Jordan Peele Is Sick Of Watching Himself | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Jordan Peele talks about moving on from performing, meeting film heroes Michael Mann and Paul Thomas Anderson, and his next project.
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[@bipnip]

There's something so raw and genuine that comes from Conan's interviews you dont get from anyone else. He's one of the best to ever do it.

[@TheycallmeMrWonka]

Then I need to ask if you watch many different interviewers?. I find these to be a bit 50/50 with the celebrity blowing smoke up asses kind of demeanor. There's a more corporate mindset he still has from years doing his show. I don't dislike these but if you look at these and see him as one of the most raw kind of podcast interviewers I feel that must be coming from a place of ignorance as there are so many deep dive interview podcasts around now.

[@austinabril7]

@@TheycallmeMrWonkaCones paid salaries of 75 production staff out of pocket during the 2007 writers strike & im sure the most recent one too..

[@CatGPT_]

deez nuts

[@IsyMaxine]

​@austinabril7 I think he paid the salaries of his workers after he left the Late Show and helped relocate them as well for the Conan show as well 🙂

[@mhz90718]

MadTV was so long ago, never would have imagined Jordan coming this far to become an accomplished filmmaker.

[@drphot6050]

I could tell who had promise.

[@Antwannnn]

Oscar winning

[@lazybacon7520]

This was recorded in October, so he was probably dying to talk about his Kojima collaboration, but couldn't yet.

[@DrPrimoAce]

key and peele is one of the funniest shows of all time.. Peele is such a great comedic actor

[@jammer3618]

Chappelle keeps saying, on effect, they "stole" his show. Perhaps, but he has little room to bitch given he ran off for nearly a decade.

[@christofferjenzen78]

That he actually says that (I don't know if he believes it) is pretty unbecoming. Both shows are sketch comedy,sure but Key and Peeles skits are more innovative and less meanspirited. Saying "Key and Peele did his show every night." Isn't really a reflection of the truth and the comedy they put out,Dave was very bitter.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Right but so is Key.

[@wildboy6718]

@@christofferjenzen78no…if you actually watched the shows in real time like I did an not jus clips or listening to other people opinions on the internet then you would know they definitely gave key an peel the same exact format of the Dave chapel show..was it the same jokes..no but it definitely was the same show

[@noelramirez1551]

​@@wildboy6718you could say that about any comedy sketch shows only so much you could do before it gets repetitive and resembles other sketch shows the difference is all three were black comedians so they could pull off more controversial black topics that's why they might of seemed like identical shows

[@KissMyAssassin]

Jordon Peele is such a shy, awkward nerd. Don't get me wrong. I mean that as the highest compliment.

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for funny and valuable video as always

[@medzards]

I hope he gets to a place where he realizes that he can be both gifted director and hilarious comedian. His energy on Speakeasy was so infectious, it'd be a shame to lose that.

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

This is my first experience seeing him in this format and he’s seems a complete pretentious snore fest lol

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

I hope you gt to a place where you realize that not everything is up to you and stop projecting your own expectations on other people. It's HIS life, his career, his choice, not yours. He doesn't need to perform just because people like you ''need'' him, if he's out then he's out, at least for time being.

[@vb8428]

​@@Christopher-ms5ke You do get tired of people always expecting you to be cartoonish like your characters

[@jopo7996]

I'm not sick of seeing Jordan. Do more!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Noone cares what you're sick or not sick of, it's HIS career and choice.

[@Unagi884]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 - such an unnecessary comment! lol

[@SHOman_86]

It’s as if we (the audience) wedged him into this comedy pigeonhole against his will, and now he finally gets to be himself

[@GiannisDameTime]

Maybe he barely slept, maybe he took too much Xanax, maybe he’s nervous being around Conan. Ppl jumping to conclusions that his ego is too big now are crazy.

[@vb8428]

People always expecting comic actors to be cartoons like their characters 😭😭

[@mcfc6320]

Yes to another Jordan Peele movie!!!❤❤❤

[@MiguelJuanez]

2:13 this has two (maybe even three) layers of comedy going on at the same time 🤯😍🤣

[@alholston92]

The way he said "psyched" makes me believe it has something to do with his new movie.

