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  • Earlier in the show, I told you we had the biggest surprise we

  • have ever done for one family.

  • And when I say it's big, it is big.

  • We met the Daniels family last November

  • when they entered a contest to sit in our Skybox for the 12

  • Days of Giveaways.

  • After the show, we learned more about them.

  • And I wanted to help.

  • Take a look.

  • Our first GEICO Skybox winners are here today.

  • Now you're the ones who sent a little note

  • saying that that video spiced up your love life.

  • And--

  • True story!

  • True story!

  • That's right.

  • [LAUGHING]

  • And I don't know why you felt the need to write it in a note

  • that you made incredible love after--

  • don't get too excited up there.

  • We can see you.

  • [LAUGHING]

  • It's so good to see you again.

  • Yeah.

  • It's good to see y'all again.

  • This is crazy!

  • I know.

  • So you're going through a tough time financially.

  • It's just hard.

  • With four kids, we're in a two bedroom, two bathroom

  • apartment.

  • They share a room.

  • And we're grateful for what we have.

  • But it's hard.

  • Christmas is really tough for a lot of people.

  • And it was really tough for you.

  • But, RJ, I want you to tell everybody

  • what Christmas means to you.

  • To me, Christmas isn't about getting presents.

  • But it's about giving presents to others,

  • because seeing other people smile,

  • it just makes me feel good.

  • Isn't that--

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • So I know you watch every single day.

  • So why don't I just give you every single thing

  • we gave away on all 12 days?

  • Oh, my god!

  • [MUSIC - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR"]

  • Oh, my god!

  • [SQUEALING]

  • Oh, my god!

  • [SCREAMING]

  • (SINGING) With the kids jingle-belling and everyone

  • telling you--

  • So, this morning, Jeannie surprised them

  • at their apartment in Hawthorne, California.

  • And this is what happened.

  • Hi, Ellen.

  • I'm here in Hawthorne, California,

  • about to surprise the Daniels family.

  • [KNOCKING]

  • Who is it?

  • Um, it's Jeannie!

  • Oh, my god!

  • [SCREAMING]

  • [GIDDY LAUGHTER]

  • Hi, you guys!

  • I need you all to listen up really carefully, OK?

  • You have 10 minutes to get ready,

  • because I am taking you somewhere.

  • I cannot tell you where.

  • I cannot tell you why.

  • You just have to trust me.

  • So go get ready!

  • Go, go, go!

  • Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

  • Hurry!

  • OK, come on, we brushing our teeth?

  • [INAUDIBLE]

  • Have we got that?

  • Ryan, you got everything in here?

  • Right this way.

  • Grab your bags.

  • Don't forget-- we can get that later.

  • Whoo!

  • Go, go, go!

  • Hurry!

  • Hurry!

  • In!

  • In!

  • In!

  • In!

  • I cannot believe it!

  • Y'all crazy!

  • Where are we going?

  • [GIDDY LAUGHTER]

  • We may not be able to tell you guys what's going on.

  • But you've got to trust me.

  • Y'all trust me?

  • We trust you.

  • We trust you.

  • I trust you 1,000%.

  • [MUSIC - PHARRELL WILLIAMS, "COME GET IT BAE"]

  • (SINGING) Come get it, bae.

  • Come get it, bae.

  • Come get it, bae.

  • Come get it, bae.

  • [SQUEALING]

  • Whoo!

  • Whoo!

  • Whoo!

  • All right.

  • So that was earlier.

  • I'm told they're pulling onto the lot.

  • And we're going to-- hear they come.

  • They're going to be coming through those doors.

  • They didn't even know they were coming here.

  • They realize that now.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • [SCREAMING]

  • [MUSIC - PHARRELL WILLIAMS, "HAPPY"]

  • (SINGING) Because I'm happy.

  • Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.

  • Because I'm happy.

  • Clap along if you feel like--

  • This whole thing is crazy!

  • I love it!

  • [SQUEALING] I love you!

  • I love you!

  • Oh, my god!

  • [CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

  • Oh, my goodness gracious!

  • Oh, my god.

  • All right.

  • Hi!

  • Hi, there, Ellen.

  • Y'all are very trusting.

  • Yeah.

  • You didn't know where you were going.

  • You just gotten a van.

  • We had no idea!

  • Yeah.

  • Here you are!

  • So hi!

  • Yeah.

  • Surprise!

  • It's for real!

  • Yeah.

  • So, well, we're going to--

  • we have to take a break, anyway.

  • But I just wanted to say you're here.

  • And you probably wonder why.

  • Because, last time you were here,

  • we gave you all 12 Days of Giveaways.

  • Yes.

  • Thank you.

  • And then, so, this time you're like, well,

  • what are we doing now?

  • So I'm going to tell you.

  • But we're going to take a break.

  • And then I'll tell you why you're here, OK?

  • OK.

  • OK.

  • All right, we'll be right back.

  • We're back with the Daniels family

  • who we've all grown very fond of around here.

  • We just couldn't stop talking about you when I met you.

  • And I just love your kids.

  • I think they're amazing.

  • And so here's what we love about y'all is that,

  • no matter what you're struggling with,

  • no matter how you're living paycheck to paycheck,

  • you still want to pay it forward, you still help others,

  • right?

