>>> IT IS 8:08. WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.
IT IS SOMETHING WE CANT STOP
TALKING ABOUT.
HODAS ONE-ON-ONE WITH CARRIE
UNDERWOOD.
>> SHES A SINGER, SONGWRITER, ACTRESS, A WIFE AND A MOM TO,
ACTRESS, A WIFE AND A MOM TO 3-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH.
3-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH. SHES JUGGLING IT ALL WITH THIS
ACTIVEWEAR LINE SHE HAS COMING
OUT.
I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH
HER AT A MOTHERS DAY EVENT FOR
HER BRAND.
HER FIRST TV INTERVIEW SINCE
CARRIES SCARY FALL SIX MONTHS AGO.IES SCARY FALL SIX MONTHS
AGO. ♪
♪ CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD. THAT VOICE BACK IN THE
SPOTLIGHT, BLOWING EVERYBODY
AWAY WHEN SHE APPEARED AT THE
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS,
SINGING HER SINGLE "CRY PRETTY." HER FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE HER."
HER FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE HER FALL BACK IN NOVEMBER.
♪ YEAH, YEAH >> IT WAS, OBVIOUSLY, A BIG DEAL
FOR YOU TO STEP OUT ON THE
STAGE.
PEOPLE HADNT SEEN YOU SINCE YOU HAD FALLEN.T SEEN YOU SINCE YOU
HAD FALLEN. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I THINK PEOPLE WERE REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
WHAT DID HAPPEN THAT DAY?
>> PLAIN AND SIMPLE, IT WAS KIND OF A FREAK ACCIDENT. IT WAS KIND
OF A FREAK ACCIDENT. I JUST FELL.
I JUST TRIPPED.
TAKING MY DOGS OUT TO DO THEIR
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO
ANYBODY.
I SAY IF I HAD FALLEN ANYWHERE
ELSE, IT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN A
PROBLEM.
THERE WAS JUST ONE LITTLE STEP
THAT I WENT TO CATCH MYSELF ON,
AND I MISSED.
IN THE BEGINNING, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DIDNT KNOWFEEL
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DIDNT KNOW HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO END UP.
>> IN WHAT WAY?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> I MEAN, THERE WAS -- IT JUST
WASNT PRETTY.
WASNT PRETTY.
>> WERE YOU BY YOURSELF? WERE THERE PEOPLE?RSELF?
WERE THERE PEOPLE? >> I WAS.
>> I WAS. NO, MY SON WAS ASLEEP UPSTAIRS.
>> CARRIE WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL, LEAVING HER WITH MORE
THAN 40 STITCHES AROUND HER
MOUTH AND A BROKEN WRIST.
IM LOOKING A YOU, AND I FEEL
LIKE YOU LOOK THE SAME.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU LOOK THE SAME.FEEL LIKE YOU LOOK THE
SAME. >> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM OF
PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN SPACKLE
AND PAINT AND PASTE.
NO, THANK YOU.
IM FEELING -- EVERY DAY, I FEEL
A LITTLE MORE BACK TO NORMAL.
>> LOOKING GREAT AND SOUNDING
EVEN BETTER.
EVEN BETTER.
THE RESPONSE TO HER RETURN TO
THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE ACM AWARDS WAS OVERWHELMING.THE ACM AWARDS
WAS OVERWHELMING. I WAS WATCHING.
I KNOW YOURE A POWERHOUSE ON
STAGE.
STAGE.
YOU ALWAYS ARE.
BUT I WATCHED, AND I FELT SOMETHING SPECIAL. I FELT
SOMETHING SPECIAL. WAS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
GOING ON?
GOING ON?
>> YEAH.
WHEN YOURE SINGING SOMETHING
THAT IS STRAIGHT FROM YOUR
HEART, ITS EASY TO JUST BE IN THE MOMENT AND BE CONNECTED TO
IT.
IT.
I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH IT TRANSLATES UNTIL AFTER THE ACM
AWARDS.
AWARDS.
IT WAS, LIKE, WOW, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT THAT PERFORMANCE.
♪ CRY PRETTY
>> THAT STANDING O, WHAT DID YOU
THINK OF THAT?
>> WHEN IM SINGING A SONG, ITS LIKE, IM IN THE MUSIC.ONG, ITS
LIKE, IM IN THE MUSIC. IM RIGHT THERE LIVING IT.
THEN ITS LIKE, AS SOON AS THE
SONG ENDS, IM LIKE, OH, IM
JUST CARRIE AGAIN.
