MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A WOMAN SO
FAMOUS, SHE NEEDS ONLY ONE NAME.
PLEASE WELCOME OPRAH
WINFREY!
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>> JON BATISTE!
THAT GUY IS SO GOOD.
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JON BATISTE!
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>> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO
YOU.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
AND I WAS SAYING TO YOUR TEAM,
IT'S USUALLY HARD TO GET A GUEST
ON, LIKE, TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: THE FIRST NIGHT
BACK.
>> THE FIRST NIGHT BACK.
SO I BOOKED MYSELF A COUPLE
MONTHS AGO.
I JUST CALLED AND SAID --
>> YOU ARE THE BEST.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR YOU YOU.
>> Stephen: ARE THE BEST.
THANK YOU.
>> IT'S HARD.
>> Stephen: ARE THESE NEW?
ARE THESE GLASS NEW?
>> WELL, FOR YEARS I WORE
CONTACT LENSES AND THEN I GOT AN
EYE INFECTION AND I STARTED
WEARING GLASSES FOR IT TO CLEAR
UP, AND AFTER IT CLEARED UP I
KEPT WEARING THE GLASSES.
>> Stephen: THEY LOOK
FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU.
THESE ARE REAL.
>> Stephen: COULD I TRY THOSE?
>> YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE.
YOU'LL SEE HOW CLINED I AM.
LET'S SEE.
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
>> SEE --
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE.
>> BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T SEE
YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU REALLY CAN'T
SEE.
>> THIS IS LIKE YOU'RE PLAYING
WITH THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
I REALLY CAN'T SEE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
>> IT'S REAL.
>> Stephen: NO ONE WILL EVER
ACCUSE YOU OF LYING.
>> GOOD.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE NEW
YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS?
BECAUSE MINE WAS TO HAVE YOU ON,
AND I'M HOLDING IT SO FAR.
DO YOU HAVE NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTIONS?
>> WELL, I STOPPED DOING IT.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I USED TO HAVE THESE,
LIKE, REALLY HIGH GOALS FOR
MYSELF.
LIKE, I WOULD EYE REMEMBER,
LIKE, IN '99 OR SOMETHING, GOING
INTO 2000, I WANTED COURAGE.
I WANT MORE COURAGE IN THE YEAR.
OR I WANT MORE PASSION.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ASK FOR
COURAGE, YOU GET A WHOLE LOT OF
OTHER STUFF THAT'S NOT.
>> Stephen: YOU GET A LOT OF
THINGS YOU NEED TO BE COURAGEOUS
ABOUT.
>> SO I SAID I'M NOT ASKING FOR
THAT NO MORE.
I DON'T WANT COURAGE.
AND IF YOU ASK --
>> GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO SAY,
"STAY ON THE COUCH AND WATCH TV,
LORD."
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IF YOU ASK FOR LOVE, YOU GET
THE OPPOSITE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
SHOW HOW YOU CAN LOVE PEOPLE IN
SPITE OF THEIR, YOU KNOW,
FAILINGS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE BLOWING MY
MIND RIGHT NOW.
>> I'M TELLING YOU.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> SO I AM JUST LIKE, CHILL,
WHATEVER YOU WANT, GOD.
I'M OKAY.
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>> Stephen: I'LL TRY THAT.
THAT'S GOOD.
>> I'M OKAY.
I'M OKAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.
NOW, YOU HAD THE FIRST LADY'S
EXIT INTERVIEW.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: RIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
>> YES.
DID YOU SEE ANY OF IT.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T.
>> DID NOT!
IT'S OKAY.
>> Stephen: I DID NOT.
I DID NOT.
I'M SORRY.
I WAS BUSY BEING WITH MY FAMILY.
>> AS YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, THANK
YOU.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEY WATCHED THAT
SPECIAL ON CBS.
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS )
A LOT OF PEOPLE-- THEY ACTUALLY
TWEETED, "OPRAH, WE'RE HERE WITH
OUR FAMILY.
WE'RE WATCHING."
BUT I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND.
>> Stephen: I WANTED TO SAVE
IT.
I WANTED TO SAVE IT.
I'M SAVING IT FOR WHEN I'M GOOD
ENOUGH TO DESERVE IT.
>> IT WAS FUN, THOUGH.
BUT, ALSO, A LITTLE-- YOU KNOW,
IT WAS BITTERSWEET.
BECAUSE I HAD DONE A SIMILAR
INTERVIEW FOR THE MAGAZINE IN
2008 WHEN THE GIRLS WERE JUST,
LIKE, BABY CHILDREN.
AND-- BABY CHILDRENS!
AND, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT
I'M GOING TO MIS THE MOST-- I
ACTUALLY SAID THIS-- IF YOU HAD
SEEN THE INTERVIEW, YOU WOULD
HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS TO HER.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU'RE MAKING ME
REGRET BEING HONEST, YOU
REALIZE.
