“We can not talk about it too much legally, but I will say this, there has been love,” Boss told the publication. “Of course there are some things to tackle, but from my point of view and from countless others there has been love. I will just leave it until there comes a time when we can tackle more publicly. There is love and will continue to be love. “
His remarks come after his predecessor, DJ Tony Okungbowa, took to Instagram last week to say he ‘felt the toxicity of the environment,’ during his nearly ten years on ‘Ellen. ‘
“While I am grateful for the opportunity it has given me, I have experienced and felt the toxicity of the environment and I stand with my former colleagues in their quest to create a healthier and more inclusive workplace as the show progresses,” he wrote.
DeGeneres said she and her team “are taking steps together to correct the problems.”
An internal investigation has been launched by the show’s distributor, Warner Bros. Television, owned by CNN’s parent company, WarnerMedia.
“Warner Bros. and Ellen DeGeneres take the recent allegations about the show’s workplace culture very seriously,” WarnerMedia said in a statement at the time of the reports. “We hope to determine the validity and scope of publicly reported allegations and to understand the full breadth of the show’s current culture of the show.”
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