DeGeneres: Awestruck by elk
Los Angeles, CA -- Inspired by a YouTube video of an elk grazing on a wide open meadow, comedienne and television celebrity Ellen DeGeneres announced that she is launching her own elk farm in Fresno County, California.
"I was just so awestruck by the simple beauty of elk eating grass. It didn't take me long to realize that I really would like to have my own elk farm," said the Daytime Emmy Award winner in a prepared statement.
The surprise agricultural venture comes on the heels of the talk show host's announcement Wednesday that she is creating a record label and signing 12-year-old YouTube wunderkind Greyson Chance as her first artist. Chance was spotted by DeGeneres after posting a video online of himself playing the piano and singing Lady Gaga's hit song "Paparazzi" at a sixth grade music festival.
"Yeah, that Chance sure is great, but not as great as my new elk farm," joked the American Idol judge, who plans to bring the first elk on her farm to her talk show next week.
"It'll probably just stand there and stare at me, but that's okay. It'll be a historic moment, for sure," she said.
DeGeneres added that she plans to continue scouring YouTube and using her show to find new barnyard animals, "preferably elk," to add to her farm.
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