How are you?
I'm good, Kane.
Thanks for being here.
We love you.
We love you in Asia so much.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Asia.
You are in front of all of your shoes right now.
First of all, how many pairs of shoes do you have?
I haven't counting lately but definitely a few hundred.
They're in your living room.
You keep your shoes in your living room?
It's because of my parents.
Asian parents, they try to move the kids back to Asia.
I've been here for eight years.
And they tried to move me back to Asia.
And they're like-- they just-- they tried to bribe me.
They're like, hey, son, this is a building.
Come back to Asia and work for us.
So they moved me to a smaller apartment.
So right now, I'm in a little apartment, but yeah.
All right, but they're not going to get you to come back cause
you're just going to have your shoes take over your apartment.
[LAUGHTER]
Exactly.
I heard that you wanted to know my zodiac sign before you
were coming on this show.
Why is that?
Because it's really important.
I'm so happy you picked me today because I know.
I did some research.
I know you're born in the year of the rooster.
And the year of the rooster and I are best friends.
I'm born in the year of the snake, so like Oprah.
Oprah is a snake as well.
So that's why you and Oprah are super close, yes.
A snake and a rooster does not seem like they would get along.
It seems like a rooster and a snake would fight.
[LAUGHTER]
All right, let's-- how many people here by-- just raise
your hand if you've seen Bling Empire.
I want to know how many people have watched it.
OK, a bunch of people.
And if you haven't watched it, you will be watching it.
Tell everybody what Bling Empire is about.
It follows Asian-Americans in LA.
Just breaking Asian stereotypes and showing Asian culture.
Not all Asians are smart.
I'm not smart.
You've seen Kevin on the show.
He's not that intelligent as well.
So it just follows the lives of wealthy Asian-Americans in LA
and just having fun.
And at the same time, just breaking barriers and stuff,
yeah.
But there's a lot of very wealthy people on the show.
Did you all know each other and hang out together or no?
I've known most of the cast for a long time.
I've known Kelly first, Christine
through social events.
And Anna was the only person that I didn't really
know because she's friends are Jack Jenkins.
And Jack Jenkins was the producer of The Simple
Life, The Kardashians.
So that's how the whole show came about.
Yeah, can I ask you about the mouth massage that happened?
And y'all said that Meghan Markle got a mouth massage.
I'm not sure that that's true.
Ellen, I think you should try it yourself.
At first, I was like, oh my God, someone's
sticking their hands in, right?
And it's actually really relaxing,
especially you're a talk show host.
I think this is perfect for you.
[LAUGHTER]
I would actually call Anna to send you someone
to do your mouth for you.
Yeah, well, tell Anna to send someone.
I'll let someone massage my mouth.
I think that looks very relaxing.
It is really relaxing, surprisingly.
Now, do you still keep in touch?
The show is over.
And hopefully, there'll be another season.
But are you keeping in touch?
Yesterday, we had a COVID test and stuff
before doing a small gathering.
So Christine organized a little bow party for all of us.
It was a really small intimate party.
But we got down and dirty.
[LAUGHTER]
You always get down and dirty.
And was Andrew there on the boat?
Yes, he was.
He was?
Yes.
- And they're still together?
I think so.
Yes, they are.
They'll still together.
This week, yeah.
Yeah, they're still together as of yesterday, so--
Well, that's for this week.
[LAUGHTER]
So Kane, I know you love shoes.
And I wanted to get you something special.
So I'm giving you these shoes that say
I was on The Ellen Show, and--
Oh my gosh.
[APPLAUSE]
Ellen, I just want to say thank you from the Asian community
for representing all the Asian culture on your show,
having all these talented singers,
and just different acts in your show.
And from the Asian community, I just
want to say thank you so much.
And thank you for the shoes.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh, thank you, Kane.
All right, we'll speak again soon, I hope.
Bling Empire is now streaming on Netflix.
Y'all should check it out.
It's fascinating.
We'll be back.