- As you know, my producer Andy Zenor
loves to wear short shorts, but it is too cold
in Los Angeles for that today, so I sent him somewhere warmer.
I sent him all the way to Nashville
along with Jeannie to cover the red carpet
at the Country Music Awards.
Let's check in with them live right now.
[laughter]
Hey Andy. Hey Jeannie.
- Look who we have here. - It's Kelly Pickler.
- You got Kelly Pickler? - Hey.
- Hey, Kelly Pickler.
Your new show starts next week.
Is that right?
- Yeah, tomorrow. - Tomorrow night.
That's fantastic. - Yeah!
- Congratulations.
- Thank you so much. We're super excited.
- Andy, Andy, do you think she'll play
horseshoes with you?
- I think she's playing horseshoes.
- Okay, so here's how-- - I will.
- Here's how the game works. Okay.
Hang on one sec. - Okay.
- So, basically, Andy's got this fancy little thing.
It's a stick on his head.
[laughter]
- If it goes on my head, either you can have a drink
or I can have a drink. You could either drink
or make me drink. - Or you both can.
- Oh, great! Okay, ready?
- Go. - Come on, Kelly.
- Okay. - Come on, Kelly.
- Close, it's on his head. It's like a halo.
- That does not count. That does not count.
All right, that counts.
[cheers and applause]
- Let's all drink. - Okay.
[cheers and applause]
You can all drink.
What do you have there on the carpet?
What kind of drinks do you have?
- We got a little Jack.
A little Tennessee whiskey, baby.
- It's a lot of Jack, Ellen. - All right.
- Cheers to Ellen, right there. - All right, cheers.
- Cheers, Ellen. - Bottoms up.
- Hope to see you soon. - Uh-huh.
I hope to see you soon too.
[cheers and applause]
- Excellent.
- You look great.
- Thank you, Kelly - Kelly Pickler.
- Whoo, thank you so much, Kelly.
- Kelly, thanks for stopping by.
Have fun tonight. - Thank you.
- Yes, we have got Little Big Town next.
Come on over, you guys. Come on over.
Let Andy get his-- - Here we go.
- Come over here. Say hi to Andy.
- Come on, everybody, come on in.
- Hey, guys. Congratulations.
You have, like, six nominations tonight, right?
- It's incredible. Thank you so much.
- It's amazing. - Yes.
- So here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna name a country music stereotype,
and if it applies to you, you have to drink.
- Okay. - Oh, God.
- Okay. - What do you guys like?
What's your poison? - What do you guys like?
- Uh, Jack. - Jack.
- Have you owned a pickup truck?
- You can take a little sip.
- All right, three out of four. - Presently.
- That's very country.
- Have you cheated on someone?
[cheers and applause]
- Have you--
have you been cheated on?
- Oh. - You need a drink.
- Yes. - Yeah, there you go.
- Do you say y'all?
[laughter]
- That's awesome.
- Hey, listen, have fun tonight
and congratulations on all the nominations.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- Thank you, Ellen. - All right, good-bye.
- We're drunk now, thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[indistinct chatter]
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Hey, Luke. - Hey, baby.
- Hey, Luke, how are you? - I'm good.
Good to see you. You doing good?
- I'm doing great. I'm doing great.
Congratulations. Two nominations, right?
- Two, lucky number two.
- Hey, Luke, um, can you-- can you play a game
before you go in to perform?
- Yes, uh, but every time I leave this portion
of--of the red carpet, I'm always, like, drunk.
- Right, right.
- So no drinking this year, Ellen.
- Don't--don't blame it on us, but take a drink real quick.
[laughter]
- Here's the game. Here's the game.
- No, no, no, no.
- It's wrecking ball. - All right, so we got--
- He wants a-- he wants a drink first.
- He wants a drink first she says.
- Oh, gosh.
This is uncomfortable.
- All right.
- Jeannie, you take care of this.
I gotta get him a drink.
- Here's what you're gonna do.
Using only the thing dangling between your legs,
you're gonna-- you're gonna have to knock
a ball down the carpet with no hands.
Just that.
All right?
- Gotta do this.
- Back it up. Start back here.
Come here. - Going over here.
- I think we did this at a family reunion 12 years ago.
[laughter]
- Oh, yeah. - All right.
- So you have to-- - It's happening.
- You have to knock it down the carpet.
- You have to-- - Inertia is up and running.
- And keep walking. You have to walk--
- Here we go. - Walk while you're doing it.
Keep going.
[cheers and applause]
Yup.
- I'm two for two.
- Yup.
[cheers and applause]
- Three for three, baby.
Nobody knows how to work their fruit
better than me.
- Not in a long sock, at least.
- That's good.
Congratulations. Have fun tonight, okay?
- Hey, I'm-- I'm taking it with me.
- All right, good. Wear that--
you wear that inside.
Seriously, Luke, don't take it off.
And if somebody asks what it is,
just act like, what are you talking about?
[laughter]
- Down there? - Nothing, I don't see anything.
That'll catch on. People will wear that next year.
- Thank you.