Trump Shuts Down Kennedy Center After Name Rejection | with LISA, benny blanco, Raygun | Wednesday, September 16

0:05From Studio 6P in Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City, it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight, join Jimmy and his guests Lisa, Benny Blanco, Raygun, and featuring the legendary Roots crew. Two, three, four, one. And now, here he is. Jimmy Fallon!

0:56Oh, come on. That's a crowd. That's a great crowd right there. I love you. Enjoy yourself, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show. This is it. You're here. You made it. Thank you very much. Well, guys, let's get to some news here. Entertainment news. Spider-Man Brand New Day just became the highest-grossing movie ever at the U.S. box office. Ooh.

1:25Yep. Spider-Man Brand New Day has been hugely successful. At this point, the only thing that could stop it is if Trump tries to add his name to it.

1:35Yeah, did you guys hear about this? After a judge ruled that President Trump can't add his name to the Kennedy Center, Trump announced that he's shutting it down and canceling the planned renovations. Yeah. Trump canceled the renovations. The Reflecting Pool looked at the Kennedy Center and said, You can't sit yourself lucky. You can't do it. You have no idea. Yep, Trump is shutting it down because it doesn't have his name on it, as opposed to his casinos, which shut down because they did have his name on it. This is interesting.

2:10Well, this is a big deal. Either Trump doesn't put his name on it, and we all keep calling it the Kennedy Center, or Trump does put his name on it, and we all keep calling it the Kennedy Center. We're all going to call it. But Trump is furious about the Kennedy Center situation. Just listen to what he's saying behind closed doors. I really want to add my name to something. How about the Kennedy Center? I'm afraid not, sir. The Golden Gate Bridge? No. The Washington Monument? No. The Great Wall of China? No. I've got it. We changed the Empire State Building to the Trumpire State Building. No. Mount Rushmore to Mount Trumpmore?

2:40No. Baseball umpires to Trumpires? No. Goosebumps to Goose Trumps? No. Bubba Gumshrimp to Bubba Trump Shrimp? No. Nutty Professor to the Clumps to Nutty Professor to the Trumps? No. Ronald McDonald to Donald McDonald? No. Come on, I just want something with my name. You call me dad? No, get out. Oh, what if he changed Lake America to Lake Trump? You know what? Sure. Yay! There you go. That's the sweet call. It ends up being all right.

3:06Well, I saw this week the House voted unanimously to end production of The Penny. Yeah, lawmakers voted to stop making any more pennies. Check out what they had to say about it. First, Congressman Riley Moore said... ...we've decided that when it comes to the penny, we're not making any, well, my last name. And Congressman Josh Harder said... ...we no longer need the penny. Having it around just makes everything, well, my last name. And Congressman Aaron Bean said... ...yeah, it serves no purpose. With one penny, you can't even buy one, well, my last name. And Congressman Wesley Hunt said... ...in the future, if you want a penny, you're going to have to dive into a public fountain and, well, my last name.

3:45And Congressman Al Green said...

3:51And Congressman Dusty Johnson said...

4:01And Congressman... Then... Then Congressman Neal Dunn said...

4:15goes, well, my last name, my last name. And Congressman August...

4:23Congressman August Pfluger said, I hate the penny. I once got one caught in my throat and hocked it up while shouting, well, my last name. Pfluger. Then Congressman Dan Newhouse said, I don't know what your kids are talking about. In the 70s, it only cost me one penny to buy a, well, my last name. And Congresswoman LaMonica MacGyver said, Pennies come in handy when you're trying to fashion an impromptu tool to escape a room before it explodes, like the 80s show called, well, my last name. And finally, Congressman Lloyd Smucker said, I'm professional, so I won't curse, but if you don't support this, you're a stupid mother.

4:57Well, my last name. So it's a very interesting quote. All coming from all sides.

