Transcript for Katherine Heigl gets emotional looking back at daughter Naleigh's ‘The View’ debut
>> I HAD TO WEAR THEM.
HELLO.
>> TAKE THEM ALL IN.
>> THOSE BOOTS ARE INCREDIBLE.
>> I REALLY LOVE THEM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> LET ME SEE THEM.
>> I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE,
LIKE, HER HEIGHT IN ORDER TO
WEAR THEM BECAUSE IF I WORE
THOSE BOOTS, THEY WOULD REACH MY
NECK.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> SLOUCH A LITTLE IF YOU NEED
THEM TO.
>> THOSE ARE GOOD.
>> KATHERINE, I HEAR A HAPPY
BELATED.
YOU WERE BORN ON THANKSGIVING
DAY.
>> I WAS BORN THE DAY AFTER
THANKSGIVING AND MY MOM LOVES TO
TELL THAT STORY.
>> HER MOTHER IS RIGHT IN THE
AUDIENCE HERE.
>> THERE'S MY MOTHER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU GUYS LOOK ALIKE.
>> ALL THE WAY.
>> MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN ON
THANKSGIVING TOO.
>> REALLY?
>> SHE LIKES IT THOUGH.
DO YOU LIKE IT?
>> I DID WHEN I WAS A KID.
IT ALWAYS MEANT I WAS GOING TO
HAVE AN AMAZING MEAL AND MY
FAMILY WAS AROUND.
>> EVERYBODY WAS THERE.
>> NOW I'M A WIFE AND A MOTHER
AND SOMETIMES I'M COOKING THE
MEAL.
>> OH, ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
>> AND THEN MY DAUGHTER WHO IS
ALSO HERE.
HER BIRTHDAY IS THE DAY BEFORE
ME.
>> HER BIRTHDAY IS THE DAY FOR
YOURS?
>> THE DAY BEFORE MINE.
SOMETIMES HERS IS ON
THANKSGIVING AND MINE IS THE DAY
AFTER AND VICE VERSA.
THAT'S MY SISTER NEXT TO MY
DAUGHTER.
I BROUGHT MY GIRLS.
>> PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP WITH A
BOTTLE OF WINE FOR THANKSGIVING
AND THINK THAT QUALIFIES?
>> SOMETIMES.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
THINKING OF YOUR DAUGHTER WHO'S
IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, IT
WAS EXACTLY TEN YEARS AGO WHEN
SHE MADE HER DEBUT HERE ON "THE
VIEW" AND SHE STOLE THE SHOW.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> LET'S SEE.
>> YOU ADOPTED A BEAUTIFUL BABY
GIRL NALEIGH WHO IS IN THE
AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE.
>> HI.
>> LITTLE NALEIGH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MOMMY?
>> OH, GOSH.
YOU WANT TO COME UP, NALEIGH?
>> YES, SHE CAN.
COME ON UP.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE
PERFECT.
>> YOU SAID IT WAS A REALLY
MEANINGFUL --
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD COME
UP RIGHT NOW.
>> SHE WOULD MURDER ME.
>> YOU'RE EMOTIONAL.
I KNOW WATCHING THAT, BUT YOU
SAID IT WAS SUCH A MEANINGFUL
MOMENT FOR YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> WHY?
>> I THINK BECAUSE I -- NALEIGH
CAME TO US AT 9 MONTHS, AND
THREE DAYS LATER I GOT ON A
PLANE AND WENT TO WORK IN
ATLANTA, AND AT THE TIME
BECOMING A NEW MOTHER, I WAS
JUST, LIKE, I GOT IT.
I GOT IT.
I CAN HANDLE THIS, YOU KNOW,
THEY'VE TOLD US.
WE CAN HAVE IT ALL.
WE CAN HAVE CAREERS AND HAVE
FAMILIES AND IT'S ALL GOING TO
BE GREAT.
IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK OUT.
