Desi Lydic tackles Trump’s politicized Fort Bragg rally, which screened soldiers for loyalty and waist size. Plus, Trump plans a $45 million military parade for his birthday, and Ronny Chieng is pumped to sit courtside at a display of America’s military might.
Corporate America has been suspiciously quiet this Pride Month due to fear of backlash from the Trump administration. Desi Lydic and Troy Iwata discuss the current muted tones of Pride Month, and how the corporations will have to prove themselves when the pendulum swings back to the gays.
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka talks to Desi about her new Hulu stand-up special, “Father,” including how her lack of housework partly inspired the title, as well as the intentional juxtaposition of her colorful clothes and set with the deeply personal stories she mines for levity. Okatsuka also shares how her Grandma Li was able to embrace her silliness later in life through their viral videos, and she explores alternate hairstyles if she were to ever change her signature bowl cut.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 3 (00:35):
Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Hetty Lydenk. We've got
so much to talk about tonight. Trump is a total
idiom corporation sachet away from Pride Month? And does America
have a military a parade? This weekend might finally give
us the answer. So let's get into the headline. Let's
(00:56):
kick things off with mean coin entrepreneur Donald Trump, who
also moonlights as President of the United States. Yesterday he
went to Fort Braggs. He gave a speech to his
favorite men in uniform who aren't in the village people.
He was there to commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the Army, So of course he ended up
(01:16):
discussing Joe Biden.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
We had a grossly, grossly unfit president. And by the way,
I've known this guy for a long time. He was
never the sharpest.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Bulb, sharpest bulb, what a wordsmith. See, most people would
have gone with brightest bulb or sharpest tool, but Donald
Trump took half of both and slushed them together. That
is what makes him the cream of the litter, well brovo,
(01:56):
But again, Trump wasn't there to talk about Joe Biden.
He was there to talk about America's proud military history
and that went great too.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
Recently, other countries celebrated the victory of World War One.
France was celebrating. Really, we're all celebrating. The only one
that doesn't celebrate is the USA and with the ones
that won the war without us, you'd all be speaking
German right now, maybe a little Japanese thrown in.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay. I know what you're thinking. Why would we be
speaking Japanese when they were on our side in World
War One? Well, I think it's because he said world
War one, but what he meant was lightbel But just
for the record, I'd love to speak German and a
little Japanese because that would help me understand like ninety
(02:50):
five percent of the porn I watch, does anyone know
what Aina Kline megachode means? I don't like it. But
what got the most attention wasn't what Donald Trump said,
but how much the troops enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
President Trump's rally style speech yesterday at Fort Bragg in
North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
He had active duty troops booing, the media booing his
political opponents.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Do you think this crowd would have showed up for Biden?
I don't think so.
Speaker 7 (03:21):
I don't think I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
The fake news ladies and gentlemen, look at him, look
at them all. Oh, what I have to put up with?
Fake news? What I have to put up with in
Los Angeles, the governor of California, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Oh, those boos are very upsetting, and not just because
they remind me of my fifth grade talent show. And
looking back, I probably shouldn't have performed the entirety of
Eddie Murphy's raw. I gotta say, I gotta say. This
(04:07):
is not a good look for the military. The military
is supposed to be a political.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
Graphic is still.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I'm sorry, Oh, I gotta say. I gotta say this
is not a good look for the military. The military
is supposed to be a political They don't serve Democrats
or Republicans. They protect all of us, even Jill Stein voters.
For some reason, but maybe the reason these troops seems
so maggat is because the non Trumpers didn't want to
(04:38):
be there.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
According to Military dot Com, memos from Fort Bragg reveal
a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's
recent visit, including hand picking soldiers for the audience based
on political leanings. Other rules for troops appearing on camera
included no fat soldiers.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Wow, that really sums up the two principles of Donald Trump,
doesn't it? Number one? Total loyalty? Number two? No faddies,
keep in mind that before Trump turned the military into
his own personal Maga cheer squad, He's started the week
by sending marines into America's most bangable city. And this
is all just the warm up before the main event
(05:22):
this weekend. President Trump's highly anticipated military parade kicks off
this Saturday. The parade marks the armies two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary. Oh my god, give these troops a break. Already,
they have to sit through your show, they have to
invade Los Angeles, and now they have to parade for you.
America doesn't do military parade, so why is this one
(05:44):
so important?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
The parade just so happens to also fall on President
Trump's seventy ninth birthday.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yes, there it is, there it is the parade just
so happens to be on his birthday, But that's not
why he's doing it. This parade is for the army
and the fudgi the whale cake is for the army,
but he gets to bloom out the candles. So how
much is the doge President I'm going to spend on
this Army birthday extravaganza.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
The total cost to taxpayers up to forty five million dollars.
