As you've most likely heard by now, Ellen DeGeneres recently announced that she's ending her award-winning talk show after 19 years, as confirmed by a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter last week. The cancellation came after a year of toxic workplace allegations and misconduct at the hands of Ellen and her executive staff.
On Sunday night, the show's cancellation is getting mocked at the In Memoriam segment of the MTV Movie & TV Awards.
In a moment that will go down in savage TV history, The Ellen DeGeneres Show was included in the In Memoriam segment.
In a statement given to The Hollywood Reporter Ellen explained why she was leaving the show and insisted it had nothing to do with the toxic workplace claims.
"That was going to be my last season and they wanted to sign for four more years and I said I’d sign for maybe for one. They were saying there was no way to sign for one."
"And everybody kept saying, even when I signed, 'You know, that’s going to be 19, don’t you want to just go to 20? It’s a good number.' So is 19."
"When you're a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore."
When asked by Savannah Guthrie if she was leaving the show due to the toxic workplace allegations, Ellen replied: "If it was why I was quitting, I would have not come back this year."
She continued: "It started with attacks on me and attacking everything that I stand for and believe in and built my career around ... I am a kind person. I am a person who likes to make people happy."
"It's my name on the show, so clearly it affects me, and I have to be the one to stand up and say this can't be tolerated," she added.
"I'd now like to take a somber-slash-awkward moment to acknowledge all that we've lost in the world of unscripted entertainment this year," host Nikki Glaser said in the moments leading to the mock tribute.
A black and white picture of Ellen appeared on the screen shortly after with the words "Ellen's Reign of Terror" written alongside the dates 2003-2021.
Other moments mentioned in the "In Memoriam" segment included The Bachelor's Chris Harrison, who stepped down as host after making racially insensitive comments, and Real Housewives of New Jersey star Joe Giudice, who was deported after he was released from prison.
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