I was so honored that you called me
second to give you that award.
Well I thought you said no.
I though you'd say no.
No I wouldn't say--
I didn't want to bother you.
Yeah.
No, I don't blame you.
So Cher was supposed to give her the award.
Yes.
And then Cher did not feel well, or maybe.
Or I was bothering her.
Maybe you were bothering her.
But then I got a call and it was like the day before.
And you showed up.
I showed up because I love you.
And when she did, everyone got happier.
Everyone in the whole audience was so happy
that you were there.
Well it was-- you were amazing as always.
You're so incredible.
Thanks.
And your speech was amazing.
But did you know that it was going
to get the kind of attention that it got?
No.
And my daughter was incredibly unimpressed.
I was like, babe, are you excited about today?
I'm going to win an award and I'm going to do a show.
And she goes, "Exactly how many minutes after you sing
does my sleep over start?"
I was like, dude, can you pretend to be excited for me?
You gave a great--
Well, you talked about how important
it is to show diversity because your daughter said something
to you that upset you, and you gave her
a PowerPoint presentation.
I did.
Well, I thought it was a PowerPoint.
Actually when I got home later that night, Carey was like,
"You know that's not a PowerPoint?"
I was like, well it's a Word document.
It's a big deal for me.
Right, right.
So tell everyone what she said to you which upset you.
I was driving her to school and out
of the blue she just said, "Mama."
I said, "Yeah, babe?"
She goes, "I'm the ugliest girl I know."
And I was like, "What are you talking about?
You're incredible."
I made you, you can't say that.
No, but actually didn't say anything
because I was so speechless and I
didn't want to mom her and start preaching to her
and not be effective at all.
So I just stayed quiet, and I was
like, "Why do you think that?
Did someone say that to you, what's happening?"
She's like, "I just look like a boy with long hair."
And so I just didn't say anything.
I didn't know what to say.
And I went home, I cried and I made this Word document.
I
You gave in it kind of examples of everyone who looks different
and everyone who is powerful in the world,
including yourself like selling out stadiums,
and you do not conform to try to look like anyone else.
I will not.
And I get my--
Thank you.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]
But I get my feelings hurt.
I get my feelings hurt all the time.
It hurts.
It doesn't feel good to hear mean things about yourself.
But if you're human, you're going to hear it.
And if you're past the age of 12, you will at some point
be heartbroken by someone else.
Yeah.
So I'm just trying to make her more resilient.
So you have a new little child since I've seen you.
I do, I have a meatball.
What is the meatball's name?
Jamison.
After the whiskey, or is it--
Aww.
Look at him.
He was absolutely riveted by something
I was saying at that moment.
No, my dad's name is James, my brother's name is Jason,
Carey's middle name is Jason.
We're both of Irish descent and we like whiskey, so.
I see.
It made sense.
It's perfect.
So if you have another child, it'll
be Don Julio or something like that.
So you're breastfeeding?
Yes.
And it's such a weird thing that people
have such strong opinions about breastfeeding.
I know.
It's a child that needs to eat and you're breastfeeding,
and yet that's another thing that you
can get your feelings hurt.
Because people just have strong opinions about that.
Strong opinions about things that
don't affect their life at all.
No.
It's just you feeding your child.
I'm feeding my kid.
Yes.
Would you rather him scream, because he's
very capable of that.
Right, that keeps him quiet.
That's a better thing.
And so are you hiking with him and nursing?
I'm hiking.
Oh, he was a hot pocket that day.
It was like 110.
I can imagine up against your chest when you're walking,
that makes you--
Yeah.
So I got you something.
As long as you're going--
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, we had to put something there.
I got you something because your birthday's coming up, right?
It is.
OK.
Well, happy birthday.
And so you can--
[LAUGHTER]
Awesome.
You will see this on Instagram later this evening.
I'm sure I will.
I'd like to see it.
This is the--
I do this so much now that people that I don't know that
well will walk in my kitchen and I'm just like,
"Yeah, I don't know.
I haven't seen that."
And they're like, "Oh god, what is happening to your nipples?"
Well now that's--
Thank you.
That's too much.
You were there and then you went right over.