Ellen apologises to staff over workplace 'issues'. Image source, Getty Images. The popular TV host issued an on-air apology last September.
Related Topics. Published 12 May. Published 10 December Published 21 September Published 18 August In , Ellen DeGeneres became a big hit with daytime viewers with her self-titled talk show, Ellen. Since its inception, the show has won a slew of awards, including 64 Daytime Emmys for a daytime talk show. In May , DeGeneres announced she'll be ending her talk show in By the time her show was canceled, DeGeneres had already made the move to the big screen, starring in the dark comedy Mr.
Wrong as a woman in search of the perfect man. Also in , DeGeneres lent her voice to the animated box office smash Finding Nemo, in which she plays a friendly yet forgetful little blue fish named Dory.
DeGeneres later returned to the Nemo franchise with the sequel, Finding Dory. A unique combination of kind and funny, Ellen DeGeneres became a popular choice to host major awards telecasts. She was tapped to host the Grammys in and ; the Primetime Emmys in and ; and the Academy Awards in and Underscoring her popularity, DeGeneres in was chosen to fill the coveted fourth slot as a judge on American Idol , replacing Paula Abdul.
DeGeneres is also the author of several books, including My Point I'm Kidding and Home Her film work slowed after her talk show took off, but she's continued to work mostly behind the scenes as an executive producer of several television shows including Bethenny , Repeat After Me , One Big Happy , Little Big Shots and her HGTV reality competition show, Ellen's Design Challenge.
You mentioned that it almost impacted the show. What did you mean by that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was four solid months. And you have to understand, in that time, someone got into our house and robbed us and I lost four animals — three cats and a dog died. It was a tsunami. I know who I am. As you start to think about wrapping up, what will you miss the most and the least about this platform?
I will not miss hair and makeup every day. Listen, this is my family. I come to work and I laugh every single day. This all became bigger than I ever could have dreamed of. What do you want to ask her about ending this chapter and starting a new one?
First of all, she wears, like, Louis Vuitton heels. No, what you asked is what people are curious about. But when I can be my higher self and look [back] at it, I know all of that happened for me to grow. When I came out [in ] and was so publicly attacked during that time, it also really destroyed me, but then I got stronger and I learned and grew from it. Then came Ellen, a slight sitcom that had struggled creatively for four seasons because it was stuck in a story-generating dead end: DeGeneres and ABC were not ready for the character to be a lesbian, but DeGeneres was uncomfortable playing straight.
Finally, after many rumors and much buildup, Ellen Morgan came out in a two-part, late-season episode that cast Laura Dern as the woman who made Ellen realize who she was. An argument, by the way, generally made by heterosexuals who have no idea of how often they assert their own sexuality on a daily basis in the pictures on their desks, the conversations they have about their spouses or their children, and the way they interact.
As well they should. More importantly, in the fifth and final season, there was resistance from viewers, who began to wander away.
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