In the latest episode of the saga which is Ellen DeGeneres’ ongoing cancellation, singer-songwriter Charlie Puth opened up about his experiences with the former talk show host’s label, Eleven Eleven.
Puth’s comments came in response to recent remarks by singer Greyson Chance rolling stone feature, in which he was frankly candid about experiences with Ellen DeGeneres and her now-defunct label, saying he had “never met anyone more manipulative, more self-absorbed, and more blatantly opportunistic” . The first YouTube star shared a seemingly close relationship with the talk show host in the 2010s, prompting DeGeneres to found Eleven Eleven.
In a recent interview with rolling stonethe podcast of, Rolling Stone music now, Charlie Puth also went on the record to discuss his experiences — or lack thereof — with the short-lived label of DeGeneres, who signed him in 2011. “We both have different experiences, me versus Greyson,” he told the music magazine. “But I agree with him that no one was present, certainly, after the creation of my first demo EP. Not laying any blame on one person, but on a collective… All the people who were in this room just disappeared. I haven’t heard from anyone.
Unlike Chance, however, Puth said he hadn’t really had any negative experiences with the talk show host other than that. “People describe Ellen as rude,” he said. “I have never experienced this. Maybe she loves me. Puth even joked that he was glad those early songs never saw the light of day, telling the publication, “I don’t know how good they are.”
For Chance, however, his rolling stone The interview marked the first time he reported on the allegedly exploitative nature of his relationship with DeGeneres. Chance alleged that although the former daytime star initially showered him and his mother with gifts and lofty promises of his future success, DeGeneres quickly became “overbearing and far too controlling”. Chance said he had to work 14 to 16 hour days as a young teenager, only for DeGeneres to fade away once her popularity began to dip in 2012, the same year Eleven Eleven ended operations.
Chance and Puth’s comments add to widespread allegations that Ellen’s Show was a toxic workplace, with a culture of seemingly rampant sexual assault and racism. An unnamed former producer of the show claimed in 2020 that the titular host was aware of these terms and was complicit in allowing them.
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