>> on the next "cnn presents" it's jobs -- >> imeans we'll be able to support our family. >> shame on you! >> versus the environment. >> i've said to many environmentalists if you can't save this mountain you can't save any mountain. >> who will win? soledad o'brian brings you the battle for bear mountain, working in america. tonight adam levine, sold more than 15 million albums, his first season of "the voice." takes things to a whole new level. tonight his biggest challenge yet. i'm getting him to do something you've never, i mean never seen him do before. >> this is so dumb.

>> that is incredible. also the woman who knows charlie sheen better than anybody. >> the charlie that some of you have seen over the last six months is not the person that i met and married. >> denise richards, her life, her loves. >> oh, i've had many loves. >> and what she thinks of her ex-husband today. >> i'm way too old for him now. >> this is piers morgan tonight. adam levine is the front man of a megasuccessful band maroon 5 and sold 15 million albums around the world and a big win on nbc's "the voice" and joins me now. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> what's been the bigger thrill, 15 million albums or big talent show superstar? >> gosh, i mean, 15 million -- every time someone says that it blows my mind and i can't believe it. the talent show thing was -- i'm not sure any of us knew what to expect and obviously you being part of it as well. >> i haven't sold 15 million

albums. >> true. you haven't done that. >> i have no discern ibl talent. >> that's not necessarily true. you know, i was just very open minded but a little skeptical and curious about it and wound up working in kind of, hate to sound so heavy about it, but kind of changed my life a little bit. >> i want to ask you that. because you've been a very cool rock star but there is a difference. there's a credibility thing which i know you all go through. >> absolutely. >> i'm sure all of you, a stellar cast of judges, coaches. >> yes. part of it was that though. a huge part of it was finding out who was going to be involved with the show. >> right. >> once that started taking shape i thought, okay. this could be really cool. everyone is in a different phase of their career and it's kind of a great thing. >> you worried if it didn't do that well it could damage the maroon 5 end of things? >> not necessarily. it seemed like it was one of those things where well okay. here is a slight calculated risk i guess you could say and you

can't take away things like selling a lot of records and having a huge fan base. it isn't going to vanish overnight. potentially this could be a good vehicle for the band and a great thing. so i saw more potential in it than anything else. and of course it could have been the down side which is being a massive failure but that didn't happen. >> how has it changed your life? interesting you say that. >> just being able to -- the mentor aspect was kind of a surprise for me. just being able to help people along with knowledge that we were, you know, i have gained over the years. i never thought i was particularly -- i'm in a band. i write songs. i sing. perform on stage. i never thought of myself as having the tools to kind of help somebody along. and that process was surprisingly amazing. i had such a great time doing it and i didn't realize i actually liked doing it. >> you are very nice on that show all of you. obviously this isn't the m.o. that i bring to my judgmental behavior but --

>> you see a vast array of things on your show. we are focusing on one thing we know a lot about and we're all fixated on the singing part. it's a little different. i'm sure i'd probably be the same way on your show because there are so many different types of things. >> you said a wonderful line about the people we're not turning our chairs around for could win "american idol" a real meow moment. >> a real jab. whatever. it's the biggest show on television. i can take a little jab. it wasn't an uppercut or anything. >> have you been surprised how your profile has changed since the smash hit of "the voice?" >> yeah. i was very, very happy and comfortable with the level of fame that i had. i didn't really think about that as much when i took the job. and i didn't really realize what i was getting myself into as far as that's concerned because this is, they call it tv fame. this is a very different thing. people see you on tv every day. they start knowing your name. i was always just the guy from

ro maroon w5 until i became myself. >> now it's adam. >> it is very strange people calling your name on the street. hey adam. you think it's your buddy. >> is it a bit unsettling after years of being slightly below that radar and suddenly like, whoa. you're this famous tv guy. >> a little unsettling but better than i experienced before though it didn't just skyrocket all of a sudden or become something i couldn't handle. i'm a little older now. i'm not 17. i don't know how kids deal with it when they're younger. i'm so happy it all kinds of evolved and grew slowly as opposed to slapped in the face with it. >> i thought i had problems with sharon osbourne but christine takes things to a whole new level doesn't she? >> again, on national television, she's fine. you know? i mean, listen. we're all a pain in the [ bleep ] in our own unique, beautiful way. piers morgan i'm sure you're a pain in the [ bleep ]. >> most people could cover that. >> no, but it's -- everyone has

