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Michael Bolton Talks 'The New Celebrity Dating Game on ABC and Why He Cut His Hair!!!
Jun 14, 2021
Michael Bolton joins the Sway In the Morning crew to talk about his new show 'The Celebrity Dating Game' that airs on ABC tonight at 10pm ET.
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Michael Bolton Talks 'The New Celebrity Dating Game on ABC and Why He Cut His Hair!!!
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America's favorite matchmaking game is
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back.
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I'm excited to find love.
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And date night will never be the same.
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Yeah, I like [music] bad boys.
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Oh, do you?
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I'm a bad boy.
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[screaming]
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The Celebrity Dating Game.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's an honor to
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have him on the show as BB talked about
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75 million records sold, recording eight
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top 10 albums, two number one singles.
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That's not just it, man. Because of his
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voice, because of his discography, the
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world population has increased times
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two. There have been a lot of babies
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made to his music, citizens. And he's
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with us today, the one and only Michael
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Bolton is here. MICHAEL BOLTON,
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[screaming]
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THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
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WHAT'S UP?
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[laughter]
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I'M just
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just producing this television show that
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airs tonight on ABC at 10:00.
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The Celebrity Dating Game.
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I would have never predicted it, but
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I'm doing a lot of music in it as well
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throughout those um
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16 episodes.
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Mhm.
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And uh
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it's exciting because it's fun. We're
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laughing on stage, we're laughing
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backstage.
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Um get to do some great music and then
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cherry-pick the songs.
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And the the uh
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contestants are funny enough by
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themselves to carry the show, but
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uh Zooey Deschanel is my co-host.
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Zooey, what up to Zooey?
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She is awesome.
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That's indeed. Hey Mike, Michael, I feel
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like you Is it Do does it offend you
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when people call you Mike, by the way?
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No, no, no, especially when it's got a
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friendly ring like that.
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You like that? Okay, cool. I'mma roll
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with it then, just in case. Could Could
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[laughter] you know, you could have You
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could have hated it. You know what I
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mean, Mike?
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No, no, you're you're you're too
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friendly just just for me to
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misunderstand it, so.
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Okay, great, great. Mike, I feel like,
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man, you know, this is Sway, by the way.
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Uh I know Yeah.
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Absolutely, man, but damn it Mike, I I
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you know, I'm thrown off by the texture
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and tone of your voice, man. It's very
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soothing, Mike. I'm not sure these
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feelings I'm having RIGHT NOW.
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[screaming]
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[laughter]
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CHILL OUT, CALLAWAY.
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MICHAEL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING on
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with this What is that? That's That's
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just how you wake up and sound?
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I I think I think we're on to something.
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It's It's going to be a celebrity
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therapy show.
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[laughter]
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No, you know, I kind of I I like I tend
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to feel like I got to protect my voice
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cuz I
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I've been doing 60, 70 shows a year for
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maybe 25 years, 30 years almost.
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Mhm.
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And I'm always feeling like when I'm not
2:39
doing a show, it's time to preserve the
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voice.
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But the truth is actually not supposed
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to talk like this. Supposed to speak
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more like this, and that's better for
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the voice.
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I just get a little bit I go back to
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default like I'm I'm relaxing right now.
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I'm in an interview. It's friendly.
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I don't have to have my radar up and I
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can just chill and
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but when it comes showtime, I got to
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have my high C's and D's above high C
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and
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I just take it real seriously.
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I like that, man.
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Every once in a while, I got to be
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reminded to speak up.
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Speak up, huh? Yeah, Michael Bolton, you
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used to be with a hard rock and weren't
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you with a hard rock band at one point?
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I did. I I had a group called Blackjack.
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Did two albums in three, four years for
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Polygram.
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They spent a lot of money marketing it
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and we just didn't have a top 40 hit for
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it, so
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and I got an offer to um
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come as a solo artist to Columbia
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Records.
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I was signed when I was 16 to Epic
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Records. 16
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and I thought I made it and then 18
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years later I had my first hit.
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Oh, [ __ ]
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was 34.
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Three daughters and family of five to
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support and it was not fun.
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Ooh.
