Ellen DeGeneres just released a comedy special on Netflix called For Your Approval where she claims to address allegations made against her for being mean, unpleasant to work with, and a toxic boss. There was even allegations that some people underneath her sexually harassed other employees.
The reviews aren’t pretty. Cracked.com says its “Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable,” while Vulture says the comedy special “is also a document of something going deeply, bizarrely wrong in the performance of stand-up comedy. DeGeneres’s jokes are often good, but time and again, she performs them in a way that communicates that she’s not looking for laughter — she is looking for praise.”
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As for what the rest of the Internet thinks… well, they’re tripped up by the special’s bizarre intro that appears to portray DeGeneres as a victim in the midst of the public criticism.
“the intro to the new ellen special is soo ridiculous,” said one user while showing the special’s comically generic tweet montage intro.
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“This is beat for beat the opening of the reputation tour,” one user said, referencing the famous Taylor Swift tour that took the world by storm.
“There is a difference between being a strong woman boss and horrible person…💀 She called a restaurant to get a waitress fired because of her nail polish…💀 She’s a horrible person, point blank period,” said another user, in reference to an infamous Daily Mail story from 2020 that reveals DeGeneres’ behavior.
“‘Oh no I was cancelled for being a terrible person… let me joke about it on my very own special!’ 😒”
Basically folks are feeling like Ellen has lost the plot on this one. Why make an entire comedy special when you could just apologize?
If this was meant to be a comeback tour, Ellen might want to rethink her strategy.
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