>> NO, I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT YOU DIDN'T SAY,
"OH, YEAH, I SAW IT."
I'M NOT KIDDING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> YOU DIDN'T DVR IT, EITHER.
( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )
IT'S OKAY!
SO, THE THING --
>> OH, OPRAH, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE
HERE.
>> BUT THE THING THAT I SAID TO
HER THAT I'M REALLY GOING TO
MISS IS JUST THE PRESENCE THERE.
YOU GET A CHRISTMAS CARD, RIGHT,
FROM THEM, EVERY YEAR?
>> Stephen: UH.
>> YOU DID.
>> Stephen: I GOT A CHRISTMAS
CARD, YES.
>> YOU DID.
SO OVER THE YEARS YOU GET THE
CHRISTMAS CARDS.
AND THE GIRLS HAVE GROWN UP.
AND THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS CARD
WAS, LIKE THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND
THE GIRLS ARE ALL GROWN.
>> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL GOWNS.
>> BEAUTIFUL GOWNS.
AND FOR ME, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMAN.
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN BEING
ABLE TO SEE THAT REFLECTION OF
MYSELF THROUGH THE GIRLS AND
THROUGH HER, JUST THEIR PRESENCE
THERE, I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.
BUT IT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
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>> Stephen: YEAH,
EXTRAORDINARY.
YEAH.
>> THE-- AS I SAID TO HER, THE
KIND OF-- THE WAY SHE'S HANDLED
ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW, THE CRITICS
FROM THE BEGINNING, THE WAY
SHE'S HANDLED --
>> EVERYBODY LIKES HER ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
>> THEY DIDN'T START OUT THAT
WAY.
THEY DID NOT STEWART THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: THAT SHOWS GREAT
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK
THERE'S ANY CHANCE SHE'LL RUN
FOR OFFICE?
>> NEVER!
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> NEVER, NO, I DO NOT.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANY
CHARISMATIC AFRICAN AMERICAN
WOMAN THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE
POLITICAL AISLE.
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REALLY LOVE.
>> NEVER!
NEVER!
NEVER!
NO, NO IT'S NOT MY THING.
>> Stephen: BUT PEOPLE DO--
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE LOVE
YOU.
THE PROOF SWHILE ALL OTHER
MAGAZINES ARE DYING, YOURS IS
STILL GOING STRONG "O" MAGAZINE
RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT.
I CAN ASK YOU ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: WHAT.
>> Stephen: CAN I ASK YOU.
THIS LINE RIGHT HERE.
HOW DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU BRING
YOURSELF TO LIE NEXT TO A LION
LIKE THAT?
>> YOU DON'T.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T?
>> NO, YOU DON'T.
THE LIONs WAS SHOT BEFORE I
GOT THERE.
AND THE LION-- IT WAS IN A CAGE
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
AND THEN THEY PUT A GUY IN A
LION SUIT.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A GUY IN
A--
>> THEY PUT A GUY IN A LION SUIT
NEXT TO ME AS THEY PLACED THE
ORIGINAL LION, AND THEN I LAY UP
AGAINST THE GUY IN THE THE LION
SUIT.
( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE I AIN'T CRAZY.
I'M NOT, LIKE DOING THAT!
>> Stephen: I'M GLAD YOU WERE
HONEST.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE HONEST ABOUT
THAT.
I WOULD HATE TO THINK YOU WOULD
LIE TO ME.
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>> BUT I DID-- THIS IS MY YEAR
OF ADVENTURE, SO I DID JUST COME
FROM-- YOU DON'T HAVE THE
JANUARY COVER?
OKAY.
>> Stephen: NO, I DON'T.
I HAVE IT TIVOD.
( LAUGHTER )
>> NO, I WAS JUST-- I WAS AT THE
GRAND CANYON.
AND THAT REALLY IS ME AT THE
GRAND CANYON.
I AM GOING AROUND DIFFERENT
PLACES SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO THIS YEAR.
>> Stephen: WOW.
CAN YOU TEACH ME-- CAN YOU TEACH
ME HOW TO DO THIS?
YOUR SMILES ARE ALWAYS SO GREAT.
WHEN I GO TO SMILE-- WHEN
SOMEBODY SAYS "SMILE" I LOOK
LIKE I'M IN FEAR.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE SECRET IS.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY DO THIS.
>> THE SECRET IS WHEN YOU'RE
GETTING READY TO SMILE AND
TAKING A PICTURE, PARTICULARLY
IN A GROUP.
EVERYBODY SAYS "CHEESE."
THAT'S NOT GOOD.
YOU WANT TO SAY, "YAY!
YAY!"
ONE, TWO, THREE.
YAY!
LOOK AT HOW GOOD YOU LOOK!
>> Stephen: LOVE!
>> YAY!
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE, BUT
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK.
