>> kim did release a statement. a lot of people saw the crush of cameras when she arrived in australia. i wonder if she expected that kind of response. and in some cases backlash depending on who you're talking to. >> it's a huge hit in 150 countries around the world. i think she's come to expect it. >> my sister was in dubai when she was there. she said it was just like this kim kardashian insanity. >> pandemonium. >> here's her statement. first and foremost, i married for love. i can't believe i have to defend this. i would not have spent so much time on something just for a tv show. i love with all my heart and soul. i want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe i rushed into something too soon. i feel like i was on a fast roller coaster and couldn't get off when now i know i probably should have. >> you know, people are going to have their opinions. that's the kim i know. is the person that is a hopeless romantic. but the thing is that i think she has to understand now at this point -- and we'll talk to kris about it a little bit later, too. it's almost impossible to have a normal life anymore. they've become bigger than life. if you want those things, i remember saying to marla maples once. she said she was so in love with dona trump and all of that. she wanted -- frank and i lived out on a farm in connecticut with a white picket fence. she was talking about, this is the life i want. this is the life i want with donald. i said, here's the thing. you're never going to have this life with donald. you got to understand that. you'll have a different kind of life and maybe you can be happy. didn't turn out so well. you've got to understand the reality of the situation is if you're going to marry a kardashian, you're going to be caught up in their world. they're all about family. it's almost impossible to have a private life. >> what's interesting is the fans are so emotional. like, it's -- this is, i guess, what happens when you open your family up. people really feel a part of it. they feel a part of the love, the joy. they feel betrayal. they feel hurt. >> of course. >> they feel everything. at first i was like, wow, this sort of crazy anger, like, this is insanity. >> is that what most of it is? >> a lot of it is on the high temperature. i think people felt invested. some people have been saying it's a sham. kris says that's absolutely ridiculous and so does kim. i think it's one of those things that people don't like to feel betrayed in anyway. >> ultimately it is her life. >> yeah, yeah. >> she has the right to make her choices. here's the thing. we live with the repercussions of the choices we make. i don't know. we don't know the truth. we're going to try to find the truth from kris when she comes on. she's been very, very busy. usually she comes to new york, i get a chance to say hello. not today! >> justin bieber is also in the news of late. so on -- just when his album's being released a young girl comes out and says she and justin bieber had a sexual encounter. not only that -- >> very brief. >> she said 30 seconds. >> anyway. >> then she said she has a baby that's now 3 months old and she wants him to take a paternity test and all that. she said it happened at a concert? >> the staples center in l.a. >> he invited her backstage and they went into a restroom. >> about the most romantic thing i've ever heard of. i hope it's not true. interesting legal ramifications if it is. the girl is apparently older -- two years older than justin. he would have 16 at the time which is statutory rape. >> makes her 18. yeah. those are fuzzy when you're that close in age. >> you and i differ on these kinds of things. the law is the law for a reason. >> she believes everything is black and white. >> here's what i also think. if it's a lie she should have charges brought against her. for defamation of character. there's got to be a stop to this at some point, too. >> the timing is questionable. her lawsuit -- her suit against him is coming out right when his album is released. >> yeah. and the baby's 3 months old? how about when she got pregnant? >> that's how cynical we've become as a culture. everything's planned. >> everything's planned. i wish i could be devious like that and manipulate stuff and plan stuff. i say bring it on. let it happen. bring it. >> if you fantasize about your celebrity crush, and you're married or in a committed relationship, one study says it's a good thing. because it keeps the -- the juices flowing, apparently. the fantasizing about a stranger or a celebrity crush -- >> i disagree with this. what do you think? >> first of all, i disagree with the whole really fantasizing about a celebrity crush. i think you fantasize more about people who you see or know. the fedex guy. >> anybody in this room? >> there might be somebody. >> jerry? >> or anthony? yeah, baby. >> i like j.d. a lot, a lot of hotties around here. >> they say it increases the fun you have with your own partner because you're more stimulated. and you say? >> i -- i just say it makes the guy you're married to look worse than he actually is. because if you have a crush on george clooney and somebody in your cast does, and she shall remain nameless. >> but her initials are? >> joann lamarca. you have a fantasy about this man who seems perfect, of course we all know in reality he isn't. all of a sudden your husband's stinky socks are going to smell stinkier. his bad breath is going to smell stinkier. all about smells. his stomach isn't going to look as good as george clooney does. you start -- >> nitpicking? >> nitpicking and not appreciating the man you're married to. >> good point. so we trashed that study. one of our facebook fans we want to apologize lately. >> you want to. it was your idea. not guilty. >> i was saying if your