Well, I was told during the break,
we have found some children wandering around backstage.
We want to figure out what's going on.
Jeannie, bring out the children.
My name's Mallory.
And I'm MacKenzie.
Hi Mallory and MacKenzie.
And you're just wandering around backstage.
Where are your parents?
They're in the audience somewhere.
Oh.
Oh, yeah.
They're up there.
Come on down then, parents.
All right, pass those mics down.
Let the adults talk.
Hi.
Surprise.
Yes.
You didn't know this?
No.
You didn't know none of this was going to happen.
Oh, my god.
Hi.
You're Natalie.
I'm Natalie.
You're Nathanial.
Yes.
Well, I do know a little bit.
That's why you're here.
I know a little bit about your story.
You want to share with everyone, you were diagnosed with cancer.
I was.
Right before Christmas, December 23, I'm
out doing Christmas shopping and I get the call.
It's been a whirlwind since.
In March I had a double mastectomy and was out of work
until the end of August.
And had reconstruction about a week ago.
A week ago?
Yes.
Man.
You look great.
Thank you.
And I have radiation-- my first appointment for radiation
is Wednesday.
All right.
So you came here to get some feel good energy.
Yes, definitely.
Yeah.
And you're feeling good though, right?
I do.
I feel great.
It's never a good time to find out
that you have breast cancer, ever, but especially
on Christmas Eve.
Did you go ahead and celebrate Christmas?
We did.
We decided we wouldn't really tell
the girls what was going on.
We just said mommy had a lump.
She was going to go get it taken out
and everything was going to be OK.
But then this one, she comes home from school
and unfortunately a classmate of hers, his mother died.
And so her question to me was mommy is that what you have.
And so, we had to tell the truth.
And then her next question was, are you going to die.
And so I just told her, you know,
I told them everyone's story is different.
We're just going to be very prayerful.
What did you tell us we got to do?
I just said, you know, we're going to have one day
and cry this thing out, have a super pity party.
And then we're going to get on both fists fighting this thing.
That's what you got to do.
Well, I just love this family.
That's all.
I just love this family.
Thank you.
We love you.
Well, thank you.
And Natalie, you wrote in, right?
I did.
Now why did you write in?
Because of who you are.
I was sitting in bed every day going to chemo every week.
And this was the hour that got me through every day,
watching you the way you encourage others.
I mean, my story is no greater than anyone else's.
And there are people battling cancer every day
and not succeeding.
So to be able to sit and watch and laugh and dance
and I love the monologues and the cats and just all of that.
It was the best hour of every day, watching you.
Well, thank you so much.
That is when people say what I like the best about the show,
it really is not the celebrities that I
get to sit down and talk to.
It's people like you and hearing that I make people feel better.
Hearing that I make people happy, because there's
nothing better in the world and then hearing
that you're making somebody feel better.
So I know that you want--
that Christmas must have not been your favorite Christmas.
And I know you want to when you feel better
and you're getting through the radiation,
go on a little family trip.
I got you an early Christmas gift
so that you can go on your trip.
It is OK.
Careful.
So all the kittens are in there?
You said you like cats.
All right.
Let me see.
Oh, no.
It's not that.
I forgot.
It's $25,000 from Shutterfly.
Oh, no.
No.
Oh, my god.
There's $25,000 from Shutterfly.
Shutterfly [INAUDIBLE].
We want you to share live story.