Speaker 9 (06:17):
The Army said it expects minimal damage to DC roads
from the seventy ton tanks rolling down, but they've budgeted
sixteen million of your dollars to repair those roads once
the parade is over.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Forty five million dollars and a third of that is
just you ripping up the roads. People don't usually throw
down that hard unless they're moving out the next day.
Wait is Trump moving out the next day? But hey,
(06:49):
at least they're budgeting for the road damage in advance, because,
as Donald Trump always says, a penny saved is a
bird in the hand. The more on Trump's military parade
slash birthday celebration. Let's go live to Washington, d C.
With Ronnie Chang.
Speaker 7 (07:08):
Thank you, Thank you, Deasi Desi, Hi, I'm embedded here
with the military parade. I'm we're ready to go for
the long haul.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Wait, the long haul isn't the paraded one day event?
Speaker 7 (07:20):
Yeah, that's what they always say, But you know the
US military one day in the Capitol, it turns into
a twenty year quag.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
My real quick, Ronnie, it's a parade. I think they're
just driving down a street while people wave.
Speaker 7 (07:33):
At them, all right, and I bet they'll be greeted
as liberators too, right, when have I heard that before?
Next thing, you know, we're paying off tribal leaders in
Georgetown and creating dc isis. I know my history, Deisi.
They're gonna spend us like Japan did in World War One?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
So you agree the whole parade is a terrible idea.
Speaker 7 (08:04):
No, I love it. Usually only Brown nations get to
see American military hardware, and that's outside that window at
very high speeds. It'll be nice for Americans to get
court side seats for once. I mean there are shepherds
and Yemen who can fact check this parade. I mean
they'll be looking at a TV like Nady got a
(08:24):
newer model of that drone.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Trust me, But Ronnie, that's not a good thing. This
is what dictators do, display their military strength to intimidate everyone.
Speaker 7 (08:35):
Okay, okay, man, this is clearly bothering you. But look, okay,
this is actually a win win for both sides. Mega
gets a cool parade and for the liberals, having the
whole military and all our weapons in one place means
the rest of America is unguarded, which gives a saner
(08:55):
nation the chance to come in and take over.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
What are you saying?
Speaker 7 (09:02):
Hold on, sorry, I got, I got. Let's make a
call real quick.
Speaker 8 (09:04):
Sure.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
Hey Canada, Hey, what are you doing Saturday? I mean,
how would you like America to be your fifty first day?
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Ronnie Chang? Everyone, we come back, we find out which
company aren't feeling proud that here for don't.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Welcome back to.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
The Daily Show. June is Pride Month, where we celebrate
the LGBTQ community and stores roll out their pride merch
to rake in some of that sweet gay cash, as
it's known in the gay community money. But this year
things are different.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
Pride Month is here and some big brands have gone
conspicuously quiet.
Speaker 8 (10:09):
Corporate America is scaling back.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
It's marketing that includes selling Pride themed merchandise or posting
supportive messages on social media.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Walmart, MasterCard, Comcast, Pepsi, and Moore have either stopped or
scaled back Pride events.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
Anniser Busch not sponsoring Pride Saint Louis after a thirty
year partnership. Target's once bold Pride displaced, now stripped.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Bear absolutely despicable. Target has completely abandoned its role as
the number one destination for gay people with horrible fashion sense.
But the question is why are these companies suddenly retreating
back into the closet.
Speaker 10 (10:48):
More than sixty percent of more than two hundred executives
say they fear backlash from the Trump administration and its
actions against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by company.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Our country will be work no longer.
Speaker 10 (11:03):
Some also fear of falling prey to conservative activists and
customers becoming the next bud Light. Some companies writing checks
but asking that their names and logos not be included.
It's just it's a strange time for Pride this year.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Come on secretly paying gays because you're ashamed your major
corporations not Lindsey Graham for more an Alex. If we
turn now to our senior gay business correspondent, Troy, I wanna.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
Thank you so much. DESI yes, I am the senior
gay business correspondent.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Just to clarify, are you a correspondent on gay business
or a business correspondent.
Speaker 8 (11:52):
Who is gay? Yes?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Cool?
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Cool, cool cool.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
So what do you make of corporations pulling back from
Pride Month?
Speaker 5 (12:01):
You know what, I'd get it, big corporations.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I'd get it.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
You were only into jumping all over Pride a few
years ago because it was trendy and cool and so
Obama and you wanted all that gay cash.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But we have a lot of it, you know, I
get it. Most of us don't have kids.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Ugh, right, totally, you don't do that boring breeding thing
that we do.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Yeah, totally, you know, but I get it. The vibes
have shifted. You know, Maga's ascended. Trump is president, Obama
is dead. But I you know, one day the pendulum
is going to swing back toward the gays. And when
it does, a little rainbow flag isn't going to cut it.
