Al Roker Roasts 'Vacuous' Heidi & Spencer

Reality Starlet Says 'Today' Show Weatherman Made Her Cry

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'Today' show weatherman Al Roker turned up the heat on Heidi and Spencer Pratt on Monday in a semi combative and oft-ridiculous interview that has quickly devolved into an all-out war of words.

When an interview begins with ... "Now there are those who say that you guys are the poster children for everything wrong with celebrity in this country ... Do you have any regrets about doing what you do?" ... you know it's gonna be rough. After a few minutes of trying to get to the bottom of the Pratts' eccentric ways and decipher if they were, indeed, sincere about their on-screen actions, Roker mercifully ended the interview. Watch It:

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Moments after chatting with the reality duo about their notoriously wacky behavior on 'I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Outta Here,' Roker quipped on his Twitter feed that his guests exhibited "bad and vacuous behavior" and that "we're at minute 11 of their 15" minutes of fame.

Soon after, Heidi was on the horn with Ryan Seacrest, telling his radio show audience about her rough chat with mean ol' Al. TMZ had its radio on and caught these choice remarks:

"I was shocked at how rude he was -- I was crying afterwards because I couldn't believe I felt personally attacked ... I wanted to say to him, do you feel proud of how you're talking to me right now? I'm just a young woman and you're coming at me so aggressively and meanly [sic] and mean-spirited."

Heidi says Roker "made it a very uncomfortable and awful experience."

Then, she calls Roker a danger to his female guests, saying "I really would advise women especially to be careful around him because I feel like he definitely came and attacked me and I did not appreciate that at all."

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Later in the day, as the story continued to build, Roker took to Twitter again to address the controversy. "Heidi & Spencer are young and eventually will realize there is more to life than fame," he wrote, adding "In the kitchen making chicken tacos for dinner."

He also aired his frustration with all the attention this trite and "goofy" exchange has garnered over the course of the day.

"Amazed at the fact that Ann Curry had an terrific interview w/ Benjamin Netanyahu but what gets picked up is my goofy interview w/ Speidi"

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Heidi and Spencer, for their part, have not Tweeted a thing all day.

Tuesday during 'The Today Show, Roker continued to defend himself.

"Was that an attack? I don't think so. I believe I asked what a lot of people wanted to know," he said, Usmagazine.com reports.

In response to Spencer's words that if not for being "saved by Jesus," he would have "ripped" the anchor's head off, Roker added, "If he had tried to come across, I would've dumped him like a bag of dirt."

Furthermore, he brushes off Heidi's sexist remarks. "Come on, I've interviewed hundreds of women on this program and never had a complaint," he said.

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