- I have said it before, I'll say it again:
I have the best audience, and despite
whatever you might be going through in your lives
you come here, you fill this room with so much love.
There's a family here
that has been going through a whole lot
this past year, and I'd like to meet them.
The Harris family, come on down.
You know, your daughter Sierra, she wrote this amazing email.
- Mm-hmm. - And so...
- I'm sorry.
- She's fantastic, your daughter.
- Yes.
- Well, the whole family is, really.
I wanted her to be here. She couldn't make it.
She lives in New York. - [sobs]
- That's her! That's my baby. - Yeah, there she is.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- So she wrote a letter,
and I just want to read it right now, okay?
"Dear Ellen, Carol Louise Harris is my mother
"and a major 'Ellen' fan.
"This has been a challenging year for our family.
My mom has faced hardship with grace."
I don't want to read--can-- you know what?
Sierra, can you read this for me?
- [screams] - Oh, my God!
[disco music]
- [screams]
[cheers and applause]
- [singing] I got all my sisters with me
- [sobbing]
- Read the letter now. - Okay.
- Okay. - Okay.
- "Dear Ellen, Carol Louise Harris is my mother
"and a major 'Ellen' fan.
"This has been a challenging year for our family,
"And my mom has faced each hardship with grace.
"She's always giving to others,
"and I'd like to give back to her.
"I'd love to bless her with a chance
to visit 'The Ellen Show.'"
- Yay! - [laughs]
- "Earlier this year, my older sister Keisha
"was diagnosed with breast cancer.
"She had to leave her job at our family bakery business
"to undergo a mastectomy.
She just completed her chemo..."
- Yay! [cheers and applause]
My thing's about to come off.
- Aw. - [laughing]
- I'm sorry. - It's okay.
- "And my mom has been by her side every step of the way.
"My mom had to close the doors of the bakery
"to care for Keisha full-time,
"but she wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'm writing because I'd like for my mom to have a day off
and time to enjoy her favorite show live."
- Yay.
- "She deserves a break
and would love to spend a day dancing and laughing with you."
- Oh, my gosh. - Gorgeous, by the way.
- Ah! - Girl, yes.
Yes. [applause]
- I say it all the time, it means so much to me
that I get to be a tiny part of helping you feel better
when you're going through something like this.
And it puts everything in perspective for me
and for a lot of people watching.
And we think we have a tough time sometimes,
and you hear stories like this, and you see the love
between this family and how beautiful this is.
And this must have been-- how old are you, Keisha?
- I'm 34. - 34.
So you were diagnosed-- you were 33?
- Yes, last year. - Wow.
So what a shock, what a surprise that is.
- Yeah.
- And you said you just went through chemo,
and that's tough too.
- Yeah, I just finished July--
I'm sorry, January 22nd was my last treatment.
- Well, you look beautiful. - Thank you.
[applause] - You look absolutely beautiful.
You actually--you wanted to do this for your family,
but we know that you're behind in rent.
- [laughing]
- Like, you're six months behind in rent.
- [screams] - Right?
And you have the most ama-- what's your landlord's name?
- Aw. - Melissa. Hi, Melissa!
- She is really nice.
- Melissa, what a great landlord you are.
- She's incredible.
- You're allowing her, because of what she's going through
to let her go for six months behind rent.
It's $3,750 you're behind.
- Oh!
- And so I want to give you that
so that you can catch up.
- [screams] - Oh, my God!
- So now you're good with rent.
One more surprise for you.
- Aw. - Oh, my God.
- Shutterfly has been our partner for three years,
and they have helped us change hundreds of lives,
and they want to change your life with $10,000.
[both screaming]
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, she deserves it. - You're amazing.
- She really deserves it.
Oh, my God. - You're amazing.
- Do you mind one more surprise? both: No.
- You're sharing one car, and that doesn't seem fair,
so we want to give you
a 2015 Ford Escape.
- Oh, my God!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat pop music]
[laughing]
- Yes.
Oh, my goodness.
I look so good in it.
Thank you, Ellen. I love you.
- That's right. That's right.
All right, our friends at Ford were inspired by your story.
They want to give you this Ford Escape.
And it's stylish on the outside, high tech on the inside.
It gets great gas mileage.
One more thing: Ford Warriors in Pink
has been honoring breast cancer survivors and their families
for over 20 years, so they're gonna give you also
a $5,000 Visa card so that you can--
[cheers and applause]