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Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Say hello to my guest DJ.
That's Meghan Trainor over there.
Hi.
Hey, Meghan.
What's up?
Girl, congratulations on your song.
It is still number one five weeks in a row.
I don't even believe it.
It's crazy.
That's fantastic.
Now, are you getting sick of hearing it, singing it?
Not really.
I mean, when I sing it, I still get
the confidence and everyone in the crowd sings all the words,
so it's always a new experience for me.
Yeah.
I love it, though.
(SINGING) It's all about that bass.
(SINGING) About that bass.
About that bass.
Yeah.
Now, you wrote-- I mean, I don't know if everybody knows this,
but she said that she was watching the show
and was inspired, and that's why you wrote that song about body
image and women.
And so I assume you're here to give me my royalty check.
I brought it.
It's backstage.
My manager is here.
Oh, you got some money for me?
He's holding it for you.
Oh, fantastic.
I didn't see your manager backstage.
He's in the bathroom.
OK, great.
You know that for sure?
I know right now.
He told me.
OK.
All right, maybe something today will inspire you
and you'll write another song.
I'm excited.
I'm ready.
I'd like to inspire all of your songs.
Yes, absolutely.
Wouldn't it be great if I was your muse?
I've told them that.
I was like, no, I got it.
It's Ellen.
All right.
We got it.
Good.
All right.
And you just got so many good things going on.
You're in People magazine, Ones to Watch.
Like look at you in an upside down--
I don't know which one you are.
The butterfly one.
Check it.
Uh.
Look at that.
Uh.
Look at that.
I was so happy about butterflies.
It's great.
Well, congratulations on everything.
Thank you so much.
And Meghan is all about that bass.
I am all about Classic Joke Friday.
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All right.
Here we go.
Why shouldn't you tell secrets in a garden?
I'm glad you asked.
The corn has ears, the potatoes have eyes--
and I'm not done-- the beans stalk.
[LAUGHTER]
The beanstalk.
Anything?
No, I got it.
Did that inspire you?
(SINGING) Beanstalk.
I said a beanstalk.
Yeah, I'm on it.
I got it.
Write it down.
You've got it.
I've got--
(SINGING) Beanstalk.
I've got a beanstalk.
(SINGING) Got a beanstalk.
Uh.
By the end of the show add some more to it.
Let's see what you got.
Got it.
I'll call will.I.am.
We're on it.
Wonderful.
All right.
We're back with a wonderful Meghan Trainor.
And this CD came out yesterday.
It is number one already.
Number one.
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Yeah, it's crazy.
It just seems like I just met you six months ago
and what a rise.
We were just writing songs like six months ago.
We were just writing songs together.
And now we're just like famous.
I feel responsible.
I know.
I say it all the time.
But really, this is amazing.
What's the highlight of the last six months for you?
Oh, meeting you.
Well, now that's very sweet, but that's a lie.
You have no idea how many episodes I've
seen on YouTube of this show.
It's aggressive.
Oh.
Well, thanks.
Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
- But I mean, really, I'm so proud of the way
that that song came about, the first song, the hit.
And then you're nominated now for two Grammys,
the record of the year--
Yeah.
That was probably a big one for me.
Yeah, that's got to be a highlight,
to get two Grammy nominations in such a short amount of time.
And and how did you find out you were nominated?
I was sleeping.
It was 5:00 AM here.
My producer, Kevin Kadish-- what's up?--
he called me and he told me, we got Record of the Year.
And it was when it was just one.
And I was like, are you sure?
Like am I awake?
He's like, yeah, this is real.
Wake up.
And then I started crying and sleeping at the same time.
I was like, oh, oh. (CRYING) I got to call my mom.
Is that how you cry and sleep at the same time?
Yeah, I was like (CRYING).
I was just doing that and then I called my mom.
Wow.
And then you found out you got Song of the Year, too.
Yeah.
