Margaret Cho alleges Ellen DeGeneres was ‘really weird and not nice’ to her
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Margaret Cho alleges Ellen DeGeneres was ‘really weird and not nice’ to her
Margaret Cho says Ellen DeGeneres has been “really weird and not nice” to her. The comedian also said that the “Finding Nemo” star was “like a mean girl” Cho previously opened for the “Drop Dead Diva” star in the 1980s. In 2020, current and former employees of the talk show spoke out against what they described as “racism, fear, and intimidation” behind the scenes in an investigation by BuzzFeed News.”Have you heard this story? It’s a good one,” Cho wrote on Instagram after the interview. “I’m going to take it personally,” she said of David Bowie’s praise of her wardrobe on the show, calling it “so rude”
During an appearance on “The Kelly Mantle Show,” the comedian, 56, alleged that the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” host was “really weird and not nice” to her for “most” of her career.
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for DeGeneres for comment.
The topic came up when Mantle asked Cho to share her thoughts on a series of comedians. After DeGeneres was named, Cho took a long pause before responding that the “Finding Nemo” star, who is “somebody that I’ve known for such a long time,” is “mean.”
Cho added that DeGeneres “was like a mean girl” and speculated she “always had negative feelings towards me because her girlfriends” liked her.
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The “Drop Dead Diva” star went on to allege that when she would appear on DeGeneres’ talk show, the comedian “acted like we just met,” even though Cho previously opened for her in the 1980s.
“That’s weird,” Cho said. “We go way back.”
Cho also recalled an instance where David Bowie appeared on DeGeneres’ show and talked “at length” in praise of Cho and her wardrobe after Cho went to see the singer the night before. But DeGeneres “cut it out of the show, which made me so mad,” Cho said, calling this “so rude.”
“I don’t know if it was personal — maybe it was (cut) for time — but still, I’m going to take it personally,” she added.
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After the interview, Cho shared a clip of her comments about DeGeneres on Instagram, writing, “Have you heard this story? It’s a good one.”
DeGeneres hosted her long-running “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” from 2003 to 2022 after previously starring on the groundbreaking sitcom “Ellen.” In 2020, current and former employees of the talk show spoke out against what they described as “racism, fear, and intimidation” behind the scenes in an investigation by BuzzFeed News.
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DeGeneres addressed the toxic workplace allegations on her show in September 2020, telling viewers that “things happened here that never should have happened,” adding, “I take that very seriously, and I want to say I am so sorry to the people who were affected.” The following year, she announced she would end her talk show.
In September, DeGeneres further addressed the allegations in her Netflix special “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval,” quipping that she got “kicked out of show business because I’m mean.”
She also revealed that she went to therapy to “deal with all the hatred” amid the toxic workplace scandal.
“It was not a common situation for a therapist to deal with,” she said in the special. “At one point, my therapist said, ‘Ellen, where do you get this idea that everyone hates you?’ I said, ‘Well, New York Times, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly — I think Elmo may have said something recently on an episode of ‘Sesame Street.'”