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She needs no introduction.
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It is Jennifer Aniston.
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Okay.
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I know that you're sitting right in front of me, but can I say hi to Douglas?
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Yeah, obviously.
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No, no. Hey, gorgeous, sweet angel.
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Okay.
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How is your doggy, by the way?
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Doggies.
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Yeah, doggies.
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Chesterfield and Lord Chesterfield, And Clyde?
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They're awesome.
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You've always like been Mrs. Dog person, which made me feel good, 'cause I've always been Mrs. Dog person.
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Yeah, so we're two Mrs. Dog people.
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Mrs. Dog people, well actually, speaking of-- Your hair looks great.
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Do you know, I did this for you today.
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I'm like the queen of hair is coming here.
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You never give yourself a beautiful straight blowout like this, and I love it.
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You know what I do with my hair?
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Well, I kinda.
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I'm in shock, 'cause we all literally watch like the hair sways on you.
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As the hair sways, that's like a great new soap opera title.
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As the hair sways.
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Yes.
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Your hair could have its own soap opera.
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I love not only LolaVie as a product,
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you are, one of the best marketing and advertising agencies within one human being.
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Whoa.
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If you opened up an advertised agency, it would crush.
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'Cause you're the best brander in the world.
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Okay, well there you heard it here.
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And I will gladly do that.
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Oh, Colby.
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Because it's fun.
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We also have incredible people, the agencies that come and help us, you know, especially with like the P -Volve, P -Volve that we just did.
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I love P -Volve.
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Have you started doing P -Volve?
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I'm trying.
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I'm finally in my new workout era.
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Okay.
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I've said that I would be a worker outer my whole life.
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And now I'm actually the key word was I wasn't consistent.
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Okay.
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And so then I would get injured and then I would be out.
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Well, that's okay.
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What is the key from the body?
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Well, I started P -Volve because I had an injury.
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And when I was shooting "Murder Mystery" with our beloved Adam Sandler.
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"Murder Mystery" too.
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I know, I love him.
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And we were doing, I was doing harness work
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hanging from the eiffel tower like you do um and
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so anyway i had a back injury and i couldn't work out
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and my friend said you should try p -volve
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because it they'll it's it's functional exercise and so functional fitness
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so you just sort of work around your injury just
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because i would always you'd hate to have to sit on the bench
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if you're injured
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and be like i can't work out for how long well
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i used it as a great excuse i was like oh i'm injured i can't work out boo
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but now it's great i to be in the game because I turned 50.
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I did a, like, A decade of work leading up to it.
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Yeah, I know you have.
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I know I'm in the 50 efforts.
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Yeah.
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It's the coolest club.
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It's fun.
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I feel different.
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It feels different.
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Were you hard on yourself?
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Oh, I was so hard on myself.
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I'm still hard on myself.
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Aren't we-- you know, we're human.
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But I was really hard on myself.
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A big one that I had to conquer was time management.
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Like, it made me so unhappy to mismanage time.
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And then I, like, thought about my life growing up, how I was an actor and a producer.
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Did you say were?
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Yeah, I know.
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I did.
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That's ridiculous.
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'Cause you are an actor.
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You're right.
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Right?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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We're gonna get that.
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Drag your butt out of this beautiful studio.
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I love this because how much fun is it?
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But you got to get onto this.
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We're gonna do something.
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You know, you, me and Adam, I'm looking for it still.
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Yes.
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And we have to do that.
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Come on.
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That's the center.
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I would just say, I'm so sorry.
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I have to go and I'll hopefully be back.
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I mean, I would literally change my life to go do a movie with you and Adam.
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That's how I feel because nothing would be a better time.
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Yes, that's the other thing you realize.
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You do realize that time, your time is precious, and how you spend it is everything.
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So you don't want to go do a job where you're just.. you're working with a , or you're with people that are not kind-- We've all been there.
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--or difficult, or whatever.
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You want to spend time with people you love.
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feeling creatively fulfilled, doing something that is just gonna entertain, you know, your audiences and bring joy to the world.
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Something that you do is you take on lots of different tones.
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Have you thought about doing Broadway Like,
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'cause you do the best dramatic roles too. And... Is this something always...
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It's the, you know, I, growing up in New York City.
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Your dad had a restaurant right across the street.
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Right across the street, I know.
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My dad used to shoot, he, my dad shot in this building, "Search for Tomorrow," which was a soap opera,
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which I don't even know how long ago it went off the air.
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But he shot a soap opera, first it was "Love of Life," Christopher Reeves, I've never played his son.
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Anyway, we-- You played his son?
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Christopher Reeves played my father's son.
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Oh, 'cause I played a boy once and I was so excited.
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They cast me as a boy when I was three years old and I was like, I can do anything.
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Go on.
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You could, by the way, I'm wrong.
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It's not search for tomorrow.
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It was love of life.
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But point being, he right across the street, Caddy Corner on the corner of 11th and 57th was his restaurant called The Fives, 555 West 57th Street.
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It wasn't very-- That's literally the building across the street.
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So my father's ghost is in this building.
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What was his-- hello?
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Hi, dad.
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Are you here?
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Bring out some candles and some of them.
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I do believe he's here.
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Yes, I know he is.
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What were those days like going to your dad's restaurant?
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Oh, it was very fancy.
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Well, it was a cabaret.
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So there was also-- that's very '80s, right?
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It is that they would have people come on the weekends, and they would sing show tunes.
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And then on Saturdays, Saturdays around 11 o 'clock in the morning, they had called the early show, and it was young kids.
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singing and performing.
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And I would go on Saturday morning with my dad and I would sit there just dreaming, wishing I could
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sing or do something that would get me up onto that stage and be a part of the early show.
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And I remember hearing these girls with vibratos.
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I was like, how do they make their voices
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do that because i would open my mouth
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and just an awful sound would come out that's me too
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and i feel like your dad's restaurant like running around the seed gets planted
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and that's like when i saw annie for the first time also around the same and i thought, oh, God, what to be able to be on Broadway.
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So back to the question.
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Let's circle it back.
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Do you think that that's something you would consider doing? Of course.
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I would love to.
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Listen, I know it's a very, you know, the theater community is sacred.
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So I would be honored if I would be invited into it.
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I think if you look up the definition of a hot ticket, it would be you on Broadway.
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It would be super, it would be really fun.
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We'd go in droves.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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So an advertising agency.
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That's right.
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And Broadway shows.
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What else am I doing?
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I understand that you're making nine to five.
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And I'm freaking out because I'm sure it's a ways off.
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And if we don't want to discuss it, we don't have to.
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But I just want you to know-- that I can't wait for that.
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I cannot wait for you to be at the helm of that film.
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It's your company doing it.
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And we've-- And Dolly's a part of it.
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Dolly.
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Dolly's a part of it.
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What's Dolly like?
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She's...
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Everything you would imagine and more.
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She really is.
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She's Talie Parton.
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And there's nothing that's not, you know, What you see is what you get.
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I feel like-- Full of sunshine.
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I feel like that's why it works, is because 9 :00 to 5 :00 with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton is the same thing that you're gonna bring to it,
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which is these people we love and want to watch and then you see It's comedy, it's empowerment.
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I mean, 9 to 5 is iconic.
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And when I heard that you, it was in your hands, I thought, get me to the theater now.
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Please, just, I'm so excited for this.
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Well, you could go get in line now.
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But we won't be there for a while.
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It'll be a little bit.
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Well, yes, 9 to 5.
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It's gonna be so exciting.
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Okay, so we're Los Angeles girls as well as New York girls.
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I still have my Valley girl accent proudly.
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I love it.
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Oh my God.
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Oh my God.
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And in honor of Los Angeles, I thought that we could do a little trips for trips and play a game and maybe send someone to Los Angeles.
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Oh my God.
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Good.
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Would that be okay?
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Yes.
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Let's toss to Ross because he's at the helm of this.
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Toss to Ross.
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Yeah, hi.
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Oh my god, how fun!
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I love when you're here.
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Jennifer Aniston, I love you.
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You know that.
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Oh my god, Frost.
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Okay, well I want you to say hi to someone.
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This is Danielle.
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Everyone say, hi Danielle, right here.
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Hi Danielle.
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Hi Danielle.
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Hi everybody.
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Jennifer Aniston, you do Barrymore.
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They are?
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Oh my god, hi.
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Say hi.
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Hi.
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So tell us about yourself, where are you from?
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I'm from Brielle, New Jersey, originally from the Bronx.
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My mom here too.
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Hi mom.
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Hi.
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And I'm I was a Marine Corps officer, and now I work for the Coast Guard out of Washington, D .C.
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Oh, my gosh.
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What?
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I love that.
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Wow.
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And now have you ever...
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That's our job.
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We're talking about L .A.
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We're now totally in love with you.
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We're just feeling really bad about ourselves.
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Yeah.
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You've really...
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We wowed...
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We just wowed you people.
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Feel very much that way to you.
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You're officially badass.
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How cool is that?
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Thank you.
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Now, have you been to L .A before?
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So my brother works for Apple out of Los Angeles.
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I've been dying to go see him.
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- Maybe we can fix that.
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- Yeah, you do.
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- If you get this question right, we're gonna send you to Los Angeles, okay?
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- Oh, please let her know.
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- Okay, so here's your question.
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Believe it or not, this year is the 20th anniversary of Jennifer's film, Rumor Has It.
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Can you believe that?
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20 years.
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- Wow.
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It goes like that.
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- So here's a question, it's about that film.
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Which Oscar -winning actress played the role the film, A, Jane Fonda, B, Shirley MacLaine, or C, Liza Minnelli?
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This is for a trip to LA, Danielle.
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What's your answer?
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I'm going to go with B, Shirley MacLaine.
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The answer is Shirley MacLaine!
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Shirley!
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And now we're going to Los Angeles!
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You're gonna win a four night stay at the Downtown LA Proper Hotel!
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You're going to LA!
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Congratulations, Shirley MacLaine!
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That's so wild!
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What is Shirley MacLaine like?
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- In which lifetime?
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- Wonderful, exactly.
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I was gonna say, which lifetime are we talking about?
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She believes that we were a mother and daughter in a previous lifetime.
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- Really?
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- Yes.
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- Well, that's-- - And I think it's why we have such, we had such an instant bond.
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- The electric connection?
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- We did.
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We had a real, she's just fantastic.
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- It's so funny 'cause she's with her daughter, actually right here.
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Hi, Drew.
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And hi, Jen.
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It's so great to see you there.
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Hi, Jennifer.
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Sorry to interrupt, Mom.
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It's so nice to meet you virtually.
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I just wanted to tell you, Jen, I'll never forget how professional you were.
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During the time we were making, rumor has it, You were really wonderful to work with.
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I want to tell you congratulations from 20 years ago.
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Thank you.
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Oh my God, I'm so sorry.
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I just love her a lot.
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I was with her when my dog passed away.
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Really?
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Sorry.
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I was at her ranch in New Mexico doing a past life regression retreat,
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which sounds crazy when I say it like that.
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Oh, are you worried about me because I'm crying?
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And my dog-- I'm talking about Norman.
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Oh my gosh.
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It's true.
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He knows.
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You know, it's funny too, because I'm actually fostering a dog right now.
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and I wanted to show him to you and see what you thought.
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Oh, stop this.
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Because you have, Clyde -o or-- - Oh my God, this is killing me.
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What are you trying to do to me?
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- Well, you're literally like my, you know, another person that I know feels about dogs.
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The way that I do, like, it's true like, oh, Douglas, it's me, Douglas.
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- Oh, don't do that.
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I get it, Doug, I get it, I get it.
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- Your house, your house.
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- He's like, my house, new puppy, you've got so much energy.
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- This is a foster dog that we're fostering.
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The kids are like, please, he has to stay.
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And I'm like, well, it really depends on Douglas.
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And I think-- They are the boss. And he's very submissive.
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Okay, so you're beta.
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You just need to learn a little.
