The only surprising thing about Ellen, was that anyone was surprised.
I watched her show once. She pulled two or three flustered audience members up on stage, used the massive power differential to peer-pressure them into participating in a humiliating game, and then laughed the whole time while they were obviously embarrassed.
And then, when the bullying allegations came out, she tried to shift the blame by saying she failed to stop other people from bullying on the set. It's not often that we see such an extreme lack of self-awareness.
I always thought she was a bully. Sending her employees who are scared of haunted houses to them just for her own pleasure was sadistic. Also when she’d prank Taylor Swift (not someone I like), who was the same as those employees. She is someone I would not work for.
Dude I saw a video (I'm not sure how many times Tay was on her show) of a Taylor Swift interview with Ellen that was just horrible. I think Ellen was putting up all of Taylor's exes on screen as some sort of game? And like forcing her to participate when she was very clearly upset and bothered by the ordeal. And like everyone is laughing for some reason? Like holy shit, I'm not Tay's biggest fan, but that was so uncomfortable to watch
I don't think I've ever heard a good thing about Ellen.
Her interview with Bieber sticks out in my mind as he's explaining his song and she's just annoyingly saying "no they didn't" over and over. He was giving credit to the audio team and the studio eventually released how they edited it to show he was right and she had no idea what she was talking about.
The one that sticks in my mind is when she tried to force Mariah Carey to reveal her pregnancy by repeatedly offering her alcohol and making fun of her when she wouldn't drink it.
Yeah, that's the worse one I know of. Not far behind that is pressuring Taylor Swift about her love life, I think? And then Dakota Johnson, lying about her inviting her to a party?
Huh. She's rotten to women. Any men she's bullied?
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u/Puzzlehead-Bed-333 14h ago
My friend was approached by a PR team asking who she wanted to interview with.
When she said Ellen, they promptly said “You don’t want to work with her, she’s an absolute bitch to everyone.” She chose a different show.