I was out to breakfast celebrating the first one
with my brothers and then my mom called me.
Are you traveling a lot?
It's hard to get--
Yeah.
It's hard.
You're away from home now all of a sudden.
Yes.
I'm away from home.
I live on Nantucket Island, which
is a hike, a hike and a half from here.
Yeah.
So yesterday, or two days ago, my mother
surprised me at Cheesecake Factory.
She flew all the way, without telling me, just
to come to my album release party.
Wow.
And I was bawling in Cheesecake Factory.
That's sweet.
So a lot of crying lately.
A lot of crying.
I saw a picture of your two kitties.
What are their names?
Cody and Mittens.
Cody and Mittens, and they are back in Nantucket?
No, they're here.
My brother watches them for me.
Oh, really?
Thanks, bro.
Ryan Trainor, everybody.
Yay.
Is he good to them?
He's so good.
He's really good with animals.
Oh my god, they're so cute.
Look at them.
They're adorable.
And it must be sad when you're away from them.
You must miss them.
So sad, yeah.
I got you something.
What?
Because you know, when you're away,
you want to be able to sleep with them and see them.
Oh.
Yes.
[CRYING]
Like that.
Now you look like the crazy cat lady.
The crazy cat lady.
Woo.
There you go.
They're famous now.
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I got him a birthday gift.
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah.
Is it good?
This is fine.
I picked it out myself.
This is fine.
Yeah.
Happy birthday.
I love you.
Thank you.
I love you.
Thank you.
Oh my god.
That's a fantastic hat.
Hi, Meghan.
Hi.
Thanks for being here on my final season.
Why am I here?
Because it's my final season.
I know, but it should be like Will Smith or something.
This is awesome.
He'll be here, too, but I'm so glad you're here.
Thank you.
You've been here many, many times.
This was one of the first talk shows you ever did.
Yeah, this was it.
All my firsts happened on this show--
my first like real performance of "All About That Bass."
And my Grammy, you gave me my Grammy.
And my first plaque and my first interview.
And I was just as nervous.
Oh.
Are you nervous?
I'm sweating.
How come?
Because you're Ellen.
I don't know.
This is like-- oh my god, it's so iconic.
Well, I'm glad you're here, and you look fantastic.
I know.
Thank you.
Since I've seen you.
Thank you.
I've been working on it.
Since I've seen you, you had a baby.
I had a real person.
Yes.
I had a baby.
Yes.
A little human being is on this earth now because
of you and your husband.
Because of love.
Look at that face.
Yeah, he's cute.
What's his name?
His name is Riley.
He's our little redhead.
He's a little spiky boy.
What's he up to?
What's his hobbies?
He's just laughing and giggling and like
eating some Gerber food.
He's great.
Yeah.
That's fantastic.
And you're going to be on the cover of People magazine.
Yeah.
We did a photoshoot.
Let's talk about that.
Yeah, it was awesome.
That's coming out soon.
Yeah, that's coming out soon.
Look how gorgeous she is.
Wow.
It's amazing, yeah.
And you're talking about anxiety.
Yes.
With what?
Just in general.
I'm very open about panic attacks and anxiety.
I had really hard, crippling anxiety
when I had my second vocal surgery,
and you're the first person to let me perform on your show
right after that surgery.
I was up here acting really cool,
but I was crumbling inside.
So we talked about it and now I feel much better.
Yeah.
Good.
Thank you.
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I think a lot of people struggle with anxiety,
and I think the pandemic brought a lot more out for anybody
who was even slightly struggling with it.
Oh, yeah.
So good for you for talking about it.
My brother is now fully sober, which
is a great new thing for him, and we
talk about it on our podcast that we're doing.
Yeah, you're starting a podcast.
Starting a podcast called Working On It.
We're working on anxiety and working on motherhood
and he's working on sobriety.
Oh, that's fantastic.
Speaking of motherhood, you brought a video.
You posted something.
