The Insider - 2006-07-25

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[0:00] Inside

[0:02] >> right now on the Insider.

[0:05] >> Breaking news. The Insider US Weekly

[0:08] exclusive. Has Tori been torn out of her

[0:11] father's $500 million fortune?

[0:13] >> She is deeply hurt and confused by the

[0:15] insult of the will.

[0:17] >> Her mother's revenge is Tori struggling

[0:19] to make ends meet inside the bitter

[0:21] family battle.

[0:22] >> If Tori fights the will, any money she

[0:25] stands to inherit could be forfeited.

[0:27] Then Peter Cook's message to Christy

[0:29] [music] Brinkley today, begging for

[0:31] forgiveness.

[0:32] >> His plea to the supermodel, the front

[0:34] page apology.

[0:35] >> Plus, what he says about divorce and

[0:37] cheating. Oprah's summer plans with

[0:40] Steman and Gail. What the insider just

[0:42] found out in inside Oprah's slice of

[0:45] Hawaiian paradise.

[0:46] >> It just sits in the middle of lush green

[0:49] land.

[0:50] >> Plus, the pawn broker to the stars. How

[0:53] he got the engagement ring Alec gave Kim

[0:56] Basinger.

[0:56] >> Can you name names for us?

[0:58] >> Plus, how Johnny Carson's illness and

[1:01] death really hit Ed McMahon.

[1:03] >> I didn't know it was he was that sick.

[1:05] >> What Johnny's longtime sidekick is

[1:07] telling our Kathy Lee their final hours

[1:09] together inside Johnny's marriages. And

[1:12] >> you ever see him just get really really

[1:14] angry?

[1:15] >> What was your reaction in seeing your

[1:17] entire face charred? What simple

[1:20] cosmetic procedure left this woman's

[1:22] face striped with burns and scars?

[1:25] >> My daughter looked like a human zebra.

[1:29] [music]

[1:31] >> Breaking news out of Hollywood and we

[1:33] are on top of it. Hi again everybody.

[1:34] I'm Pat O'Brien. Welcome to the insider

[1:36] >> and I'm Larara Spencer from our Times

[1:38] Square studio in New York City with

[1:40] candid Carson memories from the one and

[1:43] only Ed McMahon.

[1:45] >> Well Larara, we're in front of the

[1:46] biggest star headlines. Here is what the

[1:48] insiders uncovered today. Tori

[1:50] Spelling's heartbreak over her

[1:52] inheritance.

[1:54] Will her mom keep her out of the

[1:55] family's fortune. Was Tori's father's

[1:58] will altered just before his death? This

[2:01] is what the insider has just learned.

[2:03] Despite reports that Tori would inherit

[2:05] millions from her late father's $500

[2:07] million estate, US Weekly on news stands

[2:10] Friday reports the actress will get less

[2:13] than a million dollars. Tori will get a

[2:16] cash inheritance payment of $200,000

[2:19] combined with approximately $600,000 in

[2:21] private investments her dad set up for

[2:23] her. That seems like a slap in the face

[2:26] given the Spellings's home decorator

[2:28] will reportedly receive a $50,000 cash

[2:30] payment. Tori's [music] mom's personal

[2:32] manicurist is said to be getting

[2:34] $25,000. All this as Tori [music] is

[2:37] reportedly struggling to make ends meet.

[2:40] Is it her mother's revenge? Today's

[2:42] revelations come as no surprise given

[2:45] Tori's reportedly tumultuous

[2:46] relationship with her mom, but Candy

[2:49] does hold the cards to the spelling

[2:51] fortune. Aaron left his wife as a sole

[2:53] managing executive of the trust, which

[2:55] contains the bulk of the estate.

[2:57] >> Since Tori's brother Randy is on good

[2:59] terms with their mother, he stands to

[3:01] gain millions more as Candy distributes

[3:03] the trust at her discretion. US reports

[3:06] that Aaron's will was altered just 3

[3:08] months before his death while he was

[3:10] reportedly bedridden. But with

[3:12] Alzheimer's listed as a contributing

[3:14] factor on his death certificate, this

[3:16] could raise a red flag if it's true.

