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TheStarScoop.Com participated in a multi-media interview with Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel of  NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Here’s what the two had to say to TheStarScoop.com

THE STAR SCOOP:
Hi, guys. How are you?

PIERS MORGAN:
Very well, thanks.

THE STAR SCOOP:
And, this question is for both of you. I was hoping you could tell me how you feel about working with one another?

PIERS MORGAN:
Howie, you go first.

HOWIE MANDEL:
I’ll start. I believe that it is a true honor for Piers to be spending time with me and working with me. I don’t know him that well, but you can just tell by the gleam in his eye that you know, he feels like the luckiest man in the world.

You know what, it’s an incredible amount of fun, because you know, we spend – I do. I spend every waking moment that we’re not critiquing and judging and entertaining in trying to annoy. And, I think he also has the same goal. So you know, and he’d prefer to be…

PIERS MORGAN:
Yes. And, may I say I didn’t think anyone could be more annoying than David Hasselhoff, but Howie Mandel is.

HOWIE MANDEL:
He was the Hoff. I’m the Man.

THE STAR SCOOP:
And, is there anything in particular that has drawn you both to be so involved with reality television?

HOWIE MANDEL:
Is there anything…

PIERS MORGAN:
In Howie’s case, I mean he was just a massive fan of the show, weren’t you?

HOWIE MANDEL:
Say that again. I was what?

PIERS MORGAN:
You were a big fan of the show, weren’t you? Watching at home..

HOWIE MANDEL:
A huge fan. A huge fan of the show. And, it was wonderful for us, because we really do have very different taste and very different – you’re really getting the – it’s such a dichotomy between – I mean, we do agree at times, but especially on the acts that I was talking about when Piers got on the phone. Like sometimes, the silliness of somebody being silly, I will embrace that character, where — and he’s not wrong — where he doesn’t see – you know, maybe this person is just insane and maybe it’s just stupid.

But the truth about it is that – you know, how do you describe somebody like Tiny Tim? You know, what – is he insane…

PIERS MORGAN:
Yes.

HOWIE MANDEL:
…or was he a bad singer? I loved that kind of entertainment, and we’ve gotten pretty heated on that kind of in those moments.

PIERS MORGAN:
Well, I think it’s fair to say that Howie tends to be very supportive of acts that I think we should be crossing continents to avoid. That’s how I would phrase it.

THE STAR SCOOP:
Well, thank you so much Piers. Thank you, Howie.

PIERS MORGAN:
Pleasure.

HOWIE MANDEL:
Thank you.