Ellen DeGeneres is still reeling from the end of her talk show — which was shrouded in scandal over toxic workplace allegations — but that doesn’t mean she can’t laugh at herself.
When DeGeneres, 66, kicked her out Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour On Wednesday, April 24, in West Hollywood, she wasn’t afraid to poke fun at her own career decline.
“What else can I tell you?” she told the sold-out audience during the show Rolling Stonebefore declaring, “Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business.”
DeGeneres trolled herself and added, “There are no bad people in show business.”
Ellen DeGeneres has become a legend in her own right since she burst into the spotlight in the late 1970s — although there have been a few bumps along the way. The talk show host started out as a stand-up comedian in her native Louisiana after leaving the University of New Orleans just one semester into her studies […]
The comedian teased her iconic farewell line The Ellen DeGeneres Show“Be Kind to One Another” failed to save them from the controversy that engulfed the show in 2020.
“The ‘Be Kind’ girl wasn’t kind,” she continued. “I became this one-dimensional character, giving things away and dancing up steps. Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up the steps? If I had ended my show by saying, “Fuck yourself,” people would have been pleasantly surprised.”
DeGeneres made headlines in 2020 when she was accused of creating a “toxic work environment” during her 19-season tenure. WarnerMedia launched an investigation into the allegations in July and DeGeneres sent an apology letter to her employees.
Although she continued filming throughout 2020, DeGeneres announced in 2021 that season 19 would be her last. Her final episode aired in May 2022.
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The impact on the show’s outcome and the stain on her reputation is something DeGeneres hasn’t quite put behind her yet. In fact, she admitted on Wednesday that despite being the face of the show, she realized looking back that she was a boss who “didn’t know how to be a boss.”
“I didn’t go to business school. I went to Charlie’s Chuckle Hutt,” DeGeneres told the audience, referencing her comedy background. “The show was called Ellen and everyone wore T-shirts that said “Ellen” and there were buildings on the Warner Brothers lot that said “Ellen,” but I don’t know that that meant I should be in charge.”
DeGeneres also joked that the talk show drama wasn’t the first time Hollywood pushed her out. In the 1990s she caused a stir when she announced on her sitcom: Ellenthat she was gay. The revelation was not well received by the network.
“For those of you keeping count, this is the second time I’ve been kicked out of show business,” she said, adding sarcastically, “At some point they’re going to kick me out a third time for being mean.” old and gay.”
Millions of people tune in to The Ellen DeGeneres Show every day to watch Ellen DeGeneres deliver hilarious monologues about current events, interview celebrities from all walks of life, and play games with her studio audience. But the stand-up comedian is no stranger to controversy. Two decades into her career, DeGeneres made her breakthrough […]
While DeGeneres, according to the statement, kept the audience in suspense Rolling Stonemuch of her performance revolved around the heartache of defeat The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“I give things away… and I danced, then I was mean and they didn’t like me again,” she said of her downfall. “It took a toll on my ego and self-esteem. There are such extremes in this business: People either love you and idolize you, or they hate you, and those people are kind of louder.”
During an encore, DeGeneres answered questions from the audience and shared more about her long road back to the spotlight after the talk show drama.
“Honestly, I joke about what happened to me, but it was really devastating,” she admitted. “I just hated the end of the show. I love this show so much and I just hated that this was the last time people saw me like this.”
Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour Continues throughout July along the West Coast, including dates in Washington, Oregon and California.