- I'm here hanging out with Blake Shelton and Cynthia Nixon,
Give it up!
(applause and cheering)
All right y'all, well back in August,
my next guests were complete strangers,
shopping at their local Home Depot.
Sherry was looking for flowers for her garden.
Cassie was shopping for paint with her little girl, Cam.
Then cam blurted something out
that brought the three of them together forever
in the most wonderful way.
Let's say hi to Sherry, Cassie, and Cam,
give it up for 'em, y'all!
(applause and cheering)
All right, so y'all meet Cynthia, and meet Blake!
- Hello.
- Hello, hi, how are you?
- So, Cassie,
take us back to that day and explain what happened.
- So, we were just tryng to get some supplies
for some projects we've been working on,
and as soon as she walked in the door,
Cam was in the car
and right as we walked past Sherry, Cam blurted out,
Black Lives Matter! And ...
- Black Lives Matter!
- just like that,
and she's usually very outspoken and talkative,
but I definitely was not expecting her to say that.
- So, okay, you kind of cut out here and there.
But what you're saying is basically,
Cam ended up blurting out
"Black Lives Matter" in this Home Depot, right?
When she saw Sherry, right?
Like she just did ...
- 'cause it's awesome, and she is correct.
Uh, well, Sherry, what, what did you do when you heard that?
- Well, when I heard it, um, I went to look for that voice,
and I knew it was a young voice and I turned the corner,
and we were smiling at each other.
And so I just asked her if I could tell her daughter,
thank you for recognising ...
(sobs proudly)
Sorry, um, I just wanted to tell her,
thank you for recognising that my life mattered.
And just to hear it from a four-year-old,
and to know that there's so many adults in this world
that just don't even recognise that we matter.
So it was just really touching for me.
- It's a beautiful thing, um, so Cassie,
how did Cam even know to say that?
- We had gone to a family-friendly Black Lives Matter march,
in our neighborhood, a few weeks prior.
So she had heard it at the march
and there was kids that spoke
and she got to really understand the meaning
of what mattered.
So when we saw Sherry,
she just made that connection right away,
and she just said, Black Lives Matter!
- Oh, that's so beautiful, and like way to go,
like being such a great mama,
um, and educating her so young, um,
about something so important,
that's your good mama.
Um, I mean, Cynthia and Blake,
I mean, just just I'll start with you, Cynthia.
Does stories like this give you hope for the future?
Like, especially when it's such a young little kid,
like recognising what the truth is and how important it is.
- Yeah, I think that what you say is true, Kelly,
that, you know, kids are so pure and so heartfelt,
but they are not going to come to this on their own.
It, it really necessitates the adults in their lives,
exposing it them to it and explaining them to it.
So, thank you for doing that.
And, and, you know,
it's it, it is very encouraging in this really,
really hard time.
- Yeah.
- Well, the other thing I love about this story is not
that I know now about being around children,
it's not that often that they shout something
that you're actually proud of.
(laughs loudly)
So that's, that's the greatest,
that's the greatest part of this.
- Oh my gosh, that's actually awesome, yeah.
- Very proud. That's a very proud moment.
- I know. That is a proud mama moment.
So Sherry, you have a surprise for Cam, right?
Why don't you go ahead and tell her about it.
- I do.
So, Cam,
I just want to say that I'm so happy to be your friend
and your grandma, your Black Lives Matter, grandma.
And that I've been working really hard with a good friend
of mine and his name is Randy
and he works at the Home Depot.
So we have been working really hard
to create something very special for you.
And it's something that you're going
to love, love, love, love, love.
- All right, well, that was a good setup.
Uh, so the surprise is right out there
in your back yard, Cam.
Head on out there.
(cheerful music)
All right.
Here it comes.
(cheerful music)
Wait for it ...
(cheers loudly)
(applause and cheering)
Yes!
Oh my gosh.
You're adorable.
Yeah, Cam!
- [Sherry] You love it!
Oh my gosh, it's adorable!