( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
JON, WHAT'S THAT SONG? >> Jon: "HAPPY JOE." IT'S CALLED "HAPPY JOE." HE SWINGS AND HE GETS HAPPY. >> Stephen: IS THAT AN
ORIGINAL? >> Jon: YES. >> Stephen: WOW, THAT'S
FANTASTIC. >> Jon: FROM SEASON ONE. >> Stephen: FROM SEASON ONE OF
THE SHOW. >> Jon: BRINGING IT BACK FROM
SEASON 7. >> Stephen: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY WAS THE 6
6th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOW. WHAT A LONG STRETCH IT'S BEEN. >> Jon: COULDN'T HAVE
PREDICTED THAT ONE. MY FIRST GUEST IS THE EMMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "AMERICAN HORROR STORY,"
"RATCHED," AND "MRS. AMERICA." SHE NOW STARS IN "IMPEACHMENT:
AMERICAN CRIME STORY." >> I HAVE TO SAY, YOU'RE SUCH A
KNOCKOUT. I ASSUMED YOU WOULD BE DATING
SOME BILLING D.C. PLAYER. >> UM --
>> Stephen: WHAT? I'M NOT DATING. >> Stephen: WHY NOT? I'M KIND OF IN SOMETHING. >> Stephen: AND YET YOU FEEL
LONELY. >> YES, AFFIRMATIVE. >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S NO
GOOD. TELL ME ABOUT HIM. >> IT'S JUST HE'S UNAVAILABLE. >> Stephen: SOMEONE LONG
DISTANCE? SOMEONE FROM WORK? SOMEONE IMPORTANT. IS THAT WHY THEY SENT YOU HERE? >> WE SHOULD GET BACK, RIGHT? >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME SARAH
PAULSON! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> HI. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> HI. >> Stephen: HI. LOVELY TO SEE YOU. >> LOVELY TO SEE YOU, TOO. I'M OUT OF BREATH. >> Stephen: YOU WERE PLAYING
AIR EVERYTHING. >> TRYING TO DO WHAT JON DOES
WHICH IS NOT EASY. >> Stephen: WE HAD YOUR LOVELY
PARTNER HOLLAND TAIFERL ON. >> SHE HAD A GREAT TIME. SHE WAS NERVES. >> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT? >> SHE'S A PRO BUT SHE GETS
NERVOUS. I'M REALLY WINDED. >> Stephen: CAN WE GET HER AN
OXYGEN TANK, PLEASE? >> I'M OKAY. WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? >> Stephen: HAVE YOU RECENTLY
BEEN TESTED FOR COVID IS MY QUESTION. >> YES. >> Stephen: YOU REALIZE WE'RE
NOT SEEING SYMPTOMS HERE. >> NO, THIS MORNING. >> Stephen: YOU'RE FINE. TEMPERATURE'S OKAY FOR NOW. >> Stephen: I WAS GOING TO SAY
YOU GUYS ARE GLAM, GLAM, GLAM, CELEBRITY POWER COUPLE. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE -- HAVE
YOU ACCEPTED YOUR ROLE AS A CELEBRITY POWER COUPLE? >> NO, BECAUSE ALL WE DO IS SIT
AROUND THE SWEAT PANTS AND WATCH TEFERLINGS. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. ARE YOU GOING ANYWHERE BESIDES
HERE? >> Stephen: I GO HERE AND HOME
TO THE REFRIGERATOR AND GET ICE CREAM. >> CORRECT. THAT SOUNDS WHAT I'M DOING ON AN
AVERAGE SUNDAY NIGHT. >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOW PLAYING
LINDA TRIPP. >> OH, GOD, YES. >> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO
TAKE THIS FOE TO OUT YET BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD. THIS IS THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
PLAYING LINDA TRIPP. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU SAY THIS IS
