- Earlier this season, we debuted a brand new game
called "Lady Lovers," where I face off against
other, well-known lady lovers,
in questions about other, well-known lady lovers.
[laughs and "ohs"] And who better to host
than a man who has lady love in his name.
Please welcome the host of this weekend's Grammy Awards,
LL Cool J.
[cheers and applause] ["Going Back to Cali" plays]
- Gimme some love, gimme some love!
How you doing? - Good, how are you?
- Good, good, good. Mwah!
[cheers and applause]
All right, we're going to give away the tickets
a little later in the show, 'cause he has two--
but this is your fourth year hosting, right?
- Yeah, yeah, this is my fourth year hosting.
I did bring a couple of tickets, for...
[screams and applause] two lucky people.
And, gonna have a lot of fun!
Who's ready to go to the Grammys?
[cheers and applause]
It's gonna be great, but right now, you know,
we're gonna play a little game, have some fun, and, you know--
You ready to play "Lady's Lover" with me?
- I am, I am. - You ready for that?
- Yep. - Okay.
You guys ready to play "Lady's Lover" with LL Cool J?
[really loud cheers and applause]
Please welcome three-time Grammy nominee, Ed Sheeran!
[cheers and applause]
[talking inaudibly during cheers and applause]
Welcome, Ed! Welcome.
So guys, I'm gonna give clues related
to a famous lady lover, of course, all right?
The first person to buzz in and
[hits button, but no sound] correctly name--
[laughter]
First person to buzz in and correctly name the lady lover
will get a point.
Ed and Ellen, are you ready?
- We sure are! - Are you ready?
[laughter] You sure you're ready?
This lady lover... [timer music plays]
lives in Atlanta.
- [buzzes in]
Usher?
- I was going to say that, too.
- You dirty little Ed Sheeran.
You saw that thing there and you're right!
- No, I didn't see it! I didn't see it.
- Oh, you saw it, you saw it! That was pretty good!
- All right. - Wow.
[timer music starts] Okay, next question:
This lady lover...
got their start in stand-up comedy,
has done a voice in an animated film,
- [buzzes in]
It's not Ellen, is it?
[laughter]
- Ah, nope.
["wrong" buzzer noise]
Is a huge New Orleans Saints fan.
Huge!
- Ah, well, uh-- [buzzes in]
Wanda Sykes!
- You are correct. - Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- [laughing] [timer music starts]
This lady lover has won two Grammy Awards,
is the only one who'll walk across the fire for you,
wants you to come to their window?
- [buzzes in]
Melissa Etheridge.
- That's correct.
[cheers and applause] [timer music starts]
This lady lover...
got married last year,
- [buzzes in]
Adam Levine!
[laughter]
- Yeah. - Ah ha!
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. - Well!
Ellen is up, 3-1.
[timer music starts] But, it can be tied up.
- I'll just step back, 'cause it's so easy for me.
[laughter] - Yeah, yeah.
"I had to back up off of there to sit my cup down."
This lady lover...
loves horsies, [laughs]
[neighs like a horse]
[laughter] has blonde hair,
is a resident of Shondaland.
- Doesn't like-- - [buzzes in]
Portia de Rossi.
[cheers and applause]
- That is correct. - That is right.
- That is correct. - 4 to 1.
- It is correct--it's all good over here, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, for sport, let's do one more.
- All right, yeah, okay. [timer music starts]
- This lady lover...
is on TV,
- [buzzes in] - [laughs]
- Is it Ellen?
- Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
Congratulations. - Thank you.
Ellen, you win, 4-2.
- You were the best host of "Lady Lover" ever!
Ever! - You win, 4-2.
- Okay.
Thanks, LL, and thank you, Ed,
and the 57th annual Grammy Awards air this Sunday,
February 8th, on CBS,
and we're gonna give away these tickets at the end of the show.
We're gonna play another game later in the show,
but right now, everyone in the audience is going to go home
with a 2015 Grammy nominee CD.
[cheers and applause]