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The Ellen Show (and controversy)

  • 11-11-2019 11:27am
    #1
    alan partridge aha
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    As the title suggests this show is for people who must be absolutely brain dead.

    Guests on it like the host are full of carp. The audience defo have nothing between the ears. Why is RTE showing this rubbish.


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  • #2
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Ah that's where Tubridy gets this shiote about been kind to each other. I heard her saying it as well.


  • #3
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,803 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    As the title suggests this show is for people who must be absolutely brain dead.

    Guests on it like the host are full of carp. The audience defo have nothing between the ears. Why is RTE showing this rubbish.

    Could say the same for all celebrity talk shows really. Some people like to switch their brain off when they watch them. Maybe you should turn on something else when Ellen comes on.


  • #4
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Could say the same for all celebrity talk shows really. Some people like to switch their brain off when they watch them. Maybe you should turn on something else when Ellen comes on.

    Ya I hear what you are saying, I'm off work for a few months because if injury, so I said I'd watch it. Oh my, what a crock. These so called celebs are so far up their
    own rear its sickening. This passes for entertainment, give me a break.


  • #5
    Turquoise Hexagon Sun
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Turquoise Hexagon Sun


    If you can sit and watch a good podcast show for 2 or 3 hours while they get in to deep topics, philosophy, science, humour, technology, psychology - then turn on Ellen, it feels like you kind need to cut off 80% of your brain to enjoy it. But there's a place for that too.

    Occasionally I'll watch an Ellen interview but I'd would have to be really bored or just trying to distract myself from something other than what I'm supposed to be doing.

    Traditional TV in general is so dated and ****. I mean, we have podcasts or online talk-shows where they can actually interview people on a much more enriching level that doesn't always have to stoop to the lowest common demoninator, light-hearted, highly formated ****e. It's slow but people are coming around to this.

    I'll try not to critcize Ellen too much. I know that show isn't chasing me or my demographic. But all those talk shows are kind of mind-numbing trash.


  • #6
    HorrorScope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭HorrorScope


    Does she still do that weird crab dance thing? :D Seen it one day when she was in the middle of doing it (crab walking over a coffee table I think) and never went near it again.


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  • #7
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,726 ✭✭✭brian_t


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    As the title suggests this show is for people who must be absolutely brain dead.

    Guests on it like the host are full of carp. The audience defo have nothing between the ears. Why is RTE showing this rubbish.

    And this from Alan Partridge.


  • #8
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Sweet Jesus, Melissa McCarthy doing a prank on a shop assistant, about as funny as cancer.


  • #9
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Alot of stuff coming out about Ellen Degenerate, how she is anything but been KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.


  • #10
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    I can’t stand her face I don’t know why


  • #11
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,875 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Dakota Johnson vs Ellen.


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  • #12
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,875 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I wouldn't be using that paper of all papers a source for truth.


    Here is where they stole it from.

    ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Workplace Under Investigation by WarnerMedia (EXCLUSIVE)
    “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has become the subject of an internal investigation by WarnerMedia following numerous accounts of workplace problems on the long-running daytime series, Variety has learned.

    Executives from show producer Telepictures and distributor Warner Bros. Television sent a memo to staffers last week saying they have engaged WBTV-owner WarnerMedia’s employee relations group and a third party firm, who will interview current and former staffers about their experiences on set, said sources.

    A Warner Bros. Television spokesperson declined to comment on the matter. A rep for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.

    The memo comes on the heels of recent unflattering reports about working conditions at the show. In April, Variety reported on the treatment of legacy crew members during the coronavirus lockdown. In mid-July, BuzzFeed published a report alleging racism and intimidation on the show. The memo came from the desks of Telepictures executive vice president Donna Redier Linsk and WBTV vice president of human resources Donna Hancock Husband.

    The name of the third party consultant was not immediately clear. Both companies underscored their commitment to providing an environment where employees can flourish, said one of the individuals familiar with the document.

    BuzzFeed’s story contained a spectrum of accused racist behavior, from microagressions to jokes about mistaking two Black female employees with the same hairstyle, as well as criticism of statements allegedly made to another staffer by executive producer Ed Glavin. Glavin and fellow executive producers Andy Lassner and Mary Connelly addressed the allegations in a joint statement to Buzzfeed.........

    https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellen-degeneres-workplace-investigation-1234717494/


  • #13
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    If I wanted to break a spy I'd stick them in white room with this on every wall.


  • #14
    Hangdogroad
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    She has the eyes and smile of a mass murderer.


  • #15
    GreeBo
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    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    As the title suggests this show is for people who must be absolutely brain dead.

