Ellen DeGeneres May End Her Talk Show
by EG
Ellen DeGeneres seems conflicted about whether or not to continue her talk show after her current contract expires. On one hand, her brother is encouraging her to keep going, and on the other, her wife is telling her to stop. Read on for details.
Ellen DeGeneres revealed in a new interview that she is considering ending her daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The comedian opened up the possibility of walking away from her long-running eponymous series in a new profile with The New York Times.
As The Hollywood Reporter reported earlier this year, DeGeneres took the option to extend her contract in a deal that keeps the show on the air until the summer of 2020. According to the Times, the 60-year-old comedian was close to declining at the time.
In the interview, DeGeneres said that her brother, Vance DeGeneres, wants her to continue on with the show after 2020 because he believes she serves as a hopeful figure in today's pisive political climate. Her wife, Portia de Rossi, however, is encouraging the talk show host to explore new opportunities.
"[De Rossi] gets mad when my brother tells me I can’t stop," DeGeneres told the Times. De Rossi thinks that her spouse has "other things she could tackle," telling the publication, "I just think she’s such a brilliant actress and stand-up [comedian] that it doesn’t have to be this talk show for her creativity."
Added de Rossi: "I don’t see the end of her show as her career ending."
Whether or not she decides to step away from her daytime series for good, DeGeneres is currently focusing her efforts on getting back into comedy. She returns to stand-up in her upcoming Netflix special, Relatable, her first comedy special since HBO's Here and Now in 2003.
"I wanted to show all of me," DeGeneres explained. "The talk show is me, but I’m also playing a character of a talk show host. There’s a tiny, tiny bit of difference."
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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