Some days ago, Ellen Degeneres returned to the public scene with the first monologue of the tour that will take him through California this summer, and that apparently marks the end of his exile, largely self-imposed, from the world of show business.
The presenter’s career, which had been one of the most beloved faces of the small screen for decades, entered a downward spiral in 2020 after the release of a series of accusations from producers and employees, which suggested that he had allowed the creation of a “toxic” environment on the set of his show.
The controversy increased as the days went by and appearance of new testimonies, including some guests who painted an image of the comedian very different from the one she had cultivated for the public. All of this contributed to your program will come to an end in May 2022 and, after the broadcast of the last episode, he made the decision to remain away from public life.
Ellen hasn’t tiptoed around her fall from grace in her first monologue in two years. She herself assures that became “the most hated person of the United States” because, suddenly, the public had realized that apparently did not practice the message of kindness that he preached.
“The ‘be nice’ girl wasn’t nice. That was the headline,” he assured the viewers who came to see it.
Ellen has also admitted that she fell into depression and that his mood directly affected to his marriage to actress Portia Di Rossi, who saw how he was slowly losing everything he had fought for for many years without being able to do anything to help her. Although what hurt him the most about that whole situation was having to say goodbye to your program the way he did it.
“It’s taken a toll on my ego and self-esteem. There are so many extremes in this business, so People either love you and idolize you or hate you, and the latter are somehow the loudest,” he admitted.
