- All right, y'all. (audience applauds)
I always wanna close out
with something fun that might make you happy
and today is no different.
So this is "What I'm Liking."
(funky music) (audience applauds)
So it's a busy time
if you're a football fan like me.
We've got the playoffs behind us,
the big game ahead, and right in the middle of that,
it's the NFL Honors, which happens to be
this Thursday night on NBC, NFL Network, and Peacock.
And for the very first time ever,
they've got a woman hosting.
I'm not talking about a regular woman, y'all.
I'm talking, she's incredible.
(audience member cheers)
Sh- this a life altering moment.
Th- me.
I am actually hosting.
(audience cheers)
I'm actually hosting.
Lifelong sports ball fan, right here.
Coming at ya.
Joining us to share more about the NFL Honors
is Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame
wide receiver, Michael Irvin.
Give it up!
(audience applauds)
(imitates DJ air horn)
I'm so excited. - [Michael] Kelly, that was
a great intro.
- No, you don't understand.
- [Michael] Oh-
- How many Thanksgivings that I have shared
with you, but you did not know I was there.
I, I love, like, dude, I love you so much.
I'm so excited and stoked to have you on my show.
Thank you, first of all, for coming on our show.
My whole family's gonna freak out.
I look forward to seeing you Thursday.
(Michael laughs)
There are many big awards,
but the biggest each year is the
Walter Payton Man of the Year, right?
That's the biggest one, right?
- That is the biggest award that we give out
in the National Football League.
Kelly, first, let me say this.
We're so excited to have you hosting the Honors.
- Yeah. - The Honors is such a
great night (audience claps)
and such a beautiful night
because we have such a great platform in the NFL.
We really do.
And we honor these guys that use that platform,
ultimately, to make a difference in their communities.
- [Kelly] Yes. - And that's rightfully so
That should be the biggest award.
- They're taking their gift and their talent
and they're very blessed and they're blessing others
with the spotlight and helping their community.
That's an incredible thing.
People don't have to do that and you do it.
And I think that's really cool.
So how do you plan to enjoy the game this Sunday?
- Enjoy Super Bowl Sunday.
It'll be a little easier because my Cowboys lost
and so now that (Kelly sighs)
they're not in,
I can just enjoy two teams trying to great,
trying to grab the top of the mountain,
if you know what I mean.
And there's nothing like grabbing the top of the mountain.
I knew 'cause I grabbed them a few times.
- Oh my God, you did!
You did! (audience cheers)
(imitates DJ air horn)
Thank you so much, Michael.
I cannot wait to see you in person.
I'm gonna hug you so long and uncomfortably.
It's gonna be amazing.
I'm liking your post
right now, all right? - [Michael] That is amazing.
I'm looking forward to that, (audience cheers)
Kelly. (button chimes)
I'm looking forward to it.
- All right, well remember everybody to watch the NFL Honors
presented by Invisalign this Thursday on
NBC, NFL Network, or Peacock.
Michael is also working on a new venture
creating a social media platform.
This is awesome.
Purely for sports content.
My friends are gonna freak.
Stunt formally launches this week in the App Store,
so download and grab your usernames ASAP.
I'm thinking of mine right now.
All right.
Thank you so much, Michael!
(audience applauds)
All right, so we've hit that moment in the show
when we usually give our guests a thousand dollars
courtesy of our season-long partner,
Pilot Pen, makers of FriXion,
the go-to erasable pen of the Kelly Clarkson Show.
But let's mix things up, y'all,
and give it to someone in the audience.
Y'all need some money?
So
(audience cheers)
there's a check taped under someone's chair.
So go ahead and look for it.
(drum roll)
(audience member laughs)
Ay!
(audience cheers)
(band plays funky music)
(clapping continues)
What's up?
What's your name?
- I'm Topher.
- Topher?
- Yeah.
- Topher, oh my God.
How you think you're gonna spend that money?
- Uh, um-
- [Kelly] Don't you dare say bills.
(Topher laughs)
- Towards our wedding fund.
We just got engaged, so.
- [Kelly] Oh my God! (audience cheers)
Congratulations!
- Thank you.
- Oh, put it towards the honeymoon, not the wedding.
Spend that money on the honeymoon.
Have a good time.
- All right.
Thank you so much!
- Oh my God, absolutely.
Thank you for coming.
(audience applauding)
Everybody.
Thank you so much to all our guests today.
Alison Brie, Michael Bolton,
Theresa, Chef Scott, and Lawrence Zarian.
Y'all have a great day.
And if it's not, try and change it.