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She Says…He Says
Juliet:
How would you describe the show?
● It’s a coagulation of a lot of different
shows and a lot of different magazines.
It is a news and entertainment based
show that basically touches on all
the water-cooler subjects that you
and your friends and your co-
workers are talking about.
What makes it different from
other morning shows?
● We get so much information out.
We’re constantly doing stories on how to
improve your life … we give advice and we
give facts. We start off kind of heavy — usu-
ally a serious topic, newsy topic — and then
as the show goes on, throughout the hour
we get a little more feature-ish. We span the
spectrum — you start the day with the seri-
ous stuff and you end the day with light, fun
stuff like celebrities.
And you guys have such good chem-
istry…
● When I met him six years ago at Fox
News Channel, I think I was the sore thumb
there. I was a little wacky and I’m not sure I
always completely fit in. Mike got there and
it made me feel so comfortable being able to
go from a serious subject to a wacky subject
and back and throwing our senses of humor
in there and throwing a little bit of sexual
innuendo in there — that just kinda the way
I am. And I found a compatriot who has the
same exact perverted, sick sense of humor.
And we’ve never dated. And we’ve never
kissed. Nothing’s ever gone on. Everybody
always thinks that, but we’ve just been great
friends since the day we met.
Doing the morning show means get-
ting up early. What’s the city like at
that hour?
● It’s easy to commute around at 6 o’clock
in the morning; it never is any other time.
I’m at work at 6:15, 6:20. That’s actually
late compared to when I used to go in, I was
down in Battery Park City and I’d go in at
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3 o’clock in the morning to do Fox & Friends
since we started at 6 a.m. Going from Bat-
tery Park City up Sixth Avenue, you’d be
hitting all the club people; they’d be get-
ting out. It’s sort of ending and beginning
at the same time when I go in, and that’s
the cool thing about New York. Obvious-
ly, it is the city that never sleeps, and at 6
o’clock in the morning a lot of people are
going to bed, a lot of people are getting up.
What’s your morning ritual?
● I jump in the shower. I don’t dry my
hair. I throw on sweats. I look like a
complete disaster. I usually don’t even
match and sometimes I wear differ-
ent shoes, because I’m not a morning
person, which is frightening since I do
the morning show. I get to work at like
6:20, 6:30; we have a meeting right
away and I just sit there and mum-
ble throughout the whole thing. And
while that’s happening I get my hair
and make-up done. While I’m sitting
there listening to the meeting going on I
have my little Special K Red Berries and
vanilla yogurt and my iced coffee — a vat
of iced coffee.
What’s the best breakfast in the city?
● I have a habit every single day, Monday
through Friday, Café Metro. We are on hi-
atus right now, but I came in to do some
things. And I was like, “Do I have breakfast
down in Hoboken? Screw that!” I wanted
to have my normal breakfast of my vanilla
yogurt. My favorite brunch place would be
Five Points.
How do you take your coffee?
● I have to have iced coffee. I don’t like hot
coffee, hot anything — except food. Tons of
ice with a little bit of sugar-free vanilla and
skim milk in it.
What about Mike?
● He does Starbucks and he does his skin-
ny, the skinny latte. And if it’s summer he’ll
do ice and if it’s winter he’ll do hot. He does
the sugar-free vanilla, too.
Who’s grumpier in the morning?
● I have to say this: I totally get on his
nerves in the morning. We used to drive
in together and not like I’d be sitting there
talking, but he just wants to hear absolutely
nothing, he just wants silence. So I would
get in and I’d be like “ha, ha, ha, ha” and
he just wants nothing of it. So we drive in
separately now.

Every morning, television viewers around the country tune in to The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet to catch morning’s
wackiest duo — Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy. We talked to the real-life friends — they’re so close he’s going to be a brides-
maid in her wedding – to see how much the longtime daytime partners have in common.
Mike:
How would you describe the show?
● Well if you haven’t seen it, what’s wrong
with you? It’s the best television show that
was ever created. You’re really depriving
yourself; it’s like oxygen. On a serious note, I
would describe it as a very, very topical one-
hour show that should not be missed.
What makes it different from other
morning shows?
● It’s what’s going on. It’s what you will talk
about for the rest of the day; it’s what every-
body else is talking about, especially at the
top of the show. But it’s Juliet and my take
on it — we get to host the show for it’s our
particular take. The only way to make some-
thing different it has to be the hosts of the
show, because the furniture doesn’t talk, the
lighting doesn’t talk; you tune in to be with
other people.
And you guys have such good chem-
istry…
● It’s something that happened instantly in
October of 2004. A guy that I think picks up
talent pretty well, his name’s Roger [Ailes],
he threw us together without an audition.
You can manufacture chemistry, there’s no
question about it. People say it’s lightning in
the bottle or something. No, you can make
it work. You just figure out how to behave
around each other. But it has not been a
struggle or a job at all. I get her, she gets me.
We take care of each other on the air. She’s
a very good kisser. I’m kidding. She’s not that
good. That’s the reason the show works, no
question, it’s people.
Doing the morning show means get-
ting up early. What’s the city like at
that hour?
● I’ve always liked New York just as the sun’s
coming up. I don’t like getting up, but I’ve al-
ways liked walking the streets of Manhattan
as the sun’s coming up. And I like the way
the city sounds, you can still hear the hum of
Manhattan. And the roar of the trash trucks.
You can just walk around freely, it isn’t so
congested where you’re bouncing off of peo-
ple like the rest of the day. It’s refreshing.
What’s your morning ritual?
● I have a routine, I go to the same coffe
shop at the same time every morning. One of
those deals where you walk in and it’s already
ready because they saw you walking through
the door. I like that. I see the same people
saying hello and nodding to each other and
getting just a snippet of their life — maybe
two minutes of their life every morning.
Where’s the best breakfast in the
city?
● I don’t eat before the show. This isn’t very
New York, but I go to Starbucks on 47th
Street between Sixth and Seventh and I
don’t eat. You know what I like to do every
now and then, especially when I have people
in town, I walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to
that Bubby’s Restaurant. If I feel like look-
ing at hot supermodels — and every now
and then I do — I will admit to going
to Coffee Shop in Union Square.
And every now and then I’ll go
to Cafeteria.
How do you take your cof-
fee?
● Absolutely straight black
because I’m manly. No, here
it comes: It’s a vanilla
latte — skinny. So it’ s
sugar-free vanilla. It’s a
latte. It’s so lame. And
it’s with skim milk. So
you go in, you go, “Venti
vanilla latte. Skinny.” It’s
a big cup of coffee.
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What about Juliet?
● She has a major-league breakfast routine.
Kellog’s Special K with berries. That’s what
she eats every freaking morning. If I go to
Starbucks, she’ll sometimes, “Please could
you get me a frozen frappuccino, vanilla.” In
my entire history of knowing her, six years,
she’s never purchased me breakfast. Or a cup
of coffee. Not that she wouldn’t; she never
has any money on her.
Who’s grumpier in the morning?
● Oh! By a hundred miles, she is. I think
she would admit that. It’s like being around a
land mine. When I see her around 8 o’clock I
never know, I hold my breath. She never gets
overly cranky, but I’ll do the old “Hey Juliet.”
And it’s either “ugh,” like a grunt, or she’s in
a really good mood. And then it’s kind of my
job, if she’s not in a good mood, to put her in
a good mood. I do it because I love her.
Catch The Morning Show
with Mike and Juliet
Monday through Friday at
9 a.m. on Fox 5.