shoes are a half size too big for you and you want to wear them still, what works is if you take a maxi pad. let's just say what it is. you peel off the sticky part and put it in your shoe. suddenly, uncomfortable shoes are comfortable. they fit better, whatever. it costs a couple cents. >> dr. scholz makes nice ones. >> sharon taylor heard about our advice. >> whose shoes are those? >> i don't know. anthony. >> i feel bad for sharon taylor. she put her maxi pads in. she had to go to the airport. she put them on the conveyor belt. you know, it wasn't pretty. she felt bad. she realized it. we want to apologize. >> keep your shoes on. >> i just want to give a big shout out to the folks -- >> you've been wanting to since the weekend. >> a couple days. the folks at the kennedy center. we had this honoring the promise gala. it was a terrific gala. ambassador nancy brinker, sister of susan g. komen. a lot of great people were there. there were tons of wonderful people who came up. a couple of actors from "scrubs" and different shows you've heard of. it was great. all for breast cancer. a big shout out for that. and my friend chris dukes, in green on the end, she had a nice breast cancer event i attended, too. the bcrf. >> do you ever stay home and take care of hodie? >> yes, i do. >> you've got a quiet weekend coming up? no. your mother's retiring. >> yes. it's still going to be a quiet weekend. semiretiring on thursday. she's going to go back to work right after. >> library of congress is going to cease to exist. i don't think it can run. look at that. uncle jay. very cozy looking family. coming up next, kris jenner on daughter kim, all things kardashian. she's got a new book out. >> we'll get to the things in the book, kris, we promise. first, these messages. now, my good friend kris jenner can officially add author to her bio. in her new book -- >> her memoir called "kris jenner and all things kardashian" takes us through her early childhood in san diego and through marriages and reality empire and key moments that helped define her life, including losing one of her best friends, nicole brown simpson. >> thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here. >> i said i could use a real great dose of girlfriends this morning. i'm really happy to be here. >> tell us about -- the news broke on monday. and instantly it was just like chaos and pandemonium. >> yes. >> and there were -- mine, i know you're saying everyone was kind of nice. there was a lot of backlash that i heard. were you anticipating that degree of backlash? >> you know, when kim told me, i kind of braced myself for the worst. because it was shocking to all of us. nobody wants to go through something like this. it's devastating. not only to kim, but to our family. we're very sad. you have all these different emotions, you know. we're just sort of on this honeymoon from the wedding. it seems like it happened a minute ago. >> tell us what she actually said. >> she told me what she needed to do. she said, mom, i've been praying and after careful thought, just meditation and consideration, this is what she felt she needed to do. >> but why, kris? >> she's going to, i'm sure -- i can't be here to be her personal voice. that's not my place. >> you're her mom. why do you think? >> something went -- something's not right. you know? she realized that. she had to make it right for her and for her heart and soul. you know, kim's a very honest girl. she wears her heart on her sleeve. she's a hopeless romantic. she wanted this more than anything. and i think she got in over her head and she's devastated. she feels terrible about it. >> given how close you guys are, if people who watched the episode she had what could have been cold feet or could have been worse, she kept saying i'm not sure i want to go through with this, you're closer to her than anybody. you know your daughter better than anyone does. you probably know the difference between cold feet and, uh-oh, this is a mistake. what did you think was happening as it was getting closer and closer to the day? >> you know, it was hard for me because there was so much going on and i had such input into the wedding and the planning and everything that was going on. i had so many family members to keep track of and thought kim had herself in check, you know. as i started to notice her, i thought, well, maybe -- somebody asked me, is she a bridezilla. i said, you know what? she's unusually calm. i think kim obviously has feelings that she'll share eventually with all of us, including me. she's in australia. she's terribly guilty that she's disappointed anybody, including especially her family and all of us. she didn't want to disappoint anyone else. she went on with her duties in australia and she'll be home in a few days. >> did you try to talk her out of it? did you say to her -- knowing you, i would think, why didn't you guys get off the road for a while. do some counseling. you barely had time to be in the same country together much less be in a marriage. >> exactly. you know, here's the thing. i told kim, you've made this decision. you know, you've thought about this. of course, you want things to work out. you know? i met and married bruce jenner within five months. >> i remember. >> that's crazy. khloe got married in nine days. you and i talked about that. nine days? really? everybody said then, this is fake. this is a sham. they're the two most in love people that i know. bruce and i are going strong. i said to kim, you're not the first person to go through a divorce and you won't be the last. no matter how the length or whatever. get through this. obviously, she has these feelings. she's human. she's hurting. i have to respect that. as her mom, wrap my arms around her. >> the big beef i think a lot of people have is