club about labor, sustainability and health issues. ms. judson: there we go. hello, welcome to the national press club the place where the news happens i am john jensen at the 115th resident of the national press club. -- jen jensen -- 10 judson -- i did not mention earlier, but if you have questions, fill them out. there is cars on your table. or you can email us at headliners@press.org. please put sag-aftra --fran drescher in the subject line. i'm going to take a moment to introduce our head table. starting to my right at the end of the table, we have multimedia reporter for abc news libby cathey. next we have sag-aftra local president, kathryn. please feel free to stand up. next is white house recognize editor for the l.a. times donna leinwand leger. --del wilber. we have donna leinwand leger former national press club president and cochair of our headliners team that organize the luncheon. to my left we have ian kullgren, labor reporter for bloomberg law. next is liz shuler president of the afl. mike balsamo, lee justice reporter for the associated press. katie benner, justice department reporter for the new york times. how about a round of applause for our table guests? it has been a long two years for the u.s. entertainment industry. with the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of film and tv productions shut down. according to the 2020 report released by the motion pictures association, the u.s. market for the actual and home entertainment came to $32 billion and an 11% drop from 2019. whatever painted the studios was nothing compared to the shock felt by ordinary actors. some found remote work or were able to complete postproduction voice work from home, many found themselves unemployed for a long stretch of time. the industry appeared to bounce back in 2021, but each new wave of the coronavirus brought shutdowns for individual productions, whenever actors or crewmembers on a production tested positive. in the face of the challenges, the screen actors guild, known as sag-aftra, joined with unions representing directors and tv crewmembers to hammer out an agreement with producers regarding how to keep their members say from the spread of covid. the return to work agreement covered everything from vaccine mandates to paid sick leave. the protocols remain enforced, with updates, our speaker today was elected to sag-aftra in september 20 21 in the midst of the challenges. fran drescher was recruited by then president to succeed her in the hopes that her star power would strengthen the organization. fran drescher was both a star and the creative force behind the hit series of the nanny from 1993 to 1999 it had me hooked as a teenager. she earned two emmy nominations, and golden globe nominations for herbert trail of the title character -- for her portrayal of the title character. she was in the small screens, including mr. mayor. in the years between the nanny, she became known for her work in the nonprofit world. a 21 year cancer survivor, she founded a movement taken from the title of her second book which is dedicated to educating, motivating and activating patients in medical consumers by becoming a better partners for their physicians in connecting lifestyles. in 2005 she was named one of the top five celebrity lobbyists in d.c., by forbes after getting the cancer education awareness act passed by unanimous content -- consents. today she will discuss the intersection of workers rights, environmental sustainability and preventive health in a speech titled labor leadership on issues that matter and are an impact on society at large. fran drescher, welcome to the national press club, the floor is yours. [applause] ms. drescher: thank you. how sweet. thank you, thank you. that is so nice. thank you. thank you so much, i really appreciate it, what a warm welcome. before i begin, i just want to thank our host, national press club president jen du -- jen judson. thank you so much for your kind words. and the national press club board of governors as well as my friends and labor warriors, liz shuler. thanks for coming and being here today. also our washington mid atlantic president, catherine. a little labor solidarity here. shout out to the club's union staff who made this day possible. [applause] thank you. i am the president of sag-aftra. that is the largest entertainment union in the world. and i am a proud member of the afl-cio. one of the great conundrums that i face as a labor leader is how do i stretch, producers, health fund contributions that basically increases by 3% a year, across all eligible member claims, one health costs in america on average increased by 6.5%. the answer is, i can't. it is completely unsustainable. our trustees have a tough time dealing with the elephant in that room. plus, the reserve that we have, has to be a short-term investment and that means it is a lower yield. this is not even a problem that you need. this escalating cost of health is something that is a problem all across america. well, i happen to be the daughter of the system's analyst. one of the things in which i tend to obsess is how to track -- how to crack the code on things that seem inefficient or broken systems. in order to solve this problem, i have to solve another problem first. which is, why are we such a sick nation in the first place? why is one of the richest nations in the world also one of the unhealthiest, as determined by the world health organization? what are we doing wrong? why does the discoverable answer remain an enigma? in a nutshell, most people are not asking the right questions. i am a cancer survivor, who morphed into a health at -- activist who founded the cancer movement and wrote the new york times bestseller. the more i spoke on the subject, the more i began to see things from a different perspective. it became clear to me, that her health care system is -- our