Congratulations.
I mean, both of you are a great.
I mean, the Ariel guy.
I mean, he's incredible too.
Yeah.
Most, definitely.
Yeah.
But how are you feeling?
I'm good.
This has been an incredibly wild ride if like I'm still
processing all this.
I won.
I went down.
I thought it was all over.
They're like, you got press tomorrow,
and you're on "Ellen" on Monday.
And I'm like, Ellen on Monday?
He said so nonchalantly.
[LAUGHTER]
Well, first of all, like this was the goal,
ending up on Ellen.
That's why I auditioned for AGT because I was like, you
get on AGT, you get on Ellen.
That's the point of all this.
Wow.
Yeah, yeah.
I did it.
I have arrived.
Wow, well, thanks.
So a lot of people think when you're
on shows like America's Got Talent
that everything happens overnight, right?
Which is not really the case.
This has been a long journey for me, a journey
that you've actually been a part
Of.
And you don't know this.
We've met before.
You don't remember me.
I'm not offended.
But in this envelope is a photo from the first time
that we met.
I'm going to have you hold on to this.
Don't look at it yet.
OK.
Cool.
You just got to put it next to you
because you're going to use your hands just a minute.
OK.
So I actually-- I really love music.
I pursued music for a long time, and in my music career
and in my magic career, I've experienced
a lot of ups and downs, a lot of random and unexpected moments,
one random moment to the next.
And the best way to illustrate what that looks like--
I'm getting alerts on my phone--
is-- so if I have my phone and I just
do a random number of times, some other random number times,
some random number equals.
I end up with some kind of random outcome.
I'm going to clear this out.
Ellen, you're going to do the same thing.
We get a super random and unexpected result,
so I want you to just type in two random numbers, whatever
you want.
Boom.
Hit times.
There, yup.
And then three digits if you want or two.
I don't really care.
Boom.
Hit times again.
And then another two or three, up to you.
Boom.
Hit equals.
Oh, I did times.
No, no.
You're OK.
We're equals.
So can you guys see this?
We end up with a really random number.
I'm going to write that down actually, so don't forget it.
We have 9,222 and then 0141.
Hold this there for now.
Thanks, Ellen.
Give it up for Ellen DeGeneres.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
She's great.
That's the magic right there.
So a lot of these unexpected moments,
some of them have been very difficult. Some of them
have been really amazing.
Some of them have been very confusing.
I have two stacks of flash cards.
This first one is emotions and things
that I've felt in my years of trying to pursue my dreams, OK?
Things like alive, encouraged, confident--
not all of them are good things--
insecure, hopeful, fearful, scared, disappointed.
It's just all different emotions-- regret, pessimistic,
joyful, fulfilled--
wait, tables?
Oh wait, hold on.
These are actually from another deck from another trick.
We're not going to use those.
This is why you don't live in a hotel room
because your stuff gets jumbled.
I hope actually-- and I got all them.
Whatever.
We're going with it.
This is The Ellen Show.
We're going to make this work.
Ellen, I want you to take these, and actually, this
is all you're going to do.
You're going to close your eyes, and you're going
to start dealing down cards.
Mmm-hmm.
Super simple, not difficult.
OK.
So close your eyes.
Start dealing down, and you can stop whenever you want.
You can keep going.
You can stop.
You can not stop.
[LAUGHS] Good right there?
Yep.
Cool.
So you want this one?
I guess.
You can open your eyes.
Just one?
Yes.
OK, cool.
I'm just going to do this.
Make sure we're good, and then we're
going to put that right there.
Now, I have another stack of flash cards,
and this stack is celebrities like Ellen.
Perhaps you've heard of her.
Yes, I have.
[LAUGHS] These are all just people who basically have maybe
accomplish their dreams, but still
probably feel all of these emotions on a regular basis.
Same thing.
Close your eyes.
Deal them down.
And you can stop at any point.
She's going for it.
That one?
Yeah.
That's the one?
Yep.
Cool.
So the first thing that we're going to do actually,
we're going to look at the celebrity that you picked, OK?
Any ideas?
It would be if you land it on yourself.
But you're on the bottom.
I have no idea.
Jared Leto.
All right.
I love Jared Leto.
The next one is going to be the emotion.
We're going to try something.
Can you put your hand over that card?
Mmm-hmm.
If you were to guess the emotion,
what emotion do you think it might be?
Let's say joy.
Joy.
Mmm-hmm.
Would it be crazy if that card said joy?
It would.
Ski mask.
Awesome, I guess I didn't get all these.
That's fine.
We're going to keep rolling this, the Ellen Show.
Good job, Ellen.
Thank you for that.
