1 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: Well, hi everybody, and welcome back. It's been three weeks 2 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: that we've been off on break. I took my little 3 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: one back to New York for the holidays. I got 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: to see almost all my kids, and not Chelse, she 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: was in Wisconsin, but everybody else I got to see 6 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: and you know, meet Parker's new girlfriend, and you know, 7 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: hang out with Jackie and Jeanie. I went to see 8 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: a couple movies. I went to see some Broadway shows, 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: of course, because when in New York, you've got to 10 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: see a Broadway show. It's the best part of living there, 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: it really is. I missed the Broadway life. I miss 12 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: not seeing a show, you know all the time. I 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: mean something about holding that waxy playbill and here in 14 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: the orchestra tune up and you're just like, here we go. 15 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: You know, it's like the best roller coaster ride in 16 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: the world if you ask me. But I'm a little biased, 17 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: being a New Yorker and all that. So God, that 18 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: first part of the year seems to you know, when 19 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: you still have kids in school, you go by the 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: school calendar, right, It's like it starts in June and 21 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: it ends in June, and it's just hard to believe 22 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: that we're here already. And great news in terms of 23 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: January is the guide dog training begins in a couple 24 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: weeks and I go away for ten days and I 25 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: get trained to be the handler of my kids' autism 26 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: service dog. And this is my new Year's resolution to 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: really stick to it and do good and connect and 28 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: you know, have this be the experience that I know 29 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,399 Speaker 1: it will be for my kiddo. So that's exciting. And 30 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: they just turned eleven. We had a birthday party at 31 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: a circus Dave and Busters, not technically at Damon Busters, 32 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: but it was called two Bit Circus or something, and 33 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: it was really wonderful virtual reality like mispac Man, arcade games, 34 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: carnival games. They had the greatest time and it was 35 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: so fun to see it really was. They did an 36 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: escape room at the end and they had to do 37 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: teamwork and all the eight of them or the nine 38 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: of them escape the escape room. You know, I always 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: thought an escape room really launched you in. I come 40 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: to find out it's not a case at all. You 41 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: can leave whenever you want, which makes me want to 42 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: try one now, because frankly I was too afraid to 43 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: ever go try an escape group. I thought, all these people, 44 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: nobody has anxiety but me. It's like making a billion 45 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: dollars a year, and I'm thinking that you may be 46 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: held captive, really, really people. There's things bouncing around my head. 47 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: You have no idea, no idea, people, So listen what 48 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: we thought we would do while we were away on 49 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: those three weeks. Laurie, my producer here, has been hard 50 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: at work getting all of the questions ready and I 51 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: have not heard any of them yet. But these are 52 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: all messages left by you, the loyal listener, and we 53 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: thank each and every one of you for leaving a message. 54 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: We got a whole bunch and we picked out some. 55 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: I haven't heard any of these questions, so it'll be 56 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: the first time I'm hearing it. And we're just gonna 57 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: go until the time runs out. So hit it. Let's go. 58 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Question or Viewer number one, Rosie. 59 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: I fell in love with you after watching you in 60 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: A League of their Own and Sleepless and See How, 61 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: And I was thrilled when you played Betty and the 62 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 2: Flintstones because it was one of my favorite childhood cartoons. 63 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: When you started your TV show in nineteen ninety six, 64 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: I was pregnant with my first child. Although we didn't 65 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: know the baby's gender, we had chosen the name Brandon 66 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: early on in the pregnancy. However, the pregnancy was difficult 67 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: and I was put in bed rest right around the 68 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 2: time your TV show aired. My grandmother came to stay 69 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: with me to help out, and we watched your show 70 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: every single day. It was an absolute highlight, and Grandma 71 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: fell in love with you too as we listened to 72 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 2: the stories about your son. We also fell in love 73 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 2: with a name Parker and decided to change my baby's name. 74 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: We had to explain that to my husband when he 75 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: got home that night, but Grandma just told him that 76 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 2: that was the way it was going to be. On 77 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 2: August twenty seventh, I gave birth to my premi baby 78 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: boy named Parker, who would have been Brandon if it 79 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: wasn't for you. My question actually is about your podcast 80 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 2: theme song. Who is a composer and why did you 81 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 2: choose it? Compared to your TV themes, which was entertaining, 82 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: hyped up and energetic, your podcast theme is more calming 83 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: and serene. Both themes set the mood appropriately. Your TV 84 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: show was exciting and animated, whereas your podcast is more 85 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 2: tranquil and thought provoking. They show two sides of you, 86 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: which I admire both very much. Thank you for being 87 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: a part of our lives for so many years and 88 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: for allowing us to feel a part of yours. 89 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: I bet you got all a's in school. That was 90 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: like most beautifully written little essay and it was very touching. 