>> THANK YOU.

>> Jimmy: THIS IS LIKE THE

BIGGEST DEAL IN ALL OF MODELING,

RIGHT?

IS THERE ANYTHING BIGGER THAN

THE "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED"

SWIMSUIT ISSUE?

>> NOT FOR ME.

>> Jimmy: NOT FOR ANYBODY.

THREE COUGHEST, THE ALL-TIME

RECORD IS HELD BY ELLE

McPHERSON.

>> OH, GOOD, WE FIGURED THAT

OUT.

>> Jimmy: WE FIGURED THAT OUT,

WHO YOU'VE VOWED TO DESTROY, IS

THAT TRUE?

>> NEVER, NEVER.

WHO I VOWED TO BE LIKE.

>> Jimmy: YOU VOW TO BE LIKE.

AND PERHAPS SURPASS ONE DAY.

WHEN DID THEY TELL YOU THAT

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE COVER

OF THE MAGAZINE?

I KNOW THIS IS A SECRETIVE

THING.

>> YEAH, THEY WERE VERY --

THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO READ.

THEY JUST COMPLETELY GHOST YOU.

>> Jimmy: OKAY.

>> THEY JUST DON'T EVER TALK TO

YOU AT ALL.

YOU'RE TEXTING, HEY, WHAT'S

GOING ON?

IS THERE "SI" LAUNCH, ARE WE

GOING TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING?

THEY FINALLY GAVE ME A CALL

YESTERDAY.

>> Jimmy: YESTERDAY THEY TOLD

YOU, WOW.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: THEY DON'T GIVE YOU

ANY NOTICE AT ALL.

>> OH, NO.

>> Jimmy: SO THERE ARE A BUNCH

OF WOMEN WHO POSE FOR THE

MAGAZINE THAT HAVE NO IDEA

WHETHER -- THERE'S A BUNCH OF

ANGRY WOMEN RIGHT NOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> I THINK THERE'S ANGRY WOMEN

RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T THINK

NECESSARILY IT'S THE "SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED" SWIMSUIT MODELS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

.

>> Jimmy: I SEE.

ANGRY BECAUSE OF VALENTINE'S

DAY, PROBABLY.

SPEAKING OF VALENTINE'S DAY,

YOUR FIANCE JUSTIN VERLANDER IS

A PITCHER FOR THE DETROIT

TIGERS.

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: HE'S STARTING SPRING

TRAINING TODAY?

>> YES, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY

OF SPRING TRAINING.

SO CLEARLY THE DETROIT TIGERS

HATE LOVE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: THEY'RE ANTI-LOVE, WHY

WOULD THEY DO THAT TO YOU?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> Jimmy: DID HE SEND YOU

FLOWERS?

>> WE CELEBRATED EARLY.

>> Jimmy: HOW EARLY?

CHRISTMAS TIME?

[ LAUGHTER ]

BECAUSE YOU KNEW THIS WAS

COMING.

>> YES, YES.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S VERY GOOD.

DID YOU TELL ANYBODY?

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.

DID YOU VIOLATE THE RULES AND

TELL ANY MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY

OR ANYTHING?

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: YOU DID, I WOULD SAY,

DON'T TELL ME SECRETS.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY JUST

CALLED ME YESTERDAY.

>> Jimmy: RIGHT.

NOW YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE COVER,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH PHOTOGRAPH

THEY PICKED?

>> NO, I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> Jimmy: I AM GOING TO REVEAL

TO YOU AND TO THE WORLD NOW --

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THE COVER OF "SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED."

THIS IS -- I'VE SUBSCRIBED TO

"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" SINCE I WAS

LIKE 10 YEARS OLD OR SOMETHING.

SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

CAN WE GET A DRUMROLL?

[ DRUMROLL ]

HERE WE GO.

THE COVER OF THE "SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED" SWIMSUIT ISSUE FOR

2017.

WELL, KATE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IS THAT THE ONE YOU FIGURED

THEY'D USE?

>> VERY SEXY.

>> Jimmy: WAIT A MINUTE.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE.

THE COVER OF "SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED" -- WAIT A MINUTE,

HOLD ON.

>> EVEN SEXIER.

>> Jimmy: NOW THIS IS THE COVER.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

NO, LET'S GO LIVE TO NEW YORK

CITY.

TO THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.

WHERE WE ARE GOING TO REVEAL --

THE COVER OF THE "SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED" SWIMSUIT ISSUE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE

OFFICIAL COVERS.

THERE'S COVER NUMBER ONE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

COVER NUMBER TWO.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

AND COLLECTOR'S COVER NUMBER

THREE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

ARE YOU HAPPY?

>> I'M VERY HAPPY.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT REALLY A

SWIMSUIT THAT YOU'RE WEARING?

BECAUSE IT SEEMS JUST LIKE A

HAMMOCK THEY GOT TORN TO BITS.

>> I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S JUST A

ROPE.

IT'S A "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" NUDE

MAGAZINE.

>> Jimmy: THIS IS MORE MACRAME

THAN IT IS SWIMSUIT.

>> I THINK THAT THE OTHER ONE IS

JUST A NECKLACE.

>> Jimmy: YOU'RE ON THE COVER --

>> THIS HAND WAS VERY IMPORTANT

IN THIS PICTURE.

>> Jimmy: THIS HAND WAS THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "SI" AND

"PLAYBOY" IS WHAT IT WAS.

>> REALLY.

>> Jimmy: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU

ON ALL THAT.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FIANCE

EVEN MORE SO.

KATE UPTON, EVERYBODY!