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Jekyll and Hyde

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[Blind Gossip] People think that this comedic TV host must be as nice behind the scenes as they are on TV.

No. In fact, you don’t even have to go behind the scenes to see that they are not the same as their onscreen personality!

We were shocked at [host’s] behavior! When the camera was on, it was all smiles and jokes. As soon as the commercial break came, [they] didn’t even look at the audience or the guest. Instead, [host] was slumped down in the chair, scowling and looking pissed off and tossing off nasty comments to the crew. Then as soon as the camera back on – boom! – back to smiley and nice.

The audience was looking at each other with their jaws dropped, like, “WTF was THAT?” It was shocking to see this full psycho transition over just a couple of minutes. BTW, you could tell that every member of the crew on that show is either terrified or unhappy. I would be, too, if my boss was Jekyll and Hyde!

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Host:

[Optional] Give us three words to describe the host when they are not on TV.

SOLVED!

Host: Ellen DeGeneres

Besides the audience member comments we’ve received, we’ve also heard from show staff that Ellen DeGeneres’ TV persona is exactly the opposite of her real-life behavior.

Celebrities in Hollywood also know that Ellen is mean, but, given her popularity, generally keep their opinions to themselves so they can appear on her show.

One celebrity who did speak up about Ellen’s mean streak – comedian Kathy Griffin – has been at war with DeGeneres since 2007!

In her new book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index, Griffin details how the feud started.

Some more details from The Huffington Post:

Kathy Griffin Says Ellen DeGeneres Is ‘Livid’ After ‘Mean Streak’ Comment

It appears there’s some bad blood brewing between Kathy Griffin and Ellen DeGeneres.

In a recent interview with Access Hollywood, Griffin claimed DeGeneres is “furious” with her after she called out the talk show host for having “a mean streak that all of Hollywood knows about” in her new book, Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index.

When the two comedians discussed Griffin’s claims over the phone, the comedian said, DeGeneres “just really was on a rant.”

“I had mentioned on your show that I wish that women would support each other more, in particular super super influential women,” Griffin told Access Hollywood. “I expressed that to her and she was like, ‘I don’t have to have anybody on my show I don’t like.’”

According to Griffin, DeGeneres repeated, “I don’t hate you,” and Griffin responded, “I don’t think you hate me.” But after hanging up, Griffin said she “started sobbing.”

“At the end of the day, whether we like each other or not, I’m always going to support a woman, over fifty, in the game and making a great living,” she said.

In Celebrity Run-Ins, Griffin does not identify DeGeneres by name, but instead describes a “beloved daytime talk show host” with “short blonde hair.” During a November appearance on Access Hollywood, Griffin confirmed the blind item was indeed referring to DeGeneres.

The apparent feud between the two women has been ongoing since 2007, when DeGeneres “did a monologue about how mean I am,” Griffin said.

“I was in the dressing room like, ‘S**t! You’re another woman comic, c’mon!’”

The same year, DeGeneres criticized Griffin in an interview with W magazine, calling her fellow comic “very mean.”

“I know she had a big thing about wanting to be on the show, and we didn’t book her,” DeGeneres said. “She did a whole thing that I banned her from the show. I didn’t ban her from the show, because first you have to be on the show to be banned.”

So… Ellen can say that you are mean, but you are not allowed to point out that Ellen is mean. Got it.

Congratulations to Sabrina325 for being first with the correct response!

Oh, and the words our readers would use to describe Ellen are: Phony, controlling, and mean.

Mean, mean, mean!


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Comments

  1. slimfast10 says

    Guess President Obama didn’t check with Portia, her staff, her audience members, before awarding her the country’s highest civilian honor. Phony, b*****’, rude,
    controlling, and mean, mean mean, are not deal breakers in the medal game.

  2. KatarinaJ says

    No surprise. I’ve been to her show some years back. She wasn’t totally awful but she was aloof, standoffish, etc. She has this warm fuzzy persona, sentimental, etc but she seems anything bu. Have a friend who worked for her and said it literally was her worst job yet in the biz.

  3. Laughing1 says

    I had that same experience.

    I got tickets to her show once…… one of the absolute worst experiences of all time and almost ruined an entire vacation. It was definitely a total waste of an entire day. And my daughter was livid. When we left, she was crying.

    Never ever again. EVER.

