Introduction "Mn Nakamoto, you’re going to be on in five minutes.” Those were the words of the assistant producer of the hit daytime television talk show The Ollwr Hay starring Danny Bonacluce, Dick Clark, Mario Lopez, a|1d Dorian Gregory. It was a Tuesday aftemoon in the summer of' 2003, and l was standing backstage at NB() Studios in Burbank, Califomia.
I had been invited there to talk to a national audience about my relationship book, Men Am 1.17m Fish: What E1/my Wrmum Needs lu Know abou/ Catching a Man. At the time, Men Are Ltlw [ish was the #1 best-selling dating-relationship book on Amazon.
com, and the producers of The Othzr Hay were looking for a fresh angle on the age-old topic of male/ female romantic relationships. But as the time for me to go on camera nas. ticking down, I had a sudden panic attack and mn off to the restroom to freshen up and compose mysel£ This vim to he my first appearance on television behnre a live audience.
I had been in a studio once to do a taping of` a loca] cable show and had appeared on over 200 radio talk-shows. But being on a nationally televised talk-show in hunt of a live studio audience was a big first for me. After at quick flash of |.
lIT|C, I was positioned on stage behind a curtain. Soon the announcer introduced me by saying, “Have you been fishing Ihr the perfect man only to find out that all the good ones have already been caught? Our next guest says that Ending love starts with using the tight bait.
