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But I'll tell you what, when Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunez came into the studio to have some fun with us, it was one of the best interviews that I think that we have ever had. Talking to Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunes Nunez, they star in Joanna. Man, you guys must have had a blast on the set. Yeah, most. You know, it was tough, though, I have to admit. The first three weeks were vicious. We had to play basketball the first three weeks of the filming for after the Basketball, 16 hours a day. It was a breeze. That was hard. We both threw our backs out. They had to bring chiropractors, masseuses. You know, the hardwood ain't no joke, right? Yeah. You think you know how to do it, and then you go out there with the real basketball players. You play with Rasheed Wallace. You play with Rashid Wallace, Dikembe Mutumbo. All these people are in the movie, too. Yeah. Muxy Bowles. Yeah. And then for the girl, we had Cynthia Cooper. See, now, Mun. Did you ask him to wipe his butt? No. He's a small guy. Owe him $50,000. Don't start. So you're playing. You're literally playing basketball with all these pros. Hey, listen, Rasheed Wallace was stopping my character from fighting, so. Only in the movies. Yeah, I get it. There's one scene. I mean, there's so many funny scenes in this film. So many funny scenes. But without giving anything away. Well, Megal gets naked. Your character gets naked. I know the worst part of the movie. Yeah. Did you film that in front of everybody? All those people? No, you didn't. You were gonna die. He has no problems taking it all off in the body motion. He didn't have no problem taking. I had to get naked in front of everybody. Yeah. This is a great back shot. That's all we'll say. How many takes did you do that in? Two. Yeah. No. Yeah, two. Aren't you worried? Like, wouldn't it just kill you if you did that and then you heard someone snicker? But the line. The line it took out was when I took it off all my clothes, I go, say hello to my little friend. Now, they. They make. Sometimes I know that they will just fill up one part of an arena and they will make it look like. Like it's packed. Did they do that? Yes. We had to do that a lot. Okay. So it's not like they got a shot of you from all. What happened was I had to. They put everybody on this side facing me. Right. Because the shot was. The actual shot was behind me. They couldn't show me from the front, so they had to show me from the back. So when I took off, I had to have be facing the audience. You must be a confident man. Oh, yeah. You know what I'm saying? You know what? Hats off to fans in Charlotte, North Carolina. They all came out and support us and hung out with us all day for 12 hours. Yeah. That was the only time the whole year they were inside of a basketball they didn't support the Hortons and all that. Once again. See, I didn't go there. That's why they're moving to New Orleans. That's right. Right. But that Charlotte arena is beautiful. Is it great. Yeah. I know what they're gonna do in it now. I think the girls are gonna still play there. Yeah. Oh, really? The sing the women's scene. Yeah. Yeah. You let a new arena come, see how quick this thing moves. Right. They'll be gone, too, huh? Vivica, I was looking at your resume before you came in here. You have worked with some incredible people. Yeah, I mean, really incredible people. I've been really blessed. Absolutely. You really have. Let's do this little deal here. I will just say. I will say some of the people that you have been in the movies with, and you just give me, like, a one sentence, you know, description of what they're like. Okay, okay. Or what it was like to work with them. Midget or dwarf. That's the only two words you can use. Will Smith. Great kisser, big money maker. Great kisser, big money maker. All right. Nice guy, great dad. One of the nicest guys, great husband. Is that you met him, too. Oh, me and Will, a friend. I'm trying to get employed by him again. Will is one of the very rare people I've known since the moment he came into the business and right now. And he has not changed one single eye. I want to believe that about him because he seems so likable. He's the best guy you will ever meet in your life. Cause you know, the industries that you guys are in, and us, too. Any entertainment, anybody can put on a front, in front of a mic or a camera. But then they're just such asses when cameras are out. No, he is truly, truly one of the nicest guys in the business. Yeah. Really down to earth. Queen Latifah. The queen, man. Miguel. Miguel. Latifah's the bomb. She really is a very talented business. She is. Yeah. Very talented businesswoman and one of my favorite sister girls, no doubt. I'd love to work with her again. Jada Pinkett Smith. Jada. He stole her from me. You were next in line, huh, J.D. you can call her little powerhouse. Yeah, yeah. She's tiny. She's only about 4, 11, 5ft, but the sweetest. But a powerhouse. And can