91 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for that. You know, my Parker 92 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: was a pre me too, and he's a tall six foot, 93 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: big old man now, you know, so as I'm sure 94 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: yours is as well, because they're they're twenty eight now right, Wow, 95 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: it's hard to believe, you know, it's that many years 96 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: have gone by. But the song, the song that you're 97 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: talking about is Andre Simone, who is really an unbelievably 98 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: talented songwriter and he played with Prince. He's you know, 99 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: listen google him Andre Simone and the Simone is see 100 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: why mo on e and what you know, we share 101 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: a love of Joni Mitchell. He and I were both 102 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: talking about that and I was like kicking it around. 103 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: I'm like something that evokes the mood of the Joni 104 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: Mitchell piano pieces, and he came up with that beautiful song. 105 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: That's where we get the song from, so thank you 106 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: for that. And yeah, the first show was, you know, 107 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,119 Speaker 1: very much an entertainment kind of bump bump, bump bomb quick, 108 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: you know. And definitely the podcast is an older, more mature, 109 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: less quick kind of pace. And isn't that the evolution 110 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: of life in some ways? 111 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 3: Right? 112 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: Who you are in your thirties or forties, you know, 113 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: who you are in your sixties. A lot changes in 114 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: between those times. You know, all Right, who do we 115 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: got next? 116 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 3: Hey, Rosie, my name's Amanda. I feel like I've grown 117 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: up with you. I was in high school when your 118 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 3: show started, and I never missed it. I was lucky 119 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: enough to be in your studio audience twice, and I 120 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: saw you in Susicle and you were so kind to 121 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 3: me at the stage door. We even got a photo together, 122 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 3: which just made my life at the time. You have 123 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 3: no idea. Like so many, your show helped develop my 124 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 3: love for Broadway. I majored in music in college, and 125 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: after I graduated, I moved to New York City and 126 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 3: even worked for a Broadway producer for a while and 127 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: had some other really cool music jobs. I have two 128 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: daughters now and am a preschool music teacher. Which is 129 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 3: so fun. But anyway, my question for you is a 130 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 3: very scary topic. Teenagers. My oldest is ten, and I'm 131 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: already getting attitude and a lot of very strong feelings 132 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 3: from her. I'm so out of my element and I'm 133 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 3: just learning. 134 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: As I go. 135 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 3: I wasn't ready for this to start at age ten. 136 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 3: I thought I had a few more years left. Are 137 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 3: girl teenage years harder for moms? I don't know any 138 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 3: advice for me. 139 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: Who Well, wonderful, wonderful question, honestly, and I have to 140 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: tell the truth. I am a much better parent two 141 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: young kids than I am to teenagers. I struggled a 142 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: lot during their teenage years. I mean a real lot. 143 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: You know. I have gone through a lot of therapy 144 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: to figure out why I did the things that I 145 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: did in the way that I did based on what 146 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: I imagined would happen when I had my own kids. 147 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's hard. And my eleven year old here 148 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: is in those teenage stage as well, and then you 149 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 1: add a layer of autism on top of that, and 150 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: that's going to be an interesting ride. I can already feel. 151 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: You know, the biggest thing is to keep communication open 152 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: and to know and I never knew this because my 153 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: mom died before I was a teen, so I didn't 154 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: push against anyone to you know, figure out who I 155 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: was not in the shadow of my mother. And children 156 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: have to do that, they have to push away from you. 157 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: But when Parker did it first one my oldest, I 158 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: was a basket case hysterical. I made him go to 159 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: therapy with me. I was crying, saying, you know, he 160 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 1: doesn't spend time with me, he never talks to me. 161 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: Weas a go to the movies, and I cried for 162 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: forty minutes and finally the wonderful guy he said to him, 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: do you have anything to say? And he said, yeah, 164 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: can you adjust her medication? Which you know is funny 165 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: it it's in my act, but it's a true story, 166 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, And he was right. I was having, you know, 167 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: such a hard time having ever kind of experienced it 168 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: at dealing with it. So it's hard, man, it's hard. 169 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: It really is. To stay as close as you can 170 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: to them, is all I can say, even though they're 171 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: going to push you away and be embarrassed of you, 172 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: and you know, all those things. But I think there's 173 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: no such thing as over loving a kid. I really don't, 174 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: so I don't know if we should take parenting tips 175 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: for me, but that's that's what I would say. Stay 176 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: as close as you can, love love, love love them, 177 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: and know that they're confused and their hormones are everywhere. 