Full Show PT 3: Friday, October 31 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 3: Friday, October 31 [Vault]

Date: October 31, 2025
Featured Guests: Leah Remini, Deborah Norville, Kate Spade, JC (from NSYNC)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show delivers the trademark blend of quick-witted banter, relatable real-life stories, and celebrity interviews. The show moves from lighthearted sketches and pop culture topics to more substantial discussions about long-term relationships, charitable causes, and the reality behind celebrity culture. Notably, the show features engaging conversations with Leah Remini (of "King of Queens" fame), news anchor Deborah Norville, designer Kate Spade, and pop star JC from NSYNC, all while involving listeners in dramatic segments like the “Second Date Update.”

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Key Highlights and Discussion Segments

1. Leah Remini Interview – King of Queens & Hollywood Realness

[02:30 – 09:54]

Main Points:

• Surprise Interview for a Fan: Jeff, a “King of Queens” fan, gets to chat with Leah Remini, who delivers her signature humor from the jump.
• Show’s Appeal: Leah discusses the relatability of “King of Queens,” attributing its success to portraying a down-to-earth couple:

  “We are everybody's relationship...we're just a normal couple, which is why I love the show so much. There's no, like, crazy concept. It's just a couple.” (Leah Remini, 03:30)

• Authenticity in Relationships: Bert raises the classic sitcom trope of the beautiful wife and ordinary husband:

  “Would there be any chance, really, like, in real life, you know, hottie chick like you falls for…big fat guy?” (Burt, 03:58) Leah affirms this dynamic is especially real in her East Coast experience.

• Accent Debate: Amusing discussion of Brooklyn vs. Queens accents, with Leah poking fun at the hosts for overanalyzing her speech.
• Leah on LA vs. NY: Expresses she is grounded by her family, avoids Hollywood pretentiousness, and tells stories about adjusting to LA life.
• Personal Details:
  • Eight-year relationship with boyfriend Angelo (actor, but not a household name; appeared in “Swordfish” and “Dance With Me”).
  • Open about deflecting marriage pressure so her partner could focus on his career.
• On Missing Monica from "Friends": Leah was one of many up for the role, but applauds the cast’s chemistry:

  “They have their perfect cast, and I'm really quite proud of them that they've stuck together as a group.” (Leah Remini, 08:38)

• Celebrity Banter: Joking comparisons to Alyssa Milano:

  “Just for the record, I think you're hotter than Alyssa Milano.” (Host, 09:47)

Notable Quotes:

• “Times you feel like, screw this. I hate these people. I hate the smell of the studio. I hate everything. But then if it went away, it would be, like, weird and sad. It's like your family.” (Leah Remini, 09:22)

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2. Deborah Norville – Coming Home & March of Dimes

[10:01 – 16:09]

Main Points:

• Local Roots: Norville discusses growing up in Dalton, GA, attending UGA – highlights its status as a top party school.
• TV Start: Origin story—her Channel 5 internship began thanks to a chance TV sighting, leading to a quick reporter promotion (and a colorful story about her cameraman smoking dope on their first assignment!).
• Network News Journey: From WAGA in Atlanta to local Chicago news, then on to NBC, and now hosting "Inside Edition."
• Recognition: Won a Headliner Award for her staff’s September 11th coverage, despite having a much smaller team than Dateline.
• Charity Commitment:
  • Strong advocacy for the March of Dimes' "WalkAmerica" to fight birth defects and premature births.
  • Shares alarming stats: Georgia has the seventh-highest infant mortality rate in the US.
  • Emphasizes the importance of service:

    “Service is the rent we pay for living.” (Deborah Norville, 14:50)

  • Provides resources for listeners to join or support local walks.

Notable Quotes:

• “Even if you just give $5, you know, $5 times everybody, man. The difference. $1 times everybody makes a huge difference.” (Deborah Norville, 15:00)

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3. Second Date Update – Amanda, Abe, and Office Drama

[18:49 – 26:56]

Main Points:

• The Setup: Amanda wonders why Abe hasn’t followed up after a lengthy, promising first date. The show calls Abe for answers.
• Abe’s Side: Admits he went on a second date with Carolyn (another co-worker) the night after Amanda. Gets complicated because Carolyn used to work under Amanda and was let go.
• Twists:
  • Rumors of Amanda’s “psycho” office behavior circulate (checking emails, hounding people), but Amanda claims it’s more about Carolyn’s own issues – suggesting Carolyn was fired for theft.
• Real Drama:
  • The segment devolves into mutual accusations and awkward comedy.
  • Amanda concludes:

    “If you're comfortable with going out with a girl and trusting a girl who steals things out of other people's desk…” (Amanda, 25:13)

  • Abe sticks with his story:

    “To put it bluntly...it was the quality of the date.” (Abe, 24:40)

• Wrap-up: Amanda gets closure but dreads future workplace encounters.

Notable Moments:

• “And this is why you don't dip your pen in the company ink.” (Host, 24:14)

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4. Emotional Honesty with Family – “I Love You, Man” Call

[26:59 – 31:08]

Main Points:

• Theme: Bert shares the struggle men have expressing emotions, especially with in-laws.
• Bittersweet Humor:
  • Recounts missing the right moment to say “I love you” back to his father-in-law.
  • Hosts coach him through a live call to casually slip in “Love you” and observe the reaction—resulting in mutual awkward ambiguity and shared empathy.

Notable Quote:

• “I think he put it on the mattress and then made the bed over it, so to speak.” (Host, 28:02)

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5. Kate Spade Interview – Bags, Branding, and Staying Authentic

[31:22 – 38:21]

Main Points:

• Fan Stories: Listener shares tale of running back into a burning building for a Kate Spade bag, highlighting the cultish adoration for the brand.
• Design Philosophy: Kate Spade designs what she wants to wear—striving for functional yet elegant, “ladylike but real.”
• Brand Evolution: Started small in New York, grew momentum through editorial features, and now expanded into accessories, stationery, fragrances, and more.
• On Not Doing Clothing: Prefers accessories and “all the things that surround it,” not the clothes themselves.
• Origin Story: Kansas City native, moved to NY from Arizona after post-college trip; started at "Mademoiselle" as a temp, eventually launching her line.
• Personal Touches: Family are her biggest “brand ambassadors,” though not mandated to carry only her bags.

Notable Quotes:

• “If I’m not wearing my own [bag], then I'm doing something wrong because that's pretty much what I'm...not just designing for myself, but I'm designing for things that I would like to see out there.” (Kate Spade, 38:02)

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6. JC (NSYNC) Interview – Fame, Friends, and Personal Life

[38:21 – 49:20]

Main Points:

• Life in the Spotlight: JC reflects on playing to stadium crowds (“pinch yourself” moments), making mistakes on stage, and missing the camaraderie of being in a group.
• Relationships and Rumors:
  • Swears he and Tara Reid are just friends:

    “No, we're just friends. And that's...dude, I'll say it comfortably. No problem.” (JC, 41:36)

  • Preferences for dating regular people vs. celebrities; insists connections matter more than fame.
• Group Dynamics:
  • Everyone's branching out—Joey’s Broadway/giant pool, Lance’s astronaut dreams, Justin’s solo career.
  • “No breakup”—just a pause, with plans for an NSYNC record next year.
• Money Matters:
  • JC claims to be the most frugal NSYNC member; Joey and Justin the “loosest” with their finances.
• Gossip Evasion:
  • Deflects questions about Justin & Britney’s breakup (“ignorance is bliss”).
• Touring Rigors:
  • Six shows a week keeps life from resembling the usual “rock star romance” stereotype.