act her ass off. And a good mother and a great mom. She can act her ass off, but can she wipe it? But she don't have to no more. Who wears the pants in that house? Is that Will or Jada? That's Will. No, because Jada doesn't. Jada doesn't want to wear the pants. Jada is secure in her motherhood, her womanhood. Yeah, we always thought it was the other way around. No, no, no. Well, we think she's adorable. Oh, my gosh. I'm a huge fan of her. House is very strong with Will. You know, that was the one thing that Will, like, he told me and her both. He's like, you guys are such strong women. The only guys that are going to be able to settle you down are guys that can pull your choke chain. No, you guys got to go to another radio station. I'm having so much fun with y'. All. We waited. We're not leaving. We waited. We're not leaving. Just give us a couple more minutes. Right? Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ooh. Who's a better kisser? I didn't get to kiss him. I'd rather kiss Will. Not to be rude. I love Will, though. I have the biggest crush, but Will's like a little baby brother to me. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger's the bomb. I mean, he's all right. The bomb. Next. No, Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's just very rich. Very frigging rich. Halle Berry. H.B. sweetheart. Sweetheart, beautiful. Pretty much one of the finest sisters you ever see in your life. That bitch walking here, you be like, damn, you fine. She doesn't have to walk in here for me to say that. Hey, beautiful, sweetheart. Down to earth. And how gracious. And kind of her to mention my name in front of a billion people. I always got love for you, hb. Love you, girl. Is there a bonding between actors and actresses in the African American community in Hollywood? There is very close. More so than, like, the, you know, the white community. Well, the thing is that there's more of them. And you all see each other so much cuz there's only very few roles, so you're always together. It's true. I go to an audition, there's everybody all the time. It's like one of the rare times we get together is at an audition. But we all, the African American community of actors are very close. We all go to each other's baby showers, parties. Will and them throw the best parties. The best parties. The bars parties, y', all, you go, they parties, you ain't got to show up with nothing. That was the big gripe for a long time that the African community was saying, look, you guys just aren't giving up enough roles. And when you do, they're all stereotypical. This is changing. It's changing, it's changing. No doubt. Long way to go, but it's changing. Well, with the Academy Awards this year. I know, I know y' all were calling each other going home. Is this bet? The name of the movie is Joanna, man. And it stars Miguel Nunez and Vivica Fox. And if it's nearly as much fun in the theater as it has been in the studio, this thing's gonna be a huge hit. And I have to do 1:24 before I go. I gotta send a shout out. Vivica Fox, you do whatever you want. Thank you, baby. I sent a shout out to my brother Marvin and Lil Christopher and Angela. I love you, Marvin. I know. I've been to a whole bunch of radio stations. I forgot, but there's a shout out. All right, brother. All right. They live in Atlanta? Are they here? Yeah, he lives in Atlanta. Oh, really? Yeah, man. He's in jail. I'm just kidding. I'll kick your ass. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just trying to make people laugh. Right on. Mark sent a shout out. That's black people bonding right there. Hey, the Birch Show. These War of the Roses always get a little bit out of hand. Here's the deal. Woman suspects man of cheating on her. So what she does is she calls us up and has us place a call to him pretending to be a florist. Now she's on the line listening to what's going on. She wants to see who he's gonna turn around and send these flowers to back to her or the woman on the side. That's what we call War of the Roses. Becca. Yeah, this is Becca. Hey, Becca. Hey, It's Burt at Q100. Hey. Hey, how are you? I'm doing fine. How Are you? Well, you know, I'm okay, yeah. A little curious about what's going on with your husband. Uh huh. All right, tell us all about it. Well, where to begin? I just moved here three weeks ago from Orlando where my husband and I have lived. We met and we worked together for a while and got married. And he's still there because I got this amazing job up here. And he, you know, he works in sales. He doesn't make as much money as I do, especially now, but he was doing really well, and we decided that it would make sense for him to stay there. But at this company where we both used to work together. I mean, even before. Even before we were married, there was this girl, Anne Marie, who was always flirting with him and trying, you know, just being a. And we prefer the word hoochie. Yeah, yeah, exactly. A little. Yeah, a little hobag. Yeah. So. But, you know, we got married, we have great relationships. So I thought. Or think. And now I'm up here, he's down there. We're not sure exactly when he'll be joining me, but we have mutual friends, obviously, who have seen him around town with Anne Marie. I smell something. When we decided that I should come up here on my own, he didn't seem to really have any problems with that at all. No regrets. You're kind of hoping he was going to fight that a little bit, huh? Yeah, I smell something really rotten. And I need. I just need to know for sure. I mean, I already called my lawyer. Oh, geez. You know, But I want to know for sure. All right, well, we'll call him and we'll find out what's going on. What's his name? His name's Charles. Charles. Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Lindsay, as you know, will call up, she'll be a florist pretending to give him a dozen roses. You'll be on the line listening to who he's gonna turn around and send these roses to. And we're hoping it's not Anne Marie, but if that happens, let him tell Lindsey exactly what he wants to write on the card also before you start getting off on him. Okay. All right, Becca, hold on one second while we call him. And his name is Charles. Hello, this is Charles. Charles, hi, this is Lindsay from oh so Fine Florist. How are you? I'm sorry, from where? Oh, so Fine Florist? We're a new flower shop in the area. Okay. How are you? I'm okay. Great. Well, like I said, we're a brand new flower Shop in the area and your name came up in our database. And as part of the promotional offer, we're sending people free flowers. A dozen roses, and you can send them to whomever you like. Are you interested in sending someone free flowers? Okay. And I need to fill out a card first. Okay. Okay. Who would you like to send the roses to? Why don't we send them to Annemarie? Okay. Annemarie. I'm just writing this down. And what would you like the card to say? Um. Thinking of you, Charles. Thinking of you, Charles. Mm. Okay. You know, Charles, you're a. I can't believe this. Oh, my God. That whore. You are doing that whore while I'm up here working my ass off for our marriage. Oh, you are a bastard. Hey, Charles. That's your wife. That's Becca. Yes, it is. Becca. Remember me? We're calling from Q100 here in Atlanta, and Becca had a suspicion that you might be messing around a little bit, it looks like. And she had us place this call to see who you turn around and send the roses to. And you send them to Ann Marie and not back to your wife. Long stemmed red roses. Wait, what is this? You are an. You did this. And this is on here. This is on the air. And Becca. This is all Becca. This is Becca. No, I don't think it's all Becca. I think it's all Charles. You know what? And you know what's really funny, Charles? You know what's really, really, really funny? Remember that prenuptial that I was so hesitant to sign? You are out of your mind. You are so out of your mind. Your ears. Right? You're paranoid. I'm paranoid because he was sent after your ass. Chuck. Whoa, whoa. Chuck. Do you just want to explain to Becca calmly what's going on with Anne Marie? There is nothing going on with that woman. There is nothing going on with her. It's in your head. It is in your head. Okay, well, why would you turn around and send. You know, when you get the roses, why would you send them to Anne Marie and not, you know, immediately send them to you? I'm one of you, number one. Becca, we are friends. It is an act of friendship. There's nothing going on with us, okay? Nothing. Now you need to get it together. Oh, this is just. This is classic. This is classic. You're cheating, and it's my fault, and I have a problem. I am not cheating on you, Charles. Why would you. If you're not cheating, then why would you send the. I'm talking to you okay? It's none of your business. And you know something, Becca? I've had it up to here with all your suspicious bull, all right? You're paranoid. You're sick in the head. Oh, I'm sick in the head? Well, you're the one who's gonna get because that same prenuptial that was supposed to protect you, well, it protects me, too. You're not gonna see one red cent of all the hundreds of thousands of dollars that I make to pay for our house. Right? That's a big surprise. The bird show. Okay, so tell me if this sounds familiar. You're out with your friends, and someone mentions how much they're saving every month, and you're like, wait, should I know that number? Because I'm gonna be straight up with you. That was me. I mean, I thought I was doing fine. I'm paying bills, and I'm saving a little here and there. But when I finally looked at everything in Monarch, I realized most of my money was just sitting idle in my checking account. It was basically taking a big nap. 