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CNN Live At Daybreak
Interview with Tracy St. George
Aired August 01, 2002 - 06:49 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: What show is this?
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: "Baretta."
COOPER: Really?
COSTELLO: I'm good, aren't I?
COOPER: How do you know that was "Baretta?"
COSTELLO: Well he's been in the news lately,...
COOPER: All right.
COSTELLO: ... and they're always playing that theme song.
COOPER: All right.
Yes, it's theme song day here on CNN DAYBREAK. It's also time for a little entertainment. What better entertainment than celebrity reality TV. From "The Osbournes" to the new "Anna Nicole Smith Show."
COSTELLO: Oh my! We're joined this morning by Tracy St. George. She hosts a four-hour show on Q100 right here in Atlanta and...
COOPER: How excited are you for Anna Nicole Smith's show? I'm very excited. It's this weekend.
TRACY ST. GEORGE, RADIO SHOW HOST: I can't wait. Yes, it debuts on Sunday on the E! Network,...
COOPER: Right.
ST. GEORGE: ... and I can't wait. It's white trash with $88 million.
COSTELLO: It's so vial though.
ST. GEORGE: It is.
COSTELLO: She's so vial.
ST. GEORGE: She's just a strange, strange woman.
COOPER: Oh come on, she just wants love. I don't know. I mean...
ST. GEORGE: I don't know where she's going to find it. I don't know where.
COSTELLO: Well with $88 million it should be easy. I mean look at her, and she's lovely.
ST. GEORGE: She used to be so pretty, too. Oh my gosh, she...
COOPER: Well you know -- you know her lawyer's name is Howard Stern.
ST. GEORGE: Howard Stern. Yes.
COOPER: I mean it doesn't get any better than that.
COSTELLO: It's like it's not the actual Howard Stern?
COOPER: No, it's not the Howard Stern, but...
COSTELLO: OK.
COOPER: ... she is -- and apparently her lawyer is with her always at like -- I mean all hours of the day, he's in the show. And apparently her life basically consists of laying in bed and eating bonbons.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COOPER: And so the producers had to like stage all these activities for her to do so that there would be something...
COSTELLO: Oh what kind of activities?
COOPER: Well like she'll go to a trainer or she'll go shopping or you know.
ST. GEORGE: I guess she went to Target in a ball gown and said I want to go see what the regular people buy. And she was like all glamed up and everything.
Well, our sister station, 99X here in Atlanta, had somebody on that had something to do with the show, and they said that they installed a Red Bull refrigerator...
COOPER: That's right.
ST. GEORGE: ... in her bedroom so she would get really like jacked up on caffeine so she would...
COOPER: Right.
ST. GEORGE: ... get out of bed and do something... COOPER: She's apparently...
ST. GEORGE: ... because all she was doing was laying there.
COOPER: ... so -- I read this in time magazine, she's apparently so lethargic that she doesn't do anything. So they did, they installed a refrigerator with Red Bull. And she -- and they just encourage her to drink high caffeinated soda all day long.
COSTELLO: That is so sad, though.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COSTELLO: What a sad life.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COOPER: Well, you know.
ST. GEORGE: And apparently her son, I think he's about 14, and he's in the show.
COOPER: Yes.
ST. GEORGE: And he really doesn't want to be on the show,...
COOPER: Right.
ST. GEORGE: ... but of course his mother's like come on and be on the show.
COOPER: Now this is a whole trend. There's also Liza Minnelli has recorded...
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COOPER: ... and her -- and her...
ST. GEORGE: Yes, David Gest.
COOPER: ... baby-faced husband.
COSTELLO: I must admit I am excited about that one.
ST. GEORGE: Really, see I don't know if I could stand her voice for a whole show.
COOPER: Oh that's good.
ST. GEORGE: I mean you know, God,...
COOPER: You do a good Liza.
ST. GEORGE: Thank you.
COOPER: Do you do David Gest? ST. GEORGE: No, I don't. I had to have a lot more makeup on me to be David Gest.
COOPER: Right. Yes, yes, yes.
COSTELLO: Do you think they'll make out during the show?
