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In the morning, in a coffee shop in the Rockefeller Center building.
After waiting patiently for more than ten minutes, Stephanie Seymour finally saw Cindy walking in with a shoulder bag and dressed casually, so she stood up enthusiastically and greeted her: "Hi, Cindy, how are you doing?"
"Very good, how about you?"
Cindy and Stephanie Seymour embraced, put down the satchel, and sat down in the booth.
"It's not bad," Stephanie Seymour nodded, beckoned the waiter to come over, then poked her head, lowered her voice and asked gossipingly, "Do you know?"
"Just give me a glass of water," Cindy told the waiter, before smiling at Stephanie Seymour, "Know what?"
"That's right," Stephanie Seymour made a small gesture indiscriminately, then laughed again in a blink of an eye, and said, "You must know, hey, how is your relationship with him now?"
"Very good, but can you stop being so gossiping in your tone."
Although Cindy's tone was very casual, Stephanie Seymour could clearly hear the satisfaction of some little women from it, and couldn't help feeling a little jealous. That figure appeared in my mind again, remembering the merciless slap when we met the last time, and I gritted my teeth again in a blink of an eye.
"Actually, even if you don't like other men now, it's good to be with Linda. Why continue to entangle with him. He's just a playboy. Look at what he did yesterday. In order to cover up his scandal, everything Everyone was disturbed. Peter had to hold a special meeting yesterday, and repeatedly told the heads of several newspapers and magazines under his company not to provoke him. What a little bastard."
The waiter brought over a glass of water, and Cindy took a sip of it, and said with a smile, "Okay, don't always speak ill of him behind his back, be careful that he knows and deal with you."
Stephanie Seymour glanced around subconsciously and felt a little embarrassed by her reaction, so she said in a tone of voice: "How can he deal with me now? I'm not a Victoria's Secret Angel anymore."
Cindy put down the glass, did not answer Stephanie Seymour's words, and asked instead: "What have you been up to lately?"
Hearing Cindy's question, Stephanie Seymour's expression suddenly felt a little lost: "What else can I do, look at the children, and occasionally take on some jobs, I'm almost a canary now."
"I saw the cover you shot for "ELLE" last month, and your condition has been very good."
"For this cover, I had a fight with Peter."
"So, he doesn't approve of you coming out to work?"
Stephanie Seymour didn't understand why Cindy asked such a question suddenly, but said, "Not all men are like this, they wish they could keep us at home all day long."
Hearing what Stephanie Seymour said, Cindy's expression became a little hesitant.
But Stephanie Seymour understood: "Cindy, you are looking for me today, is there something wrong?"
Cindy thought for a while, then nodded, and said, "I'm looking for a new host for "America's Next Top Model"."
"ah?!"
Stephanie Seymour immediately showed a very surprised expression. What she envied Cindy the most was that the other party, like herself, had already reached the age of retirement, but still controlled a popular reality show.
You know, "America's Next Top Model" can not only bring Cindy a continuous and substantial income, but also allow her to maintain her popularity, which is the most important point. Because for models, advertising endorsements are their main income. But only if you maintain your popularity for a long time, advertisers will give you the endorsement.
How can it not surprise Stephanie Seymour that Cindy has offered to give up her position as host of "America's Next Top Model" now
You know, although after five years, "America's Next Top Model" is currently airing its eighth season, this reality show is still at its peak in terms of popularity and ratings, and the latest season has already aired In the first few episodes of the show, the highest number of viewers still reached more than 6 million, and the average number of viewers also remained above 5 million, which is beyond the reach of all other fashion reality shows of the same type.
Many media have predicted that "America's Next Top Model" can be produced stably until at least 20 seasons later, becoming one of the longest-running reality shows.
However, Stephanie Seymour didn't think much about why Cindy suddenly planned to give up the position of "America's Next Top Model" host, but instinctively realized that this was definitely a very good opportunity for her .
So, just surprised for a second, Stephanie Seymour immediately said: "Cindy, you mean, me, you plan to let me try?"
