Ellen DeGeneres addresses misconduct allegations in chat show premiere monologue

Ellen DeGeneres and Wanda Sykes are among the stars who have celebrated National Coming Out Day.

Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, posted a super cute PDA pic to Twitter to honor the special day, and their romance.The beaming snapshot showed the cute couple in their kitchen, dressed in matching black tops and denim, as de Rossi hugs DeGeneres around her waist.Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Here’s to celebrating coming out while we’re all staying in," the daytime talk show host captioned the heartfelt pic.Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Here’s to celebrating coming out while we’re

Dancing with the Stars, from which she was recently eliminated, Heche recounted how her involvement in a same-sex relationship was poorly received in Hollywood.

, with the biggest twist having nothing to do with ballroom dance moves. As host Tyra Banks was announcing the two couples that had landed in the bottom two, she accidentally told star Monica Aldama and her pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, that they were safe from elimination.Moments later, however, Tyra revealed that there was actually an "error in the control room," and that she needed Monica and Val to return to the stage.

British talk show host James Corden is finally addressing the rumours that he was in talks to possibly replace Ellen DeGeneres amid her summer of controversy at her talk show. “Genuinely, I have no idea where that even came from,” James said during his latest episode of The Late Late Show.  “I think somebody started a rumour somewhere and someone jumped on the thing.

Alec Baldwin wants Ellen DeGeneres to just keep swimming. The 62-year-old actor appears on the Wednesday episode of the 62-year-old talk show host's first week back following«toxic» workplace allegations surrounding her show over the summer. «You being on my premiere week means so much to me,» DeGeneres tells Baldwin on Wednesday.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Ellen DeGeneres Show drew solid ratings in its Season 18 premiere Monday, in which DeGeneres addressed allegations of a toxic workplace that had emerged over the summer.The series opener earned a 1.9 rating and 6 share among Households, improving its lead-in 1.2/4 by +58% in rating and 50% in share, and steady vs its year-ago September time period average rating of 1.9/6.Versus last year’s debut episode, Ellen was steady year-to-year with a 1.1 rating

according to BuzzFeed News.One former employee told BuzzFeed news, “When she said, ‘Oh my summer was great’ and that was supposed to be funny I thought, ‘It’s funny that you had a rough summer because everyone was calling out all of the allegations of your toxic work environment and now you’re the one suffering?'”“Not only did Ellen turn my trauma, turn our traumas, into a joke, she somehow managed to make this about her,” another former staffer told BuzzFeed News.Also Read: Ellen DeGeneres

is back for a brand new season, and Ellen went ahead and addressed allegations in her opening monologue. While Ellen took responsibility, she also peppered the monologue with jokes—like "This is The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Ellen DeGeneres Show didn‘t have a restful summer hiatus. It was one surrounded by many controversies.

season 18 premiere on Monday, host Ellen DeGeneres spoke out about her "horrible summer" and took full «responsibility» for everything that goes on behind the scenes. ET has learned that DeGeneres wrote the monologue herself and filmed it last Wednesday.

Ellen DeGeneres is speaking out following allegations that her show has a «toxic» work environment. During the season 18 premiere of on Monday, the 62-year-old host speaks about her «horrible summer» and takes «responsibility» for everything that goes on at her talk show.«If you're watching because you love me, thank you.

Ellen DeGeneres returned to work on her eponymous daytime talk show on Monday, following allegations from former staffers about a «toxic» workplace environment, sexual harassment claims against high-ranking producers and an internal investigation by Warner Bros.

is back, and Ellen DeGeneres wasted no time in addressing the allegations that she fostered a in which racism, sexual harassment, and bullying were commonplace. Starting off , Ellen said:She went on to acknowledge her position as the boss of 27o employees and the face of the show.

Ellen DeGeneres has admitted “things happened here that never should have” as she addressed the reports of a toxic work environment at her talk show.

“I’m so happy to be back in the studio. There are a lot of things I want to talk about,” said Ellen DeGeneres on the premiere of Season 18 of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.