Greyson Chance Slams Former Mentor Ellen DeGeneres: 'I've Never Met Someone More Manipulative'
23.09.2022 - 05:09
/ perezhilton.com
Greyson Chance is speaking out about his experience with former mentor Ellen DeGeneres.
As viewers may remember, the singer became an overnight sensation back in 2010 when a video of his performance of Lady GaGa’s Paparazzi went viral online. The clip soon caught the attention of Ellen, who invited the then-12-year-old onto The Ellen DeGeneres Show, later signed him to her eleveneleven, and connected him with managers Troy Carter and Guy Oseary, a booking agent at WME, AND publicists. While many people would have assumed this would be a dream come true for a young artist like Greyson, it actually turned out to be a nightmare for him.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone published on Thursday, the 25-year-old opened up about his relationship with Ellen for the first time, claiming she had been an “insanely manipulative” person behind the scenes for most of his career. Greyson told the outlet:
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The musician claims once Ellen took hold of his career, she became almost like a “hidden eye” and often “became domineering and way too controlling” about everything from his image to ditching entire performances when she didn’t approve:
On one occasion, Greyson remembered Ellen requesting an advanced copy of Justin Bieber’s 2011 documentary Never Say Never for him to watch. But since he had been exhausted from his long working days, he didn’t have the energy to view it at the time. Needless to say, she apparently felt disrespected by this. He alleges the daytime talk show host even went so far as to call his mother to berate her over the phone:
According to him, things quickly continued to go downhill from there. When his 2012 album Truth Be Told, Part 1 tanked, Greyson