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Alright,
we're back with the inside scoop,
and here to dish is the author of "Flip the Script",
say Hello to our friend, A.J. Gibson.
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A.J.!
Hi Wendy.
What's goin on?
The studio looks good!
Thank you, festive.
So festive,
I have not been in New York during the holidays,
in about ten years.
Do you wanna go back?
I'm excited to be here.
Thank you.
Yes.
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Holiday gift grab ya know.
I know, it's a big day,
you look very festive by the way, you look cute.
Thank you.
Uh, so let's talk the talk.
Let's talk the talk.
Okay.
Let's talk about The Talk actually,
Wendy you called this all right,
no shocker here but a replacement for Julie Chen,
has been named.
The new host of The Talk is,
Carrie Ann Inaba.
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Your face says it all.
Okay so she's not actually,
she's not beginning just yet,
she is going to start in January,
she's going to take over hosting duties.
She's not going to be leaving ABC's
"Dancing with the Stars",
as where you know her as a judge for many many years now.
So she's actually going to be at both networks.
Um Julie quit about three months ago,
after the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband,
Les Moonves, who is the chairman of CBS at the time.
We're going to talk about that in just a moment.
But first I do wanna talk about Carrie Ann Inaba,
for a moment.
I mean this is a big deal, this is a big gig.
The host of The Talk.
I wanna know what you feel about this.
How do you, do you think she's gonna fit in with the girls?
Or is this a surprise to you at all?
It's not a surprise.
Yeah.
No.
Well Julie Chen actually kinda went back
I predicted this.
Yeah, well on Julie Chen's last day,
if you watch The Talk,
she actually went on and she said,
I quote, as she was saying goodbye to everyone,
she did a pre-taped little bit and didn't actually come into
the studio during premier week to say goodbye to fans.
She said, quote, "Carrie Ann,
I don't know but in my opinion,
you look awful good sitting in that chair, my Asian sister.
I'm just saying!"
I think that was kind of her way of letting,
not only fans, but her co-host know that,
she's okay with this.
She's safe.
She's safe. Safe.
Yeah, so you're not thrilled about this?
No.
Who would you have rather seen go in that seat?
Anybody in particular? Or just not her?
Anybody.
Anybody else.
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I mean Carrie Ann is good,
she's safe.
We are living in some very horrid times right now,
and we have to be safe,
at least for the next two years.
Safe, safe, and safer.
That makes sense actually.
I understand that, yeah.
So on the darker side of the story though,
as I said Julie Chen did leave because of her husband,
and the sexual misconduct allegations.
This is where the story gets really really juicy.
So right now he's uh
set to receive a 120 million dollar settlement,
as part of a severance package.
Right, he was accused by over 12 women,
of sexual misconduct,
and of course as soon as that happens,
CBS launched an investigation,
an immediate investigation to try and find out
ya know what's going on.
The chairman of the number one network on television,
you know CBS!
And all these allegations are coming forth.
So they launched an investigation.
And just last week,
a first draft of that investigation was leaked
to the NY times.
Oh.
It's juicy.
There's all kinds of stuff that's coming out now.
So these are all allegations,
none of this has been confirmed just yet,
but this is what this report has inside it.
Who leaked it?
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You never ever know who leaked it right
like until you know, you don't really know.
Probably one of his friends.
Well, yeah.
Cause I mean they don't want to pay him 120 million dollars,
why would they?
So any chance to get this out there and kinda like,
I don't know,
paint him in a bad light.
Here's what's in the report.
So first of all, Les Moonves engaged in sexual misconduct,
with many many women.
Twelve have come forward so far,
this report says there are four women
who were employees of CBS,
that were engaged in sexual misconduct with him at the time.
One woman in particular, this is very very salacious.
One woman in particular was,
they reported that she was on call to give oral sex
to Les Moonves, the chairman of CBS
at his beckon,
whenever he wanted.
Yeah and other employees that were there at the time say,
that they actually felt that
this woman was never reprimanded,
basically her job was safe.
She wasn't going anywhere,
because of this deal she had with Les Moonves.
Of course these are all allegations,
but it's,
he did admit actually to having consensual,
he said consensual sexual relations with this woman.
So he does admit that it happened,
in his office,
but he's saying that it was actually consensual,
she's saying that's not the case.
The report is saying that's not the case.
This is the office with the double locks,
and all that stuff?
With the double locks,
yeah we've heard all the creepy stories, ew.
So Les Moonves lawyers just came out with a statement,
saying that that never happened.
He never had anybody on payroll for sex.
Obviously they don't want this story to be true.
If investigation shows that he did violate the terms
of this employment though, like I said,
120 million dollars, he's not gonna see,
ever.
Alright so.
That's a lot of money.
So and Julie's stickin' by it?
Yes, yeah, so,
Julie Chen, this is how this all ties back in,
she is standing by her man.
Okay so those that are around the couple at the time,
when they got married back in 2004,
they call it a bright light.
They said that's when he sort of changed.
Once he married Julie, he became a better man.
And there's only, I think there was maybe one allegation
after that point,
but all these other allegations are before this point,
in the late 90s, right.
So I don't know, I don't know their relationship.
You never know what somebody knows.
If she married him in 2004,
there could have been a conversation,
there could have been an understanding
that he's a changed man,
he's moved forward.
But now all these allegations are coming out,
so I'm not sure why she's standing by him,
but for now she's choosing to stand by her man.
What do you think about that?
Keep it off social media.
Like stop talking.
Stop talking, well she's not talking on The Talk anymore,
but she is still at CBS.
