Episode 3847 (original Air Date11/09/09) 03.15.10
>.Today.
Oprah>. What a delight.
>. Ellen on Oprah’s stage.
Oprah>. I love now being able to really call you a friend.
>. I’ve always wanted to be closer.
Oprah>. She’s the “newest American idol” judge. Do you think you can stand up to Simon?
>. And…
Oprah>. We’re on the loose.
>. Oh! Oh!
Oprah>. It flew off the shelves.
>. Do we have a drum roll?
Oprah>. My co-cover girl.
>. Then…
Oprah>. Her wife Portia De Rossi. Who proposed to whom? Ellen’s here!
>. Next.
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Oprah>. Woo! Woo! Woo! Hello. Ta-da, ta-da,ta-da,ta-da.
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Oprah>. Thank you. Are we cute? Are they cute? That’s right. Woo-hoo! That’s my favorite one. That’s my favorite one. I just …I love Ellen and me on these covers. It was so much fun.
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Oprah>. We thought….Have a seat. We thought this day would never get here. It’s been months in the making, so without further ado, let me introduce my glamorous co-cover girl, she’s he woman who makes us all want to get up and dance, sing, and have some fun, and for the first time in 10 years, Ellen is here on the “Oprah” show. And you know we’re gonna have a good time. Cue the music, J.R., cue the music.
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Oprah>. Hey, girl.
>. Hey, girl.
Oprah>. Hey, girl. Hey, girl. Have a seat. Hey! It’s been a while.
>. I know. I haven’t been here in…
Oprah>. You haven’t been here in a decade.
>. Yeah.
Oprah>. Decade. Well, I have to tell you all, it was so much fun, and I love now being able to really call you a friend, because before we were sort of like celebrity friends.
>. Yes.
Oprah>. Celebrity, like, how are you?
>. I always wanted to be closer.
Oprah>. Yeah. Ha ha!
>. I love you.
Oprah>. And now we can be.
>. Now we can be.
Oprah>. We were very closer for this whole shoot.
>. That’s right. That was so much fun, and I can’t believe it actually happened. I’m really thrilled, and I love the cover. I love it.
Oprah>. Do you love it?
>. Yeah, I love it.
Oprah>. I love it, too.
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Oprah>. You were such a good sport about the whole thing. Now, and we’re shooting, you know, I…this was all a joke to you to begin with, right? It started out as just, uh…
>. Of course.
Oprah>. It was a joke.
>. Of course.
Oprah>. Of course it was ‘cause everyone knows by now Ellen worked very hard campaigning to be on the cover of “O” magazine. So I want to just take a brief look back at some of her efforts.
Ha ha!
>. Well, there’s one thing that everybody is talking about and that’s my quest to get on the cover of “O” magazine, a calling it O, yes I can!
>>. O, yes I can.
>. I made a phone call to Harpo studios on Friday, and I got “Ted.” Hey, listen, I’m interested in getting on the cover of “O” magazine. What do you think of that?
>>. Um, hole on for one second, OK?
>. Oh, wow. This latest issue, I thought. Well, why don’t we just, like, add me. You’ve already done her, you know, so you could just put me on there.
>>. Hold on for one second, OK?
>. Great, great. I didn’t even have to ask any questions. I just said I want to be on the cover. They’re probably going, when can we fly you out, Ms. Degeneres?
>>. I can still hear you, Ellen.
>. Oh.
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>. I think that’s steadman on keyboard. ♪ To get on the cover of “O” ♪
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>. We’ve heard that whole song now. She sent me a note. “I’m so sorry I missed your call. Here’s a little something to try and make it up to you.” So you’re all getting cupcakes from Oprah.
Oprah>. So funny, really. Ellen’s crusade, it was so entertaining. It was so entertaining, we’d watch in our office here just to see what you were gonna do. I almost didn’t want the whole thing to end, but last March, I answered her call. Listen.
>. His new film, “I love you, man,” opens in theaters today, and, uh, what?
Oprah>. Ellen? Hello!
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Oprah>. Hi, Ellen! Hey, is this a good time?
>. What?
Oprah>. I heard you called me, and I wanted to call back. Is this good time?
>. Wow! Oprah, what are you doing? I can’t believe this is… how is this happening? I don’t know anything about this.
Oprah>. You wanted me to call you because…
>. Oh. Well, Oprah, I have this great idea. See, I just thought it would be really fun, if, you know, we could be on the cover together, you and I, because, you know, because, because… how do you like that idea? Isn’t that a good idea?
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Oprah>. I have to tell you, when I first heard about this, I thought it was such a fantastic idea. I was only sorry that I did not think of it myself, so I am calling to officially invite you on the cover of “O.”
>. Are you serious?
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Oprah>. Ha ha! OK. So, Ellen, tell everybody how you came up with this idea. How did you come up with it?
>. Well, first of all, my goal was to get on the cover,. Now that that’s happened, I’ll back up in a second, but now my goal is to make it the biggest selling issue of all time. That is my goal.
Oprah>. Thank you for that.
>. I need help.
Oprah>. I’ll take that. But you started this idea because…
>. Because I was sick of the new year’s resolutions that I… everybody comes up with the same new year’s resolutions, and so I decided my resolution was to get on the cover of “O” and at that point, no one had ever been on. That was before the first lady was on. It was before anyone, so I thought it was impossible, and I like challenges, so I thought I am gonna keep doing this until it possibly happens.
Oprah>. And then when you saw that we did the first lady…
>. Then I thought, how dare you?
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>. It was my idea!
Oprah>. But as you know, these things take a long time to plan, so we had already…that was already in the works, you know.
>. OK. If you say so. I think you got the idea from me and thought…
Oprah>. No. it was already in the works. It was already in the works, and so after you saw that Michelle Obama was on the cover, you thought, OK,then…
>. Then I have a shot? No, I didn’t think that. No. “Oh, well, if Michelle Obama’s gonna be on, she’ll put me on.” No. there was plenty of people in line after that before I would get there, so no, I didn’t think that at all. I just thought, well, that’s an amazing…of course, that’s a great cover.
Oprah>. We’ll be right back. More with Ellen!
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Oprah>. Coming up, Ellen and I on the loose in Chicago. Woo! And behind the scenes of our cover shoot. That’s next. 19 years ago we gave him the worst makeover. What on earth were we thinking? Now… come on out.
>. Oh, my god!
Oprah>. The do-over. Project runway’s Tim Gunn takes on Mr. Grizzly Adams… I love it…an 80’s rocker. You are changing… those dreaded dad jeans. That looks good. And this? Plus Carson Kressley’s on the loose.
>. Oh, no.
Oprah>. ‘cause y’all said make over my man! You look great! Tomorrow.
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news CM.>.Afternoon… we have new information on the death of a young East Tennessee woman…was she involved in a high speed chase with police??? Plus disturbing numbers when it comes to skin cancer… what the experts are ….
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>. Yeah. You all know I’m gonna be on the cover with Oprah. It was a package deal, and so starting today, we’re starting the “O” countdown.
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Oprah>. Hey, Ellen. Yoo-hoo.
>. 17 days left on that clock. I would like to show you what I would’ve looked like had I done the Halloween issue. I think it’s gonna be huge. I predict this is what finally makes Oprah a household name. I think people will know her now. Originally, o thought I was just gonna be on the cover, and then they ended up at the photo shoot taking a lot more pictures, and then they decided to put some pictures inside the magazine, as well, and then Oprah interviewed me, and then Oprah asked me to write that column that she normally writes, “what I know for sure,” so basically, Oprah got me to do all of her work.
>>. Here she is now…Ellen Degeneres.
>. Hi, everybody. I’m dressed as “O” magazine. Stop staring at my articles.
Oprah>. Ellen Degeneres. Ellen Degeneres, uh, our December “O” magazine co-cover girl, is here. May I say that I watched the show with you when you came out as an “O” magazine for Halloween. That was one of the…first of all, I couldn’t believe you were gonna keep that costume on the whole hour.
>. I think that’s what threw my back out…I really do…because it was heavier than it looked and then I had to sit on a stool, and it was really hard for people to talk to me because it was…
Oprah>. You couldn’t talk.
>. It was weird.
Oprah>. I couldn’t believe you did that. Hey, yes.
>. Because I love you.
Oprah>. Yes. Wow, and may I say… did you all see the Halloween show?…that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen when you were hiding in the bathroom and surprising people, and the truth of the matter is, I laughed until I cried, and then I thought. “well, if somebody did that to me, I’d be so pissed.
>. Really? Really? Would you?
Oprah>. But I laughed until I cried every single time. It got funnier and funnier and funnier.
