Ellen catches audience member stealing on her show
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has caught an audience member red-handed after she tried to take more items than instructed.
On The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week, Ellen told audience members they could take one (and only one!) item from her show's gift shop.
"I just wanted to see how honest my audience was," she said. "It turns out you're very, very honest. But we set up hidden cameras just to make sure."
Although a majority of the audience members could abide by the one-item policy, Ellen caught a less-than-honest woman named Nancy, who thought nobody would notice as she stocked up on merchandise.
In the hidden camera footage, Nancy's friend asks her if she's taking "more stuff" and Nancy says, "Shhh. No. Shut up," as she grabs multiple souvenirs.
Ellen decides to use the clip as a teaching moment.
"I like that you liked the products so much that you wanted to bring one back for your sister," Ellen told Nancy in front of the studio audience. "You're the kind of person that when you go trick-or-treating and nobody's home you don't just take one piece of candy, you take the bowl."
"Let that be a lesson to you," she told Nancy. "You think nobody's watching you, and you just need to be a good person…You go sit in that Ellen chair right now."
Ellen drags a dunce chair on stage and makes Nancy sit in the corner. We're sure Nancy won't be stealing anymore!