for her upcoming Netflix stand-up special, which she has said will cap off her career, years after allegations of a toxic workplace on set doomed her popular daytime talk show.for “Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval,” the comedian jokes about what she’s been up to since her talk show ended—which included getting new chickens, taking up gardening, and getting “kicked out of show business.”
DeGeneres lamented that the headlines surrounding her exit from her daytime talk show were, “the ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind”—likely referencing allegations detailed in a 2020DeGeneres said she ended all her shows by telling her audience to “be kind to one another,” but joked the headlines about her would’ve been different if she had said “go f*ck yourselves” instead.
The comedian said she went into show business to make people happy and feel good about herself, not for money, joking: “All I can say about that is, thank God for the money.”“Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval” premieres Sept. 24 on Netflix. The comedian has said the Netflix special will be her final appearance in the public eye.