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News show banter is usually meant to be light-hearted and fun. It’s not supposed to stump your guest — especially about something as basic as her own pets’ names.
U.K. author Jackie Collins went on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” to discuss her latest book. When the segment started, co-host Steve Doocy said they had just been discussing dogs.
“You have them at your house,” Doocy said.
“I do, I have Labradors,” Collins replied.
She answered several other questions fine — she has two dogs, they’re both male, they get along — but it was co-host Gretchen Carlson’s question that made her draw a blank.
“What are their names?” Carlson asked.
“Um, what are their names?” Collins repeated. “I don’t know, because I call them ‘dogs.’ ‘Dog One and Dog Two.’”
There was an awkward moment before the conversation turned to Collins’ newest book. When the segment wrapped up a few minutes later, Doocy implored Collins to “Give our best to your two dogs.”
“I will, yeah — whose names I don’t know,” Collins quipped.
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hi
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:44pmIf I were on TV I wouldn’t even be able to tell you my name.
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226crimsontrace
Feb. 13, 2013 at 1:43pmwho cares?? State of the union, Dorner, national debt, and The Blaze cares about unnamed dogs. I don’t know the pigs name that I ate for breakfast, or the fish’s name that is thawing for dinner, or the squirrels that I feed in the backyard. They are animals, the real nuts out there probably baptize them
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Jim S
Feb. 13, 2013 at 2:31pm..God,IF only more people on TV would only say I don’t know instead of opening their mouth and proving it…
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Kupo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 2:35pmDude, we’ve had about 5,000 articles regarding the State of the Union over the past two days. Chillax.
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1wolf
Feb. 13, 2013 at 3:07pm@Jim S
Bravo!! Well said, It really is that simple.
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DogsLoveFreedom
Feb. 13, 2013 at 3:13pmNo one needs to know your pets names, that just invites all sorts of disasters. From them being called by the paparazzi while they are walked to not protecting you because someone knows their names, it may not matter and it may. Does she have 5 houses? Are there dogs at the houses? Are they watch dogs. These dogs could be taken care of by staff which makes the dogs owners in reality the staff’s dogs not the celebrities. For many years the German Shepherds I have were not named online and no one has ever broken in when the girls are on watch..Dog 1 and Dog 2. lol
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SendTheMeteors
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:30pmThat’s pathetic Jackie. We named her first dog baguette (you had to be there). The second lab we named El Labrador (get it?). We don’t see each other that much these days and that might explain her “lapse” in memory. Her reference is to “Thing 1 and Thing 2″ which is a reference to another of our private jokes.
Don’t worry, she’s got the labs and is very fond of them. As am I. I know them well. This is a temporary lapse I firmly believe.
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Warren28
Feb. 13, 2013 at 7:16pmHI, For as long as I can remember, on occasion, when I get nervous or anxious my short term memory on certain things goes down the tubes.
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BryanB
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:18pmShe couldn’t remember the “Dogs” names because she ate them.
I wounder if she gets her recipes from President Obama ?????
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SUNTZU
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:19pmbubba and juan ,wenner doggs
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redfish52
Feb. 14, 2013 at 7:13amI’m sorry…Gretchen does ask some of the most stupid questions and say some of the dumbest things. It was refreshing during the holiday’s when she was replaced by different people. There are times when she say’s something that you can see the look on Brian and Steve’s face as if to say….really? Did you just say that? On a personal note she is starting to look really a little rough around the edges if you know what I mean. I think its time to put this mare out to pasture and bring in a fresh mount.
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pdw
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:11amIt is nice to read something light every now and then. We all need to lighten-up and enjoy life more.
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kadster01
Feb. 14, 2013 at 8:47am@PDW
“It is nice to read something light every now and then. We all need to lighten-up and enjoy life more.”
I agree, but I must have missed that that was the intended purpose of this story….
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pavepaws
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:05pmBiden moment.
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:35pmMy first thought was ‘she is lying. she has no dogs.’ .. How could you not know your dogs’ names?
The dogs that you so love?
Why would anyone lie about having dogs?
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ezalbeht666
Feb. 13, 2013 at 1:29pmCould be just a privacy thing, maybe she doesn’t want bandits to be able to give the dogs commands or know the names if they’re kidnapped. She is worth hundreds of millions of Pounds/Dollars after all.