their thing and people bust her chops a little bit but it's fine. nothing out of control really. >> did you all feel the competitive juices coming out? >> not so much. well, a little bit. not so much with each other. i feel like i've got three great new friends and it's awesome wean have fun. playfully competitive. the real competition is i really just wanted the right person to win and i was all bent out of shape about it the night before, thinking who was going to do it, nervous, freaking out. i was in it. i was definitely wrapped up in the whole thing. >> i want to throw a few names at you as if they've appeared on "the voice." you've got to give a bit of -- >> do i have to turn my chair around or mentor them? >> do either. you'll know who they are. >> okay. >> what would your reaction be? >> oh, she is ridiculous. she is so good. you know. she would win. i'm not sure i could win by the way. this was a very humbling experience.

i'm a fine singer and i have a decent voice an think a distinct voice but i don't have one of these belty voices so my own confidence in myself to win something like this isn't necessarily, you know, i don't think i would be a ringer but adele would be. >> justin bieber? >> great singer. that kid can sing, man. >> could he win "the voice?" >> he could. he could. i mean, it really depends. another thing i learned about the show is it is so hard to say. javier is almost supernatural in his ability. that is just not normal. you know what i'm saying. physical ability wise he is probably one of the best singers i've ever heard in my life. >> really. >> yeah. >> for all those who criticize these talent shows. >> yeah. >> we found a girl last year jaqui avenco who david foster sat in the studio and said he had been mentoring whitney houston and barbara streisand and others but this girl had the best voice at her age he had ever heard before. and, you know, i look at susan bowles and these others. these shows can produce bona

fide, huge stars. >> one thing interesting to think about is the artistry connected to it. it's not always just about being an amazing singer. there are a lot of other things, songs, production, the styling, who you are as a person, whether people like you. there are a lot of different things especially now in the wake of all the social media taking over and becoming so prevalent. they want to love you, too. >> likability is always a key thing at these shows. >> absolutely. >> how would someone like lady gaga do given that she doesn't go out of her way to say like me. she is provocative. daring. >> yeah. she is great. she's a performer. showmanship is a huge thing for her. she is a huge performer. so her -- >> could she win a show like "the voice?" >> given the right circumstances, probably. you know, i -- for all of the rest of the craziness that goes on when that woman is on stage, at, if you stripped it all away i think she does have a good voice. i think that there's a lot of distractions from that but i don't think of her as a

nonmusician. you know, she writes and those things too. >> i want to play you a little clip from this "moves like jagger" collaboration you came up with from "the voice". ♪ >> you looked a bit uncomfortable watching yourself there. >> no, no. i don't like watching myself back on television. singing on tv sucks because my voice isn't particularly big. i don't have a big -- i have a thinner, small voice. >> when you're next to christina, i saw her perform at a private party donald trump had last summer and she's about this high and bus ls through full of attitude and then just began to sing. i've never heard a voice that big as close as i was.

i mean, she is extraordinary. >> she is an extraordinary talent and that's the thing is, you know, shows up a little bit late and everyone is ticked off, opens her mouth and starts singing and no one cares. it is incredible. she does blow your mind and you realize, oh, yeah. okay. wow. you know? so she's great. >> if i was to put you on "america's got talent" but you couldn't sing what would your talent be? what are the secret adam levine talents? >> adam levine? i, you know, i was all in with music. i'm not sure. >> weird little party pieces? >> i can balance things on my nose pretty well. >> really? >> yeah. >> how big a thing can you balance on your nose? >> i can balance a lot of stuff on my nose. i can balance probably nothing in here. i don't know. >> well, i'm going to get something. >> i start looking and if i see something, on my chin, too. i can do guitars. quite amazing actually. >> well i like this theory. i think what we'll do is go to break and find something you can >> i did when i was about 7

