>> SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. BIG "TED LASSO" FANS. BIG "TED LASSO" FANS. >> YOU ARE SO FABULOUS. >> YOU ARE SO FABULOUS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU'RE MAGNIFICENT. >> YOU'RE MAGNIFICENT. >> THE THIRD SEASON FINALE OF >> THE THIRD SEASON FINALE OF "TED LASSO" AIRED TUESDAY NIGHT. "TED LASSO" AIRED TUESDAY NIGHT. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SHOW IS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SHOW IS FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. YOU PLAY THE EQUIPMENT MANAGER YOU PLAY THE EQUIPMENT MANAGER TURN COACH. TURN COACH. YOU'VE HAD QUITE A JOURNEY. YOU'VE HAD QUITE A JOURNEY. YOU STARTED. YOU STARTED. FANS LIKED YOU, THEN YOU WERE FANS LIKED YOU, THEN YOU WERE LOVED, THEN YOU WERE HATED, THEN LOVED, THEN YOU WERE HATED, THEN THERE WAS REDEMPTION. THERE WAS REDEMPTION. QUITE A SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS. QUITE A SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS. HOW HAS THE EXPERIENCE BEEN FOR HOW HAS THE EXPERIENCE BEEN FOR YOU? YOU? >> I FELT LIKE THE SEASON ONE >> I FELT LIKE THE SEASON ONE VERSION WAS A COMFORT AREA IN VERSION WAS A COMFORT AREA IN TERMS OF ACTING. TERMS OF ACTING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF COMEDY, A LOT OF SOCIALLY COMEDY, A LOT OF SOCIALLY AWKWARD STUFF. AWKWARD STUFF. THAT WAS FUN. THAT WAS FUN. THEN COMEDY GOT REPLACED BY THEN COMEDY GOT REPLACED BY EMOTIONAL, DRAMATIC EMOTIONAL, DRAMATIC STORYTELLING. STORYTELLING. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NATURALLY YOU KNOW, THAT WAS NATURALLY MORE CHALLENGING. MORE CHALLENGING. AS AN ACTOR IT'S TRILOGY, BUT AS AN ACTOR IT'S TRILOGY, BUT DEFINITELY TAKEN OUT OF MY DEFINITELY TAKEN OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE. COMFORT ZONE. >> DID YOU EVER BUMP INTO FANS >> DID YOU EVER BUMP INTO FANS THAT HAD THOSE DIFFERENT THAT HAD THOSE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS? EMOTIONS? >> ALL THE TIME. >> ALL THE TIME. >> DID THEY SCARE YOU? >> DID THEY SCARE YOU? >> IT'S NOT LIKE QUITE LIKE >> IT'S NOT LIKE QUITE LIKE ONLINE. ONLINE. I TRIED TO STAY OFF THAT. I TRIED TO STAY OFF THAT. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF BOUGHT THE REDEMPTION AND BOUGHT THE REDEMPTION AND FORGIVEN HIM. FORGIVEN HIM. THAT'S WHAT SEASON THREE IS B THAT'S WHAT SEASON THREE IS B OUR CAPACITY TO FORGIVE REALLY. OUR CAPACITY TO FORGIVE REALLY. >> I LOVE THAT. >> I LOVE THAT. >> YOU'VE BEEN EMMY NOMINATED >> YOU'VE BEEN EMMY NOMINATED TWICE FOR EVERYTHING YOU BRING TWICE FOR EVERYTHING YOU BRING TO THIS ROLE. TO THIS ROLE. IN ONE OF THE FINAL EPISODES IN ONE OF THE FINAL EPISODES THIS SEASON, NATE IS SEEN THIS SEASON, NATE IS SEEN PLAYING THE VIOLIN, WHICH I PLAYING THE VIOLIN, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU PLAY IN REAL LIFE. BELIEVE YOU PLAY IN REAL LIFE. >> I DO, YEAH. >> I DO, YEAH. >> THERE WAS A TOUCHING MOMENT >> THERE WAS A TOUCHING MOMENT WITH HIS FATHER. WITH HIS FATHER. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> JASON KNEW I PLATED THE >> JASON KNEW I PLATED THE VIOLIN, SO YOU WANTED TO WRITE VIOLIN, SO YOU WANTED TO WRITE IT IN. IT IN. IN SEASON TWO, WE TALKED ABOUT, IN SEASON TWO, WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I KNEW WHERE THE STORY WAS AND I KNEW WHERE THE STORY WAS HEADED. HEADED. IT WAS ODDLY EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE IT WAS ODDLY EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE IT'S MY VIOLIN FROM HOME. IT'S MY VIOLIN FROM HOME. MY WIFE IS PLAYING THE BE ANNA, MY WIFE IS PLAYING THE BE ANNA, ACCOMPANYING, BECCA. ACCOMPANYING, BECCA. A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TED WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TED WERE DIRECTED AT HIS DAD. DIRECTED AT HIS DAD. SO IT WAS ODDLY TOUCHING. SO IT WAS ODDLY TOUCHING. IT'S NOT THAT HIS RELATIONSHIP IT'S NOT THAT HIS RELATIONSHIP IS FIXED THEN. IS FIXED THEN. I THINK IT SHOWS THE START OF A I THINK IT SHOWS THE START OF A HEALING PROCESS. HEALING PROCESS. IT WAS NICE THEY THEN USED IT TO IT WAS NICE THEY THEN USED IT TO UNDERSCORE HANNAH'S SCENE. UNDERSCORE HANNAH'S SCENE. I KNOW HANNAH IS COMING ON NEXT I KNOW HANNAH IS COMING ON NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? WEEK, RIGHT? >> YOU CREATED A CHARACTER >> YOU CREATED A CHARACTER CALLED MR. SWALLOW. CALLED MR. SWALLOW. >> YES. >> YES. YOU PERFORMED FOR MANY YEARS IN YOU PERFORMED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE UK TO GREAT ACCLAIM, I THE UK TO GREAT ACCLAIM, I UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND. I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS IT? I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, MR. SWALLOW? MR. SWALLOW? WHY DID YOU CALL HIM THAT? WHY DID YOU CALL HIM THAT? >> I'M CONCERNED THAT IT SOUNDS >> I'M CONCERNED THAT IT SOUNDS RUDE, AND IT'S NOT. RUDE, AND IT'S NOT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A -- I MEAN THE SO IT'S ACTUALLY A -- I MEAN THE NAME JUST CAME ABOUT BY CHANCE. NAME JUST CAME ABOUT BY CHANCE. THE CHARACTER IS BASED ON A THE CHARACTER IS BASED ON A TEACHER THAT I HAD IN HIGH TEACHER THAT I HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO TAUGHT ENGLISH, AND SCHOOL WHO TAUGHT ENGLISH, AND TALKED LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, TALKED LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND SO I STARTED DOING THAT AND SO I STARTED DOING THAT VOICE SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS DOING VOICE SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS DOING SKETCH COMEDY AT UNIVERSITY, I SKETCH COMEDY AT UNIVERSITY, I STARTED DOING THAT VOICE, AND IT STARTED DOING THAT VOICE, AND IT FELT FUNNY FOR ME DOING IT. FELT FUNNY FOR ME DOING IT. THEN IN SCOTLAND AND IN LONDON. THEN IN SCOTLAND AND IN LONDON. EVERY TIME I DID LIVE STUFF, I EVERY TIME I DID LIVE STUFF, I BECAME THAT CHARACTER. BECAME THAT CHARACTER. IT KIND OF STUCK. IT KIND OF STUCK. I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SORT OF I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SORT OF 10 YEARS NOW. 10 YEARS NOW. I JUST DID A TOUR IN THE UK, I JUST DID A TOUR