kept you down, hoda woman, even working on the weekend. >> it wasn't so bad. it's not bad working on a weekend when you know it was raining. that's kind of what it was like. >> unless have you to be out on the plaza when it's raining. >> i did host "weekend today" with lester, and we had a surprise at the end of the show. i don't know if you guys saw it. it was saturday morning. you probably didn't see it. >> actually, i think it was like 7:50. >> 7:50. a little bit before 8:00. then the magic happened in the show. take a look. >> we rarely get to see you without your partner in crime, kathie lee. >> is she in the crowd? >> no, but she's on the phone. >> no, she's not. >> she is? >> hello, sunshine. >> are you joking? >> hoda woman, did you think i would be sleeping in and not notice that you're two-timing me with lester? >> they even did a new open. what was going on there? >> i bet you were thrilled waking up this morning and seeing that it was drizzling! >> i know. you know that my hair's exploding as we speak right now. >> it's growing. it's unbelievable to see. >> stop. and by the way, no wine this morning. >> no, no, no. >> speak for yourself. >> no, we got you hooked up here. >> oh, my god. that's so sad. >> you did a great job. >> a very boozy saturday morning. what was going on there? >> hoda woman. so are you going to make that a weekly thing? >> no, no, just that one day. that was just a one and done. you know what i'm saying? >> the queen was busier than you, though. >> yes. across tkros cross the pond it' there as well. it is the diamond jubilee for queen elizabeth, celebrating her 60 years on the throne. yesterday they had this huge deal, this flotilla. queen's up on a barge and all these flotillas are around her. a million people came out. they said that she didn't put on a coat even though it's kind of a heavy dress. she never sat down in those big red thrones that they had since all the people came out and they weren't sitting. she certainly wasn't going to be sitting. and you know, everyone looks very happy. it's freezing and raining, and look how happy everybody seems to be. >> you know, it's freezing and raining most of the time there anyway. so i don't think they let -- you know what? they have great sense of duty. the queen does. think about how young she was when she was crowned. the one who never looks too happy, though, is prince philip. you know? >> always looks a little cranky. >> a little on the cranky side, it looks like. so the big concert is tonight. and matt's flying out there today, right? to join? >> and elton john's going to be performing with stevie wonder and paul mccartney. it's going to be right outside buckingham palace. and it is going to be huge. >> well, england's having a huge year. as you know, the olympics are coming up in august. so a little later today if you're planning on maybe wanting to go to london during that time, we're going to give you some get-away opportunities that are not outrageously expensive. because that can add up really quickly. >> speaking of the olympics, a little bit of sad news for one of the potential gymnasts. shawn johnson was thinking about competing. she's 20 years old. a she had a skiing accident i think you guys remember, i think it was a couple of years ago. and she never quite healed right all the way from it. and she just announced over the weekend that she was retiring. >> look at that. oh, my gosh. can you imagine retiring at the age of 20? >> yeah. she said that she tried for a comeback, she wasn't going to make it, so she plans on going to college. >> good for her. >> she says she has a lot of other things she wants to do. >> she's done nothing but compete in gymnastics since she was a toddler practically, you know? we wish her all the best. that's a huge life change. >> we become so attached to the gymnasts for some reason. you get to know them. it's like a personal connect with them. >> we let sometimes what we do define who we are. and it's going to be interesting to see the human being thelma engineers that's not linked to gymnastics anymore. >> right. >> we wish her all the best. >> you guys remember her, she won all those medals. >> and "dancing with the stars." >> oh, yeah. she's on that. maybe she'll do that again. >> have they ever had anybody back? >> no, i don't think so. >> hoda, you should do that -- >> don't ruin my comments. >> imagine what you could do on "dancing with the stars." >> speaking of that, if you guys watched miss usa last night. as you know, miss rhode island won. >> olivia culpo. >> this girl is gorgeous. she's not only gorgeous -- she's the one on the right. >> rhode island! olivia culpo! >> it looked like she thought she was going to win. didn't it? >> oh, my god. >> she's one beautiful girl. so she's going to -- she looks like natalie. >> she does. she looks exactly like natalie. and she's a cellist, too. and the question she was asked. they did this thing about you could tweet in questions. hers was about is it okay for a transgender to compete in the pageant. and she gave a great answer basically saying, look, there's so much surgery going on and if that's how they feel, then she thinks it is fine. i'm kind of summarizing. >> one transgender person was allowed to compete, right? but didn't make it past -- >> yeah. >> freedom for all. >> they also did a little bit of that song we were talking about with