5:07Well, switching gears, apparently Costco has become a major social hub, where shoppers go to meet, friends, date, and build community. Listen, if you can land a date with a$1.50 hot dog breath, God bless you. That's what I should say. Hey, did you guys see this? Capri Sun is releasing a new 24-ounce pouch called the Big Pouch. That's three times the typical size. Yeah, basically, it's a Franzia that got sober.

5:35Any boxed wine fans out there? Yeah. Just for fun, they made the straw smaller and duller. Well, listen to this. For its 50th anniversary, the musical Annie is coming back to Broadway. Yes! That is cool. They haven't announced casting yet, but I wonder who's going to play Annie, you know? That's a good question, Jimmy.

6:05Benny Blanco! Benny, why are you...

6:11Yeah. Benny, why are you dressed like that? What do you mean, why am I dressed like this? I'm the new Annie. Sorry, Benny, I'm not sure they're gonna cast you as Annie. What do you mean, come on? Who could be better than me? Look.

6:28That's not bad.

6:32I kind of see what you mean, but I'm still not so sure. Jimmy, I've worked with Rihanna, Eminem, Ariana Grande, but the only thing I've ever wanted to do is be Annie. Okay, okay, okay. You convinced me. When's the audition? September 17th. September 17th. That's tomorrow.

6:57Sandy! Oh, my God, oh, my God. Sandy, Sandy! Oh, my God, oh, oh, my God, Sandy! Sandy, down dog! Down girl! Down girl, down girl! Sandy! Oh, my God. Sandy, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, gosh. I hope he's okay. Terrific. Benny Blanco, everybody, right there. The new Annie.

7:25And, finally, I read that Hawaii, Utah, and New Jersey were just named the happiest states in America. Yeah. Hawaii because of the beaches, Utah because of the mountains, and Jersey, because they threatened the guy taking the survey. We have a great show. Give it up for the Roots, everybody!

7:53Welcome to the show, everybody. I want to quickly mention to tune in tomorrow night. We've got a giant show. Our guest will be the biggest movie star in the world, Tom Cruise! Come on! We'll be talking to him about his new movie, Digger, which was phenomenal. Oh, my gosh. The guy's one on his own. I love it. We have some fun stuff planned with Tom Cruise. You don't want to miss it. Tomorrow night, Tom Cruise is on The Tonight Show. Let's see. It's going to be fun. But first, what a show we have here tonight. She is a global pop superstar. Who you know from Blackpink. Lisa is here!

8:34Sawadika. He is a Grammy-nominated producer and New York Times best-selling author. His new book, F. Failure, is out now. Benny Blanco is joining us tonight. It's a great book. It's actually really... It's fantastic. I love these motivational books, and it's very, very... It's exactly what he's saying. Everyone has to fail, but I'll let him talk to you and tell you all about it. It's great. It's also funny. It's very him. And he's the new Annie. Come on. Banny. That's a win right there. Yeah. Banny. Yes. Yes, Banny. She is an Olympic breaker and the subject of the new documentary Untold, Ray Gun, Breaking Badly, which is streaming now on Netflix.

9:17Ray Gun is here tonight! I love Ray Gun. He's the greatest.

9:26Stick around. We'll be right back with Lisa, everybody. Come on, Boxster.

9:37Last world happiness lives our most time. Our first guest is a global superstar you know from Blackpink. Her new single, Sawadika, is out now, and her new EP, Press Play, comes out October 23rd. Please welcome Lisa!

10:02Please welcome! Thank you so much for being here. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the show. Congrats. You already have one of the biggest songs of the year. Sawadika came out. Oh, I got chills. Not even two weeks ago. And it's over 70 million views on YouTube in just 24 hours. It's the most... Thank you. Most viewed music video of 2026. The song also debuted at number one on Spotify's global top songs. And you debuted at number one on the iTunes worldwide chart. Come on, Lisa!

