Yeah, you got slippery shoes on.
It's a slant.
Well, I broke my foot recently, so I'm recovering.
I'm sorry.
So I got to walk like I think I'm cute,
but that's really not.
That's not the walk.
No, how did you break your foot?
What did you do?
I don't have an exciting story.
Oh.
I wish I did, but I don't.
But you know what I do have, I have
the excitement of a thousand people,
because I have wanted to meet you for so long.
My whole family is obsessed with you.
Well, thank you.
And my youngest baby told me to tell you, she said,
mom I want to be the next Bachelorette.
But if you tell Ellen, somehow I know it'll happen.
I was like, what she got to do with it?
Yeah, I don't know.
But I'll try to have that power.
Is that the goal, she wants to be the next Bachelorette?
That's it.
Wow, well, anyway, what's her name?
Dia.
How old is she?
21.
Would you like Dia to be a Bachelorette?
Oh, I don't care.
Yeah, OK, all right.
I don't care one way or the other.
I'm still going to look at her like I do all the other folks.
Now, I will laugh at them, and make fun of them
while I eat popcorn, scream at the TV.
I don't care if it's my baby or whose baby it is out there.
I'm going to do the same thing.
All right, yeah.
Put Dia on as the Bachelorette.
All right, it's done.
Boom.
Happy belated birthday.
You went to Mexico for your birthday.
And you brought all three adult children.
Well, actually, my middle girl didn't get to go.
But my son brought his girlfriend.
Dia brought a friend.
And let me just tell you something about that.
I know all my children are adults,
but I didn't know they was adults, because they
don't live with me.
So I don't get to see the grown parts of them
that moms don't want to see.
Yeah.
So I was able to hang out with them in a way.
And I was like, wait a minute.
So it was like mind blowing for me, because I wasn't ready.
In a good way?
No, a horrible way, horrible .
They're grown and I'm just so used to,
those are always going to be my babies but not no more.
Yeah, I would think that's weird.
I do think about that like, your baby and then
you see them, like--
Going shot, shot, shots and you're like, mm-mm, mm-mm.
Yeah, well, it was your birthday.
You were probably doing shots.
OK, well, we're not talking about me.
I'm grown.
OK, all right.
And congratulations you got married.
I broke the internet.
Your wife's name is Jessica, is that right?
Yes, so Jessica and you got married.
And now, you say that you didn't really come out.
You went within yourself.
Is that what you said?
That is what I said.
But you called her my wife.
I lovingly call her my hersband.
OK.
So are you her hersband too?
No, I'm her wife.
OK.
But anyway, no, a lot of people say that like,
oh, you came out.
And I say, well, from out of where?
You know what I mean?
I wasn't anywhere to come out of.
I wasn't living a sexually repressed life
when I was married to men.
And I just love them when I loved them.
Right.
And now I love her.
Yeah, I understand that, yeah.
Do you?
Yeah, I do.
Because some people are like, I don't get it.
Well, I think some people--
there's a scale.
There's the Kinsey scale, right?
It's like some people are more straight,
and some people are more gay, and some people
are in the middle.
And some people are born knowing what they want
and who they are.
And some people change.
So I think that's fine.
Yeah, well I don't know.
My daughter, the youngest one, she
made me sit down and watch a program.
She said, mom, you got to know how you identify.
I said, oh, I do?
And so we watched this whole thing about--
and it was a thousand different things
you could have called yourself.
But when I got through watching it,
she was like, well, what are you?
I said, confused.
I'm more confused than ever.
Now, I was like, I don't know.
I'm black and I'm your mama.
Now, go sit down.
And that was how we ended the conversation.
See, that's fantastic.
But I think a lot of people want to label and have--
especially younger people who are labeling themselves
and/or don't want to label.
So I think it's-- so how long--
I know we're supposed to go to break.
But I need to ask this question, because I
think it's interesting.
Y'all were friends for a while.
You said you were married before.
Yes.
And how long were you all friends
before you realized, oh, I have feelings for my friend?
We were probably friends for about four and 1/2 years.
I was already divorced, and we were still friends.
And we went to go eat crabs.
Oh, that's it.
That's the gay thing.
And the next thing you know.
It's a gateway people.
If you don't want this life, don't go eat crabs.
Do not go to eat crabs with your friend.
That's what will do it.
I knew I was going to get to the bottom of it
before the commercial.
All right, that was it?
That was it.
Yeah.
All right, now we have to take a break.
But we got to it, crabs.
All right, we'll be back.
We're back in Niecy Nash.
That was a clip from the new season of The Masked Singer.
And so you're taking over for Nick Cannon
because he was out for a little while.
Yes.
And is it known why he was out?
I didn't want to say if it's not known.
Yeah, well, I think it's out.
Yeah.
Yeah, so he had COVID.
Yeah, he had COVID, and I stood in the gap for him.
And when I tell you fans of this show
are going to love this season baby.
And let me tell you something, I was standing up there,
and every time somebody came out and stood next to me
with the big head and the whole costume,
I just peered into their eyes.
And I was like, did we date?
I feel like it was a lot of people on there when the mask
come off that I'mma be like, hey!
Yeah, are you good at guessing?
Have you watched before that you guessed people correctly?
I feel like I am.
But I'm the kind of person even if I'm wrong,
I'mma tell you 10 reasons why I came up with that answer so it
could appear as though.
Right, and Ken is usually wrong.
Yeah, he's usually wrong.
He's usually wrong, and he's wrong a lot.
But I will tell you I am proud of him this season, because I
feel like he stepped up.
Yeah?
Yeah, I used to call him Ken Wrong,
and now he is getting a lot of it right.
Yeah, oh good.
Yeah, he's been good.
I don't know how anybody gets any of them right.
It's so confusing to me.
I watch it and I think--
I guess if you're smoking something,
I will think that that's entertaining.
But it's so strange.
Yes, but so much fun.
I really had a good time.
And the whole family can watch it.
It's that kind of show.
Yeah, even your grown kids.
While they're yelling, shot, shot.
You're hosting the GLAAD Awards.
Congratulations on that.
Oh, thank you.
And you're in talks to have your own talk show.
You heard about that?
I heard about that.
I think that's a great idea.
Thank you.
When I call you and I'm like, give me
all the tips and tricks.
Any time.
I mean, really, I think you'd be great.
Thank you.
Yeah, you'd be great.
So I hope it works out for you.
Thank you.
I feel like you just handed me a torch.
I'mma go [INAUDIBLE].
Do it.
Thank you.
It's so nice meeting you finally.
I don't know why--
It's so nice to meet you too.
Anyway, say hi to Dia and the rest of the kids.
I will.
And your wife-- your hersband.
My hersband.
Yeah, season 5 of The Masked Singer
premieres tonight at 8:00 on Fox.