[3:18] >> One of Tori's friends tells us that

[3:20] she's deeply hurt and confused by the

[3:22] insult of the will and that she will

[3:23] most likely contest the will. Also hot

[3:26] off the pages of US Weekly, Katie Holmes

[3:28] wants a comeback. Three months after

[3:30] giving birth to baby Suri, Tom's fiance

[3:32] [music] is reportedly taking meetings

[3:34] around town for movie projects. Katie,

[3:36] we've missed you, [music]

[3:38] Pat.

[3:38] >> Now, an insider update. Late breaking

[3:40] details on the big Hollywood headline.

[3:43] It's not going away. The cover of the

[3:45] New York Post lays it on thick. Christy

[3:47] Hubby begs take me back. Speaking

[3:50] through his lawyer, Peter Cook is

[3:51] begging Christy Brinkley's forgiveness

[3:53] with the help of New York Post gossip

[3:55] columnist Cindy Adams. Peter's lawyer,

[3:57] Norman Shereski, asked Cindy to deliver

[3:59] a message to Christy from Peter through

[4:02] her column. That Peter's stupid, that

[4:04] he's sorry, and that he wants his wife

[4:07] back. [snorts]

[4:08] >> As to why Cook apparently just can't

[4:10] speak directly to his wife, isn't

[4:12] knowing. Made it clear through Adams

[4:14] that quote, "I love my wife. I have

[4:16] loved her since the day I met her.

[4:18] Please, I love her."

[4:20] Supermodel and the dashing architect

[4:21] separated amid claims Cook seduced an

[4:24] 18-year-old former toy store employee

[4:26] with cash, gifts, and a job at his

[4:28] architecture firm.

[4:29] >> While Peter hasn't admitted he cheated

[4:31] on Christy, his lawyer told Adams that

[4:33] Peter says any relationship he may have

[4:36] had would have been totally consensual

[4:38] and that to claim otherwise is garbage.

[4:41] >> Quote, "I took no advantage."

[4:44] Cook's tumultuous past has come back to

[4:46] haunt him big time. Not only did alleged

[4:49] former lover singer Samantha Cole say

[4:51] Cook two-time Brinkley with her more

[4:53] than a decade ago, just yesterday,

[4:55] Cook's jailbird passed and mugsh shot

[4:57] surfaced, the result of reportedly

[4:59] dealing drugs in the Hamptons in the

[5:01] early 80s.

[5:04] As for Christy, who's taken refuge with

[5:05] her family in LA, she's keeping mum, a

[5:08] move applauded by her publicist, who

[5:10] says, quote, "This is not the way for

[5:12] people to have a discourse or a

[5:14] discussion about private matters." Now,

[5:16] according to Cook's lawyers, Peter hopes

[5:18] there's no divorce. But if Christy wants

[5:20] one, Cook won't make it nasty. He'll

[5:22] give the supermodel whatever [music] she

[5:24] wants. Clara, big news breaking and the

[5:27] insider is in front of it. Here's what

[5:29] you need to know.

[5:30] >> Baby Shiloh gets waxed. Immortalized in

[5:33] wax, that is. Today, Brad and Angie's

[5:35] littlest Jolie Pit became a permanent

[5:37] statue installed alongside parental wax

[5:40] figures. Dad Brad and mom Angelina of

[5:42] Madam Tous in New York. BNA should be

[5:45] proud because the nearly two-month-old

[5:47] Shiloh is Madame Tusad's first wax baby.

[5:51] Soft African lullabies will play

[5:52] throughout Shiloh's nursery where Brad

[5:54] and Angie fans can snap a quick family

[5:57] photo with waxy mom, dad, and baby.

[6:00] >> And hos will donate $1 to UNICEF for

[6:03] every Jolie Pit family pick purchased at

[6:05] the attraction. Now, this just in. Too

[6:08] much view. It's a wardrobe malfunction

[6:10] on this morning's view. Former Axe

[6:12] co-host Debbie Matnopoulos returned to

[6:14] the table today, ironically to fill in

[6:17] for the fallen star who claimed she was

[6:19] fired, but not before this onair

[6:21] wardrobe slip up. Today, Debbie told us

[6:24] what happened.

