Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show ending: “This is not the way I wanted my career to end”

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Ellen DeGeneres has spoken about her talk show coming to an end in 2022 over allegations of workplace toxicity.Last week, DeGeneres – who apart from being a talkshow host for nearly 20 years, is an actress and comedian – held the first of numerous dates on her Ellen’s Last Stand… Up Tour.

During the show, she spoke about how The Ellen DeGeneres show ended in 2022 and how the ordeal affected her.In 2022, the comedian was forced to end the Ellen DeGeneres Show after a Buzzfeed News investigation accused it of being a toxic work environment, with alleged sexual misconduct, racism and workplace bullying taking place behind the scenes.Now, per a Rolling Stone report, the comedian has finally opened up about the ordeal.DeGeneres told the Los Angeles crowd she had been doing a lot of gardening since the show ended. “What else can I tell you?,” she added. “Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business.

There’s no mean people in show business.”“This is the second time I’ve been kicked out of show business,” she said. “Eventually they’re going to kick me out for a third time because I’m mean, old and gay.

It’s been such a toll on my ego and my self-esteem. There’s such extremes in this business, people either love you and idolise you or they hate you, and those people somehow are louder.”Later after the stand-up routine, Ellen answered questions from the audience and elaborated on the process of the show’s end: “This was a whole different thing.