The previous titan of daytime tv fell from grace within the wake of a 2020 Buzzfeed Information investigation, reporting on allegations made by 10 former staff of The Ellen DeGeneres Present who mentioned they confronted racism, intimidation and sexual misconduct by the hands of prime producers on the present. Three producers had been fired within the aftermath of the report, however The Ellen DeGeneres Present by no means recovered and ended after 19 seasons.
DeGeneres has made uncommon public appearances since, however her present “Ellen’s Final Stand… Up Tour” is her first foray again into the limelight.
Throughout a Wednesday gig on the Largo in L.A., DeGeneres addressed her unceremonious exit, saying she “obtained kicked out of present enterprise,” based on Individuals and Rolling Stone, which first reported on the comedy set.
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“There’s no imply folks in present enterprise,” she joked.
“The ‘be variety’ lady wasn’t variety. That was the headline,” DeGeneres continued, referencing how she used to finish all herreveals with the phrase “Be variety to 1 one other.”
The previous speak present host bemoaned how her TV legacy was diminished after the scandal: “I grew to become this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps. Are you aware how arduous it’s to bounce up steps? Would a imply individual dance up steps? Had I ended my present by saying, ‘Go f–okay your self,’ folks would’ve been pleasantly stunned.”
DeGeneres apologized on-air after the allegations in opposition to her present arose, however she maintained that she was unaware of the poisonous work surroundings. Nonetheless, she mentioned she was “taking duty for what occurred at my present.”
Throughout Wednesday night time’s efficiency, DeGeneres mentioned how she was immature as a supervisor and “didn’t know how one can be a boss.”
“I didn’t go to enterprise college. I went to Charlie’s Chuckle Hutt,” DeGeneres joked, based on Rolling Stone. “The present was known as Ellen and all people was sporting T-shirts that mentioned ‘Ellen’ and there have been buildings on the Warner Brothers lot that mentioned ‘Ellen,’ however I (didn’t) know that meant I ought to be in cost.”
She additionally identified that the backlash she confronted beginning in 2020 was truly her second fall from grace, referring to her sitcom Ellen, which was cancelled in 1998 after DeGeneres got here out as homosexual.
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“For these of you conserving rating, that is the second time I’ve been kicked out of present enterprise…Finally they’re going to kick me out for a 3rd time as a result of I’m imply, previous, and homosexual.”
After the stand-up routine completed, DeGeneres got here again on stage for an viewers Q&A and obtained candid about how she “hated the best way the present ended” as a result of she “beloved that present a lot.”
“I’m making jokes about what occurred to me, but it surely was devastating,” she mentioned. “It took a very long time for me to need to do something once more.”
The “Ellen’s Final Stand… Up Tour” is making the rounds by way of the western United States and can culminate in a taped particular for Netflix.
