Trump Makes Strange Guttural Noise During Campaign Rally | with Kristen Bell, Joe Manganiello, ADÉLA | Thursday, October 22

0:05From Studio 6B in Rockefeller 7, the heart of New York City, this is Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight, joins you and his guests, Kristen Bell, Joe Manganiello, Adéla, and featuring the legendary Ruth's crew. 2358. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon!

0:40Hey, thank you very much. How you doing? Hey, come on, brother. Come on, please. Thank you very much. Nice to see you. Good. Good. Good. Good. Everybody's looking for it!

1:01That's what I'm talking about. Yes! Thank you very much. Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show. This is it. You made it. You made it. Thank you for watching at home. It's gonna be fun. Guys, the midterm elections are just 12 days away. And last night, President Trump held a rally in South Carolina, and everyone's talking about this really weird noise he made while he was talking. This is real. Listen to this. I'd say 90 % of the reason I took the governor... I took the governor. I put her over at the United Nations. Can we... Can we hear that again?

1:43That's like a burp, a hiccup, and a dry heave all in one.

1:49Sounds like Melania on their wedding night. Oh!

1:56Wow.

2:04Trump's been in so many MRI machines, he now sounds like one. Yeah. Hey. You're not gonna believe this, but the sound has already been turned into a hit dance remix. What? Check it out. 90 % of the reason I took the governor... 90 % of the reason I took the governor 90 % of the reason I took the 90 % of the reason I I looked at his ass I looked at his ass God bless you all, thank you That's a bang That's a bang right there

2:50And during the same rally last night, Trump said that he called the CEO of Google to ask him to change the name of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean to the American Ocean and Trump Ocean. Once again, 12 days before this election, it's good to see him locked in on the really big issues. Trump's having a busy travel week, because earlier tonight, he held a rally in Iowa. He's been all over the country campaigning for the midterms, hitting nine states in the past week, and they started playing a new announcement in the arena before he speaks. Did you see this? Check it out. Welcome to President Trump's midterm rally.

3:21As a reminder, no booing, no heckling, no fact-checking, no mentioning the president's approval rating, no leaving when the president talks about a male senator's muscular buttocks, no putting on a blonde wig to try and get hired as press secretary, no shouting out giraffe when Trump takes his daily cognitive test, no trying to lure Trump offstage early by leaving a trail of Reese's Pieces, no laughing when the president tries to pronounce Vivek Ramaswamy, and of course, no waking up the president when he falls asleep. That's just a quick rule, fast rule.

3:54Well, there are a lot of big elections coming up, but local races are important, too. And some of the candidates are very, very interesting. For example, this clip from Indiana went viral this week. Take a look at this. I deliver a lot of groceries and packages for my community. So if you trust me, you know, delivering your groceries, you should trust me with your vote. I love the schools. I'm total supporter of the schools and the teachers. And I spoke to the Connersville chief of police, or, I'm sorry, firemen, you know? You know? I'm like, well, they didn't do, did they, did the full 3 %? The data centers want that water, man.

4:32Repeat that again. Firing all Republicans. I wouldn't let them, I mean, I don't even talk to them. I don't like them.

4:43Well, she later admitted to having, quote, three beers before the forum, which raises even more questions. So now here to comment is Democratic candidate Jamie Weft. Hi, Jamie. Did I win yet? No, no, you didn't win yet. I feel like I have to ask you a question. Are you drunk right now? Absolutely not. I'm completely sober. Ask me anything. How many beers have you had today? Three. But beers aren't my problem, Jimmy. You want to know what my problem is? Pills? Republicans! I want to put them in a... Well, I just wish they all lived in a big old hole and we didn't have to hang out with them.

5:36All right, I get you don't like Republicans. What are the other problems that you're trying to solve for the voters? Problems are not my problem, Jimmy. You want to know what my problem is? Weed gummies? Republicans. I don't like them. You know what we should do, Jimmy? What? We should sneak into their house and open their underwear drawer and put peanut butter in their tidy... So when they put them on, they're like, I have an accident.

