Daveed Diggs Woke Up to a Tony Nomination

Daveed Diggs talks to Jimmy about how he went from delivering fajitas for pharmaceutical companies to being Tony-nominated for his first Broadway play.
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Daveed Diggs Woke Up to a Tony Nomination
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[@arcfives3170]

"I did my taxes hella late." *small nervous giggle* He's so cute! Omg!

[@kae6976]

Katie Gilliland I knowwww!!!!

[@scrawnymaniac7126]

he is an angel that none of us deserve but REALLY REALLY NEED-

[@theoriginaljayz28]

He’s the cutest!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I mean!

[@lucscott3631]

See and then I say that I did my taxes hella late, and the only reaction I get is from my parents like “get your life together you dumbass”

[@bullshit_is_real8636]

@@lesliearredondo6423 Same

[@ursusfidelis]

I bet he woke up to a million texts and was like... "So what'd I miss?"

[@joyceiskool4184]

Mark Rossi why does this have no replies? U deserve one reply.

[@ursusfidelis]

@@joyceiskool4184 thanks :)

[@alyssa1204]

Oh. My. God. YES.

[@lizkid6313]

Hahaha honestly this totally should’ve gotten more comments. This is hilarious

[@EJBen007]

@sunny is dumb all the way from not London?! DAMN!

[@nullrand]

Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!!

[@fallontonight]

+Amilcar Paris tfw you go to France for more funds and come back with more guns media.giphy.com/media/l41YaDPdSYmSwLKJq/giphy.gif

[@sydneyroberts3141]

+Amilcar Paris LAFAYETTE

[@Magitroopa]

+Amilcar Paris LAFAYETTE!!!!!

[@lucymartin9736]

+Sydney Roberts IM TAKIN THIS HORSE BY THE REINS MAKIN REDCOATS REDDER WITH BLODDSTAINS

[@Estebanmarinphoto]

+Amilcar Paris LAFAYETTE

[@talytasbarcelos]

I dig Daveed Diggs very much.

[@mollypipsqueak]

Ayyyyy

[@astrowiz3544]

Dig da diggs

[@merziak.waziri7293]

Digg the Diggs

[@clydebeverly6761]

Talyta Barcelos SAME

[@cassidyc923]

Talyta Barcelos YESSS

[@taytay8303]

He payed his taxes late... I guess thats what gon happen if you try and tax his whiskey

[@chickenstickavocado2389]

Starkidisnotonfire hehe funny me sToP

[@madisunie]

Starkidisnotonfire hehe funny me PAY YOUR FUCKIN TAXES!!

[@sayitkayla312]

OML XD

[@ANiTa-eu7kf]

NOOOOO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@chelliebean]

Whyyyy 😂😂😂

[@chickensdontclap147]

His suit is lit.

[@Joe-nt3fu]

+Dallas Jokic 99 cent store lit

[@attonpearson1944]

+Dean S Says the guy with a minion profile pic

[@Joe-nt3fu]

Bootificial That's right. As far as I know your profile pic is fake. At least you know mine is.I just looked at your fake pic.....scandal

[@attonpearson1944]

+Dean S Mine is Hamilton m80

[@rubymartinez6749]

Says the guy who can't afford anything at the 99 cent store

[@h.christinedelaney1258]

I am a simple person. I see Daveed Diggs, I click like

[@rubymartinez6749]

Wot if it's a hate video?

[@astrowiz3544]

Mosskit of StarClan why would he be in a hate video?

[@Hi-nl1jb]

@@rubymartinez6749 I just searced Daveed has no hate vids lol

[@bullshit_is_real8636]

Same

[@jordannickel-dubin9851]

HUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGE crush on him!

[@Grace.Elysee]

+Jordan Nickel-Dubin really though, how could you not??

[@yammy20000]

same

[@emmablood3509]

It is physically impossible to not. like, you try to keep from getting sucked into the void, but it drags you in and before you know it you are crying over a man who can rap at the speed of sound and looks weirdly good in magenta 😂

[@Codiliabra]

yes...

[@marinashannon3999]

Emma Blood lmao ikr I learned the rap and I rap it with him when guns and ships comes up on my Spotify! I know the rap and I just wish I could rap it with him live😂💙💙💙🙃🙃🙃

[@payyourfuckingtaxes7901]

GOD DAMMIT DAVEED,,, PAY UR FUCKING TAXES

[@nicolefletcher6014]

I see you everywhere haha 😂

[@payyourfuckingtaxes7901]

+Nikole Audrey Fan I'm always watching (from the other side. teach em how to say goodbye)

[@Codiliabra]

EVERYWHERE. BUT IM GLAD YOUR NAME MATCHES WHAT HE SAID.

