Ellen DeGeneres has joked she shouldn't have told people to "be kind to one another". The 66-year-old comedian's long-running daytime talk show came under fire in 2020 over allegations of a toxic workplace before concluding two years later after 19 seasons, and she has addressed the controversy in a trailer for her second - and final - Netflix stand-up special. In footage from her show For Your Approval, she quipped: "The 'Be Kind' girl wasn't kind, that was the headline.
" "Here's the problem, I'm a comedian who got a talk show and I ended the show every day by saying, 'Be kind to one another.'" "Had I ended the show by saying, 'Go f*** yourselves,' people would have been pleasantly surprised to find out I'm kind." The special - which will be available to stream on September 24 - marks her first stand-up performance in six years, while 2018's Relatable was her first in 15.
She previously promised that the upcoming show would reflect on the scandal, and in the trailer, she joked she has been "kicked out of show business". She teased: "Well, let me catch up on what's been going on with me since you saw me last. I decided to take up gardening .
I got chickens. Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business." It was previously reported that Ellen will be stepping out of the limelight following the stand-up show, which was filmed earlier this year.
Speaking to the audience at her show in Santa Rosa, California, she said when asked where fans can see her next, and replied: "Um, no. Thi.