A Warner Bros. spokesperson acknowledged that communication could have been better, but cited complications due to the chaos caused by COVID-19.
"When returning from break, the crew was paid the week of March 30th despite having no firm plans for production to resume," the spokesperson said. Pay reduced to 8 hours from 10 hours per work day for the week of the 30th, insiders said. One local IATSE rep spoke with"Ellen" producers about the crew's concerns the week of April 7, sources said, and reported back that their understanding was that union members would continue to be paid. The union rep advised the crew to"watch closely," one person familiar with the exchange said. An IATSE spokesperson did not immediately comment on the matter. The studio said the third-party hire was cleared with union reps.
More upsetting for many crew members is a lack of personal outreach from show leadership to check on longtime employees amid the public health crisis, said sources. The stage crew operates separately from DeGeneres' senior producers, writers and assistants, who occupy her offices in Building 19 on the Burbank Warner lot. Many of the key crew, however, have been with DeGeneres since the taping of the talk show's pilot, which rolled 17 years ago.
Is she getting fat
Unfortunately, it's business!
You guys posted this exact thing yesterday. Slow day?
Shes a terrible person by most accounts
I’m not surprised I know people who have worked on her crew and said she’s an awful person to work with... described as demonic and she’s only nice to people on her own socialite status
I always knew TheEllenShow was a POS. When the crap hits the fan, the rich forget you.
Hollywood elites screwing over the little guy. What’s new? OutOfTouch
Who cares?
Ellen sounds like a sociopath.
i'm sure her prick 'producer' little andylassner has something to do with it. the guy clearly has little man's complex.
Plot twist, Ellen has never been a decent person
Why not scoop from yashar
So she makes so much money they have to do things differently? Like not paying the people that work on her show like the 'poorer' hosts are doing? Sounds like a 1% problem.
boo ellen you not my hero anymore
WhiteHatGuy no worries Ellen is enjoying house arrest and I am sure she really needs her adrenochrome, and have her show the world her beautiful ankle bracelet, she is sick and evil pedo
Doesn’t surprise me at all!
Posted 5x since yesterday. WGAS?
Cancel her ass!!!
This is why I can’t stand this girl!!! I just can’t ...
Maybe she could tie them up and shoot mustard at them & drop them in cow poop to get their checks ?
The point of the article is how the producers of the show have conducted business. I did not see one quote from Ellen.
Ellen has had more negative press in the last year than she did in the decade prior 🤔 What's up? Entertainment Fame Networking Publicity
You mean Ellen is fake? Who would have guessed that.
natemcdermott She’s such a fake. Always has been, always will be.
Womp womp
Nice to see TheEllenShow & her staff prove all hideous things they say about realDonaldTrump wad really then projecting their own inhumane & pompous narcissistic behavior
I stopped loving Ellen when we got tickets to her show and we encountered the real Ellen, she only lit up when the camera was rolling, once on commercial break didn’t even look at the audience, very disappointing and heart breaking, rude and mean
What'd you expect from someone who's friends with George Bush?
TheEllenShow if this story is true, I'm disappointed in you Ellen. Not a very 'let's be kind to one another' attitude......
We find the lgbt comedienne isn't so tolerant and accepting in terms of economics and labor.
Ellen is very sucky.
I stopped following Ellen when she began that game show where she delights in humiliating and terrorizing contestants trying to win a little extra money. Her delight is a real window into he personality. There is a mean streak.
PunkleJones Another reason to hate that clown
Isn't it common knowledge that she's awful? Maybe this will get her canceled.
that was a really lame way to treat the 'little people'. I don't want to hear anything more about Ellen. Sad, she seemed ok.
Wow, NBC News critical of a big time liberal
She is the worst
I’m not buying it.
I feel like Ellen is super fake and it’s all slowly coming out who she really is...
santumaratea1 Ellen en otro bardo 🤣
suspend the show or break them up if they are not going to behave
I remember Letterman paying his staff during the writers strike. Conan did the same.
You wouldn’t even have a show without your employees. This makes me sick.
ellen sucks maybe she can go away after this....? 😎
Hope she responds to this. Doesn’t sound or look good
If true, humm
Ellen is a greedy mean persona!
Really TheEllenShow your always telling people to be kind and your doing this to your own crew. How can I believe anything that comes out of your mouth now. Really sad! In a pandemic your treatment of your own employees is terrible
The lighting crew got blacked out...
Not so nice ellen TheEllenShow
She is an evil witch and portrays something else on TV
Do you think she’s likes pizza or pasta?
When the going gets tough the tough get going!!
Man that presidential medal of freedom from Obama sure hasn't helped her with liberal media
🤣🤣🤣 that’s what you get for working for Hollywood elites! They’re nothing but self centered users who live in a bubble! You’re not in their circle & Ellen will NEVER accept responsibility, be accountable, or anything else. NOTHING is ever their fault!!! 🤮
That’s because andylassner is the worst human on the planet. Prove me wrong
TheEllenShow this is disappointing to read. One of the highest paid entertainers in the industry not willing to personally help out her own crew in the most desperate of times. You may be one of the funniest women in the industry but you need to practice what you preach-be kind
I’ve stopped watching her show years ago!
Smh
And Ellen was whining about having to stay in her mansion.
And this liberal hack doesn’t walk the talk. Hummmmmmm
She was never a nice person in reality anyway, and made money through exploiting other people. Yet another reason for me to loathe this greedy hack.
It not guaranteed to last.
I'm just surprised NBC is actually reporting on this. You would think their personal interests would prevent them from casting such a bad light on their very own show. However I'm not surprised about TheEllenShow. This is nothing new for her. A really despicable human being.
