Miley Cyrus got emotional talking about the victims of Hurricane Harvey on an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and has pledged a hefty sum to help them.
At
least 35 people have been killed in the flooding, which has driven tens
of thousands from their homes and forced 32,000 people into shelter in
Houston.
On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen DeGeneres revealed that Miley said backstage she is donating $500,000 to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
"It'll
make me cry. So, I can't really- I can't really talk about it," the
singer said tearfully. "I don't know why it makes me so upset. It just
really makes me just really upset. So I really hope people know...my
grandma's sitting here and my mom's here and I go home to my seven dogs
and if I didn't have that anymore, it'd just be really hard."
"So
I'm really happy to help any way that I can and I hope people
understand they can put themselves in those people's shoes and just know
what it feels like to have everything taken away from you," she said.
Ellen has herself pledged $50,000 of her own money to help the victims and on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, she presented a $1 million check courtesy of Walmart to J.J. Watt's crowdfunding initiative. More than $10 million has been raised since Sunday.
"What
you're doing is incredible. We want to help," Ellen told Watts via
FaceTime on her show, as seen in a sneak peek video posted online on
Thursday. "Walmart is on track to donate over $20 million in cash and
supplies to Hurricane Harvey relief. But, that is not all. Walmart is
also donating $1 million to J.J.'s relief effort right now."
"J.J., you're incredible as well," Ellen said.
Miley and Ellen join a growing list of celebs who have pledged to donate large sums to help Hurricane Harvey victims. The list includes the likes of Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian and her family.
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