  4. dahlia202049 says

    I always thought that Ellen was controlling Portia in an abusibe way. I can see her being domineering and forcing her Xanax to keep her in line. Portia comes off as this wounded weak sickly fragile woman…something tells me this whole thing is going to explode.

  6. LDM318 says

    Years ago, I worked with a young girl who landed a guest role on Ellen’s sitcom. This girl was a very sweet, adorable little thing, and she and a couple of other teens were playing party gals or something like that. When she came back to our “real” job, she told me that Ellen was absolutely hateful to all of them.

  8. Blacky says

    Host: Jimmy Fallon

    [Optional] Give us three words to describe the host when they are not on TV: Addict, D*, Drunk

  10. DrunkyMcPuncherson says

    Was thinking ‘tossing off’ could be a clue to it being a UK host, but it was probably just a British show attendee, so my guess goes to Ellen Degenerous. Why are most comedians so miserable? I don’t get the angst.

  11. whydoireadthis says

    WOW! This has to be Ellen. Portia should walk and have a child with someone else.

    3 Words: Critical Miserable Narcissistic

  15. Mellmac says

    it the 11:35 guy that fakes a lot of things in his life, or the 12:35 guy who fakes a lot of things in his life. is that a british clue??

  21. slimfast10 says

    Hedging my bets now, Although this could very well be Ellen, thinking now that it Is more likely Jimmy Fallon. Ellen behind the curtain is not someone you’d care to work for perhaps she wouldn’t let her anger out in front of an audience. Jimmy Fallon however with all his substance issues, various injuries explained away in crazy ways, is probably feeling the heat from NBC brass and his wife.
    Three words…Coke, alcohol, cheater…he needs rehab before he ends up like too many SNL alum

    • jefferyq says

      no way. being addicted does not equal rude. I’ve been to his show twice, both times, he was unusually nice. interactive. super happy.
      Ellen and Conan, were absent during breaks, and only appeared while the camera’s were on. I’d have to go with one of them.

  23. dynamodavid says

    So funny this happens in real life.
    Andy Kaufman did a comedy short about this way back in the late 1970’s. At the time it was thought he was imitating Johnny Carson, who was all nice and pleasant for the cameras and an evil ass during commercial breaks to his crew.
    So, I am going to guess: Dr Phil!
    He seems so psycho!

  30. dadaist-manna says

    james corden – sometimes he makes backhanded comments even on camera. and look at poor reggie, he’s miserable

  36. Momof3Boys621 says

    Ellen deGeneres. I went to her show about 10 years ago and she was not friendly during breaks.

  38. fotw150 says

    Jimmy Fallon. You can tell he’s putting on a facade on his show, and you can see the discontent bubbling under on his face. He looks pudgy and unhealthy now.

  39. vajislav says

    I’m going to guess Ellen as the comedic TV host. Mainly because of the hair on the demon thing.

  41. Bamadex says

    Host: Ellen

    Give us three words to describe the host when they are not on TV.

    A mean drunk

  47. ArcticFantasy says

    Ellen. This is often on in the lobby at my work so I pass by occasionally. She actually doesn’t even hide it that well on camera anymore. She often looks annoyed with guests. Even if she’s doing give aways she can’t fake excitement the way Oprah could.

  52. Kip Terhune says

    This, sadly, sounds like it may be Jimmy Fallon. I hope he gets his life together before he falls too terribly hard.

    • jefferyq says

      this does NOT sound like Jimmy Fallon. Personal life aside, his professional life is soaring, and he is sweet, engaged with the audience, and always nice on and off camera.

  54. CyndiTx123 says

    I re -read the Similar: Like Watching Hostage….. OH GEE! I just noticed that I was the very first to post about the answer of who I thought the control freak is… So Cool!!! THanks!!

    I am thinking again Ellen D.
    unhappy, strained, bothered…. if she is acting that way with the crew and the audience sees that….

  63. TheSalmon says

    based strictly on the similar blind, I’m saying Ellen DeGeneres. But I think she’s generally pretty engaged with the audience/crew during commercial breaks, so maybe this is a one-off. Even celebrities are entitled to off days.

  66. alternageek says

    im going with james corden
    i sat next to him on train in the UK once.. not one of my lifes highlights as he was so mardy and sulking.