Cindy nodded and said with a smile, "If your husband agrees."
"He will definitely agree," Stephanie Seymour said without hesitation, and added: "Then what should I do?"
"Let me be honest, Fanny, you're just one of the candidates. I won't be hosting anymore, but I'm still going to be a producer. I don't want to screw this show up, so if you want to join If so, I hope you can cooperate to record a demo episode and see the effect first."
Stephanie Seymour was a little disappointed, but she also knew that even she herself would definitely do the same, so she nodded quickly and said, "No problem, Cindy, it's already very grateful that you let me try .Um, well, can I ask, why are you doing this?"
Cindy shook her head: "It's not convenient for me to say yet."
"Oh, forget it," Stephanie Seymour actually didn't care much in her heart, she cared more about how to get this opportunity, after deliberating for a moment, she said again: "So, Cindy, can you get along with me?" I said, what should I do?"
"Well, I'm afraid I can't do it today," Cindy looked at his watch and said, "I should go home."
"In such a hurry," said Stephanie Seymour, "do you have any guests?"
"No, it's just, um," Cindy hesitated, then smiled, "Go home and watch TV."
"I really don't understand what you're thinking," Stephanie Seymour thought Cindy was joking, and said, "Then can I go and have a look together? I heard you bought a nice apartment, I haven't visited yet Woolen cloth."
"Okay, but we have to hurry up."
Stephanie Seymour didn't hesitate either. After the two women paid the bill, they left the coffee shop talking and laughing.
It's almost ten o'clock in the morning. Usually, at this time, housewives have already sent off their working husbands and school children, and after finishing their day's housework, they can sit leisurely in front of the TV to pass the rest of the morning.
Therefore, the premiere time of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is ten o'clock in the morning.
Of course, unlike TV dramas whose syndicate cycle lasts for several years, "Oprah's Talk Show" will be repeatedly rebroadcasted on dozens of mainstream TV stations in North America and even overseas within just two days after its premiere. The most intuitive embodiment of the powerful influence of "Talk Show".
Leaving Rockefeller Center, the two women drove two kilometers north on Madison Avenue to Cindy's apartment building on 75th Street.
Drive the car into the parking lot, and enter Cindy's penthouse apartment from the internal elevator. As soon as she entered the door, Stephanie Seymour couldn't help but look around enviously: "You are awesome here."
After changing the shoes, Cindy took Stephanie Seymour to sit down in the living room, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, checked the time and went to the small bar in the corner of the living room, planning to prepare a pot for the two of them. Green Tea smiled and said, "Are you still envious of my place?"
Stephanie Seymour's husband, Peter Brant, has a net worth of one billion dollars. Although he can't compare with the top rich people, he is definitely at the top of this social pyramid. Naturally, the mansion he owns will not Worse than Cindy.
"Of course I'm envious, these are all your own." Stephanie Seymour sat down on the sofa, turned her head to look over, and said, "If I can make a lot of money by myself like you, I don't want to be attached to a man. "
"I'm also attached to a man."
"How can this be the same?" Stephanie Seymour thought of a certain figure again, but still said: "That guy, although sometimes annoying, but, well, he is actually much stronger than most men."
Cindy smiled and said, "He is obviously much stronger than all men, so find another rich man with a net worth of 400 billion U.S. dollars and show me."
"If I can find the second one, I will definitely hide it," Stephanie Seymour joked, but still couldn't help but say: "However, $400 billion, if I have so much money, it's really I don’t know how to spend it, hey, have you ever flown in his private jet, I heard that he bought three Boeing 747s at a time, he is really an upstart.”
"Don't be so sour," Cindy came over with a pot of green tea, poured it for the two, glanced at the TV screen, and said, "He seems to be claustrophobic, he doesn't like to stay in too small a space , but he needs to fly around frequently, so he changed to a larger plane. Moreover, compared to his net worth, a few Boeing 747s are nothing at all, just like you have 10 million US dollars and spend 10,000 US dollars to buy yourself A piece of jewelry, that's normal."
