MY FIRST GUEST IS THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING
HOST OF "THE TALK" AND "BIG BROTHER," WHICH BOTH AIR ON CBS.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, JULIE CHEN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: AFTER YOU, YOUNG LADY.
>> HELLO, HELLO, NICE TO BE BACK.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: THERE IS NO ONE I WOULD RATHER TALK TO NOW BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT VERY BIG NEWS.
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT "CELEBRITY BIG
BROTHER -- THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE "CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER IN
THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU ANNOUNCED THE CELEBRITIES AND THE BIG
SURPRISE.
>> AMAROSA HAS GONE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE BIG BROTHER
HOUSE.
( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: WOW.
AND THAT IS THE HEADLINE.
THERE ARE ELEVEN CELEBRITIES BUT SHE IS THE ONE EVERYONE IS
FASCINATED BY, YOU LOVE HER, HATE HER.
>> Stephen: IT LITERALLY IS A HEADLINE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE JUST MOMENTS AGO SHE WAS THIS CLOSE
TO THE SEAT OF POWER.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND A BIG SEAT IT IS.
>> AND I'M SURE SHE -- VERY CLEVER.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I USED TO WORK ON CLEVER CENTRAL.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: UH-HUH.
I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HER 12 MONTHS WAS LIKE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER EXITING THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: SHE WAS ESCORTED OUT BY SECURITY IS WHAT I
UNDERSTAND.
>> YES.
THEY WANT YOU TO THINK KICKING AND SCREAMING, AND I'M SURE
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF HOW THAT WENT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
AND I THINK, NOW, SHE HAS A PLACE TO TALK ALL DAY LONG,
24-7, FOR THREE WEEKS IN THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE BROADCAST.
YOU CAN GO 24 HOURS A DAY AND WATCH THE CAMERAS OF ALL OF THEM
SLOWLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DYING FROM EXPOSURE IN THAT HOUSE.
>> WELL, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW CELEBRITIES ARE GOING TO DO
IN THIS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROUP WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALMOST UNIVERSE.
SHE WAS MISS COLOMBIA AND FOR 7.5 SECONDS SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS
MISS UNIVERSE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE ONE STEVE HARVEY CROWNED MISS
COLOMBIA.
>> YES, SHE'S GORGEOUS, AND I HAVE NOT MET HER YET, BUT I HEAR
SHE'S VERY SOPHIA GAVAR LIKE, REALLY SMART AND JUST DYNAMIC.
AND IF ANYONE WANTS A WIN, IT'S MISS COLOMBIA, SHE WANTS A WIN.
>> Stephen: SHE SURE DOES.
BUT THEY'RE FIERCE COMPETITORS.
RON ARTEST NOW KNOWN AS MIDDLE WORLD PEACE.
WE HAVE SHANNON ELIZABETH, EVERYONE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER
IN AMERICAN PIE AND SHE IS A WINNER BECAUSE SHE'S A PIERCE,
COMPETITIVE POKER PLAYER WHO NOW LIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
>> Stephen: WAS SHE FLEEING POKER DEBTS?
WHY DOES SHE WILL YOU HAVE IN SOUTH AFRICA?
>> WE'LL FIND OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW LONG DO YOU
GET LOCKED INTO THE HOUSE?
>> TWO AND A HALF WEEKS OF CRAZY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
TWO AND A HALF WEEKS OF, LOOK, WE'VE NEVER DONE
"CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER BEFORE THAWS IT WAS HARD TO FIND ANY
CELEBRITY WILLING TO COMMIT UP TO THREE MONTHS IN THE BIG
BROTHER HOUSE, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS ON DURING THE SUM SNORE
RIGHT.
>> BUT -- ALWAYS ON IN THE SUMMER.
BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO WATCH WINTER OLYMPICS ON THE OTHER
NETWORK.
>> Stephen: OH, HELL, I'M WATCHING THIS.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT COMPETITION.
>> Stephen: WHO WANTS TO WATCH YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOOD AT EVERYTHING, NO.
ARE THEY IN THE HOUSE NOW?
>> NO, THEY ARE IN SEQUESTER.
NOW THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE LIST OF ELEVEN CELEBRITIES, BUT THEY
DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS GOING IN WITH THEM.
WE THROW THEM IN THE HOUSE LATER THIS WEEK.
>> Stephen: WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU INTRODUCE?
AMAROSA?
>> SHE'S THE LAST.
SE'S THE 11th.
WE WERE JUST GOING TO DO FIVE MEN, FIVE WOMEN.
IF SHE SAID YES, WE WERE GOING TO SAY NO RULES CAN'T HAVE SIX
WOMEN AND FIVE MEN.
SURPRISINGLY, SHE SIGNED THE PAPERS AND SAID YES.
WE'RE, LIKE, GUESS WHAT?
GET ANOTHER BED!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHEN I WAS IN
L.A., I WENT TO THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE.