10:42When you hear those kinds of numbers and feel that kind of love out there your fans have for you, what goes on in your head? What are you thinking? It's crazy. With the numbers, I have thanks to my lilies and my blinks out there. The song very much puts out your Thai roots out there with Sawadika. Mm-hmm. Tell everyone what Sawadika means. So, sawadika means hello in Thai. Yeah. Sawadika. Swadika. Sawadika. So I would say, do you? So you have to say sawadikrap. Huh? Sawadikrap. Sawadikrap? Yeah, sawadikrap. I say sawadikrap. And then what does that mean? It's a, it's hello. Oh. Yeah. It's different.

11:23Different, yes. Men and women? Yes. Sawadikrap. Sawadikha. How are you? I'm great. Like that. Maybe next time when we meet each other, we just say hi in Thai. We'll say hi in Thai. It's hi in Thai. Sadi krah. Yeah. And then can you teach me another thing? What would I say after sadi krah? Mmm, what should I teach you? Uh, how about thank you in Thai? So it's kap-kun-krab. Kap-kun-krab. Hey, thank you for saying that. Oh, my God! His pronunciation, your pronunciation is super, super good. Really? Yes. Thank you for saying that. It's on point. I love it. I'm for it. You have more music coming, by the way.

12:01You have a new EP, Press Play. comes out next month. How would you describe this EP? Oh, so this EP is about my journey from my root to where I am right now today. Yeah. Yeah, and there's a lot of, like, tight element in the song as well, in the EP. And every single song, they have their own character, their own vibe, and when we combine it together, it's like a movie, so you just press play. That's where you come up with press play, like, just go and enjoy. Just enjoy it. Just press play, and then sit back and relax. Yeah, this is, if you go to Apple Music and you look for press play, this is what comes up.

12:38There's Sawadika and then mystery, mystery, mystery, mystery, mystery. Yes. No one knows the names of the tracks. Is this because you don't know the names of the tracks? Come on. Oh, you know them. You're just not, you're not telling us. Yes, it's a surprise for my fans. Yeah. Yeah. Do you want a gift? I mean, can you give me a hint on a different track name? Well... Which one do you want to know? Which track? Give me... What's the next single, you think? It's the track four. Okay. Track four is the next single. And then do you want to give us a hint about what could be called? What can I... Track four.

13:18Oh, so it starts with T.

13:23Can you guess? That narrows it down. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. It definitely narrows it down. Yeah. It could be... Do you want to give it, like, a guess? T. Starts with T. Maybe it's called track four. Wow, that's... Yeah, that's good. It's not bad, right? Yeah, I don't know. I just said a little hint earlier, but... You did? Yeah. Hmm. You guys are like, hmm. All right. I don't want to ruin it for fans, so I'll let everyone guess. You said it earlier in the interview. Yes. Okay. I have to go back from re-watching. I'm going to start... It starts with a T. I'm going to start analyzing.

14:00I also want to congratulate you on your documentary, by the way. Thank you. Always Lalisa. Always Lalisa. Always Lalisa. The movie follows your journey, your solo album, Coachella, you getting cast in The White Lotus, which you were great in, by the way. That was phenomenal. Thank you. You were so great. I know you can sing. I know you can dance. I know you can do all that. But your acting was fantastic. Thank you. It was on point. And in the documentary, by the way, two people that really believed in you. My mom and my dad. Mom and dad. My parents, yes. That's really strong in the documentary.

14:38I loved it. It's charming. What does their support mean to you? I mean, I think my dad did a little manifest when I was young. He always called me a superstar. Hi, my superstar. Wow. Yeah. Really? They're like the big supporter. Yeah. Was there ever a backup plan for you? or you just knew that you'd get to this point and this is what you wanted to do, that you just want to be a singer? Was that always your goal? I think so. Or maybe my B plan was, plan B was a dance teacher or maybe work as a performer at Disneyland. Yes. A performer at Disneyland? You know, wearing a costume? Yeah. Like a princess costume.

15:23Yes? Yeah, I love doing it. Wow. Yeah. All right, next time you come out, We have to do that. Yes. And then in November, you have a residency in Las Vegas. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Viva Lalisa. Viva Lalisa. You're the first ever K-pop artist ever to have a Vegas residency. And it's sold out in like five minutes or something crazy. Congratulations. Thank you. It's all happening. Yes. And you deserve all of it. It's happening. You deserve all of it. Have you started thinking about what the show looks like? Have you started rehearsing yet? Oh, I haven't started, but I'm going to start soon.

