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it's you and demi lavato, simon cowel. what is going on with simon? >> you tell me.e but simon is the biggest diva. you know the nice little powder light area? simon has more stuff on his little trays and -- like lotions, mint, hair spray, jell, the perfect push up machine. i'm like excuse me. >> is that why his nipples are so very erect all the time. >> maybe. i think he's always cold. or he is just doing this or something. >> have you ever caught him making his v deeper? i imagine he gets those shirts and he's like not nearly deep enough for me. >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> those undershirts are like the ones my dad would refuse to part with. they just get saggier or droopier. >> this man has too much money. somebody please get him a shirt. >> maybe a sweater would be good. a turtle neck. >> he still might cut it into a v. >> when you were coming up in the music business did you ever think about being on a competition show? did they have that? >> they had star search. do you remember star search? we had star search. ed mcmahon was the host. >> wait a minute. what

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. >> that's what simon cowell whole success was about. >> dynamic where at least in my experience, the, is that it's not that getting too many trophies makes kids sort of all good sports and so on. >> no. >> i mean, my sense of sort of adolescence and teenage years especially is that the level of sort of ruthless competitiveness that kids experience has gone way way up as well. and so there's sort of like on the one hand you're sort of telling people that they can never lose, and then the reaction is to be sort of obsessed with -- >> actually. >> neurosis among kids. >> you write about telling a kid how smart they are all the time, praising them, it actually has the opposite effect that parents think. >> doesn't build esteem. >> it actually can hurt it. can you explain that? >> what it actually can do, kids get really invested in these titles. but at the first sign of difficulty they sort of collapse. and they become too invested. they don't know how to recover. so to avoid that, researchers have found that kid are saying they're more likely to cheat, they're more likely to feel that y

simon cowell, happy birthday yesterday. when it comes to the hand shakes in the games, in boxing, you're punching a guy for 12 rounds, you're not going to fight at the end of the fight. but in sports, you're still angry at the end of a fight. you don't like the outcome or bad call. handshake may not the best move. >> elisabeth: i say deal with what's causing the handshake issue. >> brian: so you think they should shake hands? >> elisabeth: i think they should make them hold hands if they're fighting. that's what i do with my boys. hold your hands for 20 minutes. i'm going to watch them. >> brian: you tell a bunch of 16-year-old players, go hold hands? >> elisabeth: yeah. bring the moms in. they'll take care of it. >> steve: first, the cover of the daily news here in new york, take a look at this. they died for our country. now politicians block a benefit check to bury them. satisfied? heros -- the story is this, because of the government shutdown, the death benefits to the families of those killed in action, including four

simon. mr. cowell. he is am can be on friday. the next three weeks, he is bringing paulina rubio.ave from kyle to murphy. every t-shirt in between. >> would you like to work with eddie murphy? >> we have good chemistry and you don't want to mess up a good thing. sequels don't always go the way you want them to. >> godfather did. rocky was good. >> coming to america is so nice where it is. it is wonderful the way it glorifies africa and at the same time gives you a smile and it holds up. it holds up. >> who is pound for pound the funniest person you have seen in your? >> i think the best writer was george carlin. the funniest person is richard pryor. >> a lot of stand up say that. is he deemed to be the unofficial king? >> yeah. >> what are made him brilliant? >> he was not afraid to go places in the world of honesty that some comics won't go to. if my mother ran aer who house, i may not tell you, but richard went to truth. he was unafraid to unzip and show you who he was. that's the next level of where a guy like me might not go. the first time i have said things like my brother w

simon. >> mr. cowell. >> yes. >> what are you doing with him? >> he coming on freud.'s bringing paulina rubio. >> would you like to work with eddie murphy again? do something with him? >> a movie? >> anything. >> i think we have good chemistry. and a sequel to "coming to america" could be cool. but you don't want to mess up a good thing. this what is we always talk about. sequels don't always got way you want them to. >> "the god father" did. "rocky" was pretty good. >> yeah. but "coming to america" is so nice the way it glorifies africa and gives you a smile. and it holds up. >> let's leave them tan stallized. who is pound for pound the funniest person you've ever seen in your life? >> that's interesting. i think the best writer was george carlin. the funniest person is richard pryor. >> a lot of standups say that. is he deemed to be the unofficial king? >> yeah. >> why? what made him brilliant? >> first of all, he wasn't afraid to go places in the world of honesty that some comics won't go to. like if my mother ran a whore house i might not tell you. but richard wen

. >> elisabeth: the answer to the aflac question of the day is simon cowell.congratulations. you will be getting a copy of brian's new book. >> steve: and i started reading it yesterday. it's great. >> brian: wow, thank you very much. >> elisabeth: my kids will love it, too. >> brian: thank you. six minutes before the top of the hour. he's known for giving hopeful entrepreneurs the cold hard truth on tv's "shark tank." joining us now, kevin o'leary, author. welcome. when you joined "shark tank," did you think you were joining a hit like this? >> no. no idea. we're proud of the show because what's happened is a -- the last few years, kids are watching. who thought business would be so interesting to families? that's what's happened. it's a huge hit with families and we love that. >> elisabeth: we love it. my heart rate goes up during the show. i just want some people to get a deal. you mentioned kids. what about financial literacy? when do you start talking to kids about money? >> that's what i'm focusing on now. i don't think we should be concerned anymore abo

. >>> plus, piers morgan takes on simon cowell. >> you have to get your hands dirty to be a real fatherme servant to come and do it. >>> then snooki, "the talk" in neverland and, gaga, well, we're not sure. >>> and on the set of grandpa with johnny knoxville. >> how many stunts do you do in this movie? >> now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news. "omg! insider." >>> kim and kanye's first post-proposal appearance. why their next stop is vegas. hi, everyone. i'm thea andrews. kevin frazier is off. >>> rosie o'donnell is making news with us, opening up about the teacher she says saved her life. the heartbreaking crisis facing the foster care system and how her love of family lured her back to hollywood. >> this is actually the show that we have covered the most. of all the shows on television, because we love what it says about the american family today. what drew you to "the fosters." >> the same exact thing. watching "pretty little liars" with my daughter, we saw a promo for "the fosters." we said, that looks like our family. my daughter said let's find it. s