Countdown of Today`s Top Five Buzz Makers; ESPN Sportscaster Brent Musburger Most Provocative Celebrity of the Day
APATOW: I am so sick of everyone thinking that I have butt implants. I mean, why would they think that? I mean, who does that?</s>HAMMER: Right now SHOWBIZ trending. This hilarious dead-on impersonation of Kim Kardashian and her sisters by the daughter of one of Hollywood`s biggest directors. And wait until you see the rest. Plus, the SHOWBIZ Countdown, today`s top 5 biggest buzz makers.</s>WEBB: I`m not even kidding you when I say I have literally been on the phone like all day long.</s>HAMMER: Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb speaks out today for the first time since she stole the spotlight at the BCS football championship and we have got the guy who she spoke to right here. And "The Today Show`s" Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford make a solemn vow to give up wine? But why? And who will be the number one buzz maker of them all? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT continues right now.</s>HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thank you for watching. I am A.J. Hammer. And we are counting down the top five buzz makers and kicking things off right away with number five, and it is a big SHOWBIZ Newsmaker with someone who is making big news today everywhere, Katherine Webb, the beauty queen who stole the show at her quarterback boyfriend`s big game.</s>BRENT MUSBURGER, ESPN SPORTSCASTER: You see that lovely lady there, she does going to offer. And I don`t he hit that. But she is also Miss Alabama, and that`s AJ McCarron`s girlfriend, OK? And right there on the right is Dee Dee Bonner. That`s AJ`s mom. You quarterbacks, you get all the good-looking women.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What a beautiful woman.</s>HAMMER: All right. Well, ever since sportscaster Brent Musburger made the call so to speak triggering Katherine frenzy, well, she hadn`t said a word in public until now. Katherine just spoke Ralphie Aversa. He is the host of "The Ralphie Show" on 955PLJ in New York. I haven`t said that on the air 15 years. Ralphie is also a judge with the Miss Universe pageant. Great to see you, Ralphie.</s>RALPHIE VERSA, HOST, "THE RALPHIE SHOW": A.J., always a pleasure.</s>HAMMER: Wow. What a get. You`re the envy of everyone today, scoring this interview with Katherine so soon after Brent made her a household name just like that. And she really gave you an exclusive look into what her life has been like since. Let`s listen.</s>WEBB,: Actually, the championship was last night and I didn`t go to sleep because we all celebrated last night and probably about 7:30 this morning I have been on the phone and I have not had a breath off the hook.</s>HAMMER: Yes, off the hook on so many levels. What a rollercoaster ride. What did she reveal about what the ride has been like for her?</s>AVERSA: Well, she didn`t sleep. She partied in the hotel lobby where the Alabama players were staying with A.J. McCarron and his family and other friends. And something, I think one of the more interesting pieces of my interview with her was the fact she currently lives in Los Angeles and is pursuing a modeling career, yet, despite her new found fame will be moving back to Alabama to focus on her relationship with</s>A.J.  HAMMER: Wow. That`s funny. It is strange to me that`s his name because everybody is talking about A.J. the last few days. Very confusing.</s>AVERSA: Like, stop talking about me.</s>HAMMER: Her Twitter following as we have been talking about just exploded. The last time I checked she had over 200,000 followers tonight, 150,000 of those started following her soon after the big moment on television. And, Ralphie, she told you she has big plans to actually use Twitter as a platform for good which I love. Let`s listen to that.</s>WEBB: One thing that I learn, you know, my heart and my passion for it is kind of being a coach and a leader for the younger generation of kids, like I love nothing more than working with kids and doing for others and if I can at least do something, you know, positive for someone else or use that platform to kind of be an example for others, I am totally OK with that. Now, I don`t have anything else to say about Twitter except that I will definitely be careful of what I post.</s>AVERSA: Right.</s>WEBB: And just try to use good things out of it.</s>HAMMER: I mean, I hope she really is and remains that down to earth. And I am glad to hear by the way that she is going to be using Twitter very carefully, unlike the pro football player that tried to hook up with her on Twitter and accidentally tweeted out his number to all of his followers. That was bad move there. Donald Trump tweeted out, as you know, that he wanted to ask Katherine to be a judge at the Miss USA pageant in Vegas. What else? I understand she is moving back home to spend more time with A.J. But what did she tell you about capitalizing on her fame? Because she has to take advantage of this moment.</s>AVERSA: Absolutely. And she did say during the interview with me, A.J., that she still plans to pursue that modeling career. One of the things we talked about, you want to be based in New York or Los Angeles, a big city, but with the Internet these days, you don`t necessarily have to be in a huge city. Heck, A.J., I was in Scranton for five years as an entertainment reporter and I was able to break stories out of northeastern Pennsylvania. So, it isn`t completely out of the question she still can`t pursue this career from Alabama. But again, it makes you scratch your head a little bit that she is already in Los Angeles and she is going to leave.</s>HAMMER: And you did well in Scranton and took my old job. Good for you. No, I think she is going to do terrifically. And there really hasn`t been in controversy over the fact she has this sudden football game fame. Well, how it all started, that has sparked a great debate. Our number four buzz maker in the SHOWBIZ Countdown, 73-year-old sportscaster Brent Musburger who fanwed all over the 23-year-old on air. Well, this morning the ladies of "The Talk" thought it was kind of creepy.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was just this he is like grandpa age, you know what I mean? It is like the Viagra just picked in. Pretty. I am joking. I have no idea if he takes Viagra. He is 73. I`m sure he is strong like one.