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Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:26 PM Jul 2020

Ex-'Ellen DeGeneres Show' employees claim culture of 'rampant sexual misconduct' in new article.

Source: Yahoo News

Ellen DeGeneres’s apology to her talk show staffers over workplace toxicity allegations hasn’t stopped new ones from surfacing.

One day after the Ellen DeGeneres Show host broke her silence in a staff letter about the ongoing investigation of the show, a new report from BuzzFeed News has dozens of former staffers making claims of “rampant sexual misconduct and harassment” on the set. And Everybody Loves Raymond actor Brad Garrett said that mistreatment by DeGeneres — whose motto is “be kind” — is “common knowledge.”

According to the new BuzzFeed story, top executive producers engaged in inappropriate workplace behavior, with one “being handsy” with female staffers and another soliciting oral sex at a work party.

Many of the new claims center around head writer and executive producer Kevin Leman. A former employee claimed Leman was behind the work party incident — which they said played out in a restroom at a company event in 2013. Another former staffer said they separately saw Leman grab a male production assistant’s genitals. Another ex-staffer claimed she saw Leman grope a production assistant in a car in 2017. And dozens of others talked about sexually explicit comments made by him, typically to lower-level and younger employees.


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ex-ellen-degeneres-show-employees-claim-culture-rampant-sexual-misconduct-new-report-170312455.html



Comment.....: I guess Ellen DeGeneres is a total phony. She knew all about this as she must have. No letter of apology will change anything. Been going on for years. End of Ellen & her show. Good by phony..Good ridence.

I like this sentence, " .....a new report from BuzzFeed News has dozens of former staffers making claims of “rampant sexual misconduct and harassment” on the set....Also....Brad Garrett said that mistreatment by DeGeneres — whose motto is “be kind” — is “common knowledge.”
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Ex-'Ellen DeGeneres Show' employees claim culture of 'rampant sexual misconduct' in new article. (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2020 OP
i agree with you catsudon Jul 2020 #1
Thank You for your comment and I quote, "...she is sorry she got caught" Stuart G Jul 2020 #4
I Think She is Mean at Heart NonPC Jul 2020 #11
+1. A world-class hypocrite and sociopath. dalton99a Jul 2020 #14
The oft-maligned term "limousine liberal" comes to mind.... pepperbear Aug 2020 #18
Why not? Faux pas Jul 2020 #2
Yes, we all did with Cosby too..Thanks for saying that. Cosby also got away with it for many years.. Stuart G Jul 2020 #5
Have Rebl2 Jul 2020 #3
I suspect.."fear of reprisals" and "punishment from Ellen....My guess is she will now Stuart G Jul 2020 #6
This is another instance where stories circulated for years, but for some reason reporters Mike 03 Jul 2020 #7
According to the story at the link below..Ellen wants to end her talk show. Stuart G Jul 2020 #8
She "struggles to be nice to people and has utter contempt for her audience" dalton99a Jul 2020 #13
My hunch is that she'll cancel the show and start another bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #9
Good Point.."she can live without an income." But, she will not be interviewed. Stuart G Jul 2020 #10
I read in other places that she has wanted to retire for a while JI7 Aug 2020 #16
An empty apology after years of treating your employees like garbage dalton99a Jul 2020 #12
I never cared for Ellen and her show CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #15
Naive to think that any of these "celebrities" are in real life the way they Raine Aug 2020 #17
She hired SCABS and left her union employees out to dry during covid. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2020 #19
She can hang out with Roseanne milestogo Aug 2020 #20

catsudon

(839 posts)
1. i agree with you
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:31 PM
Jul 2020

the apology from her just confirms it.

she's not sorry about what she did (or didn't do) she's sorry she got caught

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
4. Thank You for your comment and I quote, "...she is sorry she got caught"
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:37 PM
Jul 2020

...She is done, gone, kaput, etc. Years of this behavior of......"phony kindness."..
...Not just a little, but a whole lot. How do you explain that phony kindness to her audience? "Deep down
Ellen is a total phony and treats her people in a totally mean way."....Verified by many employees.

NonPC

(270 posts)
11. I Think She is Mean at Heart
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jul 2020

Yes, she has given away a lot of stuff on her daytime show -- although much is donated by sponsors. But have you ever watched her recent show "Game of Games"? Good concept for a show, but you can tell that she kind of gets a kick out of periodically being mean (cruel?) to competitors when given the opportunity. I think she's good at keeping her cruelness hidden.

pepperbear

(5,648 posts)
18. The oft-maligned term "limousine liberal" comes to mind....
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:18 PM
Aug 2020

Who says the left doesn't have its fair share? And while we're on the subject, don't be surprised when certain people who are admired and beloved get caught up in the Epstein web. Let's not forget what the North Korean Hollywood Hack revealed. I'm so far left I'm practically Cesar Chavez, but I can't stand phonies. Let's face it: $ and fame can change people.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
5. Yes, we all did with Cosby too..Thanks for saying that. Cosby also got away with it for many years..
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:39 PM
Jul 2020

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
6. I suspect.."fear of reprisals" and "punishment from Ellen....My guess is she will now
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:41 PM
Jul 2020

take a long vacation..just like Tucker the Fucker...Vacation after the .."apology" is spread throughout the media..

....Also, since she got away with this in the past, Ellen will think that she will get away with it now. They all do.
But she won't. Her viewership will vanish..If her..."kindness" is her selling point, and that is phony, then it is "all over.." But I could be wrong..and have been in the past...Often...

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. This is another instance where stories circulated for years, but for some reason reporters
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:47 PM
Jul 2020

either avoided or were unable to develop enough on-the-record sources to go to press.

Like Weinstein.
Like Bryan Singer.
Like Cosby, and John Landis' son, and Les Moonves, and Brett Ratner and so many others.

These people have very powerful lawyers who will do almost anything to make these stories "go away."

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
8. According to the story at the link below..Ellen wants to end her talk show.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 04:59 PM
Jul 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/07/31/ellen-degeneres-allegedly-wants-to-end-her-talk-show/

Also, in another article that I read...(no link) said this has been going on for years...

I did find out that the show has been on the network for 17 years...

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
13. She "struggles to be nice to people and has utter contempt for her audience"
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:47 PM
Jul 2020

Yeah, Be Kind to One Another


bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)
9. My hunch is that she'll cancel the show and start another
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:03 PM
Jul 2020

The entire organization seems to have gone off the rails.

Lucky for her, her real estate holdings are solid and she can live without an income.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
10. Good Point.."she can live without an income." But, she will not be interviewed.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jul 2020

Ellen will not allow an interview, in my opinion.. Further, I don't think she will start another. Obviously,
Ellen does not care to deal with this. She has said her ten cents worth, and will retire forever.

Every interview will start with,..... "How did you allow this to happen over many years?"
...It seems that it is all over, but maybe there will be ..."lawsuits"...and then it won't be over,...
not for many years..

JI7

(89,173 posts)
16. I read in other places that she has wanted to retire for a while
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:02 AM
Aug 2020

So she probably doesn't care about doing the show itself .

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
12. An empty apology after years of treating your employees like garbage
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jul 2020

and making a shitload of money in the process


Raine

(30,540 posts)
17. Naive to think that any of these "celebrities" are in real life the way they
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 04:20 AM
Aug 2020

portray themselves on screen. The reason I don't take advice about anything from them, phonies and hypocrites in it for themselves who don't give a hoot about anybody else. 😖

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