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Yeah, that's comforting if you're a criminal because you could just outrun these guys. Totally. What are they, $55,000 too? This doesn't print on cops at all. Like a chase between. Oh God. Oh my God. Bad boys, bad boys. What you gonna do? What you gonna do when they scoot by you? You know how they always have that helicopter aerial show. I can't. You see the guy running down the street with his three segues behind him chasing. Oh my God, this is like a freak. Sorry Lanner. Officers, I know you'll do a fine job on those scooters. How many of these guys are gonna ditch the Segway and just start running after the guy, pick it up and carry it and run with it. Yeah, you can't look tough on a Segway. Sorry. Yeah, you remember the of Seinfeld where George pretended to have the bad legs so he could get the handicaps to all work and he's riding around in a little rascal thing, that motorized scooter, and then he just picks it up and starts running. Well, you know, I wonder if they're gonna make little. You know how people who have motor vehicles and sometimes they use keychains. Like, I like I have a Honda, so I'm getting a little Honda keychain. I wonder if they're starting to make a little Segway keychains. I hope they put a basket on the front. You know that, like, plastic basket with, like, the yellow. How about this? You think they give them, like, pocket siren, so when they're chasing somebody, they just put the little pocket siren on the handlebar. Now they have to make the noise themselves. Yeah, the guy. The guy's got the light that you put on top of a car, and he takes. Well, where do I put this thing? Right now there's a guy at Hartsfield putting a baseball card in the spokes of his segue going, I think they're making fun of me. He's so bitter. He's tucking it behind one of those big billboard signs of the airport. Like, I'm not one of the cops with one of these things. Sorry. You know what? Hold on, though. It's. So is there. Are there any criminals that have been caught by the Segway scooter? Come on, you can outrun them. There's gotta be. What have the Segway scooters. Have they caught someone? You know what they gotta do? They gotta get whips like the gladiators, you know? Yeah. Call us now if you've ever been pulled over by a Segway. I pulled over. I mean, I'm wondering if the cops will call us. Yeah. If you were part of a crime that was busted by a Segway, give us a call. Get it. The bird show. I want you to leave the show today knowing this, that no matter what you do today, by the end of working day today, you cannot feel as stupid as Jeff did on this given day. Quite a horrific experience I had last week, and I forgot to share it with you. And I know how you guys enjoy peeking inside of my world. Let's just take a quick vote. Anybody here really enjoy peeking inside of Jeff's world? I don't have much time here, so we'll just move on. You know, especially peeking inside my bathroom. And if there's one place I do not want to be picking, and if there's anything that brings more pleasure to the three people I sit with every morning, it's me making a mistake. So I will share with you a Story. No, he's got my interest there. Yeah. You're actually admitting that you made one? Yeah, I made an error, and he's talking about a mistake in the bathroom. So I will share with you a story. Would you use one of Jessica's pads? How do you make a steak in the bathroom? That happened last week. And this should carry you guys over. Over for a month or so. A few. And I'm gonna try to be delicate here. If I get too gross, you know, throw a flag. But I'll try to be. Try to be delicate now. Like a year ago or something, I ate something that disagreed with me or otherwise got some sort of virus in the digestive tract. Okay. Which made my daily movement a bit looser than it's. They had the runs. Yep. Gotcha. Check. He sounds like a man. My daily movement. My bowel movements. I'm trying to be. I need some stools. Toughen up. I'm trying to be delicate here. So Jessica is, you know, being the saint that she is. When she was at the grocery store that day, she actually bought this can of, you know, baby wipes, like the already moistened. You use baby wipes? Yeah. As an adult, you use baby on your booty? Yes. Oh, my God. So he went to use the whole damn can for one wipe. Are you kidding me? They're kind of small, too. You gotta really. You can't. You gotta be careful. And you've got big hands. That must have been a mess. You gotta make kind of a glove out of it. You know, it gets kind of. Not to be disgusting, but it makes more of a mess before you make. Yeah, you must have sewed, like, 13 of those together. Yeah, it's tough. It's not all it's made out to be, but anyway, so she gets me this can of baby wipes. That's why it says baby wipes. So for, you know, for the period of the illness, I was. You know, I was able to stay clean using nose. I mean, some think it's funny, but it's really brown and running. Okay. All right. Look at you, Jeff. Just trying so delicately to walk on the line. And there goes Melissa, being she's the one jumping off the pier like Lindsay usually does. Wasn't this my break? So that means she doesn't even have to talk. You made a deposit in the bank of bowels. So anyways, I love that line. We are never getting through this. You're sliding into first. Okay, all