Our special guest cohost taye diggs. You look excellent. You look stunning. Its a chocolate today. Thats it. Its actually taye day tuesday. I like that. Use the hashtag taye day tuesday and we will read your messages to taye on r. Twitte you follow a lot of people on twitter. I do. And someone said if taye is not following you on twitter then you have not arrived. Exactly. How many people do you follow . You have to ask somebody. I dont even that many people. Uhhuh. All right. Its like a speedometer. Exactly. You could be in the taye world, taye day tuesday. Join taye today on tuesday. Tayes empire. Speaking of empire smooth. Smooth transition. You are a potential Love Interest for cookie. That i am. Thats a hard job. Lets take a look. Why are you going to so much trouble to announce you are i say call a couple reporters, do the damn thing and keep it moving. I want to be prepared for any questions they might throw at me. Oh, yeah, questions like why you trying to date an excon. Yes, they may ask that. Look, i will just say i havent been to third base yet, so unless were planning on changing that tonight. No, taye, i have to see my po. You still have a parole officer. Yes, its called supervisor. Excuse me, ms. Lion, you need to come with us. I dont even know who the hell you are. Thats going to put a tamper on a date. How does your character maneuver these waters with cookie . Thats the type of character that they wrote, you know, i think its one of the benefits of being on such a show like that, the writing is really, really great and im having a good time. Wow. In real life if you met cookie would you go out on a date with her . I dont know if i would be brave enough. She is a tough cookie. This this character is not going to shy away from a challenge. The phenomenon that is empire were you prepared for it . Its like a cultlike following for this show. It is. Blew up and it continues. A lot of celebrities like being on this show. Were you prepared for this . I have been in this business a while and i know a lot of the actors, so it was it was fun to just play with them, but it is the biggest show i have ever been on. Is it . Oh, yeah, are recognizing me from empire. In other words that prepared you for cost hosting today. Right. Exactly. Good segue. You are smooth as silk, al roker. Nothing prepared me for what im doing today, but i was happy to get a little experience. Being a father prepared you for the other thing that you do which is you write childrens books. I do. Youre getting ready to do your third book. The first book chocolate me, one is called i love you more than which is kind of a fathers love letter to his son. And these are all based on your relationship with your son. Yes, influenced strongly by my own experiences. Uenced stron experiences. How does it feel to read a book to your child that you wrote in dedication to him . So awesome. Hes right here. Walker. Walker. If we talk about him too much longer, i can start crying. Hes here, my little dude. His little smile. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. Walkers walking over here. His mom might have an issue. Lets wait. Lets wait. Walker, stay over there. Dont come closer. If it happens on accident, if he just runs over here, i didnt do it. You and walker are like batman and robin. Hes running over here. I know it. About that or not. True inspiration. We can see how proud you are. Of course we then have to temper that with trying to embarrass you. By digging up one of your first onscreen appearances for giant eagle supermarkets. Check it out. How did you find this . . It is a famous deli and i can really tell she loves it so . . Three pounds sliced paper thin. Provolone sliced this thick. Eagle valley potato salad. Make it two pounds . Well make it delicious . . Giant eagle . . Giant eagle . . What year was that . I dont even know. I was hyped, though. Thats got to be such a thrill. The first time you see that commercial. I never saw it. I never saw it. You never saw it . No. Wait a minute. You got paid for it though, right . Shoot. I got paid for it. But then you get busy doing other things. It is a commercial. So that was local as well. So wherever i was, they werent showing that commercial. I need to get that. That made my day. Well get you a copy of that. That would be great. So how do you make a provolone with pastrami . Whats your technique . I have no idea. Thats why hes such a great your enthusiasm. You were so excited about making a three pounds of shes excited and you are just as excited. Youre like, i got you, lady. I got you until this thing says cut. I got you. How was your halloween, taye . It was awesome. I havent been to new york in a bit. So walker came to hang out with so we went and trickortreated with walker and it was excellent. Thats a scary crew you got there. Hes the cat on the right. Swamp zombie. Is he looks just like you did walker pick that out himself . Yes, he did. Yeah. It