</s>HAMMER: All right. Easy does it, ladies. Now, pop culture expert April Woodard is with us tonight. Now, April, ESPN just apologized for Brent`s comments saying he went too far. And personally, I think he was a little over enthusiastic, nothing wrong with saying nice things about a beautiful woman. I don`t know. There was something about it. So, let me ask you, our countdown question, was the apology even necessary?</s>WOODWARD: You know, A.J., I don`t think it was necessary. I mean, here is a game, it was a blowout, it wasn`t very interesting. I know when you watch football, people want to see good looking people and tight ends. And so then we see this beautiful woman in the stands and you can`t give a woman a compliment? I mean, I just don`t think that it was that big of a deal. I think that he was saying she was beautiful and she is striking. And even when they would pan to her I was like, God, she really is gorgeous. So, you know, I just don`t think the apology is necessary. You know, maybe ESPN just felt like they should. But I wasn`t that bothered by it.</s>HAMMER: No. A lot of people weren`t. And I`m really more curious about what kind of conversations are going out in the Musburger home between Brent and his wife and she is probably thinking this is nothing out of the ordinary. I don`t know that. But Katherine Webb did speak out about ESPN`s apology on "The Today Show" and this is what she said.</s>WEBB: I think the media has been really unfair to him. I think that if he would have said something along the lines that we were hot or sexy or made any derogatory statements like that, I think that would have been a little different. But the fact that he said that we were beautiful and gorgeous, I don`t see why any woman wouldn`t be flattered by that. So I think they have been unfair to him.</s>HAMMER: All right. Well, she wants us to pull back. I`m going to do that. Let me bring in Rachel Zalis, editor of New You Magazine. So Rachel, Katherine Webb right there thinks that the media, we, are perhaps blowing this out of proportion. Now, a lot of people are saying well yes, but he swooned over her for a long time there. However, he didn`t say anything sexist. He didn`t really cross any major lines as far as that concerned, but a lot of people did forget there was a football game going on. Did you think it went too far?</s>ZALIS: Absolutely not. I mean, I totally agree with April. It didn`t come off as creepy to me. I thought it was actually kind of sweet and adorable. And I mean, he gave her such a huge moment. Unbelievable. She should be sending him champagne and caviar. I am sure the wife will be fine if they start getting some nice gifts. So I think it was totally fine.</s>HAMMER: But Ralphie, what do you think? You got to speak with her and got the same vibe from her that she wasn`t put off by it.</s>AVERSA: No. She wasn`t at all and even before ESPN issued the apology, she already said she had no problem with it whatsoever. And A.J., let`s not forget who issued the apology though, ESPN. The worldwide leader in sports and an organization that well, doesn`t have the best reputation when it comes to women in the workplace and women in sports. I think this was an overly cautious move on their part, and it is interesting, they were overly cautious this time and they`re still receiving backlash.</s>HAMMER: Well, yes. But no harm done, I think, on their part for at least putting it out there. But let`s move from the debate over the beauty queen to a brand new battle brewing over baby bumps. It is Kim Kardashian`s baby bump versus Kate Middleton. This is number three on the SHOWBIZ Countdown on buzz makers. French designer Roland Moray, he just said that he thinks that Kim Kardashian actually is more selling power than the duchess. What`s his proof? Well, here is what he tells the newspaper, "The Telegraph". He says, "You don`t see hundreds of women running around looking like her, Kate Middleton. To be honest, we`re more likely to get orders on a dress that Kim Kardashian has worn." Rachel, that`s one designer saying that about Kim. But I think he makes a great deal of sense and obvious point. Do you agree that Kim probably does have more selling power than the duchess?</s>ZALIS: Absolutely. I mean, Kate is the duchess, but Kim is the queen. You know what, A.J., at the end of the day, sex sells. More women want to look like Kim, the way she fills out that dress, than they want to look like Kate filling it out. And Kim is also very accessible. She is in people`s homes every day. They feel like they know her. Kate is a lot more elusive and unobtainable. So, it is absolutely makes sense.</s>HAMMER: I do think more people around world care about Kate in a way that they don`t necessarily care about Kim Kardashian. But April, who do you think has more selling power between the two ladies?</s>WOODWARD: Yes. I disagree. Rachel, I am sorry. But I really think that Kate has more, and that`s because she is elusive. That is because she is intriguing and she is not so available. At any moment, you know, Kim Kardashian or her boyfriend, her baby`s daddy, could say something off the wall and just reverse everything and ruin their brand. So. And then, you also have to look at Kardashian`s line at Sears which didn`t do so well. Here was her opportunity to sell, you know, clothes that the Kardashians wore and it was a flop. So, I disagree.</s>HAMMER: Well, I am certain that the baby bump battle will continue throughout their pregnancies. That leaves us at number two on our SHOWBUZ Countdown of the top five buzz makers. Who will be named number one today? Will it be "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence? She has choice words for the paparazzi who first trail her every move. Or is it going to be "Today Show`s" hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford for dropping the drink from the morning show routine? We are going to find out who we name the number one buzz maker today, but only if you stick around. Well, this young star didn`t make the countdown. But she is definitely getting huge buzz for the dead on impersonations of the Kardashians.</s>APATOW: I am so sick of everyone thinking I have butt implants. I mean, why would they think that? I mean, who does that?</s>HAMMER: Yes. That sounds just like Kim to me. You have to see the rest of the deleted scene from "This is 40". And the young star whose hilarious send up of Kim and her sisters, it is going viral. We have it for you coming up. This is SBT, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN.