[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] WHEW!
WHEW!
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT ASHTON, THANK YOU
FOR DROPPING THE MIC WITH ME EARLIER, YOU WERE SENSATIONAL.
>> OH YES.
THANK YOU.
>> James: THANKS FOR COMING AND JUDGING.
>> YES, YEAH.
>> I OUTCOME, I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK IT WAS RIGGED.
IT FELT LIKE A LITTLE RIGGED.
>> James: YOU TWO GO WAY BACK.
YOU'RE FRIENDS.
YOU'RE OLD FRIENDS.
>> I LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS IN HIS STUDIO.
HE'S LIKE MY COACH.
IT'S LIKE IF ROCKY WAS IN A FIGHT AND THE JUDGE WAS, OH, THE
GUY WAS LIKE, YOU'RE DEAD.
YOU LOSE.
>> IT'S AWFUL.
>> James: WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET?
>> UM, I WAS DOING "MAKING THE BAND" ON MTV AND HE WAS DOING
PUNK'D.
I GAVE HIM A CALL ONE DAY AND I SAID, I HEARD YOU'RE GOING TO
PUNK ME AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> I KIND OF DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY YOU SAID IT.
I'M PRETTY SURE.
>> YOU TELL THE STORY.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> James: HA-HA.
>> PLEASE DON'T PUNK ME?
>> ALMOST.
>> CAN WE WORK OUT A DEAL?
>> I THINK IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS SOME VERSION ABOUT IF YOU DO
THAT, THAT WILL NOT END WELL FOR YOU.
>> James: HA-HA.
>> BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WORK OUT A DEAL.
>> James: WHY WERE YOU SO AFRAID OF BEING PUNK'D?
>> BECAUSE IT -- I SAW THIS KANYE WEST EPISODE AND IT GOT SO
DANGEROUS.
KANYE WAS RUNNING WITH HIS FILM FROM HIS VIDEO AND IT JUST
LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS ABOUT TO BE, LIKE, SOMETHING THAT WAS
GOING TO END BAD HAPPENING.
AND I WAS LIKE, IF THAT WAS ME AND SOMEONE TOOK THE FILM TO MY
VIDEO, UM, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD END WELL.
>> James: NO.
>> YEAH SO, YOU KNOW, I CALLED HIM UP AND THEN WE GOT TOGETHER.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND WE BECAME THE RAT PACK, YOU KNOW, THE NEW RAT PACK AND
-- >> James: YES.
YES.
YOU HUNG OUT A LOT.
IS THIS WHY, ASHTON, YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING -- IN
DIDDY GETTING INTO SHAPE?
IS THIS TRUE?
EXPLAIN.
HOW?
>> OK.
OK.
WE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE A SINGLE MAN, LIKE, THERE'S PROBABLY NO
GREATER HUMAN BEING IN THE WORLD , THIS WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
AND SO, IT WAS -- WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER.
IT WASN'T JUST LIKE GOING OUT, LIKE, DOING THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE WATCHING FOOTBALL GAMES AND HANGING OUT.
WE WOULD GO SHOP OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND ONE DAY I WAS AT MY
HOUSE AND HE WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND I WAS LIKE, "HEY, LET'S GO
FOR A RUN."
HE SAID, "OK, I'LL COME OUT AND GO FOR A RUN."
WE WERE AT MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE IS SORT OF IN THE HILLS.
WE GOT A MILE AND A HALF INTO A THREE-MILE RUN.
I LOOK AT HIM AND I GO, "ARE YOU OK?"
HE WAS TURNING BRIGHT RED.
I'M LIKE, "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" AND HE'S LIKE, "NO, I GOT THIS.
I GOT THIS."
PROBLEM WAS -- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE
JUST WALKED BUT THERE WAS PAPARAZZI THERE AND WE WEREN'T
GOING TO STOP RUNNING.
HE WASN'T GOING TO STOP RUNNING.
WE JUST KEPT RUNNING.
I SAID, "ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT?
STAY COOL RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE FILMING THIS."
WE'RE GOING.
AT THE END, WE GET DONE.
A WEEK LATER, HE'S LIKE, "I'M RUNNING A MARATHON."
AND HE RAN THE NEW YORK MARATHON.
>> James: YOU RAN IT AND RAISED LOADS OF MONEY FOR
SCHOOLS.
>> WE RAISED LIKE $3 MILLION.
IT WAS LIKE -- [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> James: BUT WAS IT THAT MOMENT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE
GOING TO RUN THE MARATHON?
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY THAT MOMENT.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN COMPETITIVE IN A POSITIVE WAY.
ALWAYS PUSHED EACH OTHER, UM, TO ACHIEVE OUR DREAMS AND TO THINK
OUT OF THE BOX AND, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WAS -- IT WASN'T THAT
MOMENT, IT WAS THE PICTURE THAT WAS IN PEOPLE'S MAGAZINES THAT
WHAT I LOOKED LIKE.
OH.
>> AND I'M LIKE -- YEAH.
YEAH.
AND HE'S LOOKING LIKE THIS.
COMING DOWN THE FRONT, HE'S BREAKING A SWEAT.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
IT WAS CRAZY.
>> THAT WAS IT.