15:56Mm-hmm. And it's going to be four shows. Okay. Four shows? All right. Can't wait. I'm super excited. Congratulations. Thank you. Since Sawadika is a celebration of Thailand, you wanted to bring a little taste of Thailand to The Tonight Show, and you brought your favorite Thai recipe. Yes. Okay, I have it here. What is this here? It smells so good. It does. It's called som tam. It means papaya salad. Have you ever tried it before? Som tam? Som tam. Som tam. And it is papaya? Papaya salad. So you chop the papaya and mix it with, like, a... I like the way you say papaya. Papaya. And this is a dry shrimp.

16:43Do you want to try? I'll try with you. You will? Okay. Yeah. All right. Are those little eyeballs? Don't look. Don't look. All right, here we go. That one I like. Yeah? It's salty. Real salty. That's really salty. And how about this? All right. That looks super spicy. Are you good at spice? I'm okay with spice. Should I try that? Yeah, what is this? This is just a Thai chili. Just a little tiny bit. Okay.

17:20Holy moly. Are they all this spicy? Yeah. They're all spicy. It's all spicy. Maybe I just got a real spicy one. Holy, I want to drink that fish sauce. Yeah, something has to go on. No, I want to do this. Ooh. Because we also brought this to cheers you. Yes. Now, what are we doing here, and what is this called? It's my special tea recipe. Oh. Like, you just mix a little Korean soju here. Like soju, yeah. And Thai beer together. Okay. And finish with Sprite. Do you want to try? What do you mean, finish with Sprite? By the way. Okay. Woo! Okay. Okay. So. Okay. Ugh, the steps. Are you ready? No, I'm...

18:12Yes. What are the steps? Soju here. This is one shot of soju. Then Thai beer. Oh, a shot of beer. Yeah. Oh, this is fun. And then we finish up with Sprite. How did you find out this recipe? Online. How did you find everything out? Why not? No, but it's my, yeah, it's my special one. Okay. And then you just... Come on, are you kidding me? I'm honored. Here's to you. Can I teach you one more thing in Thai? Yes, please. When you cheers, you say, mot-gail. Mot-gail. Mot-gail. Means bottoms up. Bottoms up. But mot-gail! Mot-gail!

19:00Yes! I love it! Yes! Lisa, everybody! Sawadita is out now! More tonight show after the break. Stick around. I love it.

19:19Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated producer and New York Times best-selling author whose new book, F. Failure, is available now. Please welcome Benny Blanco!

19:44Benny Blanco! Welcome back to the show. You look fantastic, my friend. Congrats on the new book. I love it. I got to say, what is it? Has it been almost a year now you're celebrating your marriage to Selena Gomez? This is true It's a year in like a week Oh wow The 27th Congratulations Are you doing anything special? You know I just found out Her grandma told me That we're supposed to eat cake From like a year ago So I swear A wedding cake At the end of our wedding Her grandma said She said You need to save this cake You gotta grab the cake You gotta freeze it It's good luck to eat it I've heard this I've heard this Oh she didn't just make this up?

20:28No this is a real thing Okay, okay. This is a real thing. Yeah, so you froze a piece of cake? I froze cake. I did not freeze it well. Like, there might be, like, fur on it. Like, it wasn't a good freeze job. No, there was no vacuum. It was, like, rolled up. It's basically in a bag. Yeah, what's cake going to taste like a year later? I don't know. Has anyone done that out there? Yeah, no one done. Yeah, people have done it. Okay, okay. It's a thing. People have done it. They survived. Yeah. Honestly. But you're a chef. You know, you love cooking. You love food. I know. You could do something fun with this.