THE HARDEST ACTING ROLE OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. WHAT MAKES IT SO HARD TO PLAY
LYNN TRAY TRIP? >> SO MANY THINGS. CHIEFLY, ANYTIME YOU DECIDE TO
PLAY A PERSON FOR WHOM MANY PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF SCORN
FOR -- SHE'S SORT OF DETESTED, SHE'S THOUGHT OF AS SORT OF A
HATEFUL WOMAN, WHO I WOULD ARGUE NOT A HATEFUL WOMAN BUT A WOMAN
WHO DID LATEFUL THINGS, AND I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A PERSON WHO IS WORTHLESS AND ONE WHO MADE
TERRIBLE MISTAKES. I'M NOT SANCTIONING THE
BEHAVIOR, KIDS, I'M SIMPLY SAYING THAT WHEN I DECIDED TO DO
IT, I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES SHE MADE
AND, IN PURSUING THAT, I FOUND THINGS ABOUT HER THAT I FOUND
WERE QUITE REDEEMABLE. >> Stephen: REMIND THE PEOPLE
WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER THE LATE 90s, WHAT WAS HER INVOLVEMENT
IN THE SCANDAL? >> LINDA TRIPP IS ESSENTIALLY
THE LYNCH PIN. SHE IS WHY WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
WITH MONICA LEWINSKY AND BILL CLINTON. SHE TAPED THESE CONVERSATIONS
AND TURNED THEM OVER TO KEN STARR. >> Stephen: AND HER MOTIVATION
WERE WHAT? >> HER MOTIVES WERE COMPLICATED. THEY COME OUT IN EPISODE 10 SO
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU KNOW. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LINDA
BELIEVED SHE WAS GOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR MONICA WHO COULD NOT
GET OFF THIS LOOP ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HER RELATIONSHIP,
AND, ALSO, SHE WAS SO DISGUSTED WITH WHAT BILL CLINTON WAS DOING
WITH THIS YOUNG INTERN. >> Stephen: SHE'S IN GOOD
COMPANY THERE. >> IT'S AN ABUSE OF POWER IN A
LOT OF WAYS. >> Stephen: PERHAPS THE MOST
FAMOUS ABUSE OF POWER IN A WORKPLACE EVER. >> AND PERHAPS LINDA FELT THE
PRESIDENCY WAS NOT BEING TREATED WITH ENOUGH RESPECT. >> Stephen: YOU BROKE YOUR
WRIST. >> YES, I --
>> Stephen: WHY. I HAVE A SNEAKING SUSPICION
IT WAS THE GHOST OF LINDA TRIPP BECAUSE I FELL UP THE STAIRS AND
I THINK -- YEAH, UP THEM. >> Stephen: YES. NOT LIKE, OOOH, DOWN! NO, JUST WALKING UP SOME AVERAGE
STAIRS AND BROKE MY WRIST, AND I ALSO, THE FIRST SCREENING WE HAD
OF "IMPEACHMENT" HERE IN NEW YORK I TRIPPED ON THE RED
CARPET GOING TO TAKE MY PICTURE AND I SAID, THIS IS STARTING TO
GET WEIRD. LINDA TRIPP IS TRIPPING ME. I THINK THE SHOW JUST CAME ON,
IT WAS ON FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO NIGHTS AGO. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
GOING TO BE AND UNTIL SHE KNEW SHE HAD DECIDED SHE HAD TO MAYBE
TAKE ME DOWN. >> Stephen: EVEN THOUGH LINDA
TRIPP IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT IN HEAVEN YOU CANNOT SEE TV
BEFORE IT'S BROADCAST? >> YOU CANNOT. ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: NOW, NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE PLAYED A FAMOUS
HISTORICAL FIGURE. YOU PLAYED MARSHA CLARK IN THE
O.J. SIMPSON STORY. ( APPLAUSE )
>> I'LL TAKE IT WHEREVER I CAN GET IT. >> Stephen: HOW FAR DO YOU GO
TO GET AN HISTORICAL FIGURE RIGHT? >> WELL, WITH LINDA, UNLIKE WITH
