Ellen DeGeneres Says She Dated One of Brad Pitt's Ex-Girlfriends: 'We'll Talk About That Later'

Looks likeBrad PittandEllen DeGenereshave an ex in common — but they’re keeping their lips sealed on who it is. The actor, 55, made a surprise appearance onFriday’s episodeofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, jokingly trying to blend in as an audience member andEllensuperfan before being brought onstage for an interview. As the two started talking, DeGeneres, 61, asked if Pitt remembered where they met. “I remember aMelissa Etheridgepool party, where I think you were hitting on my girlfriend,” Pitt recalled, adding that it was in the “late ’80s, early ’90s....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Ryan Cooper

Ellen DeGeneres Says She Got 'Death Threats' After Coming Out: 'There Was a Bomb Threat'

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WhenEllen DeGeneresmade the groundbreaking decision to come out 21 years ago, she faced her fair share of hate. The talk show host opened up toAdweekabout having her character on ABC’s hit sitcomEllenannounce that she was gay in 1997, shortly after the comedian appeared onTimewith the cover line, “Yep, I’m Gay.” “When I came out, I had death threats and there was a bomb threat, but they misjudged the time of the taping,” she said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Andre Randolph

Ellen DeGeneres Says She Had Multiple 'Weed Drinks' Before Rushing Wife Portia to the Hospital

Ellen DeGeneresrecently drank multiple weed-infused beverages at what turned out to be the entirely wrong time. Appearing onJimmy Kimmel Live!’s 4/20 show on Tuesday, the talk show host recounted the night she drank three THC and CBD-infused drinks right before she learned that she needed to drive wifePortia de Rossito the hospitalfor an appendectomylast month. Jimmy Kimmel Live “You drove her yourself?” Kimmel, 53, asked DeGeneres, who replied, “I did. I mean, I kicked in, like my adrenaline, because I just had to rush her there....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Tony Miller

Ellen DeGeneres Says She'll 'Sense' When It's Time to Retire: 'People Get Tired of People'

“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....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Kimberly Mccullough

Ellen DeGeneres Says She's 'Grateful' for 'Hard Times' in Her Life After Golden Globes Honor

Ellen DeGenereswouldn’t change a thing in her past — the good or the bad. On Sunday, the talk show host, 61, was awarded theCarol Burnett Awardat theGolden Globesin Los Angeles, a lifetime achievement honor for contributions to television. The recognition meant a lot to DeGeneres, who reflected on her life’s journey leading up to the big win. “I think that I’m really happy for every single thing that happened in my life,” she told reporters after her acceptance speech....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Sabrina Gardner

Ellen DeGeneres Sells Montecito Home for $13.5 Million After Purchasing It in September

Photo: Blake Bronstad/Riskin Partners Estate Group The talk show host, 64, and wife Portia de Rossi, 49, have found a buyer for their 3-bedroom, 4-bathroom Montecito house, which went for $13.5 million, according toDirt. They put the house, which is not their primary residence, on the market for $13.9 million in February after purchasing it four months earlier for $12 million in an off-market deal, PEOPLE confirmed at the time....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Joseph Lynch

Ellen DeGeneres Sends 'Love' to Ex Anne Heche's Family as Rep Says Heche Is 'Not Expected to Survive'

Ellen DeGeneresis speaking out about ex-girlfriendAnne Hecheas she remains in critical condition after a fiery car crash.Addressing the mattervia Twitteron Friday, the 64-year-old comedian sent a heartfelt message to Heche’s loved ones.“This is a sad day,” DeGeneres wrote. “I’m sending Anne’s children, family and friends all of my love.“Heche, 53, was involved ina devastating car crash on Aug. 5, crashing into a Mar Vista, California home — an incident that caused a major fire andmade tenant Lynne Mishele’s home uninhabitable....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 903 words · Julie Lopez

Ellen DeGeneres Sent a 9-Year-Old to Put the Democratic Candidates in the Hot Seat

Ellen DeGeneressent 9-year-old Macey Hensley to Atlanta for the debate, in a segment that aired on DeGeneres' daytime talk show. There, the kid presidential history expertspoke to a few of the candidatesand put some of them in the hot seat. ellentube. “I know bunch of president facts and James Madison was the shortest president. So, if you become president, you might be the shortest president,” Macey told the California lawmaker....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Mr. Jeffery Brown

Ellen DeGeneres Shares Instagram Advice for Jennifer Aniston: 'Lots of Peach and Eggplant Emojis'

Jennifer Aniston broke the internetin October whenshe signed up for Instagram, and now Ellen DeGeneres has some cheeky advice for her pal.“Lots of peach and eggplant emojis,” the talk-show host, 61, tells PEOPLE exclusively about any social media advice she has forThe Morning Showactress, 50. “I don’t know why people love those two foods so much, but they do.”After years of friendship, is there anything surprising DeGeneres has discovered about the superstar?...

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Jennifer Jennings

Ellen DeGeneres Shows She Guessed Paris Hilton's Baby Name Last Year: 'What Do I Win? A Hotel?'

Paris Hilton and Ellen DeGeneres.Photo: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. Ellen DeGeneresis certainly good at guessing. In a throwback clip shared on her Instagram page, DeGeneres can be seen asking Hilton, 42, if she wouldname her future son after a “cityor country”. The hotel heiress replied that that was indeed her plan but said, “I’m not going to say yet as I’m scared someone will steal the name.” Hilton also added that “no one I know” has the moniker....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Jennifer Rodriguez

Ellen DeGeneres Surprises 'Top Chef' 's Fatima Ali with $50,000 After She Was Given a Year to Live

Ellen DeGeneresis helpingFatima Ali‘sdreams come true.TheTop Chefcontestant revealed last month thather cancer had returned“with a vengeance” and that doctors told her she had about a year left to live, so she was going to spend it visiting the world’s best restaurants and crossing things off her bucket list. She accomplished one of her first goals when she got the chance to meet DeGeneres (and DJ tWitch) on her show.In theclip above from Friday’s episode, Ali spoke of firstreceiving her diagnosisof the rare form of bone cancer Ewing’s Sarcoma last year....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 672 words · Karen Welch

Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Same-Sex Couple After Parents Say They Will Skip Wedding

Ellen DeGeneressurprised a same-sex couple on her show Tuesday after the women said their parents were skipping their wedding because they disapproved of the relationship.Kate Austintweeted photosto DeGeneres andChrissy Teigenthat showed her and her fiancée, Sarah Sulsenti, celebrating their engagement in Paris in front of the Eiffel Tower.“hi @chrissyteigen & @TheEllenShow!! my parents aren’t going to attend my wedding because they don’t like that i’m gay! i need someone to walk me down the aisle and someone else for a ‘father/daughter’ dance....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 718 words · Michelle Russell

Ellen DeGeneres Surprises tWitch with Tribute to Their Friendship: He 'Changed My Life'

Ellen DeGeneresis saying thank you to the people who mean the most to her.On Wednesday’s episode ofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show,she offered an emotional tribute to her “sidekick” and series “fake DJ"Stephen “tWitch” Boss— as the show comes to an end.DeGeneres, 64, welcomed tWitch, 39, to the hot seat before showing a tribute of their time together on the series after meeting in 2011. It included a peek at his first time guest DJing in 2013, as well as some important words from DeGeneres about their connection....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · Judy Smith