20:59You can't do anything fun with, you're okay. Like, it's gonna, I have a feeling it's gonna be like, so it's gonna look like strawberries when you leave them in the back of the fridge for too long and they're just like, what is this? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you take the fur off and then you have the beautiful cake. I mean, I don't have to eat the whole thing. Maybe, no, I think just a bite for good luck. But what if you blended it in with ice cream or something? Blended it in with ice, you nuts? Ice cream with old cake? Ice cream, okay. Is that another way to do it? We'll try to figure out some way to do it.

21:26That's the way, okay, me and you will come up with a way. You're a great follow on the socials, is what I say about you. And you're always doing something that makes me laugh or something interesting or playing great music or something like that. But here's one thing you did. You posted one night, you just decided to shave half of your head.

21:47This is to promote your book, to shave. And everyone on the internet believed it. My mother believed it. My mother called me and she was like, what? Like, I swear. And I was like, Mom, I didn't shave my head. She made me FaceTime her, because she didn't believe me. She's like, I saw your head, it was shaved. Oh, my God. But what, you did hair and makeup for, like, two hours? It took, like, four hours to do it. Well, I was thinking about actually shaving it, but then I was like, what if I have, like, a crazy head? Like, I have, like, a huge cone in the back. I don't know. No, you don't know. Yeah, you don't want to mess with that.

22:19No, no, this is the look for you. This is good. Yeah. But the other thing you did, I wanted to ask you about this, is you decided to run a marathon. Talk to me about this. First of all... Yeah, first of all, first of all, first of all... Wait, do you hear this? First of all, it was a half marathon. I didn't even realize that until I ran it. There's a very big difference. But... It still counts. No, it still counts. Yeah, obviously it still counts. Yes. I ran like 14 miles. I've never run. At 2.30 in the morning. You're not a runner? Yeah, I'm a runner. No, I'm not a runner. I ran... The last time I ran was in like middle school when they make you run the mile and you like walk and you get like a 15-minute mile.

22:53Like, I was with my friends. My friends bet me. They said, you can't run a marathon tomorrow. And I was like, of course I can. Tomorrow was the marathon. Tomorrow was the marathon, the half marathon. Oh, half. The half. It was 14. It still counts. For me, that's a marathon. It's so hard. But what was your thinking? You go, if I pass out, I just pass? Well, I said, if I mess up, I just walk. or I like, just don't finish. Like, it's not a big deal. But once you get around everyone, and like the adrenaline is going, like people are passing shots out. They, I had, someone gave me a bag of Sour Patch Kids.

23:35They were delicious. I don't think it's shots, I think it's water. No, it wasn't water. It wasn't water, Jimmy. Jimmy, it wasn't water, I was burning. No, Gatorade or something. No, it wasn't Gatorade. Wait, when people are handing you stuff? Yes, a woman handed me Fireball, and I took it. Oh my God. Who did that? She should be put in prison. It was insane. She should be put in jail. You don't do that to a marathon runner. It was insane. They were all doing it. I was peer pressured. Oh, my God. You think fireball is what got you to the end? Jimmy, I have no idea what got me to the end. I think sheer will and resilience and not wanting to die.

24:07Dude, you did a half marathon. I know. I'm so proud of you, bud. That is so rad to say that you did that. Would you ever do a full marathon? I think I'm going to. But someone said, I asked someone the other day, I said, could I just run a real marathon? And they were like, no, no, you'd like die. You have to actually train. People train for that. Yeah, you have to. I think they train for the half marathon. Probably. But I think it would have been a better idea if I trained. I was very sore. Like, I remember standing up from my bed the second day, and it felt like I was, like, lifting 800 pounds.

24:36I was sore for a week. You're like, what did I do this for? I can't run half marathon. Terrible. I love that you did it, though. It's great. And I love most everything you do, including this book, F Failure. Let me tell you something. I think everyone needs to read this. I think especially kids out there need to see this. If they want to go, oh, I want to be blah, blah, blah. I want to do this. I think you go, yeah, you have to fail to succeed. Of course. Yeah, and it's very you, by the way. I will say the dedication. You said, I want to dedicate this book to anyone who's doubted me, thought my dreams wouldn't come true, or told me no along the way.

