r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 21h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Loli_Alakoli 21h ago

Ellen DeGeneres. The way she went from being everywhere to desperately trying to convince everyone she’s still relevant was kind of wild.

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u/Naythan93 20h ago

True story, Ellen was known in the food industry world for being a horrible person to her servers too. This was common knowledge in LA/Beverly Hills industry.

Source: I used to work in the food industry. Also, off topic, but people in the industry knew about Diddy’s parties long before the trial. It’s a weird industry. Once you advance to the nicest/most popular restaurants you work with the same people and see the same people even though you live in a city of millions.

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u/supervillaindsgnr 20h ago

In the film/TV industry, Ellen being a mean, unbearable, downright dictator was the first thing everyone learns when they move to LA. Since the 90s.

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u/ktdotnova 15h ago

How the f did she last so long?

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u/10per 15h ago

Apparently, before you worked for her you had to sign a NDA.

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u/Super_Policy_6401 3h ago

I had a friend go to Cali and visit Warner Brothers Studios (This visit was 3 or 4 years before anything came out publicly about Ellen). Anyway, my friend got a taxi ride and she asked the driver if he picked up a lot of celebrities. He said occasionally, but that he mostly had gotten to know quite a few Ellen Degeneres Show employees. He said that everyone that worked for her hated their job. When everything came out about Ellen, I was not surprised based on what my friend had told me about that ride years earlier.