LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY-WINNING
JOURNALIST WHO JUST HOSTED CNN'S NEW YEAR'S EVE BROADCAST.
PLEASE WELCOME ANDERSON.
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I GOTTA SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE SHOW, AND NOT A
LOT OF NEWSMEN GET STANDING OVATIONS.
>> WELL, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF US LEFT.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO KNOW.
GOOD TO KNOW.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
DID YOU HAVE A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION?
>> A NEW YEAR'S-- MINE ARE SO LAME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID TOAND DEE.
>> I ALWAYS RESOLVE TO WORK OUT MORE.
>> Stephen: THAT IS LAME.
>> I'LL TELL YOU, I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH "THE ROCK" A
COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WHEN HE WALKED IN I SAID, "OH, MAN, YOU
LET YOURSELF GO."
AND HE WAS LIKE, WHAT?" I SAID, "I'M KIDDING, I'M
KIDDING."
HE'S A LOVELY GUY AND HE STARTED ASKING ME WHERE I WORK OUT
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE HIS GYM IN NEW YORK.
I SAID YOU MIGHT LIKE MY GYM, IT'S UNDERGROUND, NO WINDOWS,
THE EQUIPMENT IS OLD AND SERIOUS LIFTERS, AND ME, AND HE'S USING
MY GYM WHENEVER HE COMES TO NEW YORK SO MY GYM CRED HAS
SKYROCKETED BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW I GOT THE ROCK TO COME TO THE
GYM.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW I'M A FAN OF YOURS AND I'M NOT TAKING
ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANDERSON COOPER WHEN I SAY IF THE ROCK IS
THERE, ISN'T IT REALLY HIS GYM?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: I WATCHED YOU AND ANDY.
I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THE ONLY CRITICISM I WOULD HAVE IS YOU CUT AWAY TO
ANYONE ELSE.
WE WANT TO SEE THE TWO OF YOU SUFFER IN THE COLD.
>> YES.
WELL, I IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE IN THE RUN-UP, ANDY KEPT HAVING
THESE APPOINTMENTS TO GET WARM JACKETS TAILORED.
I SAID YOU DON'T NEED TAILORED COATS.
YOU NEED MASSIVE LAYERS AND PARKAS.
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO REALLY DIE OUT THERE.
ON TUESDAY I CALLED UP THE STORE CALLED "THE WARMING STORE" IN
PHILADELPHIA I FOUND ON THE SPIRNT.
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>> YOU WORK AT THE WARMING STORE.
>> Stephen: A SPONSOR.
>> RIGHT, THE WARMING STORE I TALKED TO.
SO I SPENT $2900 BUYING ELECTRIC CLOTHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY HAD ELECTRICALLY HEATED CLOTHING
NOW.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A BATTERY PACK?
>> THERE'S A BATTERY PACK ON YOUR SOCKS, ON YOUR VEST, ON
LONG UNDERWEAR, ON YOUR HATS AND YOUR GLOVES.
AND THEY SOLD ME THE FERRARI OF WARMING GLOVES, THEY SAID.
SO CONFIDENCE KIND OF AMAZING.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WEREN'T WEARING A COAT.
YOU WERE WEARING AN ENVIRONMENT.
>> I HAD COATS OVER IT, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU COULD
PRESS A BUTTON AND YOUR PERKS CS WOULD GET REALLY HOT.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHO CAN DO THAT?
>> THE ROCK.
>> Stephen: THE ROCK.
>> HE DOESN'T NEED THE CLOTHING.
HE JUST DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY.
>> Stephen: NOW, LISTEN, ARE YOU STILL--
>> IS THIS MINE?
>> Stephen: SURE, WHY NOT.
LET'S FIND OUT.
DO YOU STILL HAVE A CONTACT HIGH FROM RANDI KAYE?
YOU GUYS GOT A LITTLE TEASING.
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S LEGAL IN COLORADO.
SHE WAS JUST -- >> Stephen: NO ONE SAID IT
WASN'T.
>> WE ARE GROWN ADULTS.
AND SHE DID NOT SMOKE -- >> Stephen: SECONDHAND.
>> WHATEVER.
SHE ENDED UP AT A PAINT PARTY WHERE I GUESS THIS POT BUS ENDED
UP AT A PAINT PARTY WHERE FOR WHATEVER REASON PEOPLE RIDING
AROUND GETTING STONED ALL NIGHT WANT TO END UP PAINTI PAINTI PAI
DAY-GLO COLOR S.
