Ellen DeGeneres: I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’

Ellen DeGeneres: ‘The hate went on for a long time and I would try to avoid looking at the news.’ Photograph: James Devaney/GC Images

Ellen DeGeneres has addressed the controversial end of her eponymous daytime talkshow after allegations that it was a toxic workplace.

While performing the opening night of her new Ellen’s Last Stand … Up Tour at the Largo in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, the former daytime host joked about getting “kicked out of show business” for being “mean”.