the uh, uh, uh. the carly rae jepsen -- >> is that the only song in the world to do to stuff do? >> it's "call me maybe." ♪ hey, i just met you ♪ and this is crazy ♪ here's my number ♪ so call me maybe ♪ ♪ here's my number ♪ so call me maybe >> i think the donald's in it somewhere. >> they just showed him. >> i missed it. >> cody would call any one of them, i think. they're all such gorgeous girls. he has a very nice girlfriend. he would not call them. >> and congrats to andy cohen and giuliana rancic for hosting. >> talk about an amazing comeback story. giuliana. >> unbelievable. >> yeah. >> she was sick. she had breast cancer. she's back. >> and in full throttle. not just easing back into it. good for her. >> i went to the gym like a week or so ago and she and her husband were on two treadmills. and i swear, they were flying. you know when you look at two people and you go -- i can't believe she was just sick, she's already -- she's healing, she's getting stronger -- >> good for her. god bless. okay. speaking of that, getting stronger, some people find cigarette smoke very, very upsetting. i happen to be personally very, very allergic to it so i have a medical reason. but a lot of people just find it offensive and they don't want to breathe other people's fouled air. >> here's the story. in the social cues column of the "new york times" people often ask for advice. this couple was about to move into a town house. while they were visiting the town house they had purchased they noticed the neighbor sat outside on his porch and smoked and it was drifting into their house and they didn't know what they should do. they hadn't yet moved in. >> but they'd signed. >> but they'd signed. so they said, what should you do? should you tell them before you move in all the way, say hey, listen, your cigarette smoke is already bugging me and we haven't moved in yet? >> that's a tough one. >> they say wait till you move in. >> yeah. knock on the door, say i'm your new neighbor and by the way, put out your cigarette. >> would you say something if you lived that close to someone? >> i think first i would go to the super or whoever and say it's a problem. there might be something in the -- >> town houses. >> who knows? i just know i couldn't live there. a friend of mine had a dog that was barking all night long next to her town house and she had to go to the person and say, i can't sleep. i get up very early. and they got this thing that -- we're trying next week. i'll let you know if it works. it's not bark-off. but it's something that sprays the minute they start to bark, it sprays a little citronella or something. it doesn't hurt them in any way, but it stops them from it. >> from barking. >> so i got it in small, medium, and large. and we're going to try it next week. maybe it will be my new favorite thing. >> what's your favorite thing today? >> today, i'm not sure it is my favorite. i want to know what you guys think. i bring heavy-duty books i've read. nobody cares. every time you change your nail polish, people go what is it? a little ape crazy. this is from chanel. remember bobbie thomas told us it was the frosted ones -- it's called island. that's the color. and it's just like a very -- like a pearly -- i don't know -- oyster color. it's $26 from chanel. not sure but would love to know what you all think. what about you? >> here's mine. you know when you find a face cream that does the trick? i have oily skin so sometimes in like the t zone. but sometimes you put lotion on and it feels so oily, weighted down? >> you can fry an egg on it. >> i wouldn't say that. this is dermalogica. >> yeah. >> it is great face cream. it leaves your face feeling clean and you can breathe. it is terrific. i thought it was only $35 but now they're saying $54. >> it's active moist is the name of it. >> sara, what's your favorite thing? >> i love dermalogica, by the way. i use the pre-cleanse. and it's amazing. but in the name of beauty for our favorite things i'm doing the orbe beach spray. this is what laura uses on my hair. you can get it on amazon for about $35. but there's no salt in it so it doesn't dry out your color or your hair and it gives you a tousled look. and it smells good, too. >> doesn't it say something cute on it? >> oh, it does. actually, it says to be followed by -- "only to be followed with lipstick and heels." good sense of humor. >> we have a big event in new york. it is city meals on wheels. tonight is the big celebration. it's a non-profit. it's terrific. they end up preparing meals and things for a lot of elderly new yorkers who are homebound. there are more than 1,600 of them. >> imagine how lonely some of those folks are. not only the food but somebody coming to say hello to them. it's great. >> tonight there is a fund-raiser and all these chefs are creating dishes inspired for movies. our pastry chef mindy siegel is here. >> i made you a little meal. >> is it a tart? >> yes. because my theme tonight is waitress. >> the movie "waitress." >> i love that movie. >> i made you guys peachy keen tarts. >> do we put this on it? >> no, that's a gift for you. >> ignorant yet again about something. >> this is dairy-free. and i made it -- don't be afraid. bacon fat. >> bacon fat? >> you can smell it. >> isn't it good? >> you can smell the bacon. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, it's warm. come on. >> peachy keen. >> thank you! thank you. and have a wonderful time tonight. >> for more information go to mealsonwheels.com. >> thank you so much. it's time for our everyone has a story. ♪ everyone has a moment that changes their life for them ♪ ♪ it's suddenly clear in that moment ♪ >> our winner this month is hunter brown from las vegas, nevada. he's on the phone with his mom, lisa. and hunter's an amazing young man. he's 11 years old. he has high-functioning autism. he was diagnosed with it at age 3. did not speak until he was 4 years old. but then at 8 -- this is what i love about this story. he entered himself in his high school talent show, fell in love with performing. now performs in vocal competitions, sings in a chorale, ensemble group. so we -- david friedman and i have written a song for him that will be performed by james darcy -- brian darcy james. >> i love him! >> he's so, so awesome. >> so anyway, they're on the phone. i shouldn't have had this bite. i can hardly talk. how you all, how are you? >> hi. how are you? >> we're good. good morning, hunter. >> good morning. >> how excited are we to meet hunter. hunter, what do you like to sing? >> i like to sing -- >> you can say. >> hmm. frank sinatra. i got confused because i thought of some other songs i wrote. >> oh, you write songs, too. we'll give you a little opportunity on thursday to sing a little line of sinatra for us. we're excited. >> have a safe trip and we'll see you thursday. >> i want to give a real quick shout out to the fresh air fund people. great organization. we had a great little fund-raiser at the end of last week. it was a blast. we had mary-kate and ashley olsen was there. victor cruz was there. it helps inner city kids go out into the -- >> look at you. 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"avatar" and "titanic." it could go on to beat them. it is not slowing up that much. this could be the biggest movie of all time. it's not yet, but it's on its way. >> i didn't go to the movies this weekend. but i did take the time, six hours and ten minutes, straight through, to watch "the hatfields and mccoys." which was so fabulous. >> amazing. >> and the numbers are staggering. >> i'm so glad. because it's brilliant. it's so well done. great storytelling. great acting. wonderful. >> we're going to see a ton more shows like that. >> absolutely. that's going to be the new trend. >> we've been talking about the queen and the jubilee. >> i sat there the entire day with my little union jack. tonight is the big constacert. it's outside the palace. paul mccartney, shirley bassey, elton john. they set up so the balcony where william kissed kate is where the queen can sit almost like in a v.i.p. box in her own house and watch the entire show just outside -- >> after standing on that barge all that time, the least we can do is let the lady sit down. >> i have to say, the way she stood in that rain and cold and looked joyful? >> hey. the whole -- the whole nation was celebrated. >> philip was so much help. >> the whole nation was celebrating. >> thank you. up next, are you our "fan of the week"? >> probably not. find out where you might be headed after this. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] don't lose girls to dandruff. use axe anti-dandruff shampoo. ♪ lose the flakes. get the girls. only three girls in towels? amateur. yeah so uh, watch ted. ted rated r. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. 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>> we're from texas. >> this is our first time to new york actually. >> and what do we think? >> we've got a lot of junk here. >> we love it. but we're already garage saling. >> we'll talk about ways you can make money at home but you were just talking to us in the break about how you guys did miranda lambert and blake shelton's reception with junk. >> yes, we did. we did almost the whole thing with junk. they asked us to do their wedding. and we'd actually never done a wedding before but so we started with this one. it was amazing. we did almost the whole thing with junk and recycled pieces. >> it looks fantastic. >> it looks awesome. what was the theme? >> it was kind of like a rock and roll wonderland with kind of a splash of hillbilly. and a whole country flair to it. >> a little out of africa meets marilyn monroe with a lot of recycled stuff in there. >> you guys are crazy junk gypsies. >> let's pretend like we have junk and we wanted to sell it. what are some things we should do to make sure we get the most bang for our buck? >> joleen and i are definitely big believers in not throwing things away, especially if you can make money on it. everybody has these things in their garage like the old band instruments that your kids went through, the drum phase, guitar phase. whatever. we think like drums, you can take them and turn them into storage units. things like that you can always sell in a garage sale or sell them someplace like et ceteray. >> we'll add casters and make it an end table or storage unit. guitars are great decor items. >> right, you don't have to play it. just stick it on the wall. >> even like horns, french horns or tubas, you can turn those into lighting pieces. we've drilled holes in the tops of those before and hung them and made them as a lamp. >> of course you have. what about picture frames? a lot of people have tons of old picture frames. >> everybody