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Ellen DeGeneres Gives a Touchingly Hilarious Acceptance Speech, Like Only She Could

Ellen DeGeneres [1] was given the special honor of favorite humanitarian at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night, and the generous talk show host's acceptance speech couldn't be more perfect. After being introduced by her equally funny friend and fellow PCA winner Melissa McCarthy [2], Ellen jokingly told the crowd, "I just set out to make people happy, and to make people laugh, and to get very, very rich." Watch the video above, and check out Ellen's cozy moments with wife Portia in the audience! [3]


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