>. It’s so much fun to scare people, not in a horrible way, and also, for me, it’s fun because the anticipation of waiting to see how they’re gonna respond.
Oprah>. Oh, my goodness.
>. But, you know, it was just, I like to plat. I think it’s very important to stay childlike, and I think it’s very important to still play. Everybody stops playing when they get older.
Oprah>. That is true. That is true.
>. So that’s why I do it.
Oprah>. Well, that was fun, and then you could tell were having fun, too, because every time somebody would run out screaming, you would crack up.
>. I know. I made someone scream.
Oprah>. The woman who came into the bathroom, oh… Ellen’s personal camera crew documented what happened behind the scenes at our photo shoot. This also cracks me up.
>. Is that between the lines?
>>. Oh, yes. That’s what he wanted.
>. There’s a line here. Oh, I’m ready. Should we start? I mean, you can photo shop any imperfections if you find any. I’m so excited for this. Is that from Oprah, that gift? That’s so exciting. I wonder what she got me. Oprah got me a gift, you guys. Oh, that’s exciting. It’s really about the clothes. Some of these clothes will be worn. Here are some options of shoes, and then if things don’t go well, rr rr rr rr! No. It’s probably to cut a tag or something. I’m sure of it.
Oprah>. Oh, there’s miss cover girl.
>. Hi.
Oprah>. Beautiful girl, hey.
>. How are you?
Oprah>. This is Sadie.
>. That’s Sadie. You lucky dog. Oh, hi, sweetheart.
Oprah>.Thank you for doing this. This is gonna be fun.
>. What do you mean, “Thank you for doing this?”
Oprah>. Come on. No. It was your idea.
>. No. I forced you into it. Thank you for…
Oprah>. You’re welcome.
>. Yeah. Hey, Gayle. See you.
Oprah>. Love this. I love your hair.
>. Thank you. you want it? I can get you…serge, Oprah wants this hair. I’ve seen that Oprah lovers, when she’s excited about something, to high-five, so while we’re shooting today, I’m gonna see how many times I can get her to high-five. We’re gonna high-five all day long. Shh, don’t tell her.
>>. So, I’m just gonna wrap these around you now, so you turn.
>. Yeah. OK. I said, “Hey, ”Oprah, put me on the cover with you, “And she’s like,” Yeah. OK.” Thought I’d be glamorous and all. I thought, “ I can show my glamorous side on “O”. She said, “Sure ” ♪This little light of mine I’m gonna let it shine♪When does Oprah get wrapped up? Shouldn’t she star getting wrapped up, too? They’re probably gonna put a pie in her face or something. Oh, I get it.
>>. Lights on. Ready?
>. I got my Christmas card. Seriously, when do you star wrapping Oprah up, though?
Oprah>. Ha ha!
>. I have to go to the bathroom. Ha ha ha ! OK. I’m done. [laughter] Hi, baby. There’s my wife over there.
>>. Hi.
Oprah>. Hi, baby, baby. You’re in 4 covers, which has never been done in the history of “O” magazine, never. Here we go. Ready?
>. Beautiful like that.
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>. Portia is gonna take a picture so my screensaver on my iPhone is you and me.
Oprah>. OK. Just you and me?
>. Yeah.
Oprah>. OK.
>. Yep.
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>. Oprah needs some more champagne.
[ding ding ding]
Oprah>. “O”! I didn’t know I did that.
>. I didn’t either. Somebody told me you do it.
Oprah>. Oh. So, on Friday, we revealed two of our covers for this iconic issue. Right now, Ellen is going to reveal cover number 3.
>. I just wanted one, and look how many I got. So, do we have a drum roll or something like that? Because that makes it more dramatic.
Oprah>. OK. Drum roll.
[drum roll]
>. Yes. Look at that.
Oprah>. Here’s our…let’s see it. Whoa. That is so good. That is so good. Ha ha ha ! That is so good.
♪Happy holidays ♪Yeah, and that is this little light of mine, absolutely. Well. Ellen and I decided to get out for a little breath of fresh air on Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue. His was Ellen’s idea, let me tell you.
