She did a whole thing that I banned her from the show. Bush friendshipĭeGeneres sounded off on Griffin's comments in an interview with W magazine in 2007, saying, 'I know she had a big thing about wanting to be on the show, and we didn’t book her. SEE ALSO: Mark Ruffalo sharply criticizes Ellen DeGeneres for George W. While Griffin has been a vocal advocate for gay marriage and the LGBTQ community at large throughout her career, her tiff with Ellen is the reason why she said she was banned from her talk show. 'I am unsure why I haven’t been booked on Ellen’s show since my tenure on ‘The View,’ but I welcome the opportunity to reconnect with Ellen to thank her for her support and opportunities that have happened for me because of her.'Īnother person who has famously gotten into Ellen's crosshairs is Kathy Griffin, with whom DeGeneres has had a long-standing feud. The views and thoughts that I held have evolved from the statements I made on ‘The View’ over 10 years ago and I support same sex marriage and partnerships,' she explained. She was the first to book me for my first talk show, where I went on to hold a record 23 appearances and she championed for me to be a co-host on ‘The View’ in 2007. 'I’ve always admired and respected Ellen. “She said she can be friends with people who have different views from hers, yet she won’t give those people her platform and block them from appearing on her show.'Īs for Shepherd, she told the outlet that she's 'unsure' why she hasn't been booked on Ellen's talk show in the last several years. 'Ellen is obviously a hypocrite,” the source explained. They never gave a reason but the writing was on the wall,' a source told Page Six. After she came out on ‘The View’ taking a stance against gay marriage, the ‘Ellen’ show refused to book Sherri. 'When Sherri was on ‘The View,’ she used to get booked on the ‘Ellen’ show all the time. While she appeared on the first season of 'Ellen,' and subsequently made multiple other appearances, once she started to express that she was against gay marriage on 'The View,' the show 'refused' to book Shepherd. Update your settings here to see it.Ĭomedian Sherri Shepherd's evolving public stance on gay marriage have also resulted in her reportedly being barred from the talk show. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Notably, the rest of Jenner's family have made 'The Ellen Show' a constant pit-stop when promoting their latest projects: Daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, as well as the entire Kardashian family, have appeared on DeGeneres' show countless times in recent years. I like tradition and it’s always been between a man and a woman and I’m thinking I don’t quite get it.' I mean, I’m older than most people in the audience. 'I have to admit that I remember 15 years ago, 20 years ago, whenever it was that the whole gay marriage issue came up, I was not for it,' Jenner said at the time. So, despite Bush endorsing a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage during his presidency in 2004, DeGeneres formulated a friendship with him and even had him on her show in 2017.Ĭaitlyn Jenner, however, wasn't so lucky: The former 'Life of Cait' star was reportedly banned from 'The Ellen Show' after the 2017 release of her controversial memoir, 'The Secrets of My Life,' in which she said DeGeneres 'alienated' her from the LGBTQ community as a result of her musings on gay marriage on her show in 2015. SEE ALSO: Celebrities react to Ellen's defense of George W. 'Just because I don't agree with someone on everything, doesn't mean that I'm not gonna be friends with them.' We're all different, and I think that we've forgotten that that's okay that we're all different,' she said on her show. In fact, I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have. 'Here's the thing: I'm friends with George Bush. Bush, which she defended by encouraging her viewers to befriend people with different beliefs than theirs and to 'be kind to one another.' The reveal of the celebrities who are allegedly banned from the show follows the controversy surrounding DeGeneres' friendship with former President George W. It appears as though not everyone is welcome at 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'Īccording to a new report in Page Six, there are a handful of famous faces who are 'banned' from Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show, mostly for speaking out against gay marriage.

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