WATCH | Ellen DeGeneres' Emotional Video Tribute to Barack and Michelle Oabama

Ellen DeGeneres paid a heartwarming tribute to now former President of the United States, Barack Obama in a 5- minute long video she published on YouTube on Obama's last day of holding office.

In the video, Ellen can be seen thanking Mr. Obama for standing up for the LGBT rights when in power, saying, "“I am a happily married woman because of him. And so is my wife!”

During his time in office, Mr. Obama had visited The Ellen Show twice, besides appearing in several live link- ups with the show. 

The video also shows Ellen engaged in various hilarious moments with Michelle Obama including the time when Mrs. Obama went shopping with the talk show host and the latter took a megaphone to ask an entire store if they had a cream for the First Lady's rash.

Earlier, Mr. Obama had called Ellen a "role model" for coming out openly as a lesbian in the late '90's. During the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, the former president also said that Ellen "reminds us that we have more in common than we realise”.

He then continued to say, “It’s easy to forget now, when we’ve come so far, where now marriage is equal under the law, just how much courage was required for Ellen to come out on the most public of stages almost 20 years ago. Just how important it was, not just to the LGBT community, but for all of us to see somebody so full of kindness and light, somebody we liked so much, somebody who could be our neighbor, or our colleague, or our sister, challenge our own assumptions. Remind us that we have more in common than we realize. Push our country in the direction of justice. 

“What an incredible burden that was to bear, to risk your career like that.”

Barack Obama ended his term as President of the United States on 20th January, 2017 at 12 PM, Washington D.C time.

Barack Obama Bids Farewell With Emotional Speech

United States President Barack Obama bid farewell on Tuesday night in a formal address to the nation from Chicago, his adopted hometown.

The outgoing President's speech emphasised the strengths of democracy and the threats that a democratic system constantly faces from the hands of those who remain in denial of change. In an address that found him exhibit both forceful energy and tearful emotion, Barrack Obama offered his suggestions for the manner in which the public could overcome the challenges the United States faces at the time of his exit.

"Yes, our progress has been uneven," Obama said to a crowd of about 18,000 people. "The work of democracy has always been hard, contentious and sometimes bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back."

Yet, he stated, that his faith in America had only grown stronger owing to all that he had experienced in the past eight years as the President of the United States of America.

Speaking about his family towards the conclusion of his speech, Obama paid homage to the sacrifices that his wife had made when she had entered the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue with their two daughters, who were just a couple of little girls at the time. He heaved appraisal on first lady Michelle Obama for taking on her role "with grace and grit and style and good humor" and for making the White House "a place that belongs to everybody."

For what he has done for his people as a president, this man sure deserves our respect. And definitely, for reasons that include his generosity, kindness, humility, style and humour (things that lie in stark contrast with the new President- elect), Barack Obama will be missed. Truly and dearly.

WATCH Barack Obama's full speech in the video above.