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  • There's someone in the audience today

  • who may know my staff better than I do.

  • Her name is Tracee Lopez.

  • She follows all these people that work for me.

  • She's such a big fan.

  • She did something that I'm very proud of-- she

  • requested the day off to watch my premiere show last Monday.

  • And for that reason, she gets to sit right here.

  • Tracee, come on down.

  • [ELECTRIC PIANO MUSIC]

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Hi!

  • Oh, boy.

  • Sorry, I'm a mess.

  • Yeah, let me put this on your beautiful EV1 sweater.

  • Yes.

  • Of course you noticed.

  • Yep.

  • All right.

  • Hi, Tracee!

  • Hello.

  • So happy umm happy--

  • welcome.

  • Hello.

  • I'm so sorry.

  • OK.

  • No, that's OK.

  • And good things come to people who write in for 12 years.

  • 13.

  • How many-- 13 years.

  • 13 years.

  • It's amazing.

  • I mean, when I hear people started

  • watching the show when they were 12 years old,

  • it's quite something.

  • So--

  • I'm sorry.

  • So you wrote in at 12 years old.

  • But you wrote in under fake names

  • because you were trying to-- what did you do?

  • Well, my aunt was 18 at the time.

  • She actually had an email.

  • I didn't have one.

  • I was only 12.

  • So I just went under her name and I would say, like, hey,

  • my niece and I love you.

  • We watch you every day.

  • But it was really me that was the niece.

  • And so, yeah.

  • I was just doing anything to tag along even if I wasn't--

  • Right.

  • And so, you follow all these people that work for me.

  • Half of those people, I don't know who they are.

  • I mean, like--

  • Well, they're really funny.

  • They're really, really funny.

  • Are they?

  • They are really funny.

  • I'm sure they are.

  • I mean, there's so many people who work here.

  • Yes, and they have such a good bond together.

  • Yeah.

  • They do.

  • I'm sure they're wonderful.

  • So you got the call that you're getting tickets to this show,

  • and you've been waiting--

  • I can't believe how long.

  • I've heard that people wait for a long time for tickets.

  • But you've been waiting this long,

  • and you finally got tickets today.

  • And you work at the Apple Store, right, in San Antonio?

  • I do, yes.

  • I do.

  • And so, your boss, you just told him you needed the day off

  • so you could watch the show?

  • Oh, well, yeah.

  • I mean, I just saw, like, I was not going to work that day.

  • It's Ellen's premiere week.

  • That's just going to happen.

  • That's not going to happen!

  • Well, you should change jobs so that you can watch it

  • every day, don't you think?

  • I do.

  • I should, yes.

  • Yeah, you should work at night or something.

  • Well.

  • I don't know.

  • Think about it.

  • Yeah, I'll think about it.

  • All right.

  • So you help out your family when you're not working.

  • I do.

  • What are you doing?

  • Right now, well, I'm just trying to help my mom actually.

  • We were talking.

  • My mom took in a lot of my friends when I was young.

  • They didn't have a place to go.

  • And so, they're still my friends.

  • I'm just kind of working towards becoming that.

  • My mom and I volunteer for basketball together.

  • We do a lot of things together.

  • And I just want to grow up to be half the woman she is.

  • And that's what I'm just excited for.

  • It's amazing.

  • Yeah, she sounds amazing.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • [INAUDIBLE]

  • So I know that you asked for a lot.

  • You're wearing my EV1 sweater, and you're wearing the socks.

  • Be Kind socks, yes.

  • And you're wearing-- yeah.

  • So I wanted to give you something

  • for your 25th birthday.

  • So I got you a bunch of the Ellen products

  • so that you don't have to wait and get--

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Thank you.

  • Hi, Andy.

  • Hi.

  • Hello.

  • That's Andy.

  • I know.

  • You follow Andy?

  • Yes, I think so.

  • All right.

  • I think so.

  • All right.

  • And so, you have a bunch of stuff in here.

  • You have t-shirts.

  • Also, Shutterfly is celebrating 20 years,

  • and they want to celebrate your 25th birthday with $25,000.

  • [SOBBING]

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Thank you so much.

  • You're welcome so much.

  • Oh, my gosh.

  • Thank you.

  • We'll be right back.

There's someone in the audience today

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