- All right, welcome back y'all.
I'm hanging out with He Who Remains,
AKA Jonathan Majors.
Give it up.
(crowd applauding)
That was a Marvel reference.
If you're cool, you got it.
If you're not, you didn't.
Anyone in this audience can tell you,
military families sacrifice a lot.
That's never clearer
than when we see the countless reunion videos
that bring us to tears and really move us.
And this next one is among the best.
It starts with a high school football player
on the sidelines after practice
telling his teammates about his mom,
who he hadn't seen in nearly a year,
which is a long time.
It's crazy.
He had no idea she was right behind him.
- [Football Player] Somebody in my family
that I respect is easily,
like, it's a lot of people.
But, I would say my mom because she's been gone
for about a year in the military
and she's gonna continue to work hard.
I know (indistinct).
She's just a hard worker.
(crowd applauding)
- I'm like-
it's so sweet.
We have Sammy and his mama,
Hospital Corpsman, First class,
Tereca Harris with us right now.
(crowd cheers)
So meet Jonathan, y'all!
- How you doing? How you doing?
- How you doing bro?
- I mean, Sammy, that was quite a surprise.
First of all, way to catch him.
It was just so touching
and you really had no idea
that your mom was there, right?
- I had no clue.
Zero.
- [Kelly] Oh my God.
That that, like, thank you,
for whoever filmed that.
That was just pure happiness, and joy,
and ah, what were you thinking
whenever that happened?
- I was just like, who's behind me?
Because my dad, he had a camera, like when we,
when I went up, because our coach,
he normally brings up three people
on our team to talk about
like either somebody respect
or someone who we look up to.
And I told him to talk about my mom.
- Love this coach.
- I told him to talk about my mom,
and next thing you know I turned around.
She was behind me.
- Oh, my gosh.
And Tereca you hadn't seen him,
is it nearly a year?
- Yes.
So I'm originally stationed
in San Diego at the hospital.
And, I've been in for 14 years active duty.
So when I left him, I was gone
for eight months in Africa.
We hadn't been apart that long before,
maybe five months at the most.
But then, once I saw him and my husband,
he put the whole thing on.
And he was like, we're gonna surprise him.
And I said, "Okay, let's do it."
- I love that.
What a beautiful moment.
And I can't, I'm a mama,
I have a little son, a six year old.
I'm like, oh my God, that's so many months.
Right?
So I can't even imagine that kind of hug,
which is why you caught him.
So, Jonathan, what kind
of feelings do you get
when you see these reunion videos?
I think they're just so magical and powerful.
- Tell me your first name again.
- Tereca.
- Tereca?
- Yes.
- 'Cause my momma's name is Terry.
- Ah, nice.
- And that's what I thought.
Oh, wait.
Bro, you got a super momma.
- I know.
And that's your superpower, man.
And when I saw that, I mean,
it breaks my heart in the best way.
You know?
To see and to feel, you know?
- [Kelly] That unity, yes.
- It's, it's important man.
It's important.
- And to be so proud of her and talking about her
when you didn't even know she was there.
- I didn't.
- That's what I would've loved as a mom.
I'm like, he better say my name,
mention me at least.
Well, I think everyone in this room
understands the sacrifice that you've made
to serve our country.
Thank you so much.
But, you say that it's not just
about sacrifice, right?
Or, it's not just your sacrifice?
- Absolutely.
So, I think the audience will agree with me,
when it comes to being away from your family.
Like, we've legit moved every three years
since I've been in,
and they have to go to different schools.
My daughter, she's in college now.
She had to do it.
He has to do it.
My husband, he's at home, you know,
with them all the time.
- [Kelly] That can be hard.
- I love that man to death
'cause he holds it down when I'm gone.
So, I love him to death.
- Yeah, that's hard.
Like, I moved around when I was a kid too.
That can be hard, man,
to like recreate like all your friendship.
Luckily you're at least
a generation of social media.
You can still, you know, call previous friends
or whatever, but that is kind of tough, right?
To move around a lot?
- Yeah.
Like just building new bonds
and relationships everywhere you go.
But, it really builds up social skills, so.
- But, I literally just said this to someone.
I was like, I had to move around a lot,
but I think it's almost like a superpower.
It made me really comfortable
in any room I walk into.
You know?
It kind of forces you to be adaptable.
So it's kind of a superpower, like-
- It will also prepare you to be a working actor.
(laughter)
- He would-
No.
He's like-
So Sammy, how have things been
since your mom came home?
Is it cool?
- It's, it's amazing.
Ever since my mom's been home,
it's like the family bond that we had,
it never left because-
- [Kelly] Go right back to-
- Its right back to stage one because-
It's just amazing.
I missed her a lot.
- I love you two.
Oh my God.
I hope my son's like it when he grows up.
What, what do you want Sammy to know, Jonathan?
- At some point you gonna
leave the house, you know?
And you keep her, you know,
in your heart, you know because
there may be a time when you're away,
you know, more than eight months.
You know, without seeing your mama.
You know, I've been on the road
for a very long time
and I rarely see my mom.
But, I keep her in my heart and
and you've already got it.
You know, she is your hero, you know?
- Yes sir.
- Yeah, well done.
- [Kelly] That's so cool.
- Yes sir.
- Oh well, I'm crying.
It's fine.