178 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: And you know, Inside Out is coming out with a 179 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: new version Inside Out too in the summer, and it's 180 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: all about puberty. And I think that that's going to 181 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: be so helpful to so many parents of teens. And 182 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see it, and neither can Clay. 183 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: They're very excited about that film, and I'm so thankful 184 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: Amy Palmer genius, really genius. That film's genius. Okay, we 185 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 1: got another question. Here we go. 186 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 4: Hi Rosie, Hello from North Dakota. My name is Greg 187 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 4: and wow, you are an amazing interviewer. I guess I 188 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 4: should have known that because of all your experience with 189 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: your TV show and all that. But thank you so 190 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 4: much for your podcast. I've got a long commute and 191 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 4: it's a great day when I have a new podcast 192 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 4: of yours to listen to, So thank you so much. 193 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 4: The reason why I'm making this recording is that I 194 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 4: was listening to the interview with Sophie B. Hawkings, and 195 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 4: you all started to talk about parenting without a partner, 196 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 4: and it just cut right through me. As a matter 197 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 4: of fact, I had to pull the car over out 198 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 4: in the middle of nowhere and just sit and listen 199 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: to the rest of the interview undistracted. My situation is 200 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 4: that I'm a saying old dad. My husband at the 201 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 4: time had children, and I was ambivalent about it. I 202 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 4: didn't think that I would be a good dad. No 203 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: one in my life I don't think thought that I 204 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 4: would be a good dad. It wasn't anything I'd ever 205 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 4: thought about for myself. And we fostered these three amazing kids, 206 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 4: survivors of extreme trauma, little gods of chaos, and I 207 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 4: just absolutely fell in love with it, discovered a part 208 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 4: of myself that I didn't know existed. And unfortunately, my 209 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: husband discovered that this wasn't really for him, and I 210 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 4: went on to adopt all three kids. None of my 211 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 4: friends or family have ever been able to understand how 212 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: I can be okay with my husband's leaving. But I 213 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: heard you all say, it's just I didn't want to 214 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: be a parent with someone who didn't want to be 215 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 4: a parent, and being a parent was pretty much all 216 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 4: I wanted to do. Anyway. You were talking about therapy 217 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: and stuff like that, but you know that whole saying 218 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 4: you can't pour from an empty cup, and I really 219 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 4: struggle with that. So I just wanted to hear you 220 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 4: comment more about how you keep yourself in a place 221 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 4: where you can be fully present for your kids. You know, 222 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 4: I try a bunch of little things, like I may 223 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 4: take an extra moment when I'm out grocery shopping to 224 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 4: get an ice cream, or I might you know, listen 225 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 4: to your podcast, or you know, you know, get up 226 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 4: a few minutes early so I can have a few 227 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 4: minutes to collect my thoughts. You know, I have lots 228 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 4: of little ways, but I just wanted to hear you 229 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 4: talk a little bit more about that. Anyway, I could 230 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 4: go on forever. Thank you so much for your for 231 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 4: your podcast, and I don't know what else to say, 232 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 4: so I'll just say, uh, say goodbye, okay. 233 00:13:54,920 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: Joe, thank you so much, so sweet. I love these 234 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: I always imagine where you're sitting and if you're talking 235 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: into your you know phone, or how you're doing it, 236 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: and you know, such a warm feeling from your voice, 237 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: and good for you. You know that these children found 238 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: their way to you, and that awakened your sense of 239 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: being a parent and how important that is in your 240 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: life and world. And even if people don't understand, you 241 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: know there you know, there are are people that have 242 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: a certainty that they will parent from the time they're 243 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: on the earth, you know. And I was one of 244 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: those people, you know, I just was I was certain 245 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: I wanted to have a lot of children. And how 246 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: we came to be, you know, in this family, it 247 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: has has its own story, as every family does. And 248 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: I think that I parented with Kelly for the first 249 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: four and then alone for this last one. Clay also 250 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: known as Dakota. I know it's still confusing to some people, 251 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: but they're going by Clay and the pronouns are they 252 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: them And that's okay with me, And I know some 253 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: people have trouble with it. I'm just glad that you're 254 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: not parenting them, okay. So I would say that parenting 255 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: as a single parent has advantages. You know, Now, what 256 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: do you do for yourself? That's something that I need 257 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: to take notes on, like, you know, self care and 258 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: knowing that you're you know, a separate person who gets 259 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: to have friends and a life and go do things 260 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: and not always just be home with your kid who 261 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: likes to be home all the time. You know, that's 262 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: kind of a tough thing to do. But I think 263 00:15:54,680 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: that the more connected you are to your family, the 264 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: better you feel as a human. And and you know 265 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: you have a strong desire to parent. That's all you 266 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: want to do, is what you said. And I totally 267 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: understand that. I totally understand it, and I think it's 268 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: wonderful I do. But take care of yourself first, and 269 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: you know, put on your life mask first. That's what 270 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: they say. I'm sure I would put theirs on first 271 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: and then grab mine, which is against the rules and 272 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: not the way one should do it. Fully understand, I 273 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: fully understand. Thank you for that. We're going to take 274 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: a little break. We'll be back with more questions from you. 275 00:16:38,840 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: Are fabulous listeners. Okay, so we got another question from you, 276 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: the loyal listener. 