Ellen DeGeneres Offers to Be J.Lo's Maid of Honor, Plus the Best Reactions to A-Rod Engagement

WasAlex Rodriguezlistening when Ellen DeGeneres joked the clock was ticking on a proposal toJennifer Lopez? The former MLB slugger, 43,popped the questionto Lopez, 49, on Saturday — and DeGeneres is already game to help plan the wedding. The talk show host has long been invested in the couple’s two-year relationship, and in November told theSecond Actstar that Rodriguez had texted her that he was getting ready to propose. “You should [get married], because y’all seem very happy,” DeGeneres said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Joshua Bowman

Ellen DeGeneres Opens Up About 'Excruciating Back Pain' After COVID-19 Diagnosis: It's 'Bad'

Ellen DeGeneresis speaking out about one of her symptoms of thenovel coronavirusafter shetested positive for COVID-19. The talk show host, 62, gave fans an update on her condition on Wednesday,sharing in a videothat she’s feeling “100 percent” despite learning that “excruciating back pain” is a symptom amongst those who have been diagnosed with the respiratory virus. “Hi everybody, just saying thank you to all the well wishes out there. I appreciate it very much,” DeGeneres began....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Marissa Martin

Ellen DeGeneres Opens Up About New Home and Why She Can't Stop Flipping in First Interview Since End of Show

Photo: Portrait courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneresis opening up about her passion for designing stunning homes — lots of them! In the Spring 2023 issue ofThe RIV Magazine,Montecito Journal’s design and architecture publication, the veteran talk show host and comedian spoke about her new Montecito, Calif. home during her first interview sincethe end of her show in May 2022. “This place is all about the spot. The house needed a lot of work, but thespotwas always amazing,” she told the outlet of the 5-bedroom, 8-bathroom home sits on 10 acres....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Christopher Thomas

Ellen DeGeneres Prepares Emotional Goodbye in Final 'Ellen' Show Entrance as Talk Show Wraps — Watch

Photo: Michael Rozman & Sarah Haas/Warner Bros. Ellen DeGeneresis ready for one last dance around the studio. “Welcome to our very last show,” a dapperly dressed DeGeneres says in the clip, her eyes welling up with emotion as she receives a standing ovation from an audience of eager viewers (including wifePortia de Rossi, standing in the front row). Prior to her entrance, the show cuts through 19 years of DeGeneres hellos from every season premiere starting with the 2003 debut, in which the stand-up star hilariously watched her own show from a couch....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Derek Clarke

Ellen DeGeneres Recalls Being Sexually Assaulted by Her Stepfather as a Teenager

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesEllen DeGeneresis sharing her story in the hopes of helping other victims.In her upcoming interview onDavid Letterman‘sMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction,DeGeneres reportedly opens up about her mother, Betty, marrying a “very bad man” when DeGeneres was a teenager.According toEntertainment Tonight, DeGeneres explains that at the time, her mother had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and had one of her breasts removed. PerET, DeGeneres says her stepfather used this information to sexually assault her....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1379 words · Amy Clark

Ellen DeGeneres Remembers Fan-Favorite Guest Who Died from Stage 4 Breast Cancer

Ellen DeGeneresis celebrating the life of Lisa Jarmon, a fan-favorite guest onThe Ellen DeGeneres Showwho recently died of breast cancer. “We fell in love with her spirit and enthusiasm and over the years, she became a big part of theEllen Showfamily,” DeGeneres, 61, said on her show Friday about Jarmon, a single working mom who resided in Fresno, Texas. “Last week, we got the heartbreaking news that Lisa passed away after battling breast cancer,” DeGeneres shared....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 579 words · Maxwell Nguyen

Ellen DeGeneres Reminds Blake Shelton That 'Time Is Ticking' on Proposal to Gwen Stefani

Blake Sheltonis keepingEllen DeGenereson her toes about when he’ll propose to longtime girlfriendGwen Stefani.During the country singer’s appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowFriday, the talk show host razzed Shelton, 43, for not popping the question yet.To kick off the conversation, DeGeneres reminds the crooner about a special gift she previously gave him in the hopes that he would propose to Stefani — whom he has been dating for four years.“I gave you a clock....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 778 words · Matthew Warren

Ellen DeGeneres Returning to TV with a Two-Hour Special on Gorilla Conservation

Ellen DeGeneres.Photo:Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic Atrailer for the upcoming special— set to debut in the same week as World Gorilla Day — gives a glimpse at the work it took to make the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund a reality, including visits to the wild to meet gorillas face-to-face. In the clip, DeGeneres travels into the woods with her wife,Portia de Rossi, and a group of conservationists to observe a family of gorillas....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Tyrone Kerr

Ellen DeGeneres Reveals Her Cat Charlie Has Died: 'She Was an Amazing Cat and Gave Us So Much Love'

Ellen DeGeneresis in mourning after the passing of one of her beloved pets. The daytime talk show host, 61, revealed on social media Friday that her cat, Charlie, has died. DeGeneres shared the sad news along with two pictures of the late feline on her Twitter and Instagram accounts. In the shots, DeGeneres can be seen sitting on an outdoor lounger as Charlie perches beside her. The two are staring into each other’s eyes in one photo, while another shows DeGeneres and her pet gazing out toward the horizon....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Stefanie Woods

Ellen DeGeneres Says 'My Instinct Told Me It's Time' to End Talk Show After 19 Seasons

Ellen DeGeneresis sharing more details about her talk show departure. In heropening monologuefor Thursday’s show, which was taped and released on Wednesday, DeGeneres tells audiences that she has an announcement to make. “Today I’m announcing that next season, season 19 is going to be my last season,” she says. “The past 18 years … has changed my life. You all have changed my life. I am forever grateful to all of you for watching, for laughing, for dancing — sometimes crying....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 758 words · Jeffery Davenport

Ellen DeGeneres Says Goodbye to Her Talk Show After 19 Seasons: 'I Feel the Love, and I Send It Back to You'

It’s the end of an era forEllen DeGeneres— the talk show host, 64, bid her final farewell toThe Ellen DeGeneres Showafter 19 seasons. It was an emotional day for the comedian, who announced back in April that she’d be ending the long-running talk show, calling the gig"the greatest privilege of my life." DeGeneres welcomed back her first-ever guestJennifer Anistontoclose out the showon Thursday. “God!” Aniston, 53, said at the top of the chat....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1031 words · Sabrina Duncan

Ellen DeGeneres Says Her Car 'Rolled' Backwards Down a Hill Hours Before Going on Johnny Carson

Ellen DeGeneresknows the importance of not sweating the small stuff.In an exclusive sneak peek from DeGeneres’ upcoming appearance on My Next Guest Needs No Introductionwith David Letterman,she recalls the stressful hours leading up to herfirst performance onThe Tonight Show with Johnny Carsonin 1986.“I was so nervous because I had time to really think about it,” she says of being booked on the show. “I went to a store on Melrose to get something and I go inside and I come out — this is the day of that I’m going to Carson — and my car is gone....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Todd Martinez

Ellen DeGeneres Says Portia de Rossi Has Been Her 'Rock' Through Tough Times: 'She Kept Me Going'

After 12 years of marriage,Ellen DeGeneresandPortia de Rossihave become well-versed in romance. Whenever de Rossi, 48, has traveled and the two are apart, DeGeneres “has the hotel put rose petals in the shape of a love heart on my bed,” she tells PEOPLE for one of this week’s cover stories. “Every single time over the last 16 years. And it always catches me off-guard.” De Rossi will also “leave little notes around if she’s going somewhere, which is really sweet,” adds DeGeneres, 63....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Juan Mitchell