has picture frames. >> you can even get frames at the dollar store that are really cute and spray some paint on them and then add some corkboard to the back and it's a really fun cute corkboard. if you group these together to try to sell them, it makes a good grouping. we found if you cluster things they look better. >> a lot of times people don't have a vision. they don't know where to put it, what to do with it. >> we found if we display things the right way it really helps them sell. people have to picture their junk in a new way. >> let's say you want to sell something online. taking the picture's got to be so important. >> it is so important. jolene and i, one of the best investments we made with our company was buying a really good camera. because you can actually make your money back so fast on that if you can take some really good pictures, get those online. that's the biggest thing is to try to really show somebody what it looks like. >> i would think you need to price things pretty well just to keep them moving. right? how do you know how to do that? >> with some junk -- some junk has great value and if you do a few things to it even increases the value. some junk you can't expect to get exactly what you paid for it but if you're making money it's better than not making any money. we found if you price things with a little bit of wiggle room people really like to feel like they're getting a deal. >> we had some people send in pictures. we wanted to see if you could give them advice. hillary from massachusetts sent in this picture of -- that's not -- that's amy. there's a picture of a rocking chair. how would you sell that? >> that's actually a really -- >> this is a good example because a lot of people have this kind of furniture sitting in their garage. it's a little dated and not dated in a good way. it's kind of just dated. they have old dressers or this rocking chair. this is a perfect example. you can sand it. you can paint it. and then we always sand things back a little bit -- >> give it a couple colors and sand it back down and you have two different colors showing through and you have that chippy peely -- we like chippy-peely -- >> shabby chic kind of look. >> you could even add a cushion to that rocking chair. if you wanted to add a little more -- >> do you have something about a wallet you wanted to share with us? >> well, we -- junking years ago we stopped at this little roadside place, and we saw this little thing of handmade wallets. there was this lady, she was probably about 80. i said oh, my gosh, i love these wallets. she said, oh, honey, 25 cents apiece on all those. so i was like okay. i was picking out a couple. she said ney, i made those when i was in the penitentiary. and honey was dixie. i said i'll take them all. >> everyone has a story. >> we did not ever find out why dixie was in the penitentiary. >> we don't want to know. write her a song. >> ladies, thank you so much. good friends of bobbie thomas's. you can catch "junk gypsies" saturday night on hgtv. tomorrow. >> pool parties. we'll tell you how you can make the best deal if you're planning on going to london for the olympics. right after this. 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what were you thinking? >> we don't know! we don't know. we don't know. we're not sure if we're going to be happy or sad at the end of 16 weeks of watching ourselves. >> well, you've wrapped your season and you've seen the premiere. so that you're happy with so far. >> yeah. >> but you also know what happened while you were taping. >> we do. we do. >> you've got to have a good sense of humor about it. lots of laughs. keep it light. >> and there is drama, sure. >> well, a lot of it -- we're just watching this one clip. it seems like such stupid drama, doesn't it? like don't say this to me. like the fight seems pretend. >> don't invite me to your party. you didn't invite me to yours. >> you didn't know the other ladies. right? that are not on anymore. >> oh, no, no. >> so how did you guys get to be the new housewives? was it a casting thing? >> somebody named jake spitz who is very close with betheny frankel called me up and said we want to interview you, please let bravo into your house. and i said absolutely not. and ultimately i did the interview and at the end of the day i took the gamble that the pros would outweigh the cons because i'm trying to raise awareness for amputees because i'm an amputee. and so if i'm made into a caricature and i look funny but i'm able to help people on a large scale through the television platform, i won. >> you lost your leg. >> i did. when i was 6 years old on a farm accident. and today there are 2 million amputees in america and 25 million who are physically challenged. >> what's cool about this group is you guys are very accomplished. >> carol, you're from our field. you're a journalist. >> yes. >> award-winning author. >> yes, you are, miss fancy. and now you're doing this. >> i'm much more comfortable in your position than in this position. >> what are you learning about yourself through this season, do you think? >> what am i learning about myself? i'm -- oh, god, that's an interesting question. i'm learning that i'm much more comfortable asking the questions and being behind the scenes and in the edit room than i was on camera. but you know, i like to -- you know, i was approached by andy cohen, who