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You're going to do on here. they tell me you're a journalist. >> a journalist? >> that's what they tell me. >> i was a journalist for 25 years. >> people in america don't know that. >> they do now. >> what is your background? tell the world. >> i'm doing the interview, howard. it's not your show. i am in charge. >> piers, i want to see you be successful. i wish you a lot of luck. but as i said to your people in there, i said, look, piers was in england. to be successful in england is very nice. but england's the size of philadelphia. to conquer england, it takes about two days. >> let me tell ...

>> well, it's not on. >> that's what i mean. might as well not be on. >> he's had as many viewers as -- >> piers morgan's coming, whoo-hoo. >> are you going to apologize? >> i want you to be successful. >> you don't want me to be successful. >> i like you. >> but i don't believe you want me to be successful. if they're all talking about me, they're not talking about you. >> i don't see it that way at all. i think that i have a very nice career and that my career will always be here. i've seen them all come and go. i really, truly want you to be successful. i hope you do well. >> what's the sec...

>> more or less? >> i'm going to be doing less hours. >> less hours for the same money or more money -- >> i'm not saying how much money. they've asked me not to say that. >> more or less than the last deal, as a salary? >> i would say it's about the same. i would say it's about the same, maybe a little more. >> a little more for a little less work? >> that's right. >> it was a better deal for you? >> a better deal. >> when you announced the deal, the stock price went up by 20%, presuming you have stock? >> i do have stock. >> you made another skinful of cash -- >> no, the stock hasn't made en...

>> are you worth a quarter of oprah? >> oprah is worth way more money than i am. >> does that annoy you that the queen of all media is worth more than you? >> yeah. oprah was in syndication and she took chances and i admire that. i do admire that about oprah. i don't know why, it somehow bothers me that her career has been based on taking phil donahue's format and doing a retread. but that's okay. she's brilliant at it and people love her. and she deserves every penny. performers deserve to be paid if they have the audience. nobody's doing charity here. >> jay leno said about you when you made...

Naked. and people have said our show was the introduction of reality television because really what i was saying is, it's not about her being naked, it's that somebody would even want to come down to my studio and be naked and be seen in this way. it has to be something more to this? why are you down here in the first place and what do your parents think of this and what's going on anyway? no, i liked it. i had many bits where i was hands-on for many years. but i'm older and wiser now. >> are you sex mad? >> i'm fascinated by sex. i'm fascinated by the fact that it's so taboo. i found it fasci...