People are always asking me questions.
And my response is usually the same-- talk to my lawyer.
But today, I thought I would let my audience ask
me some questions.
Hopefully, you have some good ones.
And we have people to run a mic up.
Raise your hand if you have anything to ask.
Yes.
Hi.
Hi, Ellen.
How are you?
Good.
How are you?
I guess I want to ask you, when you have a bad day,
how do you turn it around and make
it more peaceful and happy?
Well, when I come here, it's pretty easy to do that.
I mean, the energy in this room is amazing.
And I have people that I work with at the show that
are creative and funny.
And I have bad days.
I have sad days.
You know, I just try to--
I try to focus on my animals or the good things that
are in life.
And we have people on the show that do
amazing things that inspire me.
So I mean, this show helps keep me positive.
Oh, thanks.
[APPLAUSE]
OK, if you were stuck on a deserted island,
and you could only bring two people with you,
would you bring Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon?
Or would you bring Bear Grylls and the winner of Survivor?
[LAUGHTER]
Those are my only choices?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
Ugh.
It's fun, or do you want to be safe and live?
Yeah, yeah, I know.
But there would be people--
I don't know them.
I would rather bring just Portia.
Is that OK if I just bring Portia?
Absolutely!
Good answer!
[APPLAUSE]
I mean, why would I want to live without somebody I love?
I'd rather just be with somebody I love.
[AUDIENCE COOS]
On this side.
Hi.
Ellen.
Hello.
My name is Dawn.
And I wanted to ask you-- well, actually,
I'm 10 weeks pregnant.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
And I wanted to ask your advice on the best parenting
skills you might have.
Oh, I'm glad you're asking me.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
I am the one to ask.
What specifically-- what area?
How about like the best lullaby to sing to them
or a story to tell them.
No one sang me lullabies or told me stories.
Look how I turned out.
Huh?
All right.
Thank you.
All right.
Over here, yes.
I wanted to know what you do to relieve stress.
Like, I'm so busy with school and work, I have no days off.
So I'm pretty stressed out.
And I wanted to know what you do.
I hike.
I hang out at the beach to take deep breaths of fresh air.
I play with my animals.
I meditate.
I work out.
I'll do everything.
Can I do it with you?
[LAUGHTER]
All right, one more question.
Jeannie, it's up to you, right next to you.
[INAUDIBLE] yeah, perfect.
Yeah, over there.
OK?
Thank you so much for picking me.
So it's my grandmother's 80th birthday.
Happy birthday!
[APPLAUSE]
And that's all I wanted.
I just wanted to hear you say happy birthday.
So thank you.
What's her name?
Noreen.
Happy birthday, Noreen!
[APPLAUSE]
All right.
That was a lot of fun.
One more, one more on this side.
Yes.
Hi, Ellen.
I'm Candice.
Hi.
I turn 40 tomorrow.
Uh-huh.
Don't tell anyone.
Anything I should be made aware of?
Do you know-- have you heard anything?
I haven't heard anything.
I-- nobody has told me what they're doing for you.
I don't know anything that's happening to you at all.
Any good advice?
It's all going to be exactly the same as it was today
except that the number is different.
That's the only thing that changes.
So nothing-- it doesn't go--
No, it actually gets better.
I'm going be 60 this year.
And it gets better and better.
[APPLAUSE]
Yeah.
You should ask that guy.
It's Andy's 40th birthday today.
So ask him.
[APPLAUSE]
Andy?
What's your advice?
I feel one day older than 39.
Yeah.
It's really this-- nothing changes as long as you continue
to have fun and play and don't think about it like that age
means anything.
It doesn't mean anything.
Just stay healthy.
Take care of yourself.