Can we show what you posted?
This baby-- there's nothing better than a baby's laugh,
right?
Right.
[LAUGHTER]
We've been doing this for a half hour.
[LAUGHS]
Just shaking a garbage, trash bag.
Just trash.
Yeah, just trash bags.
So I don't know why, I heard that you want twins next?
Oh, yeah.
Why would you want twins next?
Two in one.
It sounds like a deal to me.
I don't know.
I want like three in one.
Yeah, I just want so many.
I don't want to be pregnant five times, I don't know.
Oh, I see.
You just want to get it out of the way real fast.
Just want to get it in and out.
Yup.
Yeah.
That's going to be a lot of work,
two little people at once.
Two at one time.
Yeah.
But I could do it.
I can handle it.
I love being a mom.
Oh, that's good.
That's fantastic.
So you're going to try to have kids like right away or are you
going to wait a while?
Well, we're a little late this month, so who knows?
But yeah, wait.
[CHEERING]
We're going to try.
All right, so let's talk about your household.
So you live with your husband?
I live with my husband.
Which is a good thing.
Your baby is living with you, as well, with your husband?
Yes.
You also have your two brothers living with you.
Yes.
Why?
Because I don't want them to go anywhere else.
I don't know.
I'm kind of kidnapping them.
They're 28 and 25, but I don't want
them to live anywhere else.
They're my best friends.
Yeah, but how does your husband feel about that?
It was hard.
There's us.
There's the gang.
It was hard sometimes, but really, they're
all best friends.
The only thing that really bugs him
nowadays is when my little brother doesn't do the dishes
and we just got to give him a nice talk.
It's like we're parenting already.
Yeah.
It was just practice.
Yeah.
He's living in the house.
The least he can do is do the dishes, right?
Do dishes.
Does he do any other chore?
No.
And he just lives there without doing chores?
Lives there and complains.
Well, that's not right.
But I love you, Justin.
Yeah, but Justin, do the dishes.
OK, we're back with Meghan Trainor.
And you and tWitch, because you're
on a new show called Clash of the Cover Bands,
we're going to play a brand new game we're calling
Smash of the Cover Bands.
Oh.
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I love that song.
I'm going to give you both a clue about an artist that
was covered on your show.
And both of you have to run, grab a plate that matches it,
and smash it.
Whoever gets the most right wins.
All right, here we go.
Put your goggles on so nobody gets hurt.
Safety.
Yup.
All righty.
So we go here we go.
Oops, I did it again.
I left my sunroof open when it was raining.
All right.
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She can sing.
She can act.
Baby, she was born this Way.
Got it.
Sorry.
She's always asking, what's love got to do with it?
It's not fair, there's not one over here.
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I don't even know if that was right.
He's more than just a piano player.
He's a tiny dancer.
Yeah!
You're right.
You got one.
I got one.
Thank you.
She's currently getting loud with Ben Affleck.
Sorry.
I keep throwing them at you, man.
Oh, no.
It's OK.
I'm so sorry.
Do you believe in life after love?
Yes, I do.
Yeah.
That was a back one?
I did a back one.
Extra points for me.
That was tWitch.
That's three.
No, he has three now.
All right.
She's so incredible, she's got to be
working more than 9:00 to 5:00.
This is so vicious.
That was kind of a tie.
What?
This band is living on a prayer.
Get out of here.
That was him, right?
Hit her plate, baby, one more time.
One more time.
All right, that was tWitch.
All right, it's a tie.
Get on your thing.
OK.
Her name's not Mary, but she's very proud.
Oh.
Whoa.
Sorry.
All right.
[BELL RINGING]
I'm so competitive.
Me, too.
I'm sorry.
[LAUGHS]
I got two brothers, man.
No, you're good.
That whole thing almost came down.
Clash of the Cover Bands premieres October 13th at 9:30
on E. We'll be back.
Meghan Trainor.
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