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times before ♪ ♪ her heart is breaking for me and i have no choice because i won't say good-bye anymore ♪ >> well, that was your day job obviously. >> yes. >> singing this love. but enough of that for a moment because the challenge has been laid down. you have claimed to be an accomplished nose and i believe chin balancer depending on the object. >> yeah. >> so let's see a bit of this. come on. >> all right. >> ascending glory of instruments. >> members of family have seen me do this since i was a child. probably could do this sitting down but i don't want to -- >> okay. >> all right, kids. be somebody. all right. brilliant. brilliant. >> that's what we do here in hollywood, folks. >> that's good. okay. let's move up to the small broom. >> this has to go on my chin

because it's an awkward shape. can i come down here? >> yeah. >> this is so dumb. i don't know why i can do it. >> that is incredible. >> i can do it forever. it is really therapeutic. >> okay. here we go. this is the biggy. this is heavy. >> this kind of sucks. it's heavy. >> if i do this do i get like 15 bucks or something? >> you can definitely come back. >> all right. not even 15 bucks. wow. all right. [ bleep ]. sorry. >> you can say that. this is a high pressure environment. >> adam levine breaks chin at piers morgan. oh, here we go. pressure. >> the pressure is mounting here. that is incredible. that is brilliant. if i had my hat on i'd take it off to you. >> that's right, america. bet you didn't know that. >> have you ever performed this stunt live on television? >> no. you know what?

i probably never will again. >> well, your talent is now exposed. the reason i like you is when you tweet things like this. when people complain about papparazzi, i want to slap them in the face. you signed up for this, dip [ bleep ]. buck up. >> a little harsh. >> but somebody in the music business who recognizes it's a two way street, this, isn't it? >> it is a two way street and also a two way street as far as the way you look at it because people do want to be famous for whatever reason. for me i just wanted to be a successful singer. i think it had less to do with fame than anything else but, you know, if you're going to sign up for this job and be on television or be doing music or going to be an actor there's going to be a certain amount of this that comes with it. a lot of people that start hating it and when it starts to consume them and own them they brought it on themselves. sometimes that is not the case but to complain about it so

passionately, i think, is irresponsible because there are a lot of people with real problems. >> half the world is starving. 9.2% of the american population is out of work. >> yeah. >> i'm hearing very wealthy celebrities, i always feel this, hearing very wealthy celebrities bleeting about the perils and price of fame is very boring. >> it is nothing more than a pain in the ass and sometimes a giant pain in ways i don't understand but i respect that. >> there are very few stars at the level where it becomes intolerable. if you're britney spears going through the meltdown she had i get it. too much. princess diana and so on. but there are very few in that league of that kind of attention. >> absolutely. most of the people in that position don't complain as much as the others. >> do the papparazzi give you a hard time? >> no. they don't bother me. every time they do like i said, you know, they don't stalk me at my house or anything like that but just hey, how you doing? what's up? hey, can you get out of my way? if it's a pain in the [ bleep ] it's a pain in the [ bleep ] but i don't like how people go on

about it and i appreciate it that you appreciated that tweet. >> i totally did. you also tweeted being royalty must be painfully boring. i bet they never did anything cool like play naked twister. did you ever play naked twister? >> i never played naked twister. i just thought it was funny. i was banking on the fact that royalty probably hadn't. >> when you saw prince william, duke and duchess of cambridge in hollywood recently what did you make of all the fuss that came with them? >> it's exciting. you know? especially for us. we don't have royalty anymore. >> why do americans like the royals so much? >> i think they like the romantic kind of idea behind it. it's a very cool thing when you don't have that anymore. nostalgia i think. >> i'm watching all these huge stars like barbara streisand and tom hanks and so on bustling to get near william and kate. it was quite fascinating to observe. >> that is so funny. that is exactly what happened when i was at the obama inauguration was that you saw

these extremely famous people just falling all over each other to get to see the president and meet the president so you had this list of people and it was incredible to see them become groupies. pretty incredible. >> who do you get star struck by? who have you been star struck by? >> star struck. who was i star struck by? that is a weird term. i would say i was, i don't really get star struck unless i have a tremendous amount of respect for someone. >> you are a massive beatles fan right? paul mccartney? >> yeah. no i haven't met him and if i had i would be a bit star struck but it's a strange way to look at it because i would be just kind of enamored because he was so important to me growing up that i would be kind of blown away. but star struck, you know. >> your whole family were beatles fans? >> yeah. i was raised on the beatles. i was quizzed about who was singing what in every song. my mom was a massive beatles fan so she started me out on the path. >> paul mccartney is watching you're available?