>. I have 1500 copies of the magazine that is not on the stands, but I thought it’d be fun to give them out when I’m in Chicago tomorrow. I’m just there for the day, so I want to send a tweet out. OK. “windy city! Prepare to get the wind knocked outta you.” It’s gonna be “me & you & Oprah tomorrow on Michigan Ave.” This is gonna be exciting. Me and Oprah! Ellen and Oprah! We’re going to find Oprah. We tweeted. We said, “Meet us at the water tower park, which I don’t know where that is, but we’ll find it because when I see Oprah, she knows everything. There’s nothing Oprah doesn’t know. Get you issue of “O.” Get your issue of “O” right here. Oh, hi. Oprah. Hi. I was just advertising.
Oprah>. Hi, girl. What do you think of the cover?
>. It’s fantastic.
Oprah>. It’s fun, isn’t it?
>. Yeah. Are we gonna walk?
Oprah>. We’re gonna walk.
>. All right.
Oprah>. We’re gonna go.
>. Don’t be nervous, but there’ll be a crowd.
>>. We love you, Ellen!
>. Buy your issue of “O” prove it. See, that’s how you do it. Make then feel guilty.
Oprah>. Make then feel guilty, OK.
[crowd cheering]
>. Let’s go through here.
Oprah>. Oh, what a newsstand. Whoo! This is…ha ha ha! Whoo!
>. Everybody, when I say, “O”, you say, “Prah.” O…
>>. Prah!
>. O…
>>. Prah!
>. O…
>>. Prah!
>. Beautiful. I’ll give you a magazine for a shoe. Who’ll give me a shoe?
>>. I’ll give you a shoe. I’ll give you a shoe.
>. I would like a nicer shoe than this. Who give me a nicer shoe? ♪I’m every woman it’s all in me anything you want done, baby♪ I have personally licked every single copy. Oprah, I should sign your name, and you should sign my name. That way, you’re not just getting an autograph. You’re getting a double autograph. We guarantee this magazine. If you don’t like it, Oprah will buy you a car.
Oprah>. Oh, that was a good idea. The shoe thing? Funny. More with Ellen when we come back. We’ll be right back. We’ll be right back.
Coming up, we’ re talking with Ellen about her new gig as “American Idol” judge, and later, we’ll meet Ellen’s wife Portia De Rossi.
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Oprah>.
Ellen Degeneres is on top of the world. Her daytime talk show is a smash hit.
>. I don’t know a lot about balls. Heidi.
Oprah>. It’s landed her 29 Emmys in 6 years. She’s the face of Covergirl, the voice of American express…
>. My life is about dancing to my own tune.
Oprah>. And he newest judge on “American Idol.’ Ellen is the only person in history to host the Grammys, Emmys, and the biggest night in show business night in show business…the Oscars, and it’s hard of believe that just 8 years ago, just about 8 years ago, you say you couldn’t get people to return a phone call.
>. Yeah. It was really amazing to me that I would ever work again at all, and then even trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought that they no one would watch it because I’m openly gay, and they said, “well, it’s daytime, and, you know, what does she have in common with a lot of, you know, housewives at home who watch daytime?” and, “No one is gonna watch a gay woman,” and so for a while, I mean, we really didn’t think anybody was gonna buy the show.
Oprah>. But after you came out on the original “Ellen” show, you felt really great about that. You were on the cover of “Time” magazine, and everybody was heralding you at the time, I thought.
>. Well. yeah. A lot of people were, not everybody, but, you know, I mean, I think that it was and I think, you know, obviously, today still people are frightened by that, and I think it’s just the unknown, and it’s a lot of fear, but when I came out, it was celebrated, and then reports kept reporting on the reports, and I was not saying anything else, but everybody was like, “Shut up already.” It’s like, “I didn’t say anything.”
Oprah>. Yeah, and so the nighttime show was pulled. The original “Ellen” show was pulled.
>. Yeah. That was canceled a year after I came out, and I’d been on for 6 years, and I found out through my assistant that it was in the trades. No one called me to tell me that it had been cancelled. It was just canceled, and, you know, I knew it was a chance of happening. I knew if I came out that there was a possibility I would lose my career, but I didn’t do it for my career. I did it for me to live in my truth. I thought, “I don’t want to live and have any shame whatsoever. ” I should be proud of who I am, and I don’t care if people approve of it or not. It is who I am, so that’s why I did it.
Oprah>. That’s why you did it, and so during that 8-year period, were you sad? Were you depressed? Were you feeling like, “I’ll never work again?”
