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Stephen Colbert
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Michelle Yeoh
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Stephen Colbert
Winner Michelle Yeoh takes command.
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Michelle Yeoh
Gather your people. We're gonna need every one of them.
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Stephen Colbert
In Section 31, a new Star Trek original movie on Paramount.
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Michelle Yeoh
Plus, Section 31 is just a place for people to bend their rules. Starfleet is here to make sure no one commits murder. What a cute idea. This is chaos. Let's get messy.
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Stephen Colbert
Don't miss the worldwide premiere of Star Trek Section 31, streaming January 24th exclusively on Paramount. Welcome. Welcome one and all to the Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. I don't know about you. I don't know about you folks, but it has been a rough two weeks watching Donald Trump haphazardly dismantle our government like a chimp with a chainsaw. But the end is in sight because scientists say an asteroid might hit our planet on December 22, 2032. So just hold on a little longer. We might go out in a blaze of glory like the dinosaurs. And then future little kids could wear pictures of us on their jammies. But if you're one of those Americans who doesn't want to be incinerated by a giant space rock, I've got good news for you, too. Researchers say there's a less than 2% chance of it striking Earth. I know, I know that seems kind of low. But I want to point out whenever I open a bottle of 2%, it's always 100% milk. Maybe I'm just lucky. I don't know. I gotta go to Vegas, bet on dairy products. But while we await the cleansing fire of an indifferent universe, we've still got to deal with all of Trump's dumb stuff. Today, his 10% tariffs against China went into effect, and they are big mad. They swiftly responded, announcing countermeasures targeting American companies and imports. But if China cuts American imports, who's going to buy the 3D versions of our movies that don't make sense in 3D but must be in 3D. Because China loves 3D. China. China. You guys are the only reason we released the 3D IMAX when Harry met Sally. It really feels like whatever she's having is coming straight at you. China is now slapping tariffs on American products like liquefied natural gas, coal and farm machinery. And also restricting its exports of minerals used in the production of high tech products. Well, that's fine China. I can survive without my high tech. I don't need my iPhone, okay? I can read a book. Siri. Open book. Could you charge that up? I think that's dead. China's also targeting individual American companies. For instance, they have something called the Unreliable Entity List. And they just added the maker of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Okay, China, that is a step too far. You can tax our products, you can withhold our precious minerals, but how dare you come for the discount boxer briefs at Marshall's? It is a fundamental human right to see them on the shelf next to an open box of biscuit mix and a talking Halloween skeleton phone. Hey, remember that chimp with the chainsaw metaphor I used earlier? The chainsaw has a name. It's Elon Musk. So gather round, you've heard of him. Gather round, children, for I'm about to tell you the tale of a very sad, very lonely little boy who had all the money in the world, yet could not buy a single droplet of cool. But Elon was able to buy his way into our government. And now he's blowing it up like a Tesla in self driving mode. In just the past couple of weeks. In just the past couple of weeks, Musk and his minions have commandeered, among other things, the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government's human resources department. You're the richest man on Earth. You want to take over hr. Why can't you be a fun billionaire like Richard Branson? Here he is, kite surfing, wearing a naked lady on his back like a Jansport backpack. Or the Dyson guy. He invented a vacuum and grows delicious. Elon, you could be the next Dyson. You never stop sucking now. Musk isn't doing this alone.
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Miles Teller
A Tyson.
