>> tomorrow night on cnn presents -- >> came to me and said, mom, a kid at school said that i was going to go to hell because i'm gay. >> a school district "cnn presents." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com there's absolutely nothing desperate about eva longoria. the glamour girl who brings the sizzle to the prime-time hit. if all you know about her is what you see on tv or in the tabloids, i can tell you, you're in for a surprise. >> who i am at the core and what i think represents me is really reflected in my family. hey, piers, you better believe this interview is going to sizzle. >> tonight, we're talking show business, politics, her love life, and she's going to cook something special for me. >> we have a lot to talk about. i don't think an hour covers it. >> this is "piers morgan tonight."

eva, how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> lovely to have you in my studio. >> yeah, congrats on your show and all of this. this is beautiful. >> it certainly is -- oh, you mean the studio, yeah. >> the studio is beautiful. they spent some money on you. >> yeah, spoil me, temporarily. i said, describe eva longoria in a way i can talk to her. they said, she's an actress, she's a business model, a nightclub owner, a philanthropist, a student. i mean, my god, woman, there's no end to your talents. >> i do a lot. when you put it like that. when you list it. >> what's on your passport? >> what do you mean? >> occupation? what do you call yourself? >> actor is on there. >> you're an actor, so that is

your first thing. that's your day job? >> that's my day job. and the rest is like my passion and my interests, yeah. >> what really rocks your boat these days? something that really excites you. >> that excites me? >> yeah. >> i'm in school, i'm getting my masters right now and i love it. i wish i was this student when i was young. when you're older, you have a better appreciation for history or for knowledge, and i'm just so thirsty and so curious. so i think that's probably what i'm most energized about these days. >> what are you actually studying? >> chicano studies and political science. >> what is chicano studies? >> the chicano studies the mexican american movement in the ud and the history of the mexican americans, but basically chicano is usually --

>> can i be an honorary chicano? >> you can be an honorary chicano. >> what do i have to do? >> well, you have to help us in the plight for social justice and believe in equality for everyone and you know, you can study up on the history of mexican americans. >> how important are your roots to you? >> pretty important. you know, i'm ninth generation american. >> yeah, i know. >> yeah. so my family was under five different flags without ever moving. and we still have the land today in texas. so history's always been important in my family and in how i grew up. my culture. and i'm as american as american pie. i didn't speak spanish until about two years ago. i had to learn it -- >> you had to learn spanish? >> yeah. i learned french before i learned spanish. yeah. >> that was a waste of time, wasn't it? >> no! no. you know, learning other languages, i think, is very important. do you speak french? >> i do. [ speaking french ] >> he's a naughty boy. >> no! >> we'll come to that later.

>> the united states is the only nation in the entire world that promotes monolingualism. >> what would you do about immigration in this country? >> immigration. >> when i came here, i couldn't believe what a hot issue it really is. >> for america, the country of immigrants. >> yeah. huge. and i guess, obviously, because it's a country of immigrants, it becomes this big thing. but from your perspective, what would you do? how would you fix things? >> that's a loaded question. it's a big question too. and i think there's so much misinformation out there, and i will immediately disclaim that i am not the expert in this field. although i am pretty literate. i'm pretty literate in this particular issue, because of people that are in my life and my mentors and people that i surround myself, because i really want to understand what the problem is. the majority of latinos in america are american, and i think that we forget that we are trying to categorize every mexican or every mexican american as illegal or undocumented, and that is just not true. nobody wants illegal

immigration. what happened in arizona, i think, created a dialogue that we needed to have. and for immigration, it's been on the administration -- on the agenda for the past three administrations. so people like to blame obama and they're going to blame a lot of people for it -- >> well, there's this huge expectation with obama, because he's the first african-american president. so of all people, you would expect him to understand about racism and immigration as being issues he had to tackle quickly. >> yeah. >> that's one of the reasons all the people voted for him, the expectation that he would. do you think he has lived up to expectation? >> i think he had a lot on his plate. he inherited a lot of problems. it's not easy being the president of the united states. is there disappointment because immigration reform has not been tackled? yes, there is. but people have to understand the history of immigration in our country. so a lot of the people who are speaking out about it, even on this channel and other channels, they don't understand the history, especially of mexicans or mexican americans in this country. and there's many tenets to immigration.