Notable Quotes:

• “It's just a different energy, you know what I mean? When you're on stage with other people, there's chemistry that pops, that flies around...I like to give away my energy to my friends and bounce back and forth and have a laugh.” (JC, 48:54)

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Memorable and Funny Moments

• Leah Remini on New Yorkers in LA:

  “My mother could care less what I do. She makes me bus tables at a restaurant here.” (Leah Remini, 05:29)

• Kate Spade’s Advice for Fans:

  “Next time just tell her I’ll send her new ones if they get [burned]. That’s what I’ll tell her.” (Kate Spade, 32:49)

• On Male Emotional Expression:

  “He brought it, you know, in with both [ways]...I really couldn’t tell if it was a true ‘I love you’ or not.” (Burt, 28:02)

• Office Romance Gone Wrong:

  “This is why you don’t dip your pen in the company ink.” (Host, 24:14)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Leah Remini Interview: 02:30 – 09:54
• Deborah Norville Interview and Charity Segment: 10:01 – 16:09
• Second Date Update – Amanda & Abe: 18:49 – 26:56
• Father-in-Law ‘I Love You’ Story: 26:59 – 31:08
• Kate Spade Interview: 31:22 – 38:21
• JC (NSYNC) Interview: 38:21 – 49:20

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Episode Tone & Style

The episode is a lively mix of self-deprecating humor, pop culture savvy, and moments of genuine, heartfelt conversation. The hosts’ banter is fast-paced and irreverent, with smooth transitions between goofy scenarios and authentic interviews, making listeners feel part of a big, welcoming, slightly chaotic radio family.

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For listeners who missed out:
You’ll get celebrity candor, relationship drama, heartfelt cause advocacy, and a sometimes-chaotic, always-entertaining glimpse into pop culture and everyday life — all with The Bert Show’s signature realness and humor.

Transcript

[Leah Remini]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

You're on the Birch Show. This was kind of cool because I had set this up and Jeff had no idea who he was going to be interviewing. But I knew he was a big King of Queens fan, so having Leah Remini on the show was just the best for him.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Hello?

[Leah Remini]

Hello.

[Burt]

Hi.

[Leah Remini]

Hi, Jeff.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How are you?

[Leah Remini]

Good. How are you?

[Caller/Interviewer]

I'm doing very well. Leah Remini from King of Dreams. Yeah.

[Burt]

I told you you'd get it.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How many seconds?

[Burt]

I told you you'd get it within 10 minutes.

[Leah Remini]

That's not fair because I have a very deep man voice.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Thank you very much for calling. I'll watch you tonight on the show. We'll talk to you later.

[Burt]

You got nine more minutes to kill, my friend. You better start talking.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How are you?

[Leah Remini]

Good, honey.

[Caller/Interviewer]

This is very cool. Cause King of Queens, as anybody who listens to the show knows, is one of my favorite shows.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, you're so sweet.

[Jeff]

No, he's not.

[Burt]

No, he's not.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How many seasons is this for you guys?

[Leah Remini]

Season five.

[Caller/Interviewer]

And Kevin James has got to be a huge blast to work with.

[Leah Remini]

He is. He's so much funnier in real life. Yeah, no, he's hysterical.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How many people come up to you? And of those people, what is the percentage that you want to kill who say, oh, my God, we're just like you guys on the show.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, my God. It's so funny because it's like, I look at the. She's like, oh, you're me and I'm Kevin, you know, and I go, this. She actually thinks she's me, you know, and he's Doug. You know, it's so funny. But, hey, you know, I think what people refer to as their relationship, you know, I mean, we are everybody's relationship. You know, we're just a normal couple, you know, which is why I love the show so much. You know, there's no, like, you know, crazy concept. It's just a couple.

[Burt]

Would there be any chance, really? I mean, in real life, like, you know, hottie chick like you.

[Leah Remini]

Thank you.

[Burt]

Falls for ups. Big fat guy.

[Leah Remini]

I was saying this. It's very, very normal, especially being from the east coast and a borough that, you know, petite girl would be with a bigger guy. It's very, very normal. That's why I think, like, the east coast has no problem, you know what I mean, with the show and the concept of the show, because it's very normal.

[Burt]

Because in Atlanta we're so pretentious. It makes no sense to us at all.

[Leah Remini]

No, that's not true.

[JC from NSync]

Oh, it is.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I'm telling you now you have to forgive me because I really didn't have any time to do research.

[Leah Remini]

Honey, it's really. Okay.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Well, now you. Obviously the show is King of Queens, but you sound a little Brooklyn.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, is there a difference?

[Caller/Interviewer]

There's a little difference. Is that.

[Leah Remini]

Is there a difference between Queens and. And the Brooklyn accent?

[Caller/Interviewer]

A little bit. The Brooklyn accent or the Queen's accent is a lot stronger.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, it's not.

[Burt]

You're gonna fight with Leah Remini. You're fighting with Leah.

[Jeff]

Remy and Jeff, coming from upstairs, I'm.

[Leah Remini]

Sure you guys didn't fight with Alyssa when you had her on.

[Burt]

No, we didn't.

[Leah Remini]

I'm sure you were nicer to your guest.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Where are you from and where do you live now?

[Leah Remini]

I'm from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and I live in la.

[Burt]

Now, he's looking for an exact address, if you could give him that.

[Jeff]

Now, it was just enough for her to say she's from Brooklyn.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yeah, no, because I did.

[Burt]

Do you like la? Cause you seem like such, like the down to earth cool, I'd hang out with you person in New York and then you go out to LA and there is a lot of that show biz Hollywood thing going on, you feel me?

[Leah Remini]

I don't really get involved with that. I mean, my whole family, my family's here. So it's like, you know, I mean, it's not pretentious at all. My mother could care less what I do. She makes me bus tables at a restaurant here.

[Burt]

You feel like a little fish out of water a little bit in la.

[Leah Remini]

No, I like it here because it's very relaxed living. I mean, in New York you have to, you know, you have to walk everywhere. 10 blocks is not like abnormal to me now. 10 blocks. I thought I could cry. I tried to get a camp in New York. The guy asked me where I was going, I go, I give him the address, he goes, it's four blocks. And I was like all embarrassed, but I was trying to act like I was very busy and very important, you know, he's like, sweetheart, I can't get your camp for four blocks.

[Burt]

Leah Remini from King of Queens on Q100.

[Caller/Interviewer]

What's your status as far as being married or single or boyfriend?

[Leah Remini]

Boyfriend. Boyfriend. Eight years.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Eight years?

[Leah Remini]

Yeah.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How come he's not married? You guys aren't married yet?

[Burt]

Time for the Pressure cooker, isn't it?

[Leah Remini]

I don't know. You know, we're not married because. I don't know, I think. Cause we're actors, and I, you know, I really want him to be focused on his career and doing what he's gotta do, as opposed to, like, I gotta make Leah happy, you know?

[Caller/Interviewer]

I'd like to retract that last question, too, because I was. I dated my girlfriend for five years before we got engaged and got married. And I vowed about six months into that and about the 3,000th time when I was asked, so when are you gonna get married? You guys were dating? Now that I would never ask anyone that question. So I apologize.

[Leah Remini]

No, it's really okay. Bother me. It doesn't bother me. But, I mean, when the time is right, the time's right. I just want him to be more, you know, settled in his own career. Not that I won't take a ring. I don't mind being engaged.

[Burt]

Would it be an actor that we know?

[Leah Remini]

Oh, no. I mean, not by name, but I think you would know. Yeah. No, he's a sweetheart. His name is Angelo.