6:16That would be hilarious. I'm sorry. Are you drinking another beer? No, this is water. No, it's definitely beer. Oh, cool. I love beer.

6:34Beer's not a problem. You know what my problem is? Horse tranquilizers? Repumpkin limbs. They got, like, they got, like, I think, you know what I mean. Not really. Okay, here's my impression of a Republi-boom.

7:02They drink beer? No, no, I haven't started yet. Shh. Shh. Listen, listen. Watch this. Yeah. I'm a Republican.

7:19Hey, who drank all my beer? All right, everyone. Jamie West, everyone. Jamie West. Wow. You guys hear about this? Pete Hegseth wanted a priceless historic globe that once belonged to President Eisenhower, moved to his office, and while moving it, his staff dropped it and broke it. Yeah, they broke the globe. I'll take obvious metaphors for 1 ,000, Kent. Well, Elon Musk is in the news, and I read that he wants to merge his two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, but I think that they're still ironing out the details. Check out this video I saw. Two cutting-edge companies are combining as one. That's right.

8:00SpaceX and Tesla are now sex tape. Wait, no. Tesla and SpaceX are now testes. Nope, bad. Tesla and SpaceX are now tax season. Nope. Are now all my exes live in Texas. Worse. Are now ass salsa. Nuh-uh. Are now... Screw it. The new name is Twitter. Someone's got to use a name. Why not? That's a good...

8:32Well, some more business news. Apple Music just debuted a new logo. Take a look. Hmm. This is what happens when logos go off Olympic. Yeah. I saw that Pepsi just renewed their contract with Taco Bell for another 10 years. That's one of those relationships where you're not sure who's settling for who. Well, with all that's going on in the world, it can be very easy to be overwhelmed, So here with tips on how to stay in balance, please welcome mental health expert Dr. Will Brainerd. Dr. Will, welcome. Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you so much. You know, as a therapist, I love sharing techniques, obviously, that help people stay, you know, in a positive mental space around holidays, like Halloween.

9:17Now, have you ever gone trick-or-treating as a perky jack-o'-lantern? I don't think so. Is that what you recommend? Oh, yes.

9:30In fact, I've put all my feel-better tips into a song. All right. Fantastic. Let's hear it. Say less. If your brain's ever stuck in a negative pattern, just go trick-or-treating as a perky jack-o'-lantern. If you ever get blackmailed in an underwater cavern, to go trick-or-treating as a perky jack-o-lantern. Perky jack-o-lantern, don't you feel like dancern? Not bad, but it was good. I just, sorry, did I hear you say blackmailed in an underwater cavern? No, no, no, no, no. I'm just singing about ways to help people. Would you like to hear more? Sure. Here's an affirmation that anyone can learn You just look in the mirror and say I'm going trick-or-treating as a perky jack-o'-lantern If you wake up in the kitchen of a seedy old tavern And there's a cockfight raging and you get a frying pan burned Wait, wait, wait, wait, stop.

10:44Will, I'm going to need you to stop there because your song is drifting. You okay? I'm starting to get concerned. Starting to get concerned. No, no, don't be Jimmy. These aren't about me. They're just general tips that could apply to anyone's life. Okay? Do you want to hear more? No. If you ever meet a short but muscular crime lord who dresses like a Christmas elf but carries a broadsword and calls himself Sleigh Bell, but slay is spelled S-L-A-Y, as in he'll slay you, and he will. He's nasty. He runs a cockfight out of a roadhouse kitchen where you go away, betting on chickens. And Sleigh Bell says, I like the way you scream when you get burnt.

11:28Let's go cave diving, but first let's get turnt. And he takes you to an underwater cave to swim, and you surface in an air pocket, and it's just you and him where he says, Give me all your cash, and I'll let you leave this cave. But otherwise, this will be your goddamn grave. But you pick up a skull that's laying on the ground, and you cock him on the head, and you swim back to town. Report him to the feds, and you enter the witness protection program, but they change your name to Dr. Will Brainerd. And now you give health tips to a bunch of fricking strangers. If that ever happens to you, then you'll know why you should go and sing this with me, please, Jimmy.