If they want our business again, they're going to have
(12:44):
to do something that shows their commitment.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Sure, like discounts, or they could donate to LGBTQ causes
they're going to have to bottom oh bottom, yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Yeah, Hey, corporations, you want to prove that you have commitment,
Find your most homophobic executive. Change his fiber intake day
one of the act. Make him eat light mostly greens. Okay,
he needs to douche because sometimes you can't just trust
your body. And then he needs lubricamp. Okay, you can't
(13:23):
just pull a heath ledger and spit on it.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Rip.
Speaker 8 (13:27):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Bottoming does take a lot of commitment.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Yeah, it does.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
I know even some gig guys won't do it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Brian.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
That demand is detailed.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Yeah, sorry, is that too much? Too much detail for you?
Does mail love make you cringe?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Oh my god? No, no, oh god, no, it's so beautiful,
like it was so beautiful. I mean, in fact, I
wish I couldn't be there with you in the room,
just like celebrate.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
It all, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
All right, calm down.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Sorry, I just I want to be an ally. So
do you think bottoming will be enough to satisfy them?
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Well, you know it depends on the angle.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
And no, I mean to satisfy the gay community.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Oh oh right, okay, no, no, no, no, there's there's
all sorts of ways companies can embrace gay culture. They
can they can show their appreciation of Megan Hilty. They
can find out who Megan Hilty is. They can open
their marriages, then close their marriages, then open their marriages again.
Speaker 8 (14:32):
AMC.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
You can put Nicole Kidman in charge of the company.
She's basically the only reason gays go to the movies.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yes, yes, Oh, and they can give gold Mian sacks
to Katy Perry.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
I love that You're trying, but you don't.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
You don't get it.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
They can watch drag Race. I love drag Race a
true ally. Yeah, thank you. That really means a lot.
I feel so seen and that is what Pride Month
is all about.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
That's not true, But okay, so us this.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
The next time the pendulum swings to the right. What
if corporations abandon your community.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Again, Well, that will be difficult.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
And if they come crawling back a third time, they'll
need to go above and beyond to regain our trust.
And you know there is something they can do, and
I think we both know what it is. Yes, equal
hiring practices.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Wow, did you you just said full on fisting?
Speaker 9 (15:29):
No?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
No, I said what you said, drag queen. Yes, Queen,
I'll see no shame. Join from back, hot, go join.
Speaker 10 (15:42):
Me on the Welcome to Day.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
My guest to night is a comedian whose new blue
stand up special is called Father. Please Welcome, Let's go
go Queen, a comedy and queen of fashion, always bringing it.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Oh my goodness, thank you. I feel like I'm giving
a little Ronald McDonald today.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Come Ronald McDonald. But make it fashion.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
Make it fashion and girl. That's right, that's our, you know,
that's our. Make a girl, make a girl.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I am such a fan of your special. It was
so funny you it's called Father, and you say it
came because your fans call you mother, but you identify
more as father.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Is that because you're not a fan of unpaid labor?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
Does he? You know now that I'm in father's position,
I'm not right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Right?
Speaker 8 (17:12):
Yeah? I mean because well, I mean fathers do less
and I wasn't aware of that. I maybe I am
a fan of unpaid labor. Maybe I'm like, okay, yeah,
you keep laboring. Wyah, I sit.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Back, I'm father now. Yeah, yeah, it all makes sense.
You're talking to your special about how your husband does
all the laundry.
Speaker 8 (17:31):
You do none of it. You do none of it.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
He does all the labor in the house.
Speaker 8 (17:35):
It was a devastating day when we found that out.
We weren't it wasn't we weren't trying to do it
that way, by the way, like I wasn't trying not
to do the laundry. I truly did not know. I
hadn't been contributing for seven years.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Seven years.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
And he didn't know either, Like we were both. I
asked him. I was like, hey, which setting is the best?
When I went to try to do laundry, and that's
when he was like, wait, wait, hold on, have you
have you not been doing the laundry this whole time?
And I was shocked too. I was like, oh my god,
it has been you. So it was you know, it
wasn't on purpose? Sure, no, of course not.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
I respect it. I fully respect it. And I will
tell you I have always identified more with the father
side of parenting. I always say, if the world could
look at me like a working dad, I'm an excellent father.
Speaker 8 (18:24):
Yes i am. I am a mid mother.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Yeah, it's very mediocre mother.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
So I appreciate what.
Speaker 8 (18:34):
This is.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
This is exactly right. Your special, however, is excellent. One
of the things that I appreciate so much about it,
there's this it's so beautiful and colorful. Between the fashion
that you're wearing and the set decoration, there's like a
whimsical feeling to it, but you go deep. You tell
these really deeply emotional stories. Was it was it fun
(18:57):
for you to get to play with that juxtaposian Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
I mean, you know, comedians we have also like we
have a duality, right, Like to get to levity, there
was sadness, you know, and so yeah, I wear bright
colors and things like that, and same with my set.
