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To the public eye. perhaps he can explain and tell us how he's been. joining us, my friend lawrence o'donnell and his period back with us after a three-month convalescence after a car accident he's now recovered from. lawrence, great to see you, my friend. how are you? >> rachel, this is a medically induced beard. you know, i had surgery and i was in the hospital for almost two weeks and there's a period there where i literally didn't have the strength to shave. and then before you know it, you've got a beard. and then actually, and there are some medical reasoning for this, there came a point...

Yours was prescribed, literally medically induced, is this the new you? and do you think you're going to use it as sort of like an on ramp back to the show? when do we get you back? >> rachel, we've been searching for the real me for so long now. and, but this is, you know, this is my, i can't know, 400th beard. i went through, you know, a real easy rider period during my motorcycle years with the long hair and long beards and all that stuff and i've had a lot of those different looks so it's kind of the old me back again. and i'm ready to start doing my tv show again on monday. don't tell ari...

Stewart's beard. he went off to direct the movie for two months, came back with this full beard. what i liked about it was it very clearly said to the audience, the whole time for the first week or two that he had that beard, that, yes, i've been away, i know, we're going to work this out and get back together. and then, you know, a couple weeks in the beard was gone and he was completely back. >> well, do you -- even though yours was prescribed, literally medically induced, is this the new you? and do you think you're going to use it as sort of like an on ramp back to the show? when do we get...