But many people who used to work for DeGeneres (or those who have just interacted with the comedian) didn’t find her to be nice–at all. Is DeGeneres actually mean? One podcast host recently tweeted that she is “notoriously one of the meanest people in Hollywood”–and many of his commenters had examples.
Kevin T. Porter, a comedian and the co-host of podcasts Good Christian Fun, Inside Voices, Maisel Goys and Gilmore Guys, recently started stirring the metaphorical pot on Twitter.
“Right now we all need a little kindness,” Porter tweeted. “You know, like Ellen Degeneres always talks about!” He continued:
She’s also notoriously one of the meanest people alive. Respond to this with the most insane stories you’ve heard about Ellen being mean & I’ll match every one w/ $2 to @LAFoodBank.
I worked @RealFoodDaily, served her & Porsha at brunch. She wrote a letter to the owner & complained about my chipped nail polish (not that it was on her plate but just that it was on my hand). I had worked till closing the night before & this was next morn, almost got me fired.
Right now we all need a little kindness. You know, like Ellen Degeneres always talks about! 😊❤️
She’s also notoriously one of the meanest people alive
Respond to this with the most insane stories you’ve heard about Ellen being mean & I’ll match every one w/ $2 to @LAFoodBank
— Kevin T. Porter (@KevinTPorter) March 20, 2020
Others recalled their experiences, or experiences friends had, working for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. One tweeter remembered:
Right now we all need a little kindness. You know, like Ellen Degeneres always talks about! 😊❤️
She’s also notoriously one of the meanest people alive
Respond to this with the most insane stories you’ve heard about Ellen being mean & I’ll match every one w/ $2 to @LAFoodBank
— Kevin T. Porter (@KevinTPorter) March 20, 2020
A new staff member was told ‘every day she picks someone different to really hate. It’s not your fault, just suck it up for the day and she’ll be mean to someone else the next day.
i was PAing for the Letterman special and her rider was 50 items long and one was specific vegan cauliflower puffs that are rarely sold so i had to drive to 15 different grocery stores to find it and she didn’t even touch them
— 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝𝖎𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖚𝖝 (@vllyeazey) March 20, 2020
Other tweeters only needed to point to The Ellen DeGeneres Show itself for examples of the host’s lack of kindness.
“Ellen scares people??? With the things they are notoriously afraid of?????Everyday???? On live TV????” one person tweeted.
Ellen scares people??? With the things they are notoriously afraid of?????Everyday???? On live TV????
— mcp (@meek_mollz) March 20, 2020
Porter’s tweet ended up getting almost 2,000 replies.
“Well this got out of hand!” Porter wrote on Twitter. “It’s now hard to tell which stories are real or not, so I’ve rounded up to 300 and donated $600!”