health care system is really a sick care system, meaning we wait until a person gets sick and then try to fix them, rather than actually trying to keep them healthy in the first place. that is like taking an appletree that grows rotten apples and trying to cure each apple. when the real problem is in the roots. i mean, we all were very accepting of the fact that people who had pre-existing conditions, had a much more difficult time surviving covid. but the missed opportunity was to figure out how we stop getting so many pre-existing conditions, so that we can get -- become more resistant against viruses. getting to the root causation of disease seems to evade contemporary culture. why do you suppose? well, in my humble opinion, greed is the major contributor to this counterintuitive approach to wellness. first, what is to blame for why we are also sick? the chemical industry in 20th century, cleverly repurposed toxic work chemicals onto civilian life, creating a multibillion-dollar profit margin at the expense of all things of true value. the foods we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, all resulting in our generally poor health. america was sold a bill of goods that frankly is not serving us well. this mania to try to chemically control the natural world has dug us all an early grave. but wait, in staves our savior. -- in steps our savior, the pharmaceutical industry, the sicker we are, the richer they become. their deep pockets buys influence over academia, elected officials, patient targeted advertising, as a medical community at large. they have zero incentives to encourage us, to live a preventative lifestyle. since they control the whole narrative, americans exist in a revolving door of toxic exposure, chronic illness, and drug treatment. this is like throwing water on a fire from one side while continuing to throw kerosene from the other. at the end of the day, the problem never really get solved. we must begin to eliminate our daily exposure to the myriad of toxins that are constantly eroding our highly developed immune system. it is time we stop putting business profit above our health and the health of the planet. so, there lies the rub. what are we going to do about it? well, here's the plan. break the shackles that enslave us to these behemoths. become free to honor our bodies and learn how to live in harmony with nature. leadership up and down the ladder must pivot the entire nation towards living a preventative lifestyle, but more importantly, away from toxic help -- health compromising chemicals that are in everything, as well as our dependency on prescriptive and over-the-counter drugs. it is not to say that there isn't a conservative place for any of these businesses. but we, as a culture, have gone so far off the rails for far too long. at the end of the day, manufacturers do not want to kill us. they want to sell us, but they will sell us anything we are willing to buy. which, right now, is anything. if we all collectively stopped drinking cola today. they would stop making it tomorrow. it would not matter who was in the white house, it would not matter what legislation never got past, it would not matter because the bottom line is the bottom line. look, we had to be taught to become a throwaway chemical and drug dependent society. now, we half to be taught -- have to be taught to live in harmony with nature, how to honor our bodies, and how to self-care. toxic chemicals are so pervasive, it is tentacles -- it's tentacles have infiltrated every aspect of our lives. they are in foods, cosmetics, personal care items, cleaning products, groceries, fabrics, furnishing, packaging. no iron shirts, after 10 years, of being washed. if you eat a strawberry, that is not organic, you might as well be eating a sponge in pesticides. we each consume the equivalent of a credit card worth of micro plastic every week. american women's breast milk has the highest percentage of flame retardant in it from any other woman in the planet. babies are being born pre-polluted with 200-3 hundred chemicals found in the umbilical cord. the cacophony of toxic chemicals each and every day is impacting health. because of its impact on efficiency of our immune system and other systems in the body. many of these chemicals are hormone enhancers, neuro-trip -- neurotransmitter interrupters and create leaky gut, all contributing to reproductive abnormalities and cancers. brain issues, like parkinson's, alzheimer's and dementia, autoimmune problems like lupus, thyroid, as well as inflammation, like arthritis, grains, asthma -- migraines, asthma. it's no coincidence that these are america's most common chronic conditions. oh, by the way, most prescribed drugs to treat them. [applause] it's just common sense. the cleaner and more pristine we choose to live, the better our immune systems can operate at an optimal. as long as we continually erode our immune systems, we become vulnerable to disease. where do we begin? as long as we live in the country, or health care is a for-profit business, without a conscience, then it is up to we the people, to grab the bull by the horns and force change ourselves. [applause] labor must become healthier or face a narrowing of coverage, along with an expanding of eligibility requirements. i plan to create a pilot program that will engage my member body and hopefully influence other businesses to do the same. america's labor force must learn how to de-pollute their lives, what weakens the immune system versus what strengthens it. how to read labels and what to look for and what to avoid. how to first change your self, then your family, and each one teach one, to become a mindful consumer instead of a mindless one. we almost begin the very practice of supporting your immune system, honoring your body, reducing stress, and balance, mind, body, spirit. i want everyone to