>> Stephen: LOOK AT YOU TALKING LIKE YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I WOULDN'T KNOW.
I READ ABOUT IT.
>> SO THEY ENDED UP AT A PAINT PARTY.
>> Stephen: SURE, THEY BURR ED THE LEAD.
>> I KNOW.
THE WHOLE THING SURPRISED ME AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: AND NOW CALIFORNIA IT'S LEGAL.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SURPRISED IT SPREAD-- IT SPREAD SO
QUICKLY?
>> NOT REALLY.
THINK CALIFORNIA, IT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S CALIFORNIA.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SCENE.
>> SURE, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
>> IF IT WAS SOUTH CAROLINA, I WOULD BE SURPRISE GLD I THINK IT
MIGHT BE MEDICINAL.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: MEDICINAL MIGHT BE LEGAL DOWN THERE BECAUSE I GOT
SOME GLAUCOMA COMING ON HARD, ON VACATION, JUST FOR THE CHRISTMAS
VACATION.
YOU HAD TO WORK ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
WERE YOU ALLOWED TO GO HAVE FUN?
>> YEAH, I TOOK, LIKE, A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF.
>> AND WENT TO FRANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, MY PARTNER IS FRENCH.
( APPLAUSE ) AND IT'S WEIRD, THOUGH, LIKE, SO
WE WERE OUT, LIKE, IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE IN HIS HOUSE WITH
HIS SISTER AND ALL THESE KIDS AND ALL THESE FRENCH PEOPLE.
AND IT'S WEIRD WHEN YOU'RE IN FRANCE BECAUSE THEY DO THIS
THING THAT NOBODY ELSE DOES, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE DOING
IT.
THEY DO THIS THING WHERE THEY GO WITH THE WHOOO."
AND THEY HAVE ENTIRE CONVERSATIONS-- LIKE, I SAID,
"ANYONE SEEN 'STAR WARS'" AND THE FATHER WENT "WOOH."
>> Stephen: IS THERE A "B" IN THERE?
HOW WOULD YOU SPELL THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
SO THEN I TRIED IT JUST AS A JOKE.
I WAS LIKE... AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THAT'S SO WEIRD."
THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE DOING IT.
IT'S VERY STRANGE.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> AND THEY ALL EAT SMELLY CHEESE, LIKE, THE SMELLIER THE
BETTER.
IT'S VERY STRANGE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> IT'S LIKE MEH?
DID YOU LIKE 'STAR WARS'?" >> Stephen: BY THE WAY, YOU
HAVE SEEN THE NEW "STAR WARS."
>> I ACTUALLY SAW IT LAST NIGHT.
I WALKED OUT.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: YOU WALKED OUT.
>> I HAD A LOT GOING ON.
I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO -- >> Stephen: IT WASN'T A PARTLY
TO MOSTLY?
>> IT WASN'T A PROTEST.
I HAD TOO MUCH TO DO -- >> Stephen: YOU PAID MONEY?
>> I WENT DOWN TO THE THEATER ON 23rd STREET.
>> Stephen: YOU PAID MONEY, WALKED IN, AND IT IT OCCURRED TO
YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE, "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS."
>> YEAH, YEAH.
"I'M NOT GIVING IN THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES."
>> Stephen: WHICH IS REALLY A COMPLIMENT.
>> IT'S LIKE THIS DESERVE MYSELF ATTENTION.
I'M NOT GIVING IT MY ATTENTION.
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE WITH WHEN YOU'RE MAKING LOVE TO
SOMEONE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT YOU G, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GIVING
IT MY ALL."
I SHOULD COME BACK.
"LET'S PUT A PIN IN THIS.
LET'S TABLE THIS FOR A MOMENT."
>> I DID SEE "I TONYA."
>> Stephen: I DID NOT SEE "I TONYA."
BUT I AM A HUGE JEFF GILOULY FAN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ACTUAL NEWS GOING OUT THERE.
I HAVE UNPLUGGED A LITTLE BIT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.
>> YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE TWEETS.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S EASY.
IT'S SHORTHAND.
IT'S LIKE THE "SPARK NOTES" OF DEMOCRACY, JUST READING HIS
TWEETS.
>> SAD.
>> Stephen: SAD.
IRAN, 2009, THIS ALSO HAPPENED.
