Ellen DeGeneres is, now, the talk of the town after the allegations against The Ellen DeGeneres Show's toxic work environment and her mean attitude emerged online. As she is now in hot water, did her A-list celebrity friends leave her?
Rumors had it DeGeneres was left in the cold by her Hollywood friends. An insider told In Touch that the 62-year-old host was not getting the support she was expecting from the business.
Allegedly, the silence was deafening for Portia de Rossi's spouse. So, the source questioned how the Finding Nemo star would continue facing her famous guests now that she was in the middle of a huge controversy, especially those who never came to her defense.
Ellen has been running for about 17 years now, so many celebrity guests have graced the show from then on. Although DeGeneres cannot expect everyone to defend her, Gossip Cop stressed a lot of personalities have publicly showed their support.
Kevin Hart, Katy Perry, and Ashton Kutcher shared their heart-melting positive experiences with DeGeneres and her show. Her longtime friends, Jay Leno and Diane Keaton, also did the same.
They mostly show their support for DeGeneres on social media, Insider noted. Music manager Scooter Braun praised the talk show host for being a "kind, thoughtful, and courageous" human being.
Of course, de Rossi also came on her defense, confirming she was standing with DeGeneres. The 47-year-old model shared a photo on Instagram with the phrase "I Stand By Ellen."
It also included Ellen's mantra, "Be kind to one another." She, then, thanked all their fans and assured they saw every one of them, including the support they were showing. De Rossi, also, used the hashtag, #stopbotattacks, among others.
The Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras also shared a lengthy Instagram post about DeGeneres' goodness. He, also, called out her other A-list friends on his post, tagging their names one by one, to publicly show their support for her.
In addition, Katy Perry tweeted that she only had "positive takeaways" from both DeGeneres and her long-running show. Ellen's former DJ Samantha Ronson added her former boss had always been "kind, respectful, and cool" to her, contrary to the allegations made against DeGeneres.
Keaton also said that her pal "gives back to so many" while Hart called the veteran comedian one of the "dopest people" on Earth. Despite being called out, Kutcher stood by his words for DeGeneres, saying she "never pandered to celebrity." Lastly, Leno assured he would never "discard" their 40-year friendship because of hearsays.