    Guests on it like the host are full of carp. The audience defo have nothing between the ears. Why is RTE showing this rubbish.

    Something fishy about this post.


  • #16
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I thought she was genuinely nice, I'm so naive :o
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #17
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    It is American, does that mean anything about it being for brain deads.

    It is shocking sh1te.


  • #18
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Will RTE drop the show because of this...no.


  • #19
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ellen-degeneres-show-investigation-end-tv-career.amp

    Be kind to one another though haw haw.


  • #20
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,875 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    She is blaming her executives for not holding up the standards she sets.

    DeGeneres
    we immediately began an internal investigation and we are taking steps, together, to correct the issues.” Implying that other executives on the show had failed to uphold her standards of conduct, she vows: “That will now change, and I’m committed to ensuring this does not happen again......

    https://tvline.com/2020/07/30/ellen-degeneres-response-apology-toxic-workplace-bullying-investigation/


  • #21
    Hego Damask
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Hego Damask


    It's always the same, these people that portray a nice PC image of perfectness have something to hide ... always the same.

    I personally always found her phoney at least , insincere , didn't think she would be such a cu next Tuesday ... but not surprised.


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  • #22
    gmisk
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    As my mother would say she always seemed a bit too sweet to be wholesome.

    Apparently someone else who isnt at all nice behind the scenes....Michael McIntyre...can't say I am surprised


  • #23
    Atlantic Dawn
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    The media not tearing in to her as they would if she was a straight male.


  • #24
    gmisk
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    The media not tearing in to her as they would if she was a straight male.
    Huh? They kind of are let's be honest..anywhere I can see anyway....it's not as if she was forcibly **** in front of other people or anything ffs

    Won't someone in the media please give a straight male a chance.....


  • #25
    PokeHerKing
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    gmisk wrote: »
    Huh? They kind of are let's be honest..anywhere I can see anyway....it's not as if she was forcibly **** in front of other people or anything ffs

    Won't someone in the media please give a straight male a chance.....

    She cant tho tbf, she only wishes she had a d*ck! :pac:


  • #26
    gmisk
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    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    She cant tho tbf, she only wishes she had a d*ck! :pac:
    ...I don't think you understand how **** works...


  • #27
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,845 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    From the first time I saw her show I just KNEW it was all a sick act and she was a thundering b1tch

    Just something about the way she presented herself was so false and sinister

    She needs to resign in disgrace now. I hope the staff who’ve suffered can get serious financial settlements out of her. Absolute nightmare.


  • #28
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    There was something about her demeanour that didn't sit well with me whenever I watched it. Just felt so phony and insincere.


  • #29
    DM_2092
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    I'm glad she's in a world of ****. For a fair few years I've read stories of her and how shes an absolute c**t to work for. Glad to see it come out.


    That being said, I've heard Mariah Carey & Ariana Grade are no better. Albeit, they're not Tv hosts but still, people work for them and they're in the spotlight.


  • #30
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0731/1156689-ellen-degeneres/

    Vomitus


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  • #31
    cloudatlas
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    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    She cant tho tbf, she only wishes she had a d*ck! :pac:

    WTF!!!! And I suppose in your weird fuccked up head gay men want vaginas? would you ever cop on to yourself and take a step out of 1950's Catholic Ireland.


  • #32
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Remember one of the Red Letter media guys refer to her as Ellen Degenerate.


  • #33
    DavidLyons_
    Registered Users Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭DavidLyons_


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0731/1156689-ellen-degeneres/

    Vomitus

    Hahaha. The photo. What a sh1tebag.


  • #34
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,630 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    The Guardian picking up on the story now:

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/01/ellen-degeneres-show-sexual-misconduct-racism-allegations

    Brad Garrett, from Everybody Loves Raymond, has hit out at her:

    https://twitter.com/RealBradGarrett/status/1289050817945772032


  • #35
    screamer
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    I found her very condescending on that show to be honest. The back slapping and high fiving and giving life changing gifts to poor people just no. TBH I think her sexuality has given her a fair bit of leeway, that I’m not sure she would have gotten otherwise.


  • #36
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,709 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    screamer wrote: »
    TBH I think her sexuality has given her a fair bit of leeway, that I’m not sure she would have gotten otherwise.

    Explain? Really weird comments in this thread, first she is dreaming of having a dick in some Freudian way and now, since she's a lesbian that means she has leeway and that presumably stopped the allegations from coming out sooner :rolleyes:

    She's not a nice person end of story all the rest of the stuff around her sexuality has absolutely zero to do with it.


