Sorry for the lack of new posts lately… It has been a CRAZY weekend!
As I mentioned a few days ago on the blog, my world was turned completely upside-down last week when I received an email from a writer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, wanting to know if I was interested in being a guest on their “15 Minutes of Fame” segment.
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Was I interested? Were they kidding?!
I stared at that email over and over again, thinking there was no way it could be real. And even now, I still can’t believe it actually happened!
On Wednesday night I flew to California, and the next morning a car took me to the Warner Bros. Studio, where I was met by a wonderful lady (named Sandy), who first gave me a quick tour of the studio. I followed her in a daze, and when she introduced me to Ellen, I don’t even remember what I said. I was so nervous!
The segment was taped in front of a live audience: we talked about the blog, about chocolate, about being vegan, and about Ellen’s favorite dessert in the whole world. But I’m not going to tell you what her favorite dessert is… you will have to wait and find out when the show airs. 
After the interview, they led me backstage, and Justin Timberlake—also a guest on the show—was standing right there in front of me! (Was this real life?) I almost screamed… or maybe I really did scream. Yikes embarrassing. He didn’t have time to chat (a good thing, because there’s no way I would’ve said anything coherent at that point), but he was kind enough to pose for a quick photo:
If you are the type of person who doesn’t usually pay attention to the date, and if the waxy perfectness of Justin Timberlake’s skin in the above photo didn’t immediately give it away, you might want to check the date at the top of this post. It should clear a few things up.
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Oh, Katie!
I got this email and shrieked. Then I knocked over my chair dancing around in a circle out of sheer excitement. Then my internet was taking ages to load the post, so I started doing the Single Ladies dance by Beyonce while squealing because I was so happy. Then I read to the end and started snorting with laughter.
You sure fooled me – luckily my flatmates think I was only acting crazy for an April Fool’s joke on them hahaha!
My Easter’s been great, I made your raw strawberry truffle pie for my family and my parents loved it! Unfortunately my siblings twigged that it was raw and refused, but I live in hope that one day I can trick them into tasting a yummy raw dessert!
Hope you had a great April 1st, even if you didn’t get to meet Justin Timberlake!
Oh, Katie!
I got this email and shrieked. Then I knocked over my chair dancing around in a circle out of sheer excitement. Then my internet was taking ages to load the post, so I started doing the Single Ladies dance by Beyonce while squealing because I was so happy. Then I read to the end and started snorting with laughter.
You sure fooled me – luckily my flatmates think I was only acting crazy for an April Fool’s joke on them hahaha!
My Easter’s been great, I made your raw strawberry truffle pie for my family and my parents loved it! Unfortunately my siblings twigged that it was raw and refused, but I live in hope that one day I can trick them into tasting a yummy raw dessert!
Hope you had a great April 1st, even if you didn’t get to meet Justin Timberlake!
Diana xox
Ok, that was cute! I couldn’t get past the photoshop job on the pic with Ellen. LOL Seriously, if it weren’t for the photoshop, I would buy it! You are a great candidate for that segment!
I was completely fooled! I even thought for a minute that the only joke was the JT part. Well played 🙂
Haha! You totally got me! I was like, OH MY HECK I LOVE ELLEN AND I LOVE CHOCOLATE COVERED KATIE AND I WOULD LOOOOOOOOVE THEM TOGETHER!!!
but alas, it wasn’t so ;( At least I have some of your brownies left over to console me
Good one! Totally fell for it at first, even though, like others, I thought the top pic looked funny
I thought your picture looked a little “photo shopped” with Ellen! Good one though!
Katie, you’re as hilarious as you are talented! This was priceless – thanks for the laugh!!
Oh wow Katie, I very well believed your story 🙂
And I was so happy for you, thinking ‘Well deserved interview! This was possible only because Katie devotes herself to come up with brilliant healthy dessert recipes …’ and so on and so forth; only a couple of minutes later did I realize it’s April 1st.
Lol
Good one! Wouldn’t be surprised if this post somehow gets to Ellen and it comes true! You seem like one of those people who everything just happens to fall into place for!