  71. PatioPrincess says

    Oh man, I sure hope this isn’t Ellen Degeneres. I think I’ve heard that she can be mean to her staff, but, this would just be sad. I love her show and she just seems like such a sweetie. If it’s her, I’m going to loose faith in mankind.

    I can’t think of any other relevant show host that anybody would care about except Ellen. I really, really, really hope this isn’t her.

  74. JustSandy says

    Idk why Kimmel comes to mind – probably because he seems fun and well adjusted – too good to be true haha.

  75. Camila says

    It’s probably Fallon. I hope it’s not the other Jimmy. Kimmel is my favourite. I hope he’s nice in real life.

  80. thelasthigh says

    Ellen De Generes

    Lots of longstanding rumours that she’s quite nasty and controlling behind the scenes.

    • thelasthigh says

      Nothing wrong with a her being controlling necessarily since it’s her show, but you don’t have to terrorize people along the way!

    • DrunkyMcPuncherson says

      Totally agree! Good leaders are in control but lead by example and lift people up instead of tearing them down. ??

  87. LittleMin says

    I wouldn’t have a clue except there’s no mention of gender, as if saying the host is female would make it too obvious. So I guess she’s a she 🙂 and the “simular” blind I think is about Ellen D’s wife Portia. So to sum up, I think the host here is Ellen Degenerate, oh, I mean Degenereas. Or whatever.

  94. Pizzalove says

    Host: Ellen DeGeneres

    [Optional] Give us three words to describe the host when they are not on TV: Demanding, calculated, controlling

  99. LadyNebula says

    I think this is Ellen. A friend of mine went to a taping of her show and she said that during the commercial breaks, she just sat there, scowling. She was really disappointed. Incidentally, she also saw Kimmel on the same trip, and she said he was the exact opposite – friendly and chatting with audience members.

    • Stackhouse says

      That sounds so creepy. I used to find her so lovely and nice, but in the last couple of years she seems to be the exact opposite. I noticed in her interviews how much colder she seems, and she gives off a really nasty, bad vibe. I don’t know what happened, or if she’s always been that way; but to me at least, it was only something that became very obvious a couple of years ago. Pictures of her and Portia also creeps me out, because Portia seems so controlled by and afraid of her.

  104. The Next Mrs Williams says

    I read someones FB post about how miserable Rachel Ray is but she isn’t really a comedic host. I’ll go with Ellen. Her pranks and jokes seem very mean spirited to me. I can’t stand to watch her most of the time.

    • tippytoela says

      Completely agree. A prank is one thing, but laughing at someone being humiliated or scared, especially when they have expressed their phobia(s) before the televised interview is different. Not cool.

  108. GeminiKid says

    I truly hope this isn’t Jane Lynch – but that’s the first thought that came to mind.

  110. tippytoela says

    Ellen. The show had run it’s course about 4 years ago. Same ‘ol same, same ‘ol. Step down! I used to love her, but I’ve heard stories for the last couple of years about her grumpy, controlling behavior.

  111. Pinky310 says

    Jimmy Fallon

    Jekyll and Hyde referring to other blinds saying when he drinks he’s with a nightmare, an adulterer or tripping and falling everywhere. Stark difference from the wholesome night show host image he is supposed to retain.

  112. bhakti says

    There’s no gender mentioned so I’m guessing Khloe Kardashian bc I don’t like her

  115. GiveUpTheGossip says

    Steve Harvey…his ego seems out of control. Try some humbleness dude, you couldn’t even read a card right to name Miss Universe.

  117. QubbuQ says

    Really? That brazen with the ugly? Man. Maybe it was a bad day in particular? I’d like to hear others’ experiences like that. Not even looking at the guest? Yet guests still come? wow.
    Ellen Degeneres.
    3 words: Unhappy with life.

  118. Stackhouse says

    James Corden? Clue: “Tossing off,” which is a British expression. Plus, his reputation in the UK is REALLY bad. It was so bad, that it had actual consequences for him. Apparently, he had to apologize after the backlash, because it was affecting his work opportunities. Something like that. I think I read that he owned up to behaving like a d*ck, and that he got too arrogant and high on himself (after his success), and that he learned from that, and now promised to stay humble.

  121. guestimation says

    My very first thought was James Cordon but the lack of gendered pronouns makes me think Ellen, maybe.

