WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres’ tearful monologue

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Ellen DeGeneres broke down in tears while taping an emotional monologue for her talk show on Monday.

The 62-year-old star began the taping of Tuesday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” by reflecting on the tragic death of Kobe Bryant – who died in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people on Sunday, which was also her birthday – and urged her fans to “celebrate life” because it is “short”.

After thanking the audience for attending the taping, Ellen said: “Today is Monday. Yesterday was Sunday and it happened to be my birthday and the Grammy Awards. I was nominated. I didn’t win. Not the point.

“Yesterday was a celebratory day and we got tragic news about Kobe Bryant and everything changed in a second.

“That’s what I want to talk about: Life is short and it’s fragile. And we don’t know how many birthdays we have.