Posted on 08/24/2020 3:51:06 PM PDT by simpson96
A man claims that when he was 11 in the '70s, Ellen DeGeneres, then in her 20s, would call him names and bully and fat-shame him when she worked as a recruiter in New Orleans.(snip)
Gravolet says DeGeneres worked at Snelling Personnel in the New Orleans branch, a company owned by Gravolet's mother.(snip)
Gravolet says the comedian was "was just the meanest, nastiest, most horrible person."
He told "Daily Mail TV": "One incident stands out in my mind. I was sitting beside her desk. I was drawing, and she criticized the drawings. She said 'I guess that would look nice if you could draw.' "
Gravolet continued:
"It appears to me that she hoards power over those that are lesser than her. It's almost as if she has to feel controlling. It seems like she has to be superior, be better."
"I would dread going to [my mom's] office to see her after school or on a day if I was sick and Ellen was there," Gravolet said.
Gravolet called her "vile":
"As I watched her meteoric rise to fame, people would say how great she was and all I could think was she must be an incredible actor because she was one of the most vile people I've ever met in my life. Who takes pleasure in giving a child pain?' "(snip)
"She would criticize my weight. I would try to do homework in the office, she'd call me stupid, she'd call me fat. She would criticize my clothes.
I was just a boy and this was a grown woman who took pleasure in seeing me become visibly upset."
"I don't think there's any excuse for it. I was a defenseless kid. What could I have told her back?
(Excerpt) Read more at theblast.com ...
This has now entered the silly phase.
Kind of funny in a way - the snowlflakes who want to destroy history keep going back 20-40 years to find something to cry about....
“And they that rolleth a stone,it shall return upon them.” The Good Book.
I’ve never been a particular fan of Ellen’s....but seriously?
We’re digging back 45 years to come up with THAT?
Comics are infamously miserable people.
I know that when I was 24 I had virtually NO discretion over what was coming out of my mouth. If I thought it might be funny I’d say it.
People need to grow, mature, get over it and move on.
Not that I like Ellen , but this is from the 70’s??
You might as well fire every current PE coach who was employed in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s with regard to the current corporate fueled cancel culture dictums.
If you are young and overweight sometimes fat shaming can be the best thing that ever happens to you.
Better humiliated and embarrassed at 14 than dead at 40.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.