Ellen DeGeneres laughed off the idea that she was ever mean after being canceled due to “toxic” workplace claims in what she’s called her final stand-up comedy special.
Debuting on Tuesday on Netflix, “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval” touches on the end of the 66-year-old former talk show host’s career in Hollywood for a second time — this time when her talk show career ended after 19 seasons due to “toxic” workplace claims on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” A Buzzfeed report published in 2020 about “The Ellen Show” claimed it was a “toxic” workplace — full of intimidation and even alleged sexual abuse.
“Alright, let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me,” DeGeneres said in the special. “I got chickens. … Oh yeah, I got kicked out of show business for being mean.”
“I got kicked out of show business. Yeah,…
