Happy belated birthday to you.
You turn 40.
And--
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Thank you.
Now, do you feel--
is that a big birthday for you?
Do you care about all those things?
I have nothing to feel bad about.
I've always been one of those people who
had friends who I was the younger
one, like they were like four years older than me
or five years.
And because I was always a little mature,
I could roll with the older crowd.
So they always made life look exciting, you know?
And life is still exciting to me.
I still see people who-- look at Betty White.
Come on.
I know.
On SNL.
Come on.
I'm worrying about 40?
What?
Please.
I want to get to 88 and rock SNL like Betty White.
Yeah.
I have a feeling you will.
And what did you do for your 40th?
Because you said you were going to do something like ride
your motorcycle cross country or something.
I was.
I thought about it.
I still want to do that, but I wound up just chilling
at this place Canyon Ranch out in Arizona,
just enjoyed life at its purest.
Oh, well, that's good.
That's a nice birthday.
Well, I know that you do like to ride your motorcycle,
and I want to give you a gift.
And since you are the queen, I decided to give you on your--
I think it's your favorite helmet.
Ah, come on.
What?
Laugh.
Dance Vroom.
Laugh.
Dance.
Vroom.
And then, right?
Is it the helmet that you like?
I love this.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
This is perfect.
Because you know why this is extra perfect?
Because two of my other really great friends in this business
gave me a Vespa, a scooter.
So I'm going to be scooting around on my Vespa
with my tiara.
- Oh, that's great.
With my crown on.
You guys are crazy.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
That's fresh.
We're going to let that just bubble right there.
That's probably better on the Vespa than the motorcycle,
so I'm glad you're going to--
I think so.
Yeah, I'm definitely getting on the Vespa.
And you were named in-- is it Missy?
Is it this issue of People?
One of the most beautiful New Jersey Jersey girls.
Jersey.
I didn't--
I'm in some good company.
You are.
That's exciting.
And then now, here's a book that I assume
that's got you right here.
You wrote this book as well.
Put On Your Crown.
Right?
Put On Your Crown.
What's this about?
Well, this book is about life-changing moments
that happened during my life that I
knew from one moment to the next I would be changed forever
and how I got through those things,
whether they were positive events in my life or very
difficult events.
And people come to me about writing books,
and they want me to write something
inspiring for young girls or women.
And I was trying to figure out what to write about.
I went to this event, and this woman said,
there are these moments in life that stop you.
And I'm like, yeah, there are moments in life that stop you,
and they change you, and that's what you have to get through,
and how did I get through it.
So it's really like a conversation.
So come have a conversation with me, ladies.
It's good for Mother's Day too, so read this
with your daughters.
This would be great.
That's great.
All right.
We have to take a break, and when we come back,
we're going to talk about the movie.
We're going to talk about your rapping skills.
I'm going to put you to the test, what I'm going to do.
No.
I am.
We'll be back.
So you have been a basketball fan, right?
You really have been, and you play basketball.
Yeah, I played from grammar school
through my freshman year of college,
which was a lot of fun.
So is this something that was written
that you came up with a concept, or was there and you said,
I love basketball.
I love this movie.
Oh, definitely.
We produced this movie, my company,
Flavor Unit, along with Debra Martin Chase.
And we just wanted to create something
where the romantic comedy where the girl got
to be a lover of sports, not just a girl.
So when guys go to this movie, they
get to enjoy the sports and the action,
and women who love sports get to enjoy it as well,
as well as the sexiness and the romance and the comedy.
So it's got something for everybody.
I think you'll definitely--
You and Common?
--enjoy it.
Oh, yeah.
I love him.
He's amazing.
He's like the sweetest person on Earth.
You couldn't ask to go to work with a kinder, more
beautiful person.
Yeah.
All right, so you know, I love your rapping,
and for a long time, I have--
Oh, my god.
I sing so much.
You always hit me with something when I come to this,
and I've got to love you.
You haven't done it in a while.
Because everything is so easy, I like to challenge you.
You have to keep getting challenged.
You know that.
I'm sure that's in your book.
You have to challenge yourself.
Challenges.
All right.
So I'm going to ask you a question,
and you answer me in the form of a rap.
Oh.
OK.
All right.
OK.
What makes a good queen?
A good queen is someone who is gentle and kind,
who when she returned to her videotape, she always rewinds.
A good queen is someone who is not only strong, but true,
and when I want to find a queen, I just look out at you.
I love it.
That's good.
What, I'm rapping slow.
I'm down South with it.
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