“I hope I know when. [Maybe] when people kind of are tired of me, and I think I’ll sense that,”DeGeneres toldEntertainment Tonight‘s Deidre Beharon Wednesday of retiring.
Added theEllen DeGeneresShowhost: “People get tired of people, especially in today’s age.”
“It was just kind of suggested to me and I was like, ‘Well, maybe so. Maybe that would be something to challenge me,’ ”DeGeneres saidabout deciding to film the special,which hit the streaming website last December.“I made the deal before I had anything to say. And then, once I made the deal, I panicked.”
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She continued toET, “(I didn’t even write anything) until like a year and a half (after signing the deal).”
“I almost gave the money back twice,” DeGeneres continued. “And then, all of a sudden, it all hit me. I was like, ‘Oh my God, I have something to say!’ And the name came to me and the whole thing.”
Regardless, DeGeneres told the outlet it was “scary as hell.”
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatableis available to stream now exclusively on Netflix.
source: people.com