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santorum. they've got a lot riding on ohio super tuesday. please be sure to watch cnn this tuesday. but the most comprehensive coverage of what's going on. our super tuesday results will be coming in. republicans will be voting in ten states, it's the biggest day so far in the 2012 presidential race of the we'll be here starting our coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern. i'm wolf blitzer. piers morg"piers morgan tonight right now. tonight bill maher is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. he's putting his money where his mouth is with a million dollar donation to a super pac. plus bill maher on presidential politic. >> mitt romney is running on that silly idea i ran a business, i know how to create jobs. no, actually what he did is fire people. >> exclusive with bill maher and remembering davy jones. >> daydream believer ♪ my exclusive with mickey
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dolenz. one of my favorite shows, the good wife, a one-on-one television interview. the question i'd never thought she'd ask me. >> you were talking about playing a role on the good wife. how would you like to play my ex-husband? >> yes. is it available? >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. big story tonight. the selling of the president. just days away from a turning point in the race for the white house. super tuesday. millions are being spent on hard hitting ads from super pacs. bill maher is here. later my exclusive with mickey dolenz, remembering the late, great davy jones. >> we sort of had a lot this common. over the years, our families and he and i, even though we bonded. i mean, after 47 years, working with people like that, you know,
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it was like my brother. like siblings. >> we begin with our big story. the selling of the president. ask bill maher about his donation to obama's super pac. >> i would like to announce a donation to the obama super pac which has the tongue twister name, priority usa action. i would like to give that pac $1 million. >> that was bill maher announcing his million dollar donation to president obama's super pac. bill is back with me now. >> nice to be here. >> was i surprised? i was surprised you had a million dollars to chuck around. congratulations. >> just lying around. >> secondly, that you would do this. i don't know why i'm surprised. your politics aren't that shocking. why did you do that? what made you get up one day and say i'm going to do this? >> i didn't do it one day. i thought approximate it for a long time. what i said right after that was
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that i wanted to make the point that this really hurt. it does hurt me to write a check for a million dollars. i wanted to sort of inspire a lot of the people out there on the left who are rich who this wouldn't hurt at all. there's lots of people who wouldn't miss a million dollars. i'll miss it. >> how badly will you miss it? >> i'm driving a cab at night now. i'm not. i'm still going to eat the same, just digest it more peacefully. because these republicans scare me. you know, if this was europe and we had ten parties to choose from, maybe i would feel different. obama has disappointed me in some ways. after watching these republicans debate for this last year and hearing their ideas for the country, not only do i think this is for the betterment of the nation, i o do this on a selfish level. if we elect a republican and they go back to the policies that were there before obama, i could see my money getting
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vaporized like it did in 2008 when i had it with lehman brothers. i'm not blaming that on the republican administration but the policy is of not taxing the rich which was bush's policy. the policy of deregulation, of wall street which was mostly a republican policy. you know, republican policies are failed ideas. to go back to them could be more disastrous for what money i have left than anything else i can think of. >> have you heard from the president since your donation? >> well, no, it wasn't to him. it was to the super pac which he has nothing to do with. >> nothing to do with. here's my issue with that. is it -- obama was always anti-these super pacs and then said i'm going to get flattened. >> it's a silly argument. of course it is. this is what the republicans would like to believe. it's hypocritical. of course it's not. you can be against something, as
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long as it's a rule of the game in the present, you play in the present. i'm against -- >> can you? that's hypocrisy, isn't it? >> he would out-and-out lose this election if he didn't. it's not hypocrisy. >> keep two distinct thoughts in your mind at the same time. one, we're against the policy, two as long as this is the rules of the game, we have to play by the rules. >> even if you think it's morally and ethically wrong? >> of course. otherwise he doesn't win. now, if he wins, he might be able to appoint a couple more supreme court justices which would overturn citizens united allowing this to happen in the first place. >> given that romney is outspending the competitors in five, ten to one. and still not getting far, not winning his election battle at the moment, what makes you think the super pacs are that effective? >> that's true. money does not always win elections. mostly it does, however. usually it does. it makes a huge difference.