>. Yeah. Well, for 3 years, I didn’t work at all, and I was running out of money, so, yeah, I was really scared, and I was depressed, and I was all those things, but I think that I do believe that that’s when you do your soul searching. I think when you have these trials that life gives you, it is an opportunity to find out who you are, not just who you are when everything is great, but who are you when everything is taken away from you and you have nothing?
Oprah>. That’s when you get to find out. You know, one of the things that I said at the photo shoot, one of the things I noticed immediately from you is that you were really radiating joy, and you were saying, well, you’re just so happy, you radiate that. Where’s all that coming from?
>. Um, I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego, and I think there is an energy and a spirit and a soul. That…and there’s an intelligence that we can’t possibly fathom, and I want to be connected to that. And I don’t want to get stuck in my little world.
Oprah>. But I know you told me when we did the interview for “O” that the greatest success came after you were willing to be absolutely truthful to yourself.
>. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose and we all have a different purpose. It’s our journey. And I believe that if we follow that journey, it’s got nothing to do with sexuality, it’s got nothing to do with anything, it’s just…when you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds. You know, every bad thing that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
Oprah>. So, tell me this…your decision to do “American Idol”?
>.Yeah?
Oprah>. Was that, like, something… did you pursue that, too?
>. No. No. that was really just brought to me. It was a complete surprise. I had no idea that that was gonna be offered to me. And I was a little apprehensive, because o thought, well, are they gonna think I’m taking Paula’s job away from her because, you know, she’s gone, and it’s not like an overlap thing.
Oprah>. Didn’t see you do an interview with Simon where you thought the gourth… you didn’t like the fourth… you didn’t like the fourth judge idea.
>. Yeah, I didn’t. but I think you have to keep the show fresh and that’s what they’re trying to do, and I think that I’m gonna bring a different aspect. I think I’m gonna bring a home wiewer, which is …who votes anyway. We’re the ones who decide. And I’m kind of learning that I’m really picky, that I think I’m gonna really be much harder than I initially thought.
Oprah>. Really?
>. Uh-huh. I do.
Oprah>. Do you think you can stand up to Simon?
>. Oh. Yeah. Yeah.
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>. Yeah.
Oprah>. Yeah. Because one of the thing I learned about you in our interview, you have no problem with confrontation.
>. Mm-mm. That’s new to me, too. I was always fearful of someone not liking me. I wanted everybody to like me. And that’s one of the things I learned as I got older, too, is that it’s not about everybody approving of what I say. It’s about if I believe in it, if I’m being truly honest. I don’t want to be hurtful, but oi want to be honest.
Oprah>. So, will you… do you think you’re gonna be funny all the time or are you gonna be serious, or what kind of judge do you think you’re gonna be?
>. I think I’ll be me. I mean, I’m funny a lot of the time, but I’m not funny all the time, so I will be funny if there’s something funny. I mean, with Adam Lambert, I would’ve said, “You’re fantastic but stop showing us so much of your tongue. There’s too much tongue.” I mean, there was a lot of tongue all the time. Um, and…
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>. Right? There was too much tongue. And I like him.
Oprah>. You would say that.
>. I would say, you know, “Can we… or just angle it sideways or, you know.”
[laughter]
>. But I think I’m gonna be honest and I’m gonna be funny and I’m gonna be, you know, real. It just depends on what the moment is.
Oprah>. All right. We’ll be back. We’ll be back in a moment. OK. Coming up, Ellen’s wife Portia De Rossi is here for their first television interview together as a married couple. The interview that made headlines. A 200-pound pet chimpanzee snaps. A woman is mauled.
>>. He ripped her face off!
Oprah>. Her entire face gone. It took a miracle to save her.
>>. Now Oprah on location.
Oprah>. Are you aware of the extent of your injuries? With victim Charla Nash. would you mind lifting the veil?
>>. Then…
Oprah>. Tragedy at fort hood. Hear from both hero sergeants who took the alleged fort hood gunman down. Round of applause for your heroism.
>. Wednesday.
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[applause and cheering]
Oprah>. So, Ellen shares her life with her wife, actress Portia De Rossi. They’ve been married for over a tear now, and it was so delightful for me and heartwarming to see them together during our shoot for “O” magazine. When Portia first walked into the room, I have to tell you, well, you know this. Your face lit up. Your face lit up, her face lit up. It was just so sweet. And that“Hi, baby” thing was just sweet.
>. I feel very fortunate. I feel really, really lucky that I found that connection.