12:07Oh! Trick or treatin' as a perky jack-o-lantern. Trick or treatin' as a perky jack-o-lantern. Sing it, everybody! Trick or treatin' as a perky jack-o-lantern. One more time! Trick or treatin' as a perky jack-o-lantern. Yeah!

12:34Dr. Will, everybody!

12:39Finally, a new study found that tofu is one of the best protein sources in the world. Yes, tofu. One guy heard and was like... All right, we have a great show. Give it up for The Roots right now. Bye-bye. That's not it. No man, it stops out with my choice, but don't have it. It's a bit too difficult. I've been very good at the world. Hey! Welcome to the show, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Quickly, last night, I went to the opening night of Billy Crystal's new one-man show, 860 at the Imperial Theatre. I highly, highly, highly recommend it. I loved it. I laughed so hard. It was phenomenal.

13:21If you want to go see a true legend, do what he does best. Go see Billy Crystal, 860 at the Imperial Theatre. You can get tickets right now at BillyCrystal860.com. It was phenomenal. I love Billy Crystal. He's amazing. I loved it. What a show we have for you tonight. She stars in and produces the hit series Nobody Wants This. Season three is streaming now on Netflix. Kristen Bell is here tonight!

13:52He's a very talented actor who has a new memoir out called Bloodlines. Joe Manganiello is joining us. Great reviews. She had a big hit with her song Ain't in L.A. And her latest single, Nicole Kidman, is one of the biggest songs in the world right now. And she's performing both tonight. Adela is here! Prima! Stick around. We'll be right back with Kristen Bell, everybody. Come on now. Prima!

14:31...warning every calendar, all about the sound of stuff. What's with your love and embase of all the calendar? Yeah! Our first guest is the Emmy-nominated star and producer of the hit series Nobody Wants This. Season 3 is streaming now on Netflix. Please welcome Kristen Bell!

14:57Kristen Bell! I love you! Oh, my God! Come on! They love you. We love you. Kristen Bell in the house. Welcome back. Thank you. Nice to see you. You, too. How is everyone doing? How is Dax doing? I love Dax Shepard. I love the kids. Same. You love Dax as well? Yes! Oh, my God. You guys should get together. I think we will. Everything is good. I mean, in all honesty, like, I've been in and out of town for the past, like, six weeks because of this press tour. Yeah. Which is always, like, as a mom, you get nervous to leave town, but then you realize they're fine. I'm not getting any, like, calls from the school that they're absent.

15:32I get home. No one has stitches. Everything's fine. It's good. Everything's great. Right, but this year, it was a little different because I, um, usually when I leave, uh, you know, they can be mischievous when they're together, my husband and my kids. And you know to go to your mom to things. You know to go to your dad to things, you know, when you need something. And so whenever I leave town, I usually receive almost immediately notifications on my phone. Your McDonald's has been delivered. Your Taco Bell has been delivered. It's all, they just like eat. That's good, good man, Dad. Fast food.

16:07It's usually of the dietary variety. But this year they were bold and he posted like the day I left, this video that he had bought, like, a half a dozen Apex sugar cereals and that those were their groceries for the week. Oh, yeah. And, like, with a homemade song about how when the cat's away, the mice will play. I actually had the videos. Take a look at the video of when the cat's away. When the cat's away, the mice will play. Come on, he's banging it out there. He can't even... Casting you. Yeah, but here's what he didn't consider. I have a mole on the ground, obviously. So I was getting, like, in-house paparazzi photos from my oldest daughter going, like, Dad, it is 10 p.m., we're supposed to be in bed, but Dad is in the cereal cupboard, and he's just, like, going hog wild, and I...

17:16She took sneaky photos. Yeah. Look at this. That's my girl right there. He's going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs right there. Full Sasquatch style. Yes. In the box. Yeah, I love it. You got to love your kids. You know, I get all the details. Please give my love to everybody. I want to talk to you about Halloween, because I feel like that's your... It's my favorite. I think it is. You know it is. I know it is. It's your favorite holiday. You always dress up. The family dresses up. Yeah. What is your outfit this year? Have you picked it yet? Oh, yeah. You have? Yeah. I'm going to be Wilford Brimley. Wow.

