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"The Ellen DeGeneres Show": Sexual Misconduct and Ellen's Full Apology
Ellen DeGeneres' apology comes as allegations of sexual misconduct are being leveled against the show's top executives.
07.31.2020
Update 8/18/2020: In an announcement from Warner Bros. on Monday two more executives were said to have "parted ways" with the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
In addition to Ed Glavin, executive producer Kevin Leman has now been ousted as well as co-executive producer Jonathan Norman, who is accused of having "groomed" an employee by taking him to various concerts and events that were loosely work-related before attempting to perform oral sex on him.
Remaining on as the show's executives are veterans Andy Lassner, Mary Connelly, and Derek Westervelt, along with DeGeneres herself.
It seems that every week there's a new story that casts Ellen DeGeneres in an unflattering light.
It started with her problematic friendship with George W. Bush, and has more recently included reports of her cruelty toward strangers, the way her show's staff was left feeling abandoned during the lockdown, and the generally toxic work environment that current and former crew members have reported.
<p>The revelation of that last issue prompted Warner Bros.—distributors of <em>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</em>—to <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellen-degeneres-workplace-investigation-1234717494/" target="_blank">launch an investigation into the show's work culture</a> with the help of parent company WarnerMedia and an outside firm. The investigation, involving interviews with former and current employees, has already unearthed allegations of sexual misconduct and other forms of harassment against two of the show's trio of executive producers.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-633"> </div>
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<!-- End Ezoic - under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><p></p><p>It has already been announced that one of these men—Ed Glavin, who "<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ex-ellen-show-employees-sexual-misconduct-allegations" target="_blank">had a reputation for being handsy with women</a>," and was known to manage staff through fear and intimidation—will no longer be a part of the show. The other accused EP, Kevin Leman, has denied "any kind of sexual impropriety" amid allegations that he has groped various staffers and solicited sexual favors at a company party in 2013.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Ed Glavin</small></p><p>With all of this going on, DeGeneres issued an apology to staffers acknowledging that the show has not been "a place of happiness" and promising to take a more active role in ensuring a positive work culture. You can read the full apology letter below:<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p><em>Hey everybody—it's Ellen. On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that The Ellen DeGeneres Show would be a place of happiness—no one would ever raise their voice, and everyone would be treated with respect. Obviously, something changed, and I am disappointed to learn that this has not been the case. And for that, I am sorry. Anyone who knows me knows it's the opposite of what I believe and what I hoped for our show.</em></p><p><em>I could not have the success I've had without all of your contributions. My name is on the show and everything we do and I take responsibility for that. Alongside Warner Bros, we immediately began an internal investigation and we are taking steps, together, to correct the issues. As we've grown exponentially, I've not been able to stay on top of everything and relied on others to do their jobs as they knew I'd want them done. Clearly some didn't. That will now change and I'm committed to ensuring this does not happen again.</em></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p><em>I'm also learning that people who work with me and for me are speaking on my behalf and misrepresenting who I am and that has to stop. As someone who was judged and nearly lost everything for just being who I am, I truly understand and have deep compassion for those being looked at differently, or treated unfairly, not equal, or—worse—disregarded. To think that any one of you felt that way is awful to me.</em></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
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People Aren't Surprised That Chris D'Elia Was Accused of Sexually Harassing Underaged Girls
After portraying a pedophile in Netflix's You, multiple women have shared accounts of D'Elia making advances at them when they were underage.
06.17.2020
Content warning: This article contains brief mentions of sexual assault of minors.
Comedian and actor Chris D'Elia has been accused of sexual harassment.
Multiple women have come forward saying D'Elia had harassed and groomed them when they were minors. One of these women, Simone, pointed out the irony between his behavior in real life and the habits of his pedophilic character on the thriller-drama Netflix show You.
i still can’t believe netflix cast chris d’elia as the pedophile in season to of “you” like the literal IRONY— simoné (@simoné)1592346878.0
<p>In a lengthy thread of tweets, Simone attached screenshots of emails between her and D'Elia showing that the comedian had asked her to meet up in person. At the time, Simone was 16, explaining that D'Elia was twice her age. "I am also definitely not the only underage girl he did this too [sic]," Simone wrote. "For the longest time I thought this was just a funny story to tell at parties when I realized what happened isn't normal and that he was and could still be doing this to younger girls and it's my job to say something."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
<!-- End Ezoic - undersecond12 - under_second_paragraph --></p><p>As D'Elia's name went trending on Twitter, more stories surfaced about his behavior, typically including sexual advanced towards teenage girls and asking them for revealing photos.</p><div id="13781" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5777ce67515188d7cf4ca32fb2741484"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273057240350552066" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This is crazy bc I’ve literally had this sent to me about Chris Delia as well https://t.co/o05YWjIUqo https://t.co/qbYQ7mIK6Z</div> — SheRatesDogs (@SheRatesDogs)<a href="https://twitter.com/SheRatesDogs/statuses/1273057240350552066">1592355473.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="7bfc8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="39ad374b57b1b1103744720e6b6dc2d3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273056121570291712" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">although i’ve been publicly saying it for years, FUCK Chris D’elia. he solicited nudes off of me when i was 17 year… https://t.co/HRtIPVKAxN</div> — goblin (@goblin)<a href="https://twitter.com/michaelacoletta/statuses/1273056121570291712">1592355206.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="2a3fc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e35bbf58cd0450c431c0c6e1217fa135"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273115882110226433" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Alright y’all, I went back to my 2011 Facebook messenger and found the DMs from Chris D’Elia being creepy and persi… https://t.co/yOD4tmIIHP</div> — Abby Grills (@Abby Grills)<a href="https://twitter.com/AGrillz/statuses/1273115882110226433">1592369454.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p>Many people familiar with D'Elia's typical standup subject matter aren't surprised. And in addition to his recent role on <em>You, </em>people have also resurfaced clips from a 2011 episode of Comedy Central's <em>Workaholics, </em>in which D'Elia played a sexual predator named Topher.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent11 - mid_content --></p><div id="e6d34" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="897489c6531352434e5e11e722aa2426"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273089760001536000" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Workaholics predicted this whole @chrisdelia scandal
The return of beiberhole69 https://t.co/kB8IwUrJG9</div> — David Veltri (@David Veltri)<a href="https://twitter.com/Veltrida/statuses/1273089760001536000">1592363226.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="2df04" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2c94eb4baad63b9846e83e6057ef2c46"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273134361286791170" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"All 14 y.o. girls look like they're 30" -Chris Pedo'Lia #chrisdelia https://t.co/cypvqW2Lwd</div> — Sardaukar (@Sardaukar)<a href="https://twitter.com/Curious47522581/statuses/1273134361286791170">1592373860.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p><br></p><div id="ae53b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="140dbc395836d3c2d78e941acbe03015"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273263823986851842" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">When I was watching season 2 of You I said to Hank “damn Chris D’elia must be squeaky clean to play a part like thi… https://t.co/WpH6RpyBRz</div> — Ria (@Ria)<a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolRia/statuses/1273263823986851842">1592404726.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br></p><p>D'Elia responded, denying the accusations. "I know I have said and done things that might have offended people during my career, but I have never knowingly pursued any underage women at any point." <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/17/chris-delia-responds-sexual-misconduct-allegations-minors-underage-girls/" target="_blank">he said in a statement to TMZ</a>. "All of my relationships have been both legal and consensual and I have never met or exchanged any inappropriate photos with the people who have tweeted about me...That being said, I really am truly sorry. I was a dumb guy who ABSOLUTELY let myself get caught up in my lifestyle. That's MY fault. I own it. I've been reflecting on this for some time now and I promise I will continue to do better."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>D'Elia recently debuted a new Netflix special, which you should probably skip out on watching. While the allegations are absolutely horrific and our hearts go out to the victims, we are taking a brief moment to enjoy the brutal roasts. </p><p><br></p><div id="45db2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="82fd11813832a8e18a5643a6ba311a64"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273088522467991552" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">i’m sorry but i just don’t believe the people who are saying chris d’elia is a comedian</div> — andrea more (@andrea more)<a href="https://twitter.com/amore_orless/statuses/1273088522467991552">1592362931.0</a></blockquote></div><div id="45db2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="82fd11813832a8e18a5643a6ba311a64"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273088522467991552" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">i’m sorry but i just don’t believe the people who are saying chris d’elia is a comedian</div> — andrea more (@andrea more)<a href="https://twitter.com/amore_orless/statuses/1273088522467991552">1592362931.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Tucker Carlson Has an Opening for a New Secretly Racist Writer (Again)
Blake Neff is just the latest secret racist to be exposed and ousted from Tucker Carlson's orbit.
07.13.2020
Tucker Carlson Tonight
On Friday Blake Neff—the top writer for Tucker Carlson Tonight—resigned after years of his racist, sexist, and homophobic Internet posts were exposed.
As a result, Tucker Carlson now has an opening for a new top writer who is better at hiding their secret racism. But maybe that assessment isn't fair. After all, Carlson isn't like the rest of Fox News.
Sure, he earns millions of dollars a year telling his viewers to be afraid of Democrats because if they get into office "people who supported Donald Trump will be punished" and that "there's never been an American political party as radical and as angry as the Democrats are now."
