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For Oscar-nominated actor Steven Yeun, seven long, grueling seasons dodging virus-infected zombie hordes meant a whole lot of nothing when it came to weathering an entire, real-world year of an actual global pandemic. Appearing on Monday’s
Conan, the
Minari actor and beloved, late The Walking Dead survivor (until, you know, not) told Conan O’Brien that, while he being rich, famous, and possessed of both loving family and a brand new, paid-for house was “one of the lucky ones” when it came to quarantine comfort, he was still woefully unprepared. Startling Conan, Yeun went dark and deep with his assessment of his pandemic mindset, explaining (with the thousand-yard stare of someone who’s seen a whole lot of zombies in his time), “The battlefield is, like, yourself.”
Jay Pharoah s Joaquin Phoenix-Joker impression is the sexual aid you didn t need
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Conan’s pandemic Largo set, comedian, impressionist, and guy not reticent about dishing how
Saturday Night Liveisn’t the most diverse place in the world Jay Pharoah explained what it was like being back in the good old, COVID-infested United States. Having just come back from an extended stay in the African island nation of Mauritius, where COVID is not a thing, really, thanks to its isolation and common-sense safety regulations, Pharoah told Conan O’Brien that experiencing the November election returns from a world away was a refreshingly tactile experience. “We were hugging because we could,” said Pharoah of his family’s time processing Joe Biden’s victory (apparently, the Mauritian people are also pretty happy that Donald Trump isn’t going to be in charge any more). Calling it a “momentous, joyous moment,” Pharoah told Conan his happy Mauritius vacation was on