What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and amid the ongoing claims that The Ellen
DeGeneres Show is a toxic workplace, a new staffer is speaking out about what it’s
really like to work at Ellen’s private home.
If you’ve been keeping up with the Ellen DeGeneres news, you know that over the past
couple months, everyone has been talking about the toxic work environment on her talk show.
The backlash all started when BuzzFeed published an article with accounts from both current
and former employees.
The employees allegedly experienced racist comments, sexual harassment, discrimination,
and overall an unfair work environment on the set of Ellen’s show.
Since then, fans and even some A-list celebs have spoken out about their less than pleasant
experiences on the show.
Ellen has since fired three of her top producers and promised to make the work environment
better in both a statement and video conference with her staff.
According to The Daily Mail, Ellen said quote, “I’m a multi-layered person, and I try
to be the best person I can be and I try to learn from my mistakes.
I’m hearing that some people felt that I wasn’t kind or too short with them, or too
impatient.
I apologize to anybody if I’ve hurt your feelings in any way.”
But now, one of Ellen’s former house staffers is speaking out about what it was like to
work at Ellen’s California home and apparently the environment was just as toxic as it was
on set.
The former employee told The Daily Mail that Ellen quote, “ran her household like a military-style
boot camp, barking orders, tormenting employees over tiny errors and 'taking pleasure' in
firing people.”
But the serious allegations didn’t stop there.
The staffer went on to say that workers were supposedly criticized for little things like
serving food in the wrong bowl, leaving the salt shaker in the wrong place, or failing
to ensure Ellen’s latte was frothed the way she liked it.
The former employee even claimed that Ellen would quote, 'lay traps' before she left to
make sure cleaners were getting to every square inch of her home and she would be disrespectful
to the security guards.
And this source told Daily Mail that quote, “My belief is that someone's real personality
comes out at home.
So after everything that has been said about her at work, you can imagine how terrible
Ellen is going to be at home when her guard is down.
Sometimes she would yell at us but it was more about the incredibly condescending tone
she would use.
She treated you like you were nothing.
She was going to torture you and you were just going to sit there and listen to it because
you were being paid.
Ellen was the worst person that I've ever met in my life.
She takes pleasure in firing people.”
Daily Mail reported that employees typically only lasted a few months in this cut throat
work environment and some only made it a few hours before they were fired.
And the former employee revealed that before working for her, Ellen was actually a hero
of theirs.
They said quote, “Ellen was a hero of mine.
I thought she was an amazing person.
But before I took the position, people were warning me not to take it.
I was told that she had a very high turnover and that I should stay under the radar as
much as possible, avoid as much direct contact with Ellen as possible.
Working there was described as being more like a boot camp.”
The person ended up taking the job because it paid well, but they were fired after a
couple of months, making them one of the longer serving staffers.
And since this new interview was released, fans have been resurfacing clips of Ellen
speaking about her house staff members, including ones she previously had as guests on her show.
“What province in the Philippines is your housekeeper Mindy from?
She’s not my housekeeper anymore.
It’s so funny that you knew her name, how did you know my housekeeper?
We did some serious research wow.”
Though other fans pointed out that Mindy has been on her show multiple times, so it’s
no surprise that a reporter would know her name.
“We’re gonna go via Skype check in with my housekeeper Mindy.
Mindy.
Hi Ellen.
Hi Mindy.”
And Ellen even sent Mindy to the Emmys in 2011 to talk to winners.
“I am Mindy I am Ellen’s housekeeper.
Hello Mindy.
I love the earrings.
Oh thank you.”
And so, in that same interview Ellen was asked why Mindy no longer worked for her and fans
caught Ellen hesitating before she gave her answer.
“Why did Mindy leave?
I think she’s a nanny now, she didn’t want to clean anymore.”
And unfortunately, many people aren’t surprised by this news about how Ellen supposedly treats
her house staff after all the recent allegations against her.
One person wrote quote, “@TheEllenShow - Is anyone really surprised by this at this stage?
#cancelellen” And this fan added “I wish I could say I
was surprised about the new @DailyMailCeleb interview about how #Ellen treats her house
staff...
It's getting harder and harder to believe anything positive about her these days even
though I used to be a big fan.
Really hoping she's learning her lesson.”
And Ellen’s show is set to return later this month on September 21st.
In a statement that was released yesterday Ellen said quote "I can't wait to get back
to work and back to our studio.
And, yes, we're gonna talk about it."
So we will just have to wait and see exactly what and how she addresses all of this directly
with her fans.
We’ll obviously keep you guys posted as this story continues to unfold.
But for now, if you want more on Ellen, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think about what her house staffer
had to say.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!