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  • #37
    Beechwoodspark
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    You can tell that letter she sent to the staff went through multiple rewrites by the best lawyers in Hollywood


  • #38
    Hangdogroad
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    James Corden set to replace her (vomit!)

    Come back Ellen all is forgiven.


  • #39
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Mod: friendly reminder to at least try to stick to the specific topic at hand, and dial back the derogatory insults about her appearance or sexuality. It's clearly against the charter so consider this a small warning to think first on the manner of ones reply..

    ...

    Not mod: As to the topic, unless I've missed some detail it reads like Ellen herself wasn't directly responsible for any abuse, rather her producers. Of course, the buck should always stop with the leader / CEO / management level; it's not enough to delegate and just assume things remain harmonious. If there's a lesson to be taken it is just how hollow and insincere corporate "kindness" or preformative compassion can be. "be kind" is not in of itself a bad philosophy in life, but as with most things in modern America it had become weaponised by viral superficiality.


  • #40
    Mr.Nice Guy
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    pixelburp wrote: »
    Not mod: As to the topic, unless I've missed some detail it reads like Ellen herself wasn't directly responsible for any abuse, rather her producers. Of course, the buck should always stop with the leader / CEO / management level; it's not enough to delegate and just assume things remain harmonious. If there's a lesson to be taken it is just how hollow and insincere corporate "kindness" or preformative compassion can be. "be kind" is not in of itself a bad philosophy in life, but as with most things in modern America it had become weaponised by viral superficiality.

    Brad Garrett, who appeared on her show, seems to suggest she is responsible for some of it: "Know more than one who were treated horribly by her.⁩ Common knowledge."

    And Lea Thompson, of Back to the Future fame, has supported him by responding 'True Story'.

    I don't think it's plausible really that someone can be hosting a show for that long and not be aware of nasty stuff going on behind the scenes.


  • #41
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Brad Garrett, who appeared on her show, seems to suggest she is responsible for some of it: "Know more than one who were treated horribly by her.⁩ Common knowledge."

    And Lea Thompson, of Back to the Future fame, has supported him by responding 'True Story'.

    I don't think it's plausible really that someone can be hosting a show for that long and not be aware of nasty stuff going on behind the scenes.

    I think it's "easy" to cultivate an environment where you can have plausible deniability in terms of not knowing of abuse, simply because you choose to ignore the signs, or look the other way. Like dog walkers letting their dogs off leashes: don't have to deal with the shít if you didn't see it happen. Which reads like Ellens excuse going by her statement; that she didn't know. Which just makes her inept more than anything, but as said, in a position of plausible deniability all the same.

    Had seen a little tattle that her bouncy effervescence was an act, and actually quite cold and aloof in real life. Not a crime in of itself but could amount to some frosty relationships with celebrities. Guess we'll see how far it goes; cos no more than other stories of abuse in the entertainment industry, once the door opens a little, it gets busted open by all those bitten tongues suddenly loosened.


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  • #42
    Cunning Stunt
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    I dont get the whole fascination with Ellen and her show - celebs are always gushing over her, how much they love her etc. Her show is ok but there are much better shows/ hosts out there...


  • #43
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,984 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I love Stewart Lee's opinion on JC



  • #44
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    I started this thread when I was laid up last year. I knew this "be kind" was a load of BS. She struck me as a very insincere person.

    I wonder will she be stripped of her medal that Obama gave her.


  • #45
    Frankx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Frankx


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    I started this thread when I was laid up last year. I knew this "be kind" was a load of BS. She struck me as a very insincere person.

    I wonder will she be stripped of her medal that Obama gave her.

    He gave her his peace prize?


  • #46
    brian_t
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    Frankx wrote: »
    He gave her his peace prize?

    He gave her a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

    He gave one to Oprah too.


  • #47
    JP Liz V1
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    brian_t wrote: »
    He gave her a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

    He gave one to Oprah too.

    Who did Obama or Clinton?
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #48
    unhappys10
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    gmisk wrote: »
    As my mother would say she always seemed a bit too sweet to be wholesome.

    Apparently someone else who isnt at all nice behind the scenes....Michael McIntyre...can't say I am surprised

    I can't stand that prik and felt that way from the minute I set eyes on him.


  • #49
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,726 ✭✭✭brian_t


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Who did Obama or Clinton?

    Obama.

    Obama was mentioned in the Quote referenced by Frankx


  • #50
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    brian_t wrote: »
    Obama.

    Obama was mentioned in the Quote referenced by Frankx

    Boards acting up so can't see some posts and quotes
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #51
    AllForIt
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    You would think it would be a great area to work in.


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