People's Choice 2020: Ellen DeGeneres Thanks 'Amazing Staff' During Win After Backstage Controversy
The Ellen DeGeneres Show won the favorite Daytime Talk Show award at the E! People's Choice Awards [...]
E!: "Here's the peoples choice winner!"
— Kronk (@Kronk_Wheels) November 16, 2020
The People: pic.twitter.com/aqLwN2t80E
DeGeneres then turned to thank her fans for watching at home and voting for her. "Thanks for all of my fans for supporting me and sticking by me, I can't tell you how grateful I am and what this means to mean, it's more than I could possibly tell you, especially now," she said. She also made a joke about cleaning the award before displaying it.
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We could talk all day long about how undeserved this is pic.twitter.com/yfPGBdixKt
— Joe Patrick (@projoepat) November 16, 2020
Over the summer, DeGeneres' show was hit with multiple allegations of a "toxic" workplace environment behind the scenes as multiple former employees spoke to BuzzFeed News. WarnerMedia began an independent investigation into the allegations, leading to the firings of executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman. DeGeneres addressed the allegations in the opening Season 18 monologue.
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— 🌻Raquel🌻 (@kelsylva) November 16, 2020
"I learned that things happened here that never should have happened," DeGeneres told viewers. "I take that very seriously, and I want to say I am so sorry to the people that were affected." She later added, "I take responsibility for what happens at my show. This is The Ellen DeGeneres Show. I am Ellen DeGeneres."
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👎🏻 👎🏻 👎🏻 👎🏻 pic.twitter.com/rhS7piapWl
— FRa (@fra_jba) November 16, 2020
The comedian did not specifically address some of the allegations but said changes were made behind the scenes. "The truth is, I am that person that you see on TV. I am also a lot of other things," DeGeneres said. "Sometimes I get sad. I get mad. I get anxious. I get frustrated. I get impatient. And I am working on all of that. I am a work in progress."
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I voted for Kelly
— HargiHero📷🕵️♀️🐧🐈🎶🎸 (@HargiHero) November 16, 2020
"Umm, why was she even a nominee? Did y'all forget how she treated her staff and EVERYONE?!" one person tweeted. Another revealed they voted for Kelly Clarkson. The other nominees for the Daytime Talk Show award were Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Red Table Talk, Today, The View, and The Wendy Williams Show.
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so we just gonna ignore how she treated her staff then?
— amanda stone (@a3tuallyamanda) November 16, 2020
One person asked if everyone was going to start ignoring the allegations against DeGeneres' producers. "How is she the winner?? Didn't she just go through a bunch of [controversies]?" another person asked.
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