should be people of high character, not people of who you would say hes a real character. [ laughter ] if youre on trial for a criminal charge where character is central to the case. Matt gaetz and Lauren Boebert arent exactly the role models you want with you in the room. Thats like if o. J. s buddy at his trial were charles manson, Hannibal Lecter. [ laughter ] got to say im surprised to see Lauren Boebert there. Not surprised she showed up, just surprised she hasnt been kicked out yet. I mean, if youre going to get handsy during a performance of beetlejuice the musical i cant imagine how turned on youd get for a hush money to a porn star trial. [ laughter ] but boebert and gaetz did get prime seats. Boebert and gaetz are in the courtroom right now sitting in the front row next to eric trump. Seth oof [ light laughter ] they have to sit next to eric trump . Where did you get your tickets from . Seat freak . [ laughter ] scrub hub was also considered. [ laughter ] sitting front row at the trump trial must be like the maga version of sitting courtside at the knicks game. Except if someone says, wow, theyre bigger up close theyre talking about the bags under trumps eyes. [ laughter ] seriously, this is how grimy and pathetic the Republican Party has become. The only thing sadder than having to sit in a dreary new york city courtroom for your porn star hush money trial is sitting in a dreary new york city courtroom for someone elses porn star hush money [ laughter ] were in the big apple what should we catch a broadway show . Should we grab a hot dog . I got an i lets go down to the courthouse, and listen to Stormy Daniels describe the worst sex of her life. [ laughter ] if joe biden were ever on trial for paying hush money to a porn star, i guaran[ bleep ]tee you not a single democrat would be caught dead within a hundred mile radius. [ light laughter ] youd never catch Bernie Sanders sitting in the front row saying, the problem with pornography is the top 1 of all of the housewives are getting 99 of the pizza deliveries [ laughter ] the rest of the housewives are living on the crusts [ laughter ] also, joe biden sometimes maybe a pepperoni falls [ light laughter ] also joe biden would never pay hush money to a porn star. He would just talk to her in hushed tones. Hey, youre not gonna tell [ laughter ] youre not gonna tell anybody about this, right . [ light laughter ] at the very least can we all just take a second on reflect on the fact that there used to be a time when republicans would lecture the rest of us about family values and just officially declared now that they were full of [ bleep ] . In fact, ohio senator j. D. Vance once literally called for a ban on porn in order to save families. Of course, knowing how this guy flipflops in deference to trump, hed probably say, the great thing about President Trump is he works hard. He didnt sit back and watch porn, he went out and made it [ laughter ] House Speaker mike johnson once said that he and his teenage son monitor each others porn intake. Coveted eyes is the software that i weve been using a long time in our household. Its accountability software. So men in a church, you know, mens bible study groups will do it. It scans every all of the activity on your phone or your devices, your laptop, tablet, what have you. We do all of it. And then it sends your report to your accountability partner. So my accountability partner right now is jack, my son, right . And so hes 17. So he and i get a report of all the things that are on our phones, or all of our devices once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice. Im proud to tell you my son has hes got a clean slate. Seth what about you . How come you didnt tell us about yourself . My sons got a clean slate. I, however, keep getting very xrated links sent to me by a friend. Hey, mike, thanks for coming to my trial. Also, check this out. Is it porn . No. What is it . Its porn. [ laughter ] and yet even accountability partner mike johnson traveled to the courthouse to defend trump during his porn trial. The crime that they are accusing President Trump of is falsification of business records, but i think Everybody Knows he is not the bookkeeper for his company. Seth thats not the charge the charge is he funneled a hush money payment through his business and lied about it on official records to conceal it from voters during an election. You cant do that. I cant funnel a hush money payment through this shows budget and call it Something Like wardrobe expenses, mainly because everyone knows we dont spend anything on my wardrobe. [ laughter ] nbc pays for an intern to go to jfk once a week to rifle through all the luggage that gets left behind. [ laughter ] thats why yesterdays show i was wearing a bolo tie and mickey mouse ears. [ light laughter ] so thats everyone from matt gaetz, to Lauren Boebert, to the speaker of the house. Dont you guys have, like, i dont know, anything better to do . Even if you put aside your supposed