Imus's and Matthews's comments came during a segment in which Imus asked Matthews: “Have you lost weight?” Matthews responded, “I was at 240 and gaining a couple years ago, and I've been working down. ... I got down to 215 after I ran the other day, so I'm somewhere in the teens still,” later adding, “I'm trying to get down to 200.” Imus remarked, “You look pretty good. I mean, I'm not working toward a Brokeback Mountain situation here, I'm just saying -- I remarked to Charles -- I said, 'He looks pretty good to me.' ”
IMUS: Have you lost weight?
MATTHEWS: I was at -- I was at 240 and gaining a couple years ago, and I've been working down -- I was checking, I said -- I got down to 215 after I ran the other day, so I'm somewhere in the teens still.
IMUS: You look pretty good.
MATTHEWS: I'm trying to get down to 200.
IMUS: You look pretty good. I mean, I'm not working toward a Brokeback Mountain situation here, I'm just saying -- I remarked to Charles -- I said, “He looks pretty good to me.”
MATTHEWS: I've been reading your comments. I don't think you're working in that direction.
[laughter]
IMUS: Well, I'm trying. So, Al Gore --
MATTHEWS: Have you seen it yet? Have you gone to see it yet? I've seen everything else but that. I guess --
IMUS: No, I haven't seen it. Why would I want to see that?
MATTHEWS: I don't know. I've no opinion on that. I haven't seen it either. So --
IMUS: So, they -- I don't know -- it was out when I was in New Mexico, and it doesn't resonate with the cowboys -- with the real cowboys who I know. So --
MATTHEWS: Yeah --
IMUS: But then, maybe there's stuff going on there, on the ranch, that I don't know about. Not on my ranch, but you know what I'm saying.
MATTHEWS: Well, the wonderful Michael Savage, who's on [WTNT AM] 570 in D.C., who shares a station with you at least, he said -- he calls it -- what's he call it? "Bareback Mounting." That's his name for the movie.
IMUS: Right. Of course, Bernard calls it "Fudgepack Mountain," but that's probably --
MATTHEWS: You know what? I'll bet it wins. It's either that or Good Night, and Good Luck. [Warner Independent Pictures, 2005] who'll win for an Academy Award, I think, this year. I think it's the mood. Everybody likes the movie, who's seen it, so.