Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres told an audience she’s planning to be done with showbiz after her Netflix special.
The 66-year-old comedian made the remarks last week during a stop in Santa Rosa, California, on her “Ellen’s Last Stand… Up” comedy tour, per SF Gate. The tour will reportedly be the basis for her upcoming Netflix show.
“Let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me,” she said during the set. “I got chickens.”
“Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean,” DeGeneres added.
“I used to say, ‘I don’t care what people say about me.’ Now I realize I said that during the height of my popularity,” she continued.
Her popular daytime talk show ended in 2022 following a Buzzfeed report alleging a toxic workplace and personal character allegations against DeGeneres herself. One X thread went viral after a fellow comedian asked people to share their stories about the talk show host being mean.
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