Ellen DeGeneres continues to make headlines, as an uncomfortable interview with Mariah
Carey has resurfaced on Reddit. The pop singer made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres
Show in 2008 with rumors swirling at the time that she was pregnant. The comedian asked
her about the speculation, but Carey declined to answer, and was clearly uncomfortable.
That's when DeGeneres seemingly decided to trick Carey into revealing the truth.
In the episode, the longtime daytime talk show host grabbed two glasses of champagne
and said,
"Let's toast to you not being pregnant, if you're not pregnant!"
DeGeneres did not take no for an answer, and continued to push Carey to take a drink from
the glass. Carey tried to play it down and said it was too early for champagne, and that
it's fattening, but, after Mariah took a fake sip, the audience took it all as confirmation
that she was indeed pregnant.
Sadly, as Carey revealed a couple of years later to Access Hollywood, she had a miscarriage
just weeks after the Ellen interview. The pop icon said going through the miscarriage
was devastating for her and then-husband Nick Cannon, telling Access,
"It kind of shook us both and took us into a place that was really dark and difficult.
When that happened, I wasn't able to even talk to anybody about it. That was not easy."
"It's been a long, it's been a long journey, but it's been tough, because I've been trying
to have, like, like I said, to hold on to a shred of privacy."
Fortunately, Carey and Cannon announced in 2010 that she was pregnant again - and this
time, the reveal was on her own schedule, during the Access Hollywood interview with
Billy Bush.
"Yes, we are pregnant, this is true!"
She and Cannon would welcome twins Monroe and Moroccan in 2011.
Incredibly, this wasn't the only time DeGeneres prodded Carey to overshare about a pregnancy.
In 2010, the host tried to get the singer to reveal the gender of her baby - which actually
ended up being babies, and one of each. But Carey wasn't interested in telling the entire
world if she and Cannon were expecting a boy or a girl. In fact, according to ABC News,
the famous couple didn't know the gender of their babies until the birth, wanting to keep
it a surprise for the big day.
Another notable interview that perhaps exposed DeGeneres' not-so-nice side took place in
2019 and featured actress Dakota Johnson.
At first, the host started giving the star flack about not inviting her to a recent birthday
party. But Johnson wasn't having it, and told DeGeneres she actually was invited, and it
was her birthday party in 2018 that she wasn't invited to, and that DeGeneres had given her
grief that year for the lack of an invite. Johnson then implied that Ellen had been cold
to her in the past, saying,
"I didn't even know you liked me."
After some awkward chatting, the actress then assured DeGeneres that she was definitely
invited to the 2019 party, but didn't come. DeGeneres swore she wasn't invited, but after
Johnson implored her to, quote, "ask everybody," the host's producer confirmed that yes, Ellen
had been invited.
The interview made viewers at home cringe. One YouTube commenter noted,
"What bothers me the most is that Ellen never said she was sorry!"
Still many more commenters praised Johnson for not letting DeGeneres bully her into backing
down.
DeGeneres, for her part, recently released a statement about reports that her show is
a toxic place to work. Allegations from current and former staffers have surfaced about producers
who let racism and intimidation run wild. While the star is not being directly accused
of any wrongdoing, many people feel strongly that she should have known what was going
on behind the scenes of her show. And a source told BuzzFeed that DeGeneres' famous "be kind
to one another" line is just for show.
Meanwhile, according to People, the beleaguered host recently wrote a long apology to her
staff, saying, in part, that she was disappointed that the show wasn't a place of happiness
and she was glad the issues were brought up. WarnerMedia said there would be multiple staffing
changes and other actions taken to address problems that were brought up by the staff.
For now, it's not known if The Ellen DeGeneres Show will continue to air, though Fox Business
notes that her contract doesn't expire until 2022.
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