Ellen DeGeneres Opens Up About 'Crying' After Being 'Kicked Out Of Show Business' Due To Her Behavior -- But Do U Feel Bad For Her?
26.04.2024 - 18:29
/ perezhilton.com
Ellen DeGeneres is back! Uh, kind of. On Wednesday night, the 66-year-old superstar did a standup comedy set at the Largo in El Lay. During her routine on stage — and also afterwards in a fan Q&A session — she opened up a bit to attendees about her controversial recent past!
Of course, Perezcious readers know that story all too well: news broke big in July of 2020 that then-current and former staffers on her eponymous daytime talk show had been mistreated on set. A seemingly endless parade of people claimed things ranging from being penalized for taking medical leave, to supposed racial micro-aggressions, to the fear of being punished for raising workplace culture complaints. The sum total created a MASSIVE toxic workplace scandal at the Ellen DeGeneres Show — with Ellen herself right in the center of it!
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An internal investigation was launched over the toxic workplace claims. Ellen eventually apologized to her staff, and three of the show’s top producers moved on from the project. And less than a year later, the whole thing ended. In May of 2021, the comedian announced that the daytime TV juggernaut’s 19th season would be its last. Now, fast forward three years, to this week — because Ellen is ready to speak out!
During her set at the Largo, DeGeneres joked about her daytime TV exit while also admitting that the pain of that whole process left some DEEP psychological wounds. For one, per People, she quipped on stage that she had become the “most hated person in America” amid the toxic workplace scandal, before getting “kicked out of show business” for it. Yikes! She recalled:
Yep, pretty much!
She continued by joking that her daily “be kind
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