( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE BACK HERE WITH OUR FRIEND
OPRAH WINFREY.
>> THOSE GUYS ARE SO GOOD.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE AN AMAZING BAND, INCREDIBLE.
>> AND I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS ALBUM UNTIL TODAY.
>> Stephen: WHAT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT'S FANTASTIC.
"CHRISTMAS WITH JON BATISTE" TEARING UP THE CHARTS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT'S INCREDIBLE.
YOU GOTTA GET IT.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOL DAY IS OVER--
>> NEXT YEAR.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, IT WILL KEEP CHRISTMAS IN YOUR HEART
EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
SPEAKING OF PUSHING PRODUCT.
YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK HERE CALLED "FOOD, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS."
"FOOD, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS."
WITH OPRAH WINFREY.
THAT'S YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) HOW DO YOU-- LIKE, YOU DO SO
MANY THINGS.
HOW DO YOU PICK, LIKE, WHICH PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO DO?
LIKE-- >> WELL, SO I STARTED WEIGHT
WATCHERS.
I'VE LOST 42.5 POUNDS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND I-- AND EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE WAS SAYING
THINGS LIKE, "OH, GOSH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON WEIGHT
WATCHERS.
YOU'RE EATING TACOS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE EATING TRUFFLELES AND STUFFED
TORTELLINI."
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOUR FRIENDS TALK?
>> THEY DO.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GET NEW FRIENDS.
>> EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE FOOD WE HAVE AT THE
HOUSE.
AND I SAID YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING YOU WANT ON WEIGHT WATCHERS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME, EVERYBODY WHO HAS WATCHED ME OVER YEARS
KNOWS I HAVE HAD A FEW STRUGGLES WITH FOOD.
AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY FELT THAT I HAVE GOTTEN
IT UNDER CONTROL, THAT THIS IS A LIFE-SUSTAINING PROGRAM--
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: IS THIS A DIET BOOK?
>> IT'S NOT A DIET BOOK.
WHAT I DID WAS-- BECAUSE WEIGHT WATCHERS COUNTS POINTS, NOT
CALORIE S.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU WIN?
HOW DO YOU WIN WITH POINT?
IS IT A LOW SCORE OR HIGH SCORE.
>> I PLAY MY POINT.
I HAVE 30 POINTS A DAY.
EVERY FOOD HAS A POINT AND I PLAY IT LIKE A GAME.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I DO IT.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, TONIGHT I DIDN'T EAT A WHOLE
LOT-- ALTHOUGH YOU DID HAVE BREAD FOR ME IN THE GREEN ROOM.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> I EAT FOUR POINT OF BREAD, I HAD AN EGG.
I'M GOING INTO THE NIGHT WITH 21 POINT FOR DINNER, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: SO 21, SO BRING ME THE FETTUCINE ALFREDO.
>> I CAN DO THAT AND A COUPLE OF GLASS OF WINE IF I WANTED TO
TONIGHT, I COULD.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I PLAY THE GAME.
BUT THIS IS NOT A DIET BOOK.
IT'S A BOOK ABOUT MY JOURNEY WITH FOOD.
IT'S REALLY A FOOD MEMOIR OF -- >> REALLY?
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: A MEMOIR.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORIES OF FOOD?
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF FOOD?
>> OKAY, GUARD, LIKE HERE, ON THE BEGINNING FIRST PAGE WHERE I
TALK ABOUT-- ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WANT TO ASK ME IF I READ THIS?
>> I'M NOT.
I KNOW BETTER THAN TO DO THAT.
( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S ON MY FARM.
>> Stephen: THAT'S YOUR FARM.
YOU'RE A FARMER?
>> I'M A FARMER, YEAH.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
IT'S COMING UP RIGHT HERE.
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
>> Stephen: LOOK AT THAT.
>> YOU KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES.
>> Audience: OOOOH!
>> Stephen: IT'S A GOOD LOOK.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER "LASSIE?" ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH FOR "LASSIE?"
Q. YEAH.>> AT THE END OF "LASSIE WAS A CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMMERCIAL.
WHERE MOM WOULD SAY, "TIMMY, COME HERE."
AND SHE WOULD SERVE HIM-- IT WAS PRODUCT PLACEMENT BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT AT THE TIME.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT, OH, GOSH, LITTLE WHITE BOYS GET SOUP FROM
THEIR MOMS.
YOU KNOW.
I REALLY DID.
AND I THOUGHT, GEE, IF MY MOM COULD ONLY SERVE ME SOUP, THAT I
WOULD MEAN-- I ASSOCIATED THAT SOUP AS A LOVE THING, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: WOW.
THAT'S LOVELY.
SPEAK OF LOVE AND FOOD, THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL SERIES ON RELIGION.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO THE LAST THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS GOD,
AND THIS ONE IS ABOUT FOOD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
JESUS SAID, "MAN CANNOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE."
>> YEAH, BUT IF HE CAN, MAKE IT GOOD.
( LAUGHTER ) MAKE IT SEVEN GRAIN, I SAY.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS )
GO AHEAD, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE I'M GOING BUT WHEN I
THINK OF GOD AND FOOD I THINK OF BREAD, THE BREAD OF LIFE.
HOW MANY POINTS WOULD YOU GIVE JESUS?
BECAUSE HE'S GOT THOSE WASHBOARD ABS.
HE LOOKS FANTASTIC.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WAS EATING?
>> I THINK HE WAS EATING A LOT OF GRAINS, AND SOME FISH.
APPARENTLY FIVE LOAFS AND SOME FISH.
HE WAS DOING REAL WELL WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
>> IT'S BASED ON HOW TALL YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR WEIGHT IS.
SO YOU WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE POINT THAN I WOULD BECAUSE
YOU'RE TALLER THAN I AM.
