This is a hard, hard seat of plastic.
Yeah.
And at one point, she turns around the makeup brush.
The soft brush is coming at me, and she's
like, well, we can't have that, and takes this sharp end of it
and is like ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
And I was like, oh, let's use that soft, fluffy side.
Yeah.
She's so funny, though.
What was her talent?
Well, her talent was being mighty
and incredibly outspoken.
She had a whole philosophy, which
is why we went to this Moroccan store to get a magic carpet.
She has this whole thing of, I don't
need a prince to get a rug.
I can get my own rug.
And if I want to fly around on a magic carpet,
I can do it on my own.
And he can get his own rug.
And we each have our own room, but I
don't need him to get me a magic carpet ride.
Wow.
I was like, all right.
Four years old.
She's like four years old, and she's
like, I don't need a prince.
She is--
That's amazing.
She was like a four--
I was like, how is--
she's so tiny.
She's this teeny little four-year-old,
and if you just ask her something,
she's like, I don't need that.
I'm capable of-- she's just--
That's so special.
I know.
She's so great.
I know.
And first of all, I was so happy you said yes.
I really wanted you to host the show.
It's a whole kind of new version.
And we remade Little Big Shots, and Melissa is the host.
We always find amazing kids, but how much did you
cry on that show?
Oh God, I mean it was an actual topic of conversation
because I was like, at a certain point, do I seem nuts,
and will I scare the children?
But then I'd look around.
Everybody in the audience is crying.
And then, people would come in to like, oh,
your sweater looks weird.
And dawn's crying, who does my wardrobe.
Everybody's crying, and then we'd be laughing.
It's like there's really something incredibly powerful
about these kids, who just are exactly who they are.
Somehow, they haven't been shamed out of anything.
They've got really something to say.
And just being able, I think, to shine the light on kindness
is good, and having an interest in things.
So much attention, I think, now is
given to who said something the nastiest, who
really ripped someone apart on all these crazy social media
things.
And I think we're forgetting that that's not the goal.
And you just see kid after kid coming in,
and they're completely selfless, and they're funny,
and they're crazy, and they're really talented.
And it's quite a reminder.
The adults, not only the kids, were like, we got to do better.
Yeah, but I cried a lot.
It's like a sea of tears.
Yep.
Y'all are going to love the show.
You're going to love the show.
And there's so many special kids doing--
in so many different areas of--
Everything.
I mean, really amazing.
And right now you're doing Little Mermaid?
Yeah.
At live action Little--
Yeah.
What do you play?
Just starting.
I play Ursula the sea witch.
Uh-huh.
It is so fun.
We're just in rehearsals, and it's-- oh yeah, there you go.
It's been an absolute bast.
Stepping into the world of Rob Marshall is--
it's like a fever dream.
I just went to London for a week, and I'm like,
I don't get to go to dance camp for a week.
And all day, he's like, do you want to slide down
this 40-foot clam shell?
I'm like, yes.
Of course I do.
What are you, crazy?
So it's been wildly creative.
That's fantastic.
Yeah.
Can't wait to see it.
All right, we have take a break.
We're going to play a game after this.
Oh.