Oprah>. Yeah. Portia’s here for their first television interview as a married couple, so, why don’t you do the honors?
>. Um, OK. Um, here is the smartest, kindest, most wonderful woman that you’ll ever, ever know. Portia De Rossi.
Oprah>. Portia De Rossi.
[applause and cheering]
Oprah>. Hi, baby.
>>. Hi.
Oprah>. Hi.
>>. Hi. This is great.
Oprah>. This is great.
>>. It’s great.
Oprah>. Great?
>>. Really great.
Oprah>. This is great. I thought it was so great. It was Saturday morning and it was, you know, fairly early, mid-morning, and you came out and when we asked, well, you said, “ I just wanted to make sure everything was OK. ”
>>. Yeah. The light bulbs were straight around the …this one here. I was fixing those light bulbs. Yeah, it was a really lovely day, I thought. It was a… great energy in the room. It was really exciting to be there.
Oprah>. When did you know that she was the one for you?
>>. When I first laid eyes on her. But it took me 3 years to actually tell her how I felt about her, because I was on “Ally Mcbeal” at the time and I was not living as an openly gay person. I was closeted and very, very afraid that if I talked about being gay, it would be the end of my career, so I wasn’t about to then date the most famous lesbian in the world.
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Oprah>. But when you first saw her, did you, like, were you guys on a set? You were on a set?
>>. We actually met socially, and I just felt that immediate draw.
Oprah>. Did you just want to talk to her?
>>. Yes. And we did talk a little bit, and then over those 3 years, we saw each other at parties or at various things, but the one time that was the most significant was during a photo shoot, actually. I just walked over to say hello to her, and I couldn’t believe it, but she turned around and it was like an arrow was shot through my heart. I felt weak at the knees and I was overwhelmed, was how I felt.
Oprah>. Really.
>>. But then it took me about 10 months to get the courage up to actually do anything about it.
Oprah>. Were you trying to shoot an arrow?
>. No. I had given up.
>>. She had no idea.
>. No, I completely had given up. We met a while back and I felt like we had a connection, and I didn’t feel anything back, and I just, you know, it was like, OK, well, I just have heeling for her.
>>. I’m hard to read.
Oprah>. You’re hard to read.
>>. I must be. Because I felt very strongly toward her, but…
>. But no, I didn’t know until she… that… that… when we got together, when she finally told me how she had been feeling.
Oprah>. So, who proposed to whom, and why was it important to be married?
>>. Well, Ellen was gonna surprise me with a commitment ceremony at a joint birthday party that we were gonna have, so we made the date of August 16, and then during that time, gay marriage became legal in California, so we were about to have the ceremony, and then all of a sudden, it was like a gift that it was then legal.
Oprah>. Was it important to you to be married?
>>. It…yes, it’s important to be married because as a gay person, it’s hard to know the difference between being married and having that kind of legal stamp of validity to your relationship. It’s hard to know how that actually feels until it happens, and that’s why it’s so important that everybody get to have that feeling…
Oprah>. Certainly have the right to it.
>>. Yes, and also, the thing about being a gay couple is that, you know, in the past, you’d refer to your wife and there was quotation marks around it. And there was always that chance that people would kind of snigger about it. But now it’s fact. It’s law. She’s my wife. I get say that she’s my wife and there’s …that’s just the way it is. It’s fact.
Oprah>. Yes. And you call each other “wives” my wife, my wife.
>. Mm-hmm. Yeah. It’d be weird to call her my husband, because…
[laughter]
>. She’s not.
>>. I wouldn’t like that.
Oprah>. Wouldn’t like that.
>. And it …you know, and you really… anybody who’s married knows that there is a difference. There is a…it feels like you’re home. There’s an anchor, there’s a safety, there’s a… I mean, I’m gonna be with her till the day I die and I know that.
Oprah>. We’ll be right back. That’s it.
[applause and cheering]
Oprah>. Coming up, Ellen and Portia share intimate video of their wedding day. So beautiful. You won’t want to miss it. That’s next.
>>. This month on “Oprah”
Oprah>. Ryan Seacrest with all the “American Idol” scop.
>>. She is one of the kindest people.
Oprah>. What’s your relationship really like? Renegade chef Jamie Oliver.
>>. This is damn fun.
Oprah>. Nate takes over for a stay-at-home mom.
>>. Are you wet? Will you eat a bite of this? Whoa.
