--- title: Ellen Shares Cut Sketch Starring Adele: Video description: They simply had too much great footage canonical: https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-25T17:26:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:29.816Z og:title: Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to 'Ellen' og:description: They simply had too much great footage og:url: https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to 'Ellen' twitter:description: They simply had too much great footage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to _Ellen_ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 25, 2016 5:26 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 25, 2016 5:26 PM CUT Adele’s recent appearance on _Ellen_ was full of so many gems. She recorded an excellent [voicemail greeting](http://time.com/4231090/adele-ellen-degeneres-voicemail-greeting/ "undefined") for Ellen,[ opened up](http://time.com/4228929/adele-ellen-degeneres-crying-grammys/ "undefined") about her upsetting mishap at the Grammys, and helped pull a hilarious [prank](http://time.com/4228864/adele-ellen-degeneres-hilarious-jamba-juice/ "undefined") on unsuspecting Jamba Juice employees. But there was another great sketch that did not make the final cut: Adele and Ellen playing “5 Second Rule.” In the game, both participants are required to name three things that fit in a specific category in just five seconds. Some of the categories included: things you do when the lights go out, famous people who only go by one name and curse words you say when you’re angry. (Adele really wanted to make sure she was allowed to say the words that came to mind.) Things get particularly interesting when Adele is asked to offer three names for her “lady parts.” She manages to pull it off and remain totally charming. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/"},"headline":"Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to Ellen","datePublished":"2016-02-25T17:26:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:29.816Z","description":"They simply had too much great footage","url":"https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4237359/adele-ellen-cut-segment/","name":"Watch Adele's Hilarious Segment That Never Made it to Ellen"}}]}] ```