Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Donald Trump backing out of a 60 Minutes interview, before speaking with Luke Bryan and Colin Kaepernick.
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[music] [cheering] [music] From Studio 6 for your Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City It's the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon [music] My joint's giving his best, Luke Bryan [music] Colin Kaepernick [music] and featuring Steve's legendary Ruth Hoe [music] 2020 Now here is For you The Thank you very much enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show. You're here. You're making a thing for watching at home. Well, guys, last night here in New York City, Tim Walls and JD Vance faced off in the first and only vice presidential debate. Yep, it was the craziest debate yet. They actually talked about policy. Yeah, this debate turned out to be polite, friendly, and intimate. It was jarring. Basically, people were expecting a horror movie, but instead they got a Hallmark movie. They go, "Are they falling in love? What's happening?" Most people felt that JD Vance had a solid debate. Republicans saw that and were like, "Hey, can we pull a Biden and just go with this guy?" That's right. Most polls found that JD Vance won the debate. However, all those polls were taken out of Sephora. Tim Walls also did well, but people thought he seemed nervous at the start. He felt like the father of the bride who left his speech in the hotel room and just had to wing it. Meanwhile, TV ratings from last night just came in and they were down 12 million viewers from the VP debate in 2020. But keep in mind, 2020 didn't have a brand new episode of Real Housewives of New York, which was awesome. Some more political news. His former President Trump broke a 50-year tradition for presidential candidates after he backed out of his scheduled interview with 60 Minutes because he was worried they'd fact-check him. So if you're keeping track, Trump says he'll stand up to the President of China, but Leslie Stahl is a little too scary. That's right. Trump just backed out of 60 Minutes interview, but I think CBS is trying to lure him back. Check out this opening that's going to air on Sunday. I'm Leslie Stahl. I'm Bill Whitaker. I'm Sean Hannity. You're the Emin the Predegist. I'm Hannibal Lecter. Those stories in more tonight on 60 Minutes. You're the time that they're trying. Well, switching gears to some business news. CBS just announced that they're laying off nearly 3,000 workers in an effort to cut costs. Now every CBS pharmacy will just have a pumpkin bucket filled with pills and the sign is, "Please take one." That's interesting. You guys hear this? California just announced that they're banning sell-by and best-before food labels. Yeah, they prefer everyone to use the more scientific method of going up to your spouse and saying, "Does this smell right to you?" Well, get this, "The Canadian Speed Eater" set a world record by using a paper straw to drink a Capri Sun in 21 seconds. One second of that was drinking. The other 20 was trying to get the straw into the pouch. [ Laughter and applause ] It's impossible. Why? Why? There's other ways to do it. And finally, I saw that Miriam Webster just added new Gen Z phrases like "Touchgrass" and "Nepo Baby" to the dictionary. Although, "Nepo Baby" only got in 'cause it's Dad is famous. We have a great show. Give it up for The Roots, everybody. Come on. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ Oh, thank you very much. Enjoy yourself. [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much. Welcome to The Tonight Show, where the champions go. Yeah. That's right. What a show we have for tonight. He's a country music superstar. I love this, dude. His new album, Mind of a Country Boy, is out now. Luke Bryan is here. [ Cheers and applause ] Luke Bryan. Plus, he is a civil rights activist, a former NFL quarterback and the new author of the New Children's Book. We are free, you and me, which is available now. Colin Kaepernick is joining us this evening. [ Cheers and applause ] Colin Kaepernick. Come on. [ Cheers and applause ] Well, guys, it is Wednesday. And you know what that means? It's "Tonight Show Trivia Night." Here we go. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Trivia Night ♪ Aw, I'm very excited because I love trivia. This is so fun. Higgins, would you like to explain how this works? Yes, I would, Jimmy. Well, to test your knowledge on a wide variety of topics, I'm going to be asking you a series of trivia questions, and all you have to do is answer correctly. Okay, very good. I can do that, Aaron. Let's go. Okay, first question. Are you ready? Yep. What did X used to be? What did X used to be? Twitter. [ Buzzer ] Ooh, no. Profitable. [ Laughter and applause ] Ah. Ah. All right. Okay, ready for the next one? Yes. What's the most polarizing match-up of 2024? Harris versus Trump. [ Buzzer ] Ooh, no. Moudang versus Pester the Penguin. [ Laughter and applause ] They're both very cute. They're both very cute. Very cute. Okay, you should get this one. Who just celebrated their 100th birthday? Jimmy Carter. [ Buzzer ] No. A breakfast sandwich in the Starbucks display card. Ah, I've seen that. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. I know that sandwich. If you microwave it -- Oh. Mmm. Very toasty. [ Laughter ] What is a single cell called? A single cell? Yes. [ Sighs ] I know it. Uh, uh, a zygote. [ Buzzer ] No. Eric Adams' new home. Oh, I didn't know. Hey, that's -- Oh. You're close. Very close. Aw. Come on. It's not me, it's a judge. I'm sure that's what it's called. I'm sure that's what the answer is. [ Laughter ] Okay. Do you write these? I did not. Who is the most influential family in America? The most influential family in America. Who is it? The Rockefellers. [ Buzzer ] Costco guys. Oh, almost. The Riddler. Yeah. Riddler, yeah, like that guy. They got it in the tires. Okay. What is the most invasive species in the U.S. at this time of year? Most invasive. I know this. Red lantern flies. [ Buzzer ] No. Spirit Halloween's. Ah. I like -- I like this very often. Almost the same thing. [ Applause ] Okay, ready? Last one. I'm ready. This is the last one. Well, I haven't gotten any of these, right? No, you have not. You haven't gotten one right. Yeah, I want to get one right. Just going into the weekend, right? Yeah, you don't want to leave a loser, right? It's today's Wednesday, right? I don't know. I'm going in -- You're going to know the weekend tomorrow? I go into the weekend. You go into the weekend on Wednesday. Wednesday. Oh, yeah. That's when I go into the weekend. You pre-game all week. Been Wednesday. I didn't even -- I didn't even remember Sunday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, ready? Well, I'm going to the weekends. Let's go to the weekend. All right. This is the weekend. What are you doing tonight? This is where champions go. Yeah, this is where champions go. Yeah, this is where champions go. Stay, live, and die. They know it. They know I'm talking about champions. Champion. Champion. Champion. All right. What are you never supposed to stare at directly because it could cause permanent eye damage? A cyber truck. Yes! I knew I got it! Come on! Thank you, man! That's all the time we have. All right, sweetheart. ♪♪ ♪♪ Our first guest is one of the biggest names in country music. His new album, Mind of a Country Boy, is out now. Please welcome Luke Bryan. ♪♪ It was kind of at a standing ovation for Luke Bryan. Feel the love! Feel the love! I feel the love! We love you. Come on, bud! It was like country slash... Yeah. I got cheese! It was like grease a little bit. I'm able to play again. What was it? It was John Denver's Think Out of a Country Boy. Mmm. Thank God I'm a country boy. Oh, I got a man. Yeah, I got a man. ♪♪ ♪♪ Oh, I got a man. I got a man. ♪♪ ♪♪ And he leaves the stage for 20 minutes. Goes, has it... Thank God I'm a country boy. Yeah, I'm just talking about... Mind of a country boy. Luke Bryan in the house. Now that... Thank God I'm a country boy. Mind of a country. Am I going to get sued? No, no, no, no. I have a good lawyer. I have a good lawyer. Yeah, I'm so glad it's numbered down. I'm so happy you're here and came back. I want to talk about your new album. Congratulations, by the way. It's out. You have another season of American Idol. And that's why you're in town. I want to get into all that. First, I want to just run through a little statistics here. Just to inflate your ego a little bit. What stats? Yeah, high school. Yeah. No, I got some great stats for you, Luke Bryan. You've had 30 number one singles, by the way. Oh, my goodness. You know it. Yeah, right. You won 50 major music awards, including five wins as Entertainer of the Year. That's a good one. And you have 24 billion global streams. Come on, 24 billion. Who are you? How does that feel? That's incredible. When you hear those kind of numbers. No, it's... When you hear those numbers. You know, it's all me. I did it. Yeah, right, yeah. 30 number ones singles. I did it. By myself. Yeah, of course. There's no team behind it. When that happens, you know the deal. I don't. I wish. I wish I had any of these. 