[@FlockoftheGreyShepherd]

I swear Jordan is actually doing a character right now.

[@davejones4946]

It honestly feels that he was not well. IDK. Maybe he had a huge poop on his butt. But seriously, I get worse than that when I'm tired. Maybe he's just tired, or going through something. It really feels like a very odd interview. He's not fully there.

[@nem0763]

I think he might just actually be like that. I watch lots of interviews of novelists, and in their company he wouldn't seem weird or off or anything. Just a very intelligent artist.

[@JTBCP]

Same…i could totally be wrong but his cadence seems to have changed since Key & Peele. He almost hangs on to every word.

[@kjohn5224]

Seems to be very literal, has a weird affectation and can't seem to go with the flow with jokes.

[@patreekotime4578]

Yall are weird. He is not the characters he has played.

[@77Creation]

Jordan Peele is an amazing comedic actor, and actor, period. It would be a shame if we never saw him in front of a camera again.

[@rciesi1]

Jordan Peele, after the success of Get Out, signed a massive deal with Universal to crank out movies and earn the shekels asap. Get Out was a decade long passion project for Peele, whereas Nope and Us were rushed messes. So it will be interesting to watch for his next project and see if he has another decent movie in him.

[@Vulcanerd]

One of my favorite things is to watch Weird Al's White and Nerdy song and, when Key and Peele show up, they're like, "omg, is that Key and Peele!?"

[@Starlesslight]

Never would have guessed he was like this on the regular. Key is much more personable.

[@H-Vox]

What the hell are you talking about? 😂

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

@@H-VoxJordan Peele’s boring personality in the interview.

[@H-Vox]

Well, we don't know these people so I guess your presumptions are as good as mine lol

[@McDuffin]

At least the magic was filmed. I’ll certainly never tire of the key and peele stuff. I kind of wish he did the interview in Meegan’s voice.

[@fattymatty9319]

Just now noticing the Us sweatshirt haha I’m glad that Get Out was such a hit but I think it stole some of Us’ spotlight.

[@gilpinsteven]

Jordan Peele is the coolest of the cool!! I love his work.

[@drphot6050]

It's his black side lol

[@ragedcarnage912]

The collab we didn't deserve but needed 💙🔥

[@TheAdammantium]

Jordan seems more relaxed and reserved now as compared to his sketch comedy days where he is more outspoken and excitable. Perhaps the new role he has taken up, to be behind the camera rather than in front; and to be the creator rather than the created, gave him a different perspective to adjust the way he behaves now.

[@davejones4946]

Love Jordan, but that whole interview needs to be redone. There's something off about it.

[@emu_warrior]

it was so creepy and weird

[@EddieBergman]

Sure buddy. I know for a fact Conan was waiting for the opinion of davejones4946 on whether or not to re-do an entire interview. But he's got your green light now, so he's probably on it as we speak.

[@davejones4946]

No need to be obnoxious, I am well aware of my own irrelevance. That said, you seem to ignore how opinions on the internet work. For future reference, everyone knows their opinions are inconsequential. We just like to share our thoughts. @@EddieBergman

[@rochekalifa2074]

your opinion is is a opinion it means nothing you're judging a person that you dont know@@davejones4946

[@justins.5222]

Jordans mysteriousness has made him one of the best guests you could get.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

What is so ''mysterious'' about him in this particular interview? Just because he does horror movies now? Lol. It's just a typical interview.

[@justins.5222]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 did I say he was mysterious in this interview?

[@DangerousDac]

Jordan Peele just seems like he knows he offended someone somewhere and is expecting them to yell at him out of the blue at any time. Such a strange affectation.

[@PersonalPariah]

The imposter syndrome is real.

[@ShouldHaveBeen]

He seems detached or like he feels the need to separate himself from the comedic version of himself that we've grown to know and love in order to be taken seriously or to be legitimate. I get this feeling when I see Childish Gambino as well. I love both of them, but there is something slightly off-putting about it.

