Ellen DeGeneres ends show after one more season

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly planning to end her show after 19 seasons. The 63-year-old shared the news with her staff on May 11;

‘When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,’ she told The Hollywood Reporter 

Though people are saying she is ending the show because of the allegations of toxic work environment and how it affected her ratings – lost 1 million viewers ,Ellen says that’s not the reason (uh, it sure feels like it) ; 

‘It almost impacted the show. It was very hurtful to me. I mean, very. But if I was quitting the show because of that, I wouldn’t have come back this season. So, it’s not why I’m stopping,’  ‘But it was hard because I was sitting at home, it was summer, and I see a story that people have to chew gum before they talk to me and I’m like, “Okay, this is hilarious.” 

‘Then I see another story of some other ridiculous thing and then it just didn’t stop. And I wasn’t working, so I had no platform, and I didn’t want to address it on [Twitter] and I thought if I just don’t address it, it’s going to go away because it was all so stupid.’

‘I’d be lying if I said it didn’t. And it makes me really sad that there’s so much joy out there from negativity. It’s a culture now where there are just mean people, and it’s so foreign to me that people get joy out of that. ‘Then, on the heels of it, there are allegations of a toxic workplace and, unfortunately, I learned that through the press. And at first I didn’t believe it because I know how happy everybody is here and how every guest talks about, “Man, you have a great place here. Of all the talk shows I’ve done, everyone here is so happy.” That’s all I’ve ever heard.’ 

The comedian will discuss more on her decision on Oprah Winfrey show tomorrow, May 13th.

That’s a sad one though. There was a time when I watched her show everyday. 

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