The queen of daytime TV made sure that two homecoming kings from Keller ISD who captured hearts nationwide take home more than a crown.

Fossil Ridge Panthers quarterback Max Akin was voted homecoming king at a Sept. 9 game. But instead of keeping the crown, he walked over to his friend and football team equipment manager K.L. Norwood and knelt before him, crown in hand.

Norwood, who has cerebral palsy, was also nominated for homecoming king.

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"I think it should've gone to the person who positively uplifts the school and everybody around him the most, and that person is K.L., for sure," Akin told WFAA-TV (Channel 8).

A couple of weeks later, the friends were headed out to California for a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The episode aired Monday at 3 p.m.

Akin told Ellen DeGeneres he thought Norwood would get the crown from the beginning, but was shocked when he got the crown. When he went over to give the crown to Norwood, the crowd began chanting his name.

"I felt really awesome, I felt like I was the only person in the stadium at that moment," Norwood said.

Akin said he thinks people are getting the story mixed up and think he gave his friend since fifth grade the crown because he has cerebral palsy.

"In fact, that's not it at all," Akin said on the Ellen show. "I don't see K.L. as a disabled person, I see him as a great human being. And as a homecoming king you should really be able to make people happy and give good vibes all over the room, and K.L. never fails at doing that."

On the Ellen show, Akin said he and Norwood are trying to spread a message. "As corny as it may sound, you've got to treat everybody the way you want to be treated."

"And if you ever have a chance to make somebody's day or make somebody happy you should take that chance," he said.

In turn, DeGeneres passed a little of that kindness on to them in the form of two giant $10,000 checks from Shutterfly.

Watch the full clip below