Super terrific,” Ellen offers through gritted teeth by way of an opening gambit for the 18th season of her chat show. Among the claims made on social media by former employees were that “every day [Ellen] picks someone different to really hate”. And for many of them, DeGeneres’s decision to poke the elephant in the room with humour was seen as tone-deaf. Yet there was no way that the star couldn’t acknowledge her summer “cancellation” as she returned to work. And tragically, not enough sign of a concerted effort to really do right by those who have been wronged.

Source: The Irish Times September 22, 2020 13:53 UTC