Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been hit by recent disturbing allegations years after she was accused of fostering a toxic work environment.
A former worker on the set of her eponymous talk show alleged that the comedian hated male staff and let executives pressure a senior staff member to reschedule their child’s major surgery to suit her schedule.
More interestingly, sources shared how protective Ellen DeGeneres tends to be along with her wife, Portia de Rossi, as they claimed she didn’t like people talking to the actress.
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Ellen DeGeneres Hit With Fresh Accusations By Former Worker
In line with the Every day Mail, a former cameraman who worked on DeGeneres’ eponymous program, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” has come forward with disturbing claims about how the comedian allegedly treated staff harshly and disliked male employees chatting along with her wife, Portia de Rossi.
The source told the news outlet that DeGeneres was inconsiderate concerning the welfare of her staff, claiming that she once made a high-ranking producer reschedule a serious operation for his or her child to suit her schedule through the busy Christmas season.
“The child had a serious surgery – like a bone marrow transplant,” the insider said. “It was asked of this particular person if the child’s ‘thing’ – that is what they referred to it as – was the identical week because the Christmas holiday week.”
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“This was an individual pretty high up. This person was asked if they might move the procedure across the Christmas holiday week, for Ellen,” the ex-staffer recalled.
They added, “They were there on the day of the taping that week – Ellen got exactly what she wanted. It was all loyalty to the show, but no loyalty to staff.”
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The Comedian Allegedly Hated Male Employees
DeGeneres isn’t any stranger to unsettling scandals, having faced bullying claims before her show was eventually canceled in 2022. Since then, she and her wife relocated to England and have largely been out of the highlight.
During hosting days, she portrayed a warm demeanor to viewers and would often close each episode with the word “Be Kind.”
Nonetheless, the source who spoke to the Every day Mail alleges that she’s a very different person and exhibited considered one of the worst behaviors on set, including notable disdain for men.
“We went through numerous male employees just on the whole,” the insider said, drawing attention to how DeGeneres burned through nine stage managers in only one season, which was an “insane number” to them.
“We had a sense she really didn’t like guys,” the previous staff added.
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Ellen DeGeneres Would Get Upset When People Talked To Her Wife, Portia De Rossi, Ex-Worker Says
DeGeneres also allegedly lost her cool with staff “in the event that they were ever caught in conversation with Portia.”
The source narrated how she had a special seat reserved for her wife during tapings, and nobody could miss it even in the event that they tried, because it was marked by a “gold plaque.”
“And listen – you knew, if you happen to see that golden plaque, stay the hell away,” the source said, referring to her protectiveness. “Portia was nice, she would say ‘hi’. But Ellen – she can be in her chair, it might be a industrial break, and if she didn’t know you, she would ask about you.”
“You only hoped and prayed you were not seated by her wife, so that you didn’t get her attention. You desired to avoid looking into what we called the ‘Ellen gaze,'” the previous cameraman noted.
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More About The ‘Ellen Gaze’
Beyond her protective nature when it got here to her wife, DeGeneres’ stare reportedly left her staff members feeling uneasy and anxious that they were in trouble.
Describing DeGeneres’ gaze, the insider said it “was bad” if she “stayed taking a look at you,” noting that her “eyes would get more narrow, her cheekbones would stick out.”
The ex-employee noted that staff were “probably okay” if DeGeneres “looked away.”
They added, “It was just weird – cameras on, she’d be dancing, doing all this fun stuff, and cameras off – she was terrifying.”
Ellen DeGeneres Allegedly Loathed Gordon Ramsay
Other claims made include reports that she loathed Gordon Ramsay after he called her out for using rancid meat during a cookery demonstration. The situation seemingly translated to the celebrity chef never returning to her show.
“He gave her some quip. They were doing a food test together, and Ellen offered him a sample first,” the source said.
“As soon as he bit in, he was like ‘That is rubbish. That is disgusting,'” he recalled. “She didn’t just like the response. It was like eight seasons he didn’t come back for after.”
Reports have earlier suggested that DeGeneres was planning a Hollywood comeback, but following the disturbing claims, it stays to be seen how possible that may be.