17:53Wow. Yeah. I'm really excited. I think mainly because I was very interested in trying a bald cap. And I do love dressing up as a guy on Halloween. Like, I, um, this is Wilford. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I love Wilford Brimley. Yeah, I know him from, uh... The Firm. Firm. Cocoon. Cocoon. Right? And my original pitch was that the whole family be the cast of The Firm. They didn't fight. Well, funny enough, they did. The whole cast of The Firm. Yeah, and they didn't, you know, my girls are older now, so they were like. I know Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise, well, here's what I wanted. I'd be Brimley. Dax would be the Nordic Man.

18:30Brimley. Who's like. Levy's not even loved for Brimley anymore. Just Brimley. I'd be Brimley. I'd be Brimley. Dax would be the Nordic Man, who's the obligatory seven foot tall bleach blonde villain who chases Tom Cruise the whole movie. Trust me, you'll remember. And then the girls would be Tom Cruise and Jeannie Triphorn Yeah And I shocked No one was interested That's what I said Well here's what happened Dax goes I don't want to be the Nordic man I want to be Brimley You can't have two Wilford Brimleys Guess what we're having a Brimley off this year Come on that's what I'm talking about Now it's a party Two Wilford Brimleys Two Wilford Brimleys at your house That's right But you have a nice...

19:12You have a big party. Yeah, we host the neighborhood. That's part of the reason why it's such a big deal, because we have, like, this little neighborhood, and we invite... We put up flyers, and we invite everybody, and we get, like, a food truck, and Dax has a hayride. So he puts a hayride on the back of his car and the back of his truck, and he... I love that he does it. He puts, like, a fog machine and lights, and he's been spending a ton of time in the garage, because every year he tries to up the ante, and he drives around the whole neighborhood and picks people up. He puts, like, poles and lights.

19:38And this year, he's been trying to fashion some sort of ceiling so that the lights will be, like, reflective down on people? I'm not sure I understand it, but, you know... Sounds spooky. The cool thing is, even the teenagers stop for the hayride. Ooh, that's when you know it's a win. Exactly. Yeah. But you do also, I've learned, hosting this Halloween party, you gotta know your audience, because there are people who like Halloween for the candy, and there are people who like Halloween for the scares. And you gotta know who you're dealing with, because one of our neighbors was trying to be helpful and hired last year a bunch of zombie actors to chase the hayride.

20:12Oh, no, no. Absolutely not. The kids freaked out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They freaked out. And everyone was coming home crying, honest to God. They were, like, running. Because these were, like, really good zombie actors. Like, I was very impressed. There's great actors out in L.A. on the West Coast. 100 % caliber, bringing it. So we can't do the zombie. No, no, no zombies. No, go, no. I do have a photo of you. You were Tom Selleck. Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is... I wanted to show you this. Because I like to... This is good. Not bad. Yeah. It's really good. Thank you. I like to be guys. Happy Halloween.

20:50Thank you. I want to talk about season three. Nobody Wants This. Congratulations. Thank you. It's called Nobody Wants This. Of course, we do want this. It's so funny. It's so well-written, by the way. I'm so excited about this season, honestly. Yeah. I think it's, like, the best... I'm so proud of it. I'm so proud of it. All 10 episodes are streaming right now on Netflix. Yes. And if I have... Can I give one piece of advice? Sure. If you're a fan of the show, watch it right away. Because there are intense plot twists and a lot of spoilers. Oh, gotcha. And your friends will spoil it for you. And you will be peeved.

21:27So actually... What's my camera? You can go to camera three. Turn the show off. No, you can go to three. Turn the show off right now. No, no, no. No, no, turn my show off? Jimmy, I'm trying to help them. No, no, don't. It's very important that you watch. Nobody wants this right now. Watch this show. We have more. I don't want them to be able to. Turn my show off? They can come back to your show. But you've got to get there before your friends spoil all the plot lines. That's all I'm saying. OK, all right. OK, if you're still tuned in, what can we say about your show? Should we just wave goodbye?

