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This country. i hate leaving this country. i just went to the turks and caicos. they had so many ants over there, i was about to throw up. >> to be serious -- >> i love americans. i love america. i love our freedom. and nowhere could a guy like me, a of speech? >> by sublime irony really, you now have the most powerful man and woman in the world being barack obama and robin, who you created, of course. when you first took robin on, it was controversial, you made a big deal of this. it is a symbo...

Successful. and one of the things that i knew that i needed in the show was someone to play off who was really great with me. and that was robin. i got lucky and got her. so this career has been neurotic. and what ive put into it and what ive really tried to cultivate witht -- >> talking about the things youve cultivated, were going to take a little break and when we come back, i want to talk to you about the three things i believe you care about most -- sex, sex and sex. >> you are a sexy man. ...

Youve enjoyed, the status and everything that comes with it, what would motivate you to get out of bed at 3:30, 4:00 every day to carry on doing this? >> i dont know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? ive proven everything i need to prove. my show has been successful. i went to satellite. we started with 600,000 people there. now were over 20 million. i feel like we hit a home run. ...

What would motivate you to get out of bed at 3:30, 4:00 every day to carry on doing this? >> i dont know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? ive proven everything i need to prove. my show has been successful. i went to satellite. we started with 600,000 people there. now were over 20 million. i feel like we hit a home run. when i say we, i mean the whole show, robin and fred and gary...

Thats robin. so this whole idea that, you know, robin, black woman, you know, someone said its brilliant. then you can talk about black people. i go, im not that calculated. i needed a good problem and robin is it. >> when we come back, i want to talk about justin bieber, miley cyrus and whether i was right to ban madonna from this show. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans arent getting enough whole grain. but actually, its easier than you think, because general mills big g line of cereals i...

And we started talking. it was effortless. thats robin. so this whole idea that, you know, robin, black woman, you know, someone said its brilliant. then you can talk about black people. i go, im not that calculated. i needed a good problem and robin is it. >> when we come back, i want to talk about justin bieber, miley cyrus and whether i was right to ban madonna from this show. >> okay. that 18-wheeler should have crushed us. the steering wheel was in my lap. [ woman ] i was watching the most ...

But it was wonderful training ground. >> one of the questions on twitter today, if youve got the money that you made, the success youve enjoyed, the status and everything that comes with it, what would motivate you to get out of bed at 3:30, 4:00 every day to carry on doing this? >> i dont know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? ive proven everything i need to prove. my show has bee...

And the station was horrible. in a horrible location. everything was bad about it. and i was alone in detroit. my wife hadnt moved there at the time. and i was living in a hotel. i would tape my show. id go back to the hotel, listen to the show and then i would sit in the room, i wouldnt leave it. i never socialized. i never went out to dinner. i would sit and wait for the next show. i was insane. i would wait and think about the next show. i only wanted to be successful on the radio. and not be...

Day to carry on doing this? >> i dont know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? ive proven everything i need to prove. my show has been successful. i went to satellite. we started with 600,000 people there. now were over 20 million. i feel like we hit a home run. when i say we, i mean the whole show, robin and fred and gary. i said to myself, why am i doing this anymore? it makes me c...