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♪ let me be and i'll set you free ♪ ♪ i am in misery there ain't nobody who can comfort me ♪ ♪ oh, yeah why won't you answer me ♪ >> so there you are singing "misery" to a tall, leggy, blonde, beautiful super model from russia, who is your girlfriend. i mean, how miserable can that particular vignette be? not miserable at all. i'm not complaining about any of that. now look. you're in the enviable position of being able to basically pick

and choose your female partners and let's be fair. you've been through a pretty heavy selection list in the past. this one appears, we're now 18 months in? >> that is an alleged list. >> how many? >> an alleged list. none are true. anyway, my relationship is going very well. let's talk about that. >> where did you meet anna? >> i met her, i'm not telling that story. why? how bad is it? >> it's not bad. just not particularly inspiring. i don't want to tell it. it's for me. >> fair enough. >> the relationship i like to keep to myself. she is wonderful and everything is fantastic. >> how does she deal with the cliche' of millions of women freaking out when they see you? >> you know, millions of men are always trying to sleep with her so it works itself out. >> who gets more jealous? >> pretty even. we're good. we laugh about it. it's fun. >> you're in a business full of temptation. one where it's littered with people who fall off the rails in a pretty frequent way. how do you manage to avoid that

pitfall? heavy drug regimen. that's a joke. that was a joke. once again, that was a joke. no. you know, i think having family and friends around you, having people who support you. having people that are willing to tell you when you're being a jerk, which most people in our positions don't have, you know. >> who do you have that would do that to you? >> so many people. the list is so long. because i was born and raised in los angeles which is a very rare thing and, you know, hey. you're being [ bleep ]. that's okay. people can say that. you know. i don't have any -- i surround myself with people who i love. >> you seem very grounded to me. i've never met you before but you seem very grounded. >> enough. >> a lot of musicians aren't. they're sort of paranoid, schizophrenic. it is a weird environment. >> yes. >> where do you get that from? is it your parents, your family? >> i think i just found balance,

you know, through family and through friends and through really wonderful people in my life. >> what is the secret for other musicians coming into this business? it seems to me what the modern revolution is doing is weeding out the plastic pop brigade because actually it is much harder to cheat elijah. >> and the other thing about a band that i'd love to say, we've always made our records for the radio and there was a -- i've always had a slight chip on my shoulder because we are musicians. we play. we're great. we're a band. you know? there's nothing synthetic about what we do. however, we have made records that have been very tight and meticulous, very put together for the radio. you know, and our live shows are very different, much looser. there have been some discrepancies over what we do, how we do it, what we are, identity problems as a band. you know, i think that more and more with "the voice" and the band being more in the spotlight we have an opportunity to put all of those things to rest. >> it's fascinating to watch how

steven tyler, jennifer lopez, you and others have been able to use television in a massively helpful promotional way for your music. >> absolutely. no dou no doubt about it. it's reinvigorated our career, kind of reintroducing us to a lot of people which is fantastic because i don't want to stop. >> what is the personal and professional ambition? where would you like to be in ten years' time? you you're 32. 42 years old. >> oh, man. i would love to be working less and, because taking this whole thing on all at once was crazy and it still is but to be, you know, maybe considering the idea of having a family and at that age i'd love to have maybe a 2-year-old. >> really? >> i want to start my kids, not for seven or eight years. >> do you believe you should be married to do that? not necessarily. i don't think you necessarily have to be married to have children. >> would you like to be? is marriage something you'd like? >> marriage is a controversial thing, clearly.

i find that in a lot of ways it doesn't work and in some ways it does. i'm inspired by certain marriages, uninspired by others. >> whose marriages inspired you? >> my friend shawn tay actually one of my best friend and his marriage is one of the best i've ever seen and it's actually the gentleman that hat belongs to. >> really. >> yeah. >> why do you think it works so well? >> just being close with him and the whole thing and actually his daughter is my god daughter and i've seen just the right type of marriage in the two of them. it is inspiring and sets the bar high. listen, there is no doubt in my mind at some point i'll think about it but things are going well and i'm a happy man at this point. in my relationship by the way. i don't think that ever reflects, marriage never reflects your real happiness with the person you're with necessarily. the celebration of that happiness yeah. >> what would you like to be professionally? professionally -- >> other than working less. >> producing records. >> do you have an aspiration to have real longevity as a band?

