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| Ellen DeGeneres, TV Personality |
Talk show host, writer, producer, actress
and comedian, Ellen DeGeneres plans to end the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” after
its “Season 19” in 2022.
One of her reasons for the intended action
according to media reports is “When you're a creative person, you constantly
need to be challenged — and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's
just not a challenge anymore”
But according to a BBC report, Ellen
DeGeneres has told viewers she is ending her long-running TV show because
"I truly have felt like next season was the right time" to bring it
to a close.
"The truth is, I always trust my
instincts. My instinct told me it's time," she said on her new episode.
In her pre-recorded opening monologue, she said: "I want you to know that I've thought a lot about this decision. I sat with it for a while. I meditated on it."
Still advancing reasons behind her decision
to bring the show to a final end, "I talked to Portia”, she said jokingly.
“I talked to myself. A few times, I was talking to myself and Portia thought I
was talking to her. One time I was talking to Portia, but she thought I was
talking to myself because of the other times when I was talking to myself, and
she thought I was talking to her. One time, I was talking to Alexa and Siri
answered, and then another time I was talking to the TV, and I accidentally
texted my eye doctor. The point is, I need to take a break from talking."
DeGeneres started her career in stand-up
comedy in her New Orleans hometown before moving to television, starring in the
comedy "Ellen" in the mid-1990s.
Reuters reports that in 1997, both she and
her TV character came out as a lesbian long before gay people were accepted in
mainstream America. "Ellen" was cancelled a year later, but DeGeneres
returned to television in 2003 with her daytime show.
An advocate for animals, gay rights and
anti-bullying campaigns, DeGeneres became known for promoting kindness and
compassion on her light-hearted show.
As the curtain is set to come down on her
show next year, DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter that her future plans are
uncertain. She said she is open to movie roles and wants to be more involved in
environmental conservation efforts.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ a daytime American talk show premiered in 2003 has done over 3,000 episodes, and by all means that’s a milestone achievement for any television series.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show," which is produced
by AT&T Inc's (T.N) Warner Bros and syndicated to TV stations features a
daily mix of comedy, interviews and human interest stories has been a US
television staple, although ratings
have declined in recent years.
She has been a pioneer of the LGBTQ
community in America since she came out as gay in 1997. That revelation shocked
America and nearly doomed her career.
She insisted her decision to bring the
curtain down on the daytime show named after her has nothing to do with
allegations in the past year of a toxic workplace environment there, including
bullying, racial discrimination and sexual harassment, reports Channels
Television.
According to BBC, Ellen DeGeneres didn't
directly mention accusations of a toxic work environment that put the talk show
under a cloud last year besides the situation which three senior producers have
since lost their jobs and the host delivered an
on-air apology last September. The 63-year-old claimed to have decided to wrap up the show
after its 19th season, in 2022, before the scandal erupted.
"Two years ago, I signed a deal for three more years and I always knew in my heart that season 19 would be my last," she will be seen saying at the start of Thursday's programme.
DeGeneres made her name as a stand-up comedian and with a self-titled sitcom in the 1990s.
She said: "In 1997, I knew it was time to come out on my sitcom and live my truth. Back then, I had a vivid dream that a bird flew out of a cage and set itself free because it needed to get out of that cage, BBC reports.
"Recently, I had a dream that a bird, a beautiful bird with bright red feathers, came to my window and whispered, 'You can still do stuff on Netflix,'" she jokingly added. "And that was the sign I was looking for."
She told the Hollywood Reporter that last year's allegations that the show's workplace was "dominated by fear" were not a factor in her decision to pull the plug.
"If I was quitting the show because of that, I wouldn't have come back this season," she said, while admitting it "destroyed" her to see "everything I stand for... attacked".
The celebrity host has won more than 60 Daytime Emmy awards for the show, the most recent coming when it was named outstanding entertainment talk show in 2020.
According to CNET’s report "Although all good things must come to an end, you still have hope that the truly great things never will," Mike Darnell, president of Warner Bros. unscripted television division, said in a statement. "The show and Ellen brought comedy, joy, happiness, comfort (and dancing!) to countless millions every day for 18 years. It was and is an indelible piece of the television landscape, and it will be sorely missed."
The renowned talk show host thanked fans for the bond formed over the long run of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’.
"So, the past 18 years, you have to know, has changed my life. You all have changed my life and I am forever grateful to all of you for watching, for laughing, for dancing … sometimes crying," she said. "This show has been the greatest experience of my life, and I owe it all to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."
Watch Ellen DeGeneres explain why she is
ending her show in 2022 in four-minute monologue with the expanded version
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