Ellen DeGeneres

The 64-year-old comedian will say goodbye to her award-winning, self-titled talk show on Thursday in the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is ...

We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not," DeGeneres said. DeGeneres revealed last May that her show would be ending, in an announcement that came months after the program was embroiled in controversy over allegations of workplace toxicity. And in a sneak peek from the farewell, she seems to be soaking up the love.

For nearly two decades, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and its openly lesbian host have beamed into homes across America, busting stereotypes and charming daytime ...

She was the cropped haired woman wearing a suit and tie while everyone else was getting blowouts.”Jeetendr Sehdev And she made it jovial,” said Murphy. “She is one with the celebrities, she’s their friend. “She led the way. Social media didn’t exist. But after more than 3 000 episodes, a talk show that came to rival even Oprah Winfrey’s in terms of its cultural impact departs on Thursday under a cloud, after allegations of a toxic workplace at stark odds with its “be kind” mantra.

The TV talk show mogul was a guest on Ellen's show on Tuesday in what will be one of the final instalments of the long-running TV series, which comes to an ...

“That’s what happens with a show like this where families come together and relationships are built. “And I said to everybody, ‘I know what this feels like with only a couple of days left,’ and just was really applauding your team for making this show what it’s been for 19 years. The TV talk show mogul was a guest on Ellen’s show on Tuesday in what will be one of the final instalments of the long-running TV series, which comes to an end on Thursday, May 26, after 19 years on air.

Betsey Guzior, Bizwomen Editor May 26, 2022, 10:01am EDT. 0209_ellen. Michael Rozman. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres ...

With DeGeneres' departure and the end of Wendy Williams' tenure, the daytime landscape continues to change. Earlier this week, she admitted that workplace complaints over the culture within the staff weighed heavily in her decision to end the daytime talk show. She was friendly, treated her guests with a light touch and even made regular people famous, Yahoo reports.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the talk show host also addressed the toxic work place scandal when she was also accused of mean behavior with her ...

It was eye-opening, but I just trust that that had to happen,” DeGeneres concluded. “I’d meditate every day on my intention and how much I wanted to be present and enjoy it and I wanted that for the audience, too,” DeGeneres added. There was a lot that happened during that time that was unfortunate but it is what it is — you go through stuff in life and you just keep learning and growing.

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"I ran into Ryan Gosling's arms and, somehow, we ended up like this," says DeGeneres of what became her regular greeting for the actor. Easy-peasy." The host (and audience) fell into hysterics when Jeff Corwin's anaconda wanted to get acquainted with DeGeneres. "I'll never forget when that snake suddenly wrapped itself around me," DeGeneres says.

After 19 seasons and 64 daytime Emmy awards, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is saying goodbye.

A few years later, she started “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” But DeGeneres said the drama isn’t why she’s ending the show, calling her staff her “family and best friends.” DeGeneres said, “As great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore.”

Ellen DeGeneres' first ever interview on her self-titled show took place 19 years ago - bringing the programme's beginning and end into full circle as ...

Before adding: "I mean once a week was, you know, great, but now it's every day." It will be Jennifer's 20th time as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 19 years after Ellen first welcomed the 53-year-old onto her show as her first ever on-set guest when the programme started back in 2003. Jennifer Anniston is set to be Ellen DeGeneres ' last guest on her talk show before the long-running daytime series comes to an end.

The Ellen Degeneres Show has come to an end after 19 years. It's loaded with cringe-inducing moments that will leave you covering your eyes in second-hand ...

The results are so cringe-inducing you might find it difficult to watch. At several points, the star begged for the game to end, but Ellen just kept going as the list of exes just kept getting bigger and bigger. One photo showed the then 21-year-old completely nude while on holiday and Ellen decided to show off the picture live on air, albeit a censored version. Sofia Vergara, best known for her role as Gloria in the hit sitcom Modern Family, has made several appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show over the years. Dakota Johnson was a guest on the show in 2019 following her 30th birthday, which soon became the topic of conversation during the interview. The Ellen Degeneres Show was one of the most popular talk shows on American television.

One of Ellen DeGeneres' last guests, her pal Jennifer Aniston, had quite the joke about her divorce from Brad Pitt on the talk show's finale.

And I hope I’ve been able to inspire you to make other people happy and to do good in the world, to feel like you have a purpose. “I wanted to be a singer because I wanted to grow up and change the world and make it a better place," P!nk told DeGeneres. "You’ve done that in so many ways. "I hope that what I’ve been able to do in the last 19 years has made you happy, and that I was able to take a little bit of pain away from a bad day or anything you’re going through. So I am proud of this, but I’m proud of the family and the team that we have put together here." I feel the love, and I send it back to you. And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don’t understand. "I want to rest, and then I’ll do something again, but I don’t know what it is.” "I walked out here 19 years ago, and I said that this is the start of a relationship. “When we started this show I couldn’t say, ‘gay’ on the show ... I said it at home, a lot. “Twenty-five years ago, they canceled my sitcom because they didn’t want a lesbian to be in prime time once a week," DeGeneres went on. It is the greatest experience I have ever had, beyond my wildest imagination So tWitch, one last time, dance with me." And today is not the end of a relationship.

