Ellen DeGeneres did. Onscreen, at least, America’s queen of daytime television niceties remained consistent. Since the debut of her self-titled talk show in 2003, she has been cute, folksy and resolutely inoffensive.
A-listers flocked to her sofa because they knew they wouldn’t be given a hard time. Her comic persona has always been light and observational, no cracks of angst or comedic hostility.
And yet somehow, in the last two years, she became one of the most controversial celebrities in America. The news that DeGeneres is ending her talk show after 19 seasons, which came just months after an investigation into allegations of toxicity behind the scenes, wasn’t a surprise.
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