[Burt]

What. What has he been in? Could you tell? Like, he's like the body bag in ER one night or something.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, right. No, he was in. What's the movie with John Travolta and Halle Berry?

[Burt]

Swordfish.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, he was in Swordfish. He was Don Cheadle, sidekick.

[JC from NSync]

Oh, okay.

[Leah Remini]

And he was in a movie called Dance With Me. I'm sure you all seen that. That was a joke.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Who's. Who's funnier on the show in real life? Kevin James or Jerry Stiller?

[Leah Remini]

Oh, God. Well, Kevin's raunchier. And Jerry can come out with some zingers, you know, once in a while that he just floors everybody. I don't know. I spend more time with Kevin, you know, because Jerry lives in New York, and I'm. Most of my scenes are with Kevin, but he. If I'm not in a scene with Kevin, I get depressed because he makes me pee.

[Burt]

He's peeing funny. Tell Jeff about tonight's show, because I read it and it looks really funny.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, tonight's show is about. Carrie decides to start praying to get what she wants. And Doug is very much against that. You know, praying for things that you want, that it's not important. And then, you know, his jets are playing. So then I think he jumps on board with that.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Then it's time to start praying.

[Leah Remini]

Then it starts to start praying.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Hey, did you. Were you. Were you up for the Role of Monica in Friends.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, I was.

[Burt]

Well, that is true.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, I was. And so were 100,000 other girls. You know what I mean?

[Caller/Interviewer]

Now that you. If you sit back and you watch Friends and you see the show, are you happy with the way things worked out?

[Leah Remini]

Absolutely. I mean, they. They have their perfect cast, you know, and I'm really quite proud of them that they've stuck together as a group. You know, it's very rare, you know, as you guys know, in Hollywood to have that kind of solidarity between actors. You know, really like a beautiful thing.

[Caller/Interviewer]

But, Leah, between you and I, you know, just, you know, I'll keep this between us. Their time's up. It's time for him to go. Right? I mean, it's nine seasons now. Bye.

[Jeff]

Bye.

[Leah Remini]

I don't know. Do you think so? I mean, I don't know. You know what? I think if people want to. If people still like the show, they should say as long as people will have them. You know, that's the way we feel, too. You know, we're surprised. People have watched their show this long, and we're, you know, it's. Listen, could you imagine, like, not tomorrow morning, not having your show?

[Burt]

Yeah.

[Leah Remini]

You know what I'm saying? It's like times you feel like, screw this. I hate these people. I hate the smell of the studio. I hate everything. But then if it went away, it would be, like, weird and sad. It's like your family. It's like your second family. So I say, God bless them, if they go another 10 years, let them go, you know? Yeah.

[Burt]

Well, that's been so cool talking to you.

[Leah Remini]

Thank you.

[Burt]

You are by far and away the coolest chick in Hollywood. Just.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, my God. Thank you. Thank you, sweetie.

[Caller/Interviewer]

And just for the record, I think you're hotter than Alyssa Milano.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, Bull.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I think you're a better surprise guest than Alyssa Milano.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, I love you.

[Burt]

Have a great day, Leah. See you. Bye now.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Save that.

[Burt]

That. She said she loved you.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yes.

[Burt]

You're on the Burt Show. The really cool thing about talking to Deborah Norville is that now that she's this big old national star, she got her start here locally in Atlanta. You born and raised here?

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah, I'm from Dalton.

[Burt]

Oh, is that right?

[Deborah Norville]

And went to University of Georgia. Started working here in Atlanta at Channel 5 when I was still in college.

[Burt]

Yeah.

[Deborah Norville]

So, yeah, this is all home for me. It's great to be back.

[Burt]

Tell us about the old University of Georgia days.

[Deborah Norville]

Oh, man, it was so much fun. I was at Georgia. I don't Know how Georgia's ranked nationally.

[Burt]

Now, but when it's getting up there.

[Deborah Norville]

Now, it's not like I'm not talking about the academics. It was one of Playboy's top 10 party schools when I was there.

[Burt]

I'm thinking it's probably still there.

[Deborah Norville]

It's still there.

[Burt]

Hanging out with Deborah Norville this morning. Okay, so the progression goes University of Georgia, and then do you, like, work in a small, little, itty bitty Georgia town before you go to Waga, or how does the whole deal going?

[Deborah Norville]

I started at WAGA when I was still here. It was the freakiest thing. The guy who was running Channel 5, his wife was flipping channels, and I was doing this internship on Channel 8 on Georgia Public TV, covering the legislature, sort of a forerunner of what they do now on C Span. And the wife saw me and she showed me to the husband, and he said, well, you know, she looks like she's got some potential. And I got this phone call to come in and be an intern. Man, this is awesome. So I come in three days into this internship. They were low on reporters, and they said, hey, Norville, go cover this story. And they sent me up to Stone Mountain to cover the DeKalb county fireman's family picnic. I had, like, the little red, little angel on one shoulder saying, deborah, you must tell them you haven't had news writing. You're not qualified to do this story. And then the little one in the red suit on the other show's like, ah, shut up. If it's important, they'll figure it out.

[Burt]

Right?

[Deborah Norville]

So then we get in the news van and the cameraman started smoking dope.

[Leah Remini]

Not kidding.

[Deborah Norville]

I'm thinking, God, is this what they.

[Burt]

Do in news writing?

[Deborah Norville]

I had this vision of the dog that gets the people out of the burning buildings is also being the drug dog. And I could just imagine, you know, this German shepherd latching onto my thighs and wrestling me to the ground because I've tested positive for dope. Here I'm interviewing the fire chief, and he smells reefer on me or something. But then what happened is I realized these guys have been in burning buildings for 30 years. His olfactory glands are completely useless.

[Burt]

Now. So from Waga, and then you go to the networks?

[Deborah Norville]

No, then I went to Chicago for five years, and then I went to NBC, to networks.

[Burt]

That's the apex in our journalist careers, to go work for the networks, right?

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Deborah Norville]

It was a brief moment on the top, and then we went slippery. Slippery.

[Burt]

Yeah.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Compare that with smoking weed with a cameraman in a Van, you know what.

[Deborah Norville]

They'Re highs of different sorts, but equally thrilling.

[Burt]

When you get that phone call most.

[Deborah Norville]

Times you think, I'm gonna die.

[Burt]

Are you totally digging on the INSIDE Edition thing?

[Deborah Norville]

It's great. It's great. Yeah. We're on GCL in the afternoons and it's a good place for me to be. I've now been there seven years. I've never worked anywhere that long in my life. You know, you guys were broadcasters and you know, you work here for two years and then they fire you.

[Burt]

Right.

[Deborah Norville]

If you're lucky, you make it two years and yeah, so it's a great gig and it's enough of a mix of stuff. And a couple of weeks ago we found out that we won the Headliner Award for our coverage of September 11th. Oh, congratulations.

[JC from NSync]

Thank you.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah, we beat Dateline and you know, DATELINE has such enormous resources. We did a little class photo of everybody who'd worked on the September 11th story. There were 12 of us in the picture.

[Burt]

Is that right?

[Deborah Norville]

I mean, we're just a really small staff.

[Burt]

Tell us about March of Dimes, everything you're doing this weekend.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah, this is the big weekend. This is the weekend when all over the country and there's probably like 1400 of these going on. But it's Walk America. And the walk here in Atlanta is going to take place over at Centennial Park. And if you haven't signed up, it's no sweat. You can walk over there at 7:30 in the morning. They'll have the table set up. You can start registering. Walk starts at 9:00'. Clock. It's about a six mile walk. And it's so funny. I mean, this is a part of town. When I lived in Atlanta, you wouldn't dare drive your car, much less.