could you go solo for example? >> to make a plan i think would be really foolish. i don't think i know what is going to happen. >> don't bands split up? isn't there always the point where you get sick of each other? i'd love to beat the odds and not be a solo artist. >> how is the scale of irritation with band members? >> we drive each other crazy. we love each other so much but we do make each other crazy at points. i'm a happy man. i can't complain. life has been pretty kind. >> you can complain but i don't want to hear it. >> i could technically complain but i'm not going to do it. >> you have also revealed yourself to be champion nose and chin balancer which is an even bigger reason to hate you. >> who knew that? >> adam levine. >> yes, sir. >> you're disgusting. >> so are you. [ bleep ] piers morgan. >> and the new maroon 5 album is "hands all over" and see them this summer and there is more information on the band website maroon 5.com.

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denise richards. hard to believe she's been acting for more than 20 years. she is also a mother and of course ex-wife of charlie sheen. now she is also a first time author with her book "the real girl next door."

denise richards joins me now. with the greatest of respect you look nothing like the real girls that lived next door to me or most people. >> okay. >> if only they did. >> well, thank you. >> what's the title about? what do you mean by this? >> what i mean about it is more in being real and being honest and being your authentic self. my authentic self. it's more about that. >> i love this. this is 25 things you may want to know about me right now. which is actually true because i don't know you that well. i know about you. >> you think you know about me. >> exactly. i like this. very poignant when you said when was the last time you cried? when one of my girls asked if your mother could see her from heaven. >> yeah. >> a sweet thing to say. >> thank you. it's true. >> how did you answer that? >> i said, yeah. and actually i have this in my book, before my mom passed away, three months before she had died, she sent some books to her best friend in chicago and said,

when i pass away, give these two the grand kids, my kids, and my sister's kids and my dad didn't even know she did this. i didn't know she did it. so the morning that she died, she pulled the book out and my mom wrote a note to my children and said, i actually have a picture of the note that she's arrived in heaven and that she would be watching over them and forever be there. so, you know, i answered yes. she was in heaven. >> an amazing thing to have done. >> yeah. and so courageous and brave knowing that, you know, she didn't have much time left and she was still taking care of us even after she had left. >> what did she make of your slightly crazy life, your mother? >> my mom was so great, so nonjudgmental, and very fair, you know? and she rolled with the punches. she, you know, times where it got really crazy she would

reassure me that i would get through that time and she was my best friend and was there for as my rock and she was very supportive. >> i've inflicted many things on my mother but i've never gone back and said, mom, good news. i'm marrying charlie sheen. >> she'd probably wonder if you did that. but, you know, my parents really loved charlie. >> i love charlie. >> yeah. no, he -- and i did. you know, so my parents were actually, even though it was a whirlwind romance and we married very quickly, they were very happy. whether they said something behind closed doors is another thing, but to me and to charlie they were very happy and supportive. >> the one album i can't live without, i love this, guns & roses appetite for destruction, talking of charlie sheen. >> i suppose. >> we actually did play a lot of guns & roses when we worked out together. >> i love guns & roses.

>> i do too. >> my favorite rock band. have you had a slight appetite yourself for self-destruction over the years do you think? >> no, not self-destruction. >> destruction? >> no. i've always, you know, even a lot of people like to say, you know, have i think a different perception of my relationship with my ex-husband than what was really happening and when we fell in love he had been sober for three years. he was, you know, getting his life back together. he had just gotten a job on "spin city" and i really admired his strength and courage for overcoming addiction and being so humble about it. and that's what attracted me to him. so the charlie that some of you have seen over the last six months is not the person that i met and married. >> he sat here and i interviewed him. did you see that interview? >> i did. >> what did you think of it? >> i thought it was a great interview and i thought of that time it was, i think, one of the

