Ellen DeGeneres’ communication screen is back and she plans to face the elephant in the room.
The beleaguered host revealed Tuesday that “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will return to the studio for season 18 with an appearance through actress Tiffany Haddish on September 21.
“I can’t wait to repaint and go back to our studio. And yes, we’re going to communicate it,” DeGeneres said in a press release received Tuesday through USA TODAY.
And through “that,” DeGeneres refers to accusations of racism, sexual harassment and office toxicity made through former members who are not called “Ellen. “
Before plans for a new season are announced, Steve Harvey warned that DeGeneres “just leaves. “
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight published Tuesday, television host Harvey, who has given the impression of “Ellen” several times and co-produced together the children’s truth display “Little Big Shots”, addressed the controversy.
“Ellen (a) has a lot of money. If I were Ellen, I would go,” he said. He has had enough. I wouldn’t let them exercise me that way . . . I never noticed any signs of that, not to mention nothing ever happened there, but I’ll say this: Ellen DeGeneres (is) in diversity point-blank one. from the other coolest people I’ve ever met.
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The popular old communication screen has been broadcast in syndication since 2003. Degeneres expressed remorse for the accusations in a July letter to members, while Warner Bros. Studios conducted an internal review of workers’ complaints. resulted in the eviction of 3 producers.
“On the first day of our show, I told everyone at our first assembly that ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ would be a position of happiness; no one would ever raise their voices and everyone would be treated with respect,” DeGeneres wrote. Obviously, everything has changed, and I’m disappointed to be told that this has not been the case. And for that, I’m sorry. Anyone who knows me knows that’s the opposite of what I and what I expected in our show. “
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The scandal has called into question the long duration of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” but it turns out that DeGeneres is in a position to face him head-on.
Your exhibition will return to the “Ellen” level at Warner Bros. Field. without a study due to coronavirus restrictions that forced production to be discontinued in March.
The first week of DeGeneres will come with appearances through celebrities from Kerry Washington, Alec and Chrissy Teigen. Other guests, such as Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, Adam Sandler and Orlando Bloom, will appear throughout the month.
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who withstood his boss’s scandal, will also return this fall and host upcoming episodes of “Ellen. “
Contribution: Gary Levin, Kelly Lawler
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