Ellen DeGeneres has been hit by further claims of shocking behaviour after she was branded the “meanest person alive”.
The 62 year old comedian has been hit by further criticism after fans shared scathing stories about Ellen in a Twitter thread last month. Ellen is a famous advocate for LGBTQ+ movement as well as friend of the Obamas and the Democratic Party.
And a source, who used to work alongside Ellen has now reportedly confirmed the rumours. She also faced accusations of hypocrisy after using a non-unionised team away from her usual crew to help her broadcast at home during the Covid-19 outbreak.
They have now told the New York Post:
“The stories are all true! Is she always nice? No.
It irritates me that people think she’s all sweetness and light and she gets away with it.”
The criticism began after comedian Kevin T Porter requested “insane stories” about “Ellen being mean” in exchange for a donation of $2 to the Los Angeles Food Bank per tale on Twitter.
He tweeted: “Right now we all need a little kindness. You know, like Ellen Degeneres always talks about!” with a smiling face emoji and red heart emoji.
Kevin was then inundated with stories on his Twitter thread and amassed more than 68,000 likes and 12,000 retweets on his original post.
One person recalled her friend’s experience of working with the star as they wrote: “An old friend worked on her lot & smiled & said “good afternoon” to her one day & she became unhinged. “Who do you think you are? You don’t look at me” yada yada. She said Portia was with her & seemed embarrassed & tried to calm her down. Has forever changed my opinion of her.” [sic]
Another said: “My dad use to work in 5 star restaurants as a waiter. He said she made a joke but my dad didn’t find it funny. He told me she went kinda like “you didn’t think that was funny? You don’t know who I am? How do you not? I’m Ellen degeneres everyone knows who I am.” [sic]
While a fourth added: “I worked @RealFoodDaily, served her & Porsha at brunch. She wrote a letter to the owner & complained about my chipped nail polish (not that it was on her plate but just that it was on my hand). I had worked till closing the night before & this was next morn, almost got me fired.” [sic]
She told the New York Times in 2018: “That bugs me if someone is saying that because it’s an outright lie.
“The first day I said: ‘The one thing I want is everyone here to be happy and proud of where they work, and if not, don’t work here.’ No one is going to raise their voice or not be grateful. That’s the rule to this day.”
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