there's, obviously, securing the borders, which everybody agrees with. there's not one person that doesn't agree with whatever we have to do to secure borders. there's a worker or a guest worker program that needs to be established. we can't deny that there's a labor force in our country that we depend on, not only for products made at low wages, but obviously for agriculture. and i advocate a lot for farm workers. but then there's the third issue, which is the hot topic issue, which is amnesty, pathway to citizenship. so why can't we just tackle the other two tenets, because those seem not easy, but they seem logical, because we need those things. we need to secure the borders and amnesty. >> you made a documentary about the farm worker situation called "harvest." i want to show a little clip from the that and ask you about that. >> ever since i was born, i remember picking crops. >> every morning i wake up and my hands were really -- they really hurt. they had blisters, my feet had blisters. >> we usually don't bring gloves that much, because we forget them, and sometimes i have to

pick with my hand. we have to get these big scissors, and one time i actually like cut myself by accident. and i had to put like sand on it so the bleeding would stop. >> every time i would look at the sun, i would say, is this going to be my entire life? is this going to be what i'm going to live through? >> it's very powerful stuff. it's heartbreaking to see kids having to do this. in the modern age, isn't it? >> the great thing about this documentary is that i actually, we actually produced it so it could be used as a political tool to change the way agricultural workers are treated in the united states. people don't realize this is happening in the united states. that agriculture is excluded from the fair labor standards act. they are not protected. >> it's like slavery. >> it is modern day slavery and it's happening in the united states. it's child labor. we don't accept shirts made in china because they were made in

sweatshops and we don't eat certain chocolate, because it was made in the ivory coast in africa by children, but yet this is happening in our own backyard. and the care act wasn't able to pass, which would prevent children from working in the fields. and these people are stuck in a cycle of poverty. they can't go to school, because they have to leave early to go to work. they go to school late because they're working to put food on the table. and unfortunately, 85% of the kids that work in the fields are american citizens. so these are our children. >> you're quite an activist, aren't you? >> yeah. >> you are not like most actresses, because you really know your stuff. i can tell just by talking to you. >> i could talk to you forever -- we only have an hour! >> you're not like most actresses. i mean, this stuff, i can tell you really know your stuff. >> mm-hmm. >> i'm surprised. >> yeah? >> i should be, but i am. >> why? >> because a lot of actors you know, male and female, they attach themselves to convenient charitable stuffs, which they just do to make them look better. >> there's a big difference between charity and activism and philanthropy. they're very different things. and i think everybody should

find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic. you know, i don't advocate for certain things because it doesn't really tie to me. i actually have very true roots in everything that i advocate for. >> one of the things you do that i really love is eva's heroes. you set up eva's heroes, which was a tribute to your sister, really. this extraordinarily courageous young lady. tell me about her. >> she's the oldest of four girls in my family, lisa, and she's mentally disabled. she was a premature child and her brain didn't finish developing. >> she's a down syndrome? >> she's not down syndrome, but it does fall in the same category, and eva's heroes handles 90% of down syndrome kids. and it's an after-school program that we created, because she grew up -- we grew up with her. she's my oldest sister, so i was kind of born into her world. so all i've ever known is to be a selfless family. you know, where can we go on vacation where lisa can go? we can't go to that restaurant because lisa can't go. let's go to this school because it's easier for lisa to get to this school.

so i've been an advocate for special needs kids for many, many years. my mom was a special education teacher, my sister is a special education teacher. it's something that i've lived and breathed my entire life, and eva's heros is kind of an ode to the community involvement of integrating people with special needs into society, whether it's through work programs or activities or dances or bowling leagues or the littlest things that you would think are obvious. >> the saddest thing, i know quite a few families who have had children in that position, and the saddest thing is just the life expectancy is never that long. >> mm-hmm. >> how do you deal with that? someone who's got someone in their own family who's been through this that is now in her 40s. how's she doing? >> she's doing amazing. she's actually doing amazing. and i'll tell you why. because she lives a very vivid life. she can take the bus, she goes and gets her hair done, she meets her friends at the mall, she makes her way back home. and when you constantly stimulate people who have down syndrome or mental disabilities, they actually progress.