[Burt]

Things are changing now.

[Deborah Norville]

Things have changed big time. But it's a great opportunity to raise money for the March of Dimes. And that money goes to help fight birth defects. I've got three healthy kids. I don't have anybody who's got any problems. And I'm so grateful about that. And that's really why I'm involved with the march. It's a way to give back. And this is absolutely appalling. Georgia has the seventh highest infant mortality rate in the country, is that right? 7th highest in the nation.

[Burt]

What can that be attributed to?

[Deborah Norville]

Poor maternal health, not enough prenatal care, low birth weight babies. And that's really what the March of Dimes main focus right now is, is to help premature babies not be born prematurely.

[Burt]

Does March of Dimes also help in the education.

[Jeff]

Absolutely.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah. They have a whole education thing. So the whole. You can go on the March of Dimes website, it's modimes.org and you can see just tons and tons of material. They've also got a Spanish language component. So Hispanic mothers to be will get absolutely fabulous information. And the money that will be raised from the Walk, America will go to that, both for education and for research.

[Burt]

You know what's so cool? I think sometimes celebrities just put their name on a charity, an existing charity, just so they can say that they're doing something philanthropic, but you actually know it about the charity.

[Deborah Norville]

Oh, absolutely.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah.

[Burt]

I'm very impressed.

[Deborah Norville]

I'm a big believer. Marian Wright Edelman, the woman who founded the Children's Defense Fund, once said, service is the rent we pay for living. And I mean, I think, you know. Anybody listening? Yeah, sure. We've all got problems. There's all crap. You know, we've all got crappy things going on in our lives. But we're here, we're breathing. We're going to have a bed, hopefully, to sleep in tonight, which means you've been blessed in some way, and there's some way that you can give back. And even if you just give $5, you know, $5 times everybody, man. The difference. $1 times everybody makes a huge difference.

[Burt]

And you can make a difference this weekend again at the Walk.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah. And you can call 800-525-WALK to get information about how to register because there are other walks in the Atlanta area. If Centennial Park's not convenient, there are lots of others you can get involved with.

[Caller/Interviewer]

We got the info all up on our website, too.

[Burt]

Oh, cool. Do you know how much the registration is by any chance?

[Deborah Norville]

Zippo.

[Burt]

Zippo.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah. What you do is like, you guys would get together. You go is the Q100 Morning show, right. And Burt and the gang, and you get people to sponsor you. Like you could get your listeners to call up and say, hey, I'll sponsor you if you guys will go walk.

[Jeff]

Okay.

[Deborah Norville]

So they'll say, I'll pay you $25 if you'll go walk. And they make their checkout to the March of Dimes and you just hand the money over to the March of Dimes.

[Burt]

Oh, outstanding.

[Deborah Norville]

It's great. It's so easy. Yeah.

[Burt]

Cool. And we'll have all the information up on q100atlanta.com Deborah Norville, this has been great.

[Deborah Norville]

Thank you. It's been lots of fun for me.

[Burt]

Well, let's do it again tomorrow.

[Deborah Norville]

Okay, but you'll have to come to Centennial Park. Cause that's where I'll be.

[Burt]

That's a deal. Ok. We'll do the show from down there tomorrow.

[Jeff]

I'll see you there.

[Burt]

Thank you, Deborah.

[Leah Remini]

Thank you.

[Burt]

Bye. Now, listen, it's the vert show.

[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Leah Remini]

Morning, Zoe.

[Burt]

Got donuts.

[Jeff]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[Burt]

Well, I dig the mattress and I want to be in a T Mobile commercial like you. Teach me. So, Dana.

[Jeff]

Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly AT T Mobile 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.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Wow.

[Burt]

Impressive. Let me try. T Mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network.

[Jeff]

Nice Jeffrey, you heard them.

[Burt]

T mobile is the best place to get the new iPhone 17 Pro on us with eligible traded in any condition. So what are we having for launch?

[Jeff]

Dude, my work here is done.

[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

If you've never heard second date update. Here's how the whole thing works. Girl generally goes out with guy. They have a great first date. She just can't figure out why dude's not calling for the second date. Amanda went out on a date last week with. What was dude's name again? Amanda hangs out with Abe. They work together but in different offices. They had a great time. He took her out for some Chinese food. They go down to the highlands. They have some drinks there. They spend six hours with each other long time.

[Leah Remini]

Little kissy kissy, Little make out, make.

[Burt]

Out a little, some of that maybe not.

[Jeff]

As with Nick, it's doing hand motion like that.

[Burt]

And he tells her at the end of the date it was we'll have.

[Deborah Norville]

To do this again sometime.

[Burt]

We'll have to do this again sometime. Now you call him a couple of times during the week, no call back.

[Leah Remini]

Right.

[Burt]

So you're wondering why there's been no second date. And we're about to call Abe and.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Find out exactly why he was actually listening this morning.

[Burt]

Oh yeah, let's get old Abe. Hey, Abe.

[Leah Remini]

Good morning, guys. How's it going?

[JC from NSync]

Good.

[Burt]

How are you this morning?

[Leah Remini]

Oh, not too bad.

[Burt]

All right.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I hope you're ready to be honest. Abe.

[Leah Remini]

Cannot tell a lie, you know.

[Jeff]

Sorry, Abe.

[Burt]

All right, Abe. So you heard the whole thing go down. Amanda thinks you just had this great date. She's on the phone with us right now. You want to say hey, Amanda?

[Leah Remini]

Hi, Abe. Hey, Amanda. How you doing? Well, good. Nice to hear from you right now. Oh, good to talk.

[Burt]

Yeah, I'm sensing that. So she thought that you guys had this great date, you know, and she just can't wait to go out on the second one with you. It's just date, not marriage. And she's just kind of wondering why there's been no second date.

[Leah Remini]

Well, I mean, you Know, I was listening to the whole thing. That's why I figured I'd give a call in, you know, just to talk to you guys about it. I mean, sure, we had a great time and everything. We went out, had some Chinese food and stuff. We had a really good time. We spent about, well, I would say about five or six hours together, you.

[Burt]

Know, that's what she said. She said it was great. Six hours.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, it was really good. It was a lot of fun.

[Caller/Interviewer]

You know what, Abe? We've heard all this. Just start. Start your story at the word, but.

[Leah Remini]

Cut to the chase, in other words.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Right.

[Leah Remini]

All right. Well, in a nutshell, it just turned out to be one of those situations where, I mean, I had a great time with Amanda, but I had another date the other night. We went out last Friday, Amanda and I. But I also went out with. With someone named Carolyn on Saturday night.

[Burt]

Was this somebody from the office also?

[Leah Remini]

As a matter of fact, Carolyn does work at the office.

[Burt]

All right, Amanda. I think she mentioned that she knew about that.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, really?

[Burt]

Yeah.

[Caller/Interviewer]

But you're saying that Amanda said it was Friday. You went out with Amanda on Friday night, then the immediate following night went out with this other girl.

[Leah Remini]

That's right.

[Caller/Interviewer]

And what's her name?

[Leah Remini]

Carolyn.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Okay, because we need to put flowcharts together.

[Burt]

There's no foul here. Yet. You're a single guy. We had back to back dates. That's okay.

[Jeff]

What happened with Carolyn?

[Leah Remini]

Well, I actually had a great time with Carolyn and I really enjoyed the time that I had with her. And I was thinking about asking Carolyn out for another date.

