The last episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show aired today, and the established TV presenter launched a bomb revelation behind the scenes.
The final episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show aired after almost two decades on the air.
The 64-year-old TV presenter, who was the first presenter The Ellen DeGeneres show in 2003, he led the season finale 19 on Friday, where he dropped a bomb on a word he was forbidden to say when the show began.
“I couldn’t say ‘gay’ on the show. I wasn’t allowed to say ‘gay,'” Ellen told viewers.
“It simply came to our notice then. “What are we going to do for gay breakfast?” Or ‘pass the salt gay’. ‘Has anyone seen the gay command?’ – things like that, “he joked, before revealing what else about his private life he was forbidden to mention when the show began.
“I couldn’t say ‘us’ because that meant I was with someone. I certainly couldn’t say woman.
“That’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married. And now I say woman all the time,” she added, referring to Rossi’s wife Portia.
DeGeneres then referred to his sitcom from the 1990s Ellenwhich was canceled in 1998 shortly after his character came out.
“Twenty-five years ago, they canceled my sitcom because they didn’t want a lesbian to be in prime time once a week. So I said, ‘Okay, I’ll be up to date every day, how are you?’ “
He later described his long period on daytime television as the “most beautiful trip” and “best experience” of his life.
“If I’ve done anything in the last 19 years, I hope I’ve inspired you to be yourself. Your true and authentic self,” DeGeneres said.
“And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don’t understand. They’re showing you who they are, and that’s the greatest gift anyone can give you. “
After interviews with Billie Eilish and Jennifer Aniston, the close friend of pop star DeGeneres
P! Nk, was the last guest of the program, while he gave a serenade to the outgoing host with a performance of his song. What about us.
DeGeneres then said goodbye in the same way she did in the first episode, sitting on a couch and turning off the television as the stage doors closed behind her.
DeGeneres, which has reportedly amounted to a net worth of $ 700 million, ran more than 3,000 programs, competing with broadcast queen Oprah Winfrey.
But DeGeneres sensationally shut down his program in May last year, more than 12 months after his reputation worsened nearly overnight due to allegations of toxicity in the workplace.
His iconic slogan “be kind” was first questioned when a March 2020 tweet from writer and comedian Kevin T. Porter claimed he was “notoriously one of the worst people in the world.”
It went viral, with over 1,000 responses from people detailing their horrific experiences with it.
The consequences were even more brutal, with countless people appearing on the record with their own stories of school bullying. Above all, a story from July 2020 a Buzzfeed he cited 10 former employees and one at the time who spoke out against Ellen’s program.
They unanimously described a “toxic work environment” with a culture of “racism, fear and intimidation.”
An internal Warner Bros. investigation after months of negative press led to the dismissal of major producers Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Norman.
Addressing toxic workplace claims for the first time since his return to television for season 18 in September 2020, DeGeneres admitted it was an “ongoing job,” but asked viewers that it is still ” the person you see on TV “.
“As you may have heard this summer, there were allegations of a toxic work environment in our program and then there was an investigation. I learned that things were happening here that should never have happened,” he said.
“I take it very seriously and I want to say I’m very sorry for the people affected.”
He admitted that being known as the lady “being kind” is “a difficult position to be.”
“It simply came to our notice then. I’m angry. I get anxious. It frustrates me. I get impatient. And I’m working on all of that. I am a job in progress.
“And I’m working hard on impatience because … and it’s not going well because it’s not happening fast enough.”