- A former camera assistant on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has compared the workplace culture on the show to the fashion comedy drama “The Devil Wears Prada.”
- Speaking anonymously to Australian radio program “Stav, Abby & Matt”, the former employee said: “I worked there for a little over a year. It’s kind of like ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ Everyone tries to make it through the year. “
- The former employee also criticized celebrities who had come out in support of Ellen DeGeneres. “People like Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry have no idea what it’s like to be an Ellen employee,” she said. “It’s really unfair that they say things like ‘she treated me with respect.’ I was not treated in any way similar to how Ashton Kutcher was treated on this show. “
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A former camera assistant on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has compared the workplace culture on the show to the ruthless fashion comedy drama “The Devil Wears Prada.”
The former employee spoke anonymously with the Australian radio program “Stav, Abby & Matt” on B105, saying: “I worked there for a little over a year. It’s kind of like ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ Everyone tries to make it through the year, ”she said, referring to the Meryl Streep film about a demanding editor of fashion magazines who is cruel to her assistants.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” stands for an internal investigation.
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The former camera assistant, who said she chose to leave the show, said it was a “badge of honor” to make it through a year with DeGeneres and “have it on your resume.” She said staff members were expected to work gruesome 10-hour shifts, but that the complaints went beyond that.
“It’s about certain basic rights,” she told the radio program. “Not like you’re asking to be paid for your overtime, or you’re asking for water on a hot day on a hot day, and you’re told things like, ‘If you do not like it here, there’s the door. ‘”
She went on to say, “You are constantly told that there is a line out the door for your job and if you do not like it here, you can leave.”
When asked about her reaction to the host of celebrities who recently came out in support of the day’s host, the former employee said it was “disappointing” that people did not believe people were speaking out and ” tell their truth. “
She said: “People like Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry have no idea what it’s like to be an Ellen employee, and it’s really unfair to say things like ‘she treated me with respect.’ I was not treated in any way similar to how Ashton Kutcher was treated on this show. “
The former camera assistant said she was “not even allowed in the same room” as DeGeneres. “Most people are told when Ellen enters the room that you and your entire crew have to leave,” she said. “Sometimes their bodyguards come forward first and you kind of see them and you know to go away and that’s it.”
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is being researched by its distributor, Warner Bros. Television, following various allegations by former employees about instances of harassment, sexual abuse, and racial discrimination.
In a letter to staff received by The Hollywood Reporter, DeGeneres responded to the allegations. She apologized, writing that she was “disappointed” to hear that some members of her team were not being treated with respect, and she took “full responsibility” for the situation.
