Jack Whitehall Tackles Fatherhood and Coupling Up in New Special, 'Settle Down' | The View

Fatherhood >> Joy: WELCOME BACK. IN HIS LATEST NETFLIX STAND-UP SPECIAL, "SETTLE DOWN," ACTOR AND COMEDIAN JACK WHITEHALL GRAPPLES WITH THE IDEA OF FATHERHOOD AFTER YEARS OF LET LEADING A MORE CAREFREE LIFE STEIL. >> THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. ONE END YOU HAVE PARENT 245S TALK ABOUT IT WITH DEMENTED ENTHUSIASM, THE MIRACLE OF CHILDBIRTH LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE EVER DONE IT, OH, MY GOD. YOU'VE GOT TO GET ONE. IT IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. THEN WITH AIR FRYERS, IT'S JUST A BIT -- THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM YOU GOT THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE LIKE VIETNAM WAR VETERANS. THOUSAND-YARD STARE COVERED IN BABY SICK. DON'T DO IT, MAN. YOU WEREN'T THERE. >> Joy: PLEASE WELCOME JACK WHITEHALL. [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> HEY. >> Sunny: WELCOME. >> Sara: I WANT TO START RIGHT OFF BY CONGRATULATING YOU ON BECOMING A DAD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DEFINITELY THE VIETNAM WAR VETERAN VERSION OF THOSE -- >> Sara: IF YOU'RE BEING HONEST WE ALL ARE. YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND ROXY WELCOMED YOUR DAUGHTER ELSIE IN SEPTEMBER. HOW HAS THE TRANSITION THAT CAN BE WORLD ROCKING GONE FOR YOU. >> YEAH, IT'S BEEN AMAZING. SHE'S INCREDIBLE. A LITTLE MIRACLE. IT'S FUNNY HOW QUICKLY YOUR ATTITUDE TO PARENTING CHANGES BECAUSE I REMEMBER BEFORE SHE CAME ALONG, WE WERE ALL LIKE, OH, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THOSE PARENTS, JUST LIKE STICK OUR CHILD DOWN IN FRONT OF A TELEVISION SCREEN AND WE'RE GOING TO REALLY ENGAGE OUR KID AND READ TO THEM ALL OF THE TIME AND WE'RE FIVE MONTHS IN NOW. I'M LITERALLY COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TILL I CAN GIVE HER AN iPAD. >> Joy: DON'T. >> I'LL HAVE ONE IN EVERY ROOM. >> Sunny: LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR DOG. YOU HAVE A POODLE NAMED COCO. >> YEAH. >> Sunny: WHO YOU SAY WASN'T YOUR FIRST CHOICE. >> NO, I WANTED LIKE A REALLY LIKE BUTCH -- LIKE A GUARD DOG. >> Joy: WHO DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. >> Ana: HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH? >> I MEAN I HOPE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SHE WEIGHS. I WANTED A PROPER GUARD DOG LIKE A GERMAN SHEPHERD. >> Sunny: OR A NEWFOUNDLAND. >> I WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DROOLING DOG AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF KINDER SURPRISE. >> Ana: THIS IS EXACTLY WHATCHA CHA LOOKS LIKE. >> Sara: FEEDING HER SOUP? >> Ana: YEAH, SO WHAT. IT'S TERRIBLE. >> Sunny: YOU HAVE A CADGE FOR YOUR DOG COCO. >> YEAH, SHE'S GOT A LITTLE CARRIAGE. SHE'S A LITTLE PRINCESS. >> Sara: YOUR KID IS CUTE BUT THAT DOG IS -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> Ana: I CARRY MY DOG OFTEN UNDER MY ARM AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG CALLS HER ARMPIT HAIR. Settle Down [ LAUGHTER ] >> Joy: SO, JACK, "SETTLE DOWN" IS YOUR FIRST STAND-UP SPECIAL IN FOUR YEARS. >> YES. >> Joy: YOU RECORDED AT LONDON'S ICONIC O2 ARENA. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> Joy: AFTER TOURING THE UNITED STATES NOW AND HAVING WORKED OBVIOUSLY IN THE EU, OR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE UK. >> IT WAS THE EU, NOT ANYMORE. >> Sunny: BUT THEN BREXIT HAPPENED. >> Ana: ISSUES TODAY. >> Joy: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AUDIENCE, AMERICAN OR BRITISH? >> WELL, I MEAN I DEFINITELY FOUND AMERICAN AUDIENCES TO BE A LOT MORE ENTHUSIASTIC. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] PARTICULARLY -- NO, A GOOD EXAMPLE WHEN I STARTED TELLING PEOPLE ON STAGE THAT WE WERE EXPECTING A BABY AND YOU SAY THAT AMERICA AND THE THERE WAS WHOOPING AND HOLLERING AND WENT BACK TO ENGLAND AND WHEN I DID A SHOW IT WAS IN LESTER IN ENGLAND AND WENT, OH, MY GIRLFRIEND IS ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY, JUST COMPLETE APATHY. LIKE EVERYONE -- >> Joy: COOL, THE BRITS. WHEN I WAS IN ENGLAND DOING STAND-UP I WAS DOING JOKES ABOUT THE QUEEN. DEAD. DEAD AUDIENCE. >> Sunny: OH. >> Joy: THEN I SWITCHED TO RONALD REAGAN THEN THEY STARTED LAUGHING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Ana: TALKING ABOUT RON NAILED REAGAN, YOU'RE A BRIT BUT SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN AMERICA AND SO ARE YOU FOLLOWING OUR POLITICS AT ALL? DO YOU FOLLOW THAT AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS MESS? >> AH, WELL, AS A BRIT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL NOT. NOT GOING TO LIE. TEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LOT OF POINTING AND LAUGHING AT AMERICA. OH, MY GOD. WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE AND THEN WE ELECTED -- FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, BUT THEN WE ELECTED BORIS JOHNSON AND WE WERE LIKE, AH, OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE WISH FOR. WE HAVE LIKE A NEW PRIME MINISTER EVERY FIVE MINUTES. >> Ana: YOU HAD THE ONE THAT LASTED LESS -- >> 44 DAYS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. THERE MAY BE A NEW PRIME MINISTER WHEN I GO BACK. IT'S LIKE THAT QUICK. SO, YEAH, AUSSIES ARE JUST AS Family Friendly PREPOSTEROUS. >> Alyssa: YOUR STAND-UP CAN BE EDGY AND HAVE DONE A LOT OF FAMILY FRIENDLY AFFAIR, "CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG" AND DISNEY'S "JUNGLE CRUISE" WHERE YOU WERE WORKING WITH EMILY BLUNT AND DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE. >> YEAH, IT WAS GREAT, DWAYNE IS AMAZING. GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM, HE WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PERSON AND SO GENEROUS AS WELL. >> Ana: IF YOU DON'T SAY THAT DOESN'T HE LIKE BEND YOU? >> SAME WITH CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG IF YOU'RE NOT NICE ABOUT CLIFFORD BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DOING MY MOVIE WITH DWAYNE AT THE END OF THE PRODUCTION, HE, AGAIN, LIKE SUCH A KIND PERSON AND HE GOT AS A WRAP GIFT HE BOUGHT HIM A TRUCK AND IT'S ON INSTAGRAM. >> Sunny: A TRUCK. >> HE BOUGHT HIM LIKE A CHEVROLET TRUCK, HANDED HIM THE KEYS AND 9 STUNT DOUBLE IS IN TEARS. >> Sunny: WE HAVE TO HAVE HIM ON THE SHOW MORE. >> I BOUGHT MY STUNT DOUBLE A CANDLE. I WISH I HAD THE HEADS-UP. >> Sara: SPEAKS TO THE LEVEL OF STUNTS. >> TO BE FAIR. >> Sara: NOW, YOU HAVE A HILARIOUS COMEDY DOCU-SERIES WITH YOUR DAD CALLED "TRAVELS WITH MY FATHER" WHERE YOU AND YOUR BUTTONED UP DOG -- BUTTONED UP DOESN'T EVEN CAPTURE IT. ALL AROUND THE WORLD. YOU CALL HIM A NEPO-DAD. SO WHY AND WILL WE SEE MORE OF THIS BRILLIANCE FROM YOU TWO BECAUSE IT IS HYSTERICAL? >> YEAH, WE ACTUALLY FINISHED FILMING A NEW SERIES FOR NETFLIX CALLED "FATHERHOOD WITH MY FATHER" WHICH WAS ME AND MY DAD LOOKING INTO THE MODERN ASPECTS OF PARENTING AND SPENT SOME TIME IN THE STATES AND VISITED UTAH AND KANSAS AND WE WERE IN LOS ANGELES, AS WELL, SO, YEAH, I WAS TRAVELING AROUND WITH HIM WHICH WAS GREAT. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS NOW MY DAD'S BECOME QUITE RECOGNIZABLE AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR MY VERY FRAGILE EGO AND I HAD THIS AWFUL MOMENT WHERE I WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND WE WALKED PAST THESE TWO AMERICANS AND THEY WALKED PAST AND THEY RECOGNIZED MY DAD AND THEY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME. WHICH IS TERRIBLE THEN I OVERHEARD THEIR CONVERSATION AND EVEN PUT ME IN MY PLACE EVEN MORE. BECAUSE ONE OF THEM GOES, OH, YEAH, THAT'S THE GUY FROM "TRAVELS WITH MY FATHER." IT'S A HILARIOUS SHOW ON NETFLIX. IT'S ABOUT AN ESTEEMED ELDERLY GENTLEMAN THAT TRAVELS THE WORLD WITH HIS DUFUS SON. I'M THE DUFUS SON NOW. THAT'S ALL I AM. >> Ana: PREPARE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU SAID YOUR DOG HAS AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. ANY MOMENT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED AS COCO'S FATHER >> THAT'S WHEN I'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM. >> Joy: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU'RE VERY FUNNY. CONTINUED SUCCESS AND SAY HI TO BORIS JOHNSON FOR US. >> Sara: AND YOUR DAD. >> Joy: I MEAN, WE MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD WITH TRUMP. OUR