more calmer interviews that he did. >> now i think, i have met him a few times over the years. >> he told me. >> i kind of understood, you know, where he was coming from to a certain degree. i suppose with everyone you kind of look at him slightly agas and think i hope this doesn't end in a horrible way. >> right. >> what is going on. yet at the same time i found him incredibly charismatic. very sharp. very funny. and there is a certain kind of purity to the right of a man or a woman to lead their life how they want to lead it. now the exception as i said when he sat there was until it has an impact on those around you. >> right. >> and that i guess is where you come in. >> yeah. and we've been split up now for six years and, you know, we'll always have a bond with our daughters. and i wish nothing but the best for him. >> when you met him, presumably you knew what he was like to a certain degree. >> i knew what his past was like

and one thing about myself and how i was raised and how my parents are i don't pass judgment. i'm not, at least for the most part, i like to think of myself as i'm not a judgmental person. so i wasn't judging him for his past. the person that i met was who i met at that moment. >> what was he like when you first got together with him? >> he was amazing. he was so humbled and sweet and charming and funny and had such a great heart and very honest and we just had a very deep connection that we had together. >> do you talk to him now? >> i do. today we're good. >> today? today is a good day. >> today is a good day. >> is that how it works? >> i take it day by day one day at a time. >> if charlie was to sort his life out could you ever imagine a scenario where you might one day get back together or not? >> no. >> that door is closed. >> that door is closed. i think he and i are better as

friends and having our daughters. i'm way too old for him now. >> you're way more of a god des than those other two. >> you're very kind but i am way past his age range. >> i want to come back and talk to you about your journey to hollywood and also about the fact you were a bond girl which i had forgotten which was very exciting. >> most people have. it wasn't very memorable. we'll never stop sharing our memories, or getting lost in a good book. we'll always cook dinner, and cheer for our favorite team. we'll still go to meetings, make home movies, and learn new things. but how we do all this, will never be the same.

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little shorts and a tank top but -- >> the best way to run around. i had no complaints watching it. >> i definitely got slaughtered in the reviews. >> did you care? >> at the time i did. it was very hurtful because i had never up to that point had gotten bad reviews like that so, yeah. it was tough. >> what was it like being a hollywood starlet? >> well, it was very overwhelming and at the time i had done star ship troopers and wild things and they all came out the same year and, you know, it's a lot but also great. it afforded me a lot of wonderful opportunities and financially to be able to buy my parents a house and myself. that kind of stuff is wonderful. and to see the world and there's a lot of wonderful things that come along with the job too. >> do you still love acting? >> i do, very much. >> is there a huge pressure as a female actress? i mean, they often talk about

this as you get a bit older. and i don't actually know how old you are but i know you are older than you look which is always the best answer right? >> i turned 40 this year. >> did you really? >> i did. >> you don't look anything like 40. >> thank you. >> how do you stay so youthful? >> clean living. >> clean living? >> clean living. >> really. >> yeah. it's also good genes and i take care of myself, too. >> with your relationship with men now is it hard being denise richards from the tabloids, the tv shows, charlie sheen's ex? does it carry a tricky stigma? or have you been able to say, no. this is me now? >> i think people that meet me say that i'm who i am. i think dating in general is hard when you're in the public eye and you have children and trying to, you know, i don't bring a lot of different men

around my children. it makes dating difficult. if you're out with someone for dinner the media will, oh, here who is the mystery man? it does get tricky but it is what it is. >> what do you look for in a guy? what have you learned to look for that suits you? >> i've learned to look for, the qualities that i look for now are different than prior to getting married and having kids. now i'm, i find myself very attracted to men who have children and i think one of the sexiest qualities in a man is seeing a man great with kids and, you know, i have three now, three children, and that's a very attractive quality. >> if they said, mom, i really want to go into acting given all that you've been through would you encourage them or would you be slightly reticent about that? >> i would definitely encourage them to do whatever they wanted. i would. if they, i've gotten so much joy from this job and have been blessed with it and there's a lot of ups and downs but i think that comes with, you know,

different jobs. so if our daughters really wanted to get into acting i would wait until they're a little bit out of school. >> if it got even worse and they said, mom, not just going to be an actress but i really want to marry another actor? >> if he's a good man, i wouldn't want someone to judge me for what i do for a living. >> you'veliving. >> you've had the some very exciting news recently, which is the adoption of another baby. >> yes, uh-huh. >> a little break and come back and talk to you about that. it seems to be putting a big smile on your face. would that be fair? >> that would be fair. [ jon ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster we can find. yeah! [ male announcer ] hurry in to crabfest at red lobster. the only time you can savor three sweet alaskan crab entrees all under $20, like our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake

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great news. just adopted a baby girl, eloise joan i richards. joni is obviously after your mother. had you been thinking about this for a while? something on your mind? >> yeah. >> why? you've already got kids. what was the driving -- >> why are you having another one? you have two, three? >> i was curious to your thinking. you're on your own. it was a big thing to take on.

what was the motivation. >> it's a big thing to take on even if you're with someone. i think it's all in each person, whatever, would for them. and before my mom died, i had talked to her about possibly you know, wanting to adopt. and that i wanted to get through grieving her and some other things. i started the process about two years ago. and it was something i've, you know, i love children. i love being a mom and i had to make a decision. do i wait till i meet the right partner or do i keep moving forward with my life and do it on my own. and i chose to do it on my own. >> how is she? >> she's amazing. >> how old is she now. >> a month. >> a real little baby. >> she's a newborn, yeah. >> really exciting. >> very exciting. >> what are your other kids making of it? >> they are so in love with her. they are very protective of her. we kept her quiet for a bit and my daughters were, you know, very protective of her with

that. and they love feeding her, they love making her smile. they're very -- they're great big sisters. >> it's a gutsy thing to do. you talk at the end of your book here, what better skill to teach than resiliency. adopting another child right now at your stage of your life with all that's gone on and the fact you're on your own, that's real resilience. >> exactly. she's a blessing. >> she really is. you also end the book with a message i want to leave with you is keep looking forward and stay real. >> uh-huh. >> part of the fact you adopted her i think is can looing forward, isn't it? it's another stage in your life? >> yeah, i think with the -- a lot of people have gone through a loss in losing a parent essentially for me or a spouse, you really look at life. i looked at life differently and know that we have one life and it's very short. and you know, i want to be a

good role model for my kids and be a strong woman, even if it's on my own, you know. if it's not in the cards right now for me to have a good partner, then that's okay. >> are you enduringly romantic? do you believe you're going to fall in love again? >> i've had many loves and i'm not bitter about marriage or have anything negative about men. i love men. i've had a lot of great loves. i've had a love. >> how many times have you been properly in love? >> properly in love? >> yeah. >> i don't know. probably four times. five times. >> and do you think that that could happen again? >> absolutely. >> you remain optimistic? >> yeah, i love love. >> are you quite excited about that prospect? >> i am. i had to get through so much stuff. during the ugliness of my custody and my mom and some other stuff, i wasn't in a place to be with someone. and i needed to be in a good

place and feel good about myself and pick myself back up before i would ever be able to give to a partner. and the last couple years, i feel really good, in a great place, and when it happens, it happens. >> when you see all the magazines and stuff, do you feel like a soap opera character, not a real person? >> there were times i did, yeah. there were times where it was just absolutely insane. and it's hard. it's hard if you're going through a difficult time and things are public and it's embarrassing and humiliating and having it all out there and some of the stories are true, some aren't. that's really -- that was hard for me. >> what's been the worst story that you've seen that was just completely untrue but most hurtful to you? >> this is weird but that i used to be a hooker, i used to be a heidi fleiss girl. if anyone would know would be charlie. honest to god and he will say she was not. he would know. but that's like a weird rumor. i don't know where it started but i've never been a hooker.

>> good, we clarified that. >> once i heard how much these chicks made, i'm like wow. >> most of it came from charlie. >> exactly. i love the fact you can laugh about all that. >> yeah, you got to. i have a sense of humor about all of that. >> i think you have to. it's the only way, isn't it. >> yeah, otherwise why be miserable and be you know, pissy about anything. >> given the way you've been able to rebuild your life very successfully and you seem happy to me, probably the way you have been for quite awhile, not to be impertinent, but just from what i can gather, what would you wish for charlie? >> i just want him to be a very healthy person. i want him to be healthy for his kids and for himself. >> do you have an optimism he might sort himself out a bit? >> i do. he's a survivor. if anyone can pick