dial everything back to a much simpler time, when all ingredients were things that might have grown in your grandma's garden. to make your own cleaning products or use eco-friendly. to understand how to self-care. and that food is medicine. to detox your home which in most cases, is more polluted than living across the street from an oil refinery. in turn, we most likely may get sick less, resulting in fewer health coverage claims. so morelet us not get sick in tt place, how is that for a cure? we are the only species that works against nature rather than with it. we function like a cancer because we do not want to die, and yet we destroy our host. please, listen to your inner voice. and the wisdom to live pristine lady, be in -- listen to the wisdom to live pristinely, as long as health care costs spiral out of control and our only hedge against financial collapse is to get healthy and stay that way. once you wake up and smell the coffee, it is hard to go back to sleep. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> can you all hear me? fran: you want to share this? it is working now. >> delayed reaction. thank you so much for that. it makes me want to go home and clean out my refrigerator and never drink out of a plastic bottle. i wanted to ask a question that came in right as you were speaking. as you begin to think about the impact of toxic chemicals, what steps did you take to remove such chemicals from your life? how challenging was that? fran: it is a daily practice, a work in progress. i never tell anybody to throw anything away that you could pay hard earned money for, but once you finish it you have to shift gears and start reading labels and engage the family. make it something that is actually a fun, new direction that you are going in. in the long run it will really help you and your loved ones including your pets. for me, around you, what are you putting in your mouth, on your skin, all of your personal care items including oral hygiene, what are you planting with, gardening with? that is a great place to start. i use toothpaste that does not say a disclaimer on the back that says do not swallow or call poison control. you do not need anything like that. you do not need chemicals in your toothpaste. the water i drink is pristine. i make my own cleaning products. or i buy eco-friendly. there is nothing you cannot clean, industrial strength foisted upon us. anything with a long-lasting smell has chemicals that is causing cancer. we have to think about that. when you open up the bottle of pine cleaner, it still smells or the pine thing that hangs on your rearview mirror, it is damaging you. you are not going to -- you know somebody who has bladder cancer, they may never have been connected to a lifestyle or using industrial-strength products. stop using them, trust me. even in like reynolds wrap. any aluminum foil, they know when it is heated and i grew up we made corn, on the barbecue, everything was with the aluminum foil. it gives off noxious fumes that are toxic. i do not cook with it anymore. i may put it in the fridge, but i do not cook with it anymore. it is having to do with what you are bringing into the home. a woman and a man, before they go to work have exposed themselves to at least 8-15 different toxic chemicals. that is hurting us. we were not designed to battle that. >> i also baked with reynolds wrap! fran: parchment paper is waxed paper, those are the replacement for plastic and aluminum foil. this escalation in all of the problems, it is not just neurotransmitter interrupters but it is aluminum. my parents grew up in an age where having aluminum cans and aluminum under the arms, everything was aluminum. the massive amounts of aluminum is found in people who have these problems like alzheimer's and stuff after they are tested. >> how do you encourage people to buy organic when those options are more expensive? fran: i have to say that over the years i have been saying this, it is available and it is not as expensive as it used to be. getting sick is much more expensive. you will pay a dear price if you wait until you get the ill-fated phone call. you or your loved ones. do not wait. stick with prevention. personally, i would rather have an organic chicken and the rest of the week eat vegetables, whatever it is, if i cannot afford more than that, every night of the week eat processed food that field -- that is filled with chemicals and slowly making me and my family sick. >> i am going to shift gears. you have a secretary who was elected from the opposing ticket. when you won, you said you wanted to win over the support of members you have -- who have not voted for you. what have you done to accomplish that? fran: i have gotten blessed emails from people that i know who did not vote for me. -- pleasant emails from people who did not vote for me. some of my peers from the union, i did warn them i am probably a more radical than they expect me to be. i came in not having any preconceived notions about who anybody was. i have no built in prejudice towards anybody. i will listen to what they have to say. i do not know who they are but i may agree with them, i may respectfully disagree with them. i feel like it was a really healthy thing. i ended up winning this election because i feel like i straddled the fence. i happen to agree with both sides of the coin on a lot of different issues. people that felt shut out or marginalized or unheard might have been frustrated no longer are. i think i am doing, i think i am succeeding in uniting us as a member body. if i can accomplish that during my tenure, that would be a great achievement and i would be proud that that has happened. ics moving towards each other instead of away -- i see us moving towards each other instead of away. [applause] >> in january you told vanity fair that the presidency would be an amalgam coming to a