jobs as members of congress. I mean, just life stuff. I have three kids and a fulltime job. If one of my friends asked me to fly to a different city to sit in a courtroom for eight hours for his criminal trial i would do anything to get out of it. Id say, oh, you dont want me. If jurors are anything like emmy voters, you want john oliver. [ laughter ] hes a friend. Hes a dear friend. Hes a very dear friend. Not like, here, borrow one of my emmys friend, but a dear friend. And not only are they showing up to the courthouse. Theyre also making it incredibly weird. For example, Kellyanne Conways estranged husband and donald trump enemy George Conway is in the courtroom, as well. And according to the reporters in the room, boebert and gaetz keep turning around to stare at antitrump attorney George Conway. Gaetz and boebert are turning the firstever criminal trial of an expresident into some sort of telenovela. [ dramatic music sting ] george . Lauren matt. George . [ laughter ] matt . Lauren . [ gasp ] kellyanne ay, dios mio [ laughter ] [ applause ] got all the cameras right. [ laughter ] it wasnt ill be honest, not a lot of confidence from the staff. [ laughter ] but aside from embarrassing themselves and their party im not sure what exactly they were hoping to accomplish with their presence. I guess they were there to offer moral support for trump and ended up coming off as creepy. For example, see if you can spot matt gaetz in this clip of trump speaking at the courthouse. Are you worried about a conviction . Will you testify, mr. Trump . Thank you very much. [ talking over each other ] excuse me, excuse me. We are going to be working with a lot of people over the next couple of weeks. This is finishing up. At some point it will be finished. Every single review, every legal scholar that ive been able to read said theres no case. Seth oh, my god, matt gaetz is looming behind him like the killer in a lifetime movie. [ laughter ] like he appeared during a lightning storm. Oh, hello, donald. I hope i didnt startle you. [ laughter ] what lifetime movie is that . [ laughter ] my ex is a vampire . [ laughter ] also, dudes got such a big head hes standing all of the way in the back and its still almost the same size as trumps. [ laughter ] he sticks out like a thumb with googly eyes. [ light laughter ] gaetz and oh, boy. Im just so tired from my camera move. [ laughter ] you guys remember when i looked at all three and that part went so good . [ laughter ] i feel like that should have been the end and now were still doing it. Im so tired. Gaetz and boebert then appeared with their gop colleagues outside the courthouse where they spent a lot of time their getting heckled. First a protester held up a sign while gaetz was talking that said bootlickers. Of course, bootlicking is one of the things trump paid hush money to cover up. Then [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] at the end of the press conference, boebert tried to speak, but was heckled by protesters who taunted her with mentions of the musical she got kicked out of. I want all of the news to start asking the question what is the crime . Because everyone in this court has not been informed of what the crime is. Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetlejuice the defendant does not know the crime that was committed. [ laughter ] seth dont say it three times [ laughter ] its a sign [ applause ] its a sign of how insane our politics are that protesters are shouting the word beetlejuice at a member of congress and we all know what it means. Also, my favorite part is when all of her supposed friends just walk away and abandon her. [ laughter ] dudes, youre not going to help her out . Oof, its laurens turn, lets get the [ bleep ] out of here. [ laughter ] this is how much the gop has debased itself. They spent years lecturing the rest of us about family values, and now theyre flocking to the criminal trial of an expresident so they can stand there while the porn star he paid off describes what was, by her own admission, some of the worst sex of her life. What did trump tell stormy while it was happening . Dont worry this is finishing up at some point. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with will forte, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. At his best. Ds to be he needs protection that goes beyond. Dove men with 72h protection and 1 4 moisturizer. So he can forget his underarms and focus on being unforgettable. Dove men. Forgettable underarms, unforgettable you. Hi. I use febreze fade defy plug. And i use this. Febreze has a microchip to control scent release so it smells firstday fresh for 50 days. 50 days . 