-Yes. -How is beautiful mom?

-Lupe's good. Tomorrow is her birthday.

-Happy birthday, Lupe! I love you!

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Last time I saw you, you were nice enough to come by the show

because you were rehearsing for the VMAs.

You were receiving the Video Vanguard Award.

-I did, I did.

-And then you performed to close the show that night.

You were unbelievable.

-Were you there? -Yeah. Of course, I was there.

-Yes. It was so good.

[ Cheers and applause ]

It was amazing. -Dude, you crushed it.

I mean, you told me, "I'm rehearsing.

This is gonna be good." -Yeah, yeah.

-And you did not let anyone down.

It was unbelievable. -Thank you.

-You're the hardest worker out there.

-I loved it. It was such a great night.

It was an awesome night. -The Video Vanguard.

I mean, how cool was that?

-My kids were in the front row, and Alex and my mom.

-Alex -- By the way, there's a meme of Alex.

-Is there? -Yeah, because --

-There are several memes of the two of us.

But, yes, what?

-He was just watching you and just kind of in awe.

-I mean, how great was that?

-And he was kind of nerding out on you, a little bit.

-He was! He's so cute! He loves this part of the dance.

-Yeah. -He's like...

-Yeah. -He gets excited.

-We have a clip of just him reacting.

Here's Alex Rodriguez. Watch this.

-New York, hands up!

Hands up, New York City!

[ Laughter ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Whoo!

That's -- He's the best.

-He is.

-When you did your speech that night,

you didn't really make it all about you.

That's -- I mean, again, that's many reasons why I love you,

but you said so many nice things about Alex.

-Yeah. -I thought it was very sweet.

-Yeah, I mean, he's come into my life

and really contributed in such a way, so supportive.

He's so loving.

He's one of these people.

He's shy and just like, "Be the best."

Some people try to, like, dull you down or squish you down,

and he's so not like that, and it's just so refreshing.

It's just a beautiful thing.

He's just a very generous, loving spirit, soul.

He's -- -Yeah, yeah. Ah, good.

I like that. Yeah, I know.

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-You've been in so many videos,

but now you've directed your first video.

-I did. I did.

-This is a big deal. -It's a huge deal.

-"Limitless," right? -"Limitless."

A song written by Sia for my new movie "Second Act,"

which is coming out.

-They're both released the same day, right?

The 21st?

-Yes, I'm doing -- I think we're gonna release it the same day as

or a few days earlier.

I'm not exactly sure yet.

We're finishing the video now.

-Oh, really?

-And my daughter Emmy is in it.

-I mean, how -- [ Cheers and applause ]

What was that like?

-No, no, no. I die. I die. I die.

Finally, she's like, "Mom, I can do it."

And I'm like -- [ Audience awws ]

Oh, God. -What do you say?

-I said no for a long time, and then finally I said yes,

and I said, "Baby, are you sure?

You can't halfway through say you're tired.

We have to do it." -Yeah.

-When I tell you, she was so amazing and I was so proud --

-Really?

-I forgot that I was directing my first video.

It was all about her.

-Yeah, of course. -It was all about her.

It was -- and when you see the video,

it's so empowering for -- just to see her

doing this, but, like, for women.

It talks about being limitless.

It talks about having second acts.

It's a beautiful message as well.

-It's the title track for the movie.

-And great to share with her, doing that.

We really bonded.

-Let's talk about "Second Act." -Okay.

-I loved it. It's hilarious. A comedy.

-Yeah, it's a comedy.

-But it also has a good message and good heart to it.

-It's inspiring. -It is.

-You know, people tell me that when they see it --

we've done a lot of advanced screenings --

and it's great to see comedies with an audience

to see where they laugh and everything.

And I just feel like -- you know, they go,

"I cried, I laughed, but I really left inspired."

And I think that's the biggest reward

because what we do, what we do, we want people to be inspired.

I like to be inspired when I watch movies,

hear songs and all that stuff,

you know, get motivated and so this --

this movie, this song, really does that, and I'm super proud.