Just to be clear, this isn't a date.

Yeah, I know.

Then why are you holding my hand?

Thank you, your majesties.

Thank you to the Nobel Committee.

We are deeply honored. I would just like to take this moment to say to all the young girls out there who dream about science as a profession, go for it.

It is the greatest job in the world.

And if anybody tells you you can't, don't listen. And now, speaking of not listening, my husband, Dr. Sheldon Cooper.

Sheldon.

Did you finish?

Great job.

Thank you, Dr. Fowler. I have a very long and somewhat self-centered speech here.

But I'd like to set it aside.

Because this honor doesn't just belong to me.

I wouldn't be up here if it weren't for some very important people in my life, beginning with my mother, father, meemaw, brother, and sister.

And my other family, who I'm so happy to have here with us.

Is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer? I was under a misapprehension that my accomplishments were mine alone.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I have been encouraged, sustained, inspired, and tolerated, not only by my wife, but by the greatest group of friends anyone ever had.

I'd like to ask them to stand.

Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali.

Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz.

Astronaut Howard Wolowitz.

And my two dearest friends in the world, Penny Hofstadter.

And Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. I was there the moment Leonard and Penny met.

He said to me that their babies would be smart and beautiful.

And now that they're expecting, I have no doubt that that will be the case.

Thanks Sheldon.

I haven't told my parents yet, but thanks.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Don't tell anyone that last thing, that's a secret. Howard, Bernadette, Raj, Penny, Leonard.

I apologize if I haven't been the friend you deserve.

But I want you to know, in my way, I love you all.

And I love you.

Thank you.