Greyson Chance

2022 - 9 - 24

Greyson Chance Calls Ellen Degeneres 'Manipulative,' 'Self ... (22 Words)

In the wake of her cancellation, another star has come out against Ellen DeGeneres.Singer Greyson Chance did not mince his words ...

I was not allowed to say gay,” she continued. “Very few stations wanted to buy the show, and here we are twenty years later celebrating this amazing journey together. “Welcome to our very last show,” she began. Again and again, Ellen DeGeneres has shown us that a signal individual can make the world more fun, more open, a more loving place so long as we just keep swimming,” it finished. “In a career spanning 3 decades, Ellen DeGeneres has lifted our spirits and brought joy to our lives as a stand-up comic, actor, and television star. Just to tell her she was joking. In fact, she Ellen then got emotional as she told her audience that the show is the “greatest experience” she has “ever had.” “I couldn’t say wife and that’s because it wasn’t legal for gay people to get married and now I say wife all the time,” she said, eliciting a round of applause. As the celebrities talk with Ellen, more often than not, they are pranked by her, as well. “I walked out here nineteen years ago and I said that this is the start of a relationship, and today is not the end of a relationship, it’s more of a little break, you can see other talk shows now and I may see another audience once in a while,” she joked. In every role, she reminds us to be kind to one another and to treat people as each of us wants to be treated,” a speech

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Read This: Ellen DeGeneres slammed by former mentee, viral ... (The A.V. Club)

Greyson Chance, who was signed to Ellen DeGeneres' record label as a teen, calls the comedian "manipulative" and "self-centered"

“When I look at the interviews and I look at my eyes, I can see so much anxiety. We’re going to do this together.” But her investment in his career “became domineering and way too controlling.” He describes her micromanaging his outfits and performances, and berating him and his mother when he hadn’t yet watched the [Justin Bieber](https://www.avclub.com/justin-bieber-postpones-his-tour-justice-ramsay-hunt-di-1849077510?_ga=2.35341729.1443485292.1663593381-1488648406.1652714420) documentary DeGeneres sent him. When Chance was offered a spot during DeGeneres’ final week of shows, he declined. “I was 100 percent faking it, and [I felt like] she’s 100 percent faking it with me, too.” [The Ellen DeGeneres Show](http://avclub.com/tv/reviews/the-ellen-degeneres-show-2003)? Remember the kid who went viral performing Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi in 2010?

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