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I can imagine.
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your kids know how how much stress
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you're under. You can't You can't let
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them know.
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Mhm. So
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And um
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but then things took off eventually in
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'87.
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Mhm. '87, what's the song? That that
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definitive song that changed your life?
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So, I would probably I would have to say
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Soul Provider was
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Mhm.
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which was the name of the the title of
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the the album as well. Soul Provider,
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they knew it wasn't going to be the
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biggest hit. They just wanted to
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introduce me
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to the audience that way because of how
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it's how it felt.
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And I was getting a lot of crossover
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airplay. A lot of people thought I was
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black.
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And I met Tina Turner and she told me
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"Ah, for some I heard you, I thought you
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were a brother."
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And I was
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kind of shaking nervously. The fact that
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I was talking to Tina Turner was like
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otherworldly.
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But I wound up [snorts] getting a lot of
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airplay.
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Um
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and I always considered an honor because
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my primary influence as a kid was Ray
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Charles.
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Mhm.
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Mhm.
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And then Steve and Stevie and then
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Marvin and then basically
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that to me I was a student, they were
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the masters and
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continued on R&B crossover like so many
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many years.
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Mhm. Did you Did you What was the
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reception with the black audience? Were
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you married at that time?
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Um let's see. At the very beginning I
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was still married.
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Okay.
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Um
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but the connection with black audiences
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like something again
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because and I I did get to sing with Ray
5:42
Charles which was one of the greatest
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experiences of my life.
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Um and they walked me over to him to say
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hello, and I said, "Student finally
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meets the master."
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And he just had an ear-to-ear grin on
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his face from that, and we did the
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Georgia on My Mind together.
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And I performed with him two other
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times.
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Um,
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having approval and acceptance by
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the people who had the strongest
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influence over me meant a lot to me.
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Always always has, always will.
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So,
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and then then songs like I hear you got
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Georgia on My Mind in the background.
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You see what we doing for you, Mike?
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[laughter]
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You just keep talking. We got your back,
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brother. Don't worry.
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I appreciate that.
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Um, you know, when I look back, you
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know, it's just it's just been such an
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amazing ride to finally find my strength
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and my comfort zone singing.
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Uh, and at a time when this is a long
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time ago, but when a big album was 10 to
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12 million copies,
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um, Georgia
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um, Georgia was the fifth single on
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Time, Love, and Tenderness.
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Uh-huh.
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And I got nominated for a Grammy for it.
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But I was already I already had received
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confirmation that I had a lot of black
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fans all around the world.
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And uh,
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I just started I just started, you know,
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writing as much as I could. I was
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writing for other artists as well.
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Uh-huh.
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Um, and uh,
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got to sing with Patti LaBelle. I wrote
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a a duet for us.
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Uh-huh.
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And
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I just kept getting confirmation that
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just to follow my gut
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and trust it, and if a song wasn't
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written by me, but was a great song
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for my repertoire, I'd put it in the
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show.
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Or record it.
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Hm. Can we
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Can we listen to it a little bit?
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Listen to it a little. Michael Bolton is
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here, Sweaty in the Morning.
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look into my eyes
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Yeah.
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Wow.
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My childhood.
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Come on.
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Come on. That's Michael Bolton, Patti
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LaBelle. They on our show, right?
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Michael Bolton is here.
8:00
Come on.
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Listen, uh Michael, hi. This is Heather.
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Thank you so much for joining us here in
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Hi.
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Thank you for having me.
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Oh man, listen, it's a pleasure hearing
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you with the great our industry auntie
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uh Patti LaBelle. We love the legend. Um
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she's been a guest here as well. Hearing
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you with her in the song, it makes me
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think about Versus, and I don't know if
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you're familiar with Versus, but Versus
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is this webcast series created by Swizz
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Beatz and Timbaland where legends and
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artists play their music, you know, with
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other artists from their era and their
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genre, which like Patti LaBelle versus
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Gladys Knight. They did a legendary one
8:38
as well. It was Alicia Keys versus John
8:40
Legend. Is that something you would be
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interested in, and who you think would
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be a great Versus with you?
