♪ >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.

MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND ROCK

AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER WHO HAS SOLD OVER 130 MILLION ALBUMS

WORLDWIDE.

PLEASE WELCOME, JON BON JOVI!

>> HELLO, STEPHEN.

>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IT'S JUST A NAME YOU CAN'T SAY CALMLY.

YOU HAVE TO GO JON BON JOVI!

YOU'VE GOT TO FILL AN ARENA WHEN YOU SAY THAT NAME!

>> THAT'S IT, GOOD EVENING, JON BON JOVI.

>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW IS COVID TREATING YOU?

>> LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN UP AND DOWN.

I THINK, OVERALL, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD.

HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?

>> Stephen: I FEEL LUCKY.

I HAVE A JOB AND I GET TO COME IN AND GET THE EMOTIONS OUT

EVERY DAY.

I HAVE TO SAY, YOU LOOK BETTER THAN YOU HAVE IN 20 YEARS.

DO YOU FEEL BETTER THAN YOU HAVE IN 20 YEARS?

>> I DO, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

I FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE IN 20 YEARS.

I WAS JUST GOING TO DRIVE AROUND FOR A WHILE AND WAVE AT PEOPLE

BECAUSE I LOOK SO GOOD.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ONE THING COVID

HAS DONE FOR ME IS I HAVE THESE LUSCIOUS LOCKS NOW.

I'VE GOT AN LITTLE TRIM AROUND THE EARS AND THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR

THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS.

YOUR HAIR HAD AN INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME, I UNDERSTAND.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE?

>> I SAW YOU DO THE HEAD WAVE.

YOU HAVE IT ALL DOWN.

I THINK YOU'RE READY FOR THE STAGE OR AT LEAST, LIKE, AN REM

REUNION OR SOMETHING.

>> Stephen: I CAN PLAY MANDOLIN.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: I'M READY FOR LOSING MY RELIGION.

>> I SEE YOU, BUT YOU'RE WORKING THE MIRROR, YOU'RE WORKING IT.

THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT COLBERT NOW.

>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

DO THIS.

MY WIFE LIKES IT.

DON'T YOU LIKE IT?

>> GOOD, GOOD.

>> Stephen: SHE'S RIGHT HERE.

SHE'S RIGHT HERE.

>> CAMERA AND LIGHTS, SHE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO THE

STUDIO.

>> Stephen: EXACTLY.

SHE CAN DO IT ALL.

LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOUL KITCHEN,

WHICH HAS SERVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MEALS, YOU KNOW,

SINCE YOU STARTED IT.

IT'S YOUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE A PAY IT

FORWARD MODEL.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, SINCE COVID STARTED, HAVE THEY

BEEN BUSIER THAN EVER?

>> ABSOLUTELY BUSIER THAN EVER.

AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, IF YOU HAD A JOB ON MARCH 1, BY

MARCH 15, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THIS GREAT LAND WERE

LOOKING FOR A PAYCHECK, AND, SO, THEY WERE COMING TO THE SOUL

KITCHEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND WE MADE A POINT OF REMAINING

OPEN WHEN MOST RESTAURANTS COULD NOT.

WE WERE DEEMED ESSENTIAL, AND THE BASIS, AS YOU KNOW, IS

VOLUNTEERS.

BUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS, I WAS THE

DISHWASHER.

BUT WE WERE SO BUSY, WE HAD TO START A FOOD BANK ON EASTERN

LONG ISLAND.

IT'S BEEN KOOKY.

THE NEED IS DIRE.

I HE.

>> Stephen: I HEARD ABOUT THE GOOD BANK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS IN YOURT SHOT, BUT

IS THAT YOU STARTING UP THE FOOD BANK?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, I WAS WORKING THERE MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST INTO

SEPTEMBER, BUT WE WERE SUPPLYING THE FOOD TO SEVEN PANTRIES.

SO I WAS WORKING THERE THREE DAYS A WEEK, AND OUT OF THAT CAN

YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THE SMASHED FINGER WHICH DOESN'T PLAY THE

GUITAR ANY GOOD, NOT THAT IT EVER DID ANYWAY.

>> Stephen: WHAT DUD YOU DROP ON YOUR HAND BON JOVI?

>> A BIG CASE OF 40-PLUS POUNDS OF SOUP.

>> Stephen: ARE THE FINGERS REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR GUITAR

PLAYING, JON?

>> NOT THE WAY I PLAY.

I CAN JUST GET BY.

BUT BETWEEN THAT AND THE HERNIA OPERATION AND --

>> Stephen: WAIT, YOU HAD A HERNIA OPERATION?

>> I HURT MYSELF BAD.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LEAD SINGERS AREN'T MEANT TO DO.

MANUAL LABOR IS REALLY HIGH ON THE LIST.

BUT I WAS THERE.

YU KNOW, I WAS THERE AT THE SOUL KITCHEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN

MARCH, APRIL, MAY, AND THE BEGINNING OF -- I'M SORRY, MAY

WE WENT OUT EAST AND WE WERE THERE.

IT WAS BUSY.

>> Stephen YOU'RE A GOOD MAN TO DO IT BON JOVI, AND I'M NOT

SURPRISED BECAUSE OF WHO YOUR MENTOR IS.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS WOMAN.

SPOILER ALERT, IT'S A NUN, BUT I LOVE NONE STORIES.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR MENTOR HERE.

>> MY MENTOR, THE ONE AND ONLY SISTER MARY SCULLION WHO YOU

SHOULD KNOW TOLD ME SHE HAS A NUN CRUSH ON YOU.

NOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT IN MY DAY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY --

>> Stephen: HELLO, SISTER.

GOD BE WITH YOU.

( SPEAKING LATIN ) >> THE MYELJORDAN OF THE ISSUE

OF HOMELESSNESS.

I MET HER SOME 15 YEARS AGO IN PHILADELPHIA.

WE MET WHEN OUR LITTLE TEENY FOUNDATION AT THE TIME WERE

INTERESTED IN REFURBISHING A ROW HOME.

I WASN'T BEING A WISE GUY BUT WHAT I SAID IS HOW MUCH WOULD IT

COST TO REFURBISH THE FLOCK.

AND SHE THOUGHT, WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHY IS HE TALKING LIKE THAT?

I SAID BECAUSE IF WE COULD DO A BLOCK, WE COULD DO A

NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WHO KNOWS.

SHE TAUGHT US EVERYTHING WE'VE KNOWN.

WE'VE BUILT 1,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THREE

RESTAURANTS AND THE FOOD BANK.

SISTER MARY IS A SISTER OF MERCY SO SHE DOESN'T WEAR A HABIT.

>> Stephen: SURE.

BUT SHE WENT FROM BEING IN JAIL FOUR TIMES, HELPING PEOPLE

ON THE STREET AND FIGHTING FOR THE HOMELESS, TO BEING ONE OF

"TIME" MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL.

I TOLD HER, SISTER, WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE

ETICKET TO DISNEYLAND ANDETH UNBELIEVABLE.

>> Stephen: WERE YOU TAUGHT BY NUNS?

TID YOU GO TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL?

>> YES, I WAS IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT.

>> Stephen: WHOSE IDEA WAS IT FOR YOU TO BE OUT, YOURS OR THE

NUNS'?

>> IT WAS A MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

WHEN I WAS ASKED RECENTLY TELL ME ABOUT YOUR TIME IN CATHOLIC

AND GRADE SCHOOL.

I SAID, I CAN REMEMBER THE PRIEST PICKING ME UP BY THE

YEARS IN THE PLAYGROUND AND TELLING ME DON'T RUN, GETTING

WHACKED BY THE NUNS.

I HAD ALL THE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.

I WAS AN ALTAR BOY.

>> Stephen: ME, TOO.

YOU WERE?

>> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU AN ALTAR BOY?

>> LONG ENOUGH THAT MY GRANDPARENTS WOULD PAY FOR THE

BAKERY GOODS ON SUNDAY.

>> Stephen: SURE.

I DID IT FOR A YEAR, MAYBE TWO.

>> Stephen: DID YOU BRING THE CROSS IN, DID YOU ACTUALLY GO

GET THE GIFTS?

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING TO DO?

BECAUSE A LOT OF ROLES UP THERE.

>> YOU HAT TO DO EVERYTHING, FIRM CORRECTLY.

>> Stephen: SURE.

YOU DO MORE THAN ONE MASS ON A SUNDAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JOEY

DIDN'T SHOW UP AND JOHN -- >> Stephen: JOEY IS GOING TO

STRAIGHT TO HELL.

( LAUGHTER ) >> I WANTED THE CRUMB CAKES FOR

MY NANA AND POP, SO IT WAS A DEAL I HAD.

>> Stephen: IT'S A STAGE.

THE ALTAR IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY PRESENTATIONAL.

DID THAT GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF BEING IN FRONT OF A CROWD AS

A KID?

>> THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH, MY FRIEND.

THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH.

