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You're on The Virtue.

I want to give the director of Wicked mad props.

And maybe this doesn't deserve mad props now that I'm thinking about it because he just, he did the right thing.

And sometimes people commend you for doing the right thing when in actuality you should just,

you should always do the right thing.

You don't really need to get kudos for it.

But the director of Wicked missed the premiere.

And this is something he's been working on for years for the birth of his fifth child.

Everybody, it's John, too, here, the director of the movie.

I'm so sorry, I can't be there.

It's November night.

I was at the hotel across the street, ready to come. My whole family is there. My friends, all her loved ones are there. It's November 9th. I was at the hotel across the street ready to come. My whole family

is there. My friends. All her loved ones are there and I've waited for three years to have this

moment to share a movie with you. But I've waited my whole life to have this moment to have a child

right now. Of course, this little girl knows when to show up on the near day.

So, anyway, I wish you could be there, but here I am,

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