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Celebrities proceed to talk out about their firsthand experiences with Ellen DeGeneres — even a 12 months after the present went off the air

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  • Celebrities are taking sides on the controversy surrounding Ellen DeGeneres and her speak present, “The Ellen DeGeneres Present.”
  • Present and former staffers, together with company, have accused the comic of mistreating folks and fostering a poisonous work setting.
  • Actor Brad Garrett and singer Mariah Carey are amongst celebrities who’ve shared unfavourable sentiments about DeGeneres.
  • “The Ellen Degeneres Present” resulted in Might 2022, however tales and critiques in regards to the host proceed to floor.
  • Go to Insider’s homepage for extra tales.

She was imagined to exit with a bang, however Ellen DeGeneres’ much-loved speak present as an alternative went out with a whimper. 

In 2020, present and former staffers’ started airing claims that the talk-show host has mistreated staff and fostered a poisonous work setting on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present.” Then, celebrities began sharing their very own tales in regards to the comic.

Some stars, akin to Brad Garrett and Lea Thompson, expressed unfavourable sentiments towards DeGeneres, claiming her “good” persona was a facade, whereas others, together with Scooter Braun and Katy Perry, defended the star. 

Now, even three years later, celebrities like Emily Ratajkowski proceed to query a few of her conduct on her speak present. 

Here is what celebrities are saying about DeGeneres.

Brad Garrett stated DeGeneres’ mistreatment of others was ‘widespread information’

The “Everyone Loves Raymond” actor Garrett known as out the comic through Twitter on July 31.

Garrett, who has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” a number of occasions, reshared Selection’s article in regards to the comic’s letter apologizing to staffers who felt disrespected.

Within the letter, DeGeneres stated she hadn’t been in a position to intently handle the present because it grew in recent times.

“Sorry but it surely comes from the highest ⁦@TheEllenShow,” Garrett wrote.

The actor continued to say he knew “multiple” one who was “handled horribly” by DeGeneres, including that her conduct was “widespread information.”

Lea Thompson echoed Garrett’s claims

The “Again to the Future” actress Thompson seconded Garrett’s message that DeGeneres’ mistreatment of others was “widespread information.”

On July 31, Thompson replied to People’s report about his remark and wrote: “True story. It’s.”

The actress did not present additional particulars on her private expertise with the talk-show host, nonetheless.

Music supervisor Scooter Braun known as DeGeneres a ‘sort, considerate, brave human being’

Braun, who manages artists like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, defended the comic in a sequence of tweets on July 31.

“Folks like to take pictures at folks,” he wrote. “They like to see folks fall. How rapidly so many neglect.”

Braun continued to explain DeGeneres as a “sort, considerate, brave human being who stands for what is true and highlights on her present one of the best of us,” including that she’d used her platform to “change the views for equality.”

“Wanted to say this as I do know first hand how she helps so many once we are watching and when we aren’t,” he wrote. “She is not about what’s fashionable she is about what is true. Sending like to Ellen in the present day.”

Portia de Rossi, DeGeneres’ spouse, shared a message in help of the comic

The mannequin Portia de Rossi spoke out in help of DeGeneres in an Instagram publish on August 3.

De Rossi, who married the comic in 2008, shared an image that stated “I Stand By Ellen” on it together with the present’s mantra, “Be Variety To One One other,” within the nook.

She captioned the publish: “To all our followers….we see you. Thanks to your help.”

The celebrities Kris Jenner, Nacho Figueras, and Brandi Carlile have been amongst those that preferred and commented on de Rossi’s publish.

Argentine polo participant Nacho Figueras stated DeGeneres ‘makes the world a greater place’

In an Instagram publish he shared August 2, Figueras opened up about his friendship with DeGeneres and known as on others with platforms to defend the talk-show host.

After saying he’d waited for “somebody with extra authority” to talk up about DeGeneres’ character, Figueras mirrored on his personal appearances on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” and known as it a “very nicely run machine.”

“Everybody was tremendous good, not simply to me however to one another and anybody concerned,” he wrote.