[6:25] >> Literally, I sat down and my shirt

[6:27] popped open.

[6:28] >> More news today. Mo'Nique kicked off a

[6:30] plane, so I need an apology. Today, the

[6:33] comedian tells us she was a victim of

[6:35] racism after being booted off a flight

[6:37] from Chicago to New York before

[6:39] co-hosting The View.

[6:41] >> Mo'Nique says she was escorted off and

[6:43] had to answer to police after a

[6:45] disagreement with United employees.

[6:47] Mon'nique called the Reverend Al

[6:48] Sharpton and was booked on the next

[6:50] flight. Earlier, we told you about

[6:53] Christy [music] Brinkley's marriage

[6:54] crisis. Now, to Hollywood's other summer

[6:56] breakup, Carmen Electra and Dave Navaro.

[6:59] Did another woman bust up their almost

[7:02] three-year [music] marriage? Find out in

[7:04] this insider exclusive. It

[7:06] >> was just really hot. There's a lot of

[7:07] chemistry there. He slipped me off my

[7:09] feet. What can I say?

[7:10] >> The infatuation and the forbidden

[7:13] romance.

[7:13] >> He would be really careful like just in

[7:15] public arriving somewhere, arrived

[7:17] separately, leaving somewhere. We left

[7:19] separately, too.

[7:21] >> Is this the woman who broke up the

[7:22] marriage of Dave Navaro and Carmen

[7:24] Electra?

[7:25] >> I'm not a home wrecker. You know, I

[7:26] didn't go out and and try to like rip

[7:29] them apart or anything. You know, just

[7:30] happened.

[7:31] >> Aspiring actress Casey Derkin tells The

[7:33] Insider that she and Dave started a

[7:35] relationship last month after he

[7:37] promised Casey that he and Carmen were

[7:39] already on the outs.

[7:40] >> I never meant, you know, any harm to

[7:43] Carmen or anything. I think she's a

[7:44] gorgeous woman.

[7:45] >> As for Carmen, she may be moving on,

[7:47] too. Here she is lounging by her Beverly

[7:49] Hills pool just last week. The sultry

[7:52] shots will appear in this week's Okay

[7:54] magazine on stands Thursday along with

[7:56] this telling quote. I am not the kind of

[7:59] person that dwells on the past. I am

[8:01] always looking ahead and the 34year-old

[8:03] beauty was reportedly spotted without

[8:05] her wedding ring at a concert in

[8:07] Hollywood and on her arm was Jamie Fox.

[8:10] Afterwards, the pair reportedly left

[8:12] together out the back. As for Dave, he

[8:14] wrote this statement on a website

[8:15] promoting his band. Quote, "Carmen and I

[8:18] love each other. We are and always will

[8:20] be best friends. What better way to get

[8:22] through a tough spot than with your best

[8:23] friend. Now, from Carmen's breakup to

[8:26] the Oscar winner who sold her Tiffany

[8:28] engagement ring to a pawn broker,

[8:31] >> selling rings, watches, and celebrity

[8:34] history.

[8:35] >> Was this worn by a Hollywood star?

[8:37] >> Inside Oprah's summer vacation, the

[8:40] milliondoll views from her Hawaiian

[8:42] hideaway. Then, a simple cosmetic

[8:45] procedure left one woman scarred for

[8:47] life. Oh my god, what did they do to me?

[8:50] >> It's [music] tonight's Insider segment 3

[8:52] story. Then, housewives who cut

[8:55] themselves and stuff myself.

[8:58] >> The stories behind [music] the scars.

[9:00] The new TV special that uncovers this

[9:02] dangerous female addiction.

[9:04] >> Plus, Ed McMahon's final Carson

[9:07] conversation, the Kathy Lee interview.

[9:09] >> And that's the last I throw up.

[9:10] >> We'll be right back.

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[13:25] >> Welcome back to the Insider in

[13:26] Hollywood. Glad you're with us. Larara

[13:27] Spencer is working more star headlines

[13:29] from our Times Square studio.