Right it's like, you know, it's a sunflower, you know,
because what you wear during the day. I realized, like
you know, you don't see actually for most of the day,
(19:22):
it's other people seeing it, right, And it's kind of
what I want to That's that's why I got into
performing too, you know, is I want other people to
feel good. And so yeah, yeah, it's definitely a duality
that exists, you know for a reason.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Yeah, you feel that watching your special, you your total
open book about your family dynamic. You talk about, uh,
your grandmother kidnapping you as a child, You talk about
your mother's mental health struggles. You talk about being an
undocumented immigrant in LA as a child.
Speaker 8 (19:53):
Just look at real, just super super.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:58):
Well every day that go real easy read if it
were a book, Yeah yeah, crazy true?
Speaker 9 (20:03):
Did you?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Was it hard to have those conversations with your family
about being that open?
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Well you know they not that they owe it to me,
but when you put it out like that, I've told
my family, I said, look undocumented, we lived in a
garage for seven years and hiding. Mom has schizophrenia. You
kidnapped me, grandma, I said, if you want it to be,
if you wanted me to be a comedian.
Speaker 9 (20:28):
You.
Speaker 8 (20:31):
You you should have just told me. You could have
just told me. I would be like, are you kidding? Yes?
This was on purpose, right, Like my grandma's secretly my manager.
She's like, she's like, this is a good story. She'll
get on. It'll be perfect for Daily Show, This American Life.
(20:51):
This is how you get on MPR.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
You're you are famous, but your grandma might rival your fame.
Oh yeah, with your TikTok videos and your Instagram stories. Yeah,
it's is family.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
Come on, she's a star. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean
I mean also, you said she rapple with me. But
can she throw vegetables into a cart with her butt?
I don't know. I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Is she the person you got your funny from?
Speaker 8 (21:29):
She is not. She's not. Honestly, I feel like I'm
raising a kid in that she's learning funny is from me.
Actually yeah, yeah, I mean she's silly, she's you know,
I feel like she felt like she got the permission
to finally be silly later in her life because she
was always a caretaker. You know, she raised me. She
(21:49):
looks after my mom still too, who has schizophrenia. And so,
you know, when I was like, can we do these videos?
Would you want to join? She's like, yes, are you serious?
Really for real? Like, you know, and to see her
like lightening up for the first time in her life
that it's really cool, you know, like yeah, being like
we could do this at a grocery store. Yeah, I
can dance.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Yeah, we should all be doing that at a grocery store. Yes, yes, yeah,
actually my husband should be doing that at the grocery
store because he's the one who does.
Speaker 8 (22:17):
All the shop.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
That's right, you should go get it on her.
Speaker 8 (22:20):
That's right. Give mother, Yeah, give mother a moment to
have fun too.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
That's right, that's right. You you spoke about getting into
comedy through watching Margaret Show DVDs as a kid, and
then she crowned you as her heir recently, right right,
New York Times Magazine. How did that feel?
Speaker 8 (22:42):
Oh my, oh it's great. I grew up watching her
and now we're friends. And then now she's like, if
you if someone were to replace me, you said, with
this bull cut, So I feel like, I mean, it's
kind of like a crown already, you know. I was like,
(23:04):
I'm ready, I'm ready to girl, exactly right. You deserve it.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I want to talk about your bowl cut, though, because
you did it. I don't think you should change a thing.
But you did talk about wanting to change your haircut,
but that you can't because this is now your brand.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
Is that true? I mean yeah, kind of. I mean,
does Dora the Explorer change her?
Speaker 9 (23:25):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Does?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
I think? For the record, I think this suits you beautifully.
But we did ask our graphics team to mock up
a few just to spitball some ideas. So this is
your gorgeous look as is.
Speaker 8 (23:39):
Okay, this beautiful bowl cut. Okay, okay, it scares.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
This is the Rachel cut.
Speaker 8 (23:48):
That that's scary. That is scary. Who is she?
Speaker 9 (23:54):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
The Leslie Bibb White Lotus box that's giving.
Speaker 8 (23:59):
The only thing is so much forehead. I'm so shy.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
I'm so sure Rocket.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
I do think you forgot to join my third eye.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
This is my personal favorite. The Princess Leiah.
Speaker 8 (24:12):
Oh yes, oh my god, very much.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
I think you can. I think you're can pull any
of them off. But I will tell you I I
think you're what you're, what you've got going on right
now is perfect.
Speaker 8 (24:26):
Should change a thing.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Oh, you can think about anything. Major, congratulation everything. I'm
so happy for you. Thank you for being here. Father
premieres on Hulu June thirteenth.
Speaker 8 (24:37):
And for Morning.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Rank right back up here.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
Did you ever play an instrument?
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I played, like very short periods of time, the flute.