Figueras went on to say he’d seen DeGeneres deal with folks kindly each on and off of her present.

“I’ve seen Ellen act not simply in her present however in public appearances in theaters the place she is sweet to utterly everybody, the man serving the espresso, the particular person within the elevator, the safety man and the proprietor of the venue,” Figueras stated.

He added: “Everybody loves her as a result of that’s who she is. She makes the world a greater place for tens of millions of individuals on a regular basis.”

The athlete then challenged a few of DeGeneres’ associates — like Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Obama, Pink, Sean Hayes, Woman Gaga, Oprah, Katy Perry, and Justin Timberlake — to share their experiences with the comic.

“The world has change into a really harmful place as a result of plainly we can’t make something proper,” he wrote. “If I’m going to be criticized for defending somebody that I believe deserves to be defended then so be it.”

Katy Perry drew consideration to the talk-show host’s ‘mild & continuous struggle for equality’

Perry shared a optimistic message about DeGeneres in a sequence of tweets on August 4.

Prefacing her message by saying she’s talking from her personal firsthand expertise with the comic, the pop star stated she needed to acknowledge she’s “solely ever had optimistic takeaways” from each DeGeneres and her present.

“I believe all of us have witnessed the sunshine & continuous struggle for equality that she has dropped at the world by her platform for many years,” she wrote. “Sending you like & a hug, good friend.”

Perry spoke about her determination to publicly help DeGeneres throughout an interview with The Los Angeles Occasions on Wednesday. 

“I began that tweet off not undermining anybody else’s expertise,” Perry stated. “I needed to solely converse from my very own expertise. I’ve over 100 million people who observe me on Twitter, so not everybody goes to agree with me. And I am not right here to make everybody agree with me.”

Samantha Ronson stated DeGeneres had constantly been ‘respectful and type’ to her

The British DJ Samantha Ronson spoke about her interactions with the talk-show host.

“Unpopular opinion: I’ve labored for @TheEllenShow as a dj, for her events, for years and he or she has ALWAYS been respectful and type to me,” she wrote in a tweet August 3.

When a Twitter person identified that she was a “celeb visitor” on the present relatively than a staffer, Ronson responded: “I wasn’t a star visitor. I used to be an worker. Very completely different. Belief me.”

Another person wrote that DeGeneres was sort solely to folks with a “sure stature,” like Ronson, and the DJ stated she “knew this was coming.”

“You would be shocked by how many individuals are tremendous impolite whenever you change into somebody they’re writing a cheque to,” she wrote. “It is tremendous disappointing.”

Diane Keaton stated DeGeneres ‘offers again to so many’

The “One thing’s Gotta Give” actress Diane Keaton posted an Instagram picture on August 4 of herself and the talk-show host filming an episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Present.”

“I ALWAYS ENJOYED MY VISITS TO THE ELLEN SHOW,” she captioned the image. “I’VE SEEN HOW THE AUDIENCE EXUDES HAPPINESS AND GRATITUDE. SHE GIVES BACK TO SO MANY INCLUDING ME.”

Kevin Hart stated the talk-show host was ‘one of many dopest folks on the f—ing planet’

The comic Kevin Hart shared a photograph from considered one of his visits to “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” through Instagram on August 4.

“It is loopy to see my good friend go via what she’s going via publicly. I’ve identified Ellen for years and I can truthfully say that she’s one of many dopest folks on the f—ing planet. She has handled my household and my workforce with love and respect from day 1,” he captioned the picture.

Hart — who stepped down from internet hosting the 2019 Oscars following a backlash over his previous homophobic tweets — then criticized the general public for “falling in love” with folks’s downfalls.

“It is truthfully unhappy…When did we get right here?” he added. “I stand by those that I do know and that I like. Wanting ahead to the longer term the place we get again to loving each other….this hate s— has to cease. Hopefully it goes out of favor quickly.”

The comic stated his message wasn’t meant to “disregard the emotions of others and their experiences” however relatively to “present what my experiences have been with my good friend.”

