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  • -My first guest is an Emmy-nominated actor

  • and comedian who stars in the new movie --

  • stars, steals, whatever you want to say --

  • the new movie "Coming 2 America,"

  • which begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

  • Amazon Prime Video, get ready.

  • It is going to break in half.

  • Here she is, Leslie Jones!

  • Leslie, ah, look at you.

  • I'm so happy to see you. -Hey!

  • -Hey, buddy. -Hey, Jimmy!

  • Hey, New York!

  • -[ Laughs ] I'm so happy you're here.

  • I was just talking about you with Queen Latifah last week.

  • Oh, my God. I love her.

  • -We were talking about how much we love

  • when you live-tweet her show "The Equalizer."

  • -I love her.

  • -I love anytime you live-tweet anything.

  • And, you know, we've --

  • I've shown clips of "Below Deck," I think me and you love.

  • -Oh. -I showed --

  • But, dude, when you were live-tweeting the news coverage

  • of the election, people loved it, especially --

  • You were commenting on the guest backgrounds.

  • And -- -It was a accident.

  • It was a accident. It happened by accident.

  • I think I was watching it,

  • and I was like, "I don't think these people are aware

  • of the stuff that's behind them."

  • So I thought that -- You know, crowd work is my thing.

  • I was like, "Oh, this is too fun."

  • And it just became a thing.

  • -We put together some highlights of your commentaries.

  • Check this out.

  • -Yes, Miss Claire with the black --

  • I don't think that's a turtleneck.

  • That's some kind of ninja suit.

  • He look like...

  • like he wake up reading books.

  • We got a clean kitchen?

  • This is where the [bleep] we doing the news.

  • Rebecca, what do you do for a living?

  • If that's New York, bitch, you paying some money.

  • Aah! Steve!

  • Is he writing on the board?

  • [ Laughing ] I love this dude!

  • [ Both laugh ]

  • -"He's writing on the board.

  • Ha, ha. I love this dude."

  • -Yo, you can't understand

  • the love that I felt for Steve Kornacki.

  • So, let me explain something, what was happening.

  • I was watching these news channels.

  • But I didn't like the way they was covering the election.

  • They was walking across the floor

  • like it was a damn NBA final.

  • No!

  • I'm not supposed to see Wolf Blitzer's shoes!

  • No!

  • I say no!

  • And if they -- And then they was walking

  • like they knew everything,

  • and they wasn't doing nothing but saying the same thing --

  • just rubbing they hands

  • and, like, "Well, what do we got across here?"

  • Then take a whole long shot where they walk across.

  • I wanted to run on there and punch them in the face,

  • like stop!

  • But then I switched over to MSNBC,

  • and there was a nerd of all calibers.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -He was dressed for the occasion.

  • He was stressed out.

  • He was wrinkled.

  • He was "dis-shuffled."

  • He was concerned.

  • You could tell that that man had washed up in the wash room.

  • You know how you see them scenes in the news movies,

  • and they'll be like

  • "Come on, Joyce, you got to get me the information!"

  • That's Steve Kornacki.

  • That's Steve Kornacki. -Yes, yes, yes. He's real.

  • -I knew -- I knew that something was gon' happen

  • when that boy pulled out that calculator.

  • I said, "Look here. Look here!

  • I'm gon' find. out. what's. going. on."

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -Steve Kornacki, you are my snacky.

  • You know what I'm saying?

  • [ Both laugh ]

  • -I --

  • I heard that you got mad at him

  • when he was going on other things.

  • He was doing other stuff. You go, "Stop it."

  • They're taking him from you. -Wha--

  • Why is you passing Steve around like a joint?

  • He's not a joint.

  • He is a valuable "statician."

  • It's just, you can't be putting him on --

  • He doing football stats.

  • I bet you Steve was dying inside,

  • using them numbers for that mess!

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • I want to talk to you --

  • I want to talk to you about "Coming 2 America," the sequel.

  • -"Coming 2."

  • -Leslie, let me tell you something.

  • I have known you for years now.

