Ellen DeGeneres mentioned throughout a latest cease on her “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up” tour that she is completed with fame as soon as she performs her ultimate exhibits, which will probably be filmed for a brand new Netflix particular (by way of People and SFGate). Through the viewers Q&Part of the present on the Luther Burbank Heart for the Arts in Santa Rosa, one fan requested if DeGeneres would return to films after the tour ended or maybe strive her hand at Broadway.
“Um, no,” DeGeneres answered matter-of-factly. “That is the final time you’re going to see me. After my Netflix particular, I’m accomplished.”
One other fan pushed DeGeneres to as soon as once more voice the character Dory from Pixar’s “Discovering Nemo” and “Discovering Dory,” however DeGeneres responded: “No, I’m going bye-bye, keep in mind.”
DeGeneres kicked off the “Ellen’s Final Stand…Up” tour earlier this 12 months and recently canceled 4 dates on the lineup. She’s been utilizing the exhibits to handle the misconduct accusations that hit as “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” was coming to an finish after an almost 20-year run.
The speak present ended amid a sequence of reviews detailing allegations of racism, sexual misconduct and intimidation behind the scenes. Variety also reported on crew members’ frustrations with how the manufacturing dealt with compensation through the COVID pandemic. DeGeneres gave an on-air apology and three producers were fired after WarnerMedia carried out an inside investigation.
“Let me catch you up on what’s been happening with me because you final noticed me,” DeGeneres mentioned on the Santa Rosa present earlier than joking: “I bought chickens. Oh yeah, and I bought kicked out of present enterprise for being imply.”
The comic went on to confess that she “may be demanding and impatient and difficult. I’m a robust girl. I’m many issues, however I’m not imply” as a result of her intentions are by no means to harm anybody purposefully.
“I used to say, ‘I don’t care what individuals say about me.’ Now I notice I mentioned that through the top of my recognition,” DeGeneres mentioned concerning the public blowback from the allegations.
Throughout a previous stop on the tour on the Largo on the Coronet Theater in West Hollywood, DeGeneres responded to a fan query by saying it was “so hurtful” how her present got here to an finish.
“I simply thought, ‘Nicely this isn’t the way in which I wished to finish my profession, however that is the way in which it’s ending.’ … I simply hated the way in which the present ended,” she mentioned. “I really like that present a lot and I simply hated that the final time individuals would see me is that manner.”
Degeneres’ “Ellen’s Final Stand…Up” tour continues by Aug. 17.