point in this one defining moment. can you explain more of what you mean? >> i have been in the leadership position for most of -- since the nanny. which i created and executive produced. i could not get cancer without turning it into a cottage in history where i wanted to change everything and reinvent the wheel and help everybody. it took me two years and eight doctors to get a part -- proper diagnosis with uterine cancer. i did not want what happened to me to happen to other people. i realized after i wrote the book that it happened to a lot of people. this diagnosis, mistreatment, and late stage diagnosis for many people. i was very blessed. i am in stage i one even after all of that time. i have a slow-growing cancer. you have to be lucky with what kind of cancer that you have. once that happened and you are a celebrity and a public speaker and you wrote a new york times bestseller and started a nonprofit you go to washington. that is the next step. i was instrumental in getting the gynecologic cancer education act passed. the first of its kind in u.s. history. then i was written up twice in the congressional records and it then i was appointed public diplomacy envoy for the west state department -- for the u.s. state apartment under secretary rice. i have been here, i have been in leadership, i have been in show business, a proud member of sag-aftra since i was a teenager. i feel like -- i am a big thinker. i am more of a visionary, somebody who tries to reinvent the wheel. i think that is important. it is important for us as sag-aftra and i want to elevate our union to ba union that speaks on issues that matter and no longer to be switzerland. we have too many members and we are the largest influencer on the planet and it is important that we, as of largest entertainment union in the world , we show a responsibility to that world. i started the first green counsel which is going to be an amalgam of all of the show business entities and green counsel means eco-responsible entertainment. we must normalize eco-responsible life on camera and behind the scenes. if we do not, who will? this is a heroes journey, -- hero's journey, we have to take the helm that has not been seen since world war ii go. hollywood has to help us. change the way that we think. change the way that we live. right now, there is so much eco-irresponsibility being seen in movies and on television. that is what is normalized. it has to be deleted from our consciousness. we have to start living and seeing our heroes on the big screen and the small living that way too. >> that is a great segue i have for a question. what are things that can be implemented immediately and what are the bigger challenges in getting the industry to be more environmentally responsible? fran: the cornerstone of the green counsel which i hope will build a legacy, is to eliminate all single use plastic both on camera and behind the scenes. that for me feels very doable. plastic, we are being very wise, every piece of plastic that has ever been manufactured, every single piece since it was first invented in the early 20th century is still with us. there is no such thing as disposable, fast food, none of that. it is an oxymoron and we have to think about when we take that plastic bottle of water and wait sip it down, 85 minutes that bottle is here for a thousand years -- in five minutes that bottle is here for a thousand years. >> what are some of the bigger challenges we are facing -- you are facing in your industry to become more environmentally responsibile -- responsible? fran: taking deeper dives, naturally, follow the money. it is a problem when it is costly. that is why i want to start with something that is simple but highly impactful. even where i live in california, they outlawed plastic straws because it is so environmentally unsound, unsafe. it is not recyclable and even recycling is only two-3% of everything. how we can be more so, we are going to have to look at the kinds of fuels we use. the kinds of vehicles we use. when we are in production, all of those things that the rest of the world is needing to examine, we have to examine too. we are not off the hook. we are not curing cancer, we get no free pass. i would say, there are wonderful organizations who are directly involved and has a dirty laundry list of things that people in our industry can embrace. there are other organizations who are also ngos who are partners with green counsel like plastic pollution coalition and plastic ocean and everybody has their own lane of expertise. they are advising us on next steps. >> you have named preventing sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and using dismay -- intimacy coordinators. what steps are you taking towards these goals? fran: since my administration we started the first sexual harassment committee. within that, there are a couple of projects that we want to push. we have zero tolerance for predators in our industry. we have to create a climate -- thank you. [applause] we have to create a climate where people who feel unsafe have a safe place to report this. we have established that. also, we want you -- to start spearheading the training of intimacy coordinators. they will be on every single set because -- the paradox is we do not have enough of them right now to be on every single set. i would like to see sag-aftra be instrumentally involved in creating a new business. a new pathway for people who are not -- who would like to be in show business and want to be part of the process, coming out of high school, like a new trade. this is a new trade that kids who do not know what they want to do, it could be a beautiful closed circuit. an at risk kid wants to move into something, take the course. i would like to see these courses become curriculums at community colleges. that is the big ambition that we are moving forward with. the