25:11Let your actions quiet the noise until your actions become the noise everyone's talking about. Come on, buddy. Let's go. But also... But it's very you. It's very you. It's very funny. It says... This is the opening... This is the opening lines of the book. It says, all right, you did it. You got this book. You opened it up, you sat down to read it, or turned it on in your car to listen to it while you picked your nose and thought no one was looking. I saw that. And it's jokes like that, but then... Go into the first chapter. It's called You Are a Failure. Yeah. I mean, look. Look, the only way you're gonna succeed is if you fail, you fail.

25:52No one just gets up and just like writes the number one song, their first song they've ever written. Like I'd say 95 % of the songs I write in a year never see the light of day. And then out of the 5 % that see the light of day, maybe 1 % is good. Are you serious? Yeah. So you get into a room as a producer, but if people don't understand what you do, I mean, how's the process work? What is your job? What do you even do? No, I mean, but kind of... No, explain to him, because I kind of understand. Okay, okay, here's what it is. Let's say I walk in, and I walk in with someone sometimes that I've never met, okay?

26:28So I got five hours to get them to tell me their deepest, darkest secret. Okay. Then we have to write a song about it, and then I have to convince them to put it out. I'm basically a glorified therapist. Okay, yeah. That's my job. Wow. I'm a therapist. Sometimes I cry, sometimes we cry. Sometimes we do nothing for a week, and then the last day, in five minutes, we write the best song. But what if you don't click when you first meet? Or what if you don't? You never talk to him again. No, no, no. Sometimes it happens and sometimes you say, oh, we'll just be better off as friends. Sometimes it really takes a while to click and then when it does, it's like, sometimes I've been in the studio with someone one time, then like five years later we get in and it just clicked that time.

27:08Really? Yeah. And then you go, oh yeah, that's the song that everyone knows, but it took you this much to fail to get to this. Oh, my God. So, so much. Just trying, and you're like, this song's not... Do you ever work for hours, and you go, it's not anything, or you keep the song? Are you kidding me? I throw away almost every song I do. Wow. Like, I have tens and thousands of songs in a trash can. You know, the little one on the Apple. Yeah. The little trash can. The little, the digital trash can. Not a big trash can. Yeah, that's amazing to have artists like you on the show, because I did a Christmas album last year, and I wrote 25 songs, and all 25 are on the album.

27:49Do nothing away. You kidding me, man? It's all available. You kidding me? I was like, dude, I tried to squeak. I put even outtakes on there. Because you're the best. Of course. I'm like, I couldn't get rid of any of that stuff. I'm like, oh, my God. It took me forever to do that. And it's grueling. Oh, my God. And you get embarrassed. You get embarrassed. That's why so many people are scared to, like, take that leap to do something. Because you get embarrassed. You're scared of your peers. You're scared of what your friends are going to think. You're scared now you have to post on Instagram, on Twitter, on Facebook.

28:21There's, like, nowhere to hide. Like, when we were younger, you put something out and it was in one place. And if it didn't work, like, nobody saw it except three of your friends. Now it's like you're, like, on the display for the world. Yeah. But what can you say to my audience now about this book, about F Failure? Could you give us a little hype-up speech? Could you tell us any advice? Yeah, I could give you a hype up speech. Like, look, first of all, I want everyone in here to just repeat after me. I am a failure. I am a failure. See, look, you already took the first step. So now what I want you to do is, when you get home, I want you to make a list, okay?

28:57Of anything you wanna do, okay? And you circle one of those things, and then what you're gonna do is you're gonna take one inch forwards to get there. You're gonna do just one little thing off the list. Maybe that's like, talk to my mom more. You know, everything's not always about financial gain and everything. Maybe it's, oh, I wanted to start that company that I never did in my life. And you just take one step forward. And I promise you, as long as you're going forward, there's no way you can fail, because you're still on your way to succeeding. I love this. Did this already. I take this. This is fantastic.

