LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A JOURNALIST
AND FORMER CO-HOST OF THE "TODAY SHOW."
SHE NOW HOSTS HER OWN TALK SHOW.
PLEASE WELCOME TAMRON HALL!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HI!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
HELLO.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE MET BEFORE.
I THINK I'VE JUST WATCHED YOU ON TV SO MUCH.
>> WE'VE NOT MET.
WE HAVE BEEN IN A COUPLE OF THE SAME ROOMS AND I WOULD ALWAYS,
LIKE, LURK AROUND, TERRIFIED TO SAY HELLO, AND NOW I'M HERE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T BITE.
I KNOW, HI!
I FEEL CREEPY NOW, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING VERY AMBITIOUS.
YOU NOT ONLY HAVE A NEW TALK SHOW --
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: -- YOU HAVE A NEW HUSBAND --
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: -- A NEW BABY.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO NEW JOB, NEW MARRIAGE, NEW CHILD.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THREE BIGGEST STRESSORS.
>> WHY AM I NOT IN BED?
>> Stephen: YOU DECIDED TO CLUMP IT TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE STRESS?
>> EVERYTHING IS SO MASSIVE, THAT I DON'T KNOW WHICH MAKES ME
EXHAUSTED.
SO I LOOK AT THE BABY AND I CAN'T SAY YOU SUCK THE LIFE FROM
ME, CHILD!
BECAUSE I GO TO WORK AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING AND THERE'S A TALK
SHOW WITH MY NAME ON IT AND I GO, IS THAT WHY I'M SO STRESS?
THEN I LOOK AT MY NEW HUSBAND AND I SAID, WHO ARE YOU, DUDE?
>> Stephen: HE'S BUILT TO TAKE IT.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE SHOW BECAUSE YOU'RE COMMITTED, THE BABY WON'T
UNDERSTAND THE GUILT UNTIL ITS OLDER.
>> WHAT AGE?
>> Stephen: FOUR.
O I HAVE FOUR YEARS OF NO GUILT.
>> Stephen: PLENTY OF GUILT BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE IT TO THE
BABY TILL HE OR SHE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> IT'S A HE.
HIS NAME IS MOSES.
>> Stephen: WOW.
I SET THE STANDARD HIGH FOR HIM.
>> Stephen: OR HE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM BASKETS NEAR REEDS.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE YOU GO!
OUT YOU GO!
GOOD LUCK WITH THE PHARAOH, BUDDY!
( LAUGHTER ) MONDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU
INTERVIEWED OPRAH WINFREY.
THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATED.
>> YOU WANT TO APPEAR SMART.
I KEPT LOOKING AT NOTES ALL DAY.
WITH OPRAH, YOU THINK, OKAY, I'M IN THE PRESENCE OF A PROPHET.
MY SON'S NAME IS MOSES.
SO I'VE GOT SOME THINGS ON MY SIDE.
BUT I MET HER WHEN I WAS 26 YEARS OLD IN CHICAGO, I WAS A
LOCAL NEWS REPORTER, AND SHE WAS, BY THEN, OPRAH.
AND SHE INVITED ME TO THIS PARTY THE LAUNCH OF HER OWN MAGAZINE.
SO THAT WAS MY CLOSEST REAL INTERACTION.
THEN I GUESS IT WAS SATURDAY I GOT AN INVITATION TO INTERVIEW
HER AND I HAD FOUR DAYS OF PURE ANXIETY, LIKE NERVOUSNESS, DRY
MOUTH, YOU MAIM NAME IT, I HAD IT.
>> Stephen: IS THIS THE PARTY?
THIS PICTURE, LIKE I SAID, I WAS 26, 27 YEARS OLD.
I GET THIS INVITATION.
WE ARE INVITING YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF THE OPRAH WINFREY
MAGAZINE.
I'M FROM A SMALL DOWN, LULING, TEXAS.
MY FATHER IS A FARMER.
I THOUGHT, THEY DON'T MEAN ME.
I THOUGHT, I DON'T CARE IF THIS WAS SENT BY MISTAKE, I'M STILL
GOING.
WE HAD THE CRANK KODAK CAMERAS BACK THEN.
I'M 49, SO THIS IS IN MY GENERATION, AS THEY SAY.
I'M WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND I SAID WE'RE GOING TO GO AND WE
HAVE ONE CHANCE TO GET A PICTURE WITH OPRAH.
I NEED YOU TO BE PREPARED AND STAND READY.
BECAUSE IF YOU GET THIS WRONG, IT WILL BE BAD FOR YOU.
SO WE CRANK IT AND WE GET ONE CHANCE.
YOU'VE GOT TO CRANK IT, YOU'RE LOCKED AND LOADED.
I'M 26.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND I GOT SEDUCED BY OPRAH'S FOOD
SPREAD.
WHEN I CAME IN, THERE WERE SHRIMP BIG AS BOTH OF US, OF
COURSE!
AND SALAD BAR AND MEAT AND FREE DRINKS AND IT'S OPRAH'S PARTY
AND SHE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
I SAID LET'S LOAD UP ON FOOD AND WHEN OPRAH COMES OUT, WE'LL MEET
AND GREET HER.
I HAD A BIG PLATE, MY FRIEND HAD A BIG PLATE.
THE CAMERA WAS UNDER HER ARM,, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M HOLDING,
AND A TRUE STORY, TAP, TAP, HI, TAMRON.
IT'S OPRAH.
I JUST HAD TAKEN A BITE OF SHRIMP.
I DROP THE PLATE.
THIS IS THE PHOTO.
I'M, LIKE, GO!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NOW, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, YOU HAVE BEEN
WORKING IN TV SINCE THE 1990s, SOMETIME IN THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU THE FIRST GET ON CAMERA?
WHAT WAS YOUR BREAK?
>> MY FIRST BIG BREAK CAME -- I WENT TO TEMPLE UNIVERSITY -- OH,
SHOUT OUT, PHILADELPHIA.
( APPLAUSE ) I MET BURT WATSON, WHO HAPPENED
TO BE THE MANAGER FOR JOE FRAZIER, THE LEGENDARY --
>> Stephen: SMOKIN' JOE.
RANDOM OCCURRENCE.
I SAID, LISTEN, THEY TELL YOU, DON'T GIVE AWAY YOUR SHOT WHEN
THE DOOR OPENS, KICK IT IN.
I THOUGHT, HERE'S MY SHOT.
I WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PEOPLE
IN PHILLY TALK, AND THEY HELPED ME GET MY FIRST JOB AS A CAMERA
OPERATOR.
THEY SAID YOU WILL RUSSIAN OPERA CAMERA OUTSIDE AND COVER SPORTS.
I'M FROM TEXAS.
IT'S 3,000 BELOW ZERO IN PHILADELPHIA.
I NEVER FELT COLD LIKE.
THIS MY HANDS WOULD BE COLD AND THEY WOULD BE LIKE CAMERA TWO!
AND THEY SAID YOU'RE JOE FRAZIER'S FRIEND.
AND I SAID, WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT?
I SAID, YOU CAN'T FIRE ME, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE?
AND THEY SAID WE'LL PUT YOU ON THE SIDE LINES AND YOU WILL
REPORT.
AND I COVERED LA CROSSE, FIELD HOCKEY, SOCCER.
NONE OF THE SPORTS EXIST IN TEXAS BUT I LEARNED THEM IN
PHILADELPHIA AND I BECAME A SPORTS CORRESPONDENT AND THAT
WAS MY START.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW SHOW.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS TO SEE WHEN TAMRON HALL
AIRS IN YOUR CITY.
TAMRON HALL, EVERYBODY!
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