Ellen's trying to make a comeback with
her new standup special although its
reviews have mostly been terrible she
spends most of the special responding to
her being kicked out of Showbiz which
began when someone posted just one
single tweet right now we all need a
little kindness you know like Ellen
degenerous always talks about she's also
notoriously one of the meanest people
alive respond to this with the most
insane stories you've heard about Ellen
being mean the Tweet posted in March
2020 received bad enough replies to
begin Ellen's downfall I worked at Real
Food Daily served her in porer at brunch
she wrote a letter to the owner and
complained about my chip nail polish not
that it was on her plate but just that
it was on my hand I worked till closing
the night before and this was the next
mourn almost got me fired the nail
polish story was so unbelievable the
person who wrote it went on inside
addition this former waitress claims she
was threatened with a 2 weeks suspension
after Ellen degenerous complained about
of all things her chipped fingernail
polish I remember just being like really
but the stories shared back on Twitter
were only getting worse I once worked at
Warner Brothers one day I was in the
elevator and Ellen and her Entourage
came in naturally I held it for her and
asked her what floor she was getting on
her assistant answered third floor 30
minutes later I got a call from my boss
saying I was fired because I was
harassing her an old friend worked on
her a lot and smiled and said good
afternoon to her one day and she became
unhinged who do you think you are you
don't look at me yada yada she said
porsa was with her and seemed
embarrassed and tried to calm her down
has forever changed my opinion of her
the responses went on and on and on all
of which being compared to Ellen's
classic catchphrase I always end each
show by saying be kind to one another
audience member Donna de Mato then went
public with her degrading experience on
the show they tell you you you know you
can't be smarter funnier than Ellen
she's the comedian and the star not you
don't be funnier than Ellen that's going
to be hard considering she's not that
funny to begin with if you've been a
comedian your whole life and you're
afraid a random audience member will
upstage you maybe you're just not funny
Dana then revealed that Ellen's
completely different when the cameras
turn off how does the Ellen we see on TV
compared to the Ellen you saw when the
camera stopped rolling totally different
she would only speak to the audience
when the cameras were rolling as soon as
they turned the cameras off she would
not even acknowledge the audience she
would just sit on the couch basically
which was supported by heta muskat one
of the show's former producers toxic
phony hypocrite liar that's what she is
she agreed that things were different
when the cameras weren't rolling we were
told from the very beginning don't talk
to Ellen don't do this you can't you
know go into her office it was very
nerve-wracking very stressful we all
walked on eggshells all the time and
after the show's DJ also said the same
BuzzFeed launched their own
investigation interviewing a further 11
former employees they were fired after
taking medical leave or bereavement days
to attend family funerals one employee
who claimed she was fed up with comments
about her race essentially walked off
the job others said they were also
instructed by their direct managers to
not speak to degenerous if they saw her
around the office after the accusations
went by viral Ellen issued a statement
within the company hey everybody it's
Ellen on day one of our show I told
everyone in our first meeting that the
Ellen degenerous show would be a place
of Happiness no one would ever raise
their voice and everyone would be
treated with respect obviously something
changed and I'm disappointed to learn
that this has not been the case and for
that I'm sorry anyone who knows me knows
it's the opposite of what I believed and
what I hoped for our show yet Ellen's
former producer certainly didn't buy it
so when Ellen says she's not aware of
this uh environment you don't think that
Rings true it's a lie Ellen then took a
two month break and began a brand new
season by addressing the public as you
may have heard this summer there were
allegations of a toxic work environment
at our show I learned that things
happened here that never should have
happened I take that very seriously and
I want to say I am so sorry to the
people who were affected we have made
the necessary changes and today we are
starting a new chapter she'd then make
the promise and I'm committed to making
this the best season that we have ever
had although the ratings set the
opposite because only 6 months later the
New York Times published Ellen
degenerous loses 1 million viewers after
apologies for toxic workplace it
explained that Ellen had been averaging
1.5 million viewers over the last 6
months down from 2.6 million in the same
period last year the show's loss of more
than a million viewers translates to a