and the minute you stop, they regress. and so that's what eva's heroes does, is provide an after-school program so the parents aren't throwing them in adult day care or some kind of day care where they're not constantly stimulated. that's why lisa's doing so well. she's doing amazing and she's 43. >> what does she make of you and your career? >> well, she thinks she's the star. >> of course. >> we will go to events together, and she'll do autographs. but she's taught me the greatest lesson in life i've ever learned was from lisa. she was -- it was in an integrated high school and one day somebody had stole her letterman jacket, and i was livid, because i said, who would take a special needs kid's jacket from them. she came home and she didn't have it, and she said, i don't know. and we said, lisa, where's your jacket? and she said, someone must have been cold. i remember going, what compassion! she didn't think, what a mean person, someone stole it. she immediately thought, someone must have needed it because they

were cold. so she taught me that lesson early on, to think about other people. >> that's an important lesson to have in life, when your life is so in so many ways a celebrity's life, there's a lot of shallowness, it's all about money and fast cars. to have somebody in your life who none of that means anything to at all, and who's not impressed by any of that, because why would she be, it makes it very natural for you, doesn't it? >> she's very, very grounding. and even with my activism and philanthropy, people go, your parents must be really proud. and i say, no, they actually expected it. they're proud, but my mom expected me to do something. >> you were brought up as a selfless family. as you said, everything had to revolve around the disabled sister, and it could never be about you. >> and it still isn't. i no home and it ain't about me. >> do you find that a bit unsettling when you go home? no entourage, no fawning. >> no entourage, i have, you

know, i still go to the ranch and we sleep, you know, under the stars. i have a very, very simple life. i know it's hard when you see all the glamorous pictures and the red carpet, because that is really, that's my day job, but who i am and who i am at the core and who i think represents me is really reflected in my family. >> we'll take a short break. when we come back, i want to talk to you about twitter and your efforts to build a global empire. >> okay. this past year alone there was a 93% increase in cyber attacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some companies are worried. some, not so much. thanks to a network that secures it all and knows what to keep in, and what to keep out. outsmart the threats. see how at cisco.com cisco. thought they were dead. [ laughter ]

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this dress requires proper posture. and i want to slouch and i want to have a good conversation. >> do we allow slouching? yes. sit back and relax, and why do you think i put you in an uncomfortable chair? let's talk twitter. >> okay! >> because you're a very active tweeter. >> i tweet a lot. >> you just tell your followers to follow me @piersmorgan. >> i will tell them that. we probably have different audiences, so this is good, that i'll get your audience. >> why do you like twitter? from a business point of view and a celebrity point of view, what's the attraction of twitter? >> it's funny because demi moore and ashton were like, you know, the really pioneers of getting everybody on twitter. and i remember talking to her and i said, oh, i just can't be bothered. why do you do it? and she said, to control what is out there about yourself. and i thought about that, and i said, god, that is pretty smart. because then you take the bounty

off gossip or take the bounty off a picture. and then i use it so much for philanthropy, and every charity that i use, i use social media. >> the twit change you introduced, tell me about that? >> twit change something we started after the earthquake in haiti and we just started it as a tent drive, and then it kind of took off and we raised a half a million dollars for children in haiti the first time we did twit change, which basically is an auction where you can bid on your favorite celebrity to follow you, two tweet you, to mention you, or two retweet something. >> pay a certain amount of money. >> you can pay like $50, $100, and it goes to charity. and justin bieber says, hey, piers, thanks for bidding on me, and then you can retweet that to all your friends. so instead of buying memorabilia or an autograph -- >> does any part of you, when you're on twitter, and i'm the same thing, on all the damned time -- >> are you a drunk tweeter? >> no, not drunk, but it's more like, you put something out there and then are like, why did i do that.

and owl of the celeb tris that do it are the ones when the tap's not nice, you want to turn it off about your private life and when it is okay, you give it a bit of a fuel. on twitter, when you put it all out there, do celebrities who use twitter like that, do they have any rights to privacy? >> if you choose to make your life so public? >> yeah. >> you always have a life to privacy, as much as you want. if you want to talk your personal relationship, then you do. i find that not a lot of celebrities complain about it, becau because the pros and cons of being a celebrity is definitely widening because, you really don't have to have -- >> any talent. >> talent or a trait -- >> does it bother you now it's so easy to become a celebrity?

>> no, really, i don't really care. i don't have that competitive nature. i'm like, the more the merrier, great, come on down. and i try to, you know, really corral anybody who has that platform or voice in my charity. so if you have a platform or if so-and-so has a platform, i'm going to say, great, let's do some good with that. >> what's your game plan business wise? i've been watching your little operation, this empire that's being built, the eva longoria empire. you're like a mini oprah, aren't you? >> it's funny you say that. she would be my ideal, you know, mentor or my ideal person that i would like to follow, in that blueprint of what she's done. you know, i have my production company, i have my philanthropy, i have my perfume, i have my cookbook, so i have a lot of things going on, but i think what i love most about oprah's brand that i would love to do with the eva longoria brand is she has purpose with her brand. everything she does means something. >> but she knows her brand better than anybody, oprah. i mean, i find her incredibly impressive. i have interviewed her and been interviewed by her and everybody connected to oprah and when you go to her show in chicago, it is like an amazing machine. everybody knows the oprah brand,

don't they. what is the eva longoria brand? >> similar to oprah, oprah's brand is love or inspiration, i would love my brand to be about passion, empowerment, justice, hope. i would like for my brand to represent that. whether it's whatever i'm producing on television and in movies or what i'm starring in. you know, even my cookbook is very inspirational, because i'm not a chef. i'm not gordon ramsey, i'm eva longoria and i would like for people to go, hey, i can do that too, or whether it's the social justice i do to bring hope to groups of people who are discriminated against or groups of people who are -- >> are you tough enough to be a mogul, you think? >> yeah, absolutely. >> you've got kind of a steely look to you. >> you know what's so funny. women get a bad rap for being tough. women are always called the bitch, or women are always called, oh, she's so cutthroat, when they're just trying to hold their own. women are very disciplined and very aggressive -- >> are you not to be messed with? >> i am not to be messed with. >> you're very direct.

i notice that you hold eye contact very much, which is very impressive. a lot of people don't. >> really, interesting. i actually hate that. i hate a soft handshake. >> nothing worse! >> nothing worse than a soft handshake. >> could you ever go out with a man with a short handshake? >> no, never. >> i have three sons, i said, the only thing you have to worry about in life, a firm handshake will take you through any door. there's a famous guy, he had a weak handshake. nothing worse! >> who? >> i can't name him now. who taught you direct eye contact, firm handshake? >> probably my family. i come from a family of women. i have nine aunts, three sisters -- >> they're all strong women? >> they're all strong, strong women. i wasn't the first to go to college, it was very expected. i come from a family of educators, a lot of teachers. i think probably from my parents, my dad, you know, is a very strong person. my nom is amazingly sweet and compassionate and very strong.

just my family. we're mexican, we're very strong. >> what do they make of what's happened to you? >> they're proud! >> are they baffled? are they bemused? can they quite believe it? >> well, i was always different. i didn't look like anybody in my family. everybody became an educator or computer programmer or engineer, and i was like, i'm going to be an actress. they're extremely supportive, and -- >> do you like being famous? >> do i like being famous? wow, that's a good question. i like what it affords me to do, whether it is get better jobs so i can live a certain lifestyle, or whether it's to give me a louder voice for, for the lend a voice to people who don't have a voice, like in my charity. i would say the pros are a lot better than the cons. >> we'll take another short break and i want to come back to talk about some of the con, and what it is like to be tabloid fodder. gas and bloating.

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we talked about the good stuff from fame. you've recently been through a pretty unhappy period with the downside of fame, with the breakup of your marriage and stuff. when that happens, is it 20

times worse, because it's all in the magazines and the television shows and so on? or does it make no difference? >> absolutely. you're right, what you talked about earlier, because i am so public and because i am pretty open about myself and about my marriage, i was. you know, tony and i are going here, tony and i are going here. when that happens, you immediately shut down, and you go, oh, my god, i have to deal with this. and it was hard. it was devastating to go through on its own, much less publicly. i think, for anybody. >> did you imagine you would be married for life? >> yeah. >> even the way that a lot of marriages go, in your heart, when you got married, you got married in paris, very romantic. i remember watching all the pictures, like everybody else, loving the glamour that went with it all. but did you really believe this was the guy? this was the one for you for life? >> oh, yeah, i believed it. marriage in my family is really a sacred sacrament. it wasn't something we did frivolously. and i really did. our mantra was, divorce is not an option. we always would kid about that,

i'll kill him before i divorce him. but, you know, i guess the relationship ran its course. and you know, so many people want me to hate him or so many people want me -- want to just destroy him. and i don't. i wish nothing but the best for him. a really good friend of mine said hold on to the love and not the loss. and there was a reason why we got married, there was a reason why we fell in love, there was a reason why we were together for seven years, and i just choose to hold on to that. >> what was it like for you when it all exploded? >> what, the marriage? >> yes. >> when it was suddenly -- the fairy tale was suddenly hit by this hammer blow. >> it was heartbreaking. the first time i'm talking about it, so i'm sorry. it was heartbreaking. you know, it was -- i think it was just disappointing because i had such an identity in being mrs. parker and being a wife. so when that's taken away from you, you go, who am i?

