Yesterday, Ellen DeGeneres addressed the allegations of a toxic work environment during the season premiere of her talk show.
One former employee was quoted as saying, "Not only did Ellen turn my trauma, turn our traumas, into a joke, she somehow managed to make this about her." Another said, "When she said, ‘Oh my summer was great’ and that was supposed to be funny I thought, ‘It’s funny that you had a rough summer because everyone was calling out all of the allegations of your toxic work environment and now you’re the one suffering?’"
At the end of Monday's episode, Ellen didn’t sign off with her usual “be kind” message, instead, telling viewers, “Feel this love and I'm giving it back to you, and spread that in the world. Spread that, not other things, just the good stuff is what we should spread. Alright, bye everybody.”
Via Buzzfeed News