Ellen DeGeneres Says She Is Not Mean, Quits Hollywood: ‘After My Netflix Special, I'm Done’
Ellen DeGeneres Says 'I Am Not Mean' and 'I'm Done' With Fame After Comedy Tour and Netflix Special: 'This Is the Last Time You’re Going to See Me' https://t.co/VgTgCgrWHz
- Variety (@Variety) July 10, 2024
Ellen DeGeneres unexpectedly cancelled four shows in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Dallas after telling a stand-up audience last week "this is the last time you're going to see me."
DeGeneres launched her current tour, called “Ellen’s Last Stand… Up,” in April, her first slate of live stand up shows since 2019, and plans to do a Netflix comedy special in the coming months.
At a stop in Santa Rosa, California last week, she reportedly told the audience, “Let me catch you up on what’s been going on with me since you last saw me. I got chickens. Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean.” The comedian went on to admit that she “can be demanding and impatient and tough. I am a strong woman.” DeGeneres added, “I am many things, but I am not mean.”
During the audience Q&A part of the show in Santa Rosa, one fan asked if DeGeneres would return to movies after the tour ended or perhaps try her hand at Broadway. “Um, no. This is the last time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done.”
She said her ousting from the industry, which came after an explosive Buzzfeed report that accused her show of racism and intimidation, was the second time she’d been kicked out of show business, referencing her coming out as a lesbian in the 1990s.
DeGeneres still has 14 tour dates scheduled through August - including sold-out shows in Chicago, Minneapolis and Durham, North Carolina.
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