[Caller/Interviewer]

So what is the problem with going out with Amanda on a second date if.

[Leah Remini]

All right, guys, here's the deal. Oh, boy.

[Jeff]

Okay, now we get to the deal.

[Burt]

Now we're digging in.

[Leah Remini]

The thing about Carolyn is that Carolyn used to work for Amanda. Okay?

[Burt]

Okay.

[Leah Remini]

And Carolyn no longer works there at the office.

[Burt]

All right?

[Leah Remini]

And one of the reasons why she no longer works there is because of Amanda. And simply. Okay, simply, simply put, I. Again, I had a better time. I had a better time going out with Carolyn the next night than I did going out with Amanda the night before.

[Burt]

And if Carolyn finds out you're going out with Amanda, then Carolyn will bail.

[Leah Remini]

Right. And, well, the other thing, if you really want to know the truth about it, Amanda got kind of psycho about things, if you really want to know the truth.

[Jeff]

What do you mean?

[Leah Remini]

Well, you know, situations like hounding people at work and stuff and reading other people's emails and things like that. I don't know how she gets access to this stuff, but nonetheless, she gets. She gets the access. So she reads other people's email and stuff. And I don't know if I'm really down to go for that kind of stuff Now.

[Burt]

That's the stuff that Carolyn was telling you though, right?

[Leah Remini]

That's the stuff. Well, that's the stuff. Let's put it that way. Let's put it like this. I was told by somebody who knows the story that these are the things that Amanda does.

[Burt]

Amanda, you know anything about that?

[Leah Remini]

I don't. I don't know what he's talking about as far as that goes. If he's talking about hounding someone at work because they're taking things out of other people's desks and letting them go, like I had to let Carolyn go because she thought she could take things home from other people's desks, then maybe that's called psycho, that kind of stuff. All I know is just maybe you didn't find out about the situation. I don't know anything about stealing things from other people's desks and stuff like that.

[Caller/Interviewer]

And this is why you don't dip.

[Burt]

Your pen in the company, Inc. So you had to. So, Amanda, you had to let Carolyn go because she was stealing from other people?

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, I had to let Carolyn go.

[Burt]

And Carolyn is telling you, Abe, that Amanda's kind of psycho because she's reading other people's emails and all of that?

[Leah Remini]

Well, that's the word that I got.

[Caller/Interviewer]

And you enjoyed Carolyn better than Amanda, therefore you made the decision simply based on the quality of the date.

[Leah Remini]

To put it bluntly, it was the quality of the date. It wasn't any of that psycho talk or anything like that. I just had a better time Saturday night than I did Friday night.

[Burt]

Yeah, well, Ted and human resources said.

[Caller/Interviewer]

You'Re a nut bag, too.

[Leah Remini]

I don't know anything about that. But I tell you what, though. I'm Ted's boss, so I can't too much about me anymore.

[Burt]

Really.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I can't wait to be at the next big corporate meeting.

[Burt]

Well, no, she's gone now. She's fired.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Oh. Just between Amanda and Abe will be fun, too.

[Burt]

That would be. We'll bring a video camera on that one. Amanda, is any of this making any sense to you now?

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, it's all starting to come together. And Abe, you know, if you want to make this choice, that's up to you. But you know, I'm going to tell you, if you're comfortable with going out with a girl and trusting a girl who steals things out of other people's desk. You know that. I guess. Go ahead. Just wait for her to steal something from you with going with a girl who sleeps with two different guys from our company in the same night. Sorry, I don't know anything about that either.

[Jeff]

Yeah, of course you wouldn't.

[Leah Remini]

Well, have fun at the Christmas party this year. And don't forget to have your meow mix this morning.

[Burt]

Okay?

[Caller/Interviewer]

May have.

[Burt]

I think we'll bail at this point. No, no, it's getting good. All right, you guys, let's bring in Lou from programming.

[Leah Remini]

That'd be fun.

[Burt]

Abe, we're gonna let you go, okay?

[Leah Remini]

All right, great.

[Jeff]

Hey, thanks for coming on with us, Abe.

[Burt]

See ya.

[Leah Remini]

Take care.

[Burt]

All right. Amanda. At least you got some closure on the deal, right?

[Jeff]

Wow.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah.

[Burt]

Yeah. All right. Just the two of you just didn't get along real well, you and Carolyn, huh?

[Leah Remini]

No, we really didn't.

[Burt]

No.

[Caller/Interviewer]

You know, I think the real fun would be if we called Carolyn.

[Burt]

You just want to let it go, Amanda.

[Leah Remini]

Yeah, you know, I think he's the kind of guy. I'm just gonna let him go.

[Burt]

All right.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How often do you see him around the office? Like, when's the next time you and he will have to be in the same room?

[Leah Remini]

Oh, gosh, I'm dreading that. I guess it'll be. We see each other like twice a month at least.

[Burt]

Oh, that is gonna be so awkward. Oh, yeah, that is gonna be so awkward.

[Deborah Norville]

All right.

[Burt]

Well, at least you got your closure, you know?

[Leah Remini]

Yeah. Thanks, guys.

[Burt]

Okay. See you. Amanda. This is the Birch show. Me and my father in law get along great, but I think we probably have the same problem that a lot of guys have with each other. We have no idea how to show our emotions to each other. I have a long history of not telling my wife's family that when they say I love you to me, I don't say it back. The first time when she said. Well, the first time Stacy said I love you to me, I didn't feel it yet. You know, I wasn't sure. So I didn't say I love you back. And that was pretty uncomfortable. But like, two nights ago, her dad was on the phone with me and we were just getting off. I was just getting ready to hang up when he basically said I love you. And I didn't quite catch it. You know, I wasn't sure if he really said I love you or not. Cause I said to him, do you want to say goodbye to Stacy? And he said, no, just tell her I love you. And you too, and I'll talk to you later. It was kind of hidden. It kind of stealthed me on the whole love scene.

[Caller/Interviewer]

So he didn't come out and say I love you?

[Burt]

No, he kind of. He brought it, you know, in with both.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I think he put it on the mattress and then made the bed over it, so to speak.

[Burt]

Yeah, I mean, I really couldn't tell if it was a true I love you or not.

[Jeff]

I think you were saying, I love you.

[Burt]

I don't know. I just don't know. So what I was gonna do is call. Jeff suggested I call him. Cause I should have called last night or the night before, and I didn't. And I should have flat out asked him, did you say I love you or not? And that would have been fine, but guys can't do that, right?

[Jeff]

No, guys are different. Yeah, you guys are a different breed.

[Burt]

Jeff suggested I call him today and just do some random question to him, and then before I sign off, say, I love you, and see if he'll say it back. Or I can come clean and just go, hey, did you say I love you the other night?

[Jeff]

Yeah, and I was telling you to do that to him.

[Burt]

What are you feeling right now? What would be more natural for you right now to just come clean and go, hey, did you say I love you?

[Jeff]

I think you should.

[Leah Remini]

I think you should follow your gut.

[Caller/Interviewer]

No, no, no, no.

[Jeff]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. And then say, I love you.

[Burt]

Love you. Okay, so you.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I think you just call him and ask him a question and end it.

[Burt]

By saying, love you, and see what he says back.

[Jeff]

That's gonna be so bizarre if you're like, mm, does that new Diet Coke with lemon really taste like tab? Okay, I love you. Bye.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yeah, interesting. Like, refer to something that you were talking about and then say, hey, real quick. I'm on the air, but I got a quick question for you. And turn our mics off so he can't hear us.

