Julia Louis-Dreyfus | with Trump Goes on 60 Minutes & Promotes Stephen Miller, Boebert Loses, Zohran Schools Fox: A Closer Look

0:02Republican Representative Thomas Massey of Kentucky this afternoon filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, or in terms Pete's more accustomed to, last call!

0:21From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus But first, a closer look

0:39Donald Trump claimed in a 60 Minutes interview that he wanted to work with Democrats While also appointing one of his administration's most unhinged extremists As his new chief of staff For more on this, it's time for a closer look

0:54As more results come in Even last week's blue tsunami keeps getting bigger and bluer, it's like if Papa Smurf was addicted to looks-maxing. Not a great joke, but I wanted to see what the graphic looked like. And maybe if we don't need it anymore, I could take it home with me. The point is, the midterms keep getting better for Democrats as more results come in, including the governorships. Governorships remain on the line in Alaska and Kansas, With Democrats ahead in both states, those races are still too close to call. If those leads hold, Democrats will govern 75 % of Americans. Oh, my God. Do you know what this means?

1:3975 % of Americans are now under Sharia law.

1:48Sharia law. Law. Law. I will say, it has been fun to watch Fox News discover in real time that all the BS they spent six months spewing about Democrats is not true, like when they grilled Zohran Mamdani about his positions on various issues over the weekend. Get rid of borders? No. Get rid of SCOTUS? No. Get rid of jails? No. It's like lightning round on racist Grandpa Jeopardy. All right, I have a few more things on my checklist. Ban meat? No. No. Ban dogs? No. Ban cats? No. Everyone's gay now? No. Everyone's trans now? No. Everyone's poly now? No. Everyone has to walk on their hands and eat with their feet?

2:30No. You have to drive on the parkway and park on the driveway? Yes. Great! I guess we all live in China now. Democrats have won so many races, they now run states accounting for three-fourths of Americans. And what few races remain look even better for Democrats. The Democrats' historic victory is getting even bigger. In the House right now, as of now, they have 253 seats. These are the races that have been called. But you can see here, they're ahead in 261. In Colorado, Republican Lauren Boebert narrowly trails the Democrat in the state's 4th district. Oh man, we're going to lose Boebert too?

3:11Where's the comedy going to come from? I mean, my favorite thing is if you say Boebert's name, three times she gets kicked out of a production of Beetlejuice for groping and vaping. Who's gonna grope and vape at regional theater productions now? This guy? I bet if you tried to pass him a vape at a show, he'd tell you not to disturb the other audience members. Ugh. Not only was Boebert's seat considered safe for Republicans, she was one of the poster children for MAGA. Are you ready for President Donald J. Trump to walk into the White House January 20th, 2025, and look the swamp creatures in the eye and say, as I was saying?

3:55Now, come on. That's not what Trump said to the swamp creatures in the White House. He said, congratulations, you're the chief of staff now. Although, although I will, I will give Bova credit. She stayed optimistic on election night, even as the early returns showed her behind and the local news sassed her. Laura Boeber just told the band to keep going. She's not ready to call it yet. Here's what she said a little bit ago as well, after the line dancing. We're hanging out. We're having a great time. The band is going to get back started. What do you guys think about Dewey and the guys? They got the band.

4:34They got the Bush Light. They've got the dancing. They don't have the lead.

4:44I don't know what's a bigger insult. They don't have the lead or they do have the Bush Light. Was she running for Congress or Sigma Chi president? And look, I have no complaint with Bush Light, mind you. I'm just saying it's the preferred beverage for binge drinkers. I'm pretty sure their slogan is, After 10, you don't notice the taste. There are a great many lessons for MAGA to take from election night, but if you want to take a specific one from Boebert, It's don't look bummed while checking election results right next to the reporters, so it's easy for them to pan over and reveal you. Since those comments, the mood has shifted a little bit.

5:17We still got the music going, but if you notice, there aren't as many people around the Congresswoman at the moment as she scrolls her iPad looking at results. Probably not loving things the way that... maybe as much she was confident earlier. That definitely doesn't look like somebody who's thrilled with what she's seeing on whatever she's refreshing every 10 seconds like the rest of us, Kyle and Kim. Wow.

