Ellen DeGeneres has been hit with accusations from a female comic she treated her coldly for decades despite the two comedians having known each other since the 1980s.
Ellen DeGeneres has been hit with accusations from a female comic she treated her coldly for decades despite the two comedians having known each other since the 1980s
The former chat show host’s daytime TV series ended in 2022 amid allegations of a toxic workplace environment, and Margaret, 56, has now blasted her personality.
She said during an interview on The Kelly Mantle Show, where Margaret reflected on her early days in stand-up alongside Ellen, now 67: “Ellen was like really weird and not nice to me for most of my career.”
At the time Ellen’s show was cancelled she said she was “kicked out of show business” for being “mean”. Her comments resurfaced during the promotion of her 2023 Netflix stand-up special, For Your Approval, part of her Ellen’s Last Stand…Up tour.
Margaret also alleged her relationship with Ellen deteriorated as the latter’s fame grew.
“I opened for her in the 1980s when she was a headliner in comedy clubs and not – way, way before her big fame,” she said.
The comic added: “So then, when I would do her talk show in the 2000s, she acted like we just met. And I’m like: ‘B****, what?’… Like, that’s weird. We go way back.”
She went on to describe Ellen’s behaviour as “creepy and weird”.
Margaret also accused Ellen of cutting out a segment from her talk show that involved praise from David…
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