"While I would do it again, I would change a few words that were cruder than they need to be. I'm not going to repeat the phrase," the host said. "But I just want to say, for the record, life is short, and anyone who expresses their love in their own way, is, to me, and American hero. I think we can all agree on that. I hope even the president and I can agree on that. Nothing else but that."