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Stephen Colbert
A Tyson for the words. Musk is not doing this alone. He's brought along a crack team of recent children, A group of engineers between the ages of 19 and 24. So they should be unstoppable as long as their mission does not involve renting a car. With unlimited access to the government servers, Musk's team plans to pool all government contracts in a central database and use AI to assess Them for budget reductions. Ah, yes. Famously accurate AI the cutting edge technology that told Google users to eat at least one small rock per day. I know, on the surface, I know that sounds dumb, but. But Iraq is the only way to defeat the scissors that AI told you to swallow first. So, so delicious. So how is Musk even allowed to do any of this? Doge isn't a real department. It's made up. He's not an elected official. He's just some guy who gave Trump $288 million. Well, to smear a thin coat of legitimacy on Musk's rampage, the White House gave him the title of special government employee. Yeah, Special government employee. It's super official and super important. It even comes with a plastic badge from Hasbro and a my first vial of ketamine kit. Now, if all of this. If all of this feels weird and unconstitutional. Yeah, even some Republicans acknowledge that. Like North Carolina's Thom Tillis, who said Elon Musk runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense. But it's not uncommon for presidents to flex a little bit on where they can spend and where they can stop spending, adding nobody should belly ache about it. Yeah, everybody knows you can fudge the Constitution a little bit. That's why at the very end, it says. Or not. You know what? Evis. Senator Tillis isn't alone. Last night, Louisiana Senator John. Not that John Kennedy. Kennedy went on the Fox News to defend Trump and Musk, but he got off to kind of a weird start. Let me try to put all this in context for you. I like omelets. I mean, I really like omelets. I could eat an omelette at every meal. I like omelets better than sex. I have been eating at the wrong diner. And I like an omelet. I like it. Senator, you were saying, I like omelets better than sex. Not really, but you get the point. I like omelets. You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs. Wait, stop. All that ramp up about omelette was just to get to that old saying. Now, are you familiar with dogs? Okay. I love being old. Dog. Like a hound. Like an old one. Okay. Just a dog that's reached a mature age. Not dead, but old. Okay. I'm also a fan of tricks. Okay. How'd they do that? But when I'm watching a trick, I like it to be a trick I haven't seen before. Like a new one. Now, unfortunately, when it comes to elderly dogs, which again, you remember that I said I love the older, the more I love them. Okay. It can be tough to teach them. You know the trick? What I'm saying is, my dog has sex with omelets and that is a trick I enjoy now. Okay, Kennedy finally got to the point. Now President Trump ran for office saying, I'm going to review every single penny in the federal budget. Now, how are you going to review the spending in the federal budget without reviewing the spending? Does he know there's a difference between reviewing something and getting rid of it completely? I would really hate to see John Kennedy as a dentist. All right, you stay right there. I'm going to check these chompers out. Just gotta pull them out to give them a look. There. That one seems fine. Okay, let's go to the next one. Oh, oh, don't worry. You know what? You don't need teeth for omelets, okay? You're going to be fine. Why don't we move you over here? And it's not just our government. Another treasured American institution is having to take drastic measures because due to shortages, Waffle House is adding a 50 cent per egg surcharge. Well, if there's one thing I know about Waffle House customers, is that they'll handle the news with grace and aplomb. I'm told we have live footage of a customer learning about the egg surcharge. No, they steal from the garbage. This surcharge, this cost of eggs, could really hit the company in the old napkin caddy because Waffle House serves 272 million eggs per year, making it the most ordered item, surpassing hash browns and waffles. Wait a second. Are you telling me waffles aren't the top product at Waffle House? Next you're gonna tell me that the best selling item at Cracker Barrel isn't crack. I just feel bad. I personally, I love waffle, but I feel feel bad for all the egg loving Waffle House customers. One in particular. I like omelets better than sex. We got a great show for you tonight. Up next, former USAID administrator Samantha Power. On January 24th, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh takes command.
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Michelle Yeoh
Gather your people. We're gonna need every one of them.
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Stephen Colbert
In Section 31, a new Star Trek original movie on Paramount.
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Michelle Yeoh
Section 31 is just a place for people to bend the rules.
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Stephen Colbert
Starfleet is here to make sure no one commits murder.
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Michelle Yeoh
What a cute idea. This is chaos. Let's get messy.
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Stephen Colbert
Don't miss the worldwide premiere of Star Trek Section 31, streaming January 24th, exclusively on Paramount. Plus, ladies and gentlemen, we now return to the dismantling of our government already in progress. One of the first victims, Elon Musk, has decided to sacrifice to the ever ravenous gods of chaos is the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, which for over 60 years has been the international humanitarian arm of the United States government, addressing hunger, disease and poverty all around the world. Well, on Sunday night, Musk post. We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead, it's could have gone to some great parties. Okay, well, at least you're not a grammar Nazi. Now, without providing. Without providing any proof, Elon said USAID is a criminal organization. Oh yeah, they're an international crime sin to get hell bent on helping people just like their dastardly heroes, Mama T and Kid Gandhi. This weekend, Musk and the Elan Jungen launched a blitzkrieg. Locked employees out of their computers, making the agency's website vanish, instructing staffers to stay out of the Washington headquarters with yellow police tape and officers blocking the lobby. It's gotta be a weird detail. That's gotta be a weird detail for those officers. I've got a secretary here saying she left her good lotion on her desk. Bath and Body Works. Hello, sugar. Subject appears agitated and smells delicious. Requesting backup. So the question is, can USAID be saved? And should it be saved? Or should we allow the unelected richest man in the world, on a whim, cut off life saving funding to some of the poorest people in the world? Here to answer those questions is the most recent and possibly last administrator of usaid, Samantha Power. Samantha, thanks for being here. Have a seat. There you go. JFK established USAID in 1961. Which, you know, this was a product of the Cold War. Usaid. What was its mission? And why is that mission still vital now that the Cold War is over? Why do we still need it?