277 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 5: Here we go, Hi, Rosie, this is Marianne in New Jersey. 278 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 5: I actually have two questions for you. One is, did 279 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 5: you ever feel a frustration or difficulty that you weren't 280 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 5: able to come out during your show? Was it the 281 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 5: people around you? Was it the network that kind of 282 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 5: told you that wouldn't be a good idea. I remember 283 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 5: in nineteen ninety nine that I made a conscious decision 284 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 5: that I was tired, that I wanted to live a 285 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 5: different life. I'm a physician, and my wife and I 286 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 5: both made the conscious decision that we were going to 287 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 5: live out from that point on. It was the best 288 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 5: decision we ever made. Sadly, I lost her about five 289 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 5: years ago, but from nineteen ninety nine on until her death, 290 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 5: we lived an open life. The second question I have 291 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 5: has to do is Broadway. My friends have a joke 292 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 5: that they think a more gay guy than gay girl 293 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 5: because I suck at sports and I love musical theater. 294 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 5: But the question is, do you remember a defining performance 295 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 5: that you sat there and you thought, oh, my good lord, 296 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 5: how did this person do this? I remember seeing Jacqueline 297 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 5: Hyde with Linda Etter and Robert Cucciolo, and he finished 298 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 5: that performance where he was transforming from one to the other, 299 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 5: and I just kept saying to people, if I didn't 300 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 5: see it live, I wouldn't believe that a human being 301 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 5: could do that. That he sang both parts of both 302 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 5: sides of his alter ego at the same time. In 303 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 5: the podcast, and thanks for everything you do. 304 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: Thank you very sweet, Thank you so much. I'm sorry 305 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: about the loss of your partner, your spouse. Yeah, listen, 306 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: you know, nobody ever told me not to come out. 307 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: It was more just the times that we were in. 308 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: You know, when I took the job, I told Warner 309 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: Brothers that I was gay and that I didn't think 310 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: I would ever come out and say it. At the time, 311 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: people weren't out, you know, when we started the show 312 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: and talks in like ninety five, and there was no 313 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: Will and Grace, there was no you know, I don't know. 314 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: That just was a different time. It was a different culture, 315 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: and people didn't ask in interviews, and there was no Internet, 316 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: and you know, I mean everybody who knew me in 317 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: my life knew that I was gay. You know. At 318 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: the award shows, I always brought Kelly and you know, 319 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: sat next to her. And I don't know, I mean, 320 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: I think that it is such a better thing when 321 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: you get to live your authentic self, no matter what 322 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: the circumstances are for you. I agree with you so 323 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: much in terms of just not compromising for you know, 324 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: for yourself, not compromising and you know, staying true to 325 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: who you are and all of those things. But you know, 326 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: I do wish that I could have come out sooner, 327 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: but I don't think I could have. You know, you 328 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: don't scream in a flower bloom. It blooms when it's ready, 329 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, And so I don't know. I don't know 330 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: about that. And as for Broadway, God, there are so many. 331 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: I would say, you know, Patty Lapone is Eva Perone, 332 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: Come on, Ava Parone had every disadvantage you need if 333 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: you want to succeed. I would say, Jennifer Holliday and 334 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: dream Girls when those child times hit Kong Hung and 335 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: I am telling you, you know, uh, those were unreal 336 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: moments of theater. I could not believe when I first 337 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: saw the animals coming down the aisle in the Lion King, 338 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: I was overwhelmed with emotion. I was started sobbing. Wheels 339 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: of a dream Audrey McDonald, Brian Stokes, Mitchell when they 340 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: sang that in Ragtime. You know, I loved the musical Titanic. 341 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: I loved Sweeney Todd with the newest production with Annalie 342 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: and Josh Grobin. Oh my god, there's so many. I Jake, 343 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: Jill and All and Sunday in the Park with George. 344 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: He was astounding. That was a performance Christine Eversoll and 345 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: Grey Gardens, where it seemed like she wasn't even acting, 346 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: where it seemed like she was channeling Edie, you know, 347 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: Adie Beale. I've been so lucky to see so many 348 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: unbelievable performances. I remember Judy Dench in Uh, I think 349 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: it was called Amy's Room or Amy's View, and there 350 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: was a scene where she was talking to the man 351 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: behind her and she was looking in a mirror, but 352 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: of course there was no mirror there because we were 353 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: sitting in the audience. But where she put her eye 354 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: and how she was looking at him while talking to 355 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,360 Speaker 1: him was like the most magnificent moment of acting I've 356 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: ever seen in my life. I couldn't believe it. It 357 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: was so precise and excellent. I've been lucky. I've seen 358 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: so many glorious, glorious performances on Broadway. Kristin Chenowith and 359 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: Charlie Brown, you know her, and Adina Menzel and in Wicked. 