Speaker 8 (25:12):
Would you believe it? Did you like it? I had
flute lessons.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
That's the first person that ever asked me that crazy question.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
Yeah, I had flute, Could you believe it?
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I could have been a flutist.
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Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Hetty Lydenk. We've got
so much to talk about tonight. Trump is a total
idiom corporation sachet away from Pride Month? And does America
have a military a parade? This weekend might finally give
us the answer. So let's get into the headline. Let's
(00:56):
kick things off with mean coin entrepreneur Donald Trump, who
also moonlights as President of the United States. Yesterday he
went to Fort Braggs. He gave a speech to his
favorite men in uniform who aren't in the village people.
He was there to commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the Army, So of course he ended up
(01:16):
discussing Joe Biden.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
We had a grossly, grossly unfit president. And by the way,
I've known this guy for a long time. He was
never the sharpest.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Bulb, sharpest bulb, what a wordsmith. See, most people would
have gone with brightest bulb or sharpest tool, but Donald
Trump took half of both and slushed them together. That
is what makes him the cream of the litter, well brovo,
(01:56):
But again, Trump wasn't there to talk about Joe Biden.
He was there to talk about America's proud military history
and that went great too.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
Recently, other countries celebrated the victory of World War One.
France was celebrating. Really, we're all celebrating. The only one
that doesn't celebrate is the USA and with the ones
that won the war without us, you'd all be speaking
German right now, maybe a little Japanese thrown in.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay. I know what you're thinking. Why would we be
speaking Japanese when they were on our side in World
War One? Well, I think it's because he said world
War one, but what he meant was lightbel But just
for the record, I'd love to speak German and a
little Japanese because that would help me understand like ninety
(02:50):
five percent of the porn I watch, does anyone know
what Aina Kline megachode means? I don't like it. But
what got the most attention wasn't what Donald Trump said,
but how much the troops enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
President Trump's rally style speech yesterday at Fort Bragg in
North Carolina.
Speaker 6 (03:12):
He had active duty troops booing, the media booing his
political opponents.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Do you think this crowd would have showed up for Biden?
I don't think so.
Speaker 7 (03:21):
I don't think I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
The fake news ladies and gentlemen, look at him, look
at them all. Oh, what I have to put up with?
Fake news? What I have to put up with in
Los Angeles, the governor of California, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Oh, those boos are very upsetting, and not just because
they remind me of my fifth grade talent show. And
looking back, I probably shouldn't have performed the entirety of
Eddie Murphy's raw. I gotta say, I gotta say. This
(04:07):
is not a good look for the military. The military
is supposed to be a political.
Speaker 8 (04:12):
Graphic is still.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I'm sorry, Oh, I gotta say. I gotta say this
is not a good look for the military. The military
is supposed to be a political They don't serve Democrats
or Republicans. They protect all of us, even Jill Stein voters.
For some reason, but maybe the reason these troops seems
so maggat is because the non Trumpers didn't want to
(04:38):
be there.
Speaker 6 (04:39):
According to Military dot Com, memos from Fort Bragg reveal
a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's
recent visit, including hand picking soldiers for the audience based
on political leanings. Other rules for troops appearing on camera
included no fat soldiers.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Wow, that really sums up the two principles of Donald Trump,
doesn't it? Number one? Total loyalty? Number two? No faddies,
keep in mind that before Trump turned the military into
his own personal Maga cheer squad, He's started the week
by sending marines into America's most bangable city. And this
is all just the warm up before the main event
(05:22):
this weekend. President Trump's highly anticipated military parade kicks off
this Saturday. The parade marks the armies two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary. Oh my god, give these troops a break. Already,
they have to sit through your show, they have to
invade Los Angeles, and now they have to parade for you.
America doesn't do military parade, so why is this one
(05:44):
so important?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
The parade just so happens to also fall on President
Trump's seventy ninth birthday.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yes, there it is, there it is the parade just
so happens to be on his birthday, But that's not
why he's doing it. This parade is for the army
and the fudgi the whale cake is for the army,
but he gets to bloom out the candles. So how
much is the doge President I'm going to spend on
this Army birthday extravaganza.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
The total cost to taxpayers up to forty five million dollars.
Speaker 9 (06:17):
The Army said it expects minimal damage to DC roads
from the seventy ton tanks rolling down, but they've budgeted
sixteen million of your dollars to repair those roads once
the parade is over.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Forty five million dollars and a third of that is
just you ripping up the roads. People don't usually throw
down that hard unless they're moving out the next day.
Wait is Trump moving out the next day? But hey,
(06:49):
at least they're budgeting for the road damage in advance, because,
as Donald Trump always says, a penny saved is a
bird in the hand. The more on Trump's military parade
slash birthday celebration. Let's go live to Washington, d C.
With Ronnie Chang.
