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reaction. But it's true. And I'm like, wait till you hear Mario. I just said real talk. 00:02:25 Speaker 5: You just said real talk. We don't make a lot of money from this, which is true. 00:02:28 Speaker 2: It's sad, but true. 00:02:29 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. 00:02:31 Speaker 2: What up, Mario Lopez here reminding you to check out iHeart TikTok Radio. If you haven't yet, iHeart TikTok Radio brings your For You page right to the radio, making your life a little easier with hacks on the 20s, getting spicy with hot takes, and playing the trending songs across TikTok and iHeart Radio. It's all streaming right now. Search for TikTok Radio on your free iHeart app and stay connected all day. I'm Mario Lopez. We don't know which teams are going to be playing Super Bowl 61 just yet, but we do know who's going to perform in the halftime show. Jay-Z has chosen himself to headline the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium here in L.A. next year. Do you think he was surprised? You know what? oh my gosh, it's me. 00:03:11 Speaker 5: How do you think he told himself? 00:03:13 Speaker 2: The announcement was made as Apple released a video on social media of Jay said to a song public service announcement. As I mentioned, he essentially hired himself. He's been working with Rock Nation, the NFL's live music strategist, curating shows for the last few years. I think it also marks his 30th year in music. 00:03:33 Speaker 5: Okay. 00:03:34 Speaker 2: Some people are, of course, they find controversy in everything. He chose himself. It's also L.A. He's very New York based. He should have got more L.A. 00:03:42 Speaker 5: Guys. 00:03:42 Speaker 1: Blah, blah, blah. 00:03:43 Speaker 2: Super Bowl and Jay-Z's halftime show going to take place February 14th. 00:03:47 Speaker 1: Mario Lopez returns after this. 00:03:49 Speaker 2: Mario Lopez. Can't believe I'm saying this, but just 50 days until Christmas. Got to start making those holiday plans. The store is now all decorated and stocked. That was quick. By the way, If you ever want to see how many days, hours, minutes, and even seconds until Christmas, there is a real-time Christmas countdown at xmasclock.com. I'm going to have to check that out. You're on Mario Lopez for more songs. I'm going to fire up Zoom so we can chat with legendary chef, author, and TV host Giada De Laurentiis, who just got eliminated from Dancing with the Stars. She also has a new project over on Hallmark. Lots to talk about when Giada joins us. What's up, y'all? Mario Lopez joining me right now. Legendary chef, writer, and TV host, my buddy Giada De Laurentiis. How are you, Giada? 00:04:32 Speaker 3: I'm great. 00:04:34 Speaker 1: How are you? 00:04:35 Speaker 3: It's been a minute. 00:04:35 Speaker 2: It has been a minute. It's so good to see you. I've been wanting to see you because I have to tell you something. I recently ate at your restaurant, Giada, at the Vanderpump Hotel in Vegas. 00:04:45 Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 00:04:47 Speaker 2: I had

the Giada's signature lemon spaghetti with the shrimp. No, no, no, no. 00:04:53 Speaker 5: That I like. 00:04:54 Speaker 2: Think about it often. I'm like, oh, my God, that is so good. Thinking about it right now makes me mad because I want it. And it's so good. I just have to tell you that I was like, damn, whenever I'm eating, I'm going, oh, damn, this is good. And I'm like talking as I'm eating. 00:05:08 Speaker 3: There's something about lemon that kind of. 00:05:10 Speaker 1: Yes. 00:05:11 Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's really like a lemon Alfredo is really. 00:05:14 Speaker 2: And I love lemon, like especially being Latin. You know, we love lemon, lime and all that. My wife loved it. We loved it. So it was really I just want to share that with you. Big fan. 00:05:23 Speaker 3: Ah, thank you. That makes me happy. I've been there a long time now. 00:05:27 Speaker 2: Wow. 00:05:27 Speaker 3: It's been like over 12 years. So it's exciting. 00:05:31 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:05:31 Speaker 3: It's really fun to have lasted that long. 00:05:33 Speaker 2: How many restaurants do you have now? 00:05:36 Speaker 6: Six. 00:05:37 Speaker 5: Six. 00:05:37 Speaker 1: Wow. 00:05:38 Speaker 2: That's incredible. That's incredible. 00:05:40 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:05:40 Speaker 2: All right. Hang tight. More with Giada coming up. 00:05:43 Speaker 1: More Mario Lopez coming up. 00:05:46 Speaker 2: Getting back to Giada De Laurentiis. You're on with Mario Lopez and congrats. I know you competed in the current season of Dancing with the Stars. How was the whole experience in general? 