All right, OK.
So hold it right there because we have to take a break.
And when we come back, we're going to see the end of this
and see what's happening.
Cool.
Let's do this.
Can I see that envelope that I gave you?
Yes.
So in here is an Instagram post of mine from about seven years
ago, OK?
I actually was here at the show.
I don't want to show you the whole thing yet.
And actually, can we play the clip from that day
that I was here?
Our next guest have sold more than 15 million albums here
to perform their hit Do or Die.
Please welcome, 30 seconds to Mars.
You could pause it.
Ellen, can you please tell me who
is the lead singer of 30 seconds to Mars?
Jared Leto?
Jared Leto.
[LAUGHS]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
The thing that's so crazy is that on that day I was here,
it brought me so much joy.
It was incredible, and I know this is your last season.
I want to make sure that you know you have brought joy
to so many people.
You've been a part of people's journeys you had no idea.
Yeah, yeah.
Give it up for Ellen.
It was incredible.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
You've been a part of making people's dreams come true.
There have been ups and downs on our journeys,
getting something wrong on Ellen.
Well, I guess technically, you got it wrong.
That would be down, right?
Except do you remember in the beginning,
I told you that I pursued music for a while.
If you look at this picture, you'll
see this is actually the artist entry of your show--
Yep.
--because I wasn't here in the audience.
I was here singing backup for Jared Leto, random.
Right?
Super random.
But what's even more random, can you keep playing this clip?
Is it I was singing backup for Jared Leto wearing--
Oh my god.
-- a ski mask.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
That actually-- that's me right there.
My mom didn't believe me either.
This was like a random, random day of my life.
I found I was going to sing on Ellen.
I found out I was singing for Jared Leto.
Before I came out, and he's like, oh, by the way,
there's 10 of you.
You're going to wear a jumpsuit and a ski mask.
And I'm like, oh, cool.
My mom's never going to believe that was actually me.
It's fine.
I've come to realize that this random moment led to many more
random moments, and those random moments actually
led me back here today, which is incredible
that I get to be here.
And I've started to realize that through my life,
these moments aren't as random as we might think.
You guys aren't going to believe me,
but if you look on my Instagram, you will see this photo.
I don't post that much.
It's gonna be very easy to find.
I try and always tell people to be grateful no matter what
you never know where certain moments in your life
are going to lead you.
Can you just tell everybody what date I posted this picture?
September 22, 2014.
Do you remember that really random number
that you made in the beginning?
September 22, 2014, 9/22/2014.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
Thank you guys so much.
Appreciate you guys.
Thank you.
Oh my god.
Thank you guys so much.
Thank you.
More with us later in this show.
We'll be back.
So you started doing magic early on, and--
first of all, let's just talk about your family
because your family is, I mean, it's a crazy story.
Yeah, thank you.
Yeah, so Carey and I always have been
super passionate about wanting to help and inspire people.
Started a homeless ministry for a while down in Skid Row.
And then, we worked with an organization that
helps women in crisis pregnancies,
and the whole goal of the organization
is to help these girls get back on their feet
and help them through their pregnancy.
And basically, long story, short one of the girls
who got extra close with, we tried
helping her raise her boy for about the first two months.
We were all living in a house together,
just me and Terry, another couple
and like all these pregnant women.
She, eventually after those two months
asked if we would adopt Xander, and so that's
where we got our first boy.
It was from her, which is amazing.
And then he actually had an older brother,
and his situation was a little bit more complicated.
But literally, I auditioned for America's Got Talent.
And after my first audition, we got a phone call,
and it was something we've been praying for for a long time
because we wanted to see these brothers together.
And they asked if we would consider adopting
Silas, the older brother.
And they're adorable, and I mean,
and your family is fantastic.
Thank you.
Yeah.
What lucky boys.
That's amazing, and that's amazing
that woman knew that she could not care for--
Yeah, yeah.
She's the hero of the story.
That's what I always tell people.
She made the hardest decision any mom could ever make.
And I love-- because I love your stories
because I love the fact that you have this amazing story
and that you talk about the randomness of life.
Yeah.
But you also won America's Got Talent with your wife
telling you over and over again that you were going to win.
Yeah, every round I got through.
Every day she's like, I told you you're going to win.
I told you were going to win.
And you know, it took me until finals night
when it's like me and Aidan sitting there,
to be like, my wife might be right,
which she normally always is.
So, of course, I'm like-- after as I
get to tell her for three years, you were right.
Thank you.
This is definitely the foundation of our marriage.
You're right about everything.
I'm not.
Amazing.
All right.
The all new America's Got Talent Las Vegas Live.
Residency starts November 4.