[Jeff]

Wait, but, Bert, if you do it the other way, you'll know if he actually said it to you, because you're asking him and then you're saying it back to him. You're reciprocating.

[Burt]

That would be the honest way, but it's not the radio friendly.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yeah, we need the radio.

[Burt]

I'm taking you guys offline, so hopefully you can't hear.

[Leah Remini]

Enter your account code 315.

[Burt]

I don't think he can hear you guys. Okay, I'm gonna tell him we're on the radio.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Anyway, yeah, so he doesn't sue us.

[Leah Remini]

Hello?

[Burt]

Hey, Don. Yeah. Hey, it's Bert.

[Leah Remini]

Bert, how you doing?

[Deborah Norville]

I'm good.

[Burt]

How are you doing?

[Leah Remini]

Good.

[Burt]

I'm doing the show right now. We're on the air, actually.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, no kidding.

[Burt]

Yeah, we've got an on air bet. Jeff here always believes he's right, and he can never say when he's wrong. And we were just talking about golf, and you know there's no more hardcore golf guy than you, right?

[Leah Remini]

Well, I guess not.

[Burt]

I told him that an eagle is when you get a hole in one, right? And he said an eagle is too over on a hole.

[Leah Remini]

No, an eagle's two under.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Two under. That's where I said. No. I said two under.

[Burt]

No, you did.

[Caller/Interviewer]

See, you just didn't know how to forget it.

[Burt]

All right. I figured. How you doing? Not bad. How about you? Doing good. There's 100 bucks on the table. And I thought I was going to win 100 bucks.

[Leah Remini]

Oh, wait, I can lie. Burt.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Thanks.

[Burt]

All right. You just cleared it up for us. Thanks.

[Leah Remini]

Okay.

[Burt]

All right. Love you, man.

[Leah Remini]

See you, man.

[Burt]

See you. Nicely done.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Done. You know what the best part about that is? The fact that he's gonna spend the next 48 hours wondering if you really said that to him.

[Burt]

So he's going through the same thing I went through.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Way to spin it around. Nicely done.

[Burt]

This is the Birch Show. If you already don't have her bags, you know you want to get one. Here's kate spade on Q100 in the birch Shop. How are you today?

[Leah Remini]

I'm very well. I'm glad to be here.

[Burt]

Is this your first trip to Atlanta?

[Leah Remini]

It isn't. You know what? Actually, this is my second trip to Atlanta.

[Burt]

How do you like it here?

[Leah Remini]

I love it.

[Burt]

You kind of have to say that or nobody's going to come out to see you.

[Leah Remini]

I haven't seen much this trip, though. I mean, we flew in late last night. I got in around midnight. So I'm kind of looking out my window at the city.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yeah.

[Burt]

Well, look what you brought with you. I know.

[Leah Remini]

And it was so pretty when we landed. I was like, oh, it smells beautiful here, and the weather's beautiful. And I woke up. Wait a minute.

[Burt]

Maybe I'm not in Atlanta. Hey, Kate, hold on one second before we even start this. And I introduce you to everybody.

[Deborah Norville]

Yeah.

[Burt]

I have to put you on with what could be the most hardcore Kate Spade fan. Good morning, Q100.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Hello. Hello.

[Burt]

Who's this?

[Leah Remini]

This is Kayla.

[Burt]

Kayla, you're on with Kate Spade.

[Leah Remini]

Hi, Kate, how are you?

[Burt]

Hi, Kayla.

[Leah Remini]

Great. How are you? I'm good. I just want to tell you a story. My roommate's not in college. We love your bags, obviously, but one of my roommates had more than one of your bags. And one night, about 2 o' clock in the morning, the fire alarm goes off, so we think the building's on fire. We all rush out the door. And she gets out the door and goes, oh, my gosh, I have to go in and get Katie. So she refers to the bag as Katie and goes back into what we think is a burning building to get the bag. I thought you might be interested in hearing that story. Well, I may repeat that one. Do you know the kind of effect these bags have?

[Burt]

I'm serious. Thank you for calling.

[Leah Remini]

That's amazing. Well, next time just tell her I'll send her new words if they get. That's what I'll tell her. She actually worked in a boutique so that she could get the discount on the bag. That is too funny. Well, tell her to be safer next time.

[Burt]

Thank you for calling. Kaylin, what is it about these bags that, I mean, that have separated them from others that people will go back into a burning building for?

[Leah Remini]

I don't know. It sounds. It's. You know what? I just. I can't imagine that. That's just amazing.

[Burt]

Well, you must have kind of some sense of why these are so popular right now. Like what. What is the difference between a Kate Spade. Kate Spade bag and another one?

[Leah Remini]

Oh, you know, I don't know. I think it is hard for me to answer because I think the way I'm. I'm just designing things that I know I want to wear. And I think that a lot of times in the designer market, there are things that are too, you know, too fussy or too complicated or there are things that aren't interesting enough. So I wanted to do something kind of right in between. Something that seemed interesting, but also, you know, functional, elegant. You know, just kind of all the things you want to feel, like, ladylike. Well, ladylike. And then think about the real. You know, one minute you want to wear a satin, beautiful shoe, and the next minute you want to wear a flip flop. So I think that's a real person. And I'm trying to address kind of all the different things that I want. So hopefully there's a response. You never know.

[Burt]

Could you feel like the momentum building of this thing? Because it always. Trends really interest me. Like, somebody had to be the first to look so cool with a Kate Spade bag that they told two friends, and so on and so on and so on. Did this thing just happen way faster than you had anticipated?

[Leah Remini]

You know, it doesn't. Well, the first person was probably my mother, first of all, because she may have been the only one that was willing to do it at the beginning. But I don't know. You know, for me, it didn't seem like it was bad. But someone was saying to me the other day, okay, Kate, in the industry, it's relatively fast because for about two years, it was really, you know, we really just sold to a very few amount of stores. And someone said, oh, is that because you wanted to? And I said, no, I didn't really have a choice at the beginning. It was just a little slower and really, pretty much only in New York. And then as we started to grow and people started to see us and really, I would say there was a lot of editorial credit. Elle magazine and Vogue magazine, you know, would do little stories and, you know, feature our bags. And I think that helped a lot, actually.

[Jeff]

Now you've expanded. I mean, you've expanded so much. Stationary to fragrances, to travel stuff to.

[Burt]

There's an ice show and a cartoon on the weekend.

[Jeff]

Seriously, what's next?

[Leah Remini]

Everyone keeps, you know, what about clothing? Clothing? And I can't imagine doing it. And here I'll be on the, you know, radio saying. But I really don't imagine doing it because to me, that's kind of. I love all the things that surround it because I look at them as accessories. So, you know, shoes and eyewear and bags and beauty, they're all kind of the things that surround it. I'll leave the meat and potatoes to someone else. I like all the things that surround it. If I go in for a pair of pants, I end up looking for jewelry. So it's hard for me to imagine doing clothing. So I don't imagine that maybe home. I love the idea of home because, again, it's accessories. You can do sheets and towels and, you know, all of that seems kind of great.

[Jeff]

Seriously, go kick Martha Stewart's butt.

[Leah Remini]

I think that'd be hard to do.

[Burt]

There's one of those boxing. Celebrity boxing match.

[Leah Remini]

It'd be hard to do.

[Burt]

Oh, yeah. You'd rock her world. Are you kidding me?

[Jeff]

Everybody voting for you. You're so much cuter.

[Leah Remini]

No, she wouldn't even take a match with me.

[Burt]

Kate Spade gonna be in town today at the Neiman Marcus at Lenox Square from 12:30 to 1:30. The urban legend about you and either confirm this or deny this is that after college you were attending what, Arizona State or Arizona?