360 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: Come on, I mean, really, there were so many I 361 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: can't even I can't even think of them all. But 362 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: I love Broadway so much, and I loved the one 363 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: that you talked about Linda Edar and Robert Cuccioli. Uh, 364 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny. I took one of my nieces 365 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: with me to see that, and one of them leaned 366 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: over and said to me, I think he's on a 367 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: harness on a pole. It's like I think you've seen 368 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: too many shows long, young one. Yes, he's on horn. 369 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: It's not a pole, but come on, just go with it. Anyway, 370 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you for that, and uh, 371 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: thanks for your question and for your listenership. Okay, who 372 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: do you got next? Hi? 373 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 6: Rosie Friday is Sina and falling from Ohio. I went 374 00:23:54,680 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 6: so concerned about you several episodes ago than Hunt. Your 375 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 6: voice was so low and he sounded so down. 376 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 2: I was freaking out. 377 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 6: I was like, something's going on, something's happening to you. 378 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 6: I was really really concerned. And then I realized that 379 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 6: I was playing your podcast at seventy five speed I 380 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 6: don't know the one lower than one, and I busted 381 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 6: out laughing. So I was very happy to hear your 382 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 6: voice is back and you sounded the way you always sound. Anyway, 383 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 6: my question to you is are you going to write 384 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 6: a new book? I love hearing your voice again. I've 385 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 6: missed your show and I would like to just keep 386 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 6: listening to you so you keep going onwards. Thanks, thank 387 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 6: you very much for being a bright light and a 388 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 6: beacon in the dark miserable time that we are trying 389 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 6: to get through. Bye. 390 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: Totally totally hear you on that, Dina. I mean that 391 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: was hysterical. I was cracking up as you were telling 392 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: the story. I was first thinking, God, you know what, 393 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: that was probably the night that I heard from so 394 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: and so, Like I was thinking, she really did hear something, right, 395 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: But then that's even funnier. It reminds me of the 396 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: story when I got a new car and yeah, I 397 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: hadn't had had seat warmers, and I go and I'm 398 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: sure I have some sciatica because every time I sit 399 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: in my car, my legs are on fire. And the 400 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 1: doctor literally looked at me and said, you have a 401 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: new car. Those are seat warmers. Just turn them off 402 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: and then you your legs won't be on fire. It 403 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: was the most embarrassing thing I think that ever happened 404 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: to me in a doctor's office. And trust me, there's 405 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: a lot of runners up for number one place, but 406 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: that's I think number one so that was very funny. 407 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: I am going to write a new book. Answer to 408 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: your question, Yes, I was going to write a book 409 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: that I wrote started a book that's titled Raising Dakota, 410 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,199 Speaker 1: and now it's going to be called Raising Clay. And 411 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: it's just about one autistic kid and you know, one 412 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: mom trying to figure it out. And I'm not an expert. 413 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: I don't claim to be. I don't have all the 414 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: answers I'm learning. There's no roadmap. You know, you got 415 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: to advocate for your kid and do the best that 416 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: you can. And you know, mysterious sometimes crazy, you know 417 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: ways that that it doesn't usually go down in in life. 418 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: And I have I've found such joy, truthfully, in this 419 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: relationship with this human I have found nothing but curiosity 420 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: and excitement and the desire to really understand and know 421 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: who they are and what they're about and to support 422 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: that as best I can. And so you know, that's 423 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: what the book's going to be about. It's going to 424 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: be called Raising Clay. And people will be very confused. 425 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: All right. We got Beth next to Beth. 426 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 7: Hello, Rosie, this is Beth, and I am also in 427 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 7: that last third of my life. I turned sixty five 428 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 7: this year. I know you are just a few years 429 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 7: younger than me, but I'm also trying to figure out 430 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 7: what to do with this part of my life now 431 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 7: that I'm a retired art teacher. Wanted to talk to 432 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 7: you a little bit about pronouns. My child, Anna, who 433 00:27:56,160 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 7: was born in ninety seven on your birthday, March first, 434 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 7: has just come out as non binary and chooses to 435 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 7: use them pronouns, as well as their partner, who is 436 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 7: also non binary and uses they them pronouns. And I 437 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 7: really respect their choice and their authentic identity and want 438 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 7: to use those pronouns, but I know that, like you, 439 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 7: I sometimes slip up and use their dead pronouns, the 440 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 7: ones that they were given when they were identified as 441 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 7: a certain gender at birth. So I just was wondering 442 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 7: if you would like to talk about that, and the 443 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 7: fact that your child came out as non binary at 444 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 7: a much younger age, and how you're dealing with that, 445 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 7: and anything you'd like to say about that. Thank you, babbye. 446 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: Babe, bye, Thank you, Beth. I've always wanted to have 447 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: an art teacher as a mother. I think that would 448 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: be a great thing. 449 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 3: Right. 