Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres and Bill O'Reilly on the same side of an issue? Yes, folks, anything is possible.

This pair of seemingly opposite celebrities came together this week in light of an organization known as One Million Moms pushing to get Ellen fired as the JC Penney spokesperson, with the Fox News anchor referring to the protest as un-American and, simply, wrong.

Ellen also commented on the flap during a monologue this week, and then took a few moments later to express gratitude to O'Reilly. Watch her do so below:

Ellen DeGeneres Thanks Bill O'Reilly

Ellen DeGeneres was recently named a spokesperson for JC Penney.

Once this news broke, a conservative organization known as One Million Moms quickly launched an offensive to get the comedian fired from the gig. Bill O'Reilly addressed this topic on Fox News last night, taking the side that anyone is free to simply not shop at JC Penney... but to lobby for Ellen's ousting is un-American and wrong.

DeGeneres also touched on the scandal during her talk show monologue, keeping it short, but relying on two points:

1. A number of comments left on the One Million Moms' own Facebook page are in support of JC Penney and express their authors' intention to shop there even more now.
2. Have a problem with Ellen's "traditional values," as the group claims citizens should? Here they are: Honesty. Quality. Kindness. Compassion.

Ellen DeGeneres Reacts to Prop 8, JC Penney Flap

Vote now: Do you think Ellen should be fired from this role?

It's a witch hunt.

That's what Bill O'Reilly has to say about the movement by One Million Moms - a conservative organization, from which no member agreed to appear on Fox News last night - to pressure JC Penney into firing its new spokesperson, Ellen DeGeneres.

The group takes issue with Ellen being an openly gay celebrity, as O'Reilly Factor guest Sandy Rios defended its actions by saying "people that believe marriage is between a man and woman and children should not be exposed to propagandized homosexuality."

O'Reilly response? That's fine. Don't shop at JC Penney then. But to actively push for a private company to fire an American citizen based on her lifestyle? That's just wrong. It's McCarthyism. Watch the segment below and then express your opinion:

Bill O'Reilly Argues in Favor of Ellen, Company Rights

Should JC Penney fire Ellen DeGeneres?

First Lady Michelle Obama talks the talk and walks the walk.

When the 48-year-old campaigns for the importance of health and physical fitness, she leads by example, as she proved today on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in L.A.

Michelle Obama accepted a bold challenge by DeGeneres to see who could do the most push-ups, with both women flinging off their dress coats on the spot.

Who won? Watch the video here and see!

Michelle Obama on Ellen

“How many was that for her?” asked DeGeneres after tapping out early (but by no means embarrassingly early) and both women had finished. “Twenty five?”

“I just stopped,” said the smiling First Lady.

Sorry Ellen. On the bright side, you hung in there for a while, and there's no way Jay Leno (whose show Michelle visited Tuesday) could do even one.

This is one of the funniest, sweetest, most honest videos you'll ever see of a celebrity.

During an appearance on Ellen this week, House of Lies star Kristen Bell first explains that she's often an emotional wreck; if she gets remotely sad or happy - say, below a level three or above a seven - the tears simply flow.

She then goes to detail one example of just such blubbery: when boyfriend Dax Shepard presented her with a sloth for her 31st birthday last summer, an event/breakdown actually captured on camera, snippets of which are shared in the following clip.

It's both hilarious and sort of touching. Watch now and fall even more in love with the gorgeous actress:

Kristen Bell LOVES Sloths!

Cutest happy birthday greetings ever?

Darn close if not. Ellen DeGeneres celebrated her 54th on Thursday and to mark the big occasion, Pink sent in a video message to her friend the talk show host.

With daughter Willow in tow!

"Hi Ellen. I love you, I love you, I love you," she said from her yard. "I wish you this year freedom, love, laughter, sleeping in late, getting lots of rest."

From there, the singer went inside, where adorable 8-month-old daughter Willow (dad is husband Carey Hart) was waiting to say hello. Awww!

