The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Ronny Jackson Is Another Trump Disaster | Christina Hendricks & Gov. Ricardo Rossello

Episode Date: April 26, 2018

Controversy plagues Trump's pick to lead the VA, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello discusses post-Maria recovery, and Christina Hendricks talks about her role on "Good Girls." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Shout up to the Midas-Might. April 25th, 2018. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Danish show. I'm Chauvinnawa, thank you so much for tuning in. My guest tonight, star of the NBC show Good Girls, Christina Hendrix is here, everybody. And as a bonus, we'll also be talking to the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosayo everybody. For first, for first, some breaking news from the sunken place. Take a look at what's trending today on this Wednesday and we're going to begin with Kanye

West, who says he does not care about the backlash from fans. He stands behind his support of President Trump. In fact, West tweeted a picture of himself with Make America Great Again Hatton in his pose he wrote, you don't have to agree with Trump, but the mob can't make me not love him. We're both dragging energy. Just wrap your mind. Let that soak in for a second. I don't care how long I wait, that will never soak in. Like I don't even know what happened here. I is. th is is. the is. th is. the is. th is. th is the is the is the is th is the is the is th is the is thi. the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. He, th. He, th. He, th. He, th. He, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. It, the. It the the the the the toe toe toge toge. I toge, toge, toge, the. I the. W. W. I th in. Like, I don't even know what happened here. I think Kanye West just realized he's too rich to not be Republican. I don't even know what it is.

And you know that this is also going to confuse people on Fox News, right? Because they're probably going to be like, why don't these celebrity rap dogs stay out of politics and... Sorry, I mean, this guy understands the American people. He understands all of them. You know what's crazy is that Kanye is the same guy who said George Bush hates black people. That's what he says? George Bush doesn't care about black people.

But he's the same guy who loves Trump. Like when George Bush sees this on Twitter, he's going to be like, what the fuck? I know I was a bad president, but this guy's friends with Nazis! And look, I'm not gonna lie. I'm not a fan of what's happening here, but I am glad it's happening before Kanye's new album drops, so this way Trump can make it into the video for Bound 3. It's gonna be dope.

It's gonna be worth it. It's gonna be worth it. But let's move on. A few weeks ago, Donald Trump announced his pick to run the Department of Veteran Affairs. And it's going great. There are serious allegations servicing tonight against the President's pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, which provides care and services for some 9 million veterans.

Those allegations threatening to derail the nomination of Dr. Ronnie Jackson. Remember how Trump said he hires the best people? When does that start? No, because it seems like everyone he hires turns out to be a disaster. And it used to be that they would get fired after a few months. And then Scaramucci was gone off the 11 days, and now this guy might get fired before he even starts the job.

Like at this rate, some dude is going to open his laptop and be like, I just got fired from the White House. His friend will be like, I didn't know they offered you a job. He's like, yeah, neither did I. Oh, sweet, I just got offered a book deal. Dope! Now, you probably remember that? Now, you probably said that Trump has the strength of a hippo and the body to match. You remember that? Right. Well, he said that

Trump was incredibly healthy, which shocked everybody. Like even God was in the front row, like the f-fix. Well anyway, we didn't know much about him back then, and we didn't need to. But once Trump nominated Jackson for a cabinet position, people started digging into his past like he was dating Taylor Swift. We've got some breaking news on that story. We started with new and potentially damaging allegations against Ronnie Jackson. The White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs provided a large supply of Percoset, a prescription opioid to a White House military office staff member. A nurse on his staff said Dr. Jackson had written himself prescriptions. The word is is that on overseas trips in particular that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that their their their their their their their their their their their their to to their to to to to their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. their. the Dr. Jackson had written himself prescriptions. The word is is that on overseas trips in particular that

Admiral would go down the aisle way of the airplane and say all right who wants to go to sleep and hand out the prescription drugs. So you're something like an ambient type. Yeah that's exactly right. He hands out prescriptions like candy. In fact in the White, they call him the candy man. The White House physician was being fast and loose with prescription drugs, which is really dangerous. I mean, can you imagine if Ben Carson was on that plane and he took a sleeping pill? He'd be waking up, like, did we land yet? What time is it? Sir, it's the year 2045? Now, look, now look, to be fair, to be fair, giving sleeping pills to staff on overseas flights is apparently kind of standard practice in many administrations.