[@gray2573]

DAMNIT DAVEED

[@ilya8132]

Reference to the draft of One Last Time (One Last Ride)?????? Anyone????????

[@marvelkat6043]

He should have said so what I'd miss

[@newtonconniglio2466]

Stop. This pun makes me hurt physically.

[@fruitoson4227]

i like bad puns.

[@newtonconniglio2466]

Petrichor That's a nice profile pic.

[@karenx5852]

2:11 thAT LAUGH DAVEED

[@woahw98]

Karen X aAAA SO ADORABLY AMAZING

[@cofefetime7897]

Karen X its a car starting

[@madi8656]

Tee-hee☺️

[@xxsavagecreampuffsxx9827]

Karen X At least who doesn’t have a windshield wiper laugh like moi. His laugh is strangely cute ngl

[@Alex-sd2pk]

Someone should make a video of him just laughing

[@cloudboybebop]

Daveed..... PAY YOUR FUCKING TAXES

[@brothlcreeprs]

BWAH BWAH BWAH BWAH

[@volatilemolotov667]

PUT YOUR GUNS DOWN ON MY COMMAND

[@outerspacetown]

HAND EM OVAH

[@theamericanyoutuber]

There is actually someone with that name right here in the comments... B3

[@sofiaosorio6376]

Madelyn DeGraffenreid OH MY GOD !i literally keep finding your comments in all the videos I click on 😂 (the French accent tutorial)

[@GGliorF123]

I am so freaking in love with Daveed!!! This interview is the best!

[@sjbass26]

Fr

[@GatorGirl04]

Daveed is EVERYTHING!!! So talented. So sweet. So down to earth. Fione!!! Great hair!! Cool style and swag...I gotta go drink some water now. Congrats Daveed!! He's got to win!!! Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson?!?! Beast!!

[@aadhya09]

Look at where you are... Look at where you started.

[@innocentlittlesinnamonroll6765]

The fact that you're alive is a miracle, just stay alive, that would be enough.

[@twhtv5272]

Innocent Little Sinnamon Roll and if your wife, could share a fraction of your time, if I could grant you peace of mind. That would be enough.

[@user-ie4fg5fd8g]

trini N.O. and we could be enough

[@janesdead6802]

And I would be enough

[@alejandraobregon6431]

@@janesdead6802 that would be enoouuugghj

[@samanthalee5808]

GOSHDARNIT DAVEED STOP BEING SO PRECIOUS *dies *revives as someone blasts "Guns and Ships" *dies again "wakes up just in time for "LAFAYETTE!" *dies again...

[@Hollyweed1]

Stop dying for fuck sake!

[@samanthalee5808]

Hollyweed I tried, I honestly did... XD

[@hannah-nn7wo]

His laugh at 2:12 makes my HEART ACHE SO PERFECT

[@jkrfan7]

The video his brother and best friend took of them surprising him was so cute!!

[@ammylover1]

Where do I find that

[@Glaswegiangod]

+Abandoneddreams Daveed Diggs Instagram has the video. It really is cute as shit!

[@nicolefletcher6014]

+Abandoneddreams On his Instagram page

[@Adriana-wz2pv]

Fuuuuccck 😭 ....... that moment when you dont have instagram

[@moon-ig8tq]

@@Adriana-wz2pv same though

[@niyawilliams490]

This is what I love about daveed. He can rap super duper fast but when he is just talking he stutters like crazy😂 I LOVE HIM

[@ammylover1]

*you owe me a bottle of cold champagne * #intheheights

[@payyourfuckingtaxes7901]

yas

[@nicolefletcher6014]

"Are you moving?"

[@chocolateanders8572]

yasssss

[@lauracorum9775]

nikki fletcher Just a little credit check and I'm on that downtown train

[@thomashester2]

Laura Corum well your coffee's on the house

[@RevJ7]

One of the best rappers on the planet. clipping is fuckin BOMB.

[@joedavidroberts1995]

He's also in a band called Clipping, check them out. It's pretty noisy stuff but you won't be disappointed.

[@subpop]

+Joe Roberts Hell yes, we agree! PROOF>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2OqoK17a714p8k

[@sarahmoloney13]

Yeah I just came from there... First experience with Clipping, it's great stuff, but I'm a little scared. MY SMOL INNOCENT DAVEED IS NOT SO INNOCENT AFTER ALL NUUUU

[@Chosisbox]

Joe Roberts clipping is just awsome

[@tamaraluechinger3573]

AAAAAHHHHH He's so adorable! That smile could literally light up the entire universe :) So humble, so talented, so friggin gorgeous.