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Yeah, that's something I'd definitely be
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interested in.
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Wow.
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You just named You just named several
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artists that
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I would sing with in a heartbeat.
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Um
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I don't know. Um
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Bruno Mars.
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Mm.
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Ooh. Okay. I like it.
9:06
He sound like he did know the way he
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said that.
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He did. I was thinking I was thinking
9:09
Michael Bolton versus Michael McDonald.
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Oh, Michael McDonald's about us.
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Yeah, he's dope, too.
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Mm. Now, Bruno Mars, I like that.
9:19
Bruno, he stepped right up to the plate,
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[laughter] Sway.
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Sway.
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He's singing Bruno Bruno is singing
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another stride there, too, so
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Yeah.
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He's a sing
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tenor high tenor voice, you know.
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He's a singer. Hey Hey Michael, I don't
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I I I I I I don't want to I I I want to
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touch back on um
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the the celebrity dating game for
9:38
briefly cuz I know that's why we're here
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today.
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Yep.
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You know, ABC tonight 10:00 p.m. He's
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getting the big dollars. It's on ABC.
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Michael Bolton only get ABC money. He's
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not doing it on no cable. He's
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network TV. The celebrity dating game.
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Michael, I did this I did the dating
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game back in 1996.
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Unbelievable.
9:59
Isn't that something? I was doing a
10:00
morning show on came on K M E O in San
10:03
Francisco and they did something where
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they had a morning show host um, appear
10:06
on the dating game. I didn't win
10:08
Michael. I did not win. The girl did not
10:11
choose me. Huh?
10:13
Didn't get the date, huh?
10:14
Nah, but
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we still winning in other ways. You know
10:18
what I mean? I didn't get the date. But
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I remember being on there and um, I was
10:25
one of the contestants and she had to
10:26
interview the three of us and we were
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all fighting and jostling for the right
10:29
answer to probably win that date.
10:32
Beautiful woman. I didn't win the date.
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Uh, but it just had me think to me that
10:36
was like um, dating apps almost. It felt
10:39
like a dating app in person. You know,
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it made me think of how hard it must be
10:44
for people at that time I wasn't in the
10:46
public eye, but for people in the public
10:47
eye to find love because folks know who
10:50
you are. You know, they already know who
10:52
you are. They could Wikipedia you as
10:54
soon as they see Michael Bolton, let me
10:55
see how much he's worth. You know what I
10:57
mean? And you know, you really don't
10:59
know what people are in it for, but in
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this celebrity dating game
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it's celebrities
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dating celebrities trying to win a date
11:08
with other celebrities?
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No.
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Um, the contestants are non-celebrities.
11:14
There's one celebrity guest
11:17
that
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they're they're trying to win the the
11:19
date from and the celebrity guest can
11:21
ask them questions and interview them
11:23
basically. Like what's your what's your
11:26
idea of the ideal date? How do you know
11:28
if this is the right one, you know?
11:30
Mhm.
11:30
And and they answer back. They don't get
11:32
to see them until the reveal, till they
11:35
they decide, till they pick the one.
11:38
So, they can't basically they can't pick
11:40
based upon their
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their appearance.
11:43
Mhm.
11:43
They got to pick based upon who they
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are.
11:46
What the substance is. How maybe how
11:49
funny they are or entertaining they are.
11:52
How engaging they are.
11:53
And then they'll ask some serious
11:55
questions, you know, about kids and
11:56
raising kids and then but there's always
11:59
something funny. There's somebody's
12:00
always saying something
12:03
just crazy. You know, we all look at
12:05
each other on the stage and did you hear
12:07
what I just heard? Yeah, I heard that.
12:09
Um
12:11
Margaret Cho is on and she's
12:13
she's one of the celebs and she was
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she said something that I can't unhear.
12:19
Um but we're having fun. At the same
12:22
time we can add something to the space
12:24
and I'm thinking there's something funny
12:26
going on, I can chime in.
12:28
Or as Zoey Deschanel can chime in.
12:32
But usually there's enough entertainment
12:34
coming up going on between
12:36
the celebrity guest
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and the three candidates who are trying
12:40
to win the date.
