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  • This is a hard, hard seat of plastic.

  • Yeah.

  • And at one point, she turns around the makeup brush.

  • The soft brush is coming at me, and she's

  • like, well, we can't have that, and takes this sharp end of it

  • and is like ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

  • And I was like, oh, let's use that soft, fluffy side.

  • Yeah.

  • She's so funny, though.

  • What was her talent?

  • Well, her talent was being mighty

  • and incredibly outspoken.

  • She had a whole philosophy, which

  • is why we went to this Moroccan store to get a magic carpet.

  • She has this whole thing of, I don't

  • need a prince to get a rug.

  • I can get my own rug.

  • And if I want to fly around on a magic carpet,

  • I can do it on my own.

  • And he can get his own rug.

  • And we each have our own room, but I

  • don't need him to get me a magic carpet ride.

  • Wow.

  • I was like, all right.

  • Four years old.

  • She's like four years old, and she's

  • like, I don't need a prince.

  • She is--

  • That's amazing.

  • She was like a four--

  • I was like, how is--

  • she's so tiny.

  • She's this teeny little four-year-old,

  • and if you just ask her something,

  • she's like, I don't need that.

  • I'm capable of-- she's just--

  • That's so special.

  • I know.

  • She's so great.

  • I know.

  • And first of all, I was so happy you said yes.

  • I really wanted you to host the show.

  • It's a whole kind of new version.

  • And we remade Little Big Shots, and Melissa is the host.

  • We always find amazing kids, but how much did you

  • cry on that show?

  • Oh God, I mean it was an actual topic of conversation

  • because I was like, at a certain point, do I seem nuts,

  • and will I scare the children?

  • But then I'd look around.

  • Everybody in the audience is crying.

  • And then, people would come in to like, oh,

  • your sweater looks weird.

  • And dawn's crying, who does my wardrobe.

  • Everybody's crying, and then we'd be laughing.

  • It's like there's really something incredibly powerful

  • about these kids, who just are exactly who they are.

  • Somehow, they haven't been shamed out of anything.

  • They've got really something to say.

  • And just being able, I think, to shine the light on kindness

  • is good, and having an interest in things.

  • So much attention, I think, now is

  • given to who said something the nastiest, who

  • really ripped someone apart on all these crazy social media

  • things.

  • And I think we're forgetting that that's not the goal.

  • And you just see kid after kid coming in,

  • and they're completely selfless, and they're funny,

  • and they're crazy, and they're really talented.

  • And it's quite a reminder.

  • The adults, not only the kids, were like, we got to do better.

  • Yeah, but I cried a lot.

  • It's like a sea of tears.

  • Yep.

  • Yep.

  • Y'all are going to love the show.

  • You're going to love the show.

  • And there's so many special kids doing--

  • in so many different areas of--

  • Everything.

  • I mean, really amazing.

  • And right now you're doing Little Mermaid?

  • Yeah.

  • At live action Little--

  • Yeah.

  • What do you play?

  • Just starting.

  • I play Ursula the sea witch.

  • Uh-huh.

  • It is so fun.

  • We're just in rehearsals, and it's-- oh yeah, there you go.

  • It's been an absolute bast.

  • Stepping into the world of Rob Marshall is--

  • it's like a fever dream.

  • I just went to London for a week, and I'm like,

  • I don't get to go to dance camp for a week.

  • And all day, he's like, do you want to slide down

  • this 40-foot clam shell?

  • I'm like, yes.

  • Of course I do.

  • What are you, crazy?

  • So it's been wildly creative.

  • That's fantastic.

  • Yeah.

  • Can't wait to see it.

  • All right, we have take a break.

  • We're going to play a game after this.

  • Oh.

This is a hard, hard seat of plastic.

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