450 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: You do crafts all day, long, that would be my dream. Yeah. 451 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 1: My kid born Dakota last year said to me that 452 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: her stuffed animals were non binary, and I said, really, 453 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Because I thought, how does she 454 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: even know what that is, you know? And she said, well, 455 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: it's when they don't think they're a girl and they 456 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: don't think they're a boy. And I said, okay, and 457 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 1: which one of yours is non binary? And she said 458 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: well most of them. And I said okay, all right, 459 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: and that was kind of the end of that subject. 460 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,719 Speaker 1: Then a couple months later, she said to me, do 461 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: you know that there are some kids in my class 462 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: who don't know their gender? And I said, yeah, why 463 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: don't you tell them when they're in the shower. Take 464 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: a look downtown, you know, And she goes, Mommy, that's 465 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: not gender, that's your physical body. That's finite. Gender is infinite. 466 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: Gender is infinite. I don't know where they got this 467 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: information from. It was certainly not from me, because I 468 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: find that I'm learning from them. I'm learning. And so 469 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: when they finally told me that they were non binary, 470 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: and I said, well, that's fantastic that you know that 471 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: about yourself. Wonderful news, you know. And then they asked 472 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: if I was non binary, and I said, no, I 473 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: am a gay woman. I am not non binary. I 474 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: know that I'm a woman and I like being a woman. 475 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: And she said okay. They said okay. So they also 476 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: said at that time when they said they were non binary, 477 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: that they prefer they them pronouns. And I said, all right, Well, 478 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: my sixty two year old brain, with those synapses and 479 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: neurons made their little tunnel holes in my brain. It 480 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: goes down the she shoe right, But you know, I 481 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: was listening to her. Ah, So I went so far 482 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: as to get they tattooed on my wrist so that 483 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: I would look at it and remember. And you know, 484 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: it matters so much to Clay, It matters so much 485 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: to them when I get it right. That I'm trying 486 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: with all my might, but sometimes I just mess up, 487 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: you know, And I think grace has to be given 488 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: to those of us who are a little bit older, 489 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: you know. And I will tell you that her friends 490 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: have no problem. Everybody in her school no problem. The 491 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: older teachers. Me and the older teachers are the ones 492 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: who mess up a lot. You know. It's funny when 493 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: I do say she in front of them, she will 494 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: say to me, or they will say to me, they 495 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: did it again. They will say to me, your tattoo 496 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: isn't working, as if I got it on there and 497 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: it would go right to my brain. But yeah, so 498 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: good luck luck. Would that be loving? That's all you have? 499 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: You know how to do that. You're an art teacher. 500 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: You know you can't make art without heart, right, so listen. Uh, 501 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: just keep loving them, that's it. Just keep loving them. 502 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: And you know what, imagine what it's like to be 503 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: a youngster today, somebody coming into their own and having 504 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: hormones all of a sudden and knowing all the various 505 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: options and choices. It's like it. I mean, it's it's 506 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: unbelievable that we've come this far as a human species 507 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: to be able to be accepting and understanding of the 508 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: different types of human beings that are on this planet, 509 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: all equal. You know. It's it's an amazing time to 510 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: be alive. I can tell you that. All right, Becky, 511 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 1: I think is up next? Becky bro Yeah, Hi, Hi, 512 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: my name's Becky. Hi, Becky Poorland, Oregon. 513 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 8: I've been a fan of yours for many, many years, 514 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 8: and the question I have for you is you were 515 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 8: friends of David Bowie. I love David Bowie. I miss him. 516 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 8: Can you give a couple examples of how you saw 517 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 8: how incredibly creative he was beyond his music, and also 518 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 8: what was he like as a friend. I'd really be 519 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 8: curious to know that. Anyway, Happy twenty twenty four, Thanks 520 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 8: ro Hey. 521 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: And you know what today happens to be Bowie's birthday. 522 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: You know, he would have been seventy seven years old. 523 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: Can you imagine David Bowie seventy seven? He was a lovely, lovely, 524 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: charming man. And I met him when I did a 525 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: movie with Emon, a movie called Exit to Eden, possibly 526 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: the worst film ever made, and Amon was in it, 527 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: and I met David through her. And you know, I 528 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: was not a David Bowie fan before, you know, like 529 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: I knew, I didn't. I wasn't a Bowie fan. I 530 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: was a Barry Manilow, Barber Streis, say Bette Midler. I 531 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, I felt like David Bowie was a little 532 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,720 Speaker 1: bit scary, right. It was like a black T shirt. 533 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 9: You know. 534 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: I was not a black T shirt kind of girl 535 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: in high school, and so I was not I didn't 536 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: know any of his work when I worked with them 537 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: on and then of course I was schooled in it. 538 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: And he thought it was funny that the only song 539 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: that I knew of his start to finish was China Girl, 540 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: and he was like, my song, ever, how could you 541 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 1: possibly like that song? 542 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 3: You know? 543 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: And he was very very sweet and very loving and 544 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: very funny. He told dirty jokes a lot, and he 545 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: loved his wife and his kid. And I think that 546 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,879 Speaker 1: it was truly a joy of my life to get 547 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: to be in his orbit for certain amount of time. 548 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: You know, he was one of the most inventive, creative 549 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: artists in the world ever. And in his house in 550 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 1: Saint Croix or was it Jamaica, that was maybe Bermuda. 