- I'm not gonna be able to keep our cool,
Sorry. Oh gosh, welcome back.
I can't, you know, it's the (shrieks).
Anyway, our next guest, well, I basically think
you know how I feel.
I'm losing my mind because she's here.
I'm freaking out.
Her motto is life is a musical.
She actually just turned 50 and she has never looked better.
So here, to bring melody into all of our lives.
(energetic music)
It's Debbie Gibson(claps). (audience cheers)
- Hi, Oh my God, that was the best intro ever.
Way to make a girl feel great.
- Oh Debbie, I'm so excited that you're here.
Oh, I just love you so much.
- Thank you.
The feeling is mutual.
I think we share that life philosophy.
You know, you were talking in the news about how
you never quite feel like a grown up and you love
that sense of play.
And I think as showbiz women,
like we've been given permission
to play dress up and play characters
and keep this whimsical attitude about life.
And I feel like everyone can bring that into their own life,
especially like this past year has been hard.
And I think we all need to kind of develop
some kind of philosophy to flip the script
and, you know, kind of just lighten things up.
So yes, that is my philosophy (laughs).
- And your motto about life as a musical,
you had a video that went viral
and I think not only do you have this great attitude
and you're right about giving ourselves an excuse
to be playful, but you can even bring it
into, you know, every day chores and everyday life.
And it just makes everything so hopeful.
Let's roll the clip.
I want everyone to see this.
- Okay (giggles).
♪ It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪
(bin wheels rattling)
♪ But would you be mine ♪
♪ Could you be mine ♪
You guys hanging in?
(Debbie laughs)
- I mean, I just love that there are certain things in life
that kind of produce that frown mentality.
Like it's things that we have to do
and you're approaching it like this.
- Well, I just remember the day that I did that
because, you know, I deal with some health issues
and I think everyone this past year,
if you've had preexisting issues
or if you didn't, you developed them,
because (chuckles) it's just a hard year
for everybody in their own way.
I am a solo female, I live by myself, which I actually love,
but, you know, I was kind of curled up in a ball that day
and I was like, "I need to get unstuck."
I allow myself to feel every feeling that I have to feel,
but then I go, "Alright I can now either
continue spiraling down or I can spiral up,"
and I thought, "Oh, wouldn't it be funny
if I just put on the flashiest most expensive pair of heels
I have to do the trash, it's trash day and film it?"
And that's why social media can actually be a great thing
cause now people look for it on Mondays.
I don't do it every Monday,
but people started to look for it and they're like,
"I wonder what she's gonna wear next or what she got."
And so it really is a case that we can lift each other up
and yes you can take some mundane task
and make it a great happy thing.
- Well, what about this next clip?
Let me show it and then tell me about it.
(Debbie laughs)
- Do you know what time it is, everybody?
It's time to mop.
(upbeat music) (shoe heels tapping)
(audience cheering)
- I will never look at a Swiffer the same.
- Oh my God, so those were my tap shoes
that I've had since I was like 14 and they're falling apart.
And the same thing,
I'm like "All right, let's just infuse a little humor
into again, what can be such a, you know, a grind."
So, yeah, I just feel like, you know
I remember when Joan Rivers was alive, who I just loved,
she said, similarly, "Like if you look at your life
like it's a movie and you kind of observe it
from the outside, it becomes comical."
The things that could be so painful
you can put a comical spin on them
because, you know, I think one thing I've learned
through getting older and evolving
is stuff's gonna continue to happen
and it's how you handle it.
(upbeat outro)