Kristin Chenoweth: Hair Extensions Helped Save My Life After On-Set Accident | The View

> > >, THE LOVELY KRISTIN CHENOWETH, IS A SINGER SHE'S, AN ACTOR. SHE'S, A RECORDING ARTIST, AS WELL AS A TONY WINNER, EMMY WINNER AND A BEST-SELLING. Author. - WHEN DOES THIS WOMAN SLEEP SHE'S OUT WITH A NEW BOOK? Called''? I'M NO PHILOSOPHER, BUT I GOT THOUGHTS. ,'' AND WE CA N'T, WAIT TO HEAR THOSE THOUGHTS.. Please WELCOME THE MULTITALENTED KRISTIN CHENOWETH. ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] > >, HI., > > HI., > >. They SHOULD REALLY RAISE THE SEAT. A LITTLE., > >, I KIND OF --. I KIND OF DO NEED A BOOSTER. > >. She NEEDS A PILLOW. SHE'S, A TINY GIRL. > >, THE LAST RESTAURANT I WAS IN. They GAVE ME A LITTLE BOOSTER SEAT AND I WAS LIKE WOW. WOW., BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING AT THE TABLE AND YOU'RE MAKING YOUR ORDER AND YOU'RE LIKE HI.. This IS WHERE THE TABLE COMES. HI, EVERYONE., OH THEY'RE, SO SWEET. > >. So THIS NEW BOOK OF YOURS HAS EVERYTHING FROM YOU KNOW RELIGION TO PROFANITIES., > >. You SHOULD LOVE THAT JOY. > >. I DO. SO TELL US WHAT INSPIRED YOU. > >, OH COVID, HIT US ALL RIGHT REALLY HARD AND I WENT FROM 110 TO ZERO AND MY AGENT CALLED AND SAID WHY DO N'T YOU WRITE ANOTHER BOOK. I WAS LIKE NO. IT'S LIKE HAVING A BOOK REPORT DO.. I LOOK TO BE EARLY AND IT'S CONSTANTLY HAPPENING AND I STARTED LOOKING AT MY JOURNAL ENTRIES AND I THOUGHT I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS HERE ON A LOT OF CRAP. FUNNY STUFF AND HARD STUFF AND THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE. It. > >, I SEE. > >. You SHARED GREAT LESSONS ON LOVE, LOSS, EATING, HUMBLE BUY AND A SECTION CALLED `` THOUGHTS ON SCREWING UP ,'', WHICH SOUNDS MORE SERIOUS THAN IT IS. Can YOU TELL US A STORY ABOUT WHEN YOU SENT A GIFT BASKET TO A THEATER ICON, > >? I DO N'T KNOW WHY I'M ACTING EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I WROTE IT IN A BOOK.. Isabelle STEVENSON WAS ONE OF OUR TONY LEGENDS.. She RAN THE TONY AWARDS AND THE -- > >. She SAW THE SHOW ON TV., I REMEMBER IT. THEATER WORLD OR SOMETHING. > > YEAH.. I WAS JUST STARTING TO HIT AND SHE -- MY ASSISTANT, WHO WAS NEW TO ME. She SAID SHE'S GETTING HONORED.. I SAID I HAD A DEAL WITH PLEASE BEASLEY.. I SAID LET'S SEND OVER SOME COOKIES AND A MUFFIN BASKET. THE NEXT DAY MY ASSISTANT SAID: DO YOU WANT THE GOOD NEWS OR THE BAD NEWS? I SAID IN THAT ORDER. THE GOOD NEWS IS MS. BEASLEY LOVES YOU.. Also, THE BAD NEWS IS ISABELLE. It'S HER MEMORIAL., > > DID N'T IT SAY. Congratulations! You REALLY NAILED THIS WOMAN. > >. That'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT., > > THANK YOU.. > >. Did YOU GET A REFUND > > NO.? I DIDN'T.. I GOT A LOT MORE COOKIES.. This IS THE POINT OF LISTENING AND BEING QUIET, SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT IT IS., I THOUGHT, SEND HER SOMETHING GREAT AND IT WAS HER MEMORIAL. ISABELLE. I LOVE YOU. > >. What'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY? Pay ATTENTION. >, > PAY, ATTENTION. DO N'T GET SO BUSY. You CA, N'T, HEAR., > >. Let'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER STORY WHICH IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.. Yesterday I WAS DOING PILATES AND WHEN I TOLD MY INSTRUCTOR YOU WERE HERE, THEY WERE LIKE. I CA. N'T BELIEVE THE GOOD WIFE DROPPED A LIGHT ON HER HEAD.. Tell US THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE DOING THAT SHOW. > >, I WAS ON --. It WAS MY THIRD DAY.. I WAS ON A CORNER AND WE WERE OUTSIDE BY THE RIVER AND IT WAS 7-ELEVEN AND I KNEW I WAS GOING TO GET A SLURPEE, BECAUSE IT'S FREE SLURPEE DAY THAT DAY., I HEARD WE'RE LOSING THE LIGHT.. It WAS WAY TOO WINDY AND YOU KNOW HOW A FLAGPOLE SOUNDS., I HEARD ACTION AND I WOKE UP IN