COOPER: Well I'm also not sure he...
ST. GEORGE: I hope not.
COOPER: And he has -- he has no wrinkles, too, which I don't know how that happens...
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COSTELLO: Botox.
ST. GEORGE: That would be Botox.
COOPER: Well no, we don't know that for a fact. We can't report that.
ST. GEORGE: Yes...
COSTELLO: Oh come on, Anderson.
COOPER: But it's just amazing, he has no wrinkles and he talks like...
ST. GEORGE: See now -- OK, you and I could go on the road now.
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ST. GEORGE: But next year (ph), I mean I guess they're going to follow them to dinner parties and stuff. And who knows, maybe Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor might do appearances on the show. So we can only wonder what that's going to do.
And of course we love "The Osbournes."
COOPER: Oh well yes.
ST. GEORGE: I can't get enough of that show.
COOPER: Yes.
ST. GEORGE: And I can't wait. They signed on for two more seasons on MTV.
COOPER: Do you think this next season will be as good as the first?
ST. GEORGE: Oh definitely.
COOPER: Really? ST. GEORGE: Yes, I love it.
COSTELLO: I think it'll be better because part of it's going to take place in London, right?
ST. GEORGE: That I don't know. I'm not sure about that.
COOPER: Well, yes, they -- they're...
COSTELLO: They bought a house.
COOPER: They bought a house in London. Now I'm told they're also shopping for a house in New York, I understand. I read that. And -- but there's lots of things. You know Sharon Osbourne has recently -- is undergoing chemotherapy, and apparently cameras will follow her for that. So there are a lot of different things the Osbournes are going to be doing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cool (ph).
COSTELLO: Yes, so it could be quite poignant this season.
ST. GEORGE: Exactly. And Aimee's going to be on too, because of course Kelly got the record contract last season...
COOPER: Right.
ST. GEORGE: ... so Aimee, the daughter that wasn't on, got a little bit jealous and she's going to be on this season (ph).
COOPER: Oh really, I did not know that.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COSTELLO: But she's like the normal daughter.
ST. GEORGE: I think so.
COSTELLO: Like the "normal" daughter.
ST. GEORGE: Right, "normal."
COOPER: No, you know, what do you mean by "normal?"
COSTELLO: Well she...
ST. GEORGE: Well she's kind of a model, too.
COSTELLO: Yes.
ST. GEORGE: Yes. She's very...
COOPER: Oh so that's "normal?"
COSTELLO: Well no, she...
ST. GEORGE: Anderson, gees.
COOPER: What, a normal model, I don't know that that thing exists.
COSTELLO: Well compared to Kelly with her punked out look and all that kind of stuff...
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COSTELLO: ... who's really normal underneath.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COOPER: I actually I interviewed them all for CNN, and they're all really sweet. I mean I actually really enjoyed talking with them. They're great. And what -- to me what's nice about the show is that it shows that, you know, families can come in many different shapes and sizes.
ST. GEORGE: Right, exactly. You want to watch it to see how weird they are but you want to watch it to see how -- or how you can relate to this -- the family too.
COOPER: Right.
COSTELLO: Well you know there's going to be more reality shows.
ST. GEORGE: Yes.
COSTELLO: So who's next, do you think?
ST. GEORGE: I would love...
COOPER: Well P. Diddy is...
ST. GEORGE: Yes, that's in the works.
COOPER: ... doing one or is it Puff Daddy or is it Puffy or Piddy (ph)?
COSTELLO: Whatever.
ST. GEORGE: I call him Sean or P. Diddly Doo (ph).
COOPER: You call him Sean when you talk to him?
ST. GEORGE: I call him Sean, yes, when I give him a call.
COOPER: OK.
ST. GEORGE: I would love to see Cher. I think that would be awesome to see Cher.
COOPER: Another one with not a lot of facial movement, yes.
ST. GEORGE: Right. So true. Oh gees! COSTELLO: Tracy, thanks for stopping by. We appreciate it.
ST. GEORGE: Thank you.
COSTELLO: And Sunday, the "Anna Nicole Smith Show" will be on -- just a reminder.
COOPER: Oh yes.
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