was either that or spiderman for him. He went the scary route. This is his buddy with him . Yeah. Oliver. Heres what i love. We understand that one of your woman. Just so happened tamron hall thats what i heard. Pretty woman. Look at that. Yeah. I mean this is jill martin being the snootiest lady. Then the man she had richard gere. But i had this is a morning show, easy. She ends up with a legit job. Okay . But al roker was richard gere. Al was my richard gere as steve urkel. He saw me falling down the street with my money. This is all wrong. But i was saved by steve urkel. Thank you. It was a fun time. My nieces, im so happy to pay this of my little niece layla the right costume. She wanted to be teen titan. D. C. Comics sent us one. Must be nice to have those connections. Yes then her older sister was a rebel unicorn. But the kid who stole the neighborhood my home is in texas. I live here in new york but my home is also in texas. I wasnt able to be there for our little neighbor, she shut it down. Literally. Thats how she rolled up trickortreat. Wow and thats not a real horse. Thats amaze ig those are two people in a suit it was like four other people rolled up to our home on horses for trickortreat. What kind of neighborhood is that . Rural. Its rural, man. Its very rural. I could not stop laughing at your lela, your child. Little david s. Pumpkins. Take a look at als moment last night. Its pepper as pumpkins and david s. Pumpkins. And beyonce. Any questions . The bat really made it. She wore that to school. They actually confiscated the bat because they said, oh, wait a minute, do you have a weapon . But i love her reaction to you. The way that they look at you is like total embarrassment. Just aid head, if youve got a dad bod, weve got really good news for you. And our pal, jay leno, going full throttle with his show on cars. 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I dance naturally. As opposed to artificially. Some people stand in the mirror and they practice so they can look like you no toe youve been practicing all morning long. No, i havent stood in the mirror around practiced in a while. I just enjoy it. You just bust a move. Whats your goto dance . He has one. The kevin james stay in your the will smith hitch. Its where you live. So you just dont take over the whole floor. Well, i got to warm up. Then eventually. Sure. Sure. But you dont want to do that if youve got a dad bod because people might whats a dad bod . Good news is, for those of us who are not, say, ripped like taye diggs. A book out there that says there are actually Health Benefits for those with a dad bod. Men with slow metabolism are around 50 less likely to die in any given year than their skinnier, more ripped counterparts. So we end up looking more attractive, too, because there are fewer guys who look like him. So it is fantastic. It is a great thing. Thats good news. I prefer a bigger guy. I dont like really like my is not like adam richmon, he has the perfect body. Adam richmon, the chef, it is an ongoing thing that hes asked tamron out. No, thats not several times. Tamron no. Theres kind after cat and mouse game. I have a big appetite. When are you going out with him in. He just texted. Costume. Thats him halloween. He was some kind of creature there. So yes, soon. Very soon. Our audience keeps up with this. This is the only disclosure of my personal life that im willing to give. But lets change subjects. I may have given you too much information. Adam will probably be preparing a thanksgiving dinner. He is an amazing cook. And thats the way to my heart. Do you like to cook . I dont know how to cook at all. Then this is perfect for you. I know. You would think. Im so talented. Wouldnt i be able well . When you and walker are broing it together, dad and son, what do you eat . Peanut butter and jelly. You got to kick this game up. 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We push it in when we get the answer . Yes. One of my most famous roles is Harper Stewart in the best man films. In both jobs my job gets me into some trouble. What is that trouble . What is the trouble . What is the job . Oh. You are an author. Yes. Correct. Digg it. Question two. How did stella get her groove back . Well, by meeting me. Thats good. I was playing winston shakespeare. What country does stella take her vacation to jamaica. You better catch up, brother. Jamaica. Question three, one of my favorite and first major tv roles came as lawyer jackson duper. It was on a legal oh. Yes . Ali mcbeale. Yes. Question four. One of my most famous roles is one of my favorite originating the role of benny in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical rent. With that in mind, how many minutes make up a year . 524,604. 525,604. Whats your final answer . Im scared now. Al got it. Al got it. My man. What is it . 525,000. Stick to this job. Question five. 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