'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' aired its series finale on May 26 with guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink. Here's how it wrapped up.

I feel the love and I send it back to you. Connelly and Lassner have executive produced “ The Ellen DeGeneres Show” since its debut, while Peralta has been DeGeneres’ chief of staff for 25 years. “You started this show the year after I was born. And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don’t understand. “I just kind of leaned into the end.” I would walk into the kitchen and my mom would be watching you.” After noting that Aniston had been on the show 20 times over the years, DeGeneres asked how the actor dealt with the conclusion of “Friends” after 10 seasons in 2004. “I sure couldn’t say ‘wife,’ and that’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married, and now I say ‘wife’ all the time.” The camera cut to DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi grinning in the audience. “I was so scared,” Eilish said, recalling that episode. “25 years ago, they canceled my sitcom because they didn’t want a lesbian to be in primetime once a week. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” she said. I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I said it at home a lot.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end Thursday with a celebrity lovefest and a forceful assertion of ...

“By opening your heart and your mind you're going to be that much more compassionate, and compassion is what makes the world a better place." The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom “Ellen” with her. DeGeneres' daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. DeGeneres noted the “Friends” star has been on the show a total of 20 times. She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres' philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.” “I love you," a beaming Eilish told DeGeneres during their chat.

Betsey Guzior, Bizwomen Editor May 26, 2022, 10:01am EDT. 0209_ellen. Michael Rozman. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres ...

With DeGeneres' departure and the end of Wendy Williams' tenure, the daytime landscape continues to change. Her production company, A Very Good Production, has created several game shows and series, including "Ellen's Game of Games" and a series for HGTV. Earlier this week, she admitted that workplace complaints over the culture within the staff weighed heavily in her decision to end the daytime talk show.

Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end Thursday with a celebrity lovefest.

“By opening your heart and your mind you're going to be that much more compassionate, and compassion is what makes the world a better place." The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom “Ellen” with her. DeGeneres' daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. DeGeneres noted the “Friends” star has been on the show a total of 20 times. She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres' philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.” “I love you," a beaming Eilish told DeGeneres during their chat.

Ellen DeGeneres addressed the infamous toxic workplace scandal that saw three of her top staffers be axed from the daytime show in 2020.

It was eye-opening, but I just trust that that had to happen.” That’s how I have to look at it.” “I have to just trust that whatever happened during that time, which was obviously very, very difficult, happened for a reason,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.

After 19 seasons, Ellen DeGeneres filmed a farewell to The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Get the details on the last episode here. Find out which of her famous ...

I feel the love and I send it back to you. "I hope that what I've been able to do in the last 19 years has made you happy and that I was able to take a little bit of pain away from a bad day or anything you're going through." She gave her one that said, "Thanks for the Memories." Okay, we're officially crying.

Here's a roundup of Ellen DeGeneres' Thursday comments with Oprah Winfrey about exiting daytime TV, and her response to toxic workplace allegations on the ...

“If I’ve done anything in the past 19 years, I hope I’ve inspired you to be yourself — your true authentic self,” DeGeneres said. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I say it at home a lot — you know, ‘What are we having for our gay breakfast?’ or ‘Pass the gay salt,’ or ‘Has anyone seen the gay remote?’ — but we couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I couldn’t say ‘we’ because that would imply that I was with someone. “When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged — and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” she said May 2021. “God, I love her,” DeGeneres remarked, introducing the series’ very last musical act. Filmed on April 28, DeGeneres’ big sendoff featured the return of her first-ever guest, Jennifer Aniston, an interview with Billie Eilish (who made her daytime TV debut on Ellen in 2018) and a performance by P!NK, on hand to perform one of DeGeneres’ favorite songs. “You can see other talk shows now, and I may see another audience every once in a while.”

The talk show host previously called The Ellen DeGeneres Show 'the greatest privilege of my life,' and on her final episode, she told viewers, 'If I've done ...

"But I want to make sure that you continue being a teacher because that's really what you've been for everybody." "To all of you who have watched me and supported me, thank you so much for this platform," she said. Something that I'll always remember is that you gave me a place where I could just be myself." Later, Aniston told DeGeneres, "I love you and I so appreciate you and what you have given to the world over the last 19 years — the contribution is, it's endless. "I love you and also, I love the family that we've gained here. "tWitch came over to my house and he helped me try to copy it. I so appreciate the support, and it's been really hard to convince people that I can, you know, do a daytime show and be this person that I know that I am and that I've always tried to be. "Thank you so much for being on this journey with me. And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don't understand. I love you more than I can possibly say." "My house needs a lot of odds and ends done." "God!" Aniston, 53, said at the top of the chat.

