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-good to see you, buddy.-great to see you, as always. -dude, congrats.-hey. [ cheers and applause ] -they love you.they love you. we love you.-i love you. -i got a lot too --i love me too. [ laughter ] i want to get to the song. -yeah.-but what a year you've had.
first of all,can i just recap for you? -sure.-this is what happened to you. you were in "jumanji"and "jumanji" made almost $1 billion worldwide.i don't know if you knew that. biggest movie.congratulations. you were fantastic in it.-thank you. thank you. -then you got nominated for agolden globe for your song in "ferdinand." and then even the best news, thebiggest news, the coolest news.
you got engaged to our buddy. priyanka chopra. ♪♪ i've got to say, dude,she is the most fun person. we love her so much.priyanka chopra. -she's the best.-how did you -- how did you meet?-well, we met through a friend. so we got connected firstover text and we started talkingfor a while,
and it was about six monthsbefore we met up in person. and then we actually attendedthe met gala a few years ago together.-oh, yeah. -had a great time,but it just -- -as friends.-just friends. and our lives were kind oftaking us to different places. and the thing that was funny,is people would ask us, both in an interview settingand in private, "are you guys seeingeach other?"
and the answer was "no"and people thought we were being coy.and so did we -- until we cut to nowwe're engaged so the story sort ofwrote itself. -yeah, like, oops. yeah. -but you know, we then met up a couple months ago -- i think five months ago now, and it was kind of immediate
and i think we just knew itwas right and jumped right in and we're very happy.-oh, that's fantastic, dude. i love that. i love her -- please give her --give her my best. she's one of our favorites.-she's here. -is she here?-she's here right now. -is she in the crowd? -she's over there. -ah! hey, pal.hey, how are you?
hi, hi, hi.oh. all right. i mean -- i think.i mean, i think she's okay. [ light laughter ] oops. sorry.you know i love you, pal. explain what this is about. so, we -- okay, so after we gotengaged, we then went to india, to her home countryand to mumbai. and my parents came along and we did this beautifulroka ceremony.
-what is that?-basically, it's a confirmation from both sides of the family that they approveof the engagement. and then there's somebeautiful prayers and a connection just for thefamily to have a chance to meet and hang out and getto know each other. it's really incredible,and you know, we both left that ceremonyso full of joy. -how did your familyhandle that?
-they loved it.my parents were blown away by the love shared amongall the people. and just the ---a little different than new jersey.-a little different than jersey. but it was really special andfor she and i, i think it was just nice to beable to have that time with the family first.and have that private moment. and be able to share withthe world afterwards. but it's funny that we hadthis beautiful ceremony,
and we felt so connected,and our families all met. and it was spiritual.and then we put it on instagram. and we were like, "oh, my god,it's official." -now we instagram.now it's real. now they really have to do it.yeah. do you guys --there's a nice picture of the family there oninstagram. now uh, np -- is that your logo?is that a logo for your -- do you guys have a celebritynickname?
-we ---priyanka, you can answer that. do you have a celebritynickname? -she likes prick.[ laughter ] -no, no, no. absolute no.-i don't like that one. -absolutely no. [ laughs ] i have to ask you this question because it's one ofmy favorite stories. we were talking earlier today.
thanks for doing the bit,by the way. -oh, it was great.i had a lot of fun. -love hanging out with you. but you told me the story about going to the golden globes and it must have been exciting. -oh, gosh.-i was like, "was it exciting for you?" and you go,"yeah, i lost, but --" just tell the story'cause it's great.
-well, i feel like every timei come here i tell you a reallyembarrassing story by the way. -exactly.and that's why -- and i love that you keepcoming back and i keep making youembarrass yourself. -but it's sad that the firstthought i had when something embarrassinghappens is, "i got to talk to jimmy." -please, always do that.please.
-so, i'm at the golden globes.i was very excited. i was so honored to be nominatedfor the song. and it was a real careermilestone for me. -yeah.-and i'm sitting in the audience with my brotherwho came with me. and they announcedthe award and we lost. or, i lost.me and my co-writers. and i was devastated. i was really hoping it wouldhappen and he said,
"let's go to the bar,let's grab a drink. blow off some steam for a minuteand we'll go back inside." -yeah. -and so i go tothe bar with joe. i grab myself a beer,and he gets one. and i'm hanging out and i'veheard all this talk that michael keaton is arriving soon. people are whispering, "michaelkeaton's coming over. he's gonna come over."and i'm thinking to myself,
"wow, this is great. i'm soexcited to meet michael keaton." -yeah, i love michael keaton.-and i've got my beer here and there's a woman here tryingto take a picture of me and joe. and she bumps into usas he approaches. and the beer spills all overmichael keaton just before he goes on stageto present an award. so cut to threeor four days ago, we're at the u.s. open.-this is the best. -and i kid you not.
i walk in, shuffling to ourthing with the beer, and i see michael keaton. it's like he locks eyes with me.he's like -- "i hope you're notdrinking a beer." -yeah, you betterwatch it jonas." -and i sat down.-yeah. -i had the little bag on mylap. put my beer on the ground,and he's right here. and the bag falls offin slow motion.
[ audience oohs ] hits the beer. and it spills below his feet. [laughter] -all over --all over michael keaton. -but it didn't hit him. it was all over his feetand i'm wondering now if he knows that it was meand he just ignored it. or if he was so mad that he justlet it go. i don't know.
but it's a theme ---but it's a theme for you. and that sounds like somethingthat would happen to me. -it's just so embarrassingand of all people, it's michael keaton.-he's the greatest. -he's the coolest.-yeah. he's a good sport too.congrats on "right now." -thank you.-i'm excited about this. and you'll be performingfor us tonight. not only are you writingand performing songs,
but you're also writingand performing -- writing movies and plays. is that true?-yeah. yeah. so i started writing,actually -- another connection we have, is that one of the timesi came before, we were talking aboutgangster movies. and i'm from jersey and i hadn'tseen a lot of these classicmafia movies.
-oh, that was awful.-so you were kind enough to get me a gift basketof all the movies. and i watched them all.most of them. -you did?-"sopranos." -and i got so inspired and it's close to home becauseit's jersey, that i actually wrote a play about the son of a wise guy inbrooklyn, new york, named gino castaluccio,
and we're doing our secondreading of the play next week. -no way.-yeah. and so that -- and a couple films.[ cheers and applause ] -dude, i love that.-thank you. -i feel likei inspired you. -so i'm going to give you 50%once we go on broadway. -no, no, no.-it's only right. -i just want a ticket to theshow. that's all i need.