WEST.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU LOOK FANTASTIC.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: IS THERE A LOT OF 
PRESSURE ON YOU ON WHAT YOU'RE 
WEARING?
BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT 
IT ALL THE TIME AND EVALUATING 
IT.
>> BASICALLY.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, THERE IS.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU CAN'T REALLY JUST 
RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE IN YOUR 
LIKE ROBE OR SOMETHING TO GET 
THE MAIL, CAN YOU?
>> NO, I DO.
I MEAN, NOT IN A FEW YEARS I 
HAVEN'T.
BUT I DID.
>> Jimmy: YOU DID SOMETHING 
REMARKABLE.
YOU ACTUALLY GOT SOMETHING DONE 
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH IS 
REMARKABLE.
YOU WENT TO VISIT WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
HOW DID IT GET TO THAT POINT?
>> I KNEW THAT THERE WAS ONLY 
ONE PERSON IN POWER THAT CAN 
MAKE THIS CHANGE AND GET THIS 
WOMAN OUT OF PRISON THAT WAS 
SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE.
>> Jimmy: HER NAME IS ALICE -- 
>> ALICE MARIE JOHNSON.
>> Jimmy: SHE'D BEEN IN PRISON 
FOR WHAT?
>> FOR A NON-VIOLENT FIRST-TIME 
DRUG OFFENSE.
>> HOW LONG HAD SHE BEEN IN 
THERE?
>> 22 YEARS.
>> Jimmy: 22 YEARS.
>> YES.
AND SHE WAS A PHONE MULE.
SO SHE WOULD ANSWER THE PHONE.
SHE DIDN'T TOUCH DRUGS, DIDN'T 
KNOW QUANTITIES, AND SHE GOT 
LIFE.
>> Reporter: HOW DID YOU FIND 
OUT ABOUT HER IN THE FIRST 
PLACE?
>> ON TWITTER.
JUST AT THAT MOMENT I WAS 
LOOKING AT TWITTER AND I SAW THE
NEWS STORY COME UP AND A VIDEO 
OF HER, AND I JUST CONNECTED 
WITH HER, AND I JUST THOUGHT TO 
MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WANT TO DO WHAT I CAN TO TRY 
TO HELP HER.
>> Jimmy: SOMETHING GOOD FINALLY
HAPPENED ON TWITTER.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
TWITTER'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART 
OF YOUR LIFE, I KNOW.
SO YOU GO TO THE OVAL OFFICE.
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
THERE.
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: AND THIS SEEMED TO 
BE -- AND I STUDY HIM LIKE JANE 
GOODALL STUDIES PRIMATES.
THIS SEEMED TO BE THE HAPPIEST 
DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT WAS SUCH A GOOD -- 
HONESTLY -- I MEAN, I WALK IN.
AND I'M LIKE I LOOK AROUND AND 
I'M KIND OF STARSTRUCK FROM THE 
OVAL OFFICE AND THE FIRST THING 
I SAY IN OUR MEETING, I SAY HOLY
[ BLEEP ] WE'RE IN THE [ BLEEP ]
OVAL OFFICE.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO HIM.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I SAID.
AND I HAD TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE
LIKE WAIT, WE'RE REALLY HERE.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
ESPECIALLY WEIRD THAT HE'S 
THERE, RIGHT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M 
VERY HOPEFUL THAT MORE GOOD 
THINGS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF 
OUR CONVERSATIONS.
>> Jimmy: DO YOU HAVE A LIST NOW
OF PEOPLE YOU MIGHT ASK HIM TO 
RELEASE FROM PRISON?
>> I DO.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT -- 
>> Jimmy: IS MELANIA ON IT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
THAT WOULD BE NICE.
>> I LOVE MELANIA.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW.
WE LOVE MELANIA.
SHE NEEDS TO BE FREED.
SO YOU DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE.
I IMAGINE NOW EVERYONE'S 
CONTACTING YOU SAYING THIS 
PERSON IS IN PRISON WRONGLY, 
THIS PERSON -- AND THAT MUST BE 
A LOT TO NEGOTIATE.
>> I GET A STACK OF LETTERS 
EVERY DAY THAT I READ.
>> Jimmy: YOU DO.
>> WHEN I'M IN GLAM.
AND I -- I MEAN, I RECENTLY WENT
TO A WOMEN'S PRISON BECAUSE I 
FELT LIKE I CONNECTED TO THIS 
BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL 
EXPERIENCE.
SO I WANTED TO GO AND JUST KIND 
OF SEE FOR MYSELF WHAT THE 
CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT GOES ON.
AND I DID FEEL BAD.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY SAW THAT I WAS
THERE, THEY WERE LIKE BANGING ON
THE WINDOWS LIKE KIM'S HERE TO 
GET US OUT.
AND THEY WERE LIKE BANGING ON 
THE WINDOWS.
AND LIKE -- AND I WAS LIKE -- 
>> Jimmy: OH, NO.
THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE.
>> YEAH.
>> Jimmy: YOU'RE THE LIBERATOR 
NOW.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE 
THINGS AND BILLS WE'RE TRYING TO
GET PASSED THAT I'M REALLY 
HOPEFUL ABOUT.
>> Jimmy: HOW LONG BETWEEN 
ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO COMMUTE 
HER SENTENCE AND THE SENTENCE 
BEING COMMUTED, HOW LONG WAS 
THAT?
>> ABOUT A WEEK.
>> Jimmy: AND HOW DO YOU FIND 
OUT THAT HE AGREED TO DO IT?
>> HE CALLED ME.
>> Jimmy: OH, HE DID.
>> SO I WAS AT A STEVEN KLEIN 
PHOTO SHOOT.
AND IF ANYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS, 
IT'S PRETTY MUCH A NUDE SHOOT.
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
OKAY.
>> SO I'M NAKED.
AND MY PHONE RINGS.
AND I'M ALL GLAMMED UP.
AND I'M LIKE, GET ME A ROBE.
YOU KNOW, AND I WAS WAITING FOR 
THE CALL.
NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WAS GOING TO
COME EVEN IF IT WAS IT.
AND IT WAS IT.
>> Jimmy: YOU WERE NAKED WHEN 
DONALD TRUMP CALLED YOU.
>> I PUT A ROBE ON.
I WAS IN A ROBE.
AND I WAS KIND OF BUGGING OUT 
DURING THE SHOOT BECAUSE I'M 
LIKE OH, MY GOD, ALL THESE 
AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND I'M STILL GOING TO BE ME.
SO I'M LIKE DOING THIS SHOOT.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO?
DO I DO THIS NUDE SHOOT?
DON'T I DO THIS NUDE SHOOT?
AND I DID IT.
YEAH.
AND THEN I HAD TO CALL ALICE.
>> Jimmy: TO TELL HER.
>> FROM THE SHOOT.
>> Jimmy: DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW
YOU WERE JUST IN A ROBE AND 
NOTHING ELSE?
BECAUSE HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE 
RELEASED THE WHOLE PRISON IF YOU
TOLD HIM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
GATES WOULD HAVE SWUNG OPEN.
SO YOU CALL ALICE THEN.
>> I CALLED ALICE.
WITH THE ROBE ON.
>> Jimmy: AND WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I 
WAS THE FIRST PERSON TELLING 
HER.
THEY HAD CALLED HER UP AND SHE 
THOUGHT IT WAS HER DAILY OR 
WEEKLY ATTORNEY CALL.
>> Jimmy: WOW.
>> SO I BROKE THE NEWS TO HER.
AND IT WAS JUST CRYING 
>> Jimmy: I BET.
>> AND I WAS AT THIS PHOTO 
SHOOT.
I WAS TRYING TO NOT CRY MY 
MAKEUP OFF.
>> Jimmy: OH, YEAH.
>> IT WAS REALLY EMOTIONAL.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S PRETTY GREAT.
TO GO AND DO THAT AND PUT 
YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION -- 
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
EVEN THOUGH YOU GOT A LOT OF 
CRITICISM FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT 
NECESSARILY A TRUMP SUPPORTER.
I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND KANYE SEEMS 
TO LIKE HIM A LOT.
DOES HE STILL LIKE HIM?
>> YEAH.
I THINK HE REALLY -- HE 
REALLY -- YEAH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: DO YOU GUYS ARGUE 
ABOUT THAT?
IS THAT SOMETHING -- DO YOU TALK
POLITICS AND LIKE HAVE DEBATES 
ABOUT -- 
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
NO.
BECAUSE I ALWAYS RESPECT WHAT 
OTHER PERSON THINKS.
AND YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT CLEAR, 
WHEN KANYE -- WE WOULD TALK 
ABOUT IT, AND WE WOULD TALK 
ABOUT POLICIES, AND HE DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THE 
POLICIES.
HE LIKES HIS -- KIND OF JUST HIS
PERSONALITY.
>> Jimmy: HIS WAY?
HIS WAY.
>> AND HOW HE MADE IT TO BE 
PRESIDENT WHEN EVERYONE REALLY 
UNDERESTIMATED HIM.
>> Jimmy: SO HE IDENTIFIES WITH 
IT IN A WAY.
EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY AGREE WITH WHAT 
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING.
>> HE'S NOT POLITICAL.
SO HE DOESN'T REALLY DIG DEEP 
INTO WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I ALWAYS KNEW THAT.
AND I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HE MEANT.
BUT I HAVE NOTHING BAD TO SAY 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE ON
THE LIST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO I AM VERY FOCUSED.
BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH 
EVERYTHING EITHER.
AND I WASN'T -- I HAD NO IDEA 
WHAT TO EXPECT.
AND GOING IN THERE I WAS LIKE 
LOOK, I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSE
