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Ive got a whole hour. >> i dont think you can overstate what was at stake for ellen degeneres in terms of coming out. shed had a fantastic career as a stand-up. she was having not just a tv but film career at the time. >> this pressure cooker had been just mounting, and her show really was what blew the lid off of it. >> susan, im gay. >> it was an incredibly pivotal moment in television when ellen morgan, ellen degeneres character, came out. and it coincided with ellen degeneres own coming out,...

>> but conservative and religious organizations objected to the idea of a gay person coming out on national television. >> oh, paige, you wild, impetuous fool. >> the abc sitcom "ellen" is being canceled just one year after the main character came out as a lesbian. >> in "entertainment weekly," you said you were dropped or fired basically because im gay. is that a correct quote? >> i believe that because the show was so gay, yes. >> the fact that the show didnt continue must have been extremely ...

Being canceled just one year after the main character came out as a lesbian. >> in entertainment weekly, you said you were dropped or fired basically because im gay. is that a correct quote? >> i believe that because the show was so gay, yes. >> the fact that the show didnt continue must have been extremely traumatic and hard on her. >> ellen was driven out of the industry for a while after that episode. so there was a backlash. >> i think that threatened to put a chill on development of any mor...

Really was what -- >> susan, im gay. >> it was an incredibly pivotal moment in television when ellen morgan, ellen degeneress character, came out. and it coincided with ellen degeneress own coming out, which was a brave thing to do when youre the lead of a sitcom. >> if it wasnt difficult, i would have done it a long time ago, and everybody else whos closeted whos in this business would do it. >> it really became a national event. >> that felt so great, and it felt so loud. >> she must have felt...

>> susan, i gay. >> ellen morgan came out coincide with ellens character. >> if tfrs not difficult, i would have done it a long time ago. >> it became a national event. >> it felt so great and loud. >> she must have felt a huge relief. >> i mean she was us. she was america but she just was gay. >> organizations objected to the idea of a gay person coming out on national television. >> sitcom "ellen" is being cancelled after one year the character came out as a gay less

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Ellen DeGeneres discussing her show ending with Oprah Winfrey couldnt be more perfect CNN 5/13/2021 Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN © ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images ELLEN - "The Puppy Episode" - Airdate: April 30, 1997. (Photo by Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images) ELLEN DEGENERES;OPRAH WINFREY After all, Winfrey remains the person to talk to when there is big news. The two trailblazin...

Ellen DeGeneres (AP Photo/John Locher, File) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Ellen DeGeneres’ chat show is to end after 19 years on air. The host broke the news in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter and said she had made the decision because the programme was “just not a challenge any more”. However, the pr...

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