It’s official: Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show is coming to an end. DeGeneres announced just a few days ago that the upcoming 19th season of her show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be the final one. Fans are not surprised by this news after the show was almost cancelled last year due to the toxic workplace scandals that came out surrounding her show. Many of her employees came out to the public about how toxic the working environment is at Warner Bros Studios, and how DeGeneres was aware of everything going on, but did nothing to help the employees.

Although these allegations were serious, and “destroyed” her, DeGeneres claims that the allegations are not the reason she is ending her show. In an interview with Savannah Guthrie, DeGeneres said, “If it was why I was quitting, I would not have come back this year”. The real reason DeGeneres is ending her show is because she doesn’t feel challenged by it anymore. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, DeGeneres said, “as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore.”

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