>> RIGHT, THE GREEN REVOLUTION.
>> Stephen: GREEN REVOLUTION.
IT DIDN'T ANYWHERE, WAS CRUSHED AT THE TIME.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IS THIS DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY?
>> RIGHT NOW, THIS HASN'T TAKEN THE SIZE OF THAT.
THIS STARTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO OUTSIDE OF TEHRAN.
AND IT STARTED MORE AS A AN ECONOMIC PROTEST.
ROUHANI PROMISED REFORMS AND A BETTER ECONOMY.
IT'S REALLY HIGH-- LIKE DOUBLE-DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT IN
IRAN, DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION.
AND HE HASN'T FOLLOWED THROUGH IN THE WAY MANY PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE LIKED.
THE THE LEADER IS KHAMEINI AND PEOPLE STARTED PROTESTING MORE
OVER ECONOMICS, AND IT'S STARTED GROWING TO TEHRAN AND PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM AND GREATER LIBERTYS.
THERE'S A WHOLE YOUNG POPULATION THERE THAT REALLY WANTS , YOU
KNOW, THEY WANT MORE FREEDOM, WHAT THEY SEE ON TELEVISION AND
VIA SATELLITE.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THE GREEN
REVOLUTION GOING ON IN 2009 WAS THE USE OF TWITTER.
>> RIGHT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL BEEN SHUT DOWN.
>> YEAH.
MOST DICTATORS WILL SHUT DOWN TWITTER.
THEY'LL SHUT DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA.
MUBARAK DID IT IN THE WANING DAYS OF HIS REGIME.
Y I DON'T KNOW IRAN VERY WELL.
I WAS ONLY THERE ONCE.
I WAS A YOUNG REPORTER IN LIKE '93, '94, I WAS THERE WITH TWO
PRODUCERS FOR THIS THING CALLED CHANNEL 1.
AND ON MY FIRST DAY, MY PRODUCER SAID, "WE SHOULD GO TO THE
PARK."
AND WE DID.
WE SHOT GIRLS PLAYING BAT MITTON, NOT OFFENSIVE AND WE GOT
ARRESTED.
I WAS IN IRAN FOR THREE DAYS AND ARRESTED FOR THREE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU DETAINED FOR THREE DAYS?
>> THEY WOULD LET US GO BACK TO THE HOTEL AT NIGHT.
WE WERE TRAPPED THERE ANYWAY.
THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO.
THEY TOOK OUR PASSPORTS.
WHEN YOU'RE ARRESTED IN IRAN IT IS VERY SCARY.
THERE'S NO ONE TO CALL, THERE IS NO EMBASSY.
AND I WAS WORKING FOR CHANNEL 1 AT THE TIME, AND THEY DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH INTERNATIONAL REACH.
AND EVERY DAY I WOULD SIT IN IN A POLICE STATION IN FRONT OF A
PICTURE OF THE AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI, WHO IS REALLY THE LAST
PERSON YOU WANT TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE ARRESTED AND DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOUR FUTURE HOLDS.
IT IS NOT A VERY WARMING FEELING.
>> Stephen: THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, 2018.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE
MIDTERMS.
AS A JOURNALIST LOOKING BACK AT 2016, IS THERE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT YOU THINK THAT THE NEWS MEDIA SHOULD DO IN 2018
BECAUSE YOU ALL GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF CRITICISM FOR YOUR
COVERAGE OF TRUMP AND-- >> LOOK, THERE'S SO MUCH
INFORMATION NOW.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USED TO TALK ABOUT A 24-HOUR NEWS CYCLE AND
THAT'S-- THERE'S NOT EVEN-- IT'S NOT 24 HOURS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HOURLY.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BROADCAST WE PLANNED-- I HAVE A BROADCAST
THAT STARTS AT 8:00, WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT ALL DAY.
A LOT OF TIMES EVERYTHING WE WORKED ON ALL DAY GETS THROWN
OUT AT FIVE MINUTES TO 8:00 AND WE DO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
BROADCAST.
I DO THINK IT'S FORTUNATE JUST TRY TO AVOID ALWAYS BEING
DISTRACTED BY, LIKE LATEST THING, THE SHINIEST OBT AND KEEP
FOCUSED ON CHOOSHZ ARE IMPORTANT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD.
THINGS ARE CHANGING INCREDIBLY RAPIDLY.
>> Stephen: WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR BROADCAST.
I WATCH IT EVERY NIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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