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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ].
>>> HEY, BABY.
ALL THE MAGIC, HAPPENING, GIRL.
YOU'RE IN MY ROOM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> IT'S LIKE A TIME CAPSULE.
>> I KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME
FOR HIM FOR WHEN HE SLEEPS OVER.
>> YOU SLEEP OVER?
>> JUST ON SUNDAY NIGHTS.
>> AND SUNDAY NIGHTS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN RESERVED FOR HIS MOTHER.
AND THEY ALWAYS WILL BE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> WHOO!
E! NEWS CO-ANCHOR TERRENCE J. IS
NOT JUST A MOMMA'S BOY IN THE
MOVIE "THINK LIKE A MAN."
HE IS IN REAL LIFE AND IN HIS
NEW BOOK, "THE WEALTH OF MY
MOTHER'S WISDOM."
PLEASE WELCOME TERRENCE J. AND
HIS MOTHER, LISA GONZALEZ.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY -- I AM -- I
LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH AND WE'LL
GET TO IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM
B.E.T.'S "106 AND PARK."
AND NOW, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE THE NEW CORRESPONDENT FOR
E! NEWS.
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE -- THERE'S
GIULIANA RANCIC, OUR FRIEND.
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH -- IT
HAD JENNIFER McCARTHY CRYING
BECAUSE SHE'S A SINGLE MOM.
YOU SAY, NONE OF YOUR SUCCESS
WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
THE TEACHINGS OF YOUR MOTHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ].
>> YOU KOW, FOR EVERY -- FIRST
OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.
I'M ON "THE VIEW," GUYS.
GET OUT OF HERE.
>> FOR EVERY AUDITION, JASON,
YOU KNOW, YOU GO FOR AN AUDITION
IN HOLLYWOOD.
YOU GO FOR 10, YOU GO FOR 20
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TOLD NO OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
IT WAS MY MOTHER THAT KEPT
TELLING ME, KEEP ON GOING AFTER
YOUR DREAMS AND IT PAID OFF.
>> I GET THAT.
I MEAN, I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD NO,
BUT -- I MEAN, SPEAK FOR
YOURSELF, TERRY.
>> I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN,
MY MAN.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU SAY I WATCHED
MY MOM DO SOMETHING IMPRACTICAL,
AND THEN I SAW THAT
IF SHE CAN TAKE THOSE RISKS AND
PURSUE HER DREAMS FOR ME, THEN I
CAN DO THE EXACT SAME THING AS
WELL.
I -- LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES YOU
AND YOUR MOMMA.
YOU SAID WHILE WORKING ON THE
MOVIE "THINK LIKE A MAN" IT
INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS BOOK.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WAS WORKING
ON THE FILM.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM TO KNOW
HER.
I KNEW HER AS MY MOTHER.
I KNEW HER AS THE LADY THAT
WOULD GROUND ME IF I DIDN'T DO
THE DISHES.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HER AS A
PERSON.
I DIDN'T KNOW HER DREAMS AND
ASPIRATIONS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
AS I STARTED LEARNING MORE AND
MORE ABOUT HER, IT MADE ME
REALIZE SO MUCH OF MYSELF AND
SO MUCH OF MY SUCCESSES IN MY
LIFE AND CAREER, MORE SO MY
PERSONAL RICHES, ARE BECAUSE OF
HER.
>> CAN YOU ACTUALLY -- YOU DON'T
LOOK LIKE HIS MOTHER, YOU LOOK
LIKE HIS SISTER, FIRST OF ALL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I GET THAT A LOT.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
AND GOING THROUGH -- I WANTED TO
ASK YOU, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT
THREE YEARS AGO, TERRENCE, YOU
SAID THAT YOU WERE IN AN
ALL-TIME LOW IN YOUR LIFE.
WHICH I FIND IT VERY HARD TO
BELIEVE.
I WATCHED YOU ON "106 AND PARK."
HOW COULD YOU BE THROUGH A LOW,
OWING THE IRS AND GOING THROUGH
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
>> YOU'RE ON A SHOW LIKE THAT,
AND YOU'RE DOING WELL.
AND GUESS WHAT, DIDDY COMES AND
SITS NEXT TO YOU AND HE'S DOING
$500 MILLION.
AND YOU TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE
JONESES AND YOU TRY TO DO THINGS
OUTSIDE OF YOUR FINANCIAL REALM.
YOU GO BROKE.
I WAS ABLE TO TURN MY LIFE
AROUND AND REALLY GET MY
FINANCES WHERE THEY NEED TO BE,
GET MY RELATIONSHIPS IN ORDER.
GET MY HEALTH RIGHT.
I'M JUST SO BLESSED.
I OWE IT TO MY FRIENDS, TO MY
FAMILY, TO MY FRAT BROTHERS AND
A LOT TO MY MOM.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND SPEAKING OF YOUR MOM.
LISA, YOU WERE 17 WHEN YOU GOT
PREGNANT WITH TERRENCE.
17, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> AND TERRENCE'S BIOLOGICAL
FATHER WALKED OUT ON YOU BOTH
AND YOU DID NOT TRY TO GET HIM
BACK.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, IT WAS A REALLY SCARY
TIME IN MY LIFE.
I WAS REALLY YOUNG.
A DECISION HAD TO BE MADE AND IT
HAD TO BE MADE QUICKLY.
I HAD ONE CHILD AND I DIDN'T
NEED TWO.
SO I CHOSE TO FOCUS ALL MY
ENERGIES ON WHAT TERRENCE NEEDED
AS A BABY.
SO, IT WAS JUST A DECISION THAT
I HAD TO MAKE, AND IT'S A TOUGH
DECISION, BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, TERRENCE, IF
YOU COULD GIVE ONE PIECE OF
WONDERFUL ADVICE THAT YOU
LEARNED FROM YOUR MOTHER.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
>> IT'S HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION.
GIVE EVERYTHING YOUR ALL.
GIVING 99% IS THE SAME AS GIVING
0%.
YOU GIVE 110% OR STAY AT HOME.
MY MOM WOULD TELL ME, PUT YOUR
HEART INTO EVERYTHING YOU DO.
>> YOU DID SO GOOD, LISA.
WE WANT TO THANK TERRENCE J. AND
LISA GONZALEZ.
AND MEMBERS OF OUR STUDIO