"I'm making jokes about what happened to me, but it was devastating," said the former daytime talk-show host following a stand-up comedy gig in Los Angeles this week.with over five years of experience covering the latest in entertainment.
The comedian reflected on her experience getting “kicked out of show business” for being “mean” during her latest stand-up comedy gig, at the Largo in Los Angeles on Wednesday, reports, saying they'd experienced racial microaggressions and were punished for taking medical or bereavement leave while employed by the talk show.
"The hate went on for a long time, and I would try to avoid looking at the news," she told the crowd, multiple outlets report. "The 'be kind' girl wasn't kind. That was the headline."DeGeneres added that her decision to end each episode of the show by reminding viewers to “be kind to one another” slowly became a “problem” because the public began to perceive her as a "one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps.
At the end of her routine, DeGeneres held a Q&A session, during which a fan asked if she was still able to “dance” through the backlash. "No... It's hard to dance when you're crying," she admitted, adding that she had a “hard time” and “didn’t get out” much at the height of the controversy.Though the couple overcame the media storm together and are both “dancing now,” she lost her desire to continue with her career.
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