EXCLUSIVE: Ellen DeGeneres' Secret Comeback Plans Crumbling — 'Queen of Mean' Faces Fresh 'Bullying' Allegations After Ex-cameraman Claims Comedian Was 'Terrifying' On-Set
Ellen DeGeneres' comeback plans crumble as fresh bullying allegations emerge from ex-cameraman.
Oct. 1 2025, Published 6:00 a.m. ET
Disgraced chat show host Ellen DeGeneres has been secretly plotting a television comeback from her U.K. hideaway – and RadarOnline.com can reveal fresh bullying claims have landed her back at square one.
"The whole point of Ellen going to the U.K. was to let the dust settle on the bullying scandal. Her goal has always been to make a comeback. She's just been waiting for enough time to pass," shared a source.
Ellen's Comeback Plans
Portia de Rossi joined Ellen DeGeneres in England after the host ended her long-running daytime show.
The 67-year-old comedian quit her long-running daytime show in 2022 after staffers blasted her as a behind-the-scenes meanie. After denying any wrongdoing, the host fled to England in November 2024 along with wife, Portia de Rossi, 52.
"They've been making a big show of how much they love life in the Cotswolds, but it's an open secret that Ellen is champing at the bit to get her career back on track," said the source.
"She's been hitting up her contacts and feeling quietly confident, especially with all the talk about Kelly Clarkson stepping down from her daytime show to focus on her music career."
New Claims Against Ellen
Gordon Ramsay was reportedly banned from DeGeneres' show after criticizing her cooking as 'rubbish.'
But according to the source, her comeback hopes are cratering over new accusations from a cameraman, who claims to have worked on her show for a decade. In a recent interview, he claimed DeGeneres banned Gordon Ramsay after the celebrity chef called her cooking "rubbish," and disliked male staff speaking to her wife.
According to the former staffer, DeGeneres turned cold with men "if they were ever caught in conversation with Portia."
The staffer revealed: "It was just weird. Cameras on, she'd be dancing, doing all this fun stuff, and cameras off, she was terrifying."
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Fresh bullying claims have reignited DeGeneres' scandal as she struggles with her damaged reputation.
The source added: "This has ignited the whole scandal again and it's hit Ellen like a ton of bricks. She's smart enough to know it's a huge turnoff for anyone wanting to hire her.
"Ellen's now facing the harsh reality that she's never going to rebuild her reputation. Someone always seems to come crawling out the woodwork to dredge up the past.
"It's put her in a foul mood and as usual poor Portia is bearing the brunt of it."
