Um… don’t call it a comeback? Because it isn’t working?? If you haven’t heard, Ellen DeGeneres is back. Or at least, that was the idea.
It’s been a couple years now since she left her popular daytime talk show amid allegations she created a toxic work environment.
And she decided to finally make her case to the public in the way she knows best — standup comedy. The tour, which she combatively named Ellen’s Last Stand… Up, she’s been complaining about how she “got kicked out of show business for being mean.” She went with the whole “strong woman” defense, saying: Right, she was just leaning in, and that’s why an employee was fired after taking a leave of absence due to a suicide attempt.
Just Ellen leaning in, being a girlboss. Related: Jennifer Lopez CANCELS Summer Tour Amid Low Ticket Sales & Ben Affleck Drama! Anyway, it appears far fewer folks want to hear her defense than she thought.
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