551 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: I stayed it a couple of their houses, but one 552 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: of them was right on the beach, and I think 553 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 1: it was maybe it was Jamaica. But he had this 554 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 1: huge art studio, like huge, like a and and all 555 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 1: of his different canvases going at once and true artist, 556 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: true artist, every everything that he lived and did. I 557 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: think it was through the those beautiful miscolored eyes. You know, 558 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: he's an artist through and through. For sure. We're going 559 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: to take a little break. We'll be back with more 560 00:35:49,600 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: questions from you are fabulous listeners. 561 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 9: Hey, Rosie, this is Julie from North Carolina. I'm actually 562 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 9: new to Rosie. I'm the same age as you, and 563 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 9: somehow I really never ended up watching your show. I 564 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 9: think I always was working, but I stumbled across you 565 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 9: now later in life, and I've listened to all your 566 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 9: podcasts and I've really enjoyed getting to know you. So 567 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 9: you said you were going to do a show on questions, 568 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 9: and I have a couple of questions for you. One is, 569 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 9: can you give an update on your housing situation. I 570 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 9: remember listening to one of your podcasts where you were 571 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 9: living You're the Ocean and you were you saw dolphins 572 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 9: or whales or something like that, and I think Clay 573 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 9: really wanted to move, and so I think you were 574 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 9: going to be moving. And then could you also give. 575 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 7: An update on your weight loss. 576 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 9: I think you shared that you were using like We'll 577 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 9: go be your a zumbig or something like that, one 578 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,480 Speaker 9: of those and you'd had a lot of success with 579 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 9: it and just wanted to see how that was still 580 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 9: going and maybe just give us an update. Thanks so much, 581 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 9: it's really been a pleasure getting to know you. 582 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 5: Every week awbye. 583 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Joy. That's so nice of you all 584 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: those things that you said. And isn't it funny how 585 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 1: you can miss somebody's height of their career, Like I 586 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: feel like that happened to me with Paul Rudd. I 587 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 1: don't know why. Somehow I never like got to see 588 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: him until something way after he was already famous. I 589 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: don't know. Can miss somebody you know, and then you 590 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,319 Speaker 1: catch them on a podcast and go, oh that's I yeah, 591 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 1: I remember her. The house on the beach was just 592 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: for a year. I turned sixty and as a gift 593 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 1: to myself I rented a house on the beach in 594 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 1: Malibu for one year. And I knew it was going 595 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,879 Speaker 1: to be for one year because first of all, it's 596 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: way too expensive for me to live there and justify 597 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,200 Speaker 1: the cost. And it's very isolating when you're out there, 598 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 1: although it's gorgeous and beautiful, and Clay did not like 599 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:37,800 Speaker 1: the incessant noise of the ocean. It was very annoying 600 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: to her ability or their ability to focus and gave 601 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: her anxiety worrying about tsunamis and flooding. So we did 602 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 1: a year there and now we're in Santa Monica in 603 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 1: a lovely house, and we still have the place in 604 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 1: New York as well, and we're just trying to figure 605 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,000 Speaker 1: out what's the right way to go in terms of 606 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: places to live. When I thought I was going to 607 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: be working on a series and it only went for 608 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: one season, and so I don't have workout here, and 609 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 1: you know, we might need a different kind of school 610 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,799 Speaker 1: for Clay now after their assessment that we got them, 611 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,960 Speaker 1: which you know was so very helpful, the UCLA Assessment 612 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 1: for autism. And I know it's very costly and not 613 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: that many people can afford it, and very few insurances 614 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:38,400 Speaker 1: cover it. So I'm fortunate in so many ways because 615 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:43,200 Speaker 1: of that, and I wish it was available for everyone, 616 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 1: just like I wish Munjarro, which is what I am on. 617 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,960 Speaker 1: A year ago, my doctor put me on on December sixteenth, 618 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,319 Speaker 1: put me on Munjaro and told me I had Type 619 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: two diabetes. I was right at a seven, which is 620 00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 1: your A one C number, and that's seven means you're 621 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: a diabetic. Anything like a six nine you're three or 622 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: pre diabetic. You know, fives are good, sixes and sevens 623 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: are not, and anything above a seven is dangerous. So 624 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 1: now I'm a five, which is really good. In one 625 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:23,440 Speaker 1: year and I've lost about thirty something pounds. You know, 626 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 1: I have to say that I didn't know exactly how 627 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,880 Speaker 1: much I weighed when I started because I didn't realize 628 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,760 Speaker 1: that the weight loss part of it. She didn't explain 629 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,719 Speaker 1: the weight loss part of it, and it wasn't that known. 