I thought Ellen was great. I was watching the show, anticipating some big opening number, and then she just walked out and told some jokes, and brought everyone down in a casual way. It was lovely…That [pizza] bit went on for a while didn’t it? I won’t lie to you about that. I was like, where you going with the pizza babe?”
— Versatile entertainer and frequent awards show host Neil Patrick Harris chatting about Ellen’s job emceeing this year’s Oscar broadcast but neglecting to reveal his feelings about her mean jab at Liza
H/t: Perez Hilton
stranded
Haha! That’s exactly what i thought.
iMort
Same here, she was fine, she was safe, she was Ellen.
balehead
The “blonde lesbian” is always the only gay cliche that Hollywood can actually handle…
Cam
He was more honest than I expected from a celeb to celeb question.
iskimmedthis
“Brought everyone down” is right – she seemed bored to be hosting! I’d take NPH or the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler dream team over Ellen any day.
jar
I thought James Franco should have sent Ellen a huge bouquet on Monday because she made him look good. I thought that was the worst Oscars show I’ve ever seen, and there have been some stinkers.
BrokebackBob
The BEST Oscars since Poeller and Fey.