'The Ellen DeGeneres" Show Not Cancelled: Host Returns, Talks One Scary COVID-19 Symptom "The Ellen DeGeneres" show cancelled? Of course not. The host, Ellen DeGeneres has fully recovered from her COVID-19 symptoms and has now returned to work. Naturally, on the very first episode of the year, she had to touch on the harrowing experience she had with the dreaded coronavirus. As reported by Hollywood Life, just a month after revealing she tested positive for COVID-19, Ellen DeGeneres returned to her talk show on Jan. 13, and showed fans just how well-recovered she is. This does not mean the coronavirus did not give her a hard time though, because as she revealed, she had some really painful time with it.