5:46Wow. And Boebert's Colorado district is not the only seat once thought to be safe for Republicans that's about to go to a Democrat. In Mississippi's Senate race, Democrat Scott Cologne is widening his lead over GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. Cologne leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2 ,574 votes. He says Senator Hyde-Smith needs to stop hiding and speak to the public and the press about how she thinks she can come from behind and win the Senate race, or he says she needs to concede. Scott, Senator Hyde-Smith all but declared victory last night. I don't want to get you to do that. Nice job.

6:36Bless her heart. Oh, snap. He hit her with a bless her heart in Mississippi. That's a weapon of mass destruction. When they show the Sopranos in Mississippi, they replace all the F-bombs with bless your hearts. I don't know if you're stupid. Bless his heart. Go back to Miami and play volleyball. Whatever the... Another state with slower vote counting is Alaska. No winner has been named in the Senate race there, as you may have heard. This is a race with two guys named Dan Sullivan. One is the GOP incumbent. Another is a third-party spoiler recruited by Democrats to siphon votes away from the Republican, Dan Sullivan.

7:16The courts have already ruled on this and settled the matter, but Trump is still very unhappy. You have a Dan Sullivan, the real Dan... I call him the real Dan Sullivan. You have the fake Dan Sullivan. The fake Dan Sullivan got a lot of votes, meaning 2 % or something, but a lot. They put two people, not just Dan Sullivan. They put the fake Dan Sullivan. And when you add up those votes, Dan Sullivan, the real Dan Sullivan, wins in a lance, not a lance, but wins by thousands of votes. The people that like Dan Sullivan, by mistake, voted for the fake Dan Sullivan. And they should be mandated to take the fake Dan Sullivan's votes and the other person they put in there and give it to the real Dan Sullivan.

7:54It would be the funniest prank in the world If the Democrats put a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot Just to make Trump sound insane Of all the s*** Trump has said for 10 years Him talking about a real Dan Sullivan and a fake Dan Sullivan Is the thing that makes him sound like an actual crazy person You watch the clip and you're worried he's going to start talking to one of them And I'm honored to have the real Dan Sullivan here My staff says I'm imagining him But how can you imagine your best friend say hello, Dan?

8:26He's being shy again. So Alaska is still counting its votes for a simple reason. There are lots of remote communities that are not connected to the state's road system. But could someone maybe explain that in a more weird and off-putting way? Eric Croft is the chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party, and he joins us now from Anchorage. The division of elections released not just the ballots they had so far, and we're still counting up here. We take a kind of different approach. We treat this process more like sex. Finishing first and early is not the main goal. We prefer to take it slow, kind of do it right, and hopefully at the end everybody involved is satisfied.

9:16I knew.

9:21I knew Alaska was our most remote state, but I didn't know it was our freakiest. Is that what they mean by drill, baby drill? Also, what do you mean everybody involved? Usually there's only two people. Wait, is everything like your elections? I hooked up with Jeff last night and fake Jeff. Seriously, how many orgies are happening in Juneau? Wait, is that what the Trans-Alaska pipeline system is? I thought it was for oil. Now I'm realizing it's just a euphemism. That's why the acronym is TAPS. When people say the trans-Alaska pipeline system fills America's strategic supply, what they mean is Alaska taps that ass.

10:02But whatever. Sir, that must be the end of your unsettling sex analogy. You're not going to burn another state just for fun, right? I was not prepared for that analogy, I'll have to say, Eric. Well, yeah. Yeah, we think Florida finishes a little quick. Whoa!

10:21I think maybe Democrats are in too good a mood. I didn't realize the blue and blue wave meant things were gonna get filthy. So, Democrats are, uh, we're pretty excited. We're so excited about, uh, C &O. Sorry. I went to my fake mic too early. Nah, Sal, you'll fix it, Sal. Couldn't get out of it.

10:50Don't give me your Mitch McConnell-ist dead applause.

10:58Democrats are so giddy, they're on CNN doing a tight five about how voting is like sex. Uh, yeah, so Alaska takes it slow, Florida finishes quick, and Rhode Island's so small, you didn't even know if the vote is in yet.

11:21The point is, these results are a clear... Oh, that was... Okay.

11:35These results are a clear rebuke to Trump and the MAGA movement. Even Republicans agree. The American people, young men, white Americans, said screw you to Donald Trump. This is the end of the Trump era. Last night, we're done. What went wrong for Republicans on Tuesday in Georgia? Three things. Donald Trump, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump. No! Don't say his name! If you say his name three times, he has to vape with Boebert. So even the GOP is furious at Trump and blaming him for their historic drubbing, which might be why Trump is suddenly pretending to strike a more conciliatory tone. I saw James Tallarico, the new Democratic senator from Texas.

