Ellen DeGeneres receives support from celeb pals after addressing scandal on show’s season 18 return

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Ellen DeGeneres' famous friends are showing their support for the host after she started season 18 of her show by addressing the accusations of a toxic work environment, which have plagued the show's reputation over the past few months.

In her opening monologue -- which first appeared on the show’s YouTube channel and was also posted to Instagram on Monday -- DeGeneres took responsibility for the scandal. “As you may have heard, this summer there were allegations of a toxic work environment at our show and then there was an investigation.

I learned that things happened here that never should have happened,” she began. DeGeneres, 62, continued: “I take that very seriously and I want to say I am so sorry to the people who were affected.