The upcoming season 19 of the Ellen DeGeneres Show will be the last, the TV personality announced in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday.
Wednesday’s announcement comes almost a year after the show became embroiled controversy last summer amid allegations of workplace toxicity, prompting an internal investigation.
“As you may have heard, this summer there were accusations of a toxic work environment at our show, and then there was an investigation,” DeGeneres told viewers during the season 18 premiere on Sep.
“Being known as the ‘Be Kind Lady’ is a tricky position to be in,” DeGeneres continued.
“So, it’s not why I’m stopping but it was hard because I was sitting at home, it was summer, and I see a story that people have to chew gum before they talk to me and I’m like, ‘Okay, this is hilarious.’ Then I see another story of some other ridiculous thing and then it just didn’t stop.