Name: A Touching Surprise for Ellen
Uploaded: 2017-06-20T00:37:11.000Z
Duration: 4 min 25 s
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[APPLAUSE] We're back with Oprah and Laura Dern and the cast of Ellen.

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And one of my favorite things to do on this show is to surprise audience

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members but I just found out that there's a few people in the audience that have

a surprise for me, and I think we're supposed to watch.

I was that kid in middle school that was different.

>> Not admitting who you are and being closeted, and

living your life on a day-to-day basis not out, it's really painful.

>> The pressure, when you're in the closet, to you don't wanna talk about

something gay, cuz then people are gonna know you're gay.

So I wanted to distance myself as much as possible from the episode.

But at the same time, inside, I was dying to talk to someone about it,

I was literally counting them and it's that day to go home and

>> When the episode aired, I threw a big party.

>> I knew, in a way, that I was watching history.

But, I didn't know how much that was gonna impact my own life.

This was our hail mary as, I think, a gay community.

>> The whole time I was like, please just get to it.

>> [APPLAUSE] >> It was a triumphant moment,

that was the very first time in my life that I didn't feel alone.

>> The credits had just started to beginning to roll and

ring, and I picked up and my father didn’t even say hello,

she asked if I had watched Ellen's coming out, and I said no.

It's like you wanna tell your mother thank you for that, and you want to,

I could relate to that so much, because saying that word

means you can't go back, and I was right there with her.

She's someone that helped me become the person that I am.

>> She put her career on the line to not open doors but

to kick down doors and swing them flying open.

>> You've made a lot of people laugh, but you saved lives.

>> You took that on so that people like me could be here.

I didn't think I would ever have a partner.

I certainly never thought I could say the word wife.

My daughters can walk up to friends and say, I have two moms.

And people come up to my daughters and go, well, aren't you lucky.

>> Thank you for giving a 14 year old fat,

gay, sort of sissy kid, who had a really large personality and

hid behind his humor, the ability to continue to foster that humor.

>> You've given me a dream which 20 years ago wouldn't have even have been possible.

>> Thank you for being you and for being brave, and bold,

and courageous, for me, for my kids even,

because I learned from you how to be brave, and bold, and courageous.

>> We'll take a break, we'll be right back.

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