Speaker 7 (07:08):
Thank you, Thank you, Deasi Desi, Hi, I'm embedded here
with the military parade. I'm we're ready to go for
the long haul.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Wait, the long haul isn't the paraded one day event?
Speaker 7 (07:20):
Yeah, that's what they always say, But you know the
US military one day in the Capitol, it turns into
a twenty year quag.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
My real quick, Ronnie, it's a parade. I think they're
just driving down a street while people wave.
Speaker 7 (07:33):
At them, all right, and I bet they'll be greeted
as liberators too, right, when have I heard that before?
Next thing, you know, we're paying off tribal leaders in
Georgetown and creating dc isis. I know my history, Deisi.
They're gonna spend us like Japan did in World War One?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
So you agree the whole parade is a terrible idea.
Speaker 7 (08:04):
No, I love it. Usually only Brown nations get to
see American military hardware, and that's outside that window at
very high speeds. It'll be nice for Americans to get
court side seats for once. I mean there are shepherds
and Yemen who can fact check this parade. I mean
they'll be looking at a TV like Nady got a
(08:24):
newer model of that drone.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Trust me, But Ronnie, that's not a good thing. This
is what dictators do, display their military strength to intimidate everyone.
Speaker 7 (08:35):
Okay, okay, man, this is clearly bothering you. But look, okay,
this is actually a win win for both sides. Mega
gets a cool parade and for the liberals, having the
whole military and all our weapons in one place means
the rest of America is unguarded, which gives a saner
(08:55):
nation the chance to come in and take over.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
What are you saying?
Speaker 7 (09:02):
Hold on, sorry, I got, I got. Let's make a
call real quick.
Speaker 8 (09:04):
Sure.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
Hey Canada, Hey, what are you doing Saturday? I mean,
how would you like America to be your fifty first day?
Speaker 3 (09:19):
Ronnie Chang? Everyone, we come back, we find out which
company aren't feeling proud that here for don't.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Welcome back to.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
The Daily Show. June is Pride Month, where we celebrate
the LGBTQ community and stores roll out their pride merch
to rake in some of that sweet gay cash, as
it's known in the gay community money. But this year
things are different.
Speaker 6 (10:05):
Pride Month is here and some big brands have gone
conspicuously quiet.
Speaker 8 (10:09):
Corporate America is scaling back.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
It's marketing that includes selling Pride themed merchandise or posting
supportive messages on social media.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Walmart, MasterCard, Comcast, Pepsi, and Moore have either stopped or
scaled back Pride events.
Speaker 10 (10:23):
Anniser Busch not sponsoring Pride Saint Louis after a thirty
year partnership. Target's once bold Pride displaced, now stripped.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Bear absolutely despicable. Target has completely abandoned its role as
the number one destination for gay people with horrible fashion sense.
But the question is why are these companies suddenly retreating
back into the closet.
Speaker 10 (10:48):
More than sixty percent of more than two hundred executives
say they fear backlash from the Trump administration and its
actions against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by company.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Our country will be work no longer.
Speaker 10 (11:03):
Some also fear of falling prey to conservative activists and
customers becoming the next bud Light. Some companies writing checks
but asking that their names and logos not be included.
It's just it's a strange time for Pride this year.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Come on secretly paying gays because you're ashamed your major
corporations not Lindsey Graham for more an Alex. If we
turn now to our senior gay business correspondent, Troy, I wanna.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
Thank you so much. DESI yes, I am the senior
gay business correspondent.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Just to clarify, are you a correspondent on gay business
or a business correspondent.
Speaker 8 (11:52):
Who is gay? Yes?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Cool?
Speaker 8 (11:56):
Cool, cool cool.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
So what do you make of corporations pulling back from
Pride Month?
Speaker 5 (12:01):
You know what, I'd get it, big corporations.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I'd get it.
Speaker 5 (12:04):
You were only into jumping all over Pride a few
years ago because it was trendy and cool and so
Obama and you wanted all that gay cash.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
But we have a lot of it, you know, I
get it. Most of us don't have kids.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Ugh, right, totally, you don't do that boring breeding thing
that we do.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Yeah, totally, you know, but I get it. The vibes
have shifted. You know, Maga's ascended. Trump is president, Obama
is dead. But I you know, one day the pendulum
is going to swing back toward the gays. And when
it does, a little rainbow flag isn't going to cut it.
If they want our business again, they're going to have
(12:44):
to do something that shows their commitment.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Sure, like discounts, or they could donate to LGBTQ causes
they're going to have to bottom oh bottom, yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Yeah, Hey, corporations, you want to prove that you have commitment,
Find your most homophobic executive. Change his fiber intake day
one of the act. Make him eat light mostly greens. Okay,
he needs to douche because sometimes you can't just trust
your body. And then he needs lubricamp. Okay, you can't
(13:23):
just pull a heath ledger and spit on it.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Rip.
