Reuniting viewers with their loved ones
has been stationed overseas has been a highlight of hosting
this show and here's what happened
when we surprised a nurse named Maura with her boyfriend Noah.
So I want to read one of the letters that I've gotten.
Good morning Miss Ellen, my name is Noah Copeland
and I'm in the United States Navy.
My beautiful girlfriend Maura watches your show every day,
and I know that you're the reason that she's
been able to get through this deployment.
So you moved to San Diego, and then he
got deployed pretty much right away right?
He went in to work on a, Friday and they were like,
you are going on Sunday.
So he had two days to pack up his whole life
and he's been gone for over a year right now.
All right, well, he said he wanted you to be at my birthday
show right?
So, bring Maura the tickets to the birthday show.
Yes.
[CHEERING]
Please welcome Laura and Noah.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[APPLAUSE]
That was three years ago.
Can you believe that was three years ago?
Oh my God, I can't believe it's been that long.
And you were just dating then, and now you're engaged.
Yes.
We're engaged!
Yes we are, sure are.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
How did that happen, and how long have you been engaged?
Yeah, you gave us that awesome trip to Hawaii.
And it was literally the best trip of our life.
And, to make it even better Noah proposed.
I use all the money I was gifted from the Valentine's Day
special, and luckily I was able to pick a beautiful ring
and ask her father for permission.
And he granted it, and I proposed on the beach
in Hawaii.
So it was a beautiful time.
That's fantastic.
And we were talking about then, that you all
spent a long time apart right when you got together.
And then during the pandemic, you
were apart for a year and a half?
Yeah, something like that.
So Noah was stationed overseas, and I was here, obviously,
working.
And my floor in the hospital is a COVID floor,
so we were totally isolated over the past--
over a year.
We have only seen each other for two weeks.
Two weeks during that entire time.
During the whole entire year.
So it was a lot of FaceTime dates,
it was a lot of just encouraging her to keep her spirits up.
Take every task one at a time, and I was her soundboard
being far away.
I couldn't love on her, I couldn't hold her,
couldn't kiss her.
Couldn't make her tell her that her day would be better
tomorrow.
But FaceTime was our ultimate.
Wow, that's a lot to withstand that.
So, when is the wedding?
originally it was supposed to be April 3 2021
Which is 4, 3, 2, 1.
Yeah.
Countdown to Copeland, my last name.
But, obviously-- go ahead.
So we postponed, just because of COVID
and he was he was stuck overseas and he wasn't going
to even be able to make it.
So now there's no date.
July 2nd 2022, fingers crossed.
All right.
So, what's weird is that our producer Nicole--
after the show she became really good friends,
and she's even going to be a bridesmaid in your wedding.
Yeah.
So, I don't think we should wait.
Hey, Nicole?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
That's cool.
Yeah.
She's in the bridesmaid's dress.
That's the one you picked out, right?
Yes.
All right, so she's in it.
And we're here.
And I don't think we should wait.
The only thing that's missing is the families.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
Maura and Noah are going to get married after this.
We'll be back.
They have had to push their wedding back
because of Noah's work in the Navy,
so I'm going to marry them now.
And I don't mean the three of us.
I'm not going to--
The two of them are getting married.
I'm going to officiate.
OK.
So thanks to the internet earlier
today I, am now the ordained minister.
I also spent two hours watching cat videos.
They're cute.
OK.
I love cats.
Me too.
They're so adorable.
All right, I don't know what your religious affiliation
is, but don't worry.
The book I'm holding is not a Bible,
it's my best selling memoir.
Seriously, I'm kidding.
OK.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh, boy.
OK, let's get started.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
to join this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony.
Actually, that's not true.
We're gathered here for my show, but we're also doing a wedding.
I know this is a surprise to both of you, So I went ahead
and I prepared vows for both of you.
So Noah, here's yours.
OK, Noah you can start.
Maura, you are as beautiful as Ellen.
Yes.
OK.
[LAUGHTER]
That was nice of you to say.
Maura, go ahead.
Noah, I can't wait to spend the rest of my life
with you, even though men are gross and icky.
Also, I'm as beautiful as Ellen.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
OK, now it's time for the rings.
Can we get the rings?
Oh, my friends at Kay Jewelers were nice enough
to gift you with the brilliant diamond Neil wedding bands.
All right, go ahead and put those on.
They're beautiful, and that's because K is the number one
jewelry retailer in America, and let's not forget every kiss
begins with K.
[PIANO PLAYING]
All right.
Let's move on to the serious part.
Noah, do you take Maura to be your lawfully wedded wife?
I do.
Maura, do you take note to be your lawfully wedded husband?
I do.
If anyone has reason these two should not wed,
keep it to yourself.
It's very rude to speak up during someone's wedding.
Plus you don't even know them.
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
By the power vested in me under the laws
of 10minuteordainedminister.com, I now
pronounce you're husband and wife.
You may now kiss.
[CHEERING]
And, now that you're married, we want
to give you a wedding gift.
Kay Jewelers is honored to be a part of your love story
and every kiss to come, and they want
to send you on your dream honeymoon,
and a check for $10,000.
What?
[CHEERING]
Oh, my god.
Thank you so much.
We love you.
We'll be right back.