The fall of Ellen DeGeneres: from Oscar presenter to TV controversy

On May 26, 2022, 64-year-old American comedian Ellen DeGeneres presented her program for the last time. The Ellen DeGeneres Show after 19 seasons. The comedian’s cycle premiered in 2003 and became one of the most important spaces in television in the United States.

However, his last stop on television was tinged with controversy over the complaints filed by a group of show business workers, who spoke of a toxic environment and racist comments made by the presenter.

A bitter end to a record-breaking television career.

Its origins

Host and comedian Ellen Lee DeGeneres is originally from Louisiana (USA). You studied Communications at the University of New Orleans worked for himself in clothing stores, house cleaningas a secretary or even as a painter, as she herself said in more than one interview.

He started out in the comedy business doing small acts in bars and clubs. In 1981 he joined the Clyde Comedy Club, with which he toured the United States for the first time. A successful tour that transformed Ellen DeGeneres into a promising star. Also, in 1982, it was scheduled by the Showtime television network as the funniest person in the whole country.

This achievement has opened the door for television programs such as the Show tonight, introduced at the time by Jim McCawley. Additionally, in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, DeGeneres was able to capitalize on her appearance as an actress on the small screen in series such as opposes the house Y laurie hill. However, his big role came thanks to the series Elena in the late 90s.

Nominations, coming out in the open and a boycott

The comedian managed to be nominated in 1995 for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series in the Comedy category. One of the most remembered chapters of this series, and at the same time one of the most difficult moments for Ellen DeGeneres, was when in 1997, both her fictional character and herself in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, has come out publicly as a lesbian.

The chapter in question, titled The episode of the puppy and written by herself, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Writing, but her coming out of the closet brought her major ratings problems and even suffered a boycott from certain industries in the United States.

The series started to decline in ratings and had to be cancelled. Ellen DeGeneres and her team tried to create another sitcom on CBS, called The Ellen showbut it didn’t work either and had to be canceled in 2001 after only one season.

But in 2003, Ellen DeGeneres was resurrected by lending her voice to Dory, the film’s memory-losing fish. Finding Nemo.

Dory returned public acceptance and that same year introduced the humorist the talk show that propelled her to international stardom: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The cycle won several Emmy awards such as the awards for Best Talk Show, Best Host and Best Writing.

Similarly, thanks to the self-confidence shown in the program and her relationships with professionals in the audiovisual industry, Ellen has successfully presented various galas for the Grammy Music Awards, the Television Emmy and the Oscar of motion pictures, among other.

Also, in 2014 he starred in one of the most viral moments of the Oscars with the selfie with some of the nominees which he uploaded to his Twitter account and It became the most retweeted tweet in history. at that time.

Uncertain future

In May 2022, Ellen DeGeneres took charge for the last time. The Ellen DeGeneres Show after 19 seasons, following the controversy that arose around the complaints presented by a group of show business workers, who spoke of a toxic environment and racist comments.

The host he greeted the audience while recalling his difficult beginnings in an emotional monologue hiding her homosexuality and revealing how no one was betting on her or the success she then achieved.

Now, Ellen DeGeneres’ future is uncertain and we’ll have to wait until we know what her next project will be.

Source: The Vanguard

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