A wave of celebrities have been coming to embattled daytime talkshow host Ellen Degeneres‘ defense during her never-ending public relations nightmare, including comedians Kevin Hart and Jay Leno, singer Katy Perry, and actors Ashton Kutcher and Alec Baldwin.
Joining the chorus is actress Diane Keaton, who took to Instagram this week to voice her support of Ellen, writing (in all CAPS): “I ALWAYS ENJOYED MY VISITS TO THE ELLEN SHOW. I’VE SEEN HOW THE AUDIENCE EXUDES HAPPINESS AND GRATITUDE. SHE GIVES BACK TO SO MANY INCLUDING ME.”
But given Keaton’s problematic past when it comes to defending colleagues who maybe don’t deserve defending (read: Woody Allen), the post didn’t generate much support from, well, anyone.
Many commenters were quick to note Keaton’s privilege as a wealthy celebrity.
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“Maybe that’s because you’re Diane Keaton,” one person wrote.
To which another commenter echoed, “Just because she treats celebrities well doesn’t mean she hasn’t been cruel to her staff. It’s not like you’d understand the feelings of normal people is it?”
“Of course, Diane,” another noted. “You’re the guest. You’re rich. You’re famous.”
“You’re coming from a place of great privilege. With one point of view,” someone else added added. “Just because it hasn’t happened to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”
Then there were those who reminded the actress of her undying support of Woody Allen when he was accused of being a sexual predator. In 2018, during the height of the #MeToo movement, Keaton put out a statement saying she believed Allen and not his accuser, Dylan Farrow.
“You also support Woody Allen so go figure,” one person wrote. “She might be lovely to you but she clearly wasn’t kind to people that worked for her.”
“Yikes Diane,” a second person said. “I forgot this is the same woman who actively supports Woody Allen. Love her in a power suit but I think that’s where my support ends.”
“Bill Cosby’s audience loved him too,” a third person quipped.
“Diane, I’d stay away from this kind of thing if I were you,” a fourth person recommended. “This doesn’t help. Most see you as the poster girl for poor character judgement.”
And then there was this: “Hope you realize posts like this silence victims who try to speak up.”
Related: As if things couldn’t get any worse for Ellen, this happened…
Smith David
Diane Keaton…guuuuurrrl I don’t blame you for being a ditsy bitch Mmmmmkay. Diane, just respond and tell dem…look, I am a very rich bitch. Period! LOL…… child cheese. I love white people.
Inspector 57
Wow. I never realized Kevin Hart is white.
Cam
It’s no coincidence that a few celebrities all came out with similar sounding defenses of Ellen at the same time.
This is a packet with pre-written tweets and facts that publicists send out to all of their contacts, hoping they will get their clients to tweet out. Notice how similar the wording is for all of them “I enjoyed my visits to Ellen’s show” etc…
Rock-N-RollHS
Yes, it is soooo fascinating! The excitement of it all just . . . just. . . .zzzzzzz.
Cam
@Rock-N-RollHS
So you switched over to this screename now? Interesting how all of you right wing trolls are desperately defending Ellen. Looks like her friendship with Bush was deeper than we thought.
Neoprene
When you reach 100 comments on Ellen about the same topic will Queerty give you a prize?
Wicked Dickie
“…Ellen DeGeneres tried to get a server suspended for having chipped nail polish, the former waitress claims. Chris Farah, now a comedian and actress, said she was working as a server at Los Angeles vegan restaurant Real Food Daily in 2014 when she waited on Ellen and her wife at brunch.
Farah, 35, said the meal went off without a hitch. But one week later, the chat show star emailed the restaurant owner complaining that Farah’s nail polish was chipped, resulting in her bosses trying to suspend her for two weeks, the actress claimed….” That’s the difference here. Ellen is nice to celebrities for the most part, but she looks down on most other people.
Yooper
And we know this to be true because?????
Gourmet Guy
I admire Diane Keaton for many reasons, and her allegiance to friends–famous or not–is inspiring. I won’t take sides in the notorious Woody Allen/Mia Farrow debacle, but obviously there’s more there than meets the eye. I really try to respect and admire celebrities for their work and contributions to the culture, not their private lives, which of course can be messy. So can ANY private life!
willward
Woody Allen was investigated and not found guilty. Innocent until proven guilty used to be the American Way.
Fat_Tony
Agreed. Instead of “innocent until proven guilty” now it’s “guilty because we hate you.”
bachy
Love Diane Keaton. She’s never given a ratz azz about popular opinion and consistently defends her friends against meddling fools, scandal-mongers and the woke police.
Yooper
I’m with you (and Fauci).
[email protected]
Hooray for Diane Keaton. And WTF with this headline??? Diane is “brutally reminded” et. I don’t see anything here brutal, you just made up a silly headline so you’ll get clicks, shame on you. You’d make a good Trumper. Congrats on that.
Jack Meoff
Of course Diane Keaton had a great time on the Ellen show, she was always half cut whenever she appeared on the show. Does this woman have a drinking problem?
Yooper
Nice Trump move, demonize the person for speaking their mind.
Yooper
Good for Diane. Ellen is in the middle of a feeding frenzy, no stopping the accusations, we gays love nothing more than tearing down and demonizing our own. I take it all with a grain a salt, likely she is demanding, to the faint of heart this can be brutal.
Saps48
I’m sure Diane Keaton could care less what a bunch of anonymous Internet malcontents think of her support of Ellen DeGeneres. And it’s not like she defended Woody Allen and it later turned out that he was actually guilty of any of the things he’s been accused of.
inbama
“One must never succumb to provincial ignorance.”
– Miss Jean Brodie
Ronbo
Oh Diane, lose the hat. You look like you are trying to keep 1977 alive forever.
barryaksarben
I love Diane as she has always been a maverick in Hollywood which never wanted a woman who spoke her mind. Speaking out doesnt mean you are always right or correct but I still admir people who do it. I love Mia Farrow adn I love Woody Allen movies and I DONT KNOW AND NOR DO ANYONE KNOWS BUT THEM AND A FEW OTHERS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THERE SO I STILL WATCH AND ENJOY HIS MOVIES. I STILL ADMIRE MIA AS AN ACTRESS ANS A CARING PERSON. I am not jumping on anyones bandwagon because of how I FEEL. Without the facts you dont KNOW anything. I love Roman POlanski and if you read everything about that ase you will see the MOTHER was the wone who was at fault. YEs, he had sex with a young very adult girl. I had sex as an underage child but it WAS my choice and I was the aggressor. I do not support pedophila, I dont but there are people who mature faster than others, ADMIT it.
GentlemanCaller
Oh right, because rumors flying from family and backstage dramas are always as true as true can be. Get down off your high horse and get pearl-clutchy about things you actually know something about, not just stuff you read in tabloids on line in the grocery store.