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This is something people are just funny.
12:44
They're funny.
12:45
Yeah.
12:46
Yeah. So, but
12:48
And you kind of kind of get attached to
12:50
certain um
12:52
contestants. You kind of hope they they
12:54
win. You hope that
12:56
um like Taye Diggs was one of my
12:58
favorite guests.
13:00
And he was he was funnier
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he he he was like a professional
13:05
comedian on the show
13:07
for the entire time he was on and then
13:08
he had to pick his date.
13:11
I'm going to have to see see the episode
13:13
to get refreshed on how that turned out.
13:15
We're always hoping they pick the right
13:16
one.
13:17
Mhm. Okay.
13:18
But sometimes sometimes they go to the
13:20
directly to the wrong one.
13:22
Like
13:24
Do do you guys sign um what what kind of
13:26
wave some type of waiver had to be or
13:28
something in case the celebrity take the
13:30
date out on the first night and it don't
13:32
go great and
13:34
you know what I mean? Like the next day
13:36
the date trying to sue Michael Bolton or
13:38
something. You know what I mean, Mike?
13:39
Y'all sign some kind of waiver or
13:41
something?
13:42
No, you're NDA. Now you're into
13:45
legal territory. All the paperwork
13:49
is involved, but that's funny because
13:51
all of us think of that at some point in
13:53
time.
13:54
Yeah.
13:54
So,
13:55
but we've got lawyers who are usually
13:59
looking at indemnification and
14:01
protections and how handles everybody
14:04
handles everything. It was a Sony
14:05
production.
14:07
Um first class. Uh it's a big ABC
14:10
project.
14:11
And I know Zoey Zoey's people are
14:14
protecting her and my people are
14:15
protecting me, but
14:17
we don't want to be
14:18
anywhere near
14:20
promoting anything like that.
14:21
Everybody's Everybody's been really cool
14:23
so far.
14:23
Okay. That's cool. Michael Bolton is
14:25
here. Um we got a couple callers. I know
14:27
Tracy and Rich got a question for you,
14:29
Mike, if you don't mind, man. I'm going
14:30
to uh Pennsylvania. David's on the line.
14:33
Grand risings, David.
14:35
What's up, David?
14:36
Hey, David.
14:38
Yo.
14:39
Hello.
14:39
Yo.
14:40
What's up, David?
14:41
Yo, yo, yo.
14:43
What's going on?
14:44
hear me?
14:45
Yes, David. You got
14:46
perfectly.
14:48
Michael,
14:48
I can hear you perfectly.
14:49
Thank you, God. Thank you. I'm I'm
14:51
professional piano movers. I called a
14:53
couple couple years
14:55
Yes.
14:55
back,
14:56
but I want to I want to confirm this.
14:57
Michael, I moved your piano. It was
15:00
actually not yours,
15:02
but
15:03
you had a show in DC in '01.
15:06
I was with my boss at the time.
15:10
My boss always had those disposable
15:12
cameras in the truck in case a damage
15:15
would happen. This is back before we had
15:16
cell phones.
15:18
Mhm.
15:19
He had one picture left and he took it
15:21
with you and wouldn't let ME IN THE DAMN
15:23
PICTURE.
15:25
[laughter]
15:26
OH, MAN.
15:28
THAT'S RIGHT. I think you should sue him
15:29
for that.
15:30
[laughter]
15:32
Lawyer up.
15:34
We
15:36
We were We moved a grand piano in and I
15:39
I can't really remember the building. It
15:41
was one of the shows down in DC that you
15:43
had done.
15:44
DC
15:44
But, man, it was
15:46
Been there quite a few times, so.
15:48
Yeah, it was a 9-ft
15:50
Was it an amphitheater, maybe?
15:52
Yes, it was an amphitheater and you had
15:54
You had a 9-ft Steinway. We called them
15:56
CNAs at the time.
15:59
CNAs
16:00
Why?