IS IT THE SAME HOUSE?
>> YES, WE JOOJED IT UP.
THEY LIKE TO GET MESSAGES.
SOMEONE WAS STUFFING MESSAGES FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND TOUGH
IS ITING THEM IN TENNIS BALLS AND LOBBING THEM OVER THE FENCE.
>> Stephen: LAST YEAR THEY DIDN'T KNOW TRUMP HAD WON.
>> I TOLD THEM.
>> Stephen: WOW.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU COULD HAVE JUST LOBBED
PUMPKINS OVER THE WALL AND GONE, FIGURE IT OUT, FIGURE IT OUT.
ROUG( PIANO RIFF ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
YOU WERE AT THE GRAMMYS LAST NIGHT.
HOW DUD MR. BATISTE AND JOE -- >> JON AND JOE, I WAS SO HAPPY
TO SEE THEM.
>> Stephen: ME, TOO.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO'S A PART OF THE CBS FAMILY, YOU CLAP
EXTRA HARD, YAHOO!
SO THEY DID GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT TRANSLATED ON TELEVISION BECAUSE SOMETIMES
YOU DON'T GET THE CAMERA SHOTS BUT THIS IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE POLITICAL MOMENTS, THE BIG
MOMENTS, BUT WHEN ELTON JOHN TOOK THAT STAGE AND SANG TINY
DANCER WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A SLOW SONG, THE WHOLE PLACE STOOD UP
AND THAT IS A CROWD THAT IS HARD TO GET TO STAND UP, ESPECIALLY
FOR A SLOW SONG.
THEY NEVER STAND FOR A SLOW SONG.
THEY BARELY WERE STANDING FOR DESPOSITO.
I WAS, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON, PEOPLE?
HE CAME ON AND EVERYONE STOOD IN THE STANDING OVATION FOR THE
WHOLE SONG.
AMAZING.
>> Stephen: NO ONE'S ELTON JOHN.
A PERSONAL STORY, I FOUND OUT WHEN YOU FIRST GRADUATED FROM
COLLEGE YOU MOVED BACK HOME.
>> THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: MOST PEOPLE DON'T SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE UNDER
YOUR PARENTS' ROOF LIVING BY THEIR RULES.
>> IT WASN'T RIGHT AFTER COLLEGE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS 27.
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAD SEEN THE REAL WORLD.
>> I HAD SEEN THE REAL WORLD, HAD A TASTE OF THE REAL WORLD
AND DUE TO MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, I LIVED WITH MY PARENTS FOR ABOUT
TWO YEARS, AND IT WAS HEAVEN.
MY MOTHER COOKED FOR ME, SHE DID MY LAUNDRY, SHE HELPED ME CLEAN
MY ROOM.
THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE YOUR BACK AFTER YOU'RE A GROWNUP
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT -- IT'S, LIKE, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
THESE ARE MY PARENTS WHO WERE, LIKE, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE
HOUSE AND MAKE YOUR OWN WAY.
AND, YEAH, IT WAS GLORIOUS.
THEY COULDN'T WAIT.
THEY WERE, LIKE, YOU NEED TO GET ON NOW.
THEY DIDN'T CHARGE ME RENT.
CHINESE PARENTS, THERE'S A PUSH-PULL.
THEY'RE ALWAYS, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO STUDY HARD, YOU HAVE TO WORK
HARD, AND THEN IF THEY CAN BABY YOU LATER IN LIFE IT'S A WHOLE
ABOUT FACE.
IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
>> I HAVE TWO OLDER SISTER.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE THE BABY.
>> YES, SURE.
MY MOM, WHEN I MOVED BACK IN, I WAS WORKING AT LOCAL NEWS AND
GETTING TO WORK AT 4:00 A.M., SO EVERY DAY SHE PACKED ME A HOT
LUNCH IN THIS BENT OLD BOX TUPPERWARE THAT WAS STACKED AND
WHEN I WAS IN MY CUBICLE EVERYONE WOULD SMELL THE WONTON
SOUP AND EVERYONE WAS SO JEALOUS OF ME.
ONE DAY MY BEST FRIEND CAME OVER AND MY MOTHER WAS MAKING MY MEAL
AND SHE WAS, LIKE, DO YOU WANT YOUR GRAPES PEELED OR NOT
PEELED?
I WAS, LIKE, PEELED, PLEASE.
MY BEST FRIEND SAYS, WHY ARE YOU TALKING LIKE A BABY?
I SAID MY MOTHER LIKES IT.
I'M THE BABY.
IT'S A ROLE THING.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT I WAS BABY.
LITERALLY KILLED YOUR GRAPES!
>> CHINESE PARENTS.
>> Stephen: I GOT TO GET ME SOME!
>> YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN.
>> STEPHEN: "CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER" PREMIERES FEBRUARY 7 ON
CBS.
JULIE CHEN, EVERYBODY!