Ellen DeGeneres doesn’t have encouraging news for her fans who were hoping to see more of her after her upcoming Netflix special.
Speaking at a Q&A after a comedy show at the Luther Burbanks Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California, last week, the comedian told the audience not to expect much from her after the current tour.
“This is the last time you’ll see me,” DeGeneres said, according to the Daily Mail. SFGate.com“After my Netflix special, I’m done.”
She ended her long-running talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” two years ago following controversy that alleged she fostered a toxic environment for her employees.
“Let me tell you what’s happened to me since you last saw me,” DeGeneres said. “I’ve been crazy. Oh yeah, I got fired from show business for being tough.”
“I used to say, ‘I don’t care what people say about me.’ Now I realize I said that at the height of my popularity,” the comedian continued.
However, DeGeneres has remained adamant that she is not actually cruel, saying: “I can be demanding and impatient and tough. I am a strong woman… I am many things, but I am not evil.”
The Finding Dory star issued an apology to her employees via a memo in July 2020. The accusations came from former employees and a current employee at the time.
“On our first day on the show, I told everyone at our first meeting that The Ellen DeGeneres Show would be a place of happiness — no one would ever raise their voice, and everyone would be treated with respect. Obviously something changed, and I’m disappointed to learn that wasn’t the case. For that, I’m sorry,” DeGeneres wrote in the letter. “Anyone who knows me knows that this is the exact opposite of what I believe in and what I would have hoped for our show.”
DeGeneres previously confirmed that her upcoming Netflix special would be her last. “To answer the questions that everyone has been asking me — yes, I’m going to talk about it,” she said in a May announcement. “Yes, this is my last special. Yes, Portia [de Rossi] “Is this really that beautiful in real life?”