Ellen DeGeneres appeared in Montecito on Friday with her wife Portia de Rossi, a week after announcing she would be “done” with showbiz once her Netflix special premieres.
The 66-year-old comedian is in the midst of her Ellen’s Last Stand… Up farewell tour, the final shows of which will be filmed for the streaming service.
Her last tour was in 2018, four years before her daytime talk show ended amid a firestorm of accusations about her “toxic” work environment.
This week he returned home to California between concerts to soak up the sun with Portia, whom he has been with for 20 years.
Portia and Ellen were seen joining their friends at an outdoor table at a local deli, enjoying some shade under umbrellas.
Ellen DeGeneres appeared in Montecito on Friday with her wife Portia de Rossi, a week after announcing she is “done” with showbiz once her Netflix special premieres.
Ellen kept things her usual style, sporting a loose, short-sleeved button-down shirt and a baseball cap, and shielding her eyes from the rays with a large pair of sunglasses.
Meanwhile, Portia dressed her slender figure in a tight black T-shirt, which she tucked into her green pants to emphasize her slender waist.
Ellen was enjoying her last day off between shows: She played two dates in Dallas last weekend and will take the stage Saturday at The Masonic in San Francisco.
On stage in Santa Rosa this month, she spoke about her exit from the spotlight and joked that next time she will be cancelled for being “old, gay and bad,” according to Gate of Saint Francis.
When asked if he might return to fame at some point in the future, he firmly ruled out that possibility.
“This is the last time you’ll see me. After my Netflix special, I’m done,” Ellen said of her upcoming hour-long show, which will be taped this fall.
“Let me bring you up to date on what’s been happening to me since you last saw me,” Ellen told the audience.
“I have chickens. Oh yeah, and I got kicked out of show business for being mean.”
The 66-year-old comedian is in the midst of her Ellen’s Last Stand… Up farewell tour, which is being staged for the streaming service.
Her last tour was in 2018, four years before her daytime talk show ended amid an avalanche of accusations about her “toxic” work environment.
This week he returned home to California between tour dates to soak up the sun with Portia, whom he has been with for 20 years.
Portia and Ellen were seen joining their friends at an outdoor table at a local deli, enjoying some shade under umbrellas.
DeGeneres added: “I used to say, ‘I don’t care what people say about me.’ I realize now that I said that during the height of my popularity.”
The 34-time Emmy winner said she was first “kicked out of showbiz” for coming out as a lesbian in 1997.
“Next time I’ll be kicked out for being old. Old, gay and bad, the triple crown,” joked Ellen, who said she never intended to hurt anyone.
“I can be demanding, impatient and tough. I am a strong woman. I am many things, but I am not bad.”
DeGeneres famously voiced the forgetful fish Dory in the Pixar films Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), as well as the DVD special featurette Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau (2003), and was begged by one fan to re-voice her.
“No,” the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient said in a farewell. “I’m signing off, remember?”
The DeGeneres scandal was sparked by a A single tweet written by comedian Kevin T. Porter in March 2020 asking people to tell “the craziest stories they’ve heard about Ellen being mean,” which racked up 2,600 responses.
Four months later, BuzzFeed News published an article featuring one current and ten former employees of the Louisiana-born comedian’s former eponymous daytime talk show, alleging racism, workplace bullying and sexual harassment.
Ellen stayed true to her usual style, sporting a loose, short-sleeved button-down shirt with a baseball cap and shielding her eyes from the rays with a large pair of sunglasses.
Meanwhile, Portia dressed her slender figure in a tight black T-shirt, which she tucked into her green pants to emphasize her slender waist.
By August 2020, WarnerMedia had launched an internal investigation, Ellen had issued a formal apology to its 255 employees, and executive producers Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman, and Jonathan Norman were fired from the show.
DeGeneres, who also apologized to fans on-air, aired her final episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 26, 2022 after 19 seasons.
She later called it a “coordinated misogynistic” attack on her and has stayed out of the spotlight since the talk show finale aired on May 26, 2022.
Earlier this week, Ellen decided not to address her fans before quietly canceling four scheduled shows in Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago on her 32-date comeback tour.
The comedian’s cancellations came hours after SF Gate homepage editor Gabe Lehman published his detailed review of her show at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California.
Ellen was enjoying her last day off between shows: She played two dates in Dallas last weekend and will take the stage Saturday at The Masonic in San Francisco.
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Ellen’s next performance is scheduled for Monday at the Paramount Theatre in Denver, Colorado.
His comedy special is set to premiere later this year. It will be his second Netflix special, following 2018’s Relatable.