BELLEVUE, WHICH IS WHERE THEY SEND ALL THE TRAUMA PEOPLE HERE IN NEW YORK.. Anyway, I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT A LIGHTING SILK --. They CALL IT A SILK. CBS RELEASED A STATEMENT UNDER LESLIE MOONVES AS SILK. It WAS LIKE A BUTTERFLY THING LANDED ON MY HEAD., IT'S ATTACHED TO METAL SCAFFOLDING BEAMS AND I GOT HIT AND IT THREW ME BACKWARDS.. I HAD A SEVEN-INCH SKULL, FRACTURE TEETH AND CRACKED RIBS. > >. What SAVED YOU > > MY HAIR EXTENSIONS.. I WOKE UP HALF OUT OF IT., I HAD BEEN DOING CAT SCANS AND I HAD A MEMORY OF HIM GOING. What ARE THESE THINGS IN YOUR HEAD? They ACTED LIKE A STITCH. > > NICE., > >. I SAID BECAUSE I HAD JUST GOTTEN THEM DONE.. I SAID IT'S HAIR EXTENSIONS., I SAID --, IT'S HAIR EXTENSIONS.. They SAID IT HELPED., I SAID. Are YOU SAYING A HAIR EXTENSION SAVED MY LIFE? He SAID I'M SAYING IT HELPED., I'M SAYING NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A GOOD WEAVE., > >. We HAVE ANOTHER LEGAL NOTE FROM CBS.. They HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON THE MATTER WHICH YOU HAVE POINTED OUT.. It TOOK PLACE UNDER DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP.. A GUST OF WIND BLEW LIGHTING. Silk OUT OF PLACE AND YOU RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE., > >, I DID. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, AND I WANT TO SAY THE PEOPLE THAT RUN CBS NOW ARE JUST AMAZING AND HAVE BEEN VERY KIND.. That'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. > >! That'S NICE., > >, RACHEL > > OKAY., SO YOU HAVE BEEN A MENTOR AND A CHEERLEADER TO SO MANY YOUNG ARTISTS FROM ARIANA GRANDE WHO WROTE THE FORWARD IN YOUR BOOK AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME SHE'S DONE THAT.! That'S AMAZING. TO MAREN MORRIS AND YOU PERFORMED A SURPRISE `` WICKED'' DUET.. We HAVE A CLIP TO SHOW. > >, OH GOOD., ♪ ♪. I HAVE BEEN CHANGED: ♪ ♪ FOR GOOD ♪ > >. Last SUMMER YOU ENCOURAGED MAREN TO AUDITION FOR `` WICKED.''. Was THIS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT > > YEAH., BECAUSE I MET HER AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND I JUST KIND OF FANGIRLED OVER HER AND SHE WAS KIND OF DOING THE SAME AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER SHE SAID: WOULD YOU DO --? Would YOU SING THIS WITH ME AT ONE OF MY SHOWS IT'S FUNNY. Just THREE MONTHS AGO I CRASHED AND BURNED, AND I HAD TO REREAD MY OWN BOOK TO REMIND MYSELF TO HAVE A LITTLE GRACE WITH MYSELF.. The FIRST SHOW BACK AFTER ALL THAT BREAK. I WALK OUT AND THERE WAS 10,000 PEOPLE AND I SAW THEM CELEBRATING HER AND I WAS PROUD OF HER BECAUSE SHE'S IN THIS --, ONE OF MY FAVORITE VEINS OF MUSIC, WHICH IS COUNTRY, MUSIC AND SHE'S OUT THERE AND SHE'S A TRAILBLAZER IN A LOT OF WAYS. And I JUST GOT TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH HER.: YOU KNOW --, THEY SAY I MENTOR THEM.. They MENTOR ME TOO., IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET.. We HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. THEY'RE BIG ON HAVE A FIVE MINUTES TO YOURSELF DAY.. I USED TO LAUGH AT THAT. NOW I REALIZE IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WORK WORK, WORKS., NO YOU'RE GOING TO CRASH AND BURN. If YOU DO N'T SAY I NEED A SECOND. > > ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE, BRINGING TOTAL GLINDA VIBES, WHICH I LOVE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING. In'' SCHMIGADOON'', WHICH IS SET IN A PLACE BIKE, CALLED SCHMICAGO. > >. That'S THE BEST. > >. We LOVE HAVING YOU HERE. YOU'RE, A LITTLE GIRL WITH A BIG VOICE AND A BIG HEART.. Thank YOU FOR COMING WITH US. KRISTIN CHENOWETH IS HER NAME.. Her BOOK IS CALLED ``, I'M NO PHILOSOPHER, BUT I GOT THOUGHTS.'' IT'S AVAILABLE NOW AND EVERYONE IN OUR AUDIENCE IS GOING HOM.