  • And even with the 12 Days of Giveaways,

  • you helped somebody out at Walmart, right?

  • Yeah.

  • It was a family behind me.

  • And they had a newborn baby.

  • And I just paid for their item.

  • And we were doing little things before.

  • But since the show, you have sparked something else in us.

  • You inspired us.

  • You make us want to do more, go really hard.

  • We love you.

  • But we're not the only ones who love you.

  • We found some other people who love you.

  • Wow.

  • What makes Robert and Christy special,

  • they can go to any party, and the party could be a zero.

  • By the time they step into the room, it's 100.

  • Having Robert as a brother has inspired me

  • to want to be a better person.

  • Because I watch how much he'll go out of his way for others.

  • When you find people that are truly genuine-- sorry--

  • you do have to hold them near and dear.

  • It's just great, all the support that he gives, not only me,

  • everyone else.

  • It's been hard for big raising the four boys in the two

  • bedroom.

  • Sometimes, there's things that they need.

  • It's just was such a blessing when

  • Ellen picked the video of them.

  • And I'm so thankful to Ellen.

  • When I saw them on the show, I was tickled!

  • It just really touched my heart to see that everybody gets

  • to see what I get on the daily.

  • They deserve the world, because they really are nice people.

  • They look out for all of us.

  • I cried.

  • It was tears of joy, because that

  • is of family who most definitely is well-deserving

  • of a blessing.

  • Oh!

  • All right.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • I can tell that means a lot to you.

  • That touches you a lot.

  • All right.

  • So you're here because we're going

  • to do something big that we've never done for any family ever.

  • It's the biggest thing we've ever done.

  • Let's do some breathing exercises.

  • Let's just--

  • Oh, he's crying.

  • Let's just take a breath.

  • Let's just take some breathing, just deep breathing.

  • You feel good?

  • That was so special.

  • I know.

  • I know.

  • That was really special.

  • All right.

  • OK.

  • Thank you.

  • You're welcome.

  • Do you want a sip of water?

  • Do you want to--

  • No, I'm OK!

  • No, you're OK?

  • You sure?

  • All right.

  • OK.

  • So you like Cheerios?

  • Yeah!

  • Yeah, I love Cheerios.

  • It's a wonderful cereal.

  • They're a wonderful--

  • I like Cheerios.

  • It's a wonderful company.

  • Because they put a lot of positivity and make good

  • go round in the world.

  • Because they really care about paying it forward.

  • That's their whole thing.

  • And I've gotten to know the people of Cheerios very well.

  • Because I'm partnering with them for this pay it forward,

  • do good.

  • And they want to do two things for you, OK?

  • So there's two things.

  • The first thing they want to do is give you $500,000.

  • [SHOCKED MURMURS]

  • [INAUDIBLE]

  • [CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

  • [SCREAMING]

  • Thank you.

  • That's one thing.

  • That's one thing.

  • We're going to take a break.

  • And I'm going to give you--

  • [SOBBING]

  • --we'll come back and give you the other thing after this.

  • We're back with the Daniels family.

  • We just surprised them with $500,000 from Cheerios.

  • And that is going to take care of a lot.

  • It's going to take care of your debt.

  • It is going to take care of college for your kids.

  • For sure.

  • You're in a two-bedroom apartment.

  • You can buy a house now.

  • So that's going to do a lot, right?

  • Thank you so much!

  • But thank you, Cheerios!

  • Yeah, thank you, Cheerios, is right.

  • We love Cheerios!

  • I just have to tell you that you are a true humanitarian.

  • And I love you.

  • I've always loved you from--

  • every since I've watched you.

  • And you're always giving.

  • And I just wish that, if nothing else,

  • I just want to tell you that, from the bottom of my heart,

  • we really, really love you.

  • And we always have.

  • Well, I love y'all, too.

  • I'm so glad I got to meet you.

  • I'm so glad you entered that contest to be my dancing elves.

  • Because that's how this happened.

  • All right.

  • So I said we have two things, right?

  • Yes.

  • So Cheerios wants you to have $500,000,

  • because they want you to take care of all of your needs.

  • But they love that you give back to the community.

  • That's why Cheerios is doing this, because they're all

  • about One Million Acts of Good.

  • We're always looking for people to write into us

  • and tell us what they're doing.

  • Because we want to spread this around in the world.

  • And they know that you love to pay it forward.

  • So now the $500,000 is for you.

  • They're giving you another $500,000 to pay it forward

  • however you want.

  • We're going we're going to follow you around.

  • And you're going to--

  • Oh, my god!

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • That's $1 million!

  • That's $1 million!

  • That's $1 million!

  • Look at that!

  • $1 million from Cheerios!

  • Oh, my god!

  • Oh, my god!

  • [CRYING]

  • [CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

  • Let's say hi to your family.

  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • Ellen!

  • Hi, Ellen!

  • Thank you so much!

  • Oh, my god, Lee.

  • Oh!

  • I want to thank Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.

  • And a big thanks to Cheerios.

  • Cheerios, thank you so much.

  • I'll see you tomorrow.

  • Be kind to one another.

  • Bye.

  • Hi, I'm Andy.

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  • like videos of me getting scared, or saying

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  • Ah!

  • Oh, [BLEEPED] God [BLEEPED]

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