lee bryce, remember lee? lee bryce is one of my faves.le asked me to give him an award, he was getting a huge award, he's the only country artist to have a platinum single record so far this year. >> oh, good. >> more than luke -- all those -- >> more than miranda. >> all of them. lee bryce. so i had to do a sneak attack on stage and interrupt his set -- >> that's nice. >> who wants that, some girl giving you an award -- >> you're not some girl. you're hoda. >> anyway, let's see what happened. >> okay. i'm doing a sneak attack on lee bryce. he's about to get an award. he knows nothing about it. and i get to surprise him. come on! >> i love, love, love me some lee bryce. i came out today because lee bryce is going to get a huge award. and what better place to give him this award than right here at madison square garden! >> that's so nice. he was so shocked. >> by the way, rarely do people get shocked. he was so surprised. he got teary eyed because he couldn't believe he got -- >> you pulled it off. that was nice. a labor of love when -- a

lee bryce is one of my faves. lee bryce was per forming at madison square garden friday night.od. >> more than luke. >> more than miranda, more than anybody? >> all of them. lee bryce. so i had to do a sneak attack on stage and interrupt his set at the garden. who wants to have some girl giving an award to someone. >> you're not some girl. you're hoda woman. >> anyway, let's see what happened. >> here is what's happening. i'm doing a sneak attack on lee bryce. he's about to get an award. he knows nothing about it. i love surprises. >> i'm hoda from the "today" show. >> listen how they love you. >> i love, love, love me some lee bryce. [ cheers and applause ] >> i came out today because lee bryce is going to get a huge award and what better place to give him this award than right here at madison square garden. >> good girl, you milked it. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's so nice. >> he was totally shocked. >> he was totally -- >> by the way. rarely do people get shocked. he was so surprised. he got teary-eyed because he couldn't believe he was the only guy to win it. >> a labor

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