Ellen DeGeneres ended her long-running talk show after 19 years of giveaways, games, and yes, grooving.
launched in September 2003. “Twenty years ago when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work. Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said. “When we started the show, I couldn’t say ‘gay.’ I was not allowed to say ‘gay.’ I say it at home a lot—you know, ‘What are we having for our gay breakfast?’ or ‘Pass the gay salt,’ ‘Has anyone seen the gay remote?’—but we couldn’t say ‘gay.
“Twenty five years ago they canceled my sitcom because they didn’t want a lesbian to be in prime time once a week,” DeGeneres recalled. “So I said ‘Okay, I’ll be in daytime every day. How ’bout that?’” She then joined her longtime DJ, tWitch, a.k.a.A trio of performers joined DeGeneres for her final episode, which was
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