Ellen DeGeneres thanked fans after taping the final episode of her scandal hit long-running talk show.
The presenter, 64, took to Instagram to share a picture of her sitting on the set of the hugely successful series, as she touched upon how the world has changed since the talk show aired 19 years ago.
“Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th. When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist,” Elle began.
“Social Media didn’t exist. Gay marriage wasn’t legal. We watched the world change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not,” she poignantly added.
The TV star said she wanted her show to be a “place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour”, and said it was an honour to have entertained millions of people around the world for almost two decades.
“But whatever was happening, my goal was always for the show to be a place where we could all come together and laugh for an hour. Being invited into your lives has been the greatest privilege of my life and has brought me incredible joy.
“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you,” she concluded her emotional post.
Her show came under fire in 2020, when accusations of a toxic workplace environment on the set came to light, and Ellen herself was allegedly at the centre of some complaints regarding her “mean” behaviour.
A report from BuzzFeed included current and former employees who complained about alleged bullying behind-the-scenes, prompting an internal probe of the show by Warner Bros.
Findings indicated “some flaws in the show’s daily management” and in September 2020, Ellen herself apologised for things “that never should have happened”.
“I know that I’m in a position of privilege and power, and I realise that with that comes responsibility, and I take responsibility for what happens at my show,” she told viewers during the opening episode of the show’s 18th season.
“The truth is I am that person that you see on TV. I am also a lot of other things. I get sad. I get mad. I get anxious. I get frustrated. I get impatient. And I am working on all of that,” Ellen confessed.
In May last year, the star announced The Ellen DeGeneres Show would be finishing in 2021, after it wraps up its 19th season.
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