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Ellen DeGeneres Announces Her Final Stand-Up Special

Ellen DeGeneres Announces Her Final Stand-Up Special
Krystie Lee Yandoli
By Krystie Lee YandoliMay 13, 2024
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Six years after launching her last Netflix special Relatable, the streaming service announced on Monday that Ellen DeGeneres is returning with a brand new comedy special later this year.

“To answer the questions everyone is asking me- Yes, I’m going to talk about it. Yes this is my last special. Yes, Portia really is that pretty in real life,” DeGeneres said in a press release.

Over the past few months, DeGeneres has been hinting that she’s working on new material and has even shared with audiences at her performances that she’s preparing for this upcoming routine that will eventually stream on Netflix. DeGeneres has been performing smaller shows in Los Angeles where she’s opened up about her former talk show, her time away from the spotlight, and how she says she got “kicked out of show business” twice — once when she came out on national television in her self-titled 1990s sitcom, and a second time in 2020 “for being mean.”

“The ‘be kind’ girl wasn’t kind,” DeGeneres said to an audience in April. “I became this one-dimensional character who gave stuff away and danced up steps. Do you know how hard it is to dance up steps? Would a mean person dance up steps? Had I ended my show by saying, ‘Go fuck yourself,’ people would’ve been pleasantly surprised.”

According to the press release, DeGeneres’ special will be produced by Fulwell73 productions and Ben Winston, who served as executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden and is also an executive producer for Hulu’s The Kardashians. Robbie Praw, Vice President of Stand-Up and Comedy Formats at Netflix, also commented in a statement, saying, “There is nobody quite like Ellen.”

“She is a true legend and pioneer in so many ways. We can’t wait to bring fans another one of her hilarious comedy specials later this year,” Praw said.

Starting in June, the comedian will embark on a multi-city tour, stopping in San Diego, Washington state, Oregon, and the Bay Area. During a Los Angeles show in April, DeGeneres said she’ll be taping her special in Chicago this fall.

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