22:01Yeah, exactly. Jimmy, nobody listened to me. Yes, they do. Come on. What do we say? How do we set up this season? You guys move in. We move, yeah. So it's, um, Joanne and Noah are moving in together, which, as if you've ever cohabitated with anyone, even with family members, you understand that there's a lot of drama, there's a lot of jokes, and a lot of this other stuff I can't spoil for them. But just know that it's a tension-riddled, very comedic season, and it's about the joys and perils of living with someone. That's very well done. Come on. Kristen Bell! Season 3 of Nobody Wants This is streaming now on Netflix.

22:38More tonight, Joe, after the break. Stick around, everybody.

22:54Our next guest is a very talented actor, producer, and writer whose new memoir, Bloodlines, is out now. Please welcome Joe Manganiello!

23:11That's what I'm talking. Come on, bud. Welcome back to the show. Ow! Ow! It is so good to have you back. And now, actually, I feel like you can come on more because you've moved closer to us. You moved to your hometown, Pittsburgh. I did. I moved back to Pittsburgh after 25 years in L.A. Wow. The opportunity came up, and this house came up for sale that my mother used to volunteer at during the holidays. It was on a historic holiday tour. My mom was a docent at this house, and it came up for sale, and I got it. No way. Yeah. And are you loving it? I love it. Yeah. Love Pittsburgh. Love it. Love being home.

23:53Yeah. I think we've talked about this. We've done a lot of things for Pittsburgh. You've done stuff with the Steelers. You've done stuff with the Pirates. Penguins. Did you win an Emmy or get nominated for a Grammy? I won an Emmy for narrating the 50-year history of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Yes. And I was the voice of the Jumbotron for the theaters. And I threw a first pitch for the Pirates while holding my dog Bubbles once. We love Bubbles. We love Bubbles. Look, here's you and Bubbles with the mascot, the Pirate Parrot. Uh... Can we zoom in? Can we zoom in on Bubbles a little bit more? Can we...

24:34Bubbles doesn't look too comfy there. No, so, uh, Bubbles... Bubbles hates mascots. What are you talking about? Any sort of, like, anthropomorphic animal-human hybrid. She just feels it's an abomination. When he does it, she doesn't... It's her job to rid the world of all of these creatures. Oh, my God. How many mascots did she ever met? A few. I went to, like, a One Tree Hill reunion. They have, like, a raven that's a mascot. She went after that. We have another photo of here. This is Bubbles attacking the pirate parrot. Yeah, yeah. Such a sweet dog. She tried to destroy Super Mario at Universal.

25:17She just doesn't, like, costume. Yeah, I don't mess with Bubbles. Bubbles likes me, so we don't mess with each other. But Bubbles, I saw Bubbles back there. Mutual respect. All right, good. Thank you. I also want to congratulate you on another huge project. You were in season two of One Piece. Yeah. As Crocodile. Yeah. Which, by the way, that's at 100 % on Rotten Tomatoes. Wow. Pretty unheard of. Yeah. Yes. And, like, number one in 86 countries. What is that like to be part of such a giant deal? Well, I was only... I'm at the very end. You find out in season two all these things are happening, and you don't know who's behind it.

25:52And at the end, it's me. So, and then season three, which we just spent six months shooting in Cape Town, South Africa, will come out sometime next year, and then my plan unfolds. Whoa! Come on, bud! That's how you do it. I want to talk to you about this, your memoir. By the way, congratulations on the reviews. Fantastic reviews on this. Great cover, by the way. Thanks. Who took this photo? Lee Jeffries is a photographer who shot Metallica, and he shot a lot of very, like, intense portraits of people with no lighting, no makeup, just, you know, what's in their eyes. You see their soul. And I was there in Helsinki, Finland, to see Metallica, and he was there to photograph them, and I recognized him and saw him on the street and said, Hey, you're the guy.