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Michelle Yeoh
Well, the Cold War, of course, Kennedy was thinking about the battle for hearts and minds and what would win America the affections of global publics. So this is an investment in our stability, in our security, in our alliances. And that is what USAID has done since Kennedy created it. Helped eradicate smallpox on the verge of eradicating polio again and again. USAID is on the front lines of some of the hardest challenges that our country faces and that some of the most vulnerable people in the world face.
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Stephen Colbert
So it's a premier example, it's like a prime example of what people call soft power in the world. Influence on the rest of the world through the way we help them. Do you have any sense of what's actually going on at the agency right now? Because it's kind of confusing what the status is.
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Michelle Yeoh
It's confusing in some respects. But the core fact is programs that were running that people were depending on, in some cases for life saving medicine, like medicine, if you have HIV that keeps you alive, quite literally, or if you're in Sudan and you have a child who's wasting away because of malnutrition, a miracle paste, a peanut paste that USAID provides brings that kid back from the brink of death. All of those programs are shuttered and immediately they were shuttered from the minute the executive order went out. And it didn't say, hey, let's review programs going forward. It said, stop everything you are doing globally right now. Stop it. No matter the human consequences, regardless if.
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Stephen Colbert
You were in the middle of distributing food.
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Michelle Yeoh
We have stories of kids who are going in for their TB medicine. And the first three kids in a long, long line waiting out in the hot sun got the TB medicine. Everybody else told to go home.
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Stephen Colbert
So let's say Trump, you know, gets what he wants and the US stops providing $40 billion in aid around the world, what happens then? I mean, do we launch a Kickstarter for the rest of the world? Who out there is going to step in to this gap?
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Michelle Yeoh
Well, one of the things that we were so focused on is how do we turn the taxpayer resources that are given to us into more. So we actually, over the last four years, increased private sector contributions to development and humanitarian causes by about 40% for every dollar we spent in a place like Ukraine, we turned it into $3 from other countries. But when the US pulls away, it's not clear what those other countries will do. There'll be a collective action problem. But the countries that stand most to benefit are authoritarian nations. They are nations that thrive on corruption and thrive on chaos. You see tweets indeed this week from Russian officials celebrating the potential demise of US Aid. You see the officials from the People's Republic of China who are now confronting a serious issue in developing countries because those countries have gone into such debt to work with China that they now want to look elsewhere. They returning to the United States.
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Stephen Colbert
So this is, this is a gift to Russia and China.
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Michelle Yeoh
This is a huge gift to the People's Republic of China, particularly because they are showing up and trying to bring countries into their orbit in order to be able to access critical minerals, in order to be able to have their supply chains reside in these developing countries. But those countries were turning toward the United States because we offer an entirely different value proposition that is rooted fundamentally in caring about the people in the countries in which we work.
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Stephen Colbert
So if even if people don't care about usaid, if they're not moved by the mission of usaid, this is undeniably, people have said this from both sides of the aisle, that this is an unconstitutional grabbing of power by an unelected rich guy. And even if it was Trump doing it, it would still be unconstitutional because Congress has the purse strings. Is there anything that people can do to push back around something like this?
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Michelle Yeoh
Well, let me say the other reason that people should care is USAID was monitoring, for example, bird flu in 49 countries. There's an Ebola outbreak in Uganda right now that we were helping the Ugandan authorities deal with.
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Stephen Colbert
And my understanding is that one of the reasons why we don't have Ebola here is that USAID has helped stamp it out where it correct, where, you know, pops up around the world. So no one's getting on a plane and bringing it here.
