Today's Talk: Hoda & Willie With The Scoop

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Event Location(s): Today New York Studio | Description: HODA KOTB, co-host: We--now we upped the ante on the drink a little. WILLIE GEIST, co-host: Yeah. KOTB: We didn't really have your right drink yesterday and we apologize. GEIST: No, no. I drink bourbon... KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: ...with a splash of ginger ale. Especially if it starts to get warmer out, it's a good summer drink. KOTB: OK. GEIST: I think this is Maker's Mark, but you can do Booker's, Blanton's, Baker's, Basil Hayden, any of the Kentucky B's are good. KOTB: How come--here's a question for you. GEIST: Yeah. KOTB: Whenever I have a drink, I like to have a little straw so I can sip it. GEIST: Yeah. KOTB: Men tend to not ever have a straw. What's that about? GEIST: I can't drain it fast enough with a straw in, I just want to--I don't know, I think there's something perhaps unmanly about the little sippy straw. KOTB: I--it's not... GEIST: That fair to say? KOTB: ...not for the big boys. GEIST: No, it's not. KOTB: Daddy don't like. OK. GEIST: Speaking of the big boys. KOTB: Oh, my gosh. OK, you guys... GEIST: Whoa. KOTB: ...earlier on the show we showed you the fattest cat. Meow is two years old, weighs almost 40 pounds, 39 pounds, and was brought to us from Santa Monica Animal Shelter. And we actually have Meow with us because we wanted to see... GEIST: Wow. KOTB: ...in all its glory. This is Meow, 39 pounds, and doctor... GEIST: Do you want to sit down? I'm serious. KOTB: ...Dr. Jennifer Steketee... GEIST: Yeah, why don't you sit? I'm worried about you, your back. KOTB: Can we see it? Hold on, we got to be able to see this cat. GEIST: Lumbar support here. KOTB: Don't get... Dr. JENNIFER STEKETEE: Can you--can you see? KOTB: Can you see? OK. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: So this cat is on Atkins, kind of, right, or like a... Dr. STEKETEE: Kind of, yeah. KOTB: ...(unintelligible)...diet, sort of. Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. We call it Catkins. Yeah. KOTB: What is--what's the cat eating? Dr. STEKETEE: He's eating a high-protein low-carbohydrate diet... KOTB: OK. Dr. STEKETEE: ...to start. We've only had him about five days... KOTB: Uh-huh. Dr. STEKETEE: ...so we're just getting started on the diet for him. GEIST: So obvious question, how did Meow get this way? Dr. STEKETEE: Well, his owner relinquished him to our shelter--and it's the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. KOTB: Santa Fe, OK. Dr. STEKETEE: But they relinquished him first to the Roswell Animal Shelter and then we got him at the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. And it's a little bit conflicting stories, but basically he was just overfed and probably not fed a healthy diet. KOTB: Can Meow walk? Dr. STEKETEE: He can. Do you want to see him? KOTB: Can we see? GEIST: Yeah, it's... Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. It's... KOTB: I mean, not to make fun because we don't want to do that, but let's just see. GEIST: Come on, Meow. KOTB: Uh-oh. Dr. STEKETEE: Well, he can walk. KOTB: If he wants to? Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. You want to walk? KOTB: Do you want to walk? GEIST: So how long will it take to get Meow back to a healthy weight, you figure? Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. It's going to take a long time. GEIST: Yeah. Dr. STEKETEE: But certainly within the next few months I think he's going to feel a lot better. KOTB: Uh-huh. Dr. STEKETEE: It may take a year before he's really... KOTB: Wow. Dr. STEKETEE: ...but he should be 10 or 12 pounds, so. KOTB: I should point out in the earlier hours they brought a skinny cat out to show the difference. GEIST: That's wrong. KOTB: That was just mean and cruel. GEIST: Why? Why? KOTB: No, that was--it's like bringing a skinny girl out in front of someone who's heavy, it's not nice. GEIST: You know what Meow needs, Hoda... KOTB: What? GEIST: ...JOY FIT CLUB. KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: Right? Send Meow off to... KOTB: You know what, you got it. Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. GEIST: Come on. KOTB: Joy has a new book out, so. Dr. STEKETEE: OK. KOTB: All right, Jennifer, thank you for bringing Meow to see us. Dr. STEKETEE: No problem. KOTB: And we wish you good luck with getting her down to the weight that she needs to be. Dr. STEKETEE: Thank you so much. GEIST: See you, Meow. KOTB: All right. How can... GEIST: Thanks, Jennifer. KOTB: Good luck getting her... GEIST: Meow... Dr. STEKETEE: Yeah. GEIST: Meow. You first, Meow. Dr. STEKETEE: I'll stay. GEIST: No, really, you first. OK, I'll... KOTB: You got her? Oh. Oh! Good biceps, Jen. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: All right. GEIST: He's...(unintelligible)...in good hands. KOTB: I--yeah, no kidding. GEIST: You know what I mean? KOTB: Yes. GEIST: He's going to be OK. KOTB: That is an unbelievably fat cat. That's unbelievable. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: All right. So we were telling you yesterday about this terrific movie that's out that is called "Think Like a Man" and it is a great movie. It is a Screen Gems film produced by Will Packer and directed by Tim Story. GEIST: It was. KOTB: Just in case you were wondering. It's a great movie, number one at the box office. I think it hits all these nerves when it comes to men and women. GEIST: Definitely. KOTB: And it basically--well, we--I want you to watch this clip and just tell us what you think. This is--obviously comes from Steve Harvey's best-selling book called "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man." Tell me if your man does this. GEIST: He came back. KOTB: I would not have gotten in the car. GEIST: He came back. KOTB: No, no, no. That's the chirp-chirp girl. Now guys don't have to be as polite because... GEIST: Right. KOTB: ...of all of modern technology. Do you open the door for your wife? GEIST: I have to confess, I don't always. I could say I do, but my wife's probably watching, she'd know it was a lie. But you should do it. KOTB: Yes. GEIST: You should do it. There's nothing wrong with it. I think there is this conflict, though, with... KOTB: What? GEIST: ...today you don't want to be patronizing to the woman, and every time I've said this is it weird for me to step back and let everyone get off the elevator first? KOTB: No, no, no, we like it. GEIST: And strange for me at work to open the door? KOTB: We love it, we love it. GEIST: And that's what every woman says. KOTB: Every woman loves it. GEIST: So if you're a guy watching, just do it, that should be your instinct. But I think it's less and less now and it's too bad. KOTB: Yeah. Because I--there's nothing--I mean--I mean a big kudos to Jay, but I have not put on my own coat or opened a door since I met him, honest to God. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: He's that kind of guy. And it's such a sweet thing and it's a little thing and I love--I love how that is. I think that's--I don't know, I think that's important. GEIST: How long you been together? KOTB: A year and a half-ish. GEIST: That ends in about five minutes. No, I'm sure he'll continue, he's a good man. KOTB: All right. Men and women are very different. GEIST: Yes. KOTB: And one of those cases comes up when we go into a restaurant. OK. Have you guys ever gone to a restaurant by yourself... GEIST: Mm. KOTB: ...and you're thinking, `Do I really want to go and sit there alone and do I--if I go should I bring a magazine,' or do you go and you enjoy a meal alone? You order from the waiter or waitress, you have your app and all the rest of it and your main course. Do you do that? Can you go to a restaurant alone? GEIST: I--you and I probably confront this from time to time... KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: ...when you're on the road... KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: ...you're in the hotel... KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: ...you get there kind of late, you want to go have dinner. KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: I can't do it. KOTB: You can't? GEIST: I can't go sit by myself. I think I'd rather be in the hotel room... KOTB: Yeah. GEIST: ...not just because it's room service but because you have your world in there. KOTB: Spread out. GEIST: You can read the book or the paper and watch a movie. I just think it's a little weird to sit there, though. KOTB: I think it's a little weird. GEIST: I'm not above it, I've done it, like if I go into a diner on a Sunday morning and bring the paper. KOTB: Yeah, yeah. GEIST: But at a nice restaurant, to sit there alone... KOTB: To sit alone. GEIST: ...and sort of stare at the wall... KOTB: I feel that exact same way. GEIST: ...people start to think you're, like, a drifter or something, like you're going to run out on the bill. So it's a bad idea. KOTB: Yeah. I don't... GEIST: Do you do it? KOTB: I--no. I can't--I don't do the restaurants alone. I go to movies by myself because you just... GEIST: Yeah. KOTB: Do you do that? GEIST: Totally. Yep. KOTB: OK. I do that. I'll do the diner, too, with the paper. But again, to walk in, sit in a fancy place, order the appetizers, the main course, the wine and to be sitting blankly looking at it, nothing, no, that's not good. GEIST: And it's a wasted meal. A good meal like that should be shared with someone. KOTB: OK. By the way, this is so crazy I can't even believe this exists. GEIST: This is not real. KOTB: This is a menu, OK, that came from Temple University. They had a green day. It's an edible menu. GEIST: No. KOTB: Yes, it is. GEIST: No, this isn't... KOTB: They served them on the table. Someone has already been snacking. GEIST: I know what's happening here. KOTB: What? GEIST: I know. I'm the new guy, this is a prank. KOTB: You're going to taste it. No. GEIST: `Willie, eat the menu.' KOTB: No. GEIST: `Seriously.' KOTB: No. GEIST: `It's green, I swear.' KOTB: OK. So taste it. GEIST: No, you taste it. KOTB: Taste it. GEIST: No. KOTB: Come on. Men first in this one. GEIST: I want everyone to know I know this is a prank... KOTB: No, it's not. GEIST: ...but I'm going to do it anyway. KOTB: It's not. Here, I'll take a bite--I'll take a bite of this one. OK, go. Get involved. One, two, three. Do it. GEIST: OK. Why? KOTB: That's disgusting. GEIST: Why? KOTB: It's kind of sweet. GEIST: It tastes like chalk. KOTB: But kind of sweet. GEIST: The good chalk, like the colored chalk. KOTB: Could you do--that's not terrible. It can't... GEIST: Listen, I'm all--I'm all for going green, I'll reuse the towels in the hotel room, I'm not eating the menu. I'm not eating the menu. KOTB: That's a no? GEIST: That's where I draw the line right there. KOTB: All right. GEIST: You just lost me. KOTB: OK. This is kind of--this is--OK, are you one of those people that when you see someone trip and fall do you laugh... GEIST: Look, she's giddy. KOTB: ...or do you not? No, I don't laugh, I swear. GEIST: Oh, no. KOTB: Except for once when there was an--a video of an older woman who was going up the escalator. GEIST: So only when it's the elderly does she laugh, let's be very clear about that. KOTB: No, no, no. No. No. It's just this one specific lady. I don't know why. I actually cringe when I see stuff like this. Anyway, in China... GEIST: OK. KOTB: ...a young teenage girl was texting on her phone and she was walking and blindly fell into a 20-foot sink hole. GEIST: Oh! KOTB: Oh! GEIST: Oh, my gosh. KOTB: See? Nobody thought it was funny. GEIST: That's... KOTB: Oh. And she's fine, by the way, she's OK. How about this? A cab driver goes to help her, and you know what's going to happen--well, anyway, he fell down, too.Because it--first of all, where's the cone? GEIST: Thank you. That's the real story here. KOTB: Where is the cone? GEIST: Everyone's saying, `See, this is what happens when you walk and text.' No! KOTB: No. No. GEIST: You shouldn't have to anticipate a sink hole in the middle of the sidewalk because you're texting. KOTB: I know. And there... GEIST: Just a little caution tape, a cone, something. KOTB: All right. OK. GEIST: And you're laughing. Yes. KOTB: All right. No, I don't usually--only that lady up the escalator. GEIST: Only old people and young people. KOTB: No. GEIST: Only those two categories. KOTB: All right, we want to give a big shout-out to Ann Curry. She was--she got a great award at the Matrix Group yesterday. She was honored along with a lot of other terrific women. Meredith gave her her award. And it was--it was a great group of people. Barbara Walters was there, Peggy Noonan was there. It was--it was one of those star-studded events. So congratulations to her. GEIST: The A-list of women in journalism in one room. KOTB: It really was. GEIST: Yeah. KOTB: And can I say thank you to Dennis Basso? Do you know Dennis Basso? GEIST: Yes. KOTB: He's a designer. GEIST: Yeah. KOTB: He's hysterical. He had a dinner party last night for a dozen people. That's--look at his table, look what he does, look what's happening here. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: OK. Him... GEIST: That's his home? KOTB: Yes. And his husband Michael are there. We ate lamb chops that made you want to die. They were so delicious. Everyone got all dolled up. So I want to give a big thank you. GEIST: Not to brag... KOTB: Go on. GEIST: ...but I had macaroni and cheese with my four-year-old on a card table last night. KOTB: You... GEIST: Yeah, so. KOTB: ...you know what, you... GEIST: Two can play this game. KOTB: ...rock. All right. Coming up next, Hugh Grant is in the house. GEIST: Wow. KOTB: Mm-hmm. GEIST: And play ball, can Sara score a home run with the Miami Marlins, it said. KOTB: Probably. GEIST: We'll find out. But first, these messages. KOTB: Mm. 10:03:54 (:36) CLIP: Clip from movie "Think Like A Man" seen. 10:08:14 (:23) EXT DAY CHINA (SURVEILLANCE VIDEO) HIGH WS: Teenage girl falls into a sink hole while walking and texting. MS: Rescue workers pull girl from hole. GFX: Insert still of Ann Curry and Meredith Vieira. GFX: Insert still of people at a dinner party GFX: Insert still of Kotb and others