<p>He even tells his viewers that the Republican Party is "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-gop-voters-demand-three-things" target="_blank">the only institution still open to the rest of us</a>, to Americans who want to live as they did just 15 years ago … without being harassed and harangued by self-righteous lunatics who mean them harm." And yes, <a href="https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tucker-carlson.php" target="_blank">Carlson is the son of a wealthy heiress and an ambassador/international propagandist</a> ,yet he somehow claims to be critical of "elites."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-632"></div>
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</p><p>But Tucker Carlson is different from all the other wealthy fear mongers at <em>Fox News</em> who serve the Republican party and pretend to hate "elites"—because Tucker Carlson understands the plight of the common man. <strong>He recognizes that the promise of America—that each new generation will live better than the one before it—has eroded for a huge portion of the population.</strong><br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-634"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent11 - mid_content --></p><p>He understands parents' fears that their children will never be able to achieve the economic stability required to raise families of their own. And he understands that those with the most influence in this country benefit from infighting within the working and middle class—that solidarity is the only way to claw back some of the wealth and the freedom that has been funneled upward over decades of power consolidation.</p><h4>Solidarity for Who?</h4><p>But who does Tucker Carlson really want to include in that solidarity? Who deserves the benefits that come with that fight? If we rebuild that American promise, will it be portioned out in equal shares to every American? Or does it only belong to the people who had it before—the straight white cis men?</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-635"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent2 - long_content --></p><p>That's certainly the way it seems when Carlson describes Black Lives Matter protesters as "angry, suspicious, tribal" and insists that voters don't support politicians like Republican Senator Mike Braun of Indiana—who recently introduced a bill to limit the qualified immunity that makes it so difficult to prosecute police who kill unarmed civilians.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-636"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent22 - long_content --></p><p><strong>According to Carlson, we must not "get caught in pointless debates about whether or not this is a racist country," when (according to Carlson) "clearly it isn't."</strong> While that may be a hard pill to swallow for Americans who are disproportionately policed, prosecuted, and excluded from our nation's wealth—who never really got to enjoy the heyday of the American dream and "just 15 years ago" had never seen a President who wasn't a white man—maybe that's not Tucker's fault.</p><p>At first blush his insistence that we can live in "a colorblind meritocracy" as long as we just ignore race and get rid of affirmative action programs that attempt to correct historic racial imbalances may seem like the exact opposite of solidarity—like a man encouraging white Americans to view themselves as the victims of marginalized groups striving for equality. But that can't be true.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-637"> </div>
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</p><p>After all, Tucker hates the elites who stoke division and "keep the population at one another's throats" for their own benefit. So wouldn't he encourage his overwhelmingly white audience to listen to the perspective of Black Americans who—shockingly—actually know better than Tucker Carlson what their own experiences have been and how much racism has affected them?<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-638"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent33 - longer_content --></p><p>Wouldn't he encourage his viewers—in the spirit of solidarity—to do <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ciwjHVHYg" target="_blank">the bare minimum research</a> to understand how historic and ongoing systemic racism in the U.S. has maintained deep divides in terms of wealth, education, and access to opportunities.How advantages have accumulated across generations so that even low-income white Americans—<a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16860994/life-expectancy-us-income-inequality" target="_blank">who are admittedly struggling right now and deserve to be treated better</a> by our society—still have <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/racial-wealth-gap/" target="_blank">more wealth than middle-income black Americans</a>?</p><p>Surely, the <a href="https://theundefeated.com/features/why-did-black-lives-matter-protests-attract-unprecedented-white-support/" target="_blank">white protesters who have shown up</a> in support of the Black Lives Matter movement since <a href="https://www.popdust.com/derek-chauvin-hat-2646109506.html" target="_self">the horrific killing of George Floyd</a> represent a clearer path to achieving cross-racial solidarity among working and middle class Americans than does a wealthy white man on TV telling his white audience that BLM's complaints are baseless...</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-639"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent4 - longest_content --></p><p>Unless Tucker Carlson agrees with Blake Neff that some white people are "fully supportive of a F**k Whitey agenda" and that "there's a suicidal impulse to Western peoples that honestly feels almost biological in origin" (a view which seems to echo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbLzVZysFyM" target="_blank">the perspective of banned YouTuber Black Pigeon Speaks</a>). Does he really want all struggling Americans to be on the same team, or only white Americans?</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">conservativewriters.org</small></p><p>Can it be that Tucker Carlson is exactly the kind of elite he rails against—sowing division and resentment among people with less power so they don't question his position?<br></p><p><strong>No. The only explanation is that Blake Neff—that diabolical secret racist—was planting these dog-whistle messages in Carlson's broadcasts.</strong></p><p>Now that Neff has been revealed and Carlson has seen that his former writer was going on a law school forum known as AutoAdmit and using the pseudonym "CharlesXII" to assert that "Black doods staying inside playing Call of Duty is probably one of the biggest factors keeping crime down"—the <em>Fox News</em> host must be questioning everything.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-640"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent44 - longest_content --></p><p>Prior to these new revelations about Neff, Carlson had referred to him as a "wonderful writer" and even acknowledged Neff in his book, <em>Ship of Fools</em>, both for helping with the book and for "greatly improv[ing] our nightly show on Fox." Neff himself has claimed to be at least <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html" target="_blank">partially responsible for everything Tucker Carlson reads off a teleprompter</a>.</p><p>So how could someone <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-iraqis-are-semiliterate-primitive-monkeys" target="_blank">as not-racist as Tucker Carlson</a> have allowed himself to be a mouthpiece for a man like Neff? A man who recently responded to the posted question, "Would u let a JET BLACK congo n*****r do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?" with "I wouldn't get LASIK from an Asian for free, so, no?"</p><p>Clearly Neff's attitude is incompatible with Tucker Carlson's stated goal of colorblindness. He must be doing some intense soul searching right now and asking himself if maybe America is in fact a racist country. Surely this will result in some major soul-searching…</p><div id="ec2ea" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="19b69d17f8f10e24f01100c93228e05b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1281772176387997702" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">".@TuckerCarlson credited Neff in the acknowledgments of his book, 'Ship of Fools,' for providing research.
