Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Ma.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you. How you doing? All right. I appreciate it. I know.

Thank you. I'm sorry. I missed the last two weeks. I didn't want to. You heard this. They said I had COVID. This is, you know, it's like when you go to Jiffy Loop, they show you the air filter and they go, okay. You have the expert. I thank you for all the get well wishes. I can't wait. I'm so happy to be here.

I can't oblige you, I never was sick.

I felt nothing but okay, you know,

I mean, I had the vaccine, that's another rumor.

I know, I had it, you know, I mean, who knows?

Well, it's not...

No!

Not worthy of applause, but okay.

You know, mom, did it help?

But probably, I don't know, we don't know.

Yes, probably, I don't know.

You know, most people who got the thing,

never, you know, got very sick.

Less than 4% went to the hospital, I know,

media doesn't like to talk about that.

It's something to be respected, obviously, yes.

And I'm so good, I got...

Point is I had it.

And now, in America, we're like

driving people to get the vaccine.

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