[Leah Remini]

Asu. Yep.

[Burt]

Asu. You flew to New York, then from New York out to Europe and you were partying and hanging out and doing the post college Europe thing.

[Leah Remini]

Right.

[Burt]

And on your way back to Arizona, you ran out of cash and ended up in New York.

[Leah Remini]

That's pretty much true. Even though it has become, you know, where the, you know, it became. You know, I ended up with a quarter and I couldn't get back from the airport. But it is true I did. I went to Europe actually all by myself. My husband, who's now in business with me, and also my friend Elise, who is also one of my partners. All three of us were supposed to go and I ended up going by myself and Elise likely had an apartment in New York. And I, you know, kind of stopped there to, you know, get a job and see what I wanted to, to do. And next thing I know I was at Mademoiselle magazine. And that led me into the fashion world.

[Burt]

Because the legend is, is that you had no money to get from New York to Arizona so you took a temp job.

[Leah Remini]

No, no, no, that is true. I mean, I was going to save and get a job and see how long I'd stay in New York. Enough just to get an airline ticket and see what I wanted to do. No, I didn't that, that is true. I did not.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Where was, where's home to you? Like where were you born and raised originally?

[Leah Remini]

Kansas City, Missouri. You'll have some family there and then lived in Arizona for about maybe two or three years and graduated school there and then moved to New York.

[Caller/Interviewer]

So does everybody in your family, are they mandated to carry Kate Spade handbags?

[Leah Remini]

They're not mandated, but it's highly suggested.

[Jeff]

Okay, actually that's a good question. That. Do you, do you carry other designers bags? And are you, I mean. No, I don't.

[Leah Remini]

And you know, I do. I respect and think that there's some great things out there that I think, oh, I wish I'd thought of that. But no, I mean, I figure if I'm not wearing my own, then I'm doing something wrong because that's pretty much what I'm. I'm not just designing for myself, but I'm designing for things that I would like to see out there.

[Burt]

Well, Kate, enjoy Atlanta and thank you for joining with us.

[Leah Remini]

Thanks for having me on.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Sure.

[Burt]

Appreciate it.

[Leah Remini]

Bye you guys.

[Burt]

Bye now. Here Bird show JC from nsync. Couldn't have been a nicer Guy. Really great guy, but the dude lied to us. You listen to this. And he is lying through his teeth when he tells us that he and Tara Reid are just friends. Did you ever have, like, the epiphany of, oh, my God, this NSync thing is big. Like, was there ever one time where it just. It hit you, like, okay, now I realize how big it is.

[JC from NSync]

The only time I really think about it is I go, man, I got a really cool job. I'm really lucky, because I know a lot of people who would love to have my job, and that's when I know how lucky I am. The only other time I would say that it really hit me. Well, I mean, two summers ago, we did a stadium tour. It's like, only so many artists in the world can say they've done an actual. Not an arena tour, but a stadium tour. Well, we were playing, on average, 50,000 people a night. Some shows were 90,000, some shows. The one in Mexico City we did was 120,000 people.

[Burt]

Unreal. Is there any time where you're on stage and you're in front of 120,000 people and it's intimidating to you, or is it. I mean, so routine now?

[JC from NSync]

It's not about routine. You know what it is when you see that many people, those are the days you're pinching yourself. You're going, dude, this is nuts. Okay, now ready? Don't screw up in front of this many people. That's all you know. It's pretty much what's running. You're excited. And yet half the time, the way my brain works is I always have to make the show better. You know what I mean? So it's, don't screw up in front of this many people. You have to do better.

[Burt]

Are there times where you will mess up on stage? Everybody on stage can see, but nobody watching knows.

[JC from NSync]

Oh, man, there's those moments, and then there's moments where everybody knows. I actually just sat in with my buddy Tony. He's a guitar player and an aspiring artist as well, and he's a songwriter, and him and I actually wrote, like, two songs together. He was playing a gig at the House of Blue, so I just sat in with him, and I sure enough, this song that we wrote and I hadn't sang since we wrote the thing, like, maybe two months beforehand. He's like, just come up here and say, so I did it, and I forgot the whole end of the song. I just told him, you know, 2,000, 3,000 people. And I just went, you guys, I Just totally forgot all the words of the rest of the song.

[Burt]

You didn't have to tell.

[JC from NSync]

So I'm just gonna. And I just said, I'm just gonna hum a little bit and finish out with a nice, pretty sound. I mean, the whole audience started clapping and laughing, and everybody had fun with it. You know, Everybody makes real moments. Yeah, people. People make mistakes. It's not like I did anything, you know? Well, it didn't show my intelligence, you.

[Burt]

Know, hanging out with JC from nsync.

[Deborah Norville]

So now that you're so famous and.

[Burt]

Everybody knows your face and everybody knows.

[Deborah Norville]

Your name, I mean, when you're out.

[Jeff]

There and you're meeting girls and stuff, you have to think, well, they know who I am.

[Burt]

They know that I'm famous.

[Leah Remini]

They know all the success I've had.

[Deborah Norville]

Does it make it so much harder to meet people and feel their real, genuine feelings?

[JC from NSync]

Um. You know what? It's not something I'm like. I'm a positive person, and it's not something that I dwell on.

[Jeff]

It's.

[JC from NSync]

It's basically, you know, what if I meet somebody, we get along, we'll hang out, and then we'll take it from there. If we don't get along, guess what? We won't hang out. It's. I'm pretty simple, man. I'm easygoing.

[Jeff]

But the thing about it is, is if you go out with someone like Tara Reid, let's just say, oh, here we go. The pictures are all.

[Burt]

There's one right there.

[JC from NSync]

That's my buddy, man.

[Burt]

Okay, now, when stars say that we're just friends and she's my buddy, that really means that we're going out, right?

[JC from NSync]

No. I mean, sometimes yes and sometimes no, and in this case, in this time, in this case, no, we're just friends. And that's.

[Jeff]

I.

[Burt]

Can.

[JC from NSync]

I. Dude, I'll say it comfortably. No problem.

[Burt]

Now, we all know guys and girls can't be friends.

[JC from NSync]

Yeah.

[Burt]

The thing is.

[JC from NSync]

But they're snapping. They're snapping pictures. And when there's like 15 of us around, and of course, the photographers are going to zoom in on what. When the two of us are standing and having a chat or hanging out and, like, having a laugh, they don't shoot the other 10 people standing around us. I actually met Tara through Dallas. You know what I mean? It's like, we all just kind of hang out in groups and stuff like that. So everybody just never one kiss between.

[Burt]

You and Tara Reid.

[JC from NSync]

Like a cheat kind of thing. You say hello, but nothing, like, serious or anything.

[Caller/Interviewer]

How does it work? When you like, you want to date another star, does your agent fax her agent a letter? Like, will you go out with jc? Check. One. Yes. No. Maybe right back to.

[JC from NSync]

That's. No, that's actually first grade nowadays. Do you like me? Check. Yes.

[Burt]

If you. He raises a great point. If you're watching a movie or something and there's like a big old star on TV that you'd really like to meet, how would you, you know, being in that celebrity, Go ahead and approach that?

[JC from NSync]

Some people do that, but I don't. Like I said, I'd rather just meet somebody on my own, Chilling, whatever. If I'm out and you know, I end up in a lot of events that other artists are at or whatever, and if I meet him there, so be it. But you know, like I said, right now it's. I'm just kind of. I'm go with the flow, you know. If I meet somebody cool, like I said, I'll have a chat with them if they're famous or famous if they're not famous, they're not famous. I just like, you know, positive people, people with great energy and you don't have to be famous to have all that.