30. I'm just out here, singing. Yeah. Drink a little vodka every now and then. But it's been a ride, man. It's been so amazing to get to do what you love. To like move to Nashville, follow your dreams, meet some people, write some songs. And you're getting the right room. And then go have fun on a tour bus. When you're out touring and you're on a bus, it's like camping. Yeah. You know, you just like show up camp. Instead you're in downtown, like, or Tampa Bay Camping. And then one day you're in West Point. Oh, Tampa Bay. Yeah, yeah. But, uh, Baker and Tom. Yeah. Nevermind. That was a joke. Okay. You get one number one. And I think I would flip out and go, that's it. I'm retiring. I got one number one. That's the deal. You move. It's funny how low you set your expectations on yourself when you move to chase your dreams. I'm like, if I have one number one, two number ones, I'm good. I'm out. Nothing else has to happen. And then, man, you know, you rattle off the stat. 30 number ones. I'm like, how did I do this? How did I pull it off? So it's been an amazing. You still get the joy out of me getting a number one. Yeah. I mean, I've got a single out right now. It's so close to the top of the charts. And I'm like, we're almost there. Yeah. I'm like, I hope people don't Wikipedia my age or anything. Thank you for not bringing that stat. No, I would not bring that up. No, but let's get that song up to number one. Let's get it. 31, number one. That's what I'm talking about. But it's awesome. It's fun. And you've been doing great on American Idol. You're one of my favorites, one of the fan favorites. Is it fun for you? Is it grueling? I mean, it's a lot of work. You have to look a lot. It's a lot of fun. I mean, the audition process is like 13 hour days. We wake up and we get there. And what people don't realize is we do 35 auditions a day typically. Wow. And man, you can't rush through them. No, be rude. It'd be like, oh, yeah, you're not good. No, out next. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's like Hollywood. Next. Oh, yes. Thank you. Have a nice day. We're going to Nobu. This is someone's dream. Yeah. And then they sit up there, and then sometimes they have talent, and you've got to work with them, and sometimes they have talent. I've got to laugh. Well, what I meant is sometimes their talent is right on the -- Because? -- right there. Yeah. And then they give you one little glimmer of like, oh, my gosh. And so you spend time with them. So we're -- we've got Carrie Underwood with us this year. That's right. Oh, you love Carrie. You carry as -- We love Carrie Underwood. You know, and like yesterday we had a kid like, I'll work so hard and Carrie's like, I didn't realize they would do this. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't realize they would like -- You know, I didn't realize they would like -- A line or used to -- Oh, the problem. Yeah, you got to go. Yeah, everyone says this. Yeah. Everyone says this. So Carrie's doing great. We're having fun, and the talent -- But she won American Idol. She did. She -- she was -- Yeah. That's -- that's got to be from a totally different perspective. Yeah, she knows exactly what all the kids are going through. I read somewhere that you see potential people that show edition on TikTok, and you mentioned it to producers. Well, the way I was late to the TikTok game -- Okay. You know, like -- and then I was like, then, you know, three months later, I'm like, oh, my God, this is -- I'm addicted. Yeah, yeah. And then I'm like, why do I cannot stop scrolling? [ Laughter ] And then I'm like, well, when I scroll, I find talent. Oh. And then I just -- That would work. Justified. No, yeah, yeah. I'm addicted. Yeah, really addicted. You're working. Yeah. And so -- We'll see someone and go, hey, this is -- So I'll see it, and I will paste it and forward it to our show runner, Megan -- Megan Michaels, Wolflic, and she's like in occasionally. She's like, Luke, your TikTok scroll that made it to me, they're coming in. So it's been following that happen. It's been a million stars. Come on, bud. That's good on you, bud. Let's tell you about your new album, Mind of a Country Boy. It is out now. It is fantastic. How does it feel when you release it now? Well, it's been about four years since I put an album out. Yeah. A lot of work. And so through the process, I've been recording songs. Probably five or six songs a year. I mean, I did a Vegas residency. I did a '60s show tour, and I've been doing an idol. Kind of like a lot, foolishly working. So now we kind of slowed down this year, and I got to really get all the songs together, and we put them on this album, and I love how it came together. I used