Did you hear about Ellen falling down, hurting her back and being put on mandatory bed rest? Well, apparently a horrific injury wasn't enough to prevent her from yakking it up on her daytime talk show. So, the laid-up lesbian lass did what anyone in her (horizontal) position would have done: she hosted the most recent episodes of the Ellen DeGeneres Show straight from her hospital bed—while gabbing with celebrity guests on adjoining gurneys.

"This is not a sweeps stunt. … This is not like what Regis (Philbin) did — that whole bypass surgery," [DeGeneres] joked.

All guests sat upright in separate adjustable beds on Tuesday's show.

The first guest was Ryan Seacrest, who was wheeled out onstage. "This is a first for me to be in bed with you," the "American Idol" host told DeGeneres, who said she'd like to find him a girlfriend.

Oh, that Ellen! Even when she's flat on her back, she's still cracking "Ryan Seacrest is straight jokes" with the best of them.