Oprah>. Legendary sex symbol Raquel Welch. Do you feel as good as you look? And Rosie O’donnell. Why are you nervouse?
>>. Because it’s you!
>>>. This month on “Oprah”.
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Oprah>. Well, after 4 years together, Ellen and Portia invited 19 of their closest friends and relatives to an intimate wedding ceremony at their Beverly Hills home. Here’s a look at some special moments from that day.
>>. Isn’t hat amazing?
>>>. Yeah.
>>. Oh! Oh, my god,. These are so beautiful.
>. Portia may do flowers and plates and stuff like that, but nobody does a candle like me. Portia’s mama from Australia came in. and are you having some…
>>. I’m eating vegemite. I’m eating vegemite.
>. So Australian. So Maggie came from Australia, and we’re waiting for my mama and my aunt Helen, who came in from Mississippi.
>. 3 glasses?
>>. Yeah, for water.
>>. Champagne, water, wine.
>. We could save room if we wore those hats that you could drink from. You could put the champagne in a hat.
>>>. That…
>. And you could just sip on it.
>>>. That works. That works, but…
>. I’m just throwing out ideas.
>>>. Exciting,exciting.
>. Rolling in for makeup here.
>>. Wow. It’s beautiful. So pretty. I’m so happy.
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>>. You look beautiful.
>. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
>>>. ♪shoelaces untied…♪
>. Ha ha ha!
>>>. ♪you can dry your eyes the way your hair lies sometimes unrecognized all the way from these today on a train nothing to say if there’s still time and you are the one I’ve been waiting for today unknown our love has grown and I think god you came along but you are the one I’ve been waiting for today ♪
Oprah>. Gosh. Thank you for sharing those with us. Thank you. Oh, that’s beautiful. It’s beautiful. We’ll be back in a moment. Gorgeous.
Oprah>. Coming up, get ready to crack up. Ellen’s most hilarious pranks and practical jokes are next. He sang on the streets for food, now journey! See his fulltime miracle gig. Journey rocks the stage. Did you ever even dream this? You opened your mouth right here on this stage, and we all went Jesus. Then from homeless on skid row…
>>. You’d have to sleep in the bus station or outside.
Oprah>. To hello Harvard! I would like for you to do me a favor.
>>. Oh, my goodness!
Oprah>. Don’t stop believing Thursday.
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Oprah>. You know, one of the things Ellen was just telling us… she’s not, you know, not one of those comedians who has to be funny all the time, but do you laugh a lot?
>>. Yeah, I do. I laugh a lot. We…we think it’s really important to have laughter in your home and really enjoy each other.
>. She makes me laugh every day. She’s hysterical.
>>. Yeah, but you know how I make her laugh? I just say regular things, and she bursts out laughing at me. And I don’t even know I’m doing it.
Oprah>. Well, Ellen always looks like she’s having fun on her show. Millions of people tune in to get a daily does of laughter. Here are some of the moments that crack us up.
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>. Your husband’s a good dancer, but you’re a better dancer than him.
>>. I know!
>. I’m sure you’ve heard by nom that I was groped by “hardball’s” Chris Matthews. He called it “dancing”.
Oprah>. Ellen can get people to do just about anything.
>. We have sent Dennis Quaid over to Starbucks, and he has to say whatever I tell him to say. Dennis Quaid is here!
>>. Dennis Quaid is here!
[laughter]
>>. It’s part of the trick!
>. Dennis Quaid wants a coffee.
>>. Dennis Quaid wants a coffee.
Oprah>. She’s the mastermind behind some of the funniest practical jokes.
>. We sent her to a fake dressing room, where I was hiding. We put some hidden cameras.
>. Ahh!
>>. Ahh!
>. So my guests weren’t the only ones that I tried to scare.
>. Ahh!
>>.Ahh!
>. Somehow, some way, I’m gonna get this banner into the Macy’s thanksgiving day parade.
Oprah>. Ellen was determined to land George Clooney on her show.
>. We need George Clooney!
>>. Get a bunch of Chippendales. He’s yours.
Oprah>. She finally convinced him to come. She even got me in the car to spoof my big road trip.
>. ♪ come on, now go walk out the door, yes! Don’t turn around now
Oprah>. ‘couse you’ re not welcome anymore ♪
Oprah>. Oh. OK, the thing is, is it as much fun as it looks?
>. To do the show?
Oprah>. Yeah.
