ELLEN DeGeneres has gifted her latest studio audience a whopping $1 million to show thanks for each of their acts of kindness. She has been spending the week celebrating her 60th birthday, and her latest surprise was partnering with cereal brand Cheerios to give her studio audience $1 million to split among themselves.
“I want to take a moment, first of all, to say everybody in the audience is here for a special reason,” DeGeneres said in the clip that went to air overnight.
Her audience was filled with people who participated in the “One Million Acts of Good” campaign.
“Thanks to every single person in this audience, it is filled with goodness and we have reached one million acts of good because of all of you,” DeGeneres said.
DeGeneres prompted the audience to look under their seats to see if there was a box of Cheerios and if there was they would be in for a special surprise.
Every single audience member had a box under their seat.
“So, I want to do something that we’ve never done before,” DeGeneres continued. “Hold onto your Cheerios because all of you are splitting $1 million!”