[@emu_warrior]

yeah he's like a scared lion lol

[@krisfinley6706]

​@@emu_warrior The Cowardly Lion: R-Origin Story, a series by Jordan Peele starring Jordan Peele

[@iGaveLiaHIV]

his whole gervais thing pissed me off

[@jammer3618]

When he's interviewed the role of Key becomes so clear.

[@eyramdrah]

I feel like the offness people are feeling is just the absence of Keegan. Or maybe it's just that he stopped smoking weed

[@animusdx]

I think this is the first time I've heard his normal voice/accent

[@HoustonYu]

i can't take Jordan seriously after all the skits I've watched of him...I really can't. It's too hard.

[@overkix]

so what's this next big movie project?

[@edpena516]

Then John Krasinski is next on the podcast? Comedians on/in horror genre?

[@timmartin8191]

Key and Peele, what can I say? Don't really have the words to express my feelings, so I'll do my best to express my respect for their immutable talent and say "Give it to me Poppy" 😂

[@Falsegospel1]

Personally I don't care for his movies, but he was awesome in his other stuff

[@samrussell1539]

I suggest people watch him in an interview with Keegan on Conan’s show. Jordan’s cadence is entirely different. It’s like he’s a different person. Strange

[@purplealchemistofficial]

You never get shy around celebrities? The guy is shy cause everything he’s saying is being recorded, he’s in front of Conan-kinda a legend-and he can’t say too much without spoiling future projects.

[@jakeledger2819]

He became more pretentious since becoming a director

[@aljoa2392]

I hope key and peele reunite for a reunion season or something.

[@OptimusSatanas]

Did the whole ricky gervais line of talking make the whole interview weird or something?

[@Lorenzogino]

that Jordan Peele is an awkward duck

[@REfan001]

looking forward to the project he is working with Hideo Kojima on

[@804E]

Sonna’s a nice looking Italian gal!!

[@zainalabideen4876]

❤

[@hahathatsgood]

Did anyone else hear the M forming? He was about to say his next movie could be his masterpiece

[@__THAT1GUY__]

I don’t mean to be out of line in the comment section but Sona’s looking good in this interview…not that she never does but I had to finally comment on her attractiveness..great interview by the way…can’t wait for his next film..but I have no other choice but to wait.

[@Dr_Pachacamac]

I bet every time he sees himself nowadays he’s pissed… ROYALLY pissed

[@bubsmp]

After seeing him in this interview, I’m sick of seeing him too.

[@ZennExile]

Key the one people wanted to watch. Being sick of watching Peele is exactly what the audience has always done.

[@outis_n9ne]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shadowaccount]

Yeah , we're sick of Jordan Peele too.

[@rory4605]

I think Jordan should return to acting, if only to play that evil Make-A-Wish kid in a hospital bed he played in Key & Peele. He deserves his own movie.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

He shouldn't do anything just because you want him to. It's not your choice, not your life and career, he doesn't owe anything to you.

[@rory4605]

@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 I'm obviously joking! Maybe KZbin comment sections aren't the best places to find signs of intelligent life!

[@zorozr9080]

Peele looks like an older Tyler the creator 😂❤

[@socioll3696]

🤔

[@Tharvey83]

He kinda does😂

[@zimashe5446]

Oh yeah

[@covanime]

I don't see why some people are upset. This is normal Jordan and he seems fine to me. (Or maybe I do see why some people are upset🤔). Can't wait for the next project!

[@jmunk91]

In a state of listening. 🙄

[@Sludgedump]

What a coincidence, im sick of him too

[@kjohn5224]

I haven't watched another interview of him before this. Is he always like this? Why is he putting a damper on all the jokes?

[@spriteman6940]

Asking Conan to get his own Fortnite skin #005

[@patreekotime4578]

The comments aren't passing the vibe check. Yall are mad that an actor/comedian doesn't seem like exactly the same person as the characters he played? Maybe the guy who dedicated his life to art is a bit of a nerd. Maybe the guy who is directing films and was creating high concept sketch comedy for years is a bit aloof and pretentious. Maybe the guy who was into art and comedy instead of sports in highschool is a bit awkward. Maybe Conan comparing him to a known bigot and troll, and NOT letting it go created a bad atmosphere for him. Yall are the weird ones. With your weird expectations and weird judgements.

