Ellen DeGeneres ending show after 19 seasons By Caitlin O Kane
May 12, 2021 / 12:35 PM / CBS News
Ellen DeGeneres has been a stalwart of daytime talk shows for nearly 20 years, but the host announced this week The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be ending after its 19th season. When you re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it s just not a challenge anymore, DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter.
DeGeneres, 63, told her staff about the decision on Tuesday and will discuss it on the May 13 episode of the show, during which she will sit down with fellow talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, THR reports.
The Ellen DeGeneres
Show is coming to an end, and in an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter, DeGeneres herself talked about how this was planned and a long time coming even if it is sad for her and her team to say goodbye to the show.
Part of the reasoning DeGeneres gave for moving on is that she wants to be “challenged” again. Encouraged by her wife, Portia de Rossi, to leave the show seasons ago, DeGeneres stayed on for four more seasons because of the encouragement of her brother, Vance DeGeneres.
“But you’re right, my brother was like, “People look forward to this show every day, and there aren’t many shows out there that are just pure joy like this.” He’s always been my biggest advocate and, not that Portia isn’t, but she’s also selfish and wants me to do things that I’m challenged by and she’s watched me come home every day saying, “I just feel like there’s something more I could be doing.” I care about the environment. I care about anima
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