Thanks for being on the show.
[CHEERING]
You're very-- hey, have to say you're a natural.
You're a natural.
You're scaring me looking--
This is--
Is there anything you cannot do, Garth Brooks?
We've been friends a long, long time.
But I must tell you the tables now have turned.
Oh.
That's right.
And all I can-- tell you what, when this interview is over all
I hope is you feel as good as I do every time I
get to talk to you.
You are a friend to me.
I love you to pieces.
I always feel good.
I always feelt good.
Bring it.
Come on, now.
Don't hold back.
Bring it.
Well the first thing I have to ask,
I think, is the obvious one, just how
has been covering the news or the election mostly, this year?
Or what's-- are you glad it's over?
Is it over?
Where we are?
Man, you came out with a fastball.
I thought a softball would be good, you threw the heat.
Bringing the heat.
No, that's a fair question.
You know, you know me very well, Garth.
We go back to the '90s.
And I'm an eternal optimist.
I always like to find-- and see the good
in everything and everybody.
This has been a challenging here all the way
around, and for everybody.
And the election included.
And what I tried to do is just be a source of information
and a source of comfort as well, to just let people
know that this too shall pass.
Amen, very good.
Yeah,
So since you are the eternal optimist,
can you tell me what one thing in the pandemic that you've
seen that it gives you hope?
Or what's the silver lining that you see going on right now?
Well, the way that we're able to connect.
I don't like what we say about-- that we call it social
distancing.
No, we're physically distancing.
We've never been more socially connected.
I mean, man you're [INAUDIBLE].
You have been connected with people.
We have found a way.
Like right now.
So I just feel that people, oh boy, the creativity.
People are being so creative, and so helpful for one another.
So there's always a--
you have to find--
try and find the silver lining in everything.
Amen.
And you know, the people that are sincere,
the warmth comes through.
Whether you're sitting at this table right now on this screen,
and trust me, your warmth comes through.
OK, birthday girl.
You've got a big birthday girl coming up here.
You're turning, can I say it?
God, you're so beautiful.
This has to be a proud moment.
You're turning 60.
Oh!
How you feel about that?
[CHEERING]
I own it.
Yes, you do own it.
My friends say I'm turning six oh!
But having gone through cancer a couple of times,
I am grateful to still be here and kicking.
What was that song that you wrote,
I'm too young to feel this old?
Yeah, remember that.
Amen.
And that's how I feel.
I'm very grateful.
Very cool.
I got to tell you, happy birthday.
Enjoy it.
And another big kind of celebration.
You know, Trisha are celebrating our 15th this month, right?
This month.
Now you and Amber celebrated 15 years in the summer,
I believe that's correct.
Can you tell me--
can you tell me how you guys met?
Well, we met on a blind date, one
that we both tried to cancel several times.
But finally, we did meet on this blind date.
And we had our mutual friends there with us.
And I told my friend, I'll kick you
under the table cause we were just going to meet for drinks.
I'll kick you under the table if I wanted to stay for dinner.
About ten minutes in I kicked him under the table
and said yeah, she can stay for dinner.
And we'd been together virtually ever since.
And to be able to sort of by being sheltering in place
for six, almost seven months.
She was my producer, and lighting director, and camera
person, and all that.
So to be able to survive that, it
was the most time we had spent in the 15 years we've had
together.
Oh, very sweet.
I wish I could cook like Trisha, though.
You know, that's the one thing.
I'm warning you right now.
What's that?
You've been doing of eating in your sheltering in place.
Is that an observation right now?
No, no.
No, no, no.
OK.
Let me try this.
That better?
My God.
Yeah, I'm not.
I'm lucky.
I mean, you're the queen--
the queen is one of the greatest cooks ever.
And so yeah, when you talk about 2020,
put those two together, 40.
That's about right.
That's how much I've gained in this year.
But so, so happy to see you guys back on the studio.
Are you happy to be back in the studio?
Do you like it at home?
Or which one?
No, it was-- you know what?
It was-- I have a new appreciation,
an additional appreciation for people who work from home.
Now let's face it, those of us who didn't forever,
we thought oh, people got easy working at home.
No, this-- no it is not a piece of cake at all.
But I was so grateful that I was able to still
communicate, and still do-- and my name was got a big kick.
You know, "Good Morning America" coming out
of the basement in Connecticut.
They got a big kick out of that.
But it's good to be back.
It's good to be back with George, and Michael
and the whole gang in the studio like that.
And just, again, just try to be a sense
of normalcy for people to see us all back together like that.
Amen.
Can I tell you what a gift that was, and is, to us.
More with Robin Roberts right after this.