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Michelle Yeoh
And we've gotten better and better at doing it, but we've gotten better at doing it because we have people in the field who have expertise and who know how to deal with infectious disease outbreaks. But yes, Congress fundamentally would have to be involved in any dismantling of usaid. USAID has enjoyed broad bipartisan support over these decades. Indeed, yesterday we had a number of Republican senators come out and talk about the importance of USAID in standing up to the People's Republic of China, in providing vital HIV medicine, in actually buying American farm commodities and sending those farm commodities to hungry people overseas. So there's broad awareness of the good that USAID is doing, not only for the people in the countries in which we work, but also for US Security and US Interests. However, now that has been overtaken by so, so many distortions and inventions about what USAID programming is at the same time that the people doing the invention have taken down the website where we list all of our programs and our projects so it's not even possible for people to fact check against again, this misinformation that is being put out.
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Stephen Colbert
Why do you think this is the first agency that is being taken out behind the barn?
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Michelle Yeoh
Well, I think we saw last week as well an effort to cut off all federal programs, but there was an uproar. People call their congressmen and women blue states, red states. These programs are really important in the lives of Americans. The kids at those Vaccination clinics, those girls who are in school because of usaid, they don't vote in our elections. They don't have the numbers of congresspeople. They don't have that ability to use that lever. So it's really up to the rest of us to make that case.
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Stephen Colbert
So that while it affects the United States ultimately, because of our influence around the world and protecting us from flare ups of disease or conflict around the world, we don't immediately see it. Therefore, they can go ahead and attack this one agency and no one's going to care that much.
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Michelle Yeoh
And again, aided by a complete misconstrual about what the Agency does. So we need to get the story out there about what the facts are about how many lives have been saved, about how US security is advanced, how US prosperity and markets for American goods are being created by the work we do in the economic sphere. We've got to tell that story. But it's really important for those who know this work to use their voices and to stand up to this evisceration of something that is so vital to the United States. We are the ground game for American foreign policy and we are the face of American values. And it's essential that this be preserved.
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Stephen Colbert
Sam, thanks so much for being here.
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Michelle Yeoh
Thank you. Appreciate it.
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Stephen Colbert
Coming down. Samantha Power, everybody. Coming up, Miles Teller, ladies and gentlemen. You know my first guest tonight from films such as the Spectacular, Now, Whiplash and Top Gun Maverick. He now stars in the gorge.
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Miles Teller
Listen, I'm sorry, man, but I just feel like I'm missing something. So apart from keeping this place a secret, what's the mission? I need to keep people from going in the gorge.
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Michelle Yeoh
No, you need to stop what's in the gorge from coming out. A year ago, I was in your boots and my predecessor gave me the exact same speech. And what did I think of him?
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Miles Teller
He's completely full of.
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Michelle Yeoh
Exactly. But trust me. Keep your eyes on the central gorge walls. They're the most scalable sensor miniguns further north and south should take care of the rest scale.
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Miles Teller
Take care of what? Shh. What the hell is that?
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Stephen Colbert
Please. Welcome back to the Late Show. Miles Tell.
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Miles Teller
How we doing? Hey, good.
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Stephen Colbert
Nice to see you again. Thanks so much for being here.
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Miles Teller
Thanks for having me. You're the host, so thanks for hosting us.
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Stephen Colbert
You're the guest. I want you to have a good time and I also want it to be a very pleasurable time for you because I know this has been an incredibly stressful. The playoffs few weeks for you. No, even before that. I know that you and your wife are among the many people in Los Angeles who lost their homes in the fire. Yeah, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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Miles Teller
Thank you.
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Stephen Colbert
How are y'all doing?
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Miles Teller
We're doing. So it's about, you know, it's a couple weeks removed now. We're, you know, we're doing. We're doing all right. It's really. It truly is like day by day.
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Stephen Colbert
But it must be surreal.
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Miles Teller
It is. It is very surreal.
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Stephen Colbert
I hope it's not too difficult of a memory, but can you tell me, like, how it unfolded?
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Miles Teller
Like, I did sense memory all through college. This is a piece of cake.
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Stephen Colbert
Okay, great.
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Miles Teller
I'm used to going into my trauma.
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Stephen Colbert
All right, great for the art.
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Miles Teller
Yeah.
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Stephen Colbert
Let's get method.
