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"The usually upbeat Ellen DeGeneres was anything but on today's episode of her show -- stopping her opening monologue to give a passionate, tear-filled speech about her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/15/ellen-degeneres-doggone-nightmare/\"&gt;recent dog troubles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;After walking on to the usual applause, Ellen quieted the audience and explained that, \"Today is a hard day for me ... I am not capable of coming out and pretending to be funny when things are going so terribly wrong right now.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wiping tears from her eyes, Ellen went on to talk about her ongoing battle with a dog rescue group that took back a dog Ellen adopted after discovering the talk show hostess had given it to her hairdresser. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"175\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1098&amp;amp;view=123926&amp;amp;pollId=124024&amp;amp;channel=tmz.com\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Tonight's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/tmztv\"&gt;TMZ TV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has all the latest on the developing story. Watch today's episode of \"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://ellen.warnerbros.com/\"&gt;The Ellen DeGeneres Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\" to see the rest of her passionate plea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;Related&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;h4&gt;Article&lt;/h4&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/15/ellen-degeneres-doggone-nightmare/\"&gt;Ellen's Doggone Nightmare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=\"#\"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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