ITS LIKE THE MAGIC ENDS
SOMEHOW.
SOMEHOW.
I TURN INTO A PUMPKIN IN FRONT
OF EVERYBODY.
IM NOT, LIKE, A CENTER OF ATTENTION KIND OF PERSON.
>> BY THE WAY, THE SONG "CRY
PRETTY" HAS TOUCHED A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
WEVE ALL FELT IT.
LIKE YOU NOD YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS.UR HEAD WHEN YOU
HEAR THE WORDS. >> I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE RELATE TO
IT BECAUSE IT IS, LIKE, OH, MAN,
SOMETIMES, YOU JUST DO HAVE TO
JUST LET IT OUT.
>> I GO TO THE BATHROOM.
I LITERALLY GO IN THE BATHROOM.
THERES NO OTHER ESCAPE HATCH.
>> I LOVE THIS.
I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
PEOPLE.
I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE TELLING
ME PLACES THEY CRY.
IVE HEARD CLOSET.
IVE HEARD SHOWER.
IVE HEARD BATHROOM.
>> WHATS YOURS?
>> I FEEL LIKE MY CAR KIND OF
IS.
I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST FEEL
LIKE -- WHICH I KNOW PEOPLE CAN
SEE YOU, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE SEEN ME AT A STOPLIGHT ORY HAVE
SEEN ME AT A STOPLIGHT OR SOMETHING AND BEEN, LIKE, WHAT
IS THIS CRAZY LADY DOING OVER
HERE?
HERE?
>> WHAT CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS
DOING IS MORE THAN JUST MUSIC.
CARRIE IS NOT ONLY A BUSY MOM TO 3-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH, BUT A LEAD TO
3-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH, BUT A LEAD DESIGNER FOR HER ACTIVE WEAR
CLOTHING LINE, CALIA BY CARRIE
UNDERWOOD.
UNDERWOOD.
TODAY, CELEBRATING MOTHERS DAY
BY WORKING OUT WITH HER MOM,
CAROL.
SO ON MOTHERS DAY, WHAT WORDS
DO YOU HAVE FOR HER?
>> OH, IM A CRIER.
>> YOURE GOING TO CRY. IM GOING TO CRY.O CRY.
IM GOING TO CRY. THEN HODA IS GOING TO CRY.
>> SHES A GREAT MOM.
SHES A GREAT DAUGHTER.
SHES A GREAT PERSON.
I JUST WANT HER TO ALWAYS BE
THAT WAY.
THAT WAY.
I LOVE HER. >> YOU HIT THE MOM JACKPOT.
>> I REALLY DID.
>> YOU HIT THE MOM JACKPOT.
>> I DID.
>> I DID. >> LETS ALL GO IN HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> YAY, MOMS!THREE.
>> YAY, MOMS! >> YAY, CARRIE.
>> THE COOL THING, TOO, AT THE
EVENT, SHE WAS ALWAYS -- SHE
ALWAYS HAD HER EYE ON HER MOM.
SHE WAS WORKING OUT.
MOM, YOU OKAY?
YOU OVER HERE?
YOU CAN TELL THAT IS THE REAL
DEAL, THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
>> I THOUGHT YOU PICKED UP ON
SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT HER
THOUGH.
THOUGH.
THE WAY SHE LOOKED WHEN SHE WAS GETTING THE STANDING OVATION,AS
GETTING THE STANDING OVATION, SHE WENT FROM THIS AMAZING
SINGER TO THIS SHY, SWEET GIRL.
>> PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF
SUPERSTARS, ESPECIALLY IN MUSIC,
IS THAT THEYRE THAT WAY ON
STAGE.
STAGE. WHEN YOU GO TO THE CONCERT, YOU
SEE THEM, AND YOU THINK ITS HOW
THEY SHOP.
THEY SHOP.
ESPECIALLY FOR HER TO SAY, AS
SOON AS THE SONG IS OVER, I FEEL
LIKE IM A PUMPKIN AGAIN.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT WAS ALSO ENHANCED BECAUSE OF HER FALL.
I THINK SHE FELT A LITTLE
INSECURE.
INSECURE.
WHEN SHE SAW THAT STANDING O,
SHE GOT AN AWARD AT THE EVENT,
SHE JUST WAS SOBBING. I THOUGHT, SHES THE REAL DEAL,
BY THE WAY.
IF YOURE WONDERING, ARE THEY LIKE THEY ARE, AS YOU WOULDY
LIKE THEY ARE, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE?
IMAGINE?
SHE IS THAT PERSON.
WERE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON