I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING MY FIRST

GUEST MANY TIMES, BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST LATE SHOW INTERVIEW AS

A U.S. CITIZEN.

PLEASE WELCOME BRIT-TURNED-YANK, JOHN OLIVER!

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>> St( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: DELIGHTFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: WELCOME FELLOW AMERICAN.

>> THANK YOU!

>> Stephen: NOW, WAS THIS A LONG TIME COMING?

HOW LONG -- HOW LONG -- >> THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING.

>> Stephen: YEAH?

I CAME TO AMERICA, MUCH LIKE EDDY MURPHY --

( LAUGHTER ) I, TOO, AM A FICTIONAL AFRICAN

PRINCE.

I CAME HERE IN 2006 AND, SO, I HAVE BEEN KIND OF WANTING THIS

TO HAPPEN PRETTY SOON AFTER THAT.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

O IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE.

>> Stephen: THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

>> DEFINITELY RIGHT.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF VISAS, GREEN CARD, I STARTED

APPLYING FOR CITIZENSHIP AND IT TAKES LONGER BECAUSE THERE ARE

SAND IN THE GEARS, AND I HAD TO GET A SECOND GREEN CAMPLETD IT

WAS UNBELIEVABLY TENSE.

I'M INCREDIBLY RELIEVED.

>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A TEST YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

>> I'M SLIGHTLY OUT OF BREATH, AND THAT IS ALARMING CONSIDERING

I'VE LITERALLY JUST BEEN CARRIED OUT.

>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

>> I MEAN -- >> Stephen: HAVE A DRINK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A MEDICAL WARNING SIGN IS.

I BET YOU ALL SAW THAT.

>> Stephen: YEAH, SURE.

I DON'T THINK THAT SOUNDS AS CARDIO.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, RIGHT.

WELL, YOU'RE AN AMERICAN NOW.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXERCISE ANYMORE.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SURE.

YEAH.

>> CHEERS.

>> Stephen: CHEERS TO YOU, TOO.

>> PINKY FINGER DOWN.

>> Stephen: SURE.

AS A PROSPECTIVE AMERICAN CITIZEN, DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE A

TEST?

>> OF COURSE.

>> Stephen: I DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I WAS BORN.

>> OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Stephen: I NAVIGATED THE BIRTH CANAL AND THEY HANDED ME

THE LITTLE THING WHEN I CAME OUT.

>> THERE ARE 100 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

THEY SELECT TEN TO FIRE THEM AT YOU.

>> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENED AT APPOMATTOX.

>> IT'S NOT EXACTLY THAT, BUT IT'S WHAT'S THE STATE CAPITOL,

WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT.

IT BECOMES REAL EVERY TIME YOU SAY IT.

>> Stephen: EXACTLY.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

I WAS SO SCARED, I BLANKED.

SHE SAID, LET ME JUST CHECK YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

I SAID I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

THIS ISN'T GOING WELL!

>> Stephen: DID THEY IMAGINE JOHN OLIVER WAS IMPERSONATING

SOMEONE ELSE?

>> I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY I WAS SO FRIGHTENED.

I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO MY WIFE, I HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT

THIS FOR A DECADE, SO IT'S BEEN EVER PRESENT HUNG IN THE BACK OF

MY MIND.

THERE WAS PART OF ME EVEN THE AT A OF THE CEREMONY, I THOUGHT

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TRAP.

THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT LITERALLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD

OPEN THE DOOR AND THERE WOULD BE PLASTIC SHEETING ON THE GROUND

AND JARED KUSHNER WOULD BE SITTING THERE STROKING A

HAIRLESS CAT, SAYING, OH -- THAT WOULD HAVE MADE MORE SENSE TO ME

THAN THE THING THAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO RENOUNCE THE QUEEN AND HER

EMPIRE AND ALL THAT STUFF?

>> I DID THAT YEARS AGO.

SO -- ( LAUGHTER )

>> Stephen: WE'RE AMERICANS!

I'M A DUAL CITIZEN SO I HAVE TWO PASSPORTS LIKE JASON BOURNE.

>> Stephen: WOW!

YEAH, I CAN GO ANYWHERE, KILL ANYONE.

>> Stephen: I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

>> I THINK HIS CONFIDENCE IN GETTING STRONG AND HURTING

PEOPLE REALLY CAME FROM HIS ABILITY TO LIVE AND WORK

ANYWHERE ON EARTH.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU GET TO VOTE AS

AN AMERICAN.

ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT?

>> YES, THEY GAVE US THE OATH.

>> Stephen: IT MUST BE MOVING.

IT'S INCREDIBLY MOVING.

IT WAS 150 PEOPLE FROM 49 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, ALL OF US

HAD BEEN WAIT AGO LONG TIME FOR THIS.

I HAD BEEN WAITING OVER A DEC DECADE, THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

WAITING 30 YEARS.

SO IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

THERE'S SOMETHING VERY INSPIRING ABOUT THE IDEA OF THESE PEOPLE

CHOOSING AMERICA, NOT JUST CHOOSING AMERICA BUT CHOOSING

AMERICA NOW -- ( LAUGHTER )

-- WHEN THE COUNTRY IS NOT AT ITS BEST.

( APPLAUSE ) SO THAT'S THE POINT, LIKE

CHOOSING -- >> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY

HOPEFUL.

>> CHOOSING AMERICA NOW IS LIKE FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE

WHO'S VOMITING ALL OVER THEMSELVES.

I'M TAKING A FLIER THERE'S A GREAT HUMAN BEING UNDER HERE.

( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO WATCH

PEOPLE BUY INTO THE IDEA OF AMERICA WHICH OBVIOUSLY OUTLASTS

ANY PRESIDENT.

>> Stephen: AMERICA IS JUST AN IDEA.

THE LAND DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, REALLY.

>> WELL, DON'T SAY THAT TO SOMEONE WHO'S STILL HALF BRITISH

TOO HARD, THE LAND DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

WELL, WE'LL TAKE THAT, THEN.

JUST ASK INDIA.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF

BREXIT RAH-RAH PATRIOTISM.

THERE'S NO UNCLE SAM TO CARRY YOU OUT IN ENGLAND.

>> I GUESS THAT'S TRUE.

IT COMES OUT NORMALLY AT SPORTING EVENTS.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE LAND OF GLORY AND FLAGS WAVED AROUND.

>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR TEAM?

LIVERPOOL.

>> Stephen: LIVERPOOL.

MY FAMILY'S IN LIVERPOOL.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

I LOVE LIVERPOOL SO MUCH THAT THE FIRST GAME MY DAD EVER TOOK

ME TO I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I MADE HIM LET ME WEAR MY FULL

LIVERPOOL KIT AND SOCKS AND SHIN PADS AND CLEATS UNDER MY REGULAR

CLOTHES BECAUSE MY RATIONALE AT THAT AGE IS SOMEONE GOT HURT AND

RAN OUT OF PLAYERS, THEY MIGHT HAVE TURN TO THE CROWD AND SAY

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO PARTICIPATE?

AND I WOULD SAY, I DO!

I'VE COME PREPARED!

I CAN DO IT!

YES!

( APPLAUSE ) I HAVE A LITTLE ENOUGH SENSE OF

CONSEQUENCES TO THINK THIS MIGHT GO WELL FOR ME!

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIALS.

>> SURE.

>> Stephen: WE'LL BE BACK MORE WITH JOHN OLIVER, EVERYBODY.

PLEASE STICK AROUND.