Us Weekly is looking back at some of the biggest controversies.In 2018, Megyn Kelly, who was hosting her own NBC morning show at the time, came under fire when she defended wearing blackface makeup years ago on Halloween.
Although she apologized in an email to staffers and read a statement on air, the show, Megyn Kelly Today, was canceled.Two months after her exit, she came to an agreement with NBC and reportedly received the remaining sum owed to her from her original $69 million contract — $30 million.Two years later, another woman in TV made headlines for a scandal.
In summer 2020, multiple former staffers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show claimed that the show was a toxic atmosphere to work in.
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