Has Ellen’s replacement already been selected? Some insiders say yes.
Over the past few months, there have been rumors about a toxic working environment at The Ellen DeGeneres Show, with some staff reporting they felt bullied, intimidated or discriminated against. Earlier this month, Buzzfeed ran a piece detailing the situation.
Ellen finally addressed the issue in an apology letter to her staff, but will that be enough to keep her show?
Related: The Ellen Show’s future is not looking bright
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A source told US that Ellen, “is pissed that people have come forward to share these negative stories about her and feels betrayed,” and that she could be looking for a way out of the show entirely.
Well, it turns out that Warner Brothers has long been eyeing a replacement for the show’s titular host, even before the rumors started to swirl.
So before long you may be turning into The Ellen DeGeneres Show starring…James Corden. We assume they’ll workshop the show’s title a bit.
Related: Ellen quietly scrubs the internet of her tone deaf quarantine joke
Corden’s The Late Late Show has risen to prominence in the talk circuit largely based on his warm personality and creative viral segments like Carpool Karaoke.
We could certainly see him shining in the daytime format, but we’re not counting Ellen out of the game quite yet.
Cam
The thing that is so telling here is that not one of her supposed celebrity friends has spoken out to defend her. And some have spoken out to back up the fact that she is a nightmare.
Brad Garret and Lea Thompson just came out and supported the comments that Ellen is cruel to her staff etc.
Troysky
@Cam ….I wondered the same thing
wiredpup
Oh Miss Camilla, if you clutch those pearls any tighter, you’ll choke yourself out.
Troysky
@wiredpup …not really… but sounds like you wanna be, Ms Nellie
wiredpup
@Troysky did you come up with that all on your own?
Well bless your little heart.
RyanMBecker
wiredpup,
And your point is? Try addressing the topic rather making silly personal attacks. Grow up.
Cam
@wiredpup
LOL!!! Are you serious? You just burned this new screename of yours for a worthless attempt at an insult. Wow, I must be LIVING inside your head for you to waste a screename and expose yourself as the same right wing troll just for this sad post.
Jake123
Really James Cordon, Pass. Can’t we just cancel the Ellen Show with Ellen.
nm4047
does that you watch the show at the time it’s broadcast. If not, why care about either being the host?
Matthewnow
Who’s Ellen? I’ll drink to that. (I know, bad grammar.)
justgeo
Please Oh Please not this porker James Corden.Just a basic British POS. Mommy loved him in the living room. Got nothing to offer1
montegutdude
This is dumb. You cannot replace Ellen.
Cam
Just like you couldn’t replace Jay Leno? Rosie O’Donnell? Oprah? etc.
Donston
Cam, the show is built around Ellen and her shtick. The Tonight Show was already a thing before Leno. They tried to replace Rosie on her show. It was quickly canceled. And Oprah is Oprah. However, Ellen has become so bland and the show so rudimentary. I suppose you can just put someone else in that studio and with that format.
RyanMBecker
“Just like you couldn’t replace Jay Leno? Rosie O’Donnell? Oprah? etc.”
Those are all poor examples. They tried replacing Leno with Conan and it was a ratings disaster. Despite of Conan’s whining of not given a fair shake, NBC promoted his show 24/7. I mean that literally because my friends and I saw promos several times every hour. And when Leno returned, ratings bounced back up to number one. To quote Jerry Seinfeld, “What did the network do to him? I don’t think anyone’s preventing people from watching Conan. Once they give you the cameras, it’s on you.” Conan wanted to play the victim card but the simple fact was, audiences didn’t like him. I was one of the people who tuned out. Proof of his mediocre popularity followed him to TBS. Despite topping the ratings early on (because of notoriety from the NBC/Leno feud), it soon dropped precipitously, prompting some to call TBS’ move “a flop.”
Rosie was never successfully replaced and her show soon disappeared. And no one was stupid enough to try to replace Oprah. So the examples you gave indeed showed that a *successful* host generally cannot be replaced.
The Tonight Show eventually replaced Leno, but that was because he was retiring. Audiences of a successful show generally don’t adopt a new host easily if the original host is still active or didn’t leave willingly. And as much as I dislike Ellen, and find her unfunny and untalented, her fans feel otherwise. So no, I don’t think she can be replaced without it being an entirely new show.
Cam
@RyanMBecker
I get your point, my angle was more, that if you put some show with a likable person in the same timeslot there is a good chance it will probably do fine, especialy if you’re paying them 20 times less than you’re now paying Ellen. It isn’t as if Ellen is breaking new ground anymore.
Onecaddy13
Qweerty, enough! let’s move on. Please bring up the subject of Ellen only when she quits or gets cancelled!! Her apology was as fake as she. I lost even more respect for her when she let her producers take the hit/fall for her. And now there’s allegations of sexual misconduct?? WOW! She’s the breadwinner with an astronomical salary that can retire any time, but what company will hire any producers (especially producers) or employees that are/were affiliated with her show and chose not to speak up regarding the allegations? Also, there’s definitely some truth to this as celebrities are now coming out to corroborate and not defend the accusations. Warner Bros., you’ve made enough money off of her, it’s time to say, bye girl just like I did years ago.
Dymension
You can’t replace Ellen on the Ellen show! You can’t start a new show, but then that’s a different show!
inbama
This is the nastiest takedown of a lesbian since the invention of the word TERF.
Sad to say a lot of gay men have absolutely no loyalty to our sisters-in-kind.
RyanMBecker
Loyalty to what? Are you saying that gays should swallow their principles and turn a blind eye when one of their own does bad? I suppose you’re also a defender of Aaron Schock, Jussie Smollet, Adam Devine and Kevin Spacey.
Indeed, Ellen is somewhat hypocritical as her brand is based on “be nice.” And that certainly wasn’t her reputation behind the scenes. I know someone who found her wholly dismissive of any concerns or feelings of the staff. Her preachy holier-than-thou defense of her friendship with George Bush was the first blow for many. Instead of acknowledging why Bush was so reviled (e.g. he is a war criminal to many), she admonished critics with a sermon on how important it was to accept those with different views. In other words, Ellen totally missed the mark. Oh, and let’s not forget her very public defense of homophobic Kevin Hart.
Here’s the point. Sure, you can befriend whoever you want. But don’t try to justify those friendships by claiming some grand noble motive. She’s simply not as influential among the gay community as she thinks.
Cam
This is a Republican mindset. Defend another Republican no matter what they’ve done.
What about the fact that the people Ellen abuses may also be lesbians?
Cam
@RyanMBecker
So true! Also, let’s not forget that George Bush not only ran his campaign on attacking LGBTQ people, but he also pushed a Constitutional amendment that would have made Ellen’s marriage illegal.
What she in her insulated life chalks up to “Different opinions” were attacks on civil rights, that, if put into the Constitution, not even the Supreme Court could have gotten rid of.