16:01
CNAs and the reason for The reason being
16:03
is it was Jordan Kitts Music is who
16:06
ended up Whoever you deal with ordered
16:09
that piano from Jordan Kitts Music, and
16:11
we did all Jordan Kitts's deliveries
16:13
back then. And we were like They They
16:15
told us to. They were like, "Look, this
16:17
is Michael Bolton's piano. It wasn't
16:19
your actual piano, but it was one that
16:20
they rented to you. They said, "Take
16:22
extra good care of it."
16:24
Y'all did that, Dave? Y'all did that?
16:26
Y'all took care of
16:27
My man, David. Give him a round of
16:29
applause. He's a citizen, Michael. He's
16:31
a big fan of yours, man.
16:33
That guy, man.
16:36
Yeah, we Yeah, so what So had to go on.
16:38
Uh Tracy, you want to ask Michael
16:39
something?
16:40
Yeah, absolutely, Michael. I'm so happy
16:42
that we get to have you on the show.
16:44
Like I was mentioning earlier, you're
16:46
all over You're welcome. You're all over
16:48
my childhood. Like on the weekends, you
16:51
were in heavy rotation with my parents.
16:53
And one of the most distinct features
16:55
about you outside of your voice, of
16:57
course, was that long flowing mane. And
17:01
I wonder if it was as hard for you to
17:03
let go of it with that cut as it was for
17:06
many of us, your fans.
17:08
It was. I mean, I was a Beatle fan, you
17:11
know, as a kid and grew long hair, and
17:13
then
17:14
people pressured us to cut our hair. My
17:16
brother and I were both in bands.
17:19
And the more they pressured us, the more
17:20
we rebelled and grew it longer.
17:22
Mhm.
17:23
And then, it just just got to a point
17:25
one day,
17:26
I remember I was in Los Angeles, and
17:29
and I said, I think it's time to cut my
17:31
hair.
17:32
It's time for a change.
17:34
And it was kind of scary. Once the uh
17:37
the person who is who came in to cut
17:39
[clears throat] it was um
17:41
But he was the guy who did Tom Cruise
17:43
and Brad Pitt's hair, so I figured how
17:44
bad
17:45
How bad could I look after it?
17:46
I didn't look like either one of them
17:48
after it. But I I got in the shower,
17:51
[laughter]
17:51
put 10 times as much shampoo as I needed
17:54
in my hands, and realized
17:56
I cut my hair.
17:58
Mhm.
17:59
Now it's a quick shower, and I'm on to
18:00
the show, and on to on to work, and not
18:02
to spend all my time
18:04
thinking about it or or taking care of
18:06
it. But
18:07
I can't knock the level of success that
18:10
was happening through those long-haired
18:12
years.
18:12
Mhm.
18:13
Yes.
18:14
It was working for somebody.
18:18
Yep.
18:18
Michael Bolton.
18:19
short is working for somebody, too.
18:21
Yeah, you killing it, Mike. I see you
18:23
slicking clean. Rich Nice, you want to
18:24
jump in?
18:26
Absolutely, Mr. Bolton. It's a pleasure
18:27
to speak with you. Uh "Missing You Now"
18:29
is one of my favorite songs. I I
18:31
probably burnt that song in the ground a
18:33
million times.
18:35
Um I wanted to ask you when it comes to
18:37
when it comes to dating you're welcome
18:38
when it comes to dating,
18:40
um
18:41
have you ever done a song with a feature
18:43
like a like a female singer that um
18:47
you eventually wanted to date or did
18:48
date? And what advice would you give to
18:51
people in entertainment that wanted to
18:53
date someone that they was working with
18:54
in the studio?
18:57
Wow.
18:59
That's I was thinking that's kind of a
19:01
tough one, but it's it's really not
19:03
because
19:04
um just like I think there's people like
19:08
actors, you know,
19:10
uh actors actresses like get together,
19:12
and they
19:13
they they're seen in public and they're
19:15
they're a thing they're an item and then
19:17
if they got legs, you know, it's it's
19:19
like years or they get married and have
19:21
kids.
19:22
It's just really having something in
19:24
common.
19:25
If you're a singer, you got a lot in
19:27
common with another singer because it's
19:29
usually your first passion when you're a
19:31
kid.
19:32
When you're younger, that's all you
19:33
focus on is being a professional singer.