Speaker 8 (13:27):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Bottoming does take a lot of commitment.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Yeah, it does.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
I know even some gig guys won't do it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Brian.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
That demand is detailed.
Speaker 5 (13:42):
Yeah, sorry, is that too much? Too much detail for you?
Does mail love make you cringe?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Oh my god? No, no, oh god, no, it's so beautiful,
like it was so beautiful. I mean, in fact, I
wish I couldn't be there with you in the room,
just like celebrate.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
It all, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
All right, calm down.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
Sorry, I just I want to be an ally. So
do you think bottoming will be enough to satisfy them?
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Well, you know it depends on the angle.
Speaker 3 (14:08):
And no, I mean to satisfy the gay community.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Oh oh right, okay, no, no, no, no, there's there's
all sorts of ways companies can embrace gay culture. They
can they can show their appreciation of Megan Hilty. They
can find out who Megan Hilty is. They can open
their marriages, then close their marriages, then open their marriages again.
Speaker 8 (14:32):
AMC.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
You can put Nicole Kidman in charge of the company.
She's basically the only reason gays go to the movies.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yes, yes, Oh, and they can give gold Mian sacks
to Katy Perry.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
I love that You're trying, but you don't.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
You don't get it.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
They can watch drag Race. I love drag Race a
true ally. Yeah, thank you. That really means a lot.
I feel so seen and that is what Pride Month
is all about.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
That's not true, But okay, so us this.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
The next time the pendulum swings to the right. What
if corporations abandon your community.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Again, Well, that will be difficult.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
And if they come crawling back a third time, they'll
need to go above and beyond to regain our trust.
And you know there is something they can do, and
I think we both know what it is. Yes, equal
hiring practices.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Wow, did you you just said full on fisting?
Speaker 9 (15:29):
No?
Speaker 3 (15:30):
No, I said what you said, drag queen. Yes, Queen,
I'll see no shame. Join from back, hot, go join.
Speaker 10 (15:42):
Me on the Welcome to Day.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
My guest to night is a comedian whose new blue
stand up special is called Father. Please Welcome, Let's go
go Queen, a comedy and queen of fashion, always bringing it.
Speaker 8 (16:33):
Oh my goodness, thank you. I feel like I'm giving
a little Ronald McDonald today.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Come Ronald McDonald. But make it fashion.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
Make it fashion and girl. That's right, that's our, you know,
that's our. Make a girl, make a girl.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
I am such a fan of your special. It was
so funny you it's called Father, and you say it
came because your fans call you mother, but you identify
more as father.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Is that because you're not a fan of unpaid labor?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
Does he? You know now that I'm in father's position,
I'm not right? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Right?
Speaker 8 (17:12):
Yeah? I mean because well, I mean fathers do less
and I wasn't aware of that. I maybe I am
a fan of unpaid labor. Maybe I'm like, okay, yeah,
you keep laboring. Wyah, I sit.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Back, I'm father now. Yeah, yeah, it all makes sense.
You're talking to your special about how your husband does
all the laundry.
Speaker 8 (17:31):
You do none of it. You do none of it.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
He does all the labor in the house.
Speaker 8 (17:35):
It was a devastating day when we found that out.
We weren't it wasn't we weren't trying to do it
that way, by the way, like I wasn't trying not
to do the laundry. I truly did not know. I
hadn't been contributing for seven years.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Seven years.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
And he didn't know either, Like we were both. I
asked him. I was like, hey, which setting is the best?
When I went to try to do laundry, and that's
when he was like, wait, wait, hold on, have you
have you not been doing the laundry this whole time?
And I was shocked too. I was like, oh my god,
it has been you. So it was you know, it
wasn't on purpose? Sure, no, of course not.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
I respect it. I fully respect it. And I will
tell you I have always identified more with the father
side of parenting. I always say, if the world could
look at me like a working dad, I'm an excellent father.
Speaker 8 (18:24):
Yes i am. I am a mid mother.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Yeah, it's very mediocre mother.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
So I appreciate what.
Speaker 8 (18:34):
This is.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
This is exactly right. Your special, however, is excellent. One
of the things that I appreciate so much about it,
there's this it's so beautiful and colorful. Between the fashion
that you're wearing and the set decoration, there's like a
whimsical feeling to it, but you go deep. You tell
these really deeply emotional stories. Was it was it fun
(18:57):
for you to get to play with that juxtaposian Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:00):
I mean, you know, comedians we have also like we
have a duality, right, Like to get to levity, there
was sadness, you know, and so yeah, I wear bright
colors and things like that, and same with my set.
