Margaret Cho does not send Ellen degeneres A basket of friendship anytime soon.
The actor says that the former Talk-Show animator acted as if they were foreigners when he would appear The Ellen Degeneres show,, Despite the fact that they both worked on the comedy circuit in their early days in the 1980s.
“Ellen was really weird and not kind to me for most of my career,” said Cho on a new episode of The Kelly Mantle show.
She continued, explaining how the two knew each other. “I opened myself for her in the 1980s, when she was a headliner in comedy clubs. Later, when I would do her talk show in the 2000s, she would act as if we had just met.”
Cho then joked, “And I said to myself:” Slut, what? “It’s weird.
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The actress and comics then recalled a specific incident that stuck with her when another guest praised her in the Degeneres talk show. Cho had attended a David Bowie Concert dressed in what she described as a “Chinese emperor outfit” and the next day, while visiting the show, the singer completed her elaborate outfit in Degeneres. However, she later learned that Bowie’s remarks about her during this segment had been published for broadcasting.
“The producer, who is a very good friend of me, had to call me and say to me:” I cannot believe that she did this, but she cut him off from the program “”, remembers Cho. “” But you should know that he was going again and again on your outfit. God said your name. He loves you. “”
Cho admitted that she was not sure if Bowie’s comments on her impressive look had been cut off from the show for time or for another reason. “But still-I’m going to take it personally,” she said.
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Cho briefly discussed his feelings towards Degeneres on the Hot and deep dives Podcast in 2020. When asked if she felt a feeling of camaraderie with her Queer comedian colleagues who were in the closet in the 1980s, like Degeneres, Cho replied: “If you are queer, there is always proximity.”
However, when you treat the 2020 scandal The alleged toxic behavior of degeneres behind the scenes During her day television series Cho said: “I think she is really scary. I’m always afraid of Ellen. Everyone should be afraid of Ellen.”
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Following Apologies to his staff And an internal investigation by Warnermedia which concluded that there were “shortcomings” in the production of the show, with it finally separating with three producersDegeneres chose to end your talk show in 2021 after 19 seasons.
“When you are a creative person, you must constantly be challenged-and as big as this show is, and as fun as it is, it is simply no more a challenge,” she said The Hollywood Reporter at the time.
In his special standing final, 2024 Ellen Degeneres: for your approvalThe actor joked by saying how toxic allegations in the workplace obtained it “Launched show business. “”
“Yeah, the girl” be kind “was not nice, it was the title,” she said. “Here is the problem: I am an actor who had a talk show and I finished the show every day saying:” Be nice with each other. “If I had finished my show saying:” Go–You yourself “, people would have been pleasantly surprised to discover that I am nice.”
She said later: “I did not enter this business for money. It was a question of healing my childhood wounds. I thought that if I could make people happy, then they will love me. And if they love me, I will feel good about my skin. All I can say about it is God for money.”
Watch the new interview with cho on The Kelly Mantle show above.