Ellen DeGeneres‘ last standup special has premiered on Netflix and the former daytime talk show host opened up about getting “canceled.”
During her Netflix special, DeGeneres talks about going to therapy to deal with the backlash she received following claims of creating a toxic work environment on her daily show.
“I was in therapy for a while trying to deal with all the hatred that was coming at me. It was not a common situation for a therapist to deal with,” DeGeneres said in the comedy special For Your Approval. “At one point, my therapist said, ‘Ellen where do you get this idea that everyone hates you?’ And I said, ‘Well, New York Times, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly, I think Elmo may have said something recently on an episode of Sesame Street.”
DeGeneres continued, “She said, ‘Well I think you just need to
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