Ashton Kutcher claimed that DeGeneres ‘by no means pandered to celeb’

In a tweet the actor shared on August 4, he stated that the speak present host handled everybody — each celebrities and nonfamous people — with the identical “respect & kindness.”

“I have never spoken with @TheEllenShow and might solely converse from my very own expertise. She & her workforce have solely handled me & my workforce w/ respect & kindness. She by no means pandered to celeb which I at all times noticed as a refreshing honesty. When issues aren’t proper she handles it and fixes,” he wrote. 

Folks replied to Kutcher’s tweet to elucidate that primarily staffers, not celebrities, are coming ahead a couple of poisonous work setting and sexual misconduct at “The Ellen DeGeneres Present.”

One particular person tweeted that the celebrities coming ahead to defend DeGeneres are “invalidating” what present and former staff “skilled regularly.”

“I perceive,” Kutcher responded. 

One other particular person stated that he does not have a full perspective on the problem since he is a well-known actor. 

He replied, “But it surely extends to my workforce and folks she did not even know I work with.”

Jerry O’Connell reposted the identical picture as de Rossi

The “Stand By Me” actor shared a blue sq. that learn, “I Stand With Ellen” on Instagram on August 4.

O’Connell tagged each de Rossi and DeGeneres within the publish and wrote: “Love Ellen and Portia. At all times have. At all times will.”

 

The actor informed Leisure Tonight that his longtime friendship with the couple drove him to share his help for DeGeneres.

“I’ve identified Ellen and Portia for nearly three a long time now and I noticed that Portia… Instagrammed out, ‘All of our associates, we’d like your help proper now.’ And I felt compelled to repost it,” he informed the outlet, including, “I simply needed Ellen and Portia to know that I like them very a lot.”

Whereas most of the celebrities defending the comic have confronted backlash, O’Connell stated that he isn’t letting the general public have an effect on his relationships. 

“I am not gonna let Instagram feedback and Twitter feedback inform me who can and cannot be my associates,” he stated.

O’Connell defined that he does “consider all victims” and “all tales” from former and present staffers, admitting that “one thing has to vary in that work setting.”

“However I do love Portia and Ellen. I do. And it is gonna take so much to vary my love for them,” he stated. 

Jay Leno stated he will not ‘discard a 40-year friendship on rumour’

The previous host of NBC’s “The Tonight Present” supplied his full help to DeGeneres on August 4.

“I do not discard a 40-year friendship on rumour. The Ellen I do know has raised over $125 million {dollars} for charity and has at all times been a form and respectable particular person. I absolutely help her,” he wrote on Twitter. 

Actor Andy Richter identified the irony of DeGeneres’ complete present’s mantra to ‘Be Variety’

“A Black Woman Sketch Present” actress Ashley Nicole Black tweeted a message addressing the poisonous work environments which might be “extensively accepted” within the tv trade on August 5. 

“I do not suppose it is that celebs ‘do not know’ folks deal with them in a different way. I believe it is that poisonous workplaces are extensively accepted on this trade, ppl are anticipated to not complain, and better ups dont care how of us are handled so long as the work is finished on time and on funds,” she wrote. 

Actor Andy Richter, who typically seems on TBS’ “Conan,” agreed with Black and highlighted the hypocrisy of DeGeneres’ “Be Variety” mantra given former staffers’ accusations in regards to the host. 

“I agree,” he wrote, including, “Though there’s toxicity tolerated by higher-ups in each trade, however few of these workplaces are managed by a supervisor who’s complete model is being ‘good.'”

Howard Stern gave recommendation to the comic on his present

On an episode of SiriusXM’s “Howard Stern Present” on August 10, the radio character stated that he’d “change his entire picture” if he was in DeGeneres’ sneakers. 

“I would go on the air and be a son of a b—-,” he stated, including, “Folks would come on and I might go, ‘F— you.’ Simply be a prick.”

Each Howard and his spouse Beth have each appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” a number of occasions and have been longtime associates with the host. Throughout a 2019 episode of the present, Howard and Beth even remarried one another in entrance of the studio viewers.