DeGeneres reflected on how much LGBTQ visibility has changed in Hollywood and beyond and invited guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Ellish and P!nk to celebrate ...

“You really have made an indelible mark on this world, and you’ve made it OK for people to be who they are.” I would walk into the kitchen, and my mom would be watching you.” “You started this show the year after I was born. And now I say wife all the time,” she continued. “I walked out here 19 years ago, and I said this is the start of a relationship. Turning to the show’s origins, DeGeneres continued: “Twenty years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work.

Ellen DeGeneres bid a tearful farewell to her daytime talk show on Thursday, saying that the show had "forever changed my life."

Noting that there was resistance to the show and that few gave it a chance of surviving, DeGeneres promised that she wouldn't be gone for long. Aniston gave her a welcome mat that read "Thanks for the memories." "Today is not the end of a relationship, it's more of a little break," she said.

Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish, and Pink stopped by for the final episode of 'Ellen' after nearly 20 years.

“I did a movie called The Break-Up. I just kind of leaned into the end.” Billie Eilish acknowledged the show was a regular presence in her household. “You started this show the year after I was born,” she said. “And if someone is brave enough to tell you who they are, be brave enough to support them, even if you don’t understand. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I say it at home a lot—you know, ‘What are we having for our gay breakfast?’ or ‘Pass the gay salt,’ ‘Has anyone seen the gay remote?’—but we couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I couldn’t say ‘we,’ because that would imply that I was with someone. “You can see other talk shows now, and I may see another audience once in a while.” Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said.

Jennifer Aniston, Pink and Billie Eilish were the final guests on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' which ended Thursday after 19 seasons.

I feel the love, and I send it back to you.” “I couldn’t say ‘we’ because that implied that I was with someone. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay’ on the show,” DeGeneres said.

LEILA FADEL, HOST: Ellen DeGeneres's talk show will end its run today after 19 years and more than 3,000 episodes. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says DeGeneres ...

The backlash was tough. DEGGANS: That's DeGeneres speaking at Tulane University's 2009 commencement about the coming out episode. I mean, why can't I just say the truth, I mean, be who I am? DeGeneres' show emphasized the phrase be kind to one another, saying it at the end of episodes, creating a line of merchandise with the slogan, featuring charity drives and giveaways, and developing a subscription box filled with items she selected called the Be Kind box. ELLEN DEGENERES: I learned that things happened here that never should have happened. Still, there is a dark cloud over the show's approaching end, namely allegations published by BuzzFeed in the summer of 2020, featuring former employees saying the show was a toxic workplace, culminating in the departure of three top executives and an on-air apology from DeGeneres herself.

DeGeneres and guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink shared memories and affection as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” concluded its Emmy-winning, 3,200-plus ...

“By opening your heart and your mind you're going to be that much more compassionate, and compassion is what makes the world a better place." The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom "Ellen" with her. DeGeneres' daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. DeGeneres noted the “Friends” star has been on the show a total of 20 times. “I love you," a beaming Eilish told DeGeneres during their chat. She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres' philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.”

The guest list for the final show included Billie Eilish, Pink and Jennifer Aniston, making her 20th appearance – a run that dates back to the syndicated ...

For most of its 19 seasons the Ellen DeGeneres Show is where A-listers that were game for pranks and fun new products looking for placement would find a home. In her 2018 Netflix comedy special, Relatable, DeGeneres showed she still has her standup chops, as well as good inroads with the streaming giant. She also showed her edgier side, that’s been mostly off our screens since the 80s, with jokes about her cosseting wealth and frustration at having to dance for fans. But none of that stopped her from bringing Winfrey, Michelle Obama and Kim Kardashian out as guests in her final few months. But then two years later she resurfaced with the Warner Bros-produced Ellen DeGeneres Show, a daytime chatshowthat launched at a time when Sharon Osborn and Rita Rudner were vying to become the next Winfrey. DeGeneres, an out gay woman, hardly looked the favorite. In 1998, a year after DeGeneres came out, Ellen was cancelled – a decision, she said, that caught her blindsided. In 2007, a former writer’s assistant accused her of treating writers on the Ellen Show “ like shit,” a theme that would revisit her in the end. The episode was celebrated in the LBGTQ+ community, but was also the focus of immense backlash. It was a risky move that took the brilliant comedian, whose soaring career stalled after she came out as gay, and remade her as the undisputed queen of daytime TV. But the show was dogged by scandal in recent seasons, as former employees accused her of presiding over a toxic workplace. In 1997, at the height of her pre-daytime popularity, DeGeneres came out as a lesbian to Time magazine and on the Oprah Winfrey Show; then on DeGeneres’s own sitcom, her character came out – to a therapist played by Winfrey, and to a love interest played by Laura Dern. And the jokes were often at her expense. It also saw DeGeneres’s brother, Vance, and her wife, Portia de Rossi, well with emotion as the audience gave the 64-year-old host one last standing ovation.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end Thursday with a celebrity lovefest and a forceful assertion of ...

