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Kathy Ireland on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Thursday, July 24, 1997


JAY: Welcome back. Kathy Ireland is on her way out. Oh, what is July? Hey, Deb, we got July? (The picture of Kathy for July of her 1998 calender is shown.) There, oh, there's July. That's a nice month. That's a nice month. Young comedy stars Kenan and Kel are here, and of course the Penn Dragons will do an amazing illusion. I defy you to figure out how they do this. I, I couldn't...I was at rehearsal, I was behind them, I was in front of them, can't figure it out. Plus, uh, braggart, Kathy Ireland, will race tracks with me. My first guest, one of the most beautiful women in the world, and one of the most beautiful moms. Who has a mom that looks like her? I don't remember going to the P. T. A. and, well...Hugely successful supermodel, actress, a good friend of our show's. Her 1998 calendar goes on sale this August. Here it is right here with, uh. Well, I'm not supposed...I gotta show them (and some mumbling). There's a couple in here you gotta say, "Come on, you can't wear that." Kathy Ireland!

(Kathy comes out in a fabulous yellow dress, and a few perverts keep on hooting.)

JAY: Yeah. Hey kiddo, good to see you again.

KATHY: Good to see you.

JAY: Your one of my favorite people.

KATHY: Awww. You shouldn't have...

JAY: Oh I love havin' ya. You still haven't tell me your story about you were singing in your car and then I, we, we started going to rehearsal. Wha, what happened?

KATHY: Oh, I was, um, my girlfriend Beart and I were driving along, going up Las Cienega, near Sunset Boulevard, and uh, I mean, this happens to me a lot. I'll be in my car alone, and I start singing. You know, beca, I don't have a good voice, but it gets me in a good mood.

JAY: Just get into the music.

KATHY: Yeah, singing along and, you know, you forget that, you don't think anybody's looking, you know. In the privacy of your car, you think nobody can see you. And I've gotten so embarrassed if I pull up at a red light and somebody starts pointing, you know, and I'm singing along.

JAY: Ha, boppin' along.

KATHY: So embarrassing. So we're driving along, we stop on a red light. This guy pulls up next to me. And he's totally rockin' out, rockin' out, and, I'm just cracking up, and be, okay, I'm gonna bust him, I'm gonna embarrass him. So, I'm like pointing, and laughing, and you, I'm like kinda moving along with him, and, um, and then he kinda like, looked at me, and he like, kinda does it more. But he had a weird look on his face. And, uh, and so I'm just busting him more, you know, but it's a little bit strange. And then, uh, Beart says uh, "What are you doing?" And I said, "I'm busting that guy. He's rocking out. You know, to the music." She said, Kathy, "He's not rocking out."

JAY: Oh, jeez.

KATHY: "I, I don't think he has a radio in his car." He's like...and...

JAY: I think I know what he was doing. Listen, let's move...

KATHY: Yeah.

JAY: Perhaps we should move on to another area.

KATHY: It was not nice.

JAY: Yeah, well, but nice of you to encourage him.

KATHY: Yeah.

JAY: Guys, he probably had you calendar sitting next to him. He looked over...oh my...

(Boos from the crowd.)

KATHY: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

JAY: I mean, what are the odds of that happening? He's got the calendar on the seat next to him. Hey, wait a minute! No.

KATHY: No, no I think he saw you friend, probably, and (some inaudible mumbling).

JAY: Now, are you a good singer? Do you sing?

KATHY: Um, actually, know, I love to sing. It's fun, and uh, a few years ago, I was Christmas caroling with my family. We, we do this every year.

JAY: Right, right.

KATHY: And then, uh, for Christmas, I got singing lessons.

JAY: Oh, dear.

KATHY: I don't know if it was a, if it was a...

JAY: A hint?

KATHY: A hint, or something. But, um, it was, it was...

JAY: That's not good when your family tells you to shut up during Christmas carols.

KATHY: Well, they didn't exactly tell me to shut up, but um...

JAY: Gave you the leg.

KATHY: Some people didn't answer the door, you know. We started singing real loud.