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[ cheers and applause ] all this week weve had a simply fantastic drummer sitting in with us whose played with groundbreaking bands like one day is a lion and golden. Hes a member of Grammy Nominated rock band queens of the stone age who are currently out on tour in support of their latest album in times new roman, from baltimore, John Theodore who has been with us all week. [ cheers and applause ] always a pleasure, john. Thank you. Thank you. Seth our first guest tonight is actornominated actor and writer you know from his work on saturday night live, macgruber, nebraska, and the last man on earth. He stars in the new series bodkin, which is streaming now on netflix. Lets take a look. There she is. Bronagh mcardle. Thats one of the terrifying mcardles . [ laughs ] shes a little old lady. Bronagh was married to jonjoe mcardle, an absolute psychopath, and even he was scared of her. Oh, oh, okay wait, wait, wait. Are are you sure that charging in there with a gun is a good idea . Yeah, youre right. Youre right, you should go. Uh, okay, okay now you go in. You go in. Keep her distracted and ill go around the back and ill get the jump on her. Seamus, come on do you hear yourself . Its only frightening if you think about it. [ light laughter ] seth please welcome him back to the show my very good friend will forte, everybody [ cheers and applause ] seth dear friend. Hello, dear friend. Seth dear friend alert so great to have you here. It is so great to be here. Its always so great seth i also had a very nice thing happen and you were actually you were in brooklyn for a bit this year filming a movie. Yes. Seth i got to spend time with you and your lovely wife olivia and two beautiful daughters. Yes. Seth one of whom, is represented on your socks tonight. Is that correct . Yes tonight i have zoe. This is you know uh probably a year and a half ago. Seth uhhuh. [ audience aws ] so seth yeah. I do have another daughter, cecilia, and i have socks of her, too. Seth uhhuh. Oh, thats right . But tonight its zoe sock night. Seth okay, thats fair. And im glad youre getting that out there so cecilias feelings arent hurt. Yes. Seth cecilia is a paul simon song. Yes. Seth and im wondering, is that any is that why how you came up with the name . No. Actually, cecilia is my mothers middle name. So we named her after that in honor of my wonderful mother who you know very well. Seth very well. Hello, mom, i love you. Seth yeah. Yeah, but, you know, we always was a huge fan of cecilia. And obviously, having a daughter named cecilia, you cant help, but sing that song all the time. Seth yeah. And you have a song in your heart, as a guy youre almost always singing. Uh. [ light laughter ] seth i just feel like you love to sing. Oh, yes oh, i thought you were sorry. [ laughter ] that came out my brain im still im a little jetlagged. Seth yeah. So that did not i didnt process that. Seth you were right you were in indianapolis last night. Yes. And that always that that uh really always takes it out of me. [ laughter ] uh, indianapolis, turkey. [ laughter ] so uh so but yeah, but cecilia is a little problematic, to be honest. Because it starts out very nice, cecilia youre breaking my heart youre shaking my confidence cecelia oh cecilia im down on my knees im begging you please to come home thats when the problem starts. Seth okay. When you have a daughter named cecilia. Seth yeah. And youre singing this to her cause the verse then kicks in and it goes making love in the afternoon with cecilia up in my bedroom making love seth oh, yeah, they really hammered it home. But i have switched the lyrics smartly. Im a smart dad, and its reading books in the afternoon with cecilia up in the Library Reading books [ laughter ] seth oh yeah, you dont even want to read books in your bedroom. Youre like lets go to the library. [ laughter ] then theres another problematic i have another problematic name in my family which is my motherinlaw is named denise. Seth okay. And there is only one song with the name denise in it and its Denise Denise im so in love with you and its just all about, like, looking into her eyes seth yeah. And wanting to kiss her and stuff. And when you hear the name denise, my i just think of that song and i automatically go to kind of sing that song and it is a very creepy situation [ laughter ] seth to sing to your motherinlaw. Yeah. Seth yeah. Yeah, so i try to i try to cut it off but its just, like, i love to sing, you know . [ laughter ] seth i love to hang out with your wife olivia, shes so wonderful. She is wonderful. Seth i, especially like that she is not just a fan of you the person but a fan of your work. I, as well, am a great lover of the sketch macgruber, the film macgruber, and the series on peacock. [ cheers and applause ] aww, thank you. Seth but Olivia Olivia wants the next step. Shes not happy with these three adaptations and she wants more macgruber. Olivia is pushing for us to do a macgruber musical. Seth right. [ applause ] shes, like she is pushing it very hard, and ive got to say, like i love doing macgruber so much because its just this huge group of friends that i get to work with, and it just means spending more time with them and you. Seth yep and you know, i want to do every version of macgruber there