Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres thanked the audience of her long-running talk show in her opening monologue of the final episode. The 64-year-old comedienne began hosting ...

And now I say ‘wife’ all the time!" "When we started this show I couldn’t say ‘gay’ on the show. Speaking during the show's finale on Thursday (26.05.22), she said: “I walked out here 19 years ago and I said, ‘This is the start of a relationship.’ And today is not the end of a relationship, it’s more of a little break.

The veteran presenter was left overwhelmed addressing the NBC studio audience on the show. It comes as The Ellen DeGeneres Show came to an end after ...

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The comedian and actress said that when she first started the long-running show she was not allowed to say the word 'gay'.

It was eye-opening but I just trust that that had to happen.” The contribution is endless,” Aniston told DeGeneres. “I wanted to grow up and be a singer and change the world and you’ve done that in so many ways. “I love you, and I so appreciate you and what you have given to the world over the last 19 years. She was also not allowed to use the word “we” implying that she and her partner Portia de Rossi were together. The comedian and actress, 64, noted that when she first started the long-running show she was not allowed to say the word “gay”.

As she finished her final monologue, the American host was understandably emotional as the curtain came down on 19 years of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

She recalled: "When we started the show I wasn't allowed to say 'gay'. I said it at home a lot. So I said 'okay how about I'm on daytime every day?'" Now I say 'wife' all the time. The final episode featured a number of callbacks to the very first episode and the show as a whole. DeGeneres then reflected on what she described as the "beautiful journey" the show has taken her on As she finished her final monologue, the American host was understandably emotional as the curtain came down on 19 years of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

One of the most beloved and iconic talk show hosts, Ellen DeGeneres bid goodbye to her talk show, after successful 19 season feat.

I feel the love and I send it back to you. “Thank you so much for being on this journey with me. ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ has officially ended after airing the final episode of season 19 on Thursday, leaving the host and fans in tears.

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In this photo released by Warner Bros., talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, right, is embraced by Jennifer Aniston during the final taping of “The Ellen ...

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The farewell episode of Ellen aired on Thursday, 26 May, with a final lineup of celebrity guests, interviews and musical performances.

“I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: If I’ve done anything in the past 19 years, I hope I’ve inspired you to be yourself. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter during the final week of filming, DeGeneres said it all depends on timing. Oh, and then I did a movie called The Break-up, I just kind of leaned into the end.” “I was not allowed to say ‘gay’. I said it at home a lot. Sure couldn’t say ‘wife’ and that’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married. She took responsibility for what happened at her show and apologised to those affected.

The host had apologized after reports of misconduct at the “Ellen” workplace, but it wasn't enough to undo a ratings crash. She makes her exit from daytime ...

Further costs must go to hundreds of employees, sound stages (“Ellen” occupied three of on the Warner Bros. lot) and flying in celebrity guests. After a few years, the identity of “Ellen” was firmly in place. “The economics to produce north of 150 hours of television a year, with 34 weeks of originals and 170 episodes a year, is really expensive,” Mr. Decker, the executive, said. About a decade ago, moving beyond the jokes and dancing, Ms. DeGeneres adopted “Be Kind” as a motto, and it soon morphed into its own endeavor. “She felt if she was in control, the audience would come to her — and that is exactly what happened. “Being known as the Be Kind Lady is a tricky position to be in,” she told viewers in the wake of the reports. “Sharon Osbourne was flying high at that point, and Ellen was coming out of a cancellation, and people didn’t want her to talk about being gay,” David Decker, an executive vice president at Warner Bros., said. It lasted more than 100 episodes — the benchmark for a network success — and made television history when Ms. DeGeneres, as well as the character Ellen, came out of the closet in 1997. “It was a pandemic problem,” said Mike Darnell, the president of Warner Bros.’ unscripted division, which oversaw the show. She was the first female comic to be summoned by the longtime king of late night during a debut appearance. Not long afterward, the ratings for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also known as “Ellen,” cratered. On Thursday, at the start of the 3,339th and final episode of her talk show, she recalled what she had been through and how much times had changed.

When Ellen DeGeneres brought the curtain down on her daytime talk show after almost two decades this week, it was the end of an era in more ways than one.

Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish, and Pink stopped by for the final episode of “Ellen” after nearly 20 years.