I GOT CATHOLIC GUILT OUT OF IT, I GOT ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF

WITH IT.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

BUT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU THAT I EVER HAD A SIP OF THE

WINE.

BUT I WAS A GOOD ALTAR BOY, AND I DUDT WHAT I DID.

>> Stephen: WELL, GOOD.

GOOD.

I NEVER SERVED A PERFECT MASS.

I WAS AN ALTAR BOY FOR 11 YEARS AND MY GOAL WAS TO SERVE A

PERFECT MASS WHERE THE PRIEST NEVER HAD TO ASK ANYTHING.

NEVER DID IT.

THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING HE HAD TO -- IT MADE ME A VERY GOOD

WAITER, THOUGH.

>> AND YOU CAN IMPROV, SO YOU'RE GETTING BY.

>> Stephen: MY WIFE WILL LOVE HEARING THIS, YOU AND YOUR WIFE

DOROTHEA HAVE BEEN MARRIED 31 YEARS.

YOU GET A BIG THUMBS UP FROM OVER HERE.

SHE WAS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DATE?

>> SAM AND DAVE'S.

>> Stephen: WOW.

THAT'S A COOL FIRST DATE.

>> SHE WENT ALONG WITH IT, AND SHE GOT IT, AND, SO, WE HIT IT

OFF.

AND THE SOUL MAN JUST HAD HIS 85th BIRTHDAY.

SO, YEAH, SAM AND DAVE CONCERT 1980ASBURG PARK, NEW JERSEY.

>> Stephen: YOU HAVE FOUR KIDS.

IS THE YOUNGEST IN COLLEGE?

>> NO, 16.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE LUCKY.

OUR THREE KIDS CAME AND QUARANTINED WITH US WHEN THIS

STARTED.

DUD YOU GUYS ALL GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN?

>> YEAH, I HAD EVERYBODY BACK HOME ABOUT A MONTH AND THE BIG

KIDS SAID WE'LL TAKE OUR CHANCES.

>> Stephen: HE SAID HIS BIG KIDS SAID WE'LL TAKE OUR CHANCES

AFTER ABOUT A MONTH.

WE HELD ON TO THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER AFTER THAT, BUT THEN THEY

WERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, LIFE IS A GAMBLE, WE'RE GOING.

>> THEY MADE A RUN FOR THE CITY, BUT I HAD THEM ABOUT A MONTH.

>> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.

DID YOU DO THE BAKING AND THE COOKING AND THINGS EVERYBODY

DID?

>> ESPECIALLY JESSE, OUR ELDEST SON, HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE

DOING ALL THE BAKING AND FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.

WATCHED EVERYTHING ON NETFLIX.

DRANK ALL THE HAMPTON WATER IN THE HOUSE.

>> Stephen: IS HE THE ONE YOU HAVE THE WINE COMPANY WITH?

>> IT'S HIS COMPANY, I WORK FOR HIM.

WE WERE ALL INDULGING.

I SAID, I HAVE TO LEAVE SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF

AMERICA?

WHAT IS THE COMPANY?

WHAT IS I CAN I GET.

>> THE HAMPTON WART ROSEÉ WINE COMPANY.

IT'S THE MOST ACCLAIMED ROSEÉ IN AMERICA THE LAST THREE YEARS, A

90-POINT RATING.

HE'S REALLY KILLING IT.

>> Stephen: HAMPTON WATER.

HAMPTON WATER.

THERE'S THE CATHOLIC GUILT THERE.

HE WENT FROM NOTRE DAME, TOOK THE BUSINESS DEGREE AND STARTED

A WINE COMPANY.

S AMANN TO THAT.

>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHO ELSE MADE WINE?

JEEZ!

OUT OF WATER!

NO GUILT!

NO GUILT!

HE'S DOING THE LORD'S WORK!

>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE GOT IT FROM.

AND THE WHOLE VIBE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE LABEL,

ANDETH WHITE AND IT GOES INTO PINK AND MY WHOLE THING IS I'M

CHANGING WATER INTO WINE.

THAT'S GOT TO BE IT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

WOW.

I LOVE IT.

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

IT'S THE FIRST MIRACLE.

IT'S THE FIRST MIRACLE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR LORD.

>> AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUCH A BELIEVER, SIR, THE WINE.

>> Stephen: AND YOU DROPPED OUT OF BEING AN ALTAR BOY AFTER

A YEAR AND A HALF.

THE LORD WILL FORGIVE YOU.

AFTER A SUITABLE TIME IN PURGATORY, YOU WILL BE FINE.

>> I'VE DONE MY TIME IN PURGATORY.