Adele Full Interview on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

I am so happy to say these words. Please welcome the one and only, Adele! I love you.

I love you, too. And they love you. [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] Hi.

And I explained to them when you walked away that this was a last minute thing. We had no intention. I had a monologue planned, and it was really funny, you guys.

[LAUGHTER] And when I heard you, you just decided to sing that in rehearsal, and there was no plan for it. And I was like, that was beautiful. Let's do that to open the show.

And graciously, you said yes. So thank you for doing that. Thank you for letting me do it.

Thank you for giving them that. And I said, that's got to feel good because it's the first time you sang it since you sang it at the Grammy's. You explained, you tweeted out what happened, but let's talk about what happened.

Soundcheck was great. Went really well. I was really excited.

And then during the changeover in the outbreak, the microphones fell onto the piano strings, which is what the guitar noise was. Some people thought it was Bieber rehearsing, but it wasn't him. We're on great terms.

And then it just kind of put the whole thing off, really. Could you tell, when you were singing, right away? I heard it straight away, and I wanted to turn.

I knew what it was because in rehearsal on the Saturday, they were like, we're going to double mic the piano just in case one of them doesn't work. And I knew where the mic was, and I wanted to turn around and lift it up, but I froze. But I actually felt like it went well.

In the room, they actually sorted the problem, and I'm always a bit pitchy anyway, so I wasn't particularly-- [AUDIENCE LAUGH] I am. It's emotion. It's emotion.

[LAUGHS] When I'm flat and I'm sharp, I'm just emotional. But, yeah. Everything was fine.

Whatever. And I wanted to tell everyone straight away because there seemed to be a lot of confusion as to what it was. Which was-- and I was embarrassed.

I woke up the next morning to people in England being like, we still love you. Don't worry. And I was like, I didn't ask you if you still loved me, but thanks.

[LAUGHTER] I was so embarrassed. That is the worst feeling. When you're already going through questioning what happened, and then people start trying to make you feel better, and it only makes you feel worse.

It only makes you feel worse. Yeah. Did you feel bad the next day?

Oh, yeah, I cried pretty much all day yesterday. Well, so finally, you cried to your own song. Well, the thing is, in fairness, I would have cried if it went really well, as well.

If it had been like a standout performance, I would have cried as well. I always cry. See?

Well. But, yeah. But I kept that spontaneously, bursting into tears yesterday for no reason.

But it was all right. I was fine. Well, sometimes, it feels good to cry.

And plus, you had to have all that emotion pent up and everything. So that's why it's so great you got to do that again right away, because, you know, get back on the horse, as they say. Yeah.

And it wasn't too bad. I treated myself to a burger-- Oh, OK. --and a beer.

OK. I'm sure you had a great night. Oh, I did.

I'm sure you did. So you were here the first time-- we were just playing during the commercial break, "Rolling in the Deep--" we had you here in 2008 for that song. And since 2008, 10 Grammy's, 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe, 13 Billboard Awards, 4 American Music Awards, sold over 50 million albums.

You're welcome. Oh my god. [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] [LAUGHS] I never heard it like that.

Crazy. That is amazing. I mean, really, that is a lot to accomplish in such a short amount of time, is it?

What has changed for you in your life? I mean, I can imagine what, but what is the hardest thing to deal with all this fame? I think just having to be guarded sometimes.

And I'm so mouthy. I never really hold back how I feel, or when I say it, or who I say it to. And I feel like, sometimes now, when I walk into a room, everyone shuts up to hear what I have to say, even if I'm not saying something to them.

I might be like whispering something about what happened the night before. But just that. It's a very small price to pay-- Yeah.

--really. I don't really mind. There was a period when I had my kid where I didn't leave my house for a while.

And then I asked a fellow musician, he said, how are you feeling? You're not becoming a recluse, are you? And I was like, no, but maybe.

And he's like, if you're going to become a recluse, you need a big enough house to be a recluse in. And that was when I was like, no way. I'm in, I'm out.

I was fine after that. Because you didn't want to buy a bigger house? No, but also, I didn't want that mentality.