Ellen is. The devil and she don't play.
This is not a surprise. She did not support the writers during the strike in 2007. She is not pro-worker. This when I stopped watching her show.
She is home dancing right now...she cares so deeply... but only cries when the cameras are on...hows Iggy by the way?
Aww....Welcome to the real world. Ellen ain’t that generous with her own money
Better take note mgmt
andylassner TheEllenShow WTF, Andy &Ellen?!?! (& others) That’s so wrong what you’re doing. Hey JimmyKimmelLive - thank you for all you do. Be better, andylassner. Be better, TheEllenShow.
Is Ellen still being paid.? If the answer is yes, why does she not pay 50% of the money into a fund to pay her crew for the duration? Or is she 'Ellen LessGeneresse'.
She’s a piece of work.
Useless show anyways
Ellen won't have that!! She will respond...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Everyone is suffering this not a scandal. Ellen takes care of everyone!she will take care of her loyal employees everyone needs to be 💪!
For years, a lot of people directly and indirectly involved with this show have nothing but horrible things to say about Ellen and her show runners. Sad but true.
Hopefully they eliminate her bullshit show and take the View with it!!✌🏼
Time for celebrity culture to finally die (I hope)
they should be outraged the show brings in millions -
Welcome to America it's always about the rich screwing the poor
No way
Saw pictures of ankle bracelet; maybe more is going on there 🤷♀️
I genuinely hope ellen goes under
Looks like this might be the last straw. Kelly could easily step in a take over that time slot.
I’m confused. You all thought TheEllenShow was a nice person. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Maybe the crew members from Ellen DeGeneres show could maybe show some respect and humble themselves. During this very dangerous period in the history of the world.
GavinNewsom can you not encourage her
I fully support all the crew quitting immediately. Perhaps we should start a GoFundMe to make that happen quicker.
They said she is a comedian.
Ellen has the money. She should pay her crew
TheEllenShow answer this sh;t, Ellen. If true, make it right.
Whatever her response will be it will be fake af. One good thing the coronavirus did was expose celebrities to how lame and out of touch they really are.
WHY PAY CUT IF YOU CAN PAY DEFER?
“Imagine No Possessions”
N O O N E C A R E S
FINALLY truth is coming out .
Cancel Dr. Oz and this bitch Ellen too cancelseason
She’s rich. Why wouldn’t she pay her staff?
Surprised media is even posting this.
You will see people for who they really are in times like these... each man for themself.
Oh no. The poor rich people who live in gated white communities while advocating for diversity for us
Meanwhile I am FUCKING PISSED THAT trump FUCKED US AND WE ONLY GET $1200.00
IT'S LIKE SHE'S A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING OR SOMETHING
What a shock.
She’s been known to be mean. A faker
ImpeachmentDoBolsonaro
Pay cut?
ForaBolsonaro
Ellen’s crew members have BEEN complaining about their working conditions and how straight up mean Ellen is to them, they deserve better
Way to go Ellen. I can’t believe she would do that to her own crew!
terrible ellen couldn't take care of them
You mean “since they didn’t get exactly what they want”?
Need a new hashtag. ellenpayyourcrew andylassner
andylassner maybe TheEllenShow needs to step up and make sure everyone that has anything to do with her show should get pain in full. It is like she’s in PRISON.
Perfect role for her om Broadway wicked
It's a business. It's television. The riddle regarding this unexpected and unappreciative treatment has been solved.
They are rich.
Every day she would end by saying be kind to one another
TheEllenShow are you aware of any of this? This seems so uncharacteristic of you. Or at least the persona you portray on your talk show. Hopefully it’s an oversight...
I heard she once kicked a puppy!
Wonder how many stuck up for her when she was fired for being gay.
How quickly you’ve forgotten the many people that TheEllenShow has helped in this world. You don’t even know the full story and you’re ready to bash her. It is a fool that believes a one sided story. This article doesn’t provide a full circle scope of BOTH perspectives. JERKS!!
I wish all the shows failed. They been corrupting America tooo long!
Never trust management. I don’t care who they are.
👀
Never been much of a fan.
Cry me a dammed river.
Obviously they took a pay cut so Ellen could film from her jail...I mean...home
Not a good look
She a fake gay?
She doesn’t care about them. They’re her little minions. She’ll just get new ones if they don’t like it.
Hahahahaha
Ellen is a garbage human
Man... that's just sad.
Show me the Money
Maybe they shouldn’t have unionized
Just by looking at her you can tell she's the female version of Hitler
She/he/it has billions of dollars and yet won't spend a single penny. Fraud
Ellen DeGeneres is a fraud who used fake stories of victimization to peddle her nondescript talent.
Wait isn’t this the whole risk of being in a union? Rise together, sink together. Looks like the Indys win.
I think it’s time for Ellen to find something else to do. She’s jumped the shark.
Just crappy TheEllenShow do better
'Hey kids - can you say 'phony?' 'PHONY!' 'I knew you could!'
32 crew members. 10,000 a month each for the next 6 months. That’s 1.9 millions dollars. She’s worth 330 million. She can fix this IF she wants.
Eminem looks great for his age.
She's a bush ball washer. Shocker
That's super disappointing
Famous are selfish, big conclusion!
If you criticize Ellen, you are criticizing all lesbians, gays, and women. Obviously behind the scenes of NBC news are evangelical, white men! Detestable! Shame on NBC for covering this story. Bigots!
“Be kind to one another” is meant to be ironic.
TheEllenShow really? Has your move to the jerk zone been completed?
She's trash.
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