I NEVER SAW THAT BABY.
I WAS AT WORK WITH THREE
TRIPLETS WHO WERE PLAYING MY GOD
DAUGHTER AND I SPENT MORE TIME
WITH THEM THAN I DID MY NEW
DAUGHTER AND SHE BONDED WITH MY
HUSBAND, OF COURSE.
SHE WAS WITH HER.
SO I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID THAT I
HAD MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY BOND WITH HER, AND SHE --
>> IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.
>> THAT SHE DIDN'T LOVE ME.
THAT MOMENT --
>> WOMEN HAVE ALL THE BURDEN ON
THEM, DON'T WE?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU DON'T HEAR MEN HAVE THAT
EXACT THING YOU SAID EVER.
H
I HAD TO WORK AND I COULDN'T
BOND.
YOU NEVER HEARD THAT FROM A MAN,
HAVE YOU?
>> NOT AT ALL.
I WANT TO ASK NALEIGH AND YOUR
MOM, WHAT RUNS THROUGH YOUR
HEAD?
YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> I WAS GOING TO CRY TOO.
>> YOU PROBABLY KNEW THAT
JOURNEY SHE WAS ON.
>> MY MOM, YEAH.
>> I KNEW WHAT?
>> THE JOURNEY I WAS ON.
THE STRUGGLING.
>> I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I KNEW HOW UPSET SHE WAS YEAH.
>> THAT'S HARD.
>> I HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION NOW
EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO CRY TOO.
SO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SINGER
JOSH KELLEY ALSO HAVE A
10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ADALAIDE
AND A 5-YEAR-OLD SON JOSHUA.
>> JOSH IS MY HUSBAND AND JOSHUA
IS THE JUNIOR, AND THEN THERE'S
ADALAIDE.
I GOT A LOT OF -- A LOT OF KIDS
NOW.
>> WHEN YOU WERE A KID, YOU
STARTED OUT YOUR CAREER
MODELING.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT
THAT TIME, AND WOULD YOU WANT
YOUR KIDS TO GO INTO MODELING?
WE HAVE SUCH CUTE PICTURES.
>> FOR GOD'S SAKES.
>> THIS IS JUST AN EXCUSE TO PUT
UP THESE ADORABLE PICTURES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WONDERFUL, NOW MY CHILDREN HAVE
AMMUNITION.
YOU KNOW, NO.
I WOULDN'T DO WHAT MY MOTHER DID
FOR ME.
SHE SCHLEPPED ME ALL OVER THE
CITY.
I MEAN, WE WERE TAKING SUBWAYS.
WE WERE HOOFING IT.
WE TOOK THE TRAIN INTO GRAND
CENTRAL AND WENT FROM ONE SIDE
OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER SIDE
FOR ALL THIS STUFF.
>> DID YOU LIKE IT?
>> I LOVED IT.
I LOVED IT.
TO ME IT WAS LIKE A REALLY
ELABORATE GAME OF MAKE BELIEVE
AND I ALWAYS LOVED MAKE BELIEVE,
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON I
ALWAYS CAST MYSELF AS THE
SECRETARY OR THE NURSE, BUT NOW
I CAST MYSELF AS THE DOCTOR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> GOOD FOR YOU.
>> YOUR SHOW "FIREFLY LANE" IS
SUCH A HIT.
IT HAD OVER 49 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO VIEWED IT.
>> I WOULD WATCH IT A MILLION
TIMES MYSELF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU PLAY ONE OF TWO BEST
FRIENDS WHO KIND OF WEATHER
LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS TOGETHER
OVER THE COURSE OF 30 YEARS AND
I LOVE HOW IT SHOWS FLASHBACKS
AND KIND OF TODAY WHAT YOU GUYS
ARE GOING FOR.
>> SO GOOD.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE SECOND SEASON?
THERE'S A RIFT AT THE END OF THE
FIRST.
