“I’m mean.
it’s possible for you to’t be mean in show business.”
Ellen DeGeneres is consumed with whether people like her, and it’s seldom funny.
The initial moments of the special touch on the controversy in a very nudge-nudge-wink-wink way.
I chuckled at one bit on parallel parking.
She addresses the scandal head-on around 15 minutes in.
“I got kicked out of show business,” she begins.
“‘Cause I’m mean.
you’re able to’t be mean in show business.”
Now, I didn’t see the other names on the ballot…
It’s a horrible thing to say about somebody."
Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps?
Would a mean person dance up steps?
I don’t think so.
I loved that show, I loved everything about that show.
It was a family to me," she continued.
“We had so much fun together at that show.
“I realize I was chasing my employees and terrorizing them.
I can see where this would be misinterpreted,” she joked.
Like I don’t think that Ronald McDonald is the CEO of McDonald’s.”
Kicked me out before ‘cause I told them I was gay.
No gay people in show business."
Here’s the thing.
Ellen has also arguably received harsher criticism than many of her comedy peers for similar or worse conduct.
Afollow-up piecealso accused executive producers of sexual harassment and misconduct.
In Ellen’s story, Ellen is the most impacted by what happened at theEllenshow.
I have OCD and ADD.
I’m a strong woman…I’m proud of who I’ve become."
If only we had seen a special that asked what she thought about her actions.
