- HEY, KANYE. - WHAT'S UP, ELLEN?
- NOT MUCH. WHAT'S UP WITH YOU?
- I'M JUST CHILLING. - YOU ARE JUST--
IT'S AMAZING, BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN THREE YEARS,
AND, BOY, YOUR LIFE HAS CHANGED IN THREE YEARS.
YOU'RE A DADDY NOW. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
- THANK YOU.
[cheers and applause]
- MAN...
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
THAT IS--I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF PICTURES,
AND SHE IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
[audience awws]
LOOK AT THAT.
NOW, IS THIS SOMETHING-- DID YOU WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN?
LIKE, HAD YOU--OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED?
[stammers]
I KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT I MEAN...
BUT HAD YOU BEEN PLANNING?
DID YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHILD SO SOON?
- I MEAN, WE WERE JUST PRACTICING ALL THE TIME.
[cheers and applause]
- AND THEN IT WORKED.
- THEN PRACTICE MADE PERFECT. - UH-HUH.
- AND HOW HAS IT CHANGED YOU?
'CAUSE EVERYBODY SAYS BEING-- YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHILD
JUST CHANGES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
- JUST BEEN SUPER FOCUSED, LIKE, EVEN MORE DETERMINED
TO GET THESE IDEAS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS
AND ESTABLISH THE EXACT FOUNDATION I WANT FOR MY FAMILY.
- MM-HMM.
BUT DOES IT ALTER-- I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO--
DOES IT ALTER, LIKE, WHEN YOU PUT MUSIC OUT,
DO YOU THINK--
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS CD RIGHT HERE;
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
THERE'S--WASH THAT MOUTH OUT WITH SOME SOAP,
BECAUSE THAT'S--
I MEAN, DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT?
BECAUSE THERE IS-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AN ARTIST,
AND SO YOU EXPRESS YOURSELF,
BUT DO YOU WORRY THAT IT'S, LIKE, DIRTY?
- NO, I'M NOT CONCERNED-- AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA
OF PROFANITY OR NUDITY.
IT'S MORE THE MESSAGING BEHIND IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GONNA BE IN THE REAL WORLD,
AND SHE'S GONNA HEAR THINGS AND SEE THINGS,
AND I THINK SHE'S GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THEM.
- YEAH. OH, BOY, WILL SHE.
[laughter]
AND SO YOU'RE ENGAGED. YOU'RE NOT MARRIED YET.
BUT YOU'RE ENGAGED, AND EVERYBODY SAW THE CRAZY--
I MEAN, YOU KIND OF RUINED IT FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT WAS THE MOST-- CRAZY PROPOSAL.
I MEAN, THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THAT, TO TAKE HER THERE,
AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- AND THEN YOU GOT DOWN ON YOUR KNEES
AND SAID SOMETHING PERSONAL TO HER.
SHE SAID--SHE SAID THAT YOU SAID SOMETHING PERSONAL.
AND THEN, "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" WENT UP ON THE--
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HER PERSONALLY?
JUST--IT'S JUST US. - [laughs]
- NO, YEAH, I'MA PASS ON THAT, BUT...
- NO? - YEAH.
YEAH, SHE THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BRING LANA DEL REY OUT AND--
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALREADY EXPECTING THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
SHE'S LIKE, "OH, YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING HE WOULD DO.
"YOU KNOW, RENT OUT A BASEBALL FIELD AND BRING LANA--
YEAH, IT'S JUST FOR MY BIRTHDAY OR WHATEVER."
- JUST SOMETHING YOU DO.
- SO I KNEW I HAD TO, LIKE, TURN UP MORE,
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE EXPECT EVEN MORE FROM ME
IN EVERY SITUATION,
WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, AN ALBUM, A VIDEO,
A CONCERT, OR, YOU KNOW, AN ENGAGEMENT.
I MIGHT'VE LIKED JUST TAKING IT TO A COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW--
- ANOTHER LEVEL. - ANOTHER LEVEL.
- THEN YOU HAVE TO TOP THAT.
I MEAN, THEN YOUR MARRIAGE--
THIS IS JUST THE PROPOSAL, KANYE.
SO NOW YOUR MARRIAGE HAS TO BE--
LIKE, THE WEDDING'S GONNA BE--
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE "HUNGER GAMES" OR SOMETHING.
IT'S GONNA BE, LIKE, THIS--RIGHT?
- I THINK IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I IMAGINE.
I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE, LIKE, A LOT OF CREATIVITY
AND YOU HAVE, LIKE, A LOT OF LOVE AND PASSION,
YOU JUST DO IT, AND YOU DON'T HOLD BACK,
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SENSIBILITIES
AND THINGS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER, LIKE, TASTE
AND A TASTEFUL WAY TO DO IT AND WHAT'S CHIC AND ALL THAT,
AND AFTER I LEARNED HOW TO DO ALL THAT,
I DECIDED JUST NOT TO AND JUST DO WHAT I FELT.
- RIGHT. - YEAH.
- YEAH. I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.
I THOUGHT IT ROMANTIC AND BIG AND...
- YEAH, JUST AWESOME.
I JUST THINK THAT KIM IS AWESOME,
AND SHE JUST DESERVED, LIKE, AN AWESOME MOMENT LIKE THAT.
- YEAH.
AND OBVIOUSLY, WHAT IS IT-- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT KIM?
'CAUSE YOU'VE SAID THAT SHE'S YOUR DREAM GIRL.
WHAT IS THAT Y'ALL JUST MESH LIKE THAT?
WHO IS SHE TO YOU?
- SHE'S A PERSON THAT, WHEN I WAS AT MY LOWEST MOMENTS,
I COULD GET ON THE PHONE WITH HER,
AND SHE WOULD MAKE ME FEEL LIKE,
YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE FOR A REASON,
AND I WAS, YOU KNOW-- I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY
AND JUST SUPPORT ME THROUGH THAT.
AND ALSO, I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO HAVE
A WOMAN LIKE THAT THAT YOU KNOW IS NOT USING YOU FOR MONEY.
I JUST HAVE TO WORD IT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
ONCE YOU BECOME, LIKE, A MULTIMILLIONAIRE,
THERE'S A CERTAIN TYPE OF WOMAN OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THEY GO FOR THAT AND THEY'LL PUT ON THE WHOLE ACT AND EVERYTHING,
BUT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS THEIR OWN [bleep],
AND IT'S, UM... [coughs]
AND HER PERSONALITY IS SO CALMING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WAY
PEOPLE WOULD DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY, SO...
- NO.
I'LL TELL YOU, THEY WOULD NOT.
- [laughs]
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST...
[laughter]
- [laughing]
[cheers and applause]
- ALL RIGHT.
OH, SHE'S--SHE'S GETTING LIQUORED UP OVER THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A BREAK, AND SOMEONE HAUL HER AWAY,
BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA GET-- SHE'S GONNA GET OUT OF HAND.
I CAN SEE IT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A BREAK,
AND WE'LL TALK MORE WITH KANYE AFTER THIS.