WE'RE BACK FROM A COMMERCIAL BREAK.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, WE TALKED ABOUT LIVERPOOL.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: AND PREMIERLY.

YES.

>> Stephen: THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED NOW.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THAT.

>> POSTPONED.

NOT CANCELED YET.

>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> IT MEANS THEY'VE HIT PAUSE ON THE LEAGUE.

THEY COULD UNPAUSE IT IN JUNE SOME TIME.

IF THEY CAN GET IT GOING BY JUNE, THEY MIGHT FINISH THE

LEAGUE.

>> Stephen: IF THEY DON'T AND IF THAT IS IT, AND I DON'T WANT

TO UPSET YOU, IF THAT IS IT, WHERE WILL LIVERPOOL IN THEIR

PATH TOWARD VICTORY?

WERE THEY LEADING?

>> THEY WERE.

I THINK YOU KNOW THIS, I THINK THEY WERE LEADING, YES, THEY

WERE LEADING.

THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE.

>> Stephen: I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.

>> THEY WERE ABOUT TO WIN THE FIRST LEAGUE TITLE IN 30 YEARS.

>> Stephen: CAN YOU JUST SAY?

CAN YOU JUST SAY THEY'RE CHAMPIONS?

>> Stephen: YES, CAN YOU JUST SAY THEY'RE CHAMPIONS AT THIS

POINT?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: UNTIL SOMEONE TAKES THE PAUSE BUTTON OFF.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.

A CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN FROZEN LIKE HANS SOLO.

JUST NEARLY, SO NEARLY.

>> Stephen: MM-HMM.

WELL, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO?

WHO'S THE FIRST PERSON YOU WANT TO RUB UP AGAINST WHEN YOU GET

OUT OF ALL THIS?

WHEN THIS IS OVER AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TOUCH ANOTHER HUMAN

BEING, WHO YOU'RE NOT SURE IS STERILE, WHO DO YOU WANT IT TO

BE?

>> I GUESS NOT ANYONE YOU KNOW.

THAT'S THE THRILL, ISN'T IT?

>> Stephen: YEAH.

OMEONE YOU KNOW IS THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME IDEA OF

TOUCH THERE.

I GUESS YOU WANT TO WALK UP TO A STRANGER IN THE STREET AND RUB

YOUR HAND ACROSS THEIR FACE.

>> Stephen: THERE'S GOING TO BE GREAT RUBBING OF PARTS WHEN

THIS IS OVER.

NO SEX, JUST RUBBING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, IT WILL BE THE ICONIC IMAGE TO END THIS WON'T

BE LIKE THE TIMES SQUARE KISS, IT'S GOING TO BE TWO STRANGERS

WITH THEIR HANDS ON EACH OTHERS' FACES, RUBBING IT.

>> Stephen: JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SHOW THIS WEEK?

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

WELL, ALL RIGHT.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

( LAUGHTER ) THAT IS LIKE ME JUST REMINDING

YOU YOU'RE GETTING EXECUTED OR SOMETHING.

I DO, YEAH...

>> I CAN JUST HEAR MY PRODUCERS GOING THROUGH THE ZOOM AGAIN,

JUST RELAX.

JUST RELAX.

THERE'S A WIRE THAT SHOULD GO INTO THE BACK TO HAVE THE

CAMERA.

IS IT IN THERE?

IS IT PLUGGED INTO THE WALL?

THEN PLUG IT INTO THE WALL.

>> Stephen: STAY SAFE AND STERILE.

>> ALWAYS.

I WAS STERILE BEFORE THIS.

>> Stephen: GIVE MY BEST TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR DOG AND

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

>> I CAN'T WAIT TO RUB MY HAND IN YOUR FACE.

>> Stephen: IT'S A DATE.

LAST WEEK TONIGHT AIRS SUNDAYS ON H.B.O.

THAT MAN WAS JOHN OLIVER, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

YES, YES, YES...