00:05:55 Speaker 3: Well, you've done it too, right? Didn't you? 00:05:57 Speaker 2: Many seasons. 00:05:58 Speaker 6: I know, but I hear it doesn't matter what season it was. It's all still the same. 00:06:02 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you know, it was crazier back then because they were taking it a little more serious and it was only two in the finals and the whole thing. My mom convinced me to do it because at first I was like, nah. And is it true your daughter convinced you? 00:06:14 Speaker 6: Yeah. Well, the thing is, is that over the years they've asked before and my daughter was young and I was just like, I, it felt like it was going to be too much. And I do remember the hype and having actually visited the set at one of the, one of the episodes where Maria Menounos was competing and I went to see her and I thought, oh my goodness, never, I cannot do this. 00:06:37 Speaker 3: And plus I don't dance. 00:06:39 Speaker 6: I mean, you know, I think I didn't last as long as I would have liked to, but I think that I got a lot out of it. I mean, I really did. I, I did two dances. I learned the tango. I learned the salsa. I understood how to count music and how to figure out how to dance to the counting of the music. I, I, I feel like I learned a lot about my body and what it can still do, which I was afraid it couldn't do anymore. I think that when we get to my age, you kind of like you just start to like have all. 00:07:08 Speaker 3: Of these fears that come up that I never had before. And it was my daughter. You know, she now has. 00:07:14 Speaker 6: Got off to college. But over the summer, we were getting ready for it. And she's like, you should just do it. I'll go to college, start my new journey and you do this. And honestly, Mario, it was a blast just having her be part of it all. 00:07:26 Speaker 2: That's great. 00:07:27 Speaker 1: All right. 00:07:27 Speaker 2: Hang tight. We've got to play some more music. Then we're going to have some more with you. I'm Mario Lopez, Giada De Laurentiis on Zoom with us. And you also have a project coming to Hallmark for the holidays called Christmas Eve Feast. Tell me about that. 00:07:42 Speaker 6: Oh, that is, you know, funny, these Hallmark projects, they like take forever. 00:07:47 Speaker 3: We started working on that, I think, five years ago. 00:07:49 Speaker 1: Oh, wow. 00:07:49 Speaker 6: And so I know a long time ago, working on a script about the Feast of the Seven Fish and the Italian tradition, especially and not so much just from Italy, but really Italian Americans who have moved to this country and how that has influenced their culture. And the Italian-American experience, which is really tied to the Southern Italian experience. And it's just a really fun, heartwarming... I just love it because I love Christmas movies from Hallmark. I've been watching them forever. I think they are just what we need in this world right now. Just pure joy. And you learn a lot about cooking. There's a lot of food, a lot of recipes that are being made. And it's very much the tradition I grew up in. 00:08:31 Speaker 3: And so I think... I think it's going to be a really fun watch, especially at Christmas. I've always wanted to do a Christmas movie with Hallmark. So dream come true. 00:08:38 Speaker 6: Nice. All right. 00:08:39 Speaker 2: Hang tight. Back to wrap it up with Giada De Laurentiis next. Wrapping up with Giada De Laurentiis here on with Mario Lopez. And speaking of the holidays, just around the corner and cooking, what would be your number one tip for people who are hosting and are going to be cooking this year? 00:08:56 Speaker 3: Potluck it if you can. Create a menu. 00:08:58 Speaker 2: That's the move. 00:08:59 Speaker 6: And definitely don't try to do it all on your own. But also like when creating a menu, think of the things that your family members, you know, what are their strong suits? Like do they make great salads or do they make great appetizers? What is the thing that that person or is it just buying something, right? 00:09:17 Speaker 2: Like. 00:09:17 Speaker 6: It could just be putting together a cheese platter, which you can look at many YouTube channels that everybody's doing it. It doesn't matter, but use the strengths that you know your family has and include them in it. I think it allows people to participate in a way that I think that's what the holidays are about.

