Ellen DeGeneres Unfazed By Criticism and New Allegations, Looks Back Fondly at Talk Show Heyday

Ellen DeGeneres is seemingly drowning out the noise while taking a trip down memory lane.

On Monday, September 8, the former The Ellen DeGeneres Show host, 67, took to Instagram to wish Pink a happy birthday by posting a clip of the singer-songwriter, 46, teaching her how to harmonize on the show in 2014.

“Happy birthday, @pink!,” the comedian captioned her post. “We’re raising a glass to you.”

DeGeneres is no stranger to sharing throwback clips from her eponymous talk show — however, her latest post comes on the heels of new workplace allegations waged against her by a former cameraman who worked on the show.

“It was just weird — cameras on, she’d be dancing, doing all this fun stuff, and cameras off — she was terrifying,” the cameraman told Daily Mail in an article published August 28.

The crew member told the outlet they also “went though [sic] a lot of male employees just in general,” noting the staff “had a feeling she really didn’t like guys.”

As the National Enquirer previously reported, Rosie O’Donnell also recently took a swipe at her former pal, admitting that DeGeneres dismissing her as a friend in 2004 was “one of the most painful things that ever happened to me.”

The latest allegations have “ignited the whole scandal again, and it’s hit Ellen like a ton of bricks,” a source told the Enquirer. “She’s smart enough to know it’s a huge turnoff for anyone wanting to hire her.”

“Ellen’s now facing the harsh reality that she’s never going to rebuild her reputation,” the source continued. “Someone always seems to come crawling out the woodwork to dredge up the past.”

In 2020, multiple former employees of DeGeneres’ talk show alleged a toxic workplace culture  in a Buzzfeed article. The talk show later came to an end in 2022.