Musician Phoebe Bridgers known as the talk-show host ‘ellen degenerate’

Amid the backlash towards DeGeneres, the “Backyard Music” singer used a pun to present her personal two cents in regards to the comic.

She wrote “ellen degenerate” on Twitter, however Bridgers did not elaborate on her personal private expertise with the host.

Octavia Spencer stated all her experiences on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Present’ have been ‘supportive and enjoyable’

The actress, who’s appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” quite a few occasions over time, issued an announcement supporting DeGeneres through Instagram on August 13. 

“Sending love and help to Ellen and all the staff of her present,” Spencer started.

She continued to share that her interactions with “everybody from the present together with ELLEN” have been “supportive and enjoyable” and stated she’s “praying” for the folks concerned.

Spencer additionally stated she believes “all the voices of her staff should be heard” and defined that she’s solely talking from her personal private expertise with the comic and her present. 

“Talking reality to energy is the one method change occurs. My reality is everybody was sort to me. From the PAs to the producers. So yeah! I would like all of these folks to really feel valued and heard. And no, persons are NOT at all times sort to expertise,” she wrote. 

After followers accused DeGeneres of mocking Sofia Vergara’s accent on the present, the actress stated she was ‘at all times in on the joke’

The Colombian-American actress has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” quite a few occasions all through the years. Within the midst of the accusations towards the present, her followers started circulating her interviews with DeGeneres and accused the host of mocking Vergara’s accent. 

On August 21, the “Fashionable Household” actress posted a video from her 2015 “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” look on Twitter and shut down claims that the host was making enjoyable of her.

She wrote: “Two comedians having enjoyable with one another to entertain. I used to be by no means a sufferer guys, I used to be at all times in on the joke.”

Mariah Carey stated she was ‘extraordinarily uncomfortable’ throughout her 2008 interview on the present

When the “We Belong Collectively” singer appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” in 2008, the host pushed her to announce her being pregnant. 

Carey quietly stated that she prefers to not focus on that on tv, so DeGeneres requested her to “toast with champagne” as an alternative, successfully forcing her to confess whether or not or not she was carrying a baby since pregnant girls are suggested towards ingesting alcohol. 

“I can not consider you probably did this to me, Ellen,” Carey stated. 

DeGeneres then stated, “Let’s toast to you not being pregnant for those who’re not pregnant.”

The singer continued to stall by making excuses just like the time of day or champagne’s “fattening” results, main the host to yell, “You are pregnant!”

 

Carey miscarried shortly after the interview. 

The clip resurfaced on-line 18 years later amid the controversy surrounding DeGeneres, and Carey revealed that the second made her “extraordinarily uncomfortable” throughout an August 2020 interview with Vulture.

“I used to be extraordinarily uncomfortable with that second is all I can say. And I actually have had a tough time grappling with the aftermath,” she informed the outlet. 

Carey continued, “I wasn’t prepared to inform anybody as a result of I had had a miscarriage. I do not need to throw anybody that is already being thrown below any proverbial bus, however I did not take pleasure in that second.”

The singer completed by stating that there is “an empathy that may be utilized to these moments that I might have preferred to have been carried out. However what am I imagined to do? It is like, ‘What are you going to do?'” 

Steve Harvey known as DeGeneres one of many ‘coolest and kindest folks’ in leisure

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Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey are associates.

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The comic got here to DeGeneres’ protection on an episode of “PEOPLE (The TV Present!)” that aired on September 17. 

“I will say this about it: Ellen DeGeneres, the individual that I do know, that I’ve identified for numerous years, that I noticed again within the comedy membership days, once we used to separate time with the identical administration, all of this and what’s occurring now, Ellen, the particular person, might be one of many coolest and kindest folks I’ve met on this enterprise,” he stated. 

Although DeGeneres’ present returned on September 21 after a break, Harvey beforehand informed Leisure Tonight that he’d “stroll away” from “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” if he have been her.

“Ellen has acquired some huge cash. If I used to be Ellen, I’d simply stroll away,” he stated, including, “She acquired sufficient. I would not allow them to drag me down like that!”

