Published: 12:45 p.m. PDT, April 26, 2024
Ellen Degeneres doesn’t hold back in his latest stand-up routine. Years after controversy erupted over allegations of a toxic workplace has THE Ellen DeGeneres Showthe former talk show host addressed the situation on stage.
“I was fired from show business. There are no bad people in show business,” DeGeneres said, according to rolling stone. “The girl who said ‘be nice’ wasn’t nice. I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced moves.”
“Do you know how difficult it is to dance steps? Would a mean person dance on steps? she questioned. “If I had ended my show saying, ‘Fuck you,’ people would have been pleasantly surprised.”
DeGeneres admitted that the situation had “such an impact on my ego and my self-esteem.”
“There are so many extremes in this business, people either love you and idolize you or they hate you, and somehow those people are louder,” she said .
The outlet also reported that, during her Wednesday set at Largo in Los Angeles, DeGeneres said, “I used to say that I didn’t care what other people thought of me and I realized that. .. I said this at the height of my popularity. It’s such a waste of time to worry about what other people think.
Still, during a post-show Q&A, DeGeneres revealed that she was in a dark place amid the drama and the end of her show.
“It’s hard to dance when you’re crying,” she said of not following her own advice during her “tough time,” which she called “funk,” according to People.
“I make jokes about what happened to me, but it was really devastating,” she said. rolling stone. “I hated the way the show ended. I love this show so much and I just hated that the last time people saw me was like that.”
Following allegations of workplace toxicity in 2020, DeGeneres apologized on air. Two years later, DeGeneres finished his show after 19 seasons.
“Ellen’s last show was emotional for her,” a source told ET at the time. “It feels like the end of an era, but she’s ready for the next chapter of her life. It’s bittersweet.”
Then, a year later The Ellen DeGeneres Show It’s over, a source told ET about how the former host kept busy.
“Ellen is not retired. She hasn’t renewed her show, but she has never worked,” the source said. “Even though she’s taken some time off, she has a number of brands, an upcoming documentary as part of her Discovery deal, etc., that she’s working on.”
Personally, the source said that DeGeneres and his wife, Portia Rossiwere busy renovating a new house, traveling and volunteering.
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