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obama beat mccain handily in the donation game in 2008. that was a big reason why he was able to win, i think. also, mccain was a horrible candidate and sarah palin and everything broke right for obama in 2008. the market crashed. all of that stuff. you know, in 2008, the most you could give was $2300 i think. now sheldon adelson talks about giving one candidate $100 million. this game changed completely. this is the other reason i did this. to draw attention to something i don't think mrns are aware of. this is a completely different world we're playing in. it's a world of millionaires and billionaires. almost all the billionaires are on the side of the republicans. the common everyday millionaire has to step forward for the democrats. >> wouldn't a romantic part of you love it if president obama came out and said i said super pacs were morally wrong.
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i still believe they're morally wrong. i'm not going to get involved in super pacs. i'm not going to endorse any, don't want my supporters to give money to them. if they want to spend, spend and negatively blow me away. >> silly a that -- i don't believe if in the designated hitter rule in baseball. but if i'm the manager of a team in the world series, am i not going to use the designated hitter? no. you try to win under the rules of the game as they are and after the series is over -- >> not every -- >> you will try to get rid of the designated hitter. >> would every coach do that? >> of course. they always have. >> what do you make of the -- you've already said you find them vaguely ridiculous. what do you think of their chances against barack obama in an election? because, you were saying in the break it could be closer than people think. >> that's another reason why i did this. because i was at a party a few weeks ago, i guess it was a
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grammy party after the grammys. all the liberals were coming up wanting to talk politic. of course, these are mostly celebrities. they're not the most, you know, informed people in the world generally. but they are like -- isn't it great that obama has this election in the bag? i was like, he doesn't have this election in the bag. i would bet that, not that i have a lot to bet with left. but i would bet that on election night, the polls will show you a race that's too close to call. it's a very 50/50 country. what we were kicking around at the office to work on the concluding essay for the show friday night is this idea of a bubble that the liberals live in. i've talked a lot about the conservative bubble and they certainly live in a bubble, an insane bubble where obama is this person who doesn't exist, who slashes defense spending, raises your taxes, who apologized to other nations around the world, whose wife wants to outlaw dessert. just this insanity. the liberals live in a bubble, too.
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which is they look at rick santorum as i do and perhaps you do, i would hope you do, and see an insane person and think he could never be elected president. but they don't live in america. they fly over it. it's true, when rick santorum says obama thinks that you're -- what did he say about obama? that he wants to rule over you. >> here's the problem. here's the problem. whatever you say about rick santorum, he of all the candidates i've interviewed, at least has the benefit of being true to himself more than some of the others. he's quite authentic. i think he believes what he says most of the time. >> why else would you say that? that's the only reason i could think of. the father of lies talking about satan. i haven't heard that since i was in catechism. >> good line, though. >> the father of lies? i was like, what year are we living in?
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i mean, the controversy today, john f. kennedy making him throw up. it's funny that the kennedy speech in 1960 was john f. kennedy basically saying, look, i'm not taking my marching orders from pope. now, rick santorum in 2012 is sort of saying the reverse. how dare you say you won't be taking your orders from the pope. >> i don't think he read the speech probably. that's not what kennedy was saying. >> dont matter. they live in their bubble. >> he's doing it deliberately and appealing to the conservative heartland in a way that i think mitt romney is struggling to do. i thought the interesting thing today was an outrageous comment from mitt romney about the college thing that obama came out with. encouraging americans to go to college was this appalling attack on working class people. >> trust me, i've been a comedian for 30 years, i could not have begun to imagine a political candidate coming out against college.
