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Adele reunites with her 'bloody cool' English teacher during live show: Watch the sweet moment

Amy Haneline
USA TODAY

Adele got a very special surprise during her latest concert special to promote her new album, "30."

The singer was reunited with a "bloody cool" English teacher that impacted her life during her performance on "An Audience with Adele," broadcast Sunday on the British network ITV.

Adele was taking questions from the celebrity audience when actress Emma Thompson asked if there was someone from her younger days who supported her and inspired her to go on.  

The 33-year-old said it was Ms. McDonald from Chestnut Grove School who got her interested in literature, which has been helpful now that she writes lyrics.

"She was so bloody cool, so engaging, and she really made us care, and we knew that she cared about us and stuff like that," Adele said. "She used to have all these gold bracelets and gold rings. She was bloody cool and so relatable and likable, that I really looked forward to my English lessons."

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The camera cut back to Thompson who revealed McDonald was in the crowd and Adele immediately burst into tears.

The two embraced on stage as McDonald said, "I'm so proud of you."

"Oh my god. No you really did change my life," Adele said.

She later posted about the moment on Twitter: "Home Sweet Home. I’ve always dreamt of doing An Audience With… There was so much love in the room for eachother, it felt like such a gig! Everyone was raucous and bang up for it! And my teacher Ms McDonald was there, it was just heaven," she wrote.

"Teachers, you really do change lives," wrote Education Support, a U.K.-based charity supporting teachers' mental health and wellbeing.

Adele performs at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for the CBS primetime special "Adele One Night Only."

It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Adele who released her much-anticipated fourth studio album Friday – six years after her last album, 2015's "25." 

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Last Sunday, she sat down with Oprah Winfrey for CBS' "Adele One Night Only." The two talked about her divorce from Simon Konecki, why she shed 100 pounds and her boyfriend Rich Paul. She also showcased four songs from the new album, "Easy On Me," "I Drink Wine," "Love Is a Game" and "Hold On."

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Her first single from the album, "Easy On Me," has already spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart since its release last month.

Adele is not planning a major world tour, but she has announced two shows at Hyde Park in London over the summer on July 1 and 2. 

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