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Miles Teller
Explain to me what am I wearing?
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Stephen Colbert
It's something loose. Okay, so what do you like, how did the day unfold here? When did you first know there might be a problem?
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Miles Teller
Yeah. So my wife and I woke up and where we lived in the Palisades, we were kind of on some elevation. So as soon as we opened our curtains in our master bedroom balcony, we saw at our 12 o'clock the fire start. And it was very small. I think it was at 2 acres at that point. And my wife, who's from Southern California, she was, you know, starting to get a bit, I think, anxious, but ready to act. And it was at our 12 o'clock, maybe three or four miles in the distance. And Kelly said, you know, if that fire goes from 12 to 3 o'clock, we're really in trouble and we gotta move. I was taking care of my grandma at the time because my grandfather, who I was extremely close with, he had just passed away a couple weeks before. So I was planning on moving her out to California with me. So I was like, hey, mup. That's what we call her if she's watching. I said, don't be alarmed, but maybe you should start getting your paperwork together and your meds and things like that. And then we just kind of. You grab very little. We never thought that it was going to come where we were. It's very residential. I don't know if you've been to the Palisades, but we weren't surrounded by any brush or anything. It truly is just all, you know, as a neighborhood, so many families, family owned businesses, and fire is scary. I grew up in the east coast and hurricanes a lot of the time in Florida, but usually they're kind of scaring you for like a week. You have a lot of heads Up. But for the fire, man, it moved fast. I would say, from the time we woke up and saw it to mandatory evacuation, I would say, you know, like 90 minutes, two hours. And we're watching it on TV as it's happening, and people are abandoning cars. At that point, people were already, you know, grabbing their kids and running down the street. And it was pure. It was pretty chaotic. Absolutely.
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Stephen Colbert
Well, for anybody out there who wants to help the people affected by this fire, Tom, I think we've got a QR code we can put up here with a list of suggested charities for people. If you want to help the people of Southern California who still have years to recover from this going forward.
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Miles Teller
Oh, it's going to be a while, but I got. One of the items I took was my grandfather's watch. I don't know if we can. I don't know what camera that is.
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Stephen Colbert
But that's Mup Tasman.
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Miles Teller
Yeah.
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Stephen Colbert
Now, one way you might get a little relief and distraction from this is this Sunday. Cause you're a big Eagles fan.
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Miles Teller
Yeah.
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Stephen Colbert
Going out there?
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Miles Teller
Yeah, I'll be there. Absolutely.
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Stephen Colbert
Well, last time you. This might be a little different. Last year, you were in Travis Kelce's family box.
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Miles Teller
Sure.
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Stephen Colbert
Cheering him on.
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Miles Teller
Yeah.
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Stephen Colbert
So now it's Chiefs Eagles. Are you gonna go say hi?
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Miles Teller
Absolutely not. I'll see, I'll see. I'll see. I'll see Jason. I'll see Jason at, you know, at some point.
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Stephen Colbert
Yeah, yeah.
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Miles Teller
You can't. I mean, for Philadelphia sports fans. Yes, it is. You just bleed it. There is no. I've never been one of those people who have, like, oh, well, this is my east coast team, and this is my west coast team. BS Man.
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Stephen Colbert
Yeah.
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Miles Teller
You got one for life, and your uncle has it tattooed on his leg.
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Stephen Colbert
If Philadelphia wins, do you think you would go down there and join the riot?
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Miles Teller
I would.
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Stephen Colbert
How are you climbing poles?
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Miles Teller
I got to check my schedule.
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Stephen Colbert
We have to take a quick break. We'll be right back with more Miles Teller. Everybody, stick around. Hey, everybody. We're back with one of the stars of the gorge, Miles Teller. It's sci fi, it's thriller, it's horror. There's romance, too, with Andy Taylor. Joy, explain to the people what the gorge is.
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Miles Teller
Well, at its core, it really is a love story under tension. So, my character. It is my character.
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Stephen Colbert
We're testing the tensile strength of this romance. Yes.
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Miles Teller
Beautiful word.
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Stephen Colbert
Thank you.
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Miles Teller
So, my character, I take a mission, and the rules are that you're gonna be in a tower. You're gonna Be completely by yourself. You're gonna have no contact with anybody for a year. Are you in or. I say, yeah, I'm in. And then I look across the way, and Anya Taylor, Joy's character's in an east tower doing the same exact thing. But because we're trained snipers, we start kind of, you know, checking out the other sniper.