is, so im all for it, but, like, when she told me about that idea i was, like, oh, i am with the right woman. Seth yeah. You know . Seth cause i mean, when you think everybody who loves musicals and everybody who loves macgruber its like you, wiig, olivia. [ laughter ] its a venn diagram its a very small seth you this is bodkin, which is a wonderful show. This is your third project youve done in ireland. I feel like so often, ive reached out to you to say hi, and youre like im in ireland. Its a wonderful show, its very funny. Thank you. Seth its a great idea. But im wondering, you are as one of my favorite sketch performers of all time, you are not the greatest with accents. [ laughter ] oh you feel that way, huh . Seth well, well what if you how would an irish person be offended by what i just said . Well, i dont know, seth. [ laughter ] why dont you ask one of them . No, i [ laughter ] i i have worked there several times and the very first time i worked there this this small movie called run and jump, i would all the time play around with the hair and makeup people and do my accent which is just straight from the lucky charms commercials. Seth yeah, yeah, yeah. Purple horseshoes, green clover seth yeah, but let me stress, not even a good version of that. No [ laughter ] i would do this and they would go, that is not just that is not just bad it is offensive. They would say it in an appropriate irish accent. [ laughter ] like an real one. Theyd go, why does your voice get so high . Seth yeah. And uh seth it sounds like it sounds like youre falling, and im hearing it from a well, youre like, i dont know what to say to you. [ laughter ] dont worry, im okay seth that no, i like that. So, but, the funniest thing was that that movie, run and jump, made it into the galway Film Festival. So we went i got to go back to ireland that year and watch watch it at this galway Film Festival and the president of ireland was there. Hes a big supporter of the arts and he gave a speech and his accent was very similar to mine. [ laughter ] and it was the greatest f you back to them. Like, youre seeing this . I probably its yeah, no, its deadon. Seth yeah. Its deadon. [ laughter ] seth but maybe maybe dont google it for our audience . Maybe not that. Thats the only accent i cant do. [ laughter ] seth where where are you from, sir . Where are you from . I dont know. Somebody just somebody smells like shrimps and barbies. Seth oh, boy. [ laughter ] just walked by here. Seth we are coming back with something very exciting. Well be right back with more from will forte. [ cheers and applause ] your competitive brother. And im ready for a rematch. Game on. Ive been practicing. What the cello . You want me to lower the hoop . Foul what . You going to tell on me again . Foul yah . Foul bro here take a free shot go ahead knock yourself out. Your about to get served. Seriously . Get allstate, save money, and be better protected from mayhem, like me. Love you mom wait till your father gets home. You want thicker, stronger, fuller hair . You need expert skincare. New dove scalp hair therapy serum active skincare ingredients targets the source of beautiful hair. Your scalp for visibly thicker, stronger, fuller hair. Can i have some mikes please . Was this guys day hard enough for a mikes hard lemonade, hank . 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You chose axe brandon i knew i had good taste shareef i thought that was a designer brand. luke this will be a gold mine of local intel. Just you wait. Brand marci new i had right. Aste so, tell us about this corn festival . stylist 1 oooh you got your corn pudding. You got your corn chowder. marci so. Is it safe around here . stylist 2 sometimes. luke if a family of eight were to need a cold plunge, where would they find it . stylist 1 . And then they dip it in butter, then bam, it goes right in. stylist 2 . Really cute vampire bar. stylist 1 the reverend does like a blessing on the corn. luke donut shops. How far from here . marci no eyebrows . luke think of how light itll feel in the summer. Weve got to run. Eleven thousand more neighborhoods to go vo ding dong homesdotcom. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. We are here with will forte. In bodkin, you play a true crime podcaster in ireland. Yes. Seth and this was produced by the obamas production company. Yes. Seth and is it true that barack obama called you . Yes, he called me two nights ago. It was seth wow it was very exciting. I had actually met him in 2008 , he came to snl, seth yeah. As he was campaigning and went on to win, obviously, and i was in that sketch that he was in. I was playing john edwards, and we were entering from the same place so i was kind of hovering around with him, and you know, asking him questions and stuff. He was very nice, but it was the most thrilling phone call to get. You are told to expect a phone call from the president at a certain time, and i was told, oh, you know be ready at 5 30. So i am staring