[13:31] >> This is my kind of story inside with the

[13:33] pawn broker to the stars. Watches,

[13:35] jewelry, even an Oscar winner's

[13:37] engagement ring. When Hollywood's famous

[13:40] want to unload their goodies, we know

[13:42] who they turn to. Was this worn by a

[13:44] Hollywood star? Yes.

[13:45] >> When divas want to ditch that tiara.

[13:48] >> Did she wear this?

[13:48] >> Get alone off an Oscar or use Cartier as

[13:52] collateral.

[13:53] >> 85.

[13:54] >> Bond broker to the stars. Yosi Dena is

[13:57] there ready to play. Let's make a deal.

[14:00] >> And how many pawn shops you go when you

[14:02] see a beautiful pearl like that?

[14:04] >> Wow.

[14:05] >> His one of a kind items include Kim

[14:07] Basinger's Tiffany engagement ring from

[14:09] Alec Baldwin which Yosi acquired at

[14:12] auction. Ule Brener slipper from the

[14:14] king and [music] I and this Super Bowl

[14:16] ring pawned by a player who fell on hard

[14:18] times.

[14:19] >> It's a Super Bowl ring and a [music]

[14:20] thrill and I found it like years ago.

[14:23] >> Is it fair to say that even celebrities

[14:26] have times of desperation?

[14:28] >> I think everybody get in time [music]

[14:30] and desperation

[14:30] >> from chagals to fabrige business is

[14:33] booming.

[14:34] >> It's a diamond inside the diamond. If a

[14:36] [music] piece belong to celebrity it's

[14:38] worth more money. And it's not just

[14:40] celebs looking to sell, but stars

[14:42] looking for bargain basement prices.

[14:45] >> Belo the curfew bought a watch for me.

[14:47] [music] You know, it got a great deal.

[14:49] >> But the ultimate secret to Yosi's

[14:51] success, he never buys and tells. What

[14:55] celebrity [music] did this diamond

[14:56] belong to?

[14:59] >> I don't think they have a name over on

[15:00] the ring. You see any name?

[15:02] >> Can you name names for us?

[15:04] >> No, I definitely can give you of people

[15:05] taking [music] loan. I don't think it's

[15:06] I think it's something like really

[15:08] private. It's like a bank. People know

[15:10] they can come to me and sell me stuff

[15:12] and I [music] will not rebuild the name.

[15:14] >> I wonder if Victoria picked anything up.

[15:16] One of Yosi's earliest clients was Lana

[15:18] Turner who pawned a ring given to her by

[15:21] Frank Sinatra.

[15:23] Inside this mother's hidden addiction.

[15:26] The new TV series about women mutilating

[15:28] their own bodies. Oprah's summer retreat

[15:32] inside her Hawaiian getaway. Plus, what

[15:35] simple cosmetic procedure went horribly

[15:37] wrong? It felt [music] like I was on

[15:39] fire.

[15:40] >> Who left this woman scarred, burned, and

[15:42] looking like a human zebra? Then

[15:44] Johnny's dying regret.

[15:46] >> He probably wish that he hadn't waited

[15:48] so long.

[15:48] >> Ed McMahon opening up to Kathy Lee. What

[15:51] he's admitting now about the legend's

[15:53] divorce dilemma. Seconds away.

[15:57] >> My boys are boys.

[16:00] >> So for game time, I started taking a

[16:02] pain reliever for my sore joints. For

[16:05] playtime, I got a headache medicine,

[16:07] too. And for hang time, I add something

[16:11] else just for my sore legs. Every new

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[16:16] I'm all Advil. It's my every pain

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[16:21] And nothing's proven stronger on tough

[16:23] pain. I'm just one of the boys. So I'm

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[16:28] >> What's that?

[16:29] >> This smart start. Healthy heart.

[16:32] >> Healthy heart. Yeah. It contains

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[16:41] >> Cool. It's a cereal that helps take care

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[16:45] >> You see, I want to be around forever.

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[16:57] >> Yesterday we asked which celeb wedding

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[18:38] >> Because daddy never hugs me. Because

[18:40] daddy never wrote me. Because daddy

[18:42] never

[18:43] >> Because the more guys notice me, the

[18:44] more I love myself.

