Margaret Cho accuses Ellen degeneres of being “not kind” for her for most of her career, although they both work in comedy at their beginnings.
The actress and the actor made a recent appearance on The Kelly Mantle showwhere she said that Degeneres would act as if they had just met whenever she was invited The Ellen Degeneres show.
“Ellen was really weird and not nice to me for most of my career,” said Cho. “I opened myself for her in the 1980s, when she was a headliner in comedy clubs, long before her great renown. Later, when I was doing her talk show in the 2000s, she acted as if we had just met us. ”
“And I say to myself: ‘Slut, what?’ It’s weird.
Cho then recalled a case where David Bowie was a guest in the Talk show of Degeneres, and the day before his appearance, Cho had attended his concert with a “Chinese emperor outfit”, as she described. The actress said she had learned later that Bowie continued to compliment her concert look during her Ellen degeneres show Visit, but that his comments had been published from the broadcast.
“The producer, who is a very good friend of me, had to call me and say to me:” I can’t believe that she did this, but she cut her off from the program “”, said Cho. “” But you should know that he was going again and again on your outfit. God said your name. He loves you. “”
Although Cho said that she didn’t know exactly why Bowie’s remarks on her outfit were cut off from the show, and that it could have been due to time, she added that she was always going to take it personally “.
The Hollywood Reporter contacted the representative of Degeneres to comment.
In the preceding years The Ellen Degeneres show Taking the end of season 19 in 2022, Degeneres and his program met with controversy, including personal excavations and a Buzzfeed News Exhibits detailing the allegations of a toxic workplace. The latter promoted an internal investigation by Warnermedia and the rejection of key frames.
Degeneres, who said that she had learned toxic claims on the workplace through the press, opened the 18th season of the show with apology, saying to viewers at the time: “I learned that things were going here that should never have happened. I take this very seriously. And I mean I’m really sorry for the people who have been affected. ”
As for the reasons for which she decided to finish her day show after season 19, said degeneres The Hollywood Reporter In 2021, “when you are a creative person, you must constantly be disputed – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it is simply no more a challenge.”
Cho has also already commented The Ellen Degeneres showtoxic allegations in the workplace, saying about the Hot and deep dives Podcast in 2020, “I think she is really scary. I’m always afraid of Ellen. Everyone should be afraid of Ellen. I would have no idea what it would be to work for it.”