The comedians have been associates for years, and Harvey has appeared on DeGeneres’ present a number of occasions. Additionally they cocreated and coproduced the present “Little Massive Pictures” collectively in 2016. 

Alec Baldwin informed DeGeneres that she was ‘one of the vital humorous and gifted folks’ in present enterprise

Throughout his look on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” on September 23, Baldwin shared phrases of encouragement with the talk-show host through video chat.

“I’ve adopted your profession from whenever you have been doing stand-up and also you have been a solo performer. I’ve watched the movies you have carried out, and I’ve watched your success on this TV present, and you might be one of many funniest and most gifted girls, one of the vital humorous and gifted folks, in all of present enterprise,” he informed her. 

Baldwin added, “All of us have some patches of white water right here, however you retain going. Do not you cease doing what you are doing.”

Ryan Phillippe mocked DeGeneres’ ‘Be Variety’ mantra throughout his out of doors jog

The “Merciless Intentions” actor appeared to take a jab on the talk-show host throughout his jog on Saturday. 

Phillippe posed in entrance of a poster with DeGeneres on it and wrote, “And keep in mind to be sort… wait,” a reference to the present’s “Be Variety” catchphrase. He shared the selfie to his Instagram story. 

Based on Us Weekly, the actor hasn’t appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” since 2011. 

NikkieTutorials stated that Ellen was “chilly and distant” to her 

YouTuber Nikkie Tutorials, whose actual identify is Nikkie de Jager, was requested to seem on “Ellen” in 2020. The vlogger had come out as transgender after being threatened with blackmail, and her story went viral. 

She informed the Dutch TV present De Wereld Draait Door  it was a “large honor” however stated that she had a lower than nice expertise on the present. Degeneres, she stated, had acted “chilly and distant” towards her. 

When she was requested what it was like to seem on the present, she informed the host: “It is very nice that you simply came visiting and stated hey to me… She did not.”

Ellen’s former DJ Tony Okunbowa stated he felt the ‘toxicity’ of the present’s setting’

Tony Okunbowa was Degeneres’ on-air DJ from 2003 to 2006 and 2007 to 20013. In August 2020, as allegations towards Degeneres and the manufacturing emerged, he posted on Instagram alleging that the present had been a poisonous place, although he did not specify what he’d skilled in his time there.

“I’ve been getting calls asking me in regards to the Ellen Degeneres Present and I want to deal with the time I spent there,” he wrote. “I used to be on air expertise from 2003-2006 and from 2007 -2013. Whereas I’m grateful for the chance it afforded me, I did expertise and really feel the toxicity of the setting and I stand with my former colleagues of their quest to create a more healthy and extra inclusive office because the present strikes ahead.”

Emily Ratajkowski got here to Taylor Swift’s protection after watching a resurfaced clip of the singer on ‘Ellen’

In January 2023, an previous clip of Taylor Swift on the “Ellen Degeneres Present” resurfaced on TikTok, exhibiting Swift visibly upset and on the verge of tears after Degeneres made her play a “sport” wherein she was imagined to establish all the lads she had dated. 

“It makes me really feel so dangerous about myself each time I come up right here you place like a distinct dude up there on the display, and it simply makes me actually query what I stand for as a human being,” Swift stated. 

After viewing it, mannequin Emily Ratajkowski commented, “That is so fucked up. She’s actually begging her to cease.”

“Watching that [interview], I used to be so struck by how clear she’s being about what’s making her uncomfortable,” Ratajkowski informed Elle in a January interview. “I believe the lens that I might’ve considered that interview from 10 years in the past versus now has advanced a lot, which is why it struck me. I used to be in mattress falling asleep and commented on it, not as a result of I assumed it was going to make headlines in any respect.”

Ratajkowski went on to say “that clip specifically was simply so hanging to me as a result of she was speaking very clearly about why she did not really feel comfy with what was occurring. And it was making everybody chuckle. It truly upset me. And I believe that simply even that speaks to a bigger factor I’ve observed, the place folks do not take heed to femme-presenting folks.”

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