  • I've seen you destroy.

  • I've seen -- I've worked with you in sketches.

  • I've seen you on-stage.

  • You're already in legendary status.

  • -Aww, that's so sweet. -This movie put you

  • in a whole new thing

  • that I don't even know if you're ready for this thing,

  • 'cause honestly, it was laugh-out-loud,

  • screaming-laughing funny for me.

  • I go, "What is going on? They let her be --

  • They let her just go off and play."

  • We've had Eddie on.

  • We've had everyone from the movie on,

  • and they all bring it up.

  • I bring -- I'm about to bring it up.

  • They're like, "No, no, stop. Leslie."

  • I go, "Yes."

  • So, basically, am I allowed to say who you play in the movie?

  • 'Cause I'm not sure what I can --

  • -I think so. I'm his baby mama.

  • -There you go. So, he has a son.

  • -Basically. Basically. -The Prince has a son.

  • -The Prince has a son.

  • -Wow. -By a real chick,

  • like one of them real chicks.

  • Like, yeah. You know?

  • Shari wasn't the only one he hit in Queens, you know?

  • -How was Eddie to do the scenes with?

  • Was he fun?

  • -It was funny, because every time he would walk on-set,

  • it's just very surreal, because you know I'm a comedian.

  • And Eddie is who, you know,

  • like, after Richard Pryor, I was like, "Oh, my God.

  • There's a guy who can perform like Richard Pryor."

  • That's literally what I thought of Eddie Murphy

  • when I first saw him. I was like, "Oh, my God.

  • There's somebody as funny as Richard Pryor?"

  • -Yeah. -And just to be on a set

  • with somebody like that, and he's just, like, Eddie,

  • you know? He's just walking through,

  • and you're like, "Yeah. Yeah. I honestly love you."

  • -Do you remember the first time when he laughed at you?

  • Laughed with you?

  • -Actually, Eddie saw me at the Laugh Factory

  • long, long, long before "SNL" and all of that.

  • -Really?

  • -So, he saw me at the Laugh Factory.

  • And Pooky, the dude that was running the room --

  • There's always a dude named Pooky running the room.

  • And he said, "Hey, Eddie wants to meet you."

  • And I went over to the side,

  • and I was like, "Oh, my God. Eddie Murphy."

  • And he was like, "Oh, my God. You were so funny."

  • And I said, "Eddie --"

  • I think -- I asked him the dumbest question.

  • I was like, "Eddie, if you was a comic like in this time,

  • would you do BET ComicView?"

  • And he was like, "Yeah.

  • Definitely."

  • [ Laughs ] And I was like, "Okay."

  • -Wow. -And I was like --

  • I went home, and I was like,

  • "Anything. You could have asked him anything!

  • And that's what you asked him?" It was --

  • And then I got to see him again, you know, through "SNL"

  • and all of that. But, you know --

  • -This is going to --

  • Seriously, I think it's going to break Amazon.

  • They better be ready for this, 'cause it's happening on Friday.

  • -I hope so. -Everyone in the world

  • is talking about this movie.

  • I want to show a clip.

  • Here's the great Leslie Jones in "Coming 2 America."

  • Take a look at this.

  • -[ Laughing ] Ooh! What?!

  • -Hashtag family.

  • -That's the last surprise.

  • -Hey! What's up, y'all?

  • -Hi. What's up, fam?

  • I'm gon' hug you 'cause I'm a hugger.

  • Hey, Queen.

  • I'm sorry I slept with your man.

  • -What is going on here? -Oh, children.

  • Children, I would love for you to meet your brother.

  • -And my name is Mary. How you doing?

  • Just call me your second mom.

  • -But you really don't have to, girls.

  • -I mean, but you should, though, 'cause I kind of am.

  • -Well, look at us, just one big, happy, Zamundan-American,

  • aristocratic blended family.

  • -Ah, just like the Kardashians! [ Chuckles ]

  • -Leslie Jones! "Coming 2 America"

  • will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

-My first guest is an Emmy-nominated actor

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