“By opening your heart and your mind you're going to be that much more compassionate, and compassion is what makes the world a better place." The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom “Ellen” with her. DeGeneres' daytime reign hit a serious bump in 2020, when the show was alleged to be a toxic workplace and three producers exited amid the claims. DeGeneres noted the “Friends” star has been on the show a total of 20 times. She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres' philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.” “I love you," a beaming Eilish told DeGeneres during their chat.

The host had apologized after reports of misconduct at the “Ellen” workplace, but it wasn't enough to undo a ratings crash. She makes her exit from daytime ...

Further costs must go to hundreds of employees, sound stages (“Ellen” occupied three of on the Warner Bros. lot) and flying in celebrity guests. After a few years, the identity of “Ellen” was firmly in place. “The economics to produce north of 150 hours of television a year, with 34 weeks of originals and 170 episodes a year, is really expensive,” Mr. Decker, the executive, said. About a decade ago, moving beyond the jokes and dancing, Ms. DeGeneres adopted “Be Kind” as a motto, and it soon morphed into its own endeavor. “She felt if she was in control, the audience would come to her — and that is exactly what happened. “Being known as the Be Kind Lady is a tricky position to be in,” she told viewers in the wake of the reports. “Sharon Osbourne was flying high at that point, and Ellen was coming out of a cancellation, and people didn’t want her to talk about being gay,” David Decker, an executive vice president at Warner Bros., said. It lasted more than 100 episodes — the benchmark for a network success — and made television history when Ms. DeGeneres, as well as the character Ellen, came out of the closet in 1997. “It was a pandemic problem,” said Mike Darnell, the president of Warner Bros.’ unscripted division, which oversaw the show. She was the first female comic to be summoned by the longtime king of late night during a debut appearance. Not long afterward, the ratings for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also known as “Ellen,” cratered. On Thursday, at the start of the 3,339th and final episode of her talk show, she recalled what she had been through and how much times had changed.

The host had apologized after reports of misconduct at the “Ellen” workplace, but it wasn't enough to undo a ratings crash. She makes her exit from daytime ...

Further costs must go to hundreds of employees, sound stages (“Ellen” occupied three of on the Warner Bros. lot) and flying in celebrity guests. After a few years, the identity of “Ellen” was firmly in place. “The economics to produce north of 150 hours of television a year, with 34 weeks of originals and 170 episodes a year, is really expensive,” Mr. Decker, the executive, said. About a decade ago, moving beyond the jokes and dancing, Ms. DeGeneres adopted “Be Kind” as a motto, and it soon morphed into its own endeavor. “She felt if she was in control, the audience would come to her — and that is exactly what happened. “Being known as the Be Kind Lady is a tricky position to be in,” she told viewers in the wake of the reports. “Sharon Osbourne was flying high at that point, and Ellen was coming out of a cancellation, and people didn’t want her to talk about being gay,” David Decker, an executive vice president at Warner Bros., said. It lasted more than 100 episodes — the benchmark for a network success — and made television history when Ms. DeGeneres, as well as the character Ellen, came out of the closet in 1997. “It was a pandemic problem,” said Mike Darnell, the president of Warner Bros.’ unscripted division, which oversaw the show. She was the first female comic to be summoned by the longtime king of late night during a debut appearance. Not long afterward, the ratings for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also known as “Ellen,” cratered. On Thursday, at the start of the 3,339th and final episode of her talk show, she recalled what she had been through and how much times had changed.

The last episode of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' aired on Thursday to muted fanfare compared to the earlier heights the show achieved before scandal rocked ...

The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as a lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom Ellen with her. DeGeneres decided to end the show last year in the midst of plummeting ratings. When filming for The Ellen DeGeneres Show had to be altered because of social distancing regulations, many crew members were told to expect a 60 per cent pay cut — a move they found to contradict “DeGeneres’ daily message to her audiences: ‘Be kind.'” She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres’ philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.” Aniston was also the first guest on Thursday’s final episode, and she gifted DeGeneres another mat. When DeGeneres tearfully said goodbye to the show that she hosted for nearly two decades, there was no such grand display.