After 19 seasons of hosting the popular American daytime talk show, Ellen DeGeneres said goodbye to her audience during the final episode, broadcasted this Thursday.
In her opening monologue, Ellen said: “Welcome to our very last show. I walked out here 19 years ago, and I said that this is the start of a relationship. And today is not the end of a relationship. It’s more of a little break.”
The comedian shed the light on how different the world is for LGBTQ+ people now compared to when the show first aired back in 2003.
The show has been met with considerable success since it launched, earning 64 daytime Emmy Awards throughout its two decades on air.
Several celebrities joined Ellen on her last episode, including Jennifer Aniston, the first guest of the show’s debut, in addition to Pink, Billie Eilish, and Bruno Mars.
In her speech, Ellen addressed the toxic workplace scandal that turned her show upside down, facing accusations of being rude to staffers.
The 64 years old host and comedian talked about the controversy saying: “I have to just trust that whatever happened during that time, which was obviously very, very difficult, happened for a reason.”
On Thursday’s finale, DeGeneres thanked her crew and producers one last time and gave her audience one last emotional farewell, saying, “Thank you so much for being on this journey with me, I feel love and I send it back to you.”
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