they all think it's about cha-ching. this was all a money thing. they made a ton of money. they sell their pictures. they've got a clothing line, perfume. you are a tremendous brand. people saw this as another way to bank. >> she didn't make any money off the wedding. she made some money with her pictures or whatnot. we had our fees for shooting a show just like anybody else. at the end of the day she had to pay money for her wedding. what she netted from the wedding was nothing. she paid money to make her reality true. just because it's written on the front of a magazine or a newspaper doesn't make it real. >> why didn't you at the time, kris, say this is not true. the ring did not cost $2 million. we're not making $20 million. >> because it was so ridiculous. you have to address -- we were busy planning a wedding. not worrying about silly rumors. >> these are the questions people have. >> at some point you get fed up. you hit a wall. you go, stop the nonsense. of course this wasn't a sham. do you know how hard it was for us to even say this to our fabulous network, "e!" and to tell my mother, it took me like -- it's like, whoa. >> what about your conflict. your conflict is you are not just the mother of kim kardashian, you are the manager. all the girls. you're the manager. you have to do more than just make sure everybody's in check. you have to make sure the business continues to run. do you think you could have compromised some of your motherly duties because you were worried about your business duties? >> when we did the wedding, the wedding wasn't my business. that wasn't -- didn't have anything to do with business. you know, the wedding was for kim. what i was doing was planning parties and a wedding and family members from out of town and if that's what you're talking about. but now my only job, you know, i have to put manager to the side right now. i'm kim's mom. first and foremost. that's what i'm here to do and to help her through this. all you've got is your family. >> kris humphries has a different kind of a statement which was a little surprising. >> he looked like he was blind sided. >> like he didn't see this coming. >> he wants to work it out. >> yeah. >> i haven't spoken to kris. i talked to him last week one time about something else. haven't spoken to him. you know, he's been in minnesota. so i don't know. >> okay. >> you don't think there's any hope for reconciliation? >> i don't know. when kim comes home from australia, i'll get more of a feel for what's going on. right now all i know is she's devastated. that's all i can wrap my head around right now is just making sure she's okay. >> is there anywhere she can go and not be -- heal or work on this? >> of course! she can go to your house. that's where we all go when we need a place to stay and heal. >> let's talk about kris. there's a lot in your book. in it i knew you were close with nicole simpson -- nicole brown. i was surprised you were supposed to meet her on the very day she was killed. i didn't know that. >> we were supposed to have lunch. she wanted to meet me two nights before. i couldn't because bruce was out of town and he had flown to do the golf tournament in chicago. and -- >> the same one that o.j. went to afterwards? >> we never figured that one out. i asked bruce that. was that the same golf? it was so foggy. they were in the same city at a celebrity tournament. i had the two little girls who are your goddaughters. i was babysitting, obviously. >> one of them turns 16 years old tomorrow. >> i know! isn't that great? anyway, yeah. i think anybody -- nicole was a dear, dear friend. such a good friend. anybody who was in her universe and in her realm. and a great mom and a great wife and a great sister and a great daughter. i think anybody that went through that at that time was devastated by that loss. but felt the sense of guilt. we all wondered, could you have done anything to make -- to change the outcome. >> you were surprised, but not shocked as i remember. same reaction frank had when we were told -- >> we went through that together. >> yeah. you talk about so many things. your marriages. you talk openly about an affair. you're like, this happened. why so open about the affair you had when you were married to robert kardashian? >> you know what? we get a lot -- i get tons of letters and thousands of e-mails of people asking me about my life and what happened here and why did this happen. so it seemed like a good time to write a book and do my memoir. when you do it, you have one shot at it. you do it one time. i thought, i'm just going to tell the truth. i'm going to tell my story from soup to nuts, from "a" to "z" and let it all hang out. we're pretty much an open book in case you haven't noticed. >> we've learned. >> it felt natural for me to be honest about that. my kids were okay with that. my husband was okay with that, bruce jenner. >> he's known. >> of course. i'm not the first person to have gone through something like that either. so i think it's important to tell my story and let people know, you know, what caused that. everyone's like, why did you get divorced? well, i made a huge mistake. and i'm human. i learned from that mistake and hopefully, you know, my life is better because of it. >> you regretted it hugely because of the hurt. >> my biggest regret. divorce was definitely my biggest regret in my life. >> we'll be thinking about you in the weeks ahead. you've got a place to come here, kris. >> i love you guys. thanks for being such good friends. up next, "what the what?" photos that make you look twice. right after this. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com. there's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. think you can beat my time? 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