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Well, he'll just put you in your place, and you'll figure it out.
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And you have a cookbook.
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Oh, yes, Clyde -io.
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Which by the way, I've read the whole thing.
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I love all the recipes in it.
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This is such a thing.
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They're simple recipes for you to, for kids and their parents to cook in the kitchen together.
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And you grew up cooking with your grandma.
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My grandmother, she would cook, well she would make spanakopita and baklava.
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Those are the ones, the two things she made.
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out of this world.
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Like incredible.
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So, and then I still have her recipes and I, I make them when I have nine hours free, 'cause that's how long they take to make from scratch.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Let's talk about the morning show.
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I'm three episodes in.
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Oh.
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I did not wanna, I couldn't binge it.
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I need to draw it out.
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I've been waiting for this.
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I've never missed an episode of "The Morning Show." You haven't.
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Oh no. My favorite.
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It's the most potent combination of watching people you wanna watch.
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Yeah.
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The cast is impeccable.
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And Mr. Carbonell, I mean, we've got an incredible cast.
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It really is like great chemistry, brilliant.
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Actors but people you want to watch but then what I respect about it
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so much is the subjects you tackle I was so thrilled that you took on the subjects of AI and and deepfakes.
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Deepfakes?
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Mm -hmm.
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I don't like the deepfakes.
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No. And I don't know why they're allowed to exist.
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Well, you can't control it.
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It's like a runaway train, you know?
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How many times have you been sent something by a friend or by a family member saying, did you promote this?
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Are you selling this product?
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Do you support this treatment or whatever? And...
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You have to say, that's not me.
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That's not-- it looks-- and at first, you look at it, and you go, oh my god, what is this?
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But then-- You have to look at it closely and you realize it's not your mouth actually speaking.
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It's not really your voice, but somehow it's so scary, guys.
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I don't know.
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There's no real answer what we're going to do about it.
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I'm glad that you're addressing it, though.
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Yes.
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Especially there's a moment where your character takes...
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Oh, my.. takes a look online.
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which I've done.
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Don't.
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I did it once.
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Too late.
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And I had the exact same reaction you do, which is, I know.
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Like, I never want to be seen that way.
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How could someone put me in this position and-- I'm in shock.
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Mm -hmm.
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And it was just like, thank you for addressing that, because this is happening to every person in the world.
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It's not exclusive to us.
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No, it's absolutely not.
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And it's also scary because people, like, if you have people close enough to you, like I do, think that that's actually me or you or whoever,
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that means people out there in the world are Thinking oh good gosh, so you can misinformation is spread.
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I so recklessly, it's unbelievable.
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- I don't know how you guys, sometimes I think you guys have a crystal ball.
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- We do.
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That's, we always say that.
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- It's crazy.
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Because a couple of season...
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three, I think it was, when we read the first script and We said, OK, a billionaire and a rocket ship, and he takes one of our anchors up into space?
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Guys, this is a little crazy.
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I feel like your show helps me make sense of the world, and it's also delicious.
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And we've got some good juicy, some good juicy romance in there.
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Marion Cotillard.
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So fantastic, magnificent.
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She's so hot.
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She's gorgeous and as beautiful-- I mean, she's obviously an exquisite actress, but Such a lovely person.
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Well.
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Sweetheart.
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She makes me hot.
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Jeremy Irons, who's this year, plays my father.
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That's right.
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When he turns around in the classroom, I was like, I love a Jeremy Irons.
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I know.
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What is on your neck?
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Well, it's because just in case I ever have a hot flash around you again, that I have a lot of cooling prophylactic.
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I have a little electric fan.
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And I have a neck cooler.
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And as we close this session out, I just want you to know that-- But this is like your Beyonce fan.
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Let me hold it down here.
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Here you go, girl.
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If I ever am lucky enough to have another hot flash around you, that, and if it gets really bad,
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Frank, you can take it away.
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We've got that guy.
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Yes!
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Oh!
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I love that.
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That felt great.
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By the way, that felt That felt so nice.
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Thank you for that cooling moment.
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You literally have a hundred different kind of cooling devices.
