You know, my life is wonderful.
I have a wonderful life.
And I reflect on it, and I think I've had
a lot of really great moments.
I received the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
and I thought--
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It was like the greatest honor of my life.
I never thought anything would top that, until today.
I got a letter from-- oh you thought it was you.
Oh no.
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No, we all are good.
You're all-- This is very, very nice.
No, I got a letter from a seven-year-old girl.
Her name is Ella.
She is from Charlotte, North Carolina.
And she has officially chosen me for her school's Famous
American project.
I know.
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So Ella has to research me, and dress up as me,
and answer questions as me.
So school is really preparing her for the real world,
if she plans on being an Ellen DeGeneres impersonator.
That will be-- she'll be ready for it.
She sent me a few questions.
She said if I can't answer them, she'll
switch it to Taylor Swift.
The hell you will.
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I'm answering the questions right now.
I don't have time to answer all of them,
Ella, because I'm a very busy person.
But I will answer enough to get you a C plus,
or something like that.
But that got me through high school, and look at me.
All right.
So here's the first one.
How many pets do you have?
That was her first question.
And that is a good question.
You can learn a lot about a person by how many pets
they have, I think.
I have three dogs and three cats, so six.
But then I just adopted 800 gorillas.
So I have 806.
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And then next she says what are your pets' names?
And so the dogs names, Ella, are Kid, Oggy, and Wolf,
and the cats are George, Chairman, and Charlie.
And I have yet to name the gorillas.
They are still--
Next one is, how did you come up with Game of Games?
And that is a great question.
And here's what happened, Ella.
NBC said they would pay me a lot of money
if I came up with a game show.
So I did.
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Then next, what is your favorite food?
Now, I'm going to have to say martinis.
And-- because they're delicious.
They're delicious.
Don't tell me it's not a food.
There's an olive in it.
So that's--
Next question is, where were you born?
Easy one.
Hospital.
Boom.
The next one is, do you come up with all the questions
on Game of Games?
And while the show does have several talented writers,
but yeah, I do everything.
And finally, did you ever have to go on No or Go.
And obviously, Ella, as you know I'm a big celebrity,
and it's far too dangerous for me to do something like that.
What happens is, I have a stunt double.
Most celebrities have a stunt double.
I don't think they admit to it, but I will tell you right now,
because I'm all about honesty.
Things that are too dangerous for me, I have my stunt
double Chris do it.
And Chris has done a lot for me over the years.
So I want to say thanks.
Because I should acknowledge.
Chris, come on out.
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I'm still over here.
I'm on this side.
OK you guys?
That's Chris.
I know, you're like, which one is Ellen?
Because Chris is good.
Chris is good.
Anyway, Ella, I hope that was helpful, and good luck
on your project.
And this dance is for you.
Go ahead, and dance for them please.
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