Mr. Rowe, I have a deep, dark question about your past.

My mother has been an avid watcher of QVC for as long as I can remember. Whenever you show up on another show or something, she always brings up this one anecdote about your time on the channel:

She claims that one night she had turned on the TV at some ridiculously late hour because she couldn't sleep. As was standard, it was tuned to QVC. She said they had you hawking some crappy jewelry, and you clearly weren't happy with doing this at roughly four in the morning for the non-existent audience. This led to you walking off-set, returning with an ice cube on a string, and attempting to sell it with a completely straight face.

I have never seen a shred of evidence to suggest this is true, but she swears to this day that it happened. I figured I'd take the chance to ask the man himself.

I've gotta know, is this true? Because I want so, so badly for it to be true.

EDIT: You guys are so awesome. I caught this AMA late, and had pretty much resigned myself to a fate of never having this resolved. But even after it was over, you got me voted up enough to catch someone's attention, and I got a response from Mike Rowe himself. The only reason he came back hours after it was over was because you guys liked my silly question enough to bring it near the top. Seriously, thanks. :)