12:18I saw him on Fox News, and he said immigration was one of the things he wanted to work with. Others, too. South Carolina said. You did, you did. Numerous people that once said that. In the course of the campaign, you did occasionally call him Tallafrico. Yeah, I did. Do you think you could work with the Democrats without insulting them consistently? Yeah, I could. You think so? I also call many of them Democrats. You did that just the other day. If it took six months of not insulting the Democrats to get a deal done, do you think you could do it? Very easily. Very easily? You couldn't even get through the question without insulting Democrats.

12:54He's like a guilty dog who also offers up more things he did. Donald, did you tear up all this toilet paper? I did, yeah, yeah. I also took a on the rug. Nothing shows this man's decline more than how proud he is of coining Democrats. I mean, who's telling them it's good? If Democrats isn't funny, how come real Dan Sullivan is laughing so hard?

13:24My best friend. He's my best friend! But you heard Trump. He's willing to compromise and work with Democrats. And I know he's said that many times over the course of 10-plus years, and it's never once been true, but, you guys, I think he really means it this time. In fact, I'm so confident this morning I went on Calci, and I bet$1 million on this is a kinder, gentler Trump. I'm all in, baby. There's no way I can lose this bet. Tonight, the first White House shakeup following that massive midterm defeat. Stephen Miller, the polarizing architect with the president's crackdown on illegal immigration, is the new White House chief of staff.

14:01I lost all my money. I'm broke. Woo-hoo! I'm rich, baby! I'm rich! Woo-hoo! Wally.

14:13Wally! Stay off couchy! So Trump said he would work with Democrats and then immediately promoted the most vicious, hardline extremist in his government, a guy who routinely says stuff like this. The Democrat Party does not fight for, care about, or represent American citizens. It is an entity devoted exclusively to the defense of hardened criminals, gangbangers, and illegal alien killers and terrorists. The Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization. Our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see, as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.

15:02That snotty voice. He sounds like an eighth grader playing Dungeons and Dragons. The powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned Okay, roll a 12-sided die to question his power It's especially absurd that Trump would promote the most unhinged member of his staff Given that he also specifically cited immigration as an area where he would like to compromise with Democrats What is one thing you would like to work with a Democratic majority on? I'd love to do something on immigration What? Because, well, so... Do you think immigration hurt you in the midterms?

15:39Do you think the crackdown hurt you? I think it both helped and hurt. I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation for breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally. So you think your deportation policy went too far? It was too tough. I think it might be too tough. Stephen Miller is the guy who created that policy. Why are you promoting the guy responsible for the thing you admit people hate? It's like if Subway made Jared Fogle their CEO.

16:13We're bringing back the big pants. Everyone loves the big pants, don't we? Maybe not this audience, but everyone...

16:25And Miller didn't just craft those policies. He was a fanatic about making them, making insane demands that even Trump officials thought were nuts. Stephen Miller held a meeting screaming at ICE officials to arrest more undocumented immigrants. Miller setting a new quota of 3 ,000 arrests per day to include more than just migrants with criminal records. The conservative Washington Examiner, a conservative paper, has this quote out of a private meeting where Stephen Miller is screaming at agents, what do you mean you're going after criminals? Why aren't you at Home Depot? Why aren't you at 7-Eleven?

16:57I'm sorry, but the only crime we should care about at 7-Eleven is the Coca-Cola Slurpee. I'm not against a Coca-Cola Slurpee, but we can change the color, maybe? How are people drinking something that looks like this? This looks exactly like what my dog left on our rug.

17:17Rufus, did you do this? Yeah, I did. So, how can Trump say that he wants to work with Democrats on immigration while promoting Stephen Miller at the same time. It may seem contradictory, but there's actually a very simple answer. He doesn't give a s***. He has no idea what his own government is doing, and he doesn't care. His biggest priorities right now are making money and building his ballroom. That's why the only time you ever see him on camera anymore post-election is at a construction site where the noise is so loud, even he can't talk over it. Are you concerned about it? Not even a little bit.

