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Ellen Show Slated to End in 2022
Talk show host has been shrouded in criticism as of late
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
Out lesbian talk show
host Ellen DeGeneres is
stepping away from her
daytime show after 19
years on the air.
Within days of announcing the
decision to staffers, the former LGBTQ
queen of daytime television
also told the Hollywood Reporter
that Oprah Winfrey, who left her
own show in 2011, is slated to join
DeGeneres in discussing her departure
to thousands of viewers
on Thursday, May 13. The show,
which recently hit a milestone of
3,000 episodes, is slated to end in
2022.
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
DeGeneres is leaving her
show because she felt stuck.
“When you’re a creative person,
you constantly need to be challenged
— and as great as this show
Ellen DeGeneres is leaving her award-winning talk show.
is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not
a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres,
63, told The Hollywood Reporter.
This announcement coincides
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with several allegations against the
show’s producers and management
for fostering a toxic work environment.
Last year, Warner Bros. led
an investigation into accusations
of racism, sexual harassment, and
sexual misconduct, resulting in
the fi rings of several producers.
During the pandemic, DeGeneres,
who is married to actress Portia de
Rossi, was already facing heat for a
tweet comparing the couple’s quarantine
to jail — and the allegations
further soiled her reputation.
In an interview with the Hollywood
Reporter, DeGeneres said the
experience of ex-employees saddens
her.
“The culture today is one where
you can’t learn and grow, which is,
as human beings, what we’re here
to do,” DeGeneres told The Hollywood
Reporter. “And I can see
people looking at that going, ‘You
don’t care about what people went
through.’ I care tremendously.
It broke my heart when I learned
that people here had anything other
than a fantastic experience...”
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