[@SingingPixels]

Yes, i completely agree! :)

[@annaoffive]

If I ever get to meet Daveed (or really any Hamilton cast member) my reaction: *speechless* (Thinking: I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE WITH HIM!)

[@voidify3]

If I knew I was in the same city as a Hamilton cast member I would constantly carry around a pen, a blank book, and everything Hamilton-related I own (Hamiltome, Chernow biography, framed mint-condition $10) for the off-chance I meet them and can get autographs. Also a printed script for a conversation so I wouldn't enter full panic mode

[@spotty7820]

Sophia Walsh Long, I'm using that idea, it's brilliant!

[@AmritaGopal]

YEESSS you are true Hamiltrash mon ami

[@AmritaGopal]

Chewbacca the Gryffindor DONT LEAVE THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PPL LIKE YOU

[@newsiesforever208]

@@AmritaGopal Thank you.

[@loudbill]

this dude is such a good rapper. check out his rap group "clipping"

[@musicwolf7657]

That's they only way I know him

[@maggie3405]

I love clipping.

[@thomasjefferson2372]

*i swear im finna pull up in the Blue Acura with a dent in the Left rear fender-*

[@miyonce8568]

I listened to The Deep by Clipping in a literature class and it changed my life. He's amazing.

[@retnugnahte]

clipping. is too good

[@WonderLady]

Daveed = humility and staggering talent What an amazing man ❤️

[@jeezluigi1609]

Daveed Diggs has such a beautiful smile.

[@imDezrt]

Woah, I'm a big fan of Clipping and I didn't even know he became a broadway star for the past few months? What the fuck hahaha

[@aliciad270]

You see him one day as a fast, highly skilled rapper, the next thing you know, he's Thomas Jefferson.

[@theamericanyoutuber]

XD

[@TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

Oh my God Daveed, you sex God!!

[@gracecaceres6306]

Vvvvv true he's supppeeeerrr hot lmao

[@keijjun]

God you're a fox!

[@m00uni46]

+Supernatural Trash and when I get back we should all strip down to our socks (͡• ͜ʖ ͡•)

[@katrice8588]

Riiiiiiight so sexy!!!!

[@chelleybelle1202]

My most favorite human being ever.

[@emillio123]

Dear Daveed Diggs, I DIG your suit! 💖

[@bestfluteninja3059]

I've just watched this three times in a row and I love Daveed's little laugh right before and after he says "I did my taxes hella late"

[@MAXISPOTENTIAL]

can you believe daveed diggs invented being adorable

[@darladeibler8682]

He is so freaking adorable. One of the best smiles I've ever seen. It's infectious!

[@Leseli.]

His little laugh at himself 2:06 too sweet🥺🥺

[@ItsNotSarahh]

DAVEEEEEEEEEED YAY

[@victoriatorres7586]

IM TAKING THIS HORSE BY THE REIGNS MAKING RED COATS REDDER WITH BLOOD STAINS LAFEYETTEFYFFYUDFETY

[@ire_dev2844]

AND I'M NEVER GONNA STOP UNTIL I MAKE EM DROP BURN EM UP AND SCATTER THEIR REMAINS IM LAFAYETTE

[@miminwoha923]

+ire_ dev WATCH ME ENGAGIN' EM ESCAPIN' EM ENRAGIN' EM IM LAFAYETTE

[@emilymerckx9620]

+Miriam Nwoha I go to France for more funds, I come back with more guns.

[@annelisedo8455]

And ships, and so the battle shifts.

[@emilymerckx9620]

+annelise do We rendezvous with Rochambeau consolidate their gifts.

[@amielwilliams2527]

I just fell in love with him, oops. "Hella late" yeah he's obviously from the Bay

[@iheartjaedynn0]

I loved him in wonder bro 🤩😭

[@sarabutler-smith5285]

The most handsome smile of all time, no other contenders.

[@brubafc]

Daveed is so cute, omg. I'm so happy for him! He's awesome.

[@bundescoach3528]

"I did my taxes hella late" I'm dying

[@venusplease6501]

Daveed is such a bean 😊😊😊

[@ashleyblue5194]

I'm upset that I recently got to watch Hamilton but seeing Daveed son he is so adorable and my heart can't take it 💓

[@rosalbag.9012]

2:08 OMG HIS LAUGH IS SO CUTE AAAAAAA TAKE THE WEEL JESUS I CANT NO MORE WITH THIS CUTENESS

[@4lifeshaytards]

His smile is so cute.