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FloraBelleza
Feb. 13, 2013 at 4:29pmJackie Collins, yes, she always thing she superior that any one, this B. try to make Gretchen looked stupid, like what kind question is there? Or like Hillary Clinton moment; What difference make, the names of my dog. Please, Gretchen just try to be friendly, and for most those owners that love’s the dogs, is very co-mum to to tell stories about how they name the dogs after something. Collins act stupid, anyway, she just to old and bitter.
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Scruff
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:06pmShe probably just can’t tell them apart. Labradors all look alike to me.
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:14pmObama just calls his dog “lunch”.
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Excomunicatedmarine
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:51pmSimple, she does nothing with them….that is for the hired help.
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LDSmommy
Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:28amActually, I was told Jackie Collins is a very nice and kick back woman. She doesn’t act ‘rich’ and neither does her sister, Joan. A friend of mine worked for them off and on for a couple of years and said they are hilarious, bawdy as hell and fun. I imagine she didn’t want to share their names out of fear, who knows?
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le misanthrope
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:28pmWe adopted a stray cat. We tried out all kinds of names but none stuck, so it is just cat, the cat, and very often, stupid cat. Not everyone loves animals more than people.
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PlowMan
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:53pmI like cats, they amuse me. But a cat is a cat (that’s what they seem to be thinking about humans) and I have a tendency to call them just “cat”. So I guess if you look at dogs the same way then your probably going to be like this lady. Dogs are different though, they seem to understand that humans love them and they seem to be giving love in return.
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EdtheK
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:54pmAnd you should also add, your cat calls you “staff”.
Dogs have masters, cats have servants.
One of our cats though is confused since she plays fetch like a dog. She’s great at catching the item mid air too.
The other one is too demure to sink to such a level.
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woodenputter
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:18pmI know what the both of em call her “A Hole”……
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DenverKitty
Feb. 14, 2013 at 1:03amwoodenputter, you just earned “Comment of the Day!” Gratz!!
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media-bias-steals-elections
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:15pmSo don’t tell people you have dogs if you don’t give them names? Otherwise people will just think, well, my target audience has a lot of dog lovers, I will own dogs too?
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RealAmerican2
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:58amAWKWARD! How do you not know your pets’ names? Hmmm… when they live in ONE of your homes, and are taken care of and loved by someone else! Just sad.
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jp2feminist
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:49amI could see if they were hunting dogs kept in an outdoor kennel, but really? She doesn’t know their names? Bizarre.
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bondroid
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:17pmREALLY?? You can see it if it’s JUST (implied) hunting dogs in a kennel??? You shouldn’t have dogs either. You’re even more disgusting. Each one of them is precious. I have had several rescued hunting dogs because of people with your mentality.
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paperpushermj
Feb. 13, 2013 at 2:15pmBond you can climb down from your High Horse now.
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jp2feminist
Feb. 13, 2013 at 2:39pmMan! Bondroid! Take a chill pill! I didn’t say that hunting dogs don’t have names. It is possible that a filthy rich person who has hunting dogs might not know their names. Unbelievable!!! ROFL!!!!
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bondroid
Feb. 13, 2013 at 3:50pmPerhaps I came on a bit strong, but I have seen so much animal suffering at the hands of the wealthy and the unwealthy alike. Wealth has nothing to do with it. It’s a mentality the knows no tax bracket. Being in the trenches of rescue makes you VERY angry. I don’t ride the “high horse” I just get to clean up after the messes that many people leave behind. Hunting dogs so starved and emaciated, with numbers and not names. The aftermath of dog fighting, puppy mills, on and on. You might be a bit touchy too if you saw what some of us get to deal with. Dogs should have names and be loved, even if they are used for hunting. I shouldn’t have made it a personal attack. It’s just a sore spot with a lot of us…. My apologies… sorta….
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jp2feminist
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:02pmI accept your apologies. . . sorta. . . :)
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paperpushermj
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:45amThis tells me she has a kennel on the Estate she lives on some of the time. Probably has a kennel Man on the payroll to care for them.
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Joe_The_Patriot
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:38amOld worn out hag bimbo douche
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Sparhawk
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:41amGee, dumbass, tell us how you really feel.
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huey6367
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:43amI was going to say useless pile of flesh but I think we agree.