26:41I need your number. I'm writing this thing, and I want you to shoot the cover. And so on the coldest day in New York last year, we went out there and I'm holding my own bounce board. He's like, go over against the wall until security would kick us out. We would just shoot and he caught that look of basically what I had been through. Can we get into it a little bit? Because I didn't know anything about this and it must have been therapeutic for you, tough for you to even talk about this, but it starts with you getting offered to be a villain in a Batman movie but you're going through probably the craziest time in your life that what could what was happening so um i had collapsed on set i had had a year looking back i had a year of symptoms i had all these skin rashes uh that wouldn't go away and different would come back in different combinations and then um i started hemorrhaging blood and um and then i was i was starring in a show called six it was by navy seals and i collapsed on the ground and i had to be taken to a hospital and the doctors couldn't figure out what was going on no matter however many scans they gave me nothing was showing up and they wound up cutting me open at the 11th hour to try to save my life and they found that my entire large intestine had turned to pus and was going to explode.

28:00Jesus. And so they caught it at the last moment and when I woke up you know I had to be told that my intestine was gone and that I was left with an ostomy bag that might last forever and I got out of the hospital and I lost 60 pounds in two weeks. People had to help me lift my legs. I had to learn how to walk and stand up again. And as I'm trying to gain the weight back, I get this call to star as the main villain in Ben Affleck's Batman. And I take this as a sign that if I can shoot one day next month, then maybe I'll be well enough next year from this mystery illness to go off and shoot this movie.

28:42And so I say yes. And what people don't know is when I shot that scene for the end of Justice League, in my full armor as Deathstroke, I'm probably the only villain ever with an ostomy bag on under the armor. Wow. I did not know the story at all. It must have been the scariest. What do you think? You think everything's over? I think everything's over. Yeah. It's such a struggle. And so I hit it. I just didn't know what to do. And so, yeah, I hid this, and for the better part of the past decade. How did you get back up? How did you stay positive? It was tough. You know, I mean, I have to give credit to everybody who was in my life at the time, because, you know, the illness lasted seven years, and it was up and down, and this crazy rollercoaster, and, you know, I just...

29:35Some days, just doing nothing was the best thing that I could do, just hanging on and hoping that there would be some day where this would release. Have you heard from people that have read this book that said, like, yeah, I've had the same similar issues, and it gives me hope to stay tough and stay strong and know that I got to just anything forward. Yeah, and that's why I wrote it, because I know how embarrassed I felt or how tough I felt I had to be for everybody around me, for everybody out there. I didn't want to be looked at as the sick guy, and I think there are a lot of people out there that feel that way and there's a lot of people that are battling and their family members are battling and I just hope that maybe if I came clean about it all, it would destigmatize that type of illness, ostomy bags and allow people to talk and that's what's happening right now.

30:25People are coming up to me all over the world, they're stopping me on the street and they're talking to me about their illnesses, they're talking to me about generational trauma. My mother, who was having trouble getting through the book, obviously because she lived through all of it. I went over to her house and I brought her the audio book and we sat and I tried to help her get through it. And she started talking to me about her childhood. Wow. There was a particularly difficult chapter in chapter eight where the illness kind of comes back full force. And I looked over at my mother after the audio book finished and she was just staring in a space.

31:04And I said, mom, how do you feel about that? She said, does it ever get better? And I said, well, I'm alive. I'm with you right now. Yeah, it clearly gets me out. Oh, yeah. There's also a lot of humor in here as well, I will say. The trip to San Francisco. Oh, so, yeah. You know, I'm from Pittsburgh. I'm a huge Steeler fan. My favorite Steeler of all time is Troy Polamalu. Yep. The hair. Head and shoulders, yes. And so I had a Troy jersey, and there was a... You know, I got cast in this commercial, and I had this, like, lump on my jaw. Like, I mean, because I had all these skin issues. And the night before I'm supposed to shoot this commercial, I have this lump on my jaw, and this dermatologist drove across town at 11 p.m.