It's about bringing the family together, allowing them all to participate. And honestly, even for myself, I'll do the heavy lifting. Like I'll make the turkey for Thanksgiving. I'll do those heavy lifting things. But I ask my family to bring things, whether somebody makes great cornbread or a great dessert or a really cool appetizer and just get them involved somehow, no matter what their skill level is. 00:09:54 Speaker 2: I like that move. I like potlucks just in general. I want to invite you just so you can bring the lemon spaghetti. Just so you know, so. 00:10:02 Speaker 6: If you get an invite, I'm creating this lemon spaghetti for Costco. 00:10:06 Speaker 3: So soon in the new year, you might be able to make it. 00:10:08 Speaker 2: Oh, are you making it for Costco? 00:10:09 Speaker 5: Is that right? 00:10:10 Speaker 3: I've been working deeper. 00:10:12 Speaker 2: I don't know. 00:10:13 Speaker 6: It's been like eight months, so it might just, you know, we'll see. But yeah, in the new year, you might be able to find it and make it yourself. 00:10:20 Speaker 2: Oh, look at that. See, that is a perfect note to end it on. 00:10:24 Speaker 3: I just dropped that on you. 00:10:25 Speaker 2: I like that. I like that. Well, yeah, it's always nice to see you. Congratulations. Great to see you, too. Everyone, be sure to catch the latest season of Dancing with the Stars airing Tuesdays on ABC and Disney +. Giada, thanks for checking in. 00:10:38 Speaker 1: Hear the full interview now at onwithmario.com. More Mario Lopez on the way. 00:10:43 Speaker 2: Yo, Mario Lopez. Quickly putting a spotlight on someone doing something positive in the world with our good deed, Lopez-y. Who are we honoring this week, Frazier? 00:10:51 Speaker 5: A 13-year-old prodigy from Long Island, New York. He has a sky-high 168 IQ. He's preparing to head to New York University next fall to pursue his master's degree in sports management, which seems like a waste of that brain, but maybe not. I don't know. 00:11:06 Speaker 1: Wow. 00:11:06 Speaker 5: Good for him. It fits his passion. He scored 1590 on the SAT at just 10 years old. 00:11:12 Speaker 2: Oh, so he's a legit genius. 00:11:13 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:11:13 Speaker 5: He earned his high school diploma at 11, and what makes his story even more incredible is is that he was once placed in special education classes following a Tourette syndrome diagnosis. While he finishes up his undergrad degree this spring, at 13 years old, by the way, he's staying grounded by volunteering at local nursing homes and expects to walk away with a NYU master's degree right around the time he gets his driver's license. 00:11:36 Speaker 2: It's interesting because... He will have a college degree before he has his driver's license. I feel if you're able to get a college degree. You should just be able to drive. You should be able to drive. 00:11:48 Speaker 5: You should get it early. You're responsible enough. You're clearly smart enough. You're

an exemption. 00:11:52 Speaker 2: You're an exemption. 00:11:53 Speaker 5: I agree. As long as your legs can reach and you can see. 00:11:56 Speaker 6: There's that. 00:11:57 Speaker 2: There's that. 00:11:57 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:11:57 Speaker 2: Yeah. We got to factor that in. All right, a few more songs, then going to take up a new case in Kordo's Court. Mario and Courtney Lopez here. While Kordo's Court is for entertainment purposes only, if you happen to find yourself in a tough spot, maybe a disagreement with a friend or a family member, or you just need some good old-fashioned advice, we'd love to help you out. Just slide into our DMs over on IG, add on Mario Lopez, and maybe Judge Kordo will help you out-o. Don't move. Kordo's Court coming up next. John Morrow, Courtney Lopez. Time to dish out some common sense just as all rise. Courtney's court is now in session. Today's case comes from at Sarah Tovin. She says Thanksgiving is and has always been a big deal in our family. And with my parents being older in age, I think it's even more important for everyone to show up. But teenage daughter is rebelling and refusing to go. Every interaction seems to push her further away. 00:13:02 Speaker 1: Thoughts? 