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Gonzo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 1:20pmDon’t sugar coat it! LOL
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neffy812
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:16amI named my dogs Chaquitus and LaShonquia.
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:16pm….so many polically incorrect jokes that could be inserted here…
restraint….restraint….!
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Smokey_Bojangles
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:14amI call our Dog ***** Head, Doofus, Kool Aid ****, **** Licker, Buddy Buddy, Big Mouth, Nappin’ Buddy, ‘Possum Killer……I can’t even remember what the wife named him.
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RedManBlueState
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:01pmI’m in the same boat with our 2 cats. They came from the shelter with names. My wife gave them new names. I just call them “Fluffy” and “Stripes.”
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truthgetter
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:13amShe didn’t know her dogs’ names because someone else takes care of them. She doesn’t even know them…….
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Rowgue
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:58amExactly. They’re just props to her. Things to be used in conversation and photo ops to show what an animal lover she is. Those dogs are about as meaningful to her as a painting on the wall.
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CABERNETQHS
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:20pmShe probably had a senior moment and made a bad attempt at covering it.
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4xeverything
Feb. 13, 2013 at 4:06pmPerhaps she, like most everyone else, doesn’t name her meals. I’d wager that Barry never named his dog.
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CrismaFire
Feb. 13, 2013 at 8:56pmBarry probably called his dog good right after the last bite.
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perry1980
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:11amI would say she is fit to serve in the Democrat party
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jas0707
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:10amThat’s what happens when you have your “people” taking care of your life. If she has kids she wouldn’t know them names. You’d have to ask their Nanny.
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Armyof One
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:08am7 kids in my family, plus close to 120 foster kids, along with 4 or 5 college kids living with us while in school over 30 years.
My Mom simply refered to everyone as, “George”.
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13th Imam
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:24amPunch line
How’d you tell them apart?
I’d call them by their last name.
Rimshot
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:17pmLol!
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kadster01
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:07amWho gives a corn cob?
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Gargent_Furball
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:05amOh yes, I have three children, and they are so cute, and smart,
Gee, what were their names ??
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term limits for congress
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:47amMaybe they are rent-a-dogs.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:41amSomeone tell her, those aren’t really dogs, they are cats and their names are Mr Tinkles and Snowball.
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ellietoo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:38amI guess you really can’t believe anything people say these days.
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gyro
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:44amthis
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Thighmaster
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:33amShe just wants to appear “normal”, she has peeps to remember the dogs names..
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Stoic one
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:31amI actually found this funny. Dog One & Dog Two!
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAhahaha!
when I was in college, I joked that I would name a dog CAT & a cat DOG……if I were to ever get one.
Now some thirty or so rescues later, my non-human family members have all been wonderful!
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Thighmaster
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:35amI named My dog American Express because I never leave home without him…
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old blacksmith
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:03amused to computer consult in canada….. winnipeg. most night some gender-confused character came in & sat at the hotel bar. we took to calling that person “thing one”. ha-yup, before we left a “thing two” was hanging around.
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4xeverything
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:30amFunny…that’s what I call my kids. Kid 1, kid 2, kid 3, and kid 4. I like to keep things simple.
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GetPastPolitics
Feb. 13, 2013 at 11:02amOr, be like George Foreman, and name them all “George”.
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truthnstuff
Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:21pmThey are all George, but they all have different last names.
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4xeverything
Feb. 13, 2013 at 1:27pmAs long as somone got to pay fo dem.
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justsayin456
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:10amFINALLY. Whatever you call your dog, it probably isn’t its real name. TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!
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Cavallo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:27amCanine X, We didn’t land in the kennel, the kennel landed on us!
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ginger100
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:07amobviously not presidential material
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essgeew
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:16amObviously not candidate material….she admitted she didn’t know. When did any politician actually admit that?
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Thighmaster
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:31amVice presidential material, yes
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Gonzo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:34amI don’t know, she would have a shot at Governor of Texas.
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themudflap
Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:57amMore like California or New York.
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Gonzo
Feb. 13, 2013 at 1:14pmMud, it was a joke. Remember Perry’s brainfart?
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 13, 2013 at 6:21pmGonzo is right….not being able to remember the bullet points in your own economics plan is worse….particularly when the 80 year old guy in the next podium can rattle off his and everyone else’s.
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