and it was hard. sorry. >> no, no. i didn't know you'd react like this. i wasn't aware it was the first time -- >> well, neither did i! but, like i said, i would never speak ill about him, or the time we had together. i really, really valued it. you know, seven years together is a long time. >> i read some interviews that you gave before, when you were happily together, and you with always made a point of saying, the key thing to you is trust. because, obviously, he's a major sportsman, you're a top actress. like a lot of people in that position who spend a lot of time apart, there has to be that trust, otherwise it just can't work. >> it's true. i think every relationship people go, oh, he's an athlete and you are an actress, and if you're a dentist and he's a lawyer, if you're a secretary and a teacher, you need trust in any relationship, much less marriage.

and i love the concept of marriage and i loved being a wife and i was very devoted and dedicated. you know, everybody who knows me, my friends, they know we tried our hardest. we really, really tried and it just didn't work. we wanted different things. >> did you feel humiliated? >> a bit, yeah. mostly, like i said, because it had to play out so publicly. but, you know, he's not a bad person. he's just -- wanted something else with and i don't hate him for it. i really don't. >> but people watching this, like i, incredulous that this could happen. that any guy would ever even think or contemplate of doing something to damage a marriage to someone like you. what more could a guy want, frankly? >> well, like i said, you want different things, and what happens is, i would never speak publicly about what happened or why we got divorced, because i love him. and we still talk, we still are in each other's lives. >> you've been public, you've

been photographed together and stuff, and i really admire you for that. a lot of women wouldn't be able to do that. >> it takes grace. >> actually bring a large cutlass. >> no, like i said, he's really -- he's going to do some growing and he's going to figure out what he needs in life. and life goes on. like you said, everybody goes through this. i'm not the only person in the world who has been through this. and i'm lucky that i have an amazing support group and families and friends and i got through it. and life goes on. and i am not one to regret anything. i don't regret getting married, i don't regret getting divorced. >> is there any way back, as far as you're concerned, if a man behaves that way towards you? >> i don't know. only time would tell that. because i do believe in forgiving. i do believe in forgiving and forgetting. i don't know if it's because it's my faith and my religion, but it's absolutely possible, if both people want it. yeah. >> do you think he wants to? >> i don't know. i would never speak for him.

so -- >> would you get married again? >> oh, that's a horrible question to ask when i just got divorced. >> i know. well, i'm asking you because i got divorced and i got remarried last summer. >> but when you got divorced, in that those moments, did you go, i'm never getting married again. >> it's not top of your list, is it? let's be honest, because divorce is, so -- are you actually divorced yet? >> yeah, we've been divorced for a while. and when you start to date, i've gotten a little bit of flak for dating. and so i go, but i'm divorced, what else am i supposed to do? i want to be in a relationship, i actually want children and i want commitment and i want a partner in life. i'm not the swinging single girl who's out in the clubs and out on the scene. i actually love commitment. >> i did see some pictures of you to somebody who bore a close

resemblance to penelope cruz' younger brother. and who is ten years younger than you. >> how old is your wife? >> she's ten years younger than me. i recommend it. >> well, women are way more mature, though. you guys are probably at the same level, intellectually, even though she's younger. >> tell me about your -- >> i'm not. >> you can't deny it. the picture was -- you don't do that to a friend! >> no, but here's the thing about this whole thing. this time around, i'm really going to stay private with that. this is something that i really want to keep for myself. and that's one thing. like i said, i'm on twitter and i'm on facebook and you can follow anything that i do. pictures are going to come out and people are going to say things, but you'll never -- >> do you mind when those pictures come out? >> no. >> it's my life. >> he's a good-looking guy. >> i don't censor my life because of paparazzi. i don't censor my life because cameras are following me. i'm going to live my life.

life goes on and i'm pretty resilient and strong. >> do you like being in love? >> i love being in love. i'm in love with being in love. >> how many times have you been properly in love? >> once. >> and you married him? >> and i married him. >> that's pretty amazing. >> pretty amazing. i think so. how many times have you been in love? >> more than that. >> really? i'm really from the school of thought you should fall in love as many times as you can. life's too short to be fearful of jumping in again. i don't know if i'll get married again, but i'm saying i would love to be in a loving relationship. >> we'll take another short break. i want to explore this further with you. i want to talk to you about love and romance. >> oh, god. piers! as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus it supports heart health. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's.

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so, eva, we left it at love and romance. >> and we're moving on. what's the next subject? >> well, you did say move on, but i think we'll stick around for a while if you don't mind. i like the fact, what i found striking about that conversation is the fact you said you married the first guy you properly loved. i was surprised by that. >> i've loved people -- >> but to be properly in love. >> yeah, to be properly in love. i've loved a lot of people in my life, though. >> has what happened to you damaged your ability to love, do you think? >> you know, i thought it would. was actually really, was really disappointed in the concept of loyalty and faithfulness and things like that, but, no, i can't let it. and i won't let it, you know, deter me from what love is. because, honestly, what tony and i experienced was beautiful. it was really, really beautiful. and i'll always focus on the reasons why we fell in love.

he's a good person. >> one of the things i admired about you, if it was true, that you signed this prenup and it wasn't about money, and you're an independent money. do you think that a lot of women looked up to you for that? >> yeah, we never had an issue with a prenup. great, done. our divorce was very simple, very respectful and there was no drama. as much drama that played out in tabloids. >> to all the women watching this who have been through terrible divorces because they can't, perhaps, keep their emotions in check in the ways you've been able too, at least in the ways you've dealt with t tony, what's the advice to give? what is the way to have a civilized breakup if one has to have one? >> i don't think i'm a good person to give advice about that. to have grace in a situation like divorce is really hard. i'm pretty spiritually evolved. i'm a pretty -- i don't take things personal. even as personal as that, i really live by the four agreements, you know, don't take things personal and don't assume things. and you know, i go, you know

what, this wasn't about me. this whole divorce was not about me. it had nothing to do with me. and i understood that. and i don't promote divorce at all. i thought it was for life. but i think that a lot of women who go through it need to realize, what is this really about? you know? and what do you need. not what do you want in life, what do you need in life. >> one of the things you talked about a lot before this happened was having kids. obviously, that's been put on the back burner. did that particularly worry you, that you kind of reached a point in a relationship where you were about to have children and suddenly it's not the future you thought you had? >> it's still my future, i still will have children. it's still my future. ? i didn't mean that way. >> are you offering? >> eva, well, we are getting on well. are you in an exclusive situation with your playboy or is there a door opening here? >> no. i do want a family. i come from a very big family and i guarantee you i will have

a family, yeah. >> so you got to get on with it. or am i the only option? i can do you a favor here. >> i'm going to get on with it. i'm going to follow piers' advice and get on with it. >> how many kids would you like? if you had a dream number? what would it be? >> it would be four. but i think i'm too old now for the four. only because i come from a family of four. that's a good even number. there's always two against two. although they do outnumber the parents, so that's a little scary. >> what does your mother make of all this? >> you know, my parents are 100% supportive of what's best for me and they came -- they came immediately to my side and said, do you want to talk about it? and i said, no. okay. and the next day, do you want to talk about it? and i said no. finally, after a week, i was able to talk to them about everything. and they loved tony. that was their family. and they miss him and you know, they just want to make sure i'm happy. and they say, whatever's going to make you happy. they're great. you should meet my parents.

my parents are amazing. >> i think it's the next obviously step here. meet the future in-laws, have a chat. my wife would be very understanding. she always said i could have a relationship with cindy crawford. >> oh, really? >> yeah, and when i interviewed cindy, she was not nearly as keen on the idea, but you, however, are much more keener than cindy. and you look a bit like her. >> you think so? >> the latino version of cindy crawford. so i better sell this. >> okay. >> we're taking a little break. when we come back, i'm going to talk to you about, unbelievably, cooking. >> cooking. >> of which i know nothing. >> oh, really? good. i'll teach you a couple of things. >> i bet you will. is loaded with protein!the new y really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong.