00:13:03 Speaker 2: Oh, we've got thoughts. 00:13:05 Speaker 5: I'm sorry. 00:13:05 Speaker 4: You said teenage daughter. You need to make her go. There's no she doesn't make the rules. She doesn't make the decisions. And she does what you say at period end of discussion. 00:13:15 Speaker 2: This is a time when they tried to push you and see how far they can get away with things. And they want to be independent. But no, they're still part of the family and they still got to hang out. 00:13:25 Speaker 5: They don't pay the bills. 00:13:27 Speaker 1: Right. 00:13:27 Speaker 2: Especially under your roof. Your rules. 00:13:30 Speaker 1: More Mario Lopez coming up. 00:13:33 Speaker 2: You're on with Mario Lopez keeping all this awesome music coming your way as Frazier spits out a random thought. What you got? 00:13:38 Speaker 5: This is more of a random rant, but people need to stop complaining about Christmas music being played in November and maybe write some Thanksgiving songs because we wouldn't have anything to complain about if we had Thanksgiving bangers. 00:13:50 Speaker 2: That's true. Not only Thanksgiving bangers, we need some more Thanksgiving flicks. 00:13:55 Speaker 1: Yes. 00:13:55 Speaker 2: Planes, trains, and automobiles. 00:13:57 Speaker 5: Don't you make holiday movies? 00:13:59 Speaker 2: I do, but the thing about the Christmas... movie is that you can play that for the whole month right past new year's even and then there's even a christmas in july when people are sort of yearning for it thanksgiving's very limited like you that's literally just november you got like three weeks you've got three weeks nonetheless i you know i'm gonna make i'm gonna be inspired i'm gonna pitch it i just gotta come up with a concept Music rolls

on as we get ready to dig into our mentions to see what's on your mind. Mario Lopez here. Questions, comments, whatever you got, please hit me up. We love hearing from you. Add on with Mario on Facebook and X. Add on with Mario Lopez on IG. Back to see what Frazier found for us next. I'm Mario Lopez. Taking a sec to find out what's on your mind. Frazier's been digging around in our mentions. What'd you find? 00:14:47 Speaker 5: This is from at Johnny three stripes, honestly getting one whole extra hour of sleep, but the sun sets an hour earlier every day for months. It feels like a trade you'd make with rumble still skin. 00:14:57 Speaker 6: Yeah. 00:14:57 Speaker 2: Johnny stripes. I agree with you. I was getting out of work around five ish yesterday. It was already dark. I was already, I was already like low key bummed. And the only thing is I did find myself getting to bed a little sooner. 00:15:11 Speaker 5: Okay. 00:15:12 Speaker 2: So that is a bit of a bonus. 00:15:13 Speaker 5: How long would that last? 00:15:15 Speaker 2: I don't know, but if I can keep it up, I think it's a good thing. That's one of the positives because my problem is I'll always find stuff to do or I'll get distracted or I'll be outside doing things. But if I can get to bed sooner, theoretically, I can get to sleep sooner. And that's a good thing. 00:15:28 Speaker 1: Mario Lopez will be right back. 00:15:31 Speaker 2: So if you're looking for a festive podcast to get you into the Christmas spirit, just tap your iHeartRadio app where you'll find the most podcasts to keep you entertained through the busy holiday season. Listen on demand to 12 Days Pod, a podcast all about holiday movies. Or Tinsel Tunes. Learn all about your favorite Christmas songs. It's all available right now on your free iHeartRadio app. Music rolls on. Mario Lopez here with some quick food, but Cinnabon. Getting into the holiday spirit by dropping scented wrapping paper for the holidays. This makes a lot of sense. Cinnabon does some, first of all, the