“I did a movie called The Break-Up. I just kind of leaned into the end.” Billie Eilish acknowledged the show was a regular presence in her household. “You started this show the year after I was born,” she said. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I say it at home a lot—you know, ‘What are we having for our gay breakfast?’ or ‘Pass the gay salt,’ ‘Has anyone seen the gay remote?’—but we couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I couldn’t say ‘we,’ because that would imply that I was with someone. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said. “You can see other talk shows now, and I may see another audience once in a while.” “It’s more of a little break,” DeGeneres said.

The host had apologized after reports of misconduct at the “Ellen” workplace, but it wasn't enough to undo a ratings crash. She makes her exit from daytime ...

Further costs must go to hundreds of employees, sound stages (“Ellen” occupied three of on the Warner Bros. lot) and flying in celebrity guests. After a few years, the identity of “Ellen” was firmly in place. “The economics to produce north of 150 hours of television a year, with 34 weeks of originals and 170 episodes a year, is really expensive,” Mr. Decker, the executive, said. About a decade ago, moving beyond the jokes and dancing, Ms. DeGeneres adopted “Be Kind” as a motto, and it soon morphed into its own endeavor. “She felt if she was in control, the audience would come to her — and that is exactly what happened. “Being known as the Be Kind Lady is a tricky position to be in,” she told viewers in the wake of the reports. “Sharon Osbourne was flying high at that point, and Ellen was coming out of a cancellation, and people didn’t want her to talk about being gay,” David Decker, an executive vice president at Warner Bros., said. It lasted more than 100 episodes — the benchmark for a network success — and made television history when Ms. DeGeneres, as well as the character Ellen, came out of the closet in 1997. “It was a pandemic problem,” said Mike Darnell, the president of Warner Bros.’ unscripted division, which oversaw the show. She was the first female comic to be summoned by the longtime king of late night during a debut appearance. Not long afterward, the ratings for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also known as “Ellen,” cratered. On Thursday, at the start of the 3,339th and final episode of her talk show, she recalled what she had been through and how much times had changed.

The last episode of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' aired on Thursday to muted fanfare compared to the earlier heights the show achieved before scandal rocked ...

The talk show represented a second major TV act for DeGeneres. In 1997, she made an indelible mark when she came out as a lesbian and brought her character on the ABC sitcom Ellen with her. DeGeneres decided to end the show last year in the midst of plummeting ratings. When filming for The Ellen DeGeneres Show had to be altered because of social distancing regulations, many crew members were told to expect a 60 per cent pay cut — a move they found to contradict “DeGeneres’ daily message to her audiences: ‘Be kind.'” She introduced a career retrospective video that also touted DeGeneres’ philanthropic efforts, said to include more than $400 million in donations to charities and “deserving viewers.” Aniston was also the first guest on Thursday’s final episode, and she gifted DeGeneres another mat. When DeGeneres tearfully said goodbye to the show that she hosted for nearly two decades, there was no such grand display.

Ellen DeGeneres concluded the final season of The Ellen Show in an episode that looked back at her journey over the last 19 years.

While she is applauded for centering minority voices on her show and doing much in the way of financial charity, Ellen’s legacy is a mixed bag. The Ellen Show is regarded as her historic comeback, one that is etched her legacy into America’s pop culture. As she teared up, Ellen told her audience, “If this show has made you smile, it has lifted you up when you were in a period of some type of pain … then I have done my job.”

During Pink's appearance on the final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, she grew emotional as she reflected on the positive impact the talk ...

Later, Aniston told DeGeneres, "I love you and I so appreciate you and what you have given to the world over the last 19 years — the contribution is, it's endless. "To all of you who have watched me and supported me, thank you so much for this platform," she said, in part. "And you've been so supportive of me and my career.

The Ellen Show, a cultural daytime television phenom that aired 19 seasons, more than 3,000 episodes, and led to countless viral moments before that was ...

DeGeneres' personal identity as a member of the LGBTQ community was core to her television and comedic presence, with frequent visits from queer guests and artists who danced their way into the living rooms of middle and southern American homes. DeGeneres' response, as she returned to screens around the country for her eighteenth season in 2020, was what some saw as a half-hearted apology. Instead, the internet's response to DeGeneres' departure was fairly subdued — more like the end of a slow, arduous bleed than anything.

The 'Arrested Development' star heaped praise on her wife as she hosted her last-ever episode of her long-running chat show. Portia, 49, shared a slideshow of ...