Ellen DeGeneres apologized on her show and said that "things happened here that should never have happened".
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" ran for the first time since allegations about poor working conditions on the set. "I take this very seriously and would like to say to those affected that I am very sorry," said the hostess at the beginning of the show. According to Ellen DeGeneres (62), there was an investigation, after which "the necessary changes" were made. Three producers are said to have been fired.
"I learned that things happened that should never have happened," said the moderator. "If I've ever let someone down, if I've ever hurt feelings, I'm sorry." What happens around the show is your responsibility: "We have made the necessary changes and today we are starting a new chapter," she told the audience.
Apologies to the team
DeGeneres also told viewers that she was "the person you see on your television" in order to contradict reports about her in the press and on social media. She added, "I am so much. Sometimes I am sad, I get angry, I am anxious, I get frustrated, I get impatient, and I work on all of this. I work on it." She said she wanted "every single one of the 270 employees who work on her show to be" happy and proud to work here ".
DeGeneres had already apologized in July in an email to the employees, in which she wrote, according to media reports, that she felt "obliged to make sure that this does not happen again," and there was an apology at a video conference her team in August. Some employees had previously reported that behind the scenes of the talk show there was a "poisonous" climate of fear and intimidation.