29:27I loved it. Since... Since we've all taken the first step already, you were nice enough to help them keep going. Everyone in our audience is going home tonight with a copy of your new book! Come on, Benny! You got a book! You got a book! You got a book! You got a book! Benny Bongo! F Failure is available right now. More tonight shows in the break. Stick around, everybody!

30:07Our next guest is an Olympian and the subject of the new documentary Untold, Ray Gun, Breaking Badly, which is streaming now on Netflix. Everyone, please welcome Ray Gun!

30:24Standing! Oh, come on! What? Welcome to the show. What a start. Oh, my gosh. It's a great start. Yeah, yeah. Reagan, welcome to the show. I want to take you back, or unfortunately I want to take you back, but you'll tell me, the 2024 Olympics. Yes, I'm familiar with them. You competed in the breaking, which is breakdancing. Yes. It was two years since the Olympics, and now you have a Netflix documentary talking about everything that happened. Yes. What made you want to make this documentary? Oh, well, I mean, you know, I was everywhere suddenly and it was such a surreal experience. And I think, you know, there were so many conspiracy theories, there were so many ideas about who I am, my motivations, you know, what I was trying to do.

31:19And, you know, I wanted to share my story. It was really hard to cut through when there was so much noise. But, you know, this documentary gives me that space to tell my story and share my experiences. Looking back on it two years ago, what was it like? Could you describe what the feeling was like when you got in or after you competed? Oh, I mean, all of it was surreal because I never thought that I would be an Olympian. Like, I never thought that I would, you know, be representing my country on that stage. So already I kind of felt like a total fish out of water. I was like, what am I doing here?

31:54So much imposter syndrome. Yeah, it was exciting, right? It was so exciting, though. Honestly, it was such a thrill. And it was just, like, such a privilege to be able to be there and experience that. And then, you know... Yeah. And then it changed. Yeah. So you competed. Yeah. And then no one understood it. No one got it. It was the biggest story. You were the biggest story of the Olympics. Yeah. And everyone knew who you were. And everyone was like, well, I mean, we did a bit on our show because we tried to find the comedy in everything. Yes. Yes. People were dressing like you for Halloween?

32:32Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was that surreal? That was so surreal. You're dressed like me. No, I know. Yeah, it was so surreal. And there were, like, armies of them as well. They were, like, groups of ray guns. I was like, what is going on? Yeah. No, it was so surreal. I loved the documentary. You know, I loved your husband in the documentary. Sam is very good. And I loved your mom and dad, by the way. Really made me laugh. They ask your dad, they go, do you ever think that Rachel would be in the Olympics? And he goes... He just laughed. Just laughing? You're like, Dad, don't do that. Embarrassing me. Yes.

33:05Like, Rachel, mm-mm. Yeah. But you did, what were your goals going into the Olympics? To win gold? No. No, no, no. I mean, you know, the competition was fierce. You know, only, well, actually, there were 17 girls from around the world. So, you know, I was going up against world champs, you know, who had years and years of performing on these big stages. And it was a very different... I didn't think we knew what to expect because it's never been in the Olympics. So I didn't know... And I'm much older than you. I think of breakdancing. I think of, like, there's no stopping us. I'm thinking of, like, break-in.

33:45And I go, that's probably... Is that what it is? I didn't know what competitive breaking was. Yeah. So I was actually learning. Yeah, it's evolved a lot and it's continued, you know. So since the 80s, it's been all around the world, and people have continued to nurture and continue to innovate upon the form. And so actually, you know, it's not only the increase in athleticism and technicality, but it's also the creativity. It's always been there in breaking, drawing inspiration from, you know, popular culture and different sources. And your thing, I look at it totally different now after seeing the documentary.

