Shadowing Practice: Unexpected Kisses We're Still Procesing Today - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Our first guest is one of the hottest movie stars on the planet.
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His new film, Alexander, is now in theaters.
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Please welcome the talented Colin Farrell.
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I've just been punked.
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Hi.
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In the best possible way.
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Hello, Sarah.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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I'm going to get in trouble when I get home.
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Really?
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Can I watch?
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Hi, honey.
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Hey, baby.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I'm not letting go.
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I feel bad.
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It just didn't work out.
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Hello.
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So you said before.
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Did you go, did you just go, hello?
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It was such a shy little hello.
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Feeble.
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Oh, well, I feel like you're going to get back on your feet soon, I think.
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Do you have trouble meeting girls?
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There you are.
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You're back on your feet already.
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Sooner than you thought.
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Now, seriously.
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I'll get over it.
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But it was tough at first.
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Yeah.
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It was tough.
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You must have lasted a good hour or two before meeting somebody.
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I've been to my mother a lot.
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Yeah?
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Yeah, like usually only twice a day,
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but this is a fourth time today.
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Have you had your heart broken seriously?
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Have I had it broken seriously?
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Mm-hm.
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It never gets broken funnily.
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No. Have I really?
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Ever?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I have.
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You have?
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Yeah.
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And is that why it's hard for you to commit?
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Is that why I haven't had a relationship in five years?
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That's why I have you here today,
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is to work out your problems.
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OK.
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No, but seriously, because it must be you have girls going nuts over you all the time.
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So it's easy for you to meet people.
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Yeah.
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Right?
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Sure.
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And I do meet them.
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Yeah.
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And I meet them, and we meet,
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and then we don't meet.
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Right.
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We un-meet.
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Yeah.
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But then you meet again?
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When you go back into town, maybe?
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Don't know where, don't know when.
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Yeah.
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But it's easier for you to just kind of,
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because you travel so much.
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Yeah, I travel a lot.
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Sweetheart, love of my life.
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I travel a lot.
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Yeah.
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And ever since I got burnt by you, I can't even function.
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Yeah.
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But that's nothing.
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Here's the news.
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Colin Farrell's on the show.
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That's fantastic.
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What will we be able to leave in when we do the interview?
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How much is going to be usable?
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The bird gag.
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Yeah.
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That'll be it.
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And I call my mom a lot.
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Yeah.
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Listen, I was thinking about you backstage.
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And I don't know if you're following this.
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I've been out here in Los Angeles.
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I haven't been following the news.
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But people were giving you grief about this George Bush picture.
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Right.
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But listen, you know I'm always with you.
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I'm on your side.
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The problem is, and this is a brilliant booking on your part,
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having me on the show.
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People have this picture in their mind of you and George Bush.
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What you need to do,
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in my opinion, is take a picture with me, making out with me.
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Oh.
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Now just hear me out.
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I know.
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It's hard.
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Your wife is here.
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I know.
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I know.
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I know.
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Honey, I'm just thinking, once people see me with you,
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no one's going to be thinking about George Bush.
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I see.
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Oh, that's true.
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That's my thought.
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I see.
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You know, in that picture,
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I was holding my phone.
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At that time, I was showing him a picture of one of your watercolors,
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because he paints also.
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And I was showing him one of the pictures that you sent me of the sand dunes and the grasses.
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Yeah, I like to paint watercolor.
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I had no idea that's what got you in trouble.
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That's what got me in trouble.
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I got everybody in trouble.
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I don't know how that all worked out.
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But yeah.
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I was showing him your face.
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Kiss me, Ellen.
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You're an amazing.
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Kissing a guy.
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Wait, get the picture.
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OK.
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Now you put this out there.
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All right.
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You OK with this?
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Nothing worse can happen to me now.
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When is the last time you kissed a guy like this, I mean?
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Like, wait, how are we going to kiss?
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Well, you want to erase the George Bush picture.
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No, we're not going to make out.
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Well, I don't mean tongue.
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No tongue.
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I mean, no tongue.
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No tongue.
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Because, you know, listen, I don't want to make you throw up already.
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No. Listen, just brace yourself.
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OK.
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When is the last time?
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Not that long ago.
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Oh, really?
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I kissed him on the lips.
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On the lips?
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Yes.
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Who did you kiss on the lips?
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Probably Colin Farrell.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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No kidding.
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Leo DiCaprio.
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Oh, those ugly guys?
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Yeah.
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Well, now you're going to kiss a hot guy.
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All right.