Plus, I mean, what, like, what would you rather do? Get some sleep or stay up and watch Trump lick KFC of his fingers for 14 hours? I think we know which one you choose. But distributing drugs, like he was the string of bell of Air Force One, is just the beginning of Ronnie Jackson's story. Sources telling CNN, the White House doctor allegedly became intoxicated during multiple overseas trips on duty, including one in 2015, where sources say he banged on the hotel room door

of a female employee in the middle of the night. According to this memo, at a Secret Service going away party, Jackson got drunk and wrecked a government vehicle. Okay, this is just shocking. No, I can't believe that between Trump's two doctors, Ronnie Jackson is the one who might have a drinking problem. I mean, I guess it makes sense. Alcohol could explain the glowing bill of health that he gave Trump a few months ago when he was like, Donald Trump is the healthiest man alive. He's six for 360 pounds and there's two

of him standing in front of me. I love them both. I love you so much, man. And so with these allegations piling up, politicians of both parties are hoping that Trump will reconsider his pick. What was being discussed last night here on CNN was truly concerning about the possibility that Dr. Jackson had been drunk on duty. The allegations that have come out against Admiral Jackson are very disturbing. Probably make sense for the president to spend a little bit more time doing research on his own nominees. It would give us serious cause for concern as to whether or not he'd be the right man for the job. Man, these lawmakers are not messing around.

Although it is funny how they don't want Jackson running Veterans Affairs, but they don't care if he stays on as the president's physician. It's like, this drunk maniac doesn't belong near our heroes. He belongs at the White House next to Donald Trump. Now, look, this may surprise you, but Trump doesn't seem to mind Ronnie Jackson's shady past. If anything, in Trump's eyes, Dr. Rony is the victim. I said to Dr. Jackson, what do you need it for? So I don't want to put a man through a process like this.

It's too ugly and too disgusting. And he has to listen to the abuse that he has to, I wouldn't. If I were him, actually, in many ways, I'd love to be him. But the fact is, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't do it. What? In many ways you'd love to be him? I don't understand what that means. Is Trump saying he wishes he weren't the president? Or is it just like Trump wishing that he were his own doctor? He's like, he's so lucky. He gets to see me naked all the time, folks.

Do you know how nice it would be if I could see my dick? So beautiful, so beautiful. But believe it or not, the administration was still pushing Dr. Jackson's nomination forward. And Kelly Ann Conway even brought up a surprise character witness. The White House, defiant and defending Ronnie Jackson's nomination to lead the VA, pointing to praise from former President Obama and pushing back on accusations against Jackson. I hope you're aware of the great referral for Ronnie Jackson continue to groom and promote this highly capable officer,

a quote, exceptional physician and leader. Ronnie has been a dedicated and value member of my team. This came from President Barack Obama 2014, 2016. Oh, now you want us to trust Obama? No, Kelly Ann, no. Too late, that Kenyan invented ISIS. You can't have it both ways. Nah, uh-uh.

OK, fine, fine. Let's play Kelly Ann's game. Yes, it's true. Obama praised Ronnie Jackson and suggested that he'd be promoted. But he never said Jackson should be promoted to run the VA. That's an enormous government bureaucracy with 360,000 employees. You can't take that one recommendation and move it to something else.

That's like looking great in a bathrobe and someone makes you the new Pope. That's not how it works. Because don't forget, don't forget. Even if he didn't drink, even if he didn't drive drunk and even if he didn't overprescribe drugs, Ronnie Jackson would still be far from qualified to run the VA. And in a way, all those senators who oppose him are lucky that these drug and alcohol allegations are coming up. Because if there's one thing we know, it's that on its own, being completely unqualified for a position doesn't keep you out of Donald Trump's cabinets. If anything, it gets you in. As far as experience is concerned, the Veterans Administration, which is approximately

13 million people is so big, you could run the biggest hospital system in the world, and it's small time compared to the Veterans Administration. So nobody has the experience. Donald Trump is like logic kryptonite. Because no one has this exact experience. So in his mind it doesn't matter if we just hired a seasoned professional or a toaster oven. And look I get that no one has run an

organization as big as the VA but you can still try giving it to someone with some relevant experience. Like at one point in time no one had been to space but NASA didn't go, hey why don't we just send Jerry? Jerry's my dentist, fantastic guy. No, they sent astronauts who trained for it, who previously flew planes, who studied space, who worked countless hours making black ladies do math for them. And look, look, at the end of the day, we know where this is headed. The president will have to find a new VA nominee, and knowing Trump, he's not going to search

for a qualified person. He's just going to pick another guy who says nice things about him. So I guess what I'm saying is, congratulations, VA secretary, Kanye West. We'll be right back. Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that. We sure did. There is a super majority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now, really doing some damage.

