Two weeks ago, our first guest got engaged in New York City.
And on the same day, they lost their engagement ring down
a grate in Times Square.
What happened next was a worldwide search
to find the couple and reunite them with their ring.
All the way from Peterborough, UK,
please welcome Daniella, her fiance, John.
This is quite a story.
As soon as I started telling this story,
everyone knows this story.
So, hi.
Thanks for being here.
And so, you got engaged that day, right?
Yes.
Earlier in the park, you proposed?
Yes, Central Park, so yeah.
Daniella was spending some time in the leaves,
throwing them up and down, getting some Instagram
worthy photos.
And yeah, she was flicking through her phone,
having a look at what was Instagram worthy.
Yeah, I had no idea.
And you knew you were going to do it there in the park.
Yeah.
I'd been walking around New York for two days
with this ring in my pocket, constantly touching
it to make sure it was there.
And yeah, so Central Park, one of the most beautiful places
in New York--
it just felt right.
So, OK, so how long after you-- so you're in the park.
You're wearing the ring, obviously.
And how long after when you're walking down the street,
and it drops?
We literally had the ring, what, maybe six, seven hours?
Six or seven hours.
OK, so you were just walking down the street,
and it just slipped off your finger?
Well, yeah, we were walking back from a show
and went to grab Daniella's hand, just to--
I was just so in amazement, looking at the ring.
Look at the ring, and yeah.
So you did it.
You knocked it off.
Yeah, it was my fault. Yeah.
If we go back a little bit, we were in the hotel room,
prior to going out to the show.
And Daniella said, you know.
I actually said, John, it's a little bit big.
I really don't know if I want to wear the ring.
But he insisted.
Daniella, we've just got engaged.
10 years we've been together.
10 years you waited on this ring.
Come on, it's staying on your finger.
It'll be fine.
Let's go.
So again, your fault.
My fault, yeah.
We're blaming everything on him.
All right.
Just reinforcing, again, that it's your fault. All right,
so it could have just fallen on the sidewalk, but instead,
it falls in a grate.
In a grate, yeah.
So it slips off in slow motion.
I could still visualize it.
It comes off.
It bounces once.
It bounces twice, and then right into that grate.
Oh.
It's just absolutely--
So, look.
So everyone knows this video where you're laying down.
A few people stopped, right?
Oh yeah.
There was lots of people stopped.
So many people stopped.
So many people stopped to console us.
I mean, Daniella was--
I was heartbroken.
Heartbroken, inconsolable.
It's just every girl's worst nightmare.
Yeah.
I was sobbing.
I never want to see Daniella that upset again in my life.
In one day, you see complete joy and then--
Yeah, from joy and happiness to absolute devastation.
And I'm trying to pull up at this grate,
trying my best to pull this thing up.
Those things couldn't lift.
Could you see the ring?
No.
Oh, so it went so far down that you--
So far down.
Yeah, so Daniella hailed a police officer.
They came over.
They radioed a few others.
They sealed off the place.
They got the special equipment out, opened up the grate.
They were down there, torches, having a look.
And after-- it must have been at least an hour and a half, two
hours, they just said sorry.
But then they did find it.
Well, they went back the next day, little did we know.
So for us, the ring, it was gone.
We were engaged to the New York subway system.
And yeah.
And then how did you find out that someone found it?
So we got back to the UK.
And a friend sent a WhatsApp and said, hey,
[INAUDIBLE] A ring dropped.
Is this you guys?
And we were like--
Because we hadn't even told our family or anybody
what had happened.
Yeah, we're not going to put a negative spin
on our engagement in New York.
They would have been so angry at you.
Well, yeah.
Again, that was my fault as well.
So yeah, we get this message.
And we're like, oh my god, Daniella, they found our ring.
They found our ring.
I mean, I don't know anywhere in the world
where a police department or two police officers
would have went back the next day to--
Yeah, amazing.
And where is the ring now?
They're still with the New York Police Department, where--
That's right.
They are.
It's still there.
Come on out.
[MUSIC - BEYONCE, "SINGLE LADIES"]
Because if you liked it, then you
should have put a ring on it.
If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.
Don't be mad once you see that he want it.
If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Congratulations.
Because if you liked it, then you
should have put a ring on it.
If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.
Don't be mad once you see that he want it.
If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.
I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips.
Wow.
Thank you.
Got me tighter than my Dereon jeans.
Acting up, drink in my cup.
Oh.
Come on, you can all fit.
All right.
We can't afford a bigger sofa.
So look what they have right there.
You guys dropped something.
We did.
Oh my gosh.
I'm shaking again.
Wait, one moment.
There's no grate, sorry, anything like that in here?
That would be funny if we had a grate under here.
Uh huh, there it is.
That is the ring, right?
That is our ring.
Make sure it's the right one that we pulled up.
There we go.
Let's give them some space.
Oh my gosh.
Are you ready for this?
Is it OK?
Yeah?
So, for the second time.
I can't believe it, really.
Would you be my wife?
Yes.
[APPLAUSE]
These are happy tears.
Happy tears.
Wait, they brought you another gift.
Would you hand it to them?
$8 goes a very long way these days.
We got some ring adjusters for you please.
Don't drop it again.
All right?
I won't.
[LAUGHS]
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, guys.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
It means the world to us.
You guys are awesome.
Thank you so much.
We'll be right back.
We're back with Daniella and John.
And I forgot to ask you earlier.
Do you all have a wedding date?
We're thinking June 2020.
Give us a little bit of time just to save up,
enjoy being engaged.
Enjoy actually being engaged.
Yeah, be able to wear that for a little while
before you lose the wedding ring.
Yeah, no more lost rings.
No.
No more lost rings, but that was exciting though, right?
I mean, it's a great story.
Yeah, I mean, yeah.
The speech was a maze.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, from getting off that plane
in New York, absolutely heartbroken and devastated,
to what's been an absolute roller coaster.
And to finally come on an amazing show with--
An hour on The Ellen Show.
And two amazing police officers as well.
They really were amazing to do that.
And it shows you all the good in the world right now.
We need stories like this because there were so
many people that helped make this happen.
So--
Absolutely.
Thank you to them.
I have a wedding gift for you because our friends
at Shutterfly want you to have an amazing wedding.
And to celebrate the moment, they're
going to give you $10,000 to help pay.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh, wow.