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Stephen Colbert
Sure.
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Miles Teller
And you start to. As one does. You get a little lonely, start to build up, maybe some feelings.
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Stephen Colbert
Are there curtains on these towers?
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Miles Teller
If you want them.
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Stephen Colbert
I looked at the trailer. You don't.
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Miles Teller
My trailer was really, like, barren, and it just felt like a cold war bunker. And then I went to Anya's tower, and it was like candles and instruments, and it was just very cozy.
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Stephen Colbert
She's very elf like.
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Miles Teller
Yes. She's just. She's incredible. Yeah, I know. You're a fan. She's the best. She's awesome.
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Stephen Colbert
You work with Tom Cruise in Top Maverick. As we all know here, Tom is famous for doing his own stunts. Do you do your own stunts?
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Miles Teller
I do as many as I can.
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Stephen Colbert
How many is that, like, percentage wise? Like, do you like zipline? And I see you.
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Miles Teller
Yeah, I'm doing that.
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Stephen Colbert
Is that you doing that?
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Miles Teller
Yeah, we made kind of like a modified version of it. Yeah, I did a lot, right?
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Stephen Colbert
You did a lot.
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Miles Teller
I did all of them. I did most all of.
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Stephen Colbert
Do all of your stunts.
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Miles Teller
That's what I said, man. I do. I do all of them.
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Stephen Colbert
I got editors. We'll clean that up. We'll clean that up.
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Miles Teller
I think it plays.
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Stephen Colbert
I'm professionally obligated to ask Top Gun 3. Yes. Is it happening?
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Miles Teller
Look, I.
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Stephen Colbert
Come on, Rooster.
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Miles Teller
You might be shocked, but I do not greenlight that thing. I have nothing.
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Stephen Colbert
But they have to know that you're on board.
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Miles Teller
I just told Tom, I said, give me enough time, heads up for me to get in shape. It's one month per ab. I need six months heads up.
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Stephen Colbert
And you just do them one at a time? Yeah. That's very isolating.
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Miles Teller
That's the only way I train.
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Stephen Colbert
Fantastic. So, yes, it's happening is what you're saying.
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Miles Teller
Yeah, exactly. I don't know. There's a lot of enthusiasm on the fans side. There's a lot of enthusiasm on the creative side. So can I pitch an idea?
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Stephen Colbert
Can I pitch an idea?
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Miles Teller
I can tell that you want to. Yes.
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Stephen Colbert
Ok. So the Navy switches all over to drones. Okay? AI drones. They're super effective, but the drones get hatched. So they have to draw the top guns back out of retirement to fight the drone army. Man versus machine.
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Miles Teller
Yeah.
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Stephen Colbert
Do not steal. Do not steal David Ellison. All right. You tell him that, right? You'll tell him that, right?
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Miles Teller
I'll tell him.
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Stephen Colbert
Okay. I have lawyers.
- [31:01]
Miles Teller
Yeah, so does he.
- [31:03]
Stephen Colbert
Well, well.
- [31:04]
Miles Teller
Guess you guys will have a lawyer, I guess.
- [31:06]
Stephen Colbert
A lawyer like our lawyers fight in a pit.
- [31:08]
Miles Teller
Yeah.
- [31:09]
Stephen Colbert
Send our lawyers down to the gorge.
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Miles Teller
Do it.
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Stephen Colbert
Well, the gorge streams on Apple TV on February 14th. It's Miles Teller, everybody. Miles, thanks so much for being here. Thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives. On January 24, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh takes command.
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Michelle Yeoh
Gather your people who are gonna need.
- [31:40]
Stephen Colbert
Every one of them in Section 31, a new Star Trek original movie on Paramount.
- [31:45]
Michelle Yeoh
Plus, Section 31 is just a place for people to bend the rules.
- [31:49]
Stephen Colbert
Starfleet is here to make sure no one commits murder.
- [31:51]
Michelle Yeoh
What a cute idea. This is chaos. Let's get messy.
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Stephen Colbert
Don't miss the worldwide premiere of Star Trek Section 31, streaming January 24, exclusively on Paramount. Plus.