they re just telling you that what they know. i want to learn. i want to learn. certainly they make use of the microphone. in terms of yeah, of course. you said when you announced you were stepping down that cnn didn t pressure you in any way, but did you feel nudged a little bit after the ratings went down? not nudged. i wasn t offered as long a contract as i had been in the past. mm-hmm. and i thought it was time to go, howie. i thought it was you know, 25 years turned to 25 1/2. that s a long time in one place. we re in the guinness book of world records. it s the longest running television show hosted by the same person at the same time on the same network ever. ever. ever. did you get that, america? evah. people who make fun of you sometimes, you know, saturday night live, make fun of all the times you were married. did that ever bother you? no. i was married many times.