Right it's like, you know, it's a sunflower, you know,
because what you wear during the day. I realized, like
you know, you don't see actually for most of the day,
(19:22):
it's other people seeing it, right, And it's kind of
what I want to That's that's why I got into
performing too, you know, is I want other people to
feel good. And so yeah, yeah, it's definitely a duality
that exists, you know for a reason.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Yeah, you feel that watching your special, you your total
open book about your family dynamic. You talk about, uh,
your grandmother kidnapping you as a child, You talk about
your mother's mental health struggles. You talk about being an
undocumented immigrant in LA as a child.
Speaker 8 (19:53):
Just look at real, just super super.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (19:58):
Well every day that go real easy read if it
were a book, Yeah yeah, crazy true?
Speaker 9 (20:03):
Did you?
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Was it hard to have those conversations with your family
about being that open?
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Well you know they not that they owe it to me,
but when you put it out like that, I've told
my family, I said, look undocumented, we lived in a
garage for seven years and hiding. Mom has schizophrenia. You
kidnapped me, grandma, I said, if you want it to be,
if you wanted me to be a comedian.
Speaker 9 (20:28):
You.
Speaker 8 (20:31):
You you should have just told me. You could have
just told me. I would be like, are you kidding? Yes?
This was on purpose, right, Like my grandma's secretly my manager.
She's like, she's like, this is a good story. She'll
get on. It'll be perfect for Daily Show, This American Life.
(20:51):
This is how you get on MPR.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
You're you are famous, but your grandma might rival your fame.
Oh yeah, with your TikTok videos and your Instagram stories. Yeah,
it's is family.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
Come on, she's a star. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean
I mean also, you said she rapple with me. But
can she throw vegetables into a cart with her butt?
I don't know. I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Is she the person you got your funny from?
Speaker 8 (21:29):
She is not. She's not. Honestly, I feel like I'm
raising a kid in that she's learning funny is from me.
Actually yeah, yeah, I mean she's silly, she's you know,
I feel like she felt like she got the permission
to finally be silly later in her life because she
was always a caretaker. You know, she raised me. She
(21:49):
looks after my mom still too, who has schizophrenia. And so,
you know, when I was like, can we do these videos?
Would you want to join? She's like, yes, are you serious?
Really for real? Like, you know, and to see her
like lightening up for the first time in her life
that it's really cool, you know, like yeah, being like
we could do this at a grocery store. Yeah, I
can dance.
Speaker 3 (22:10):
Yeah, we should all be doing that at a grocery store. Yes, yes, yeah,
actually my husband should be doing that at the grocery
store because he's the one who does.
Speaker 8 (22:17):
All the shop.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
That's right, you should go get it on her.
Speaker 8 (22:20):
That's right. Give mother, Yeah, give mother a moment to
have fun too.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
That's right, that's right. You you spoke about getting into
comedy through watching Margaret Show DVDs as a kid, and
then she crowned you as her heir recently, right right,
New York Times Magazine. How did that feel?
Speaker 8 (22:42):
Oh my, oh it's great. I grew up watching her
and now we're friends. And then now she's like, if
you if someone were to replace me, you said, with
this bull cut, So I feel like, I mean, it's
kind of like a crown already, you know. I was like,
(23:04):
I'm ready, I'm ready to girl, exactly right. You deserve it.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
I want to talk about your bowl cut, though, because
you did it. I don't think you should change a thing.
But you did talk about wanting to change your haircut,
but that you can't because this is now your brand.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
Is that true? I mean yeah, kind of. I mean,
does Dora the Explorer change her?
Speaker 9 (23:25):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Does?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
I think? For the record, I think this suits you beautifully.
But we did ask our graphics team to mock up
a few just to spitball some ideas. So this is
your gorgeous look as is.
Speaker 8 (23:39):
Okay, this beautiful bowl cut. Okay, okay, it scares.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
This is the Rachel cut.
Speaker 8 (23:48):
That that's scary. That is scary. Who is she?
Speaker 9 (23:54):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (23:55):
The Leslie Bibb White Lotus box that's giving.
Speaker 8 (23:59):
The only thing is so much forehead. I'm so shy.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
I'm so sure Rocket.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
I do think you forgot to join my third eye.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
This is my personal favorite. The Princess Leiah.
Speaker 8 (24:12):
Oh yes, oh my god, very much.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
I think you can. I think you're can pull any
of them off. But I will tell you I I
think you're what you're, what you've got going on right
now is perfect.
Speaker 8 (24:26):
Should change a thing.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Oh, you can think about anything. Major, congratulation everything. I'm
so happy for you. Thank you for being here. Father
premieres on Hulu June thirteenth.
Speaker 8 (24:37):
And for Morning.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Rank right back up here.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
Did you ever play an instrument?
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I played, like very short periods of time, the flute.
Speaker 8 (25:12):
Would you believe it? Did you like it? I had
flute lessons.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
That's the first person that ever asked me that crazy question.
Speaker 8 (25:20):
Yeah, I had flute, Could you believe it?
Speaker 4 (25:22):
I could have been a flutist.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
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