630 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 1: The only commercial that was on TV was that woman 631 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,360 Speaker 1: singing about you know ozembic and the pond and the fountain, 632 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: you know that woman in the blue outfit. It's a 633 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,880 Speaker 1: very annoying commercial. That one was on. But I didn't 634 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: know that it was going to make weight loss come 635 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: off quickly. Until the weight loss came off quickly, and 636 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,000 Speaker 1: I called my doctrines, said something happened. I lost eleven pounds. 637 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 1: They're like, well, that's a result of the medicine you're on. 638 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,120 Speaker 1: I was like really, And then I found out not 639 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,879 Speaker 1: only is it a result, it's uh, it turns off 640 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: the food noise in your head, which only people, I 641 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: think who suffer from obesity will understand what that really means. 642 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:28,400 Speaker 1: Anyone who has lived as an obese person knows the 643 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 1: struggle with your brain never stopping, craving, wanting, thinking about food. 644 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 1: So now that's done, and I hope to be on 645 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: this for the rest of my life. I mean, really 646 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: diabetic medication, if you go off of it, then your 647 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,839 Speaker 1: diabetes numbers goes right back up. So I don't plan 648 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,320 Speaker 1: on going off of it. But you know, I'm okay 649 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,720 Speaker 1: slow and steady with a pound every two weeks, maybe 650 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,160 Speaker 1: two pounds a month. I'm okay with you know, the 651 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:05,400 Speaker 1: pace that it's been going. And I feel very, very 652 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,239 Speaker 1: very strongly that this medication is life saving for so 653 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,480 Speaker 1: many people who struggle with obesity and the disease of obesity, 654 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: and this medicine does so much to cure it that 655 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:26,279 Speaker 1: I'm a very proud supporter of Munjaro for type two diabetics. 656 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,800 Speaker 1: And the results that I have gotten from my doctor 657 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,600 Speaker 1: on all my numbers have been phenomenal. So I'm grateful, 658 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,959 Speaker 1: and I only wish that everybody could have a chance 659 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 1: to have it, because it just doesn't seem fair. You know. 660 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,160 Speaker 1: I had my friend Lisa here, who's you know, had 661 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: to wait stuff her whole life, and and you know, 662 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 1: she's been bigger, she's been smaller, and I said, well, 663 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,840 Speaker 1: why don't you try you know, one of these we 664 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: go via. She has no diabetic issues, she's only you know, 665 00:42:56,239 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 1: in her forties, so but the doctors won't give it 666 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: to her. You know, she can't get a doctor to 667 00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:08,279 Speaker 1: prescribe it. I don't understand. I don't understand. I just 668 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: wish that there was a way that they could do that, because, 669 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, some people don't need it and 670 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,040 Speaker 1: are taking it, and that's a whole other story. But 671 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,359 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into that. But that's how 672 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing on both of those topics. I'm safe away 673 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: from the water. Although I would love to live on 674 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,240 Speaker 1: the beach the rest of my life. I would. Okay, 675 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,360 Speaker 1: here's our next one. 676 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, I have a question for you, Rosie o'donald. 677 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 2: You said you were leaving the country when President Trump 678 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 2: was elected, so why are you still here? 679 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:41,280 Speaker 5: Liar? 680 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:54,879 Speaker 1: Okay, Hi, Rosie o'donald. No, d oh, Rosie O'Donnell. Two 681 00:43:55,040 --> 00:44:01,200 Speaker 1: l's two ends. Yeah, listen, surprise that you left a 682 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:07,560 Speaker 1: voice message. I never said that I was going to 683 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,359 Speaker 1: move out of the country. Never said it. I didn't 684 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,040 Speaker 1: say it once, So that would mean I'm not a 685 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,279 Speaker 1: liar because I never said it. But the people on 686 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:22,960 Speaker 1: Fox News who told you that I said it. They're 687 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:27,600 Speaker 1: the liars, right, because if I had said it, there 688 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,200 Speaker 1: would be a video tape of it and it would 689 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: play incessantly. I never said it. I would never leave 690 00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:38,640 Speaker 1: the United States of America. I love my country and 691 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:43,040 Speaker 1: yours here in America, where we have freedom, where we 692 00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:48,319 Speaker 1: still are hanging on to our democracy, where we're you know, 693 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,279 Speaker 1: we're a good people, the American people, and we have 694 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: to remember that. Before you know, this man appeared and 695 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:01,719 Speaker 1: it all went to hell in a handbasket. So let's 696 00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,720 Speaker 1: hold on tight as we get through to November. But listen, 697 00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:10,880 Speaker 1: whatever your name is, thank you for calling, and peace 698 00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:17,160 Speaker 1: be unto you. Love you, Rosie o'donald. We'll be back 699 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: with more after this. I hope you enjoyed that. I 700 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,879 Speaker 1: know that I did, so listen. In two weeks, we're 701 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,320 Speaker 1: going to do the same with some of the questions 702 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,200 Speaker 1: and comments you all sent in about the Lyle Menendez episode. 703 00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,360 Speaker 1: But next week my guest will be the fabulous, talented 704 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:50,279 Speaker 1: singer actor friend Jimmy Smuggle A SMUGGLEA. We first met 705 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,560 Speaker 1: when he was an audience member on my talk show. 706 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,279 Speaker 1: We were playing some silly game and the audience, show 707 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,840 Speaker 1: me your talent, and he said he could sing, and boy, 708 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,279 Speaker 1: that was an understatement. This guy can. He's done like 709 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,120 Speaker 1: eight Broadway shows since, and he's currently starring in Spam 710 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:10,560 Speaker 1: a lot on Broadway. And I just really love the guy. 711 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,440 Speaker 1: And we've been friends for a long time, ever since 712 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,280 Speaker 1: my show. And he's going to be here on Arnward 713 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 1: with Rosie O'Donnell next week. All right, all right, peace 714 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:32,480 Speaker 1: out everyone, catch you next week.