MARSHA, THERE WAS SO MUCH TAPE OF LINDA WALKING OUT OF HER
HOME, SO I WAS ABLE TO REALLY STUDY THE WALK WHICH WAS A VERY
SPECIFIC WALK, ENDLESS TAPES OF HER WALKING OUT OF HER HOUSE. WITH MARSHA, IT WAS STUFF I
COULD SEE IN THE COURTROOM. SO I NEVER GOT HER IN HER NORMAL
LIFE. BUT I DID A DEEP DIVE AND TRIED
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PERFUME MARSHA WORE IN THE TRIAL. THE ODOR, WHAT WAS IT DOING WHEN
SHE WAS GETTING UPSET AND HOT AND THE FRAGRANCE FLYING OFF HER
WRIST IN A DIFFERENT WAY, I DON'T KNOW. I FOUND OUT FROM A MUTUAL FRIEND
WHAT THE PERFUME WAS AND DECIDED TO GO TO PERFUME WEB SITES TO
DETERMINE -- BECAUSE APPARENTLY PERFUMES HAVE DIFFERENT
ITERATIONS. SO THE PERFUME SHE WORE BACK
THEN -- ARE YOU BORED? >> NO. ARE YOU REALLY INTERESTED? ( LAUGHTER )
THERE IS LIKE A CHUTE ROOMPERFUME MESSAGE BOARD THAT
YOU CAN GO TO AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS
OF THE PERFUMES AND THE 2000 VERSION WAS NOT AS GOOD AS THE
'98 VERSION. I FOUND THE VERSION SHE WORE AND
IT SMELLED LIKE A BOTTLE OF PEA. IT WAS BAD. I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A
DESCRIPTION OF THE SHOW AND SHE WASN'T HAPPY WITH MY
DESCRIPTION. MARSHA DECIDED TO GO BUY THE
SAME ONE I HAD TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND SHE ALSO GOT IT ON
EBAY AND SHE TOO THOUGHT IT SMELLED LIKE A BOTTLE OF PEA AND
TURNED OUT THE PERFUME HAD TURNED. SO I WAS WEARING TURNED BAD
PERFUME BUT MY COMMITMENT TO MARSHA WAS SO STRONG THAT I WAS
WILLING TO -- ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOUR COMMITMENT TO LINDA TRIPP HERE. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> SO LINDA HAD A VERY DIFFERENT
EYEBROW SHAPE THAN I DID. IT WAS KIND OF DRAWN ON. THE ONLY WAY TO DO WAS WIPE OUT
MY OWN EYEBROWS AND I HAD TO BLEACH AND SHAVE THEM TO
NOTHINGNESS. I WALKED AROUND LIKE THIS ABOUT
A YEAR. ETH NOT A GREAT LOOK, GUYS. >> Stephen: THIS IS --
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> DO YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF
DISTANCE YOU CAN TRAVEL FROM HERE TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD IS
REALLY INTENSE. >> Stephen: IT'S A SEVERE
LOOK. >> YOU NEED YOUR BROWS AS A
MID-LINE POINT ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LARGE FOREHEAD. >> Stephen: JUST TO BREAK UP
THE TRIP. >> BREAK UP THE TRIP TO THE TOP
OF THE HEAD. >> Stephen: JIM, PUT IT BACK
UP THERE. WE KNOW WHICH PERSON IS THE AIL
JEN PRETENDING TO BE HUMAN BECAUSE THEY FORGOT THAT WE HAVE
EYEBROWS. >> THEY FORGOT. >> Stephen: BUT THEY LOOK
FANTASTIC. >> THEY'RE PAINTED ON. >> Stephen: THIS IS VERY JOAN
CRAWFORD. >> BRING ME ALL THE PUPPIES. YES, EXACTLY. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK. COME BACK WHEN WE RETURN I'LL
ASK SARAH WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE MONICA LEWINSKY TO BE ONE
OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE SERIES. STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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