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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: On the Red Carpet at the 2012 TIME 100 Gala [Watch (HLS stream): On the Red Carpet at the 2012 TIME 100 Gala](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/C3FBKvpM.m3u8) (4:04)  _Published 2012-04-25. TIME's Joel Stein interviews Jeremy Lin, Claire Danes, Louis CK, and other luminaries on the TIME 100 red carpet_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:24 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Watch: The Red Carpet Highlights at TIME 100 Gala](/video/EdocafYf/) ### Watch: The Red Carpet Highlights at TIME 100 Gala [The 2013 TIME 100 Red Carpet with Joel Stein](/video/CEzvFj88/) ### The 2013 TIME 100 Red Carpet with Joel Stein [Joel Stein's TIME 100 Red Carpet](/video/xKVQGgXZ/) ### Joel Stein's TIME 100 Red Carpet --- ## Transcript Hey, I'm Joel Stein, I'm here at the Time 100 Gala, which is one of the 100 biggest parties of the year, according to Party Magazine. So I'm excited. Congratulations. Don't you have like a, everybody else seems to have a pin. I got a pin, I haven't put it on yet. You're afraid of ruining the suit? Well, I haven't really thought out whether thought out, I haven't decided whether I'm gonna put it on yet. Do you think it would be presumptious and presentious to put on the pin? No! No, you said that. I didn't say that at all. I just haven't decided if I wanna put it on you. Okay. Well, what do you think's gonna help you make that decision? I don't know yet, I don't know. I don't get ahead of myself with stuff like that. You are the robot guy. That's me. And you have a, and your companion is also a robot. And now it's much, much better. This is my wife for more than 20 years. You just dressed like a robot. No. You are dressed immaculately. Who's doing this for you? Black Lapel is it's a suit company. They, they did all the measurements and everything and came up with the design. I don't think so Is this like a [ UNKNOWN ] suit that I can go buy? Oh, no no no. This is just Oh. This is part of a company. They're, they're started by a group of young Asian Americans who are aiming to bring affordable suits to young, to younger adults so. They helped me out with some stuff and Are you wearing [ UNKNOWN ] right now or have you ever worn I am That woman created spanx right there. The spanx lady? How many articles of Spanx she has under her garment .: Should we ask her? Maybe you should, That's your job. How many articles of Spanx you're wearing right now. That would be. Two, the Bra- lelujah, and the original [ UNKNOWN ] that started it all. Now I can I'll show you my [ UNKNOWN ] but not my bra. [ LAUGH ] We're at the same table so we'll see what happens later. There you go. That's, that's what that [ INAUDIBLE ] I'm hearing going on there? Yeah. Really. [ INAUDIBLE ]. The party hasn't even started and you've got a red ball in your hands. What's going on? Well, it's a, I go to sleep really early, and I wake up really early. This'll be like the latest night of the year for me. So I have, not that I don't endorse it or anything, but I have a little bit of caffeine earlier on in the evening. I not only watched Doctor Oz today, I did it on the eliptical machine! I'm so proud of you. Now we're talking. I was told that you brown [ LAUGH ] rice pasta and Lentil Chips at misery beaten I don't do that stuff? No you do do that stuff. And lentil chips are the best, but gives a little bit of gas. [ CROSSTALK ] smell my but? Who are you most looking forward to meeting tonight? Anonymous, without any doubt. I think I just met him. Yeah. How will you know when you meet Anonymous. I'll know. But I may not tell you. You have to tell me. No, I don't think I will. It's really, is there some tension here? Is that what this is all about? You may be seen before me, or her. It's not her. Women don't do stuff like that. no no moun I have Babysitter a couple days a week for my three year old. What should I be paying her? What should I be dealing with that? Pay her a living wage. 14 to 16 dollars. I do, we pay her 16. Is that good? And then what else? We. Whoa whoa whoa what? Are you serious? Domestic workers have families to support and. No she's a kid. [ LAUGH ] I, I've worked on your dance. Okay. Tell me how I'm doing okay. Let me see it. There you go that's nice. Was it good? You put your own little twist on it so I like it yeah. Did you bring a date tonight? I did not bring a date unfortunately. Let me just tell you smooth move. [ LAUGH ] I guess so it's just that my girlfriend. [ INAUDIBLE ] I'm just saying, and I didn't know about the girlfriend, but I'm just saying, you come alone, you don't necessarily leave alone [ LAUGH ]. I'm not saying with Hillary Clinton, I'm saying there's a lot of women here. Okay, it's a possibility No it's not, you have a girlfriend, I'm taping you. 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