[This story contains spoilers from Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval.]
Ellen DeGeneres is getting the last laugh.
With her latest (and apparently final) stand-up special now streaming on Netflix, the former daytime talk show host is addressing how she got “kicked out of show business” — and she’s milking it for laughs. But mixed in with the various punchlines are also moments of sincerity and genuine reflection. “I’m here because I love doing stand-up, and I miss doing stand-up, and I like making people happy, and I do care what people think,” she confesses at the top of the special, which is appropriately titled Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval.
Lest you somehow missed the myriad headlines back in 2020, DeGeneres’ eponymous talk-show was hit with toxic workplace allegations, which came on the heels of a series of personal swipes at DeGeneres herself. She’s claimed that neither were the reason that she ultimately ended the…