She is still the host of Big Brother,
which is going to come back next year,
which is really interesting to me.
I wanna know, I have my opinions,
why do you think she would leave,
she would take this hard stand at CBS,
and leave The Talk,
but stick around for Big Brother?
Because her husband's allowing it.
Because he still has some sort of,
safe scape in the company.
Let's talk about Jennifer Hudson.
Okay yes.
So Jennifer Hudson and her uh baby daddy,
they are, they've been in a bit of a,
a dispute now for about a year or so.
Right remember last year,
she said that,
she said that he actually pushed her last November,
when she was holding their baby.
She actually said that she felt unsafe.
He says that's ridiculous.
He filed a counter claim saying that wasn't the case.
So she then backed off and dropped that claim.
They're about to go to court.
March 11th I believe is their court date right now,
to decide not only who is going to get custody
of their child, but who's gonna pay who in that situation.
Because there's money on both sides of this deal,
so I think this one is gonna get really messy.
Yeah she has more money than him.
So but does that mean, will she get custody,
or will he get custody?
And if she does, is she gonna still be having to pay him?
It's really tricky.
Joint custody.
They shouldn't even be going to court about this,
this should be such an easy thing.
Like this is what we're gonna do,
ya know and let's keep it off social media.
Do you have time to talk about the Royals?
Yes.
Okay I wanna talk about the Royals so bad.
So I watch your show religiously,
I know you've been talking about how the ladies
have been causing a lot of these beefs in the royal family,
right? Maybe not so.
Yeah, this is good you guys.
So, reportedly Prince Harry is fighting
with his brother William,
which is causing all the separation.
It's not Kate and Meghan necessarily.
The brothers might be fighting.
Uh because apparently,
back when they met at Kensington Palace,
the first time that William ever met Kate,
he pulled his brother Harry aside afterwards,
and said hey listen,
and I know how you kinda agree with this,
and said hey listen we don't know that much about this girl,
just maybe pump the brakes a little bit,
just keep your eyes on here.
And his brother Harry apparently went quote mental,
is what a source is saying to this reporter.
Oh, wow.
They're saying though, those close to Harry,
are saying that he feels,
that he needs to be very protective of Meghan Markle.
He wasn't able to protect his mom and to save her
as a child, and he's held onto that his entire life.
So he's super super protective of Meghan now.
This is really interesting though,
Meghan may be a little bit more of a diva than we realized.
I love her, she's a southern California girl,
I'm a southern California boy,
but she might be a little bit of a diva.
She just lost her second assistant in two weeks time.
And this is not an assistant that is just like came in,
like applied online.
She's been with the family for about two decades.
Told you there's something about Meghan,
there's something about Meghan.
What do you think it is?
I think that she's got him under a trance.
And I think that he's doing the right thing by
sticking by his woman, uh because now,
now that he's trapped, he can't get a divorce.
I mean he can't get a divorce.
And ya now moving on with his life would be the best thing.
And he and Harry will, or his brother,
will always be close.
You know, but it's the women that don't get along.
And she actually,
I guess Meghan was expecting Kate to sort of take her
under her wing when she joined the royal family,
and that didn't really happen.
But Kate's got three kids,
Kate's got a lot going on,
and when Meghan brought that to Harry,
Harry
Meghan's got all the attention.
Yes, and she's the new one,
she's the new
And will continue to get all the attention.
She's more exciting.
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So what's Meghan's father saying?
So okay, so Meghan's father,
Meghan's father, so you know about okay,
I really want to talk about this one because
we've heard a lot about Thomas Markle,
well he's got a lot of bad rep.
I'm thinking that maybe he's not quite as bad of a guy
as we all think that he is.
He's now going to reporters again,
and he wants to set the record straight
on a couple of things.
There are a few lies that are sort of circulating around him
through the press, and he says the royal family,
since his daughter got married.
He wants to straighten up a few of those.
What press did he talk to?
Well ya know he did the paparazzi photos that came out,
that were staged and that kind of gave him a bad name.
People were saying that,
people were saying that he actually faked his heart attacks,
and didn't actually have a heart attack,
that's not why his missed the wedding.
He's got receipts, lots of receipts.
Okay, lie number one, that he faked the heart attack
to skip the wedding.
Actually he produced a stack of hospital bills,
a hospital discharge letter,
and a letter deciding heart failure from his doctor,
and the doctor, he actually had two heart attacks.
The doctor called his second heart attack a widow maker.
The guy almost died.
That's why he missed the wedding.
Lie number two,
ready for this one,
more receipts.
That he missed Meghans 2011 wedding,
to film producer Trevor Engelson in Jamaica,
when in actuality,
he walked her down the aisle with his ex wife Doria,
yes and he has a picture with Meghan just moments before.
And he even kept the stub from his plane ticket,
from his business class plane ticket.
From 2011.
That's actually a legit receipt,
like he's got receipts.
The last lie that he wanted to clear up,
more receipts here,
that they were never actually close.
The press keeps saying they were never that close
to begin with.
He's saying that's not true.
He has over a hundred notes from Meghan Markle,
hand written to him,
saying Dad I love you,
I only want to make you proud.
I love you to no end.
I like him.
I do too.
I like him, I root for him, I root for him.
Ya know this is,
this breaks my heart Wendy,
he's been sending her text messages,
and he sees that they go through,
which means that her number has not been changed,
and they're not getting bounced back,
but she's not responding.
He just wants to hear from his daughter.
He's gotta get off social media.
They've gotta handle this privately.
And again it's the social media thing.
Yeah, get off social media Mr. Markle.
Alright thank you so much, everybody!
A.J. Gibson,
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