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if i went to write a sketch, i could not have come up with that. >> a mismatch of the few of the comments by the candidates. watch this. >> i like the fact that most of the cars i see are detroit-made automobiles. i drive a mustang and chevy pickup truck. anne drives a couple of cadillacs. >> president obama wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. >> i mean, i ask you -- >> what a snob. >> i personally quite like rick santorum and he's been good to us. he comes on the show unlike mitt romney. at least fronts out these debates. >> right. >> to call barack obama a snob in that way simply because he encourages americans to go to college at a time when more americans need to go to college, china and india are rapidly in terms of education overtaking america. >> let me tell you, the amount of material that those two have given me, i should have written
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them a check for a million dollars. again, you're not thinking like a lot of the country thinks. that, i know it sounds crazy to us. we're sane. >> the other thing that struck me the last week was the chris christie. he suddenly lost his rag about warren buffett and he said if he wants to be tactful, shut up and write a check. warren buffett replied. watch his response. >> it's sort of a touching response to at one point $2 trillion deficit. somehow the american people will send in checks and take care of it. >> warren buffett on cnbc. the ridiculous argument. what do you think of that whole argument on both sides? >> it's similar to the silly thing about the designated hitter and how that's a hypocrite. it's a fake argument that will get people to follow this closely to agree, but of course, warren buffett is right. you can't -- certain things
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cannot be voluntary. one of them is paying taxes. another one, by the way is fixing the environment. you said before you were going to ask about how we can improve america. some things only government can do. you know, thinking that we can fix our environmental problems but just voluntarily having people recycle, it's like saying we could have won world war ii by having them voluntarily collect tin and stuff like that. as they did. you also kind of needed the government to make tanks and planes. that was sort of a big part of winning world war ii. >> how much should the government lead and how much strays into -- >> sometimes you need a nanny state. that old thing about the constitution isn't a suicide pact. at what point does the environment get so bad that government says, yes, we're going to have to infringe on your freedom a little? these people don't want any infringing on freedom. that, to me, is a suicide pact.
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the interesting thing is actually, it's -- sorry, sorry. you've got kim jong-il. wait a minute. we need to clean this up. it's okay for you. if somebody ask you what you're wearing, you will say kim jong-il. >> have fun this evening. sacha baron cohen on the oscar red carpet with an urn full of ashes. back with bill maher. did you find that funny or not? >> i hadn't seen. i happen to know. larry charles directed that. directed my movie. i happen to know that movie is going to be a scream. >> i think sacha baron cohen is a comedy genius. it just was funny.
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i love the fact that everyone is outraged. >> it's silly. upset about is the french took over our motion picture show. >> now, you the vanity fair, you met tim tebow. i was there and didn't get to meet him. tell me about the moment. >> tebow -- >> he's a phenomenon. >> 20 minute. we taublgd for a long time. >> do you like him? >> i never didn't like him. people think i don't like him because he's super religious and i'm an atheist. >> something to do with this e-mail or this tweet you tweeted. this was following the 40- -- broncos loss. you tweeted wow, jesus deleted -- and on christmas eve. somewhere in hell satan is dee bowing saying to hitler, hey buffalo is killing him. >> no animosity there against tim tebow. i just -- >> hitler? >> first of all, it's a joke. i don't believe in satan.
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i don't believe in skrees jesus god here. i was saying this guy does. this guy, my one gripe against him is he brings so much religion into the square. just play football. we don't need to see it on every play. >> isn't he inspiring? >> inspiring? inspiring to who? to o the people who are religious? >> if you work from the point of view that most americans are not atheist like you, if they do believe in god, having a clean living, simply talented professional sportsman actually being very, i think, modest, you know, humble -- >> kr couldn't he do this without the religion? >> it's a free country. you can do whatever you want. let's not forget that faith is just an opinion. it's just somebody's opinion. which gets us back to rick santorum. he thinks it's something more than an opinion. i would like to say that to him. he doesn't believe in the separation of church and state. >> he did. >> that's absolutely ridiculous.