[@frankiedigiovanni9018]

it’s just so cool to see how far Daveed has come. From his solo career, to clipping. (my favorite rap group), to hamilton, to snowpiercer (my fav show atm). i’m just amazing by like, everything he’s done!

[@nicki6430]

Daveed needs to get another role on a Broadway ASAP bc I need more Daveed in my life

[@lola-dz9yx]

i’ve been massively fangirling over this guy for the past week and omg he’s adorable

[@lilyghazali8341]

I love him in that suit! Love Daveed!

[@Chwestarring]

I love it when daveed Just ✨❤️daveed❤️✨

[@phoenixgirl66]

He's adorable.

[@Aj-rj1wy]

I’m literally in love with him.

[@jeanettesmith765]

So cute and so talented!

[@Pengtropica]

I love how he just ditches the job without even calling 😂. He was just like I’m outta here

[@hanbyuls]

HIS GIGGLE AT 2:12 OMG

[@claudia59234]

This was one parody lyric video said "EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR THAT HOT FRENCH FRY DUDE"

[@ali-wf8iy]

" i jus got thangs to do " why did he sound like Anthony for a sec

[@dahalofreeek]

As a fan of underground hip-hop it is surreal to see this guy on talk shows. Clipping was something I discovered browsing experimental hip hop playlists with a few hundred listens to each song.

[@avonsfav]

his giggle is the cutest thing ever

[@grob760]

the moment he said HELLA, I knew the homie was from the bay. wiki: Oakland CA. lol

[@jayleneisner295]

Weird ways to say Lafayette GO large baguette

[@chi1741]

Jaylene Isner Hot French dude

[@m4rz111]

I don't know if I'm the only one who laughs really hard when ever Daveed giggles because it just sounds hilarious.

[@madinatuleshova6292]

Daveed graduated from Brown and worked as a caterer before Hamilton? whaaat

[@Phoenixwinter007]

I feel so happy for him that he made it this far.

[@melamey]

We owe Daveed a bottle of cold champagne. -isn't referencing In The Heights-

[@baileywill689]

I LOVE DAVEED SO MUCH. THIS GUY DESERVES A TONY

[@melirose89]

he is so precious!

[@jefftriphahn3496]

Watching my 5 and 4 year old try to spit out the "Lafeyette" lyrics is hilarious, but they love the "Mr. Hamilton" performance.

[@Nana-qt3jm]

I love his voice and his hair and smile and everything about Daveed Diggs

[@sophieannexx]

I’ve seen this video so many times, he’s just so perfect

[@kae6976]

I just love his nervous little laughs!

[@graypunk7718]

I am living for the comments section

[@luliamb.9553]

This guy have the purest smile of all times, is just so...natural and pure and cute.

[@itsplumbobz]

His giggle at 2:12 kills me

[@RanjiRamesh]

DAVEED MA MAN

[@elizabeth.1905]

WOOOHOOO!! Been waiting for thisss!!

[@romilrh]

Daveed the type of guy to do the entire project the night before it's due and still get a 100%

[@rpnzel]

i can never sit through videos with daveed because he just makes me so happy and i can't sit still

[@mariamjatta6495]

Hes one of my favorite characters from wonder and I was watching it today

[@faegentry7131]

his little giggle was so cute!

[@dakotanavarro7020]

This is making me love him way more.

[@evnthorizon5324]

2:12 that laugh he did gives me life

[@michellemagallon5172]

Bless Daveed. Such a well deserved nomination

[@catherinekubick298]

So proud of him! Go Daveed!!!

[@str4berryf3ver]

hes so precious :>

[@megan4164]

This made me love him even more!!

[@jennahkhazaal]

this is why daveed is my favourite.

[@silentactivist2469]

look at those smiles from him 🖤

[@artemiskingsley]

I watched so many videos of the Hamilton cast and I can't help not notice Daveed awesome suits. They are so unique

[@goneherondale]

LOVE this guy

[@keairra4333]

he's so precious!!

[@Coryny]

His voice is so clear. His voice commands attn

[@imbothered9296]

his giggle tho.

[@ursulajoni15]

god this entire cast is precious and smart and rediculouly talemted

[@alex90028]

Oh God, he is just awsome!

[@haydenjonesy8738]

I just got thangs to do

[@mjvdg4194]

I love all of Daveed's suits!

[@StitchwithAish]

this guy is so humble omfg i love him

[@breannacave]

I love him so much

[@Narynah]

"I did My taxes hella late" WHY DID I REPEAT THAT LIKE 10 TIMES WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME o.O