I'm Michael. I'm Riannan. And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5-4 is about all of this. Every week we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has made our country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out 5-4. That's the number 5-4, wherever you listen to podcast. Welcome back to the day show. My first guest tonight is the governor of Puerto Rico, which is struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria Maria the hurricane to the day's show. My first guest tonight is the governor of Puerto Rico, which is struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Maria devastated the island seven months ago. Please welcome, Governor Ricardo Rosario. Governor Puerto Rico's story is one that's touched the hearts of many. We've had people like Ricky Martin come on the show and talk about

it, Lin Manuel, talking to people, getting them to understand that there is an issue, there is a crisis. Could you help us understand why it feels like it's taken so long for the crisis to be fixed? What has gone wrong in Puerto Rico? Well, first of all, thank you for keeping Puerto Rico in the hearts and minds of all Americans. I think this show has given a step forward so that, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the thi, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. th once the cameras left, the disaster, it sort of slows down. But really, it's been bureaucracy. Bureaucracy has been slowing down the process, even though there's some people doing a lot of good. We've been able to get some funding for Puerto Rico, but the process is slow, and as you know, we're heading to a hurricane season next month, so we really need to hurry up that process again. When you say bureaucracy, do you mean bureaucracy within Puerto Rico, or do you mean bureaucracy

that comes down from the United States? Well, bureaucracy in Puerto Rico, we're taking, we're dealing with it, right? We're eliminating it, we're cutting the red tape, but it's within the systems that have been placed in the United States. For example, some of these processes that take 10 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 to 14 the to 14 that take 10 to 14 days in any other state would take 117 days in Puerto Rico. Wow. Reimbursements. This is to get funding and working? Yes, for the reimbursement for the permanent work. It still hasn't even started in Puerto Rico, the reimbursement for the permanent work. So all we're asking, and I know you've made a point of this, is to be treated equally as equal U.S. citizens.

You know, we're proud of U.S. citizens. And what we want is right. That's right. And there's goodwill, but we really need to tackle this issue so any support that we can get it's important and that's why we started a movement to organize Puerto Ricans. You know we're 5.6 million strong in the United States. Right. And Puerto Ricans because we live in a territory and a colonial territory we don't have the right to vote for the president or for congressmen or senators. Right. So we need to create sort of a proxy effort and right now we're in Florida. That's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. So, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, the th. And, effort. And right now, we were in Florida. That's one of the critical areas,

but we're going to go to different states, making sure that we organize a structure such that, you know, if you're a friend to Puerto Rico and if you vote the policy that's in the best interest of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans, we'll support you. But if you go against the people of Puerto Rico then will vote you out. Now, that brings up two questions for me. Firstly, I know that in Puerto Rico,

it's always been a contentious issue, whether or not Puerto Rico should become a state of the United States. You have been for statehood. Do you think that's in the best interests of Puerto Rico? I certainly do. I think, you know, when you evaluate all of the alternatives, the first one is the current colonial status, we've seen the results. It just hasn't worked. And as an American citizen, you have to wonder, do we really want a second class citizenship to be part of the American ideal? Do we really want to be known for having the most

populated colonial territory in the world. I think not. So the other alternatives are either independence and statehood and I certainly feel that our people are very proud of their US citizenship. More than 95% of the people support our US citizenship and it's in the best interest and I think we have a lot of value to offer. You know as we go through this disaster and it's been a rough ride. You know, I see Puerto Rico as sort of a blank canvas to reinvent, to be innovative. You know, a lot of the things that, a lot of the ideas in education,

in health care, in infrastructure that are being thrown around, we can implement those in Puerto Rico. So I sort of want to start making the pivot from the recovery to the rebuilding and to being being innovative and inviting all of you to come to Puerto Rico. You know, we're open for business, we're open to receive everybody. The weather's much better than right here in New York, that's for sure. So we would be excited to have everybody that has something, some new idea, something to look for it to come to Puerto Rico. You have said that you are now going to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the to be the to be the to be the the the the the to beaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqq. their. their. their. their. their. the the the their. the the the their. the the the the the the their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. And. the the the the the the their, their, their, tha.a. thea.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. toea.a. toea. toea. toe. toe. toe. toe. their, their, their for to come to Puerto Rico. You have said that you are now going to be mobilizing Puerto Ricans in the U.S. And in the wake of the crisis in Puerto Rico, I know that there was an influx of Puerto Ricans into Florida, for instance.

