The Ellen DeGeneres Show is formally ending. On Wednesday, the host confirmed the information to The Hollywood Reporter saying, “Once you’re a artistic particular person, you always want to be challenged – and as nice as this present is, and as enjoyable as it’s, it is simply not a problem anymore.” In accordance to the publication, the choice to finish the present has been “a number of years within the making.” DeGeneres informed her employees the information on Might 11, and is about to sit down with Oprah Winfrey to speak concerning the cancellation in the course of the Might 13 episode of her present. The present will formally come to an finish with its 19th season in 2022.
The information comes a few 12 months after the present confronted a number of allegations for having a racist and poisonous work surroundings. DeGeneres addressed the allegations in the course of the present’s season 18 premiere saying, “I discovered that issues occurred right here that by no means ought to have occurred. I take that very significantly, and I would like to say I’m so sorry to the individuals who had been affected.” She then addressed the allegations about herself, which claimed that she is just not who she seems to be on TV. “Being referred to as the be-kind woman is a difficult place to be in,” she mentioned in reference to her well-known slogan. “I’m that particular person that you just see on TV. I’m additionally quite a lot of different issues. Generally I get unhappy. I get mad. I get anxious. I get pissed off. I get impatient. And I’m engaged on all of that. I’m a piece in progress.”
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