In th… https://t.co/xiCJkRicfe</div> — Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi)<a href="https://twitter.com/PadmaLakshmi/statuses/1281772176387997702">1594433275.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Along with his racist commentary, Neff reportedly mocked various women as "shrews," used homophobic slurs in multiple posts, and claimed that freshman congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Presley, and Rashida Tlaib (collectively referred to as "the Squad") want to turn the U.S. into "A DUMPING GROUND FOR PEOPLE FROM THIRD WORLD S**THOLES."<br></p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-641"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - bottomofpage - bottom_of_page --></p><p>Carlson has not made a public comment on Neff's conduct since his anonymous activity was revealed, but the <em>Fox News</em> leadership released an official statement claiming that "Neff's abhorrent conduct on this forum was never divulged to the show or the network until Friday, at which point we swiftly accepted his resignation. Make no mistake, actions such as his cannot and will not be tolerated at any time in any part of our work force."</p><p>Carlson is scheduled to address the revelation of Neff's bigotry and his firing on Monday night's broadcast, during which he will no doubt announce a new era of <em>Tucker Carlson Tonight</em>. An era in which he operates with more humility, nuance, and engagement with other perspectives. If his old approach led him to embrace the perspectives of such a hateful person, then he must surely want to adjust his methods.</p><p>If Tucker Carlson's purported values are sincere, he will question both his and <em>Fox News</em>' role in stoking racial resentment, consider the possibility that he was unfairly demonizing progressives who expressed concern for social justice, and bring more diverse opinions into his writing staff to challenge the orthodoxy that allowed someone like Blake Neff to thrive.</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-645"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent_4 645 - longest_content --></p><p>Unless this isn't the first time this has happened to Tucker Carlson…</p><h4>This isn't the first time this has happened to Tucker Carlson</h4><p>If Carlson has previously hired someone who was secretly an avowed racist to produce content for him, then maybe there's a pattern here. Maybe Tucker Carlson is lying about his own views, and actually seeks out people who will sublimate racism and other forms of bigotry into dog whistles and covert hatred. Hmm...</p><div id="22903" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e3484e3a0e5926f621942001c14c29df"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1281760747245142021" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">When is @DailyCaller gonna go after the cancel culture attacking Blake Neff? https://t.co/fKOgQfU5xx</div> — Scott Greer, 6'2” IQ 187 (@Scott Greer, 6'2” IQ 187)<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMGreer/statuses/1281760747245142021">1594430550.0</a></blockquote></div><p>In 2010 Tucker Carlson launched the conservative news site <em>The Daily Caller</em>. Last month <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/502092-tucker-carlson-leaving-the-daily-caller" target="_blank">Carlson announced that he had sold his stake in the site</a> after years of scandal involving multiple contributors, along with <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/maga-trolls/daily-caller-has-published-white-supremacists-anti-semites-and-bigots-here-are-ones-we" target="_blank">deputy editor Scott Greer, being outed as devout white nationalists</a>.</p><p><strong>Greer used the pseudonym "Michael McGregor" to work as the managing editor of white nationalist Richard Spencer's publication <em>Radix Journal</em>, where Greer expressed anti-Black and anti-Semitic views.</strong><br></p><p>When this was revealed, Carlson's partner at <em>The Daily Caller</em>, Neil Patel, issued a statement remarkably similar to <em>Fox News</em>' comments on Neff, saying, "We won't publish him, anyone in these circles, or anyone who thinks like them. People who associate with these losers have no business writing for our company."</p><p><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-646"> </div>
<!-- End Ezoic - incontent_9 646 - incontent_9 --></p><h2></h2><p>Weird coincidence that one man in a country that "clearly isn't" racist just happens to keep associating himself with so many secret racists...</p>
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