[18:46] >> Because I make more money than you.

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[19:09] >> The insiders back with more

[19:11] entertainment news. Here's Pat O'Brien

[19:14] in Hollywood.

[19:15] >> Now, the story behind the headlines.

[19:17] We're digging deep for this insider

[19:18] alert. It's Oprah, the author. The

[19:22] insider has learned that Miss Wimfrey

[19:24] will likely be spending the summer with

[19:26] her laptop. Oprah reportedly just inked

[19:28] an 8 figure deal to write a book on

[19:30] weight control, and she could write it

[19:32] in her stunning California state, 42

[19:35] acres of ocean and mountain views just

[19:37] outside Santa Barbara.

[19:38] >> I'd say O will park it all summer at her

[19:40] home in Monteceto and crank out what's

[19:42] sure to be her next best seller. And if

[19:45] she gets writer's block, maybe Hawaii's

[19:47] secure. Lady O owns 102 acres on this

[19:50] tropical island paradise. The current

[19:52] edition of O at Home takes readers

[19:55] inside this cozy three-bedroom retreat.

[19:57] Perfect for boyfriend Steedman and Gail

[20:00] King.

[20:00] >> Just sits in the middle of lush green

[20:03] land.

[20:04] >> Now, candid Johnny Carson memories from

[20:06] the man who knew him best. Kathy Lee

[20:09] Gford scored a revealing one-on-one with

[20:11] the one and only Ed McMahon. Any regrets

[20:14] that [music] do you think Johnny had

[20:16] when he when he finally did say goodbye

[20:18] to the audience and then say goodbye to

[20:20] the world?

[20:21] >> Regrets, revelations, and the real

[20:24] Johnny Carson.

[20:25] >> Yeah. You knew a Johnny that none of us

[20:27] did. At New York's famed Friars Club,

[20:30] Carson's ultimate sidekick opens up to

[20:32] our Kathy Lee about the late night

[20:34] king's sad, unexpected death from

[20:37] emphyma.

[20:39] We all knew he smoked quite a bit and uh

[20:42] I think he he probably wished that he

[20:44] [music] hadn't stop hadn't waited so

[20:46] long to stop.

[20:47] >> You don't talk a lot about the illness.

[20:50] >> No.

[20:50] >> That it was that on purpose?

[20:52] >> Well, they they kept it from me. I

[20:53] didn't know anything about it. I didn't

[20:54] know it he was that sick.

[20:56] >> But after almost 5,000 shows together,

[20:58] there wasn't much that Ed didn't know

[21:00] about Johnny.

[21:01] >> Did you ever see him just get really

[21:02] really angry? The only thing you would

[21:04] ever get angry about that that I ever

[21:06] saw was if somebody wasn't doing their

[21:09] job on the show.

[21:10] >> You talk about in the book about how

[21:12] Johnny was admitted that

[21:13] >> [music]

[21:14] >> um if he had worked as hard at his

[21:15] marriages as he did at his career,

[21:18] >> they might have worked [music] out.

[21:19] >> Yeah. See, again, he wanted to win. He

[21:21] wanted to be he was a perfectionist, as

[21:23] you know. [music] He wanted to win. So,

[21:26] when he didn't win in marriage, that

[21:28] upseted him a lot.

[21:29] >> They're all lovely women. Pleasure.

[21:31] >> He had a good eye, but he saw Alex in a

[21:33] bikini with an empty wine glass walking

[21:36] across. Yes.

[21:37] >> Was she trying to get his attention?

[21:38] >> I have no idea of that. I have no

[21:41] >> I had no knowledge of that, but it

[21:43] worked. Let's say it worked. Okay.

[21:44] [laughter]

[21:45] >> A favorite memory

[21:48] >> when my son Michael died six years ago.

[21:51] The first phone call I got was from

[21:53] Johnny Carson cuz he had lost his son.

[21:56] And the first thing he said was the most

[21:58] beautiful thing that anybody could have

[22:00] said to me at that time. He said, "There

[22:02] won't be a day that'll go by that you

[22:05] won't think of him."

[22:08] It gives me now when I think about