other thing is i would like to do a documentary for holocaust survivors, and do it for the people who have been victimized by the casting couch. when it is -- put it into a museum and have it just run. a lot of famous people will be part of it and some people who you do not even know. their stories are compelling. it has to be talked about and be seen. we have a lot of older members who work there back in -- were back there in the day who can speak to that. there was a big article on some of our older members, they were interviewed in vanity and talking about a famous actor in his day who was taking liberties that no one in -- no one should ever accept. it was widely accepted back in the day and the more we talk about it and bring it out in the open, the more egregious it becomes. the more aware people are of their behavior. i want to see something life that happen. >> the #metoo movement has been an essential driver in the entertainment industry. how are things changing, what still needs to change? fran: well, i think that women would have to change, we have to become a more female friendly society. it is in every business. if a woman is not invited at the table, you have half of the sensibility, you cannot make a proper decision. we have to understand that everybody brings something to the party. women in leadership we are seeing more and more and that is an important thing. it is imperative we get their perspectives. i think that the more we see it, the death normalized it becomes, the less it becomes about -- the more normalized it becomes, the less it comes about male or female. we are living in a gender fluid age. all of that stuff where we people into boxes, that is old school. we have to dispense with it. note before whom thou stans. ds. we have to move across all boards, whether it be in politics or journalism or broadcasting, whether it be in unions, it does not matter. everywhere we turn, we have to start like deleting the prejudices that may be -- what happens historically in the beginning of the century is the trajectory for the next 100 years. it is only 2022, 1 hundred years ago women were just getting the vote. what we do today will impact where we go and what happens with our daughters and our daughter's daughters. i think it is important that people realize that what comfort zone means, was that really a choque? something as benign as that, we have to reevaluate and that is ok. that is what growing and changing and learning is all about. that is what we are constantly doing. >> what steps is sag-aftra doing to stop fatal accidents to prevent gun accidents after the accident on the film rust? fran: we have been waiting for the ultimate conclusion of what actually happened. work regulations already in place wrote -- were regulations already in place broke? once it is completely unpacked and we know what went down, then we take a deep dive into making sure that it never happens again. from my money, it is a make-believe world, i do not need to see any live ammo. especially with all of the postproduction that is available today. it does not even have to fire like a gun. everything could be put into post. the risk and people's safety should never be jeopardized for the sake of making a make-believe world seem more real. on that note, we have to have a national industry wide decision on the common practice. it cannot change from state to state because there is too much overlap. it is like, no, we cannot do that. there are some things that have to be dictated by the industry in the best interest of everybody concerned. >> how are you appearing for the -- how are you preparing the sag-aftra for negotiations? fran: we just concluded a very long and exhausting commercials contract. as soon as that was over, i said, now, we are a year out from the theatrical. it will take that long to really be inventive and imaginative. streaming is the big thing. it is not going away. hear me, it has been like a wild stallion for a long time. now we need to throw a saddle on it and pull in the reins. [applause] it is a lot of outside of the box thinking. it is not just building on contracts that existed before, it is reinventing the wheel and it is coming up with something that has not been thought of before. a new way to do it, a new way to protect our members, compensate them, and we are here right now for the american music fairness act. radio is the only entity that still does not pay our members for exploiting their music that they make a lot of money off of from sponsors. it is like they are the only ones, it is a loophole. we are here to close up the loophole. that is why we are here and it is important. the legislation committee, congressional hearings, david foster is going to speak on behalf, i am reeling in the big guns, peter franson said he will come because there are a lot of people, not the rich ones you think are in the music business, but most of the people who are the backup singers, musicians, they can be in a part of a song like uptown funk which is the most played song in music history. they will not get a dime beyond the recording session. it leaves the middle-class people, they have bills to pay. they have kids to put through school. they are being exploited and we are here to close up that loophole. [applause] >> in the last few years sag-aftra has expanded to include content creators, how do you balance the membership between traditional actors and online creators? fran: it is not about balance. it is about addressing everybody's needs. without that group, once the merge happened between the companies we have a broad and diverse group of members from broadcasters to background players to singers to dancers to commercial actors to stunt people, it is a big union of a lot of different people. it is not a huge hardship. we are a labor union and it is our job to keep claiming productions. this