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Former The Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky has opened up about her rocky experience when first meeting Ellen DeGeneres on the comedian’s axed talk show.
The TV host’s career famously plummeted in the wake of accusations about toxic behavior on the set of her eponymous daytime talk show, which aired its last episode on May 26, 2022.
Fans had been left shocked by the floods of claims regarding unfriendly behavior from the star due to the fact her famous mantra was ‘Be kind to one another’.
During a recent appearance on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Off the Vine podcast, Ali got candid about her less than pleasant interactions with the stand up comic, 66.
Kaitlyn first brought up the topic as she asked, ‘Did you ever meet Ellen DeGeneres? Was she nice or no?’ to which Ali, 40, answered: ‘She made me feel pretty not great.’
Kaitlyn, 39, sympathized as she responded: ‘I hate that. I’ve heard that so many times.’
Former The Bachelorette star Ali Fedotowsky has opened up about her rocky experience when first meeting Ellen DeGeneres on the comedian’s axed talk show
During a recent appearance on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s Off the Vine podcast, Ali got candid about her less than pleasant interactions with the stand up comic
Ali then went into further detail about the interaction as she added: ‘It’s not that she was mean, per se, she just made me feel stupid.’
The reality TV star then recalled sitting for an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010, admitting that she had been ‘so excited’ to be on the show.
‘I don’t think she’s a bad person, I just think that sometimes when you do a job like that all day every single day for years, you’re just kind of over it,’ Ali then mused. ‘One, she’s talking to people who are crafted.’
Reflecting on the fact that she was a reality star in comparison to the usual A-list talent, Ali continued: ‘Here I am, this 24-year-old, famous for no reason, [I come] on her show, she’s probably like, “I’ve got to talk to one of these idiots again.
‘I went on the show and I was dancing, you know how everyone comes out dancing? I was trying to be funny and personable.’
She then noted: ‘Instead of laughing with me, she was laughing at me. You know what I mean? So, I felt really stupid.’
Ali did not share any other specifics about which specific appearance led to her feeling slighted by Ellen.
The TV star appeared on the long-running talk show multiple times due to her stints on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, including an appearance in May 2010 – the same day that her season of The Bachelorette was set to premiere.
During the episode, Ellen tried to get a giddy Ali to confess if she had found love on the show before asking the giggling star, ‘Are you drunk?’
The reality TV star opening up about sit for interviews on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2010 and said: ‘It’s not that she was mean, per se, she just made me feel stupid’
The Ellen DeGeneres Show wrapped after 19 seasons in May 2022 after she was accused two years prior of heading a toxic workplace, leading to three of her top producers being fired
Kaitlyn, who starred on The Bachelorette in 2015, mused: ‘I think the world protected me from ever going on her show because they say, “Don’t meet your heroes,” and she was mine all the time.
‘But I think it would have been really disappointing for me and now I dislike her because of everything I heard from very reliable sources’
She continued: ‘And again, I’m the same way, where I’m like, I get it if you’ve been doing the same thing and you’re over it, and whatever. I don’t get treating people like s**t, but I get being over it.’
The Ellen DeGeneres Show wrapped after 19 seasons in May 2022 after she was accused two years prior of heading a toxic workplace, leading to three of her top producers being fired
Ellen delved into her persona non grata status on her stand-up special For Your Approval, which was released on Netflix in late September.
The comedian joked that she had been ‘kicked out of show business’ in the special, which featured material about how she has been spending her time since wrapping up her TV show.
Last year it was revealed that the comedian had ditched the US for the UK to kick off her ‘retirement’ with wife Portia de Rossi.
‘Make no mistake about it. This is Ellen and Portia’s retirement,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘Neither one of them have any projects lined up.’
The insider noted that the former talk show heavyweight has been left juggling far less work following ac
cusations that she fostered a toxic workplace on her show’s set.
‘Ellen really felt she had made her mark on the industry, but that was diminished when she was cancelled over her alleged treatment of her staff,’ the source added. ‘Then to have celebrities call her out one by one was so hurtful.’
