I want to remind you of someone that we have on the show.
She was on the show a few weeks ago I guess.
Take a look.
[MUSIC - MISSY ELLIOTT, "WORK IT"]
I'm at the Ellen Show.
First time exclusive.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Missy's funky white sistah is in the house!
Sh!
(RAPPING) Is it worth it?
Let me work it.
I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it.
Ti esrever dna ti plif, nwod gniht ym tup.
Is it worth it?
Let me work it.
I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it.
Ti esrever dna ti plif, nwod gniht ym tup.
If you got a big-- hey!-- let me search you and find out how
hard I got to work you.
Ti esrever dna ti plif, nwod gniht ym tup.
Yeah, how-- she's amazing.
[APPLAUSE]
Her name is Mary Halsey.
And we posted that video.
It got more than 40 million views,
and I thought who better to send to the AMA's
to cover the red carpet.
She's there now with Andy Zenor.
Let's check in with them.
[CHEERING]
Awe, look at you.
My funky white sistah.
Hi, everybody!
Are you excited?
Oh, I am over the top.
I am so excited, Ellen.
So you've been getting some special treatment
in your hometown in Rhode Island since you've been on the show,
right?
Yes, I've had a lot of attention.
Everybody wants to take their picture with me.
They want to get an autograph.
And a small pizza place called Gigi's, where
I go on Tuesdays and Fridays for karaoke if I'm available,
they want to name a funky white soul sister pizza after me.
Awe, that's fantastic.
Gigi's--
[APPLAUSE]
What other songs do you sing on karaoke?
What other songs are your favorites?
Well, My Humps of course, is one of my go-to songs.
[LAUGHTER]
And I love--
Of course.
Well, My Hump's of course.
I love Ed Sheeran.
I want you to yell out Mary Halsey in the house.
Mary Halsey's in the house!
That's great.
[CHEERING]
That's good.
You have your horn?
Did you bring your horn?
I have my horn.
All right, blow your horn.
Make sure they know you're there.
Ready?
Yep.
[BLOWING HORN]
Yep, that's right.
All right--
They're going to shut us down, Ellen.
This is going to be fantastic.
That's how you call celebrities.
You use that horn.
[LAUGHTER]
We all run to it.
All right, we're going to check in with you a little bit
later, OK?
Have fun.
Thank you, Ellen.
All right, see you soon.
Bye.
So the AMA's are just about to start.
We're going to check in what's going on with Mary Halsey
and Andy on the red carpet.
Oh, it's Shawn Mendes with y'all.
[CHEERING]
Hi, Shawn.
I love her.
Hey, how's it going?
Good.
How are you doing?
I'm sitting here with Melissa McCarthy.
And we just wanted to say congratulations
on your nominations and you're performing tonight.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, guys.
What are you singing tonight?
Lost in Japan, my new single.
So if you haven't heard it, listen.
I hope you like it.
That's fantastic.
Why are you holding my head?
I don't know.
I was given it, and I thought that I was maybe
supposed to walk on like this.
I don't know.
You should when you singing tonight.
Hold that in front of your face when you're on stage.
I'll do it.
I'll tuck into my shirt and do that.
I would love for my head to be on your chest.
That's great.
[LAUGHTER]
I know you have to sing, but you have to play a game first
with Andy before you go in.
You're going to play a game called Vodka or Water?
All right, cool.
Andy, tell him how it plays.
Is this game even allowed for--
It's very straightforward.
--a 20-year-old?
We got a lot of shots here.
And some are vodka and some are water.
And you got?
Oh--
Water.
--you can't do that.
How many do I have to take before the [INAUDIBLE]??
How old are you?
Just two.
And you shouldn't play alone.
Awe, that was great.
Let Mary play because you're too young to play.
[LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE]
Mary, try it out.
Vodka!
All right--
Vodka!
--great.
There must be another game that we can play
with Shawn before he goes in.
What's another game, Andy?
Five Second Rule.
Oh, yeah.
Let's play the Five Second Rule.
All right.
No, this is a safe game that everyone's going to love.
So here's how it works.
Mary is going to ask you a question.
You're going have five seconds to answer three answers,
and then you have to ring this bell, all right?
Shawn, name three things you love about Ellen.
Her hair, her eyes, and her height.
I don't know why I said her height.
[DING]
Her height.
[LAUGHTER]
Mary, next question.
Shawn, my go-to karaoke song is Missy Elliott's Work It.
Name three of your go-to karaoke songs.
I Want Crazy, Hunter Hayes.
I'm blanking.
Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen.
[DING]
That's all I have.
Yay!
That's how you play the Five Second Rule with Shawn Mendes.
You are my funky white brother.
Thank you, Shawn.
Oh, wow.
We got the Chainsmokers.
We got the Chainsmokers here.
Come on in.
[CHEERING]
Hey, Alex.
Hi.
We really had to go after Shawn Mendes, huh?
Hi, Alex.
Hi, Drew.
Can y'all do the Vodka-Water Game?
Or how old are y'all?
33.
All right, we can play Vodka or Water, Ellen.
All right, congratulations on your nomination.
Thank you.
So here's how it works.
Some of these are vodka, some are water.
And this is how you play vodka or water.
[CHUCKLING]
If I get vodka, can I drink another one?
I'm trying to--
[LAUGHTER]
Mary, get in there.
Go ahead, Mary.
Mary just wants to play every game.
What'd you guys get?
Water.
Vodka!
[LAUGHTER]
I want to play.
Water.
Oh, no.
That's water, Mary.
All right, do you want to play the five second rule
game with them?
Ready, Mary?
Hit it.
Name three questions you wish you
were asked on the red carpet.
What my favorite golden retriever is.
5, 4, 3--
Wait, there's only--
What my favorite basketball team is.
2, 1.
And where do I live.
Ring the bell.
I had the vodka.
So--
Mary, next question.
Name three people that you would love to do a music
collaboration with.
Ellen Degeneres, Taylor Swift, Post Malone.
[DING]
That's how you play it, Ellen.
Five Second Rule.
All right, thank you, guys.
You guys are great.
Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
I love you, guys.
Bye, y'all.
Have a good night.
Thank you.
Bye, Ellen.
Thanks, Mary.
Thanks, Andy.
We'll be right back.
Hi, I'm Andy.
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so you can see more awesome videos,
like videos of me getting scared or saying embarrassing things,
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[SCREAMS]
[BLEEP] God [BLEEP]