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that is unacceptable in this country. it is just your opinion. you are allowed to have your opinion. you're allowed to have your opinion that a palestinian 2,000 years ago walked on water and did magic tricks and was really -- he's really still his own father and all that stuff. that's fine. have whatever opinion you want. and the fact that a billion other people believe it gives you strength and credence. i have the opinion that it'sry lick did you s -- ridiculous. >> most americans are god fearing and they actually, i suspect, do believe that it's perfectly acceptable for people of religious influence to work in politics as well and to govern. >> it is. of course. i'm not saying anybody's opinion should be outlawed in the public square. i'm saying that is your opinion. don't say this is my faith so it means something more than my opinion. because it doesn't. my opinion is just as valid as your opinion and my opinion is
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you're nuts. what's a shame to me is that we had this other phenomenon, jeremy lin and i'm a long suffering knicks fan. they have not won since '73. >> i love jeremy lin. >> i do too. i don't care if he worships satan. but it would have been -- he is like tim tebow a religious christian. it would have been great to even things out if he was an atheist. he want to harvard for crying out loud. >> if he said i want you to join me in prayer and i will score 20 more points against the lakers? >> of course not. i would say prayer is ridiculous. it's tell communicating with an imaginary friend. >> if that's the way the rules are played, it doesn't matter if ethically or morally you don't agree. you just do it. get on your knees and start praying bill maher. >> i'll tebow. tebow was great by the wayment. >> bill maher. >> great guy. sweet guy. promise me, on air, i can
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♪ cheer up sleepy jean ♪ oh, what can it mean ♪ to a daydream believer ♪ and a homecoming queen that was davy jones singing one of the monkees biggest ever hits. one of my favorites as a child
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in britain. a very sad day for all of the fans of the monk yes had died. mick mickey dolenz joins me exclusively. thank you for joining me. it must be an incredibly difficult day for you. >> that's an understatement. yeah, it's a shock right out of the blue. no one ever suspected what can you say? it's a total shock. i'm a little bit numbed by it all. >> how did you hear the news? >> my wife called me this morning. i was still in bed actually she was out shopping and she called -- got a call from her sister who said she heard it on the news, and i was -- i thought it was another -- frankly i thought it might have been another one of those internet stupid joke, you know, hoaxes. i hoped it was. but obviously it was not.
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>> you stayed in touch with davy over the years. were you good friends? >> yeah, we were quite good friends. if you know the history of the monkees, you know, it was a television show that was cast about this band that wanted to be the beatles, and i remember actually quite clearly those -- early casting sessions and david and i sort of hit it off pretty early and quickly because we both had histories in showbiz as childs -- i had a series when i was kid called "circus boy" and he had been on broadway doing "oliver" so we sort of had a lot in common, and over the year, you know, our families and he and i, you know, we bonded. i mean, you know, after 47 years working with people like that, you know, it was like my brother. he was -- we were like siblings, yeah. >> the strange thing about this is that people are saying that
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davy was incredibly fit, a vegetarian, worked out every day, lived in florida. therefore his death from a heart attack is a real shock. >> total, i mean, like i say, he would have been the last one i would have thought at -- he was the youngest of us. i would have -- i would have thought it would have been me, not a vegetarian and -- it is, i mean i'm just bewildered. i'm anxious to talk to some of his family and friends and find out what was going on. but then again, you know, could be a bit genetic, i know both his parents had passed on, passed over at a younger age so who knows. that may have something to do with it or not. you know, who knows these days. but, boy, i'm just -- everyone is in total shock. >> obviously the band were huge in the late '60s, '70s and then life moves on.