Pink Wishes Ellen Happy Birthday

Courtney Robertson has Ben Flajnik wrapped around her finger on The Bachelor, according to viewer Ellen DeGeneres, who bluntly told Ben as much today.

If you missed Monday's episode, you missed a good two hours of drama, tears and Courtney pursing her lips and doing whatever it takes to get her way.

Ellen seemed to catch on, and she had a few words for Ben Flajnik regarding that model from Santa Monica who doesn't seem to be popular with fans:

Ben Flajnik on Ellen

"She manipulated you to try and get that rose. She said, 'Oh, I don't know how I feel.' Then you went and got the rose and gave it to her. That was not right."

Judging by the applause, the audience agreed with Ellen, who added:

"She may be a lovely person and you're probably engaged to her, but the thing is, the way that it was edited she came off not nice, and I could be wrong."

"I know it's not fair to judge someone like that, but she was just playing you... man. She was playing you. Saying all the things you wanted to hear."

Damn, son. Ben can't reveal much, of course, but did admit it would have been nice to have a mole telling him what went on in the mansion. Ellen's response:

"All right, I'm going to find you a nice girl because that didn't work."

As for her comment that Ben is "probably engaged to her," see our Bachelor spoilers page for what sources are saying about the season's endgame.

Mere hours after Heidi Klum and Seal confirmed their divorce, interviews between Seal and Ellen DeGeneres (airing today) and PBS' Tavis Smiley (Friday) hit the web.

The topic of his separation was not off the table. Not even close.

About to embark on a new album tour, Seal is more than willing to openly speak about what shocked us - and himself, apparently. "I think we were shocked," he said.

Seal on Ellen

"You go into these things with the greatest intentions when you say 'I do' and you say ''Till death do us part.' Those vows hold value," the singer told Ellen.

"They are not just words. These things happen. We pretty much said how we feel and made it clear in the release statement."

"But, for intents and purposes of this show, you just grow apart after awhile. You try and you work through it and the thing that you quickly realize when you are married and you become a parent is you do the best that you can."

"It makes you actually appreciate your parents a lot more."

Michael Jackson's lasting advice to his only daughter was simple.

"He said, 'If I die tomorrow, always remember what I told you.' I took his advice, and I remembered everything he told me," Paris Jackson, 13, told Ellen DeGeneres.

The King of Pop shaped Paris' life in fundamental ways, from her desire to pursue acting to far more important lessons, she reveals in the interview, airing Thursday.

Here's a clip of Paris Jackson on Ellen:

Paris Jackson on Ellen

"My dad was in the movie Moonwalker; I knew he could sing really well but I didn't know he could act. I saw that and I said, 'Wow, I want to be just like him,'" says Paris.

The female Jackson recently scored her first film role. A family rep confirmed she has a role in the upcoming fantasy movie Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys.

"We would do improv together," she adds. "He would give us little scenarios. He would go, 'Okay, in this scene you're going to cry,' and I'd cry on the spot."

The Justin Bieber baby scandal appears to be over, especially considering the recent text messages from Mariah Yeater that have been made public.

But the last couple weeks still have not been easy on Selena Gomez, as the singer admitted to this week in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres.

The talk show host broached the topic of Selena's boyfriend and his surrounding drama in a chat that will air today. As the excerpts below make clear, it's not something Gomez has enjoyed dealing with.

DeGeneres: "I have to ask before we talk about anything else. What a crazy last two weeks it's been in the news."
Gomez: "To say the least."
DeGeneres: "You've been all right?"
Gomez: "I have been, yeah."
DeGeneres: "Everything's all good now. You knew that all along but it's nice to have everything out in the open now."
Gomez: "Yeah, it's good to just kind of...be good."
DeGeneres: "It's hard. It's hard to deal with all that stuff."
Gomez: "Yeah, it's not easy.

Ellen also asks Selena about her man's pants situation, a problem made clear this week when the artist almost mooned folks in England. Gomez didn't seem comfortable talking about Bieber's underwear, either, simply responding that Justin doesn't listen when she tells him to hike his drawers up.

Check your local listings to find out when this interview will air in your hometown today.