Rosie O'Donnell Explains Her Longtime Feud With Ellen DeGeneres!

Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Ellen DeGeneres are among the moderators tapped to appear with former first lady Michelle Obama on her upcoming tour for her book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. 

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Michelle Obama is hitting the road this fall to publicize her upcoming book “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” and a star-studded lineup of moderators is scheduled to appear alongside the Former First Lady for tour dates across the country.

“Watch What Happens Live” on Thursday night, Ripa alleged that she has been “targeted” and unfairly maligned due to her silence on the issue. “I wish I had set the record straight in real time,” she proclaimed.

Ellen DeGeneres went “above and beyond” for Greyson Chance, who on Thursday doubled down on his claims that the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” host was “manipulative” and “way too controlling.”

Ellen DeGeneres has been accused of abandoning Greyson Chance after taking him under her wing in 2010. Chance opened up about his experience with DeGeneres during a new interview with Rolling Stone. He became a viral sensation in 2010 after a video of him singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" landed him on "The Ellen Show." Shortly after the appearance, DeGeneres set Chance up with agents and a label, according to the musician.

Ellen DeGeneres went «above and beyond» for Greyson Chance, who on Thursday doubled down on his claims that the former  host was «manipulative» and «way too controlling.»A source close to DeGeneres' team tells ET, the 25-year-old singer did not make any complaints during that time on  and continued to appear on the show to launch his new projects. Simply put, the source says DeGeneres went above and beyond for the singer.What's more, the source tells ET that Chance's experience -- laid out in detail in a new profile — was not the experience the  team had with Chance.«Ellen and the team went above and beyond and sometimes careers just don't take off,» the source says.

Ellen DeGeneres' former protégé Greyson Chance has claimed the "manipulative" talk show host "abandoned" him after his 2012 EP underperformed. Greyson was just 12 when a video of him performing Lady Gaga's Paparazzi at school went viral in 2010. He was subsequently invited to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the host signed him to her record label that year.

Greyson Chance spoke out with claims against Ellen DeGeneres, who helped raise his profile with many appearances on her talk show over the years. Now, sources close to her are responding.

Greyson Chance is speaking out about his experience with former mentor Ellen DeGeneres.

Ellen DeGeneres had a different “experience” while working with Greyson Chance after signing him to a record deal as a teenager, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Ellen DeGeneres is «manipulative,» «blatantly opportunistic» and «way too controlling» hours after a report surfaced detailing his once close relationship with DeGeneres and their fallout.The 25-year-old singer posted a video on TikTok Thursday and said he stands behind all of what he said in an explosive profile in which the singer also referred to DeGeneres as «domineering» in the months and years that followed after his 2010 appearance on as a 12-year-old who went viral when he performed Lady Gaga's «Paparazzi» at his Oklahoma middle school. «And I stand behind all of it,» Greyson said. «You know, I've been wanting to tell this story now for multiple years and was repeatedly told not to but the truth is, what you saw on TV and what was pitched out to the mainstream just wasn't what was happening behind the scenes.»Chance also said that getting older has helped him find perspective after all of these years.«Now that I'm 25 and I'm older, I can recognize that what happened to me as a kid was not cool,» he added.

told Rolling Stone, noting that the host “completely abandoned him” in the subsequent parts of his career. After taking on Chance as somewhat of a protégée, DeGeneres set him up for excellence in what Chance’s mom called “a big explosion.” The host gifted him $10,000 and a new piano, signed him to a record label she co-created and connected him with managers, a publicist and a brand agent. “I remember her pulling my mom aside and saying, ‘You’re never going to have to work again a day in your life,’” Chance told the publication, adding that DeGeneres had told his mother, “I’m going to protect you.

Greyson Chance is reflecting on his time in the spotlight.

Rosie O’Donnell is still hurt by a rude comment Ellen DeGeneres made about her. The actress joined Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, where she revealed why she has no interest in having a friendship with the former host.A curious fan asked why O’Donnell was never on DeGeneres’ show during its 20-year run. O’Donnell revealed they never asked her and explained, “We had a little bit of a weird thing.” “After my show went off the air, and hers was coming on the air, Larry King was on with Ellen, and he said, ‘Whatever happened to Rosie O’Donnell? Her show went down the tubes.

Rosie O’Donnell is shedding some insight on why she’s not close with Ellen DeGeneres and why she never appeared on her show. During a conversation with Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live," O’Donnell, 60, admitted that a conversation DeGeneres, 64, had in the past with Larry King really "hurt her feelings."  O'Donnell was joined by "The Office" star Brian Baumgartner during her appearance on Cohen's show.  O’Donnell told the Bravo host she invited DeGeneres on her talk show. However, the former "View" co-host shared that she was not invited on the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" until the end of the 19th season.