Greyson Chance is speaking out about his experience with former mentor Ellen DeGeneres. As viewers may remember, the singer became an overnight sensation back in 2010 when a video of his performance of Lady GaGa’s Paparazzi went viral online.
The clip soon caught the attention of Ellen, who invited the then-12-year-old onto The Ellen DeGeneres Show, later signed him to her eleveneleven, and connected him with managers Troy Carter and Guy Oseary, a booking agent at WME, AND publicists.
While many people would have assumed this would be a dream come true for a young artist like Greyson, it actually turned out to be a nightmare for him.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone published on Thursday, the 25-year-old opened up about his relationship with Ellen for the first time, claiming she had been an “insanely manipulative” person behind the scenes for most of his career.
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