This morning, I woke up.
And I looked in the mirror.
And I said to myself, I said, Ellen,
you have been doing this show for 16 years.
You go out there every day.
And you do a monologue all alone.
And you do a great job.
And--
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But I said, Ellen, it's Wednesday.
And you have to get over the midweek hump.
So why don't you get some friends to do your monologue
with you today.
So--
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And then I said, Ellen, you have drool
going all the way down your chin.
And anyway, long story short, I called some friends.
They agreed to be here today.
So please welcome the hosts of The Real,
Tamera, Lonie, Jeannie, Adrienne.
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Hi!
Hey, girl!
Hello!
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This is so cool!
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So excited to be here.
Listen, why is this the first time this has happened?
We're next-door neighbors?
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I mean, we should--
I never see you.
I pass your stage.
Y'all are inside all the time.
Well, I decided just to move the table.
So I'm like--
We're moving on in.
Someone pushed this the whole way?
Yeah to that.
This is so cool.
We so expensive.
Oh.
I like our colors.
We're all matching.
Well, I miss-- because I'm by myself out here.
And I don't get to do the girl chat, you know?
So I wanted to chat with the girls.
Because I'm a girl.
And I like to chat.
OK, let's get to it.
These are the rules?
What?
You got to keep it 100.
You got to keep it real.
Yeah.
You ready to do that, Ellen?
That is all that I am, is 100.
Keep it 100.
You're ready!
--into it.
All right.
Let's talk about Marie Kondo.
Who else is obsessed, like I am?
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Yes, so good.
They just premiered her show.
It is called Tidying Up.
It premiered at the top of the year.
And people are obsessed because of her philosophy,
which is about sparking joy.
So it's about de-cluttering your home.
And you're going to look at items.
And you're going to say to the item, item do you bring me joy?
And if it brings you joy, you keep it.
If it doesn't, then you have a whole other conversation
with it, girl, which goes like this.
You've served me well.
I appreciate what you've done.
And then you toss it.
Really?
Yes.
OK.
So I have- but I have questions.
Yeah, go for it.
What would I do with my floss?
I mean, I know I need it.
But it does not bring me joy.
Do you know what I mean?
When you're flossing--
Yeah, but, if you really think about it,
if you had funky breath, you're not going to be happy about it.
So good breath brings you joy.
--it brings you joy.
Because if you go all the way to having gum disease, you're--
That's not joyful.
Exactly.
So flossing brings you joy.
You know what brings me joy?
What?
All my brown liquor bottles.
I will not throw them out.
Do you save them even after you drink them?
Yes.
Do you save the bottles.
Yes.
Yes, I do.
I still have brown liquor when I was the guest DJ over here.
Oh, yeah!
Ow, that's sweet.
Wait, wait, wait, you really save all the bottles
of alcohol?
I'm collecting them, yes.
For what reason?
Because I want to try to get them refilled again.
Do you have anything that you just--
is just a joy?
Everything that I have is a joy.
I don't keep things unless they are a joy.
I don't like clutter.
I constantly-- and I move so often, it's easy for me
to clean things out.
But my mother brings everything with her.
And she's moved seven times and brought two harmonicas
with her.
And she doesn't play.
I mean--
She's hoping Stevie Wonder will show up one day.
Literally, she just keeps moving--
I'm like, why do you have harmonicas?
Just throw them out.
Anyway, but she just keeps things and keeps moving.
I just-- I let go of things.
I don't like to--
I don't like clutter.
That's so good.
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You know what else brings me joy?
What's that?
The Oscars.
And the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday.
You know what, Ellen?
It was very, very good, very, very inclusive.
For the first time ever, a Marvel movie, Black Panther,
was nominated.
10 nominations!
Also, Spike Lee, first time Spike Lee
has been, as director.
And you know why?
Because you had him on your show for the first time
back in September of 2018.
And it's mighty funny.
Because he's made all these movies.
And then once he came on your show, he got a nomination.
Well.
--Ellen can do.
That's dope.
Yeah, well, it's a great movie.
BlacKkKlansman.
I mean, it was a great movie.
Yes, BlacKkKlansman has been nominated.
And the only upset I had was Bradley Cooper.
I know.
Yeah.
How did he get--
he did a great job directing that movie.
I don't understand that.
He did get it for actor.
Lady Gaga did get it for song.
And Star is Born got it for film.
And the only other thing that I have to say
is Sam Elliott got best supporting actor.
I love Sam Elliott.
He has been doing this for so long.
And I just believe that, if you hang in there long enough,
you can get your joy.
