r/television • u/Gato1980 • 13h ago

Ellen DeGeneres Is Unapologetic, Unrelatable and Totally Insufferable in Her New Netflix Special 'For Your Approval'

https://www.cracked.com/article_43701_ellen-degeneres-is-unapologetic-unrelatable-and-totally-insufferable-in-her-new-netflix-special.html
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u/Moonfishin 13h ago edited 12h ago

About 10 years ago, my ex got a job interview to be a PA on the WB lot for the Ellen show. She was over the moon at the opportunity.

When she arrived on the lot, they had her sign an NDA/releases and wait in a green room. When they called her, she walked out on stage to a live studio test audience. Turns out, she was on the taping of a pilot for a new game show under Ellen's production company, and the interview was a bait-and-switch!

She proceeded to bawl her eyes out in front of everyone, because she had been searching for a production job for months in LA. There were other applicants there, including a few who had taken time off work or used LA public transportation to get there.

The producers (having finally connected to their humanity) felt so bad for their shitty tactics, they gave her a job as a PA on Ellen. But it was humiliating for her and for the others, especially those that got nothing out of the experience. Shockingly, the show never aired.

She lasted 6 months there and had some crazy stories about how much Ellen sucked. Apparently Kevin Nealon and Conan are angels, though.

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u/I_just_made 12h ago

I feel like that should be illegal.

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u/Moonfishin 12h ago

I tried to get her to chat with an employment lawyer about the experience, but she was employed by them at the time, so it was a tough spot.

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u/GrinchStoleYourShit 11h ago

Probably the exact reason they chose to employ her

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u/elharry-o 9h ago

The PR backlash alone if she went loud with her experience was surely less than the cost of just employing her.