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  • - I am here tonight to publicly...

  • publicly declare my love and admiration

  • for Ellen DeGeneres.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Right? Right?

  • She is one of the very few people in this universe

  • that can make me laugh so hard that I end up in tears

  • and then truly within seconds do something so generous

  • that I end up crying my eyes out even more

  • for a very different reason.

  • And Ellen has dedicated her entire life

  • to putting love and putting kindness

  • into this world, and she doesn't take

  • that task lightly.

  • She approaches every act of giving

  • with the strength of a determined warrior.

  • And in conjunction with her amazing show,

  • she has tirelessly raised staggering amounts of money...

  • over $50 million to date.

  • Right?

  • [cheers and applause]

  • It's remarkable.

  • And--and count for-- countless charities and causes.

  • She is a relentless champion

  • for abused and mistreated animals

  • that have no voice of their own.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Uh, she fights on behalf of those being bullied,

  • for victims of domestic violence,

  • of survivors of unimaginable natural disasters.

  • She brings awareness to important issues

  • like global warming, and racism,

  • world hunger, children's health issues

  • and breast cancer research.

  • And--and that's truly, truly just scratching the surface.

  • When--when she hears about a family in need somewhere--

  • anywhere, truly, anywhere, she is the first to step in

  • and to help them.

  • Ellen DeGeneres may be the most passionate

  • and busiest woman alive.

  • And--and I'm pretty sure that she is nowhere near done.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • [Taylor Swift's "Out of the Woods"]

  • - I started out as a comedian.

  • And I wanted to make people happy,

  • and I wanted to make people laugh.

  • And this has turned into something so much better for me

  • that I get to change people's lives.

  • - I just want to say thank you because for five years

  • you've been my Chemo Buddy every night,

  • and you've help me go to sleep with a laugh.

  • I just thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  • [singing] - Then discovered

  • Then discovered

  • The rest of the world was black and white

  • [cheers and applause]

  • But we were in screaming color

  • - Look at this on the left.

  • It looks like a war zone.

  • We can't forget this.

  • Thousands and thousands of people have lost their homes,

  • lost their lives.

  • We have to care about these people.

  • - Ellen's helped raise over $10 million for, uh--

  • [cheers and applause]

  • [singing] - Are we out of the woods yet?

  • Are we out of the woods? Are we in the clear yet?

  • Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet?

  • Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet?

  • Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods?

  • Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet, good.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Looking at it now

  • - I want to give Jalen a check for $10,000.

  • Corey a check for $10,000.

  • All right?

  • - Thank you.

  • - Aww. - You're--you're welcome.

  • I am devastated over the death of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi.

  • This needs to be a wake-up call to everyone

  • that teenage bullying and teasing is an epidemic

  • in this country, and the death rate is climbing.

  • And I want anyone out there who feels different and alone

  • to know that I know how you feel.

  • And people are gonna be who they're gonna be,

  • and we need to learn to love them for who they are

  • and let them love who they want to love.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Thank you so much for watching the show every day.

  • - You're are the greatest-- - Oh--

  • - For saying you inspire me for everything.

  • - Oh, well, you're so sweet.

  • - This is like a dream. Oh, my God.

  • You just made my day. - Oh, I'm so glad.

  • Well, you just made my day, Alex.

  • [singing] - In the clear yet, good

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - In addition to this prestigious award,

  • Walgreens is donating $100,000 to the recipients,

  • of charity of, uh, Ellen's choice,

  • and she has choisen-- chosen, sorry--

  • she had chosen to benefit

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and honor

  • to present the award once again this year

  • for Favorite Talk Show Host

  • and the Favorite Humanitarian Award

  • to my friend Ellen DeGeneres.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • [upbeat music]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - Wow.

  • Don't go away.

  • Thank you so much.

  • Thank you, uh, wow.

  • Thank you so much, and Melissa, that was--thank you.

  • Yeah, I love you, and what wonderful things you said.

  • You forgot gorgeous, but that's okay.

  • [laughter]

  • This is, uh, crazy.

  • I mean so, so deserved, but this is crazy.

  • [laughter]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • I mean, I-I, uh, I can't tell you

  • how much this means to me.

  • I started my show, and I just set out, uh,

  • really just to make people happy and make people laugh.

  • And to get very, very rich, and, um--

  • [laughter]

  • I certainly didn't set out to-- to win any of the

  • many, many, many, many awards I have received

  • over the past years, uh,

  • but I have to say it's-- it's a little strange

  • to actually get an award for being nice

  • and generous and kind,

  • which is what we're all supposed to do with one another.

  • That's the point--

  • [cheers and applause] Of being a human.

  • I mean, would I call myself the Mother Teresa of talk shows,

  • the Dalai Lama of daytime?

  • [laughter]

  • No...

  • but I'm sure someone out there has.

  • [laughter]

  • I don't think you have to have a talk show

  • to, uh, to be nice to people, to do what I'm doing.

  • Um, I just think that kindness is something

  • that we should all have.

  • That's an innate quality that we have,

  • and we need to-- we need more of that out there.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • I read, uh, an amazing quote, uh, recently,

  • "What if there was no such thing as love,

  • just proof of love?"

  • I don't know if it was from the Bible or an Instagram,

  • but it was really powerful to me.

  • [laughter]

  • So my wish is for, uh, and--and we have

  • a lot of people watching

  • and a lot of different countries,

  • and I want everyone to know that, uh, we all

  • really, really love one another.

  • Deep down, we all love one another,

  • and we need to get back to that. My wish is that we all try--

  • we need more of that right now in the world.

  • So, um-- I want--

  • [cheers and applause]

  • That is what most of us feel.

  • I want to thank Walgreens for being so generous tonight.

  • They've donated $100,000 to one of my favorite charities,

  • St. Jude Children's Hospital,

  • and I of course want to thank the people--

  • thank you people.

  • Thank you People's Choice people,