It's not my thing. Of course. And then that kid is growing up like the movie room.

That's not fair. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

[LAUGHS] Exactly. So he is how old? He's three.

Three years old. He's having the best time. He's here today.

Is he? He's having the best time. What's he doing?

Right now, he's at the Batman Museum, and he's been to the fire station here. He's been to the Warner Brothers shop. Honestly, he's having the best time.

Oh, that's fantastic. He thinks I'm so cool when he comes to work with me and stuff like that happens. Does he understand?

I mean, he must. Is he musical? Is he singing yet?

Yeah, yeah, a little bit. Yeah. He's not a phenomenon, no.

Yeah. [LAUGHS] He's not musical in any way yet? Not a genius?

No, not yet. He's not a protégé. No.

No, no. He will be though, don't you think? Well, if he wants to be, I'll help him.

Yeah. I know you're very, very protective. Because you don't want people to see him.

It's not his choice, and that's not fair for kids like that. So you go to Disneyland. I had the best time there.

I was dreading going. I was really nervous about going. You've never gone to Disneyland before?

I've never been. And my grampy always wanted to take me. He died when I was 10, and he planned to take me when I was about 11 or 12, and he died before he took me.

So when I arrived at the castle, I was like full-on welled up. I was really emotional. And just the whole thing, him believing-- and me believing-- that they were all real, it was the innocence of it all was what was so magical.

It was, really. I cried when I met Belle. Because I was talking to my kid, and then she started talking, and I was like, oh my god!

She sounded just like the character from the film, and it freaked me out, and I burst into tears. Yeah he met Anna and Elsa. Anna and Elsa who he loves and stuff like that.

That's great. All right, we have to take a break. Will you do me a quick favor before we go to break?

I thought it would be really cool if you would record my outgoing message for my phone so that when people call. Because I, right now, just have the robot kind of-- no, it's not even me. Please leave a message, that one?

Yeah, that kind of thing. So I wrote something, and if you just will just record it because this is being recorded, obviously, I think. And then, I'll put it on my phone.

OK. Would you do that for me? I'll just say it, yeah?

Mm-hmm. Hello, it's me. I was wondering if after all these years, you leave a message at the beep.

[LAUGHTER] Hello, can you hear me? I'm in California, dreaming about the message that you leave. Hello from Ellen.

[CHEERS, APPLAUSE] (SINGING) Hello from the other side. [CHUCKLES] Oh, I should have asked you to sing it. [LAUGHS] Well, that's too many syllables.

It's too many syllables to sing it? Oh, well, anyway. Thank you so-- Let me try?

--much. Yeah, sing it. Sure.

Why not? (SINGING) Hello, it's me. I was wondering if after all these years, you'd leave a message at the beep.

Hello? Can you hear me? I'm in California dreaming about the message that you leave.

Hello from Ellen. [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] That wasn't bad. That wasn't bad.

Wow. That wasn't bad. That second where there's so many words.

I know. Oh my god. You know how many people are going to be calling me now?

[LAUGHTER] And then hang up. They're just going to listen to that. Oh.

We'll take a break. We'll be back with Adele. We are back with the amazing Adele.

And so you're going on tour. And how many cities are you doing? I don't know.

It's something ridiculous. 105? Yeah.

And maybe more. I don't know what I've let myself in for this was all my idea. It was your idea?

Yeah, no one was pressurizing me. They were all like, are you mad? I don't have a great track record for enjoying touring.

But I think now, because I have a kid and a family, and we're all going to be going, I think I'm going to love it. Yeah. It's going to be-- I mean, first of all, people are so lucky that they got the tickets because tickets sold out in seconds.

By the way, I love the shows. It's the traveling and waking up in motels that has like an outline of a dead body. The shows, I love.

I'm not saying I don't enjoy performing to people. But before, it was very low key. Now I'm doing arenas, so it's all right.

And I doubt you'll be staying in motels. No. I think they won't be a motel with a chalk drawing.