DEPENDING ON YOUR WEIGHT SIGHT.
I GET 30, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE GET 40, 42 POINT A DAY, DEPENDING
WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROGRAM.
IT HAS WORKED FOR ME AND IT'S NOT A DIET AND I'VE NOT
SACRIFICED ONE DAY OF LOSING 42.5 POUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE QUESTIONS-- ONE OF THE CHAPTERS
IT SAYS, CHAPTER TWO, "WHAT ARE YOU REALLY HUNGRY FOR?"
OPRAH?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> DID YOU THAT VERY WELL.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU REALLY HUNGRY FOR?
>> I REALLY AM NOT HUNGRY FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MY
FAVORITE WORD, AS I SAY AT THE END OF THIS, IS I'VE COME TO A
POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE ACHIEVED A LOT OF THINGS AND
DONE A LOT OF THINGS AND HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
AND I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE ACHOAFD A LOT OF
THINGS AND DONE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONTENT WITH IT.
SO MY FAVORITE WORD RIGHT NOW IS CONTENTMENT.
I AM SO CONTENT WITH JUST THE SIMPLEST THINGS, YOU KNOW.
ACTUALLY, THE PICTURE THAT BEST DESCRIBES ME I THINK IS THERE IS
A PICTURE IN THE BACK OF THIS BOOK THAT IF YOU WANT TO SAY WHO
AM I REALLY IN MY MOST PRIVATE MOMENTS THAT I'M NOT EVEN
INSTAGRAMMING, THAT'S WHO I AM.
THAT'S WHO I AM.
YOU SEE THAT?
THAT'S MY DOG LUKE AND MY DOG LALAY.
( APPLAUSE ) YES!
>> Stephen: "WHEN I DECIDED TO WRITE THIS BOOK A WHILE BACK I
TOOK A LONG LOOK AT MYSELF IN A FULL-LENGTH MIRROR.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU WEARING ANY CLOTHES AT THE TIME?
>> I WAS NOT.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE NOT?
>> I GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER!
>> Stephen: I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
IT'S JUST ASKING.
IT'S PERFECTLY NATURAL.
>> I TOOK A LOOK IN THE MIRROR, AND I HAD ALWAYS BEEN SO
CRITICAL OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.
"MY THIGHS, I CAN'T BELIEVE, AND MY SHOULDERS, MY ARMS ARE TOO--"
AND I JUST STOOD THERE AND I THOUGHT, WOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
LIVE THIS LONG.
I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WITH WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS NUMBER.
I'M JUST GOING TO APPRECIATE WHO I AM AND WHERE I AM AND THIS
BODY AS I HAVE IT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD FOR YOU.
I'LL TELL YOU.
>> WHAT?
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS-- YOU ARE AN APPRECIATOR.
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: AND COB TENT WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
>> YES.
ARE YOU?
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY AM-- YEAH, I'M PRETTY CONTENT, YOU
KNOW.
MOSTLY, I PICK ABOUT MY OWN BEHAVIOR HOW I TREAT PEOPLE.
I COULD BE A BETTER FRIEND TO JON BATISTE, CLEARLY.
BUT I'M PRETTY CONTENT.
I'M PRETTY CONTENT.
YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING, ANY SITUATION SOUND LIKE SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD BE CONTENT ABOUT.
YOU CAN MAKE THINGS SOUND REALLY, REALLY NICE EVEN IF
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW-- PROBABLY NOT EVEN IF THEY'RE THAT GREAT OF A
SITUATION.
YOU'RE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT-- >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
WHOLE...
♪ YEAH ♪ >> Stephen: YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT ♪ YEAH ♪
YOU KNOW HOW THAT STARTED?
JOHN TRAVOLTA WAS ON MY SHOW MANY YEARS AGO, AND I WAS-- I
JUST LOVE JOHN TRAVOLTA.
ISN'T HE A GREAT GUY.
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT JOHN TRAVOLTA.
AND I SAID, "COMING UP NEXT ♪ JOHN TRAVOLTA ♪
AND IT JUST SOUNDED SO GOOD.
I WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO BE TALKING TO
♪ JOHN TRAVOLTA ♪ >> Stephen: I'VE GOT A
CHALLENGE FOR YOU.
ARE YOU UP FOR A CHALLENGE?
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME THINGS THAT ARE NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: SOME STATEMENTS, SOME SENTENCES THAT YOU CANNOT--
CANNOT BE SAID IN AN EXCITING WAY, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU
HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE EVEN THESE SENTENCE SOUND EXCITING.
AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'D LIKE-- YOU SHOW ME HOW TO DO
IT AND I'LL TRY TO DO IT WITH YOU.
WE'LL DO IT DIGNITARY, OTHER, SHALL WE?
>> ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY?
>> Stephen: THIS IS "OPRAH HELPS STEPHEN MAKE ANYTHING
EXCITING!" >> OKAY, READY.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU RIGHT HERE.
>> THIS IS ME RIGHT HERE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE FIRST THING, EVEN OPRAH CAN MAKE THIS
SOUND EXCITING ♪ YOUR FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELED
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
ANOTHER YOU GO.
>> Stephen: I'LL TRY IT.
♪ THE LASTING FEESKTZ CLIMATE CHANGE ARE IRREVERSIBLE ♪
( APPLAUSE ).
>> THIS IS BAD.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS IS NOT GOOD.
>> YOU CAN MAKE IT SOUND GOOD.
>> OKAY.
♪ THE TESTS ARE BACK.
YOU HAVE CHLAMYDIA ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE CHLAMYDIA!
AND YOU HAVE CHLAMYDIA!
SCIENTIFIC AROUND, OPRAH AND I ARE GOING TO COOK A SEXY
BREAKFAST.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )