Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business.
Ellen DeGeneres speaking Wednesday night during the first set of her “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour” about the controversy surrounding her talk show that led to its cancelation.
…I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps. Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up steps? Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go f— yourself,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised.
…For those of you keeping score, this is the second time I’ve been kicked out of show business. Eventually they’re going to kick me out for a third time because I’m mean, old, and gay.
…It’s been such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem. There’s such extremes in this business, people either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder.
It was so hurtful. I couldn’t gain perspective. I couldn’t do anything to make myself understand that it wasn’t personal. I just thought, ‘Well, this is not the way I wanted to end my career, but this is the way it’s ending.’
I just hated the way the show ended. I love that show so much and I just hated that the last time people would see me is that way.
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Fahd
Bye, Felicia!
Claytonisahobo
You’d think then she would have learned something from the first time she was cancelled and did better next time. Power went to her head and she got what she got. I always suspected she wasn’t as nice as she pretended to be. anyway. I’m sure she is comforted by her millions this time around.
TedV
I think the first cancellation she’s referring to is the cold shoulder she got for coming out.
ShaverC
Interesting that there is no self-reflection, it’s just “people turned on me”. Even past guests had stories about her bad attitude.
montyc
Like what? The only one I recall is the monotonous nepotism nuisance, who complained about a birthday invitation instead of playing along with the silliness of show.
ShaverC
Brad Garret, Lea Thompson, Greyson Chance (young singer she wanted to turn into the next Justin Beiber), Mariah Carey when Ellen tried to get her to admit her pregnancy. Calum Scot, Ryan Phillippe, Andy Richter.
S.anderson
I never heard anything about Ellen from anyone other than mean snarky bitxes who are always on the lookout for a shark frenzy to join in.
still_onthemark
Lori Loughlin was on Curb playing her evil conniving self, so…
abfab
My only beef with The Ellen Show revolved around goofy games uisng perfectly edible food as props…while little children eat Mud Cookies in Haiti…with perhaps a grain of rice. I wrote management. Never heard back.
ingyaom
Yeah, everyone loves you … until they find out you’ve been running a t0xi¢ talkshow.
montyc
All the hullabaloo around this was ridiculous. If only she would have just told them to [blank] themselves, that would have been the end of it.
dmarcus
I understand that her show was a toxic workplace. Most of the extreme bad behavior stemmed from producers on the show but Ellen was in charge and she has her faults as well. Imagine if she actually wanted to end her show back in 2017, I believe, her legacy wouldn’t had ended this badly. James Corden was outed as being a diva and mean but it didn’t get this much coverage. Same with Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, and David Letterman. So all of talk show hosts are divas & meanies? Yeah but Ellen got beat tf up and cancelled immediately. Hmm I wonder why…
inbama
Book a surgery, change your name to “Len,” and all will be forgiven.
Georgeiv2
She forgot ( or thought that it didn’t apply to her ) ” Be nice to the people you meet on the way up you will meet them again on the way down”
inbama
The bots won’t let you type less bee ann.
Did they buy the service from Ron DeSantis?
Paul2
Could someone please tell me why she never tried to defend herself. It seems to me at least outwardly that she just sat back and let it happen. Did I miss something?