I think you're staying in nicer places. First of all, I understand that because you're so amazing and you sing and you're in front of a lot of people all the time that it doesn't make you nervous, that you don't get stage fright. I still do.

You still do? More than ever, yeah. More than in the beginning?

Yeah. Because you feel more pressure because everyone just adores you and thinks, oh my god, it's Adele, and you feel pressure? Yeah, I just felt the more successful I get, the more pressure there is.

Yeah, further to fall. Yeah. When you start out, nobody really knows you, and now-- Yeah.

I don't feel like it could go that much worse than the Grammy's, though. So I feel like I'm all right now. Anything that happens, it's like dust it off.

And that wasn't bad, either, because it really wasn't. Was you could tell, watching it at home, it was the sound. If it wasn't live TV, I would have busted a joke.

Yeah. But because it was TV, that's why I couldn't make it my own. I couldn't make the disaster my own.

I was going to say, did you want to stop and start over? I know. Next time, I will.

Next time I have any sound issues, I am going to stop. I'm sorry that's not working for me. If we have time to do it again, let's do it.

Otherwise, bye. Yeah. [CHUCKLES] I hope it happens.

[LAUGHS] Oh. I have gifts for you because I heard that you love to clean. I also love to clean.

You do? Yes, I love to clean. There's something very-- because you're doing something.

You're getting something accomplished. Yeah. What's your favorite?

Do you like to vacuum or dust? Well, I like to sort of antibacterial. It's getting so extreme the other day, I used Lysol as hand bacterial.

So I was spraying my hand with Lysol. Yeah, it's getting quite bad. Wow.

But in England, it's called Dettol, and I come down from putting the baby to bed, and I squirt everywhere. And you see the film of liquid, and then I get some wipes, and I get right in there. I love it.

Yeah. [LAUGHS] I love it. It's so satisfying.

And my boyfriend is messy. Sorry, but you are. And so he stays up later than me most of the time to watch football or something.

And I'll creep down after he's gone to bed. I won't sleep until he's gone to bed, and I'll clear up the mess. Wow.

Yeah, all the crumbs. You're into it. Well, it makes you happy, and I want you to be happy on the road.

So I got you a suitcase that you can bring with you on the road. Oh my god. Andy, open it up, show her what's in there.

[CACKLES] Oh my god. Oh my god, that is amazing. Right?

Thank you. You're welcome. Looking at that.

Disinfecting, see. And one more thing for Angelo, because I know you don't like him to be seen when people are taking pictures, and you're going to be traveling in first class. So I got him a little private jet that he can travel in.

Oh! Oh my god. Are you kidding me?

[CHUCKLES] He's just by himself in there. Oh my god, he's going to love that. Can I actually take that home?

I will. Yeah, you'll take your-- Oh my god, that is amazing. Yeah, that's for Angelo.

All right, when we come back, Adele is going to do one of my IFVs where she's going to have to repeat everything I tell her to do. We're going to send her to the-- well, I'm not going to say where we're sending her yet, but she has to say-- I'm totally blown away by that. Yeah, well, they're yours.

That is amazing. Thank you. All right, we'll be right back.

We're here with Adele, and we're going to play one of our favorite games, Five Second Rule. [JINGLE MUSIC] All right. So here's what we do.

tWitch is going to give us a category. I'll go first so you see how it goes, and I have to name three things in that category within five seconds. As soon as I name the three things, I hit it to see if I've done it within five seconds.

OK. And we'll take turns going back and forth. And I've not seen these, you have not seen these.

You're going first? Yes. OK.

OK, Ellen, name three of your favorite beverages. [CLOCK TICKING] Vodka, gin, and tequila. [DINGS] My go?

Name three ways to say hello. Hi, hey, ciao, hola, salut. [DINGS] [LAUGHS] Wow.

You got a lot in there. The ciao, hello or is it goodbye? No, I think it's a goodbye.

But I don't know. It may be hello. Hola, salut means hi.

Yeah. OK. Well, you did it in time.

OK, Ellen, name three ways to say goodbye. [CLOCK TICKING] Ciao, goodbye, adios. [DINGS] All right.