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Are you ready?
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I am.
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I sure am.
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This is the picture that is going to make America forget that you were sitting next to George W.
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Bush.
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You're so smart to do this.
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Here we go.
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Hold it.
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Oh, I'm a loser.
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Wait a second.
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Good job.
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There was, um, I think there was tongue.
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There was no tongue.
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There was no tongue.
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I feel you pushing a little bit.
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No, no, there was no tongue.
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I'm a married man.
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No. I'm a married woman.
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I know.
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I know.
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I had Howard Stern on the other day.
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Oh, yes.
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Yes.
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And then you did his radio show.
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He was in town.
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Yeah.
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And I think it's, I don't know if you feel this,
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I think it's surprising that we both like him and are friends with him.
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Yes.
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Because at one point, we may not have been.
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I think a lot of people may not have been at a certain point.
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He was mean for a while.
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He was a long time ago.
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He was definitely, that was his angle.
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Yeah, and he's a nice guy, right?
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He's a sweetheart.
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Really sweet.
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He's a big, like drink of tall, sweet water.
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What?
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Tall, sweet water?
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Tall, dark, and handsome sweet water.
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Were you going to say something else different about Howard?
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I would like to ask how this kiss happened with him.
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He asked for the kiss.
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He asked for the kiss?
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Yes.
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I don't normally just grant anyone who asks for a kiss.
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But he just- Will you tell me about it?
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What do you mean?
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Tell me, how was it?
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Did you enjoy it?
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Were you nervous?
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Did you get into it at all?
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Or was it just like- Yeah.
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Is this something that's going to turn you on?
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Do I need to- Why is this important to you?
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Not when we're with so many people.
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Yeah.
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I mean, it was pleasant.
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I mean, when was the last time you kissed a guy?
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Why is everyone so shocked?
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I kiss guys.
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I kiss guys like that.
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I don't make out with guys,
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but I kiss guys on the lips.
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OK.
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Yeah.
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When's the last time you kissed a girl on the lips?
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I don't.
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I don't kiss girls on the lips.
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No. .
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That's what they wanted to see.
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They've been wanting that for years.
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That's the last time I kissed a girl with a man.
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You have such soft lips.
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See, so do you.
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That's why I do what I do.
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Thank you.
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I get it.
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Yeah.
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I get it.
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No razor burn.
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Nope.
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Soft lips.
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I get it.
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Now, I feel like we've met before.
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Yeah, we met at some party.
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Do you remember this?
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I'm, I, I, sure.
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It was a party.
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I don't remember it that well.
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I don't know what that means,
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like what state of mind we were both in.
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But we kissed.
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Oh.
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Do you remember this?
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Tell me.
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I'm not making this up.
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No, maybe we did kiss.
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Tell me the party.
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Do you remember anything?
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Why did we kiss?
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I think it was a party.
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I don't know.
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It's just like we were talking and kissing came up.
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And then all of a sudden, we were kissing.
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Was it in?
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Do you remember this or not?
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I'm crazy.
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I'm fantasizing.
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I'm just.
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Was there a countdown involved?
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Was it New Year's Eve?
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No. Was it at Lannis' party, Lannis Morissette?
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No. I don't get invited to those parties.
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Yes, you were there.
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I saw you there a long time ago.
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Maybe it was like a Shirley MacLaine party.
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All right, forget it.
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I've never been to a Shirley MacLaine party.
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All right, forget it.
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Well, let's kiss now.
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No, she was at the party.
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Mmm.
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Did I tell you how great you were in Finding Nemo?
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You're incredible in that.
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I love you.
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I love you too.
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I love
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when we dress alike.
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Oh, so much fun.
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I like it.
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You look great.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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You look great, too.
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Thank you.
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Is it Ellen?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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All right, we're back with Jimmy Fallon,
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and we both like to play games,
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and we're gonna play a special Golden Globes edition of Speak Out.
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Jimmy is gonna put something in his mouth.
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Okay.
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And I don't think you know how to put it,
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and I don't know how to put it in either.
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Okay.
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But it goes in your mouth.
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So this goes in my mouth, like this?
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Huh?
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Uh-huh, no, not like that.
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Not like that, like this?
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No, no, I think that has to be like that.
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Wait, where?
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Nothing bends?
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What is this thing, first of all?
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What am I shoving in my mouth?
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What is, no one's gonna tell me what this thing is.
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I got it from my gynecologist.
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Okay.
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I know what this is.
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Yeah, yeah, I know what this is.
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I've seen this.
