It appears that Ellen was joking when she thanked her husband and was instead indeed referring to her longtime partner Portia, who she's been with since 2005 and married in 2008. Confounded viewers took to social media to wonder whether they'd missed a big change in Ellen's life.

And as for that "Rupert and Fiona, go to bed," stint, that was also just the funny woman continuing her antics, as she and Portia have no children. "Obviously, you all know me or you wouldn't have laughed at that," she continued, poking fun at the cliché of straight awards winners thanking their nuclear families.

The joke landed quite well with audiences and the cast of Amazon's Fleabag even called Ellen's bit about her "husband" the funniest part of the evening.