Over the years, there have been many claims made about Ellen DeGeneres being mean and the work environment at The Ellen DeGeneres Show being toxic. Now, Adam Carolla has opened up about his experience being a guest on her show, and he explained why he believes “people were scared” of her.
As DeGeneres makes headlines over her move to the UK and political comments, Adam Carolla was asked on After Party with Emily Jashinsky if he thinks she’s one of the people who have unraveled because of Donald Trump. In response, he said, “Ellen has always been a mean person.” He also compared the energy of her show behind the scenes to other talk shows, like Jay Leno’s and Jimmy Kimmel’s. While he said Kimmel and Leno were “laid back,” he believes DeGeneres made people “scared.” As he said:
Ellen’s show, people were scared — real scared.
Margaret Cho recently said Ellen was “weird and not nice” to her. Back in 2020, Ryan Phillippe threw some shade at her by pausing over her “be kind to one another” line. Meanwhile, former Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky-Manno said the host laughed at her instead of with her.
For the last five years, the discourse surrounding Ellen DeGeneres, her work and her show has been turbulent. Now that she’s back in the news, it’s bubbling back up again. So, as we learn more about what she’s up to and the ever-evolving discussion about her old show, we’ll be sure to keep you posted.