Ellen DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000 essentially got her blacklisted from Hollywood for a while. In a new interview with Page Six, she calls herself "patient zero in cancel culture.""This wasn't a long-term love affair," Anne said of the romance. "This was a moment in my life when I was given the glory of being able to stand up for what I believe in and have since I was a kid."Anne's "cancel culture" moment came in 1997 when she invited Ellen to the premiere of her film "Volcano." The same-sex couple's arrival was highly scrutinized.
Now, nearly 25 years later, Anne said Hollywood wasn't ready for an out-and-proud same sex couple. "I didn't do a studio picture for ten years," she said. "I was fired from a $10 million picture deal and did not.
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