Amid the ongoing accusations of workplace misconduct and mean behavior by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, pop star Katy Perry took to social media to defend her against rumor and innuendo. Ellen’s critics and Ms. Perry’s fans were not having it.
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show has become the subject of several inquiries investigating reports of sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, racism and mean behavior by the show’s host and executive producers. This morning (August 4), Perry weighed in on Twitter to share her own experiences with Ellen DeGeneres.
1/2 I know I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience besides my own but I want to acknowledge that I have only ever had positive takeaways from my time with Ellen & on the @theellenshow. I think we all have witnessed the light & continual fight for equality that she has brought
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 4, 2020
2/2 to the world through her platform for decades. Sending you love & a hug, friend @TheEllenShow ??
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 4, 2020
“I know I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience besides my own but I want to acknowledge that I have only ever had positive takeaways from my time with Ellen & on the @theellenshow,” Perry tweeted. “I think we all have witnessed the light & continual fight for equality that she has brought to the world through her platform for decades. Sending you love & a hug, friend @TheEllenShow.”
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Perry’s remarks quickly invited backlash on the social media platform.
“OMG NOO QUEEN DELETE YOU’RE GONNA GET DRAGGED,” said user @afterswift13.
“You’re rich and well known Katy,” observed user @kookaineaddict_. “You may have had positive experience, but her staffs & co workers have spoken out on how they are mistreated, you can not just invalidate their experience and feelings.”
OMG NOO QUEEN DELETE YOU'RE GONNA GET DRAGGED??
— ius (@afterswift13) August 4, 2020
you're rich and well known Katy. you may have had positive experience, but her staffs & co workers have spoken out on how they are mistreated, you can not just invalidate their experience and feelings.
— ??? ???? ???? ? (@kookaineaddict_) August 4, 2020
“Ellen is fake nice toward most other big celebrities but is horrible towards “normal” people who she feels are subordinate to her,” tweeted user @ohsnapitszach. “She’s all talk for the cameras and treats working people like they are garbage!”
Ellen is fake nice toward most other big celebrities but is horrible towards “normal” people who she feels are subordinate to her. She’s all talk for the cameras and treats working people like they are garbage!
— Zach (@ohsnapitszach) August 4, 2020
If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say there’s a huge difference between you, a celebrity guest on her show, and the underpaid employees whose complaints have everything to do with the fact that…they relied on Ellen to pay their bills. But maybe I’m wrong! https://t.co/AyLIdfvbJ9
— La Primera Vaca (@yosoymichael) August 4, 2020
“If I had to take a wild guess, I’d say there’s a huge difference between you, a celebrity guest on her show, and the underpaid employees whose complaints have everything to do with the fact that…they relied on Ellen to pay their bills. But maybe I’m wrong!,” user @yosoymichael added.
Amid all the innuendo, Ellen DeGeneres penned an apology letter to her staff late last month. The investigation of the workplace environment by WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros. Television, which distributes The Ellen DeGeneres Show remains ongoing.
Cam
Yeah, and Jodie Foster defended Mel Gibson, but then we all heard the recordings.
dhmonarch89
so did Whoopi Goldberg
DuMaurier
Okay, and both experiences are valid. Jodie Foster’s heard the recordings and still sticks by Gibson. Would I? I don’t know, I’d have to be in that position and I’m not. But we’re all multi-dimensional beings.
Evji108
How dare Katy Perry defend Ellen, doesn’t she know she’s been cancelled for not being as nice as she appears on TV. I mean when you’re cancelled by the fickle mob, you are utterly worthless, without any redeeming value and therefore indefensible, Ellen might as well kill herself.
Cam
It’s cute how all the right wingers for years screamed about “PC culture”, then people figured out that their only problem with it, was that they were mad they couldn’t be openly bigoted or racist without getting called out.
Then right wingers cried about boycotts for businesses that were racist or bigoted, or had other issues.
Now, whining about “Cancel culture” is just the latest right wing lament to try to avoid the simple fact that they hate it when people are actually held responsible for their actions.
Zambos271
And conservatives are the biggest offenders cancel culture! Starbucks, Campbell Soup, Hallmark Channel, and Nike are just a few examples.
Rican_in_Portland
Omg, gays. Have we so much bloodlust that we are so eager to jump in and completely destroy someone that did so much for our community’s visibility -back in the days of her sitcom, when she had to actually pay the price for it? Ellen has made a comeback as few have in our community, and her importance can’t be underestimated.
If the reports are true or not – maybe we’ll know maybe we won’t. Maybe lawsuits or litigation will pop up on either side that will provide definite proof. Maybe not. I hope it does and given the publicity of this, it probably will.
Until then, can’t we at least cautiously give her the benefit of the doubt and wait to see how this plays out? She already has an entire homophobic institution waiting for her demise and who will work very hard at making sure she is portrayed in the worst possible light.
Until we have more than “what ifs?”, can’t we wait before we join in the bullying and hatred, till we know for sure? She’s at least earned some of that.
Brian
You do realize that nobody from Ellen’s side has denied anything? All they’ve done is try to deflect the blame onto the producers. It’s all true, believe that.