right. Enough, enough, enough, enough. So anyway, she buys this cancer whatever. So, you know, however long ago it was when. When I was sick, they came in very handy. And then I put them in the cabinet underneath my sink. And then just last week, I'm hanging out, doing my usual perfectly healthy daily routine. Your normal stools are back. Yeah. Dropping the kids up at the pool. Yeah. Everything's cool. And I look to my right and no toilet paper. Okay. So I think, oh, man, what am I gonna do? And then I remember that these roll of baby wipes probably, you know, two thirds or more still there right around the corner. That's good for one wiping for you underneath the sink. So you need to waddle there. Two thirds of the bottle so I can reach around. I don't have to, you know, make the waddle to the closet to get some more toilet paper. So I reach around the corner and I grab the, you know, can and open it and shake a couple out and take care of business and everything's cool. And, you know, wrap up and get dressed and stand up, and I'm standing at the sink to wash my hands, and I look down at the can of Clorox counter wipes. Oh, no, you did. Oh, my God. Are you serious? No, you did, Chef. That'll take all the skin right off your butt. Chef has got a raw butt now. When did you do this? I bleached my ass. You did not. Oh, my gosh. And I gotta tell you that I just didn't do, you know, enough to clean up and move on. I figured as long as I get the moist ones out. Oh, no. Oh, Jeff. It says for external use only. You're really gonna work. Yeah, I'm gonna polish this thing up like it's the silver and it's Christmas and family's coming over, so, I mean, what were the repercussions? Yeah. How did. What happened? About once a day, I'm reminded of my mistake. Oh, still yet? Yeah. Oh, my God, that's hilarious. You're on the Burch show. This goes back to the very first day that American Idol aired. The day after the show, we scored a big time coup. We had Simon and Paula Abdul on the air at the same time. Hey, Paula Abdul. Hey. How are you this morning? I'm doing great. How are you? Oh, you're a little tired, aren't you? Oh, just a little. Yeah. Yeah. Are you out in la? Yes, I am. Yeah. I think. I think you've got a hit here. Yeah, yeah. Good, bad, and ugly. We do. That's what we're calling our show today also, actually. And I have to say, all morning we've been talking about how you pretty much were the. The conscience on that judging panel because, you know, you here tried to let the people down easily, you know. Yeah, you didn't sing too well, but, you know, I'll get some lessons, you know, try harder. And the other guys are like, you suck. You're awful. Yeah. Well, I just think that that's the cool part of the show, is that there's three separate and distinct ways of doing constructive criticism. Now, Paula, do you. In real true life, do you have any dislike for Simon? You can be honest with us. It's just, you know, it's just the four of us. You know, he would tell us if he disliked you. Oh, I think no. It's what I've read is Simon thinks that there's sexual tension between us that really just touched me. Of course he does. I don't know what dream he is having. I seriously don't know. So how many of these did you have to sit through? Every single audition? Pretty much. So we went. For the past month, we've been traveling all around the country, I think believe eight or nine cities, and listened to hundreds, if not thousands. Would you say the majority were bad or the majority were good? I would say there was a good percentage that was just bad. There was. There was a larger percentage that was good but not above average. And you're really looking for a superstar here. Even some of the train wrecks were great to watch. I'd say the line to me, though, was the crying when Simon was so mean, he made women cry and some guys cry too. Was there anything going on between you and Simon that we didn't see on camera? Like, were you chewing him out a little bit more aggressively. I ask him if his arm has a permanent bruise or if there's left or right leg given on any city. If you're sitting to the right or left, me has a permanent dent. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's, you know, I can appreciate his candor and being brutally honest, but it's, you know, it's brutally honest. According to Simon. Just because Simon is brutally honest, it's his truth. You know, there were plenty of times that both myself and Randy Jackson would completely disagree, but, you know, it's just. It's the way he feels, not necessarily the way we are. And if you can see there's so much going on and to fit it into an hour or so, it's difficult. Well, this is kind of cool for us because Simon is here now also. Paula. Hey, Simon. Hi, Bert. Hey, we've got. We've got Paula. Yeah, that's Ms. Abdul right there. This girl is haunting me across America. This is the girl who used to claw outside my bedroom door begging to be let in at night. Oh, my God. Admit it, Abdul. Oh, you wish, Simon. Yeah, you admit