-You're crushing it every morning.
I wake up to you every single morning.
And thank you so much for just getting out there
and just -- you're just fantastic out there.
And now I see you on the cover of "Hollywood Reporter."
I saw you in "TIME" magazine.
You are one of the "TIME" 100.
I mean, you're what, 100 most influential people.
-Well, we were half of a person. Together we were one person.
-Yes. -Which was actually really cool.
-So, actually, it's "TIME" 101.
-It's like we are like one. -Yeah. They snuck a one.
-We may be the only fraction on the "TIME" 100.
-And we do only have one -- one word for this.
-What? -What?
-No, no. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
-We can't believe it. -You couldn't believe it?
-Well, you know what was funny? We got this e-mail.
-Yeah. -And it was like,
oh, "TIME" 100. We're like, "Oh, my God. We're invited."
We have to get a dress, we're going --
and we thought -- you know, we thought we were just --
we were someone who was invited to the thing,
and then we couldn't believe when they said --
-You were actually one of the -- -And we said,
"You made a mistake, because it cannot possibly be us."
-People who are on that list that, like, cured cancer.
-Right. -You know?
They're, like, activists in Africa.
And we're like, "What do we do?" We go --
What? -What?
-No, no, no. Not at all, please.
-We're like Cheech and Chong.
-No. My goodness. Well, but the "TIME" 100,
one of the most -- 100 of the most influential people
in the world. You are. I mean, people watch you.
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They love you. They listen to you.
I know. You are. -That's hilarious.
-That was crazy. -It's crazy.
-Wait, can we also point out in the "Hollywood Reporter"
that you just held up -- -Oh. Somebody else was in that.
-Maybe we are on the cover. But somebody else is part
of "Hollywood Reporter," yeah. It's a guy named Jimmy Fallon.
Okay. I don't know if you have heard --
Have y'all heard of Jimmy Fallon?
-James Fallon. -Yes.
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-Did you do the old Washington read,
where you look for yourself?
[ Laughter ]
-Yes. I was like, where am I in here?
Where? Ooh, my goodness.
Oh, yeah.
[ Laughter ]
And the kids should read that. Yeah.
You go to this "TIME" thing, the "TIME" 100 thing.
I mean, I don't even get invites to go meet these people,
let alone be in the magazine.
You -- you're there with schmoozing with everybody.
Anybody make you nervous? Anyone you freak out by?
-It was -- I mean, there were so many famous people there.
-Mm-hmm. -It was awesome.
Hoda sat next to Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman.
-I mean, that's -- They're fantastic.
-You know what was cool? -I love them.
-I couldn't believe -- they were literally asking
everyone around the table, like,
"Let me see a picture of your kids.
I want to see this." -They're the best.
-They were so nice. -They were so cool and nice.
Like, you'd really want to be friends with them in real life.
-You look around and it's like, "Oh, over at the next table
there's John Krasinski and Emily Blunt."
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-I was seated next to the CEO of Merck.
[ Laughter ]
-What is that again? -I don't know. Exactly.
-I know. I mean, it's -- I'm Merck's biggest fan.
I love Merck. -But I was like --
"Hoda's sitting next to Nicole and Keith."
And I'm like, "I'll be discussing pharmaceuticals."
[ Laughter ]
-Wow, that's interesting. -Yeah, yeah.
-I mean, that's the fun of those things.
-But actually, he's really awesome and fun.
-Yeah. That's the thing about those things.
You sit next to people. But also, like,
everyone is dressed up to the nines.
-Yes. To the nines. -You guys looked gorgeous.
And I gotta say, Hoda -- -Yeah.
-Very interesting purse call on your behalf.
And you've done this before.
I don't know why you -- Dude, you are unbelievable.
Here's Hoda with a ziplock bag for a purse.
[ Laughter, cheers, and applause ]
-Wait. I don't -- Thank you!
Thank you. -No, they're not --
They're not clapping -- They're not clapping with you.
They're like, "This is insane."
-Wait. Do you guys think a ziplock bag for a purse
is a good idea?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-If you're going to the airport, yes.
-Yeah. If you're going through TSA or something, sure.
-Can I tell you, it's so convenient.
It's clear. You see what you have.
It's easy. It's cheap.
When you lose it, you can just get another one.
[ Laughter ]
-Dude, it's kind of a -- It's sort of a weird thing,
'cause I was like, hey, I have an extra purse.
Like, I borrowed a fancy purse.
-Yeah. -And I had an extra.
And I was like, "Do you want this?"
And she was like, "No." "I just want my ziplock bag."
And then we had to go take pictures.
We were, like, on the red carpet and the press person
from NBC was like, "Please --
Can we please just take your purse?"
And she was like, "No!" -Give me that ziplock bag purse.
-I got a text from an old friend of mine from, like, 20 years ago
and the only thing she wrote was, "Oh, my God.
You are still carrying that ziplock bag around."
[ Laughter and applause ]
-I can't break a habit. Yeah.
-That has to be your thing.
You know what you should do next?
-What? What? -You should bring a bag
in the ziplock bag.
Like, have a purse inside the ziplock bag.
Always bring the bag. Don't lose the bag.