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WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I HAVE TO HEAR THE BACK
STORY.
I HEAD YOU TWO HAD THE WEDDING
DATE SET FOR AUGUST AND WEEKS
AGO YOU APPROACHED IF YOU WERE
WILLING TO BE PART OF A MAJOR
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU KNOW?
>> WELL, GOING INTO IT, WE
DIDN'T KNOW TOO MUCH.
WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE CAVING
DIRECTOR WHO ASKED US IF WE
WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS MAJOR
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ON THE
GRAMMY AWARDS.
THAT'S ALL WE KNEW.
WE KNEW OUR FRIEND AND IT WAS
THE GRAMMY AWARDS AND WE FELT
LIKE WE WOULD BE TREATED WITH
RESPECT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO
FIGURE OUT MACKLEMORE IS
NOMINATED FOR SEVEN AWARDS.
>> DID YOU GUESS IT?
>> SAME LOVE FOR BOTH OF US HAS
BEEN SUCH A MAJOR ANTHEM THIS
YEAR FOR EQUALITY AND SHOWING
HOW EVERYONE DESERVES AN EQUAL
CHANCE.
WE KNEW WE WOULD BE TREATED WITH
RESPECT.
THE REST OF IT WAS A SHOCK AND
SURPRISE AND AMAZING.
>> DID YOU FEEL THE RESPECT LAST
NIGHT.
WATCHING IT WITH THE
CELEBRITIES, KATY PERRY LIKE
WATERWORKSES ALL-AROUND YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S WHAT WAS MOST AMAZING.
WE HAD SEVERAL REHEARSALS.
FIRST OF ALL WE WERE IN SHOCK
AND AWE THAT MADONNA WAS THERE.
QUEEN LATIFAH AND ALL THE NAMES
YOU JUST MENTIONED, BUT TO WALK
IN JUST BEFORE THE CEREMONY AND
BE SURROUNDED BY JUST THE
AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE
CELEBRITIES AND THE BIG NAMES IN
MUSIC AND EVERYONE WISHING US
CONGRATULATIONS AND SEEING
EVERYONE IN SUCH AN EMOTIONAL
STATE.
IT WAS SO TOUCHING.
>> I LIKEN IT TO GETTING A BIG
HUG.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A
HUGE NOT INTIMATE SITUATION AND
IT FELT THAT EVERYONE THE WAY
THEY WERE CLAPPING AND CHEERING
AND CRYING FOR YOU, IT FELT LIKE
THEY WERE THERE FOR US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY WERE THERE FOR YOU.
>> HERE YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY
MEGA A-LIST MUSICIANS AND
ARTISTS AND SINGER SONGWRITERS.
WHAT IF YOU HAD TO PICK ONE
PERSON THAW COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU
WERE SEEING THEM, WHO WAS THAT
PERSON FOR YOU?
>> I HAVE TO SAY THIS.
SINCE I WAS A KID IT WAS A DREAM
THAT MADONNA WOULD SING AT MY
WEDDING AND I GOT IT.
I TOLD EVERY OTHER COUPLE YOU
OWE ME A THANK YOU BECAUSE I
HAVE BEEN MAN TESTING THIS SINCE
I WAS 8 YEARS OLD.
>> MADONNA.
WHO ELSE?
>> MADONNA IS A BIG ONE.
ON THE WAY OUT WE HIGH FIVED
RINGO AND SHOOK PAUL McCARTNEY'S
HAND.
>> OF COURSE YOU DID.
>> AND SIR PAUL McCARTNEY HAS
VERY SOFT HANDS.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
WHAT MORE ABOUT THE NIGHT?
YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD TO
REHEARSE.
WERE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN
ON THIS.
DID YOU HAVE TO SIGN YOUR LIVES
AWAY WITH AN AGREEMENT WHO SAID
HEY, MOM, MAKE SURE YOU ARE
WATCHING THE GRAMMYS?
>> WE SIGNED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
AN AGREEMENT STATING WE WOULD
NOT SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH
ANYONE.
THAT WAS ONLY -- THE RESTRICTION
ON THAT WAS ONLY LIFTED EARLIER
LAST WEEK.
WE COULD SHARE INFORMATION WITH
JUST CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED AT THAT
TIME TO SAY WE WERE GETTING
MARRIED ON THE GRAMMYS.
WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE
BIG NAMES AND WHAT WAS GOING TO
BE INVOLVED UNTIL WE ARRIVED AT
THE FIRST REHEARSAL WHICH WAS