Ellen DeGeneres Makes Rare Television Appearance On Graham Norton Show
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Ellen DeGeneres has made a return to television in the UK on The Graham Norton Show where she faced an unexpected question about her former talk show, as Quentin Tarantino revealed he had never been invited to join her guest list.
She also revealed that she is keen to return to television following her departure from the US.
Ellen DeGeneres returns to television
The comedian appeared alongside Tarantino on the October 16 episode, where talk turned to whether Tarantino had ever visited her daytime programme.
“I was never asked,” he said.
DeGeneres initially struggled to explain the omission, before pointing out that producers were involved in arranging guests. Tarantino clarified that he had wanted an invitation, rather than presenting his remark as a complaint.
“I’m so glad we’re meeting now, and I don’t know why you wouldn’t have been,” DeGeneres told him.
It was a rare television for DeGeneres who went on to admit that she misses television, four years after her talk show ended.
“I’ve nothing really going on and I really miss being on TV,”
“I miss a lot about it — laughing with the writers and the audience. I think about doing stuff here. I think it is pretty easy to get on TV here,”
“You have a pottery show, you have a sewing show, and you even have a show about people watching TV shows,” she joked.
Her appearance also revisited another significant chapter in her life, the response to her coming out. She recalled how meaningful London’s welcome had been while she faced rejection in the United States.
“In the US they were not very thrilled about my character or me coming out so for it to be celebrated in London was such an honour. To be treated that way when everyone else was done with me was extraordinary” she said.
Her daytime programme later faced allegations of a toxic workplace, which emerged in 2020. DeGeneres apologised publicly to those affected, and the show concluded in 2022 after 19 seasons.
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