Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

Glenn Weiss: I want to thank my daughter Sidney and Taylor. I want to thank Jon Daly, everybody at the Academy and all of our friends at ABC. I'm really grateful to be here, but it's bittersweet. The person most proud at this moment would be my mom, and she passed away just two weeks ago. Part of my heart is broken, and I don't think it will ever be repaired, but she's in me, and she always will be. Mom always believed in finding the sunshine in things and she adored my girlfriend Jan. Jan, you are the sunshine in my life. And Mom was right: Don't ever let go of your sunshine.

You wonder why I don't like to call you my girlfriend; because I want to call you my wife. I didn't ask yet. I didn't ask yet. Hey, Mitch, I'm going to be a moment. This is the ring that my dad put on my mom's finger 65 -- 67 years ago. And to my sisters and brothers, I didn't swipe it. Dad knows I have it. Okay? Jan, I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger in front of all these people and in front my mom and your parents watching from above. Will you marry me? Thank you to the Academy. Thank you everybody. Thank you.

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