at my phone [ laughter ] like, okay, its not coming and then it turned to 5 31. Im like, somethings wrong. [ laughter ] somethings wrong. I went over to my missed calls and saw three missed calls from the washington, d. C. Area, and im, like, [ screaming ] [ laughter ] i pressed that number and thank god it went to the right place and i just had this wonderful call with him. He was very sweet, and i kept it together. Seth yeah. I didnt make one little i said he said something nice, and i said thank you really much. [ laughter ] and that was really dumb. [ laughter ] seth i like that you big timed him, though. You should have, when you called back had been like, sorry, i was on the phone with someone really important. Yeah, i was talking to i did this is really dumb. I did get dressed up for the call. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] seth wait, it was but it was not was it a zoom call . It was an no, it was an audio call. It was just a call over the phone, but i was, like, what if they have some technology where they can see me . [ laughter ] it was so dumb, but i was, like, ive got to do it, and i dont regret it. I felt sharp on the call. [ laughter ] one faux pas, but it is an honor to be a part of something that that theyre doing, so yeah. [ light laughter ] seth you and i you and i also had another shared honor. This summer we got to be with our dear friend kristen wiig on her birthday. Yes. Seth and, uh there is a game that you had not played, i didnt realize. This is a game that my wife, alexy and i play i lot and we learned it from our dear friend rob klein. Rob klein. Seth and his wife lucy. Amazing uh writer. Seth the game is called under the blanket. Yes. Seth and it its the game is i mean you know it better than i do, but seth basically like a bunch of people leave the room. Yeah. Seth and then a person comes out under a blanket. [ light laughter ] yeah. Seth and you and your team got to guess who it is. [ laughter ] its the dumbest game and you laugh so much. It is just, like it is because everyone always just kind of creeps out. Seth yeah, you have to move real slow because while youre moving under the blanket you dont want to do anything that gives away your identity. Yes. Seth you dont want to laugh. You dont want your personality to come out. Seth yeah. And now um i dont do any accents. [ laughter ] seth but were going to play a different way right now. Yes. Seth were going to show people out youre going to leave im going to leave. Seth theres someone else backstage. Yes. Seth the two of you are going to come out under a blanket. Yes. [ light laughter ] seth im going to guess which one is you. Correct. Seth okay, lets do it. Shall we begin . [ cheers and applause ] [ laughs ] seth the first televised match of under the blanket is going to begin very soon. This is incredibly exciting to me. [ laughter ] ive never never played on camera before, obviously, one person under the blanket will be mr. Will forte and the other person under the blanket is unknown to me. Ive known will for a long time. I feel very confident im going to be able to tell which lump under a blanket [ laughter ] is he. And were getting ready. I can see, obviously, i can only see a silhouette. Im not giving anything away by peeking, but here they come. This is, again, very exciting. [ laughter ] its under the blanket. [ laughter ] oh, my goodness. Here we are, under the blanket. We have a its very exciting i see. All right, i would like to ask oh oh oh oh, dear. Okay. Can i ask both contestants to rock side to side . [ laughter ] seth and now can i get you both to shuffle to your right as quickly as you can . [ laughter ] all right. I feel like i feel like i know. Will forte, you are under the striped blanket will the striped blanket please reveal itself. I will give you a tap in case you forget which blanket youre under. Oh [ applause ] good guess youre very good at that. Seth can we please take a look at our other contestant . 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Woooooo [ cheers and applause ] seth our next guest is an emmy, a grammy and tonywinning singer, songwriter and actor you know him from dear evan hanson and parade on broadway as well as the film theater camp and the series the politician. His threeweek residency at new yorks Palace Theater starts may 28th and his third album, honey mind is out may 31st. Please welcome back to the show our friend ben platt, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back. Thanks. Seth congratulations on the album. Thank you. Seth im wondering, so the title, honey mind. Yeah. Seth does that come first or does the music come first and where did you come up with either . Well, i started writing the music back in the spring of 22 pretty early before i did parade on broadway and then it sort of interrupted things unexpectedly, but the title came from a hike that i took from my fiance, his name is noah galvin. We are getting married in the fall. Seth congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. And, you know, im a very anxious and fearful person and drug taking really scares me, but noah is completely fearless and can be completely blitzed and you have absolutely no idea because hes sort of very chill. Seth yeah, yeah, yeah. So he slowly started to introduce some things to me that he thought was beneficial and one of which was mushroom chocolate. And so, we indulged in some of that and took a hike up in Mohawk Mountain upstate and it was very beautiful and i was feeling quite loose and quite happy. And, you know, it was very mushy, but he was asking me to try to sort of describe what was making me so giddy and so calm, and i started to think about my love for him, and you know, what that does to my mental state. And i imagined the inside of my head like you do when youre taking mushrooms. [ laughter ] and i thought about all these, like, jagged things jutting out and sharp corners and things that make you stressed and anxious, and i thought about, you know, love doesnt really take those away or make them disappear. It just sort of coats them in something, like makes it all little sweeter and softer and warmer and easier to take. So obviously that felt like honey to me, and i started telling him, you dont understand you give me honey mind. And he was, like, that sounds like a song, and so i wrote the song with some of my cowriters, and then it just felt like a great moniker for the whole album because a lot of it is inspired by my relationship. Seth thats incredible. Thats really beautiful. Thanks. [ cheers and applause ] seth its also usually when people say i want you to hear this song i wrote on mushrooms, when its over, youre like no, no, no. [ laughter ] not wrote on, idea from, i should say. No, im unproductive when i cant write. Seth im really excited by the way. You are coming here june 3rd. Youre going to do a song from the album. Yes, yes. Seth still looking forward to that. And ive heard that when you make an album, obviously you want your friends, people you trust to listen to it. Yeah. Seth so you dont mind hearing their feedback. You dont mind that. No, i like sending something to someone and letting them listen to it on their own time and then hearing notes back, but the thing that i absolutely hate which is just necessary when youre rolling out an album is when you have to sit in the room and play it for people and sit there and watch them listen to it. I dont mind singing it, like when i have to do some work and like earn my keep, like, thats nice. Seth yeah. When im sitting there and im like explaining a song and then press play and just sort of staring at my shoes for three minutes while they listen to it. That makes me very uncomfortable. Seth oh, that would be an absolute disaster. I totally understand. I dont want to make eye contact and pressure them into, like, crying i just sort of look for tapping toes or kleenexs being reached for or things like that. Seth yeah, i also would hate to be in that position of being in the room and listening because i think i would overdo it and be, like [ laughter ] you know, i would be a way that i never am listening to music. And i would be, like, seth, this is a really sad song, why are you absolutely jamming. [ laughter ] seth oh my god, im so nervous youre going to be at the palace theatre. Yes. Seth this is a theater thats been shut down for a long time. Its reopening and youre reopening it. Thats right. Thats right. Its a broadway theater that back in the day, it was sort of like the pinnacle of the vaudeville circuit. Like, you made the big time if you played the palace and then it became this spot for like one woman and oneman shows and residencies, judy garland and liza minnelli, bette midler. And then its been closed for a long time and now theyre bringing it back and theyre letting me do the first one in there. Seth fantastic. So theres judy garland and heres your marquee. Oh, wow. Seth that must be the coolest thing in the world to see the two. And by the way, youre a longtime fan of judy garland. Since i was a wee, wee child. Seth here you are dressed up as judy garland. [ laughter ] yes. Seth i want to clarify something with you. Is this halloween . No. [ laughter ] nope, thats a tuesday. Seth thats just a day. Thats just a day where youre gonna fully judy garland. I love it. I would come home and watch the wizard of oz every day and that dogs name is dorothy, actually. Seth oh, thats fantastic. Will you have guests at your residency . Yes. Every night theres going to be seth every night a different person . All 18 shows we got 18 different special guests, were talking pop stars, country stars, broadway stars. Seth thats great. And theyre lined up . They are lined up well theres 14 are locked up, and four are about to fall into place. Seth i would love the invitation [ laughter ] what do you want to sing . Seth i dont know. That one that song you do where that really sad one. That sad one. Yeah. Seth but this is