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

Former talkshow host discussed her controversial exit from daytime TV after reports of a toxic workplace in new standup set

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".