Few television programs have been more iconic than “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
While some were surprised by the news, DeGeneres had been planning to step down for some time.
“I need something new to challenge me.”
So without further ado, here are the best and worst moments of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
In response, the audience went wild, jumping to its feet and creating a thunderous applause.
What a great moment for equality!
DeGeneres sharedthe truth about her weddingwith fans four years later in amonologueon the show.
One of the most memorable would have to be when Ellen DeGeneres made Taylor Swift feel super uneasy.
“We actually never dated,” she revealed, looking visibly uncomfortable.
But DeGeneres wouldn’t accept her answer, and she declared that yes, they had.
And it only got worse from there.
But Swift refused to ring the bell, and she even begged DeGeneres to “stop it!”
“This makes me feel so bad about myself,” she lamented after the minutes kept dragging by.
While Swift was able to roll with the punches, why didn’t DeGeneres just cut it out?
It’s always emotional when Ellen DeGeneres hands a hardworking teacher or promising young talent a Shutterfly check!
She topped it all off by revealing that every student would be gifted an iPad too.
Here’s to a whole new generation of movers and shakers!
And Dion wasn’t having itat all.
“Do you have a problem with that?”
she responded, a distinct chill in her voice.
But DeGeneres clearly didn’t register how Dion was feeling, and she kept joking about the haircut.
Then DeGeneres pretended that Obama needed cream for a rash, which was indeed awkward.
And by the time the trip was over, Obama seemed somewhat peeved.
“You know you’re really annoying,” she told DeGeneres.
“It’s like taking a 3-year-old to the store.”
Talk about a class act.
And not surprisingly, it was all thanks to DeGeneres' wife, actress Portia De Rossi.
“Not just now, but what you’ve always cared about.
What you were influenced by and what has made you the amazing person that you are today.”
“I was, when I was 25,” Perry clarified.
To that, an incredulous DeGeneres asked, “To who?”
and Perry whispered the name of her ex, Russell Brand.
That jogged DeGeneres' memory, but the mistake had already been made.
“Remember you gave me some wedding gifts on this show?”
And when DeGeneres said she remembered, Perry added, “Cool cool cool cool cool!”
She even sometimes has celebrities wear an earpiece and parrot everything that DeGeneres wants them to say to people.
Remember when she had Justin Bieberdo just thatwhile dressed as a security guard?
I need to pay for this, right?
I’m a celebrity.
Do I have to pay?"
When Adele was able to finally reveal to the confused employees what was going down, everyone started laughing.
Kudos to Adele for playing it straight and to the employees for being good sports.
“If you could pronounce Ansel Elgort, you could pronounce Hasan Minhaj.”
Louder again for the people in the back, Hasan!
Minhaj basically turned the mishap into a teachable moment, but watching DeGeneres fumble was still pretty awkward.
The man has moves!
“Actually, no, that’s not the truth, Ellen.
You were invited,” Johnson declared.
She added, “Ask everybody.
Ask Jonathan, your producer.”
“Why didn’t I go?”
she wondered, before joking, “Oh yeah, I had that thing.
… [The party] was probably in Malibu.
That’s too far for me to go to.”
How’s that for a Los Angeles answer?
But in the end, we also learned that Johnson left one of DeGeneres' parties early, too.
Oh, did we mention that the girls' parents cried watching it all happen?
Now imagine it all goes horribly awry.
You get where we’re going.
