Ellen DeGeneres: I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’

Former talkshow host discussed her controversial exit from daytime TV after reports of a toxic workplace in new standup set

Ellen DeGeneres has addressed the controversial end of her eponymous daytime talkshow after allegations that it was a toxic workplace.

While performing the opening night of her new Ellen’s Last Stand … Up Tour at the Largo in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, the former daytime host joked about getting “kicked out of show business” for being “mean”.