  124. WhoDatGirl says

    Gotta be Ellen. There are horror stories all over the internet about her off screen behavior. My 3 words would be Alcoholic Bipolar Headcase.

  126. Ghoulia Louise Dreyfus says

    Maybe Jimmy Fallon isn’t too happy NBC made him get sober.

    3 words: bloated liquor weasel

  129. CevansLeftpec2 says

    Sounds like Ellen Degeneres, which I’ve suspected was the case for years now.

    3 words to describe her? Mean, unfunny, bitter .

  136. moxiegumption says

    I’ve heard that Ellen Degeneres is like this, so it’s probably her.

    Phony, duplicitous, controlling (3 words)

  138. Jester says

    Gotta be Ellen again. I have read many gossip sites claiming that she is not very nice in person.
    1. Tyrant
    2. Beeotch
    3. Psycho

  141. melrose71 says

    Ellen Degeneres. There have been rumors the last couple of years that she’s not as ice as she seems, which is very sad.

  145. gambetta says

    Clue being that you don’t have to go behind the scenes to see the alternate personality…Stephen Colbert (pleasedeargod, no?) His whole shtick on Colbert Report was to “be” a satirized version of PapaBear, Bill OReilly.

    my fingers are crossed its not him

    • Othelie says

      Isn’t he deeply religious in real life, I think I read somewhere that he’s a Sunday school teacher.

    • Squeezes99 says

      It’s probably Ellen D., but he’s my second guess. I don’t trust a man who pronounces his name wrong so it sounds more elite.

    • LaPerla says

      Can’t be Colbert. Saw him 2x during Colbert Report. Both times spoke to audience in length before show & during commercials. Very charming.

      He also pre-aplogized for his character being a jerk before the show started.

  151. SouthJerseyGirl says

    This must be a woman since you’re being so careful not to use a pronoun. There are so many male hosts that using the word “he” wouldn’t have been a hint, but using the word “her” does.

    Probably Ellen Degeneres of the Queen of Nice – Queen Latifah.

  153. memommamo says

    Rachel Ray. I had someone from my hometown go to a taping of her show – and what she said is exactly what is described here. Had I not heard that, I would have assumed this was Ellen.

  156. slimfast10 says

    Host Ellen Degeneres
    Three words, to describe her : gay, certainly not gay, phony
    Long time BG follower many blinds have been about her and her not so nice treatment of those who work for her, now I guess the audience is starting the real her. Why is she so miserable? Lord only knows.

  157. pebby01 says

    Not Conan, Kimmel, or Corden; I’ve been to each of their shows and they were nice during commercials and interacted with the audience!

    • luvmyhubby says

      Second on Conan. Only went to his show once years ago but he was very warm and definately interacted with the audience.

    • pattycakes says

      We went to a Conan taping about 13 years and he was very kind. He cracked some jokes with the group I was with.

      Dave Letterman, on the other hand, was a totally different story. I went to a taping of his show 20 years ago and he was a pompous jerk during the commercial breaks. I was a huge fan of his up until that point. After that taping, I never watched his show again.

      I agree this blind is about Ellen. She seems like a control freak.

    • Stackhouse says

      Why didn’t I think of Ellen? I immediately thought it might be Cordon because of his bad reputation in the UK (though I have never seen any sign of this on his show, but then again, he knows he’s on camera). I also thought that it might be weird if it were him, because it seems like this person has to have a lot of power, and I don’t think he actually has that much power – if any at all. Ellen really makes sense, because she’s been giving me a bad vibe for some years now.

    • keeley123 says

      Corden is an interesting guess. I saw a taping of his show a month ago and before he came out, the warm-up crew “warned” us that during commercials Corden would be busy talking to producers. He never got up and spoke to the audience or acknowledged anyone at all. He wasn’t rude, just indifferent. It makes me think that recently he must have been a true sulky d*ck and people really noticed. Other times he’s just been able to pass it off as being “busy”. Would have said Ellen otherwise…

    • KatarinaJ says

      PS> as Someone living in LA. I have to say MANY comedians are the worst people. Dark, intense, brooding. It is almost like humor was/is an outlet and /or JOB for them. Deathly serious, intense otherwise. It is almost a pathology to turn your personality, life conditions, phobias, into fodder for laughter that makes Type A ambitious LOONY types into huge stars.