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what kind of life did davy have in the last few years? was he content with his life, do you think? >> absolutely, i think so. he was a huge fan of horse racing. he raised racehorses, he had two farms, one in pennsylvania, one in florida, and he would go back and forth in the season and work and basically, you know, even when we were on the road, it was almost all he would talk about was getting back to his horses. it was his first love. he was a jockey, excuse me, an apprentice jockey before -- way before the monkees, way before he got into show business, in fact, just like a week or two i saw on the internet they went back to england, and he connected with the original owner/trainer at a stable who's the one that had said you ought to get in showbiz because i guess is like a 16-year-old or something, he was going to be an
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apprentice jockey, and somebody said, you're really funny and cute and you can sing, you should try out for some -- some part, which he did, and, of course, the rest is history. but ever since i've known him i went riding with him. we both were equestrian fanatics actually. he loved the racing. i liked polo and jumping and -- but i remember going out and racing racehorses with him around the track. so that was definitely a first love and so he must have been out there every day. i know he was working out, mucking out the stables, taking care of the horse, grooming them. it's a lot of hard work, so, you know, i just -- i'm bewildered. i just am. >> when was the last time you spoke to him, micky. >> it would have been just a few months ago. we did a massive great tour. we -- the last show was -- not the last show but one of the biggest shows was at the greek theater that we did just months
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ago and it was a huge success and the reviews were wonderful and we left that particular tour on a huge high note. i mean, but we've done that over the years every single time and whenever the monkees was, you know, our 20th anniversary in '86 was the biggest grossing tour of that year. 20 years after the show and '97/'98 we toured england and then the states, huge and then just recently this last tour got some of the best reviews we've ever had. we even got a great review from "rolling stone." who would have thought? so, yeah. >> did that bring davy a lot of pleasure, the fact that you guys were back together and i'm getting great reviews and so on? >> always did -- did all of us, yeah, i mean, you know, it only happened once every, say, ten years or so and which is not
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uncommon, you know, but remember the monkees wasn't this like plastic sort of band in that sense, you know, it was originally this television show about a band, much in the same way that "glee" is about a glee club, but -- >> actually, micky, hold that thought. we want to take a short break and i want to come back to talk about the genesis of the monkees because i remember as a young boy watching this incredible show, and then you went on to become a conventional band and it was always the wrong way around or maybe it was the right way around. we will take a break and come back to talk to you about davy. ♪ what can it mean to a daydream believer ♪ ♪ and a homecoming queen >> announcer: with nothing but his computer, an identity thief
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♪ here we come ♪ walking down the street ♪ we're getting the funny looks from everyone we meet ♪ ♪ hey hey we're the monkees ♪ people say we are monkeying around ♪ >> the incredibly infectious theme from "the monkees." micky dolenz is here remembering the late great davy jones. it brings great memories back to me. i was a young lad from britain. davy came from the north of england.
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he was an english lad. even hearing that theme just getting up saturday mornings i used to hear it and everyone was crazy for the monkees. >> yeah, all over the world. i mean, the producers and writers of the show, you know, clearly got it right. it was a television show, like i said, about this band originally an imaginary band that wanted to be the beatles. it was a garage band. funny because ringo once said to me the beatles we were a garage band and even more ironically i'm here in new york this week doing a reading for a new musical on broadway called "garage band." i mean the coincidences are just phenomenal but that's what the monkees was about, it was about this garage band that wanted to be big, and on the television show we never made it. it's an important point.
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we obviously became huge, you know, on the road when we did go on the road, but when they cast the show, they cast it with these four guys that i guess the producers felt they all had this very, you know, very kind of chemistry, and the audition process went on and on and on. i'm fairly -- >> i've actually got micky -- i've got davy's screen test for the tv show. >> you've got to see this. >> let's watch this. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. >> spontaneous and unrehearsed. >> we're going to do -- >> one of your quick little things. davy, you want to know something honestly? hold it a second. >> what? >> i honestly think that you should have been a jockey. >> davy jones, davy was supposed to be a jockey but thank goodness he got this advice from someone, and went on the be a incredible talent and wonderful
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performer, and such a lovely person and such a wonderful friend and a heart of gold. he just would do anything for you, and anything anywhere. had lovely children who i feel, you know, so much pain for right now. he was one of the first the producers would have said, oh, yeah, him, definitely. i don't know where i came in down the line. but i do recall quite clearly in the early audition process david and i, like i say, we kind of connected early on because of our history probably in the -- as child stars, and they paired us together early on, i remember that, and we did these scenes together and we kind of connected together and, you know, had some kind of a rap and a thing and the stuff and, you know, bada bing, bada boom because i guess because of our history in the business.