is a new frontier. if you are going to go and make millions of dollars and by creating your own production, you should be part of sag-aftra. in the end you may not realize it today because you are a young person who does not see the need for being part of a union, but essentially, you will. we will protect you. we will help you to maximize your profits. we will help you with all kinds of medical coverage and things. if i did not work as much as i did and had the benefit of my union covering my health insurance, i would not be such a big, great client for the insurance companies. the first question that they ask you, i am with the union. i am proud to be with the union. when i joined the union when i was a kid, it felt like a professional. i was part of the screen actors guild and aftra. it made me feel like a real pro. i am trying to elevate our cachet on the national landscape so that young people are more engaged and also feel that desire to be part of this great union in the entertainment industry. >> how did the will smith incident fran: i do not think it changed anything. you cannot assault people. that is the bottom line. or maybe we can, but now i don't think we can. [laughter] we are not really changing our policy. i grew up with the expression, sticks and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me. i am a pacifist. but you cannot hurt anybody. i know will but i also know chris. chris is what my family would call very mensche. and to turn lemons into lemonade, this is an opportunity for will to examine what triggered him. he has been in front of the camera since he was a child and he has no history of something like this. so when something like this happens, it behooves you to look into it, and i think he is. so that is a positive thing. but there is no room for something like that, not in sag aftra, not in the academy, and hopefully it is an anomaly we will never see again. >> can you talk about what you will be doing on capitol hill this week? fran: the answer bill is bipartisan. on the last trip a few months ago we met with the speakers, the vice president, we met a lot of people who basically are democrats but it is a bipartisan bill and i said to my government affairs people, next trip we have to reach out across party lines and talk with them. that is what we are doing on this trip, which i am very excited about. [applause] so i am really looking forward to that and i'm going to the grammys on the hill and the white house correspondents dinner, which should be a big one and i'm going to the motion to sure association predinner which -- motion picture association predinner. so we are very busy and it will be a very exciting trip. >> i wanted to ask a less serious question. one of my favorite movies is this is spinal tap. i would love it if you would share a story from acting in that film. fran: i will tell you, i was shooting dr. detroit, which was a big movie for universal starring dan aykroyd, and it was the first movie had done after john belushi passing away. so it was a big movie for him. so i was shooting a night shoot and we were doing something with james brown and the next day i had an interview with rob reiner. spinal tap was his first film that he had directed. i sat there and was exhausted that i did not want to miss the addition because many people do not realize, but it was an improvised movie with a 27 page outline. you had a description of the theme but you had to be really good at improv. a lot of people were really great and i thought i was good, so i wanted a chance at getting in the movie. i guess i was kind of tired and talking slow and rob said, you are not exactly what you are imagining, but i like what you are doing here, so i got the part of bobby. it was an unbelievable experience. that was a low-budget film. i provided my own wardrobe and we made up the lines as we got -- as we went along and that is a historic film now. the other movie kind of went into cable heaven. [laughter] you never know which movie is going to turn out to be great. people still love spinal tap so much. >> it will always be a favorite of mine and you did a wonderful job. we are out of time so before we wrap up with a final question, let me take a moment to thank the team and the organizer of the event, andrew schreiner, and bill mccarron, the club executives director. we also enjoy -- we also invite you to join us on april 29 virtually as we meet with dr. anthony fauci. it is my honor to present you with your second national press club mug. you have a parent now. [applause] fran: i like that the writing is on both sides because i am left-handed. [laughter] >> i wanted to ask one last question before we wrap up. were you able to keep your wardrobe on the nanny, and what was your favorite out that? fran: first of all, most of it would not fit. second, i am too long in the tooth for the hot pants i wore back in the 1990's so a lot of it would not matter anymore but i do have a couple of coats and some over the knee boots. and there was an exhibition, there are such enthusiastic collectors that they have different people who have collected what fran wore and fashion and nanny art. it is all over social media and it is unbelievable, the us -- the enthusiasm of the fans. a lot of the children who watched it ended up being the ground breakers for social media survey kept it going online in that way and as they got older they started to understand the double entendre jokes and started to appreciate how great fashion was on the quality of the writing and all of that. and now they are sharing it with their children. so now it is the amazing gift that keeps on giving to me. thank you. >> thank you so much. i am glad you kept some of your most timely pieces. thank you so much for joining us, fran drescher. fran: thank you so much. 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