[@H-Vox]

It's because these Peele clips have been uploaded over a few days, so the wet blankets were ready to pounce on this one 😂

[@emu_warrior]

i didn't read your story sorry, it doesn't pass my vibe check of being obsessed with a person, who is just a director/actor. lol. you didn't pass my vibe check, weirdo

[@hasselett]

It really isn't such a bad thing, bro. Jordan seems aloof and somewhat depressed. I think these comments just show how people can have empathy for another human being when they're showing concerning behavior.

[@davejones4946]

I don't see anyone mad here. But it's hard for an interview with Conan to be that bad, this has nothing to do with a desire that the man is the same as the character. I wonder if Jordan has insecurities and issues similar to my own, I'd be 10 thousand times worse than him in that situation.

[@patreekotime4578]

@@davejones4946 theres a bunch of shtty comments about him here.

[@H-Vox]

Noice

[@Dolphins_are_our_Overlords]

Wtf is up with all these hate & racist comments ? 🤔 So what if He's little closed personally & less talking person. That doesnt mean that he is boring or arrogant or feels superior than anyone. Maybe all of you preassumed him to be overly energetic person but in reality he's not.

[@RDB93]

Can't stand his movies but his old shows were great.

[@TLDR.updates]

MadTV was so much better than SNL!

[@amandayork1314]

Is he acting weird?

[@scar559]

First?

[@saad.bukhari]

Man I love Jordan, been a long time fan too. But somehow it's really painful to listen to him formulate a simple sentence.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Thought the same. He stammers in such a way that question how this guy can be a writer and producer.

[@farwilindarys5950]

Jordan doesn’t seem to really vibe with Conan’s humor

[@kirbyd]

kinda thought hed be more likable. seems like kind of a bummer.

[@hardrock7634]

Jordan takes himself way to seriously, what’s with directors cap wearing look... is this a parody within a parody of the real Jordan ... who is this guy anymore?

[@BBCord]

First!! Do we still do this?

[@grantlee4331]

Only if you're not afraid to dream.

[@m015t5]

​@@grantlee4331I'm afraid of dream (groomer 😰)

[@frankstallone3864]

Shittier race b8ing version of M Night Shyamalan

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

So this guy is a decorated and successful writer, producer and director, but can't speak in coherent, fluid sentences? Conan's questions are neither complicated nor out of the blue and he answers them sounding as if he was recently hit over the head and suffered a speech impediment.

[@kevinsaputra6792]

corny

[@SwiftJustice]

There there. It's okay. You're okay.

[@magdam8290]

The only hood I love is pointy and white Can't trust you if I can't see your face at night, I think we all know who we're talking about

[@SwiftJustice]

Imagine being afraid of blacks, browns, jews, gays, women, science, journalism, math, history, _rainbows,_ and education itself. That's being a Republican.

[@Somebodys.nobody]

jordan lost his sense of humour. he is not funny anymore.

[@sadhbh4652]

I feel like Conan did Jordan a disservice by bringing up Ricky Gervais like that. I'm a bit surprised Conan is so out of touch. You've got to ask yourself if he's surrounded by older comedians who resent young people and if he thinks it's normal to dismiss people's distaste for right wing "I'm being canceled" comics. He exposed Jordan to all these racist commentators and gave them ammo... Matt was so much more on the ball during this.