IN THE UK, BRINGING THE TO I JUST DID A TOUR IN THE UK, BRINGING THE IT TO AMERICA. BRINGING THE IT TO AMERICA. >> DOES YOUR TEACHER KNOW? >> DOES YOUR TEACHER KNOW? >> NO. >> NO. >> BASED ON A WOMAN? >> BASED ON A WOMAN? >> BASED ON HER ATTITUDE, LIKE >> BASED ON HER ATTITUDE, LIKE THEY WERE HECKLING HER. THEY WERE HECKLING HER. WE'LL HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT WE'LL HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. WHY? WHY? CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ON THE CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ON THE SYLLABUS? SYLLABUS? >> YOU'RE VERY FUNNY. >> YOU'RE VERY FUNNY. WERE YOU FUNNY AS A KID? WERE YOU FUNNY AS A KID? PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME THAT QUESTION. QUESTION. >> I LIKE COMEDY, WATCHING >> I LIKE COMEDY, WATCHING COMEDY. COMEDY. I LIKED MAGIC A LOT. I LIKED MAGIC A LOT. IF I PERFORMED MAGIC, I'D HAVE A IF I PERFORMED MAGIC, I'D HAVE A COMEDY ANGLE TO IT. COMEDY ANGLE TO IT. I LIKE IT IN THAT REGARD. I LIKE IT IN THAT REGARD. >> IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME ON >> IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST TIME ON "THE VIEW," BUT IT'S YOUR FIRST "THE VIEW," BUT IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK CITY. TIME IN NEW YORK CITY. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> HONESTLY IT'S PHENOMENAL. >> HONESTLY IT'S PHENOMENAL. IT'S EMBARRASSING TO ADMIT THIS IT'S EMBARRASSING TO ADMIT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK. IS MY FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK. I'M LITERALLY 42. I'M LITERALLY 42. WHAT AM I DOING? WHAT AM I DOING? >> PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY DON'T >> PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY DON'T ALWAYS GET TO NEW YORK. ALWAYS GET TO NEW YORK. >> I TEXTED MY WIFE, OH, MY GOD, >> I TEXTED MY WIFE, OH, MY GOD, NEW YORK IS COOL. NEW YORK IS COOL. IT'S SO AMAZING. IT'S SO AMAZING. >> WE WANTED TO COMMEMORATE YOUR >> WE WANTED TO COMMEMORATE YOUR FIRST TRIP HERE. FIRST TRIP HERE. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> AND YOU HAVE A NEW BABY. >> AND YOU HAVE A NEW BABY. >> OH, MY GOD. >> OH, MY GOD. >> WE HAVE SOME ONESIES IN THERE >> WE HAVE SOME ONESIES IN THERE AND -- AND -- >> HONESTLY, HONESTLY -- >> HONESTLY, HONESTLY -- >> TWO YOUNG SONS. >> TWO YOUNG SONS. >> MY BAGGAGE GOT LOST ON THE >> MY BAGGAGE GOT LOST ON THE WAY, SO THIS WILL BE GENUINELY WAY, SO THIS WILL BE GENUINELY USEFUL. USEFUL. IS THERE ANYTHING MY SIZE? IS THERE ANYTHING MY SIZE? >> I'M SURE YOU CAN SQUEEZE INTO >> I'M SURE YOU CAN SQUEEZE INTO SOMETHING. SOMETHING. >> I CAN SQUEEZE INTO THIS. >> I CAN SQUEEZE INTO THIS. >> TED LASSO IS STREAMING RIGHT >> TED LASSO IS STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON APPLE TV PLUS. NOW ON APPLE TV PLUS. IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK CITY, GO IF YOU'RE IN NEW YORK CITY, GO SEE NICK AS MR. SWALLOW TOMORROW SEE NICK AS MR. SWALLOW TOMORROW AT TOWN HALL. AT TOWN HALL. 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