Hi.
How's it going?
It's going well.
Good I'm glad.
I'm glad.
So you have a--
what?
There's what?
Oh, it's just a box.
Yeah, it's just--
I just wanted to--
It's an empty box.
It's just an empty box.
I've always wondered.
Yeah.
So let's talk about--
let's get to this point, but let me back up.
So you made a New Year's resolution--
Well, it wasn't really a New Year's resolution.
My kids are like in school a lot now.
And like for a long time, everything
was kids, kids, kids, kids, kids.
I was like, I got to start doing some new stuff.
Like, I'm coming out of 10 years of "Modern Family,"
I've learned nothing.
I mean, I love "Modern Family," but--
so I tried directing.
And I'm trying to do two new things a month.
But like, ax throwing--
I did a some ax throwing.
I worked out with this guy for a while who almost killed me.
He was great, but he had me like crawling
through urine at the park--
with gloves, with gloves.
But it was a fragrant experience.
Wow.
Yeah.
Oh, I was in crazy good shape but for no reason whatsoever.
But why at the park?
Why can't you-- why do you have to crawl on grass
that dogs have urinated on?
Oh, dogs?
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no Ellen-- this is North Hollywood.
It gets-- it's a different-- it's a rougher neighborhood.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, you don't need to do that again obviously.
No.
Well, but it was fun and exciting.
But I'm just trying to challenge myself to do
new stuff because I'm rotting.
I'm rotting from the inside.
Well, you're not rotting, but I think
that's a really good thing to do--
for everyone to try two new things a month.
It's not that many things.
I mean, like, new food counts.
New-- I don't know what else.
I just don't want to date.
No?
I'm not in the mood.
No.
Why?
Do you?
No, I'm married.
I don't need--
I don't think she'd be happy about that.
Well, you might be able to work it in,
but that's a different issue.
I don't think so.
No, it's just like I don't want to--
I don't-- like, I need to do new stuff.
Yeah.
So you wanted to try to scare someone.
Blake Shelton was here the other day.
And you said, do you want to scare Blake Shelton?
Let's see how I did.
And you were in this-- you were in-- like, this is a tiny box.
Like, how did you feel in that box?
Terrified-- because this is Blake Shelton.
His hands are the size of a ham.
And there's-- (MAKES BANGING SOUND ON BOX) all during his
talking--
Well, there wasn't--now you're exaggerating.
But we were--
No, I couldn't be.
I have a question for you and this is serious.
I want you to pay attention.
OK?
Well, now you've gotten serious all of the sudden.
OK.
All right, what I want to know is--
well, are you going to marry her?
That's one--
Ahh!
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
You've been in there a long time.
It's so hot in there.
He has been hitting on the top of the box
with his big beefy hand's like this
(MAKES BANGING SOUND ON BOX) over, and over, and over.
I thought I was going to die.
Julie, I had to get his arm up.
The whole time, his arm was on it and I was like,
how do I get his arm off?
When can we talk about the fact that I just crapped my pants?
Oh he's so sweet.
He's so sweet.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
I am now a fan of his.
I didn't-- I mean, I knew him a little bit, before.
But now I'm a fan, and I scared him--
I feel bonded.
Yeah.
See.
And he'll always remember you as well.
I know, but as the girl who made him crap his pants.
I don't know if that's the designation--
Well, that doesn't matter, you made an impact.
So you went to a monster truck rally.
Is that one of the new things you tried?
That was something new, yeah.
I wanted to introduce my kids.
I have three boys but sometimes they can
be a little like indoor cats.
You know?
And you think boys want to be outside all the time
and just like-- playing ball.
They'll go in and pull the curtains and read books--
which is great.
There's nothing wrong with that.
But I was like, we need to maybe butch this up a little,
and I'm going to take you to Monster Trucks.
Because, I've never been, and it looks like it's fun.
No, that's not true.
I'd gone once before but in those like--
the celeb boxes where you're really far away and you can't--
you're not choking on the fumes.
So that didn't count.
So-- took them-- earplugs--
second row-- mud in the face--
gritty in the-- yeah.
There it is.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah, that's the shark--
El Shark--something.
N-- it's Megalodon.
I'm lying.
There it is.
There he is.
Oh, that's my child about to eat something off the floor.
[ALL LAUGHING]
But they're 3-year-old at Monster Trucks.
There's nothing wrong with that.
That's probably-- yeah, there's nothing wrong with that.
All right, so "Modern Family--" when you were here before,
nobody was sure if it was coming back again.
But it's coming again for an 11th season.
Is that right?
11th season.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
And you're going to be a grandma.
Of-- you know that--
of two.
Oh, a grandma of two?
Yeah there's-- she's having extra babies.
Wow.
She's having extra babies.
I'm going to be the grandmother of two.
I don't know how I feel about that.
Like, I'm down with doing new things,
but I'm not sure I'm quite ready to be a grandmother.
You know?
Yeah, I guess so.
Yeah.
OK.
All right.