JAY: How's BHB doing? Okay?

KATHY: BHB...

JAY: That's Eric, you know, my favorite, Big-Head Baby. He's beautiful, your son is beautiful. (Tons of laughs.)

KATHY: He's uh...

JAY: He's a beautiful boy, and he has the biggest head. And he's got a little basketball on his shoulders. (More laughs.) But he's a beautiful baby. You know I love Eric. Is, is he growing up?

KATHY: Do, do you think your in any position to, um, talk about...(Cheers from the crowd.)

JAY: Oh, man...

KATHY: He's doing very well.

JAY: Well I always tease him. Is he getting big?

KATHY: He's getting very big, yeah.

JAY: 'Cause it is amazing: I remember you coming on here and talking about getting pregnant. And now...

KATHY: Yeah.

JAY: ...he's like walking around backstage.

KATHY: Yeah, oh he's...he is...he's just, you know, getting more and more fun all the time.

JAY: Yeah.

KATHY: He just turned three, and uh, we're, we're working on manners now.

JAY: Yeah.

KATHY: Um, I took him to a restaurant. Oh, yeah, it's uh, it's definitely challenging. I took him to a restaurant the other night, and uh, the waiter brings him the food, and he takes a big bite, and he spits it out...

JAY: Oooh.

KATHY: ...right on, on the plate. You know, regurgitates it. And I'm just thinking, "Oh man, you know, we gotta work on this." And then, in front of the waiter, he says, "But mommy, it's just yuckee, it's just not yummy like the food you make."

JAY: Oh.

KATHY: And then, I'm just, my ego is just completely inflated, 'cause I'm a lousy cook, and uh, he happens to like my cooking, so...

JAY: This is a very smart baby.

KATHY: He's, I think he is, and very sincere.

JAY: Well, you're always bragging about your, your, your tractor skills.

KATHY: Yes, I've been, um, Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs...

JAY: Yeah.

KATHY: ...which is wonderful.

JAY: Oh, so if I beat you on four drugs, is that what it is now? That's not fair.

KATHY: But you know, I tried to race you last time I was here.

JAY: Yeah.

KATHY: Um, Kmart sent the tractors in.

JAY: Right, we have a couple.

KATHY: And, somehow, I don't know, people here didn't quite get the tractors on time. I kinda had a hunch that you might've been a little bit chicken.

JAY: You think you can beat me, you think you can beat me?

Fan in the crowd: Go Kathy!

JAY: We, we'll race. We'll race. I know you're about to change. I tell you, will you change into this one thing? Will you change into this one suit that I like here?

(Hoots from the crowd.)

JAY: How do the months go actually? Where's May? Wait a minute, it's in here somewhere. I know, I had it in the car on the seat next to me driving over.

(Tons of laughs.)

KATHY: Ohhh...

JAY: Here it is. Here it is. Now tell me, here you go. Is that really comfortable, that bathing suit, with that big...(Jay shows Kathy in a swimsuit made partly with seashells.)

KATHY: That uh, that suit, um, was made by Gale Susan Bazer. She's an excellent costume designer. And, um, it's very creative. She...

JAY: Yes, it is.

KATHY: ...she was very kind. She removed all the little sea creatures before, uh, before I put it on, so uh, you know.

JAY: I'll let you change. We'll see what you wear for the tractor race. You go change...

KATHY: Okay.

JAY: ...and we'll, we'll, we'll talk to the guys. When we come back, we'll do our race. Okay, Kathy Ireland.

KATHY: Alright.

JAY: Thank you Kath.


After talking with Keenan and Kell, Jay and Kathy had their little tractor race. Before Edd Hall even told the two to begin, Kathy started off. Jay trailed her throughout the course, which looked like a miniature-golf course.

After completing the outside track, the two raced back into the studio to the place where they started. While going up a ramp, Kathy and Jay got stuck with a haystack for about 15 seconds. Either during this time or before, the back-left tire of Kathy's tractor deflated. When the two contestants got loose, Kathy was in the lead, but Jay was close behind. Kathy Ireland barely won the race passing the line less than a second before Jay.

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