>> YOU WILL GET ANSWERS IF YOU
WATCHED IT AND GOT LEFT ON THAT
CLIFF HANGER.
THERE WILL BE ANSWERS IN THOSE
NINE THAT ARE COMING OUT.
I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
BECAUSE YOU GOT TO JUST WAIT AND
SEE, BUT I FIND IT -- IT REALLY
WAS HARD FOR ME.
IT WAS A VERY HARD STORY LINE.
I STRUGGLED WITH IT.
I STILL STRUGGLE WITH IT A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THE SECOND SEASON?
>> YEAH.
BECAUSE OF WHAT THE RIFT
ULTIMATELY IS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY GRAY.
IT'S A VERY GRAY AREA.
IT'S NOT -- TO ME.
IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A CLEAR
BLACK AND WHITE.
TULLY DID THIS HORRIBLE THING
AND KATE -- IT'S KIND OF -- I
CERTAINLY SEE KATE'S
PERSPECTIVE, BUT I FEEL
DEFENSIVE OF TULLY AND I'M
INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE FANS
SAY ABOUT IT.
>> YOU HAVE SUCH GOOD CHEMISTRY.
I BELIEVE THAT FRIENDSHIP SO
FAST.
>> I DEEPLY LOVE THIS WOMAN.
IT WAS A -- SHE'S -- SARA IS --
SHE IS SUCH A -- SHE'S SUCH A
GOOD PERSON.
SHE'S JUST SUCH A GOOD PERSON,
AND SHE'S SO EASY TO BE AROUND
AND SHE MADE IT SO EASY TO LOVE
HER, AND -- AND SHE'S HILARIOUS,
AND SHE'S COOKY, AND SHE'S GOT
TONS OF ENERGY, AND FOR ME SHE
IS -- I JUST LIKE TO BE HER
AUDIENCE.
I LIKE TO SIT AND, LIKE --
>> IT REALLY, REALLY WORKS
BECAUSE I WATCHED THE FIRST
SEASON WITH MY HUSBAND.
>> OH, GOOD.
>> HE WAS, LIKE, THIS IS GREAT.
>> OH, GOOD.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THAT
I HAVE TO ASK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY LIVE ON A
RANCH IN UTAH.
>> YES.
>> I HEAR YOU'RE A HUGE ANIMAL
LOVER LIKE ME.
>> YES.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE LOTS OF
CHICKENS LIKE ME.
YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DOGS.
I HAVE FIVE AT THE MOMENT.
A LOT OF RESCUES.
>> I'VE GOT EIGHT.
>> SEE?
OH MY GOSH.
NOW YOU'VE DEVELOPED A NEW DOG
FOOD LINE INSPIRED BY THE RANCH.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE LARGE BREED DOG
FOOD?
>> I DO.
IT WORKS FOR ANY BREED, ANY
SIZE, ANY WHATEVER, BUT IT WAS,
LIKE, THIS IDEA THAT KIND OF
THEY APPROACHED ME ABOUT, AND I
FELT AT FIRST A LITTLE RETICENT
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
BRANDS.
THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS.
HOW DO YOU -- IT'S ALREADY
CONFUSING ENOUGH TO GO INTO THE
PET STORE AISLE.
I THOUGHT,WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT?
I'M REALLY INTO HOLISTIC HEALTH
AND PLANT MEDICINE.
I TOOK AN HERBOLOGY COURSE
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND I LIKE
TO MAKE MY OWN TINCTURES.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF WITH
OUR RESCUES AND WORKING WITHIN
THE RESCUE COMMUNITY, LOTS OF
ANXIETY COMING OUT OF SHELTERS.
LOTS OF CANCER.
LOTS OF ILLNESS.
I THOUGHT, WHAT CAN WE PUT IN
THE FOOD TO HELP?
>> CAN A FINNICY FIVE-POUND
GIRL --
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO REFER.
>> OUR THANKS TO
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