is an old friend of mine, and he asked me if i would ever consider this. and i like heather initially said no way. but then i thought about it and i kind of approached it like a job offer, an odd job made a little more interesting by the fact that i'm a writer. and i was just finishing my second book. >> sought timing was right for you? >> the timing was good and i just thought take a chance and it's a risk and -- >> and heather, you've got this -- you're known for this shapewear line that you have. you have this entire life of course before you stepped onto the set here. do you think this is going to help you or hurt you being on this show? >> i hope it's going to help. businesswise, i think it's brand awareness, of course. it garners a lot of interest in what i do as an entrepreneur, as a working woman, as a working mother, of a child who also has some very serious health concerns, as you know. and so for me it was an opportunity -- at first i had the same reaction as my castmates here saying, i don't think that's the right fit for me. but when you really think about it, it's opportunity knocking. and i think a lot of stuff in life that's worth anything is a risk. and you take a risk. i did look at it as like a self-study. like i could watch myself. clearly there's editing and all that stuff but i want to have a sense of humor about myself. >> you're going to take the high road, you ladies said. >> allegedly. >> i very much try to keep it real. i don't manufacture the reality. >> i don't always take the high road. >> i knew there was one of you. >> i failed. >> there's one honest one. >> you guys, thank you. good luck tonight. >> all the best. >> thank you. >> the season premieres tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central on bravo. all right. and coming up next, which of these chefs makes the best lobster roll? >> we've got the tough, tough job of figuring out which one. >> you know what, though? this is "today" on nbc. ♪ rock time now for "today's kitchen." what's cooking? we're going to tell you -- it is lobster. every year table.com holds their annual lobster roll rumble where 20 of the country's best lobster rolls compete for the title of fan favorite. >> we decided to hold a minirumble of our own. we've snagged three of the competing chefs to show us what they've got and who they are and what they're made of. mark murphy is executive chef of -- >> mark, raise your hands. >> barbara lynch is ceo of barbara lynch grubo. and luke holden is president and founder of luke's lobster. >> all right. >> are you guys ready? >> mark, come to us. >> let's do it. >> we're supposed to -- >> you're supposed to taste that. >> what makes yours unique, mark? tell us. >> why is mine better, you mean? >> yes, exactly. >> i thought so. i use a little bit of -- it's sort of a french thing. i do a little ayoli in mine. it's a little bit of must sxard little bit of sweet garlic. you cook the garlic very slowly in olive oil. brings that nice flavor. but then we go very american with a little bit of old bay seasoning in there. >> i love that. >> which i love. is that good? >> mm-hmm. >> we're so happy. >> i just mix in my other ingredients. i've got some tarragon, some parsley, some scallions, and of course some celery diced up nice and small. and then we mix in -- we just dump it all in there. and of course a little salt and pepper. >> doesn't look like you used that bad part of the lobster. i don't like that. >> which -- >> the little -- >> i know which part you're talking about. >> people have got to eat this too. >> the most important thing, once you mix all this together, i also butter the rolls. now, you see, what i like to do -- and a lot of people put the butter on the outside, but i like the butter on the inside so when you eat it you're not going to get dirty. i'm not trying to -- >> that was delicious. barbara. >> come on over here. >> mine is very simple. very, very -- >> this is the part. >> i'm not crazy about that. >> make a little lemon aioli. >> so you added lemon. he didn't have lemon in his. >> yeah, i like lemon. >> me, too. >> that's good, barbara. yours is good, too, mark. >> thank you. >> and i like my rolls toasted on the outside. >> oh, my god. that's really good. >> oh, my goodness. what are we going to do? >> barbara, this rocks. >> really delicious. something about the lemon. but i like the old bay. >> i have to stop eating that one so i can eat this one. >> i already have the inside information sow don't like the tips. >> i like the bread on this baby. >> putting a little bit of mayo on the inside. we're using a quarter pound of fresh maine lobster meat from my family seafood company up in maine. i call my dad and uncle, tell them what we need, they go out, deal directly with the fishermen, then bring the lobster down to our restaurants. put a quarter pound of meat in. >> you stuff that baby. >> look at the butter he's -- >> little bit of salted butter on top. >> oh, my god. >> some fresh-squeezed lemon. >> i'm putting my hand on the hot plate. >> celery salt, oregano and black pepper. >> okay. >> we just sprinkle a little bit on top. >> oh, come on. we have to discuss. >> if you can stop eating for one second, hoda. thank you. thank you very much. >> can we get them a drink? >> and the winner is -- >> i can make no decision because i love them all. >> both delicious, you guys. >> uh-oh.