And that's why I'm so happy for Sam Elliott.
Absolutely.
Yes.
Well, I can't wait to see the Oscars.
Well, moving on to more of a serious topic.
Everybody knows about the government shutdown, right?
And today--
What?
There there's a government shutdown?
Yes.
I know.
Today marks 33 days.
It's ridiculous.
That's a long very long time.
It's ridiculous.
What are your thoughts on this, ladies?
What do you think?
I'm honestly-- I just feel so--
these people are getting up everyday.
And they're going to work.
And they're working hard.
And then to receive no payment for it--
and I'm grateful that our show actually
has been doing something.
We're reaching out and just bringing more awareness to it.
Because I think, granted, if you don't work for the government,
you're showing up every day, you're going about your life,
you don't realize that there are so many people suffering.
Over 100,000 people are not getting paid.
So I love the fact that we are reaching out.
We're asking them to share their stories.
They come on our show.
And they speak live.
And then we've been giving them $5,000.
And it's not much.
Yeah, we don't have Ellen money.
But we're going to give them--
Well, we give them $5,000.
It means a lot to them.
And just for them to be able to share this story,
and feel like they're being heard,
and that somebody is shedding light on something
that's really serious right now.
Yeah.
I mean, one thing that is an obvious statement,
and I've heard it from so many people,
but I think that this should absolutely happen.
If you are in the government, and you
are making these decisions to shut down the government,
and they aren't getting paid, you shouldn't get paid.
Whoever's making that decision, you shouldn't get paid.
Yeah.
And you can't sit there and make a decision.
And no one's getting paid.
So it doesn't affect you at all.
So to me, that's ridiculous.
And we had some women on that, out of this, out of necessity,
to make money, they started making cheesecakes
and selling cheesecakes.
And what's it called?
Nikki and Jackie.
And they have a cheesecake company.
Furloughed Cheesecake.
They call it the Furloughed Cheesecake.
And it's amazing.
I gave him $20,000.
And I said, I still haven't gotten my cheesecake, ladies.
Yeah, we're right next door.
But I think I think, sometimes, it
pushes you to do things and go outside your comfort zone
and say, what can I do to make money?
What would you do?
Because a lot of people just know this business
and haven't done anything else.
What would I do to make money?
Some people, quickly, were saying, Door Dash.
Like they actually were getting in their cars.
And it was something that they actually
were doing as a family with their children.
So I thought that was a great idea.
What would I do?
I'd show up at your house, and ask you if you got a kid,
and if you want to hear a Cheetah Girls
song from back in the day.
I'll put my Cheetah Girl outfit back on.
I might remember the choreography.
I'll get you with a-- you know.
Cheetah Girls!
Cheetah Sisters!
A lot of people coming up with side hustles.
But, look, I'm a daytime talk show host.
I'm a comic on the rode.
And I'm also a radio show host.
I've got enough hustles.
Always have more than one job, OK?
Always.
Yeah, OK, well, another thing that I'm hearing a lot,
especially out on the runways-- boys, listen up, men,
out there--
the newest hairstyle trend that is hitting all the runways
is a troll-inspired look.
What?
OK, take a look at it.
I know it sounds crazy.
But this is--
Oh, my lord.
But this is everywhere.
Now, the reason why, is they basically--
they're saying that it's become a little basic when
men are just getting their tops and their sides trimmed off.
So what do you ladies think, if your man rolled in with this?
Ellen, what do you think about this?
My man might need a weave to accomplish this look.
Men don't have the hair to do this.
Why they got the brother, though?
Just this one time, we don't need to be a part of this.
Hey, this is diverse, though.
Do they have to wear the makeup, too, as well.
Well, the makeup is more for the actual runway itself.
But the hair-- I mean, you've seen men do man buns.
You've seen them start to wear out their hair in curls.
Aiden has natural curls.
What's wrong with the man getting a little volume?
What do you think, Ellen?
Well, you know what?
I support it.
Because I didn't understand it, at first.
But then tWitch-- I saw Twitch the other day.
It looked good on tWitch.
I thought it looked really good.
You did this?
Yeah, he did it, yeah.
Why you got to negate this?
What's going on, tWitch?
That is hysterical!
Fuchsia looks good on you.
You might want to wear this dress, too, while you're at it.
I'm so into this.
Wow.
That was, yeah, that was a time.
All right, listen up?
We have to do this more often.
We have to stop chatting because I
have to chat with other people.
But thanks for rolling this over here.
You so important.
The ladies of The Real, everybody.
Ellen!
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