After nineteen seasons and more than 3000 episodes, today will be the very last The Ellen DeGeneres Show broadcast. The talk show of host, actress and stand-up comedian DeGeneres has won dozens of Daytime Emmys and People’s Choice Awards. It was also the first afternoon show with an openly gay host. But in recent years, DeGeneres has also come under fire.
Viewers of the show were showered with an outpouring of positivity and glee for nearly two decades, with a dancing DeGeneres drawing audiences into the show, handing out awards, and light-hearted conversations with celebrities.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show was one of the most-watched afternoon programs in the United States, making DeGeneres one of the highest-paid TV personalities in the US. She made more than $50 million every year.
Learned from the events
But the sweet DeGeneres empire also turned out to have a dark side. In 2020 it came out that behind the scenes of the talk show there would be racism, intimidation and a sick atmosphere.
In January 2020, the Dutch YouTube star Nikkie de Jager guest on DeGeneres’ talk show to talk about her revelation that she is transgender. Afterwards she also looked with little pleasure back to the performance. That’s not how DeGeneres would have imagined himself beforehand.
As a result of the criticism, several producers were fired and the talk show host offered her apologies at. DeGeneres later said that while those issues had left their mark, the decision to stop the show had nothing to do with it. “It broke my heart to hear that people were hurt,” she said. “But if the fuss had been the reason for stopping the program, I would have stopped sooner.”
‘Yep I’m Gay’
DeGeneres emerged as an influential figure for the gay community. On April 30, 1997, ABC broadcast “The Puppy Episode” of the sitcom Ellen in which protagonist Ellen Morgan – played by DeGeneres – unintentionally comes out in a very loud way.
The coming out scene:
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