Ellen DeGeneres tapes final episode: ‘The greatest privilege of my life’

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“toxic” workplace allegations. The 64-year-old funny woman took to Twitter after filming wrapped on Thursday afternoon, sharing a snap of herself looking pensive on the show’s stage. “Today we taped the final episode of ‘The Ellen Show’ which airs on May 26th,” the comedian wrote beneath the image.Clearly in a reflective mood, she subsequently reminisced on the 19 years spent filming the show. “When we started in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist.

Social Media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not,” she wrote. “But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour,” the star continued. “Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th. pic.twitter.com/akuukE3fw8Fans flooded the comments section beneath the tweet, paying tribute to DeGeneres and her work. “Thank you for making such an impact on so many people’s lives,” one longtime viewer cooed. “You’re an amazing person.

I cry knowing that I won’t see you daily, but I know that you have something that you’re going to do that will knock our socks off.