Hi.
I just said congratulations.
You got engaged.
I did!
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Now, you all have been together--
how long have you been together?
We've been together six years.
I know.
And--
Will you say his name?
Joel Schiffman.
He's here, right?
No, he's not.
Oh, I thought he was here.
Somebody said he was here.
I wish he was.
All right.
We've been together-- yeah, we've
been together for six years.
And we've talked about getting married
because we have two kids.
But we decided, you know, we'll do it later, we'll do it later.
And one day we're at the beach, and we were hanging out.
And we had tequila and churros.
I mean, I was like fingers into the sauce, the churro sauce.
And Joel started to give one of his like,
he likes to give little speeches about love.
So he's like, I'd like to say something.
I was like, OK.
Was it just the two of you?
Just the two of us.
And he started talking.
And I was looking at him, and I said, oh my God.
This is going somewhere.
He literally like, kicked the seat out from under him
and dropped down on one knee.
And I was so--
I didn't know I could be shocked.
And I actually didn't know I could love him more.
But I-- but I did in that moment.
And I felt different ever since.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
Now--
I didn't know.
And the ring must have slipped on right
after-- that sauce would have helped the ring go on smoother.
Right?
Will you get married soon?
Are you planning it now?
We're planning it.
Yeah.
I think we're going to do it in the fall.
And I think it's going to be super simple, like, no
big deal.
We'll bring some friends.
We'll probably be on a beach somewhere.
Yeah.
And I can't believe, Ellen, how different
I feel since that moment.
I thought we were in love, and love is love.
Yeah.
So what.
But I did feel different the minute he proposed.
And when you get married, you'll feel different again.
It's like, it's really--
it is the most amazing thing.
People think it doesn't change, especially when you've
been with someone for a while.
But being married is such a beautiful thing
that we get to do.
And it's great.
I'm very happy for you.
Thank you.
I'm so happy.
And you have another little girl since I've seen you.
Yes.
So, Hope?
We adopted baby Hope.
All right.
She is 10 months.
How you have time to get up at 3:00 AM to go
do the Today Show-- do you make them get up at 3:00
AM with you?
No.
I actually leave, and they're like, dead asleep.
The babysitter has to come at like, 3:30 in the morning.
It's horrible.
That is a good babysitter you have.
She's the awesomest.
But it's like, you know, I feel like my life finally
makes sense.
I think I thought it did.
But now like, when I get home after work--
and that's usually in the afternoon--
Haley, my older one, jumps five feet nine inches into my arms.
Like, I get that when I go home.
And Hope smiles at me.
And I said to Joel, like, I've worked my whole life.
And my work has always ridden sidecar forever.
And then all of a sudden I have clarity.
It's weird.
Yeah.
I still remember walking down the street one day
after I had adopted Haley.
And this lady came up to me, and she said, do you have children?
And for 100 years I said, no, I don't.
But I have nieces.
And I looked at her.
I said, I have a daughter.
And she goes, you have a daughter?
It was like, a daughter.
Like, I kept repeating it because it seemed so foreign.
Yeah.
That's so great.
And do you think you'll have more?
Or you think two is it?
I don't know.
I'm not 100 sure.
I'm like a sign person.
I always look for signs.
And I feel like--
I feel like there are some signs out there
that are pointing to--
I'll tell you.
I was scribbling in my journal.
And I was asking myself that question.
And I wrote in there, I'm wondering if we should.
And I wrote, do we have enough love?
And I wrote yes.
And I said, do we have enough time?
And I wrote yes.
And I said, would our family be more enhanced?
I wrote yes.
So I was thinking maybe the answer is yes.
And plus when you're parents later in life,
like, watching Haley and Hope together-- all I really want
is for them to have someone to hold their hand forever.
And that's it.
That's all I want.
I was scared because we're older, like, maybe we too--
but then I realized, like, they'll have each other.
How old are you?
Do you do say how old you are?
Yes.
I'm 55.
You're 55.
Now, I would think that just the energy alone to have kids,
you know, it's hard.
They really demand a lot of energy from you.
They do.
I've been-- it's so funny.
I actually for the first time got a trainer.
And he said, well, what do you want to do?
I said, I want to get on the floor and get up 100 times.
I said, I want to be able to lift up 35 pounds
and throw 35 pounds in the air.
He goes, do you want toned arms?
Or--
I don't care.
Like, I want to get down and get up, get down and get up.
And that's what I've been doing.
And I think it's funny, like, when you want to do something,
your energy kicks in.
Yeah.
True.
By the way, how much are you paying this trainer
to get down and get up, because I can train you if you'd like.
I got some ideas about getting down and up.
All right.
We have to take a break.
We'll be right back.