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THREE PRODUCERS HAVE been “parted ways” with The Ellen DeGeneres Show amid allegations of a “toxic” environment, sexual harassment and racism.
Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Norman have parted ways with the show as WarnerMedia continues to investigate the claims, a spokesperson for WarnerMedia confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter.
Top executive producers Mary Connelly and Andy Lassner will remain in their roles despite claims made by former staff in BuzzFeed News articles of “day-to-day toxicity” fostered by supervisors.
Some former staff members have accused Glavin of inappropriate touching, and using intimidation and fear. Leman and Norman were also accused of sexual harassment.
In earlier statements to Buzzfeed News, Leman denied “any kind of sexual impropriety” and Norman said he was “100% categorically denying these allegations.” Glavin has not publicly responded to the claims.
Apology
In an email to staff members last month, DeGeneres said an internal investigation had been launched into the allegations. This week she announced the staff changes in a video Zoom call, where she again apologised again to employees.
“I’m a multi-layered person, and I try to be the best person I can be and try to learn from my mistakes,” she said during the call, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
“I care about each and every one of you. I am grateful for each and every one of you. I feel like I’ve kind of let the ball drop a bit because I’m focused on the show, I go in and I do the show, and I’ve just let everybody to do their jobs – to run different departments.
“And it just became a well-oiled machine, and I think that is the problem,” DeGeneres added, “It’s not a machine. This is people. These are human beings that are working hard every single day to put this together. This show would not be what it is without all of you.”
The programme, which has won over 60 Emmy Awards since it first aired in 2003, is due to return to air for a new season next month, but the allegations have cast doubt over this.
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The Ellen degenerates
I would love to see some secret footage of Ellen loosing her sh1*t
@Newnob: wait for the court cases.
@Newnob: would you like to see a video of yourself losing it?? And don’t dare say you never have.. everyone gets cross, or annoyed at times , especially in times of stress.. working in live tv shows I’m sure is as stressful as it gets ..
@Patricia O’Reilly: that doesn’t give a person the right to shout at other people and make their lives miserable!
@Newnob: check out her interview with Dakota fanning from a few years back. Can definitely see the intimidating side of her personality coming through there.
@Evan: Dakota Johnson.
@Patricia O’Reilly: I don’t loose it,
@Newnob: Like the Buddy Rich tapes lol
@Patricia O’Reilly: That’s no excuse for yelling and treating people like garbage. If you have no coping skills, then youre in the wrong job, or learn some.
People in the US can’t get over the fact that she has carefully cultivated a persona to mirror what they want her to be while the cameras are on.
It’s a national scandal that it’s turned out she’s a pretty hard nosed businesswoman who isn’t always ‘in character’ for the rest of the time.
@Donal McGrath: i don’t think she’s accused of any wrong doing personally here though?
@Brian Dunne: don’t know if there was any complaints made against her but there sure is a lot of “celebrities” talking about bad experiences with her and how they were treated on her show
@Donal McGrath: Brings to mind a great Phrase.
” You can’t kick a#s with both feet on the ground”
@Donal McGrath: She is not being accused of anything, her senior producers, production team are. So what are you talking about?
@Ian Breathnach: other producers have walked from the show because of her
@Brian Dunne: she has been personally accused of numerous things, making personal remarks about employees appearances, sending people home to have showers because she thought they smelled, firing people for taking bereavement leave, losing the rag if people looked her directly in the eye etc. Those accusations broke well before producers started walking.
@Donal McGrath: the issues with her aren’t down to being a hard nosed businesswoman. They’re about her being a pr1ck to people, while pretending not to be.
@Brian Dunne: I’ve heard all the allegations against Ellen that the commentators below have said and apparently she also told all staff that if they have to talk to her then they must have chewing gum or mints because their breath smells.. sounds like a pig of a person to me..
Something always erked me about Ellen. I bet shes a real piece of work in real life.
@Randle McMurphy: Something never sit right about that cailìn alright. Her stitched together eyes and bad dancing where always a dead give away I suppose.
@Hup Abù: cult like audience fawning over her. Been a few episodes I’ve seen where she didn’t know her boundaries with guests. The cringeworthy dancing was always enough to reach for the remote.
@Randle McMurphy: And the fact her hysterical audience acted like she was the second coming. Some even seemed to be crying when she came on. Obviously paid or threatened to do that!
The show is an awful heap of shyte anyways. No big loss
Street angel House devil comes to mind!
I liked her in the 90s. Her sitcom(as) were enjoyable and good for the gay/lesbian community. I never liked her as a show host – she seems disingenuous at best. I struggle to see how people thought she was nice- she’s actively unpleasant to guests and audience members of it gets her a laugh.
@Sean Ryan: *sitcoms
In my opinion, a Loud, unfunny comic. Totally Overrated.
Never liked the little elf eared dweeb, these allegations come as no surprise ! And I bet she’s into a lot worse !
@PJ McGonagle: The allegations were towards the producers rather the ‘star’ of the show.
Nightking comment taken down. Why ?
@blue exile: lol
Who’s editing this piece? Grammar all over the place
@Steve Martyn: I doubt a story about producers on a foreign chat show is going to be given to a senior journalist. Everyone has to start somewhere.
Just keep swimming.
I hear she’s a gowl
@Seagoat returns: she liked pink and brown
Editing is atrocious @thejournal. Get it together guys. Grammar mistakes abound
@Steve Martyn: You missed a fullstop at the end of your last sentence.
@Steve Martyn: And where is your full stop mate
Christ almighty. I don’t want to live in this world anymore.
Scapegoats? Hope they sue!
@Seán Dillon: they will come out with a tell all soon enough….rats always turn on each other in the end.
Minnie Mouse
What a terrible show
Oh no……
#ibelieveher
Mrs Potato Head is not who she makes herself out to be. I’ve said this before…people ridiculed me.. alas…
@Michael Wynne: the fact that you had to resort to childish name calling says you’re hardly a saint yourself.
Crazy as a bag of Raccoons I would imagine.
She threw them under the bus
Nothing says genuine like a mass apology aimed at nobody in particular lol
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