OUR NEXT GUEST IS A TALENTED SINGER-SONGWRITER, ACTRESS AND
PRODUCER.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER JOIN US.
THE ALWAYS LOVELY, RITA WILSON!
HOW ARE YOU, RITA?
HOW YOU DOING?
>> I AM SO GOOD.
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU, SO NICE TO BE ON THE SHOW.
>> James: LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> James: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH THIS PAST FEW MONTHS?
>> THANKFULLY, I'M ALL RECOVERED FROM CORONAVIRUS.
>> James: YEAH, AND FEELING GREAT AND JUST MISSING PEOPLE.
I'M MISSING, YOU KNOW, BEING WITH FRIENDS AND, YOU KNOW,
GETTING OUT AND ABOUT, BUT VERY THANKFUL TO BE HEALTHY AND BE
SITTING HERE WITH YOU, MISTER.
>> James: WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HEALTHY.
I WILL SAY I THINK YOU'VE HAD ONE OF THE MOST UNEXPECTED
ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING QUARANTINE, WHICH IS RITA WILSON IS WORKING
ON A SONG WITH NAUGHTY BY NATURE.
( LAUGHTER ) HOW DID THIS COLLABORATION OF
MAKING "HIP HOP HOORAY" COME AROUND?
>> OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S INSANITY, FOR SURE, BUT WHEN I
WAS RECOVERING FROM CORONAVIRUS, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAIN
FOG AND I HAD DONE A MOVIE CALLED "BOY GENIUS" AND HAD TO
LEARN "HIP HOP HOORAY," THE NAUGHTY BY NATURE SONG, FOR THE
MOVIE, AND IT TOOK ME, LIKE, A MONTH TO LEARN IT BECAUSE IT'S
LIKE TRYING TO LEARN SHAKESPEARE WHEN YOU'RE FRENCH AND YOU DON'T
SPEAK ENGLISH, IT WAS SO COMPLETELY CRAZY.
SO I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT.
SO I GOT IT OUT AND I WAS, TO MY SURPRISE, I COULD REMEMBER MOST
OF IT.
SO I THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL JUST PUT THIS ON THE, YOU KNOW,
INSTAGRAM AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW -- IT WILL BE A WAY TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW I'M FEELING OKAY AND THAT NOTHING IS REALLY WRONG AND
I'M FINE.
AND I PUT IT ON AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WENT TO BED BECAUSE WE
WERE IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE NEXT MORNING WOKE UP TO THIS
INSANITY.
BUT THE BEST PART ABOUT IT WAS THAT NAUGHTY BY NATURE SAW IT
AND THEY WERE, LIKE, YES, WE GIVE YOU OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL
AND THAT TURNED INTO THIS WONDERFUL REMIX COLLABORATION
WHERE THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE MUSIC CARES COVID 19 RELIEF
FUND.
>> James: IT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I NEVER SAW COMING AT ALL.
SHORTLY, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO ON A BREAK HERE IN THE SHOW, AND YOU
DO SOMETHING IN LAMB L.A. THAT MY D -- IN LOS ANGELES THAT MY
SON WANTS TO DO BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN NERVOUS, YOU ARE A FAN OF A
CAMPING TRIP.
>> OH, YES, LOVE IT.
>> James: DO YOU ACTUALLY CAMP OR IS THIS SOME KIND OF
HOLLYWOOD, GLAMOROUS GLAMPING EXPERIENCE?
>> WE'VE DONE BOTH VERSIONS OF IT.
>> James: OKAY.
ONE OF THE CAMPING TRIPS I LOVE IS ACTUALLY A RIVER RAFTING
TRIP WHICH IS SUPER FUN, AND THAT ONE I WOULD SAY TENDED TO
BE LIKE A HYBRID OF GLAMPING AND, YOU KNOW, HARD CORE.
SO WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THAT, THOUGH, WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU GO ON A CAMPING TRIP, YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR GEAR.
ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS A GOOD, SOLID, WARM SLEEPING BAG AND
PARKA AND SOMETHING TO COVER YOUR EARS, BUT I SHOWED UP AND
PEOPLE HAD GEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY HAD TEAR-AWAY PANTS SO THAT
IF YOU WANTED TO JUST RIP OFF YOUR PANTS AND HAVE YOUR SHORTS
UNDERNEATH AND GO IN THE WATER, YOU COULD.
AND I WAS, LIKE, WHAT?
HERE I AM TRYING TO GET OUT, NOT STEP ON BUGS AND GET MY LEGS OUT
OF MY PANTS AND PUT ON A BATHING SUIT.
PEOPLE HAVE IT DOWN.
I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE THING DOWN.
>> James: YEAH, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WORRY ABOUT WITH
CAMPING.
I ALWAYS LIKE THE STILL IMAGE, BUT IT'S THE ACTUAL MOVIE I'M
NOT SURE ABOUT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
NOW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SONG YOU'RE PERFORMING AFTER
THE BREAK.
WHERE'S MY COUNTRY SONG.
TELL ME ABOUT THE SONG BECAUSE IT'S GOT A WONDERFUL MESSAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, IT WAS -- I REALLY WANTED TO WRITE THIS SONG.
I WROTE IT WITH LEE DEWISE WHO WON AMERICAN IDOL YEARS AGO, I'M
SURE YOUR VIEWERS WILL KNOW HIM.
I HAD THIS TITLE OF "WHERE'S MY COUNTRY SONG" BECAUSE IT WAS
REALLY ABOUT SO MANY OF THE WOMEN I KNEW THAT WERE EITHER
SINGLE MOTHERS, A BIT ABOUT MY MOFL BECAUSE SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE
AND SHE COOKED AND CLEANED AND DID ALL THOSE AMAZING THINGS,
BUT THE SPOTLIGHT IS NEVER REALLY SHINING ON THOSE WOMEN.
I WANTED TO SING AND WRITE ABOUT THE WOMEN WHO ARE NOT
NECESSARILY OUT FRONT AND CENTER ALL THE TIME.
>> James: WHAT A WONDERFUL THING.
YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM IT AFTER THIS BREAK WHEN WE STICK AROUND.