Ellen DeGeneres claims she was ‘kicked out of show business’ after being called mean

Ellen DeGeneres in her Netflix special (Image: Wilson Webb/Netflix)

Ellen DeGeneres has spoken out about her reputation in Hollywood, suggesting she was “kicked out of show business” following allegations that her cheery and kind on-screen persona was a facade.

The 66-year-old, whose TV show The Ellen DeGeneres Show was cancelled abruptly after 19 years on air in 2022 following a BuzzFeed News investigation into an allegedly toxic workplace culture on set, made the comments during her upcoming Netflix stand up special, For Your Approval.

“The ‘Be Kind’ girl wasn’t kind. That was the headline,” DeGeneres says in the trailer for the special, which drops on Netflix on 24 September.

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