17:51I think it would destroy... I think it would destroy the Democrat Party if they did that. You know he told the workers to start hammering as soon as reporters asked him about impeachment. The construction noise is so loud, we can't even hear the president anymore. I can't wait for his next State of the Union address. Americans ventured out across the daunting, dangerous continent. Hey,

18:16watch the pipes, Mr. Brody! Bless his heart. The midterms were a historic rebuke to the sitting president, the likes of which we haven't seen for half a century. Even Republicans are turning on him. Trump's facing the prospect of investigation and impeachment. The only way he'll be able to avoid consequences is if he changes his name from Donald Trump to... Dan Sullivan. This has been A Closer Look. Thank you.

18:53I'm a Peabody-winning actress you know from Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Veep. She's making her Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities, which is playing at the Hudson Theater. Please welcome back to the show our very good friend, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, everybody!

19:16Hello, how are you? I'm very good. You're on Broadway. I know. I'm an actor. You're an actor. It's a grueling schedule. It is. Yeah. No, I know this. I thought you were being sarcastic. No, I'm not. I'm sorry. I have a problem. My genuine tone sounds sarcastic. Yeah. You must be working so hard. Yes. But so this is your day off. And you're here with me And I feel incredibly grateful And honored to have you But this play is doing great It's selling out You didn't need to be doing press I know, I don't really need to be You're very welcome And I mean, was this something you agreed to Like when they made you worried That it was like, oh it's hard to sell Broadway tickets And now that you're here you're just kicking yourself Yep I appreciate your honesty

20:12I've never I've never worried about I hope Julia gives it to me straight It's an incredible cast It's an incredible play It's about family secrets Yes, it is It's a very good topic for a Broadway show It is, actually It's got a lot of comedy, it's got tons of drama And it's got a big fat twist Which is really fun And it's got an incredible cast Ed Harris, Allison Janney Joe Keery Lily Ray This is Have you had I know you talked about the nerves of taking it on But now they're actually doing it every night How are pre-show jitters In the beginning I was dying I was It was really scary I would be terrified And now There's always some jitters always oh my god always yeah um and uh but i've gotten a little more used to it it's not quite as bad as it was initially but there's always butterflies i so whenever i go out for example when i do stand up i always still have butterflies before i walk out i do feel like i find them helpful like a reminder of like to focus like that if i was i think if i was like free and easy it would be about to be a bad show oh yeah you it keeps you on your toes it's kind of like uh It's like fuel somehow Yeah I mean, you need it I do think, yeah It's just like everything like zeroes in Do you have butterflies right now talking to me?

21:41No

21:45I love You know, and I do with a lot of guests Yeah, no, no Not with you No, I get it, I get it

21:55What am I doing here? I don't know It takes place in the desert It takes place in the desert Yes, Palm Springs Are you somebody who cares for the desert? I do not care for the desert Do you? No I don't care for the desert either No, I don't I like trees and green I like trees and green And I know I don't want to get in trouble here But don't you think that people who like the desert There's something a little off? Just people who choose to live in one You're like, okay Yeah Go for it Yeah, go for it Oh, where? There's no water? Enjoy Yeah, I know It's kind of kooky So you were never like, when you were in L.A.

22:37You were not like, oh my god, let's go out to Palm Desert Or anything Oh my god, no A lot of people say they get their A lot of people watch from the desert Watch this show, so we want to be very nice to them No, I, look, and by the way, I'm just going to let them know I know you don't want a lot of people here You never have to worry about these two showing up Yeah Nobody goes to the desert hoping like When are they? Yeah, it's true I need to eat their own I want everybody to be happy And I do not begrudge the people The desert people their desert You're so kind-hearted I'm so kind-hearted Such a kind-hearted I'm a good person Yeah Now, certainly We're all well aware That one of the things about doing a Broadway show Is you have a live audience And with every live audience Comes sort of interruptions Be it coughing You hear a lot about unwrapping of candies Phones Phones which seems crazy in this day and age because there's so many warnings about phones ahead of time.

23:32Yes, and now we have to give more warnings. Yeah. Yeah, we're giving warnings before the show, in the intermission, right before the thing, the curtain comes up again. Yeah, but we've had quite, well, I had an incredible thing happen. Did they tell you about this? Well, anyway, this is what happened. So it's the second act of the show in which a very dramatic turn happens. and it's super serious. And all of a sudden, I swear to you, I hear this. No, it's a salmon wrap.