the scent is like one of my favorite scents oh it's amazing it's up there with coffee and bacon and uh as far as food right and it kind of goes with christmas so each pack includes two rolls cinnabon teal and pink covered with festive cinnabon icons and infused with the brand signature cinnamon scent you're not gonna lie that's that's pretty cool if i got a cinnabon gift it wouldn't matter what's in there because uh i'm gonna be i'm just gonna keep the paper yeah So are you into room rotting? You're on with Mario Lopez. Back to the music shortly, but I wanted to get to this. It sounds crazy, right? Room rotting. It sounds pretty gross. 00:16:42 Speaker 4: It does. 00:16:43 Speaker 2: Gen Z, however, says forget cramming every vacation with sightseeing restaurant reservations and a mile long to do list. A growing number of young travelers are embracing a trend called room rotting, where the main attraction is the hotel room. Just hours sleeping in, ordering room service, binge watching shows, reading, or just doing nothing. I gotta say, I'm not opposed to this. 00:17:04 Speaker 5: You and Kordo kind of do this in Vegas. 00:17:07 Speaker 2: This is a solid move. Experts say a lot of people are so exhausted by everyday life and having to do something every minute that a stress-free day in a comfy hotel room feels like the ultimate luxury. You know what? I'm with Gen Z on this move. I don't like calling it room rotting. 00:17:23 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it needs a better name. 00:17:24 Speaker 2: It Makes it feel like you're slowly decaying. 00:17:28 Speaker 1: Right. 00:17:28 Speaker 5: It needs a name that you would hear like in a spa instead. 00:17:32 Speaker 2: It means like chill maxing. 00:17:33 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:17:33 Speaker 2: Or something like that. Yeah, maxing. There you go. 00:17:36 Speaker 5: Relax maxing. 00:17:36 Speaker 2: I like this move. This is a solid move. 00:17:39 Speaker 1: More Mario Lopez coming up. 00:17:42 Speaker 2: Good morning, Courtney Lopez. Time for our weekly fake debate where the topics are made up on the spot, but the passion is real. 00:17:47 Speaker 6: All right. 00:17:48 Speaker 2: Who's going to be pro? Who's going to be con? You will be con. 00:17:50 Speaker 5: Courtney will be pro. Your topic today, which will have 15 seconds to make your case, 10 second rebuttal afterwards, is hosting Thanksgiving. 00:17:59 Speaker 4: I love hosting Thanksgiving. 00:18:02 Speaker 2: Because you know why? 00:18:04 Speaker 4: No gifts are involved. No present giving. You just have food and drinks for people. And you just talk about how thankful you are. 00:18:14 Speaker 1: Mr. 00:18:14 Speaker 5: Lopez. 00:18:16 Speaker 3: Oh, gosh. 00:18:17 Speaker 2: I get a headache just thinking about hosting Thanksgiving. Because there's no end time. People just stay. Then they eat. And then you can't get rid of them. And you also have to cook food. For everyone. And everyone's so particular. And then they start talking politics and it turns into a nightmare. 00:18:32 Speaker 1: Mrs. 00:18:33 Speaker 2: Lopez. 00:18:34 Speaker 4: I don't know if you've ever been to our parties because we tell people when to leave. So we do have an end time. That is why I'm pro Thanksgiving. Go home. Thankful you came, but now you must leave. 00:18:45 Speaker 6: Mr. 00:18:45 Speaker 1: Lopez. 00:18:46 Speaker 2: And just when you've got the family out, then you've only got maybe a day or two to recoup and you need longer periods of time to recoup from your family. After that, thanks. I am not thankful for Thanksgiving. 00:18:58 Speaker 1: More Mario Lopez on the way. 00:19:00 Speaker 2: All right, that's it. Thanks so much for hanging with us. Also, big thanks to chef and TV host Giada De Laurentiis. I'm on the Mario.com to relive any and all of our radio fun, including my full chat with her. We're back to do it again tomorrow. Till then, Mario Courtney Lopez saying good night. 00:19:15 Speaker 1: On with Mario Lopez.