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♪ GREEN GIANT ♪
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>> NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO GO TO
HETALK.COM/CONNECT AND
#EVERYBODYTALKS.
OUR TOP TALKER TODAY IS THE
CO-HOST FOR "E! NEWS" TERRENCE
JENKINS.
[APPLAUSE]
TERRENCE, WE ARE ALL TALKING
ABOUT YOU TODAY BECAUSE YOU JUST
CAME OUT WITH YOUR FIRST BOOK,
IT'S CALLED "THE WEALTH OF MY
MOTHER'S WISDOM: THE LESSONS
THAT MADE MY LIFE RICH."
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>> CONGRATULATIONS!
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK.
MY MOM GOT PREGNANT WITH ME WHEN
SHE WAS 17 YEARS OLD AND WHEN I
THINK ABOUT HER BEING SO YOUNG
AND RAISING ME, IT'S JUST REALLY
AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY.
SO, I BRO THE BOOK WITH HER.
IT'S HER TALE.
IT'S MY TALE AND IT'S A
MOTIVATIONAL TOOL FOR ANYBODY
YOUNG THAT'S GOING THROUGH
ANYTHING AND A TESTAMENT TO
MOTHERS.
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>> YOUR A GOOD BOY.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT OUT OF
THE BOOK?
IT WAS JUST GREAT THAT YOU CAN
FEEL THE LOVE BUT IT'S ALSO
TALK ABOUT A MAN
THE LOVE FROM HIS MOTHER.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
YOU REALLY DONE HEAR THAT.
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>> ABSOLUTELY.
I CALLED SOME OF MY CELEBRITY
FRIENDS.
T.I., LITTLE CHRIS.
THESE GUYS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER
HEAR IN THEIR WORKS TALK ABOUT
THEIR MOMS.
>> IT'S SUCH A GOOD WAY TO
LEARN.
AS A MOM, I THOUGHT OH, I BETTER
GET THIS RIGHT.
>> THE QUESTION TODAY IS WHAT
DOES YOUR MOM TEACH YOU?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK MY
MOM TAUGHT ME TWO THINGS.
ONE IS LIKE EXAMPLE.
ONE IS PURE LOVE.
SHE'S JUST THE MOST LOVING
PERSON.
I ALWAYS FELT SUPERSAFE.
I COULD ALWAYS CALL HER.
SHE CARED ABOUT MY SAFETY MORE
THAN ANYTHING.
SHE LIKED TO USE BIG WORDS.
AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME
NOT HERE LIKE IN THIS BUSINESS,
YOU HAVE TO SAY PEVEVERNT.
AND I THOUGHT MOM, I ALSO HAD TO
GOOGLE EVERYTHING.
>> AND SHE TAUGHT ME THAT WORD
TOO.
>> SOMEBODY NEED TO TELL ME WHAT
IT MEANS.
I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH JAMS
OR PRESERVES OR SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> MY MOM I GLUED TO THE -- IS
GLUED TO THE TELEVISION SHE
TAUGHT ME WAS THAT I COULD BE
ANYTHING I WANTED TO BE.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE SHE PUT NO
LIMIT ON, YOU KNOW, MY DREAMS,
EVEN THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE
REALISTIC, SHE FELT LIKE I COULD
BE AND THAT MADE ME LIVE LIFE IN
A MORE EXPANSIVE WAY.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.
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>> YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GREAT?
MY BIRTH MOTHER TAUGHT ME TO BE
STRONG AND INDEPENDENT AND MY
MAMA MAMA THAT RAISED MY TAUGHT
ME TO BE A GREAT WOMAN AND HAVE
MUTUAL RESPECT FOR EVERYBODY, NO
MATTER WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY
LOOK LIKE.
SHE WOULD ALWAYS OPEN UP HER
HOME AND HER HEART.
SO I LEARNED FROM TWO GREAT
ONES.
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>> I'M STILL LEARNING FROM MY
MOM.
I MEAN, I THINK ALMOST
EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE GOOD
CHECK CATEGORY ABOUT ME, I CHALK
UP TO MY MOM AND MY HUSBAND
BECAUSE I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM
MY PARTNER IN LIFE NOW, BUT THE
WOMAN WHO REALLY RAISED ME TO BE
WHO SHE THOUGHT I COULD BE AND
ALSO LIKE YOU, SARAH, SHE TAUGHT
ME YOU CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A NEWS
LADY, DOESN'T MATTER, JUST, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE IMMIGRANTS.
YOU WERE RAISED HERE.
YOU'RE JUST AS AMERICAN AS
ANYONE YOU GO TO SCHOOL WITH.
SHE JUST TAUGHT ME TO BELIEVE IN
MYSELF.
>> WOW.
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>> SHARON, YOU PROBABLY TAUGHT
YOUR DAUGHTERS AND JACK A THING
OR TWO ABOUT BEING WHO THEY ARE
TODAY.
>> WELL, FROM MY MOTHER, I
LEARNED DON'T SMOKE.
[LAUGHTER]
NO.
MY MOTHER HAD LIKE 10 CIGARETTES
ON THE GO AT ONCE AND DIED
HORRIBLY OF EMPHYSEMA.
SO THE ONE THING I LEARNED FROM
MY MOTHER WAS DON'T SMOKE.
>> YES.
>> BUT FOR MY CHILDREN, IT'S
ALWAYS ABOUT PUTTING OUT
POSITIVE GOOD ENERGY AND DON'T
JUDGE.
YOU CANNOT JUDGE ANYBODY.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> BECAUSE WHAT SOMEBODY DOES IN
THE MOMENT OR AT A CERTAIN TIME,
YOU CANNOT HOLD THAT AGAINST
THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
SO, NEVER JUDGE BECAUSE YOU
DON'T -- YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE NOT ALL PERFECT.
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>> THE NEXT BOOK I'M GOING TO
WRITE ABOUT, WITH THE LAZY.
I LOVE IT.
MOTHER'S DAY IN OCTOBER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
YOUR FIRST BOOK, YOUNG MAN.
TERRENCE JENKINS FROM "E! NEWS."
TERRENCE'S BOOK, "THE WEALTH OF
MY MOTHER'S WISDOM" IS IN STORES
NOW AND EVERYONE IN OUR STUDIO