Catch Up with Ellen's Boyfriend, Tayt

- ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM DOING OUR SHOW WAS GETTING TO MEET TAYT ANDERSEN. HE'S A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS BORN WITH ONLY HALF OF HIS HEART. TAKE A LOOK. - A RIGBY BOY IS LOOKING FOR A DREAM TO COME TRUE. - ELLEN! - TAYT HAD LOVED ELLEN SINCE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. - CHRISSY ANDERSON ALWAYS HOPED HER SON WOULD FIND A GIRLFRIEND, BUT MAYBE NOT THIS YOUNG. - I LIKE ELLEN. - HI, TAYT. IT'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND, ELLEN. HI, TAYT! I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, TAYT. YOU'RE MY ONLY BOYFRIEND. - I LOVE YOU. - I LOVE YOU TOO, TAYT. I LOVE YOU. [cheers and applause] COME SIT WITH ME. SHUTTERYFLY, THEY WANT TO HELP WITH YOUR MEDICAL EXPENSES WITH TAYT, SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS CHECK FOR $10,000. [cheers and applause] HOW ABOUT THAT? PLEASE WELCOME BACK TAYT ANDERSON AND HIS MOM, CHRISSY. [cheers and applause] HI, TAYT. HI. [cheers and applause] HEY, TAYT. HOW ARE YOU? YOU LOOK TALLER. YOU LOOK BIGGER. - YEAH. - YEAH. DID YOU GET OLDER SINCE I SAW YOU? - YEAH. - ARE YOU COLLECTING BAGS YET? - YES. - YEAH? - HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW? - UH... - I'M 20. - 8. - 8. - 8. - GOOD JOB. - RECENTLY, RIGHT? - YES. - YEP. - AND DID YOU HAVE A PARTY? - YEAH. - WHAT KIND OF PARTY? - WELL, I HAD MY BIRTHDAY CAKE. - WHICH HAD WHAT ON IT? - A DORY CAKE. - A DORY CAKE. - AND AN ELLEN-- - A DORY AND AN ELLEN CAKE. - YES. THAT'S YOU THERE. - HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT? WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FROM? - A CAKE-- - TELL HER THAT WE HAD AN AMAZING LADY DONATE A NICE DORY CAKE, BECAUSE SHE SAW US ON HERE AND HOW MUCH THAT HE LOVED YOU, AND... [laughter] [applause] - HOW DID YOU FIND ME? - AND THEN... - YEAH. - THAT'S YOU OVER THERE, AND THEN... HE SHARED THAT CHAIR, AND THEN THAT'S YOU. - RIGHT. BECAUSE I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND, RIGHT? - YEP! - YEP. WELL, YES-- GO AHEAD. - JUST, THE CARDBOARD, WE HAVE A CARDBOARD OF YOU THAT GOES EVERYWHERE WITH US. - TAYT SAYS HELLO TO EVERYBODY. MAKING SURE HE SAYS HELLO. YOU'RE SO POLITE ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE ALWAYS SO FRIENDLY TO EVERYBODY. - YEAH. - AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD? - YES! - YES? THAT'S GREAT. HOW IS HIS HEALTH DOING? - WE HAVE A VERY BIG TRANSPLANT MEETING COMING UP NEXT MONTH, SO OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED, FOR THE BEST, SO... [applause] - ARE YOU COMING BACK AGAIN? - YEP. ALL RIGHT. WANT TO SIT HERE INSTEAD? - YEP. - MIGHT AS WELL. YOU'RE HERE. NOW WHAT? SO YOU HAVE A TRANSPLANT MEETING, AND THAT'S A... - IT'S A BIG ONE. - YEAH, AND WHEN IS IT? - NOVEMBER 4TH. - ALL RIGHT. - SO IF WE END UP GETTING IT, THE HOSPITAL HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE A DORY AND ELLEN ROOM JUST FOR TAYT, 'CAUSE WE'LL BE THERE FOR A WHILE. - YAY. YOU CAN BRING YOUR IPAD IN THERE. - YEP. - YEAH. - 'CAUSE I HEARD THAT YOU'RE LOVING THE IPAD THAT WE GAVE YOU, RIGHT? - YEP! - I GOT YOU A NEW IPAD, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY SAID YOU FILLED UP THE LAST ONE, SO I'M GONNA PUT ALL THE THINGS FROM THIS SEASON, 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T-- - OH! - OH, BOY! OH, BOY. - OH... - HA HA! YES? - UH-HUH. - ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL YOUR-- 'CAUSE YOU FILLED IT UP WITH LAST SEASON'S-- YOUR FAVORITE THINGS, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT-- THIS IS ALREADY FILLED UP, I THINK, WITH THIS SEASON'S. HOW ABOUT THAT? - THANKS, ELLEN. - OH... YOU'RE WELCOME, TAYT. AND I GOT YOU SOME MORE STUFF TOO, OKAY? A WHOLE BUNCH OF DORY STUFF AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF... - [screams] - WE GOT YOU... SUNGLASSES WITH GLUE ON IT. DON'T PUT THAT ON YOUR HEAD YET. I GOT YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I GOT YOU UNDERWEAR. LOOK AT THAT. - YAY. - YAY. - HEY, IT'S A PICTURE. - YEAH, IT'S A PICTURE OF US. LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT, TAYT. I'LL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY? WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

Channel: TheEllenShow

Views: 5,739,279

Rating: 4.9552431 out of 5

Keywords: ellen, degeneres, boyfriend, tayt, inspiration, story, high, spirits, amazing, kid, child, Ellen DeGeneres (Author), heart, ellen's, adorable, cute, girlfriend, meet, meets, boy, medical, expenses, Surgery (Medical Specialty), Talk Show (TV Genre), update, october, 2013, anderson, dory, Finding Nemo (Film), cake, daytime, comedy, theellenshow, health, transplant, hug, hugs, iPad

Id: g4jKELaKcyA

Length: 5min 44sec (344 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 22 2013