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  • -We were just talking about you maybe a couple months ago,

  • 'cause we had a hashtag called #worstfirstdate.

  • And our very own Questlove sent a tweet out,

  • and he said, "Had dinner with Rosario Dawson.

  • Let Mos Def and his three bros crash the party.

  • Mos casually ordered her a $500 birthday cake.

  • It wasn't her birthday.

  • Six more people crashed. Bill was $1,400.

  • I didn't have $1,400.

  • Worst first date and last first date."

  • Do you remember this date? -Was that a date?

  • -It was a dinner. -It was a dinner?

  • -Whoa! -Wait a minute.

  • Wait. Why are you trying to play me?

  • -You what it is?

  • We were so New -- Well, I'm New York.

  • -It was a dinner.

  • -It's a thing of, like -- I feel like that at that moment --

  • -Wait. You totally backpedaled so fast.

  • He's like, "Oh, it's a dinner.

  • You're the one who said it was a date.

  • -It's the "Love Jones" kind of, like, era,

  • where, like, we hung out, and maybe there was, like,

  • something there, but we were not explicit about it,

  • so it was hard to even know, maybe,

  • 'cause if it's also -- If it was a date,

  • there was like 10 dudes on it.

  • Like, I didn't know.

  • -It's like "The Bachelorette," yeah.

  • Who do you give the rose to? Did you get a rose?

  • -No, I got the bill. -Yeah, he got the bill.

  • You didn't get a rose. You gave him the bill.

  • That's fantastic.

  • -You know, but we stayed friends.

  • -Okay, good, good, good, all right.

  • -So that's the most important part.

  • -Yeah, yeah. Look -- You're blushing.

  • -I'm not blushing.

  • -Speaking of dating, though -- You're both blushing.

  • -I love you so much.

  • -Speaking of dating, you are dating Senator Cory Booker.

  • -Yeah, he's here. He's in the greenroom.

  • -Oh, cool. How fun is that? -Yeah, it's really fun.

  • -That's pretty cool.

  • What is -- I know he dropped out of the race for president,

  • but people were very excited that you

  • could have been First Lady.

  • They'd like First Lady Rosario Dawson.

  • -Yeah, it definitely was strange when I endorsed him,

  • 'cause then I always felt like I was promoting people

  • to vote for him, but really for me, you know?

  • -You're like, "Dude, I want to be First Lady"?

  • -I could definitely feel my grandmother

  • in heaven smiling at the idea.

  • You know, my mom was a teenage mom,

  • and then, all of a sudden, she's validated with her daughter

  • becoming an actress and then doing all of this

  • good community work and then, on top of that,

  • potentially being First Lady

  • after living in a squat in an abandoned building.

  • Like, it's a crazy, amazing story,

  • and just even the idea of it was really beautiful.

  • -Would you ever run for office?

  • -I've been called "Senator Dawson,"

  • actually, weirdly, for a lot of years,

  • 'cause I co-founded a voting organization,

  • which is 15-years-old this year, Voto Latino.

  • -Oh, yeah. That's right.

  • -So, we've been doing voter registration and GOTV

  • and census initiatives and even helped to co-found

  • National Voter Registration Day,

  • if any of you have heard of that, NVRD.

  • -Absolutely. -So...yeah --

  • -You must be busy right now, huh?

  • -Yeah, it's a really big year, no matter what.

  • So, it's exciting, actually, 'cause Cory and I

  • are gonna probably hit the road and start, you know,

  • pushing people to make sure they're registered

  • and filling out their census forms

  • and also voting "down ticket," because all of those seats

  • are really critically important in this election.

  • -Yeah, that's smart. -Yeah.

  • -We know Cory.

  • We've had him on this show a couple of times.

  • He seems like a pretty smooth guy.

  • How does Cory Booker -- -Really? No, I'm kidding.

  • -Really?

  • -He's, like, dad jokes and, like -- He's not, like --

  • That's actually what I kind of loved about him.

  • He's very nerdy, and we bond on being really nerdy.

  • -How did -- Really? -Yeah.

  • -How did he get your number?

  • -We, you know, both ended up getting invited to

  • Sarah Silverman's annual rooftop party.

  • I'm sure you've been invited or gone to it, right?

  • -Yeah, sure. -It's a lot of comedians.

  • -"It was a dinner.

  • It was a dinner."

  • It was not a date. It was a dinner.

  • I was busy that night. -I don't know what's happening.

  • -I was busy. I was over at Questlove's house.

  • We were playing...

  • -Anyways, one of those things that she always keeps inviting,

  • even though I'm so often not in town.

  • And I remember, when I got there, my friend Tal --

  • Awesome shout-out to Tal, female bassist.

  • Like, Sarah goes, "Cory Booker just texted me.

  • He's coming." And I was like, "Okay."

  • And then he came in,

  • and he's tall and brilliant and amazing.

  • And we talked and kind of

  • hovered around each other all night.

  • And then, like, we both stayed late

  • at the party, so we kept talking.

  • And everyone kept leaving.

  • And then he finally was like,

  • "So, how would one get in touch with you?"

  • And I was like --

  • -"How would one get in touch with you"?

  • -"You are one of the most brilliant men

  • I've ever spoken to.

  • I'm sure you can figure it out what that is."

  • It's not smoke signals." -Yeah.

  • -It's definitely not smoke signals.

  • -And he figured it out.

-We were just talking about you maybe a couple months ago,

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