Ellen DeGeneres is back for one more standup special after she was “kicked out of showbusiness” not once, but twice. The former host of The Ellen Show‘s last hurrah before bowing out on her terms is called For Your Approval, and it chronicles her “people pleaser” tendencies, including her dabbling in plastic surgery.
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“I used to say I didn’t care what people thought of me, then I realized I used to say that at the height of my popularity,” she quipped. “If I look older than when you saw me last, it’s because I’m older than when you saw me last, and also I stopped using Botox and filler. I used to do Botox and filler back when I didn’t care what other people thought of me. That’s when I did it.”
The 66-year-old (at the time of writing) was first “kicked out” of the entertainment industry in 1997 when she came out on The Oprah Winfrey Show. “I knew it was a risk telling everyone I was gay because I knew a lot of people didn’t like gay people. If they did, we wouldn’t have needed the parade,” she notes in the special. The second time, she was accused of fostering a toxic work environment at The Ellen Show.
Ellen DeGeneres’s face over the years
March 2024
With Jeremiah Brent
June 2023
With wife Portia De Rossi.
January 2020
At the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
October 2018
A Conversation With Ellen DeGeneres in Vancouver.
November 2017
Channing Tatum guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen DeGeneres was a guest.
September 2015
At the Ellen Degeneres Show Season 13 Bi-Coastal Premiere.
March 2014
At the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
January 2011
Covergirl Cosmetics’ 50th Anniversary party
December 2006
Ellen DeGeneres stands in Jackson Square before lighting the squares holiday display.
January 2004
At the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards.
July 2001
The CBS Summer TCA Press Tour.