Roger-Luc Chayer
Is it still necessary to introduce Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres? This famous American TV host who cumulates the exploits both on the screen as in his life in general? Let’s go anyway for the youngest who do not know this great lady.Ellen currently hosts one of the most popular shows in the world, « The Ellen DeGeneres Show », which attracts more listeners than any other show in the world. world, and it’s not yesterday. Everything it touches turns into gold, but it has not always been that way. Ellen’s career as a comedy artist had a tragic start. Ellen was the heroine of a sitcom called simply Ellen, broadcast on the ABC network in the United States between 1994 and 1998. According to Wikipedia, « Ellen DeGeneres reaches its peak of popularity when she comes out in The Oprah Winfrey Show . As a result, her character, Ellen Morgan, in the sitcom is also « out of the closet » two months later, revealing that she was a lesbian to her shrink (played by Oprah Winfrey) in an episode entitled The Puppy Episode. Unfortunately, the reception was catastrophic and the mere fact of his sexual orientation, it was the subject of a terrible controversy. Calls for boycotts by ultra-Christian puritans, threats against the Disney producer, bombshells to the studios, and despite the unwavering support of millions of listeners, the show was canceled because with all that, the ratings of were no longer there.
Some public figures, including televangelist Jerry Falwell, even calling her Ellen DeGenerate (DeGenerate). In 2003, Ellen makes a remarkable comeback with her current show and far from being intimidated by her past experience, she talks about her life with transparency and gives herself totally to her audience who has since given her back her confidence. An Oscar host several times, touring the world, she showed that resilience is the test of everything. Thanks to her, our communities have a different and less stereotypical image. She married in 2008 with the actress Portia de Rossi and she has just announced that she will make a career change shortly. For all of his work, we thank him Ellen.