All right.
Grab your tissues, because you're going to need them.
This video of a husband serenading his wife
before she underwent surgery for brain cancer
is the sweetest thing you will see today.
Take a look.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Every time I look into your eyes, I see it.
Every time I get a pretty sight I feel it.
Come on, man.
Oh.
Oh, butterfly, I want you.
From Charlotte, North Carolina, please
welcome Ray and Roslyn Singleton.
First of all, y'all look fantastic.
Thank you.
Y'all look fantastic.
I heard you were surprised that we called.
Oh!
Surprised is an understatement of what
we were when you called.
When I got the call, my iPhone shows the zip code
where it came from.
It said Burbank, California.
And she said, I'm from The Ellen Show.
My head exploded, literally exploded.
It was the greatest call I've ever got.
And look where we are.
And then he called me and he said, hey, I just
need to tell you something.
Are you sitting down?
And I was like, yeah.
He said, The Ellen Show just called.
And my phone fell on the ground.
I was like, you're lying.
You're lying.
You shouldn't lie like that.
It's so close to Sunday.
You shouldn't lie like that.
He was like, no, they did.
I was like, oh.
OK.
It's so close to Sunday.
You shouldn't tell fibs.
Wednesdays are OK.
Yes.
Yeah.
All right, so I can't--
you look fantastic.
I mean, you look fantastic.
[CHEERING]
And I guess-- and we should thank the doctors,
because you said to them--
I mean, you had surgery a month ago.
Yes.
And you said, I got to be on The Ellen Show,
so I don't care what you say.
Let's get it.
Let's wrap it.
I'm doing it.
Whatever you got to do--
Wrap it up.
Because I'm going.
I'm going.
Whatever you say, I could care less.
Ellen is more important.
So let's--
Right.
Let's figure it out.
I'm going.
Yes, that's what I said.
A month ago you had surgery.
Yes, ma'am.
January 7, yes.
And so, and you--
I'm going to say, how are you feeling?
But you look--
I feel amazing.
You look amazing.
Thank you.
[CHEERING]
I feel amazing.
So you posted this.
Really, basically, you put that together.
You sing to her, and then you put that whole little,
that we just showed a small amount, of the whole journey
that she's gone through.
And I assume you did this as a love story
just to show her strength of what an amazing woman she is.
Honestly, Ellen, it wasn't even that.
I wanted just to make her smile.
I literally just wanted to see my wife smile.
I was in-- she was in the waiting room in surgery
for a lot longer than it was supposed to be.
So I was nervous downstairs.
I'm pacing.
I said, I want to make a video for my wife
that's going to make her smile after having her head cut open.
And look at this million-dollar smile.
How can you not?
Yeah.
You--
Look at her.
I don't know who to suggest right now,
but any one of our sponsors or any
sponsors-- this smile is a million-dollar smile.
She should be representing some company,
because that is a million-dollar smile right there.
Thank you.
So you're a Navy veteran.
And this is the second time.
So--
Yes, ma'am.
So six years ago?
Yes.
2013 was my first surgery and first bout with brain cancer.
And it was stage three the first time.
And the tumor was the size of an orange.
I don't even understand that.
Yeah, neither could I. But--
I mean, the size of an orange-- what were your symptoms
that you got to that point?
So it was-- migraines was the most prominent or the most
that I had gotten.
I had blurred vision.
And then when I would sleep sometimes,
I would lay on one side of my head.
And when I could hear like the seashell noise
from the fluid kind of swimming around in my brain not going
in the right directions, yes.
Wow.
So you said, maybe I should see a doctor.
Maybe I should go get this checked out.
Yeah.
And it actually wasn't me.
It was my dad who said-- because I was young,
and my dad was like, you're going to go to a doctor?
I was like no, I'm good.
He was like, you should go.
And so I went.
And they said, you know, have you had any symptoms?
And I told them.
And they said, well, let's do an MRI.
And they came back and told me it's an orange on your brain.
Wow.
Yes.
OK, so you get rid of that.
Yes.
And then you're clear for--
Six years.
Yearly scans every-- between July and October,
I got scanned.
And six years, I was perfectly healthy.
So no symptoms at all.
None.
And then you go in for a routine check,
and they find another-- how big was this one?
About the size of a half a dollar.
About that big.
But it was in the same location that I
had gotten the first one.
So from October 10th until, I want
to say, a week before surgery, Ray and I were in the doctor's
office three to four times a week every week, doing MRIs,
doing scans, blood work.
You had to wear the device for three days.
I had to wear this wonderful--
Headpiece.
--headpiece that had, like, this wonderful little Balenciaga
bag that came with it.
Yeah, OK!
That monitored me all day.
It monitored my brainwaves.
It monitored me while I slept to see if I had seizures
or I was having any irregular brain activity.
Luckily, thank God, I wasn't.
So I just luckily only had the brain tumor, and that was it.
So--
So that's gone now.
The brain tumor's gone.
And we start cancer treatment in about two weeks--
radiation first and then chemo after radiation.
So--
All right.
Yes.
Well, you're going to beat this because you
have an amazing attitude.
Absolutely.
And you have to.
We're going to take a break.
More after this.
We were just talking during the break.
And I said what an inspiration you're
going to be for so many people out there because it's one
thing to get diagnosed once.
And it's hard enough.
But to beat it and then it come back?
And then you have this--
you're not sad.
You're just happy.
Absolutely.
Tell everyone why you have this attitude.
I have this attitude because I feel personally
that God gives battles to certain people
just to let other people know that it's going to be OK.
And I'm not going to lie and say brain cancer is a breeze.
It's not.
But positive prayer, positive people--
[APPLAUSE]
And it makes it better.
Also, if they were told me that I had to go to brain cancer
to see you, I would have signed that line, like--
Let's go.
Let's do it again.
Sign me up.
Yes.
But honestly, it's a blessing because there are so
many people that are going through cancer--
breast cancer, brain cancer, any type of cancer,
anything in life.
And it's going to be OK.
It's going to be OK.
Yes.
Just keep going.
Even if it's not the exact outcome, it's going to be OK.
It's going to be OK.
All right, there's someone else that
wants to say something to you.
You inspire a lot of people.
And I know you're inspired by a lot of people.
And so Dwyane Wade was here on the show the other day.
What?
Oh, wow.
And he left this message for you.
What?
What's up Ray?
What's up Roslyn?
This is Dwyane Wade.
Kaavia and my wife is not here right now with me.
But we're sending our love.
We're sending our love to your family.
We're sending our love to both of you two.
Keep going.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Keep believing.
Make a team to keep inspiring.
I'm sure so many people around you guys that y'all inspire
every day.
So I'm definitely inspired by the story
that I've heard from both you guys.
And I know my family will be as well.
So from the Wade family, much love.
And please, please, keep believing.
[APPLAUSE]
All right.
I don't know if you have any plans for Valentine's Day.
But I just want to send you anywhere you want to go on me.
Dinner is on me.
So find a nice Sizzler somewhere.
And--
[INAUDIBLE]
We going Sizzlers.
We going--
Also, our friends at Honey Nut Cheerios
believe that doing good makes you feel good.
And as a gift for you, they want to give you
flowers, chocolates--
Oh, hey!
Thank you.
This is some aggressive flowers.
It's very aggressive flowers.
And also, $25,000.
Oh!
Chocolates and money!
We'll be right back.
Hi, I'm Andy.
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Yah!
Ah, [BLEEP]!
God!
[BLEEP]