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well, my special guest, eva longoria, and this is your new book, eva's kitchen. a place i have spent years trying to get into. i know nothing about food or cooking, although i love eating it. >> oh, good, you're a foodie. >> what is the premise of this? why should i get excited about your cookbook? >> i love to cook.

i own two restaurants, one in hollywood, one in vegas. and this was just another extension of that brand of my cooking brand. and i loved it. i love -- i always had all these recipes in my head, and i always said, if i don't write them down, if i don't get them down somewhere, they'll be lost. >> we're being joined by some appetizing little the dishes here. we have some guacamole. >> we have some gauc! >> that's called gauc. and even more pleasingly, we have margaritas. >> the cookbook is not mexican. it's like a memoir of my life told through food, obviously starting with my mexican american heritage and going on to more european dishes and american dishes. >> are these your little signature things? >> these are my signature things. my guacamole is to die for. everybody loves it. >> it's like a little british fantasy of mine. >> okay, good, great. it's like the romans to, but i'm

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let's talk "desperate housewives" for a moment. i can't think of anybody i've met in my entire life who is less desperate than you or less likely to be described as a housewife. seems a little bit ridiculous talking about "desperate housewives," but it's a show that made you super famous. i heard your contract's coming up for renewal and you may or may not be going back. >> no, no, we are coming back. >> oh, you are? >> we are working out the details because we want to come back for a season eight, a season nine. i would stay on it as long as it would go. we are still the number one show in the world. >> it's amazing. >> i can't believe it's been seven years. it just went by so fast. vanessa williams has been a great addition. we have so much fun. i love having the home of television. i like the medium of television. >> why? >> the people you reach, the amount of people you reach, the influence you have. people welcome you into their

homes every week, you every day. it's a very personal relationship. people feel like they really know you. >> one thing you got very famous for in your interviews when it first launched. >> oh, god, what are you going to say? >> sex. >> you never ever stopped talking about it, which i loved of course. >> you know what's so funny, i didn't talk about it all the time. i did one interview, and i can't remember, female sexuality or something and it was very proper in that particular publication and in that context. but then people pull it apart and then they put it on stupid blogs and web sites and it looks like i'm talking about god knows what. >> i met gwyneth paltrow the other day, and she told me her cure for nerves is a pint of guinness. she said you're very nice, aren't you? she said i'm very, very nice except in the bedroom. >> wow. >> did she tell you that? >> she told me that. >> it wasn't on air, no.

i probably shouldn't have repeated that. >> i'm never telling you anything off air. >> that's a great line. >> that's a great line. i have no thoughts about that line. >> none? >> good for gwyneth. >> the reason i mention it is because you seem equally nice. >> i am equally nice all of the time. i am nice all of the time. >> is that true? >> i really am, yes. >> are you basically a nice person? >> i would hope so. i would hope people see me that way. >> what's the big ambition for you now? do you see an oscar looming? at night when you're on your own and you think wow, that would be quite something? or you see the oscars on tv and you start practicing the speech that may never happen? >> no, i don't quite do that. it's -- it would be an amazing dream to be nominated for an oscar. to do something for an oscar, but what i'd like to do specifically for my production company is to produce and direct more. i got to direct latinos living the american dream which was

pretty inspirational during hispanic heritage month. so i'd like to produce things that bring awareness to issues or that would bring a voice to our community. whatever, however that may be. >> no politics? >> i actually love. >> i can see. >> -- politics. >> i could. i'm deadly serious. >> yeah, i love, you know, navigating through it as an activist. i don't know about being one. i think it would be pretty overwhelm. oprah said that one time too, she would never run for president because she felt she had more power as a citizen. >> she said it wasn't her lane. i said get in that lane. oprah would be an amazing politician. >> i would vote oprah for president. >> can you imagine? >> yeah, the world would be a better place. >> what about an oprah/eva ticket. >> oh, you know, i'll always do political activism, always. i find it fascinating. >> finally, what's been the greatest moment of your life, the moment you would relive tomorrow if you had the chance? >> people ask me this all the time. this whole interview is going to

be about oprah. when they say when was the one time you knew you were famous, and it was when we hadn't even aired yet but the show had so much buzz and oprah invited us on the show. i remember they came in the makeup trailer and go, we're going to oprah. i was like, oh, my god. and being there and going to chicago and being on her show and sitting on the yellow couch, i was just looking around, i was overwhelmed. i'll always remember that because she was so nice and her presence was -- >> she's the nearest thing to the queen have you in america. i felt the same way. >> i have so much respect for what she does and why she does what she does. so that moment, i'll always remember. >> apart from "desperate housewives" what is on the horizon? any movies? >> i just finished a film with andy garcia. i play andy's wife. and it's a period piece in mexico based on when the government overthrew the