This may be something that now reshapes the midterms and even the presidential election. You've had some critics, the likes of Marco Rubio, who've said, now's not the time for politics. Now's the time to focus on getting Puerto Rico ready for the next hurricane season. How do you respond to that criticism? Well, the reason is that we've heard happy talk all our lives, right? And the hurricane was the perfect example. We had all of these congressmen, women, and senators come to Puerto Rico, stand in podiums, pledge their support looking at the cameras and saying, we will help Puerto Rico through and throughout this crisis.

And they've helped in some arenas, but the first piece of legislation that they have was the tax reform bill. Now, you might have your opinions if it's good in general or bad in general, but for Puerto Rico, it treats us as a foreign country and thereby levies an additional base erosion tax on Puerto Rico, which makes us more expensive to do business in Puerto Rico. So as we're going through the worst natural disaster in the modern history of the United States, we are victims of a policy and we talked about this that essentially railroads Puerto Rico in this front. So my view is very simple and my answer is very simple.

These are political processes. In order for us to have some power and some accountability, we need to let all of the elected officials know that there will be Puerto Ricans and friends of Puerto Ricans in all over the United States. Long-term view is to organize them. Right now is to impact several states. And hopefully, if we get that done, then we can get some real result for Puerto Rico. Right.

Before I let you go, there was a report that came out in Polizico, which was really frightening. It was about how the US government wants to implement a pilot program with regards to funding. And so you'll correct me if I'm wrong, but if I understand the breakdown, it would basically allow Puerto Rico to skip the red tape. The US government would give Puerto Rico the money that it needs. But with that, if any overruns were incurred, Puerto Rico would now be responsible.

You would have to pay for any extra costs that you didn't anticipate. That seems like they're putting a gun to your head because they say you do it this way or you do it no way. Does it feel like you're in a position where you're in power but not really it's almost taxation without representation? Well it is taxation without representation. It is being a colonial territory and I mean it's not something modern. This has been going on for 500 years and a hundred years in the United States. I mean, we really need to ask ourselves a question when we're talking about immigration reform and so forth, and when we're talking about the value of our citizenship, if we really want, are we really happy with a nation having 3.5 million of its citizens, not having the

same rights. And it's very bizarre too. I mean, if I move to the states I gain all of those rights. If Trevor you move to Puerto Rico you lose them. It really makes no sense. With regards to these policies, you know, it could work, it could be a very good program because it gets us out of the red tape now. Right. There need to be a certain set of core principles. We've agreed upon executing those core principles, I ask everybody to give oversight and accountability over this process. And if we do get that, then we'll have resources to rebuild. And again, I see Puerto Rico as this blank canvas to start rebuilding as a destination for what we're calling the human cloud where many jobs in the future are going to be geographic

independence. Come to Puerto Rico, we have a better quality. We can offer a better quality of life. And we can export those services elsewhere. We can be a connector of the Americas. And start pushing through in areas, important areas to us, like education and health care, so that it's a great place to live. So even though it's been a rough go at it, and I can't believe it's been seven months since the hurricane. I was just remembering as it was yesterday when I had to go two days after the storm, there was a big flooding incident.

And 2,000 people were in the rooftops. And as we were going, I went with the National Guard. We started picking up some of these folks. Some people started calling and somebody send a text message to pick up this girl that I had never, that I had never seen called Amarilis. So we were just going as it was raining and pouring in disambivious automobiles, looking for all of these families that were at their rooftops. And finally, believe it or not, amongst those 2,000 families, we found her praying with three young daughters. And those 2,000 families, we found her, praying with

three young daughters. And thankfully, we were able to impact that. But now it's been a long road ahead. And what I ask is for everybody to keep on, you know, giving us their support. The people of Puerto Rico are very resilient and we'll demonstrate with hard effort and with accountability that we will rebuild a stronger, better Puerto Rico. Well, thank you for your time. I'll tell you this.

