Week In Buzz: Mary J Bligh Didn’t Have It Her Way

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Event Date(s): 04/08/2012 | Event Location(s): New York City, New York | Description: INT TODAY SHOW STUDIO, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK Today Show anchor Jenna Wolfe and Lester Holt are joined by Comedian Chuck Nice and Us Weekly's Erica Souter LESTER HOLT, co-host: Here with the scoop, Erica Souter from US--Us Weekly, and we always do that, don't we? WOLFE: Yeah. HOLT: And comedian Chuck Nice. Good morning to both of you. Mr. CHUCK NICE (Comedian): Good morning. What's happening? Ms. ERICA SOUTER (Staff Writer, Us Weekly): Good morning. HOLT: Good to have you here. I want to start off with this Mary J. Blige commercial, Chuck. It was leaked on the Internet, it wasn't complete, she appears to be singing the praises of fried chicken and to a lot of people it struck them as a stereotype about African Americans and chicken. What were your thoughts when you saw it? Clips from a Burger King commercial Mr. NICE: You know, honestly, I'm not sure the back story from Mary J. Blige but I think every black person knows that you cannot sing about fried chicken and people be OK with that. That's all there is to it. To--you know, I'm hoping one day we will get to a place of post-racial America where black people can freely sing about fried chicken or watermelon with no repercussions. HOLT: But we're not there yet. Mr. NICE: But that--we're not there yet. WOLFE: We're not there yet. Mr. NICE: We're not there yet. HOLT: In fairness, they say the commercial wasn't finished and they've pulled it. It was leaked on the Internet, but. WOLFE: But on the flip side someone who did do a Burger King commercial that has aired is David Beckham. This guy could sell me bread on Passover. Clips from a Burger King commercial Ms. SOUTER: He's great. WOLFE: I'd be like `Give me more.' Ms. SOUTER: I agree. WOLFE: There's very few things this guy can't do... Ms. SOUTER: Exactly, yeah. He can do... WOLFE: ...that doesn't--I mean, David Beckham. Ms. SOUTER: Yeah, he can do no wrong. But he was ordering a strawberry smoothie and it was all about him looking dreamy and hot and the salesperson not being able to concentrate. And it was just gorgeous. Mr. NICE: Yeah, it's such a hot ad that I actually made out with a smoothie after watching it. Ms. SOUTER: It's understandable, David Beckham. Mr. NICE: Yes, yes. HOLT: "SNL" last night, musical guest, Chuck, was One Direction. And there were reports that there were teenage girls that ran after the van... Ms. SOUTER: Mm. Mr. NICE: What? HOLT: ...as they left. Mr. NICE: I am shocked. Teenage girls? WOLFE: Tom! HOLT: There's always gotta be that group. Mr. NICE: That's what I'm saying about, you know... HOLT: Yeah. Mr. NICE: ...they're like, oh, my God, they're the biggest sensation. Girls are screaming for them. I have a 12-year-old daughter, and I've seen her with her friends. Teenage girls will scream for anything, you know? Are those crackers? Ahhh! Like, they will scream for anything. HOLT: You know, you're right. Ms. SOUTER: Sure. WOLFE: So the Masters is going on. Let's switch gears and talk Tiger Woods. Ms. SOUTER: Yeah. WOLFE: He was doing well for like a split second. Ms. SOUTER: He was. WOLFE: And then had a little bit of hiccup. Ms. SOUTER: He was doing really well. WOLFE: And he got kind of ornery about it, too. Ms. SOUTER: Yeah, we thought he was on his way to his fifth Masters and then everything went downhill. He freaked out, had a meltdown, kicked his clubs. It's clear he's lost his mojo. I mean, something is wrong with Tiger and we're not sure if he's going to be able to get it back. STILLS Tiger Woods golfing Tiger Woods standing on a golf course Tiger Woods squatting on a golf course WOLFE: It can't be possibly from the last two years worth of stuff that's happened. Ms. SOUTER: Well, we know when he was generally here. WOLFE: I mean, I don't know. It's probably something else. Ms. SOUTER: Right, right. Well, he was doing really well. I mean, he had this alternative lifestyle, his personal life was really crazy. WOLFE: Right. Ms. SOUTER: Now that things have calmed down in his personal life, things aren't so great out there on the greens. Mr. NICE: Mm-hmm. Puts more women. HOLT: All right. Let's say... WOLFE: Lesson to be learned, yep. Mr. NICE: Puts more in his life. That's what it comes down to. HOLT: Let's talk about the next "it" couple perhaps Kim Kardashian and Kanye West? What are you hearing about that? Mr. NICE: Wow, two people who are certainly very private and don't want any publicity coming together to live their lives. HOLT: Well. Mr. NICE: I would love to just... HOLT: I feel--I feel bad talking about it. Mr. NICE: I look at those two pictures right there and I just want to be a fly on the bathroom wall while they're getting ready for a date and just hear, `I love you more,' `no, I love you more.' Only to find out that they are looking in the mirror. STILLS Musical artist Kanye West and celebrity Kim Kardashian WOLFE: That's funny. And it wasn't planned. Mr. NICE: No, it wasn't. WOLFE: Hey, that was funny. Can I ask you a question about Anne Hathaway's new haircut? Did you guys see this? Ms. SOUTER: Yeah, it is awful. WOLFE: She went all Sinead on--yeah. Ms. SOUTER: It's crazy. And she did it for her... WOLFE: Yeah, it's for a new movie, right? Ms. SOUTER: Yeah, she did it for a part in "Les Miserables." HOLT: I haven't seen this. WOLFE: (Unintelligible) Ms. SOUTER: And it's understandable, she's getting into character. But she's also getting married soon and you're like, girl, what are you doing? That's going to look awful. Thank God for extensions. WOLFE: OK, we don't have a picture up. HOLT: We don't? OK. WOLFE: But it's incredibly short. Ms. SOUTER: It's incredibly short. WOLFE: Like you see, you know how long your hair is? HOLT: Yeah. WOLFE: It's probably a little shorter than that. Ms. SOUTER: It's shorter than that. HOLT: Really? Mr. NICE: Yeah. Ms. SOUTER: It's not just a little bit. Mr. NICE: Yeah, I saw it and I thought to myself, Robert Downey Jr. has never looked better. HOLT: Oh, no. WOLFE: I thought that was funny. Erica Souter and Chuck Nice as always, thank you so much... Ms. SOUTER: Thank you. Mr. NICE: A pleasure. WOLFE: ...for your fun and witty insights.