something very cool and not a joke. Everyone in the audience tonight will be receiving a ticket to one of your shows to the palace. Come to the show. [ cheers and applause ] seth courtesy of mr. Ben platt. [ cheers and applause ] we love it. Seth which is a very, very generous and cool thing. Thank you. You mentioned you mentioned youre getting married to noah. Yes, were getting married. Seth you and noah had separate bachelor parties. Yes, we did. Seth which is the right thing to do when you are marrying somebody, you have two different bachelor parties. Exactly. Seth very different in tone. Very different in tone, noahs was like with his friends in the woods doing drugs, hanging out. Seth were finding out what noahs thing is. Yeah. [ laughter ] hes a lot cooler than i am in general. Mine was my High School Theater friends throwing me a cast party and sort of dancing to turkey lurky time and stuff, but it was really fun. It was very strange because they took me to a place called joy face downtown, its really fun for dancing and we were having a great time and very randomly just sort of out of the blue, paul mescal who im doing this film merrily we roll along. Seth fantastic actor. Wonderful guy. Dear friend, and he also was with Jesse Buckley who i think is also think is amazing. Seth also incredible. Who i dont know who is working on a film here, i think, or was. And i have a very strange relationship to my love for Jesse Buckley because i took a trip with noah to mexico, and immediately upon arrival drank some water that i shouldnt have drank and got some montezumas revenge and spent the whole trip in the bathroom and the only thing that kind of got me through that week in the bathroom was i watched this reality show in the uk that if you havent heard of it, its on youtube, highly recommend. Its called id do anything and its a reality competition show where girls are trying to win the role of nancy in oliver on the west end. And so its like american idol, but theyre trying to get this role in this musical and Jesse Buckley as a very, very young kid is on it and its sort of where her first break happened and she makes it all of the way to the end. So i just spent the whole time on the toilet really just rooting for her to make it and she makes it and spoiler alert all of the way to the finals and then loses out just because she wasnt exactly the right type, not because of her talent. Seth okay. But she really got me through that time and so she walks into this club and suddenly, im back on the toilet, and i have to express to her how much she meant to me and im walking up to her, like, im just going to go through that story, just like i did to you, im going to go through every detail and i get up to her and im just like, you cannot do this at 1 00 in the morning at this club. This poor girl and i was just like, your work means a lot to me. [ laughter ] seth yeah, that is the right call. If someone is on their way to the dance floor, and youre, like, can i have a second of your time . [ laughter ] for a super weird story thats not going to make you ever want to dance again. Absolutely. Seth your dear friend beanie feldstein who is also doing merrily with you and paul. Yes. Seth i cant believe it. Perfect casting. She talked about how at her wedding you sang at her wedding. Oh, yeah. Seth which is a fantastic thing to do for a friend and also a fantastic reason to have you as a friend. I think that yeah, i generally work most of the weddings i go to. Seth i would imagine its tough. Its tough for you to go to them where theyre not like, just one song . [ laughter ] have you, though, asked for the favor to be returned from beanie yet . Well my wedding is going to be super jewish, naturally, im jewish and we have this tradition in the jewish faith called the sheva brachot, which is like seven blessings that you say during the ceremony that are essentially the thing that makes you married. You get like seven different well wishes on your way. So beanie did this amazing thing at her wedding where she had all seven hebrew blessings but then had people interpret their own english versions of what they like to say and so were asking beanie to say one of those and offer a blessing to us. Im not going to make her work quite as hard. Seth well, thats very kind of you. Youre a very good friend. And congratulations on everything that is in your immediate future. Were looking forward to having you back in june. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] seth thank you for being here. My god, of course. Thanks for having me. Seth ben platt, everyone. His residency, youre all going at the Palace Theater on may 28th and honey mind is out may 31st. For tickets go to the honey mind tour, visit benplattmusic. Com. Well be right back with more late night. [ cheers and applause ] [ csomeday, ill buse ] first female president. Of the universe. middle boy someday, im gonna marry my baseball glove. 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