And one of my favorite things to do on this show is to surprise audience

我在節目裡最喜歡給觀眾驚喜

members but I just found out that there's a few people in the audience that have

我剛剛才知道，有些觀眾也準備驚喜給我

a surprise for me, and I think we're supposed to watch.

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>> Hi, my name is Sarah Kate Ellis.

你好，我叫Sarah Kate Ellis

>> Hi, I'm RJ.

我是RJ

>> Hey, I'm Liz.

我是Liz

>> I'm H Allen.

我名字是H Allen

>> My name is Christopher McDonald.

我叫Christopher McDonald

>> I am Shawn Goucher.

我是Shawn Goucher

I was that kid in middle school that was different.

我在中學時便知道自己「與眾不同」

>> Not admitting who you are and being closeted, and

不願面對自己、躲在櫃子裡

living your life on a day-to-day basis not out, it's really painful.

每天戴著假面具生活，真的非常痛苦

>> The pressure, when you're in the closet, to you don't wanna talk about

你不敢面對外界壓力，也不想和出櫃扯上關係

something gay, cuz then people are gonna know you're gay.

深怕別人會發現你的秘密

So I wanted to distance myself as much as possible from the episode.

所以我盡可能不去關注艾倫螢幕出櫃的事

But at the same time, inside, I was dying to talk to someone about it,

但在內心深處，我卻又極度渴望和別人聊這件事

[LAUGH] cuz I was so excited.

因為我實在是太興奮了

>> I was so excited.

我太興奮了

I was literally counting them and it's that day to go home and

每天都在倒數還剩幾天會播出那一集

watch her come out on television.

能夠親眼看到艾倫出櫃那一幕

>> When the episode aired, I threw a big party.

播出那天，我辦了場盛大的派對

I think there are about 45 to 50 people.

有45至50人來參加

>> Yeah, I watched it.

很諷刺地

[LAUGH] Ironically, with my wife.

我和太太一起看那集播出

>> I knew, in a way, that I was watching history.

我知道我在見證歷史

But, I didn't know how much that was gonna impact my own life.

但我不曉得這對我生活有如此大的影響

>> It's like watching the Superbowl.

就像是觀賞超級盃

This was our hail mary as, I think, a gay community.

這在同志圈可是不得了的大事

>> The whole time I was like, please just get to it.

我一直在內心默念，拜託

Please just get to it.

快點，勇敢說出來

Please just say it, please just say it.

出櫃吧，大方承認吧

>> Susan, I'm gay.

蘇珊，我是同性戀

>> [APPLAUSE] >> It was a triumphant moment,

這真的是歷史的時刻

we all felt we're seen.

我們覺得同性戀被世人看到了

>> I'm gay. >> [APPLAUSE]

我是同性戀

>> It was this huge feeling of relief,

那是心裡大石頭終於放下的感覺

that was the very first time in my life that I didn't feel alone.

我人生中第一次覺得不再孤單

>> The credits had just started to beginning to roll and

片尾演員名單開始跑時，電話響了

ring, and I picked up and my father didn’t even say hello,

是我爸打來的，他連招呼都沒打

he just said, we know, and we love you.

他只說，我們知道你是同性戀，我們愛你

>> My mother was in the kitchen,

那時我媽在廚房

she asked if I had watched Ellen's coming out, and I said no.

她問我有沒看到艾倫出櫃那集，我說沒有

She said, you should have, it was brave.

她說，你應該看一下，她很勇敢

It's like you wanna tell your mother thank you for that, and you want to,

我很想和媽媽道謝，真的想這麼做

but you can't say the words.

但卻說不出「同性戀」這幾個字

>> She could not say the word gay.

艾倫沒辦法說出「同性戀」

I could relate to that so much, because saying that word

我感同身受，因為話一說出口

means you can't go back, and I was right there with her.

就再也收不回來，我完全了解她的痛苦

>> She's an icon.

她是我們的楷模

She's a hero.

她是英雄

She's someone that helped me become the person that I am.

因為她，我才成為現在的我

>> She put her career on the line to not open doors but

她賭上她的事業，不只是開了一道門

to kick down doors and swing them flying open.

根本是把整個門都給拆了

>> You've made a lot of people laugh, but you saved lives.

你總讓我們捧腹大笑，你也拯救了無數生命

>> You took that on so that people like me could be here.

妳選擇自己承擔一切，讓像我一樣的人能活下去

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You saved my life.

你救了我的人生

>> Ellen, you gave me a great gift.

艾倫，你送了我一個最棒的禮物

I didn't think I would ever have a partner.

我沒想過自己能有個伴侶

I certainly never thought I could say the word wife.

壓根沒想過「老婆」這詞會出現在我的生活裡

My daughters can walk up to friends and say, I have two moms.

我的女兒現在可以驕傲地說，我有2個媽媽

And people come up to my daughters and go, well, aren't you lucky.

別人會說，哇，這也太幸運了吧

>> Thank you for giving a 14 year old fat,

謝謝你，讓14歲的我

gay, sort of sissy kid, who had a really large personality and

又胖又娘、三八的我

hid behind his humor, the ability to continue to foster that humor.

總用幽默掩飾自我，能夠繼續開心下去

>> You've given me a dream which 20 years ago wouldn't have even have been possible.

你給我了夢想，20年前我連想都不敢想

>> Thank you for being you and for being brave, and bold,

謝謝你，忠於自我、這麼勇敢坦率

and courageous, for me, for my kids even,

不畏懼世人眼光，讓我和孩子們都學到了一課

because I learned from you how to be brave, and bold, and courageous.

這都是因為你

And now I'm giving that to my kids.

現在我要將這份勇氣傳承給我的孩子

So thank you, Ellen.

謝謝你，艾倫

[APPLAUSE].

You're still alive to hear it.

還好妳活得夠久，能夠聽到這番話

>> Yeah, amazing.

太棒了

Thank you all so much.

謝謝大家

>> Wow.

>> We'll take a break, we'll be right back.

休息片刻，我們馬上回來

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