Stephanie Seymour picked up Cindy and handed over the green tea, feeling a little hot, put it on the tea table again, and said with a smile, "He's not here, why do you always face him."
Cindy smiled lightly: "It's a matter of position, would you speak ill of Peter in front of outsiders?"
"I'll tell you what you want to hear."
Cindy rolled her eyes: "I'm too lazy to listen."
After chatting like this, after another commercial, the iconic opening title of "The Oprah Show" appeared on the TV screen.
Stephanie Seymour didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when Oprah came out and started to introduce the guests who will be appearing today, she realized that she turned her head and said to Cindy, "You came back in a hurry just to see He's on the show? Cindy, you're really hopeless."
Cindy's gaze had already landed on the figure that appeared in the studio.
Eric is wearing a very casual light blue shirt and white trousers. He is slender and smiling. His calm demeanor has a bit of the big boy next door. His handsome appearance is coupled with a series of With the bonus of identity halo, there is a strong attraction to the opposite sex all over her body.
Not only Cindy's eyes fixed on the TV screen, but also Stephanie Seymour's eyes were fixed. The female audience in the studio was completely unaffected by yesterday's news, and screamed excitedly.
Eric and Oprah briefly hugged, and they sat down on the sofa.
Oprah watched the screaming young women patiently, waited for a while, and then said at the right time: "Hey, I know everyone is very excited, but if this continues, there is no way to continue today's show. "
After saying this, amidst a burst of light laughter, the audience quickly fell silent in cooperation.
When the scene calmed down, Oprah didn't make any detours, and went straight to the point: "Then, everyone must already know. Just yesterday morning, some news about Eric's three children suddenly broke out on the Internet." , Oprah turned to her side and asked, "Eric, is this true?"
Eric nodded: "It's true about the three children."
"oh… "
Following Eric's nod, there was a low and somewhat disappointed sound at the scene.
In Cindy's living room, Stephanie Seymour couldn't help saying, "He's so frank that he just admitted it."
Cindy just smiled, there was no interface, and her eyes were still on the TV screen.
On the TV screen, Oprah also showed an appropriate expression of surprise, but quickly said: "So, Eric, you are not married yet, and you are so young, and you already have three children. What does it feel like to be a father?" How about it?"
When Oprah asked this question, Stephanie Seymour, who was sitting in front of the TV, moved slightly, as if she had realized something.
In fact, this question is indeed carefully considered.
Although illegitimate children and illegitimate children are basically a concept. However, in the minds of most Westerners, children born to men and women who cheated in marriage are often regarded as "illegitimate children" with a slightly derogatory meaning. Especially in modern times where the living atmosphere is becoming more and more open, many couples will have children in advance before getting married. This phenomenon of unmarried children is becoming more and more, and it is gradually recognized by the public. Both children and parents are rarely affected by the people around them. discrimination and criticism.
Therefore, Oprah's point out in public is actually a hint.
Eric is not married, but gave birth to a child with his girlfriend ahead of time, so he does not need to be condemned morally like those men who cheated and gave birth to children.
Of course, there are some evasions here, after all, Eric let two women give birth to children at the same time.
In the studio, Eric thought for a moment, and replied: "More, it is one responsibility of being a father, oh, three. However, although I have completely regarded Emma as my own daughter, But I still want to clarify that Emma is only my adopted daughter, not Julia and I's child, if so, I will definitely admit it, just like Kevin and Xia Xia."
"I do know that," Oprah responded immediately, "Emma is the daughter of Miss Roberts' brother. I saw the news that Miss Roberts adopted Emma, but I was curious why she became you again. Where is your adopted daughter?"
"Because Julia's situation is not suitable for raising Emma, she is the kind of carefree personality, and she is very busy with work. Once I even forgot to prepare dinner for Emma. I happened to see it and was very angry. At that time, Kevin and Xia Xia was just born, so I said, if you can't take care of it well, let Vicky and Joan take care of the baby," Eric said with a slightly reminiscing expression, and smiled: "The result is not bad, Vicky and Joan took care of Emma Very good."