Ellen DeGeneres appeared for years to have a flawless reputation thanks to her funny jokes and light-hearted behavior on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Unfortunately, reports claimed she was ultra-rude to her staff. And it seems DeGeneres is working on damage control to protect her reputation and keep her show running.
Now fans are noticing some seriously awkward moments that happened on DeGeneres’ talk show. And we can not forget Celine Dion’s interview in which she slapped DeGeneres back for jokes about her son’s long hair. Here’s what happened.
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It seems like several staff members were working on it The Ellen DeGeneres Show come forward with accusations claiming that DeGeneres was difficult to work with and rude to her staff. Not only that, but also producers on the show were also beaten. According to Variety, top producers were accused of sexual abuse, racism, and creating a frightening and intimidating environment for everyone who worked.
Now, DeGeneres’ producers seem to be putting the effort into making things right. Variety notes that the staff of the show now gets five days free and paid free time for appointments of doctors and family reunions. And DeGeneres himself apologized.
“I’m a person with more layers, and I’m trying to be the best person I can be and I’m trying to learn from my mistakes,” DeGeneres told her staff in an interview with an employee, Yahoo reports. ‘I hear some people felt that I was not friendly or too short with them, or too impatient. I apologize to everyone if I have broken your feelings in any way. ‘
Celine Dion clapped back at DeGeneres after DeGeneres made fun of her son’s hair
DeGeneres has had many awkward interviews over the years. And one happened back in 2007 with Dion. Dion appeared on the show to promote her album, and the cabaret artist and singer talked a lot about Dion’s music. But the subject of Dion’s son’s hair also came up.
“It looks like you’re doing something because you forgot to cut your son’s hair,” DeGeneres joked. And she then projected a large image of Dion with her son, René-Charles Angelil, and her then-husband. “Look at him. He’s beautiful, but look at his hair. When are you going to cut that hair?”
Dion was not too happy with what DeGeneres had to say.
“Do you have a problem with that?” Dion asked DeGeneres.
“No, I have no problem,” DeGeneres snapped back. “That’s what’s long here.”
Dion then further explained that someone really has a problem with everything she chooses with her son’s hair. “Whatever I do, I will not involve anyone,” she added. “But, something I can assure every mother here, the long hair…. Do you know that René-Charles makes his own decisions most of the time? … When he’s ready, I’ll cut it. ”
DeGeneres then cut out the conversation as soon as she could get a word, as it began to become.
Fans are on Dion’s side
It seems that Dion fans are cheering in this argument because they think it was out of line for DeGeneres to comment on Dion’s son’s hair.
“Ellen is such an annoying person, she’s been consistently rude or lukewarm to Celine over the years,” commented one fan on the clip.
“That was very awkward how Ellen was so blunt with the question and so critical of it,” added another. “I’m glad Celine defended her son, though.”
“Everything about seeing Ellen now makes me realize how indecent and rude she was to many of her guests,” wrote another.
We are not sure if Dion will make future appearances on Ellen, but we are willing to bet that DeGeneres will be a little more careful about how she treats her guests in the future.
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