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Well, because the last time you came here with Adam, I had my first hot flash.
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I know.
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I feel very honored I was here for your very first.
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Thank you.
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Now I know you've had many others since.
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Now I'm like, oh, I'm having a hot flash.
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How does this go?
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But also, I'm excited because everyone in this audience is also going to have a memory.
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Hot flashes.
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Yeah, you're all going to get hot flashes.
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Except for you guys.
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Jennifer Aniston, everyone in our audience, is gonna go home with these incredible LolaVee products.
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A new dry shampoo, which I am happy to report I did all over a girl's hair the other day.
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It comes out in such a beautiful, fine poof.
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I've never seen a component.
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Which one, we wanted to stay away from the aerosol cans.
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And then we have the detangler.
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This is just magic.
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the Glossing Detangler, which is their Hero 14 Awards later product that everybody's gonna go home with.
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So thank you.
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Yay!
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Yay!
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For that and the book, quickly, with Clyde -O.
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And we have Douglas and-- Douglas.
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And this-- And what is your name again?
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We don't have a name for this baby.
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We don't have a name yet.
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Oh, look how sweet he is.
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Right?
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She or he?
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He.
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He.
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He.
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Oh, look at his little...
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Guys, come on.
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We've got to adopt, don't shop, right?
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These little babysitter homes.
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He's a rescue.
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He was in an overcrowded shelter in Oklahoma.
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Oh.
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And he came here Sunday.
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That's so fantastic.
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And here he is now.
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What do you think?
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I think, I mean, I think you should see how Douglas feels about...
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Look at Doug, he won't even look.
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He's like, I don't even, I won't even see it.
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Douglas, yeah, but you know, we'll see.
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I'll report back.
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And everybody is also gonna go home with a copy of "Cookless Clydeo."
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So all the proceeds for this will go to the Clydeo Rescue and fund adoptions and shelters.
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And don't forget, my favorite show, "Never Missed an Episode," and I'm milking it to the,
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"Num, num, num, I can't rush it." Season four premieres September 17th.
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17th.
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And we'll show a clip on the way out.
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Thank you.
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I didn't keep saying.
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Okay?
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There it is.
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I said it.
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There is audio.
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of me saying something.
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that I did not say.
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But I can't...
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Prove that I didn't say it.
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And if I did say it, it would be so, so bad if I did.
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Absolutely no one believes me.
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- "The key word was I wasn't consistent": A natural way to emphasize a crucial point, ideal for explaining challenges or mistakes.
- "We all literally watch like the hair sways on you": Uses literally for emphasis, a common colloquial trick to add vividness to a statement.
- "That's okay": A simple yet powerful phrase to reassure someone, essential for empathetic communication.
Step-by-Step Shadowing Guide for This Video
Shadowing (or shadowspeak) is a proven technique to boost pronunciation and fluency. Here’s how to use it with this video:
Step 1: Listen and Absorb
Watch the video once without pausing. Focus on the rhythm—notice how the speakers pause, stress words, and use intonation to convey warmth. This helps you get comfortable with the natural pace of casual English.
Step 2: Break It Down
Choose 30-second clips. Pause after each sentence, then repeat it aloud, mimicking the tone and speed. Pay attention to phrases like "Mrs. Dog person"—the casual contraction and playful title show how native speakers simplify language for friendliness.
Step 3: Focus on Connected Speech
Notice how words link, like "I did this for you today" (no sharp stops between words). Practice blending sounds to sound more natural—key for IELTS speaking practice.
Step 4: Record and Compare
Record your shadowing, then play it alongside the video. Check if your stress and intonation match. This helps you spot gaps in your shadow speak technique.
Step 5: Practice Daily
Spend 10 minutes daily on this video. The casual dialogue makes it perfect for learning English with YouTube—you’ll pick up real-world phrases while building confidence.
By following these steps, you’ll turn a fun chat into a powerful tool for improving your speaking skills. Remember: consistency beats perfection!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been dying · I've been waiting |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I did say it, it would be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've always been · Have you started · I've said |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | would be honored · been sent · be seen |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.