I love our next guest.
Tom Riles is my audience warm-up guy.
He's incredible.
Tom and his wife Lucy have been a part of the Ellen Show family
for 16 years.
And next month, their book, Mom versus Dad, is coming out.
Please welcome Tom and Lucy Rile.
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Well, it seemed like it was planned for the twirl,
and then it wasn't planned.
Was it planned?
We probably could have practiced that.
All right.
Well, in another 10 years, we'll have you on again.
Yes
And you'll do it again.
Because 10 years ago you were here
and you were talking about your daughter Barbara.
And tell everybody about Barbara and how she's doing.
Yes.
So Barbara is 10 now and to remind you,
she had open-heart surgery at birth.
At three-days-old actually.
And here we are 10 years later.
Back then, it was a scary time.
Now she's healthy, she's amazing, she loves our puppies,
she loves art, and she goes in--
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She goes in once a year for a checkup,
but the heart's been healthy ever since.
That's fantastic to hear.
And you have two other children.
You have Katie and Tommy.
We do we have--
Barbara's in fourth grade, Tommy's in third grade,
and Katie is our kindergartner.
And we have two fur babies, Ellen.
You do?
I do.
I have an eight-year-old black Lab named Duchess.
I. Like you--
Yeah.
We.
Together.
We together.
And we also have 170 pound 1 and 1/2-year-old Saint Bernard
named Duke.
That's right.
Hi, family.
So we have a full house, full of dog hair.
But we are loving it.
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Honestly, I am so grateful for dogs during this pandemic.
Yeah.
I've got to say they keep me smiling,
they love us on all the days.
I just-- I'm so grateful--
I mean, I'm grateful for them anyway but--
Yeah, animals are-- it's unconditional love.
And that's why I think so many people rescued animals
during this time, which that's the one good thing that's
come out of this.
There have been so many animals that
have been cleared out of shelters and rescue
organizations.
All right, let's talk about the book.
And let's talk about what do you still argue about?
This is both of your views on things?
Well, so the whole thing with the book
is we disagree-- we agree on the big things in life
but feel like we're like this, right?
Like that.
Like our twirl.
Like a twirl.
You're in sync.
Yes.
But on the small things we couldn't disagree more
on every little thing.
And I guess we'll just dig in right now.
Well, I just want to cut back to with Barbara and being
in the ICU 10 years ago.
There was a moment when we were praying for normal.
We were praying for the every day.
And to be here, I'm just like it's a "pinch me" moment.
Honestly, Ellen.
To be here with you 10 years later after writing a book
with my husband about normal, everyday things
that couples fight over.
You know, I don't take that for granted.
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It's just where we feel incredibly grateful
and if anything, you know, what I-- what we.
[CHUCKLES] What we hope to get out of the book is, you know,
life is really hard right now for a lot of people.
And if our book can bring some laughter and relatability
in the normal, everyday things during this not so--
Yeah, during COVID, everything's like amplified, right?
Everyone's under the same roof for four months upon end.
So we think if you could bring light
to the stupid things you all disagree about,
maybe your relationship can get stronger.
Like the artichoke.
I am all Portia on that, by the way.
You love an artichoke?
I love an artichoke.
So the toilet paper's another one.
Toilet paper roll.
Over or under, who?
Over.
Yes.
The only way.
Yes, I agree.
The only way.
So I grew up with it under and I'm just comfortable with that.
You could just easily grab under and grab a couple pieces.
Over, there's the issue with the cats.
You know, the cats will get it and they'll paw--
Do you have a cat?
We don't have a cat.
But they will--
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--bring the whole thing down.
You know what I'm talking about.
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This is what I--
This Ladies and gentleman
It's not rational to say a cat would get it,
when there's no cat.
It's over because it's easier to tear it off.
Under, it just keeps pulling and pulling.
Yes.
All right.
Well, listen.
I think that the point is a lot of people
can argue over a lot of tiny little things
but overall, we all kind of want the same thing.
And love is the most important thing.
It is called Mom versus Dad.
It's out in November.
November 17th, to be exact.
Preorder it today, from wherever books are sold.
And everybody here is getting a copy.
We'll be back.