Ellen DeGeneres is mourning the loss of a young fan she once called her “only boyfriend,” who has passed away at 19.

Tayt Andersen, who frequently appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show while living with a congenital heart condition, died Friday after a battle with cancer.

Hours later, the 67-year-old former talk show host shared a heartfelt video message in response to the news.

“We had a very special guest on the show several times, and his name is Tayt,” DeGeneres began. “And he thought that I was his girlfriend, and so I told him he was my boyfriend, which shocked my wife. But he was a very special little human being, and just brought joy and life and laughter into every room that he was in.”

“I’ll miss him,” she said before a montage of their moments on the show played.

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