"Shark Tank" Star Kevin O'Leary Talks Cockroaches & Being "Mr. Wonderful" at the AMAs

"Shark Tank" Star Kevin O'Leary Talks Cockroaches & Being "Mr. Wonderful" at the AMAs
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YH is at the American Music Awards chatting with "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary to find out why they really call him "Mr. Wonderful"! Plus, he reveals what bothers him the most about the guests on his show and his favorite musical genre!
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We have the one and only best representative of Young Hollywood standing in front of me.
You're darn right. So wonderful. Look, I look great for 13. I really feel like I've broken through here. They didn't even card me on the way in. I'm going to get a drink as soon as I get inside.
Well, first of all, I have to tell you, I was actually on the set of Shark Tank. Yeah. A few months ago. Yes. I didn't see you. You went on your lunch break and I sat next to Mark Cuban and I interviewed Mark. I can't believe. I wouldn't have missed you if I saw you, believe me. Lunch must have. I had a whole long 20 minute conversation with Mark and I'm like, where is Mr. Wonderful? This should be said.
Listen, lunch must have been really good if I wasn't around for you. That's it.
Well, first of all, the season is incredible. It's my, it's my favorite show. I have to tell you. It is my favorite show. And I love it because you like you said, you know, anybody can watch it no matter what age you are. You could be Young Hollywood, you could watch the show and
Look, it's great. I mean, the show celebrates entrepreneurialism. We're so proud of it. Who would have thought young people would watch it? It's the fastest growing family show in America. And we've made lots of millionaires now. We've been on for seven years and every year it gets better and bigger. I'm really proud to be part of it. It's, it's so much fun. It's crazy. It should be illegal.
And I want to know like, you know, you're, you're, you're kind of mean. I have to say.
No, I just tell the truth. Everybody has me in the wrong light. I'm the only shark that tells the truth. That's why they call me Mr. Wonderful.
Well, how many cockroaches have you seen on this season so far?
How many what?
Cockroaches.
Oh, I see lots of cockroaches. But you know, that's okay. It's, you know, if you're called a cockroach, it's because you are one. I'm just calling it the way it is and
What makes you know that somebody is a cockroach?
You should and you should celebrate your cockroachness. You should realize that it's the beginning. You start as a cockroach and you turn into a rat. Then you become a business one day.
You turn into a rat. How was a rat better than a cockroach?
Well, because you move up the feeding chain. That's what happens.
So after the rat, then what do you become?
Well, you try and become profitable. As soon as you're profitable, you're a human being again. That's the way I look at it.
And then there's so many people who come into the tank, you know, what is like the one thing that bothers you the most?
I hate it when people don't know their numbers. I just go crazy. I'm so mad when that happens. They wasted my time. I had to listen to them for 40, 50 minutes and then I asked them, what's profitability? What's your margins? How fast is your market growing? They don't know? I want to kill them.
And then tonight at the AMAs, you're presenting, right?
Yes, I am. A best R&B act and I I think the weekend is a candidate in that. I think it's going to be very interesting, you know. We'll see what happens.
So what's your, what's your favorite music genre? Are you like who are you?
I'm a jazz guy. I'm a jazz, you know, I love jazz.
You love wine?
I love wine. Wine and jazz together. I'm really a romantic. That's the truth.
Awesome. Well, thank you so much and hopefully next time. I'm going to have to come out.
You're not dead to me. She's not dead to me.
I'm not dead to him.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Kevin O'Leary
Featured guest, 'Shark Tank' star
- Mark Cuban
Mentioned as a fellow 'Shark Tank' investor
- The Weeknd
Mentioned as a candidate for Best R&B Act at the AMAs
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