[@LexingtonB09]

Wow talk about jumping to conclusions and creating some story out of nothing to fit a completely imaginative narrative that YOU made up in your head . This quote alone… “you’ve got to ask yourself if he’s surrounded by older comedians who resent young people and if he think’s it’s normal to dismiss people’s distaste for right wing ‘I’m being cancelled comics.” HUH?? Where did you conjure up that idea? If you listened to his podcast regularly you would know how he surrounds himself with a mix of young comics and older comics. He thinks it’s important to listen to young people, he always has. He doesnt get into politics often but you can tell that he himself has a distaste for right wingness. So what if he hadn’t heard about the Ricky Gervais thing. 🤷‍♀️ I hadn’t heard that and i’m young myself! I hadn’t heard until Peele mentioned it and then i had to look it up. It’s not like it was front page news. Ricky Gervais is not the name he used to be 10 years ago. Back then maybe it would’ve been headline news. But Gervais is barely a footnote these days. So don’t go labelling people as “resentful of young people” simply because they don’t know the latest Ricky Gervais news. Most people don’t know their latest Gervais news these days, he’s nobody!

[@sadhbh4652]

​@@LexingtonB09I do listen to his podcast, that's why I'm surprised. There's no specific Gervais news, just the way he's been for a long time. Either Conan doesn't know, which is weird, or he doesn't care, which is sad.

[@Purchaser.]

Jordan just sounds stiff. Hes not relaxed at all. I think hes used to people giving him praise and yes men. But his" ill never put a white person in the lead of my movies" comes through.

[@SwiftJustice]

White Fragility coming thru

[@MelancholicRobot42]

What are you on about? Conan does nothing but praise his guests.

[@trickyBasterd]

Overrated and corny

[@Ionisus]

not a fan of his movies

[@itsmekaustav77]

He'll be fine.

[@Ionisus]

Are you his mother?@@itsmekaustav77

[@SwiftJustice]

"HELP! I'm white and I can't shut up!"

[@heyron3554]

@@SwiftJustice”Everyone’s OPINION is acceptable-so long as it’s mine…”

[@lolizorz]

Celebrity podcasts are so fing boring nowadays.

[@TizziQ]

Lol then why are you watching?

[@miguelvelez7221]

Nah. People just want to act like something in the world "changed" and now Hollywood is some "other". Nope... Ya'lls are just being obtuse Reactionary Goofs.

[@Purchaser.]

Jordan peele sounds like a boring person.

[@lolizorz]

@@TizziQ Let me use that logic against you. Why are you commenting if you don't like my comment? See? It's a stupid way of thinking. I have to watch to decide if I like it or not.

[@miguelvelez7221]

@@lolizorz 😂😂😂 Nah. Someone needs a refresher on "logic". And it ain't the guy you are responding to.

[@camchangfilms]

Lot of racist comments! I don’t feel like he’s acting too different from some of his other interviews!

[@Christopher-ms5ke]

I’d say the same thing if he were white!

[@yvonnezkea]

I don't know if the comments are racist, but honestly, having only watched a few interviews of him (including older ones) - he seems the same to me! Except of course interviews whereby they're doing a 'bit' and sort of in character. He is pretty much like this.

[@Ionisus]

racism 😅🤣

[@moneymanifestation9505]

His attitude now that he's a director is awful 😂he sounds so arrogant and like a diva. He's extending the end of his sentences like 16 yr old from California 😂I know he's not the typical black guy but he's changed so much it's becoming annoying

[@miguelvelez7221]

Dubois, Dumas, MLK. and Malcom and a host of others are rolling in their graves that you CHOOSE to think this way and perpetuate the myth that to be an "Authentic" Black person requires a less than eloquent way of speaking at all times.

[@SwiftJustice]

There there. It's okay. You're okay.

[@emilianoo.1596]

"I know he's not the typical black guy" lol......yikes

[@moneymanifestation9505]

@@emilianoo.1596 because he didn't grow up in the hood or even had any other black friends 🤡

[@J_Stevens89]

His next movie going to be more anti-White work?

[@666intuition]

Alex jones is cool.

[@SwiftJustice]

For me to poop on

[@emu_warrior]

it's like he is above everyone, it's so boring, he says nothing.

[@SwiftJustice]

There there. It's okay. You're okay.

[@emu_warrior]

he is acting so pretentious it's kinda awkward. bro, you can be yourself and still have all your director friends and be a good director (I like his movies). he's so weird this whole interview lol