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but, you know, he obviously was the heart and soul, you know, he was the heart and soul of the show. >> did he remain proud of his english roots, micky? >> oh, absolutely, he had family back there. still does. and i went over to england, in fact, we went over to england in the '70s -- mid '70s to do a play together and i ended up staying over there for years and had a family over there, an english family. i'm quite an anglophile myself and, yeah, he certainly did. sisters and aunts and uncles, and, you know, he never gave that up and loved it. and he was back there, and if i'm not mistaken even back recently, and we were back there just last year opening in liverpool. you know, we had a killer tour over there, an english tour, it was wonderful. >> when you're hearing all the tributes today, micky, and all the music being played again and so on, what's your abiding memory of davy jones?
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>> oh, boy, it's a lot. you know, we used to -- i guess -- the first thing i started thinking about was when we would hang out together like it was actually just after the big monkee thing, the roller-coaster ride. it was just after that that we would hang out together with our families. we both happened to have children at the same time so he and i, you know, for that reason alone, i mean we became very close. he would come over to the house. we would laugh and i got film and old -- not video, before video. eight millimeter film of our families playing together and our kids swimming and stuff like that and just having a great time, and that is how i want to remember him and i will.
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you know, as a good friend, as this -- became a brother, you know, like a sibling. >> well, i can only offer you my deepest condolences, micky. i was a huge fan of the monkees, of davy, of you, it's a very sad day i think for many, many people around the world today and i greatly appreciate you taking the time to come on and pay such a personal tribute to your great friend. >> you ain't kidding. thanks. >> thank you very much. as micky dolenz there paying very personal tribute to his great friend and as he put hit his brother from the monkees, davy jones. and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers.
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yeah. >> what are you doing? >> working. these are better than subpoenas. okay. so tonight i'm excited because that was the manipulative television tem tres everybody is talking about. archie panjabi plays kalinda sharma. she joins me for real. you toll told me your first ever one-on-one american television interview. >> it is. please be gentle with me. >> i'm going to find out the secrets of the most devilish woman on television? >> i'm too lucky. >> i'm so sighted.
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i love your tarker. your character is unethically evil. your character. >> she is. it's one of the best characters, i think, i've ever played in my career. i'm told you've made her evermore evil. the lovely mischievous -- you grabbed the script and said, let's roll with this. >> that's partly true, yes. i think part of it is the writers. they have created somebody very interesting. but the day i read that script, i thought to myself, i could do something with this. >> i had your cast members on. they're all fantastic. the most brilliantly cast show, i think, on american television. >> it is. they're an incredibly talented group of actors. i think the combination of the great writing and what each of the actors make with character is -- >> let's talk about you. the reason i wanted you is to find out about your story. you've done a few movies. this catapulted you into this
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new league of stardom. you're back in britain, you're not that famous, are you? >> that's true. i'm not famous at all there. when i won the emmy -- when i was nominated, i wasn't on the list. they put out a list of brits nominated, they were like, oerk she's a brit. >> this strange role on tv and at home in north london where you come from, you can walk the streets with relative safety. >> yeah. i mean, i was a jobbing actor until getting this job. like many actors, i did a few films here and there. i don't think i ever have become as famous as what i have with "the good wife." if i hadn't met you, a part of me discussed some of these thing, hoping you're single. you're not. even worse, you told me that your husband lives mainly in london and tonight he's here in the green room. a few feet away from here.
