Will Ellen DeGeneres become a canceled celebrity amid investigation?
Quarantine hasn’t been kind to Ellen DeGeneres.
The once-beloved daytime talk show host, 62, has come under
fire in recent months her alleged cruel behavior. The allegations, which first
began on Podcaster Kevin Porter’s Twitter and ended in a Buzzfeed News report,
ultimately prompted WarnerMedia to launch an official investigation with
assistance from a third-party firm.
A former TV producer also came forward and detailed the
“Finding Dory” star’s “bizarre” demands that prevented anyone from looking at
her or talking to her.
With allegations that run the gamut from racism to
intimidation and fear on the set of her eponymous talk show, DeGeneres is
facing an uphill battle. Not only is her show under investigation, but
DeGeneres also has faced backlash for showing how out of touch with reality she
has become—she compared the coronavirus lockdown to “being in jail” despite
filming from her $27 million estate. However, her problems began far before the
shutdown.
DeGeneres faced backlash after she was photographed sitting
next to former President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys football game. She
defended the friendship despite Bush’s anti-gay marriage stance and called for
tolerance but continued to be called a hypocrite as she allegedly banned
celebrities from her show for sharing similar views as Bush.
Furthering her different-strokes-for-different-folks
mentality, DeGeneres vehemently advocated for Kevin Hart to be reinstated as
the host of the 2019 Oscars and even called The Academy about it after
homophobic jokes he had made resurfaced. Smelling hypocrisy, the people called
her out again.
Given these trying times, will DeGeneres find a way to be
redeemed, or will she joined the ever-growing list of canceled celebrities?
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