True, Ellen took lots of heat from the Hollyweird crowd over her sitting with Bush. But in early Dec 2019 (after the Bush lovefest) Ellen's NBC TV special was a ratings hit. Further, the stars didn't balk at working with Ellen in Dec 2019, when this was all fresh in their tiny heads.
In addition, Ellen's ratings in Nov 2020 were down 30%+ vs last Nov. If the public and Hollywood was really peeved at her, those Nov 2019 ratings would be depressed, which as noted above doesn't seem to be the case.
An added sign that Ellen's problems likely have more to do with her being a horrible person is that the Oct 2020 fourth season premiere's 0.7 share from the comic’s primetime NBC series, “Ellen’s Game of Games” was down 30% from the Season 3 premiere back on Jan. 7, 2020. The show also slipped 16% in total audience, to an average 3.6 million viewers.
No doubt, the Dubya incident hurt her with the wokey people. But Ellen's daytime show isn't supported by 1.66MM Antifa-loving twentysomethings. Indeed, I suspect most of her (former) fanbase probably LIKED that she was chums with Bush.
Thus, in terms of turn-offs for daytime TV watchers, being a rude POS ranks higher than liking Bush and being gay. That's a comfort.
Hmmm....This GWB incident needs a little elaboration. No, that incident didn’t hurt her ratings, because the Ellen Show is pretty good for what it is. What the GWB Incident did was remove a certain level of media armor that all Leftists are granted, and are allowed to keep on given certain behavior is maintained.
Put it this way, if the GWB Incident never happened, the media would have covered up/ignored/deflected any news of ‘workplace misconduct’ by Ellen Degeneres. It’s not that we don’t believe the possibility that she is a nasty person off-camera. Rather, everyone understands that the only reason this news made ‘the news’ is due to the GWB Incident.
The real question is, how long did the MSM allow Ellen Degeneres to abuse her employees? Aren’t they the real culprit?