34:20I'm so happy you made this, because I was like, at first watching, I didn't understand it. I go, wait, you're doing the kangaroo. which I did, that's like a kangaroo move that you're doing. And everyone's like, what's going on? You did that. And everyone's like, why is she, what's going on? Why is she doing that? And then you did a sprinkler. Yeah. Sprinkler. People got mad at the sprinkler. They did. People got upset. I know. They go, but then guess what? You were correct. I was right. The sprinkler was invented in Australia. Yeah. Yeah. I did not know this. I know. I know. The ideas. The ideas.

34:55There's a lot of misconceptions and some conspiracies out there about you on the internet. I thought it could be fun if I read them. Let's do it. Tell me if it's true or not true. Yeah, I'm ready. Reagan, people think your husband, who is also your coach, was on the judging panel at the event where you qualified for the Olympics. Is there any truth to that? No truth to it. No, he was not on the panel. There was actually no Australian on the panel. They were all overseas judges. Ooh. Okay. I know. I know. People think your husband was part of the selection process. Did he have anything to do with the qualifying event?

35:32No, absolutely not. And there was no selection process. It was a one-day competition. Who wins goes to the Olympics. Are you kidding me? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. It was intense. I love it. You're like... I thought that was the intense bit. Yeah. You're like Rocky. I love this. It's so fun. Online, there are people who think you didn't take the Olympics seriously. Is there any truth to that? No, I was stressed out of my mind trying to train, trying to, you know, build my strength, trying to, like, you know, build myself up to perform on that stage. You know, I took it very seriously. But, you know, I wanted to go out there, I wanted to represent myself, represent Australia, and tell my story through dance, you know?

36:15You're a proud Australian. Yeah! Yeah! I think you did your country proud. And I think this documentary proves it. Good for you for doing it and getting back up and laughing and going, no, watch me. Watch what I'm going to do. Do you feel stronger now after having getting kind of beat up online and everything? You're like, oh, I'm fearless now. Get out of my way. Nothing scares me. Yeah, I mean, the perspective does change. Like, once the world has already laughed at you, you're a little less scared of what people are going to do if you do anything now. You're like, oh, what are they going to do, laugh at me?

36:49Been there, done that. Good. All right. Good for you. I know that you came from Australia to be on our show, and you brought me a gift. I did. Yes, I did. And it's right here. Now, I know that you have had Vegemite before. Ooh. Jimmy. Ooh. Jimmy. Ooh. Okay. Yes, I had it on toast or something. Yeah, I know. Hugh Jackman did an amazing job. Chassie gave it to me. We still don't talk to each other. Yeah, absolutely. This might not be the best start to our relationship. So I'm introducing another way of having Vegemite. And this is the way that I have it. If I just want a little boost. If you haven't got time for the toast, you don't have a toaster maybe, don't worry about that butter.

37:39You just want a boost of vitamins. You know, it's got B vitamins for vitality. For vitality. You can't see it. No, no. Oh, my goodness gracious. A straight-up spoon? Yeah.

37:54Jimmy, you can do this. Only you, Raygun, can make me even try this. Oh, no, no, no. I'm on my second. No, I meant to say... I'm on my second. Oh, nar, nar, nar, nar. Oh. Oh, nar, nar, nar. Wait, you're on your second. Nar. Nar, nar. No. Look at it. It looks like shoe polish. I don't know what this is. This is insanity. I know. All right. I see how much I've had. No, stop doing it. Please stop doing it. All right, ready? Here we go. All right, just do it with eye contact, Jimmy. Just, like, intense eye contact. Ready? No, look, I'm taking your actual real spoon. Is that okay? I'll show the roll.

38:33Yeah, it's, like, almost the same as mine. Cheers. Congratulations on the documentary and on everything. Thank you. And thank you for coming on. Here we go. Thanks for having me on here. Good luck.

39:03Oh, my God! That is like eating a bouillon cube, liquefied bouillon cube, saltiest thing ever. But you know what? I feel fantastic. That's the vitality. That's the vitality. Come on. Ray Gunn, everybody! Untold Ray Gun Breaking Badly is streaming now on Netflix. We'll be right back, everybody.

39:43My thanks to Lisa, Benny Blanco, Reagan, and the Ruth right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you.

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