24:08Yeah, no, I'm right where I... No, I'm exactly where I was told to go. This is what I'm hearing. And some ass... Is stage right... On the stage? Yes. not on stage so that the audience can see them but can certainly hear them but has come in backstage on the right side talking on a speakerphone to somebody this is a matinee so the show ends and we take our bows and then the thing comes down I'm like what the hell guys what was that who's talking what salmon it was my food being delivered I swear yeah Somehow the guy got backstage I do not know how DoorDash It was DoorDash And I had ordered a healthy salmon thing And it was my dinner It was delicious, FYI But it was my dinner being delivered What they say about those DoorDash guys They won't take no for an answer It's very nice that you owned it Yeah, I owned it People were going to see me eating it I mean

25:22You're like I can't believe that happened They're like What is that Julie? You're like I don't want to say Peanut butter and jelly I bought it from home We'll be right back With more from Julie Rediffus

25:38Welcome back We're here with Julie Rediffus So you lived here Until you were seven New York City? Yes Born here Lived until you were seven Yes Then I moved away I traveled around the world a little bit, ended up in Washington, D.C., but my dad stayed in New York, so I came to New York a lot. And then you moved back for SNL. Moved back for SNL. And now you're back for Broadway. And now I'm back for Broadway. Do you feel very connected to the city because of your music? So connected. It must be exciting to be back. Oh, my God. It's so exciting to be back. I really do love this city. I mean, it feels like home to me in a lot of ways and in a very significant way.

26:13I also think, I mean, being back to do Broadway is the best possible reason to be here. I know, it's true. When people are like, whoa, when your old friends who haven't seen you since you were seven are like, what are you back for? And you're like, Broadway.

26:28So tell me about the Practical Theater Company. I knew that you'd done touring stuff with Second City. I didn't realize this is your group. That's my group, Practical Theater Company. Back in, that was during the early 80s. That's us That's your husband That's my Not husband yet Boyfriend then Okay great And yeah And it seemed like You had your eyes On the other two Yeah I mean Shout out to Brad Who was like I will bide my time But we Yeah we did theater In Chicago Right there in Piper's Alley And it was really A thrill And it was my buddies And we did We did a couple Of really strong Sketch comedy shows Yeah It is I mean look I'm very happy And I'm sure you are With like where I'm at with my career But man I do miss those early Like Chicago theater days Where I mean I feel like part of you Is insufferable to be around Because you just are so proud of what you're creating And you're just talking about process Are you talking about me?

27:28No I'm talking about me You guys didn't seem insufferable at all

27:38You know what I mean I just was so passionate about what I was doing Even though nobody was coming Or anything like that To the shows Are you asking me a question? Sometimes I get excited and I think we're peers

28:02I will say that I was super, super, super scared At the start of the run of this thing And I remember very, very vividly coming out And we were sort of just maybe two pages into the first scene of the first act And I thought, oh yeah, I remember this feeling And it's good It's a really good feeling, yeah To have a connection with an audience It's just incredible

28:29You have two lovely boys I do have two lovely boys And I was lucky enough to talk to them on the podcast I have with my brother But you, your son Charlie, who's an actor A wonderful actor He shared some advice you gave him About how to act And it's really good, simple advice That I would love you to share With everyone Or I could just tell you what it is Yeah, tell me what it is He said when you said How should I read these lines You said try to say it like a human would say it Yeah, yes And I think sometimes when you are looking at a script Like lines from a play you forget that you're supposed to be a human being.

29:07Human being talking. Yeah. And that's important to remember, to be a human talking. Yeah. Because sometimes people, especially when they're young actors, I feel like they talk like actors. They talk like actors. Maybe their voice changes a little bit. The intonation changes. I mean, there's a reason that when you're hearing a conversation, you know it's two people talking. And you hear another conversation in a film or on television, and you know it's on television. It doesn't sound the same. And so, yeah. I think it's really, like, I mean, I'm just like, that's advice I'm going to pass on, and I will give you credit, but just, like, try to sound like human beings.

29:41Yeah. It's really good advice. Yeah, sound like a human being. And you do, are you doing that in this show? I'm trying to as best I can. It's so lovely to see you. Thank you so much for spending time with us. See you next time. I hope that you see me playing now at the Hudson Theater on Broadway 3 January 17th.

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30:26Thank you.