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terrible protective shield. i got to be careful how i phrase this. >> you don't have to be careful. >> he's a charming guy. >> a huge fan of yours. >> that makes is more successful. his name is raj. you had an arranged marriage 13 years ago but you quibble with that. don't you? your mother, basically said this is nice chap i want you to meet. but if you don't like him, you don't have to marry him, is that right? >> there's different ways to describe an arranged marriage. sometimes you're not even told the person. she met him and said i think you two will get on. i was like, if you like him, there's no way on earth i'm going to like him. we just met. >> how did things develop? >> we just got on. we were friend for a -- friends for about four to six months. and then we dated for two years. >> see, i personally i'm quite a fan of this arranged marriage system. i really am. the reason is, so many marriages now, i see people i know are utterly unsuitable.
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you think why did this happen? how did this person meet somebody so obviously badly suited? actually, in the purest way, what is wrong with families coming together and saying we think these two people with similar backgrounds and interests and intelligence, whatever it may be, they might just get what do you think? >> well, if you let me talk. different. you know the other side, you put them together because of their similar characteristics and i wouldn't knock it. but i guess i don't like to give in. >> does your mom take all the credit? >> she just said, i introduced you and i say yes, you did. >> any little ones on the way? perish the thought?
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you're in a red hot show, how do you find time -- >> to have a little one? you don't, to be honest with you. but this is such a great opportunity and i'm going to embrace it. >> how do you feel about that? >> i know when people say that to me, it doesn't worry me. i remember my mom at 40. it doesn't make me nervous or scared. if anything, it makes me so grateful i can play roles. >> let's take a little break. i want to come back and talk about your incredible physical transformation. the only reason i know about this is you told me. you said, i used to be fat. i couldn't believe what i was hearing, but you did, apparently.
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this is quick, yeah? >> shut up, she's old. >> so. >> the national movement for the rest of sovereignty has captured cia officer daniel pearl, who
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has been posing as a journalist at "the wall street journal." >> she also starred in the huge hit opposite angelina jolie. what is she sflik >> very nice woman. >> and brad? >> very nice man. >> did you all hang out together? >> occasionally. >> do you really? who rings who? >> stop being so naughty, piers. >> i just wonder how this works with angie and brad. >> we stay in contact. >> do you go out and have a few beers? >> no. >> go out and chew the fat? would you like to be as famous as them? >> would i like to be as famous as that? >> sure, if i was earning that kind of money. i think there are pluses and minuses. when you're at that stage, you can choose your projects, earn very money. but there's a cost it to. you're recognized everywhere you
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go. >> tell me about your weight, because i found this fascinating. you made a point of telling me, i said tell me something about you that i don't know. and you said, i used to be really overweight and i was shocked. there are no pictures to show this or anything. we got a little glimpse of it there, but you put this down to an indian diet that you had, right? >> no. >> curry as i read. >> my parents used to own a fish and chip shop. >> did they really? >> i'm surprised you didn't discover that. and i loved eating and i did put on weight. i never felt fat until i started going to be auditions. and then my agent said to me, i would always get called to the second or there would be two final women and i never got it and my agent finally said, you might want to lose some weight.
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>> how did that make you feel? >> horrible, but the truth is, i was. >> how did you react to this critique from your agent? >> that maybe that was the reason i wasn't giving the roles. and then i tried every diet under the sun and none of them worked. and i did get down about it. >> so when you now see yourself on "the good wife," you must feel pretty good. >> it's very strange watching myself. i do look at that and seeing me playing a sexy character like that is bizarre. >> this is a really vampish bisexual evil character. >> yeah. >> what does your husband make of it? >> when i come home with my hair and makeup, he's like, take it off. i remember the first year he
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said to me, i think i'm in love with another woman. i said, what do you mean? calinda, there's something about that character that people just like melt. >> i've heard there is this bombshell erupting on "the good wife" where, as you say, should be renamed "the bad wife," because your ex-husband is coming on the scene. >> that's right. >> tell me about this. >> well, they kind of dropped a little piece of information last season that i was married, and my husband turns up and alicia helps me out with a problem with the irs and then he turns up. you are talking about playing a role on "the good wife." how would you like to play my ex-husband? >> yes. is it available? are you serious? >> i'll speak to the kings. >> i could play your ex-husband? does itn