43% decline representing a state than
any of its competitors as a result Ellen
made the announcement I am announcing
that next season season 19 is going to
be my last season adding in The
Hollywood Reporter as great as this show
is and as fun as it is it's just not a
challenge anymore I need something new
to challenge me with her being exposed
also clearly having an impact she'd
State the expose destroyed me honestly
I'd be lying if I said it did it and it
makes me really sad that there's so much
joy out there from negativity it's a
culture now where there are just mean
people and it's so foreign to me that
people get joy out of that these mean
people responded stating even without
the controversy the show hasn't been fun
and genuine for years it may have never
been but at least it seemed like it but
Ellen is tired of it all and she's lousy
at hiding it now no more dancing by her
no monologue half the time bad jokes
that are dragged out way too long tons
of old show clips tons of self-promotion
and a guest host every Friday these
elements led to an average final season
which Ellen concluded by crying with her
audience she then mentioned the
possibility of returning to acting but
instead made a documentary titled saving
the gorillas Ellen's next adventure it
released in
2023 but with only 100 reviews on IMDb
and this likely being the first time
you've heard of it it's safe to say it
performed pretty poorly Ellen rather
went back to living a quiet life until
April
2024 when she'd make a new announcement
you may have heard that I'm doing
standup again if you want to come see me
I'll be sharing some news tomorrow at
noon as suggested she' announce a
standup tour to be recorded and posted
by Netflix also adding yes I'm going to
talk about it referring to her being
cancelled titled for your approval the
special begins with Ellen walking up a
flight of stairs each referencing a
headline that ruined her reputation she
acknowledges the tweet that started her
downfall as well as the employees who
spoke out against her then Begins the
actual show with a joke about her fall
from grace you know I used to say that I
didn't care what other people thought of
me and I realize now looking back I said
that at the height of my
popularity I'm here because I love doing
standup I miss doing standup and I like
making people happy and I do care what
people
think now this is a pretty respectable
angle as it feels extremely honest yet
it also seems like a sneaky request for
pity which as a high profile celebrity
you'll simply never get she then talks
about what she's been up to all right
well let me catch up on what's been
going on with me since you saw me
[Music]
last oh yeah I got kicked out of show
business then make some pretty funny
jokes about her new reputation everybody
heard that I was mean everywhere I go I
know everyone's heard that I'm mean I
know when I walk into a restaurant
people are watching waiting to see if
I'll be mean
[Laughter]
oh look she oh oh she's reaching for
butter I thought she was going to hit
somebody on the contrary there are some
pretty outof touch segments for example
her joking about her car features which
you'd clearly only find in a luxury
vehicle then there's that one that that
button that inflates the back of the
seat you know the one that makes you
feel like you're getting spooned by a
pregnant
woman she also makes this out of touch
joke we're all interested in different
things we're all good at different
things I was talking to someone the
other day and they said Ellen I don't
know how you get on stage in front of
people I could never do that and I said
well I don't know how you dry clean
clothes but as an overall the special
isn't terrible its audience rating of
5.4 Stars feels fairly accurate although
as you might expect simply because it's
Ellen the Articles written about it have
been pretty brutal Ellen degenerous
unfunny Netflix special leaves so much
unsa Ender generous lets herself off the
hook in self-indulgent Netflix special
ellender generous is Unapologetic
unrelatable and totally insufferable in
her new Netflix special they'd write the
problem with foury your approval aside
from the fact that it's almost never
funny is that it feels so disingenuous
so calculated to rehabilitate an image
and preserve that Triumph for Prosperity
another article stated it's one of the
weirdest standup shows in recent memory
half observational punch lines half
close in argument in a trial featuring
degenerous as her own defense attorney
neither half works on its own taken as a
whole it's an exhausting mess that also
adds self-awareness is different from
taking responsibility degenerous offers
no apologies or even explanations for
her behavior yet in other more favorable
reviews Unapologetic was used as a
positive I like the fact that she's
rather Unapologetic it's highly
refreshing and honest this extreme
divide can be seen by the audience views
on Google there's almost an equal amount
of one and five star ratings a sad
representation of the black and white
thinking that plagues the internet so
heavily today