OhHellNo
Ellen DeGeneres did a lot more for the community before she sold out to be a dancing monkey for WarnerMedia, she was a full-blown activist until they waved the money in her face. Now she says just enough to stay on the good side with the gays before running off to hang out with George Worthless Bush.
funpitt412
Ellen is regretting that football game in Dallas everyday. The liberals do not accept anything that’s not in the their playbook.
shakes_head
Being friends with a war criminal who fought against gay rights isn’t in my playbook. Why is it in yours, exactly?
butchqueen
funpitt412 is a right wing troll, not a queer. Just a guess.
LumpyPillows
Sitting next to an ex-president and being polite is not a crime. Not a Bush fan, but we now know what real horrible looks like.
Cam
The narrative from Ellen’s P.R. machine is to paint her as the victim.
I’m sorry, you don’t get to abuse other people for years, including firing somebody for taking maternity leave etc. and then play the victim.
willward
“Underpaid employees” ? You know this? I would suspect that in a very successful show like Ellen’s most of the staff are union members or otherwise well-paid so they can maintain the quality of the show.
This kind of comment, which I am pretty certain is not based on facts, is ridiculous and not worth the trouble to read. But you got to dish someone! Great!
andrew.agee
….you mean the same union employees she *FIRED* so she could use non-union labor?
Yeah, she *FIRED* most of her production staff. So, while she continues to collect her, (no kidding,) $60,000,000 a year doing her show from the lap of luxury at home, she’s using non-union labor while her staff looks for other jobs in an already decimated market, just to keep from paying union scale.
All allegations of bad behavior aside, that alone makes her deplorable.
She is now trying to spin the blame onto anyone from her (shifty) producers to the Easter Bunny because she’s too busy to get involved in the day-to-day operations of her show?
When your name is on the door/show, EVERYTHING is your responsibility. You take the credit, you take the blame.
dhmonarch89
One thing I’d like to know about the Ellen story: are the people complaining under 30? A lot people under 30 were raised to believe their shit doesn’t stink- parents and schools coddled them into believing everything about themselves is great and valid. People like this have a hard time in the work place especially with a boss who has a ‘My way or the highway’ mentality. If it’s a mix or mostly people over 30, then- yes, it’s probably as bad as people are saying.
Cam
1. Brad Garrett and Lea Thompson are in their 50s and 60s. so no.
2. The whole “Young people are complainers” is a FOX News talking point. The baby boomers went to college that cost almost nothing and could be paid for with a job waiting tables and the relative minimum wage was higher. But now the younger generation is charged 100,000 for college and the minimum wage is relatively lower, AND workers have far fewer protections, but supposedly the younger people are the whiners?
dhmonarch89
thanks for the first part of your reply- as for rest- I’ve worked with plenty of annoying, privileged whinny people under 30, it’s god awful!
leo1008
a social media interaction is not news. just stop.
ElPillo
Boring. Enough is enough.
ScottOnEarth
Grow up. Katy is just sharing her perspective, as she clearly stated. The hateful people are out-of-control.
Brian
Katy’s perspective is irrelevant. It’s like a white person defending a store being accused of racial profiling by saying they have never been followed around the store by employees to see if they steal anything.
Cam
Katy Perry isn’t employed by Ellen, so her experiences are irrelevant to the charge.
HDTex
I disagree with you. So you are stupid and useless. You must be white and a bigot.
s b
WHAT “fight for equality”? She only came out so her sitcom wouldn’t be cancelled. Yes, it was cancelled the next year, but it was cancelled because of lousy writing, not her or her character being gay.
DarkZephyr
Are you out of your mind?
curiobi
This is just lazy trolling. It is very clear feom a documentary made at the time that she recieved a ton of hate and negative publicity over “the puppy” episode as it was known inside. It’s just ridiculous she came out so her show would not be cancelled and proves you are an ignorant child, no one came out to get fame in the 90s idiot!
jackscott
Not a fan of Katy or Ellen… would be fine if neither were on TV again!
LumpyPillows
I’ve really not heard any credible or substantial complaints about Ellen’s behavior. If ever CEO was fired for not being super sweet with every low level employee we’d have no CEOs. While I like that idea, it just doesn’t work. There seems to be no substance to yet another cancel culture lynching.
Cam
So the multiple people who came out, used their names, as well as the celebrities who backed them up, AND the report indicating that the show is a toxic environment are “not credible”?
RW88
I agree. Sure the “show” sounds like it’s not a fun place to work. I’ll acknowledge that. But the specific allegations against Ellen herself are petty at most and certainly not criminal. So maybe, she not as nice as one could be. So what? I don’t know how to begin to care about that. You don’t have to work there. Unless you are pointing to something that violates the law rather then your feelings, I’m at a loss for how to even respond.
Now there have been more specific allegations against producers that do cross the line. Investigate and if warranted, prosecute those alleged crimes. But can we stop pretending that having your name on the show means you’re aware/responsible for everything that happens there. They have HR departments for a reason. She’s only liable for the things she does and the worst thing I have heard is that she’s chilly. So what?
batesmotel
Well Katy Perry is a celebrity so of course Ellen is going to be nice to people like that. At the same time I’m over the double standard hypocrisy everybody has. They’re all into this woke cancel culture ridiculousness, and angry at Ellen for not being as nicey-nice susie homemaker when the camera’s are off, yet those same people complaining aren’t exactly nice people either. Human beings are bizarre.
Cam
I find it interesting how a person who has abused and illegally treated her employees in a hostile manner, as well has credible accusations of sexual harassment in the workplace, is somehow the victim when multiple people have spoken out and verified this.