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All right.
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I think the curve don't say on that.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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This is what happens at the gynecologist?
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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Okay, all right.
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All right, so I'm gonna read this.
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See, I can understand you already.
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I know, so I had anything wrong.
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I'll do it, OK?
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So something that I maybe overheard at the Golden Globes.
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Yeah, something that I may overheard at the Golden Globes.
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Why is this show so long?
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Why is this show so long?
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This is good.
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I thought Tina and Amy were hosting.
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I'm laughing at that, yeah.
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You heard that.
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Jimmy's talent is so hot.
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Oh, you're good at this.
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You hardly, you don't really need your lips.
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I go to the gynecologist all the time.
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It's just years of practice.
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You know how it's good.
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Years of practice, yeah.
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Jimmy Fallon is so hot.
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Yeah.
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All right.
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Oh, good.
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What the heck?
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They're out of tequila.
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That's good.
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This is good for me.
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I actually talk better with this thing in my mouth than when I normally talk.
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You really do.
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And you look good, too.
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I do?
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Yeah.
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Can I have a kiss?
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Yeah.
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Uh-huh.
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Thank you.
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We're back with Shamar Moore,
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and we're going to play a game called Twister Hoopla,
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but we need some people to play with.
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So where are Vanessa Laguerre, Jerry Brown, Heather Freebird?
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All right.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Welcome.
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I miss you.
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Yeah.
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I miss you.
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Which one are you?
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I'm Heather.
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Hi, Heather.
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Where do you live?
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What do you do?
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I live in Carlsbad.
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I work in a hotel.
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All right.
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Yeah.
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Jerry Brown.
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Hi, Jerry Brown.
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How are you?
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I'm good.
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Good.
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You're winded, aren't you?
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You're so kind.
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No. Not at all.
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Not at all.
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All right.
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Where do you live?
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I live in Huntington Beach and I'm an executive assistant.
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Kind of.
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Her name is Squeaky.
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This is Squeaky.
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Oh my god!
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She loves you.
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You're Vanessa?
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Hi Vanessa.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Where do you live?
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What do you do?
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Oh, she's a beautiful girl.
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Hi.
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I live in Fresno.
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Where are you from?
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I'm from Haiti.
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She's from Haiti.
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Yes.
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I live in Fresno right now.
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Yes?
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Yes, I am.
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OK, great.
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I'm not gonna ask you to talk too much,
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because we actually know that you're a huge fan of Shamar's, right?
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So that means you're gonna play with him.
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He's your teammate, okay?
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All right, we'll take on games.
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All right.
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It's like Twister, basically.
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I'm gonna spin this thing,
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and let's say it landed on this.
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It would be green, and so you'd look for a green one,
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and it would be elbow to elbow.
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And so you'd find that,
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and you'd put that together.
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Yeah, you're a team, you're a team.
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Okay.
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And you can't drop one.
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So once you have something,
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make sure you have to probably move very slowly to not profit to get the next color, okay?
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Okay.
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All right, here we go.
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Is it a race who does it fastest?
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What is that, yellow?
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Head to shoulder, yellow, okay?
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Okay, good.
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Okay, you wanna do that?
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Okay, good, exactly, all right, good.
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All right, good.
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All right, hand to back.
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Hand to back blue.
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I'll get it.
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Which one?
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Blue.
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And hand it to hand to back.
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Hand it to me or my right hand?
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Hand to back?
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We're good.
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How are they doing?
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Look at that.
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All right.
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Head to head green.
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Green.
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Okay, green?
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Head to head green.
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Oh, this is going to be fun.
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This is going to be fun.
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Hi.
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Oh, nose to nose red.
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Oh, my God.
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OK.
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OK.
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Now, let's just double these up.
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Double these up.
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Come here.
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Come here.
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There you go.
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Take this one.
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Take this one.
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There you go.
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Oh, my goodness.
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I can't see it right now.
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I can't see it.
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I can't see.
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I can't even see it.
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We can't see.
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Uh-oh.
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Oh, another head-to-head green.
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How are we supposed to do that?
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We're already doing that.
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You got to add another one.
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Okay.
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Okay, you go back.
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Yay!
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We won!
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We won.
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Hey!
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She's already won.
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I think she's won.
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I know.
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I'm not going.
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I'm not going.
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I'm not going.
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You don't need any gifts.
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All right.
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You won, but you don't even need a gift now.
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But no one is going home empty handed.
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Each of you is getting a Nikon Coolpix digital camera and HP Cool.
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