Two years after the end of The Ellen DeGeneres Show , the comedian and former talk show host breaks her silence. Ellen DeGeneres’ characteristics before 2020 were well known: dancing fiend, prankster, lesbian, comedian. She ended every episode of her popular daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show , asking her audience to be kind to one another, so when reports alleged a toxic work environment on set, as well as allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by producers, fans and casual EllenTube watchers alike were shocked.
The allegations went against the image she had cultivated of the silly host who was in one of the most-liked Twitter (now X) selfies of all time. Her breakout role was in prime time on ABC’s Ellen , where she changed 90s TV by coming out as a lesbian herself and having her character come out as well. The homophobic backlash led to Ellen being cancelled and DeGeneres being blacklisted.
That is until 2003, when she made her Hollywood return as host for The Ellen DeGeneres Show . Now, she’s telling her story of getting “kicked out of show business” for being “mean” in her Netflix special For Your Approval , which was filmed at Minneapolis’s Orpheum Theatre in August. What’s Ellen been up to since her talk show ended?.