It’s been four years since Ellen DeGeneres faced allegations of a toxic workplace on the set of her namesake talk show. Now, the comedian's talking about it. She addresses the fallout in Netflix special called “For Your Approval,” out Sept.
24. “I got kicked out of show business because I’m mean. You can’t be mean and be in show business.
Yeah, they’ll kick you out. No mean people in show business. I’m out,” she says in the special.
The special was filmed as part of her “Ellen’s Last Stand” standup tour. DeGeneres said, in a California stop, that she plans to retire “after (her) Netflix special." In an Instagram post, DeGeneres both confirmed this is her “last special,” and that she is “going to talk about it.
” With that line, she seemed to refer to her workplace scandal and retreat from the public eye. Indeed, DeGeneres addresses her reputation at length throughout the special. Here’s everything she says and a refresher on what spurred claims that the talk show host was “mean.
” What happened on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show?' “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” began in 2003 and ended in 2022. Two years before the show ended, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” faced allegations of a toxic workplace, resulting in an internal investigation by Warner Media. It all started when Buzzfeed published an exposé featuring one employee and 10 former staffers of the show who spoke out about “racism, fear and intimidation” they faced behind the scenes of .