Ellen DeGeneres giving her staff ‘millions’ of dollars in bonuses as show ends

DeGeneres by title, beneficiant by nature.

Ellen, 64, is handing out “thousands and thousands of dollars” in bonuses to her staffers, The Publish can completely reveal.

The ultimate episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” is about to air Might 26, with a supply telling The Publish on Wednesday that “Ellen and [production company] Warner Bros. labored collectively to ensure each particular person was taken care of.”

The precise seven-figure sum that might be distributed to staffers was not disclosed, however the supply declared: “It was not even a query for Ellen to cowl bonuses … That was essential to her.”

The insider added that the host “has been extremely beneficiant” to staff because the present started again in 2003.

In line with a supply, Ellen DeGeneres has given bonuses to all staffers as her present prepares to wrap. The overall quantity distributed is claimed to be within the thousands and thousands.

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Staffers had been already given items by beneficiant DeGeneres again in September. Staff of this system are pictured in 2014.

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It comes after allegations of a “poisonous” tradition on the set of the wildly common program. These claims surfaced again in 2020, prompting DeGeneres to provide an on-air apology for not being conscious of the alleged issues plaguing her manufacturing.

In accordance to Deadline, nonetheless, a “significant slice” of her workers are “old-timers.” Round 30 p.c of present staff have labored there for over a decade.

In the meantime, it seems DeGeneres has been lavishing her staff throughout the course of her closing season. Again in September, a supply instructed The Publish, she “gave items to everybody together with journeys, watches, automobiles.”

DeGeneres has been internet hosting her wildly common speak present since 2003. The present will finish in Might.

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Deadline additionally stories that staffers have obtained letters confirming that Warner Bros. plans to increase health-care protection for six months after this system ends.

The workers have additionally been supplied with entry to résumé-building and networking workshops, in response to the publication.

In the meantime, DeGeneres is recruiting a protracted listing of A-list buddies to look on this system for the ultimate time.

Michelle Obama is about to return to the present earlier than it wraps in late Might. She is pictured throughout a earlier look again in 2012.

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Within the subsequent two months, former first girl Michelle Obama will return to the present, as will Channing Tatum, Serena Williams, Zac Efron and Adam Levine.

Diane Keaton, Kim Kardashian, and DeGeneres’ personal spouse, Portia de Rossi, are additionally slated to look.