Adele, name three things you do when the lights go out. Sleep, dream, and whisper. [DINGS] [LAUGHTER] Because the baby's in bed, so I have to whisper.

OK. OK, Ellen besides Adele, name three other musicians that make you cry? Oh, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Andy Williams.

[LAUGHTER] Oh, boy. Adele, name three famous people that only go by one name. Madonna-- ooh.

Cher. [BUZZER] Out of time. Rihanna.

I couldn't name myself. You. Yeah, you could have named yourself.

I could have. OK. Yeah.

Ellen, name three things you go to the doctor for. Oh, I have a sore throat, or I have a rash, or I have a headache. [DINGS] Oh, 0.

2, that's good. Adele, name three curse words you say when you're angry. Really?

[CLOCK TICKING] OK. [BEEPING] [DINGS] [LAUGHS] That's it. You did it.

I double double check. Yeah, yeah. You nailed it, though.

And it's tied. OK. All right, Ellen, here we go.

Name three curse words you say when you're angry. [BEEPS] [DINGS] [LAUGHTER] Adele, name three names for your lady parts. Mini Moo, vajayjay, and a pizza.

[DINGS] [AUDIENCE SCREAMING] [LAUGHS] [APPLAUSE] Mini Moo is when you're describing it to a child, vajayjay is like, hey, and a pizza is like when someone's nasty Worked. Ellen, name three things you like to do on a weekend. I like to hang out with my animals.

I like to play tennis. I like to play golf. [DINGS] Mm.

Adele, name three ways to cure a hangover. Coconut water, and apple cider, and paracetamol. [DINGS] Like Advil.

Yeah. Wow. You knew that pretty quick.

Yeah. [LAUGHTER] Yeah. Ellen, three red fruits.

An apple, a strawberry, and a peach. [DINGS] Ooh. [LAUGHS] No?

No. OK. Well, what would it have been?

Raspberry? Yes, raspberry, darn it. Last one.

Name three of your favorite things to clean. The top, like kitchen, bathrooms, and toilets. [DINGS] Wow.

[DINGING] [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] Woo! She's a winner! Adele wins!

We'll be back. Alison is going in. She's pretending to be Adele's assistant.

She's going to say her name is Simone, and she wants Adele to be treated like a regular person. OK, so Adele, if you can hear me, say really loud, just say, hello from the outside. Hello from the outside.

OK. All right. Good.

All right, go inside. And I put some stuff in that purse. Do not open the purse unless I tell you to.

Oh! It's wet out there. It's wet out there.

Let's see, where's the Jamba Juice? Where's the Jamba Juice? Oh, OK.

I'll take a Jamba Juice I'll take a Jamba Juice Yes. And what size? Well, what size do you have?

Well, what size do you have? We have a small, medium, or large. Do you have an extra large or an extra small?

Do you have an extra large or an extra small? No, no. That's our biggest one, and that's our smallest.

OK, I'll take a large, but in a small cup. I'll take a large-- OK. --but can I have it in a small cup?

Large and small? Yeah. Yes, please.

Yeah. So would you like two small cups, or a large cup? One small cup, but a large.

One small cup, but a large. OK. I'm sorry, I've never been here before.

Sorry, I've never been here. We don't-- In England, we don't have them. In England, we don't have this.

Tell me about Jamba Juice. Tell me about Jamba Juice. Jamba Juice is a place where you can make smoothies.

We have fruit. We have vegetables. We have something similar in Britain.

We have something similar in Britain. We call it a Swishy Chug. Swishy Chug, it's called in England.

Swishy Chug, say it. Swishy Chug. Say Swishy Chug.

Swishy Chug. Swishy Chug. Swishy Chug.

Swishy Chug. Swishy Chug. Swishy Chug.

Swishy Chug. Swishy chug. OK.

It's a type of beet and a potato mixed together. It's a type of beet and potato mixed. Right.

What should I get? What's the best? And money is no object.

Money is no object, right? The most popular is Strawberries Wild. No.

Blueberry, Banana is sweet. No. What else?