19:38
And um
19:40
I think that it's fairly common that
19:43
people go out with people they work
19:45
with.
19:46
I think it might be might be different
19:49
um
19:51
depending on what the working
19:52
relationship is. So, I think it's
19:55
pretty
19:57
pretty common
19:59
that people go out with people they work
20:00
with.
20:02
In in music and and film.
20:05
Okay.
20:05
Is there anyone that you sang with that
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you dated?
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Um
20:12
um having um
20:14
problems with THE AUDIO NOW.
20:17
[laughter]
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I'M DEAD.
20:20
YO.
20:21
[laughter]
20:22
I GOT TO USE THAT ONE, MICHAEL. THAT'S A
20:24
GOOD ONE.
20:26
MIKE, YO.
20:28
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT smooth voice went
20:29
silent's way. [laughter]
20:32
I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
20:35
[laughter]
20:36
CAN WE GET A TECH CAN WE get a
20:37
technician on Mike's um
20:39
connection?
20:40
Mike check.
20:40
It's fine. It's fine. You know, if I
20:41
didn't get that response, I would have I
20:43
would have been my first question, first
20:44
answer. [laughter]
20:46
Hello, is this fun? Okay.
20:48
Is that thing on? Is that thing on?
20:51
[laughter]
20:51
Is it working? I don't know. I don't
20:53
know.
20:53
I don't
20:55
That was very
20:55
I love you, man. Hey hey Michael Bolton,
20:57
man. Give this man a round of applause,
20:59
bro. Hey listen.
21:01
Uh
21:02
Thanks, man.
21:02
Absolutely, man. I I'mma tell I'mma say
21:05
it now, Mike. I don't know what part of
21:06
country you in. If you on the west or
21:08
east coast.
21:09
East coast.
21:10
East coast. Great. Cool. Cool. Cool.
21:12
Which what what state? What state?
21:14
Connecticut.
21:14
Connecticut. You're not far. We're going
21:16
to be opening our building soon, man. We
21:18
we've had a lot of folks from
21:21
Jon Batiste to Anthony Hamilton to Patti
21:24
LaBelle,
21:26
Gladys Knight, you know,
21:28
um
21:29
Philip Bailey. You know, all these folks
21:31
have come come on our show and sang
21:33
something for us, man. It would mean a
21:34
lot, man. I know it's a whole lot to get
21:36
Michael Bolton to sing um that comes
21:39
with it, but if if your time ever frees
21:41
up and when when the building opens up
21:43
and you want to come down to Manhattan
21:44
hang out with us in person and maybe
21:47
bolt out a few songs, no pun intended.
21:49
Um
21:51
But when when's it going to be when's
21:52
when are you talking about?
21:53
Uh probably the next What is this? What
21:55
are What are we in June?
21:56
This is June.
21:57
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so probably we we open
22:01
um
22:01
August, maybe. Let's say August.
22:05
Some somewhere around there. We'll reach
22:07
out. Would you be open to it?
22:08
Can Can Can Yes, definitely I'll be open
22:10
to it. Can you Can you um
22:13
You know who to get in touch with?
22:14
Sonia. You know Sonia Marco?
22:16
We
22:16
Get in touch with Sonia. She'll know
22:18
what part of the universe I'm supposed
22:19
to be in in August.
22:21
Okay.
22:21
That sounds like it something that would
22:23
be
22:24
my honor and fun to do.
22:26
My man, Michael Bolton, guys. Y'all
22:27
heard that, man. Y'all heard him say it,
22:29
man. There was no
22:29
Beautiful.
22:30
There was no phones, no no audio issues.
22:34
[laughter]
22:35
No audio problems, gentlemen.
22:38
All right. Well, Michael Bolton, man,
22:40
congratulations on the Celebrity Dating
22:41
Game. Sounds like a lot of fun. I know
22:45
Absolutely. Tonight, ABC, 10:00 p.m. I
22:47
know our
22:48
our audience will be watching. Michael
22:50
Bolton, thank you for being on the show
22:52
and you're a citizen, Michael.
22:53
A sway in the morning.
22:59
Turn the clock back.
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