it, darling. You're gonna have to give way eventually. Oh, you're back in America. Please. No, I'm not. I'm in London. You are? Yeah. Is that enough mileage between the two of you? We haven't even started yet. But I've got stories about this girl. Really? I can't wait to hear her. Hey, Simon, Paula was telling us that she put a couple of really deep marks in both of your arms. Do you know, I swear to you, Bert, I came out of this show black and blue. This girl has very, very sharp elbows. Was there ever a time there? And Paula, we know you gotta take off in a second. Simon, was there ever a time there where you just really felt like going, paula, you know, you just can't be that nice to these people. Oh, permanently. You always said that to me. Permanently. I used to shake her at the end of the day and just say, look, speak your mind. But you know, she is a nice person. Oh, yes. But, you know, you tried attacking me, saying that I was patronizing, and I think, I think you really got big elbow in there. No, I got a fist at that one, actually, Paula, that was actually a smack in the mouth. Simon and Paula, you guys know that Fox has a show called celebrity boxing and I'm just throwing it out there. I know Fox people are probably listening. Write it down, think about it, mull it over. Send me a royalty check. Yes, I'll do it. Because I'd rather take on Paula than Randy Jackson. Hey, Paula, we're gonna let you go. But Simon, don't take off anywhere, okay? Paula missing you already. Oh, I miss you so much, Simon. Now is it really as tough? Because, I mean, the people in this room have never gone on one of these big time auditions. But is it really as tough as you make it appear to be? I mean, are people as brutally honest as you are in an ordinary audition? Certainly all the auditions I've ever attended. Because anyone who comes to one of our auditions, as we did with American Idol, we do talk to them as a group beforehand to say we are looking for something better than normal. If you don't like criticism, then I would suggest you leave this, this audition now because we will tell you the truth. You know, now it's one thing to watch television and to watch Simon do his thing. But it's something entirely different if it's somebody you know. Right? Yeah. And we have one of our producers on the show. Tammy here is an aspiring actress, and she's a singer as well. Oh, dear. And, Tammy, it's your moment. Do you think we could kind of do a live American Idol thing here with the honored. Tammy. Simon. Simon, Tammy. Hi, Tammy. How are you? I'm great. Are you confident? Oh, yeah. Are you any good? Oh, the best. Okay, we'll see. All right, here I go. What are you gonna sing? I'm gonna sing you a little something called Happy Birthday. Perfect. Perfect. Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear Simon. You can cut him off early on this show, too. You've got a job on the stage station is what I'm. I'm the. I'm the voice of the station. Good. Well, keep. Keep your day job. I was getting better. I was getting better. No, you're. I was just warming up because it's. It's cold here. One more question for you, then I'll let you go. In the overall, like, ranking of cities that you had the auditions in, where did Atlanta fall, as far as the talent comes to the other cities? Like, there's Dallas, there was Chicago, there was Seattle, Miami, New York, Louisiana. I thought Atlanta was probably second or third. Wow. Yeah. And I'll tell you why, because they just had naturally good voices. There was a girl who came from Atlanta who I think I described as not having the X factor, but the Zed factor. I thought she was sensational. I think that was Tamyra, probably. Yeah. Really, really good. And what was also good about Atlanta was, is that there was a lot of enthusiasm from the people compared to, say, la, you know, which was a bit flat. Oh, and they're so arrogant out there, too. Well, I think they're too used to going to auditions and Atlanta, they were genuinely excited, and I think that was good for us. Yeah. Well, Simon, it's been great talking to you. Likewise. Congratulations on what I really think is gonna be a big hit, man. Well, thank you very much. And can we talk to you a bunch of times throughout the year? Whenever you want. I'm going to be there for the next three months on and off. So, you know, whenever you want to do something, you know, I'd be delighted to. Excellent. As long as I'm not in hiding. We'll let you know next time Paul is on with us. Okay, cool. You take care, son. Good to talk to you all Bye now. Listen, it's the Vert show. Morning, Zoe. Got donuts. Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage? Well, I dig the mattress and I want to be in a T mobile commercial like you. Teach me, Saldana. Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at T Mob. We'll get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system. Wow, impressive. Let me try. T Mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network. Nice. 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