[Burt]

Do you have friends? Friends that are girls in every town that you guys tour in and we'll call them up when you're in the town and say, hey, let's go out.

[JC from NSync]

I've dated girls in different cities. But like, as far as like having a regular. No. I mean, unless they're my girlfriend for a while. But not like, not booty calls. We don't stay in the cities long enough. We actually, we tour so hard. We do six shows a week. So it's not like we stay in one city long enough. Like most bands, they'll do like three, four shows a week. We actually do six.

[Jeff]

Is it hard to date somebody that's not. That doesn't go through the same things that you do? Being a celebrity and a singer, I mean. Cause you guys have completely different worlds.

[JC from NSync]

It just depends on the person. I mean, there's, you know, my last girlfriend was, you know, was a doctor. You know what I mean? So it's like, like she's totally normal. She's not.

[Jeff]

She must've been old.

[JC from NSync]

No, she wasn't old. She wasn't old at all. I dated old women. You know her?

[Burt]

No, this other a real doctor. Like one of those role playing.

[JC from NSync]

No, no, she's like, put on the nurse outfit, honey. Like I said, it just depends on the person. Some people can handle it and some People can't. And you know what? Maybe you might not know in the beginning whether they can handle it or not. And that's where the test is. Time will tell you know who.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Because a lot of times we'll have people come in here, you know, celebrities, and we'll ask them, like, gossip or stuff on other celebrities, and we'll say, like, all right, you got to be honest now. In one word, sum up. Like, Mariah Carey, you know, and if it's in tabloids, it's true. So even though every tabloid has said that, you know, so and so hates Mariah Carey, when they're on the spot and asked directly, they won't say anything negative. Who famous do you have no problem talking crap about because they're such an ass?

[JC from NSync]

You know what? No, I'll be totally honest with you. I haven't really met any, like, if Timberlake. That's my boy, dude. Seriously, that's my homie. No, as far as, like, I've. I haven't really met anybody rude, but I guess if they're rude, they don't want to talk to me anyway. You know what I mean?

[Caller/Interviewer]

How about that Joey Fatone character?

[JC from NSync]

That Joey Fatone character, He's one hell of a.

[Caller/Interviewer]

What's up with him? Want to go to outer space?

[JC from NSync]

He's going in April now. I just got pushed back. He missed, like, a few days of the crucial training, so he had to. He had to redo his mission training.

[Burt]

When he came to you guys and he said, look, guys, I'm going into outer space and I'm pursuing this thing, were you like, dude, you are high, or were you thinking, all right, were you supportive about it?

[JC from NSync]

No, I was definitely supportive about it. People don't realize he's been studying about this stuff since he was 4. He's been to at least a dozen space camps when he was a kid. He's got every mission that's been into outer space and spacewalks. He's got autographed pictures of all these guys.

[Burt]

Is that right?

[JC from NSync]

The guy is a space junkie. People just don't know this stuff in.

[Caller/Interviewer]

The NSYNC group, though. And you guys are in the dressing room. He's the one that gets shoved in the locker, right?

[JC from NSync]

No, no, seriously.

[Caller/Interviewer]

No, it's Lance, right?

[JC from NSync]

Lance's business. Lance has got his own office. He's, like, making calls and stuff like that. Lance doesn't get pushed around at all.

[Burt]

You know, hanging out with JC from nsync.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Now, considering you brought up Justin and Brittany, if you watch the interviews, there's. Justin always alludes to Britney doing something that ended the relationship. Is that accurate?

[JC from NSync]

You know what? That's between them. And my whole situation on that was, I don't want to know. That's kind of how I left it. I think in my case, ignorance is bliss.

[Leah Remini]

He.

[JC from NSync]

He didn't get into details with us about it because he. He doesn't even like to talk about it. So, I mean, obviously something happened, but.

[Caller/Interviewer]

I heard the hell yeah underneath all that.

[JC from NSync]

But like I said, it's between them too, and I let them deal with it.

[Burt]

You know, who is the. The most frugal with their money in the bent? You are.

[JC from NSync]

You are absolutely.

[Burt]

Everybody else, when they made their money, went out, made stupid purchases, and you're the one that.

[JC from NSync]

Not stupid purchases, but, I mean, you know, some. Some of us are looser than others with their money.

[Burt]

Who's the loosest?

[JC from NSync]

I think Joey. Joey and Justin are running neck and neck.

[Caller/Interviewer]

Lance is spending $20 million going to space.

[JC from NSync]

He's not spending his money to go to space. Lance's business dog.

[Burt]

What have, like, Joey and Justin bought that you said dudes? I mean, what are you spending money on that about?

[JC from NSync]

Well, no, I mean, Joey is special.

[Burt]

Joey? Yeah. What is he bought? Come on.

[JC from NSync]

No, I mean, he literally. It's still under construction. He has the largest residential swimming pool in the state of Florida.

[Burt]

Is that right?

[Caller/Interviewer]

Yeah.

[JC from NSync]

You can put Shamu in his swimming pool in his backyard.

[Burt]

Seriousness. Nice. Nice. Very nice purchase. JC from NSync. Justin now doing his solo stuff. You got Joey out on Broadway and he's doing movie stuff also. And then you got Lance in space.

[JC from NSync]

Yeah, and.

[Burt]

And you're doing outer space.

[JC from NSync]

Lance, blast off.

[Burt]

You're doing solo stuff now also. Are we slowly now seeing the breakup of NSync?

[JC from NSync]

No, this is kind of like the intermission before the next record. I mean, we've been beating this horse for, like, seven years. We rode it really hard. And, like, you know, like I said before, we were doing six shows a week and things like that. We just kind of needed to reinvent ourselves, you know, and kind of cleanse ourselves. So we all needed to do something refreshing. So at first we were like, oh, let's just take some time off. We're workaholics. It doesn't happen. You know what I mean? Just when we were, like, all chilling on our own for a quick minute before we got back into it, you know, next thing you know, everybody finds themselves doing something because, hey, this came up. I figured I'd Take it. Why not? You know, Da da da, da da. So everybody's doing their thing and then we'll be back together, you know, next year and do a record and move on with our lives.

[Burt]

You know, I was watching MTV last week and they were talking to Justin and he was talking about how it's really kind of scary to be up on stage by yourself and not have you guys around and have the comfort of friends.

[JC from NSync]

We're so used to it, you know, I mean, there's nothing like. I mean, I'll be honest with you, you know, and I've done, you know, whatever, I've shot a video now and whatever by myself. But there's nothing like looking back and seeing the guy that you've been with, you know, friends with since you were 12 years old, laughing his ass off behind you going, I saw you screw up. It's funny, but it's a great feeling, you know, you feel safe. I mean, you know, that's your family. You miss them. You definitely miss them.

[Burt]

Yeah, you can feel it when they're not there.

[JC from NSync]

You can definitely feel it. I mean, you're still gonna perform your best and you're gonna. It's. It's just a different energy, you know what I mean? When you're on stage with other people, there's chemistry that pops, that flies around. It's bouncing between everybody. When you're up there by yourself, it's kind of like you have to focus all the energy on you. I like to give away my energy to my friends and bounce back and forth and have a laugh.

[Burt]

Dude, thanks a lot for coming in. Appreciate it. We know you got a hectic schedule and thanks for stopping by Q100.

[JC from NSync]

My pleasure.

[Caller/Interviewer]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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[Jeff]

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[Burt]

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