31:50to inject it to go down so I could shoot this commercial and make money. And he was a Steeler fan. I said, who's your favorite Steeler? And he said, Troy. And I said, hold on. So I gave him my signed Troy Palamala jersey framed as a gift, because, you know, There's a lot of dermatologists. Not all of them will drive across town at 11 p.m. Yeah, I didn't know you were going to say thanks. It's a very nice gift. So then I called Troy and said, Troy, I gave your jersey away. Don't get mad. But I need a new one. And this time, on this jersey, I want one with the red cross on the neckline. This is a secret a lot of people don't know, but the NFL, you're not allowed to alter your jerseys.

32:30But Troy's a rebel. So Troy had this red Greek Orthodox cross stitched into the neckline of his shirt that was hidden by his hair, so the NFL never knew. I said, I want one of those. And he said, well, I didn't stitch those. I said, well, who did? He said, well, there's a Greek Orthodox mother superior about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. She stitches them. I said, all right, well, can you give me your number? I want to call her and see if she'll do one for me. Of course. So she did. She said, well, when I stitch it, why don't you come pick it up yourself? I said, OK. So I went and picked it up.

33:00and we sat down and talked, and as it turns out, she had all of the same autoimmune conditions that I was suffering from, like all of them. And she said, and the nun said, you should write a letter to St. John. I said, St. John, okay, so he's dead, he's a saint. I go, write a letter to a dead guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, where do I mail it to, yeah. Sure, and they said, he's interred in a monastery in San Francisco. I said, I just got offered a trip to San Francisco yesterday. I said, okay, well, that's it. So I went to San Francisco. You know anyone in San Francisco? So I did. So my former roommate from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama was a musical theater major who currently is a Jewish cantor at a synagogue in San Francisco.

33:45I said, hey, Jewish cantor friend, it's your former Roman Catholic altar boy calling you because a Greek Orthodox mother superior sent me to write a letter to a long-dead Ukrainian Orthodox saint who's interred in a Russian Orthodox monastery on behalf of my Armenian Orthodox great-grandmother. What are you doing tonight? He said, I'll be there in 30 minutes. You said you can't write. You can't make it up. Yeah. Congrats on the book and putting it out and helping everyone who wants to read this and get into it. I thought it would be kind of interesting if you read a little bit out of the book, if you wouldn't mind.

34:28Is that a... Sure, yeah. Would you mind? Yeah, yeah, sure. Like that. Okay. Okay. Thank you. So, um, this is, uh, the Mother Superior then sends me on another side quest that takes me to the actual Sword in the Stone in Tuscany. There is a Sword in the Stone. For real? There's a saint named San Galgano. He killed a lot of people, and then he swore never to kill people again. He buried his sword symbolically, which they believe is the Romans took that myth then to England. And then that became the Arthur myth. And there's a whole lot of parallels to me and Arthur in this book. Like my last name isn't my last name.

35:05Long story. It's all in here. But I was just, I had this crazy set of circumstances happen as I'm speaking to this priest through a translator in this gift shop. And then I have this thought in this moment with this priest in this gift shop. Near the Sword and the Stone. So I say, I thought about the day that this story, the one I had somehow survived and would someday be ready to talk about, would communicate a truth about the human experience and our place as human beings on earth. I'd been chosen as the steward for a story that had the power to reach out across the void. My suffering was over.

35:45And in that moment, my heart swelled as I realized that it was all worth it. Why not me? I was strong enough to handle it. I had survived the suffering passed down from my ancestors. Now let it end with me. Come on, bud. Thank you so much. Joe Manganiello, everyone. Bloodlines is available everywhere now. We'll be right back with Adela. Stick around.

36:21from a game.

36:32Our next guest is a talented singer whose single Nicole Kidman is one of the biggest songs in the world right now. She just wrapped up her Red Bottoms tour, and her new album, Prima, is out now. Please welcome Adela!

