Some celebrities want the world to know that Ellen DeGeneres is very polite and based on this, they have posted on social media defending them.
Katy Perry announced on Twitter on Tuesday that "personally he has only had a positive experience from the time with Ellen". Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Hart, Jay Leno, Diane Keaton and Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's manager, Scooter Brown, have also made similar statements, claiming that "Ellen has been very polite to them." "This hatred must be stopped," said Kevin Hart.
Despite this, no reaction is helping Ellen as no one is claiming that she has mistreated celebrities and / or misbehaved with them. All the statements speak of a toxic work environment in the background, of an abusive, racist and bullying environment towards employees.
In BuzzFeed articles, former DeGeneres employees talk about sexual harassment by producers, racism against an employee of color, mistreatment of others, poor working conditions, and misconduct.
It should be said that employees are divided into two parts when it comes to whether there has been ill-treatment on her part or not. Some say the abusive environment was created by the producers, while others say it is impossible for her to have known nothing.
Everything that BuzzFeed published increased public skepticism towards Ellen, who has lost some fans in the past. Suffice it to recall the harsh reaction to her when she defended Kevin Hart, who years ago had made homophobic comments towards a community to which Ellen belongs. As if that weren’t enough, in 2019, Ellen was seen spending time with former President George W. Bush. According to the measure, a liberal and gay woman has nothing to do with a conservative former Republican president. George W. Bush is against same-sex marriage, against abortions, and in favor of the death penalty. In all these spheres, Ellen has the opposite attitude and thus the fans were annoyed by their friendship. Ellen therefore felt the need to explain in October of a year ago.
“Shikoni si është puna. Unë jam shoqe me George Bush,” tha ajo. “Në fakt, jam shoqe me shumë njerëz që s’mendojnë si unë. Thjesht sepse s’bie dakord me dikë, s’do të thotë se s’mund të krijoj shoqëri me ta. Kur them ‘tregoni dashuri për njëri-tjetrin’, nuk e kam vetëm për njerëzit që mendojnë si ju. E kam fjalën për këdo.”
Thënë kjo, që nuk është hera e parë që Ellen shihet me skepticizëm dhe cilësohet si “hipokrite”. Përpara se të bëheshin publike deklaratat e punonjësve, ajo ishte objekt kritikash pasi pas pandemisë, e krahasoi izolimin me situatën nëpër burgje, gjë që sigurisht nuk u pa si empatike dhe njerëzore. DeGeneres paraqiti disa filmime nga shtëpia duke iu referuar vetë-izolimit dhe frikës nga pandemia, por tha: “Këtu është si të jesh në burg. Kjo sepse kam veshur të njëjtat rroba për 10 ditë me radhë dhe këtu të gjithë janë gay.”
Tashmë në Twitter ka një fushatë #ReplaceEllen që kërkon zëvendësimin e saj. Nuk kanë munguar zërat që thonë se ajo do të japë dorëheqjen, ndonëse producentët e kanë mohuar. Gjithashtu shikueshmëria e emisionit ka qenë në rënie, gjë që vendos në pikëpyetje se çfarë do të ndodhë më tej.
Burimet: The Atlantic, Variety, BuzzFeed