kind of the talent, the songwriting talent pool in Nashville, and I wrote like two or three songs on this one. And most of the time I've probably written a little over half my albums, but I've got a lot of great songwriters on this thing. I like that you're still excited about this. And all the things I said. It's fun, and you know, I'm at home with my boys, and they're hearing the songs, and then my goal is to try to enter into their daily playlist on their phones. Yeah. If you can enter into your children, to your teenage playlist, you know, with all their stuff, because like my children get on the farm, and then they have these little speakers on their little side-by-side, and then they start blasting hip-hop and rap across the farm. Yeah. And they're saying all the words are not supposed to be said. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then they pull back around the lake, and it's like, the mind of a country boy, or the mind of their speakers. Yeah, right. I heard what they've been listening to. They're like, "Man, your album, Dad." Baby Shark. We listened to the Baby Shark. But, dude, I do have a video of you. This is you in Times Square yesterday. Waiting to see your billboard come up on the screen. Look at this video. Oh, good. I'm waiting for my face. Sierra. Hey, girl. Yeah! Yeah! [applause] Yeah! Come on! That's got to feel good. We're still in entertainment. We're still in it! Yeah, see, we're still doing it. You're the best. Luke Bryan, everybody. Mind of the country boy. Is that now? More tonight, Joe. After the break, stick around, everybody. ♪ We the mornin' baby, then I kiss my baby girl ♪ ♪ Let my lady go, I'm born 'til I save the world ♪ ♪ Y'all are about my breath ♪ ♪ Lookin' super dirty ♪ ♪ Rockin' the zoom, black cake ♪ ♪ Like the cucumber, my hoo-doo drop ♪ ♪ I break cold, my future's warm ♪ [applause] Our next guest is a civil rights activist, a former NFL quarterback, and the author of the new children's book We Are Free, You And Me, which is in bookstores. Now, everyone, please welcome Colin Kaepernick! [applause] Welcome, welcome, welcome to the show. I appreciate you being here. We did bits years ago on Late Night. We met, we did a, we know you from football, but now, if you Google you, you're Colin Kaepernick, look at that right there. It says, yeah, American Civil Rights Acton. [applause] Is that cool? Can you imagine growing up that that would be what you've become known for? No. One of the things you know, no. Growing up, I was focused. How do I become the best football player possible? Yeah. That's what you wanted. Yeah. Yeah. You chase that dream and then you try to do right by people and try to create a better opportunity, better future, and you get a change of title on Wikipedia. [laughter] I also found a letter that you wrote to yourself at 10 years old. And I know, it's the best. I wish I wrote a letter, but mine wouldn't have come true. I wouldn't have pictured any of this up. But you actually wrote and then go to the pros and play on the Niners. [laughter] Let it defeat yourself, and you did just that. I mean, that's drive. That's drive right there at 10 year old. What did it feel like when you put on the San Francisco 49ers jersey? What does that feel like? Well, first, at that point, I realized writing and grammar was not my strong suit. No. And handwriting wasn't either. [laughter] I had to chase football. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It was incredible. I mean, to be able to have that come to fruition of a dream you have when you're 10 years old. Yeah. And it actually come to life. Yeah. I mean, the first time I put my jersey on, I wasn't playing, so it wasn't as exciting. But the first time to put it on-- Well, you weren't playing. No, not my first year. I was a backup. Oh. So it's like I'm here. I made it. I made it, but I'm-- I made it, but I'm not there. Not there, yeah, yeah. So I'm wearing the unify. You're waving it. Yeah, exactly. But then once I got my chance, Monday night football, Alex Smith got hurt. I got a chance to start Monday night football against the Bears. Oh, gosh. And that moment and that feeling, like there's no other feeling like it. Incredible. Yeah. And went out play well enough to be able to keep going, chase it. One of the best. And that led to a Super Bowl that year. Absolutely. Yeah. Exactly. The last professional game that you played was 2016. But I heard that you trained every single day still. Absolutely. Yeah, would you ever play in the NFL again? Oh, of course. I'm ready to go right now. So I'm ready to go. Wake up. Wake up every day at 4.30. I get my training in. You get up at 