LIZ:  Candy and I are talking about men we have a crush on and I just named Craig Ferguson, the late-night Scotsman on CBS. Oh, I think he is so cute.

CANDICE: I have a crush on Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. But more Stephen Colbert because I think the guy has guts.

LIZ: Yes, it’s really incredible what he gets away with, isn’t it?

CANDICE: Oh, I saw him at the Washington Press Corps dinner. What he took on … Oh, my God, my mouth was just opening.

CYNTHIA: Well, alright, I say Tony Blair for me. If he would just say he was wrong about the war in Iraq, I could really go for him. But I interviewed him a couple of years ago and I was just absolutely smitten. I guess I’m a little less so now …

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CANDICE: I think everybody was having out-of-body experiences when that war was declared, and I don’t know that people can be held completely accountable for —

CYNTHIA: OK. Alright, so he has out-of-body exception.

LIZ: May I say a word? A P.S. to Candice’s love of Stephen Colbert? Now Candice, when we talk about him having guts and the things he gets away with, don’t you think it’s because his satire is on the right, and if he were doing a satire of somebody who was liberal, he couldn’t get away with it?

CANDICE: Bill Maher …

LIZ: Bill Maher. He’s just outrageous. He’s not doing satire; he’s right up front and opinionated. I don’t know if he particularly gets away with it. A lot of people hate him, but I don’t think anybody hates Stephen Colbert. I love both of these guys.

CANDICE: Right.

LIZ: It’s just whether they have sex appeal or not. OK, so let me just get Hugh Jackman out of the way. He’s one of my favorites.

CANDICE: He’s also one of the nicest.

LIZ: Yes, he’s a great guy.

CYNTHIA: Humor goes a long way. Looking you right in the eye goes a long way.

LIZ: I’m sure Candice knows this guy, and maybe some of you do, too, but one of the sexiest men I’ve ever known and still know is Bruce Willis. Honey, when he gathers you up in his arms, it’s just unbelievable. He even beats George Clooney, who is another person who knows how to zero in on you and make you feel he cares.

CANDICE:  I’ve never met Bruce, actually. I mean, I’ve seen him just at parties, but I’ve never met him. So I wouldn’t know, not like you do, Liz.

CYNTHIA:  I think Vernon Jordan’s right up there.

CANDICE: Absolutely.

LIZ: Yes, great. Sexy.

CYNTHIA: There’s something about … I really like intensity, men who have ideas and want you to know what they are. Their looks are not all that crucial to me.

LIZ: I agree, My friend Barry Diller is right up there with the dynamos. Whenever he talks to me, boy, I feel a lot.

CANDICE: Very attractive. No question.

CYNTHIA: Well, if we can put dead people on our list, I interviewed Paul Newman a year ago and I have to tell you, age was immaterial. He was one of the sexiest men I’ve ever talked to. He was so withholding in a way, and yet so available. I don’t know, it was a bizarre combination. He was really sexy.

CANDICE: Redford. When I was much, much younger, there was just nobody dreamier in every way than Redford. And he was always surprising in his choices and his intelligence and abilities. He was, I think, the first actor to step out of acting and direct, and he just sort of broke all the barriers. He was great.