We will make sure to keep supporting. We'll keep telling you how you can support Puerto Rico. We thank you for your time. And most importantly, Trump will keep throwing paper towels. Governor Ricardo Roszir, We'll be right back. Welcome back. Welcome back to the show. My next guest is an Emmy-nominated actor who stars in the NBC series, Good Girls. Please welcome, Christina Hendrix. Hi. Welcome to the show. Thank you for the show. Thank you for having me.

Thank you so much for being here. So many people are fans of yours from Mad Men. And yeah, thank you. And in many ways, in many ways, your character on Madman was regarded as a feminist icon. She was someone who was breaking through in a world that was definitely not designed for her to break through. Some people have said that your new character is a feminist icon as well, a woman fighting for her own thing in the world.

Would you agree with this? I do. I think women are really responding, sort of this empowerment, the show and these three women who have this beautiful friendship and camaraderie that I think people are really really responding to. Right, it's a different type of empowerment though because it's a story of three women, and if you haven't watched it, it's really funny, it's a story of three women who are great friends and they're struggling, they're in debt, life is not going well, so they decide to become robbers and they robber sto to to to to to to to to their store store store store store store store store store store store store, which to to to their stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff, which tho, which tho, which is tho, which is tho, which is tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, thi, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, some, some, some, some, some, some, some, some, and thi, and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and throoomicic, and throooi's throoi's throiiiii's throii's throi, and throi, and thi, and they decide to become robbers and they rob a store, which is a different type of empowerment. I mean, I'm all for it, but it's like, it's crazy.

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Let me ask you this, if you were to rob a store, what do you think you would be best at? Because I always do that with my friends. I go like, you'll never be the getaway driver, you suck. Oh, I th, I th, I th, I th, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th, all, all, all, all, I'll, all, all, all, all, I'm, all, all, all, all, all, I'll, all, all, all, I'm, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, I, I, I, I'm, I, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, all, all, I, I, I, all, I, I, I, I, all, I, I, I, all, all, all, I, I, all, I, all, all, all, all, all, all, all, I'm, all, all, all, all, all, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. we're always trying to figure, do you know what you would be the best at? I would not be the getaway driver either. No, I would probably be good at lies and distraction. Like, like, the decoy and distraction. Yeah, yeah, I think I'm, I really good at both of those.

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And so it just started getting written more and more and more into the script, because we were like, this is such a weird, like, why is she, this? I'm waiting for the episode where it explains why she's so good at lying. Do people, do people not trust you in real life though? Because I won't like, there's some characters, no, there's some characters I see on TV where I cannot forget who they are now, or I cannot forget that they do a certain thing. So do you have anyone who now just doesn't believe you when you thage just just just just just tho to them. Oh, I wonder actually. My husband's like, wait a minute. For 10 years I believed you, but now I'm not so sure.

There was no donkey! I'm a very trustworthy type. Right. Let's talk a little bit about some of the stories in the show. I've really been impressed by how it is funny. It is heartfelt. It is a story about friends and family, but there are, you know, stories that touch on what's happening in the real world. One of the storylines, for instance, is where your character helped a friend of hers who was being sexually harassed by her boss.

And you taped this before, you know, the movement, really built up steam. Is it one of those stories where you look at and go like, yeah, it was always happening, I wasn't surprised, or were you genuinely surprised at how the story tied into what happened in the real world? I mean, this was written and filmed far before that. You know, I mean, I was on Madman for years and years talking about these topics. And, and people I think that's fantastic it more right now because of what's happening. And I think that's fantastic that it's causing conversation and that it's a part of that conversation. But I'll tell you what, when you come around a corner and see someone you love in that situation,

whether you're acting or real, I mean, I went into protective mode so quickly and immediately. You really do have a very visceral reaction when you see something like that. And I'm very close to May, and I just, I came around that corner and I was like, don't you dare, buddy. I love that. Do you feel like that's maybe why you choose the roles that you do? Because it feels like all your characters have this strength about them as a woman. Is that something that draws you to the character? Or do you think maybe just women's roles are written better that just end up on your desk?

I mean, I don't choose roles because I think, oh, she's gonna be a great role model or she's the strength. I mean, as an actress, you wanna discover all sorts of things. I just think that all sorts of things and we have vulnerability and and I just I find exploring and trying to find the strength in someone very interesting. It's amazing you do it well on screen I don't know if you lied to me through this whole interview but I'll take it either way I am not even Christina Hendricks. Thank you so much thank you so much

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