What else? Would you like something like Orange Carrot Caramel? No.

No. No. No.

No. Would you like something with protein, like whey or soy? It's really good for your health.

We have protein berry. No. You know what?

I'll take all of those. You know, actually, I'll take all of them. All of those.

Because let me-- For how many people? Well, let's see. There's Danny.

There Danny. There's Sarah. Sara.

Jimmy Jim. Jimmy Jim. Yell out to Simone.

Would Jimmy Jim want-- Yell out to Simone's. Yeah, of course. Shout out, Simone.

Shout out. Simone! Simone!

Simone! She's right next to you, to your left. Oh, you're there.

[LAUGHTER] OK, what should we get for Jimmy Jim? What should we get for Jimmy Jim? You know him better than me.

Yeah, you know him better than me. I think, Jimmy Jim like peanut butter? Something fruity?

All right. Yeah. Wait, am I seeing wheat grass there?

Wait, am I seeing wheat grass, anyway? Oh, yeah, wheat grass is here. Take out some scissors from your purse.

In your purse, there's scissors. I would like-- and just start chopping some. Can I chop some off?

[LAUGHTER] Thank you. All right. Put it in your mouth.

That's right. Put it in your mouth and chew on it. [AUDIENCE SCREAMING] [LAUGHS] This is so good.

Oh, this is so good. This is really good, actually. All right.

Oh, I feel like a deer in a forest. I feel like a deer in a forest. No, you look [INAUDIBLE] What does a deer sound like?

Do you know what is it? What does the dear even sound like? Baa, baa, baa, baa, baa, baa.

Baa, baa, baa. Baa, baa. Baa, baa, baa.

Baa, baa. OK. All right, reach in your purse.

There's a brush in your purse. Ask Simone to brush your hair. Can you just brush my hair while I decide?

[LAUGHS] [AUDIENCE LAUGHING] OK, let's see. Let's see. You know what it would be good in there?

You know what would be good in there? Reach in there. There's Amaretto in your purse.

This-- That would be great. Put it in. I don't think we could do this.

I mean, I can give you this, put in your purse, and drink it. I'll just drink it. Fine.

I don't care. Give Simone one, too. [LAUGHTER] All right.

I have the shakes. I haven't had a drink in hours. I haven't had a drink in hours.

Would you like something to, maybe-- Dump out the purse. Dump out the purse. Where is my money?

I need to pay for this, right? We need to pay for this, right? Dump it out on the counter.

All of it. Yeah. [CLANKING] Let's see what I have here.

OK, let's see what I have here. You have knives and Twizzlers in there. What else do I have?

What else do I have? Handcuffs, right? Handcuffs.

Simone, you're supposed to carry those. You're supposed to have those. How do I pay for this?

How do I pay for this? Yeah, cash or credit, and it's going to be $5. 50.

Do I pay or not? Do I pay? I'm a celebrity.

I'm a celebrity. I can, with my manager's approval-- You know what I'll do, you know what I'll do? You know what I'll do?

I'll tell Ellen DeGeneres to pay because she's been telling me what to say the entire time. I'll tell Ellen DeGeneres to pay, because she's been telling me what to say. Oh, really?

Yeah, there's camera. There's camera. I thought you were crazy.

This is disgusting. That's disgusting. Aw!

We'll be right back. Yeah, have a seat. OK, your name is-- Audrey.

Audrey. Mark. Mark.

Kristen. OK, did you think she was crazy? I thought she was mad, yeah.

So this is your first day on the job? [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] So if this is normal, I'll probably stick around for a while. Everything, from now on, is just going to be boring.

[LAUGHTER] Pretty much. Yeah. That was fantastic.

That was so much fun. I know you were like, what is going to happen here? You didn't know what was-- I still got grass in there.

I can't believe you put-- I said to put it in your mouth, but boy, you really went for it. I went for it. All right.

Hey, the three of you, we're going to give you $1,000 Visa gift card for being-- [APPLAUSE] That was so nice of you. I want to thank Adele. I love you.

I'll see you all tomorrow. Be kind to one another. Bye.