36:53Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Welcome to The Tonight Show. I'm a big fan of yours, so this is a big deal for me. I'm so happy that you're here. I want to get to know you. Oh, my God. I want to hear your story. Okay. Yeah, so you were raised in Slovakia. That's right. Slovakia. And so your accent is great, though. You're American. How did you learn English? I basically wanted to be famous. Uh-huh. Okay, that's... So I originally was, like, a big fan of the Disney Channel, and I loved Hannah Montana. Who doesn't love... I love Hannah Montana. Right. Did you learn your English from Miley Cyrus?

37:33So, no, but I thought that she was from Slovakia, because it's dubbed over in every country. Oh, my God. So I was... So you're like, wait, I'm just like her. Yeah, like, she's just like me for real. Like, I'll be that one day. But then my older brother was like, girl, hell no. Yeah, she's like... Over the pond. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, different accent. America. Like, the concept of America really racked my brain. I was like, what the... What is that? I, like, looked up the address of the Disney Channel building. Wow. And so then I was, like, eight years old, and I was like, I'm late, because Miley auditioned when she was 11.

38:06So I was like, we're... You're driven. Oh, my gosh. I was like, we're behind schedule. Like, I need to start learning right now. And then I watched, like, a lot of you. Like, I watched a lot of interviews of my favorite people on, like, your show. And, yeah, like, Miley and Ariana and everybody, and I would, like, talk... So you would watch an interview that I did with Ariana? Yeah, that's why I met Jimmy a little bit ago, and I was like, I've been watching you for so long. Because I would literally, like... That makes me feel young. It really does. No, no, no! It really does. You feel like a baby.

38:39You're young and fresh. Thank you. You've never looked better. That was so sarcastic. No! No, no! But, no, but, no, here we are. This is why I love you. I knew that there was some connection. Because, you know what? There's an Adela out there watching, an 8-year-old, that's watching somewhere around the world, and she wants to be you. That's so sweet. And you are the new... Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you for doing this. Thank you for having me. You have the biggest songs in the world. Nicole Kidman, your song is number six right now on the charts. I want it to go up higher. I want it to go up higher.

39:15Call your DJs. Let's get it up. Top five. Let's go right now. Let's do it. Let's go. Has that ever been done by anyone from Slovakia? No, no. I think I'm the first person for sure. Me too. You're the first person. Which is like there's 5 million people in the country. Still, it counts. No, no, no. They've got to be so proud. And your Red Bottoms tour is sold out. People waiting seven hours to get tickets. You're crushing it. You're on stage with Charlie XCX. Oh! Yes. I mean, it's all happening. And then... Uh... And then... We look good. Yeah, yeah. And then we had Nicole Kidman on our show, and I brought up your song to her, and she said, I love it.

39:58I can't believe that. That's too much to even think about. It is? Because I just feel like she's my muse. Yes. But she's so cool. The cool is then she, like, knew when my New York show was, when she was on here. She was like, she's going to be in New York September 18th. I was like, I didn't even know that. She's very supportive of new artists. Yeah, she's doing charity work by mentioning my name all over the town. She's the best. But also, she did a great TikTok video with Kristen Wiig. I know, I know. Kristen Wiig and Dua Lipa, Pedro Pascal. Pedro Pascal and Nicole. Did you freak out? Yeah, I was like, this is not real.

40:36I'm being pranked, obviously. I honestly thought it was AI, which like... Yeah, of course. Yes! But it was not! But it was not! It was real. Did your mom freak out, too? Did mom freak out? Oh, my mom freaks out over everything I do. And so now that this is happening, like, she loves Nicole. Like, she loves. So it's... She was besides herself. She was like, you are... She was like, I don't know if the people are going crazy or if you're a genius. But what is happening in life? She was like, but it's working. But my baby is doing it. Yeah, she's crushing it. She has a great album, Prima, by the way.

41:12Congratulations on this. Thank you. Thank you. Great album cover. Adela, everybody! I have to check her out.

41:33My thanks to Kristen Bell, Joe Manganiello, Adela once again! Who are you? Wow! Wow! And the roost right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It's goodnight, everybody. Thank you!

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