After well over a decade on the air, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has secured its place as a
beloved cultural icon.
But the feel-good daytime talk show is also a prime target for controversy.
Think it's all dancing, pranks, and giant checks?
Here's what you don't know about Ellen's show.
Madonna's obnoxious entourage
[ "It's nobody's fault…actually, if anyone's
gonna take the blame, it's me"
In 2015, The Ellen DeGeneres Show presented "Madonna Week", and allegedly her backstage
demands were neither a holiday nor a celebration for producers.
A source told Radar Online,
"Everyone that works there is really glad that it's finally over!"
Apparently a full week of Madonna is one week too many.
The pop superstar allegedly brought her own entourage, who an insider claimed were "so
obnoxious" things got really awkward on set.
Madonna reportedly demanded a set of trailers, a range of pricey health foods, and her own
glam squad — that the studio allegedly had to pay for.
"That's like Armani saying I was difficult about the cape.
That's total bulls---"]
According to Radar, everyone was reportedly expected to "bow down to her" and staffers
were forced to "bite their tongues" all week long.
Plus, the pop star allegedly wanted to personally approve all footage prior to airing, and insisted
on changing each script until the material was to her "liking."
By the end of the week, Radar claims DeGeneres was waaaay over the singer.
We are so sad that Madonna Week is coming to an end"
A source told the tab,
"Ellen is such a control freak.
To have to surrender control to someone who calls the shots in every situation was incredibly
hard for her."
Kylie Jenner's diva demands
"The more people who love you the more there's gonna be people who hate you"
Reality star Kylie Jenner allegedly came to set with her own voluminous list of demands.
According to Radar Online, the dramatical diva requirements included Jenner using her
own hair and makeup people, and getting to take over two whole dressing rooms — one
for her, and one for her glam squad.
Oh, and Jenner allegedly demanded two "VIP parking spots" since she didn't wanna walk
all the way from the parking structure to set, which is reportedly only a block away.
But if any of this is true, perhaps Jenner learned "The Way Of The Diva" by her big sister's
example.
In another report, Radar claims Kim Kardashian was a similar menace when she made her appearance
on the show.
Kim allegedly arrived late in a flurry of fabulousness, armed with roughly 20 minions,
and wouldn't let the Ellen makeup crew touch her lustrous hair — nor her pouty lips.
"Just gimme your f---ing foundation and your concealer"
A charitable IRS nightmare
It could've been the perfect piece of shareable content.
In 2013, an Ohio-based woman named Ry'Shonda Fields emailed Ellen to give a shoutout to
her friend Diane.
After Fields lost her teaching job, Diane helped out in innumerable ways, even giving
Christmas presents to Fields' children.
DeGeneres took Fields' request one step further, awarding her approximately $55,000 on her
show.
Then, the IRS got involved.
Tax collectors in Ohio threatened Fields with prison time for failing to pay more than $1,700
in taxes for the "non-employee compensation" awarded to her by Ellen.
According to Forbes, the court ultimately asked Fields to pay a $75 fine, and handed
her a 30-day suspended sentence.
The case was ultimately overturned, per Courthouse News.
Hissing at writers?
In 2007, DeGeneres received a blistering rebuke from the Writers Guild of America after carrying
on with The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the middle of a writer's strike.
But that wasn't the only fallout from her decision.
As sites like Perez Hilton published photos of DeGeneres reportedly crossing through picket
lines to get to work, disgruntled writer types slimed the comedian's reputation.
"You know what, this is my show"
One blogger, writing under the alias Surgical Strikes, who claimed to be a former writer's
assistant on the short-lived sitcom The Ellen Show, wrote,
"I don't know how Ellen treats her current writers, but I can tell you about how she
treated the previous batch: Like s---."
The blogger claimed DeGeneres would be all smiles during rehearsal, but then glare at
writers once the camera was cut, with Strikes claiming Ellen once hissed:
"Why do you keep writing these unfunny jokes?"
In defense of Kevin Hart
DeGeneres angered many fans by interviewing comedian Kevin Hart in January 2019.
"We are a huge group of people who love you and wanna see you host the Oscars"
According to USA Today, Hart had "stepped down" from Oscar ceremony duties in December
2018 — a mere two days after being announced as host — after insensitive tweets were
unearthed from his past.
Hart subsequently posted a video to Instagram, explaining that he wasn't going to apologize
because he's addressed those tweets before.
"I'm not going to continue to go back and tap into the days of old when I've moved on
and I'm in a completely different space in my life."
The controversy took center stage during Hart's appearance on Ellen, an episode that found
DeGeneres coming to Hart's defense.
There are so many haters out there.
Whatever's going on on the internet, don't pay attention to them.
That's a small group of people being very very loud."
The interview was sharply criticized, with Page Six reporting actor Harry Cook claiming
he could think of "at least 50 openly gay up and coming comedians" who deserve a spot
on Ellen — more than Hart.
And CNN's Don Lemon called the interview "insincere," according to Variety.
"He has somehow turned himself into a victim, instead of acknowledging the real victims
of violent and sometimes deadly homophobia"
Following the outcry, Deadline reported that Hart would not quote, "reemerge as host of
the 91st Academy Awards" because he didn't want to be a "distraction."
A little late for that.
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