>. Oh, god, yeah. I mean, we just… anything we think of, we just put it out there, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. but yeah, that’s fun.
Oprah>. So this whole idea started because you were working for covergirl, and the covergirl ad was inside “O”.
>. Oh, you mean for this?
Oprah>. Yes.
>. Yeah. My covergirl print ad was on the inside cover of “O, and when I saw that, I said, “Well, I’m almost on the cover.” I’m, like, right there. And if you just flipped it over, that woule be the cover of “O”, and so it kind of did initiate the entire thing.
Oprah>. So, and I understand that sales skyrocketed to number one when you became the face of Olay’s simply ageless.
>. Simply ageless foundation. It’s the number-one foundation.
Oprah>. Number-one foundation now because of you.
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Oprah>. Covergirl. Now, would you have even imagined that could have happened?
>. That I would be a covergirl?
Oprah>. Yes.
>. No, no, but why are you so shocked.
Oprah>. No, I’m not, I’m not. No, but if just doesn’t seem like something that you would have aspired to in life.
>. I think it’s more of really, again, being yourself, and I think that that’s what it is. If you can look better without covering it all up and just enhance yourself, then I’m all for that. I’m all for being really who you are.
Oprah>. So I told you today, walking down the street, I think you look better than ever. What do you think it is?
>. I think I’m healthier than I’ve ever been. I’m happier than I’ve ever been. I am more myself. I think kindness is the key to just…to yourself, to other people, and embracing and being open. I mean, being a comedian and trying to make people laugh and wanting people to like you and having that secret inside of, like, they’re not gonna laugh at me, they’re not gonna like me no matter how good a person I am. If they find out I’m gay, they’re not gonna…
Oprah>.yeah.
>. That’s a lot to carry around, which you don’t think about until you release it. And so I think…I think I found out who I was, and I think I’ve really… I try to be a better person every single day, and she makes me better.
Oprah>. Do you guys seem to… you know, in some relationships, people grow apart, and then in other relationships, you sort of grow together in a way that both of you get to learn from each other. Is that what’s happening here?
>>. Yeah, definitely. I mean, I think… like Ellen, I think I have grown a lot in the past 4 years and gotten rid of a lot of that anxiety and just try to really focus on what’s important and just having that sense of peace and being more myself.
Oprah>. So what made you take the leap, Portia? Because you were saying that at first you were apprehensive about getting in a relationship with the most famous, you know, gay woman in America, and what made you just finally say, “you know what?” because you would have to face a lot of your own fears to do that.
>>. I did. I faced every one of my fears to do it, and I …she did this for me because I felt this overwhelming connection with her, and I…I just… I didn’t want to miss out.
Oprah>. So the love overcame the fear.
>>. The love overcame the fear for me.
Oprah>. That’s big. We’ll be right back. That’s it. “the Oprah Winfrey show” is brought to you in part by Target. Target supports local K through 12 schools as part of its 5 % to commitment to community giving. That’s more than $3 million a week. Closed captioning provided by the maked of the following product.
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Oprah>. 19 years ago we gave him the worst makeover. What on earth were we thinking? No … come on out! The do over. Project runway’s Tim Gunn takes on Mr. Grizzly Adams, an 80’s rocker. Those dreaded dad jeans. That looks good! And this. Plus Carson Kressley’s on the loose.
>>. Oh, no!
Oprah>. ‘cause we all said make over my man! You look great! Tomorrow.
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Oprah>. OK, so, everybody, Ellen brought a little something for everybody in the audience. Ellen?
>. Well, I don’t have cupcakes, but it’ll last a little longer than that, and I think this is… thank you so much. You’ve been… it’s a wonderful energy in here, and where are they? We brought.. we brought…
Oprah>. We brought….
>. We brought T-shirts for everybody.
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Oprah>. Really? That is so cute. That is so cute. That is do cute. It says “Laugh. Dance. O.” that is so cute. “Laugh. Dance. O.” That is so cute.
>. One of a kind.
Oprah>. Thank you. covergirl, listen, it was just a joy. It was truly a joy.
>. It is always a joy being with you. I adore you. I think you’re a wonderful person who makes the world a better place. We thank you.
Oprah>. Thank you. Thank you, Ellen. Thank you, Portia. Bye, everybody!
>. Bye, Everybody.
Oprah>. Bye, everybody. T-shirts, so cute.
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