4.30 in the morning every day. 4.30 every day. Now, I drive my wife crazy. Because she also has to hear the alarm at 4.30. Yeah, of course. She's like, can you start training at 7.30? Go train at night or something. Yeah, exactly. Train the middle of the night. Yeah. So. But do you think, when you watch the games, you go, oh, I can do that. I can do that. Oh, absolutely. Really? Absolutely. I still carry all my training in the same way I did when I was playing. To make sure I'm ready at any given moment. And, no. I will never be in a position where they will call and I won't be ready. That's what I'm talking about. Come on, boy. That'd be so fun. Yes. That'd be so fun. There's some rumors about you that I found online. I was wondering if we can clear some of those rumors up. If I said it to you, you could tell me yes or no. Is that okay? This will be really good or really bad. Yeah, I do. Yes, it's really good. A really bad decision. Here we go. There's a rumor that we could see you compete in the 2028 Olympics in flag football, which will be a new event. Is this true? That is my goal. I'm having conversations right now. Trying to find the pathway to be able to make that happen. But we'd love to compete in the 2028 Olympics. Really? I would love it. That would be great. Yes. It's in LA. I'll be rooting for you. Exactly. Love that. There are rumors that you've been offering coaching jobs in the NFL. Is this true? Would you want to coach? It is not true. I'm shocked. It is not true. I actually found out the same way everyone else did on social media. Is that right? I got a coaching offer. No. No coach offering. Wow. And would you ever coach in the future? No, no interesting coaching. No. For me, I need the adrenaline rush of playing and being in it, or I think I can have more impact in other places with my time. Okay. I like that. This one's just a weird one. Is it true that you have a collection of over 250 DVDs? That is true. Do you have a DVD player? What do you play them on? Your PlayStation? There has to be an explanation with this one. Yeah. It's a lot of movies. I'm not still collecting DVDs. Okay. Don't send Colin Kaepernick your DVDs. I'll have a DVD player. But it started in college. And we didn't have cable. So we'd go out and we'd get DVDs. We'd get TV shows. And that's what we got. So we passed them around, started building a collection. And then from there, well, DVD players went away. So now I have 250 DVDs. Just sitting in storage. Let's bring back the player. Yeah, exactly. They do work at a PlayStation or Xbox. Just saying. So you can throw them on there. Yeah. But now let's talk about your children's book. Congratulations on this. We are free. You and me. Here you guys are in the back cover right there. Looking all good. I know you have a two-year-old daughter. Congratulations. Did she inspire you to do this one? Yes. So my wife and I wrote this book. Inspired by our daughter. But also inspired by the ten points of Know Your Rights Camp. Yeah. And the work that we do in the community. And that's focused on high school, middle-aged kids. We were thinking, how do we bring this to a younger audience? Yeah. And build that foundation of their identity. What they believe. What they believe is possible at a younger age. So this is our first attempt at that. It's so well done. Oh, thank you. It's great. I also love that there's a great quote right here. I just want to show everybody. It says, "Another world is not only possible. She is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." I think that's like, yeah, that's great. That's inspiring. And it's great images and great art in here. And you would just show me back, say that there's a little easter egg towards the last page there. If you look at all these people in the community, right there is you and your wife and baby. Yeah. Come on. A little easter egg. And the other part is, you know, this book is focused on community as well. Yeah. And a lot of the people represented here are the very people who helped us build know your rights. So you'll see Eric Reid, who protested with me. His family, our nieces over here, our nephew. How does Eric feel about being in the book? Oh, he loves it. Our nieces, harsh critics. Oh. Really? You know, I'm not tall enough. My clothes aren't exactly how I wear them. Yeah, fashionable. I don't wear that type of clothing, of course. Kids are going to be real, man. Oh, always. So we always have to run things by them before we get it done. Well, it's a great book. Congratulations on this. And thanks for coming by Colin Kaepernick. We are free. 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